After the second battalion of the new 18th regiment was transferred to the tunnel, the Japanese army bombed Sizhuang, Luo Zhuangzi, and Donghuaizhuang into ruins. The xiǎo devils who had not found these Zhuangzi were annoyed and began to rummage around the ruins, hoping to find an exit through the tunnel.

Shen Yuanxing and Yu Hongyin, who retreated into the tunnel, met with the village chief and the militia captain, and decided that each of the three companies would leave a platoon and the militia to stick to the Sizhuang, Luozhuangzi, and Donghuaizhuang tunnels to prevent the Xiǎo devils from blowing up the tunnels, and let the village militia send people to lead the main force of the battalion to Jixiantun through the tunnels to rescue the villagers.

At this time, due to the sudden arrival of the Japanese army, only some of the villagers at home went down the tunnel after the son of the old man who was celebrating his birthday rang the bell in the village. At this moment, the xiǎo devil went crazy, and when he saw someone, he shot and smashed it when he saw the courtyard.

Jixiantun is relatively close to the Ziya River, and the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army are active here very frequently. When Cangxian was attacked, the militia team in Tunzi also drove the donkey cart and mule cart to carry the ammunition for the Eighth Route Army. In the past two days, the militia team went on a mission with the district xiǎo team, leaving only the village chief Haisheng and three militiamen in the tunzi. Early in the morning, Haisheng took three militiamen to pull manure for the military family Sun Damiang. This is the rule of the anti-Japanese democratic government, the soldiers are desperate with the devils on the front line, and the village must help the family to grow crops and harvest grain, so that the soldiers have no worries.

There has been no decent snow in winter, and the villagers in Tunli feel that this year's crops are going to be lost, but a heavy snow a year ago resolved the drought, and the Xiǎo wheat began to turn green, and the growth was not bad. Haisheng felt that if there were a few more rains on the chūn and the chūnyù rice and sorghum were planted, this year's military rations and rations would be guaranteed.

Haisheng and the four of them pulled two truckloads of dung, and after they arrived in the field, they had just finished unloading the manure and were about to plough the plough, when the alarm bell rang in the village. The four of them put down their work, quickly picked up their guns, loaded them with a bang, and ran towards the village.

As soon as he entered the village, Doutou met the xiǎo devils who rushed into the tunli and raged. Hai Sheng raised his hand and shot a xiǎo devil to the ground.

The four militias faced a squadron of the 1st Division of the Japanese Army, and the results of the battle can be imagined. Hai Sheng and his team only fired a few shots, and the machine gun of the Xiǎo devil came over with a bang. Hai Sheng's body trembled and fell to the ground. When I opened my eyes and looked around, not only did the three militiamen fall in a pool of blood, but the tun was full of blood and dead people. Gritting his teeth, Hai Sheng took out the two grenades on his body, unscrewed the covers, and quietly looked at the few xiǎo devils who surrounded him.

Xiǎo devils never dreamed that this peasant, who was covered with a white turban on his head, wearing a black coarse cloth cotton jacket and cotton pants, and collapsed in a pool of blood, was even more powerful than their bushido god jīng, and he would pull them on their backs before dying. Several xiǎo devils were so shocked that their eyes were about to fall, and the bayonets raised high could no longer pierce them, and they even forgot to turn around and run away.

Looking at the silly appearance of the Xiǎo devil, a contemptuous smile appeared on Haisheng's face, and he pulled the grenade hard.

With a "boom", two grenades exploded at the same time, and the blood that burst out of Haisheng's body soaked the unique fragrant land of Jilu Bian Zao Chūn into a red and fragrant fragrance.

The sacrifice of the four militiamen completely stimulated the wild xìng of the xiǎo devils. Not to mention the big living people, the devils don't even let go of the villagers' ploughing cattle, máo donkeys, and pigs, and when they see it, it's a shot. The air in Jixiantun was filled with a strong smell of blood.

Maybe the number of people who watched the killing was too small, and the xiǎo devil began to rummage through the village to find the entrance to the tunnel, trying to drive out the villagers who went down to the tunnel.

When Shen Yuanxing and Qi Hongyin led the main force of the second battalion to Jixiantun through the tunnel, the xiǎo devils had already dug up a few tunnel openings and were smoking inside!

Seeing the Eighth Route Army coming, the villagers in the tunnel woke up from their despair, and surrounded the soldiers and talked about the atrocities of the xiǎo devils they saw from the lookout holes in the tunnel. The son of the old man who celebrates his birthday takes the lead, and the girl xiǎo gang has to lead the way for the Eighth Route Army and fight devils in the tunnel.

