According to the convention, Wu Mujun eats without saying a word, but the Xishan Self-Help Association is different, and he is used to chatting while eating. Therefore, the two sets of military and political teams in Xishan always can't eat together. This time, they had to eat their own food, and after eating, they held a meeting in the large conference room of the Wumu Army Headquarters.

Because it wasn't about discussing major issues, the meeting started in a relaxed atmosphere. Wang Yu, who helped in the logistics of the headquarters, prepared plenty of fruits, snacks, and tea.

Liu Qinghe has old qualifications and high positions, so of course he will talk about it first.

After Liu Qinghe, the Wu brothers, and Liu Weitao's loyal rescue** arrived at the northern outskirts of Xuancheng, the Wu brothers crossed the Yangtze River from the upper reaches of Wuhu and headed north to find Xue Yue's troops. Liu Qinghe delivered Liu Weitao's unit to the designated place, and was supposed to return immediately after the mission was completed, but Liu Weitao received an order that the unit should be stationed in place, and the commander went to Huangshan to report on work and training. Liu Weitao saw that the station was too close to the devil, and his troops of more than 400 people had not yet rested, and if something happened during his absence, the consequences would be unimaginable. So, he asked Liu Qinghe to help him defend for a few days, and then return to Xishan after he returned. Liu Qingheben and Liu Weitao were like-minded and agreed.

After Liu Weitao left, Liu Qinghe asked Zhongyi to save ** stationed on the three small hills that supported each other to rest, and he put his troops on guard at the bottom of the mountain.

Liu Qinghe's troops were not only well-trained, but also had unique characteristics: the troops camped at night, and not only did they arrange open and secret sentry posts, but also the sentries set up bamboo bells and fires around them. The bamboo bell is the bamboo tube plus the hammer, and someone touches it and makes a light sound; Pulling the fire is the fuse of the tripping rope, and someone wades to the triprope that pulls the fire, illuminating the abnormal position. The armament is also neat: 1 light machine gun, 1 grenadier canister per squad, 8 Type 38 rifles, 2 shell guns, more than 150 people, a total of 9 light machine guns, 9 grenadiers, 76 Type 38 rifles, 31 shell guns, and sufficient ammunition.

On the second day of the stationing of the troops, flags were raised on the mountain, and there was an enemy situation! Liu Qinghe hurriedly arranged the guard, and then climbed to the top of the mountain.

Liu Weitao's deputy group leader Zheng Daoming and several squadron leaders and detachment leaders were observing the enemy situation. Seeing Liu Qinghe's arrival, he pointed out to him: It turned out that more than a dozen devils were committing murder in a village not far away, and it looked like a devil was an infantry squad with three carts out to rob supplies.

Everyone was a hot-blooded young man, and after a glance at each other, Liu Qinghe said: "The devil of class 1 has been handed over to our Wu Mujun!" ”

"No, this is our defensive ground, we should fight!" Zheng Daoming didn't do it.

"You are sleepy and poor, and you are not well equipped, it is better for us to fight, and the credit is yours!" Liu Qinghe didn't say that he couldn't hold the fire when he saw the devil, so he had the words to find a reason.

"Loyalty and righteousness can't let people take away the lead, we can't afford to lose people!" Zheng Daoming is very resolute.

"Don't fight, let's fight this battle together, do you think it's okay?" A squadron leader came out to play the round.

"Okay! You choose a few people with good physical strength and can fight to attack the village, and we will send a platoon to you to control the wind and send reinforcements! Liu Qinghe gave in.

"Okay, that's it!" Zheng Daoming also took a step.

Zheng Daoming led 12 people, 3 shell guns, 1 submachine gun, and 8 medium formal rifles, and Liu Qinghe led a platoon to quickly surround the small village.

Liu Qinghe sent 4 sharpshooters and 1 light machine gun to support Zheng Daoming on the periphery, and the other troops were on alert to the outside world, preparing to block the devil reinforcements.

Zheng Daoming put down the devil's guard post with one shot and rushed towards the village.

The devils were not slow to react, and immediately determined the direction, set up machine guns and grenadiers, but they were immediately knocked out by the sharpshooters arranged by Liu Qinghe, Zheng Daoming and they took advantage of the situation to rush forward and successfully killed more than a dozen devils.

Before the devil's reinforcements arrived, Liu Qinghe and Zheng Daoming had already returned to the station. Zheng Daoming was not an ignorant person, so he took out 4 38-style rifles, 2 southern-style pistols, and 1 saber and gave them to Liu Qinghe.

