The two of them also held Zhang Linzhi's hand tightly and said goodbye. Yao Dihong said to Zhang Linzhi: "I hope that all detachments will come to help as soon as possible and take Commissioner Fan out." Zhang Yuguang also said: "I hope we will work together in the city and outside the city to defeat the little devils." ”

Zhang Xiaosan commanded the guard company, and Shen Lanzhai commanded the remaining civilian army, opening a bloody road to cover Yao Dihong and Zhang Yuguang into the city.

The defenders of the West Gate had long known Yao Dihong and Zhang Yuguang, and when they saw them rushing in, they hurriedly let them into the city.

After the two entered the city, they found that the city was in chaos, because the city was not prepared to stick to it at all, they temporarily crammed the Buddha's feet and taught his wife to read the Yellow Sutra, and the more they hugged, the more lame they became. The soldiers on the city walls came and went, carrying sandbags and building all kinds of improvised fortifications.

The person responsible for guarding the West Gate is Zheng Zuoheng, the magistrate of Liaocheng County. Zheng Zuoheng saw that it was Yao Dihong and Zhang Yuguang who came, and hurriedly asked, "Director Yao, Senator Zhang, why are you here?" ”

Yao Dihong hurriedly said: "Where is Commissioner Fan, we have to find Commissioner Fan." ”

Zheng Zuoheng said: "Commissioner Fan is in the guerrilla headquarters, contacting people from all walks of life, where can you go to find him?" ”

The two hurried to the guerrilla headquarters, entered the headquarters, and saw Fan Zhuxian on the phone. Fan Zhu was also stunned when he saw the two of them, and asked, "Why are you two here?" ”

Yao Dihong said: "We want Commissioner Fan to highlight the city as much as possible. ”

Fan Zhuxing smiled, and was not in a hurry, and said: "If we could get out of the city, we would have gone out of the city a long time ago, didn't we let the little devil seal the door!" I am now contacting various detachments and asking them to quickly reinforce Liaocheng. ”

Fan Zhuxian first dialed the phone number of Sun Saihua of the fifth detachment and asked, "Is it Commander Sun Saihua, hello!" Do you know what's going on here? ”

Sun Saihua's anxious voice came from there, and her words were full of scolding: "Why don't you know, I'm in a hurry to lead the troops to Liaocheng to rescue here." But what kind of toys are the loyal and filial piety groups, they just don't let us go. It's really not a material to feed mules with cotton seeds, and it's not a game to coax children with big dicks. Commander Fan, you say, they are still Chinese, if it weren't for the mercy of your subordinates, they would have been destroyed long ago, but they helped the Japanese and did not let us go to Liaocheng to rescue! Tell me, they're still human beings, they're not human beings! ”

Fan Zhuxian asked again: "How far are you from Liaocheng?" ”

"Report to Commander Fan, we are still more than a hundred miles away from Liaocheng."

"Then you should come to Liaocheng as early as possible! There is nothing to do about the loyal and filial piety groups that don't let you go, so you have to speak by force. ”

Fan Zhuxian put down the phone and felt extremely heavy. He then dialed the phone numbers of Sun Sanmin of the 6th Detachment and Liu Yaoting of the 21st Detachment, who were similar to the 5th Detachment, but they were also blocked by the Loyal and Filial Piety Regiment on the way forward.

Fan Zhuxian dialed Zhang Weihan of the 10th detachment again: "Commander Zhang, the situation in Liaocheng is not optimistic, the little devils have surrounded Liaocheng, and we are trapped in six or seven hundred people. ”

Zhang Weihan's heavy voice came from the phone: "It seems that the little devil has premeditated!" Exhaustive work has been done in all aspects. I am on the side of the main force of the 10th detachment, and the situation is also very bad, first, Wenshang and Ningyang are far away from Liaocheng, 400 miles away, and second, the forward troops we sent reinforcements were also blocked by the little devils. According to the intelligence of Tongguò from all sides, the troops reinforcing Liaocheng from all sides may have also been blocked. My personal opinion is, Commissioner Fan, at any cost, you have to stand out first. Only you can carry this banner of Liaocheng, in case you fall, we Liaocheng can't afford it! ”

Fan Zhuxian said: "Thank you Commander Zhang for trusting me, but we have tried, and it is very difficult to break through." That's why I want to hold on to help. ”

Zhang Weihan objected and said: "Commander Fan, my personal opinion is that it is not advisable to stick to the help, and while the little devil is not firmly established, it is better to stand out at any cost!" I still say the same thing, as long as you are here, this anti-Japanese banner in Liaocheng will not fall, if you fall, the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians in Liaocheng will not be able to bear it! ”

Fan Zhuxian put down the phone, and was a little moved by how much Zhang Weihan valued him. After a short pause, he dialed the phone number of Mu Xishan of the 8th detachment stationed in Tangyi, which was the closest to Liaocheng, only forty miles away. If they go out immediately, it is estimated that they will be able to arrive after dark.

