In the first battle of Gongjia Village, the last bit of vitality of the Jiangbei Army was exhausted, but it successfully awakened the anti-Japanese fighting spirit of hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangbei, and thousands of people rushed to participate in the war.

Chen Zikun sat on the ridge and smoked, people came and went in front of him, they were busy picking up foreign falls, the Japanese lost their armor, and left behind a lot of good things, tents, military pots and stoves, lunch boxes, canned food, as well as light and heavy machine guns and unopened bullets.

Xue Bin ran over angrily, pointed to the chaotic situation in the distance and said: "Commander, look at it, what the hell is going on, these people can't fight Japan, they can run fast when they grab things." ”

Chen Zikun smiled: "Let them go, I can't look down on this thing, what's the matter with you, you were shot?" ”

Xue Bin looked at his chest, faintly oozing blood, and reached out to touch it: "Fuck, I've been tricked." ”

It turned out that a stray bullet was shot under the ribs, but he didn't notice it because of the high tension, but now he felt pain when he relaxed, Chen Zikun hurriedly beckoned the stretcher over and let him lie down.

More than 80 soldiers were sacrificed in this battle, more than 200 people were killed, countless people were wounded, and the devils also paid a huge price, losing a complete cavalry squadron, four brigade guns, 13 light and heavy machine guns, hundreds of rifles, and countless heavy ammunition.

The mountains were full of ownerless horses galloping, and the saddles were empty.

The body of the old Deshun was found, it was blown up by a grenade, the villagers wrapped him in a clean white cloth and buried him in the longevity material, his family asked Chen Zikun to inscribe the tombstone of his grandfather in tears, Chen Zikun thought about it, and wrote down a line of words: The tomb of Gong Deshun, the old hero of the anti-Japanese resistance in South Thailand, is the inscription of Chen Zikun, a general of the Army of the Republic of China.

The bodies of the sacrificed soldiers were collectively buried in a wasteland outside Gongjia Village, and the rows of new graves were extremely desolate, and the bodies of the Japanese soldiers who died in the war were also gathered together, dug a pit and buried hastily, with only a layer of floating soil on it, which would inevitably be gouged out and ruined by wild dogs in the future, but no one bothered to care about these.

The heroes of the eighteen townships gathered under Chen Zikun's tent, gearing up and eager to try, the battle of Gongjia Village made them more confident, it turned out that the little devil was not three heads and six arms, and he was still braided after being hit by a bullet.

"Commander, you can lead us to do it!"

"Commander, you let me go east, never west!"

Everyone was arguing, Chen Zikun was very pleased, although the descendants were gone, but these militia bandits took the initiative to take refuge, this is really a wildfire that can't be burned and the spring breeze blows and grows!

His pride and ambition came up, and he said loudly: "Brothers, I announce the establishment of the Jiangbei Anti-Japanese National Salvation Alliance on the same day, I will be the commander-in-chief, and you are all commanders!" Without further ado, let's send the soldiers to Nantai! ”

The following was a voice of response, everyone was high-spirited, and set off straight to the county seat overnight, although it was a rabble that did not belong to each other, but the huge team of thousands of people was quite spectacular from a distance.

Chen Zikun rode a captured Japanese foreign horse in the middle of the procession, and Yan Su walked with him, slightly worried: "Do you really want to attack the county seat?" ”

"Of course it's true."

"What if you take it, you can't hold it." Yan Su sighed.

"If you can't hold it, you have to take it, I just want to let the Japanese know that China is not so easy to occupy, and at the same time, let the fathers and elders of the whole country know that the Jiangbei people are still fighting."

When it got dark, the team lit torches and snaked like a long dragon in the dark night.

……

In Nantai County, the Japanese army has withdrawn to Beitai, leaving only a small team to garrison, Xia Jingqi led a squadron of the Imperial Association Army to assist in the defense, he interrogated the guerrilla spies overnight, and the first to be escorted up was Boss Lin of Drunken Xianju, who was not punished, and he was not even tied with a rope.

