Late at night.

Chen Fan stood on the top of a mountain, looking up at the starry sky, his eyes obsessed.

In the endless night sky, endless stars shine and flicker, like a galaxy flowing, beautiful, in the galaxy, a round of crescent moon hangs high, sprinkling the moonlight like silver sand.

"It's beautiful."

Looking up for a long time, Chen Fan said dumbfoundedly.

Even if I have been here for so long, I still never get tired of seeing this endless starry sky.

After a long time, he withdrew his gaze and looked quietly into the distance.

With the help of the silver-sand-like starlight, in the distance, between the horse roads, a team can be faintly seen passing through at a very fast speed.

Behind him, a mountain-like retinue of system attendants stood silently.

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Between the horse tracks.

"That's it, we'll rest here for a little and a half hour."

When the team passed through a mountain forest, Zhang Dabiao, who was in the center of the team, looked at his watch and said suddenly.

Following his order, the entire high-speed march quickly stopped, and then entered the woods on the side.

"Company Commander Luo, you are responsible for taking care of the big mule."

Zhang Dabiao commanded.

The independent regiment participated in this mission, and the most tenacious and physically-minded fighters were selected.

And these people, because of their excellent thinking and top-notch military ability, most of them are grass-roots squad and company platoon-level officers, so in the team, except for the soldiers in the original special squad, the rest of them are basically a long-distance runner.

The man named Company Commander Luo nodded, took out his bayonet, dug in a bush, and after a while, as the soil layer was cut open, several canvas-wrapped cotton bags were taken out of it.

These feeds are prepared here in advance.

Subsequently, Company Commander Luo led a few soldiers to first unload the weapons, ammunition and food on the back of the big mule, and then prepared hard feed mixed with cornmeal and soybean flour for the mule.

"Eat more."

"Yes."

After patting the big mule that was munching on the mixture of cornmeal and soybean flour, Company Commander Luo sat down on the grass with his butt down, gasping for breath and began to loosen his leggings.

Although I don't know how far I ran, I have only rested for two hours since I ran in the afternoon, which means that I have marched at a high speed for at least ten hours, and Company Commander Luo patted his calf.

A smile was evident on his face.

Very tired, feeling extremely tired, but, feeling, okay.

After waiting for something to eat, and then rest for an hour, you can continue to walk, and you can continue to force the march.

Don't panic for another thirty miles.

Thinking of this, he turned his head to look at the big mule on the side, unlike before, this rapid march, although the speed is fast and the distance is long, but there is no weight, even the weapons, ammunition and all other baggage are on the back of the big mule, and these people are marching in clothes and shoes.

Without the minimum weight of ten kilograms, there is no trouble affecting the marching firearms, and you don't even have to bring your own water, it is too easy to march, not to mention that although it is a mountain road here, it is a horse road, it is quite flat, and the ups and downs are not big, so it is not difficult to walk.

Moreover, since graduating from the officer training school of the headquarters half a year ago, and then being transferred to the independent regiment, there has been meat every day for the past six months, and every meal is full of fine grains, and the body foundation is much stronger than before, and there is enough oil and water stored in the body to support a high-intensity march.

As a veteran who once came out of the grass, Company Commander Luo knew very well that this kind of extreme forced march was a test of the physical foundation, depending on how well the training and food were usually performed.

At this time, the soldier in charge of cooking had already boiled sugar water and corn white batter and sent it to all the soldiers.

After drinking a glass of freshly boiled sugar water and eating the boiled corn paste, Luo Lian Chang sighed, lay comfortably on the grass, and closed his eyes.

"If there was such a thing in the meadow, it would have been... How nice..."

At this time, the weather was a little hot, the mountain breeze was blowing, and the military uniform was covered on his stomach, and Company Commander Luo sighed in his heart.

Then he fell into a deep sleep.

At the front of the mountain forest, Zhang Dabiao opened the map with a faint flashlight, found the current location of the team, and then looked at his watch again.

It was now half past eleven in the evening, and their location was still nearly fifty kilometers away from the intended place, and after an hour and a half of rest, there were only five hours left.

Obviously, it was not possible to arrive at the scheduled location at 6 a.m.

"Battalion commander, let's..."

