Spring is coming to the earth, and all things are vibrant.

As the time entered April, the large-scale training work of the independent detachment also reached the final stage. After more than a month of intensive and high-intensity training, the combat effectiveness and cohesion of each company under the independent detachment have been greatly enhanced.

Especially after the fourth company of Wolong Mountain was completely restored, the biggest hidden safety hazard buried in the independent detachment was also solved almost perfectly.

Of course, the only regret is that Zhao Shixun ignored Lu Baichuan's pleas and made up his mind to drive away Lu Baichuan's henchmen, the three fat people. However, for this matter, Lu Baichuan later expressed his understanding of Zhao Shixun.

After all, people like the three fat men are too poor in discipline to stay in the army, especially in the Eighth Route Army, which has difficult conditions. Instead of waiting for him to commit discipline again and be severely punished by Zhao Shixun, which caused Lu Baichuan's dissatisfaction, now it is a happy ending for both parties.

However, if you want to say the biggest problem left over after this training, that is, the old injuries on Lu Baichuan's body have never been resolved.

However, due to the tightening of the blockade of the independent detachment by the Japanese puppet army after the beginning of spring, the personnel and material exchanges between the main force of the first column and the independent detachment were almost completely cut off, which also made the matter of sending Lu Baichuan across Zhongtiao Mountain to the division hospital in Qinshui for treatment had to be postponed again and again.

Finally, after Xizi's second company was blocked back into a column by the Japanese puppet army again, Zhao Shixun had to temporarily give up the matter of sending someone to send Lu Baichuan to the rear hospital. Zhao Shixun knew very well that since the heavily armed Second Company could not pass through the enemy's blockade and retreat, let alone Lu Baichuan and his party, who could only be carried by people.

……

Shenquan Village, the meeting room of the independent detachment.

Looking at the map on the wall, Zhao Shixun and He Zhendong had been studying the enemy situation in the conference room for two hours based on the latest information they had collected.

In the end, Zhao Shixun and He Zhendong came to a disturbing conclusion that the Japanese puppet army was already massing in the southern Jinnan region, and it was likely to be followed by a huge military operation.

Of course, the opponents of this operation were the Nationalist Army to the west of the Yellow River or the Eighth Route Army in the southern Jinnan region, and there are no concrete signs to be seen.

……

In contemplation, Zhao Shixun walked to the table and put down the pencil in his hand, then picked up a teacup and took a sip of the already cold tea.

Rubbing the empty cup in his hand, he looked at He Zhendong, who also had a serious face beside him.

"Do you think the devil is eyeing us, why do I have a bad feeling, the devil is going to attack us in the occupied area this time."

Hearing this, he glanced at the map on the wall, He Zhendong slowly walked to the table and sat down, and then gently tapped on the table.

"Last year's devil's sweep of the Eighth Route Army in Jinnan was actually taking advantage of the aftermath of Zhongtiao Mountain's victory over the national army, and taking the opportunity to beat rabbits.

It stands to reason that now that the Japanese have no advantage in the Chinese theater, and the British and American forces, which have to take care of the Pacific theater, do not seem to be able to launch a large-scale military operation against us. ”

Speaking of this, He Zhendong looked up at Zhao Shixun in front of him.

"And with my understanding of the factions within the national army, it is almost a fool's dream to let them launch a counterattack or even fight the Yellow River in the Second and Fifth War Zones.

In this case, it is obviously impossible for the devils to gather such a large number of troops to target the national army. ”

Looking down at the teapot on the table, He Zhendong frowned.

"Think about it from another perspective, if I were a devil, I would definitely not allow the Eighth Route Army to become bigger and stronger in the Japanese-occupied area, especially when the devil had to divide his forces to deal with Britain and the United States."

As a concluding speech, He Zhendong bluntly said his thoughts.

Hearing this, Zhao Shixun held the teacup in his hand tightly.

At this moment, a communications soldier walked in, picked up a telegram and handed it to Zhao Shixun.

After taking a look, Zhao Shixun's brows twisted deeper.

"What's the matter, Lao Zhao, there's a new mission?"

Hearing this, he didn't speak, Zhao Shixun just handed the message directly to He Zhendong.

"Brother Zhendong, your analysis is correct, the devil is indeed targeting us this time."

The above telegram is very simple, the column directly pointed out that the large-scale assembly of the Japanese puppet army was to deal with the Eighth Route Army in the southern Jinnan area, and the independent detachment must be prepared to deal with the large-scale sweep of the Japanese puppet army. At the same time, the column also asked the independent detachment to try to find out the personnel build-up and material preparation of the Japanese army east of Heng County, and to inform the column of the information as soon as possible.

After repeatedly looking at the telegram in his hand, He Zhendong said lightly:

"It's not wrong, it seems that your superiors are really anxious this time."

"Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

"As far as I know, whether it is your army or the national army, there is a special agency responsible for intelligence. This time, the column asked our independent detachment to find out the assembly of the Japanese army in person, obviously because the above had already judged the object of the Japanese army's action, so it was eager to find out the deployment of the Japanese army's troops, so as to infer the specific time of the Japanese army's action. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Shixun nodded thoughtfully.

