Cao Jimin was finally killed, and the Han Annihilation who killed Hu Maosheng was shot to death by a young general Zou Hexi, who was less than 16 years old. Xiao Xiong, who returned to the secret station of Suozigang, and all the members of the Einsatzgruppen were very happy when they heard the news, and Li Minghua and Liu Junshan excitedly hugged Zou Hexi and threw him up. Xiao Xiong smiled with satisfaction and looked at the grown child in front of him, and happily watched him being surrounded by everyone like stars holding the moon.

Xiao Xiong looked at all this in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart, cruel war can promote precocious maturity. After several years of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, not only poor children like Zou Hexi, who had suffered from the war, were tempered and grew up in the war, but also young people like Li Minghua and Liu Junshan who had participated in the war themselves for a long time also grew up rapidly.

War is like a melting pot, it tests everyone's will and quality, whether you want it or not, you have to accept the experience of war. The brutal war of national self-defense forced them to abandon their high-spirited scholarly temperament, step out of the ivory tower-like classroom, and instead engage in a bloody struggle for the survival of the country and the nation. As we all know, without the reading power of the country and the nation, all the best ideals are in vain.

Although the original plan for this trip to Lushan was changed due to Hu Maosheng's sacrifice, the team members also learned a lot after the recent brutal battles. Especially children like Zou Hexi, who had never participated in bloody battles, were also tempered and grown up in the war, and Xiao Xiong's heart was a little relieved.

The Anti-Japanese War has entered the most brutal stage, and Xiao Xiong feels an invisible pressure and feels the heavy responsibility on his shoulders. As the supreme administrator of the northern Jiangxi region and the head of the guerrillas, he shouldered the responsibility of organizing the anti-Japanese war in the entire region. There are so many people looking at themselves and what great expectations they have given themselves, and every victory of the Einsatzgruppen will give great encouragement and confidence to the local people. We must persevere, persevere, and persist again, and we must overcome all difficulties, even if we sacrifice our own lives, we must also set up a banner of heroic resistance in the hearts of the people that will never fall.

Zou Hexi was very happy, he personally killed Han Jiancao Jimin, avenged Captain Hu Maoxian, and Commander Xiao treated himself like a hero. But he himself knew that compared to these brothers, he was just a new soldier on the battlefield, and he had never killed a single devil.

His face was full of red light, and he walked in front of Xiao Xiong shyly, he was a little embarrassed, and lowered his head unnaturally.

When Xiao Xiong saw his cute appearance, he smiled and said:

"Our little hero sharpshooter, congratulations, you killed Han Annihilation and avenged Captain Hu."

Zou Hexi became more and more embarrassed when he heard Xiao Xiong's words of praise.

"Commander, why do you say that, how embarrassed."

Xiao Xiong put away the smile on his face, took Zou Hexi's hand, and said to Zou Hexi seriously:

"Hexi, I have something I want to tell you, I want you to join our Einsatzgruppen, I don't know if it's okay?"

Zou Hexi looked at Xiao Xiong in surprise, he really didn't know how to answer him, and he was speechless for a while:

"This ......"

"Don't worry, if you want to participate, I'll go and tell Captain Cheng and them to go, if they agree, let you follow Brother Minghua and go to the Hunter Team. Is that okay? ”

"Really? That...... Just talk to us Captain Cheng. ”

Zou and Xi spoke quieter and quieter.

In fact, he was actually reluctant to leave the guerrillas, since his father and mother were killed by devils, the guerrillas have become his home. He had spent a long time with his brothers, and he felt that they were like his father and brother. Especially Captain Hu Mao, I feel that they are my dearest people. Therefore, when I heard about Hu Mao's sacrifice, I felt as sad as I was when I lost my parents.

However, in his heart, Xiao Xiong is a great hero who stands up to the sky, and he doesn't know how many stories he has heard about the warriors of Xiao Xiong leading the Einsatzgruppen to kill devils and punish Han annihilation. Even Captain Hu, whom he respected the most, said many words of praise for Xiao Xiong in front of him. Therefore, when Xiao Xiong invited him to join the Einsatzgruppen, he was really tempted, especially when he heard that he could go to the hunter team that he had loved for a long time, and from now on he could follow the sharpshooter Li Minghua, Liu Junshan and other big brothers to fight devils together, and he was even more willing.

Soon, Xiao Xiong discussed with Captain Cheng Shizhang and them, and Zou Hexi officially joined the Einsatzgruppen and was directly assigned to the Hunter Team, and then followed Li Minghua and them.

The next day, Xiao Xiong led the team to leave Suozigang, and everyone returned to Caijiazhou's base together. Xiao Xiong once again gathered his troops in various places, and he once again carried out an important reorganization and reorganization of the troops in accordance with the development of the situation of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the needs of the battle.

After the defeat of the Poyang Lake sweep, the Kou strengthened their rule over the occupied areas in northern Jiangxi, and the devils' rule over the people became more and more cruel. Judging from the feedback from various localities, although the people in the enemy-occupied areas have repeatedly and spontaneously risen up to resist, due to the frenzied suppression of the devils, the struggle of the masses of the people has been defeated, the forces of resistance have suffered heavy losses, the enthusiasm of the masses to resist has been dealt a heavy blow, and the struggle has suffered setbacks.

After discussions, Xiao Xiong and his men decided to divide the special forces into parts, send troops to the Nanxun Railway and to the counties along the rivers and lakes in the area under their jurisdiction, set up special task forces in the localities, actively expand the ranks, organize and unite the existing anti-Japanese armed forces in the counties, and carry out the struggle against the enemy in an all-round way. It is necessary to take the initiative to strike at the enemy in order to arouse the enthusiasm of the masses of the people to resist the war.

