"Battalion commander, you don't know, two years ago I was on a mission in the county seat, but I was bitten by a black dog, I unfortunately injured my leg in the firefight, and when I ran to a corner, I happened to meet Mr. Liu's carriage, Mr. Liu let me get into the carriage and leave there quickly, and then hid me in the Liuji trading house, which did not fall into the hands of the black dog." Zeng Wei said gratefully.

He was rescued by Mr. Liu, and after he recovered from his injuries, he reported to the organization, but the organization did not let him thank Mr. Liu, and Zeng Wei was not allowed to go to Mr. Liu again.

"Two years ago, I was still in school in Beiping, but I didn't expect such a thing." Knowing that his father had helped the underground party, Liu Tianshu was still very happy in his heart.

After Secretary Wang saw the two of them finish speaking, he raised his head with a serious look on his face.

"Comrades, although the Fuyashan anti-Japanese base area has made great achievements, serious incidents have also occurred, and Comrade Liu Tianshu's public execution of prisoners has aroused great attention from the provincial party committee, and now I announce the organizational decision." Secretary Wang said in a deep voice.

Several people present also immediately sat up straight with solemn expressions at this time.

“…… Comrade Liu Tianshu's act of shooting prisoners in public seriously violated the Eighth Route Army's policy of giving preferential treatment to prisoners and caused extremely serious adverse effects. After the study and decision of the Fuchang County CPC Committee and the approval of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee, it was decided to give Comrade Liu Tianshu a serious warning within the party, and at the same time remove Comrade Liu Tianshu from his post as the commander of the independent battalion of the Eighth Route Army in Fuyashan, and serve as the deputy battalion commander of the independent battalion, temporarily acting as the battalion commander. It is hoped that Comrade Liu Tianshu will learn a lesson, step up study, strive to improve himself, and make new contributions to the cause of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. After Wang Shuihe finished reading out the decision, he looked at Liu Tianshu and said, "Comrade Liu Tianshu, what is your opinion on the organization's decision to deal with you?" ”

In accordance with the provisions of the Party Constitution, Party organizations shall impose disciplinary sanctions on Party members, and if Party members have objections to this, they may apply to the higher-level organization for reconsideration. There is even the right to request reconsideration from the Party Central Committee.

"Secretary Wang, I obey the decision of the organization and have no opinion on the decision of the organization." Liu Tianshu said loudly.

"Well, I hope you will be strict with yourself in your future work and improve yourself as soon as possible." Wang Shuihe nodded and said.

However, the news that Liu Tianshu was demoted to deputy battalion commander because he shot and killed prisoners quickly spread in the base area and the independent battalion.

Back at the battalion headquarters, Zhu Aiguo said with some grievances: "Tianshu, I heard Tang Shui say, if the situation at that time hadn't been for you to make a quick decision and kill the prisoner who provoked trouble, I'm afraid that the troops would not be able to rush to Songkan Town in such a short time, and maybe they would fall into the encirclement of devils again." The county party committee's handling of this is unfair to you. ”

"Hehe, it's okay, besides, after all, I violated the policy of the Eighth Route Army, so don't talk about this. Aiguo, Zeng Wei, the county party committee has entered the base area, and the burden on us is even heavier, you see, how to arrange the location of the county party committee, and also, the county party committee has to arrange security forces. Liu Tianshu looked at the two and said.

After some discussion, it was finally decided that the county party committee and the district party committee would be combined, and the original district party committee guard squad would be responsible for security work for the time being.

In fact, Liu Tianshu didn't know that when Wang Shuihe learned that Liu Tianshu actually shot prisoners in public, his initial decision was to remove Liu Tianshu from the post of independent battalion commander, and at the same time demote him from battalion commander to company commander.

It was only when reporting to the provincial party committee that the provincial party committee vetoed the opinion of the Fuchang county party committee, believing that although Comrade Liu Tianshu had made mistakes, he was still an excellent military cadre, and the Fuyashan base area could not do without him, so in the end it was decided to give Liu Tianshu a serious warning within the party, and at the same time demoted him to deputy battalion commander and temporarily acted as battalion commander.

Wang Shuihe was a little incomprehensible to the provincial party committee's decision. In his opinion, Liu Tianshu is the son of Liu Mingxuan, a wealthy businessman in Fuchang County, and his family background is problematic, and letting such a person serve as the commander of the Fuyashan Independent Battalion will have unimaginable consequences once there is a problem.

Although Liu Mingxuan also saved Zeng Wei, he did not belong to the class of the toiling masses in essence.

It's just that now is the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and the party's policy is to unite all forces that can be united to resist Japan, so he naturally can't talk about Liu Tianshu's family background.

It is Liu Tianshu who is the son of Liu Mingxuan, and Wang Shuihe also listened to a provincial party committee leader when he reported to the provincial party committee.

After arranging the county party committee's station, Liu Tianshu ******** on how to strengthen the independent battalion and develop the base ground.

Songkan Town, as the first piece of land to develop eastward in the Fuyashan base area, Liu Tianshushu poured a lot of effort into it, and the first batch of qualified soldiers of the recruit company were added to the first company. At the same time, a militia company was formed in the town of Songkan.

However, when Liu Tianshu and others were making every effort to develop the base area, Watanabe was not idle.

Because the railway transportation line was cut off by the independent battalion twice, Watanabe was bitterly scolded by the brigade commander, so that he had to send troops to strengthen the protection of the railway line.