Indeed, in the past, most of the intelligence of the Japanese puppet army was provided by the columns themselves, and there were few things that needed to be done by themselves. Now the commander and political commissar directly asked the independent detachment to find out the situation of the concentration of Japanese puppet troops around them, which is definitely not a normal move. Obviously, a huge crisis has been foreseen above.

……

With the latest intelligence and orders, Zhao Shixun immediately summoned all the officers above the platoon level of the independent detachment and held an emergency meeting.

At the meeting, Zhao Shixun announced the immediate cancellation of the rotation training work of each company, and at the same time arranged the defense tasks around the base area according to the highest level.

According to the latest mission arrangement, all combat units in Shenquan Village have been sent out, except for the logistics troops and the guard platoon and machine gun company that remained behind.

One of the companies was responsible for the guard in the direction of Heng County, the third company was responsible for the guard in the direction of Xia County, and the fourth company of Wolong Mountain, which was familiar with the terrain of the first generation of mountainous areas in Jiangxian County, was asked to be responsible for guarding the enemy situation in the north of the base area.

At the same time, in order to improve the communication capability of all units as much as possible, Zhao Shixun pulled out all the telephone lines given to him by the column, and deployed a telephone set in the main assembly area of each company for emergency communication.

In this way, the independent detachment, in the second month of the beginning of spring, went directly to the highest state of alert.

……

Three days later, on the road to Xia County.

With the shaking of the carriage, the stronghold of Chenjiayu Village not far away gradually moved away from Zhao Shixun's sight.

Retracting his gaze, he glanced at the back of the woman sitting in the car again, Zhao Shixun took out his cigarette case and took out a hard door.

The next moment, Heiwa, who was sitting in front of the carriage to catch the car, immediately took out a box of matches and lit a cigarette for Zhao Shixun Lisuo.

Taking a deep breath, Zhao Shixun satisfactorily motioned to Heiwa to continue to catch the car, and he took out a small notebook and quickly wrote down the latest troop strength and weapon configuration passing through the stronghold.

A day ago, Zhao Shixun Heiwa left Shenquan Village with Shao Mengru and the seriously ill Lu Baichuan, and drove a carriage along the official road to Xia County next door.

And the reason why he went out this time was that Lu Baichuan's condition worsened again.

Two days ago, Shao Mengru, the head of the health team of the independent detachment, found Zhao Shixun and told him that Lu Baichuan's injury could not be delayed any longer. Without surgery, he probably won't last more than 10 days.

After getting the news, Zhao Shixun asked the column to confirm that he could not send a doctor over, and finally decided to take Shao Mengru and Lu Baichuan to Xia County in person to see if he could seek the help of Shao Mengru's younger brother Shao Jiaxuan to take out the half of the bullet in Lu Baichuan's body.

Of course, before taking this trip, Zhao Shixun also obtained Shao Mengru's consent in advance, otherwise once Shao Mengru did not come forward, it would be difficult for Zhao Shixun to catch Shao Jiaxuan's line no matter what.

After killing Shao Defang by mistake last time, Zhao Shixun admitted that his relationship with the Shao family had reached the point of no return. Although Shao Mengru slowly forgave him later, after all, with this scar, it is difficult for him to guarantee that Shao Jiaxuan will forgive himself for killing his father.

Therefore, the key to whether this trip can be made is Shao Mengru's attitude.

Zhao Shixun knew that the relationship between the brothers and sisters of the Shao family was extremely deep. So as long as Shao Mengru can come forward, this Lu Baichuan's little life has eighty percent hope of survival.

However, although Shao Mengru agreed, it was too dangerous to go to the city to see a doctor. You must know that Xia County is a key area where the Japanese army is stationed in this generation, and once there is a mistake, it is likely that the meat buns will beat the dogs and there will be no return.

For this reason, after many considerations, Zhao Shixun finally decided to personally go out and bring people over.

As for the command of the independent detachment after he left, he directly handed it over to the old immortal and He Zhendong to be responsible.

Of course, because of the importance of this trip, for the sake of safety, except for a few people in Zhao Shixun's departure from Shenquan Village, the entire detachment and even Dapeng were kept in the dark.

……

After recording the information he saw along the way, Zhao Shixun touched Lu Baichuan's forehead again.

"I just had a fever, and I guess I won't wake up until noon."

Seeing Zhao Shixun's actions, Shao Mengru, who was dressed as a peasant woman, whispered.

Hearing this, he looked at the other party, and Zhao Shixun's gaze stayed on the other party's face for a moment.

"What do you see? Do I have dirt on my face? ”

Seeing Zhao Shixun looking at himself without blinking, Shao Mengru subconsciously touched his cheek.

"No ......."

"And what do you see?"

"White, good-looking......."

“……”

In an instant, Shao Mengru's face turned red, and she lowered her head embarrassedly.

Looking at the other party's shy appearance, Zhao Shixun coughed embarrassedly.

"You...... Cover your cheeks with a headscarf, lest you get into trouble when you go into town. ”

"Trouble? Am I not dressed correctly? ”

"It's not ......, it's that you're too good-looking, I'm afraid that the devils at the city gate will have evil thoughts ......."

“…… You...... Lecher....... ”

scolded in a low voice, Shao Mengru quickly pulled the scarf on her head and covered most of her face.

Zhao Shixun's words really scared her .......

…… To be continued, thank you for your support, ask for recommendations, ask for collections!

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