Shen Yuanxing and Tong Hongyin judged that the Xiǎo troops left in Jixiantun must be the devils, and there would be no more than one squadron, so they decided to eliminate this group of devils and avenge the villagers.

The three xiǎo devils entered the courtyard of Hai Sheng's house, shot and killed the two cattle in the cowshed, and directly peeled them off with bayonets, apparently to prepare to boil the cow ròu to eat.

At this time, the bottom plate of the cow trough was opened, and the commander of the second battalion of the new 18th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, Tong Hongyin, showed his head from the tunnel under the cattle trough, and after a little look, he jumped out of the cow trough, and the shell gun in his hand slammed and slammed continuously, beating the three xiǎo devils who were peeling cattle to the dead cow.

With a successful blow, Yu Hongyin led the soldiers who came out of the tunnel to control the courtyard of Haisheng's house, and the soldiers took the squad as a unit, pulled the firewood and straw bundles on the east and west courtyard walls of the courtyard, and quickly advanced towards each courtyard. Soon, gunshots rang out in the entire Jixian Tun.

The leader of the devil squadron was directing the soldiers to dig tunnels everywhere, and the sudden blow of the Eighth Route Army surprised the leader of the devil squadron, and he immediately fell to the ground, the command knife in his hand kept waving, and he shouted "kill to give" in his mouth, and commanded the machine gun to sweep frantically.

The Eighth Route Army was killed from the tunnel, and Jixiantun was different from Sizhuang, Luo Zhuangzi and Donghuaizhuang, the courtyard in the village was not razed to the ground by the aircraft and artillery of the Xiǎo devil, and the positions of the Eighth Route Army were everywhere. The second battalion is the main force of the Eighth Route Army, with strong combat effectiveness, and the soldiers rely on the courtyards and tunnels, one hit and one accurate, although the xiǎo devil is the jīng Rui in the jīng Rui, but it is caught in the tunnel war, and it can't see where the Eighth Route Army is at all, and it is passively beaten. After a short time, the xiǎo devil couldn't support it anymore and began to flee outside the village.

Killing people and setting fire to them in the tunzi, doing bad things, and still wanting to escape for their lives at this time is simply wishful thinking!

The machine guns of the Eighth Route Army went up to the roof and blocked the escape route of the Xiǎo devils, and the grenades and grenades of the soldiers were thrown from the roofs, so that the Xiǎo devils crawled on the ground and did not dare to move, waiting for the bullets.

At the end of the battle, the battlefield was cleaned and five devils who were wounded by grenades were found. According to the discipline of the Eighth Route Army, prisoners had to be treated preferentially, and they had to be bandaged, treated, fed, and fed. The health workers of the second battalion began to bandage the wounded soldiers of the five devils.

At this time, Haisheng's mother-in-law had already come out of the tunnel, kneeling at the place where Haisheng sacrificed and crying mournfully. I don't know who told her that the Eighth Route Army was treating five wounded devil soldiers, but Haisheng's mother-in-law was reluctant, so she found Shen Yuanxing and Tong Hongyin and said: "Chief, I can see clearly in the tunnel lookout hole, my man died with the xiǎo devil, and he didn't even leave a body." You can't save these five devils, you have to kill these two xiǎo devils to avenge my man! ”

Yu Hongyin looked at Shen Yuanxing, and Shen Yuanxing turned his head to the side.

Yu Hongyin opened the shell gun safety in his hand, handed it to Mrs. Haisheng, made a trigger action, turned around and went to organize the troops to prepare for the transfer with Shen Yuanxing.

Haisheng Po Niang has never killed even a jī in her life, and she is standing there with a shell gun and her hands are shaking. Seeing that the health officer of the Eighth Route Army was about to finish bandaging the wounded soldier of the devil, and would soon carry it on a stretcher and send it to the tunnel, Mrs. Haisheng didn't know where the courage came from, so she threw herself in front of the wounded soldier of the devil, pushed away the hygienist, closed her eyes, and hit all twenty bullets out.

