Saito received a telegram from the wing commander that the independent battalion had repelled the Noeda Brigade at Stone Ridge and was rushing towards Mount Fuya, getting rid of the Yokogawa Brigade that was following and pursuing.

The fact that it was able to easily repel the Noeda Brigade showed that the strength of the independent battalion was not what it used to be. You must know that the reason why you and the Yezhi Brigade suffered a lot of losses in the first two times was because of the division of troops, which allowed the independent battalion to take advantage of the loopholes. And this time, the independent battalion actually carried the Noeda Brigade hard, not only repelled the Noeda Brigade, but also ate the two squadrons of Noeda.

Noeda's remaining two infantry squadrons, if they don't retreat in time, I'm afraid they will also suffer great losses.

In other words, Liu Tianshu's independent battalion has the ability to challenge a brigade of the imperial army.

I only have a large number of troops, and if I am surrounded by an independent battalion that is driving back, I am afraid that the result will be more than lucky.

Just when Saito was full of anxiety, the order of the captain of Watanabe arrived.

In the message, Watanabe ordered the Saito brigade to immediately withdraw to the town of Pingyuan so as not to be surrounded by the independent battalion.

Mason was informed that the Yokokawa Brigade that was following the pursuit was futile, and that the Noeda Brigade of the Watanabe Wing was counterattacked by the Chinese army during the attack on Stone Ridge, and the troops had to retreat with heavy losses.

Liu Tianshu's independent battalion successfully passed through Stone Ridge and is now advancing towards Fuya Mountain.

The Saito Brigade of the Watanabe Wing, because it was a lone army, in order to prevent it from falling into the siege of the independent battalion, Watanabe Jing had withdrawn from Fuya Mountain after asking the division commander for instructions, and was now returning to Pingyuan Town in a hurry.

Looking at this series of reports, Mason sat on his chair, looked at Fujiwara and muttered: "Fujiwara-kun, in this way, our operation to eliminate the Fuyashan Independent Battalion of the Eighth Route Army has failed?" ”

"Your Excellency Dazuo, as far as I know, Watanabe Wing is also considered the elite of the empire, but Watanabe Daisa had to order the withdrawal of troops, which shows that Liu Tianshu's independent battalion has become a problem for the imperial army. Well, it seems, we can only think long-term. Fujiwara said a little lonely.

Mason leaned back in his chair weakly with his eyes closed, and after a while, he opened his eyes and said: "Fujiwara-kun, Liu Tianshu rescued that group of prisoners of war and made the face of the Great Japanese Empire lose face, this person has become a henchman of the imperial army. In this way, I will immediately return to Tianjin and report everything that happened here to the above, and you immediately think of collecting all the information about Liu Tianshu, and then think of getting rid of him. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency Dazuo, I'll arrange it." Fujiwara bowed his head in agreement, then turned around and walked out.

Although Mason came from the intelligence agency of the Japanese army in North China, Fujiwara was not his subordinate, but Fujiwara admired him as an elder in the intelligence community. As for how to deal with Liu Tianshu, who caused heavy losses to the imperial army, he still has to listen to the advice of Commander Guan Jie.

The Saito Brigade withdrew from the base area, allowing the independent battalion and this special team of laborers and rescued soldiers to return to the base area smoothly.

Xiang Shuyu and Tang Shui received the notice of the independent battalion and made relevant preparations early on, and after the troops entered Xiaotangba Village, they immediately let the seven newly formed companies temporarily stay in accordance with the arrangements of the local government. As for the laborers, they were all placed in makeshift camps on the empty dam in the village.

For these rescued laborers, according to Liu Tianshu's meaning, they have to conduct a simple review, and as for those rescued soldiers, how to deal with them next must follow the instructions of their superiors.

Just after Liu Tianshu asked Yang Juan to report the situation to the detachment, Cheng Zhihua walked in with the middle-aged soldier.

"Brother Cheng is here, please take a seat, please take a seat." Seeing Cheng Zhihua and the middle-aged soldier coming in, Liu Tianshu put down the things in his hand and hurriedly greeted him warmly.

"Brother Liu, don't be polite, Brother Liu, this is Jiang Fengyi, chief of staff of the newly formed 92nd Army of the National Revolutionary Army, forgive us for hiding our identity from you before." Cheng Zhihua pointed at Jiang Fengyi and respectfully introduced.

As soon as he heard his introduction, Liu Tianshu and Zhu Aiguo, who was handling affairs at the battalion headquarters, couldn't help but be stunned, and then Liu Tianshu and Zhu Aiguo, who came back to their senses, immediately put their feet together, raised their hands and saluted a military salute, and said in their mouths: "Hello, sir!" ”

Jiang Fengyi's face showed a smile, and he saluted back to the two of them: "Don't be polite, you two, speaking of which, Jiang Mou has escaped this time, and thanks to your army reaching out to save him, this life-saving grace is unforgettable." ”

"The chief is polite, as a revolutionary soldier, we should sacrifice ourselves for the country, and we are also honored to be able to rescue the chief from the devil." Liu Tianshu had dealt with the three sects and nine streams in Beiping, and at this time, he naturally spoke very smoothly.

Anyway, if you are kind enough, you won't lose a few catties of meat, and besides, you can hide your identity in the hands of a devil for several months, which also shows that Jiang Fengyi is not simple.

In the subsequent conversation, Jiang Fengyi revealed his hope that Liu Tianshu could follow him back to the Central Army, Liu Tianshu naturally fought Tai Chi like a peer for such a thing, which not only made Jiang Fengyi understand what he meant, but also did not make him feel embarrassed.

Jiang Fengyi heard what Liu Tianshu meant, and was a little disappointed in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.

