Tao Jingfei's words made Du Kaishan silent again. In the face of Du Kaishan, who was silent and seemed to be a little thoughtful, Tao Jingfei didn't say anything more. As an old partner and old comrade-in-arms, Tao Jingfei has said enough. The two of them sat next to the stove of Tao Jingfei's headquarters, drinking in a sip.

However, Tao Jingfei was born as a political cadre. Although when entertaining Du Kaishan, he violated the order and invited his old partner to drink a little wine, but at most it was a superficial taste. When each person had two bottles of beer, Tao Jingfei didn't put away his glasses.

Tao Jingfei stopped drinking, and Du Kaishan also put down his wine glass. After the two of them finished eating silently, Du Kaishan spoke again: "Old Tao, thank you for these bitter medicines." I have listened to and memorized what you said today. Don't worry, I will never make a similar mistake again, let's wait and see. ”

Du Kaishan's words, Tao Jingfei did not answer him immediately. Instead, he quietly looked at Du Kaishan's eyes, and only nodded for a long time and said: "The medicine is bitter, maybe it cures diseases, you have to eat it whether you want to or not." Some words are like medicine, although they are hard to hear, but they can cure your heart disease. ”

"Some things are easier said than done. You, Lao Du, have never feared anyone on the battlefield, and have never lost a battle. I don't think you're going to lose the battle in this matter. Even if we take 10,000 steps back, No. 1 has done so much for us, what have we, the subordinates, done for No. 1? ”

"In addition to doing my best to fight every battle on the battlefield, in other aspects, it is better to let No. 1 worry less, which is the greatest help to No. 1. Especially you, Lao Du, you are now the highest position among your group of people who rushed out of the Japanese army's bacteriological warfare unit, and now there are few people left. ”

"Listen to my brother's words, really mature as soon as possible, and don't let No. 1 worry about these chores for you anymore. No. 1 has not had an easy time these years, he is younger than us, but the burden on his body is heavier than any of us. We can't help much in decision-making, but we can still reduce the burden on him as much as possible on other issues. ”

For his old partner's bitter words, Du Kaishan obviously listened to it. Although he didn't say anything more, he nodded firmly. Seeing Du Kaishan nodding, Tao Jingfei showed a smile on his face. He knew that Du Kaishan was the real connection this time.

Just when Tao Jingfei wanted to say something more, the guard staff officer who was responsible for searching the regimental headquarters of the 48th Division of the Japanese Army came in to report. Not far from the straight line distance of Haiguang Temple, at the junction of the Japanese Concession and the Chinese Concession, and in the southeast of the Tenrikyo Evangelistic Lecture Hall adjacent to the Qiangzi River, a group of extremely hidden underground fortifications was discovered.

On the entire grounds, there were no fortifications except for the few well-camouflaged ventilation passages that took advantage of the house, and the few extremely concealed crossfire points. The search and capture unit in that direction, after resolving several hidden firing points on its periphery, has organized a reconnaissance unit to go down and search.

Hearing the report, Tao Jingfei and Du Kaishan glanced at each other, took a few steps to the map, and couldn't help but be slightly surprised. It is not only a kilometer away from its own headquarters. And because of geographical reasons, the attack routes of the troops, whether it was attacking the Japanese Concession or attacking the neighboring French Concession, were inadvertently avoided here.

Because there are no important goals in this area. Moreover, after clearing the enemy of Haiguang Temple, there are no Japanese troops here. Sure enough, no matter how the troops searched in the urban area, they did not find the regimental headquarters of the 48th Division, and it turned out that this extremely cunning little devil was hidden under his nose.

After finding this hidden spot on the map for the first time, even if Tao Jingfei was calm, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. This command of the devil must have guard troops around him. A few days ago, No. 1 was in his headquarters, and if at that time, these little devils sneaked out and touched themselves, the consequences would be serious.

Thinking of this, Tao Jingfei told the guard staff officer without the slightest hesitation. Regardless of whether this is the headquarters of the Japanese army or not, the remnants of the Japanese army here must be wiped out cleanly and completely in the shortest possible time. Do not leave the slightest hidden danger to the people of Tianjin.

After Tao Jingfei's order was issued, just as the guard staff officer turned around and was about to leave, he was stopped by Du Kaishan again: "You are transferring an engineer battalion up, you must find out if there is an exit in other directions for this group of underground hidden fortifications of the Japanese army." This place is so close to Haiguang Temple, it definitely didn't be transferred from the beginning, it should have been transferred from other directions after some changes in the battle situation. ”

"The width and volume of the Qiangzi River are not large, and crossing the river is the core area of the Japanese Concession. It was not a difficult task for the Japanese army to build an underground passage here. You send an engineer battalion up, and instead of using a shovel or pick, you can just use explosives to blow up all the surroundings of this underground fortification complex. Be sure to find out the direction of this underground passage in the shortest possible time. ”

"Don't catch the shadow and let them run away again. Once they slip out, in such a large urban area of Tianjin, when will we be able to catch these devils back? This is the outskirts of Tianjin, and it doesn't matter if you use some explosives. If these little devils slip away again, it will be a big trouble for us. It's a two-pronged approach, with everything about speed. ”

