Chapter 260 Meeting with Murakuchi Saburo
Early morning, Xiaocaozhuang stronghold
As soon as the sun rose, Murakuchi Saburo couldn't wait to ride his horse straight into the wilderness with a few cavalrymen.
Afterwards, the remaining Japanese soldiers in the Xiaocaozhuang stronghold rushed to various areas, some on horseback and some by car.
Qingquan Muyi also led a team of Japanese soldiers to the Zhangzhuang stronghold, ready to cooperate with Murakuchi Saburo to blockade the nearby area.
Make sure things are foolproof.
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In the deserted village, Qin Yangming and some special forces soldiers stayed in the village waiting for the arrival of the other party.
The rest of his soldiers also dispersed to block the nearby area, while keeping an eye on the Xiaocaozhuang stronghold.
If the person who came was not Murakuchi Saburo or Kiyozumi Kiichi, he would immediately intercept Kiyozumi Kiichi's team.
If Kiyozumi Muichi and Murakuchi Saburo are unwilling to continue cooperating, they will launch an attack directly and execute the second attack plan.
The deserted village chosen by Qin Yangming was not far from the Xiaocaozhuang stronghold.
Murakuchi Saburo and his men quickly arrived at the outskirts of the deserted village on horseback.
"Captain, the Japs are coming!"
Duan Peng, who was on the roof, saw several Japanese soldiers riding horses towards him and immediately turned around and called out to Qin Yangming.
"Send them a signal to see if they are the Japanese who are trying to contact us. If not, have Xu Laoliu beat them all!"
"Yes!"
After receiving the order, Duan Peng immediately stood up and exposed himself, then took out two flags and began to signal the Japanese on the opposite side.
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"Sir, we have arrived at our destination, but we have not found any trace of the Eighth Route Army!"
On the outskirts of the deserted village, after Murakuchi Saburo and his men arrived, a Japanese soldier observed with a telescope and found that there was no trace of the Eighth Route Army in the deserted village, so he quickly reported to Murakuchi Saburo.
"Be prepared to retreat. If anything goes wrong, retreat immediately!"
"Hi!"
Saburo Murakuchi looked at the quiet surroundings, took out the prepared signal gun, prepared to fire, and then gave orders to the soldiers beside him.
"Could it really not be the Eighth Route Army? Then who could it be? We agreed to be in this place, so why is there no one in the village?"
Just when Saburo Cunkou was wondering whether the other party was the Eighth Route Army and why there was no one in the village, the Japanese soldier holding the telescope spoke again.
"Sir, there are people in the village! Judging from the uniforms, they are the Eighth Route Army, and they are signaling with flags!"
Listening to the words of the Japanese soldier next to him, Murakuchi Saburo quickly raised the telescope and said urgently.
"Quick, signal the other party!"
Under the command of Murakuchi Saburo, a Japanese soldier rode his horse away for a distance, then took out the flag he was carrying and began to send flag signals to the deserted village.
After the two sides confirmed the flag signals, Murakuchi Saburo held the signal gun in one hand to ensure that the signal flare could be fired as soon as possible, and then he led the Japanese soldiers on horseback and headed straight for the deserted village.
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In the deserted village.
"Captain, the Japs have responded. They are the guys we contacted. They are coming! Xu Laoliu, take your men to stop those Japs, remove their weapons and equipment, and bring them here!"
Duan Peng first told Qin Yangming the information, and then ordered Xu Laoliu to take people to stop the Japanese soldiers who were coming over, and then bring them to Qin Yangming after removing their weapons and equipment.
“No need. Since the Japanese brought so many people here, they have shown their sincerity, so we have to show our sincerity as well.
Otherwise, the Japanese will think we are afraid of them. Let's go out and welcome them."
Qin Yangming raised his hand to stop Xu Laoliu and his men from going to the village entrance to disarm the Japanese soldiers, and then he personally walked towards the direction where the Japanese soldiers were coming from.
The Japanese dared to enter the deserted village with just a few people, and the other side was not afraid, so what was there for him to be afraid of?
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After Qin Yangming reached the village entrance, Cunkou Sanlang also happened to be rushing to the deserted village with his men.
After seeing Qin Yangming walking out of the village, looking at the huge body of Qin Yangming, Cunkou Sanlang instantly realized that he had made the right contact this time, and quickly put away the signal gun.
“Put away all your guns and don’t cause any misunderstanding!
