In Nuanquan Town, Liu Gen successfully withdrew back with the artillery battalion, and did not encounter reinforcements from the devils to Liulin County along the way.

Obviously, the devil reinforcements heading to Liulin County from all directions were blocked by the troops of the Eighth Route Army, making it impossible for them to advance easily, otherwise Liu Gen would not have been so calm on the road to Huiquan Town with the artillery battalion.

"Battalion Commander Wang, the artillery battalion can't rest yet, we need to continue to strengthen the defense of Nuan Quanzhen and set up as many traps and mines as possible!"

"The Death Determination Special Task Force will withdraw from Liulin County tonight, and by tomorrow, after a simple rest, the devils will inevitably take revenge on our Eighth Route Army! Warm Springs will definitely become the target of the devil's revenge! Liu Gen instructed Camp Commander Wang beside him.

The defense of Nuanquan Town is not strong, and if there is really a large-scale devil army to come, then Liu Gen can only choose to give up Nuanquan Town directly, and will not have any idea of defending in Nuanquan Town.

Strengthening the defense of Nuanquan Town, Liu Gen still has a glimmer of hope, Nuanquan Town is not a county seat, even if there are devil troops coming, there should not be too many troops. Liu Gen was to deal with the devil troops who did not have many troops, so he asked the soldiers of the artillery battalion to strengthen the defense of Nuanquan Town as much as possible.

"Good! I'll arrange it right away! Battalion Commander Wang nodded heavily, he knew the importance of strengthening the defense.

Battalion Commander Wang soon went to arrange for the soldiers to strengthen the defense of Nuanquan Town, but Liu Gen did not go, he believed that this kind of thing, Battalion Commander Wang could handle it alone. What's more, Liu Gen also has his own things to do, and he needs to ask the 120th Division headquarters for more ammunition support.

If the artillery battalion does not have enough shells in its hands, then it will be difficult for the artillery battalion to play its own role, and Liu Gen does not want to see the artillery battalion unable to play any role in battle, and even said that it can only fight with devils with real swords and guns.

In the case that it is possible to get enough artillery shells, Liu Gen still hopes that the artillery battalion can be supported by more artillery shells, so that the role of the artillery battalion can be fully utilized.

After successfully contacting the headquarters of the 120th Division through the radio, Liu Gen reported his demands, and Division Commander He did not have much opinion on Liu Gen's idea of getting more shells. At present, the artillery shells in the hands of the 120th Division are still relatively sufficient, and after taking several county towns of the devils, the units of the 120th Division have captured a lot of artillery shells from the county seats.

Even if each of these units left a part of the shells, the remaining shells would be enough for the artillery battalion.

After getting rid of the artillery battalion's most scarce shells, Liu Gen relaxed a little, and these shells should be delivered to him before the battle began. The next thing you need to do is to wait patiently, wait for the devils to arrive in Warm Springs, and then kill them.

After the soldiers of the artillery battalion completed the initial defensive reinforcement work, Battalion Commander Zhang and the infantry battalion successfully withdrew to Nuanquan Town.

In this blocking battle, Battalion Commander Zhang and the soldiers of the infantry battalion played a great role, and the casualties of the infantry battalion were also the heaviest.

Liu Gen could see that less than two-thirds of the infantry battalion that was complete at the time of departure was now able to return to Nuanquan Town, most of the soldiers were somewhat injured, and many soldiers were lying on stretchers and needed to be treated as soon as possible. Fortunately, there are still doctors in Nuanquan Town, and Battalion Commander Wang of the artillery battalion has already arranged these doctors.

As soon as the infantry battalion returned to Warm Springs Town, a doctor went to treat it, and considering the state of the soldiers of the infantry battalion, the defense of Warm Springs Town was temporarily handed over to the artillery battalion to do. After the infantry battalion has a certain period of rest, the defense will be handed over to them.

After all, the artillery battalion is not good at defensive work, they are good at playing with artillery, and it would be a bit too wasteful to put them on the defensive positions of Warm Springs.

Battalion Commander Zhang did not object to Battalion Commander Wang's arrangement, his own family knew his own affairs, and he knew the current state of the infantry battalion. In the previous blocking battle, after holding the position for so long, the soldiers were extremely tired, and they were able to persist in returning to Nuanquan Town because the soldiers' willpower was strong enough.

If you really want the soldiers of the infantry battalion to take over the defense of Nuanquan Town, then Battalion Commander Zhang himself can't put his mind at ease and defend in such a tired state, which is completely joking about the safety of Nuanquan Town.

