"What? You've discovered a secret, hidden, and excellent railroad spur? Hearing Dong Ping's report, although Yang Zhen's brows furrowed deeply, there was a hint of excitement in his expression.

Yang Zhen knew in later generations that during the 14 years of the Kwantung Army's occupation of the Northeast, in order to firmly control their so-called lifeline and prepare for the war against the Soviet Union, a large number of secret warehouses and fortifications were built in various parts of the Northeast. In particular, in North Manchuria, where the main battlefield of the war against the Soviet Union was to fight, a large number of extremely concealed fortifications and warehouses were built.

The number of these warehouses and fortifications, and the exact location there, because all the laborers were killed after the completion of the work, and the archives were destroyed when the war was defeated. With the exception of a few fortresses of great scale that even fought with the Soviet army, especially secret warehouses, even decades later, they have not been identified.

Later, when the fire that shocked the whole world occurred in the Great Khing'an Mountains, many people speculated that the fire was caused by the explosion of the secret arsenal built by the Kwantung Army in the mountains of the Great Khing'an Mountains.

Yang Zhen didn't know if the fire in Daxinganling was caused by the explosion of the Kwantung Army's warehouse, but he knew that even in the 21st century that he had traveled through, there were still secret warehouses built by the Kwantung Army in the northeast that had not been discovered, and he was sure of this.

Hearing that Dong Ping had discovered a secret railway branch line that was not marked on the map and was hidden, Yang Zhen's first feeling was that the end of this small railway branch line that looked like it was specially used to transport timber was likely to be a secret fortification of the Japanese army. As for the Soviet fortifications or warehouses, then you need to conduct follow-up reconnaissance yourself.

Dong Ping nodded very firmly and said, "I'm sure it's a secret railway line." Where's where this railway line leads, no one knows to the local people. All they know is that when the railroad was built, none of the laborers who were carried into the mountains came out alive. ”

"I once led a reconnaissance team to find out where the railway leads, but unfortunately, I didn't go far into the mountains before I encountered Japanese patrols and a large amount of barbed wire. Minefields were also discovered. In addition, after we entered the mountain, we also found a large number of white bones in the mountains on both sides of the railway branch line. ”

"For fear of exposing the target, we didn't dare to go any further, so we rushed back to report. One thing I can be sure of is that this spur of the railway is not shown on the maps of the Japanese troops we captured. And it is located in seclusion, and there are no people along the line. ”

Yang Zhen pondered for a while, turned to the little tiger beside him and said, "You go and find Li Mingrui, as well as the political commissar, chief of staff, and several regiment commanders, we have a meeting." ”

Hearing Yang Zhen's order, Xiaohuzi didn't dare to delay, and quickly found a few people that Yang Zhen was looking for.

Seeing Li Yanping and a few people coming, Yang Zhen pointed to the map and repeated Dong Ping's report just now, and then said: "According to Dong Ping's discovery, the end of this railway branch line is likely to be a secret warehouse of the Japanese army. ”

"In order to prepare for the so-called war against the Soviet Union, the little devils not only built a large number of fortifications and fortresses on the border line, but also built a large number of secret warehouses near the rear lines of communication, storing a large number of weapons, ammunition and various materials."

"You see, this is the first line of Qinghei Mountain where we are now, this is the area of Qunce Mountain where Dong Ping found the secret railway branch, and the straight-line distance is not far. I want to take Li Mingrui's reconnaissance detachment and Guangyu's regiment to attack. Let's see what the hell is out there. ”

The commander-in-chief, who had not given Yang Zhen a good face because of the killing of prisoners in Jingpo Lake, took the lead in objecting at this time: "You want to find out what the situation is there, I agree." But you have to lead the team personally, I am against it. ”

"You are now the senior commander of the unit, and you are responsible for the entire unit. I will build yì This sortie is still in charge of Guangyu. You stay and continue to reorganize the troops. ”

Regarding the commander-in-chief's opposition, Yang Zhen smiled bitterly: "The commander-in-chief's attack this time is not a regular operation, and we can only act like a sneak attack on the Jingpo Lake hydropower site." There is a railway connecting it to the outside world, and once our operational attempts are exposed, the Japanese army will quickly mobilize heavy reinforcements from Jiamusi. ”

"In this battle, we are going to try not to shoot as much as possible. So I don't go, others don't have this ability. Although Li Mingrui's appearance in Jingpo Lake was good, that battle also revealed a lot of problems. The main thing is that the experience is still lacking. ”

"In the battle of the Jingpo Lake Hydropower Station, even if our actions are exposed, we can take a strong offensive approach to solve the problem. But it's different there, we can only take a surprise attack and infiltrate as much as we can. We want the supplies inside, not simply to destroy the enemy. ”

"And how many Japanese troops there were, what the equipment was, what the terrain was, none of us knows. Attack rashly, and the losses will be great. ”

"If it is really a Japanese warehouse, and this battle is fought, we can not only solve the problem of lack of equipment, but maybe also solve the problem of individual military uniforms. As an abundance of caution, I had to go myself. ”

Yang Zhen insisted on his opinion, and several people couldn't persuade the commander-in-chief, so they didn't open their mouths. It's just that although Guo Bingxun did not object to Yang Zhen personally leading the team to attack, he insisted that Yang Zhen was not allowed to personally enter the base of this devil who didn't know what he was used to reconnoitre.

