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Although the 16th Regiment paid a great price in this attack on the devil army, and the casualties among the soldiers were as high as more than 500, the results were still very gratifying, they not only eliminated the two Japanese squadrons that escorted the supplies, but also eliminated the wolf's head stronghold and the Tengzhuang stronghold, plus the enemy eliminated by the blocking troops, the devils eliminated more than 600 people, and it was a great victory in terms of the ratio of enemy and enemy casualties alone.

What is more important is that although the division was mobilized this time, the 16 th Regiment moved from the Devil Army to carry enough combat materials to maintain the two medium-sized battles of one division and regiment, and the heavy machine guns alone reached 60 units, and the crooked sub-machine guns were close to 200 units.

When Guo Sizhong saw so much loot, he couldn't even close his mouth, just calling for a fortune.

Liu Tianshu didn't pay much attention to light and heavy machine gun grenades and bullets, and what made him most happy was that six 92 infantry guns were removed from the military column, plus the capture on the flatbed truck, and the 92 infantry guns alone added ten more guns to his 16th regiment.

His 16th Regiment Artillery Battalion originally had an infantry artillery company with four infantry guns, but unfortunately in the last battle against Matsushita Shinyuki, all the shells were exhausted, and one infantry gun was also lost.

Now there are not only ten more cannons, but also thousands of shells, which makes Liu Tianshu, who is terrified, can't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Of course, not all of these weapons and ammunition were transported back to Wangjiadian, and half of them were hidden in Zhang Baling.

These weapons and ammunition are enough to equip three regiments, and even if all his troops are reequipped, they will not be able to use half of them.

Back at Wangjiadian, Liu Tianshu had not yet relieved his breath, and received a telegram from the detachment, saying that the fourth detachment lacked weapons and ammunition, and asked them to support a little, and the detachment in Ludong was also short of guns and ammunition, so the 16th regiment also supported a part.

When Guo Sizhong saw the telegram, there was no expression on his face, and Deputy Head Liu was naturally a little unhappy when he heard this.

"Regiment commander, political commissar, these weapons were snatched by our sixteenth regiment after sacrificing their lives, and some of them were handed over to the detachment, I have no problem with this, why do you still let us send weapons to the four detachments."

The Fourth Detachment is a very strong force in the entire New Fourth Army, and they are a very powerful force in northwest Anhui, even the troops of the Fifth Theater, and they are also very afraid of them.

To put it mildly, the fourth detachment has always been stronger than the fifth.

Liu Tianshu took a puff of cigarette, thinking that in the telegram sent by the detachment, he not only asked the 16th regiment to support the four detachments, but also listed the number of weapons, and he knew that this matter was not discussed.

"Deputy Regiment Commander Liu, don't say it, it's all the New Fourth Army, it's all for fighting devils, as long as these weapons are used to fight devils, I personally have no opinion. Political commissar, since the detachment has been clearly instructed, we still have to obey the order, this matter will be handled by the political commissar, I am going to build an infantry artillery battalion, so I think the infantry artillery will send at most one to the detachment, besides, this thing has no shells, it is a burden, mortars can be sent to four, the rest, the political commissar will work hard, first draw up a list, and then we will discuss it. Liu Tianshu looked at the two and said.

This time, the troops captured a lot of mortars and grenadiers, which can be sent out appropriately, as for bullets and crooked machine guns, this might as well be generous, anyway, even if these things are finished, it is easy to find a way.

"Okay, I'll take care of that." Guo Sizhong saw that Liu Tianshu did not resist the instructions of the detachment, so he was relieved.

With weapons and ammunition, the natural expansion of troops is on the agenda.

Recently, in accordance with the instructions of the central authorities, the Wangjiadian base area has also begun to implement the campaign of reducing rents and interest rates, but fortunately, in the last sweep of the devils, those people who had illusions about the devils were ruthlessly slaughtered by the devils, so that the people in the base areas could clearly understand the ferocious nature of the Japanese devils, and in addition, the 16 th Regiment fought several great victories in a row, and even the devils did not dare to easily run to the base areas to spread wildness, and this campaign of rent reduction and interest reduction was carried out very smoothly.

At this time, the peasants in the base areas were also mobilized to actively participate in the anti-Japanese work, and the enthusiasm of the young and strong people to join the ranks also rose sharply.

In less than a month, the sixteenth regiment recruited one and two hundred new fighters.

In July, the order of the military headquarters arrived, and the 16th Regiment was expanded into the 7th Detachment of the New Fourth Army, with detachment leader Liu Tianshu, political commissar Guo Sizhong, and director of the Political Department Su Lan. Deputy Regiment Commander Liu was promoted to Chief of Staff and Deputy Detachment Commander.

The 7th detachment had three infantry regiments and an artillery regiment. In addition, the detachment is directly subordinate to the reconnaissance brigade, the guard battalion, the logistics department, the field hospital, the recruit regiment, etc.

Because the seventh detachment was not recognized by the national government, naturally there was no problem with the establishment, but the troops were suddenly expanded into detachments, and new recruits naturally accounted for a large proportion.

After Liu Tianshu, Guo Political Commissar, Chief of Staff Liu, and the newly arrived Minister Su, it was decided that Tong Guijie would be the head of any regiment, Hua Chunyang would be the political commissar, and there would be three battalions under its jurisdiction, with Long Zhishui as the commander of the first battalion, Sheng Ming, instructor, Gui Xuebing, the commander of the second battalion, Zhou Hu, the instructor, Yan Qimu, the commander of the third battalion, and Yang Bowen, the instructor. Each battalion has three infantry companies and a machine gun company, and a mortar company directly under the regiment.

