Fortunately, after a while, a regiment of Jiang Fuhua ran over with the remaining more than 600 soldiers, and in this way, Ma Xuekui gathered a total of about 1,000 people.

As for Liu Jindong's side, only six operators followed.

Seeing the grief and indignation on Ma Xuekui's face, Liu Jindong had no choice but to comfort: "Master Ma, the matter has come to this, don't be too sad, it seems that Yongle Town can't go back, I think we should simply go west and find a way to meet Commander Shen." As for the failure of this operation, the responsibility lies with me. ”

Hearing that Liu Jindong took the initiative to take the responsibility on himself, Ma Xuekui felt a little better, and after thinking about it, he had to agree to Liu Jindong's suggestion.

So, Ma Xuekui and Liu Jindong took the remaining men and horses, avoided the pursuing troops of the devils, and withdrew to the west.

After Liu Tianshu and the others ran south for more than 20 miles, they saw that there was no gunfire behind them, and immediately went around to the west.

After quietly crossing the railway from the west, the group worked non-stop, and finally arrived at a place less than thirty kilometers away from Yongle Town at dawn.

This night, they had to avoid the devils, but also took a detour, and they were very tired.

Seeing that everyone couldn't walk, Liu Tianshu had to order a temporary rest.

As soon as he sat under a tree for a while, Shi Hu, who was in charge of guarding, sent a signal that a group of people appeared in the distance, and he was startled and hurriedly rushed over with Han Ru.

"Captain, you see, that's it." Chen Jian pointed to the mountains and forests in the distance, and saw the trees in the forest shaking, and there were figures flashing from time to time, Liu Tianshu raised his binoculars to take a look, and found that it was not a devil and a puppet army, but a person wearing a common person's clothes and holding various weapons in his hands.

After staring at it for a while, Liu Tianshu found Shi Qiang in the crowd, and couldn't help but say with joy: "It's my own people, it's the strong son." ”

When Sun Bao heard this, he immediately went to answer.

Han Ru couldn't help but glance at it in surprise when she heard Jian Chen shouting Captain Liu Tianshu.

At this moment, a group of people, led by Sun Bao and Shi Qiang, walked through the woods.

There were about forty people in this group, and in front of them was a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, with a shell gun stuck in his open waist.

He followed Shi Qiang to Liu Tianshu, Shi Qiang pointed at Liu Tianshu and said, "Captain Shen, this is our Battalion Commander Liu." ”

Captain Shen heard this, stepped forward excitedly, stretched out his hand, grabbed Liu Tianshu's hands tightly, and said in his mouth: "Camp Commander Liu, I have heard your name a long time ago, and I finally saw you today." ”

"Camp Commander Liu? Aren't you surnamed Wang? Han Ru on the side was suddenly so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.

Seeing this, Liu Tianshu smiled embarrassedly and said: "Miss Shen, I'm really sorry, it's not that I have the intention to hide it from you, Wang Hanmin is the pseudonym I was given by the organization when I was ordered to Jinan, my real name is Liu Tianshu, the commander of the Fuyashan Independent Battalion of the Eighth Route Army." ”

"You are Liu Tianshu? The commander of the Fuyashan Independent Battalion of the Eighth Route Army? Han Ru's eyes lit up, "I heard your name in Jinan a long time ago, the Fuyashan Independent Battalion hit the Watanabe United in Fuchang County, causing the devils to suffer heavy losses, this matter has already spread in Jinan, people say that the Liu battalion commander of Fuyashan is a big hero who is eight feet tall and has a voice like thunder, who would have thought that he would be a weak scholar." ”

Not only Han Ru was very amazed, but even the three operators also looked at Liu Tianshu with bright eyes.

You must know that Liu Tianshu fought with Watanabe United several times in Fuchang County, not only did not fall behind, but also severely damaged Watanabe United, which even Chongqing has heard of.

"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, it's not as good as being famous, it's better to meet than to be famous, and at first sight, Miss Han was disappointed." Liu Tianshu said with a smile.

"Camp Commander Liu is hiding so deeply, but judging from Camp Commander Liu's performance in the past few days, I should have thought of it a long time ago." Han Ru's beautiful eyes blinked.

After the greetings, Shi Qiang looked at Liu Tianshu and said solemnly: "Battalion commander, the situation is not good, we got the news, last night a brigade of devils attacked Yongle Town, the three regiments of the commander of the Ma division have been scattered, the head of the three regiments is named, with three hundred cronies, as soon as the fight started, he quietly slipped out of the town and fled to the mountains, and the remaining brothers immediately fell into their own battles, except for more than a hundred brothers who successfully broke through, the rest of the brothers were killed. ”

"What? Yongle Town lost? Liu Tianshu couldn't help but be stunned, "What about Master Ma and Captain Liu, do you have any news?" ”

"It is said that after they learned that Yongle Town was lost, they had withdrawn west to find Commander Shen." Shi Qiang said heavily.

"How so?" When Han Ru heard the news, her face changed suddenly, and she couldn't help but say.

Liu Tianshu stared at Yongle Town with two eyes, looked at it with a cold face for a while, turned around, and said to Han Ru: "Miss Han, Captain Liu, they have retreated westward, and Yongle Town has also been lost, otherwise, you can follow me back to the base area first." ”

Since the remnants of Ma Xuekui retreated westward, the devil would definitely block the road to the west, so Liu Tianshu made a suggestion.