As for the attack on the Fuyashan base area, after he sent the Kawashima squadron to carry out a tentative attack, he knew that although the number of independent battalions was not large, its combat effectiveness was not inferior to that of the Japanese army, so he temporarily dispelled the idea of sweeping to Fuyashan again.

Fortunately, after the Noeda Brigade followed the independent battalion into the tiger head fort, although it did not catch the independent battalion, it eliminated the Chaotian Dragon Department in one fell swoop, and the bandit leader Chaotianlong finally died under the sword of the Imperial Japanese Army.

After the Chaotianlong was eliminated, the two Kuomintang army units hiding in the mountains to the south were forced to surrender to the imperial army and were organized into the independent regiment of the imperial army. In the entire Fuchang County, except for the Eighth Route Army in Fuya Mountain that caused trouble for him from time to time, everything went very smoothly.

The main force of the imperial army was fighting well in Henan Province, and the main force of the Chinese army had retreated to the Wuhan line, and the pressure on Watanabe's railway line transportation was relieved, and he could finally turn his attention to Fuyashan.

Just as Watanabe was sharpening his knife, a small incident suddenly broke the original peace between the enemy and us in Fuchang County in advance.

"Report."

Liu Tianshu, who was studying things with Zhu Aiguo and Zeng Wei, was interrupted by a report.

A soldier wearing the uniform of the Eighth Route Army strode in, and Liu Tianshu and the others looked at it, but it was a correspondent from the county party committee.

"Report to the battalion commander, Secretary Wang of the county party committee asked me to send this to you." The correspondent saluted a few people respectfully, then took out a letter from his briefcase and handed it to Liu Tianshu with both hands.

After the county party committee entered the base area, although Secretary Wang Shuihe and the group of the county party committee were very kind, Wang Shuiji rarely came to the battalion headquarters of the independent battalion, and rarely asked Liu Tianshu to report to the county party committee.

At first, Liu Tianshu didn't care about it, or it can be said that he didn't pay much attention to this kind of trivial issue. However, after hearing Xiang Shuyu's vague reminders several times, he realized that Secretary Wang might have some opinions about him.

After taking the letter, he quickly opened it, and after reading it carefully, the expression on his face froze, and he handed the letter to Zhu Aiguo and Zeng Wei.

After reading the letter, Zhu Aiguo couldn't help but ask in surprise: "What, let you personally organize this action to meet the patriotic students?" ”

"Yes, instructor, Deputy Battalion Commander Zeng, the county party committee said in the letter that this group of students came from Shanghai, and there were three patriotic overseas Chinese among them, and the superiors asked us to ensure that they were sent through Fuchang County and handed over to the detachment at all costs. Let's take a closer look. Liu Tianshu took out a pen, signed his name on the receipt of delivery of the letter in the correspondent's hand, and asked the correspondent to return to the county party committee.

When the three of them heard the sound, they immediately gathered around the map and studied the next response action.

The county party committee said in the letter that there were a total of 23 patriotic students who passed through Fuchang County on their way north, three of whom were patriotic overseas Chinese, and they were escorted all the way by the underground party and had now arrived in Yongyang County, south of Fuchang County.

The task of the independent battalion was to send elite troops to Fukan Town in Yongyang County, take over the task of escorting them from the hands of the underground party, first take these patriotic students back to the Fuyashan base area for rest, and then wait for the instructions of the higher authorities to send them to the detachment, and the advance detachment will send people to Taihang Mountain.

In the instructions, Secretary Wang clearly asked Liu Tianshu to lead the team in person.

"Instructor, Deputy Battalion Commander Zeng, I think so, I will take the reconnaissance platoon on a mission, and I will set off tonight, and the affairs of the independent battalion will be handed over to you." Since it was Secretary Wang who asked him to go in person, he naturally obeyed the order.

Anyway, there is nothing unusual about the devil during this time, besides, the two recruit companies have been trained, and after supplementing the three main companies, the fourth and fifth companies were formed, with Hua Xiaohu as the commander of the fourth company and Liu Sutang as the commander of the fifth company.

Among them, Hua Xiaohu's fourth company rushed to Songkan Town, and together with Yang Donghu's company, he was responsible for the defense of Songkan Town.

In order for the two companies to work together, Liu Tianshu made it clear that once the battle started, the fourth company would also be under the command of Yang Donghu.

As for the fifth company, it was sent to garrison in the direction of Shigou Village.

In the vicinity of Yaping Village, there are also the second and third companies, plus the machine gun company, so it can be said that with the strength of the current independent battalion, without the strength of more than one brigade, the little devils may not dare to launch an attack on the base area.

"Okay, with me and Comrade Zeng Wei staring, you can rest assured, by the way, battalion commander, otherwise, you can take a radio station to act, so that if there is anything, we can also contact as soon as possible." Zhu Aiguo suddenly thought of contact.

When Liu Tianshu heard what he said, he pondered for a moment and shook his head and said: "The radio station will not be brought for the time being, we only have two radio stations in total, Songkan Town is very important, once there is anything unusual, there is no radio contact, I am afraid that the fighter will be delayed, besides, I know the password of our radio station, if it goes well, I can try to get a radio station from the devil." ”

The independent battalion had only two low-power radio stations, that is, the fifth company was stationed in the direction of Shigou, and there was no radio contact, but fortunately, the communications squad had already laid a telephone line between Shigou and the battalion headquarters in Yaping Village, and the two places could communicate with each other by telephone.

It's a pity that the communication equipment of the independent battalion is not sufficient, otherwise, Liu Tianshu would have asked people to set up a telephone between Songkan Town and Yaping Village. (To be continued.) )