A militiaman in charge of the rear of the temple quickly unscrewed the back cover of a grenade, then pulled the fuse and threw the smoke-emitting grenade forward.

At the same time, a muffled "tom" sounded in the direction of the devil, and a grenade whistled and fell towards the place where the fighters were hiding.

There was a loud "boom", a flash of fire appeared, and the militiaman died on the spot.

Don't care about sadness, Luo Xiaowu took the remaining ** militia fighters and retreated while fighting, because they were very familiar with the terrain here, and they ran in the forest all year round, so they retreated very quickly, although the number of devils was large, they couldn't catch up with them for a while.

"Kill Quack! Chase them all down! "A devil in the middle of the command knife angrily, the gunfire here, their whereabouts have been exposed, and then want to surprise the pheasant and set, the fighter has disappeared, so the devil Dazuo is hated for the small group of Chinese soldiers in front of him.

The second regiment of the fourth division in the east of Yingzhou City is stationed here in the outer defensive position of the second regiment, and the battalion commander is called Liu Kuisheng, and Luo Xiaowu is a fellow villager of the same village.

In the headquarters of the third battalion, the battalion commander Liu Kuisheng had just returned from a meeting at the regiment headquarters and was about to sit down to rest and rest, when suddenly, a chaotic sound of footsteps sounded outside the battalion headquarters.

"Camp!" The second lieutenant platoon commander took the lead in standing up and saluting.

"Platoon Commander Wu, what's going on?" Liu Kuisheng asked in confusion.

"Brother Kuisheng, it's me, Han Chunzi." Han Chun, who was standing in the back row, shouted urgently as he stepped forward breathlessly.

"Huh? Hanchun? Liu Kuisheng recognized Han Chun at a glance, and immediately stepped forward and asked, "What's the matter?" How did you get here? ”

"Brother Kuisheng, devil, I found a devil in the old forest in the east of our village, our captain and other brothers have already done it with the devil, Brother Kuisheng, you hurry up and take someone there, I'm afraid it's too late." Han Chun said anxiously.

"Devils? How many people are there? Liu Kuisheng's heart sank, and he asked at the moment.

"I don't know how many people there are, but there must be a lot of people, the bullets are whizzing, like rain, when I came, Erbao and Da Niu were already dead." Han Chun replied with a sad face.

Liu Kuisheng immediately turned around and said sharply: "Platoon Commander Wu, immediately send my order, the first company, the second company, and the guard platoon all gather with me to go to Xiaoluo Village, and send someone to inform the regimental seat, saying that Xiaoluo Village has found devils, and the number is unknown." ”

"Yes!" The platoon commander surnamed Wu hurriedly stepped forward to answer, and immediately turned around and walked away quickly.

After the second lieutenant platoon commander left, Liu Kuisheng said to Hanchun while packing up his equipment: "Hanchun, are you tired?" ”

"Brother Kuisheng, I'm not tired!" Han Chun wiped a handful of tears and replied resolutely.

"Good!" Liu Kuisheng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Go, follow me to save Xiao Wuzi and them!" ”

"Yes!" Han Chunlang responded, and then followed Liu Kuisheng and walked out quickly.

……………………………………………………………………………………………… In the old forest in the east of Xiaoluo Village, in order to prevent the devils from entering Xiaoluo Village to do evil, Luo Xiaowu and others lured hundreds of devils to go away from Xiaoluo Village while fighting, and the gunshots continued along the way, with their familiarity with the terrain, Luo Xiaowu and others could always leave the devils behind, and from time to time they would also introduce the devil soldiers into the traps set up by the local villagers, although those traps were not fatal, but they could always make the devils suffer different degrees of damage.

And once a devil is injured, then their commander will leave at least one or two people to take care of such a wounded soldier, so along the way, although Luo Xiaowu also paid the surname of four or five militiamen, he killed and injured no less than twenty devils, in order to take care of these wounded soldiers, the devil commander left nearly twenty or thirty people to take care of those wounded soldiers.

Although the equipment of Luo Xiaowu and other militiamen is not sophisticated, the bullets are very sufficient, each of them has more than 100 bullets, and it is precisely because of the sufficient ammunition that several of them can deal with the devil for a long time.

About an hour later, Luo Xiaowu and the others were chased out of the woods by the devils, and at this time, there were only three soldiers left by Luo Xiaowu's side, and one of them was injured in the arm.

"Bang bang... In a fierce firefight, a militia soldier said in a sad voice: "Captain, we are about to leave the forest, what should we do?" ”

Luo Xiaowu held a Garand semi-automatic rifle and fired three shots in a row, killing the nearest devil who was chasing, dodging behind a big tree, panting while thinking about what to do, although there was no military literacy, but Luo Xiaowu knew that they were like prey chased by hunters, once there was no dense forest as cover, in the empty wilderness, it was the hunter's live target.

