Chapter 49: Searching for the Commander
From afar, there were fights in front of every fire, and each fight ended quickly. The scouts launched an attack on the guard posts of the 28th Division almost at the same time, and the end time was basically the same, that is, in the blink of an eye, the dozen or so guard posts around the barracks had all been replaced.
Five scouts were left in front of each fire, and the rest of the warriors ran quickly in the direction of the barracks. Shi Lei took the fighters as the second echelon, and ran forward at the beginning of the fight, and by the time they ran to the edge of the fire, the battle here was already over. Greeting the soldiers who stayed behind, the commander of the reconnaissance regiment led the soldiers over the fire and rushed directly to the barracks.
The barracks were surrounded by a simple wall made of wooden fences, and inside the walls were rows of barracks, and there was a large training playground at the front of the barracks. At this time, the playground was empty, but the barracks were very lively, the lights were bright, people were coming in and out, and the noise resounded between heaven and earth. Among them, the northwest corner of the barracks is the most lively, which is the location of the house.
Shi Lei is quite familiar with this barracks, and just by looking at the location, he knows that the room that the 28th Division is using is the original kitchen of this barracks, but he doesn't know if their division headquarters also uses the headquarters of Deputy Commander Zheng.
When the construction of the wooden fence began, the Scout was the designer and overseer, and now it is not too easy to climb over the fence wall of his own design. Approaching, barely making a sound, the scouts entered the fence wall. Looking left and right, there was not a single soldier guarding behind the fence wall. The officers and men of the 28th Division have big hearts! Shi Lei grinned quietly, just such a force could easily defeat Wang Chuan's tens of thousands of peasant army, that Wang Chuan was completely a rice bucket!
Before the night raid was launched, Shi Lei and his scouts had already changed into the uniforms of the national army, climbed over the fence wall, and after entering the barracks, Shi Lei separated his soldiers. Too many people get together and it is easy to be exposed, and if a few people act together, it is simply inconspicuous in such a large military camp of several thousand people.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Shi Lei led the five soldiers to just approach a barracks, and from the other side of the wall, he came out and asked where they came from.
"Find a latrine." Shi Lei replied casually.
"The big guys are looking for a room, but a few of you are looking for a latrine? Go, go, let's go, the thatched house walks along this road, and you will arrive at the smell. I don't think you need to eat at night, and when you come out of the hut, you won't even have a bite of soup left! The big grinning casually pointed to a way, and then walked in the direction of the house without looking back.
Several people grinned at each other in the dark, Shi Lei shook his head slightly, and the six people walked out of the shadow behind the barracks and went straight to the command post in the barracks. The command post is in the middle of the barracks near the main camp gate, and the largest barracks is Zheng Guotai's headquarters at the beginning.
A few people swaggered around the barracks, and there was not even a single person who interrogated them along the way. The entrance of the largest barracks was brightly lit, not only the inside of the barracks was lit, but even two grease torches were inserted at the gate, illuminating the vicinity for more than ten meters. Except for the door of the room, this place is probably the brightest.
In the distance, Shi Lei saw several suspicious people outside the headquarters. Others either go in or out, and basically don't stop much at the door, but these people just wander around the door, wandering around, neither going inside, nor going anywhere else, wandering around, they never leave the twenty meters around the headquarters. Looking more closely, there are not only a few people hanging around, some are far and near, at least thirty or forty people are hanging around the command post intentionally or unintentionally.
I got closer and saw that the few people who were hanging around the command post were the scouts who participated in this night attack! Shi Lei recognized Erga.
Commander Shi saw the scouts, and the scouts saw their commander. After the two sides greeted each other with eye contact, Shi Lei stretched out his hand and grabbed a captain officer who had just come out of the command headquarters, "Is the division seat inside?" ”
"Are you looking for a teacher? Yes, the division seat is inside. The man glanced at Shi Lei strangely, walked a few steps, and looked back again. Shi Lei didn't look back at all, strode into the command post, and the five entourages behind him followed his footsteps, and the scouts who were originally hanging around the command post quickly concentrated at the door, and followed them into the gate of the command post one after another.
The captain officer of the 28th Division, who had met with Shi Lei and had spoken a word, turned around and saw this scene clearly, this person shook his head gently, muttered something softly, turned around and was about to continue walking, when two stout-looking soldiers suddenly appeared next to him. The two of them didn't speak, they came over to one side, put their hands on the captain's shoulders and left!
"You, uh-" The captain only said one word about you, and the following words could not be spoken, and his mouth was covered! The two men carried him up and walked a few steps to the back of the barracks where there was no one. One of the two took out a rope and tied the hapless captain into a rice dumpling, took off his shoes, took off his socks, and stuffed them into the captain's mouth.
A foul smell rushed to his mind, and the captain thought, well, due to the urgency of the combat mission of exterminating the peasant rebel army, he hurried continuously, and the socks on his feet had not been washed for four or five days! This time, the fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders. Not! The captain almost fainted.
The two kidnappers pushed the captain to the ground and grinned, "I'm sorry, you sleep here, someone will come to your rescue tomorrow morning." After explaining the scene, the two men turned around and walked quickly to the brightly lit headquarters.
The captain squirmed and snorted twice in vain, and in this noisy barracks, his voice could not be heard even ten meters. The body moved twice, and the poor captain finally gave up his efforts. Maybe the words of those two kidnappers can really be effective, and when the troops can't find them by roll call tomorrow morning, they will definitely have to search the whole battalion, maybe then is the time to get out of trouble?
Shi Lei walked down the corridor and went directly to Zheng Guotai's office. When Deputy Commander Zheng was working here, this office was the supreme command organ of the entire camp, and it was also the largest room in the entire barracks.
The door was not closed, and there were people talking inside, and there was more than one voice. Erga walked briskly past the doorway, his eyes swept into the room, and he shook his head slightly. The division commander is not there!
Shi Lei's brows furrowed slightly, and when he walked through the door, he also glanced inside, and saw a large map hanging on the innermost wall, and more than a dozen officers were discussing around the map, there was no division commander of the 28th Division! Shi Lei also made a judgment in an instant.
The division commander is the highest commander in a division, and when he is with his officers and soldiers, he is the only focus of this group, and everyone should revolve around him, just like Gao Quan in the 500 Army. And there's no such focal point in this big room! Looking at the layout of the room, it is clear that this place has been transformed into an operational staff room, and the division commander's office is not this one!