When he led the troops into Chenggou Village, he saw political commissar Jiang Jinyong and captain Zeng Chi waiting there. When the two saw Liu Tianshu and his entourage coming, they immediately strode up to greet them, said that the comrades had worked hard, shook Liu Tianshu's hand vigorously, and then beckoned Sanlian into a courtyard.

The meal had already been prepared in the courtyard, and those comrades who were waiting in the courtyard applauded warmly when they saw the Third Company coming in, and under the greeting of the political commissar, the commanders and fighters of the Third Company were not polite, and immediately picked up the bowls and began to eat.

After a fierce battle and a night's journey, they were already exhausted, and some of the soldiers, after eating a few bites of food, put down their bowls, and fell asleep in the courtyard.

After Liu Tianshu ate two large bowls, he said a word to Zhengfa and Captain Zeng, and also walked to the side and fell to rest.

I don't know when, Liu Tianshu was shaken awake, he opened his eyes and saw that it was Xiao Wang, the correspondent of the detachment, squatting in front of him.

"Company Commander Liu, you are awake, the detachment leader asked you to go over immediately." Xiao Wang saw that he was awake and hurriedly said.

As soon as he heard that the detachment leader was looking for him, Liu Tianshu got up and followed Xiao Wang to the detachment headquarters.

Seeing Liu Tianshu come in, Hong Feihu asked him to sit down first, and after he took a sip of water, he said: "Tianshu, we have received news that the devil has known that we are preparing to cross Zhengtai Road, and we are currently gathering heavy troops in this area, and our superiors instructed us to immediately cross Zhengtai Road and enter the base area in the south at all costs." ”

"The devil knows what we're doing?" When Liu Tianshu heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned.

"The devil should have guessed that our unit was about to go south, and it should not be clear about our specific operational goals, a large group has already set off, and you were fighting and marching in a hurry last night, and the soldiers are very tired. After the detachment research, it was decided that your three companies would be changed to rearguards, and they would leave Chenggou an hour later to cover the main force through Zhengtai Road. Hong Feihu's expression was serious.

When Hong Feihu said this, he really felt a little reluctant in his heart, the third company had just gone through a fierce battle, and only rested for three hours in Chenggou, but he didn't expect that the enemy situation suddenly changed, and the troops had to move south quickly, and the third company would walk behind and be responsible for breaking the rear.

Zhengtai Road is not a highway from Qingyan Town to Longkou Town, there are heavy devils along the line, the advance team is less than 1,000 people, and there is no strength to fight hard with devils, the only choice is to rush through Zhengtai Road as quickly as possible.

Although the devil does not know where the advance team will cross Zhengtai Road from now, once the action of crossing the railway is discovered by the devil, the devil will definitely pounce like a fly that smells blood, and at that time, the troops in charge of the broken will definitely have many unforeseen difficulties waiting for him.

"The detachment leader can rest assured that the third company guarantees the completion of the task." Liu Tianshu said with a solemn expression.

After a few words of explanation with Liu Tianshu, Hong Feihu ran straight south with the troops directly under the detachment.

Liu Tianshu returned to the company, and after discussing with Zhu Aiguo and Yang Donghu, he ordered the troops to assemble and quickly run forward an hour later.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, before arriving at Zhengtai Road, he heard a fierce gunfire in front, and Liu Tianshu knew that a large group had exchanged fire with the devils, and immediately asked the troops to speed up.

As soon as he ran over a hill, a group of devils appeared on the side, and the row running in front immediately seized a small hill on the left, and then exchanged fire with the devils.

Seeing this, Zhu Aiguo shouted towards the second and third rows that were desperately running forward: "Comrades, speed up and rush over." The second and third rows quickly rushed forward.

Liu Tianshu was worried about the safety of the platoon, so he quickly ran to the top of the mountain with the guard squad, and when he looked at it, he saw countless devils rushing towards the mountain while shouting, and at the same time, the devils' shells also rained down.

When the platoon commander Jin Zhenbiao saw the company commander coming, he shouted anxiously: "Company commander, why are you here?" ”

When Liu Tianshu heard the sound and ran over, he saw that the devil had rushed to within fifty meters, and immediately raised his pistol and fired four shots in a row, knocking down the two devils who were running in front.

"Platoon Commander Kim, the troops have rushed through the mountain pass, and the soldiers are ordered to prepare for retreat. Repelled this attack by the devils and immediately withdrew from their positions. Liu Tianshu shouted at Jin Zhenbiao while shooting.

The addition of the reconnaissance squad sharply strengthened the defensive firepower on the hill, and the devils immediately retreated after dropping twenty corpses.

Seeing the devil retreating, Liu Tianshu shouted at Jin Zhenbiao to retreat, and immediately ran backwards with a platoon.

As soon as he ran down the hill, the devil's shells flew again.

Taking advantage of the opportunity for the devils to use artillery fire to attack, Liu Tianshu and a platoon quickly rushed through the mountain pass.

Zhu Aiguo took the second and third platoons to meet in front, and when he saw the first platoon running down, there were less than twenty people left, and he couldn't care about being sad, and commanded the troops to run south.

Seeing that he was about to reach the side of the railway, Liu Tianshu saw that on the hill next to the railway, a large group of second companies responsible for blocking was fighting with the fierce rushing devils.