Battalion Commander Zhang took the soldiers to rest, what Liu Gen could do for them was not good, the only thing he could do was to arrange for these soldiers to have a hot meal. It's just that many soldiers didn't even eat a meal, so they fell asleep directly, and in order not to disturb the people, most of the soldiers found a corner to lie down.

Now the temperature at night is okay, even if the fighters sleep outside, the impact is not great.

In order to prevent these soldiers from being cold, Liu Gen specially arranged for the soldiers to distribute some of the thin quilts and blankets they had collected, or to cover them on the soldiers who had fallen asleep.

Walking in Nuanquan Town, Liu Gen could see many soldiers sleeping on the ground, and in order to keep warm, the soldiers snuggled together. Liu Gen noticed that many soldiers did not forget to put their rifles by their side when they slept, so as to ensure that they could devote themselves to the battle as soon as possible in the event of an accident.

"Let the cooking squad prepare some ginger soup when making breakfast to avoid any soldiers from getting cold." Liu Gen commanded the soldiers beside him.

The soldier nodded, kept Liu Gen's instructions in mind, and told the comrades in the cooking class in the morning.

Outside the town of Nuanquan, the soldiers of the artillery battalion were carrying out defensive reinforcement work, and under the cover of night, the soldiers held torches and carefully set traps. As for laying mines, since there is a certain risk of laying mines at night, the fighters are prepared to lay mines after dawn.

Here, Liu Gen couldn't see Camp Commander Wang, which made Liu Gen a little puzzled and didn't understand where Camp Commander Wang went.

There was not much communication between Liu Gen and Camp Commander Wang, but he was sure that Camp Commander Wang was very attentive to his work, and at this time, he should not go anywhere else.

"Comrade, where is your battalion commander Wang?" Liu Gen came to the side of a soldier from an artillery battalion and asked curiously.

The soldier looked at Liu Gen and recognized Liu Gen at the first time, in the artillery battalion, there should be no one who does not know Liu Gen.

"Our battalion commander is also laying traps, and he has been busy with everyone for a long time." The warrior explained.

Liu Gen nodded, no wonder he couldn't find Camp Commander Wang, it turned out that he was arranging a trap with the soldiers, and it was really Camp Commander Wang's style. Liu Gen didn't specifically ask where Camp Commander Wang was, he didn't have anything to do with Camp Commander Wang.

The soldiers of the artillery battalion are also very hard, and Liu Gen is not willing to disturb the fighters of these artillery battalions unless there is really something.

Just as Liu Gen wanted to leave, an obvious fire dragon appeared not far away, it was a troop on the march. Liu Gen immediately discovered the army that was attacking towards Nuanquan Town, which made Liu Gen's brows furrow instantly, and the devil troops were chasing too tightly.

You must know that Battalion Commander Zhang and the others had just returned to Nuanquan Town, but even so, the devil troops still managed to catch up, and the marching speed of the devil troops was inevitably too fast.

As for the troops coming to this is the Eighth Route Army, Liu Gen has no such thoughts, he clearly knows the situation of the 120th Division, and now the 120th Division has no idle troops in its hands. The 120th Division has the important task of defending Yan'an, which means that the 120th Division cannot draw too many troops.

Now that the 120th Division has mobilized five or six regiments, more than 10,000 troops, and continuing to draw troops will reduce the protection of Yan'an. There is no doubt about the importance of Yan'an, and Liu Gen believes that Commander He will not let the battle affect the defense of Yan'an.

"Assemble! The enemy is coming! Get ready for battle! Liu Gen suddenly opened his mouth and shouted loudly.

The soldiers of the artillery battalion who were laying the trap were a little confused, but they still moved quickly, and even if these soldiers had not yet found any trace of the devil troops, they still chose to obey the order. These soldiers could hear Liu Gen's voice, and they believed that Liu Gen would not play tricks on them in this kind of thing.

"Liu Gen informs, you found the devil troops, in which direction?" Battalion Commander Wang ran to Liu Gen's side as soon as possible, and his face was extremely serious.

Battalion Commander Wang knew very well that with the current situation, if there was really a devil army attacking, then the artillery battalion would inevitably need to be put into battle, and it would be impossible for Battalion Commander Zhang and others to continue fighting. In the state of Battalion Commander Zhang and the others, let them continue to fight the devils, that is, they are sending them to death.

The soldiers of the artillery battalion are very precious, but when you really encounter devils, devils don't care whether you are artillery or infantry, either resist or die.

