At this moment, Wang Lushui and Zhang Yufan of the Lunan Military Region, in accordance with the instructions of Commander Luo Ronghuan, political commissar, and chief of staff Chen Shiyu and other leaders, decided to launch an operation to encircle and annihilate Liu Guitang's troops in order to cooperate with the anti-"sweeping" of the Lunan Military Region. Before the battle began, Luo Ronghuan explained to Gu Mu, Zhang Guangzhong, Wang Lushui, and Song Jiliu, director of the ** Department of the Shandong Military Region: "Liu Heiqi has been defeated many times in the past and has re-pulled up the team. This time he must be captured alive, if he is not alive, he will be dead! ”

"Yes!" Gu Mu, Zhang Guangzhong, Wang Lushui, and Song Jiliu replied in unison.

At this time, under the command of Gu Mu, the head of the ** Department of the Shandong Military Region, Gao Tingguang, an underground worker, found an excuse to get out of the pseudo-Berlin police station, and couldn't help but say to Song Jiliu who responded: "I have been engaged in intelligence work alone for two or three years, and it turns out that I have Chen Xiuying as a partner!" ”

"Yes! ……”

At that time, the Feibei County Party Committee was forced to evacuate to Feinan, and the Feibei Agency was also transferred to Taixi. Comrades Gu Mu, Song Jiliu, and the relevant personnel decided that Chen Xiuying would hide on the spot and go to live at home in Qiludi Village, Shangye Town, with Wang Shanbao, secretary of the Youth Rescue Association. This Wang Shanbao was originally weak-willed, and he was a cousin with Yin Diantang, the commander of Liu Hei's Seventh Division, and soon betrayed Chen Xiuying.

The puppet battalion commander Yin Diantang, the military justice chief Wang Xigui, the special agent battalion commander Sun Baocan, the self-defense regiment commander Sun Anxiang, and even Liu Heiqi himself, successively persuaded Chen Xiuying to surrender, and then proposed to marry Chen as his wife, and after being rejected many times, they used torture against Chen Xiuying.

Chen Xiuying's situation made the leaders of Feibei County uneasy, and Xiao Gao was so anxious that he urged the leaders to find a way quickly.

There is a quartermaster named Chen Xiuwen in Liu Hei's No. 7 Army, and his home is in Beixiaoyi Village, our base area. Once, when he went home to visit his relatives, he was blocked in the house by our martial arts team and Song Jiliu. Our martial arts team and Song Jiliu asked him to assist us in rescuing Chen Xiuying. The first step to do is to let Gao Tingguang and Chen Xiuying meet.

The next day, Xiao Gao set off from the base in the middle of the night and arrived at Liu Bandit's old nest Guoquan Village at dawn. Chen Xiuwen coordinated and took Xiao Gao to meet Chen Xiuying. The two talked through the window for seven or eight minutes, and Chen Xiuying finally said: "Go back and tell our mother that it is unlikely that I will live." Gao Tingguang reluctantly went back.

This pot spring village is like an impregnable wall, and it is almost impossible to rescue it by force. The head of Fei Bei still tried his best to get in touch with Chen Xiuying.

They also sent Song Jiliu and Gao Tingguang to pretend to be tofu sellers, and met Chen Xiuying under the mediation of Yan Rusong, the secretary of Liu Bandit. This time, Chen sat next to Liu Heiqi's wife, presumably the old lady was persuading her to surrender. After staying for a while, Xiao Gao and Song Jiliu were leaving, and Chen Xiuying waved her hand to them calmly.

Soon, Song Jiliu returned to Ganyu's hometown due to work needs.

On March 24, 1942, Liu Heiqi issued a decision to execute Chen Xiuying. On the way to be buried alive in the west of the village, Chen Xiuying looked calm. The puppet army pushed her into the dirt pit and pulled her up again to ask her if she could regret it. Chen Xiuying immediately sang: "I am not a robber, I am not a Japanese criminal, and I am not a cannon fodder for the ** Chiang Kai-shek to lose my life." Just because the Japanese devils entered China, ** burned and destroyed the great rivers and mountains. Who will drive the tiger and leopard for the people? When I saw this scene, I couldn't help but rush to Beidou with pride! ”

Before her death, Chen Xiuying did sing the song "A Heroic Rush to Beidou" made in prison, and a farmer surnamed Sun in Guoquan Village, who was planting peanuts outside the execution ground, silently remembered the lyrics with tears in his eyes. After Gao Tingguang got the lyrics, he still memorizes them like streams.

Chen Xiuying's sacrifice made Gao Tingguang very sad, thinking about whether Liu Heiqi forced his family to be broken and his wife separated, whether he burned down the houses in 60 villages in Zhongcun at one time, or whether he plundered 2,000 ploughing cattle from Mengshan at one time......

Gao Tingguang later inadvertently met Song Jiliu of Ganyu, and told Jiliu about Chen Xiuying's betrayal by the traitor Wang Shanbao and killed by the enemy. So, Lao Song eliminated such a villain.

One day, Liu Heiqi retreated to his hometown in the area of Guoquan Village, Tongshi Town. The 1st Brigade and 3rd Regiment of the Shandong Column of the Eighth Route Army began to attack Guoquan. In a fierce battle, 110 puppet soldiers were killed and wounded, but it did not shake Liu Heiqi's foundation.

The area around Guoquan has been operated by Liu Heiqi for many years, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If you want to annihilate it completely, you must lure the snake out of the hole. After repeated investigations, our army finally found Liu Heiqi's gap.