Regarding Du Kaishan's offside words, Tao Jingfei did not hesitate at all, and immediately asked his security staff to do so. After the guard staff left, Tao Jingfei turned his head to Du Kaishan and said: "If it weren't for your old Du Lai today, I really didn't fucking expect that the Tianjin Battlefield General Headquarters of the devil I had been looking for would actually be hiding under my nose." ”

"No wonder Lao Tzu was about to lift up the entire land in Tianjin and didn't find them, and it was really dark under the lights. This Tsuchihashi is so fucking cunning. To the south of this place is the outskirts of Tianjin, and if it is any later, it will not be really slipped away by them. ”

Regarding Tao Jingfei's emotion, Du Kaishan waved his hand and said: "Old Tao, I look at your headquarters, and I have to search it carefully." Haiguang Temple was a fortress painstakingly operated by the Japanese army for many years, and before the July 7 Incident, it was always the location of the Japanese and Chinese garrison headquarters. ”

"Such an important place, and so close to the place where the secret fortifications of the Japanese army were discovered. I think it's probably not going to be good, you also have a passage here and there. In your headquarters, there are too many things left by the Japanese army, and they are too complete, and I feel that it is somewhat abnormal. ”

"According to the general idea, this should be the key target of the Japanese army, and it is already very polite if it is not broken for a day. But I took a look at Haiguang Temple, and basically it was not damaged too much, and even the furniture in it did not move much. ”

"On the way I came, I saw that the military grain city and Yangliuqing, such as the important villages and towns on the periphery, were all flattened. It shows that the Japanese army was still fighting fiercely in the periphery of Tianjin. The location of Haiguang Temple, although it is also regarded as the urban area of Tianjin, is in the suburbs of Tianjin. ”

This line is the south gate of the Japanese Concession in Tianjin, and crossing the Haiguang Temple is equivalent to breaking into the Japanese Concession. Moreover, Haiguang Temple is not only geographically important, but also extremely historically and politically significant. Although Haiguang Temple is no longer the headquarters of the Japanese and Chinese garrisons, it is also the largest and most complete barracks of the Japanese army in Tianjin. ”

For the Japanese army, the loss of Haiguang Temple not only meant the opening of the entire gate of the Japanese concession, but also symbolized the end of the history of the Japanese army garrison in Tianjin for decades. Judging from the overall situation of such a difficult battle in Tianjin, Haiguang Temple should be the focus of the Japanese army. But if you look at it, it's almost intact, which means that it hasn't been the subject of fierce fighting. ”

"Lao Tao, I don't know if you think this situation is normal or not, but if you want me to say it, such an important goal, such a complete is definitely not normal. It's not good, it's the Japanese army in Tianjin that is hiding something. So, I suggest you do a good job of searching this command of yours. From the inside out, take a good look at it, and there will be unexpected discoveries. ”

"If the underground fortifications hadn't been found, I wouldn't have suspected any of that. But the secret underground fortifications of the Japanese army that have been discovered now are a little too close to Haiguang Temple. When I think about the importance of Haiguang Temple to the Japanese Concession, its prominent position among the Japanese army in North China before the 77 Incident, and the use of the Japanese army before this battle, I can't help but wonder what the Japanese army was deliberately covering up. ”

"Besides, it's time for your headquarters to move. If you want to talk about the battlefield in Tianjin city alone, your command position may be good. However, for the current shift to a defensive posture in Tianjin and eastern Hebei and preparations for anti-landing operations, your position is a bit of a corner. ”

Regarding Du Kaishan's suggestion to move, Tao Jingfei has not yet considered that step. However, Du Kaishan asked him to search the Haiguang Temple carefully, but Tao Jingfei listened to it. Du Kaishan's words fell, and Tao Jingfei immediately sent someone without the slightest hesitation to carefully search the inside and outside of Haiguang Temple.

During the search, Tao Jingfei asked the guards to knock on every inch of land and every wall in Haiguang Temple. Every large, obscured item should be removed. Carefully inspect the floor or walls of each building for hidden secret exits. At the same time, for some ancillary buildings such as the boiler room that were destroyed during the scramble, it is necessary to carefully search every inch of the corner after clearing out the rubble.

The results of the search surprised Tao Jingfei again. In the boiler room of the Japanese military camp of Haiguang Temple, under a pile of rubble in an extremely inconspicuous corner, an extremely hidden secret tunnel entrance was discovered. Inside the entrance, there is a faint passage on the walls on both sides, illuminated by several wall lamps hanging on both sides, and I don't know where it leads to the southeast.

The wall lights inside are still on, indicating that there must be something in there, and it is still running. Otherwise, when the entire urban area of Tianjin is already in their own hands, there is no reason why the wall lamp on the wall of such an underground passage can still be lit. It shows that within this underground passage, there is its own power generation and power supply system.

After discovering this secret passage, Tao Jingfei immediately mobilized a guard platoon beside him, all of them were reloaded with submachine guns, and after each person brought a pistol, he immediately went down to search with a flashlight. Not long after the guards were in this platoon, a dense burst of gunfire and explosions could be heard in the passage.

Not long after hearing his guards go down, there was a dense sound of gunfire coming from inside the tunnel. Tao Jingfei, whose face was pale, looked at the headquarters guard staff officer standing beside him and said nothing. The guard staff officer who knew that he was in charge of the front guard work, but did not find this hidden tunnel crossing, and was considered derelict in his duties, faced the chief with a blue face, and did not dare to speak with his head down.