The first battalion had originally grown to the size of six companies in Zhang Baling, and this time it was expanded, and Tong Guijie selected 300 people from Zhang Baling's militia, plus the newly recruited soldiers, and soon completed the supplementary adjustment of the troops.

The head of the second regiment was Xie Pingcai, political commissar Jiang Xianhua, and chief of staff and deputy head Qin Yonghe. The 1st Independent Battalion was transferred to the 2nd Regiment.

The first battalion commander Gao Weiheng and instructor Han Cheng. Ling Yixuan, the commander of the second battalion, Guo Sinian, the instructor, Tang Weihua, the commander of the third battalion, and Jia Chaodong, the instructor, also had three infantry companies and one machine gun company under each battalion, and an artillery mortar company directly under the regimental headquarters.

The head of the third regiment was served by Ou Biaofei, and the political commissar was Shen Xiaocong. The first battalion commander Hou Yifang, the instructor Wang Shizhu, the second battalion commander Kang Shuidong, the instructor Fu Bing, the third battalion commander Tong Wu, and the instructor Sun Guang.

Kang Shuidong's four battalions were directly incorporated into the third regiment, and at the same time, the Toucheng puppet army, which was originally scheduled to be organized as the second independent battalion, was also incorporated into the third regiment.

At the same time, the infantry artillery battalion and mortar battalion under the artillery regiment directly under the detachment also quickly completed the replenishment of personnel.

Those newly recruited young men who have not undergone military training are all trained in the new corps.

All of a sudden, the entire base area began to train in full swing.

Fortunately, Guo Sizhong, the political commissar of the base area, has been appointed secretary of the party committee of the eastern Anhui base area and political commissar of the seventh detachment. At the same time, Su Lan, director of the Political Department, also took up his post on the local government's side.

Su Lan went to Wangjiadian, which made Liu Tianshu feel very happy, and the two had only been together in Yan'an for a few days since they left Beiping. After the two arrived in eastern Anhui, Liu Tianshu went to the 16th Regiment to serve, while Su Lan stayed at the headquarters of the 5th detachment, and later the main force of the 5th detachment left Wangjiadian for Ludong, and she naturally followed the main force to Ludong.

This time, the superiors decided to set up the seventh detachment, and for some reason, they finally sent her to the seventh detachment to serve as the director of the political department.

On this day, Liu Tianshu came back from the artillery regiment, and as soon as he entered the house and sat down, Su Lan walked in.

"Director Su is here, rare guests, please take a seat." As soon as Liu Tianshu saw Su Lan, he quipped.

"Okay, you Liu Tianshu, is it difficult for me to call you Commander Liu, so that I feel comfortable." Su Lan laughed when he heard this.

Lei Yong came over and made tea for the two of them and withdrew.

"Su Lan, you rarely come to me, how about it, are you still used to getting here?" Liu Tianshu moved the teacup to Su Lan and asked with concern.

"It's a good place, and the comrades are very welcoming." Su Lan smiled, took a sip of the teacup, and then said, "Tianshu, do you remember Teacher Du?" ”

"Teacher Du? Of course, what's wrong with her? Liu Tianshu couldn't help but ask in surprise when he heard Su Lan mention Teacher Du.

The teacher Du that Su Lan said was the teacher at Yenching University, named Du Shangjuan. At that time, because Liu Tianshu's grades were very good and very low-key, Du Shangjuan took great care of him.

At that time, Du Shangjuan was not yet thirty years old, and now she should only be thirty-one or twelve.

"I got the news that she was arrested in Bengbu." Su Lan said in a deep voice.

"What?" Liu Tianshu exclaimed in surprise, in his impression, Teacher Du Shangjuan was a beautiful and gentle female teacher, and her big eyes made her more intelligent as a knowledgeable woman.

After he left Beiping, he never heard from her again, but when he heard it, he was the unfortunate of being arrested.

"Su Lan, tell me quickly, what's going on?" Liu Tianshu asked anxiously.

Afterwards, Su Lan whispered the situation. It turned out that after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, teacher Du Shangjuan went south to Nanjing with the school's early evacuation of Beiping, and later went to Chongqing, and returned to Nanjing and Bengbu a year ago, as if she did not become a teacher again, but became a reporter for a newspaper.

Not long ago, the agents of No. 76 under the Nanjing puppet Nationalist Government set their sights on Du Shangjuan in Bengbu, and two days ago, the spies suddenly surrounded Du Shangjuan's residence in Bengbu.

"Teacher Du is one of our people?" Liu Tianshu heard that Du Shangjuan had fallen into the hands of Wang's puppet agent, and immediately asked nervously.

"It shouldn't be, our comrades estimate that she should be from Chongqing." Su Lan said heavily.

"Chongqing? Military or central? "Most of the intelligence personnel operating behind enemy lines in Chongqing are members of the military command, but there are also a small number of people from the central command.

"It's not clear yet, you see if there's a way to save her." Su Lan looked at Liu Tianshu expectantly.

The situation in Bengbu is very complicated, although Liu Tianshu asked Staff Officer Sun to arrange agents in Bengbu, most of these personnel are still in the snow hiding stage. The two agents used last time did not attract the attention of the enemy at all because of the clever way of transmitting the information, and did not withdraw for the time being, but the two immediately stopped their operations. (To be continued.) )