Although he knew that all the people in the army were added together, only Yang Zhen had the ability to touch it without alarming the garrison Japanese army.

In the first battle of Jingpo Lake, the reason why the troops only paid a slight, almost negligible price of casualties, solved the Japanese garrison squadron and a regiment of the puppet Manchu army that served as a guard, that is, Yang Zhen took Li Mingrui's reconnaissance team into the Japanese puppet army barracks first, collected all its weapons, and first controlled the Japanese army with relatively strong combat effectiveness, so that they were able to take the heavily guarded Jingpo Lake Hydropower Station construction site without blood. Not only did they seize a large amount of weapons and equipment, but they also got a large amount of supplies. The urgent needs of the troops were solved.

But this time it was different from the battle at Jingpo Lake, and there was no information at all about how many troops and equipment the Japanese army had in this secret base. In particular, when the commander-in-chief said that Tangyuan was the main activity area of the main force of the Third Route Army of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the North Manchurian Provincial Party Committee had been hidden in Tangyuan for a long time.

And the commander-in-chief had never heard anyone from the Third Route Army mention that there was actually a secret base of the Japanese army here. From this point, it can be seen that this is unusual. Therefore, although Guo Bingxun agreed to Yang Zhen personally leading the team to attack, he resolutely opposed Yang Zhen to personally reconnoiter in danger like the battle of Jingpo Lake. and repeatedly told Wang Guangyu and Li Mingrui, who led the team to participate in the battle, to watch him.

Having made up his mind, Yang Zhen did not delay in the slightest, and led the team to set off that night. Under the leadership of Dong Ping, after a night of rapid marching, he came to the place where he found the secret railway in the early morning of the next day.

After arriving at the location, Yang Zhen left Wang Guangyu to command the main force, ready to respond and prepare for battle. He personally led Li Mingrui and Dong Ping and three reconnaissance teams along the railway line to the mountain.

Regarding Yang Zhen personally leading the team to reconnoitre, Wang Guangyu, who had been repeatedly told by the commander-in-chief and Guo Bingxun before leaving, did not agree at first. But Yang Zhen, who didn't have much time to nag him, still persuaded him.

Sure enough, he didn't wait for Yang Zhen to go far into the mountain, about twenty miles away, and he encountered the barbed wire fence described by Dong Ping, as well as a minefield. There are minefields here, which shows that the Japanese army, which advocates the offensive, attaches great importance to this place. As for what kind of place this is, Yang Zhen is not sure for the time being.

After determining that this would be an extremely important place, Yang Zhen did not rush to touch it, but found a hidden place outside the barbed wire fence and raised his telescope to observe it carefully. He tried to find clues that would reveal the truth of the place.

Because of the obstruction of the view from the mountains, Yang Zhen spent a day motionless and covertly observing in the bushes less than 20 meters away from the barbed wire, except for determining the patrol interval of the Japanese patrol and the number of people stationed, he did not find any valuable clues.

After observing for a day to no avail, Yang Zhen decided to take advantage of the night to touch in. Look it up closely. Yang Zhen, who made up his mind, did not bring many people, only took Li Mingrui, quickly opened a passage in the minefield, and touched it.

Watching Yang Zhen easily and almost effortlessly, using a wire to open a passage in the minefield, Li Mingrui, who had seen his mine-laying methods, secretly gave a thumbs up in his heart: "As the commander-in-chief, not only do you have many mine-laying methods, but this mine-clearing method is also scary enough." It was only half an hour, and a passage was carved out in a minefield twenty meters wide. ”

Yang Zhen didn't know what Li Mingrui was thinking, and after estimating the time when the Japanese patrol arrived, Yang Zhen took out a small pair of pliers and gently cut a gap in the barbed wire that was not too noticeable, which was large enough for a person to crawl.

After the two of them crossed the barbed wire fence and Yang Zhen carefully restored the barbed wire to its original state, he and Li Mingrui quickly passed the path patrolled by the Japanese army and entered this heavily guarded Japanese military base.

After entering the base of the Japanese army, Yang Zhen did not rush to act, but after determining his location, he quietly found a hidden place to hide. The night was too dark, for fear that his observation would be affected and Yang Zhen, who missed something, decided to wait here for a day. When it is daybreak, take a closer look.