"Boss Lin, what do you say you are doing, the restaurant is open, a small life is lived, even if the dynasty changes, it won't hinder you from doing business, it's good now, you provoked the Japanese, the imperial army wants to shoot you, hey, the villagers, it's not difficult for me to make up 10,000 yuan for you, I'll think of a way for you, see if you can save your life."

Xia Jingqi persuaded with good words. Without yesterday's vicious face, Boss Lin was locked up for a day, and the little energy in his heart was also discharged, and he said with a bitter face: "Commander Xia, you still have to kill me, 10,000 yuan really can't be scraped up, even if I treat the store as a store, it's not worth so much." ”

Xia Jingqi said: "That's eight thousand, it can't be less." ”

"I can take out a maximum of 3,000, which is really poor."

was bargaining, a puppet army came in and whispered a few words, Xia Jingqi's face changed, he went out in a panic, climbed up the city wall and saw that a long dragon composed of torches in the distance was coming, he gasped, the guerrilla army was killed!

Turning his head down the city wall, he was meeting the captain of the Japanese army, the two of them combined, the disparity in strength was too great, and they couldn't hold it at all, so let's go in!

Boss Lin was still waiting for Xia Jingqi to come back in the cell, he didn't see anyone coming for a long time, he walked to the door cautiously, and found that even the guards were gone, so he had the courage to push the door out, and there was no one in the courtyard.

"Lao Zhu, what's the matter?" Boss Lin asked an acquaintance.

Lao Zhu said excitedly: "Commander Chen is back!" Drove away little Japan! ”

Boss Lin was in tears, looking up at the city, the fire was blazing, the Japanese plaster flag had already been lowered, and a blue sky and white sun flag were rising in the firelight.

Nantai County was recaptured by the anti-Japanese coalition soldiers without blood, and the morale of the people was boosted, Chen Zikun led a group of people to return to the old county office, looking at his desk when he was the Jiangbei Protector Envoy, he had mixed feelings: "It's been fifteen years, and I've come back in a circle." ”

The Jiangbei region was surrounded by the Japanese army, and the good news of recovering Nantai could not be sent out at all, Chen Zikun was in trouble, and suddenly Shuangxi brought in a person, it was Zheng Zeru, who had been an agricultural commissioner in the Office of the Superintendent in the early years.

Zheng Zeru is no longer the young man in his prime, the years have left a particularly heavy imprint on him, people in their thirties, who look like they are in their forties, wearing a green cloth gown, with an oil-paper umbrella under his arm, not like a *** underground person, but like a teacher.

"I can't imagine meeting the old man in Nantai, say, what's the matter with you?" Chen Zikun got straight to the point, although Zheng Zeru committed a crime back then, but things have changed, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have cooperated, and he doesn't want to pursue the past.

Zheng Zeru pretended to be mysterious and said: "I have one thing, which must be what you need most at the moment." ”

"What?"

"Radio!"

Radio waves were continuously emitted from the small county town in the Central Plains, and Chen Zikun, commander-in-chief of the Jiangbei Anti-Japanese Salvation Alliance, sent a telegram to the whole country, announcing the defeat of a Japanese army and the victorious recovery of Nantai County.

The contents of the telegram and Takeshita Daisa's battle report were sent to the desk of General Shun Hata at the same time, and His Excellency the General was furious and ordered the Takeshita Wing to be transferred back, and the experienced Major General Taji Aiichi was dispatched to reorganize the brigade-level Taji detachment and completely wipe out the anti-Japanese forces in Jiangbei.

In Chongqing, the radio waves were picked up by the military radio station, and the contents of the messages were transcribed on paper and sent to the chairman's chamber and then to the committee.

