After Geng Tianlong's voice choked and said a few words to the second aunt, he turned his head, took the second aunt's hand, looked at Liu Tianshu and said, "Second aunt, this is Captain Liu, these are all my comrades." ”

After listening to Geng Tianlong's introduction, the second aunt hurriedly raised her sleeves to wipe away the tears on her face, looked at Liu Tianshu with red eyes and said, "Sir, the countrymen don't understand the rules and do something wrong, please forgive me." ”

"Second aunt, look at what you said, you are Tianlong's second aunt, and you are my elder Liu Tianshu. Besides, we are an anti-Japanese guerrilla force led by the Communist Party, and we are one family with the common people. You can just call me Tianshu. Liu Tianshu hurriedly said with a smile.

Liu Siyuan squeezed over at this time, grabbed the second aunt's hand, and said kindly: "Second aunt, Tianlong is our comrade-in-arms and our brother, you are Tianlong's second aunt, we will be a family in the future, and the family doesn't need to be so polite." ”

With Liu Siyuan talking inside, after a while, the second aunt's nervous expression became natural.

Subsequently, the second aunt warmly beckoned everyone to sit down in the courtyard, and Geng Tianlong ran into the house to bring boiling water out, and everyone gathered around the courtyard to talk.

However, when Shu Tianshu and the others were talking with their second aunt, Shi Qiang, Long Hai and Cheng Zhiguo were guarding the high places outside the hospital and doing a good job of vigilance.

After chatting for a while, they found that there was only the second aunt in the house, and they couldn't help but ask curiously: "Second aunt, what about the second uncle, he is not at home?" ”

Liu Tianshu had heard Geng Tianlong say that there were five people in his second aunt's family, and in addition to the second aunt and second uncle, there were two cousins and a cousin.

"Alas, your second uncle took Yingzi and Bolt to Qingyan Town to catch the market. No, Lin Hua followed a few young people in the village to join the caravan's anti-Japanese self-defense team, and he didn't go home for several days. Your second uncle is not at ease, so take a look at the town by the way. When the second aunt heard Liu Tianshu's question, she sighed again and said.

Hearing that there were also several young people in Huangshi Village who had joined Shangbao's anti-Japanese self-defense force, Liu Tianshu couldn't help but glance at Li Shu.

"Second aunt, I heard that the caravan's Qingyan Town Anti-Japanese Self-Defense Force has a lot of people, do you know how many of them there are?" Geng Tianlong was also shrewd, and immediately opened his mouth to ask.

"This, I know this, but I heard your second uncle say that there seem to be more than 100 people, and they have also built fortifications in Dongshan." The second aunt thought for a while and said.

However, she is a woman, and she really doesn't know about these military affairs.

The members of the fourth squad sat in the courtyard of Geng Tianlong's second uncle, Lin Pingzhang, chatting about family life, but the battle in Shuangfeng Ridge reached a white-hot level.

At eight o'clock last night, Jiang Jiawu, who led his troops to the north of Shuangfeng Ridge, made contact with the 2nd Regiment that was heading north from Huyangkou, and the two teams simultaneously launched an attack on the north and south of Shuangfeng Ridge.

Taking advantage of the night, Jiang Jiawu's battalion, under the command of Cao Tiannan, captured a small hill in the north in one fell swoop, and drove down a small Japanese team guarding this hill.

However, not long after the Japanese troops were driven down the mountain, their artillery fire smashed towards the top of the hill, and the hill was suddenly blown into a sea of fire, and the battalion and company that had just occupied the hilltop position had no time to dodge before they were hit by the shells, and the 30-minute shell attack caused the company to lose more than half of its losses.

Cao Tiannan saw the fire on the mountain in front of him rising one by one, and his heart hung in the air, and finally waited for the devil's artillery to stop bombarding, he connected a series of phone calls, listened to the report of the company commander with a crying voice, and a heart sank to the bottom of the sea again.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he took the troops to the battlefield, the little devil gave him such a trick.

Jiang Jiawu received Cao Tiannan's report, stared at the map for a long time, and asked Adjutant Zhou to report the situation to Division Commander Chen, and at the same time inform Commander Tian of the situation encountered.

Next, Jiang Jiawu didn't dare to let the troops launch a night attack, so he had to let the first company prepare to hold on to the hill he had captured.

At the same time, he spread out three battalions on either side of the first battalion.

Fortunately, one night, the little devil did not take any other counterattack except for half an hour of artillery retaliation against the captured mountain, and the enemy and us fell into a rare calm in the second half of the night.

However, in the south, after the 2nd Regiment's attack was blocked, it was fiercely counterattacked by the Japanese army, and the 2nd Regiment was beaten and retreated for two kilometers before it stabilized its position on a mountain ridge in the south.

However, after a night of fierce fighting, the 2nd Regiment lost more than a third.

Division Commander Chen received the report from the Second Regiment, and his brows were furrowed like the rings of years.

He did not expect that the attack of his troops not only did not achieve results, but instead allowed the Japanese troops at Shuangfeng Ridge to approach two kilometers to the south. After some painful thinking, the 2nd Regiment had to be defended on the spot and report the situation of the Japanese army at any time.

Since the Yokoyama Wing followed the division to the front line of Niangzi Pass, in addition to the Kojima Brigade being sent to carry out the task of capturing Ruya and other prefectures, its Aoki Brigade and Komatsu Brigade marched westward with the main force of the division under the command of Wing Commander Yokoyama Daisa.

The 5th Division fought fiercely with the Chinese army around Niangzi Pass, and the two sides fought inextricably, and after the 20th Division caught up, the main force of the Yokoyama Wing, except for the Kojima Wing, was always left behind as a reserve.

