Chapter 85 Routine inspection?
"Deputy Ban, he didn't intend to be arrested by us."
Xu Ge suddenly said, "I feel like he's heading to the 75th Army, or maybe coming back from the 75th Army."
"Actually, the latter is more likely, because he had diarrhea this morning. Maybe he stayed in the mountains over there all night!"
Everyone looked at Xu Ge, some of them not understanding what he meant.
Guo Yuanshuai asked, "How do you know he didn't let us catch him on purpose?"
"That person was actually deliberately avoiding us at that time. If I hadn't noticed, we would have simply ignored him."
Xu Ge explained, "Also, he used a bullet shell as an early warning setting when he was pooping, which also shows that he is very cautious and vigilant."
"Hiss! You have a point!"
Guo Yuanshuai immediately realized what was going on, but then frowned again, "But that doesn't explain my previous question."
Liu Guoping: "Yes, this paper has the coordinates of our camp and the firing parameters written on it."
"Maybe this is just a smokescreen they deliberately put up to confuse us when we get caught."
Xu Ge said, "Didn't the deputy squad leader just say this guy was a seasoned investigator? But that piece of paper still has half-calculated data. A seasoned investigator wouldn't make such a rudimentary mistake, right? He could have easily destroyed the paper before he was caught."
Xu Ge still insisted on his own opinion, and as for the parts that could not be explained, he would assume the simplest way.
This person did not want to be caught, so the content on the paper that was found after he was caught might have been something he deliberately showed to people like him.
"That makes sense."
Guo Yuanshuai was the first to agree with Xu Ge's opinion, "Indeed, if it weren't for Xu Ge, we wouldn't have discovered this person."
Zhang Hua looked at Xu Ge and asked, "Then how did you know this person came from the 75th Army?"
Xu Ge: "When he was first arrested, he lied to us and said he was from the 75th Army Special Investigation Company. I almost believed him at the time, because if you didn't know the 75th Army well, outsiders would have no idea there was such a unit!"
Now everyone believed Xu Ge's inference a little more. Zhang Hua looked at Xu Ge with some surprise: "I didn't realize you were such a good candidate to be a scout!"
Guo Yuanshuai said, "Then contact the 75th Army right now to see if they have any actions, especially the Special Investigation Company."
"Yes, I'll ask now!"
Zhang Hua took out his cell phone, walked aside and started making a call.
Liu Guoping came over and asked, "Squad Leader, what do you mean by saying that if it weren't for Xu Ge, we wouldn't have found this person?"
Guo Yuanshuai: "Even though none of us noticed it, only Xu Ge confirmed that there was someone there. Don't you understand?"
Liu Guoping looked at Xu Ge in surprise: "Good boy, you still have this ability?"
Xu Ge smiled and said, "Captain, I just observed more carefully than others."
"What we need right now is someone like you!"
Liu Guoping slapped his thigh and said, "Well, squad leader, you guys in squad nine won't have to search the mountain yet. Follow Luo Shan and go directly to the villages surrounding the defense zone to clear out the people and try to find all the spies!"
Over there, Zhang Hua's voice became louder.
"Old Hou, don't worry about how I know this. I'm just asking you, did your Special Investigations Company carry out any important operations last night?"
"Damn, you guys are pretty brave! If the Tiger Brigade finds out, the whole company will be wiped out!"
"What the hell can't we find out? We captured a scout from the Tiger Brigade. He might have stayed at your place all night!"
"Okay, okay, don't worry, I'm here. Okay."
After Zhang Hua hung up the phone, he walked over with a serious expression and asked, "Old squad leader, when you arrested him, did you notice that guy had a cell phone on him?"
Guo Yuanshuai shook his head: "We looked around carefully, but couldn't find it."
"Battalion Commander, what happened?" Liu Guoping asked curiously.
"Old Hou is completely fooling around! Last night he split up the Special Investigation Company and dispersed them south of the main hilltop of No. 09. He planned to have them lie low for two weeks and then catch the Blue Army off guard when the exercise began."
"Main Hill No. 09? Isn't that the buffer zone closest to the Blue Army?"
"That's right. And in a week, that place will be electromagnetically shielded. By then, the Special Investigation Company will be completely cut off from their brigade!"
Zhang Hua said angrily, "He thought he had done it perfectly. Damn, there are Blue Army spies everywhere now. Maybe the Tiger Brigade is watching them right now!"
