On the sixth day of the Japanese army shrinking its forces and retreating the devils and puppet troops from various strongholds and turrets to Wuning, Hong Yu arrived at Gaomiao Village with the main force of the Independent Regiment.

"Regiment commander, political commissar!" Gao Ming took Miao Yunlong and Gao Hai to Hong Yu and saluted Hong Yu. Hong Yu returned the salute and shook hands with Gao Ming and the others. Gao Ming continued: "Regiment commander, political commissar, go!" Let's go to the regiment headquarters and talk about it! ”

Walking into the regiment headquarters, Gao Ming beckoned Hong Yu and Gu Zhenghai to sit down, and said: "Regiment commander, a few days ago, we fought an ambush on the devil, but we didn't expect that after the devil was ambushed, we decisively gave up the stronghold and turret. Now all the turtles have retreated into the county seat of Wuning. ”

Hong Yu nodded slightly, and then asked, "What's going on in the Ninth War Zone?!" ”

Gao Ming replied: "The Ninth War Zone has transferred two divisions into the Jiugong Mountain area. According to their situation, it seems that they are preparing to recover the county seat of Wuning. In addition, in the Jing'an and Anyi generations, a guerrilla unit was actively recruited. ”

Gu Zhenghai said: "Hong Yu, the situation here is simpler than we believe. But we can't take it lightly. ”

Hong Yu nodded in agreement and said, "Political commissar, what you said is very right!" In addition to paying attention to the movements of devils and **, we must also help the masses resume production as soon as possible. For more than a year, the people here have been so bitter! ”

In a blink of an eye, more than ten days have passed. On this day, Hong Yu had just returned to the regiment headquarters, and before he could catch his breath, Gao Ming took the telegram he had just received, hurriedly walked into the regiment headquarters, and said, "Regiment commander, this is the information I just got!" ** Wang Lingji's 30th Army, once again occupied Coffin Hill. Bingfeng pointed directly to the county seat of Wuning. ”

Hong Yu took the telegram and looked at it, and asked, "What's the movement of Wu Ning's devils?!" ”

Tang Xingye walked into the regiment headquarters at this time and said: "Half an hour ago, our comrades lurking in Wuning reported that the Japanese army in Wuning immediately arrived in Wuning County with a large amount of supplies and was retreating to Qixi, which is not far from Wuning. ”

Hong Yu then asked, "Which unit are we leaving Jixi?!" ”

Tang Xingye didn't want to answer directly: "The third battalion is not far from there. Then he asked, "Do you want to send three battalions to block the devils who retreated from Wuning?!" ”

Hong Yu shook his head and said, "Although the Japanese troops who retreated from Wuning only had one brigade, they carried artillery and other heavy weapons. The three battalions ambushed them, they will definitely suffer! Saying that, Hong Yu's eyes lit up, and he said to the herald: "Immediately order the third battalion to go between Wuning and Qixi to find a suitable place to ambush." Let go of the troops in front of the devils, and specialize in fighting the baggage troops of the devils. If you can't take the devil's baggage, I'll burn him with a fire! ”

"Yes!" The herald answered, and walked away quickly.

After the herald left, Gu Zhenghai said: "Hong Yu, if we occupy Wuning County, it will not be a good thing for us. ”

Hong Yu said: "Although it is not a good thing for us, it is a good thing for the people. ”

**After the recovery of Wuning, there was some friction with the independent regiment, but on the whole, the two sides were still relatively restrained, so they were fine. In the blink of an eye, in August 1941, in order to solve the war in China as soon as possible, the Japanese army pulled out its legs to compete with the United States for the Pacific Ocean. In order to prevent the squadron from taking advantage of the Japanese army to withdraw three divisions from Wuhan for a counteroffensive, and to remove the increasingly serious threat to the Wuhan area from the Ninth Theater, the Changsha operation, which had been on the shelf for a long time, was restarted.

As the Japanese army continued to mobilize troops, the ** stationed in Wuning also began to adjust its garrison. At the same time, Hong Yu also gave the order for the whole regiment to enter combat readiness.

Just when everyone in the Independent Regiment was gearing up to fight the devils, a telegram from the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army was like a basin of cold water poured on the heads of everyone in the Independent Regiment.

"What do you mean by this?! At such a critical time, I was transferred to Yan'an to study with Xingye, Xingshang and Gao Ming?! Hong Yu looked at the telegram in his hand and looked at Gu Zhenghai with a puzzled expression. Gu Zhenghai also said with a blank face: "You ask me, who am I going to ask?!" I haven't figured it out yet?! But then again, it's also a good thing for you to go to Yan'an to study. ”

Hong Yu said with a bitter face: "I know that it is a good thing to go to Yan'an to study. But it's too inappropriate at this time?! ”

Gu Zhenghai said: "Okay! Go in peace! I'm here to base my base, and I'll be fine. Besides, I'm not the only one here, isn't Lao Zhang also there. ”

Hong Yu thought for a while and said: "I don't have anything else to worry about now, the only thing I'm worried about is that the devil and ** have reached some kind of tacit understanding, and they will attack our base instead." ”

Gu Zhenghai said: "What do I say?!" No wonder you put your troops in front of you. It turned out that we were worried that the devils would attack us! ”

