It has to be said that Tang Shui and others have really done a good job in ideological mobilization, and during the stay of the independent battalion in Qinggangping and Xia Village, they mobilized more than 20 juniors to join the independent battalion, and in this small mountain village, seven more juniors voluntarily asked to join the ranks.

Among these newly recruited fighters is Sun Xiaogang of Xia Village.

It's just that these new fighters, Liu Tianshu did not let them participate in the battle, but temporarily took charge of transporting and escorting the wounded and the like.

Putting new untrained soldiers into battle is undoubtedly sending them to their deaths. These juniors will train well, and they will be a rare wealth for the independent battalion, and Liu Tianshu will not let them sacrifice easily.

Although these later students, as soon as they joined the Eighth Route Army, they strongly demanded to participate in the battle.

When the troops left the small mountain village, it was dawn, and the people of the village reluctantly bid farewell to the independent battalion until they disappeared into the distant mountain forest, where they were still staring.

After leaving the mountain village, the troops traveled through the mountains and forests, and by noon, they finally arrived at Liangfeng Pass on the border between Fuchang County and Jinyang County.

Standing on the top of the cool breeze mountain, Liu Tianshu looked at the undulating mountains in the east, and his eyes were full of verdant, and wisps of cooking smoke rose from time to time, which was completely a beautiful landscape painting.

It's a pity that through the telescope, you can clearly see the mountains in the distance, and from time to time there will be a devil's turret, which instantly destroys the harmony between them.

"Minister Tang, where is the devil's Noeda Brigade?" Looking at the mountains in front of him, Liu Tianshu asked without looking back.

"Battalion commander, according to the information obtained, the Yezhi Brigade divided into three routes, crossed Qinggangping, and arrived at a place only fifty miles away from here, in addition, the devils in Jinyang in the east seem to know that we are heading east, and have gathered a brigade of troops to defend Tianxi Town, Yeyahe River and Bashoba in front. Several devil strongholds in the north have also increased their troops. To the south is the Devil's Railway. After we attacked the Xiaohe stronghold and the Huangjia stronghold, the devils also increased their troops and increased their patrols. Tang Shui frowned and said as he stood aside.

As the Minister of Enemy Labor, Tang Shui was very familiar with the underground organizations in Fuchang County, and it can be said that he was able to get in touch with the local organizations wherever he went.

"What tips does the county party committee have?" Liu Tianshu thought for a while and asked.

According to the instructions of the advance detachment, the independent battalion of the Eighth Route Army in Fuyashan was under the leadership of the Fuchang County Party Committee.

"The county party committee told us to break the encirclement of the devils and smash the devils' sweep of the base area." When Tang Shui said this, his expression was very solemn.

In the view of him and the leaders of the county party committee, after the independent battalion leaves Fuya Mountain, it should try to return to the base area and should not continue to move northeastward; judging from the current situation, the encirclement of the devils is about to be formed, and with a little caution, the independent battalion will be surrounded by the devils' heavy troops.

"Well, Minister Tang, let's go, let's have a meeting to discuss." Liu Tianshu nodded, and went to a big tree with Tang Shui, and after a while, Chen Jian, Yang Donghu and Jin Zhenbiao walked over.

Shi Qiang personally took people to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and he couldn't rush back for a while.

"Minister Tang, tell the three of them about the situation." After seeing that everyone had arrived, Liu Tianshu motioned to Tang Shui to introduce the situation.

Yang Donghu couldn't help but change his face when he heard Tang Shui say that there were at least more than 3,000 devils gathered around the independent battalion, but Jin Zhenbiao and Chen Jian didn't care.

"Hehe, the little devil really looks up to us, he gathered so many enemies at once, not only is there a Noeda brigade chasing behind, but there is also a brigade of devils in front who is responsible for interception." Kim Zhenbiao had a smile on his face.

"Battalion commander, we will fight as you say. At most, we fought with the little devils, and none of our reconnaissance platoon was a bad seed. Chen Jian's eyes lit up and looked at Liu Tianshu.

"You just know how to fight? Will you use your brain? Liu Tianshu glared at Jian Chen, and Jian Chen stopped talking.

Although Chen Jian was seven or eight years older than Liu Tianshu, he was a little frightened in the face of this battalion commander who was younger than himself.

