Listening to Tang Qing's words, Liu Tianshu's heart was very heavy, Huangshi Village was destroyed by devils, which made him feel extremely sad, although he didn't think that he was wrong with taking the guerrillas to save Shangbao, but he still couldn't forgive himself psychologically for not keeping Huangshi Village.

Seeing Liu Tianshu's sad expression, Tang Qing sighed in his heart, and said in a slow tone: "Tianshu, I heard Shi Qiang say that the devils who attacked Shangbao have withdrawn their troops, what about the losses over there?" ”

"Secretary Tang, the fort guard team of Shangbao killed more than 80 people, and the remaining people were less than 30 people, after the devils broke through the wall, they rushed into the village and killed people frantically, fortunately we arrived in time, plus the platoon commander Li commanded the guerrillas to launch a feint attack on the devils outside the village, so that the devil commander mistakenly thought that he was being flanked, so he withdrew his troops from the stockade and attacked the Li platoon commander and them. In this way, the stockade was spared. Liu Tianshu heard Tang Qing ask about the situation of Shangbao, so he explained the situation in detail with tears.

Hearing Liu Tianshu say that after the devil rushed into the village, he grabbed things when he saw them, killed them when he saw men, and **** women when he saw them, Tang Qing's eyes suddenly turned red, and he scolded hatefully: "These beasts." ”

When Commander Du learned that Liu Tianshu of the guerrillas had returned, he rushed over.

"Captain Du." Seeing Head Du come in, Tang Qing hurriedly beckoned him to sit down, while Liu Tianshu stood up and saluted him.

"Captain Liu, I heard from the guerrillas that you had a big fight with the devils in the merchant fort, tell me, what was the situation at that time?" When Head Du saw Liu Tianshu, his eyes lit up and he asked anxiously.

In the evening, Shi Qiang led people to send merchants and to Houshan Village, and Commander Du heard from his subordinates that Liu Tianshu repelled the attack of the devils in Shangbao and saved the villagers in Shangbao, and he was immediately interested.

During the day, although he was a little dissatisfied that Liu Tianshu took his troops to Shangbao without authorization, he heard that the guerrillas had killed and wounded dozens of enemies. Combined with the results of the battle at Xiaozhugou, when at least more than a hundred enemies were eliminated, he was very surprised by the combat effectiveness of the guerrillas.

You must know that even the regular troops of the Eighth Route Army are not easy to achieve the results of destroying more than 100 enemies. And even if it can be done, its own losses will not be less than that of the enemy.

And listening to the partisans, their casualties were less than fifty people.

He had to be amazed.

It's a pity that after Shi Qiang sent the merchant and sent him to Houshan Village, he immediately took people to set up a guard in front.

At this time, when he heard that Liu Tianshu was at Tang Qing's place, he couldn't hold it anymore and ran over in a hurry.

"Commander Du, the devil who attacked the merchant fort has retreated, but the loss of the merchant fort is indispensable...... "Seeing that the head of the merchant castle asked about the situation. Liu Tianshu honestly told Commander Du in detail about the situation of the battle in Xiaozhugou and the situation in which he led his team to rescue Shangbao.

After listening to Liu Tianshu's introduction, Regiment Leader Du's eyes were full of excitement, and he looked at Liu Tianshu and said: "Comrade Tianshu, I heard Secretary Tang say that you were originally a college student in Beiping, and you have never been a soldier and fought a war. Where did you learn it? ”

During the Red Army, Regiment Commander Du was the regiment commander. However, after the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, he was demoted to a deputy battalion commander, and this time he formed an independent regiment and was appointed by his superiors to the post of commander of the independent regiment.

Although during the Red Army, he was the commander of a regiment, but the regiment he led. It is not the main regiment, the combat effectiveness is not very strong, and when it comes to fighting, there are not many times when it takes on difficult tasks.

And his separate regiment is just a newly formed unit. Both in terms of equipment and combat effectiveness, they are far from the main regiments.

At this time, he naturally attached great importance to people who could fight.

"Commander Du, how can I have any ability to command a war, just this thing, I still learned it from a German when I was in school in Beiping. Compared with a battle-hardened general like Commander Du, it is far from the same. Liu Tianshu said modestly.

"Studying with a German? No wonder your guerrillas have achieved such great results today. Commander Du sighed, and then discussed military matters with Liu Tianshu, so that Tang Qing could only sit on the side.

Soon, Li Shu and the guerrillas also returned to Houshan Village, Liu Tianshu naturally ran to visit his subordinates, knowing that the guerrillas had suffered great losses in the battle to rescue Shangbao, Liu Tianshu's heart was extremely sad.

Fortunately, the next day, the news came, and more than 1,000 Japanese troops of the Hengshan Wing left Qingyan Town and drove towards Longkou Town along the road leading from Qingyan Town to Longkou Town.

However, the Aoki Wing still stationed heavy troops in the town, and at the same time, artillery towers and dark forts were built around the oil house dam, and fortifications were built on the surrounding hills and barbed wire.

After Commander Du learned that the devils had begun to attack Longkou Town, he led the independent regiment to the side of the avenue between Qingyan Town and Longkou Town in accordance with the instructions of his superiors, and began to prepare for the attack on the devil's logistics and transportation line.

Tang Qing knew that the devils would not sweep the base area for a short time, and immediately organized the villagers of Huangshi Village to rebuild their homes, however, Huangshi Village had been burned down by the devils, and it was a bit inappropriate for these villagers to return to Huangshi Village to resettle, and finally decided that the villagers of Huangshi Village would temporarily build shacks in Houshan Village to spend the coming winter first.