Therefore, it was decided to send Ren Jie, Ouyang Cunfeng, Wang Xiaofei, Liming and other four people to Ruichang, De'an, Yongxiu, Jiujiang and other counties along the Nanxun Railway, Wang Yantai was sent to Hukou, Jiang Yongming was sent to his hometown Xingzi, and Ma Changyong was sent to Duchang, and they were in charge of the local anti-Japanese struggle.

Xiao Xiong sat in Jiujiang and was fully responsible for all operations in the area, and personally commanded the hunter team, using it as a mobile force to resist the enemy in northern Jiangxi, and to support the anti-enemy operations in various places at any time.

Gao Qixing mainly commanded and coordinated the struggle against the enemy in the counties along the Nanxun Railway, while Xiong Qiang was fully responsible for the armed operations along the rivers and lakes.

Although the Einsatzgruppen suffered heavy losses after several brutal battles, its backbone strength was still relatively well preserved, and with these brothers who had gone through the test of life and death in the war, Xiao Xiong was still full of confidence in the future development of the Einsatzgruppen and the development of the anti-enemy struggle in various counties.

Xiao Xiong demanded that after all units arrive in the locality, the first step is to actively carry out propaganda, recruit troops as soon as possible, expand their ranks as soon as possible, step up training, and form an army as soon as possible to carry out armed struggle.

In this way, after a period of recruiting and reorganizing training, the anti-Japanese forces in all counties in northern Jiangxi have been rapidly strengthened, the anti-Japanese situation in various localities has presented a very good scene, and the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the people in the enemy-occupied areas has been greatly enhanced.

Xiao Xiong's work during this period was also highly praised by the Ninth Theater Commander's Command. The Commander's Department ordered Xiao Xiong to carry out activities behind enemy lines as much as possible, disrupt their rear, and strive to strengthen the ranks. Even though its own house was also very tight, the theater command promptly allocated some activity funds, guns, ammunition, medicines, and other materials to the special forces to meet the urgent needs of the troops.

killed Cao Jimin, Zou Hexi's confidence was even stronger. After coming to the Hunters, he also actively participated in the team's military training.

Xiao Xiong brought the hunter team to Lushan, and every day under the leadership of the two captains Li Minghua and Liu Junshan, Zou Hexi and all the members of the hunter team climbed cliffs, walked the single-plank bridge of the abyss, and climbed trees as high as several zhang.

Li Minghua taught everyone how to survive in the mountains, for example, to identify various wild vegetables and fruits in the mountains, and to find mountain springs and streams. Practice how to track beasts, how to catch them, and more.

The main thing is to learn the art of shooting. Every day, they had to practice raising their guns to aim, and they had to hang several pounds of stones from their guns. At the end of the day, Zou Hexi felt that his arm was so tired that it seemed to be broken, and he slept on the bed, and the whole person seemed to be falling apart. Every time I almost got into bed with my head on it, I fell asleep immediately.

After a period of training, the whole hunter team is like being reborn, there are more than 200 people who just came to Lushan to train, and after training, only just over 100 people are left. Compared to the previous ones, every member of this team can be said to have become sharpshooters. Even if it's a bird or a beast, you can hit it with a gun. I don't know how many times the combat effectiveness of the team is stronger than before, and all of them can fight alone.

Although Zou Hexi has lost a lot of weight than before, after a few months of training, he has grown taller, his skills have increased, and he has become more energetic.

Just when Xiao Xiong's special forces were fighting hard and training their troops, the world situation had undergone tremendous changes.

At the beginning of 1941, taking advantage of the fact that Britain and the United States were busy dealing with the war in Europe, he actively sought to advance southward, and the contradictions between Britain and the United States became more and more acute. The United States also hoped to use China's War of Resistance to delay and deplete its costs, so it stepped up its assistance to China. He felt strongly that the war he was waging in the Far East was actually aimed at China, the Soviet Union, the United States, and Britain. Based on this background, the General Staff Headquarters of the People's Liberation Army formulated the "Guiding Outline for a Long-Term War in Greater East Asia" and the "Guiding Plan for Long-term Operations against China."

In the "Guidance Plan for Long-Term Operations Against China," the base camp of the Chinese army proposed: "In the summer and autumn of 1941, we should prepare to give full play to our comprehensive combat strength, put heavy pressure on the enemy, and strive to resolve the incident." Accordingly, the "Chinese Dispatch Army" made active preparations and decided to carry out the Changsha operation with the 11th Army as the main force in the summer and autumn.

On June 22, 1941, the Soviet-German war broke out. Prior to this, in order to relieve the worries of the southward advance, it had taken measures to adjust diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, and signed the "Neutrality Treaty of the Soviet Union" on April 13; After the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, at the imperial meeting on July 2, he decided to secretly prepare for war against the Soviet Union, and once the development of the Soviet-German war was favorable to him, he would use force to solve the northern problem. For this reason, the base camp considered transferring at least two divisions from the 11th Army to northeast China.

However, the new commander-in-chief of the "China Dispatch Army" Shunroku Hahata and the new commander of the 11th Army, Anami Yuki, strongly opposed this consideration of the base camp of the Japanese army, believing that it was the fundamental national policy of the army to completely destroy China's attempt to continue fighting and solve the Chinese problem.

On 9 August, the base camp of the Chinese army decided to abandon the use of force against the Soviet Union and not to send troops from China. On 26 August, the base camp of the Yue Army approved the Changsha operation plan with Order No. 538 of the "Mainland Order" and called the operation "Operation Plus."

Beginning in mid-to-late August, the 11th Army began to gather combat forces in northern Hunan Province. By the beginning of September, the army had basically been assembled, and the Second Battle of Changsha was about to begin.