Liang Jianian, the commander of the second company of the first brigade, raised his gun and stabbed a devil to the ground, and when he drew the gun, he saw Liu Tianshu's third company rushing to the side of the railway, and his eyes were suddenly red, and he shouted to the soldiers of the second company who were fighting with the devils: "Comrades, fight with the devil, kill." As he spoke, he raised the rifle in his hand, jumped forward, and stabbed hard at an oncoming devil, who was frightened by his condescending stab, and after a little hesitation, he was stabbed in the heart by a bright bayonet.

It's a pity that just as Liang Jianian was about to draw out the bayonet, a devil next to him raised his gun and stabbed violently, and the bright bayonet stabbed into Liang Jianian's right rib, and a stream of blood overflowed from his mouth.

When Liang Jiannian looked back, he found that the third company had rushed across the railway while the second company was fighting hard, with a pleased smile on his face, he let go of the 38 big cover in his hand with both hands, and then grabbed the devil who was struggling to draw the gun, and his right hand trembled and pulled the grenade on his waist.

An explosion sounded, and Liang Jiannian and the devil were shrouded in gunsmoke.

Liu Tianshu ran across the railway, and when he saw the shouting and killing on the hill began to fade, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

Fortunately, after he ran towards the three companies despite fatigue, he finally got rid of the devils who were following him when it was dark.

By the time they met the detachment at a village called Jintianwei on the south side of Zhengtai Road, it was already one o'clock in the morning.

When I walked to the edge of the village, I saw Hong Feihu, Jiang Jinyong, Qiu Feng, the captain of the first team, and Zeng Chi, the captain of the second team, waiting at the edge of the village.

When a few people saw Liu Tianshu and them coming, they hurriedly greeted them, and saw that although the third company had lost more than ten soldiers, the main force was still the same, and their hearts were slightly relaxed.

However, Qiu Feng's face was full of extreme sadness, his second company was responsible for blocking the hill on the side of Zhengtai Road to cover the main force of the detachment to cross the railway, but was bitten by the devils who rushed madly.

Hearing Liu Tianshu say that when they crossed the railway, the second company was fighting with the devils on the hill with bayonets, and because they were too far away to go up for reinforcements, they could only run south with tears, Qiu Feng's face was already dripping with water.

He knew that the situation was urgent at that time, and even if the third company went up, he would not be able to save the second company, and it was very likely that the third company would be left there.

It can be said that Liu Tianshu led the troops to rush across the railway quickly, which was the most correct choice.

However, Qiu Feng confirmed from Liu Tianshu's mouth that the second company had been exhausted, and the grief in his heart was indescribable.

Hong Feihu patted Qiu Feng on the shoulder and said with tears in his eyes: "Comrade Qiu Feng, the comrades of the second company are all good, they are worthy of being Chinese soldiers, and we will avenge their revenge sooner or later." ”

Jiang Jinyong, who was on the side, suddenly shouted: "Down with Japanese imperialism and avenge the brothers of the Second Company." ”

When the surrounding soldiers learned that the second company had been exhausted, their faces were full of tears, and they shouted: "Revenge!" Avenge! ”

After resting for an hour in Jintianwei, the advance detachment continued southward and, with the support of the local Eighth Route Army, smoothly entered the anti-Japanese base area in the southeast of Shanxi.

In the next few days, the troops marched in the base area, and were cared for by the local organization all the way, and both the march and life were orderly.

On this day, under the leadership of a cadre sent by the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the advance detachment came to Xiaojiapu.

After the troops were stationed, Hong Feihu and Jiang Jinyong immediately rushed to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, not far from Xiaojiapu.

After Liu Tianshu entered a courtyard with the third company, he immediately called the three platoon commanders and Shi Qiang.

Seven people sat down around a table, and Zhu Aiguo poured boiling water over the fire.

"Comrades, since we left Liujiayu and headed south, the troops have experienced a series of battles, and although everyone fought very bravely, there are still some problems. Taking advantage of the short rest of the troops here, we will summarize these battles, who will say. Liu Tianshu glanced at everyone and said.

When the platoon commander Jin Zhenbiao heard this, he took a sip of water, looked at Liu Tianshu and said: "Company commander, I think that whether it is the Xiaozhugou Fort or the Duanxingou stronghold, our three companies have fought well, not only eliminated the enemy, but also captured a lot of loot, and more importantly, our own casualties are not large, which is very rare." I didn't say it, the company commander commanded the war, I can trust it. ”

Liu Sutang and Hua Xiaohu are also echoing the voice, especially Hua Xiaohu, he also led his troops to fight a few fierce battles with devils before, but they all fought very hard, and the casualties of the troops were also very large.

In these two battles, the third company only sacrificed three soldiers, but destroyed seventy or eighty enemies, such a record, but he felt that he had never been proud.

Although when crossing Zhengtai Road, a platoon suffered more than a dozen casualties in order to block the enemy, but that kind of encounter can be fought like that, which is very rare.

Seeing that everyone only talked about achievements and not mistakes, Liu Tianshu glared at Jin Zhenbiao, "Platoon Commander Jin, I let you sum up the lessons and see what shortcomings still exist in the battle, not for you to talk about achievements." You think that the battle of Xiaozhugou was fought well, but in my opinion, there are many problems, first of all, when the reconnaissance squad touched the stronghold to attack, the action was a little slow, and the cooperation between the fighters was not tacit, and when a platoon launched an attack, the tactical movements of the fighters were not skillful enough, resulting in a soldier being hit by a devil. If we could have made better use of the terrain to attack, these sacrifices could have been avoided entirely. (To be continued.) )