Fortunately, when the people of Huangshi Village retreated, they had hidden important items such as grain in advance, and the loss of this part of the materials was not large.

Liu Tianshu did not care about local construction at all, and after the guerrillas fought this battle, the troops were somewhat reduced. Fortunately, the devil burned Huangshi Village, which made the people realize the cruelty of the devil, and many hot-blooded young people took the initiative to ask to join the guerrillas.

In less than five days, the number of guerrillas exceeded their original size, reaching more than 150 people.

It's just that so many people joined the guerrillas, and weapons became a big problem.

On the side of Shangbao, the old man had promised to cooperate with the guerrillas, and Tang Qing sent Liu Siyuan to bring a few people to Shangbao to carry out work, and at the same time, after research, it was decided to send Zhang Gou Yu to Shangbao to form a second company of guerrillas.

As for the original Huangshi Village guerrillas, they were called a company, and the captain Liu Tianshu concurrently served as the company commander.

At the same time, with the hard work of Tang Qing and others, Xiaohe Village between Shangbao and Houshan Village also established the Anti-Rescue Association and the Women's Rescue Association. So far, the territory of the base area has expanded from Huangshi Village, Shipan Village, and Houshan Village to Xiaohe Village and Shangbao.

There was not much suspense in the battle of the devil's attack on Longkou Town, and after a fierce battle between the first section of the Jin Sui Army stationed in Longkou Town and the Matsumoto Brigade of the Yokoyama Wing, they had to evacuate Longkou Town in less than five hours.

After the Matsumoto Brigade occupied Longkou Town, it immediately built fortifications and artillery towers around the town to strengthen its control over Longkou Town, and at the same time, the Isoya Brigade immediately set out from Qingyan Town and launched an attack on Fuxian County through Longkou Town.

Yokoyama saw that the Matsumoto Brigade was making good progress and occupied Longkou Town, and immediately moved the wing headquarters to Longkou Town.

Commander Du led his troops to hide on the side of the avenue between Longkou Town and Qingyan Town, preparing to wait for an opportunity to ambush the devil's transport team, but the devil did not have a small force to act alone, and for a while, he couldn't find a chance to attack.

Liu Tianshu knew that after the main force of the devils left Qingyan Town, his eyes began to stare at the devil's stronghold between Qingyan Town and Shuangfeng Ridge.

In order to ensure the safety of the transportation line, the Aoki Brigade organized laborers to repair the road from Cheongam Town to Shuangfengling, and then built three more bases on the road.

These three strongholds were built along the roads at the edge of the three villages on the way, and of course the terrain was carefully chosen, and they were all in important locations at the entrance of the villages, and they were just guarding the main roads.

Qingyan Town was run by devils into a sturdy turtle shell, and with the current strength of the guerrillas, it was simply not able to gnaw.

But these small strongholds distributed on the highway have become fat in Liu Tianshu's mind.

Tangba Village is a small mountain village between Shuangfeng Ridge and Qingyan Town, and the road bypasses the south side of Tangba Village, where the Tangba Village Artillery Tower is built. The devils not only built a turret there, but also built a courtyard there, in which twelve devils and thirty-six imperial allies lived.

Of course, in Tangba Village, the devil also forced the original village head, Wang Zhishu, to serve them as the maintenance president.

On this day, Liu Tianshu took Shi Qiang and Geng Tianlong, pretending to be ordinary people, and came to the mountain north of Tangba Village.

Geng Tianlong was in charge of guarding, and Liu Tianshu and Shi Qiang were lying on the grass on the mountain, condescendingly observing the Tangba stronghold.

"Brother Tianshu, you see, the devil has arranged a sentry on the top of the turret, and a hundred meters around the turret is open land, so it is impossible to get close at all." Shi Qiang stared at the turret and looked at it carefully, and said with some discouragement.

The turrets are all made of stone and blue bricks, etc., according to the information obtained from reconnaissance, when the devils built the turret, they also used cement, so to speak, without cannons, it is not easy to take the turret smoothly.

Liu Tianshu didn't speak, but stared at the small courtyard next to the turret.

That small courtyard is also part of the stronghold, and it is understood that twelve of those Imperial Cooperative Army members live in the house of the small courtyard, and the rest of the Imperial Cooperative Army and devils live in the turret.

Liu Tianshu silently measured the distance between the small courtyard and the village, as well as the terrain around the small courtyard, and at the same time calculated the distance from the small courtyard to the gate of the turret.

After drawing all these things on a piece of paper, Liu Tianshu said to Shi Qiang and Geng Tianlong: "Qiangzi, Tianlong, let's go down and take a look." ”

The three of them quietly went down from the forest and slowly touched the stronghold not far away, Liu Tianshu stared at the layout of the stronghold's small courtyard, even the wall of the small courtyard did not let go.

After wandering around the Tangba stronghold for two hours, Liu Tianshu went through the situation of the entire Tangba stronghold in his mind again, and then returned to Huangshi Village with the two of them.

Although most of the villagers in Huangshi Village stayed in Houshan Village, after all, their land was around Huangshi Village, and the wheat in the fields had begun to sprout.

The guerrillas also built more than a dozen shacks in Huangshi Village as a stronghold, after all, this is close to Qingyan Town, and the guerrillas still set up their base in Huangshi Village in order to keep abreast of the enemy's situation. (To be continued.) )