On July 15, the 30th year of the Republic of China, near a valley in the north of Hengqu County.

The sun is like fire, although the sun has just risen not long ago, but the rolling heat wave has been rushing, and the people who roast are irritable for a while.

Standing in the shade of a tree, squatting in waist-deep grass, Zhao Shixun held his goggles open, carefully observing a Japanese artillery tower located at a fork in the mountain.

Four days ago, before the unit's training for more than 20 days had been completely completed, Zhao Shixun, who had just returned to the village for dinner, received a new order.

The order was brought by a tired disguised herald, and it was sprinkled with more than 100 words, and it can be summed up in a few questions.

First, recently, because the Japanese army suddenly intensified its efforts to go to the countryside to sweep and loot grain, the base areas behind enemy lines in the southern Jinnan area, which had just been established, suffered considerable losses. Some fortress households and villages were repeatedly and ruthlessly swept by the Japanese puppet army, and suffered heavy losses. At the same time, the general trend of the Japanese army was introduced.

Second, it was pointed out that in the face of the encirclement and interception of the Japanese puppet army, the vanguard regiment of the southward column of the Eighth Route Army in Jinnan encountered great difficulties in the Jinnan generation, and had to temporarily retreat to the mountains to hide due to the heavy losses caused by continuous combat in a short period of time.

Third, in view of this, the southward column of the Eighth Route Army issued an order to the armed forces behind the enemy in the southern Jinnan area, asking some weak armed forces behind the enemy to stop their activities and merge them, and then replenish them to the vanguard regiments of the southbound column one by one, so as to enhance the combat effectiveness of the vanguard regiments.

Zhao Shixun's Hengqu County Brigade also received an order: Immediately after receiving the order, all of them went north to Xujiayu, and after joining up with another militia unit, they formed a new Ninth Company of the Pioneer Regiment of the Southward Column. In the northern part of Hengqu County, it was selected to supplement the southbound column vanguard regiment to the south.

After receiving the order, Zhao Shixun immediately stopped the training work at hand, and then spent two full days preparing the ammunition and supplies for departure.

Zhou Yu, the deputy captain of the group, had expressed fierce opposition to this move, because the order given by his superiors was to set off immediately, and to rush to Xujiayu to join another unit by 14 July, and then wait for the next instructions from the special commissioner of the vanguard regiment.

The military order is like a mountain, and it is a deadline to arrive. Zhou Yu believed that it was necessary to set off immediately and strive to arrive at Xujiayu before the 14th.

Regarding Zhou Yu's request, Zhao Shixun clearly objected. At present, the Japanese puppet army sweeps are very frequent, and the surrounding enemy situation is complicated, and the intelligence is unknown. In the case of insufficient supplies, you must not act blindly.

The northern part of Hengqu County has just undergone a major sweep, and the Japanese puppet army has built artillery strongholds on major transportation arteries.

In this case, you must be fully prepared to go north. Even if you don't have enough weapons and ammunition, you must be well prepared for food!

The two sides argued for a long time, and finally Zhou Yu made a compromise. There was no way, although he was anxious, he couldn't find a good reason to convince Zhao Shixun. And when it comes to marching and fighting, Zhou Yu is still self-aware.

After two days of intense preparation, except for the five soldiers who were left in charge of the work of the Shenquanzhai intelligence station, the remaining fifty militiamen all left Shenquanzhai under the leadership of Zhao Shixun and Zhou Yu.

After two days of rapid marching over the mountains and mountains, everyone finally arrived at the periphery of Xujiayu at nine o'clock in the morning of the 15th.

Xujiayu is located in the north of Hengqu County, about 90 miles away from the county seat. The order said that everyone should gather in Xujiayu, but did not explain the surrounding situation.

After looking at it for a while, Zhao Shixun put down his glasses suspiciously.

"Big Pillar, bring me the map."

Taking over the captured map of the Japanese army, Zhao Shixun spread the map on the ground, studied it carefully for a while, and then looked at the surrounding terrain.

"What's wrong, is there anything wrong?"

Zhou Yu returned from the back of the team and asked tiredly.

"It's kind of interesting, there's a turret over here. There was no mention of ...... in the information. ”

"Maybe they forgot, this place is not far from Xujiayu, can't we go around it."

"It's no problem to go around, it's less than twenty miles away from Xujiayu, and it's a half-day journey at most. But there is a turret in this place, so we have to be careful. ”

Hearing Zhao Shixun say this, Zhou Yu frowned and glanced at the other party with a little puzzlement.

"Are you afraid of something going wrong?"

Glancing at Zhou Yu, Zhao Shixun nodded meaningfully.

"How can you walk by the river without getting your shoes wet, we have attacked the Japanese puppet army so many times, it's always right to be careful."

……

One o'clock in the afternoon, Xujiayu.

After a few hours of rapid marching, Zhao Shixun and his entourage finally arrived at a barren mountain north of Xujiayu Village at a quarter past 12 noon.

Xujiayu is located in a river valley deep in the mountains, with mountains on three sides, east, west and north, and a small valley in the south.

Xujiayu is a small village, with less than 100 households, and their ancestors have made a living by growing food in the southern river valley and hunting in the mountains.