Chiang Kai-shek was very surprised, didn't Chen Zikun have already been martyred, how could he still send a telegram in his name, he immediately ordered the telegram to be widely disseminated to boost morale, but the signature of the signature was withheld, so as not to make a big show, and the decision will be made after the Military Command Bureau investigates the truth.

He specially explained that the matter should be kept secret and not leaked until it was confirmed.

The victory in the battlefield behind enemy lines in Jiangbei also attracted the attention of Yan'an, and the party Central Committee decided that the Eighth Route Army would send capable forces to form a task force behind enemy lines and go to the Qingshan area of Jiangbei to launch guerrilla warfare.

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In Beitai, the rubble on the streets has almost been cleared, the refugees who fled to Siwai Township have gradually returned, shops of all sizes have opened for business, and the city has gradually regained its vitality.

The news of the devil's defeat in the South Thai sweep spread far and wide, and the citizens of North Thailand were ecstatic, but they didn't dare to show it, so they could only secretly celebrate at home with two or two drinks.

Wang Sanliu was a little gloating, he saw the tragic situation of the Japanese with his own eyes, he was embarrassed to lose his armor and abandon his armor, and he didn't dare to enter the city during the day, he drove back to the city while it was dark, and even Takeshita Osa was crippled, and he heard that the eye wound was infected, and he was afraid that the other eye could not be saved.

Xing Chongchong returned home, and the orderly came to report: "Commander, your relatives are here." ”

Wang Sanliu was shocked, he is from Hebei, and he has no relatives in his hometown for a long time, no need to ask, it must be a guerrilla army who came.

"Cousin, you've always been nice." Double Happiness is full of spirit, and it looks like a victorious battle.

"Thanks to you, the Japanese are so busy that they can't take care of me, are you here today?" Wang Sanliu said politely.

"There's nothing else to do, I want to borrow a boat, and then entrust your relationship to open a pie." Double Happiness took out a bag of things and pushed it over, and the gold inside was brilliant, it was gold bars!

Wang Sanliu's mind turned quickly, now that the Huaijiang waterway is controlled by the Japanese, passenger and cargo ships have to be searched, and the guerrilla army is in a hurry to use the boats, it is difficult to want to take advantage of the victory to pursue and do a big job in the provincial capital, if it affects itself, the gains will outweigh the losses.

"Commander, don't worry, there is no contraband, it's just a few seriously injured people, the countryside can't be treated, I want to send it to the provincial capital hospital, don't bother the two masters, I'll trouble you." Double Happiness said casually.

Wang Sanliu breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out to be transporting the wounded, and it was still within the acceptable range.

"Well, I'll help you with the pie, but the ship is not very easy to handle." What Wang Sanliu said was the truth, he did not have much authority as a commander, and he had to listen to the Japanese in everything.

"In this way, it doesn't matter, we will find a way for the ship, and the commander only needs to be responsible for the safety of the waterway from Beitai to the provincial capital." Shuangxi thought for a while, and said: "My sister-in-law's confinement is almost sitting, otherwise this time let's send it to the provincial capital together, and you can't do it for trouble." ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, I'll try my best to arrange, you take this back, Commander Chen and I are like brothers, and I'll be angry with this." Wang Sanliu pushed the gold bars outward, and they were heavy, enough to have dozens of taels.

"You don't have to say anything about your friendship with our commander, but the brothers below still have to eat, and the Japanese have to deal with it." Double Happiness pushed the gold bar back again.

Wang Sanliu said: "Okay, then I will be disrespectful." ”

Under Wang Sanliu's arrangement, Lin Wenjing held the little cabbage, accompanied by two nurses and a maid, and got on the passenger ship to the provincial capital.

"Sister Xiaoqing!" Lin Wenjing exclaimed, the two hugged tightly, couldn't cry, the whistle sounded, a big ship entered the port, a large group of Japanese soldiers disembarked from the ship, khaki military uniforms, shining bayonets, dazzling sun flags, neat formations on the dock, everything indicated that a new battle was about to begin.