Liu Qinghe glanced at Zheng Daoming: "Sit on the ground and share the spoils?" ”

"If you hadn't knocked out the devil's machine guns and grenadiers, we would definitely have casualties, this is the hearts of the brothers!" Zheng Daoming is very sincere.

"Do you think we're short of gear?" Liu Qinghe smiled. "My brother doesn't have to be too clear! You might as well stew some of the captured chickens and ducks and leave a few more bags of grain!" ”

"Those have your share too! We are brothers and settle accounts! "Zheng Daoming is quite serious.

"Then keep it with you first, and we won't pay a storage fee!" Liu Qinghe snorted.

"Then it's a shame!" Zheng Daoming also did not argue.

The devil lost a squad inexplicably, thinking that it was Zheng Daoming, Liu Qing and them who did it, and attacked overnight, preparing to take Zheng Daoming and them together with Xuancheng in one fell swoop.

The devil believed that with the strength of the Great Japanese Imperial Army, it would be enough to have a reinforced squadron. After taking Xuancheng, burning, killing and looting is enough for a brigade to consume for a while, and then leave a squad, at most a squad to guard Xuancheng, then most of the supplies of the Wuhu troops will be implemented.

At night, a reinforced squadron of devils quietly approached Liu Qinghe's station. A devil soldier accidentally touched a bamboo bell and was killed by Liu Qinghe's sentry. The devil's sneak attack failed, so he had to attack.

Liu Qing and the others immediately judged the direction of the devil's attack according to the position of the fire, and then arranged the firepower in an orderly manner to block the attack. This is Liu Qinghe's platoon defense area.

The devil brought two mortars, two heavy machine guns. The mortars fired several flares, exposing Liu Qinghe's position.

For a time, Liu Qinghe's troops were somewhat passive. But Zheng Daoming on the mountain also saw the situation clearly through the light. On the one hand, he sent people to contact Liu Qinghe's second and third platoons, informed the devils of the main direction of attack, and suggested that they leave a squad to guard the main road, and other personnel to reinforce the first platoon, and on the other hand, he arranged for the rescuers on the two hills behind him to sneak attack the devils from the flanks.

There are not many devils, and they can only be focused on assault, so there is no division of troops. Seeing that the Chinese army was well defended, he was not in a hurry, and only waited for dawn to open the way with mortars and heavy machine guns to cover the infantry to break the positions of the Chinese army.

Unexpectedly, Zheng Daoming rushed up from behind the devil, and the devil had to change from offense to defense and defend on the spot. Liu Qinghe knew that there were friendly troops on the opposite side, but he did not dare to blindly launch a counterattack, for fear of causing accidental injury, so he waited until dawn.

After the situation became clear, Zheng Daoming commanded the troops to block the devils from escaping on the west and north sides, and launched an attack from the east, so that the devils were very uncomfortable to defend against the backlight of the rising sun.

Liu Qinghe was also happy to see it, he ordered the troops to charge downward by relying on the high terrain, and arranged two sharpshooters and two light machine guns to target the devil's heavy machine guns and mortars.

As Liu Qinghe tore through the defense line of the devil's position, the devil finally retreated.

In this battle, 67 devils were killed, and two mortars, two heavy machine guns, 17 pack horses, and a number of other firearms and ammunition were captured. This time, Liu Qinghe asked for 1 heavy machine gun, 1 mortar, and 10 pack horses.

Just as the rescue ** and Wu Mu army were celebrating their victory, Ma Dengke, the commander of the garrison in Xuancheng, arrived. This kid scolded Zheng Daoming for not knowing the stakes and starting the war lightly, which would bring the disaster of slaughtering the city to Xuancheng.

Zheng Daoming didn't defend either, just squinted at Ma Dengke, and Zheng Daoming's subordinates also squinted at Ma Dengke. Liu Qinghe just watched the excitement.

Ma Dengke felt the murderous aura on these warriors, and couldn't help but restrain his arrogance and walked away stupidly.

"What the hell!" Zheng Daoming scolded Ma Dengke's back, but when he turned around, he saw Liu Qinghe with a serious face, Zheng Daoming hurriedly smiled: "What's the matter, brother?" He scolded me and not you, no way, the official level crushed people to death! ”

"Xuancheng can't be saved!" Liu Qinghe said.

"What do you mean?" Zheng Daoming didn't understand.

"Do you think Ma Dengke's virtue can hold Xuancheng?" Liu Qinghe guided Zheng Daoming.

"Enough!" Zheng Daoming didn't care.

