Hearing the sound of gunfire behind him, Hong Feihu knew that the movement of the advance detachment had been detected by the enemy, and urgently ordered the troops to speed up their advance in order to leave the Pinghan Railway as soon as possible.

With the order issued, the whole team began to run forward desperately, Liu Tianshu took the reconnaissance squad, together with the second platoon and the health team, and ran forward, but after running for a while, the speed of the lightly injured in the health team began to slow down.

Fortunately, at this time, Liu Sutang, the leader of the third platoon, heard the gunshots, worried about Liu Tianshu's safety, and waited in front with the third platoon.

Seeing Liu Sutang and the soldiers of the third platoon, Liu Tianshu breathed a sigh of relief and shouted at Liu Sutang: "Platoon Commander Liu, immediately order the two soldiers to take charge of a wounded man, and exchange their backs to advance." ”

When Liu Sutang heard this, he immediately waved his hand and commanded the soldiers of the third platoon to run over, in groups of two, and couldn't help but run forward with the wounded who were struggling to walk.

At the same time, the second platoon, under the command of Hua Xiaohu, also began to carry out the order of two people in charge of one wounded person in accordance with the plan.

Xiao Xumei was relieved to see the third company carrying the wounded forward, and shouted a few words to the medical staff of the health team, and then everyone cheered up and ran forward.

Liu Tianshu took the reconnaissance team and paid attention to the safety of the health team while running, and after finding that the medical staff had difficulty walking, he immediately went up and grabbed the items on their backs.

With the assistance of the third company, the entire health team was finally not left behind.

However, when Tong Dawei, the commander of the second company of the second brigade in charge of the broken back, led the troops to catch up, Liu Tianshu still felt that the speed of the health team was not ideal.

Fortunately, after the devil found out that the anti-Japanese advance team had crossed the railway, even if he gathered troops to follow the pursuit, it would take some time, and there was still a distance of more than ten miles from the second company.

Hong Feihu was relieved to know that the troops had temporarily escaped the enemy's pursuit, and he and Jiang Jinyong squatted in the mountains and forests, looking at the map to discuss the next course of action.

It is unrealistic for the devil to know that they have crossed the railroad and then go east or south.

After all, nearly 1,000 people crossed the railway, and the traces could not be concealed in front of those who were interested, and there were only two possibilities for such a large team to cross the Pinghan Railway, one was to the northwest of Shandong, and the other was to the south of Hebei.

The Eighth Route Army has established anti-Japanese base areas in central and eastern Hebei, and it is reasonable that it will establish an anti-Japanese base area in southern Hebei or an anti-Japanese base area in northwest Shandong.

Therefore, it is conceivable that the devils will definitely deploy heavy troops to intercept them in the east and south.

Until dawn, Hong Feihu did not clarify the next course of action.

And because it was already dark, the troops could only hide in a village and wait until it was dark when the devils could send planes to reconnoitre.

Anyway, at this time, it was sixty kilometers away from the Pinghan Railway, and it was not an easy task for the devil to quickly determine the location of the advance detachment without knowing the route of the advance detachment.

When Liu Tianshu received the notice and rushed to the small courtyard where Hong Feihu was, the military cadres above the company level of the entire advance detachment had gathered there.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Jiang Jinyong first informed everyone of the situation faced by the advance detachment, and then Hong Feihu asked everyone to talk about the next marching route.

Hearing the words of the detachment leader, Zeng Chi glanced at everyone and said: "We are now located between Pingxiang and Ren County on the east side of the Shahe River, according to the instructions of the superiors, our destination is northwest Lu, and now although the devil knows that we have crossed the railway, he does not know how many people we have, nor does he know where our destination is, I think our top priority is to quickly follow the predetermined plan, through Qiu County to northwest Lu. ”

Qiu Feng heard the second captain propose that the troops speed up from Qiu County to the northwest of Lu, thought for a while and said: "Although Captain Zeng's suggestion is good, but as far as I know, there is a brigade of Japanese troops stationed in Qiu County, plus the puppet army has more than 2,000 people, and now the devils know that we have crossed the Pinghan Railway, and will definitely order Qiu County, Pingxiang and the surrounding Japanese troops to take strict precautions, maybe the devils have mobilized heavy troops and surrounded this area. ”

At this time, a staff officer walked in and whispered a few words in Jiang Jinyong's ear, and then Jiang Jinyong leaned into Hong Feihu's ear and whispered a few words.

Liu Tianshu, who had been listening attentively, found that the faces of the two leaders had become solemn.

Seeing that everyone was talking endlessly, Hong Feihu turned his head and signaled everyone to be quiet.

When everyone's eyes turned to him, he said in a deep voice: "Comrades, I just received a report from the local organization that the devils are increasing their troops in the area of Qiu County, and at the same time, the devils have also strengthened their vigilance, and the devils in Pingxiang and Ren County have also begun to gather troops. ”

Hearing that the devil was pressing towards this area, everyone's faces looked very solemn.

Seeing that everyone had no idea, Hong Feihu glanced at the contemplative Liu Tianshu and asked everyone to go back to prepare, but left Liu Tianshu behind.