On the side, a platoon commander was a little anxious.

"It's okay, let the soldiers rest more, rest for two hours before setting off."

Zhang Dabiao's tone was relaxed.

Plans are plans.

But after so many years of leading troops to war, he knows very well that plans will basically change.

Ideally, he would be able to exercise 120 kilometers away, where was the safe place he expected, and after the devils reacted, they would never have thought that their speed of movement could be 120 kilometers a day without crossing the road.

But it doesn't matter if they can't reach the predetermined place, according to the current situation, after two hours of rest, they can only move sixty miles, as long as they do a good job of concealment, this distance is enough.

"Yes."

The platoon commander didn't say much, but silently said to the soldier in charge of vigilance.

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Under the same night.

It is also a mountain road.

Wang Gensheng led sixty warriors and forty large mules full of gold, and under the cover of night, marched all the way along the mountain road and horse road at high speed.

Although yesterday the rapid march of 200 miles, after a day of repair, and the march without weight, the soldiers were still full of physical strength, and at this time, in only the middle of the night, they had already marched more than 100 miles.

"We are still five hundred and fifty kilometers away from Shou County."

During the recuperation of the team, Wang Gensheng took out the map and said to himself:

"However, everything is still in the plan."

According to the predetermined plan, they had to arrive in Shou County within eight days, and only by maintaining a marching speed of nearly 100 kilometers a day, that is, 200 miles, could they jump out of the whirlpool caused by the robbery of gold in time.

"When the time comes, wake up the soldiers, continue to hurry, the road is easy today, walk more."

Looking up at the sky, Wang Gensheng said.

It hasn't exceeded the plan yet, but that doesn't mean it won't be in the future.

In the event of rain and bad weather, their speed will be greatly reduced, and now they have good physical strength and can maintain a high speed of marching, but with the decline of physical strength, it is unknown whether they can guarantee a distance of 100 kilometers a day.

So, it's always good to walk a little more while the weather is good and the fighters are in good shape.

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It has been four days since the gold was looted.

Nighttime.

Between a mountain road.

From a distance, about two dozen devil cavalrymen came.

"According to the footprints, they went all the way northwest through this horse path..."

"The time of the footprints cannot be determined, but it is assumed that at least twelve hours have been left."

A devil cavalryman dismounted, groped on the ground for a moment, and said to the captain behind him.

"To the northwest?"

"More than twelve hours."

The cavalry captain frowned.

As soon as they found out that the gang had fled northward, they immediately set out and pursued them overnight, and in the past three days, they had pursued more than 170 kilometers of mountain roads, and the horses were tired, and the men were almost lying down, and still no trace of the other party was found, not even a fresh trace was seen.

Didn't the men carry gold? How did you go so fast?

And.

The other side is still going north, and continues to the northwest, along this road, in this direction, that side is the territory of the North China Front.

"Where do they want to go?"

The cavalry captain bared his teeth, feeling that things were getting more and more complicated.

Could it be that this group of people came from the North China Front?

No way.

No way.

Sending troops, spanning almost half of the Republic of China, hundreds of kilometers, to come and rob gold, is this something that normal people can do?

"Rest, wait for orders from above."

After hesitating for a moment, the devil captain ordered.

The order given by the superior was to follow the trail all the way until it caught up with the group, but if you continued to pursue, there was a dangerous area ahead.

Guerrillas are rampant here, and there are government forces entrenched, and they may not be able to get out if they go in.

Moreover, because the matter of the gold robbery has been leaked, now all the forces here are crazy, looking for the group of people who robbed the gold with red eyes everywhere, and they don't know who they are, and they also leaked the news that they were fleeing, which caused the madness of the forces in the north, and completely became a hornet's nest.

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"Interesting."

Headquarters.

Staff Headquarters, Staff Officer Mo looked at the latest telegram, and his tone was particularly interesting.

"What's wrong?"

On the side, the staff officers who were working looked over one after another.

"The south side has gone crazy."

After taking a sip of tea and moistening his throat, Staff Officer Mo continued:

"On the other side of the Huai River, the three tons of gold of the devil navy were robbed by a group of people, and then this group of gold robbers retreated north, causing the forces north of the Huai River to become a pot of porridge."

