Xie Jiaao, in a small courtyard near the hillside at the back of the village.

"The Xiaozhugou Fort was really served by you?" Seeing the crooked handle and grenadier placed in the yard, Hong Feihu looked at Liu Tianshu who was standing in front of him and asked in surprise.

"Of course, the detachment leader, the seventeen devils and twenty-four puppet soldiers in the Xiaozhugou Artillery Tower were all wiped out by us, but it's a pity that one of the soldiers in the first squad died." In the end, Liu Tianshu's tone was full of sadness.

Hearing that there were soldiers sacrificed, Hong Feihu was also heavy in his heart, he patted Liu Tianshu on the shoulder, "Tianshu, don't be too sad, he sacrificed for the revolutionary cause, in order to drive the little devil out of China, there will be sacrifices if you want to fight, we will always remember him." ”

Jiang Jinyong also listened to Shi Qiang's report at this time and walked over from the side. Seeing the sad expressions of the two of them, he said with a smile: "Tianshu, you have fought a great victory, destroying forty-one enemies, but only one soldier died and two soldiers were slightly injured, and we have earned this battle." Besides, we also solved a big problem for the Cheongam Independent Brigade. I think this matter can be well publicized and publicized in the whole detachment, and we will hold a meeting to praise the brave soldiers in battle and give them a big red flower. ”

Hearing Jiang Jinyong's words, Hong Feihu also recovered from his grief, looked at Liu Tianshu and said: "The political commissar is right, since we chose the soldiers, we also chose sacrifice. It's just that the troops are on the march, and when we get there and settle down, we'll take a good summary. Tianshu, although I know that it is very hard for you to chase after you overnight, but time is pressing, your vanguard company must immediately rush forward, rush to this position to be on guard, and the main force of the detachment will set off after dark. ”

There are more than 800 people in the two brigades of the entire detachment, and if they march in broad daylight, the target is too big, but for the safety of the march at night, they must send the vanguard troops to go out on guard, and Liu Tianshu's third company is the vanguard company of the whole detachment, so naturally we must seize the time to advance.

"Yes, I'll set off with the three companies." After Liu Tianshu saluted the two leaders, he immediately rushed to the third company in the south of the village with a reconnaissance squad and a crooked handle and a grenadier canister.

This time, when the Xiaozhugou stronghold was captured, not only did they seize a crooked handle and a grenadier canister, but they also brought back six 38 big covers and 10 Hanyangzao, and after dispatching four soldiers to form a machine gun team and two soldiers to be in charge of grenadiers, each soldier in the whole company had a long gun or a short gun.

The more than a dozen warriors who had only broadswords received the new rifles, and their eyes were full of joy.

However, they were accustomed to using large knives, and the large blades were still carried on their backs.

After calling the three platoon commanders, Liu Tianshu assigned tasks to them, so the second platoon was the vanguard, the first platoon was in the center with the company headquarters and the reconnaissance squad, and after the third platoon was broken, the whole company quickly ran south.

From Xiejiaao to Chenggou, although it is also an enemy-occupied area, it is all mountainous after all, although the devils have set up a card on the main road and built a turret, but under the leadership of the local guide, they can still bypass it.

It's just that in the meantime, there is a place called Hanpoling, which is the only way for the advance team to go south, where the terrain is dangerous, and in order to prevent accidents, it is necessary to let the third company rush there in advance and prepare for vigilance.

Under the leadership of a guerrilla, Liu Tianshu led the third company all the way to Hanpoling, and immediately let the first and second platoons occupy the hills on both sides, and at the same time sent the reconnaissance squad out in all directions.

The nearest town to Hanpoling was Chiangjia Town, where, according to the guerrillas, there was a squad of Japanese soldiers and a company of puppet troops.

After seeing that the first and second platoons had set up blocking positions on the hills on both sides, he relieved himself, got into a bush, and slept soundly.

In the afternoon, Shi Qiang ran over.

"Company commander, there is a squadron of devils from Jiangjia Town, who is from Fu County." When Shi Qiang saw Liu Tianshu, he immediately whispered.

"What? The devils of Fuxian County arrived in Jiangjia Town? You're not mistaken, are you? Liu Tianshu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, according to the results of the discussion between Hong Feihu and Regiment Commander Du, at this time, the independent regiment was moving towards the county seat of Fuxian County, how could the devil send a squadron of troops to Jiangjia Town at this time.

"Absolutely, I saw a squadron of devils and a battalion of puppet soldiers outside the town, coming from the west and entering the town directly." Shi Qiang said.

"Does the devil know about our actions?" Liu Tianshu couldn't help but fall into deep thought, and after a while, he looked at Shi Qiang and said, "Shi Qiang, send someone to closely monitor the movements of the little devil, and report to me immediately if there is any situation, instructor, immediately send someone to report this situation to the detachment leader." ”

A squadron of devils, plus a battalion of puppet troops, this is not three or five devils, besides, the detachment will rush to Chenggou through Hanpo Ridge tonight, if this group of enemies is really coming towards the advance detachment, then the problem is serious.

When it was almost dark, Hong Feihu rushed to Hanpoling.

"Tianshu, how is the situation?" Seeing Liu Tianshu, Hong Feihu asked anxiously.

