"Camp Commander Liu, we made a big deal this time." After shaking hands with Liu Tianshu, Zhu Aiguo looked at him and said.

"My instructor, when I look at your smile, I look like a profiteer, how can I still look like an instructor?" Liu Tianshu quipped, and Xiang Shuyu heard this, but he just smiled and said nothing.

"Battalion commander, I looked at the final battle statistics. I can't believe it, this battle not only completely knocked out the devil's artillery tower in Songkan Town, eliminated a squad of devils and a company of puppet soldiers, but more importantly, captured a large amount of materials, food alone, we transported back 80,000 catties, captured six light machine guns, one heavy machine gun, two grenadiers, 23 38 big covers, 4 Wang 8 boxes, and 52 Hanyang. With these weapons, our independent battalion is truly armed. Zhu Aiguo said excitedly and handed over a statistical table.

Liu Tianshu saw that on the statistical table, not only the number of enemies destroyed, the captured food, weapons and other materials, but also the captured Western medicine, looking at this list, his face was also surprised.

It's good luck to have seized so much grain, wasn't it wheat harvest some time ago? It took almost a month for the devil to ask the people of Songkan Town to collect grain, and finally collected more than 80,000 catties of grain, ready to be transported away in two days.

"Instructor, Comrade Shuyu, it seems that we have fought the right battle. In this way, the battalion immediately replenished the weapons of the companies that lacked guns, and at the same time replaced the old weapons and the militia organizations in the villages. The devil has suffered such a big loss, maybe he will retaliate, and we must prepare early. Liu Tianshu handed the statistical table back to Zhu Aiguo, glanced at the two of them and said.

In the following two days, except for the reconnaissance squad that stayed outside the base area to monitor the enemy's movements, the three companies of the battalion completed replenishment and rearmament while summing up the battle.

After this period of mobilization, the three companies of the battalion were replenished, each with 128 men, equipped with two grenadiers and three light machine guns, and the 92 heavy machine gun remained at the battalion headquarters for the time being.

Liu Tianshu dispatched soldiers to form a heavy machine gun squad, which was directly subordinate to the battalion headquarters.

While the troops were training, the militia organizations and women's relief associations in various villages had begun to take shape under the vigorous grasp of Comrade Xiang Shuyu.

At the same time, two more villages were developed to the east of the base area.

It took Saito half a month to rebuild four turrets in Songkan Town and improve the fortifications of the stronghold in Songkan Town.

Just as he was about to leave a squad behind and return to the county seat with the rest of the troops, he received an order from the wing commander to prepare and lead his troops to participate in the sweep of the base area of the Eighth Route Army in Fuya Mountain.

The underground party's intelligence network in Fuchang City still played a huge role, and when the devils began to assemble, the underground party organization that got the information quickly sent the information to Fuya Mountain.

At the same time, it was sent to Fuya Mountain, and there were instructions from Secretary Wang of the Fuchang County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China.

In the instructions, Comrade Wang Shuihe demanded that the Fuyashan Independent Battalion make preparations for counter-sweeping and strive to smash the devils' sweep of the base areas in the shortest possible time.

After receiving the information sent by the underground intelligence officer and Secretary Wang's instructions, Liu Tianshu immediately asked the correspondent to quickly return Zeng Wei, the deputy battalion commander who went to Yankou Village to inform the inspection work, and at the same time picked up the phone on the table and called Xiang Shuyu, the secretary of the regional party committee.

After getting back five telephones and a large number of cables for field communications from Songkan Town, Liu Tianshu immediately set up a communications squad and at the same time set up telephones between the battalion headquarters and the regional party committee.

As for the rest of the telephone lines, they are to be temporarily erected while the war is being held.

However, according to Liu Tianshu's thoughts, as soon as the seized telephone lines were sufficient, he immediately began to bury hidden telephone lines between several villages in the base area so that information could be transmitted in a timely manner.

After Zeng Wei and Xiang Shuyu came back, Liu Tianshu handed a piece of information and an instruction to the two, while he and Zhu Aiguo sat on the side staring at the map and smoking.

Since joining the army, Liu Tianshu has also developed the habit of smoking in trouble, although he knows that this habit is not good.

After Xiang Shuyu and Zeng Wei finished reading it, they handed it back with a solemn face.

"Battalion commander, judging from the intelligence, this time the devils have concentrated a large group of devils and a regiment of puppet troops, it seems that this momentum is not small, only with the strength of our independent battalion, we can't fight them hard at all, I think we are still ready to retreat." Zeng Wei thought for a while and said.

Yaping Village is in the depths of Fuya Mountain, and then there is a primeval forest within a radius of dozens of miles, the terrain in the mountains is complex, if the independent battalion retreats to the mountains, it is natural to rely on the mountains to deal with the devils.

Hearing this, Liu Tianshu put down the pencil in his hand, looked at Xiang Shuyu and said, "Secretary Xiang, what is your opinion?" ”

Xiang Shuyu may have come from there, running a little hurriedly, there was still a slight sweat on her face, but her face revealed a beautiful luster, hearing Liu Tianshu's words, she tilted her head and thought about it and said: "Battalion commander, you are an expert in the war, we used to encounter the enemy into the mountains to sweep, all of them retreated to the mountains, and when the enemy left, we came back, this time the devil is menacing, and our base has now expanded to ten villages, and the retreat of the troops is easy to do, but what should the villagers do?" Do you want to organize all the villagers to hide in the mountains? ”

Xiang Shuyu said with some concern.

The Fuyashan base area has expanded a lot during this period, and the total population of the ten villages is almost 5,000 people, and how to resettle so many people is indeed a big problem.