The gap lies in the fact that Peng Xibin, the deputy captain of Liu's troops stationed in Pingyi, was finally able to rebel after many times of work by the ** Department of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army. In the contact with Peng, Gao Tingguang gave full play to his intelligence expertise and went to his warm home three times to contact him. During this period, Song Jiliu and others escorted Peng Xibin to the base area many times, and our head personally talked to Peng Xibin.

Peng Xibin, the deputy captain of Liu's army stationed in Pingyi, was not calm at all, and this was also the last moment that determined the trajectory of his personal life.

Peng Xibin still vividly remembers accepting the order three days ago.

In the afternoon, Peng Xibin was summoned to the headquarters to attend an emergency meeting, which was attended by Liu Heiqi, deputy chief of staff, and commanders of the first and second regiments.

In the rumbling gunfire from far and near, Liu Heiqi changed his habit of never finishing his words in the past, and clicked to the main topic without saying a word. He said to Peng Xibin: "Xibin, how about you being the deputy captain in Pingyi?" ”

When Peng Xibin heard this, he couldn't help but be moved. But this heartbeat is not his desire for power. If he ever had an obsession with power, it was in the past, at this moment, he has connected with Gao Tingguang, Song Jiliu and others, who are specially responsible for rebellion, and is ready to use actions to change the chaotic history of the past and walk out of a new life trajectory when eliminating Liu Heiqi. He once made a promise to Gu Mu and other responsible persons: "The camera uprising, welcome the Eighth Route Army!" ”。

But this opportunity never came to him.

At the end of April and the beginning of May, Liu Heiqi summoned the big and small leaders at the headquarters of the puppet Third Division, but he, the deputy staff officer, was not among the summons. Without military power, how did he revolt and how did he cooperate with the actions of the Eighth Route Army. The rumbling sound of Liu Hei's seven peripheral battles seemed to explode in his chest, making him anxious, like an ant on a hot pot. He once hatefully said to his cronies, Mao Ming, the leader of a small team: "Liu Guitang is powerful enough, and he still won't give me the right to fight at this time!" ”

But Peng Xibin didn't give up, he tried to be by Liu Heiqi and others, grasp the movements of the puppet army, and try to fight for military power. In the first battle of Guoquan Village, Tongshi Town, Liu Heiqi's company was annihilated. Peng Xibin took the initiative to ask Ying to contain the remnants of this battalion. Liu Heiqi came to send a favor, and then this battalion must also be organized, so that he can increase his strength, so he was appointed as the acting battalion commander immediately.

Peng Xibin's revenue was counted up, and his heart was cold. This battalion was almost completely wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, and the remnants of the assembled army were defeated by less than a company. No, we still have to fight. Peng Xibin put the bargaining chips of "power" in his mouth again—wait.

What Peng Xibin did at this time was no longer for Liu Hei's seven relatives to sparse the miscellaneous cards, which made him feel cold. In previous battles, he was rewarded for his merits in Shandong. In the end, he fought a tough battle and was rewarded, but he was promoted to deputy chief of staff of the division, and since then he has lost his military power.

From then on, Peng Xibin understood the hardships of being an official in Liu Hei's Seventh Army, his heart was cold, and he began to think more about his future. This led to a step-by-step approach with the progressives, with the underground party, until the final determination to revolt.

Peng Xibin had the intention of revolting, but he was unable to seize military power for a long time. At the critical moment, the fierce and rapid offensive of the Eighth Route Army helped him. Soon, Liu Heiqi left Pingyi and withdrew to the pot spring. As soon as Liu Heiqi left, it was like overturning a card, causing a series of chain reactions.

Now, after Liu Heiqi came out again, he was so happy to ask him to be the deputy captain, and he was actually preparing for his own escape.

"You are not empty as the deputy captain, but also the commander of the eighth battalion and the captain of the first squadron. How's it going, Brother Xibin? Liu Heiqi was eager and threw the bait again and again.

"Yes, you can." Peng Xibin groaned slightly, and said unhurriedly, "But I hope that I can tell the truth about any new trends in the headquarters, so that I can prepare for the next move." ”

"Good! Brother Xibin is worthy of the pillar of my Liu Department. To tell the truth, according to the instructions of the Invalids, on the evening of the 18th, the Invalids withdrew to his base camp ......"

Hearing this, Peng Xibin understood in his heart that these traitors were in a hurry to run away again. Retreat is not yet another synonym for running. If you want to escape, you have to set up a "death team" to cut off me, an outsider, to cut them off. Thinking of this, Peng Xibin once again grieved for the ragtag army, and at the same time felt even more glad that he was determined to choose a bright path.

Peng Xibin regained military power overnight, and many people came to congratulate him, but Peng Xibin had other thoughts. How to connect with the Eighth Route Army, and when is the right time to revolt?

With the military power in hand, Peng Xibin was still anxious.

In the early morning of one day, the Wang Lushui headquarters was located in a village.

Wang Lushui, political commissar of the Lunan Military Region, and Zhang Yufan, deputy secretary of the regional party committee, are finalizing a plan for attacking Liu Heiqi. The two of them thought hard and anxious, but they both felt that this battle was not easy to fight.

At this moment, a man in a suit walked in outside the door, with a very kind and natural smile on his face. How did the command headquarters run into the common people, and the political commissar Wang Lushui was about to get angry, and after being introduced, he learned that the person who came was Gao Tingguang, an underground party rebel. Of course, it is great that the underground party can support the troops in battle. But Wang Lushui and Zhang Yufan had some doubts about how much good news this uninvited guest could bring them.

( Biography of Chinese and Foreign Heroes )