However, in the end, he still asked Liu Tianshu to contact the Kuomintang through the detachment and inform him of his rescue by independence.

Hong Feihu and Jiang Jinyong didn't expect that among the people rescued independently, there was actually a lieutenant general of the Kuomintang, and they were so shocked that they couldn't keep their mouths shut, and then immediately reported the situation to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

After receiving the telegram, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army immediately asked the eastward detachment to verify it again, and after confirming that it was correct, it reported the matter to the Kuomintang side.

At this time, the central leadership understood why Chongqing was very concerned about these prisoners of war, and did not hesitate to send a special force of the military command to Jinan.

It's a pity that the people of the military commander returned in vain, and Ma Xuekui's department was hit hard and withdrew from Changlai Mountain.

After learning that Jiang Fengyi was rescued independently by the Eighth Route Army and stayed safely in the anti-Japanese base area of Fuya Mountain, Chongqing immediately sent a telegram to express its gratitude to the Eighth Route Army, and at the same time sent capable personnel to Fuya Mountain to pick up Jiang Fengyi and return.

In the days of returning to the base area, Liu Tianshu and Zhu Aiguo began to have frequent contact with the four companies temporarily formed by the Central Army, the Sichuan Army and the local army, and at the same time, the rescued soldiers of the New Fourth Army of the Eighth Route Army, under the hint of Liu Tianshu and Liao Zhifeng, began to skillfully persuade these people to stay and fight devils with the independent battalion.

Of course, Liu Tianshu's tricks couldn't hide from Jiang Fengyi, but Jiang Fengyi closed his eyes to this, and he didn't mean to blame it.

Ten days later, more than half of the four companies were willing to stay in Fuyashan to join the independent battalion.

At this moment, the team sent by the Nationalist Government to pick up Jiang Fengyi arrived at Fuya Mountain.

After hearing the soldiers' report that the national government's team had arrived, Liu Tianshu hurried over, but who knew that Han Ru was found in the team.

"Miss Han, I didn't expect us to meet again so soon." Seeing Han Ru, Liu Tianshu was very happy.

"Battalion Commander Liu, thanks to your independent rescue of General Jiang this time, your independent battalion is really impressive." Han Ru stretched out his hand and shook Liu Tianshu sincerely.

"Miss Han is polite, rescuing these anti-Japanese soldiers is the unshirkable duty of our Eighth Route Army." Liu Tianshu smiled.

Subsequently, Han Ru introduced Tang Guo, the captain of the team, to Liu Tianshu, Tang Guo was an angular man with a pair of eyes like a nighthawk, and when he swept towards Liu Tianshu, he had an extremely uncomfortable feeling.

"Hello Captain Tang." Liu Tianshu lukewarmly reached out and shook Tang Guo.

After talking for a while, Liu Tianshu took them to General Jiang's residence.

The next day, Tang Guo came to Liu Tianshu's camp headquarters.

"Captain Tang is here, please take a seat." Seeing Tang Guo's unsmiling expression, Liu Tianshu politely gave up his seat.

After Tang Guo sat down, he looked at Liu Tianshu and said, "Battalion Commander Liu, as far as I know, many of the soldiers of the National Government Army who were rescued this time were moved by your people and will stay to join your independent battalion, isn't it authentic for you to do this?" ”

As soon as Zhu Aiguo heard that Tang Guo was here to question, his expression immediately became solemn.

"Hehe, Captain Tang is here to ask for guilt?" Liu Tianshu smiled indifferently and directly picked out the topic.

"Battalion Commander Liu, now that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are cooperating to resist Japan, you are stretching out your hand to friendly troops, can I understand that this is a bit of a suspicion of sabotaging the War of Resistance?" Tang Guo chased after him.

"Captain Tang, since you also know that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are cooperating to resist Japan, I think you should also know that our Eighth Route Army also belongs to the army of the National Government. Everyone is an army of the Nationalist Government, and they are originally a family, so where can they talk about friendly troops. Besides, according to what I said, these rescued soldiers are holding back their strength in their hearts and want to find the little devil for revenge, but their troops are now either far away in the southwest or in the south of the Yangtze River, and the nearest one is probably hundreds of kilometers away, even if they want to return to their original troops, I am afraid it will not be an easy task. Besides, where is not the devil fighting? As for your statement that we are reaching out to friendly forces, you can't talk nonsense without proof. Our Eighth Route Army has never engaged in this kind of pulling strong men, nor has we ever forced others to join our team, we only accept people who are willing to join our team to fight devils with us. After these soldiers were rescued by us, you may know that we did not disrupt their original formation, nor did we install our people among them. If you insist on thinking so, then we have to make it clear in front of these rescued soldiers," Liu Tianshu looked at Tang Guo with a pair of eyes and said coldly.

Tang Guo heard Liu Tianshu's tough attitude, his tone suddenly slowed down, and he looked at Liu Tianshu and said, "Battalion Commander Liu successfully rescued General Jiang and the anti-Japanese soldiers this time, for which Tang is grateful. However, Shangfeng has an order, let me bring back the soldiers who originally belonged to the Central Army and the army sequences in various places, I think Battalion Commander Liu will not be embarrassed, right? By the way, in order to commend your ministry for this action, Shangfeng specially asked me to bring 10,000 yuan from the ocean to express my gratitude, and also asked Battalion Commander Liu to make a receipt. ”

"Hehe, the instructor is responsible for the logistics matters, so let the instructor handle this matter." Liu Tianshu was very happy when he heard that Tang Guo had brought 10,000 oceans.

As for the fact that he wanted to take away those **** soldiers, Liu Tianshu finally promised to gather the rescued soldiers of the Central Army, the Sichuan Army and the troops from all over the country, and let them choose to stay. (To be continued.) )