"Commander Mu," Fan Zhuxian said to Mu Xishan, "Please lead your troops as quickly as possible to reinforce Liaocheng, no matter what tactics you use, if you can't defeat the little devils, it's okay to harass outside!" ”

Mu Xishan on the phone had a difficult face and said, "Commissioner Fan, you don't know the situation of our team, the weapons are not good, and the personnel lack training. Even we haven't fought a few times with bandits, and if you want us to fight ghosts, you really think too highly of us. ”

Fan Zhuxian was a little angry and yelled at him: "Commander Mu, your swords and guns are not paper-paste, and your soldiers are not straws!" I don't believe it, you guys are fighting behind the little devils, what can they do to you? Sue sù you is the simplest tactic, see the little devil around Liaocheng to fight, in case he chases after him, he really can't beat it, can you retreat! You can't do nothing, just stay in Tangyi and eat dry rice for nothing!? ”

Mu Xishan gave another problem: "But I, I don't have any actual combat experience?" ”

"What experience is not experience, and the battle is experience. I order you to immediately lead your troops to Liaocheng to support. ”

Fan Zhuxian didn't want to talk nonsense with him anymore, so he snorted and dropped the phone.

Taking advantage of this free time, Yao Dihong immediately said: "The two of us request a combat mission? ”

Fan Zhuxian sighed and said, "It would be great if our guerrilla corps were all like you, and in such a dangerous situation, we would venture into the city and rescue me." But some people are cowardly, some people make trouble, and some people want to collaborate with the enemy. I'm so!"

Yao Dihong said: "Zhang Linzhi asked me to carry a letter and say that it is better to ask Commissioner Fan to stand out at any cost." ”

Fan Zhuxian sighed again and said: "How can I not know Director Zhang's kindness, but you also have to think about it, on this great plain, if you don't prepare well and take the risk of highlighting Liaocheng, you may be surrounded by little devils again, and maybe the terrain of Liaocheng is not as good as that." If you take advantage of the terrain of Liaocheng to hold on and wait for reinforcements, and the troops from all sides attack again, you may defeat the little devils, and Liaocheng will naturally break the siege. Don't forget, there are quite a few troops in our vicinity, and as soon as they arrive, the little devils will be ugly. ”

Yao Dihong and Zhang Yuguang felt that in military affairs, they were naturally not as well-informed as General Fan, so of course they didn't say anything anymore.

Fan Zhuxian talked about the city defense situation of Liaocheng and arranged the task, and said: "The east gate is the focus of the little devil's attack, and I personally guard it. The two of you work hard, or do you enrich the south gate and the north gate? Now the south gate is defended by Secretary Director Zhao Yupo, and Senator Zhang will work hard, so let's assist Director Zhao to guard the South Gate. The north gate is defended by Zhao Ziheng, the commander of the guard battalion, so please ask Director Yao to assist the guard battalion to guard the north gate. Ximen, you may have seen it when you came, it is being defended by Zheng Zuoheng, the county magistrate of Liaocheng County, Cui Fangde, the manager of the division, and Liu Peizhi, the director of the military justice division. The allocation of troops has also been arranged long ago. In addition, in case of an emergency, the guerrilla battalion commander Lin Jintang rode around the city on horseback, was responsible for coordination, and also made preliminary arrangements for street fighting. ”

After receiving the order, the two immediately went to the south gate and the north gate to assist in commanding the battle.

During this time, what did Han Xing do?

Han Xing saw that there were only about a hundred people left around him, and more than half of them were still Shen Lanzhai's people's army, Li Haiwu's defensive mission had ended, and now Shen Lanzhai's troops were willing to obey his command, which also had to be asked.

Han Xing said to Shen Lanzhai: "Commander Shen, our task is arduous at present, Commissioner Fan is trapped in the city and urgently needs rescue, and there are only a few people left in the troops on both sides of you and me. Now let me ask you, would you like to continue to be under my command? ”

Shen Lanzhai glanced at Han Xing and said, "This matter, I don't want to be at home, we have to discuss it." ”

Han Xing nodded, knowing very well the decision-making principle in the party, that is, when encountering serious problems, you can't have the final say alone, and you have to listen to the opinions of all committee members.

Shen Lanzhai immediately discussed with Sun Yangzhou, Zhao Yingzhou, and Liu Haiping. After a while, Shen Lanzhai came back and said happily to Han Xing: "We have discussed, and we have complete trust in Deputy Commander Han's excellent performance in the past year. Now our troops have decided to be completely under your command. ”

Han Xing nodded and said happily to Shen Lanzhai, "I am also grateful for the party's trust in me. Well, I won't say much nonsense, a single tree can't make a forest, now our troops are too few, just in the party town, there are 8 detachments of Mu Xishan, and it is only 40 miles away from here. Let's just unite them, so that the strength will be greater, and then attack Liaocheng together, what do you think? ”

Shen Lanzhai said happily: "Your thoughts are exactly the same as ours. There's no need to negotiate anymore, you just have to command directly. ”

Han Xing said: "Okay, let's evacuate the wounded who can't fight locally, and then we'll go to Tangyi." ”

Soon, a dozen wounded who were unfit for battle were hidden locally, and then the two troops were combined and marched towards Tangyi to the west. The distance of forty miles is more than an hour.

Before entering the garrison of Mu Xishan, I saw that there were some acquaintances, these were soldiers who had retreated all the way from the People's Army, and they had also gone to this "safe" to hide. People on both sides know each other, and when they meet, it's lively.

"Yo, isn't this Platoon Commander Li? Why didn't you see each other in black and white in the battle, I thought I was killed in battle, but it turned out that I was hiding here? ”

was so ashamed that this platoon commander Li hid everywhere. Here he shouted again: "Where to run, it's also a place in China." If you are a person, you have to be ambitious, don't embarrass the people's army all the way, right? ”