It turned out that Gao Jiu judged that there were Japanese pursuers behind them, and the Japanese would definitely judge that they were entering the mountains in the opposite direction of the pursuers. The Japanese army would mobilize troops to intercept their escape in the direction of their escape, and surround them on all sides until dawn.

Then search the mountain again.

If Gao Jiu and others really did this, they would not be able to escape the Japanese encirclement at all. Even if they broke through the Japanese encirclement, once their traces were exposed on the plains, they would not be able to escape the Japanese encirclement.

The most dangerous place is the safest place. Gao Jiu decided to do the opposite and not continue to escape to the mountains, but to Manila.

Therefore, Gao Jiu and others did not continue to advance toward the deep mountains and dense forests in the northeast direction. Instead, they turned around and walked in the direction of Yoshida's brigade.

Soon after, Gao Jiu and others approached the location of Yoshida's team.

Captain Yoshida knew that the enemy's marksmanship was very powerful. In order to prevent the enemy from attacking, he ordered the troops not to light fires and not to continue the pursuit. Instead, they lurked in the jungle and waited for dawn.

Gao Jiu stood on a hillside and saw the Japs at the foot of the mountain divided into three groups hiding in the jungle.

He led the team members to march north, bypassing the northernmost unit of the Yoshida brigade, and came to the river. Then he continued north along the river bank, found a relatively gentle section of the river, crossed the river, and headed directly towards

Head towards Manila City.

Captain Yoshida believed that the enemy would flee deep into the mountains when he was chasing them. He never imagined that Gao Jiu and others would come back to meet them, then go around behind them, thus jumping out of the Japanese encirclement.

Captain Yoshida is actually a very smart man with rich combat experience. Unfortunately, he does not know that he is facing Gao Jiu and is destined to fail.

Gao Jiu and others kept moving towards the city of Manila. This was unexpected by the Japanese army. They encountered no obstruction by the Japanese army along the way. At almost dawn, they arrived outside Manila. However, Gao Jiu and others did not enter.

Instead, he continued northward from the east of the city. At dawn, he hid in a forest.

The Japanese army searched the mountain and found nothing, and completely lost the target of tracking. The Japanese brigade commander had no choice but to decide to withdraw his troops and return to the camp.

Captain Yoshida was slapped in public and felt very angry. He was unwilling to give in and wanted to continue to track Gao Jiu and others. But now he could not judge the whereabouts of those who escaped, so he had to return to Manila with the Japanese army.

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After returning to the city, Yoshida did not forget this incident. He came to the Super High School Course and asked to see the head of the Super High School Course.

He said that he had dealt with this group of people who escaped and had some experience. He hoped that once the special high school had news about Gao Jiu and others, he would be able to send him to continue tracking this group and completely eliminate them in order to escape.

A breath of humiliation.

The five important hostages from the United States were lost from the Special High School Section. The Super High School Section Chief was also reprimanded by his superiors and is now in a state of committing crimes. He is also eager to find Gao Jiu and others, so he hits it off with Yoshida and says they have

News, I will definitely recommend Yoshida to track down Gao Jiu and others.

For a whole day, Gao Jiu and others rested in the woods. There was nothing they could do about it. If there were not three Americans in the team, they could have disguised themselves as Japanese soldiers and continued marching north in broad daylight.

So they could only wait in the woods until dark before continuing north.

In this way, Gao Jiu and others kept walking, and two days later in the early morning, they finally entered the Sierra Madre Mountains and met up with Taylor and others.

Lin Yanni had been worried about Gao Jiu, but she felt relieved after seeing him come back safely.

Columbus has already made contact with the American military. Due to the Japanese naval blockade, the American military is temporarily unable to send submarines to respond. How long it will take depends on changes in the situation.

Therefore, Gao Jiu and others must make a long-term plan. The Sierra Madre Mountains are crisscrossed with mountains, and there is a lot of room for maneuver. It will not be a problem for Gao Jiu and others to hide.

But they lost their material supply base, and the supplies they brought were limited, so they could only hold on for a few more days. Next, they had to go outside the mountains to get supplies. If they showed up outside the mountains, their whereabouts would be exposed sooner or later.

After that, they will face the Japanese army's encirclement and suppression again.

Gao Jiu and others are experts in fighting guerrillas. What makes them feel embarrassed is that this is not a country, there is no mass base, and the geographical conditions are unfamiliar, which makes fighting guerrillas very difficult.

