Southwest of Luquan, on a rural dirt road near the mountainous area, four or five hundred guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army, dressed in different clothes and ordinary peasant clothes, were hurrying westward along the dirt road.

They were the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army who were active in various parts of the mountainous area at the junction of Luquan and Pingshan counties.

Zhou Dasheng was born in poverty, and in his early years he worked as a miner in a coal mine in Jingcheng County, not far from Luquan, and later because he couldn't stand the oppression of the landlord and his wealth, he resolutely participated in the revolution.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhou Dasheng was appointed as the captain of the Luquan County Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Brigade, leading the county brigade developed from the original Luquan Underground Party to carry out an arduous struggle against the Japanese puppet army.

With the support of the local people, he has achieved considerable development, and after more than a year of development and expansion, his county brigade has more than 300 people.

Coupled with a few district squads, at this moment, Zhou Dasheng's men and horses reached more than 500 people, the fly in the ointment is that their weapons and equipment are very poor, and only a few soldiers have Hanyang and some captured 38 big covers.

Many other fighters also used old sleeves with rifling smoothed, and even cold weapons such as knives, guns, and clubs.

If we want to talk about the Tuba Road, the guerrilla forces composed of these county brigades and district squads are the real Tuba Road.

"Comrades, speed up the pace, the superiors instructed us to rush to Feiyunling before the Japanese and the two devils, and meet the Dragon Tooth Task Force there, which is a heroic main force against Japan, and now it has become a part of our Eighth Route Army!" Zhou Dasheng had a box cannon pinned to his waist, stood on the side of the road, and waved his hand to urge.

"Captain, I heard that the Dragon Tooth Task Force is very combative, very well equipped, and the bullets can be supplied openly, after our county brigade arrives, can you discuss with them and send us some guns, after all, they are the main force!" The leader of a district squad passed by Zhou Dasheng and said.

"No problem, as long as we can rush to Feiyunling before the little devils, I will definitely ask them for some advanced weapons and equipment to strengthen the combat effectiveness of our Luquan guerrillas!"

So, you all have to speed up, we are not only racing with the little devils, but also with weapons and equipment, whoever is the first to rush to Feiyunling, I will reward him with a twenty-shot box cannon! Although Zhou Dasheng was uncertain in his heart, he nodded and agreed.

Because he knew that the top priority at the moment was to arouse the enthusiasm of these more than 500 comrades as much as possible, rush to Feiyunling first, and talk about other matters at that time.

Sure enough, with his words, these guerrillas quickened their pace.

The speed of the march increased a lot for a while.

…………

In the southwest of Shimen County, a remote village.

About 400 guerrillas were also assembled, and a middle-aged man wearing the uniform of the Eighth Route Army came to the queue with a stern expression and said loudly: "Comrades, the superiors have just issued an order to our Shimen County guerrillas, asking us to rush to Feiyunling and meet the defenders there.

During this period, we have to cross the Japanese theater of operations, and we may encounter trouble, but no matter how big the trouble is, it will not prevent us from completing the tasks assigned to us by the organization, don't you say? ”

"Yes!" The more than 400 guerrillas seemed much more capable than the guerrillas in Luquan, and they responded in unison.

Their equipment was also slightly better than that of the guerrillas in Luquan, because Shimen was the most important strategic point along the Zhengtai Railway, so when forming the Shimen guerrillas.

The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army sent a few old Red Army members and a number of underground party members as the backbone, so that their guerrilla force developed better than the guerrillas in other counties.

The equipment and training are naturally much stronger.

"Let's go!" The captain in the military uniform waved his big hand with satisfaction, he was one of the old Red Army soldiers who came at the beginning, and he was considered an elite.

…………

In Zhengding County, a team of more than 300 people also rushed from the northeast of Zhengding to the direction of Feiyunling, and they were originally the same team as the Shimen County Brigade, but they were formed relatively late.

