At this time, this Xiao Wang had already been a company commander under Ge Sanmin, when he heard that his old father was captured by the little devil, he was so anxious that he immediately fainted, and was pinched by the fat man on the little Wang's acupoint for a while, only to wake up slowly, shouting in his mouth: "Father, the child is not filial, so that your old man is so old, and he has to suffer from the torture of the little devil, it is the child's incompetence."
"Get up, beat your chest, beat your feet, and cry.
Zhou Wu immediately ordered his brothers to return to the brigade headquarters immediately, and asked the accompanying brigade headquarters staff officers to quickly inform the officers at home, asking them to rush to the brigade headquarters immediately and have an urgent combat mission to be arranged.
The officers of the Independent Brigade soon came to the brigade headquarters, and Ding Ning asked the scout brothers to explain the situation to everyone, and when they learned that Mr.
Wang, who was in Shitang Town, Jiangyin, was caught by little devils in the countryside of Taizhou, the brothers were filled with righteous indignation and asked Zhou Wu to send the main force of the Independent Brigade to rescue Mr.
Wang.
Zhou Wu asked the scout brothers: "Now can you determine whether Mr.
Wang is being detained in Taizhou City or whether the devil is about to transfer him to Nanjing overnight, this is very important, and it will determine how and where we will rescue him." ” The scout brother said to Zhou Wu: "Before we returned, according to the information provided by the inner line planted in Taizhou, the little devil may have to escort Mr.
Wang to Nanjing City, but at what time, because the level of that inner line is too low, there is no way to know, we can only rely on ourselves to find out the situation, when I returned, I deliberately left two reliable brothers in Taizhou City, and also left them a radio station, while contacting and reporting the situation at any time. ” "Ah, are those two brothers reliable, it's a very dangerous thing to leave the radio, little devils, they have a team that specializes in reconnoitering radio waves, and if the little devils detect and find those two brothers sending telegrams, it will be troublesome."
Ding Ning was very worried in his heart, although the consideration of this reconnaissance platoon commander had his reason, with the radio station in Taizhou City, once the devil had any abnormal situation, he could immediately report to the brigade headquarters, but the little devil is not a vegetarian, this kind of thing, it is okay not to send a report, once the report is sent out, it must be detected by the little devil who specializes in reconnoitering the location of the radio station, and if these two brothers are caught by the devil, then this rescue of Mr.
Wang will be in vain.
"Chief of Staff, these two brothers have been following me, it should be no problem, one is called Jiang Xing, who is my fellow villager in Anhui, and the other is called Li Zhiming, a native of Taizhou, Jiangsu, who is familiar with the situation in Taizhou City, and is quite proficient in reconnaissance business, plus he is a local, it is more advantageous for staying in Taizhou City to lurk, Before leaving, I repeatedly warned them that they should never turn on the radio station until they had to do so, and even if they did, it should not take too long, never more than three minutes.
The reconnaissance platoon commander said.
"Oh, in this way, although we are more cautious, but we must beware of the little devil deceit, brigade, look at the current situation, should we send troops to Taizhou City immediately, or wait a little longer, and wait for the exact news to come over there, and then make a decision on action."
Ding Ning asked.
Zhou Wu also thought that the situation was unclear at this time, and he couldn't act rashly, not to mention that he couldn't figure out where Mr.
Wang was being held in Taizhou City now, so he couldn't talk about sending troops to rescue him.
"Mr.
Wang is the great benefactor of our independent brigade, when he was in Shitang Town, Jiangyin, he gave most of his family business to our independent brigade, we must go to rescue him, but not at this time, because the situation we know is not detailed and correct, just because Mr.
Wang was caught by the devil into Taizhou City, we will not be able to rescue Mr.
Wang, Xiao Wang, don't be too anxious, wait for more detailed news to come before acting."
Although Xiao Wang was very anxious, Zhou Wu and they were also reasonable, it was not that they were unwilling to rescue, but that the situation they had now was too small, of course, they could not recklessly send troops to the rescue, which Xiao Wang, who had been the head of the security regiment, could understand in his heart.
Xiao Wang nodded and said to Zhou Wu: "Brigade seat, I understand, but I have a request, when the operation starts, let me command this operation, I want to find out who told the little devil the secret, so that my old father is so old, and he has to suffer from the poisonous hands of the little devil." ” Zhou Wu discussed with Ding Ning, nodded and agreed to Xiao Wang's request, and asked Ge Sanmin and Huang Shuisheng to bring some brothers with reconnaissance experience to assist Xiao Wang to rescue Mr.
Wang, and preliminarily determined that Xiao Wang would lead a team of about 30 people to prepare for the rescue activities, and Ge Sanmin and Huang Shuisheng would lead a team of 50 people to follow closely behind, and everyone would go to prepare first, and once there was accurate and reliable news, they would immediately take action to rescue Mr.