"Little devils, government troops, some other anti-Japanese troops, and even bandits all ran out and looked for this gang with red eyes."

"But so far, no one has been found, and all parties are fighting for some important intersections, including the government and the devils, almost nearly 100,000 troops have been stirred."

"One hundred thousand..."

The staff officer in the room bared his teeth.

This is comparable to a general battle, although these troops are all targeting the gang of men and horses who rob gold, but the two sides will definitely clash, and the final effect will be no less than a general battle.

"However, who robbed the devil of this batch of gold?"

Staff Officer Mo held the telegram in his hand, a little puzzled.

After all, it is the headquarters, and the intelligence ability is very strong, and the news was learned as soon as possible, not the government, nor the devil directed and acted by himself, as for whether it is his own side, there is no need to ask.

The troops in the south themselves are confused, and they are also trying to find the gang of people who have robbed the devil's gold.

None of the three capable forces are there, so who are those people?

"What gold?"

At this time, Staff Officer Luo from the brigade headquarters walked in, accompanied by Li Yunlong's brigade commander.

"Things from the South."

Staff Officer Mo replied with a smile: "On the other side of the Huai River, the devil's three tons of gold were robbed, and this group fled to the northwest. ”

"Three tons of gold?"

"Three tons of gold?"

These two sounds came from Staff Officer Luo and the brigade commander.

Staff Officer Luo exclaimed, his tone full of longing.

If you can get these three tons of gold on your side, then the funds for the troops can be completely reduced, and this year, and even the first half of next year, it will not be so difficult.

On the side, the brigade commander also shrank his pupils.

He remembered what Li Yunlong had said to him before. Combined with the fact that this group of people retreated to the northwest after robbing the gold, that is, in the direction of their own side, then...

"Where is the Huai River?"

Thinking of this, the brigade commander immediately asked.

"Kangda County, Banqiao Town, over there in Huai'an, Suqian..."

Staff Officer Mo replied.

"More than 700 kilometers..."

The brigade commander bared his teeth, and instantly hesitated about the doubts in his heart.

More than 700 kilometers, unless Li Yunlong, this kid······

Wrong.

The brigade commander suddenly realized that something was wrong.

This kid has never hesitated to do things, he has never hesitated to do what he thinks, and he never hesitated, but last time he actually hesitated about something, and even asked him secretly.

So, for the sake of three tons of gold, maybe this dog thing really dares...

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Taiyuan.

The headquarters was filled with the laughter of Yoshio Shinozuka.

"General Tanimoto, I heard that all three tons of your gold have been robbed?"

"You're just too careless."

"Gold is a strategic commodity that the empire desperately needs."

"You have to learn a lesson, I was robbed of a ton of gold by the guerrillas because of insufficient troops and carelessness in Taiyuan before, and you were robbed again, which is really an insult to the majesty of the empire's gold."

The phone was suddenly hung up, and Yoshio Shinozuka still heard the violent breaking sound over there, which was the sound of the phone being smashed.

"Hahaha..."

was hung up, Yoshio Shinozuka was not annoyed, and still smiled very happily.

"General."

After Yoshio Shinozuka finished laughing, Kazuki Yamamoto, who was holding a stack of materials in his hand, spoke:

"According to the intelligence from the south side investigation, the attacker used Mauser pistol rounds, which were very powerful, and the grenade fragments showed that the model was a German-made M24 grenade, and, in the cabin, a five-inch pistol bullet was also found."

"Plus those army motorboats of unknown origin."

"I suspect that it was Li Yunlong's independent regiment that did it this time."

"Huh?"

Yoshio Shinozuka's smile froze suddenly.

"Li Yunlong sent someone over to do it?"

Yoshio Shinozuka looked at Yamamoto incredulously.

"Hmm."

Yamamoto nodded and continued: "It is estimated that it was Chen Fan who provided the information and the motorboat, and then Li Yunlong sent someone to do it. ”

"Shou County is more than 700 kilometers away from the Huai River."

Yoshio Shinozuka still couldn't believe it: "Moreover, how to transport the gold back, the supplies along the way..."

At this point, he stopped abruptly.

So far, how the mysterious Chen Fan transported that batch of weapons and ammunition in, they still don't know.

(End of chapter)