Later, seeing that the battle in the direction of Niangzi Pass was in a stalemate, the division commander Kawagishi Bunzaburo set his eyes on Huyangkou on the north side of Niangzi Pass, and after learning that Huyangkou was only defended by one division of the Jin Sui Army, it was decided to use the Hengshan Wing in the direction of Huyangkou.

As long as Huyangkou is taken, the flanks of Niangzi Pass will be completely exposed to the imperial army.

At the same time, the Japanese army passed through Huyangkou and could also go around to the rear of Niangzi Pass.

Just when Hengshan gathered troops to prepare for the attack, the Japanese intelligence department got Cheng Guigui's son over, and Hengshan was even more overjoyed, and immediately asked the intelligence department to send someone to contact Cheng Guigui who was guarding Heihe Ridge, and under some coercion and temptation, Cheng Guigui agreed to serve the Imperial Japanese Army.

Heiheling was taken without much effort, and Yokoyama Daizo immediately asked the Aoki Brigade to penetrate the Shuangfeng Ridge on the north side of Huyangkou through Heiheling, cutting off the connection between Huyangkou and Wuyang County, and at the same time ordering the Xiaodao Brigade to immediately advance westward from Liugu County and approach Wuyang County.

As for the front of Huyangkou, Komatsu's brigade began to attack Huyangkou along the avenue that passed through Huyangkou along the Heihe Ridge.

However, according to Yokoyama's assumption, after the Aoki Brigade occupied the Shuangfeng Ridge, it launched a flanking attack on Huyangkou at the same time as the Komatsu Brigade. I didn't think that the Komatsu Brigade was not ready, and the Aoki Brigade, which had just occupied the Shuangfeng Ridge, was discovered by the Jin Sui Army.

Immediately, the Aoki Brigade was attacked by the Jin Sui Army from the north and south.

Fortunately, the artillery fire of the Jin Sui army was inferior to that of the imperial army, and the Jin Sui army attacking in the north was frightened to stop the attack after being attacked by the imperial artillery fire, so that the Aoki brigade concentrated its forces and beat the Jin Sui army north of Huyangkou to retreat.

At the same time, under the urgent order of Yokoyama, Komatsu's brigade finally arrived at Huyangkou at dawn.

Division Commander Chen learned that a large number of Japanese troops had appeared in front of Huyangkou and knew that the situation was not good, so he immediately reported to Commander Zeng and Deputy Commander Huang.

Deputy Commander Huang, who commanded the battle at Niangzi Pass, immediately gasped when he heard that the direction of Huyangkou was attacked by the devil's heavy troops. It's a pity that he doesn't have any extra troops around him, so he has to order Division Commander Chen to hold Huyangkou at all costs to ensure the safety of the flanks of Niangziguan, and as for the reinforcements, he will think of transferring them.

Division Commander Chen looked at Deputy Commander Huang's telegram, and his face was so gloomy that he could drip water.

After thinking about it urgently, he had to order the second regiment to retreat and prepare to defend Huyangkou. At the same time, he urgently ordered Jiang Jiawu to drag down the Japanese army as much as possible and reduce the pressure on Huyangkou.

Jiang Jiawu learned that the second regiment in the south had been repulsed and the original plan could not be realized, and when he saw that Division Commander Chen asked him to drag the Japanese army as much as possible, he smiled bitterly, and had to order the troops to choose a favorable terrain north of Shuangfeng Ridge and immediately build fortifications to block the Japanese army from moving north.

At this time, he was able to block the Japanese army from attacking Wuyang County in the north, even if he was thankful, as for taking the initiative to attack the Japanese army, so as to achieve the goal of dragging the Japanese army, he didn't think about it.

Their own troops themselves knew that it was good to be able to hold their positions, and what was the difference between taking the initiative to attack the tightly fortified positions of the Japanese army and committing suicide.

Aoki saw that the Jin Sui army in the north was on the defensive, so he ordered the forward troops to keep a close watch, and then concentrated his forces and launched a fierce attack on the Jin Sui army's blocking position in the south.

In order to capture Huyangkou as soon as possible, Japanese planes also rushed to help, and for a while, the entire Huyangkou cannon roared and murderously shook the sky.

After the 2nd Regiment repelled two Japanese attacks, the troops lost more than half of their troops, and after Commander Tian reported to Division Commander Chen, Division Commander Chen had to order the 2nd Regiment to withdraw to Huyangkou.

At this time, Huyangkou was also in danger under the fierce attack of the Japanese army, and the second regiment withdrew, which could be regarded as increasing the strength of the defense a little.

Liu Tianshu sat in the courtyard of his second aunt for an hour, and saw Chen Yuanbiao and a middle-aged uncle walking in.

"Captain, this is Village Chief Ling of Huangshi Village, Village Chief Ling, this is our captain Liu Tianshu." Chen Yuanbiao took Village Chief Ling into the courtyard and introduced him to the two.

"Village Chief Ling, hello, we were ordered to work in Qingyan Town this time, and we will need more support from Village Chief Ling in the future." As soon as Liu Tianshu heard Chen Yuanbiao's introduction, he knew that the person in front of him was the secret contact of the Communist Party in Huangshi Village.

"Hehe, Captain Liu is polite, you are here to protect the villagers from fighting devils, we will support those who can support it, comrades have worked hard, about the problem of living, there is a broken temple in the east of the village, what do you think, captain?" Village Chief Ling said with a smile as he shook hands with Liu Tianshu.

"Okay, comrades have been walking all night and are a little tired, so let's go over." Liu Tianshu was not polite.

So, under the leadership of Village Chief Ling, all the members of the fourth squad arrived at a ruined temple in the east of the village, and Li Shu immediately led the team to start cleaning the ruined temple.