After reading the telegram, Liu Tianshu's expression became very solemn, and when Pang Fuyong saw this, he hurriedly asked, "Commander, what happened?" ”

"Battalion Commander Pang, the Sakai Brigade suddenly appeared in Chengou, and there were signs of advancing towards Pingyuan Town. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info you stay here, pay attention to the enemy's movements, I'll go and ask the brigade commander for instructions. Liu Tianshu glanced at Pang Fuyong and said in a deep voice.

With that, he immediately walked briskly to the communications squad at the back.

As soon as he arrived at the station position arranged in the back, the operator Yang Juan immediately handed over a telegram he had just received.

"Regiment commander, brigade commander urgent."

Liu Tianshu took a look, and in the telegram, Brigade Commander Hong told him that the first regiment had withdrawn from the Longwang Temple to the east, and asked him to immediately lead his troops to move to Pingyuan Town, and at the same time, he also informed him of the latest movements of the Japanese army.

Sure enough, in the report sent by the brigade commander, it was specifically mentioned that the Sakai brigade had arrived in Chengou and there were signs of launching a sweep to the base area at any time, and he asked Liu Tianshu to maintain contact with the brigade headquarters at any time when he led his troops to move to Pingyuan Town.

If the goal of the Sakai Brigade is really the Fuyashan base area, it will be an extremely severe test for the entire New First Brigade.

After all, the Sakai Brigade is a strong force in the mobile forces of the Japanese army in Shandong, and although it suffered in the hands of Liu Tianshu last time, its real strength Hong Feihu did not dare to underestimate it.

Even if the three regiments of the new 1st Brigade were concentrated together, they would not necessarily be the opponents of the Sakai Brigade, not to mention that the 3rd Regiment was pinned down by the enemy in front of them in the direction of Yeongsan and could not move westward at all.

The only way is to organize the villagers in the base areas to move as soon as possible to avoid heavy losses.

Therefore, after the first regiment retreated eastward, if it could enter the base area before the Sakai brigade launched an attack, Hong Feihu's idea was to let it carry out an internal line operation.

As for Liu Tianshu's Second Regiment, the troops are now extremely scattered, and if they want to really make a difference, they must also seize the time to shrink their troops.

After reading the telegram, Liu Tianshu immediately sent someone to inform Pang Fuyong and asked the machine gun battalion and mortar company to prepare to retreat. At the same time, contact Shi Qiang, so that the reconnaissance brigade quickly moved closer to the machine gun battalion.

Noeda Shaoza ordered the troops to prepare for defense in case the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side launched a surprise attack on him, but he did not expect that the Eighth Route Army of the Troubled Stone Gang was quietly withdrawing from its position.

After withdrawing five miles to the east, Shi Qiang chased after the soldiers of the reconnaissance brigade.

Seeing Liu Tianshu, Shi Qiang hurried over. "Regiment commander, I heard that the Sakai Brigade has arrived in Chengou, is this true?"

As Shi Qiang, who had followed Liu Tianshu for two years, he had grown up rapidly in the battle, and he already had his own knowledge and understanding of the changes in the enemy's situation.

Two months ago, the Sakai Brigade suffered a secret loss at the hands of the Second Regiment of the New First Brigade, and naturally gritted its teeth with hatred for the Second Regiment. This time he came with a murderous spirit, and he should have wanted to be ashamed. In the west, more than 500 devils in Jiping County and more than 800 puppet soldiers were in hot pursuit behind a regiment, while the Yezhi Brigade of the Fuchang Japanese Army was guarding the line from Motianling to Ranshigangzi.

Judging from all kinds of signs, the devil should have premeditated this time to carry out an unprecedented sweep of the Fuyashan base area.

"This is true, not only is the Sakai Brigade heading north, but the Japanese troops in the north are also moving frequently." A worried look appeared on Liu Tianshu's face.