When Zhu Aiguo heard this, he thought for a while and said: "This time we went into the mountains to sweep, there are 1,000 devils alone, plus there are as many as 2,000 puppet troops, our independent battalion really can't fight hard, we must preserve our strength." However, we must also organize the retreat of the villagers and minimize their losses. I suggest that the district party committee first do a good job in the evacuation of the fortified walls and wilderness, and must do a good job in the ideological work of the villagers. As for the actions of the troops, Battalion Commander Liu, what do you think, let's hear it. ”

Looking at the eyes of the three of them, Liu Tianshu frowned slightly, and said slowly: "Everyone, the devil gathered heavy troops this time to sweep my base area, which can be said to be the first time that my base area has encountered a severe test since its establishment. Deputy Battalion Commander Zeng is right, there is a huge disparity between the strength of the enemy and us, and we cannot fight hard. In Songkan Town in the east, there is an infantry squadron and a machine gun squadron of the Saito Brigade, plus an artillery squad, and the total strength of the Japanese army is about 500 people, and a squad is needed to get rid of the garrison in Songkan Town, and there are about 450 people, of which the combat force is about 350 people, plus about 300 people from a battalion of the Imperial Allied Army that cooperates with the operation, and the total strength of the Japanese army on the east road is about 700 people. The devils in the southwest direction launched an attack from Pingyuan Town to our base area, Pingyuan Town is only 20 miles away from Shigou Village, and there is a road of 30 miles from Shigou Village to Yaping Village. The enemy along this way belonged to the Watanabe Wing Noeda Brigade. This time, two infantry squadrons, one machine gun squadron, and one artillery squad were dispatched, with a total strength of more than 600 troops, plus a battalion of the Imperial Allied Army that cooperated with the operation, with a total strength of nearly 1,000 troops. From the distance point of view, it is only a fifty-mile mountain road from the stronghold of Pingyuan Town to Yaping Village, although the road is rugged, but it is much closer than Songkan Town to the center of the base area. In this way, in accordance with the instructor's proposal, the district party committee immediately began to organize the transfer of the villagers to the mountains, and the third company and one platoon were responsible for covering the transfer of Shigou Village, Tangshi Village, and Yankou Village to the mountains, and the militia of each village was responsible for organizing and ensuring the safety of the villagers. The third company and the second platoon were responsible for covering the transfer of the villagers in Jianshan Village, Song Village and Yang Village in the east, and the third platoon of the third company was responsible for covering the transfer of villagers in Yaping Village, Xiaotangba Village, Liutangpu Village and Makou Village. The third company and the militia of each village were commanded by Comrade Zeng Wei. The district committee withdrew into the mountains. The 1st Company, 2nd Company, and reconnaissance platoon of the Independent Battalion were personally commanded by me, and were responsible for fighting on the periphery, seeking opportunities to strike at the enemy, and striving to smash the enemy's sweep in the shortest possible time. ”

Hearing that Liu Tianshu was preparing to lead the first and second companies and the reconnaissance squad to carry out external operations, Zeng Weihe and Xiang Shuyu couldn't help but say worriedly: "Battalion commander, the enemy is menacing, with the strength of the first and second companies and the reconnaissance platoon, if the external operations are carried out, is it too thin, otherwise, the third company will not enter the mountain?" ”

"No, it is the unshirkable duty of our Eighth Route Army to protect the safety of the villagers, besides, if there are too many people in mobile operations on the outside line, it will be inconvenient to move, you can rest assured, the little devil wants to eat us, and he doesn't have such a big appetite." Liu Tianshu categorically rejected Zeng Wei's proposal.

"Okay, let Minister Tang follow you, we have a lot of comrades in the devil-occupied area, and we can let them cooperate with you." Xiang Shuyu thought about it and decided to ask Tang Shui, the minister of enemy engineering, who was in charge of liaising with the underground organization, to follow the independent battalion.

Tang Shui has always been in charge of the intelligence work in the base area, and he is very clear about the underground organization around Fuya Mountain.

"Okay, if you don't have any other opinions, just act according to this plan, and everyone will prepare separately." After Liu Tianshu finished speaking, he announced the end of the meeting.

Subsequently, the units of the independent battalion quickly moved into action, and the soldiers of the first and second companies were each distributed forty rounds of ammunition, and at the same time began to complete the assembly, and the three platoons of the third company, after receiving the ammunition, also began to go to the villages, ready to cover the retreat of the villagers.

As for the district party committee, it immediately took action, and with the hard work of the party branches in the villages, the masses in the villages in the base areas began to bury their belongings and then moved to the mountains.

On the night when the devils completed their assembly preparations in Songkan Town and Pingyuan Town, Liu Tianshu led the first and second companies of the independent battalion and suddenly appeared outside the Qinglong stronghold between Songkan Town and Pingyuan Town.

Although the Qinglong stronghold is on the connecting line of the Japanese army blockading Fuya Mountain, under normal circumstances, the eight roads of Fuya Mountain will not go out of the mountain through the Qinglong stronghold.

Because from the Qinglong stronghold to Fuya Mountain, there is only one path to connect, and it is very difficult to walk. Besides, the location of the Qinglong stronghold is very tricky, the entire stronghold is built on a huge rock at the mouth of the Qinglong Valley, and the north side is a steep wall up to 300 meters, people can't climb at all, and they can only pass through the mountain road on the side of the stronghold.

After the devil built the stronghold here, it was like a stinger, stuck in the chest of the Fuya Mountain base, fortunately, the road into the mountain was very difficult to walk, and the devil didn't think of using this road to sweep into the mountain.

Outside the Qinglong stronghold, the terrain is very flat, and a road connects Songkan Town and Pingyuan Town, and at the same time, it can also go directly to the county seat.

Just yesterday, a platoon of puppet troops came from the county town, so that the enemy's strength in the Qinglong stronghold was strengthened again. (To be continued.) )