As soon as the railway was crossed, the independent battalion, under the order of Liu Tianshu, immediately carried out a forced march, and by dawn, it had reached a place forty kilometers north of the railway.

Seeing that the troops were very tired, Liu Tianshu had to order to rest on the spot for half an hour.

Fortunately, at this time, the soldiers were carrying pancakes that had been made a few days ago, and although they had been stored on their bodies for a few days and had some bad taste, they didn't care about anything else at this time.

Half an hour later, under Liu Tianshu's orders, the troops continued to advance to the northwest.

The more than a dozen arrested devils in plainclothes were asked to carry the 38 covers with the bolts removed on their backs and forcibly march with the troops.

Most of these plainclothes are local traitors, who have suffered like this, seeing Liu Tianshu ordering the troops to continue marching, two plainclothes people will not leave, saying that they are too tired to walk.

Liu Tianshu listened, walked over and looked at a traitor who was sitting on the ground and didn't leave, and said, "You really can't go?" “

"Sir, I really can't walk, even if you shoot me, I can't go." The traitor probably knew the Eighth Route Army's policy of preferential treatment of prisoners, and looked at Liu Tianshu.

"Well, since you can't walk, and we can't let you go back, you said, let me shoot you, and I will satisfy you." As he spoke, Liu Tianshu pulled out his pistol and aimed it at the captive's forehead, and slammed it into a shot.

A bloody hole appeared in the forehead of the plainclothes man, and his body slowly fell, and the captives next to him stood up in fright, their faces full of horror.

"Who else can't walk, say!" Liu Tianshuhu glared at the captives.

The captives only felt a chill on their backs, and hurriedly said, "I can go, I can go." ”

"Hadron, bury this guy." Liu Tianshu turned around and said a word to Shi Qiang, who was also stunned, and then got up and walked forward.

"Battalion commander, how did you really kill him? This is a serious violation of our party's policy. Tang Shui walked up to Liu Tianshu angrily and said in a low voice.

"Minister Tang, if you don't say it, I also know that this matter is against the policy, after returning to the base area, I will explain the situation to my superiors and ask the organization to punish me, however, you also know that these plainclothes can't be put for the time being, once they are put back, the devils will know our whereabouts, this is still a hundred kilometers away from the base area, I can't joke with the lives of hundreds of soldiers in the independent battalion. If you don't kill chickens and respect monkeys, these traitors won't cooperate at all. Liu Tianshu said helplessly.

When Tang Shui heard what he said, he knew in his heart that this was indeed the case, but after all, the Eighth Route Army was a disciplined army, and it was the policy of the Eighth Route Army to treat prisoners preferentially.

"But you can't openly go against the party's policies. Battalion Commander Liu, I can only report to the organization. Tang Shui thought for a while and said.

In the next forced march, those arrested plainclothes were afraid of being shot by Liu Tianshu, so they could only desperately follow the troops.

At noon, the troops arrived at a place twenty kilometers away from Songkan Town, and Liu Tianshu ordered the troops to enter the village to rest.

As soon as Tang Shui entered the village, he immediately tried to contact the underground party members in the village, and then sent people out to investigate the enemy situation in Songkan Town.

When it was dark, Tang Shui walked in.

"Battalion commander, the situation in Songkan Town has been clarified, the devil has stationed a squad in Songkan Town, and there are more than thirty puppet troops, because the artillery tower was destroyed by us, and these enemies are all stationed in the town office. However, the devils built defensive firepower on the high ground around the town hall and pulled up barbed wire, and the situation inside could not be clarified for the time being. ”

"Only a squad and more than thirty puppet troops? This is really good, Minister Tang, we must eat this group of enemies, otherwise when the devils build a stronghold here, it will seriously affect the development of the base area. Liu Tianshu thought for a while and said.

Songkan Town is located in the east of Fuya Mountain, if the independent battalion wants to develop well in Fuya Mountain, it must compete with the devils for the surrounding countryside, if they can defeat the enemy in Songkan Town again, then the devils will not dare to defend around Fuya Mountain with a small team of troops in the future, and although the Watanabe Wing has nearly 4,000 people, it has to defend such a long railway and the county seat, and the troops that can be sent are limited.

And if the devil thinks that if he wants to hold the town of Songkan, he must send a squadron of troops, then Watanabe will have to weigh it.

"Okay, you have the final say on the war." Tang Shui nodded.

Subsequently, the platoon commander of the independent battalion was called over, and Liu Tianshu asked Tang Shui to explain the situation in Songkan Town in detail, then looked at everyone and said: "Comrades, we are about to arrive at the base area, and the little devil has stationed a team in Songkan Town, just to prevent the development of our base area to the east, we must pull out this nail." As long as we defeat the enemy in Songkan Town, the devils will not dare to block the gate of the base area with a small team of troops in the future. ”

"Yes, eat this gang of devils, eat this gang of devils." The platoon commanders shouted excitedly.

