12dz Chapter 267 A two-pronged approach
Chapter 267 A two-pronged approach
Lin Shubing checked the bodies of the fallen soldiers and found that they were all stabbed. This further confirmed their guess, so he pressed the walkie-talkie.
"Mengzi, it's just as we thought, special forces. I'm going to go in and take a look!"
"careful!"
After evacuating the families of the workers in the textile factory, Lin Shubing divided his troops into two groups.
One part, led by the captain of the guard company, conducted a comprehensive search of the factory area with the cooperation of the police and militia to prevent the enemy from lurking and to check for explosives.
Lin Shubing led the remaining platoon of guards and gradually approached the new house.
Although the door of the new house was ajar, Lin Shubing keenly noticed that there were numerous footprints on the ground and some knife marks on the door.
Lin Shubing made a gesture, and then one of them kicked the door, followed by several people rushing in. They found that there was no one there, but there were signs of a struggle on the bed.
"Search now!"
After Lin Shubing gave the order, he informed Wang Meng of the situation.
"Xiuqin has most likely been arrested. Judging from the traces at the scene, it should be a 10-man team. I have asked the police to question the guards at each city gate to see if there are any clues."
"I wait for your news!"
After Wang Meng hung up the phone, he immediately informed all the troops and asked them to be vigilant.
If you encounter suspicious individuals, try to surround them and wait for more fully trained scouts or special forces to handle the situation.
After a search, the guard company led by Lin Shubing found a bomb.
"Defuse the bomb!"
A minute later, the remote-controlled bomb was dismantled.
"It seems that the Japanese are afraid of being exposed, so they use this bomb to divert attention. Let's go!"
As soon as I walked out of the new house, the police chief came trotting over.
"Principal Lin, I just asked the sentries at the city gates. An hour ago, a group of ordinary people and people from Country M left the city through the North Gate?"
"Have you checked it?"
"We checked and found nothing wrong. The common people were drunken M countrymen returning to the countryside and technical staff of the Pingshun military airport."
Lin Shubing thought about it and seemed to feel something was not right. Today was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival. How could someone be wandering around the city in the middle of the night and not go home?
“Did they tell me why they came to the county?”
"I asked, and they said they were coming to the county to deliver lanterns, and they were also pushing a wheelbarrow loaded with some tools for repairing graves."
(Sending lanterns is a folk custom, which involves burning some paper in front of the grave and repairing the grave on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. If conditions permit, one can light a candle to express grief.)
The city has developed rapidly this year and there is no wasteland anymore, so why are there still graves?
Moreover, even when repairing graves, most people carry hoes and shovels on their backs, and few people push wheelbarrows.
Because graves are usually located in the mountains, it is not convenient to push a wheelbarrow along mountain roads.
Something is wrong!
"North Gate?"
"Correct!"
Lin Shubing didn't say any more nonsense, nor did he hold the police chief accountable.
After all, since he could say the words "send lanterns", he would definitely be regarded as an ordinary citizen by the gatekeeper.
Who can blame them for being so familiar with our folk customs?
"Mengzi, leave the city from the north gate. Ten people have been confirmed, pushing a wheelbarrow. They are fluent in Chinese and understand our customs. They are more elite than Yamamoto's special forces!"
"Okay, then we'll focus our search towards the north. When Wang Ming and the others arrive, we'll also search towards the north!"
After hanging up the walkie-talkie, Lin Shubing's guard company continued to search the city, while he returned to the military fortress, organized dozens of armored vehicles and military jeeps, and drove to Pingshun Military Airport.
Qingyang is only 500 kilometers away from Pingshun, which is just an hour and a half for a C-54 Skymaster transport aircraft.
At three o'clock in the morning, twenty C-54 transport planes transported the special forces and 500 most elite officers and soldiers of the 201st Unit to the Pingshun Military Airport.
Wang Ming and Monk Wei got off the plane and immediately saw Lin Shubing waiting on the side.
"Principal Lin!"
Lin Shubing waved his hand, signaling them to stand still, and then informed them of the situation.
"This is the situation. If you don't understand, please contact me via walkie-talkie. Get in the car now and focus on searching in the north direction. But don't let go of the other three directions either!"
"Yes!"
The special forces team was organized into squads, and the 201st Unit was organized into platoons. Most of them moved northwards towards Pingshun County, while a small number quickly dispersed in the other three directions.
Wang Meng sat in the armored command vehicle and spread out a map.
On that day, in order to prevent emergencies, defenses were strengthened at all intersections, so the Japanese vehicles could not enter at all.
Therefore, if the Japanese did not hijack or take passing vehicles, then the maximum walking distance would be 3 kilometers, based on 20 hours.
Therefore, Wang Meng focused his search on the upper half of a 20-kilometer circular area centered on the north gate of Pingshun City.
After all, if the Japanese wanted to escape south, they would need to cross the more heavily defended military fortresses and military-industrial fortresses.
Thirty kilometers to the north, you can quickly enter Licheng, which is controlled by the Japanese.
The reconnaissance battalion of the 3rd Armored Division also began searching northward in platoons and in a fan formation.
Until daybreak, the search teams still found nothing.
Wang Meng and Lin Shubing were extremely anxious, especially Lin Shubing.
Because the night before, when Wang Meng carefully checked the textile factory's defenses, he thought it was a big fuss and advised Wang Meng not to be suspicious and took him out for a drink.
Lin Shubing hung up the walkie-talkie with a serious expression.
"Mengzi, is history really going to repeat itself?"
"Shu Bing, don't feel any psychological pressure. Can we let history repeat itself after we come here? I suggest we strike first!"
"How to say?"
Wang Meng spoke eloquently and explained his combat ideas to Lin Shubing in detail.
"Good idea! Strike first and gain the upper hand! I'll listen to you!"
Codename: The North.
So, they took a two-pronged approach, starting with the "North Face" plan while continuing to expand the search area.
At this time in Linzhou, which borders Pingshun County, Chu Yunfei was also standing on the city wall, looking at the independent column deploying troops and thinking secretly.
"What the hell is Li Yunlong doing? Did Commander Yan call back?"
Fang Ligong pushed his glasses and pondered for a moment.
"I got a call back, but it was almost useless. They replied that the independent column was conducting a military exercise!"
Chu Yunfei snorted coldly. Judging from the formation of the independent column, they were clearly looking for someone. How could it be a military exercise, especially one on the supreme commander's wedding day?
"Order the frontline troops to step up their vigilance! Don't let Li Yunlong drive all the Japanese into our territory!"
“It has been arranged!”
Just as the two were chatting happily, intensive gunfire was heard from Shizhu Village, northwest of Linzhou City.
"What's going on? There's a gunshot coming from somewhere!"
"Commander, it looks like it's in the northwest, in the direction of the Zhuozhang River!"