Hearing the gunshot, Yu Hongyin sighed and said to himself: "This mother-in-law has avenged the man, and she deserves to be a hero's mother-in-law." It's just a bit of a làng fee, which could have killed twenty devils who jumped alive, so let her go out with a shuttle, and only killed five devils who were seriously injured. How good would it be if you carried it to a place where no one was and did it with a bayonet? ”

Shen Yuanxing said coldly: "No one can violate the discipline of the Eighth Route Army. You are already the battalion commander of the main forces, and you must take the lead in exemplary enforcement of discipline. ”

When he heard this, he said, "Good instructor, I didn't kill it, and I didn't kill it, and I didn't kill it by the soldiers." It was Haisheng's mother-in-law who wanted to avenge his man's death. No matter how strict the discipline of the Eighth Route Army is, it can't control Haisheng's mother-in-law. Rest assured, I will never break discipline. ”

Shen Yuanxing no longer paid attention to Yu Hongyin, and called a few company commanders, asking them to take off the military uniforms of the xiǎo devils, organize the troops to disguise the devils to be on guard in Jixiantun, and pay attention to the flag communication with the xiǎo devil troops, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the devil's army. Wait until the evening, and set fire to the corpse of the devil. Otherwise, the xiǎo devil will take revenge on Jixiantun.

Shen Yuanxing's estimate was really right, and it didn't take long for the flag soldiers of the devil's follow-up troops to send a flag message, asking what was going on with the gunfire in Jixiantun.

The soldiers of the communications squad of the second battalion wore Japanese uniforms, waved the xiǎo flag of the Japanese army, and told the Japanese army that they had been completely wiped out after being harassed by the Xiǎo Gutu Eight Road, and His Excellency the squadron leader ordered the soldiers to take a two-hour holiday.

As soon as he heard that he was on a holiday, the Devil Banner soldiers knew that the garrison in this tunzi was going to be happy again, so they stopped doing much and returned to the team and continued to move forward.

After eliminating a squadron of devils and seizing the Japanese radio station and code book, Yang Zhong, the commander of the new 18th Regiment who received the report, ordered the second battalion to immediately move to the tunnel to conceal it, and sent people to send the Japanese radio station and code book to the regiment headquarters through the tunnel. The main force of the regiment will soon go underground and hide.

Yang Zhong said that the main force of the regiment would soon go underground and hide because they were now fighting a blockade, and they had to contain the offensive of the Xiǎo devils before the troops could retreat calmly.

After Zeng Zhongsheng and Cai Zhong issued the order to order the local political powers, local armed forces, and the New Sixth Brigade to transfer to guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, Fu Zhuting had already finished reading the telegram sent to him by Liu Yimin alone.

Seeing that the division commander not only made detailed arrangements in the telegram on how to carry out guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines in the Jilu Border, but also encouraged himself by recalling the incident of staying in Leshan on the Long March, Fu Zhuting felt his blood surge. He couldn't have imagined that the division commander would never forget a battle case that had long passed, and he would report it to Chairman Máo, Vice Chairman Zhou, and President Zhu. This shows that the division commander understands his own strengths and has a high degree of trust in himself and the New Sixth Brigade.

Fu Zhuting immediately found Ma Zhenhua and conveyed to him Liu Yimin's instructions to Jīng Shen and Zeng and Cai's orders, and the two immediately sent a report to the new 16th regiment, the new 17th regiment and the new 18th regiment, as well as the anti-Japanese democratic government and county brigades in various counties and districts of Jilu in the name of the political commissar of the Jilu Border Military Region and the commissioner and deputy commissioner of the Jilu Border Administration, ordering all troops to cover the local organs and villagers to move into the tunnels. Establish a two-sided regime to deal with devils and mitigate the losses of base areas.

Fu Zhuting specially ordered the new 18th Regiment, which was blocking the Japanese army between Cangxian and Xinhai, to quickly end the battle and go underground to avoid heavy losses for the main force.

When he received Fu Zhuting's order, Yang Zhong commanded the 1st Battalion, the 3rd Battalion, and the Fire Support Battalion, which were fighting and retreating, dragging the main force of the Xiǎo devil to the south slowly.

Because he had already seen the situation of the devil's artillery and fighters destroying the Sizhuang, Luozhuangzi, and Donghuaizhuang guarded by the second battalion, Yang Zhong knew that this time the devil was crazy, and the village was no longer enough. Therefore, he adjusted his operational arrangements in a timely manner, turning the stubborn defense of his position and resolute resistance into a war of blocking the enemy, and turning the blocking battle into a war of attack and harassment. In this way, the maneuver of the troops is manifested and heavy casualties can be avoided.

Yang Zhong didn't know that his trick also had another effect, that is, it increased the suspicion of the devil. Because in the hands of the various troops of the instructor, the xiǎo devil suffered the hardships of the instructor xiǎo's troops to block the yòu enemy. Often, the Xiǎo troops blocked the enemy, and there were very powerful killings behind them. The First Division and the Second Division both suffered great losses at the hands of the instructors of the Eighth Route Army, and Lieutenant General Kyosuke Kawamura, the former commander of the First Division, lost the throne of division commander because he was frightened by the tactics of the Eighth Route Army and feared the enemy. Now, although the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Japanese Army are advancing in unison and are not afraid of the Eighth Route Army, it is certain that whoever runs in front will be unlucky. The vanguard of the xiǎo devils slowed down their attack first, and the other troops followed suit, so they naturally became cautious.