After seeing the real situation here clearly after dawn, Yang Zhen, who had always been calm, couldn't help but gasp.

This is supposed to be a large-scale secret warehouse of the Japanese army, and judging from the clues revealed on the surface, the mountain under him may have been hollowed out. And a well-camouflaged vent was less than thirty meters away from Yang Zhen's side.

When Yang Zhen cautiously climbed to the front of the vent, peeled aside the weeds used for concealment and looked down, he found that under the vent was a tunnel with enough tracks for two trucks to run in parallel. As for where this tunnel leads, due to the limited visual distance, Yang Zhen cannot know.

As for why it was deduced that this was a warehouse, not a fortification like a fortress, it is simple. Although Yuyuan is not far from the Sino-Soviet border, there is still some distance after all. And from the point of view of transportation, even if a war breaks out between Japan and the Soviet Union, this will not be the main battlefield. Building fortifications here would be more threatening to the Soviet Union than in the north in the territory of Fujin.

The strength of the Japanese army here is not like this is a fortress or military fortification, there are two rows of bungalows at the foot of the mountain, according to Yang Zhen's estimate, there are at most five or six hundred people stationed here, and it is impossible to accommodate it at all. Unless all these Japanese troops are stationed in caves. And after careful observation, except for a large number of vents, Yang Zhen did not find any hidden shooting holes that could be used for combat.

Moreover, the strength of the Japanese army who went out in the early morning was only two squadrons, which proved that this should not be a fortress. Otherwise, it would be impossible to fight on a large scale with only such a few troops, which can at most be called a garrison.

Yang Zhen looked very carefully, he was not only carefully observing the true face of the Japanese army here, but also carefully observing the fortifications of the Japanese garrison. Although the Japanese fortifications were built extremely concealed and set up extremely tricky, they were still exposed under the observation of Yang Zhen, who had seen more of this kind of concealed fortifications in later generations.

Whenever he found a place, Yang Zhen marked it on the topographic map he had drawn. It wasn't until he repeatedly observed three or five times and confirmed that it was correct that Yang Zhen stopped to rest and rest. Of course, this kind of rest is only to close your eyes in place for a while, let alone walk around, eat, or even sit up.

Although there are not many devils under the mountain, there are enough troops of two squadrons. His current position is on top of the head of the devil's warehouse, in the core of the entire camp.

Once exposed, with the two Browning pistols that he was carrying, which together were only more than ten rounds of ammunition, and the two fast and slow machines on Li Mingrui's body, he didn't even have a rifle, and in the face of the superior Japanese army, there was almost no possibility of breaking through except for a desperate fight. That is to say, if two people are exposed, it will not be nine deaths and one life, but ten deaths and no life.

Yang Zhen was extremely cautious in every movement, for fear of attracting the attention of the Japanese patrol carrying military dogs that walked by in more than ten minutes. And Li Mingrui's hand holding the gun beside him was nervous and sweating, and his heart was about to rise to his throat.

The reason why Li Mingrui, who has been a snitch for many years and has seen strong winds, is nervous, and Li Mingrui, who has been worried, is not those Japanese soldiers patrolling back and forth under the tip of his nose, but Yang Zhen who is lying next to him.

For the Japanese army, how many Li Mingrui are not afraid, let alone nervous. He was more worried that once exposed, it would threaten Yang Zhen's safety. Li Mingrui knew that once exposed, it would be difficult for the two of them to rush out.

It's okay to do it yourself, but once something happens to Yang Zhen, I'm afraid that the newly formed army will be destroyed. Not to mention that the commander-in-chief and political commissar can't spare themselves, and they can't spare themselves. Out of concern for Yang Zhen's safety, Li Mingrui has never looked forward to the dark sky when the sun has just risen, as he did today.

Fortunately, both of them were masters of action, and after having the patience to endure until dark, they safely evacuated the secret warehouse of the Japanese army, and returned to Wang Guangyu's place under the response of Dong Ping on the periphery.

Seeing Yang Zhen return safely, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. It's just that after Yang Zhen ate something and recovered his body, it made these people's hearts rise again.

Regarding Yang Zhen's idea of returning to the Japanese base with the reconnaissance team this time to open the offensive channel for the main force, Wang Guangyu resolutely opposed: "Commander, you have figured out the defensive deployment of the Japanese army, as well as the general fortifications, I think the rest of the things can be done by Mingrui and Dong Ping, you are still responsible for commanding the overall situation." ”

"You don't know, during the two days and one night you left, the commander-in-chief, the political commissar and the chief of staff called three or four times, asking me to stop you. My heart has been raising my throat, especially after receiving that you personally entered the Japanese military base to reconnoitre, I was almost worried to death. If you don't come back, I'm going to lead the attack. ”