After Liu Tianshu rushed back to the base area, four members of the communications squad of the independent battalion followed him, and the rest of the comrades followed Secretary Wang Shuihe and others into the mountains.

The radio station of the battalion headquarters naturally followed Liu Tianshu's actions. He withdrew his troops into a valley and joined up with Deputy Battalion Commander Zeng Wei, who had come with more than a hundred militiamen to cooperate.

Zeng Wei saw Liu Tianshu coming back with the fifth company and the machine gun company, although the faces of the soldiers were full of gunsmoke, they were filled with the joy of victory, and immediately asked excitedly: "Battalion commander, have we won?" ”

"Hehe, Comrade Zeng Wei, in this battle, we defeated the enemy in Yangcun, and all the devils of a squadron were wiped out, you see, there are still so many Imperial Cooperative troops who took the initiative to surrender." Liu Tianshu pointed to the Imperial Association Army walking by and said in a low voice.

"Wiped out a squadron of devils, and so many prisoners?" Zeng Wei couldn't help but cry out.

Seeing the somewhat embarrassed expressions of those imperial allegories, Liu Tianshu hurriedly said: "Deputy Battalion Commander Zeng, they are not prisoners, they are Chinese men who took the initiative to ask to participate in the Eighth Road, and they are all well-known Shandong men. ”

When those imperial allies heard Liu Tianshu's words, some of them flashed with a trace of emotion in their eyes.

However, more than 200 Imperial Allied troops are still a bit much compared to the fifth company and machine gun company of the independent battalion.

Liu Tianshu saw that there were no devils chasing after him for the time being, and immediately called Zeng Wei, Liu Sutang, Xu Yongdong and Hao Mengxuan.

As for Hou Guoquan, he was specially called to participate.

"Several, although they have served in the Imperial Association Army before, since they have taken the initiative to surrender, they are our comrades-in-arms, our brothers, and our comrades. I think that although the sweep of the devils has not been crushed, the adaptation of them cannot be delayed. Comrade Guoquan, please give us a brief introduction to their situation. Liu Tianshu made an opening remark and asked Hou Guoquan to introduce the situation of these imperial alliances.

After listening to Hou Guoquan's introduction, everyone immediately knew that these Imperial Cooperative Army used to be from the Shandong Local Security Corps, although they had also done a lot of bad things, but the fierceness and bloody nature of the Shandong people were not lost.

"Deputy Battalion Commander Zeng, everyone, I think so, time is pressing, I won't say anything else, these Imperial Cooperative Army who took the initiative to join the Eighth Route were temporarily organized into two companies, namely the sixth and seventh companies of the independent battalion. Comrade Hou Guoquan served as the commander of the sixth company, and Comrade Hao Mengxuan temporarily served as the commander of the seventh company. In addition, 30 people were selected from these people to be incorporated into the Fifth Company, and the specific candidates were to be taken care of by Company Commander Liu and Comrade Hou Guoquan. Deputy Battalion Commander Zeng immediately organized people to conduct a preliminary examination of the registration of these people. Tell them that before the devil's sweep is crushed, they must absolutely obey the command of the independent battalion, and if they disobey the killing, after the independent battalion crushes the devil's sweep, they will leave or stay, and we will listen to the respect and never force them to stay. Liu Tianshu said at the end, his tone was full of murder.

It is impossible for these people to come to the base area and ask them all to have absolute loyalty and bravery like the veterans of the independent battalion, but he will never allow anyone to make trouble in them, let alone be suspected of collaborating with the enemy.

As for the people who were selected to be included in the Fifth Company, Liu Sutang and Hou Guoquan naturally chose those from poor families.

"Battalion commander, the sixth and seventh companies are all formed by them, once there is any turmoil, I am worried that Comrade Meng Xuan and Comrade Guoquan will not be able to control the situation? Why don't you mix them with the Fifth Company? Zeng Wei said with some concern.

"No, the big war is imminent, we can't weaken the combat effectiveness of the Fifth Company, your worries are not unreasonable, in this way, after you complete the preliminary registration for them, clearly tell these people that no matter what mistakes they have made before, they can only sincerely surrender and help the people in the base area to smash the devils in this sweep, and we will not investigate the past. However, if anyone makes trouble or does something sorry for the Eighth Route Army during this period, even if they flee to the ends of the earth, they will say that it was me Liu Tianshu who said it, and the independent battalion will not let it go. Liu Tianshu thought for a while and said in a deep voice.

Subsequently, the militia that was gathered was also temporarily organized into a squadron to cooperate with the main force of the troops.

After arranging all this, Liu Tianshu immediately asked Yang Juan to start the radio station, contacted Yang Donghu in Fukan Town, and reported the good news that the Fifth Company and the Machine Gun Company had ambushed a squadron of devils, and at the same time asked Yang Donghu to report the situation.

Yang Donghu said in the telegram that Hua Xiaohu is currently leading the Japanese Teng Brigade around Fukan Town with the fourth company, and the first company and a militia squadron led by him are lurking near the Maotang stronghold, preparing to attack the Maotang stronghold of the devils.

The Japanese garrison in the Maotang stronghold has been increased to a squadron, and the fortifications have been strengthened, and under the high alert of the devils, even if Yang Donghu uses the night to attack, I am afraid it will not be easy to fight.

Liu Tianshu's brows furrowed, thinking about the situation in Fukan Town.

He believes that judging from the current situation, attacking the Maotang stronghold is not the best policy, but if he does not attack the Maotang stronghold, how should he break the deadlock in Fukan Town.

