Gao Jiu, Wang Zhankui and others rode their horses to Linchuan Town first and met with Chief of Staff Liu, who was fighting the former war here.

When Chief of Staff Liu saw Gao Jiu and Wang Zhankui, he didn't care about greetings and said directly: "A unexpected situation just happened. The operation to attack the prisoner-of-war camp may be difficult to implement."

Then he introduced the story.

After the Japanese infantry brigade in Linchuan Town evacuated, only Wang Zhankui's cavalry battalion remained here. The Japanese army was not at ease with the safety of Linchuan Town, nor Wang Zhankui's cavalry battalion, so they temporarily handed over the cavalry battalion to the Japanese military police team in Lanxi County. Not long ago, the Japanese military military police team in Lanxi County called and said that they had sent people to Linchuan Town and would arrive here in another hour.

Chief of Staff Liu was worried that if the Japanese army found that the place had been occupied by the national army, the Japanese army around would receive a notice, and the plan to attack the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp would not be implemented.

Chief of Staff Liu is a regular soldier, and there is no problem in commanding the troops to fight regular warfare, but when encountering such a complicated situation, he really has no experience in dealing with it. He has now done what he can think of and retreated two infantry companies of the 792nd Regiment that had already entered Linchuan Town.

But he felt that there was still a problem with doing so.

He asked, "Master Gao Jiu, what do you think should you do about this matter?"

Gao Jiu pondered for a moment and smiled, "It doesn't matter. First of all, the Japanese military police team in Lanxi County only have dozens of troops, and there will be no more than 20 people who can draw out here. Besides, they are only responsible for contacting and retracting most of the military military forces. This obviously means distrust of the cavalry battalion. Therefore, I estimate that at most one officer will bring a few soldiers, which will not pose any threat to us."

Hearing this, Chief of Staff Liu was obviously relieved. He said, "But this is still very troublesome. If they find any abnormalities after they arrive in Linchuan Town, they will definitely report them to the Japanese military police. In this case, they may have to be destroyed.

If they are destroyed, the Japanese military police will find something wrong here. Isn’t our plan still impossible to complete?"

Chief of Staff Liu expressed all the doubts he could think of.

Gao Jiu didn't say anything and turned his attention to Wang Zhankui. He wanted to see how the bandit handled this matter.

Just as Gao Jiu was talking to Chief of Staff Liu, Wang Zhankui was also considering this matter. Seeing Gao Jiu looking at him, he said, "It is only a dozen hours until tomorrow morning to start the battle. As long as it can be delayed until dark, there will be only half a day left. If you can hide the Japanese army in this half day, it will not have any impact on our combat operations.

I can stay and wait until the Japanese arrive and receive them, and there should be no problem."

Chief of Staff Liu asked again: "What if there are traitors in the town and inform them of the news?"

Wang Zhankui said: "Don't worry, I will go on the road to welcome the Japanese. I will be with them. It is impossible for traitors to approach them."

Hearing this, Gao Jiu smiled slightly at Wang Zhankui and expressed his approval of his calmness.

Chief of Staff Liu also breathed a sigh of relief. He now has more recognition of people from bandits like Gao Jiu and Wang Zhankui. He said: "Brother, I will go to the road to welcome the regiment seat. The troops will not enter Linchuan Town, but will directly move towards the Lanxi River Bridge."

After Chief of Staff Liu left, Wang Zhankui asked: "Jiu Master, there is another problem. What should I do if the Japanese army found something abnormal after entering the town?"

Gao Jiu said, "It doesn't matter, I will dress up as your entourage and go with you to greet the Japanese and see the situation."

Twenty minutes later, Gao Jiu changed into the uniform of the puppet army and took a platoon of soldiers to the direction of Lanxi County to greet the people of the Japanese military police on the way.

About 40 minutes later, two tricycles were driven in front of them, with only six people in total. There was a Japanese lieutenant sitting on the first motorcycle, and an interpreter sitting on the second motorcycle.

Seeing this situation, Wang Zhankui smiled at Gao Jiu and said, "This matter is simple." What he was most worried about was to come to a Japanese officer who was proficient in Chinese, which would be more troublesome. With this Japanese translator, even if an accident occurred, he would kill these Japanese, force the translator and let him report to the Japanese military police, which could at least be hidden for a while.

Gao Jiu smiled and said, "I will leave another team member. Although his Japanese level is not high, if this translator talks nonsense, he can still understand it."

Soon, the Japanese arrived. Wang Zhankui waited until the Japanese motorcycle stopped. He stepped forward a few steps, saluted the Japanese lieutenant, and reported to his house.

The lieutenant of the Japanese got off the motorcycle politely and returned the salute to Wang Zhankui, not as arrogant as ordinary Japanese officers.

