That night, after capturing the county seat and the Baijiazhuang stronghold, the three combat companies of the independent battalion launched a stormy assault along the Zhengtai Railway and the road from Shouyang to Yuxian.

Gaoping dual-purpose artillery was wielding, light and heavy machine guns, grenadiers, Jin-made submachine guns, and 38 big covers were wielding, and the isolated Japanese puppet army strongholds scattered at various traffic points in Shouyang were quietly annihilated in the rumbling artillery of the Eighth Route Army.

Before they died, these devil soldiers never knew where these Eighth Route Army came from, how could they have the powerful Gaoping dual-purpose guns produced by the Japanese Empire, and they didn't know how to cherish the precious anti-aircraft shells, and even used anti-aircraft shells to hit brick and wood turrets and pillboxes, which was too extravagant, right?

The devil soldiers are not stupid, when the Eighth Route Army bombarded their turrets and pillboxes with Gaoping dual-purpose artillery, these little devils already knew that Shouyang City was finished, and their captain His Excellency must also be finished. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Eighth Route Army to attack from the direction of the county seat!

The devil who was attacked fell into deep despair. Some little devils even gave up resistance and wanted to surrender, but unfortunately the combat style of the independent battalion was very different from that of other Eighth Route Army, and the soldiers were not interested in capturing prisoners, and all the responses to the little devils were "chirping" bullets. Moreover, I was afraid that the little devil would not die completely, and when I cleaned the battlefield, I stabbed the devil's corpse with a bayonet and mended the knife for them!

As a result, at dawn, the first company sent a report, requesting the battalion headquarters to send a baggage team to receive the captured materials, and the troops could not continue to fight with so much trophies.

The call back from the battalion headquarters is simpler, the cadres are left to publicize and mobilize the masses on the spot, expand the army, form a recruit company, seize guns and ammunition, directly equip the recruit company, and the excess materials are carried by the recruit company!

This answer is also the battalion headquarters' answer to the call from the second and third companies!

Xiao Siming is going to expand the army on a large scale!

Xiao Siming finally waited for the coveted division headquarters to call back.

The telegram was very long, and it was reported that with the approval of Yan'an and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, it was ordered to expand the independent battalion of the 115th Division into the eastward advance brigade of the 115th Division, and to appoint Xiao Siming, the former commander of the independent battalion of the 115th Division, as the captain, Wang Lushui, the political commissar of the 115th Division's supplementary regiment, as the political commissar of the eastward advance brigade, Huang Hua, the head of the 115th Division's Shanxi Southwest Guerrilla Detachment, as the deputy head of the eastward advance brigade, Hu Qingyun, the operational staff officer of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, as the chief of staff of the advance brigade, and Huo Cheng, deputy secretary of the direct general branch of the 115th Division, as the director of the political office of the advance brigade.

The division headquarters ordered that the military and political committee of the advance brigade be formed by Wang Lushui, Xiao Siming, Huang Hua, Hu Qingyun, and Huo Cheng, with Wang Lushui as secretary and Xiao Siming as deputy secretary.

The division headquarters telegraphed that the 100-man cadres led by Wang Lushui who had been urgently transferred from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the divisional organs of the 115th Division, the 343 Brigade, and the graduates of Kang Da had already assembled and set off in separate routes last night, and rushed to Shiguai Town under the starry night to meet the advance brigade in Shiguai Town.

The division headquarters ordered the independent battalion to hold out in Shouyang for three days, mobilize the masses, expand the troops, and decide when to evacuate Shouyang depending on the changes in the battle situation. However, the baggage troops should be withdrawn to Shiguai Town in advance, and after meeting with the cadres, the reorganization of the troops should be completed in Shiguai Town, and then the task of eastward advance should be carried out.

The eastward destination determined by the division headquarters was the area east of Jinpu Road.

The division headquarters ordered the independent battalion to quickly defend and mobilize the masses and create a base area after it went to the area east of Jinpu Road, and informed that Zhang Guohua's five detachments would then follow up as a support force for the advance brigade.

The time set by the division headquarters for the eastward advance brigade to advance eastward cannot be later than the end of March at the latest!

