Looking at the railway in front of him that continued to extend to the north and south, not only Hong Feihu fell into deep thought, but Liu Tianshu was also thinking nervously.

In front of them is the route chosen by the underground traffic officer, according to this route, the troops can only hide in the green gauze tent on the west side of the road in advance, wait until the devil patrol passes, and then cross the railway in batches, and the gap between the devils' patrols is only fifteen minutes, and the devils on both sides of the railway are forced by the devils to make out of the open land of fifty meters.

Counting the passage of more than 100 meters, each time the devil patrols the gap, at most one company can pass, and there is no problem.

Once the devil sends someone to cross the railway, the terrain on both sides of this crossing point is not very favorable to him.

"Tianshu, what do you think of this route?" Hong Feihu thought about it and looked at Liu Tianshu.

"Detachment leader, if it's a small force, I think this road is not bad, but we have nearly a thousand people." Liu Tianshu did not continue.

"Let's go over there." Hong Feihu turned his gaze along the railway to the south and walked south with a few people.

After walking ten miles south, Hong Feihu and Liu Tianshu saw a new crossing point.

This section of the railway passes through the hillside, and the east side is a hill, and the troops can move to the mountains and forests to the west in advance, and then wait for the devil patrol car to pass by, and quickly enter the western hills through the railway.

Because this is far away from the stronghold of the devil's guard railway, the devil's patrol should not come here.

The only thing they have to guard against is the devil's ironclad patrol car.

Of course, in order to ensure the safety of the troops, Liu Tianshu and Hong Feihu decided to put a company on the south and north sides of the hill to be responsible for blocking the attack, and once the passing action was discovered by the devils, they would be responsible for covering the troops to force through.

"Detachment leader, just in case, I think it is better to install explosives under the railways on both sides in advance, once the devils find out, we can blow up the railway." Liu Tianshu looked at Hong Feihu and said.

Hong Feihu thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Tianshu, our most critical task at present is to take the advance detachment to Shandong smoothly, if we install explosives under the railway in advance, we have to try to retrieve them after we successfully cross the railway." It's not going to blow up the railroad when we leave. ”

If the advance team really blows up the railway, it will definitely attract the attention of the devils, and maybe they will gather heavy troops to encircle and suppress the advance team.

"Okay, I calculated carefully, if we arrange two companies to guard the hill in advance, even if the crossing operation is known by the devils, as long as the covering troops withstand for half an hour, the main force of the advance detachment will be able to pass through the railway smoothly. As long as the railway is crossed, the devils will never dare to pursue in the dark, and we are completely sure that we will get rid of the devils. Liu Tianshu nodded.

When they returned after dark, the enemy who had set up a card at Chunyang Bridge had withdrawn to their stronghold, and they returned to the village where they were staying.

His special pass, which he had forged, could not be used this time.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the first brigade and the second company of the advance detachment took the lead in setting out, rushed to the railway, quietly occupied the hills on both sides, and prepared to cover the passage of troops through the railway.

When the troops were deployed, Liu Tianshu came to the health team with the reconnaissance squad.

According to the marching sequence, the medical team walked behind the cadres and the baggage team, and behind the medical team, there was only the second company of the second brigade responsible for the broken rear.

Walking to the health team, seeing that Captain Xiao, Song Yujie and others were busy, Liu Tianshu hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Captain Xiao, are you ready?" ”

"It's all ready, Company Commander Liu, why are you here?" Although the third company was responsible for assisting the health team, Liu Tianshu transferred the second platoon over, which can be regarded as completing the task.

To Xiao Xumei's surprise, Liu Tianshu ran to the health team to help as long as he was free during this time, and said that it was to better complete the tasks assigned by the political commissar.

"Aren't the troops going to cross the railway? There are more than 20 wounded in your health team, plus equipment and so on, but the second platoon may not be able to take care of it, so we will come and help. I promised the political commissar that I would send you to Shandong safely. Liu Tianshu said with a smile.

Yang Xiaojuan heard his words on the side, and couldn't help pursing her lips, and whispered: "Don't be pretending, who doesn't know what your idea is." ”

It's just that she said it very quietly, Liu Tianshu didn't hear it, Song Yujie, who was standing next to her, heard this, her face couldn't help but redden, she hit Yang Xiaojuan with her arm, and said in a low voice: "Xiaojuan, you can't say that about Company Commander Liu." ”

"Hmph, heavy color and light friends." Yang Xiaojuan rolled her eyes at Song Yujie, then turned around and walked into the house to get something.

After the wounded and all the medical staff of the health team came out, they immediately left the village under the leadership of Hua Xiaohu.

Liu Tianshu and Xiao Xumei left the courtyard after seeing that all the personnel had set off.

Out of the courtyard, Liu Tianshu said to Xiao Xumei beside him: "Captain Xiao, I'll take a look at the front." He took Shi Qiang and ran forward.

In the blink of an eye, in the dark night, he walked to Song Yujie's side, and saw Song Yujie carrying a first-aid kit on his back, walking forward with a lightly injured person, so he said to Shi Qiang: "Qiangzi, you and the leopard are responsible for taking care of this wounded." ”

When Shi Qiang and Sun Bao heard this, they immediately ran forward, snatched the wounded from Song Yujie's hands, and ran forward at a faster speed.

