Liu Hui looked at Ma Dayi's pitiful look, his heart softened, and said: "Okay, good, look at you for being pitiful, then I'll tell you!" After a slight pause, he carefully explained how Guan Gu Qixiong sent people into the interior, how to identify it, how to plan it, and how to put it on the battlefield.

Ma Dayi was stunned for a long time before asking, "How many people are in your anti-Japanese self-defense brigade?" Liu Hui said: "It doesn't hurt to tell you, before this battle, the second brother Chu Tianchu led about 100 people to stay in Tieshi Peak, Yan Shijun led the fourth squadron to guard the first line of the sky, Yan Li led the logistics squadron to hide in Panlong Peak, and there was only one artillery squadron and three infantry squadrons directly participating in this battle, about 450 people. After the battle, the team has grown to eight or nine hundred people, and my senior brother himself appointed him as an instructor, and Chu Bachu brother as the captain. Ma Dayi hesitated for a moment and said, "Liu Nuxia, I still have something to ask for, please promise me, okay?" Liu Hui said: "What do you want to see?" Ma Dayi said: "I want to see Xia Yifan." ”

Liu Hui said categorically: "No. With that, he flew away with Cong Yingyu.

Ma Dayi was stunned for a long time before he asked the soldiers, "Do you believe Liu Hui's words?" A soldier said: "The Egawa Brigade is the elite division of the Yamazaki Wing, and no one can eat it without five times their strength, not to mention that there is almost a regiment of the Imperial Association Army to help, I think Liu Hui is lying." One soldier said: "I heard from the soldiers of the third battalion and the first company that it is not surprising that Liu Hui alone can play with the Yamazaki Wing and eliminate a mere Egawa brigade." Another soldier said, "I believe it, but I can't say why." Ma Dayi saw that the remaining three soldiers nodded, and said with a smile: "I don't believe it, but I have to believe it, let's go, let's go back and report to the head of the regiment." ”

It had been two days since the Independent Regiment left Dabaoding Mountain, and tonight it was quietly hidden in a barren mountain north of Huama Town. When Wei Qiming listened to Ma Dayi's report, a long-lost smile appeared on his emaciated cheeks, and said: "What a Xia Yifan, a good Liu Hui, and a good Chu Ba, no one would have thought that you would actually eat the majestic Jiangchuan Brigade." Haha......" The laughter was loud and loud, and it came far, far away.

After Li Zijian sent Ma Dayi away, he said: "Political Commissar Wei, this is simply a fantasy, but it confirms the news from the brigade headquarters a few days ago. It seems that there is indeed a huge anti-Japanese armed force of unknown origin active in the vicinity of Culai, Huama, and Qinglong Town, which poses a great threat to the Japanese invaders and invisibly relieves the pressure on our independent regiment. Wei Qiming said: "This huge anti-Japanese armed force of unknown origin is the anti-Japanese self-defense brigade led by Xia Yifan and Chu Ba. Li Zijian said: "Exactly." ”

Wei Qiming doesn't smoke or drink on weekdays, but at this time he was interested, so he asked Li Zijian to roll a cigarette, inhale violently, and coughed loudly. Li Zijian said with a smile: "Commissar Wei, smoke like me, inhale gently, slowly enter the lungs, and then exhale slowly through the mouth and nose." He made a gesture.

Wei Qiming threw the cigarette on the ground and said while rubbing his eyes: "This thing smells bad and choking, smoking it is simply to find guilt for yourself." He cleared his throat and continued: "Xia Yifan, this kid has made himself an instructor, it seems that he has not forgotten the party and the people in his heart." After listening to Ma Dayi's report, he lowered his head and recalled Xia Yifan's days and nights in the Independent Regiment, and then raised his head and said: "The two soldiers who died that night were definitely not killed by him." ”

Li Zijian's face suddenly disappeared from the smile, he took a few puffs of cigarettes, threw away the cigarette butt, and said: "I have thought about this question a long time ago, Xia Yifan has a good heart and will not attack his comrades...... Wei Qiming interjected: "What about Liu Hui?" Li Zijian said: "Liu Hui speaks harshly and is unforgiving, but she is chivalrous and cannot secretly kill those two fighters." What's more, she is strong in martial arts, and if she wants to kill people only in her gestures, how can she bother to stab with a bayonet? ”

A thin figure suddenly flashed in Wei Qiming's mind, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "Could it be Zhang Huayu's ......" Li Zijian hurriedly shook his head and said: "He is the leader of the working group sent by the military sub-district, and he will never do such a thing in secret." After a pause, he said: "Political Commissar Wei, Chief of Staff Chen, ghosts and ghosts, one day they will show their tails." ”

Chen Zhaohong thought that the murderer was still lurking in the independent regiment, and said worriedly: "The murderer's purpose is not pure, if it is not found out, it will always be a hidden danger, I want to screen them one by one, and I am not afraid of ......" Li Zijian said: "Chief of Staff Chen, let's not talk about this matter first, we will set off immediately and capture Jiaozi Mountain." Wei Qiming also said: "Who is the murderer?" It's better to put it aside for now. ”

That night, the troops marched hastily, and in the early morning of the next day, they formed a siege of Jiaozi Mountain. Tong Qiang, the commander of the defending company, saw that the east, south, and north were all eight roads, and after discussing with the three platoon commanders, he led the crowd to surrender. The soldiers of the Independent Regiment captured Jiaozi Mountain bloodlessly, and the officers and men were jubilant.

Li Zijian ordered Tong Qiang to be escorted over, and when he saw that he was about thirty years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and pure eyes, after giving up his seat, he asked, "Company Commander Tong, do you want to participate in the Eighth Road?" Tong Qiang was stunned when he heard this, and asked rhetorically: "You don't shoot me?" Li Zijian said with a smile: "If you participate in the Eighth Road, I will welcome you with both hands, if you don't want to participate, I will ask you a few words, and then let you go." ”

Tong Qiang stood up and leaned close to his heels, raised his hand to salute, and said loudly: "Report to the chief, I am willing to participate in the Eighth Road." Li Zijian sat him down, talked about the policy of the Eighth Route Army, and talked about the arrangement of the enemy in the three towns of Culai, Huama, and Qinglong, and then asked: "There is an anti-Japanese team active here, do you know?" Tong Qiang nodded and said, "That's a terrible team led by Liu Hui." ”

Wei Qiming happened to come over and said, "Xiao Tong, as far as I know, that team is the anti-Japanese self-defense brigade led by Xia Yifan and Chu Ba. Tong Qiang said: "I learned from the division headquarters that Xia Yifan, Chu Ba, Xu Zhihong, Yu Lan, Gu Yue and others are all under Liu Hui's orders. ”

Wei Qiming looked at Li Zijian and asked, "How is Liu Hui terrifying?" Tong Qiang said: "Liu Hui commands the war out of nowhere, once she is caught, there is only one way to die." After recounting the story of Liu Hui's artillery bombardment of Jiaozi Mountain, he added: "In the Battle of Phoenix Ridge, Liu Hui led people to blow up Japanese cars, robbed all the munitions, and annihilated all the devils who escorted him, and killed all the 500 recruits who were replenished by the Yamazaki Wing. After Yamazaki Dazuo got the report, he personally led two Japanese infantry brigades, an artillery brigade and the third regiment of the third division of the Imperial Allied Army, and pursued closely behind. Liu Hui not only did not escape, but set up the battlefield on the front line to compete with the Japanese army and the Imperial Army. With the support of the air force, the Japanese army fought fiercely for a day and a night, but not only failed to conquer the first line, but also suffered heavy losses and returned home. Just ......"