At the end of the telegram, the division commander earnestly warned Xiao Siming that he should fully understand the murderous nature of the Japanese army's eagerness to retaliate, and once the news of our army's attack and occupation of Shouyang was announced, the Japanese army would determine that the independent battalion was the heroic unit that had fought the Nianzigou blockade and destroyed the Taiyuan airport, and would definitely mobilize heavy troops to besiege it. Therefore, from now on, the independent battalion should secretly transfer its troops, leaving part of its troops in Shouyang to confuse the enemy and cover the transfer of the main forces. We must not be complacent, despise the Japanese army, and act slowly, causing the troops to fall into the encirclement of the Japanese army.

After reading the telegram, Xiao Siming let out a sigh of relief, and said in his heart: I have finally achieved my wish, and I can go to the Great Plains to create a base area independently!

At this time, due to the Japanese army's superiority in air, mobility, and firepower, the Eighth Route Army's operational policy determined by Yan'an was guerrilla warfare in the mountains behind enemy lines. This policy is absolutely correct, and it is possible to take advantage of the terrain advantage in the mountains to cover the hidden troops and rear organs, and to neutralize the Japanese army's superiority in mobility and part of its firepower. Guerrilla warfare on the plains was only at the beginning at this time, and there was no mature experience to draw on, and it was still necessary to explore and explore in the struggle against the enemy.

The reason why Xiao Siming is in a hurry to go east is because he is a soul traverser, and he has never taken the little devil seriously in his bones! On the Great Plains, there are plenty of troops and food, and the troops can develop on a large scale. Unlike mountainous areas, the population is limited and grain production is limited, which directly restricts the development of the troops.

As long as there are sufficiently large troops, through training and actual combat training, Xiao Siming is absolutely sure that when the Japanese army in North China is in decline, he can launch a strategic counteroffensive in advance, end the War of Resistance against Japan ahead of schedule, and defeat Little Japan with the strength of the Chinese themselves!

What made Xiao Siming even more pleased was that the headquarters and division headquarters had invested heavily in the independent battalion this time, and the four main cadres who were transferred were all regimental-level cadres of our army, and the lineup was very gorgeous.

Needless to say, Wang Lushui was Xiao Siming's old chief and the main founder of the independent battalion.

Huang Hua, Hu Qingyun, and Huo Cheng, in the memory of Xiao Siming, the red ghost Xiao Siming who was fused, are all old leaders and old acquaintances.

Huang Hua is a native of Fenghuang Township, Yangxin County, Hubei Province, became a children's regiment leader at the age of 15, joined the Red Guards at the age of 17, joined the party at the age of 19, joined the Red Army in May 1930, and worked from a division commander and orderly soldier to the regiment commander in the Red Third Army Corps. After the end of the Long March, he went to study at the Red Army University, and later stayed at the school to serve as the political commissar of the Second Regiment of Red Army University cadres.

At this time, Huang Hua was establishing a base in southwest Shanxi and served as the head of the guerrilla detachment in southwest Shanxi.

In the memory of the red imp Xiao Siming, when he was studying at Kang University, he met Huang Hua, who was born as a carpenter, because of the repair of desks, and learned a lot of knowledge from Huang Hua.

This year, Huang Hua is 28 years old!

Hu Qingyun and Huo Cheng are both from the Red First Army, and these two people met Xiao Siming, the red ghost, on the Long March.

During the Battle of Xiangjiang, Hu Qingyun was injured and left behind. When the troops of the International Division of the Young Communist Party, which was responsible for the cover task of the palace, withdrew across the Xiangjiang River, Xiao Siming found Hu Qingyun lying on the side of the road, and carried Hu Qingyun on his back for twenty miles with his thin body, got out of danger, and sent him to the cadre team.

In other words, Xiao Siming has a life-saving grace for Hu Qingyun.

Huo Cheng and the Red Imp met while crossing the meadow.

At that time, the army was short of salt for a long time, and the physical fitness of the cadres and soldiers was too poor to walk.

The red imp Xiao Siming was clever, found salt from a lama temple, and stuffed it into his pocket a little.