The target is fine, hurry over there!"
Seeing that many of the soldiers around him put their hands on the guns behind their backs, Murakuchi Saburo quickly told them to put their guns away and not cause any unnecessary misunderstandings.
"Hi!"
Under the order of Murakuchi Saburo, the Japanese soldiers quickly withdrew their hands and kept them in the open as much as possible to avoid misunderstanding.
They didn't notice it when they were on the outskirts, but now that they arrived next to the deserted village, they discovered that there were a lot of traces of cavalry activities around them.
It is obvious that this deserted village, which looks deserted, may have hundreds of people in it.
If any misunderstanding arises, the few of them will not be enough to share with the Eighth Route Army in the village.
Besides, Murakuchi Saburo said that these Eighth Route Army soldiers were the targets they were looking for. In other words, they now had a special cooperative relationship, so they naturally could not do anything that would cause misunderstanding.
Murakuchi Saburo has already shown his sincerity, so Qin Yangming naturally cannot be at a disadvantage.
The moment he saw Murakuchi Saburo, Qin Yangming asked the soldiers who followed him to put away their guns so as not to cause any unnecessary misunderstandings.
"Mr. Qin, it's been a long time since we last met in Chiyang Town. How are you?"
With a smile on his face, Murakuchi Saburo dismounted his horse and walked towards Qin Yangming, as if they were old friends who had not seen each other for many years, and greeted Qin Yangming in stiff Chinese.
He would ask Qin Yangming to help contact the Eighth Route Army in Chiyang Town to clean up Qingquan Muyi's mess later. Naturally, it was impossible for him to put on airs with Qin Yangming at this time.
What's more, to these guys who came from small business, who is Qin Yangming?
It’s a customer, and a huge customer!
For such a customer, Murakuchi Sanlang would have to be crazy to put on airs in front of Qin Yangming.
If the situation did not allow it, Murakuchi Saburo would have wanted to entertain Qin Yangming well at the command center in Ping'an County.
"Murakou-kun, it seems like you've been doing well recently since we last met in Chiyang Town."
As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person, not to mention that Qin Yangming still needs help from Village Sanlang.
So no matter how much Qin Yangming hated the Japanese, he still put on a smile and walked towards Sanlang at the entrance of the village.
Then the two of them hugged each other tightly, like old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years. "Oh, Mr. Qin, there is an old saying in China, 'The first time is strange, the second time is familiar'. This is the second time we meet, and I think we may become good friends."
"Muraguchi-kun, if it weren't for this damn war, I think we might actually be good friends."
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"No, Duan Peng, what do Captain Qin and that little devil mean?
Why are the Japs speaking our language and Captain Qin speaking the Japs' language?
If the two of them had changed their clothes, I would have thought that the little devil named so-and-so was the Eighth Route Army, and Captain Qin was the little devil. "
Wei Dayong, who was following behind, saw Qin Yangming talking about the Japanese's words, while the Japanese were talking about their words. He asked Duan Peng beside him with some confusion.
Duan Peng leaned against the wall with his arms folded, looking at Qin Yangming and Cunkou Sanlang in front of him and said to Wei Dayong.
"It's very simple. When our regiment commander speaks the words of the Japs, he is telling them that our regiment commander also knows how to speak the words of the Japs. The Japs should not try to make any tricks.
The Japanese said something similar to what we said."
Duan Peng didn't know what was going on between Qin Yangming and Murakuchi Saburo, so he was just expressing his own guess.
Listening to Duan Peng's guess, Wei Dayong nodded thoughtfully, and then asked again.
"Duan Peng, didn't your regiment commander teach you Japanese? Tell me, what is Commander Qin talking about? I've been listening to the Japanese talking about this and that, but I don't know what Commander Qin is talking about. It makes me feel uncomfortable."
“Nothing was said. Now Captain Qin and the little devil are still chatting about family matters. It seems that they want to get closer to each other.
Just wait and see, the Japs will most likely ask something of us."
"Huh? Didn't we have something to ask the devils? Why is it that now the devils have something to ask us?"
Listening to Duan Peng's words, Wei Dayong was puzzled.
"It's simple, because the reason we came here is to find this little devil called Murakuchi Saburo and get back in touch with him.
But you have to know that we knew that Cunkou Sanlang and his men were in the Xiaocaozhuang stronghold, so we came here.
But the Japs don't know we are here to find them.