Guo Yuanshuai was also surprised: "Are the people in the 75th Army so radical? Don't let them hold us back during the exercise!"
"Their reconnaissance camp will send people over soon, and then we can hand the person over to them to take away."
Zhang Hua left cursing, "I'm going to find the regiment commander. I have to make them take this seriously! These people have never fought against the Tiger Brigade before. Do they really think they're as easy to deal with as monkeys?"
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. . .
Luo Shan brought the people from Class 9 to the roadside on the left side of the camp, waiting for the car sent by the regiment to arrive.
"Old squad leader, our battalion's mission today is to take care of several villages here. Where do you think we should start?" Luo Shan asked Guo Yuanshuai while holding a map.
Guo Yuanshuai glanced at the map casually and said, "We don't have to go through the whole thing. It doesn't matter where we start. Let's get there first and talk about it later."
At this time, Li Dongshui had a question: "Deputy, why don't we bring Baihu here? It will definitely be faster to find people with it!"
"Our regiment only has this one military dog, so we can't expose it in advance. White Tiger will be very useful during exercises!"
"Oh, I see."
Not far away, a small military pickup truck drove up quickly. A group of seven people boarded. Luo Shan patted the truck bed and said, "Let's go to Wangdian Village first!"
The car immediately started driving along the cement road, and after crossing the national highway, it entered the rural road.
There are farmlands on both sides of the road. This season is the time when wheat and corn are in ear form. Everything is green and the air is filled with the fragrance of wheat ears.
A tricycle came from the opposite side not far away, with a sign selling snacks and drinks on it. It seemed that it was planning to sell goods in the training area.
When the two vehicles were merging, Guo Yuanshuai patted the truck bed to signal the driver to stop, and then called out to the tricycle owner: "Fellow countryman, stop for a moment!"
Seeing this, Xu Ge immediately looked at the car owner. He was a middle-aged man in his 40s with tanned skin. He looked like an ordinary villager.
He was a little surprised and didn't know why the deputy squad leader specifically called out to the car owner.
Guo Yuanshuai jumped off the truck bed, walked to the front of the tricycle, looked around at the shelves, asked the price, and then turned around and asked, "What do you want to drink?"
Others: ???
No, the deputy class leader really just sells things?
Li Dongshui: "Deputy, I want to drink Wangzai milk."
"No."
"Then let's have the blue can of Coke."
"No, only the red can."
"Then I won't drink."
Guo Yuanshuai casually ordered a few bottles of drinks and asked the boss to get a pack of cigarettes. While the boss was packing his things, he casually asked, "Fellow villagers, have there been any strangers in your village recently?"
The boss glanced at Guo Yuanshuai and asked, "What kind of stranger?"
Guo Yuanshuai said seriously, "It's the young man. We are catching a fugitive. If you know who it is, please point it out to us."
"What do you mean by catching a fugitive? It's just a drill where you two sides are catching each other's spies." The boss laughed. "Are you kidding me?"
Everyone: ???
"Here, the total is 250, just give me 240." The boss handed over the bag.
Guo Yuanshuai didn't take it. He took out some cash from his pocket and held it in his hand: "Then tell us, where can we find the spy?"
The boss understood what Guo Yuanshuai meant. He looked at the cash in his hand, hesitated for a moment, turned his head to look at the village next to the rapeseed field to the east, and said, "You're putting me in a difficult position!"
Guo Yuanshuai understood, and happily paid the money, took his things, and got into the car.
Luo Shan also saw the boss's look and immediately signaled the driver to drive towards the rapeseed field.
"Once we enter the village, search door to door, but be polite and don't disturb the villagers!" Guo Yuanshuai warned. "If they try to escape, attack them!"
Xu Ge asked, "Deputy Squad Leader, are we just going to look for them directly? The Blue Army members definitely aren't wearing uniforms."
"At this time, all the young people in the countryside have gone out to work, and those who remain in the village are likely to be blue."
Guo Yuanshuai explained, "They are all soldiers. I can recognize them after just a few words."
"I understand!" Xu Ge nodded.
Li Dongshui was puzzled and said, "Deputy, since those salespeople know about it, why don't we just ask them one by one?"
"Simple as hell!" Guo Yuanshuai said angrily, "How many years has the Blues been here? Do you think the locals here side with the Blues or with you?"
Li Dongshui: . . .
After a while, the car arrived at the entrance of the village and everyone got off.
