There's no way, that's all he can get. This also made up the counterfeit money in the only bit of activity money that the troops had in hand. The currency issued by the Taihang base area is not recognized by anyone when it leaves the base area. If they want to return to Henan, they will be in enemy-occupied areas all the way. With the ticket of the Eighth Road, isn't it asking for trouble for yourself?

Some were found from those pseudo guards, and they tried to exchange some of the seized food from the villagers in Baiqi Town. and beat the pseudo-maintenance president of Baiqi Town to the local tyrants, which was barely enough for twenty counterfeit coins per person. No matter how much it is, there is really no place to do it.

As for the lieutenant, who hesitated for a long time and did not make up his mind. In the end, he chose to stay, but he also negotiated with He Sanliang in advance. When I find the right opportunity, that is, when it is safer, I will still leave. Regarding the two ends of the lieutenant's approach that he didn't want to be caught by the Japanese army and didn't want to stay, He Sanliang didn't have anything.

Looking at the people who quickly disappeared into the night after receiving the money and clothes, Ma Yongcheng didn't say anything. He only ordered the troops to withdraw to the east of 100 feet, on the one hand, to be ready to move at any time, and at the same time to be prepared for contingencies. and asked Liu Lianming to send capable men to reconnoiter Li Ziyuan's movements in the direction of Xiyaogou.

It's just that before the scouts selected by Liu Lianming set off, a dense gunfire suddenly rang out in the direction of Xiyaogou. As the gunshots rang out, the explosions of the * and mountain shells were heard one after another. Hearing the unusual movement over there, Ma Yongcheng and He Sanliang glanced at each other, knowing that Li Ziyuan and Zhang Zijian might have encountered hard stubble.

Thinking of this, He Sanliang said to Ma Yongcheng: "Political commissar, we have to rush to the direction where the regiment commander is located immediately." As soon as the gunshots rang out over there, our whereabouts could not be hidden. The Japanese puppet army in Lingchuan and Huguan will rush over at any time. We must meet up with the regimental commander and find a way to re-choose the transfer route. ”

Regarding He Sanliang's suggestion, Ma Yongcheng naturally has no objections. The two men immediately gathered their troops and crossed over to the spot where the gunshots rang out. It's just that the gunfire from there is getting more and more intense, so that the two of them don't know how many enemies Li Ziyuan's side has encountered.

Ma Yongcheng and He Sanliang moved quickly, and led the troops to quickly reinforce the place where the gunfire broke out. However, before arriving at Li Ziyuan's location, listening to the sound of gunfire getting closer and closer, He Sanliang, who also felt more and more that something was wrong, suddenly stopped.

Turning to Ma Yongcheng and said: "Political commissar, the situation on the regiment commander's side is not clear for a while, judging from their location, it should be between Xiyaogou and Baiqi, closer to the direction of Xiyaogou." There is something wrong with the sound of this gun, you can hear that in addition to the previous mountain artillery and mortars, there seems to be the sound of heavy artillery and 92 infantry artillery over there. ”

"Also, the gunfire of the Type 92 heavy machine gun is becoming more and more obvious. These weapons are not something that ordinary puppet armies can equip. These weapons are available only to the Japanese army. The regiment commander is there, and it is difficult to run into the Japanese brigade. Otherwise, there would have been no heavy * guns with a caliber of absolutely no less than a hundred mm in that direction. ”

"We only have one company on hand, and we have to take care of these prisoners, I don't think we should directly reinforce the regiment commander's side, and go straight to Xiyaogou from here. I don't think the regiment commander should have met the main force of the puppet army, or encountered the Japanese puppet army's coordinated combat unit, so the gunfire was a little unusual. Let's cut in from behind the puppet army and hit him, it's better than direct reinforcements. ”

Regarding He Sanliang's suggestion, Ma Yongcheng, who knew that he was not good at military command, nodded directly in agreement without thinking about it. However, Ma Yongcheng also told Liu Lianming that he would immediately send the best scouts to the regiment commander to find out the situation on the regiment commander's side as soon as possible.

Liu Lianming, who received the order, handed over his reconnaissance company to the instructor. He personally took two veterans and rushed to Li Ziyuan's side to reconnoitre. And He Sanliang took the troops and turned directly to the direction of Xiyaogou on the spot, all the way to the back of the battlefield over there.

When Ma Yongcheng and He Sanliang led their troops and forcibly marched all the way to Xiyaogou in the shortest possible time, they raised their binoculars and looked at Xiyaogou, a small village located at the junction of Huguan and Lingchuan. Only to find that this place was already a mess, more than a dozen trucks at the entrance of the village were burning at this time, and the whole village was full of corpses.

In the northwest direction of Xiyaogou, the sound of gunfire was dense for a while. Seeing this, He Sanliang put down the telescope in his hand. He said to the commander of the second battalion beside him: "You take your troops, put all the bayonets on me, and unscrew the lid and pull out the goods." In the direction of the gunshots, open the way with machine guns and give me an all-out attack. ”

After explaining to the second battalion commander, He Sanliang turned his head to Ma Yongcheng and said, "Political commissar, we don't have enough troops at hand. The reconnaissance company cannot fight this kind of battle, it is to take good steel and fight sickles. See if you can find a way to mobilize a company from among the prisoners of war and distribute the weapons captured from the puppet garrison to participate in this battle. ”

