The regiment commander immediately stepped forward and agreed, and led his officers and soldiers to continue to pursue the devil in the direction of the West Gate.

The commander of the reconnaissance company of the Second Regiment of the First Division of the Longya Column immediately stepped forward and saluted General Zuo Quan and said, "Hello chief, I am Xu San, the commander of the reconnaissance company of the regimental headquarters of the Second Infantry Regiment of the First Division of the Longya Column, please instruct." ”

"These captives have been handed over to you, and I am going to see your commander." General Zuo Quan pointed to the captured devil expatriates around him and commanded.

Xu San hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Yes, but chief, these devil captives should all be slaughtered, our dragon tooth column has always wanted devil prisoners, besides, now that the war is at the most critical juncture, troops are needed everywhere, why waste manpower to guard these devil captives." ”

General Zuo Quan's face sank when he heard this, and he said, "What, you dragon tooth column don't want devil prisoners?" How does this work? Our Eighth Route Army has a policy, and we can't kill all of them if we fight for a single force, even if they are captured by devils. ”

Xu San said: "But chief, these little devils don't have the blood of our Chinese on their hands, and they deserve to kill them to avenge the Chinese compatriots who died under their hands." ”

General Zuo Quan said: "Then you can't kill it like this now, wait until the battle is over, let's investigate, if these devils are really heinous, then they must be executed, but before that, we should convene the people, convene a trial meeting, and let the people come to judge the heinous crimes of the little devils, and then execute them according to the law, so that it will work." ”

General Zuo Quan said that it can be said that the interests of the people have been maximized by doing things that are beneficial to one's own side, such as using public trials to execute the most heinous aggressors, which can increase the people's confidence in and support for the Eighth Route Army, and can arouse the people's feelings of common hatred and hatred for the enemy.

Of course, there are so many twists and turns, but it is not something that Xu San, a big soldier from a big soldier, can understand. But he didn't need to know much about it.

Although he didn't know who the leader in front of him was, he could come with thousands of reinforcements, and the rank and rank of the official must be greater than him, so he only needed to obey.

He immediately stood up and saluted: "Yes, the lowly job is guaranteed to complete the task." ”

Qiao Youhua had already received news from the combat troops of the First Division of Ximen, and knew that a reinforcement of his Eighth Route Army had suddenly arrived, and he had now joined forces with them to bring all the Japanese puppet troops out of the city into the city.

The situation was again controlled by the Dragon's Tooth Column.

Knowing that General Zuo Quan had already led his troops to arrive, he should come to the command post to see him, Qiao Youhua took Li Yansan out of the command post early and came to the north of the railway station to wait.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, a row of torches finally lit up in front, and Li Yansan, who was standing behind Qiao Youhua, pointed to the front and said, "Commander, someone is here, it should be them, right?" ”

Qiao Youhua nodded, his mood became more and more excited, this is a famous anti-Japanese hero, a national hero who he and many comrades-in-arms admired in his previous life, and this is also the first senior general of the Red Army he has seen since he crossed over.

Two minutes later, General Zuo Quan and his entourage came to Qiao Youhua and them, Qiao Youhua and Li Yansan hurriedly stepped forward to greet them, and took the lead in asking, "Is it Chief of Staff Zuo?" ”

"I'm Zuo Quan, are you the one?" Zuo Quandao, who was guarded by a group of guards.

By the light of the torches, Qiao Youhua saw Zuo Quan standing in the crowd clearly, and immediately stepped forward and saluted: "Hello chief, I am Qiao Youhua, the commander of the Dragon Tooth Column, when I learned that the chief was coming, I rushed to greet him, because the war was urgent, I couldn't meet him from afar, please forgive me." ”

When General Zuo Quan heard that it was Qiao Youhua, he was surprised, walked out of the crowd of guards, and saluted back very happily: "It turned out to be Comrade Qiao Youhua, I am fortunate to be there!" Your name is well-known in our Eighth Route Army headquarters! ”

As he spoke, General Zuo Quan cordially came up and shook hands with Qiao Youhua, and said: "What you said is a bit out of sight, they are all revolutionary comrades, you are fighting very hard in Taiyuan, how can I care about this little thing." ”

Qiao Youhua shook hands with General Zuo Quan, held back his excitement, glanced at this famous anti-Japanese general and national hero in history, and said excitedly: "It's good that the chief is not strange, we are really in urgent need of reinforcements now, thanks to the chief, you arrived in time with your brother troops!" ”

"Commander, this is not the place to talk, why don't you and the head of the headquarters go back to the headquarters first, and I'll go boil water and make tea for you!" Li Yansan said with a smile. 、

"Yes, yes, this is not a good place to talk for a long time, please come with me, chief." Qiao Youhua nodded again and again.

General Zuo Quan said with a smile: "Don't be so troublesome, during the war, what kind of tea do you drink, just get some boiled water." ”

As he spoke, it was convenient for Qiao Youhua to walk side by side towards the command post, and Li Yansan and the guards followed.

After entering the command post, Qiao Youhua beckoned General Zuo Quan to sit down, and he waved his hand to Li Yansan and motioned for him to make tea.

At this time, the battle near the West Gate had gradually stopped as the devils were driven back to the city.

There was only the blocking position south of the railway station, because the attack of the Japanese puppet army was still continuing, and there were constant gunshots and explosions.

Occasionally, the flames from the explosion flashed outside the headquarters, lighting up the night sky with great dazzling light.

"Chief, you must have worked hard all the way." Qiao Youhua asked with a smile as he took out his cigarette and handed it over.

General Zuo Quan took the cigarette and said with a smile: "Comrade Youhua, you don't need to call me chief, you must have received the order from the headquarters, I came to you this time to be the chief of staff and political commissar, I have a higher status in the party than you, but you are higher than me in the military position, so you don't need to call me chief at all." ”

Qiao Youhua took out a match and lit a cigarette for him, and said with a smile: "Chief, although you are coming to serve in our Dragon's Tooth Column, but it is all part-time, in essence, you are still the deputy chief of general staff of our 18th Group Army, and it is reasonable to call you chief."

Moreover, you did the revolution earlier than me, and you are also an elder of Youhua in terms of age, and you are one of the national heroes that I and my brothers admire the most, so you allow me to call you chief. ”

General Zuo Quan didn't expect that Qiao Youhua, who had outstanding military achievements and was young, would respect him so much, he was very surprised, and he was in a good mood, feeling that Qiao Youhua was young and had great military achievements, but he could be so approachable, modest and polite, and he was really a good comrade.

At this time, Li Yansan brought the tea up, Qiao Youhua beckoned General Zuo Quan to drink tea, General Zuo Quan marched all the way, he was hungry and thirsty, and he was not polite, he picked up the teacup and drank it, and said after drinking: "By the way, Comrade Youhua, let's discuss, what should we do next?" ”