These company commanders here are all veterans of the Eighth Road who have been in the army for many years, and although they are brave in combat, the combat experience they have formed over the years has also formed a certain constraint on their thinking, and in a certain situation, their thinking may not be as whimsical as Liu Tianshu's.

"Tianshu, I saw you bow your head and ponder just now, what do you think about your next action?" Hong Feihu saw that there were only three of them in the house, and looked at Liu Tianshu.

"Detachment leader, political commissar, I thought about it carefully just now, since the devils have discovered us, they will inevitably gather heavy troops to intercept in front, and at the same time will mobilize troops to intercept from behind. I wonder if we can turn around and go west, hide in this place, and when the devil chases here, we will turn around and go south, and here to the northwest of Lu. Liu Tianshu stared at the map on the table and pointed to a mountain village next to Pinghan Road.

This mountain village is twenty miles south of the place where they crossed the Pinghan Road, and several hills surround the mountain village, and this village, although it is next to the Pinghan line, is more than twenty miles away from the stronghold of the surrounding devils.

What's more, the terrain there is more complicated, which is very advantageous for the advance team to hide.

"Luojiashan?" Hong Feihu and Jiang Jinyong's eyes lit up.

"Yes, I studied it carefully, and I also asked the traffic officer, because this Luojiashan is on the side of Pinghan Road, the devil doesn't pay much attention. Besides, the mountains and forests are undulating there, and we people are hiding there, as long as we are careful, the devils will not find out at all. And less than a hundred miles south from there, it is the defense area of Sun Qinglong's division of the Central Army, and then we can borrow Sun Qinglong's defense area to go to the northwest of Lu through the daimyo. Liu Tianshu's fingers kept moving on the map, and finally landed on Luxi's Qingping.

Hong Feihu's eyes continued to move with Liu Tianshu's fingers, and at the same time, his brain began to run at high speed, and after half a ring, his face showed joy, and he smashed his fist on the table, and said in his mouth: "Tianshu's idea is good, even if the devil is cunning, he can't imagine that we will make this trick back to the carbine, and immediately order the troops to prepare, and as soon as the pursuing devil passes here, the troops will immediately return to Luojiashan through here." ”

When it was almost dark, the scout came back to report that the pursuing devils had arrived in Zhangjiazhuang, twenty miles behind them, probably considering the dark factor, the devils stopped in Zhangjiazhuang.

When Hong Feihu got the news, he immediately ordered the advance detachment to quietly return from the north of Zhangjiazhuang, and by dawn, they had successfully reached Luojiashan.

As soon as they entered Luojiashan, the advance detachment immediately took control of the key points around Luojiashan, and at the same time restricted the entry and exit of the villagers.

Commanding the troops to pursue the advance detachment was the first captain of the Fujimoto Wing of the 108th Brigade of the 108th Division of the Japanese Army, Nofu Akita, who commanded a large group of Japanese troops and more than 800 puppet troops to pursue all the way to the east, but unfortunately they chased until they met with the Japanese troops stationed in Qiu County, and no trace of this Eighth Route Army was found.

When Wing Captain Fujimoto received the report, he couldn't help but be very surprised, and immediately ordered the Japanese troops in the Pingxiang and Renxian areas to intensify the search for this Eighth Route Army.

At this moment, the Oda Brigade, which was confronted by Sun Qinglong's division of the Central Army of the Nationalist Government, reported that a Chinese army had broken through their defensive line and entered Sun Qinglong's defense area.

When Fujimoto received the report, he stared at the map for a long time, until the intelligence agency sent a report that someone had discovered a group of about 1,000 people of the Eighth Route Army, which had bypassed Handan and headed south along the Pinghan Road last night.

Dare to love this Eighth Route Army, taking advantage of Akida Nofu's eastward advance, suddenly turned around and headed west, jumped out of his combined attack circle, and finally ran to Sun Qinglong's defense area.

Thinking about this, Fujimoto couldn't help but curse angrily, and then sat down on the chair.

However, when the eastward anti-Japanese advance team entered Sun Qinglong's defense area, it was immediately intercepted by the heavily armed Central Army.

Fortunately, at this time, after all, it was the cooperation of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and even if the Central Army was hostile, it would not open fire on the Eighth Route Army.

When Jiang Jinyong learned that the troops in front of him were blocked by the Central Army, he immediately ran forward, and when he arrived in front of the Central Army, he looked at a company commander of the Central Army and said: "We are the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and we have been ordered by the Group Army Headquarters to go to Shandong to carry out anti-Japanese work. ”

Hearing Jiang Jinyong's words, the company commander raised the gun in his hand, looked at Jiang Jinyong and said: "This commander of the Eighth Route Army, there is an order from the peak, this is a military important place, and idle people are not allowed to enter, I can't be the master of this matter." ”

Liu Tianshu originally followed the health team forward, but after learning that after entering Sun Qinglong's defense area, the troops were blocked outside the village, and he was in a hurry, so he hurried forward after letting Shi Qiang stay and take care of the health team. (To be continued.) )