Han Fangping took the second battalion out of the valley, but found that the devils who were following the pursuit had withdrawn to Hulu Mountain, and at the same time, another group of devils was also moving closer to Hulu Mountain. After www.biquge.info knowing that the devils had made a good defense around Hulu Mountain, and using the radio to contact Liu Tianshu, Han Fangping quietly led the second battalion to the north, preparing to join the first battalion.

Since the devils are gathering towards Hulu Mountain, they have no chance to take advantage of it. Besides, their purpose was to force the Sakai Brigade to withdraw from the base area. As for the elimination of the Sakai Brigade, Liu Tianshu and Han Fangping did not have that unrealistic idea.

Being able to wipe out a brigade of him can be regarded as God's care. When it comes to the actual matchup, Liu Tianshu and Han Fangping don't think they have any certainty of winning.

Even the reconnaissance brigade that was harassing near the brigade command post in Sakai immediately withdrew its troops when it saw that the devils were heavily guarded.

After Liu Tianshu and Han Fangping exchanged a few words, he quietly bypassed Hulu Mountain with the three battalions of the Second Regiment and headed towards Rongshan.

After Sakai took back the Sasaki Brigade and the Fujino Flower Brigade and arranged them on Hulu Mountain, he suddenly found that there was no trace of the Eight Roads around, that is, the Eight Roads that had retreated to the Shengji Ridge, and after the Fujino Flower Brigade let go of the north side, they also withdrew from the north to the Shengji Ridge.

Seeing that the three brigades had shrunk around him, Sakai finally relieved himself, and then sent his troops to the valley where Saburo Ono was attacked, taking advantage of the fact that it was still dark.

When they arrived at the valley, they saw dozens of wounded soldiers lying on the side of the road and moaning, and in the valley, the bodies of the fallen Imperial soldiers were everywhere, and the soldiers who contained them finally found Saburo Ono. He was placed on the edge of the valley path by the Eighth Route Army, and the blood flowing from the two blood holes in his chest had coagulated, but his body was not damaged, and it seemed that the Eighth Route Army had deliberately carried him to the side of the road.

But his command knife, and the weapons of the fallen soldiers, were completely missing.

Of course, the first-aid kits and ammunition on these soldiers were also searched by the Eighth Road.

The soldiers who were sheltered saw that the bodies of the fallen Imperial warriors had not been destroyed, and they still had some respect for these Eight Roads in their hearts.

Because of the small size of the country, the Japanese officers and soldiers always have a kind of arrogance and inferiority from the bone marrow, which is manifested in the fact that when they encounter the weak, they always look very fierce, but in the face of stronger opponents, there is an inexplicable awe.

According to the Chinese, the little devil is a typical one who remembers eating but not remembering.

Knowing that Saburo Ono's body had been found, Sakai couldn't help but shed a few tears, and then, following the order of Commander Odaka Kamezo, he withdrew with his troops south in despair.

When the main force of the brigade retreated to the south, Sakai did not forget to order the 1st Brigade to quickly withdraw from the 8th Route Yeongsan base area.

Yan Yongsheng learned that the devils who had entered the base area were retreating, and immediately commanded the county brigade and district squad and the militia to attack along the way, but unfortunately the devils did not love war at all, and the county brigade was unable to hold back the devils because of the serious losses.

When it got dark, the devils who had entered the base area withdrew to the south of Wildcat Gully, and Yan Yongsheng had to order the county brigade to keep a close watch on the devils.

As for the transferred villagers, they are still hiding in the mountains for the time being.

The next morning, the 2nd and 3rd regiments successfully withdrew to the Rongshan base area, and saw that although the devils entered the base area to sweep up, the damage to buildings and other buildings was not serious, and the villagers did not suffer serious losses in the base area except for a lot of sweat when they were transferred. Liu Tianshu and Han Fangping finally put their minds at ease.

It seems that the Sakai Brigade is not like other security forces of the devils, and the military discipline is still relatively strict, and it does not wantonly burn and loot in the base areas.

In fact, it was not that the devils of the Sakai Brigade were kind-hearted, but that the experience of the Mitoma Brigade in Rongshan made them dare not be too presumptuous. You must know that the Mi Toma Brigade was because of its misdeeds in the Rongshan base area, and as a result, Liu Tianshu ate not even the slag, and at that time, Liu Tianshu also asked the Imperial Allied Army who collected the corpse to bring a letter to the Japanese commander, saying that if the Japanese army did not abide by the Geneva Treaty and killed innocents indiscriminately in the base area, he would cancel the qualification of the unit to surrender, and at the same time would behead all the devils who fell into his hands to show the public, even the corpses of the devils who died in battle.

His naked threat has brought an indescribable shadow to the devils who will enter the base area in the future.

After resting for two days in the Rongshan base area, the three regiments and three battalions returned to the base area smoothly with supplies and villagers, and then, in accordance with the instructions of the brigade headquarters, political commissar Liao Zhifeng and political commissar Yan Yongsheng were responsible for convening a commendation meeting for the two main regiments to commend the soldiers and company and platoon cadres who fought bravely in this battle. Shi Qiang and Chen Jian were pushed onto the stage, along with other commended officers and soldiers, and were put on big red flowers by more than a dozen female students.

Shi Qiang and Chen Jian were so excited that their eyes lit up, and their whole faces were flushed.

Subsequently, the comrades who died in this battle were buried, and of course, the remains of some soldiers could not be brought back, so a clothed tomb was built for them in the mountains and forests behind Darong Village.