Wang.
There was no news from Mr.
Wang for two days, Xiao Wang was anxious, and came to Zhou Wu again and again, Zhou Wu and Ding Ning couldn't figure out what was going on in Taizhou City now, so they could only order the reconnaissance platoon commander to use the radio to keep contacting Jiang Xing and Li Zhiming in Taizhou City, but after contacting for most of the day, there was no reaction at all, and the other party was silent except for silence.
Ding Ning seemed to have noticed something, and said to Zhou Wu: "Brigade, I don't think this situation is right, it's been two days in a row, isn't there any movement of the little devils in Taizhou City, and those two brothers are not required to use the radio station until the emergency, could it be that Mr.
Wang is still being held in Taizhou City by the little devils, or there are other situations."
Zhou Wu also couldn't figure out what was going on in Taizhou City, and asked Lu Ping: "Lu Ping, did your cottage have any internal lines in that Taizhou City before?"
Lu Ping shook his head and said: "Luzao, when I was in the cottage before, most of the things about the installation of the inside line were taken care of by the three masters, because he was from Yangzhou, he knew a lot of people, and he also had a lot of friends in the rivers and lakes, but now as soon as the three masters died, we lost contact with those who were in Taizhou City, and those inside lines were also placed in the puppet army in the city before.
It's not certain to be a traitor with all your heart. ” Zhou Wu listened to Lu Ping's words, his heart was cold, and he felt that there was no other way to think about it now except waiting, but he couldn't just wait like this, what should he do Suddenly, Zhou Wu said to Ding Ning in a loud voice: "Ding Ning, hurry up and ask Lao Chen of the New Fourth Army to inquire and investigate, maybe they have an inside line in Taizhou City that can access intelligence, if there is no such an inside line, it would be good to have another channel to confirm the news, so as to save us from taking the risk of making mistakes when we get it." ” "Okay, I'll send someone to contact the New Fourth Army, and I guess I'll get a response in the evening."
Ding Ning hurriedly went out and sent someone to the Third Regiment of the Jiangbei Detachment of the New Fourth Army to inquire about the situation.
Xiao Wang looked anxious, and said to Zhou Wu: "Luzao, I haven't seen the correct news yet, why don't I take the brothers of the team out of the lake first, and wait on the road from Taizhou to Nanjing, so that we can inquire about the situation, and we can also set off to Taizhou City and Nanjing City to rescue my father at any time, we can't wait here."
Xiao Wang was worried that his old father was too old to withstand the torture of the little devils, so he proposed to take someone to wait on the road first, and then act depending on the situation.
Zhou Wu disagreed with Xiao Wang's request: "It's useless for you to take your brothers like this, there are three highways from Taizhou to Nanjing, you don't know which way the devils who escorted Mr.
Wang will go, you can't set up a team on each road, besides, there will be many forks and paths during the period, maybe the little devils will bypass the avenue and take the path under the leadership of the traitors, then we won't waste our troops on the road in vain, There is also information that the devil wants to escort Mr.
Wang to Nanjing, is it reliable?"
"There is still a waterway for devils to go from Taizhou to Nanjing, that is, to take a short land route to Jiangdu, take a boat to launch the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal on the edge of Jiangdu, enter the Yangtze River facing south, go up the river and cross the Zhenjiang River to the west, and arrive at Nanjing, although this waterway is longer, but it is quite safe for the little devils, because along the Yangtze River, the anti-Japanese armed forces around us here are helpless against them, even the New Fourth Army is beyond the reach of the whip there.
Don't be in a hurry yet, it's not too late to wait for news from the New Fourth Army to act. ” Although Xiao Wang listened to Zhou Wu's advice in his mouth, but after returning to his station, the more he thought about it, the more anxious he became, and at noon, he bit his teeth, chopped his feet, and took his thirty or so brothers without even notifying Zhou Wu and went out of the lake without notifying him.
Zhou Wu was very angry when he learned that Xiao Wang had gone out of the lake, and hurriedly ordered the fat man to bring people and horses to intercept Xiao Wang as quickly as possible, and asked the fat man to bring the contact radio station, while reporting the situation in front to him at any time, when he saw Xiao Wang, he immediately intercepted them, and couldn't let him be hot-headed and do stupid things.
Jiang Xing and Li Zhiming, who stayed in Taizhou City, rented a first-class guest room under an inn in the city and stayed there.
On the first night, Li Zhiming dressed up as a wealthy businessman-like boss and walked to a Japanese-owned brothel next to the Devil's Gendarmerie Headquarters, he thought that although this place was under the nose of the devil, there were many devil officers and puppet army two dogs who usually came here to have fun, and he pretended to be a rich businessman to sneak in, and he would definitely be able to find out about Mr.
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