"Do you think the devil will retaliate?" Liu Qinghe asked again.

"Huh?" Zheng Daoming understood, "What should I do then?" ”

"Instead!" Liu Qinghe was categorical.

Liu Qinghe called his squad platoon leader and Zheng Daoming's squadron leader and detachment leader together, and after explaining like this, they acted separately.

Zheng Daoming sent a reconnaissance detachment to Xuancheng to survey the terrain, familiarize himself with the garrison, and prepare to take over the garrison of Xuancheng.

Liu Qinghe sent one person back to Xishan, stated the reason for the late return, and sent 10 people to ride the devil's pack horse out to the main road near Wuhu, monitor the devil's movements, and report back immediately if there was a situation.

Li Tiezhu, the leader of the reconnaissance detachment sent by Zheng Daoming, was discovered by the garrison in the city and escorted to the regiment headquarters. Ma Dengke went to the teahouse to listen to the commentary, and only Li Jiuwei, the chief of staff of the regiment, was on duty.

Li Tieshu did not hide it, and told Li Jiuwei his commander's judgment and the purpose of this trip, Li Jiuwei admitted that he was also worried about this, and told Li Tiezhu: The head of Ma Dengke was bought with money before the Anti-Japanese War, and he would not fight if he had not fought a war. Li Jiuwei and Li Tiehammer made an appointment, and if there is any change in the city, they must be notified in time.

Liu Qinghe made a bad move, he sent a few of his subordinates to break into the Xuancheng garrison headquarters disguised as woodcutters, and lied that a large number of devils were coming from Wuhu to Xuancheng.

That night, Li Jiuwei sent someone to inform Zheng Daoming that Ma Dengke had run away with his newly married aunt from Xuancheng, and his boss appointed him as the acting head of the regiment. So, Zheng Daoming "took" Liu Qinghe and entered Xuancheng as a matter of course.

Zheng Daoming and Liu Qinghe asked Li Jiuwei about the situation of the garrison troops: This regiment is the southern Anhui tax police regiment under the Anhui Tax Police Corps, with 3 battalions and 9 companies but not under the establishment, only 873 people, 2 82mm imitation German-made mortars, 39 shells, 2 imitation German-made Makqin heavy machine guns, 956 bullets, 5 Czech-style light machine guns, 840 bullets, 9 shell guns, 134 bullets, 147 Hanyang-made, 254 old sleeves, about 40 bullets per capita, 2 flare guns, 7 bullets, 305 grenades, 15 mines; All the soldiers had never fought but were finally trained, and there were 6 chief and deputy battalion commanders, 22 chief and deputy company commanders, 71 chief and deputy platoon commanders, and two chief and deputy battalion commanders and 7 chief and deputy company commanders who fled with Madenko.

"Human life is at stake, let's have something to say!" Liu Qinghe was straightforward. "First, do you Chief of Staff Li plan to fight the devil?"

"Of course!" Li Jiuwei did not hesitate.

"Second, are you sure you can command this battle?" Liu Qinghe looked at Li Jiuwei.

"Nope!" Li Jiuwei told the truth.

"Third, will you let us command this battle for you?" Liu Qinghe's complexion softened a lot. Indeed, as long as Li Jiuwei is willing to fight this battle, Liu Qinghe will help him no matter what.

"I can't ask for it!" Li Jiuwei was overjoyed.

"Okay, call your squad platoon company and battalion commanders, we also call a group of officers, squad leaders, and veterans, we will meet, you explain to your subordinates, we are veterans of a hundred battles, lead you to fight this battle, if you don't want to fight, you can put down your weapons and equipment and leave!" The commander-in-chief of this battle is Zheng Daoming, the deputy captain of the loyal and righteous rescue **! Liu Qinghe was concise and to the point.

"I think it's still Captain Liu, you will be the commander-in-chief!" Zheng Daoming threw himself to the ground for Liu Qinghe's admiration.

"It's not polite, I have other arrangements!" Liu Qinghe is confident.

Soon, a group of deputy captains, deputy squad leaders, and veterans of Zheng Daoming's department were mixed into the tax police regiment, and the rescue ** left 3 detachments lurking outside the city, preparing to outflank the devil's back road, and the rest of the horses were arranged to important positions in the city.

Liu Qinghe took his men and horses to the only way from Wuhu to Xuancheng to ambush.

