The officers of the Mukden Independent Garrison Brigade had no way to express themselves, and they now had to give an account to the Japanese Kwantung Army and Major Marshal Xiaoliuzi, and a large number of reporters surrounded the entrance of the headquarters. How to explain?

They didn't know anything about the situation, when the Japanese began to move, when exactly the battle began, how many troops were invested by both sides, what the course of the battle was, and what the outcome of Zuihou was, they didn't know anything. In the face of reproaches from all sides, they have nothing to do!

After receiving the telegram, the Japanese Kwantung Army Headquarters immediately called Yukihiro Hirata to verify the implementation, and only then did they know the truth of the fact that one squadron was completely annihilated and two squadrons were defeated. As for the Qianjinzhai Coal Mine, it has completely lost contact! Needless to say, the economic arteries of the Great Japanese Empire have been cut off! It is also a fact that nearly 3,000 Japanese overseas Chinese were taken captive!

After another four days, the Youyan detachment issued a second battle report, which explained in detail how Yukihiro Hirata escaped alone, and announced the specific data on the destruction of the enemy and the list of main officers. Of course, in this telegram, the Youyan detachment was "sacrificed" by more than 280 people.

This time, the Japanese army encircled and suppressed, concentrated more than 800 people to attack on two sides, and as a result, more than 600 people were killed and wounded! The telegram further confirmed the popular speculation. Reporters from all sides asked about the location of Youyan's detachment, but no one knew the specific location. Reporters from all over the world gathered in Mukden City, but they could not find the interviewee.

The staff officer of the separate garrison brigade came out and issued a statement: "The South Manchurian Railway has always been managed by the Japanese and is not within the scope of our department's duties. Our department is not responsible for specific developments. ”

The reporter ran to the Marshal's Mansion, and the young marshal was dancing with Miss He Si in Tianjin. finally found Tang Yulin's residence, but was told that "there is no comment, this commander is mainly responsible for Rehe affairs." ”

Zuihou, finally ran into a few laborers who were rescued and left on their own. After they added fuel to the fire, coupled with the self-imagination of the laborers, the course of the matter became even more confusing.

Coincidentally, a reporter finally learned that the Youyan detachment had two locations through a hunter. One is the Daqingshan Mountain Range, which the Japanese army focuses on, and the other is Caiyun Villa. This insider once saw a large number of Japanese women and children being brought to Caiyun Villa.

Many reporters immediately looked for various means of transportation and rushed to Caiyun Villa. As a result, he was stopped halfway through. The reason is that "Caiyun Villa was loaned by the Youyan detachment to Japanese women and children for temporary residence." This mountain villa received an order from the Youyan detachment that it was not allowed to receive outsiders. ”

At the same time, Gan Tong and Zhao Jinxi received a telegram from Lan Caiqin about the reporter's question. Gan Tong ordered them to receive reporters so that they could see the Japanese women and children who were being resettled. Say more irrelevant things and less relevant things. At the same time, Lan Caiqin was ordered to arrange for these reporters to be taken to the farms on the outskirts of Daqingshan and let them interview the laborers.

After that, Gan Tong sent an urgent telegram to Zhang Xiang: "Order: Reporters can be received to interview the laborers, and the place is on the farm, so that the reporters can listen to what the laborers have to say." Two platoons of fighters were arranged for the reception, one third armed with 38 rifles and two-thirds armed with vintage rifles. To unify the caliber, the 38 rifle was captured. ”

As soon as Zhang Xiang, Cheng Shijie and others read the telegram, they immediately understood the game of "pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger". So the soldiers of the two platoons were urgently mobilized to change their clothes and rehearse, and one-third of the fighters changed into the clothes that were taken off the little devils, and two-thirds were the clothes of the common people. Then they all stayed on the farm and waited for the arrival of reporters.

By noon on the fourth day, the first reporters had finally arrived at the farm. Thousands of unkempt laborers are eating lunch, and the food is corn paste. This is a completely real scenario, because these laborers have been starving for too long and are currently in the recuperation stage. As for changing clothes, I haven't had time yet, because there are so many people.

When the reporter walked into the farm, he was immediately infected by this scene. Everyone ran to the workers and started asking a barrage of questions. Let these uncrowned kings understand what hell on earth is! One of the Japanese journalists stood up and accused the fraud, and the laborers tore off their clothes and spoke with the fact that they were skinny!

If it hadn't been for the fighters who stopped him, the Japanese journalist would have been killed on the spot by the laborers! Zhang Xiang and others brought out a group of Japanese employees from the coal mine and asked them to be interviewed. Through the comparison of the two aspects, the reporter finally confirmed that what the worker said was all true!

With the Associated Press reporter sending out the first illustrated newsletter, a huge wave of "anti-Japanese economic aggression" broke out on the streets of the United States, which directly alarmed the top brass of the White House! After a vote in both houses, the United States decided to impose economic sanctions on Japan!