Liu Tianshu couldn't help wiping the sweat on his forehead when he saw Song Yujie, and hurriedly said, "Doctor Song, I see that you are tired, otherwise, I will help you carry the first aid kit." ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, and couldn't help but snatch the first aid kit from Song Yujie's shoulder and put it on his shoulder, Song Yujie didn't expect Liu Tianshu to be so bold and have the heart to refuse, seeing the passing soldier through his eyes, his face was full of red glow, so he could only bow his head and walk forward, and he didn't pay attention to Liu Tianshu, a guy with a dead face.

However, Song Yujie's heart has a warm feeling.

Yang Xiaojuan, who was walking behind, saw this scene, and immediately walked up, stuffed a medicine box on her back into Liu Tianshu's hand, and said coldly: "Company Commander Liu, a good person will do it to the end, help me carry the medicine box, and Yujie and I will go to the front to have a look." ”

After speaking, he couldn't help but pull Song Yujie and ran forward.

Liu Tianshu couldn't help but smile awkwardly when he saw the two of them walking away, and was about to put Yang Xiaojuan's medicine box on his shoulder, when Shi Hu came over, grabbed the medicine box, put it on his back and strode forward.

Xiao Xumei, who came up later, couldn't help but shake her head when she saw this scene, and then rushed forward with Liu Tianshu.

When the health team arrived at the side of the railway, the first company of the second brigade in front of it, the direct subordinate team of the advance team, and the cadres all crossed the railway, but at this time, the patrol car of the devil was about to come, and everyone had to hide in the mountains and forests.

After the devil's ironclad patrol car rumbled over, the snowy lights swept towards the mountains on both sides, but fortunately, the soldiers and health teams in charge of covering were all hidden in the forest, and the devil saw that there was nothing unusual, and then rumbled south.

As soon as the devil's ironclad patrol car drove away, a signal was sent from the opposite side, and the health team immediately rushed out of the mountains and forests on this side with the help of the second platoon, rushed onto the railway and ran to the opposite side.

At the same time, the second company, which was following behind the health team, also sped up and rushed onto the railway.

At the same time, two companies of the first brigade, which were responsible for blocking the hills on both sides, also began to withdraw.

At this moment, a gunshot suddenly sounded in the north, and Liu Tianshu had just walked to the side of the railway, and he couldn't help but be startled, and turned to shout to the soldiers behind him: "Comrades, the devil is coming soon." ”

Tong Dawei's face changed at this time, and he ordered the troops to run and rush across the railway.

As soon as the health team ran into the opposite hill, the gunfire in the north suddenly became fierce, and at the same time, the armored patrol car of the devil in the south also hurried back.

It turned out that a large group and a company on the northern hill were retreating when they were discovered by a plainclothes team patrolling the railroad in the dark.

The devil knew that the Eighth Route Army crossed the Pinghan Line from time to time in the dark of night, so he dispatched several plainclothes teams to squat along the railway.

Originally, this plainclothes team was hidden in the section where the traffic officers used to cross the railway, but tonight, the plainclothes captain suddenly decided to take the plainclothes team to quietly patrol along the railway.

Unexpectedly, when he walked to the north of the mountain to look, he vaguely saw a figure flashing on the mountain, and he was immediately overjoyed, and raised his gun to shoot at the mountain.

Ma Cheng, the commander of a large group and a company who was directing the retreat of the troops on the mountain, did not expect that an enemy suddenly appeared in the dark, heard the gunshots, and immediately knew that the situation was wrong, and commanded the three platoons that were still on the hill to launch a counterattack.

The gunshots rang out, and the surrounding enemies were alarmed, and the second company that was blocking the attack in the south also connected the fire with the devil's ironclad patrol car.

It's a pity that the devil's ironclad patrol car is an iron bump, and the second company's blocking can't pose any threat to it at all, but is so powerful that it can't raise its head.

In the end, the second company learned that the troops had crossed the railway, so they could only quickly withdraw from the southern hill and run east.

The devil's ironclad patrol car quickly rushed over, and the soldiers who saw the second break were hurrying into the woods, when a string of bullets hit, and the two soldiers were unfortunately shot and died.

Tong Dawei saw the soldier falling, immediately shouted, and turned around with the soldier to prepare to save people, but unfortunately he was suppressed by the devil's bullet rain, and finally under the sad persuasion of the instructor, he wiped his tears and led the troops into the mountains and forests.

After a fierce battle with the devil's plainclothes team for ten minutes, Ma Cheng immediately commanded the troops to retreat while fighting and running eastward.

After the devil patrol car met with the plainclothes team, it was determined that the eight roads had fled, and the devil commander couldn't help frowning when he saw the two sacrificed eight roads.

Judging from their equipment, these two soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, who were lying in a pool of blood, were obviously not guerrillas operating in this area, but could it be that the regular troops of the Eighth Route Army had just crossed the railway.

The Devil Commander immediately felt that the matter was too important, and immediately reported tonight's discovery to the above.

After receiving the report, the commander of the Japanese army stationed in Handan stared at the map for a long time, and immediately ordered the Japanese troops in Qiu County, Pingxiang, to strengthen their vigilance to strictly prevent the Eighth Route from running eastward, and at the same time dispatched a reconnaissance team to search for the whereabouts of the Eighth Route.

While sending several plainclothes teams to search, the Japanese sent a large group of troops and began to follow the traces of the eastward advance detachment and launch a pursuit to the east.

All of a sudden, a large net came to the advance detachment. (To be continued.) )