"Captain, the devil is here." At this time, another militiaman reminded urgently.

"We have no way out, instead of exiting the forest and being a live target for the devil, it is better to stay and fight to the end with the dog!" Luo Xiaowu filled the steel gun in his hand with bullets and said sharply.

"Yes, fight! Kill them Oriental mongrels."

"Fight with the little devil of the dog."

"Fight with them to the end, and avenge Dazhu and Erbao for them!" The other three fighters responded loudly in indignation.

The devils obviously also discovered Luo Xiaowu, and they no longer ran away, and they rushed up with excitement.

For a time, in the woods, the gunshots were loud, and in the fierce shooting, the three soldiers around Luo Xiaowu were shot one after another and fell to the ground, Luo Xiaowu was extremely sad, raised the rifle in his hand and shot desperately, killing several devils in a row, just wanted to replace it with a new magazine, suddenly, a dull shelling sound sounded from behind the grass not far ahead.

For the sound of this kind of small cannon, Luo Xiaowu heard it all the way, and he was horrified at the moment, and immediately turned around and lay down to the side, with a piercing scream, a grenade fell from the air, "boom" There was a loud bang, and the grenade exploded not far from Luo Xiaowu's side.

Luo Xiaowu, who couldn't dodge, was hit by wanton shrapnel in his abdomen and legs, and fell in a pool of blood on the spot.

Several devil soldiers took advantage of the situation to rush up, and when they saw Luo Xiaowu who was dying, a devil soldier laughed proudly, raised the 38 rifle with a bayonet in his hand, and just wanted to solve the Zhi Na man in front of him who had caused very big losses to the imperial army.

Suddenly, behind them, a fierce burst of gunfire rang out in vain, and dense bullets whistled through the woods, and everywhere they went, earth and trees splashed, and many Imperial soldiers were directly shot and fell to the ground.

A devil Nakazo turned around in horror and pulled out his command knife: "Kill Gaga, meet the enemy!" The devil soldiers turned around to meet the enemy, and several devil soldiers even left the dying Luo Xiaowu and rushed forward.

"Dada...... "After a tragic fierce battle, the devil finally couldn't bear the heavy casualties and began to retreat on his own initiative, Liu Kuisheng ordered his subordinates to launch ......a pursuit, and he took more than a dozen soldiers to find Luo Xiaowu.

"Xiao Wuzi!" Seeing Luo Xiaowu lying in a pool of blood, Liu Kuisheng couldn't help but grieve, and hurriedly strode forward and squatted beside Luo Xiaowu.

Hearing Liu Kuisheng's voice, Luo Xiaowu opened his eyes tiredly, blood was still flowing from the corners of his mouth, and his blood-stained right hand was raised with effort, and Liu Kuisheng hurriedly grabbed his hand.

"Brother Kui Sheng, this time, can I be regarded as a qualified Tiger Ben Army soldier?" Liu Kuisheng asked weakly.

"Yes! Xiao Wuzi, good job! From today onwards, you are a member of my third battalion! Liu Kuisheng nodded violently with tears in his eyes. At this moment, Liu Kuisheng felt deep self-blame and regret for refusing Luo Xiaowu to join his third battalion.

"Brother Kuisheng, I, I may not be able to do it this time, my mother will trouble you to take care of it......" Luo Xiaowu clenched Liu Kuisheng's big hand like an iron fist and said extremely weakly.

"Hmmm! You can rest assured. Liu Kuisheng knew that Luo Xiaowu would not be able to stand up, so the grief-stricken solemn nodded and agreed.

A serene smile appeared on the corner of Luo Xiaowu's face, and then his head tilted, and he was out of breath.

Liu Kuisheng did not howl loudly, but threw the submachine gun in his hand aside, stepped forward to pick up Luo Xiaowu's body, and said very coldly: "Xiao Wuzi, let's go home, you are the hero of our Xiaoluo Village, the hero of our fourth division!" ”

The soldiers of the three battalions present were all in awe, and they all stood up and saluted, they all understood that if there was no Luo Xiaowu and his militia squad, then what kind of disaster would happen to the Tiger Ben Army, once the devils bypassed the Yingzhou defense line and raided to Pheasant and Ji, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Even if the 2nd and 4th Divisions blocked the attack of the Central China Army in Yingzhou, it would be meaningless. Because the main force of the Tiger Ben Army has been transferred by Qiao Anbang to Xuzhou to participate in the war, today's Pheasant and Ji is an empty city, a real empty city.

Therefore, Luo Xiaowu and his more than ten militiamen are all heroes, well-deserved heroes.

