On this night, the independent battalion started a big rush in Shouyang County!

The five recruit companies that received the new uniforms, under the leadership of the cadres, put on the brand-new spring uniforms of the Japanese army, and when they lined up, they were dazzled by the sight, thinking that there was another group of devil soldiers in Shouyang City!

When these five recruit companies all wore the hats of the Eighth Route Army that were urgently made in Zongai Town and the county seat, and sewed the armbands of the Eighth Route Army on their arms, they looked different from the little devils.

There were many uniforms and uniforms in the warehouses of the Japanese army, but there were not many military hats and steel helmets. Because the soldier's military hat is generally written with his name and unit number, one for each person, under normal circumstances, there will be no more hair, and there are very few stored in the warehouse.

Then, the five recruit companies drove to the devil's arsenal in the north of the county, first received the weapons and ammunition of the individual soldiers, draped them neatly, and then began to send each person an ammunition box to carry, and under the leadership of the cadres, they went directly out of the county seat and drove in the direction of Shiguai Town.

These recruits, judging from the equipment alone, are absolutely elite troops. In fact, the vast majority of people don't even know how to shoot!

The villagers drove donkeys, mules, mules and horses, carts, and carried burdens, and transported rice, flour, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, soap, toothpaste, towels, etc., which were removed from the warehouse of the devils in Shouyang City, to help the troops transport.

The last to follow was the baggage team, whose packs were already full and not loaded in the county seat. However, the devil brigade in Shouyang has a transport team, which is the main force of the devils who were eliminated when the city was broken, although the number is only 110 people, there are 50 rubber-tyred carts and 118 pack horses. More than 20 of these 50 two rubber-tyred carts went with the captain of the devil brigade to reinforce the Baijiazhuang stronghold, and a lot of them were damaged, and the good ones were brought back by Moshan when they came back, plus more than 20 rubber-tyred carts left in the county, a total of 32 intact rubber-tyred carts and 80 pack horses, all of which were handed over to the baggage team for use, and the rubber-tyred carts pulled ammunition and rice bags, noodle bags, and canned food boxes, and marched in the direction of Shiguai Town overnight.

The total strength of the 36th Brigade of the 109th Division of the Japanese Army is 7 to 8,000 people, not to mention the lot, hoarding ammunition and food and socks needed for two months of fighting, that number is very huge, and relying on the existing strength of the independent battalion alone, it cannot transport much things. The key depends on the five detachments and the 688 regiment and the 689 regiment!

Considering that the fifth detachment, the 688th Regiment and the 689th Regiment are all light infantry units, there are very few mules and horses, and relying on the soldiers alone to carry them, they may not be able to move the little devil's warehouse, and the second company, the third company and Yuan Gang still have to carry the weapons, ammunition, food and socks seized from the stronghold during the battle, and it is impossible to carry the materials in the Japanese warehouse in the county, Xiao Siming discussed with Shi Poshan and asked him to lead the communication platoon to continue to mobilize the masses in the county seat, and strive to organize the donkey carts and large livestock in the county seat and surrounding villages, and then organize a front team. Be sure to empty the devil warehouse!

They are all gone, and only the communication platoon and radio station that followed Xiao Siming's actions are left in the county.

Deputy instructor Shi Poshan had to stay in charge of handing over ammunition and food and socks supplies to the fifth detachment and the 688th and 689th regiments of the 344 brigade, Xiao Siming had to adjust it and let the deputy battalion commander Zheng Xiuchuan take over Shi Poshan to lead the front team and keep Shi Poshan behind.

Mei Ying and the cadres of the battalion units are also gone!

This girl, when she left, her face was radiant, her eyebrows and eyes were full of spring water, and her heart was sweet as if she had drunk honey, and the sleepiness of the rapid march from Zong Aizhen all the way was swept away!

When Xiao Siming introduced Mei Ying to Yan Rou, the sentence "She is also my fiancée" can be regarded as completely melting Mei Ying's heart!