Han Ru thought about it, and finally shook his head and refused, "No, Camp Commander Liu, thank you for your hospitality, I failed to complete the task this time, and I was calculated by the devil, I must go back and report to Shangfeng as soon as possible." By the way, I'm afraid the affairs of those prisoners of war will depend on you, and you must think of ways to rescue them. ”

Thinking that the mission was a complete failure, and Ma Xuekui's department was defeated by the devils, and even Yongle Town was lost, such a big loss, he had to return to the organization to report and find out where the problem was as soon as possible.

"Okay, then I won't force you, if there is anything you can send someone to Fuya Mountain to find us, and I will take it to heart about rescuing those comrades, this is also our task." Liu Tianshu said in a firm tone.

After breaking up with Han Ru and the four of them, Liu Tianshu talked with the guerrilla leader Shen Guangnan for a few words, and asked Chen Jian to hand over the extra guns to the guerrillas, and then the five of them walked east.

When passing by a village, Liu Tianshu asked Shi Qiang to pick up Zhang Xinmei, who was staying in the village, and quickly returned to Fuya Mountain.

When it got dark, the six of them finally rushed to Shigou Village and joined Zhu Aiguo, the instructor who came to greet them.

When Zhu Aiguo heard that Ma Xuekui's department in Changlai Mountain, Jiping County, had been plotted by devils, not only lost Yongle Town, but also forced the remnants to retreat to the west, his expression was a little solemn.

You must know that Ma Xuekui's troops stayed in Yongle Town in Changlai Mountain, although they did not fight many battles with the devils, but they still contained part of the devils' troops, and once the devils in Jiping County were not controlled by Ma Xuekui's troops, it was very likely that they would concentrate their forces to deal with the guerrillas operating there.

When he returned to the battalion headquarters, Liu Tianshu immediately activated the radio and contacted the party organization in Jinan to confirm that there was nothing unusual about the temporary military camp in Dongguan, and he was relieved that the prisoners of war were still in the temporary military camp.

The focus of Xia Shengyuan and the Jinan underground party during this period of time was to keep an eye on that group of prisoners of war, and the devil wanted to transport so many prisoners of war, and it was impossible to be silent no matter what.

The stupid way that Liu Tianshu discussed with Xia Shengyuan was to send people to squat far between the Dongguan temporary military camp and the railway station, which was one kilometer away from the railway station, and these prisoners of war had to be transferred from the military camp to the railway station if they wanted to get on the train.

Moreover, with such a big operation, it is impossible for the devil not to send a large number of troops.

It's just that Xia Shengyuan said in a reply that there were more than 1,000 laborers detained in the temporary barracks, and more than 2,000 people were arrested with these arrested soldiers.

Subsequently, Liu Tianshu reported the situation of this visit to Jinan and the fact that Ma Xuekui's department had fallen into the devil's tricks, and reported to the detachment headquarters, and after an hour, Hong Feihu's call back arrived.

In the message, Hong Feihu asked Liu Tianshu to make all efforts to prepare for the rescue, and once it is confirmed that the devil has launched the transportation plan, he will save this group of comrades at all costs.

After reading Hong Feihu's message, Liu Tianshu handed the message to Zhu Aiguo on the side, lit a cigarette for himself, and began to stare at the map to think about how he could save these comrades-in-arms once the devil started the transportation plan.

It's a pity that after staring at the map and thinking for a long time, he overturned one plan after another, and didn't go to sleep until late at night.

The next morning, after Xiang Shuyu learned that Liu Tianshu had returned, he rushed over from Yaping Village with Tang Shui and Zeng Wei.

"Secretary Xiang, why are you here?" Seeing Xiang Shuyu and them suddenly coming to Xiaotangba, Liu Tianshu hurriedly greeted them.

"Can't I come and see our big hero?" Xiang Shuyu smiled mischievously at him, and Zeng Wei, the county captain who came with Xiang Shuyu, and Tang Shui, the county magistrate, shook hands with Liu Tianshu in a friendly manner.

"Several leaders came to make the walls of the humble house shine, and we are so happy." Liu Tianshu said with a laugh.

A few people entered the house and asked the secretary about Liu Tianshu's trip to the provincial capital, of course, he didn't know what Liu Tianshu's specific task was to the provincial capital, and Liu Tianshu only picked what he could say, and said it briefly.

After saying a few words, Tang Shui suddenly interjected: "Battalion Commander Liu, the last time you left the base to pick up patriotic students, after our investigation, it was leaked out by the three plainclothes spies who took the initiative to join the Eighth Route Army. ”

"Three plainclothes agents? What's going on? Liu Tianshu was confused when he heard it.

Last time, the devil took advantage of his absence in the base area and suddenly dispatched two brigades to sweep the base area in two ways, and the independent battalion suffered heavy losses at the Rhino Ridge south of Xiaotangba due to the erroneous command of Comrade Wang Shuihe.

In that case, I am afraid that the Fuya Mountain Base Area will also be in a different situation.

After Wang Shuihe was transferred to the provincial party committee with the leaders of the provincial party committee, Tang Shui secretly sent people to investigate, and finally found that the captured plainclothes spies left by Wang Shuihe were very suspicious.

Unexpectedly, when he sent people to arrest him, two of the spies actually escaped in advance, and the remaining one was also killed by the captured soldiers for resisting.

After listening to Tang Shui's narration, Liu Tianshu thought for a while and said: "County Magistrate Tang, judging from this incident, we must do a detailed job in the examination of those captured personnel in the future, and the comrades of the enemy engineering department of your county party committee must do a good job of preventing the infiltration of devil spies, and our independent battalion will also set up an intelligence department when necessary to be responsible for intelligence and anti-special work." ”

(Thanks to the book friend for the fish in a trance, the book friend lives and dies with a scar, the book friend bywfw for the strong support, the slate is very grateful!) ）

(To be continued.) )