"Detachment leader, I just got a report from the reconnaissance squad that the devils of a squadron and the puppet army of a battalion came out of Jiangjiaba and stopped at this position." Liu Tianshu and Zhu Aiguo were studying the enemy situation around the map, and when they saw Hong Feihu coming, they naturally greeted him.

Hearing Hong Feihu's question, he immediately handed over the map in his hand.

"Are you sure the devil stays in this position?" Hong Feihu saw Liu Tianshu's hand pointing at Lantian Dam, and his heart couldn't help but sink.

"My men have been keeping a close eye on this group of enemies, and it has been determined that the devil is still there." Liu Tianshu's tone was firm.

Hong Feihu frowned, stared at the map for a long time, looked at Liu Tianshu and said: "Tianshu, in this way, you immediately take your company and take the Xingou stronghold before ten o'clock tonight, and we will divert to the south through Xingou." ”

Although it was not certain that this group of devils was coming for the advance team, Hong Feihu was still very cautious and decided to bypass the Lantian Dam and pass through the Xingou twenty miles to the west.

"Guaranteed to get the job done." Liu Tianshu knew that the situation was serious, saluted Hong Feihu with a military salute, and immediately rushed to the Xingou stronghold with the third company.

After Hong Feihu saw the third company leave, he immediately asked the communication team to start the radio and report the appearance of the devil in Lantian Dam to his superiors.

At half past eight in the evening, the third company rushed to the outside of the Xingou stronghold on time, and saw that the Xingou stronghold was built on the mouth between the two mountains, Liu Tianshu couldn't help frowning.

After observing outside the stronghold, Liu Tianshu took the three platoon commanders and Shi Qiang to surround them.

"Comrades, you see, this is the Xingou stronghold, it is stuck on the main road to the south, if we can't take this stronghold on time, the entire advance team is very likely to be blocked here, let's talk about it, how to take this turret."

Just now, the cadres in the company followed Liu Tianshu to observe the enemy situation, and found that the surrounding area of the turret was all unobstructed open land, and the entire open area was about 100 meters. If the third company wants to successfully take the turret, it must pass through the open ground in front of it for 100 meters, otherwise it will have to go around from the side.

However, if you can't take the turret, you won't be able to reach the valley opposite and head south.

Everyone looked at the sketches on the ground for a long time, and Shi Qiang suddenly looked at Liu Tianshu and said, "Company commander, since we can't storm from the ground, then we can go from the sky." ”

"From heaven?" The three platoon commanders, Zhu Aiguo and Yang Donghu all looked at Shi Qiang in surprise.

"Shi Qiang, you tell us in detail." Hearing Shi Qiang's words, Liu Tianshu's heart moved, and he looked at him and said.

"Company commander, you see, there is a hundred meters of open land on this side of the turret, and we can't get close to it at all, but the south side of the turret is next to the mountain, I have estimated that the turret is about fifty meters away from the hill, and it is shorter than the mountain, if we launch a feint attack on the front, attract the enemy's attention, and then use the flying claw to hook the top of the turret, and use the rope to slide to the top of the turret, we can take the turret inside and outside." Shi Qiang's eyes lit up.

When Yang Donghu heard this, he immediately questioned. "Squad Leader Shi, the mountain forest is at least fifty meters away from the top of the turret, how can we throw the flying claws over."

The reconnaissance squad is equipped with flying claws with ropes, and Yang Donghu, as the deputy company commander, naturally knows about this, but he knows that no matter how strong he is, it is impossible to throw the flying claws fifty meters away.

"I've thought about this, we can use the crossbow we found in Houshan Village to shoot out the flying claws, and there are battlements built on the top of the turret, which should be able to bear the weight." Shi Qiang said with confidence.

This time, after passing through Houshan Village, Shi Qiang simply brought back the strong crossbow made by Liu Tianshu before.

Hearing what he said, everyone also became interested, and with a word and a word, you will come up with the entire battle plan.

Therefore, according to Liu Tianshu's request, the second platoon rushed to the Shenggu ridge between Xingou and Lantian Dam, after the battle began, once the enemy of Lantian Dam came to reinforce, it was responsible for blocking the reinforced enemy, and the third platoon was responsible for launching a feint attack on the turret to attract the enemy's attention to cover the reconnaissance squad to launch a sneak attack on the turret from the south.

A platoon served as a reserve and was arranged between Shenggu and Xingou.

As the order was issued, instructor Zhu Aiguo followed the second platoon to block the attack, Yang Donghu was responsible for directing the third platoon to launch a feint, and Liu Tianshu personally led the reconnaissance squad to carry out a sneak attack on the Xingou Fort.

As for the crooked handle in the company, it moved with the second platoon, and the grenadier with the third platoon.

After the departments understood the task, they immediately started to act with a wave of Liu Tianshu's big hand.

Liu Tianshu and Shi Qiang took the reconnaissance squad to cross the road from the east side of Xingou, quickly drilled into the mountains and forests, and soon went around to the south of the turret, and after finding a good position in the woods, Shi Qiang immediately took out the crossbow, connected the flying claws with the short arrows, mounted them on the crossbow, and began to adjust the angle and strength.

After making all the preparations, Liu Tianshu carefully checked it again, and after confirming that there was no problem, he asked Chen Jian to send a signal to Deputy Company Commander Yang, while he and Shi Hu alone held a 38 cover and aimed at the two devils on duty on the top of the turret. (To be continued.) )