Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

Chapter 307: The Worst Plan, Lin Qiang's Value Soars

After Li Yunlong returned from the independent camp, he was thinking about showing off his gains to Political Commissar Zhao Gang.

But after searching for a while and still not finding the other person, Li Yunlong realized something was wrong.

On weekdays, Zhao Gang rarely stayed in the regiment headquarters. Most of his time was spent strengthening the political and cultural studies of the entire regiment, as well as studying the political culture within the base area.

Li Yunlong searched all the places where Zhao Gang might be, but still did not see Zhao Gang.

After asking around, I finally found out that Zhao Gang had gone to a small village at the front line of the defense zone.

Li Yunlong asked the sentry, "Did the political commissar tell me what he was doing?"

The sentry recalled carefully, shook his head and said, "The political commissar didn't say what he was going to do, but I saw that a local comrade delivered a piece of intelligence. After reading it, the political commissar left the regiment headquarters in a hurry."

"Did the political commissar bring his guard platoon with him?"

"No."

Upon receiving this answer, Li Yunlong immediately flew into a rage: "What do you do for a living?!"

"You all know how dangerous the frontier is. The Japanese army of tens of thousands is eyeing us covetously. The political commissar is just a scholar, and you didn't even send anyone to follow him!"

The sentry felt aggrieved and retorted, "We were planning to follow, but the political commissar said the regimental commander was away from the regimental headquarters and withdrawing the guard platoon would cause a gap in the defense. He refused to let us follow."

"Then you won't follow?"

The sentry was speechless.

"Definitely!"

Li Yunlong said angrily, "Stop acting like you're being bullied and help me move the supplies into the warehouse."

"By the way, if the political commissar comes back, ask him to come to the regiment headquarters to find me."

"Yes!"

The sentry watched the regiment commander Li Yunlong leave before running to the warehouse to help.

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There is a village ten kilometers away from the Independent Regiment. The villagers here have moved away long ago, and now a temporary contact point has been established here by local comrades.

Political Commissar Zhao Gang sat in the main seat, his expression grim. "Is this your remedy?"

There were several reports on the table, and the sloppy handwriting made it possible to make out only the general contents.

The captain of the district team responsible for the intelligence handover lowered his head and said in a depressed tone: "Political Commissar Zhao, it has already happened. We don't want to see this result. This solution has been formulated based on the actual situation. If you have a better way, then follow yours!"

Although the other two comrades did not speak, the look they gave Zhao Gang said it all.

Zhao Gang was also helpless about this. He had to worry about all the big and small matters of the independent regiment, and local comrades were often fighting guerrilla warfare.

They simply don't have time to go to the Youth League headquarters to participate in political and cultural studies. Being able to write these words is already the result of their hard work.

Zhao Gang softened his tone and said, "Since it has already happened, all we can do now is trust the arrested comrades, but we must also be prepared for the worst."

The district team leader said, "Commissar, tell us what to do next. We'll do whatever you say."

"Yes, we will obey you."

When their comrades were arrested, all the district team could do was trust that their comrades would not betray them.

However, the Japanese's methods were suffocating, and it was impossible to determine whether the comrades could hold on.

The arrival of Political Commissar Zhao Gang undoubtedly gave them a backbone, and now they rely on Zhao Gang to give them advice.

Hearing this, Zhao Gang thought for a moment and then said, "Since we are preparing for the worst, then from now on, cease all your actions. Before obtaining accurate intelligence, do not take any action against the enemy."

"Also, immediately order everyone to clean up and evacuate this contact point. No matter what the final outcome is, we cannot stay here any longer."

Several comrades from the district teams nodded after hearing this, and the team leader replied, "Yes, I'll give the order right away."

Several people saluted and left quickly.

Zhao Gang sat in the chair for a long time without getting up. Logically speaking, he was the political commissar of the regiment, and it was not his responsibility to worry about the arrest of local comrades.

However, the comrades arrested were not local people, but intelligence personnel from the regiment headquarters.

Moreover, the arrested comrade was very clear about all the deployments of the regiment headquarters, and even knew something about some of the secret sentries.

Now that this happened, Zhao Gang had to rush over to see if there was any chance of rescue.

But now it seems that there is little hope.

In fact, Zhao Gang himself knew that although he said he would trust his comrades, no one dared to say for sure about this matter.

Only by experiencing it can you know how cruel the Japanese devils' methods are.

Moreover, the current situation is very unfavorable to the Japanese, so they will definitely find ways to pry open the mouths of the arrested comrades until they get the information they want.

The only good news is that his life can be protected before his comrade's last bit of value is squeezed out.

However, after being arrested and taken to the county town, Zhao Gang had no way of knowing what the current situation was.

The worst-case scenario is that this comrade has already given in and told the Japanese everything he knows in order to save his life.

The best, and also the worst, outcome was that this comrade would rather die than surrender, and was tortured by the devils until his last breath.

"County town, gendarmerie dungeon!"

"Hey!"

Suddenly, a name flashed through Zhao Gang's mind. He slapped his thigh and said, "Oh right, we can find Lin Qiang!"

The purpose of looking for Lin Qiang was not to ask him to rescue this comrade.

It is absolutely impossible to rescue a comrade who has been captured by the gendarmerie in a county town guarded by tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers.

Instead, he wanted to find out the current situation through Lin Qiang's layout in the county.

After all, two full hours have passed since he was arrested.

With a solution in mind, Zhao Gang immediately stood up and walked out of the house. He found the captain of the district team and said, "You must evacuate here immediately. You can decide where to go."

"I need to rush back to the regiment headquarters immediately to see if I can ask the independent battalion commander, Lin Qiang, to find out the current situation."

Hearing the name Lin Qiang, the district team leader asked expectantly, "Political Commissar, are you talking about Lin Qiang, the commander of the independent battalion in Heiyun Village?"

"Yes."

Zhao Gang smiled and asked, "Why, even you know him?"

"Who in northwest Shanxi hasn't heard of the name of Lin Qiang, the commander of the independent battalion?"

The district team leader laughed and said, "To be disrespectful, Captain Lin's current reputation is even more famous than our regimental commander's."

"Commissar, do you know how much the Japs are offering just for information about Captain Lin?"

"A full five hundred thousand silver dollars!"

"How many?"

Zhao Gang exclaimed, "Five hundred thousand silver dollars, the Japs really hate Lin Qiang to death!"

"That's right. If Lin Qiang were our enemy, he would probably be extremely hateful."

"Okay, hurry up, I'm leaving first."