After observing with his glasses for a while, although Zhao Shixun faintly felt that something was wrong in his heart, he couldn't see anything famous for a while.

A basket of old corn is placed on the roof of a house in the center of the village, which is an agreed code that means that everything is normal. It was already noon, and there was not much movement in the village, and many people in the village were smoking from their cigarette pipes, and everything seemed so normal.

Handing the glasses to Zhou Yu, Zhao Shixun turned to look at the old immortal who was smoking a cigarette behind him.

"Old immortal, why do I feel that something is wrong? Tell me about it. ”

Hearing this, the old immortal raised his wrinkled old face and spit out a large puff of smoke and smiled.

"How do I know what's wrong, I'm not a god, ahem....... But there is a saying in my stomach, that is, be careful to sail a 10,000-year-old ship. ”

Standing up and moving his waist, the old immortal walked to the side of the mountain and looked down the mountain.

"I figured out that it was about two hours' walk from us to the turret, which was neither too close nor too far. We were already a day late, and the village seemed calm, and the turret seemed to be manned. Everyone seems to be fine. ”

"Hehe...... turtle son, it's really not okay to have dim sum in this place."

The old immortal squinted at the village below the mountain, and suddenly said this seriously.

Listening to the words of the old immortal, Zhao Shixun strengthened the idea in his heart, although the other party had already played the correct code, but Zhao Shixun still felt that he had to keep a hand.

Thinking of this, Zhao Shixun gently patted Zhou Yu's shoulder beside him.

"Zhou Yu, I plan to go around to the river valley south of the village to see where is the only way in and out of Xujiayu, and the only road to the south of the fort. I'm going to get to the bottom of it first and see if there's any problem. “

Hearing Zhao Shixun suddenly say this, Zhou Yu frowned.

"Captain Zhao, Comrade Zhao Shixun! I just took a closer look, and on the roof of a villager's house in the middle of the village below the mountain, there was clearly a code number we had agreed upon. Since the comrades in the village were already waiting for us, and confirmed the safety. Then I should have believed in our comrades and immediately went into the village to join them and listen to the commissioner's plan of action for the next step. ”

"Comrade Zhao Shixun, I know that you have rich battlefield experience, and I didn't object to you when you said that you should prepare well. Now we're a day behind schedule. As the so-called military order is like a mountain, if you continue to grind, it will delay the big thing! ”

"However, ......, there is no mention of the existence of this turret in the intelligence. Now that the situation has changed, we can't just go according to plan. “

"That's right......, Captain Zhao, can you tell me what's abnormal?"

was asked by Zhou Yu, and Zhao Shixun was speechless for a while.

"Well...... I can't tell if I fell to the ground and asked a question. I'm just skeptical. “

"Suspicion?!"

Standing up suddenly, Zhou Yu put the glasses in his hand into Zhao Shixun's hand, and said in a serious voice:

"Captain Zhao, I understand your meticulous work style, but this time I think you are still too worried. In this way, this time you are waiting for news on the mountain, and I will be responsible for entering the village to liaise. How about I'll send you a signal when I'm sure it's okay? ”

Looking at the other party's slightly red face, Zhao Shixun was going to refuse in one go, but after thinking about it for a while, he finally compromised. After all, he is a serious 800-year-old Eighth Route Army, or the leader of the party group, and it is not easy for him to be a deserter from the national army, so he makes things too stiff. Besides, he was only suspicious, and he did not obtain any direct evidence to prove anything.

"Okay...... I'll let the third and fourth classes go down with you first, if there is any accident, you immediately defend on the spot, we will immediately go down the mountain to meet you, be careful on the road."

Seeing that Zhao Shixun agreed to his suggestion so quickly, Zhou Yu glanced at the other party in surprise. He changed his serious expression and smiled slightly.

"I will, you can wait for my signal on the mountain with peace of mind, and as soon as I take over with the comrades under the mountain, I will send you a signal immediately. When the time comes, everyone will have a good lunch and rest in the village below the mountain. ”

"Uh-huh......, Kiko! Zhou Dahu! You bring a machine gun, follow Captain Zhou into the village to contact our people, and all actions after departure must obey Captain Zhou's arrangement, do you understand? ”

"Understood!"

"All three classes stand up! Organize your weapons. ”

"All four classes stand up! Sort out your weapons! ”

Hearing Zhao Shixun's order, the third and fourth classes all stood up under the greeting of Xizi and Zhou Dahu. Everyone quickly formed a line under the order of the squad leader and lined up in two columns.

Seeing that the team was assembled, Zhou Yu walked to the front of the team and adjusted his military uniform and hat.

"Comrades! I know that most of the people here have not yet joined the army in a decent uniform, and they look like a bunch of beggars from afar. But I hope that after you enter the village for a while, you must strictly implement the military discipline of our Eighth Route Army, and at the same time pay attention to your words and deeds, maintain good military appearance and military discipline, and do not embarrass the Eighth Route Army or our Hengqu County Brigade, understand!? ”

"Understood!"

"Okay, pay attention to the formation, let's go!"

…… To be continued, ask for collection, ask for recommendation!

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