"Donghu, Zhenbiao, Minister Tang, Chen Jian, you see, the devil has deployed heavy troops here, behind us is Watanabe's Noeda Brigade, and the main force of Saito's Brigade has also rushed over. It can be said that in the west, the devil built a copper wall for us, and in front, the devil erected a solid defense line for us, in the north, the devil blocked our way to the north by virtue of the fortifications of the turret, and in the south, it was the devil's railway, and the devil's ironclad patrol car increased its patrol, according to the information obtained by Minister Tang, every train of the devil, there are ironclad cars to open the way, and every half an hour, the devil's ironclad patrol car will appear on the railway. Judging from these circumstances, we have annoyed Watanabe this time. In this way, there are still four hours before dark, Yang Donghu, your row of rows will move to Bashoba before dark. Five miles west of Bajiaoba, there is a village called Xiaolong Village, and after the troops entered the village, they immediately blocked the village, and the people were only allowed to enter and not leave. At 9 o'clock in the evening, the first platoon of the company quickly evacuated Xiaolong Village and rushed to Niujiawan before 12 o'clock; if it could not arrive before 12 o'clock, the first platoon of the company must adopt a flexible and mobile way to return to the base area on its own. The first and second platoons rushed to Niujiawan before dark, launched an attack on the Niujiawan stronghold of the devils on the side of the railway at 7 o'clock, and withdrew from the battle half an hour later, and the first company and three platoons rushed to the Lotus stronghold east of Niujiawan before dark, launched an attack on the Lotus stronghold at 8 o'clock, and withdrew half an hour later. After the third platoon withdrew from the battle, it went to this position to meet the second platoon, and at half past eleven o'clock in the evening, the second company and the first platoon and the fourth squad blew up the Jinyangwan railway to prevent the enemy from reinforcing along the railway line in the east, and the second company and one platoon and five squads blew up the railway west of the Niujiawan stronghold, there is a cliff here, and the fifth squad must place explosives on the cliff in advance, and then blow up the cliff on time, completely blocking the railway of the devils to reinforce Niujiawan. At the same time, the second and third platoons of the second company, together with the mortar squad, attacked the Niujiawan stronghold on time at half past eleven, clearing the way for the troops to cross the railway to the south. Company Commander Yang, when you give a platoon to explain the task, you must make it clear that their task is to block the news immediately after entering Xiaolong Village, so that the enemy will know that we have arrived in Xiaolong Village, but also not know how many people have come. Liu Tianshu pointed to the map on the ground and said to several subordinates.

"Battalion commander, do you mean we cross the railroad and go south?" After listening to Liu Tianshu's arrangement, Tang Shui was a little puzzled.

"Yes, Minister Tang, I think about it this way, Watanabe, this old devil, definitely wants to force us to fight him in this area, and his posture is obviously a knife to kill chickens, and he doesn't want to give us a chance to turn the tables at all, so we must jump out of his encirclement. The devil's railroad looks like a rope around our necks, but, in my eyes, it's a papier-mâché thing, nothing but scary or scary. As long as we cross the railroad smoothly, we can get rid of the threat of the devils from the east, and Watanabe can only use the Noeda brigade to chase us. As long as we attract the Noeda Brigade to the south of the railroad, we can get rid of the heavy forces of the devils. Liu Tianshu thought for a while and said.

In order to attract the Noeda Brigade to the south of the railway, Liu Tianshu had to pose as if the troops were going south across the railway. There is a tiger head fort in the south of Niujiawan, which is full of mountains for dozens of miles, and there is a group of bandits active in it.

The big boss of this gang of bandits is surnamed Long, nicknamed Chaotianlong, and I heard that his martial arts are very good.

It's just that this gang of bandits is very fierce, and they not only rejected the joint anti-Japanese proposal proposed by the Communist Party, but also rejected the devil's recruitment. I heard that the devil also sent troops to encircle and suppress, but unfortunately he returned in vain.

Yang Donghu and Jin Zhenbiao did not expect the battalion commander to decide to cross the railway to the south, but, on closer thought, it seems that this is the only viable option for the independent battalion at present.

After all, as long as the railway is crossed, the devil's forces are not so strong.

After Yang Donghu and Jin Zhenbiao went to arrange the task, Shi Qiang, who came back from reconnaissance, ran to Liu Tianshu: "Battalion commander, did you really decide that the troops would cross the railway and go south?" ”

"What? Any questions? Liu Tianshu looked at Shi Qiang and said with a light smile.

"Battalion commander, Watanabe mobilized a whole brigade of troops to pursue us this time, and he also put on a posture of never dying, but if you think about it carefully, there is a problem in it." Shi Qiang said thoughtfully.

"What's the problem?" Liu Tianshu looked at Shi Qiang with interest.

"Battalion commander, look at the Noeda Brigade, these devils are right behind us, although they look menacing and put on a murderous look, their actions are not fast. You know, it was a whole brigade of Japanese troops, and we only had one battalion, and even if he pressed up at once, we wouldn't be able to resist it at all. But although this brigade has been following us, it has obviously not used all its strength. I suspect the devils have set a trap for us in the south. The terrain in the north of the road is very complicated, although the devil has heavy troops, but it does not have an advantage, if it really fights, we still have a chance to get rid of it. And once we entered the south of the road, it was all hilly except for the Tiger Head Fort, which was not suitable for the troops to lurk and move at all. The more Shi Qiang spoke, the more he felt that his idea was correct.

Liu Tianshu was very happy to see that Shi Qiang had learned to use his brain, and he said to Shi Qiang with a smile: "Qiangzi, you have learned to use your brain, you are right, Watanabe just wants to force us to Lunan, and then gather heavy troops to eliminate us." ”

"If we know the devil's plot, why do we have to cross the railroad?" Shi Qiang really didn't understand this time.

"Qiangzi, if we don't pass the railroad, how can the enemy believe that we have fallen into his trap, and how can he attract the Noeda brigade to the south?" Liu Tianshu said with a smile.

When Shi Qiang heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Battalion commander, I understand, you are diverting the tiger from the mountain, and as soon as the Yezhi Brigade is attracted to the south of the railway, we can return to the base area from the mountains and forests in the north." (To be continued.) )