Gao Jiu called Chen Yuqing, Chen Zhifeng and others to learn about the surrounding situation.

Chen Yuqing's grandfather has come to the Philippines since the Qing Dynasty, and he is already the third generation. Although his main area of ​​activity is in Manila, he basically understands the situation in Luzon Island.

Chen Yuqing had certain connections in the areas around the Sierra Madre Mountains, so Gao Jiu decided to go down the mountain with Chen Yuqing to familiarize himself with the surrounding situation.

Since they had long-term plans, Gao Jiu and others first found a secret cave in an inaccessible mountain as a temporary base to hide people and store supplies. They established hidden observation posts around the entrance of the cave.

Since the physical characteristics of the Americans were too obvious to hide in the Philippines, the task of staying behind to defend the base fell to the Americans. Gao Jiu and the special forces team members were responsible for going out to collect supplies.

After the Japanese invaded the Philippines, they still could not change their brutal nature, burning, killing and looting everywhere.

Wherever there is oppression, there is resistance. The Filipino people, especially the overseas Chinese, cannot bear the bullying of the Japanese and will definitely rise up to resist. Therefore, Gao Jiu believes that there must be many anti-Japanese armed forces throughout the Philippines.

Sure enough, he asked Chen Yuqing and Chen Zhifeng, and they also heard that there were many anti-Japanese guerrillas operating in the northern part of Luzon Island, especially in the mountainous areas, but they did not know the specific situation.

As Gao Jiu's intelligence chief, Lin Yanni had to provide intelligence to Gao Jiu. Seeing that Chen Yuqing, Chen Zhifeng and others could not provide more information, she suggested Gao Jiu interrogate Jin Jing. She said: "Brother Jiu,

Kanai is a member of the Extra-High School Course, why don’t you learn about the situation from him?”

When Gao Jiu heard Lin Yanni's suggestion, his eyes lit up and he immediately called Jin Jing.

These days, Kanai has been on tenterhooks. He is worried that if the Japanese army finds and eliminates Gao Jiu and others, he will die an ugly death in the hands of the Japanese. Seeing that Gao Jiu and others are resourceful and brave, and calmly jump out of the Japanese encirclement,

He admired Gao Jiu so much. In addition, Gao Jiu respected him very much, kept his word and promised to send him to the United States. He was also willing to do his best to help Gao Jiu.

As the head of the intelligence section of the Special Higher Education Course, he could often see war reports from various places. He knew that there were anti-Japanese guerrillas all over Luzon Island, and most of them were active in the mountainous areas of the central and northern parts, and

Other areas with inconvenient road traffic.

Among them was a relatively powerful anti-Japanese guerrilla group that was active in the Sierra Madre Mountains where they are now. They attacked the local Japanese troops many times.

Jinjing suggested that Gao Jiu and others should go to these places and learn about the situation of this anti-Japanese guerrilla group.

After grasping the situation, Gao Jiu decided to take Jia Liu, Ning Wen, Ning Wu and Chen Zhifeng down the mountain first to find the whereabouts of this guerrilla group.

This morning, Gao Jiu and others set out.

Looking at the backs of Gao Jiu and others, Lin Yanni felt nervous and sad. In the past, when she was not with Gao Jiu, although she was worried about Gao Jiu, she was not always able to see Gao Jiu and Gao Jiu with her own eyes like now.

She separated herself and went on an adventure. She was worried that she would never see her beloved lover again.

Chen Xiaoya, who was standing next to Lin Yanni, could understand her mood best. She also said goodbye to her lover to join the guerrillas. From then on, she never saw him again.

She saw Lin Yanni staring blankly at Gao Jiu's back, with tears in her eyes, so she reached out and held her hand.

Lin Yanni felt Chen Xiaoya's comfort to her. She nodded slightly and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, but her eyes still couldn't leave Gao Jiu's back until he finally disappeared into the jungle.

Luzon Island has a tropical climate, and it was already a bit hot in mid-March. Gao Jiu and others climbed over mountains and ridges, and inevitably felt a little thirsty while walking on the road, so everyone stopped to look for water.

Luzon Island has abundant water. It can be said that water can be found everywhere. Unfortunately, most of this water cannot be drunk directly. If you drink raw water, you can easily contract various diseases.

However, there are many tropical fruits in Luzon, especially coconuts, which are good for quenching thirst.

Unlike apples, pears and other fruits, coconut trees have a fixed fruiting time every year. Coconut trees bloom and bear fruit all year round when conditions are suitable.