After thinking about it for a long time, Liu Tianshu's eyes were on Xintianzui, west of Fukan Town.

Xintianzui is on the road leading from Fukan Town to Qinglong Valley, which passes halfway up the mountain, which is the remnant of Fuya Mountain, which is steep and wooded. More importantly, after the troops took advantage of the mountain forest ambush, they could retreat to the mountains.

Of course, it is not an easy task to lure the devil to Xintianzui. Saito is not stupid either, and if the Fourth Company intends to retreat in this direction, he will definitely guess if the Tsuchihachi Road will set up an ambush.

Thinking of this, after Liu Tianshu thought about it in his mind, he asked Yang Juan to report to Yang Donghu, asking him to give up attacking the Maotang stronghold, and the company quickly moved westward to the area of Xintianzui, and at the same time could deliberately expose the troops. At the same time, after ordering the fifth company to make contact with the devils, they also began to move towards the area of Xintianzui.

Yang Donghu was very puzzled when he received Liu Tianshu's order, but after confirming that this was an order personally issued by Battalion Commander Liu, he immediately asked the herald to convey the order to Hua Xiaohu, and at the same time quickly withdrew to the west with a company and a militia squadron.

In the afternoon, the first company and the militia squadron rushed to Xintianzui. Hua Xiaohu's fourth company, after fighting with the searching Imperial Cooperative Army, also began to quickly retreat in the direction of Xintianzui.

After Liu Tianshu gave an order to Yang Donghu, he received information from the militia scattered in the mountains. Oda Tashiro took more than 500 devils and more than 300 puppet troops, passed through Xiaotangba, and after a small encounter with the three companies commanded by Zhu Aiguo and Yu Yongzhong, he had already arrived at Yaping Village.

It's just that after the devils arrived at Yaping Village, they did not continue to pursue into the mountains, but sent a squadron of devils and more than a hundred puppet troops to cautiously rush towards Jinshuigou.

Seeing this, a smile appeared on the corner of Liu Tianshu's mouth, it seems that after Oda Tashiro learned that Zhaoyuan's squadron was annihilated, he had to send troops to collect the corpses of the dead Japanese soldiers.

As long as Oda Tashiro becomes cautious, the next battle will be easy to fight.

Oda Tashiro's happy mood was completely ruined in the early hours of last night.

Last night, he was sleeping comfortably in the military tent in front of Rhino Ridge when he suddenly received a telegram from the logistics supply depot outside Pingyuan Town, saying that the logistics supply depot had been attacked by unknown persons, 16 imperial soldiers had been killed, and all the supplies of the logistics supply depot had been blown up.

After walking around like a trapped beast in the military tent a few times, he scolded the bastard and the stupid pig for countless sentences, but he could only report the situation to the wing captain with a bitter face.

However, after Watanabe learned that Oda Tashiro's supplies were blown up, he was in a gloomy position for a long time before saying that he wanted to solve it for him, but in the end, Watanabe reminded Oda Tashiro again, saying that according to reliable information, Liu Tianshu, the battalion commander of the independent battalion of the Eighth Route Army in Fuya Mountain, was very likely to sneak back to Fuya Mountain.

After reading the telegram, Oda Tashiro was dismayed to find that his troops had only brought a week's worth of field supplies, and if the fighting could not be ended within a week, and the supplies promised by the wing commander had not arrived, his troops would have to be forced to withdraw.

Fortunately, the strength of the troops is still there, and Oda Tashiro doesn't have too much to worry about the materials being blown up.

Unfortunately, when he commanded the troops all the way to Yaping Village the next day, and was visiting the empty command post of the independent battalion in the village, two officers of the Imperial Association Army ran in with Zhang Deming.

"Report to the captain, it's not good, something is wrong." As soon as Zhang Deming saw Oda Takiro, he shouted in panic.

A trace of disgust flashed in Oda Tashiro's eyes, and he said in his mouth: "Zhang Sang, what happened, you say it slowly." ”

Zhang Deming saw Oda Taxilang's steady expression, and his nervous heart relaxed, and he looked at Oda Taxilang and said: "Captain, Zhaoyuan Taijun who came from Yangcun had an accident, they were ambushed by Tubalu in Jinshuigou, Zhaoyuan Taijun and they were all killed, and my first battalion was finished." ”

"What? The Zhaoyuan squadron was ambushed by Tubalu in Jinshuigou? Oda Takiro's eyes widened as he listened.

Subsequently, the two company commanders told the situation in detail what happened at that time, but they didn't dare to say that the Imperial Association Army saw that the Zhaoyuan squadron was ambushed, and not only did they not desperately save it, but took the initiative to surrender their guns to the Eighth Route Army.

In their mouths, they opened the road in front, but they were also ambushed by Tubalu, the battalion commander Liao Deyuan was killed, and they and dozens of surviving brothers ran out of bullets and unfortunately fell into the hands of Tubalu. The governor of the Dirt Eight Road let them back in order to let them deliver the letter.

After speaking, Zhang Deming handed the letter written by Liu Tianshu to Oda Tashiro with both hands.

Oda Tashiro took a look, in the letter, Liu Tianshu first reprimanded the Japanese army's barbaric aggression, and then said that in line with the principle of humanitarianism, he specially asked people to inform him and let him send someone to collect the corpses of those devils in the wilderness, and finally, Liu Tianshu warned Oda Tashiro not to harm ordinary people, if he dared to hurt innocent people, in the future battles, his troops will no longer enjoy military treatment.

After reading the letter, Oda Takiro's eyes were red with anger, and he panted and tore the letter to shreds.

(To be continued.) )