Although the villagers were all evacuated into the mountains under the mobilization and organization of the county magistrate and others, Zhu Aiguo still couldn't make up his mind. The second, third, and fifth companies have halved their strength after the battle of Rhino Ridge, and although the organic artillery company came to reinforce it, the independent battalion is so little bit of a family foundation, if it is all fought out at one time, even if the superior leader does not blame, he will be ashamed.

As soon as the sky dawned, Secretary Wang Shuihe hurriedly came to the camp headquarters, "Instructor, the devils are about to hit Yaping Village, do you think we can retreat?" ”

Originally, Secretary Wang Shuihe was full of confidence in smashing the devil's sweep, but yesterday's battle made him understand that in the face of the devil's superior forces, the independent battalion's family background was not enough to compete with it.

"Secretary Wang, yesterday the devils have occupied Fukan Town, fortunately, we are ready to retreat in advance, the losses suffered by the villagers are not big, Hua Xiaohu's fourth company is going around in circles with the devils, Yang Donghu's first company and Fukan's militia squadron, preparing for the opportunity to attack the devil's Maotang stronghold, at this time we abandon Yaping Village, and may let the devils concentrate their forces to deal with the fourth company and the first company." Zhu Aiguo said worriedly.

In the past, when he was a political cadre in the army, everything seemed to be very relaxed and comfortable when he saw those military commanders commanding the troops to fight, but this time he personally commanded the troops to fight, and only then did he truly realize how heavy the burden is and there are many things to consider as a military commander.

"But the devil is coming, if we don't retreat, I'm afraid we will be entangled by the devil." Wang Shuihe said with some distress.

At this moment, a familiar voice came to an effect.

"Yaping can't give up, but he can't hold on either."

Zhu Aiguo turned his head in surprise when he heard this, and saw Liu Tianshu with a tired face, as if he saw the backbone of the heart. 、

"Battalion commander, are you back?"

"I'm back. Secretary Wang, instructor, and deputy battalion commander Zeng, I know the situation. This time, the devil used two brigades of Japanese troops and two Imperial Legions, and his posture was to eat us in one fell swoop. Yaping Village is the center of our base area, and it can also be said to be the symbol of our base area, so we must not leave here. But the enemy is strong, and we can't defend it. In this way, Secretary Wang and the comrades of the county party committee first withdrew to Houshan, the second company was responsible for protection, and the third company, machine gun company, and fifth company remained in Yaping Village. Didn't the devils want to find us, so we would have fun with them in this mountain forest. Liu Tianshu's tone was low, but full of an indescribable power.

When Zhu Aiguo and Zeng Wei heard Liu Tianshu's words, a stone fell to the ground in their hearts.

Seeing this, Wang Shuihe looked at Liu Tianshu and said: "Battalion Commander Liu, you are an expert in fighting, I won't say much else, you must pay attention to safety, if there is anything that needs local cooperation, we will do our best to support it, I hope you can smash the devil's sweep as soon as possible." ”

After seeing Secretary Wang Shuihe leave, Liu Tianshu looked at everyone and said, "Come, let's study it." ”

Several people gathered around the table, looking at the map on the table, Zeng Wei first introduced the situation of the devil, and then looked at Liu Tianshu: "Battalion commander, this is the situation." ”

Liu Tianshu touched his chin and pondered for a while and said: "Instructor, Zeng Wei, you see, this group of devils in Yangcun is still staying in Yangcun, from Yangcun to Yaping Village, this is the only way. Since this group of enemies has come to the door, we will eat him first. In this way, the fifth company and the machine gun company quickly rushed to this position, and Yu Yongzhong's third company stayed in Yaping Village. If possible, drag the devil around the mountains and forests to the east as much as possible. Deputy battalion commander Zeng was responsible for commanding the militia to cooperate with the main force in combat, and the instructor was responsible for commanding the three companies. The 5th Company and the Machine Gun Company were ready to set off and set out with me in 10 minutes. ”

Since there were only three or four hundred enemies in Yangcun, Liu Tianshu decided to fight this group of devils first.

Although there are only five companies and less than 200 people in the machine gun company, which is not superior in numbers, there are about 100 militia people who can be used in a concentrated manner, and besides, he does not plan to collide with this group of enemies, but is ready to fight devils to ambush.

Ten minutes later, Liu Sutang's Fifth Company and Xu Yongdong's Machine Gun Company were in good spirits and ready after hearing that the battalion commander had rushed back, and then quickly rushed to Jinshuigou on the west side of Yaping Village.

After Liu Tianshu arrived at Fuya Mountain, he ran all over the villages of Fuya Mountain, so to speak, the entire Fuya Mountain was in his mind.

The devil came from Yang Village, Jinshuigou is the only way, and this is the best place to ambush.

Besides, although there are nearly 400 enemies in this group, more than 200 of them are the Imperial Army, and more importantly, once the battle starts, the devils will not be able to get reinforcements at all.

When he arrived at Jinshuigou, Liu Tianshu immediately asked Liu Sutang to send a squad to follow Hao Mengxuan to reconnoitre, and Xu Yongdong's three heavy machine gun platoons were arranged by Liu Tianshu on both sides of Jinshuigou, and a triangular position was built around an open area west of the ditch.

Of course, in order to prevent the little devils from discovering it, the three heavy machine gun platoons carried out thorough camouflage in accordance with Liu Tianshu's requirements.