Although the Fuyashan anti-Japanese base area stretches for more than 100 kilometers from east to west and is more than 100 kilometers wide from north to south, it is a deserted mountain to the north, and the north side of the mountain is heavily guarded by devils.

That is to say, around the entire Fuya Mountain anti-Japanese base area, there are Japanese troops in Fuchang County in the south, Japanese troops in Jinyang County in the east, devils in the north over the mountains, and Japanese troops in Jiping County in the west.

Now it can be said that the devil's heavy army has surrounded the base area, and the Sakai brigade is a steel knife inserted into the base area.

"Regiment commander, then let's return to the base area quickly, I'm worried that the first battalion will not be able to block the attack of the devils." From Liu Tianshu's mouth, it was confirmed that the devil was sweeping the base area, and Shi Qiang said anxiously.

"Shi Qiang, the devil is a whole brigade, not to mention one battalion, even if all of our brigades go up, they may not be other people's opponents. Brigade Commander Hong is already rushing back to the east with a regiment, and we may not be able to return to the base area yet. Liu Tianshu said contemplatively.

If all the troops of the new 1st Brigade are reduced to the base area, it will be too passive, and it may also fall into the hands of the devils.

As a senior military cadre, Hong Feihu should have thought of the stakes.

After the two talked a few words, they saw Chu Siyang, the commander of the first company of the third battalion, and Sheng Dongsheng, the commander of the second company, running from a distance with the soldiers.

"Commander, we're here." Seeing the regiment commander and reconnaissance captain Shi Qiang standing on the side of the road in the forest, Chu Siyang and Sheng Dongsheng felt a little strange in their hearts.

The order they received was to take the troops from Qinglongkou and forcibly march to the front line of Motianling to cooperate with the machine gun battalion. But when they ran to a distance of twenty miles from Motianling, they received an order from the heralds to immediately reroute and advance towards the rocky hills.

This did not reach the rocky hill, but encountered a machine gun battalion and a reconnaissance brigade in the mountains and forests.

"You have worked hard, in this way, order the troops to rest in place for fifteen minutes, Chu Company Commander, Sheng Company Commander, the machine gun battalion has just experienced a fierce battle, and the soldiers are very tired, and the first company will help the machine gun battalion carry the supplies, and the second company will be responsible for the break." Seeing the arrival of two infantry companies, Liu Tianshu was a little happy.

The fighters of the machine gun battalion either had to carry heavy machine guns or ammunition boxes, which was a bit cumbersome to move, and it was very dangerous to encounter an enemy attack during the march.

Before the first and second companies arrived, the task of vigilance was taken care of by the reconnaissance brigade, but the reconnaissance brigade had just experienced high-intensity fighting, and the soldiers were also very tired.

Since the 1st and 2nd companies had arrived, it was natural to give them the task of guarding so that the reconnaissance brigade and the mortar company of the machine gun battalion could recover their strength as soon as possible.

While resting in the mountains and forests, Liu Tianshu took Shi Qiang to Yangjuan.

"Yangjuan, does the brigade commander have an order to come?" As soon as he saw Yang Juan, Liu Tianshu asked anxiously.

"Regiment commander, there is no news from the brigade headquarters yet, but the political commissar sent a telegram saying that the vanguard of the Sakai Brigade has arrived in Wangzhuang, and the troops guarding Wangzhuang in our regiment have had an encounter with the devil, this is a telegram." While speaking, Yang Juan handed a telegram she had just received to Liu Tianshu.

Seeing that the devil had arrived in Wangzhuang, the first battalion, one company and one platoon of the second regiment of the Eighth Route Army guarding Wangzhuang immediately withdrew from Wangzhuang after covering the transfer of the villagers. However, only three soldiers in the first platoon finally withdrew, and the rest of the soldiers all died heroically in the Wangzhuang blockade.

There were only three people left in a row of battles, and the fierceness of the battle could be imagined, and Liu Tianshu's eyes began to moisten.

Just as Liu Tianshu was about to order the troops to move on, Hong Feihu's telegram arrived.