There is only one brigade stationed in Wuhu, and the captain of the brigade Kawasaki Ryozo is not willing to suffer, leaving the defeated squadron and another squadron to guard Wuhu, and he personally leads two infantry squadrons, 8 heavy machine guns of the machine gun squadron, two 92-type infantry guns and two 82mm mortars of the artillery squadron, 40 carts of the transport squadron, with enough ammunition and supplies, and rushes to Xuancheng to kill.

Liu Qinghe let the infantry of the devil's brigade, and then approached the side of the road, and used two mortars and nine grenadiers to bombard the devil's artillery, machine gunners, and transport team, and blew up the devil's artillery, heavy machine guns, and ammunition to heavy losses.

When the devil infantry came to the rescue, Liu Qing and them had already run away.

Liu Qinghe didn't care where the devil went, he took the people and horses to run to the three small rivers that flowed into Wuhu Port, and floated to Wuhu Port on a bamboo raft prepared in advance.

At a distance where he could see Wuhu Port, Liu Qinghe stopped, immediately changed into a devil's military uniform, and sneaked into Wuhu Port with the recognition of not buttoning the placket.

Wuhu Port sounded the sound of explosions, Liu Qinghe and others took advantage of the chaos to mix into the wharf of Wuhu Port, crossed the wharf from east to west, and threw 1 or 2 lit fuses when they saw the cargo pile, the fuse was only a ruler long, but the temperature was high, and the ignition effect was excellent!

As soon as Kawasaki Ryozo arrived outside Xuancheng City and set up a formation to attack the city, he received a telegram informing him that the port of Wuhu had been burned. Kawasaki Liangzao thought about it, anyway, there was an accident in Wuhu Port, and it was too late to go back to the rescue, so it was better to capture Xuancheng, which could be regarded as a meritorious service.

However, the artillery squad and machine gun squadron were attacked by Liu Qinghe, and the heavy weapons were only one Type 92 infantry gun and two heavy machine guns.

The defenders of the city resisted stubbornly with the favorable terrain and fortifications, and the battle fell into a stalemate, Kawasaki Ryozo launched attacks again and again were repulsed, and when he was in a hurry, the rear artillery positions were shelled, the infantry guns and heavy machine guns were all blown up, and the mortar shells behind him flew towards his brigade headquarters! It was the strange soldiers of Zheng Daoming's three detachments outside the city who attacked.

Ryozo Kawasaki's eyes darkened: That's it! It's still dead, or you have to go back and have to be disemboweled! It's a pity that he didn't die, but was blown off his left leg and life, picking up a life!

Zheng Daoming in the city saw that the devil was going to retreat and issued an order to counterattack!

After a period of pursuit, the devils threw down 97 corpses, 125 Type 38 rifles, 19 Southern-style pistols, 7 grenadiers, 3 Type 96 light machine guns, two damaged Type 92 heavy machine guns, and 1 infantry gun.

When Liu Qing and them rushed back to Xuancheng, it was already the morning of the next day. Zheng Daoming sent many people to search and answer overnight, and finally received them. Back at the station, they fell asleep regardless of the three, seven, twenty-one.

Liu Qing and the others woke up, and each of them was poured three bowls of soup without saying anything: the first bowl was rice soup, the second bowl was fish soup, and the third bowl was chicken soup. Then there are big fish, big meat, fresh fish and live shrimp! According to the military doctor of Li Jiuwei's department, for people who are hungry and tired, this kind of tonic is very scientific. Damn, there are people in this ghost army who talk about science!

Li Jiuwei reported the battle situation according to the truth, but his boss did not reply for a long time.

A few days later, Liu Weitao came back from Huangshan in a hurry and took a few letters of appointment: Liu Weitao was appointed as the commander of the Loyal and Righteous Rescue ** Southern Anhui Detachment, with the rank of colonel; Li Jiuwei's tax police regiment was reorganized into the first brigade of the Loyal and Righteous Rescue ** Southern Anhui Detachment, and Li Jiuwei was appointed as the deputy commander of the Loyal and Righteous Rescue ** Southern Anhui Detachment and the captain of the first brigade, with the rank of lieutenant colonel; Zheng Daoming is the captain of the second brigade of the loyal and righteous rescue ** southern Anhui detachment, with the rank of lieutenant colonel; Liu Qinghe is the captain of the Xuanwu (Xuancheng-Wuhu) guerrilla brigade of the ** Southern Anhui Detachment, with the rank of lieutenant colonel; Others and so on have their own appointments.