………………………………………………………… Yingzhou thirty miles shop, the second division headquarters of the Huben Army.

Division commander Cao Er was pacing back and forth in the division headquarters frowning and pondering, the opposite army actually stopped the attack rarely, which made Cao Er surprised, it stands to reason that the army is not enough logistics, it should be a quick battle, how can it not take the initiative to attack all day?

Just when Cao Er was puzzled, Chief of Staff Wu Wen suddenly walked in quickly with a telegram in his hand, and before he came to him, he reported to Cao Er: "Division, Master Chu Jingming is in a hurry. ”

"Oh? What's wrong? Cao Er saw that Wu Wen's face was a little solemn, and asked at the moment.

"A militia detachment of the Fourth Division found a roundabout unit of devils more than ten miles east of Yingzhou City, and Division Commander Chu Jingming reminded us that we must strictly guard against the frontal attack of devils." Wu Wen replied.

"The devil's roundabout troops? What do you want to do, devil? Cao Er asked in surprise.

"Obviously, the devils want to attack our rear in a roundabout way." Wu Wen replied in a deep voice.

"Attack the pheasant and set?" Cao Er couldn't help but gasp.

"Yes!" Wu Wen nodded.

"So what's going on now? Did the Fourth Division stop the devil? Wu Wen asked anxiously.

"This devil in the east of the city has been repulsed, and as for how many roundabout troops the devil has, it is not yet known." Wu Wendao: "However, Division Commander Chu has already sent reconnaissance troops to search along the road. "The devil will definitely not send only one roundabout force, the garrison brigade has been transferred to Xuzhou by the military seat, and the current pheasant and set are an empty city. Although the people in the city have not yet returned, Old Man Qiao is still in the city. Cao Er anxiously paced back and forth, and then said: "Chief of Staff, you immediately send a telegram to the Fourth Division, and let the Commander of Chu quickly send troops back to help Pheasant and Ji, be sure to pick up Old Man Qiao, Pheasant and Ji can be lost, but the old father of the military seat must not have any mistakes." Tell him that there is our second division on the front line, so that he can act with confidence! ”

"Yes!" Wu Wen nodded hurriedly in response, and then turned around and walked away quickly.

………………………………………… In fact, there was indeed not only one of the roundabout troops of the Yue Army, and when the attention of the Fourth Division was attracted to the east of the city, the other two Yue Army secretly bypassed the defense line of the Fourth Division, and at this moment they were rapidly advancing towards the Pheasant and Ji base of the Tiger Ben Army.

Yingzhou City, the headquarters of the Fourth Division.

Deputy division commander Wang Baoshan hurriedly walked into the division headquarters, and saluted Chu Jingming, who was restless, and said, "Master, the second division calls back." ”

"Oh? Come and show me. Chu Jingming stretched out his hand to take the telegram, read it hurriedly, and immediately raised his head and asked with a frown: "Baoshan, is there any news from the reconnaissance unit?" ”

Wang Baoshan shook his head and said, "No, the reconnaissance team has not found any traces of the army for the time being. ”

Chu Jingming paced back and forth with an anxious face, and suddenly stopped: "Division Commander Cao is right in the message, it is impossible for the army to have only such a roundabout force, we can't wait any longer, Baoshan, immediately send an order, a regiment, a guard battalion, and a reconnaissance battalion all assemble, and follow me to Pheasant and Ji." ”

After speaking, Chu Jingming patted Wang Baoshan's shoulder again and said solemnly: "After I leave, Yingzhou will be handed over to you." ”

"Master, please rest assured." Wang Baoshan patted his chest and responded.

"In addition, send another urgent telegram to the military seat to report the situation here to him, such a big matter cannot but be reported to the military seat!" Chu Jingming said.

"Yes! I'll do it right away. Wang Baoshan stepped forward and immediately turned around and left.

As soon as Wang Baoshan's front foot left, Chu Jingming put on a steel helmet, took off his MP38 German-style submachine gun from the wall, strode out of the division headquarters, and came to the division headquarters compound and said sharply to the division headquarters guard battalion that was assembling: "Brothers, it is said that Kou bypassed the defense line of our division, intending to sneak attack the rear base of our army, and now the pheasant and the set are in danger, the base is in danger, and the most important thing is that the father of the military seat, Mr. Qiao Siyuan, is now in the pheasant and the city, if he has any mistakes, our entire fourth division is the sinner of the Tiger Army!" Therefore, we must set off immediately to rescue the pheasant and Ji, and defend Old Man Joe! ”

"Yes!" Hundreds of soldiers of the guard battalion responded in unison, and with a wave of Chu Jingming's big hand, a team of soldiers who had already prepared turned their heads and drove out of the division compound.

(To be continued)