The mortar squad was deployed on a hill west of the ditch, and according to Liu Tianshu's requirements, all mortars determined the firing parameters on that section of open land. The second platoon of Liu Sutang's Fifth Company was arranged on the ridge of Jinshuigou, ready to block the enemy, and their task was to lure the enemy to the open land together with Hao Mengxuan.

The first and third platoons of the fifth company were arranged to the west of the machine gun company, but the three light machine guns belonging to the three platoons were all reinforced to the heavy machine gun positions.

Liu Sutang was very puzzled by the battalion commander's arrangement of his troops to the west of the machine gun company, Liu Tianshu glanced at him, and said with a smile: "Company Commander Liu, our main target this time is the little devil, these Imperial Cooperative Army, although they have become traitors, there are still many of them who are just forced by the situation, these Imperial Cooperative Army is the famous department of Zhang, most of them are familiar with Hou Guoquan's platoon commander, and then we must let Hou Platoon Commander fully play a role." I'll leave the affairs of the Imperial Association to you. ”

According to the practice of devils' actions, when attacking, the Imperial Association Army ran in front, so this ambush should let those Imperial Association troops run through the ambush circle, and the little devils will be officially launched after entering the ambush circle, so those who let go of the Imperial Association Army will be intercepted by the fifth company.

The independent battalion suffered huge losses in the Battle of Rhino Ridge, and Liu Tianshu set his sights on the Imperial Allied Army, which was named after Zhang.

As soon as the troops were ready to ambush, fierce gunfire rang out on the east side of Jinshuigou, and then they saw Hao Mengxuan and the soldiers of the second platoon of the fifth company withdrawing from the hill to the east, and then ran along the avenue in the ditch in a panic to return fire to this side.

The one who was chasing in front was indeed the Imperial Association Army named after Zhang. The battalion commander who commanded these imperial armies was named Liao Deyuan, and although his subordinates claimed to be a battalion, they were actually less than 300 people, and there were only about 80 people in a company, and it was a company that chased in front.

As soon as Liao Deyuan got up in Yangcun this morning, he was ordered by the Japanese squadron leader Zhaoyuan to assemble his troops, and then let the Imperial Association Army go in front and leave Yangcun and rush to Yaping Village.

Yesterday, when it was almost dark, Zhaoyuan Yifu rushed to Yangcun with his troops, but unfortunately the whole village was empty, so he had no choice but to order the troops to camp in the village.

After all, this was the territory of the Eighth Route Army, and there were too many uncertainties in the night march, so Captain Oda did not order his troops to advance overnight.

In Oda Tashiro's view, he commanded a heavy sweep, and in the face of absolute strength, any trick was insignificant, such as in the afternoon, when the independent battalion fought with the devils in Rhino Ridge.

Although the Dirt Eight Road occupies a favorable position, as long as his own troops attack with all their might, the Dirt Eight Road will not be able to resist at all, if it is not late, Oda Tashiro would have already stood on the Rhino Ridge.

Seeing that not long after the troops left Yangcun, they were harassed along the Tuba Road, and the corners of Kazuo Yuan's mouth sneered.

This kind of tickling attack is simply dispensable for a team of nearly four hundred people. After the two sides fought for about ten minutes, after Zhaoyuan ordered another company of the Imperial Allied Army to join the soldiers, the resistance of Tubalu was finally crushed.

There was good news ahead, and the Imperial Alliance Army was bravely pursuing.

When Zhao Yuan heard all this, the smile on the corner of his mouth became stronger, he encountered the desperate resistance of Tuba Road on the way to Yaping Village, this is a normal thing, if he didn't even meet a Tuba Road along the way, he would be worried that there was danger ahead.

At this moment, he received a telegram from the captain of the brigade, saying that the Tuba Road of Rhino Ridge had been withdrawn to Yaping Village, and the main force of the brigade was rushing towards Yaping Village, asking his troops to speed up.

Zhaoyuan Yifu put down the telegram and immediately ordered his three squads to speed up, follow behind the Imperial Cooperative Army, and cross Jinshuigou as soon as possible to Yaping Village.

Liu Tianshu stood under a tree in the mountains and forests, holding a telescope and saw more than 200 Imperial Cooperative troops as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, desperately chasing Hao Mengxuan and the Fifth Company and the Second Company, the two sides kept firing in the ditch, through the telescope, he could clearly see that the two soldiers were unfortunately hit by the Imperial Cooperative Army and fell to the ground.

The rest of the soldiers wanted to come to the rescue, but the Imperial Alliance army had already approached, so they had to retreat in tears.

The two soldiers lay on the ground, firing desperately at the chasing Imperial Army, buying time for their comrades to retreat, and in the blink of an eye, the Imperial Alliance Army had rushed closer, and with two explosions, it was the two wounded soldiers who pulled the grenades on their bodies.

At this time, Zhaoyuan Kazuo had already entered the ditch with the troops, and when he saw the fierce battle in front of him, his eyes swept around and did not find anything unusual.

Soon, the Imperial Allies chased Hao Mengxuan and they to the ambush circle of the machine gun company, but the machine gunners of the machine gun company and the fifth company only turned their hateful eyes on these Imperial Allies, but no one fired a shot.

In the blink of an eye, these Imperial Allied troops chased the second platoon, which was fighting less and less, and ran through the ambush circle.

The devils of a squadron walking behind finally stepped into the gate of hell that Liu Tianshu had prepared for them. (To be continued.) )