It turned out that Zheng Daoming also reported the battle situation, and the Military Commission originally wanted to send planes to bomb supplies in Wuhu Port to stop the devils from attacking upstream along the Yangtze River, and did not want to be taken the lead by the informal loyalty rescue. As a result, the loyal and righteous rescue ** with the background of military command merged and reorganized a local tax police regiment, and since he was captured, Liu Weitao did not forget to take the opportunity to ask Liu Qinghe for an official and a half position! On the other hand, Liu Qinghe also received instructions from Shi Jilun that he could form an alliance with any anti-Japanese armed force to increase his strength! That's why I accepted the rank of **.

Liu Qinghe accepted the ** military rank and was appointed as the captain of the guerrilla brigade, which means that there is a lot of room for free movement, to put it bluntly, the appointment is just a nominal name and a military salary, this Liu Weitao is really interesting!

When the third detachment of the New Fourth Army marched into southern Anhui, Liu Qinghe took the initiative to support the New Fourth Army in a batch of captured devil maps, leaving a good impression on the New Fourth Army.

The devils sent troops to occupy Anqing, which opened the prelude to the Battle of Wuhan. The Military Commission ordered all units along the river to launch operations against the Japanese army. The New Fourth Army coordinated with the troops of the Third Theater to attack Fanchang. Originally, the third detachment of the New Fourth Army planned to attack the devils' baggage and supplies, and did not want to be ambushed and besieged by the devils.

It happened that Liu Qinghe attacked Wuhu County and set fire to the devil's arsenal, forcing the devil to withdraw his troops. Zhang Yunyi, chief of staff of the New Fourth Army, personally met with Liu Qinghe and agreed to make use of the New Fourth Army's good mass base and developed intelligence network to cooperate deeply with Liu Qinghe's brilliant arson level and to strike at the devil's munitions depots, transport convoys, and other logistics units in a targeted manner.

Since then, from Wuhu to Chizhou, Liu Qinghe has set fires everywhere, some of which were set by Liu Qinghe's ministry, and some of which were set by Liu Qinghe......

It is particularly worth mentioning the battle of Tongling Jiangxinzhou.

There is a Jiangxinzhou in the Tongling section of the Yangtze River, and the devils set up the material yard on the Jiangxinzhou, first, to prevent the sneak attack of the Zhina, second, it is convenient to load the ship, and third, to raise a few military dogs on the Jiangxinzhou, saving a lot of garrison troops.

Zhang Yunyi sent someone to discuss with Liu Qinghe, how to destroy the devil's Jiangxinzhou freight yard? Liu Qinghe promised: Liu Qinghe took this job, but when the time comes, the New Fourth Army will prepare boats and fishing nets to salvage the spoils downstream, and the harvest will be divided in half! The New Fourth Army also had no objections.

When the moon was dark and the wind was high, Liu Qinghe put down 20 bamboo rafts in the upper reaches of the Xinzhou of the Tongling River, and each bamboo raft had 100 two kicks of more than 2 feet long and 2 inches thick, and the fuse was set up by Liu Qinghe The delay device, after ignition, the bamboo raft went straight down the river to Jiangxinzhou.

The bamboo raft collided with Jiang Xinzhou, and the two kickers also flew to Jiang Xinzhou. The second sound of the second kick is the incendiary explosives pack. The result is naturally that Jiang Xinzhou is on fire, and the materials are burned to the ground!

The materials that fell into the river were picked up by the New Fourth Army downstream: military uniforms, canned food, gas masks, batteries, flashlights, and steel helmets.

The most important thing is that judging by the large number of gas masks salvaged, the devils were ready to use poison gas bombs, and the New Fourth Army immediately reported this information to the Chongqing Military Commission, so that the prepared ** reduced its losses in the Battle of Wuhan.

So the **, the communist army, and the devils in southern Anhui all called Liu Qinghe's department the "Vulcan Army"! Liu Qinghe is naturally the "God of Fire"! The force was expanded to more than 1,800 people.

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Liu Qinghe briefly reported the battle report of the past year, and the gods of war of Wu Mujun listened to it with fascination. Suddenly, Xiang Qingyun slapped the table and yelled: "There is!" ”

Everyone was stunned, and looked at Xiang Qingyun dancing inexplicably.

Xiang Qingyun came back to his senses and explained to everyone: "The devil's planes, tanks, and gunboats have all landed!" This large two-kicker is so useful that you can fight planes, tanks, and gunboats! I suggest an hour-long adjournment! ”

On Tuesday, the dog saw that it was not too early, and announced that he would continue to listen to the Wu brothers' report after dinner. Xiang Qingyun pulled up Shu Jintang and Zheng Qiguang and ran out, and they didn't show up for dinner.

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