This kind of thing cannot be said to anyone, and the discipline of the Red Army is so strict that the soldiers are not allowed to enter the lama temple, let alone move a stitch or thread in the lama temple. If the troops are let know, it is likely that the red imp Xiao Siming will be disciplined.

He Zizhen's little brother was shot because he went into the lama temple and picked up a little thing scattered on the ground.

The clever red imp Xiao Siming never reported to the troops, but secretly gave the soldiers some salt so that the soldiers could maintain their strength.

Once met Huo Cheng during the march, and saw that he was so thin that he couldn't walk with a stick, so Xiao Siming secretly stuffed him with a piece of salt. It was this piece of salt that saved Huo Cheng's life and helped him get out of the grassland.

Later, after the end of the Long March, they all went to study at Kang University, and Huo Cheng specially invited Xiao Siming to have a meal. It's very simple, there is a shop selling steamed buns in Yan'an City, Huo Cheng took his allowance and bought six steamed buns at once, and the red ghost Xiao Siming stood in front of the shop, three per person, and ate clean!

The political work of the Eighth Route Army is really first-class, and judging from the situation of these cadres sent to the eastward advance brigade, we know that after Xiao Siming rose in the first battle of the Tibetan Mountain Temple, the Political Department of the 115th Division was already well aware of his situation.

Xiao Siming later learned that after the division leaders climbed on the map and repeatedly analyzed and studied, Division Commander Lin said to Director Luo: "Xiao Siming can be a brigade commander!" Send him cadres! The independent battalion was expanded into a detachment! ”

As a result, after reporting to the headquarters and Yan'an, in view of the fact that the independent battalion was a new unit, and Xiao Siming was a red imp who had just 18 years old, he changed the expansion of the independent battalion into a brigade-level detachment and a regiment-level brigade declared by the 115th Division. However, the number of cadres has not decreased at all, and they are all well-known cadres of the Red Army.

Originally, the 115th Division submitted the appointment of Xiao Siming as the secretary of the Military and Political Committee of the Eastward Advance Detachment, and the headquarters also supported the opinion of the 115th Division, but Yan'an considered that Wang Lushui had always been Xiao Siming's superior, and that his military and political qualities were more comprehensive and he had more experience in struggle, so he reappointed Wang Lushui as secretary of the Military and Political Committee of the Advance Brigade and Xiao Siming as deputy secretary.

This is also in line with the reality of the growth of the new unit of the independent battalion!

Because Xiao Siming's record is too outstanding and dazzling, the dazzling makes the leaders happy. It is said that when Division Commander Lin, Director Luo and Wang Lushui talked, they explained very clearly that Xiao Siming was solely responsible for the military, and Wang Lushui's task was to assist and support Xiao Siming to win more battles!

From the beginning of the Tibetan Mountain Temple to meet the enemy, Wang Lushui and Xiao Siming commanded the battle side by side, and highly respected Xiao Siming's military talent and command ability. When he returned to the division headquarters to report to the leaders, he actually said that as long as the tactics were used properly, Xiao Siming could annihilate a squadron of the Japanese army with one gun per person. Blowing Xiao Siming is amazing!

After learning the news that the independent battalion had destroyed the Japanese army's Taiyuan airfield, Wang Lushui reported to the division headquarters and asked to return to work in the independent battalion. This time, it's a long-cherished wish fulfilled!

Therefore, after receiving the order to serve as the political commissar of the eastward advance brigade, Wang Lushui expressed a very resolute attitude to Division Commander Lin and Director Luo, that is, to live up to the trust of the chief, assist and support Comrade Xiao Siming, win more battles, and create a plain base area!

The twists and turns in this, Xiao Siming must not know now. However, it doesn't matter if you know it, if you can develop from a wounded squad to an independent battalion, and from an independent battalion to an eastward advance brigade, you will not have to worry about developing into a brigade-level unit of the Eighth Route Army. As long as there are base areas, as long as we win more battles, and we have guns, artillery, money, and people, the army will definitely develop further!

During the war years, the first place in military achievements! With Xiao Siming's ability, continuous progress is certain! (To be continued.) )