"To the southeast, it should take less than ten minutes to reach Warm Springs! Get the warriors ready for battle! Liu Gen said the location of the devil's troops, and took a 38 rifle from the soldiers beside him. Once the battle breaks out, then Liu Gen also needs to throw himself into the fight.

Battalion Commander Wang looked in the southeast direction, his eyes instantly widened, and he saw this constantly moving fire dragon, which was a troop advancing with torches.

Suddenly, Battalion Commander Wang realized the seriousness of the problem, there was really an enemy attack, and the artillery battalion needed to enter the combat state.

"Camp Commander Wang, arrange it immediately! Minimize the casualties of comrades! Liu Gen said in a deep voice.

Wang Yingzhen nodded heavily, and he immediately ran quickly towards the trench dug by the soldiers, he needed to make the soldiers aware of the seriousness of the problem, and at the same time prepare the soldiers of the artillery battalion for battle. It is true that the soldiers of the artillery battalion are artillerymen, but these soldiers also conduct shooting training on weekdays, and there is no problem in firing or something.

As for the shooting accuracy of the fighters, then it can't be too demanding, at this time, how much more can be requested? Just shoot a gun!

At this time, Liu Gen opened the system's prestige mall with a solemn expression, after this period of accumulation, Liu Gen's prestige has already exceeded a thousand, but he has never had the opportunity to consume his prestige.

For the current Eighth Route Army, Liu Gen has taken out enough things, and before Liu Gen has completely digested what Liu Gen has taken out, there is no need for Liu Gen to continue to take out new things.

What's more, with the things that Liu Gen took out, if the Eighth Route Army really succeeds in digesting it, then the combat effectiveness will inevitably be significantly improved, which is enough for the current Eighth Route Army.

"Redeem Rifle Mastery, Sniper Mastery, Throwing Mastery!" Liu Gen directly exchanged three abilities from the Prestige Mall to enhance his shooting ability.

Liu Gen's artillery skills are very strong, but in terms of shooting, what he can take out is a pistol, and he is proficient in pistols, as long as he has a pistol in hand, then he can completely do 100 shots.

Of course, this is based on the premise that the enemy is not hiding behind cover, and dodging.

One thousand reputation points were consumed by Liu Gen, and he had no skill points in his hands, so he could only consume more reputation to buy strong enough abilities. Rifle Mastery and Sniper Mastery each have four hundred reputations, all of which are top-tier levels. Throwing mastery is two hundred prestige, which is also the top level.

When purchasing these three abilities, Liu Gen was also a little entangled, consuming so much prestige, which made him very distressed. It's just that Liu Gen also knows that if the prestige is gone, you can earn it again, but if the people are gone, everything will stop.

Liu Gen can consume a little less prestige to buy the primary version of these three abilities, so that more than two hundred prestige points can be done, but that is inevitably a little too unsafe.

After thinking about it carefully, Liu Gen still felt that it was the most cost-effective to buy the top-level abilities at one time, so that he could also save skill points and put them on other skills.

As he didn't complete the system task to get skill points for a while, Liu Gen realized the importance of skill points, and also realized that prestige points would become a necessity for him to improve his ability in the future, otherwise he didn't know when he would be able to improve by relying on skill points alone.

When the three abilities were fully integrated into Liu Gen's body, Liu Gen could feel that he and the 38 rifle in his hand seemed to have a kind of connection, he suddenly raised the 38 rifle and aimed in one direction, and suddenly there was a feeling that he could hit the target.

Feeling the changes in himself, a hint of satisfaction appeared in Liu Gen's eyes, and it seemed that it was still somewhat useful for him to consume so many prestige points.

Liu Gen walked quickly towards the trenches, as the current supreme commander in Nuanquan Town, Liu Gen needed to stay on the front line, and then ensure that the corresponding decisions were made as soon as possible.

"Comrade Liu Gen, why did you come here? You shouldn't be here, I'll stay. When Battalion Commander Wang saw Liu Gen enter the trench, he immediately came to Liu Gen's side and said with some nervousness.

Liu Gen shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Battalion Commander Wang, I am the commander in charge of you, and it is very necessary to stay here. ”

"I need to grasp the latest situation on the front line, once your artillery battalion can't stop the devils, then I need to take you to retreat as soon as possible!"

Battalion Commander Wang was a little helpless, Liu Gen was too unconfident in their artillery battalion, with the strength of the artillery battalion, even if a devil squadron came, I believe it could withstand a night's time. What's more, judging from the size of that devil army, it should be just an infantry squad.

Could it be that an artillery battalion can't take out an infantry squad of a devil? Battalion Commander Wang doesn't think so, he has enough confidence in the artillery battalion!