Gao Jiu and others found several tall coconut trees and prepared to pick some coconuts to quench their thirst.

Looking at the tall coconut trees, Jia Liu, Ning Wen, and Ning Wu all felt a little worried. Although climbing is a compulsory subject for special operations team members, the trunks of coconut trees are bare and it is very difficult to climb up.

Chen Zhifeng volunteered and went up to pick coconuts. He took off his shoes, hugged the trunk with both hands, stepped on the coconut tree, alternated his hands and feet, moved hard, and soon climbed up.

He held the coconut tree between his legs, cut off the coconuts on it with a dagger, and picked seven or eight coconuts in one breath.

Ning Wu was compared with others and felt a little embarrassed. He came to a coconut tree, raised his gun and shot at the tree. His shooting skills were very accurate, and every shot hit the coconut exactly.

On the jingle, coconuts fell with crackling sounds.

Chen Zhifeng was a simple young man. When he saw Ning Wu's superb marksmanship, he was envious and clamored to have Ning Wu teach him marksmanship.

Ning Wu saw the sincere look on his face and liked him very much, and promised to teach him how to practice marksmanship when he was free.

Ning Wen, Ning Wu and others are no strangers to how to eat coconuts. When they were in the Golden Triangle, the material companies in the Golden Triangle would purchase various daily necessities from various places, including coconuts. Everyone held a coconut and used a dagger to

Prick a hole in it and drink coconut milk.

The coconut milk was sweet and refreshing, and everyone's fatigue was swept away. After resting for a while, they continued walking out of the mountain.

Wendete City is the county town closest to the Sierra Madre Mountains on the east coast of Luzon Island. It was occupied by the Japanese at this time. Gao Jiu and others came to the county town. They had the status of Zhengjin Bank and entered the county town easily.

In this county, Zhu Jianmin, the principal of No. 1 Middle School, once had a doctorate from Cambridge University. It turned out that education here was very backward. It was under his leadership that No. 1 Middle School was established with multiple financings. During his 20 years as principal, he cultivated

There are a large number of outstanding talents, so they have a high prestige in Wendet City.

After the Japanese army occupied Wendet City, Zhu Jianmin was dissatisfied with the enslavement education implemented by the Japanese army and resigned angrily. The Japanese were very dissatisfied with him, but due to his influence, they had not killed him yet.

This morning, several guests came to Zhu Jianmin's home and asked to see Zhu Jianmin.

The concierge saw that these people were strangers and stopped them.

Chen Zhifeng said that they were relatives of Chen Yuqing in Manila City and asked the concierge to inform Mr. Zhu.

Chen Yuqing and Zhu Jianmin used to be classmates in high school. They had traveled frequently over the years and had a very close relationship. Hearing that they were his relatives, Zhu Jianmin asked the concierge to invite the guests in.

Zhu Jianmin's residence is a Chinese-style imitation Tang Dynasty building. Entering the gate, there is a small garden. There are many buildings inside, which are divided into front hall, middle hall and back courtyard.

The front hall is a place where guests rest temporarily while waiting to be received by the host. The central hall is a place where guests are formally received. The back hall is a place where close relatives and friends are received.

Under the leadership of the housekeeper, Gao Jiu and others went directly to the back courtyard, which was enough to show the close relationship between Zhu Jianmin and Chen Yuqing.

Zhu Jianmin was of medium-to-high height and thin, with an elegant temperament. After meeting Gao Jiu and others, he sat on the main seat and bowed to show courtesy.

He asked the guests to sit down and first said to Chen Zhifeng: "I haven't seen your uncle for more than three years. How is his health lately?"

Chen Zhifeng spoke to Zhu Jianmin respectfully, told Chen Yuqing's current situation, and said hello to Zhu Jianmin on his behalf.

Zhu Jianmin asked: "When you come here, is there anything you need me to do?"

Chen Zhifeng tore off a piece of cloth from his trouser leg, took out Chen Yuqing's autographed letter hidden inside, and handed it to Zhu Jianmin.

When Zhu Jianmin saw this situation, he immediately became alert. He said to the servants standing aside: "You go down first. Don't come in unless I tell you."

After reading Chen Yuqing's letter, he raised his head and asked, "Who is Mr. Gao Jiu?"

Gao Jiu stood up politely and said, "I am."

Zhu Jianmin quickly stood up and took two steps forward. Gao Jiu also went up to greet him and shook hands cordially with him.
Chapter completed!