Hong Yu nodded silently and said, "I have arranged a total of three lines of defense. If the Japanese break through two lines of defense in a row. Don't fall in love with war, immediately shrink your forces and stick to your base areas. Send the Einsatzgruppen out, let them be like Sun Wukong getting into the belly of Princess Iron Fan, go to the place occupied by the devils to make trouble, make the devils unable to care about each other, and force them to retreat. If it's the ** side that creates friction with us, then we don't have to be polite. Give them a decapitation operation directly. If you have something unclear, you can ask Qian Duoduo. ”

Gu Zhenghai said: "Hong Yu, don't be so sad, okay?!" It's a bit like life and death. This time I went to Yan'an to study for a short time. If you hurry, you'll be able to rush back before your daughter-in-law gives birth. ”

Hong Yu smiled unconsciously, reached out and patted Gu Zhenghai's shoulder, and said, "Old Gu, the two of you haven't sat down for a long time, and you have been drinking and chatting." Hurry up or not late, tonight, how about the two of us have a good drink?! ”

"Good! No problem! Gu Zhenghai responded with a smile.

Five days later, the men of the military headquarters arrived at the station of the separate regiment.

"Hong Yu, look who's coming?!" Hong Yu, who was explaining the matter to Zhang Guohua, heard Gu Zhenghai's shout, and turned his head to look at the door of the regiment headquarters. Gu Zhenghai walked in with a beard outside. Hong Yu and Zhang Guohua stepped forward and saluted: "Good political commissar!" ”

Hu Fu said with a smile: "Comrade Hong Yu and Comrade Zhang Guohua, we meet again!" ”

Gu Zhenghai said: "You go to Yan'an to study, and the political commissar goes to Yan'an for a meeting, and you just happen to be on the way." ”

Hu Fu said with a smile: "Comrade Hong Yu, the safety of our road will be handed over to you!" ”

Hong Yu categorically promised: "Please rest assured, as long as I am here, I will guarantee that nothing will go wrong!" Saying that, Hong Yu beckoned Hu Fu to the table and sat down.

Hu Fu took the cup handed over by Gu Zhenghai and said: "Along the way, I have seen a lot of the base areas of our New Fourth Army. I have to say that although the base area you have established is not very large, it has developed the best. The Japanese army is preparing to launch the Battle of Changsha again in the near future, and you should not have been allowed to go to Yan'an to study at this time. But the opportunity to study in Yan'an is very rare. I discussed it with the commander for a long time, and finally decided to send you to study. Then he asked, "Do you still have any difficulties?!" ”

Gu Zhenghai said: "Although there are still some difficulties, these difficulties are within the scope of what we can overcome. Moreover, Comrade Hong Yu has formulated a lot of contingency plans. Basically, there won't be any problems. ”

Hu Fu nodded slightly and said, "Since this is the case, I am relieved!" As he spoke, he looked at Hong Yu again and asked, "Do you have any questions?!" ”

Hong Yu said: "Basically, there is no problem, you can set off tomorrow!" ”

The words were divided into two ends, just when Hu Fu arrived at the independent regiment with people. Wuning County, ** The headquarters of the 30th Group Army is very lively.

"Commander, this is a telegram just sent by Chief Xue, let's take this opportunity to squeeze the Independent Regiment of the New Fourth Army out of our defense area!"

Wang Lingji, commander of the 30th Group, took the telegram handed over by the adjutant, and said while reading: "I have dealt with the New Fourth Army many times during this time, and their regiment commander is not a simple person. ”

The adjutant said: "Commander, I just got reliable information that the head of the independent regiment will go to Yan'an to study in the near future. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?! ”

Wang Lingji sneered: "Good opportunity?!" If it was really a good opportunity, Chief Xue would not have added the word camera to the telegram! Saying that, Wang Lingji put down the telegram in his hand, and then said: "Even if he goes to Yan'an, he must have formulated a lot of plans to deal with us." You go and call me the chief of staff! ”

"Yes!" The adjutant answered, turned and left.

When the office door closed, Wang Lingji pulled out a chair and sat down, muttering to himself: "What a bunch of idiots! Is the name of the Sky Wolf a wasted name?! Lao Tzu doesn't have so many heads waiting for him to cut off! ”

Nothing was said all night, early the next morning. After saying goodbye to their families and comrades-in-arms, Hong Yu, Tang Xingye, Tang Xingshang, and Gao Ming left the station with Hu Fu and the others who had gone to Yan'an to study. Because of the large number of people and the large target, coupled with the fact that the Japanese army is preparing to launch an attack on Changsha, the devils and ** are very well defended. In order to avoid some unnecessary troubles, Hong Yu and his party could only adopt the method of going out day and night. After more than a month of travel, I arrived in Yan'an in early October.

After passing the inspection and completing the formalities, Hong Yu and Tang Xingye and the three of them had just moved into the dormitory of Kang Da, and before they had time to sort out their things, there was a knock on the door.

Tang Xingye opened the door, saw the person standing at the door, and asked, "Who are you looking for?!" ”

The person standing at the door asked, "May I ask Comrade Hong Yu of the Independent Regiment of the New Fourth Army who lives here?!" ”

Hong Yu heard that someone was looking for him, so he walked to the door and said, "I'm Hong Yu, what's the matter?!" ”

"Hello Comrade Hongyu, Vice Chairman Zhou heard that you have arrived in Yan'an, so let me come and invite you to him."