In the telegram, Hong Feihu ordered Liu Tianshu to form a mobile unit with a machine gun battalion, a mortar company, a reconnaissance brigade, and two infantry companies in his hands, to be responsible for operations on the outside line, and not to withdraw to the base area for the time being. At the same time, he also told Liu Tianshu that the entire base area had been mobilized and the villagers were retreating to the mountains for shelter. The 1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion of the 1st Regiment will join him in Jiangjia Village and join the mobile unit and temporarily come under the command of Liu Tianshu.

After reading the telegram, Liu Tianshu immediately asked Yang Juan to send a telegram back to Hong Feihu, and then ordered the troops to rush to Jiangjia Village.

It can be seen from Hong Feihu's arrangement that he and Political Commissar Jiang have attached great importance to the devil's sweep. It was decided that the first regiment and the third battalion and the second battalion of the second regiment would form an internal combat corps, and that the first and second battalions of the first regiment and the second battalion would be formed into an outer combat corps with the machine gun battalion and mortar company of the second regiment.

The two corps cooperated with each other to try to smash the devil's sweep this time.

After arriving at Jiangjia Village, the first battalion and the second battalion of the first regiment were already waiting there, and the commander of the first battalion, Chen Nansheng, and the commander of the second battalion, Tian Yulong, saw Liu Tianshu coming and hurriedly greeted them.

After greeting each other, the two looked at Liu Tianshu and said, "Captain Liu, Commander Du asked us to listen to your command, if there is any task, you just leave it to us." ”

Especially Tian Yulong, in the battle against Yongle Town, not only failed to capture Yongle Town, but also sacrificed a lot of soldiers, thinking of this battle, he felt very angry.

As for Chen Nansheng, his first battalion was responsible for blocking the enemy who had sent reinforcements in front of Qufeng's stronghold, but he didn't expect that when he withdrew from the battle, the devils behind him would chase after him, and in the end he had to leave a company to block and cover, but when the company returned to the team, there was less than one platoon of people left.

Thinking of this, he was even more heart-wrenching.

Liu Tianshu knew that Chen Nansheng and Tian Yulong were not fighting smoothly in the battle of Yongle Town, and then saw the bloodshot eyes of the two of them, and said lovingly: "Battalion Commander Chen, Battalion Commander Tian, the devil's sweep of the base area this time should have been planned for a long time, but we attacked Yongle Town and let the devil's sweep act in advance." Now that the devil's heavy army has surrounded the base area, if we want to completely smash the devil's sweep, we must beat the devil hard. In this way, the troops were ordered to rest for the time being, and we will first meet and discuss it. ”

After the two battalion commanders ordered the troops to rest in Jiangjia Village, they immediately came to Liu Tianshu's temporary command post.

Seeing that Shi Qiang, Chen Jian, Pang Fugui, Chen Nansheng, and Tian Yulong had all arrived, Liu Tianshu raised his head from the map on the table, motioned for everyone to sit down, looked at a few and said: "Comrades, according to the information from the brigade headquarters, the Devil Sakai Brigade is attacking Pingyuan Town, and the Saito Brigade of the Japanese Army stationed in Fuchang is attacking Songkan Town, and at the same time, the Japanese army in Jinyang County is also attacking in the direction of Rongshan, the base area. In addition, the Japanese army in Jiping is encircling the base area from the west, and our Fuyashan base area is facing a four-way attack by devils, and according to statistics, the total strength of devils is close to 10,000. The brigade commander ordered us to immediately launch an attack on the enemy's rear, striving to force the devils to withdraw their troops. I thought about it carefully just now, and the Sakai Brigade is the main enemy attacking my base area. Our main goal should be to force it to withdraw its troops. Everyone, this is Chengou, and the logistics supply base of the Sakai Brigade is here, and we immediately secretly advanced in the direction of Chengou to find an opportunity to attack the enemy in Chengou. (To be continued.) )