Yang Zhong didn't know the changes in the xiǎo devil, at this time he felt a lot of feelings in his heart, and felt that the people of Hebei and Lubian were good, and the Eighth Route Army said to dig tunnels, and the villagers dug tunnels on a large scale under the organization of cadres. The Eighth Route Army said that the main road should be renovated and the ditch should be dug, and the villagers would dig the ditch. If it weren't for the cover of Jiāo, the Japanese planes alone would have blown the troops to pieces. Now it's okay, the Jiāo ditch that runs through Jiāo restricts the passage of Japanese vehicles, and the tanks, cars, and armored vehicles of the Xiǎo devils can only run on the fields, and if they want to go from the main road, they don't have it. Otherwise, with the mechanization level of the Japanese army, I am afraid that the main force of the new 18th Regiment will be dumplings as soon as it comes up.

This ditch can not only cover the transfer of troops, but can also be used as a trench. When the troops withdraw for a while, they can rely on the trenches to block the attack for a while, and when the devils start shelling, the troops will move again. Fighting like this, the attack speed of the xiǎo devil had to slow down.

At noon, the main force of the new 18th regiment withdrew to the side of the road at the boundary between Cangxian and Xinhai Jiāo. Here, I met the Cangxian County Brigade, and learned that the Cangxian County Government and the cadres of various districts had organized the villagers to go down to the tunnel, and the task of the new 18th Regiment to block the sluggish devils had been completed.

Yang Zhong immediately ordered the troops to stop blocking the enemy, and the troops went down the tunnel, preparing to jump behind the main force of the Japanese army and fight guerrillas.

After receiving a report that the blocking force of the Eighth Route Army had suddenly disappeared, Lieutenant General Naosaburo Gangbe, commander of the First Division of the Japanese Army, was full of suspicion and could not understand what tricks the Eighth Route Army was going to do.

Since Naosaburo Gangbe was shot by Liu Bin, his xìng grid has changed a lot, and he has a calm face all day long and has become taciturn. The brigade commanders and wing commanders were puzzled, and they didn't know why His Excellency the division commander was unhappy, and everyone was terrified, for fear that a bad heart would touch the mold.

Gangbe Naosaburo knows very well in his heart that the east of this Jilu border is the sea, the west is the Tianjin-Pudong railway, and the Yellow River cuts off the connection with the hinterland of Shandong. In terms of the art of war, this kind of geographical location is the mortal enemy. This time, the Japanese army attacked on a large scale, and the Eighth Route Army had no way to escape, and there was only one way for the whole army to be destroyed. Moreover, the Gangbu Naosaburo also expected that Liu Yimin's troops in the Jilu border would not be too much, at best, one or twenty thousand horses, which was not enough for the main force of the imperial army to stuff the teeth! However, Gangbe Naosaburo followed Terauchi Shouichi to study Liu Yimin's war history, and knew that Liu Yimin liked nòng risks, and was good at bullying the strong with the weak and fighting with xiǎo, although the Eighth Route Army's Jilu border troops were limited, they got abundant supplements from Cangxian County, and the ammunition was sufficient, if they really wanted to concentrate on biting back, whoever hit the muzzle of the gun would be unlucky. Of course, if the Eighth Route Army dared to bite back, Naosaburo Gangbe believed that they would soon be surrounded by the main force of the Imperial Army, and even if they got into the tunnel, they would be doomed.

As soon as he thought of the tunnel, Gangbe Naosaburo felt a headache, he didn't understand where Liu Yimin had learned so many strange tactics, and he had learned to use the tunnels to fight against the air superiority of the imperial army.

The addition of tunnels and the renovation of highways and major roads greatly reduced the air superiority and mechanized superiority of the imperial army. It seems that after the main force of the Eighth Route Army on the Jilu border was eliminated, the first thing to be done was to arrest laborers on a large scale, destroy the tunnels, and fill in the Jiāo ditch.

Okabe Naosaburo sometimes thinks that if he can catch Liu Yimin one day, he must cut off his head and give Jiāo to medical experts to study to see if his brain is different from ordinary people.