In other words, the reason why the leader opened the radio station in the first place was actually to see if Murakuchi Saburo and others would also open a radio station at this time.
I didn’t expect that Saburo Murakuchi and his team actually opened a radio station.
But under normal circumstances, it is impossible for Murakuchi Saburo to turn on the radio and adjust the channel specifically.
After all, Murakuchi Saburo doesn't know that we are here too.
The only explanation is that after Murakuchi Saburo and others lost contact with us, these Japanese devils wanted to restore contact with our Eighth Route Army more than we did.
Some people were even so anxious that they started to try all kinds of medical treatments and tried their luck by turning on the radio in this wilderness.
So, it is certain that Murakuchi Saburo has something very important that he needs help from our Eighth Route Army.
It even concerns his life.
The captain must have noticed this, so he planned to wait for Murakuchi Saburo to tell the truth.
We will see how big the situation is with Cunkou Saburo at that time. The bigger the situation is, the greater the cost will be, and the easier it will be to get Cunkou Saburo to cooperate with us to enter the county seat of Ping'an County.
If the regiment commander spoke out first, the initiative would be in the hands of the Japanese.
By then, the Japanese will be able to control us and make exorbitant demands.
It will also reveal in advance that we are going to attack the county seat of Ping'an County.
If these Japanese suddenly change their minds and make preparations in advance, then when we attack Ping'an County later, there will be a lot of casualties, and it will be more difficult to fight. If we are not careful, it may even lead to mission failure.
So the two of them are chatting now just to see who loses temper first.
Whoever loses patience first will have the initiative in the hands of the other party.
But I think the Japanese are very likely to lose their patience. They are so anxious that they are turning on a radio in the wild to try their luck and see if they can contact the Eighth Route Army. This shows that their situation has become urgent. "
Looking at Cunkou Sanlang who was still talking with Qin Yangming with a smile on his face, Duan Peng analyzed to Wei Dayong.
Listening to Duan Peng's analysis, Wei Dayong touched his head and indicated that he didn't understand.
He listened to Duan Peng's analysis, but felt confused and had no idea what Duan Peng was trying to say.
It is not clear how important initiative is.
In Wei Dayong's opinion, under such circumstances, he should just take people to capture that Cunkou Saburo. When the time comes, with a revolver pointed at his head, he doesn't believe that Cunkou Saburo will not cooperate.
"If you ask me, just pull out a gun and point it at the head of that Village Mouth Saburo. I don't believe it. Village Mouth Saburo won't cooperate under the gunpoint?
If he doesn't cooperate, I'll just shoot him in the head. At worst, I'll just keep on attacking. Isn't that what the regiment commander and the others agreed to at the beginning?"
Seeing that Wei Dayong didn't understand what was going on, Duan Peng smiled and didn't say anything else.
Wei Dayong is not a member of his special forces team, so there is no need to explain it so clearly.
Explain it to me, if you understand then listen, if you don’t then forget it.
He didn't have the time to explain to Wei Dayong what was going on.
He also had to keep an eye on people like Sanlang at the village entrance to make sure they didn't cause any trouble.
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"Murakou-kun, it's not a good idea to just stand outside like this. Why don't you follow me into the village and have a chat? I've prepared some drinks in the village, and we can drink while we chat."
"Mr. Qin, it's not a good idea for us to just stand here and talk in the wild. How about we go to the Xiaocaozhuang stronghold and talk? I'll have someone prepare something..."
Qin Yangming and Murakuchi Saburo sent out invitations almost at the same time. One wanted to invite the other to the village to chat, and the other wanted to invite the other to the stronghold.
Both sides were stunned for a moment, and then laughed out loud together.
"Murakou-kun, aren't you worried that I will take advantage of the situation and take over Xiaocaozhuang? Although Xiaocaozhuang is just a small stronghold, its location is also very critical."
Qin Yangming spoke to Cunkou Sanlang as if jokingly.
"Mr. Qin, if you want the Xiaocaozhuang stronghold, as a friend, I can give it to you directly. Of course, it's not as simple as me taking the troops away and you taking the troops over... It requires a little bit of performance in the middle...
You know, after all, because of those damn guys, we should have been friends but now we have to fight each other."
Listening to what Cunkou Sanlang said, Qin Yangming nodded secretly.
"Oh, it seems that the matter of this guy Murakuchi Saburo is quite important..."
(End of this chapter)