From knowing Mei Ying when she was recuperating from her injuries in the Tibetan Mountain Ancestral Hall, to now Xiao Siming generously introducing Mei Ying to Yan Rou, a few months have passed, but Mei Ying's understanding of Xiao Siming has undergone irreversible changes. This girl, from the beginning she felt that Xiao Siming had no skin and no shame, to now she is dedicated to Xiao Siming, and the mental journey during this period is beyond the control of outsiders. Anyway, I hope that your heart is like my heart, and I will live up to it, and I am lovesick!

Yan Rou and Xing'er also followed Mei Ying, but the two masters and servants were wearing civilian clothes, which was a bit eye-catching in the ranks of the Eighth Route Army!

Before leaving, Xing'er pulled Yan Rou and whispered, "Miss, let's not follow Section Chief Mei!" Let's go quietly to find Brother Xiao, when he leaves, let's leave when he leaves! ”

Xing'er, this little girl, may have watched too many dramas in the Yan family's mansion in Taiyuan City in the past, or it may be that the Yan family lost her support after the death of the Yan family, and she was so cowardly that she wanted to encourage Miss and Xiao Siming to be together, and she didn't look at when it was!

A hint of blush flashed on Yan Rou's goose egg face, and there was a sudden brilliance in her water-cut eyes!

Oh, Yan Rou still said softly to Xing'er: "Don't talk nonsense, follow!" ”

The next day, February 27, Shi Poshan led the communication platoon in the county town to continue to mobilize the masses and organize a front team. Xiao Siming sat in his office and pondered on the map, as if he was stupid. But Chen Qiang, the head of the Yantai station, and Zhao Xiuhong, the instructor who followed Xiao Siming's actions, didn't think he was stupid, they all knew that the battalion commander was thinking about how to move eastward and how to establish a base area next, and maybe some of the little devils should be unlucky again!

It was on this day that the 20th Division of the Japanese Army launched a fierce attack on Han Xinling!

In the sky, Japanese planes flew from Shijiazhuang airfield to bomb indiscriminately, and on the ground were field artillery and mountain artillery of the 26th Artillery Wing of the 20th Division and Regiment were raging, and the Japanese infantry launched a strong attack throughout the county, fighting with the defenders point by point.

The Han Xinling resistance battle has entered a white-hot state!

When the battle was at its most intense, Wei Lihuang, deputy commander of the Second Theater and former commander-in-chief of the enemy, called Commander Yan and said confidently that the little devil had hit a wall in Han Xinling, and now the Japanese army in Taiyuan was empty, and the Taiyuan airport was also destroyed by a small unit of the Eighth Route Army.

Yan Xishan was a little hesitant, and asked Wei Lihuang on the phone, what if the Japanese army from the east called?

The Japanese army in the east that Yan Xishan said refers to the Japanese 108th Division that attacked Linfen.

At this time, Linfen was the base camp of the second war zone and the Shanxi Provincial Government, and there were many organs, if the Japanese army captured Linfen, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Wei Lihuang did not hesitate, and told Yan Xishan on the phone that as long as he could recapture Taiyuan, it would not matter if Linfen was lost!

Indeed, Taiyuan is the center of Shanxi, Yan Xishan has been working hard for so many years, and the essence is all in Taiyuan City!

Commander Yan did not hesitate any longer, and immediately ordered the main force of the Jin Sui Army, which was arranged in the mountains of western Jin, to pour out of the nest and kill Taiyuan.

In the evening of that day, the Yongxing Detachment of the Eighth Route Army, that is, the fifth detachment composed of the second battalion of the 685th Regiment of the 115th Division, finally arrived at Shouyang City. Immediately afterwards, the 344th Regiment and the 689th Regiment of the 689th Brigade also rushed to Shouyang County.

With so many Eighth Route Army coming at once, Shouyang City suddenly became the barracks of the Eighth Route Army!