After receiving the report that the Eighth Route Army's blocking force had disappeared, Okabe Naosaburo's first thought was that there was an ambush circle of the Eighth Route Army in front of him, and the second thought was that the Eighth Route Army had drilled into the tunnel.

Two thoughts appeared in the mind of Naosaburo Okabe, and he couldn't tell which one was correct.

In desperation, Naosaburo Gangbe demanded that the air force increase the scope of reconnaissance and search, be sure to find the exact location of the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and order all units to strictly implement the battle plan, be sure to work closely together, leave no gaps, and advance steadily.

Junma Station is a village on the side of the highway from Cangxian County to Xinhai. As the name suggests, this village was a place where the army was raised, grazed, and transported to military horses in ancient times. I can't tell when, but this should be the military horse farm where the northern minorities invaded the Central Plains.

After the Japanese occupied the station, they met more than a dozen welcoming people at the head of the village.

The Chinese people welcomed the Japanese army, and this matter was still possible at the time of the Lugou Bridge Incident, when the Japanese army had already bought the Han Jiān would wave the sun flag to welcome and comfort the Japanese army at the entrance of the city. Xiang Ma Liang, a Shandong Han who was executed by the Eighth Route Army, did this kind of thing. But now this situation is happening in a xiǎo village in Cangxian County, not to mention that the Chinese do not believe it, and the Japanese army itself does not believe it.

The devil interpreter was so excited that he almost burst into tears, ran to the welcoming crowd, took out a large handful of sugar cubes from his pocket, stuffed them into the hands of those fellow villagers, and said as he stuffed them: "Folks, folks, I have finally met friends with the imperial army." You have finally come to your senses, the Great Japanese Empire is so powerful, the Imperial Army is invincible, and the Tsuchihachi Road will soon be wiped out. You welcome the Imperial Army and cooperate with the Imperial Army, which can be regarded as embarking on a bright road. ”

An old man in a cotton robe and glasses in the leader grabbed the hand of the devil's interpreter and said, "Translator, you can say a few kind words to the imperial army on behalf of us." We are all in the village maintenance association, after the Eighth Route Army came, it was considered that there was no work for us, the rent could not be collected, the poor ghosts were disobedient, and life could not be lived! ”

The Japanese officer on one side couldn't understand the old man's words, so he pulled the translator and asked him to translate. After the translator finished translating, the Japanese officer still didn't believe it, and looked at the dozen or so people with suspicious faces.

The old man saw the expression of the devil officer, and knew that the xiǎo devil didn't believe it, so he hurriedly beckoned, called someone to hold a jar of wine, slapped open the mud seal, poured a few bowls, and respectfully served it to a few Japanese officers, inviting them to taste it.

After the devil officer finished drinking, he opened his mouth and asked, "Where did you go to the dirt eight roads?" ”

The devil translator hurriedly asked, "Taijun asked you, where did Tubalu go?" ”

The old man replied tremblingly: "Back to Taijun's words, just now Tubalu fought with the imperial army, and we were so frightened that we hid at home and didn't dare to look at it. I saw through the mén crack that the Eighth Route Army was running south. ”

After the devil translator translated, the Japanese officer nodded, a smile appeared on his face, and a few words popped out of the middle, and then patted the old man on the shoulder: "Yours, the work of a friend of the imperial army." ”

This old man is a landlord of the military horse station, and he was mobilized by the cadres of the Eighth Route Army to perfunctory devils. The cadres of the Eighth Route Army made it clear to him that the purpose of the perfunctory devils was to set up a white-skinned and red-hearted maintenance association to cover the villagers and reduce the losses in the base area. You can talk to the devil no matter what, you just can't do bad things. If you dare to kill your anti-Japanese compatriots, you will be killed!

I only heard him say: "Taijun, I am the maintenance chairman of this village, and the Eighth Route Army almost shot me after it came." Thankfully, the Imperial Army finally came back, and my family was saved. Please let the imperial army enter the village to rest, and I will let the big guy kill pigs and sheep to comfort the imperial army. ”

When the devil officer heard this, he completely believed the old man's words, and asked a Japanese soldier to take a plaster yào flag and ask the old man to be at the entrance of the village. And told the old man to cook quickly, and the imperial army would go to pursue Tubalu after eating.

The village has already prepared, and several large pots of hot soup and hot rice are waiting. When did the devil have this treatment, the hundred and ten people poured into the village, and after eating and drinking, the devil officer immediately appointed the old man as the maintenance president, and issued him a military cap, asking him to wear it, and quickly form a self-defense group to assist the imperial army in encircling and suppressing Tubalu.

Starting from the military horse station, maintenance associations were set up one after another wherever the Japanese army passed.