This is easy to understand. The main force of the Japanese army was transferred away. Now in Linchuan Town, only Wang Zhankui's cavalry battalion is left. The Japanese military police in Lanxi County are still counting on them to stop the attack of the 792nd Regiment of the National Army in Lanxi County. Moreover, the Japanese military police in Lanxi County are only temporary in charge of Wang Zhankui's cavalry battalion. They hope to maintain a good relationship with Wang Zhankui.

With the help of the Japanese translator, the Japanese Lieutenant exchanged a few greetings with Wang Zhankui, and then accompanied by Wang Zhankui, he entered Linchuan Town.

After chatting for a while in the cavalry battalion, the Japanese lieutenant picked up the phone and reported to the captain of the military police in Lanxi County.

Gao Jiu sat aside and listened to the conversation on the phone. The Japanese lieutenant said that he had arrived safely and everything was normal in Linchuan Town.

It was already 4:30 pm, and Wang Zhankui ordered people to hold a banquet to welcome the Japanese lieutenant and others.

The Japanese lieutenant asked when to start a test of the troops. Wang Zhankui said that because the Taijun and the others came too suddenly, some of his troops went out to patrol, while others went to perform other tasks, and the staff was not neat enough. Besides, it was too late today and it was too late.

Wang Zhankui asked the Japanese lieutenant and others to stay here for one night. Tomorrow morning, he personally accompanied the Japanese lieutenant to inspect the cavalry battalion.

The Japanese lieutenant picked up the phone again and asked the captain of the military police team, and the other party agreed to the arrangement.

Not long after, Wang Zhankui accompanied the Japanese lieutenant and others to the largest restaurant in the town.

At the banquet, Wang Zhankui was very enthusiastic and kept toasting the Japanese lieutenant. Several company commanders under his command kept urging him to drink. The Japanese lieutenant wanted to give Wang Zhankui face, so he had to refuse everyone and finally got drunk. Most of the Japanese soldiers had a good drink, but when they saw that the officials were drunk, they let go of drinking. All of these guys were drunk in the end.

However, the translator only took a few sips at the beginning, and refused to drink it any longer. The Japanese lieutenant did not allow him to drink. Because they agreed to report to the military police at 11 o'clock in the evening.

This is more troublesome. Tonight, the main force of the cavalry battalion must set out overnight, which will definitely arouse this guy's alertness.

Wang Zhankui used the excuse to go out to the bathroom, and Gao Jiu followed him out.

Wang Zhankui asked, "Jiu Ye, what should I do with this translator?"

Gao Jiu said: "To prevent it, we can only make the matter clear."

Wang Zhankui nodded, left the gate, and explained a few words to the platoon leader outside. The platoon leader of the guard led a group of soldiers, holding a sabre, rushed into the restaurant, and killed five Japanese soldiers in front of the interpreter.

The translator collapsed to the ground in fear.

Gao Jiu asked in Japanese: "Do you want to die or live?"

The translator said tremblingly: "I want to live, please spare my life, the sir."

Gao Jiu continued to say in Japanese: "At 11:00 pm, you have to report to the Japanese military police. Do you know what to say?"

The translator said: "I know, I know, I say everything is normal here. If the military captain asks others, I say they are drinking too much."

Gao Jiu said: "It's great, as long as you cooperate well, there will be no problem."

Gao Jiu called one of the best Japanese special forces members over and said in Japanese: "You are responsible for monitoring him. If he dares to say a wrong sentence, he will kill him."

The special forces member replied in Japanese: "Hayi, please rest assured."

In fact, this special forces member had only a little understanding. He didn't understand anything Gao Jiu said. However, this is enough. The translator did not understand the background and would never dare to take risks with his life.

The special forces member stepped forward and tied up the translator and took it out.

Afterwards, Wang Zhankui and Gao Jiu led the main force of the cavalry battalion toward the Lanxi River Bridge.

At two o'clock in the morning, Gao Jiu and others caught up with Wang Jindong on the road. Wang Jindong had heard Chief of Staff Liu report about the Japanese army coming to Stand-Shichuan Town. He asked, "Brother Gao, how are the matter dealing with?"

Gao Jiu said: "Don't worry, Deputy Wang Tuan and I have already handled this matter, so there will be no problem."

Next, Gao Jiu said: "Rongzhao, brother, I will take the lead and take a detour from Niujiawa Village to cross the Lanxi River. After the battle begins, I will take the Japanese position on the north side of the bridge."

Gao Jiu did not say this at the combat meeting, because at that time, he did not trust Wang Jindong and others, and was worried that they would rely too much on the special forces in Taohuashan and not dispatch large troops. When attacking the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp, they only sent a small number of troops to cooperate with the special forces, so it would be much more difficult to attack the prisoner-of-war camp. Now that Wang Jindong's large troops have arrived here, Gao Jiu simply gave Wang Jindong another reassurance.

Sure enough, Wang Jindong was very happy. He said: "It's good, and you will be more confident in taking down the Lanxi River Bridge in this way."
Chapter completed!