After the Zunyi Conference on the Long March, the Red Army was downsized, the combat units were enriched, and the International Division of the Young Communist Party was withdrawn, and Xiao Siming was incorporated into the Red Fifth Regiment of the Second Red Division at that time. The Red Fifth Regiment was later reorganized into the Second Battalion of the 343rd Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army.

After the end of the Pingxingguan ambush, the second battalion strengthened one battalion and one company, incorporated it into the local armed forces of Pingshan County, and formed five detachments, which was equivalent to restoring the structure of the Red Fifth Regiment and conducting guerrilla operations in the area around Niangziguan.

In order to prevent the Japanese army from discovering that this heroic unit was the main force in the Pingxingguan ambush, the five detachments were called the "Yongxing Detachment" to the outside world, and the Fifth Detachment was customary to be called the Zeng Guohua Detachment within the Eighth Route Army.

Later, the fifth detachment transferred troops to support the Jin-Cha-Ji Fourth Division to form three detachments.

A Red Army company led by Yuan Ziqing, the former secretary of the general branch of the 2nd Battalion and his successor instructor, and a Red Army company of the 717th Regiment of the 359th Brigade of the 120th Division led by Liu Daosheng are the foundation of the three detachments of the 4th Division!

Liu Zhenqiu, the former first instructor of the 2nd Battalion, was transferred to the director of the Political Department directly under the 115th Division when the Fifth Detachment was established.

The strength of the five detachments has now been greatly expanded, and there is a feeling of being strong and strong!

Seeing Xiao Siming, Zeng Guohua, the head of the detachment, the deputy head of the Chen Zulin, and the chief of staff Yang Chengde were all very cordial.

Zeng Guohua, the detachment leader, told Xiao Siming that he still thought that if Xiao Siming could survive, he would go back to be the commander of the fifth company! I didn't expect Xiao Siming to leave the second battalion and work alone, and he did it so well, and now he is the captain!

Zeng Guohua said that he had received a telegram from the division headquarters and knew that Xiao Ying had been expanded into an eastward advance brigade.

As soon as Zeng Guohua finished talking to Xiao Siming, Chen Zulin, deputy head of the fifth detachment, and Yang Chengde, chief of staff, came up and hugged Xiao Siming, grabbed two legs by one person, grabbed two arms by one person, and carried and shook them a few times, then stopped, saying that it was okay, the smart and clever red ghost Xiao Siming's body was completely demobilized, and he would not delay fighting devils!

Without waiting for Xiao Siming to answer, Yang Chengde then said, "What about rice? What about white noodles? What about canned beef? Where are they? Hurry up and take it out and let the troops cook and eat! After running such a long way, not to mention others, my stomach is hungry! In addition, where are the heavy machine guns, light machine guns, 38 covers, bullets, and grenades prepared for the troops? Hurry up and take them all out! ”

Fortunately, Yang Chengde knew that the independent battalion was developed on the basis of the wounded squad of the entire 685th Regiment, and some of the cadres were drawn from the four detachments based on the divisional training team, so he did not dare to say that the independent battalion belonged to the troops of the fifth detachment. But with that posture, he was clearly not afraid of Xiao Siming as an outsider, and regarded the independent battalion as part of the five detachments!

Rice, white flour, and canned beef are all ready-made, as is oil, salt, sauce, and vinegar. It's just that the troops left in the county town by the independent battalion have only one communication platoon, and they don't have the strength to prepare meals for the troops who rushed in, so they just boiled a dozen large pots of mung bean soup, which can let the soldiers drink a sip to quench their thirst first!

The 344 Brigade 688 Regiment, the 689 Regiment and the Independent Battalion are not familiar, but they are all troops of the Eighth Route Army and the 115th Division, and they will definitely not be polite to Xiao Siming.

These are not problems, there are many Japanese warehouses and arsenals, as long as the troops who come can take them away!

That night, the five detachments, the 688th regiment, and the 689th regiment that had eaten well in Shouyang County began a big rush, and each of the soldiers carried ammunition boxes or rice bags and noodle bags on their shoulders, and left Shouyang City in the night and hid into the depths of Taihang. (To be continued.) )