It was newly formed when Qiao Youhua led his troops to fight in Jiangnan, and there were only 300 people in total, and the weapons and equipment were also very backward.

But the personnel composition is not bad, many of them are miners who have been rescued from the hands of Japanese puppet traitors.

On a road in Lingshou County, northwest of Luquan, a team of more than 600 people, consisting of four district teams and one county team, was running towards Feiyunling.

This is all the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army in Lingshou County, and it is also the largest group of reinforcements in the four counties.

At the same time that the reinforcements from the four counties were advancing rapidly in the direction of Feiyunling, the main force of the 13th Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army also arrived at the Shimen Railway Station, and a large number of heavily armed Japanese troops rushed out of the carriages of a train that had just stopped.

Then they formed a neat column on the platform, and drove out of the station under the leadership of Japanese officers one by one.

Feiyunling, Qiao Youhua took three hundred soldiers to a place about five hundred meters outside the minefield, where he began to dig and build a new defense line.

There was originally a blockade line dug by the Japanese army, which happened to be used by the officers and soldiers of the dragon's teeth.

On the basis of these trenches, Qiao Youhua commanded his subordinates to begin to strengthen and expand them, and at the same time, dug a communication trench that bypassed the minefield and led directly to the reserved passage woods of the main position, so that if this line of defense could not be punctual, it would be withdrawn to the rear of the minefield and continue to hold on.

More than 200 people were assigned to dig fortifications, and Qiao Youhua personally led people to set up a minefield in the open space in front of the position.

Landmines are very simple, a large number of grenades and explosives seized from the devils can easily be changed into improvised mines, and then planted one by one.

This was the battlefield of last night's fierce engagement, and the traces left after the battle were very heavy, which could greatly cover up the existence of the minefield.

It is very easy to lead the Japanese army to be careless and suffer a big loss.

Qiao Youhua was leading people to arrange a new minefield, but Guo Meng ran back from the mountain and found Qiao Youhua, with a trace of embarrassment on his face, but he soon returned to normal.

"What's wrong Commissar, what's wrong?" Qiao Youhua saw that she was holding a telegram in her hand.

Guo Meng handed the telegram in his hand to Qiao Youhua and said: "This is what Sister Ruhan just received, about the battle report of the Fifth War Zone, due to Chairman Jiang's blind command, the Fifth War Zone was originally very good, but now it has undergone a vicious change.

The Japanese army in Central China increased its troops on a large scale, moving north along the Jinpu Railway, Lianke, Bengbu, Fengyang, Mengcheng and other important towns on the Jianghuai River, and the Fifth Theater south of Xuzhou could not resist it, and the battle situation was very critical. ”

Qiao Youhua took the telegram and looked at it, Guo Meng said on the side: "To the north of Xuzhou, the North China Front Army transferred the 114th Division from Central China, and at the same time mobilized a supplementary wing for the fifth and 10th divisions of Yan Zòng, which was damaged in battle, and the three master regiments marched together to attack the south again, and the troops were directed at Xuzhou, if nothing else, Xuzhou should be abandoned." ”

Qiao Youhua handed the message back to Guo Mengdao: "It's not that it should, it's definitely going to be abandoned!" It's really a stupid pig-like command, if the Fifth Theater doesn't give up Xuzhou, then wait to be surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese army. ”

Qiao Youhua still has a worry in his heart, that is, the battle of Xuzhou will deteriorate, will the Huayuankou embankment break be staged again? Looks like he has to do something about it.

PS: Thank you Brother Kai, Jianing, Black Bat's Ximen Blowing Xue, chasing the wind, fluttering immortals, life is like a dream, lone wolf, coffee doesn't know how to get drunk, winged eagles and other big rewards and support! Today is still five chapters erupted, in the historical military category, San Lang's weekly updates are almost the first, and I hope that the brothers will see that San Lang is so diligent, and vote for a monthly ticket to support it, crying blood for a monthly ticket!!