"This time, the regiment commander and they encountered definitely not only the two battalions of the puppet army around a hundred feet. It's not good, this puppet army is all here. In addition, I am afraid that there are also Japanese troops participating in the war. If you look at the corpses on the ground, although the number of Japanese soldiers is not much, there are more than a dozen. We either fell for the trick this time, or we had too much fucking ideas, and we encountered reinforcements from the Japanese puppet army. ”

Hearing He Sanliang's suggestion, Ma Yongcheng, who knew that the battle situation had changed, walked to the panting prisoners of war with his shell gun with the nose wide open: "I'll ask you a word now, now give you a chance, will you still fight devils?" ”

"If you still have eggs on you, go over there and get guns and fight devils. If you don't want to, stay here for me. Lao Tzu is going to fight devils, and there is no spare time here to protect you. If you want to fight devils now, you will go with Lao Tzu immediately. ”

Ma Yongcheng's words fell, and the only ensign who remained stood up, and did not speak to Ma Yongcheng, turned his head and said to the recruits he brought out: "Now I order, the first and second companies of the recruit battalion will stand up for me." Immediately follow the Eighth Route Commander to get the gun, and the rest of the people are not allowed to move here. ”

"I'm still your commander now, as long as there are devils to beat me, I don't worry about any hat or hat. We lost too much before, and one of our divisions was betrayed by others, and it was inexplicable that it collapsed without even firing a gun. The division commander was also captured, and most of the brothers did not know their whereabouts, otherwise they would be here. ”

"We lost this battle, but we can't just lose our morale. We have to let the Eight Brothers see, we are not bad breeds when we fight devils. As prisoners, it's not that we ourselves didn't resist. You two companies, come with me to fight devils, to snow our previous shame. ”

Although this second lieutenant is not a big officer, he seems to have some prestige among these recruits. He shouted at this voice, and the two hundred recruits did not hesitate at all, and they all stood up according to his request. As for the others, although they were also a little eager to try, they finally chose these two companies.

Seeing that these people all stood up, Ma Yongcheng did not hesitate. The weapons of the squadron of the puppet garrison that had been seized from 100 feet, as well as the weapons of the Japanese detachment and the surplus batch of weapons on hand, along with some of the ammunition in reserve, were all sent to them.

There is still a part of the weapons of the pseudo-teaching group that was seized before. Plus the seized weapons of the pseudo-garrison. It would certainly not be enough to arm all these prisoners of war, but there is still no big problem in gathering enough weapons and equipment for these 200 people.

Although the weapons equipped by the pseudo-Huguan garrison are still the old-fashioned Murata 22 rifles issued by Tsuruta Numu Nan when he was in charge of the 36th Division, it is much better than empty-handed. Together with the trophies seized by the anti-counterfeiting regiment, the remaining more than a hundred guns were issued in the shortest possible time, and each was given twenty rounds of ammunition, as well as two *.

As for the dozen or so Type 38 rifles that were captured by the Japanese detachment, they were left behind and handed over to a few soldiers to protect those who were unarmed. After the weapons were issued, Ma Yongcheng and the second lieutenant, led by the 200 men who had been armed and a few cadres temporarily transferred from the reconnaissance company, immediately followed behind the second battalion and rushed towards the place where the gunfire rang out.

And in front of them, the troops of the second battalion had already been deployed and encountered the troops covering behind the Japanese puppet army. A company of the 2nd Battalion, which opened the way with * and light machine guns along the way, swept all the way towards the back of the Japanese puppet army in the place where the guns rang out.

The French-made heavy machine gun that Li Ziyuan left for them threw bullets at the Japanese puppet army like splashing water. The Japanese puppet army, which was fighting fiercely with the bold and daring to attack them in front, was caught off guard by the second battalion troops who rushed from behind. A company of the puppet army, which served as the cover for the flank and rear, could not withstand the fire attack of the second battalion, and only lasted less than ten minutes before being defeated.

After defeating the covering troops behind the Japanese puppet army, the second battalion commander did not hesitate at all and commanded the troops at hand to move in the direction of the depth of the Japanese puppet army*. It wasn't until the two Japanese squads who heard the gunfire behind them and withdrew from the front with a Type 92 heavy machine gun and turned around to protect their backs that their attack momentum slowed down.

These two Japanese squads have an extremely cunning tactical style. It did not fight hard with the second battalion at all, but constantly delayed the attack of the second battalion with light and heavy machine gun fire, and at the same time constantly launched a sneak attack with a tactical group. Although the commander of the second battalion commanded the troops, they continued to fight hard with them, trying to get rid of the entanglement of the Japanese army.

However, he had only one company of troops at hand, and in the face of the entanglement of two complete infantry squads of the Japanese army, he almost exhausted all his strength, and he was never able to get rid of it. The momentum of the attack of the 2nd Battalion was stopped by these two Japanese squads, and the two sides fought a tug-of-war that was most unfavorable to the 8th Route at the moment.

After Ma Yongcheng arrived with 200 armed prisoners of war, He Sanliang looked at the battlefield in front of him. Said to Ma Yongcheng: "Old Ma, you are staring here." Give me these two hundred men, and I will take them around from the flanks. We can't afford to spend too much time here, because if the devil's artillery fire is diverted, it will be troublesome then. ”

Putting down the binoculars in his hand, He Sanliang glanced back at the captive behind him and said nothing. After drawing his shell gun and pressing a new magazine, he quickly rushed into the battlefield with the two hundred prisoners from the flank of the second battalion that was fighting fiercely in front. bypassed the blocking position of the Japanese army in front and penetrated directly into the flank of the Japanese puppet army in front.