Most of these platoon-level cadres are old Red Army veterans, who have fought countless battles over the years, and before participating in the eastward anti-Japanese advance team, they also fought with devils, and they know how powerful the little devils are. But since following Camp Commander Liu, this battle seems to have been fought very easily.

Take the present as an example, the devils of a squad team, in the eyes of the battalion commander, are like small dishes, and they can eat whatever they want. If it had been, it would have been unthinkable.

You must know that even the brave Eighth Route Army, if you want to eliminate a squad of devils, even if it is an ambush, you must use at least one battalion of troops. As for fighting a small squad of devils with fortifications, at least two battalions or even more are needed.

"Everyone has this confidence, well, we will still take the method of surprise attack to solve this battle quickly. In this way, the first company was responsible for the east and north, the second company was responsible for the south and west, and the reconnaissance platoon disguised itself as devils entered through the main entrance, and the gunfire of the reconnaissance platoon was used as a signal, and it was necessary to pay attention to the firing points of the devils during the operation. The mortar squad and the heavy machine gun team cooperated with the first and second companies respectively, and once the battle started, all units must make an all-out assault, but they must pay attention to reducing casualties......" Liu Tianshu pointed to the map on the table and began to arrange combat missions.

The town office is located in the center of the town, connected with the surrounding houses, and the devils have arranged two machine gun firepower in the east and west corners of the town office wall, and a crooked handle is also arranged at the gate of the town office.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Shi Qiang wore the military uniform of the second lieutenant of the devil, and took eight scouts who were fully armed and disguised as devils, and swaggered towards the sentry post arranged by the devil outside the gate of the town office.

"Stop, what's the job?" Seeing a group of Japanese soldiers coming, a devil standing in front of the door asked with some confusion.

"Bage, don't you see? We are from the Noeda brigade. Shi Qiang shouted loudly in Japanese.

The devil in front of the door was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses, looked at Shi Qiang who was approaching, and asked, "Didn't the main force of your Yezhi Brigade go east?" How did you end up here? ”

"We're from Pingyuan Town, Inino-kun is my classmate, is he in there?" Shi Qiang glared at him.

Inuno is the leader of the devil squad stationed in Songkan Town, and he was sipping a little wine in the room in the town office at the time.

"The captain is at the command post." Hearing that this second lieutenant turned out to be the squad leader's classmate, the Japanese soldier didn't dare to ask more.

Shi Qiang swaggered into the compound, and of the eight devils who followed him, naturally six stayed in the courtyard, and only two followed Shi Qiang to the inside.

Just as Shi Qiang approached the gate of the main house in the courtyard without squinting, a Japanese soldier noticed something unusual and suddenly shouted in Japanese: "Stop him, he is the eighth road." ”

When Shi Qiang heard this, he quickly took out the eight boxes of the Earth King on his waist and fired two shots at the two devils who were busy raising their guns.

At the same time that the two devils fell, the eight warriors who followed him into the compound immediately followed.

One of the fighters pulled out a grenade, removed the safe, and threw it at the machine-gun bunker in the courtyard, while his body followed behind a post.

At the same time as the gunshots rang out, fierce gunfire rang out outside the entire town office, and bullets rained down on the fire points on the east and west sides of the town office, and at the same time, the two soldiers quickly bent down and rushed to the wall of the town office, put an explosive bag under the wall, suddenly pulled the fuse, and then ran away quickly.

With a loud bang, a hole about five meters long was blown out of the wall of the town office, and countless soldiers rushed into it.

The devil's machine gun fire point was suppressed by the heavy machine guns of the Eighth Route Army, and Shi Hu and another sharpshooter from the reconnaissance squad stood on the opposite side and fired in a hurry, so that the devil's light machine gun did not work at all.

The Eighth Route Army, which rushed into the courtyard, quickly exchanged fire with the devils who rushed out of it when they heard the sound.

As soon as these devils and puppet soldiers rushed out of the room, they were violently strafed by the first and second companies of light machine guns, and the bullets that rained down a large number of the devils who rushed out, and the remaining devils and puppet soldiers hurriedly looked for cover and desperately shot at the Eighth Route Army.

Shi Qiang and the others who rushed into the courtyard, after blowing up the machine gun bunker in the courtyard, four blocked the enemy who came to reinforce after hearing the sound, and the remaining four followed Shi Qiang and rushed to Inuno's command post quickly.

Inuno heard the gunshot, and just rushed to the door with two of his subordinates, and the two men ran into Shi Qiang, and saw Shi Qiang wearing the costume of the Imperial Army, but his face was very unfamiliar, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

was stunned, and suddenly asked for the lives of these two devils, Shi Qiang saw the two devils come out, and raised the Wang Ba box in his hand without hesitation.

Inuno heard the gunshots and was right next to the door, and immediately hid himself behind his desk.

Shi Qiang rushed to the door, and when he saw that there was no one inside, he immediately flashed his body to the door, and a bullet flew past his ear.

If he hadn't dodged quickly, he might have died heroically.

Inuno fired this shot, and immediately revealed his position. (To be continued.) )