Luo Shan thought about it and decided to let everyone leave the sticks in the car and go into the village empty-handed.
Wangdian Village is not big, with only about ten households in total. It was included in the inspection scope mainly because the Red Army’s vehicles would pass through the country road in front of the village during exercises.
The three veterans were commanded by Guo Yuanshuai to guard various directions in advance, while he took Luo Shan, Xu Ge and Li Dongshui into the village, starting from the first household and focusing on the row of houses near the roadside.
The villagers here are no longer surprised by this situation. They are neither nervous nor curious. They just cook as usual and work as usual. They are so calm.
Even the dogs in the village were too lazy to get up and bark.
After visiting every household, the villagers were very cooperative and answered whatever questions were asked.
Moreover, the structures of the houses here are very simple, and you can basically tell how many people are in the family at a glance.
Soon, the four of them arrived at the third house in the row on the roadside. Seeing that the door was closed, Luo Shan went forward and knocked on the door.
“Who is it?”
A young woman holding a baby appeared at the door and was stunned after looking at the four people.
Xu Ge looked inside through the half-open door and saw a young man sitting on a chair playing with his phone. He immediately pointed and said, "Deputy Ban, there's a young man in their family!"
"What the hell are you yelling about? Don't scare the child!" Guo Yuanshuai scolded.
Seeing the woman glaring at him in dissatisfaction, Xu Ge realized that he was too excited and his voice was a little loud, so he quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, fellow villager, I'm sorry!"
The woman said angrily, "What do you mean we have young people at home? How did this child come about when I didn't have a husband? Do you, a new soldier, know how to speak? You're talking so loudly that someone who doesn't know would think I'm having an affair at home!"
Xu Ge: ...
"Big sister, this is just a routine check, please don't be offended!" Guo Yuanshuai also hurriedly said something nice.
The woman rolled her eyes, then turned and walked into the yard, carrying the child. "What's there to check?"
"Who's outside?" asked the young man in the yard.
"It's from the army. They said it was a routine inspection."
"Then let them in. We haven't done anything wrong."
The woman turned around and said, "My husband asked you to come in, please check it out."
"Thank you, thank you!"
Guo Yuanshuai walked in with a smile and began to look around.
Luo Shan pulled Xu Ge and whispered, "Speak to that man in your native dialect."
"Um!"
Xu Ge also walked in, looked at the man and asked, "My friend, why don't you go out?"
The man was stunned when he heard Xu Ge's accent. He pulled up his left trouser leg and said in Central Plains dialect, "My leg is broken. I'm recovering."
The man had his left leg in a cast.
"Oh! Then I really can't leave."
Xu Ge chatted with the man for a while and felt that there was nothing wrong. Besides, the man had long hair and was probably not a soldier.
After looking around, Guo Yuanshuai wanted to come over and ask the man a few more questions, but the woman holding the child next to him threw the child directly into the man's arms and then began to unbutton her shirt.
This looks like she's going to breastfeed.
Everyone said goodbye immediately and went to the next house.
After more than half an hour, I searched the entire village, but didn't see any suspicious people, not even two young people.
The three veterans also returned. Wang Lin frowned, "Deputy Squad Leader, could it be that we were deceived by that tricycle owner?"
"It's possible. This is the Tiger Brigade's territory after all." Guo Yuanshuai was also helpless. "Let's go, get in the car and go to the next village."
The group got on a pickup truck and continued driving along the country road. When they were about to leave the village, they saw someone drying rice on the road ahead, and half of the road was blocked.
The car stopped, and Luo Shan got out and said to the old man who was smoking beside him, "Fellow countryman, please gather the grain inside. We can't get through."
"Oh, okay!"
The old man picked up a broom and began to move the millet in the middle of the road to the side.
When Guo Yuanshuai saw some tools on the roadside, he asked everyone to get out of the car and help.
"Oh, thank you!" the old man said with a smile, "Can you just pass by here today? I still have a lot of grain to dry at home."
Luo Shan: "My friend, I suggest you stay out of the sun these days. There's going to be a convoy passing through here in a couple of days, and you'll all be crushed!"
"What kind of convoy is going by? A large truck? An armored car or a tank?"
"Yes, when a big truck passes by, it won't stop, it will just run over it!"
The old man asked, "Are there any tanks?"
Guo Yuanshuai, who was gathering grain, suddenly stopped and looked at the old man: "Fellow villager, which family are you from?"
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