The Associated Press reporter wrote in the report:

According to the laborers, the Japanese-run Qianjinzhai Coal Mine has more than 20,000 deaths a year due to hunger, overwork, disease and mine accidents. In the last decade or so, the total death toll has exceeded 200,000! Qianjinzhai Donggou is one of the famous mass graves. ”

"The poor hard-working laborers who died all their lives now have happy smiles on their faces. Especially the homeless laborers, the Youyan detachment has promised them to open up and farm in this small basin surrounded by beautiful mountains, and their future lives will also be settled. ”

"The Youyan detachment has its own farm, and according to their military director, Mr. Zhang, if there is no invasion by outsiders, they work here, grow grain, raise pigs. This is a group of peasants who have their duty, many of them escaped from the Japanese coal mines and hid in the mountains, and they are not the barbaric bandits that the Japanese Kwantung Army said! ”

"During the interview, we also saw a company of female soldiers, all of whom were poor sisters who had been persecuted by the bosses of the coal mine and whose families were ruined, or who had been victimized by bandits. They organized themselves spontaneously and defended themselves by force. They take care of Japanese women and children, do not beat or scold, and do not go hungry. But they were so poor that they had almost nothing. ”

"This Youyan detachment has strict military discipline and can be called a model for the armies of Shijie countries! Their order of eight military regulations and seven killings has been supported by everyone. They don't take a stitch from the common people, they don't smoke a lot, they don't gamble. The act of mutilating ordinary people and ** women is a capital crime that must be killed here! ”

This interview by an Associated Press reporter was later reprinted by newspapers around the world. The reputation of the Youyan detachment was immediately known to the world.

Everything in the outside world, as the main party, Bai Shujie doesn't know anything now. At present, he is leading the Second Cavalry Company to gallop across the vast grassland, enjoying the charming scenery of the grassland.

On this day, they came to the vicinity of the Naiman Banner, followed a mountain beam, and came to the triangle of the confluence of the two rivers, which was an important place for Bai Shujie to investigate this time. The river is not very wide, but it is summer and the current is very fast, so it is very difficult to cross the river on foot.

Along the river to the southwest, there is a valley. There is a path in the valley that leads to the top of the mountain, and the ridges on both sides are steep slopes. The highest point of the upper and lower drop is more than 80 meters, and if the enemy is brought in here and an ambush is set up on the mountain beams on both sides, this is a unique battlefield.

Seeing that it was getting late, Bai Shujie asked everyone to set up a camp in the valley for the night.

Before going to bed at night, Bai Shujie asked: "Company Commander Hou, you said that there is a horse farm of King De here in Naiman Banner, where is it?" ”

"Hehe, detachment leader, if you don't have to come to this place where birds don't, we can do it tonight!" Hou Zide smiled, and then said: "About 180 miles southwest from here, there is a unique pasture, and the prince's good horses are concentrated there. ”

"We passed three flags this time, why did you say don't do it?" Bai Shujie asked Hou Zide suspiciously: "I think the two horse farms in Kulun Banner and Ao Han Banner are good, and there are more than 1,000 good horses in each place." ”

Hou Zide shook his head and said: "Because when I went out to buy food, I inquired, and this horse farm in Naiman Banner currently has more than 4,000 war horses, which are waiting for the Japanese to come and choose." So let's strike before the Japanese come! The point is how much the detachment leader is ready to take? ”

This kind of horse stealing business, Bai Shujie, who has been a man in two lifetimes, has really never done it. So I had to listen to Hou Zide's opinion: "How much do you think we can take away?" ”

"This horse farm is about 360 miles from us, well, and if no one stops us, it will take at least a day and a night to go back."

Hou Zide counted with his fingers: "However, we didn't bring horse feed, so we had to graze halfway, otherwise, the horse would lose weight." So, it can take anywhere from three to four days to go back. With our current manpower, two platoons can be taken away at most 800 horses after arranging two platoons to act as guards. ”

"Of course, it would be easy if you could find the head horse and take it away at a glance. This will not be known until the scene. Detachment leader, you may not have seen three or four thousand war horses standing together, which is more powerful than one or two thousand people! As soon as I started running, I felt like a big earthquake. You want to leave secretly, that's impossible! ”

"Our method is that once we succeed, we will divide the haode groups according to the advance, and each of them will take a batch of drill ravines. How much you can take home depends on your luck! Therefore, when we started, we released the war horses of the entire horse farm to create chaos. Then count as much as you can with your own ability. ”

The two of them talked about it, and Bai Shujie felt like an idiot listening to heavenly books. As the saying goes, interlacing is like separating mountains, and this sentence works wherever you put it.

Finally, we waited until dawn, and everyone made breakfast and was full of food and drink. Everyone carefully inspected their war horses again, and Hou Zide gave the order to pull out. Because I have to do it tonight, I can only let the horses play freely, and I can't rush to the road, otherwise I won't have the strength to do it at night.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.