As for the issue of bereavement for the sacrificed soldiers, it is natural for the local anti-Japanese government to implement it in accordance with the relevant regulations.

Liu Tianshu and Liao Zhifeng returned to the Fuyashan base with the second regiment, less than three days before the Spring Festival.

Hong Feihu saw that the Second Regiment had brought back a lot of supplies, and he happily shook the hands of Liu Tianshu and Liao Zhifeng with Political Commissar Jiang.

"Tianshu, Zhifeng, it's really good that you successfully completed the mission and came back safely this time. Knowing that the devil sent a brigade to intercept it, our political commissar is worried about you to death. Hong Feihu held Liu Tianshu's hand and couldn't stop saying.

Jiang Jinyong said with admiration on the side: "The devil dispatched a brigade, according to our estimate, it would be good if you could come back smoothly, but I didn't expect you to kill a brigade of devils by the way, Political Commissar Luo heard the news and said that he must reward you, and said that he would ask for credit for you from above." ”

This long-distance attack can be regarded as the prestige of the Eighth Route Army, and Liu Tianshu's Second Regiment has deservedly entered the ranks of the absolute main force of the Eighth Route Army.

It's just that they didn't know that the commander of the Japanese army in Jinan, Otaka Kamizo, had long regarded Liu Tianshu as a big problem.

In the following days, the materials buried near Qinglong Gorge were quietly transported back by the transport troops sent by the New First Brigade, and these materials were sent to the division, which greatly improved the problem of the Eighth Route Army in winter.

However, none of this seems to have anything to do with Liu Tianshu, except for the two days off during the Spring Festival, during which he was busy replenishing the battalions of the Second Regiment.

In this attack, although a large number of materials were captured and a lot of devils were eliminated, his second regiment also lost one-third, besides, the weapons and ammunition captured this time, the brigade commander specially approved four infantry guns for him, as well as 12 80 mortars, and 12 heavy machine guns, all of which required him to select personnel to form a new artillery battalion and machine gun battalion.

Through this battle, Liu Tianshu became more aware of the importance of artillery to the combat of his troops. Although the base areas do not yet have arsenals and cannot produce their own artillery shells or artillery, they cannot wait for the base areas to build artillery before forming their own artillery units.

Besides, his second regiment originally had an artillery company, but now it is only being expanded into an artillery battalion, and as for the soldiers needed, the Fuyashan base area has greatly gained a reputation during this time, and there are many patriotic students who have come to visit him, from which he can select the personnel needed by the artillery battalion.

After the New Year, on the first day of the second lunar month, Liu Tianshu received a notice from the brigade headquarters and came to the brigade headquarters in a hurry.

Walking into the brigade headquarters, he saw that Du Ningyuan, the commander of the first regiment, and Han Fangping, the commander of the third regiment, were sitting inside, and he couldn't help but be stunned, and after saluting Hong Feihu and Political Commissar Jiang, he greeted the two regiment commanders.

Hong Feihu motioned for Liu Tianshu to sit down, took a sip of tea, and then said: "Three, in order to open up the connection between the Fuyashan base area and the division headquarters, Division Commander Chen ordered us to pull out the devil's Yongle Town stronghold. Tell me, what do you think about this battle? ”

Hearing that the division headquarters ordered the new 1st Brigade to eliminate the enemy in Yongle Town and open up the connection between Fuya Mountain and the division headquarters, Du Ningyuan said anxiously: "Brigade commander, the 2nd and 3rd regiments have just experienced a long-distance battle, and the soldiers have not yet recovered, so the task of attacking Yongle Town will be handed over to our regiment, and our regiment will guarantee to completely eliminate the devils and puppet troops in Yongle Town." ”

Since the first group arrived at the base area of Fuya Mountain, it has not been fighting, which has made a group of proud old eight roads already indignant. In particular, the 2nd and 3rd regiments not only brought back a large amount of supplies after a long-distance raid, but also eliminated a large number of devils, which made them feel even more embarrassed.

The first regiment is the main regiment with old qualifications, and even the second regiment and the third regiment, which were upgraded from local troops, have achieved such great results, but they are sleeping on the side, and their faces are crackling.

The whole regiment of the first regiment has long been looking forward to showing their hands on the ground in Shandong, so that the second and third regiments can see what the real main force is.

As for Liu Tianshu commanding the second and third regiments to eliminate at least two brigades of devils, in Du Ningyuan's view, it is not that the combat effectiveness of the second and third regiments is very strong, but that the devils in Shandong are too commonplace.

If they were to make a move, I am afraid that the results would be even greater.

Liu Tianshu saw that Du Ningyuan looked determined to win, and he didn't want to compete with him for this mission, as for Han Fangping, his third regiment was now mainly responsible for the direction of Rongshan.

Although Fuya Mountain and Rongshan have been connected, after all, they are facing the threat of devils at any time, such as last time, it was because the main force of the three regiments followed Liu Tianshu to carry out the task of attacking the devil's train that the devils attacked the base area.

It is soon the spring sowing season, and the main task of the three regiments is to prevent the devils from scurrying into the Rongshan base area to make trouble.

Besides, letting the three regiments attack Yongle Town in the west is also a bit of a taste of reluctance.

Seeing that Liu Tianshu and Han Fangping did not speak, Hong Feihu's eyes fell on Liu Tianshu.

"Second Commander, what is your opinion?"

(To be continued.) )