Liu Wumei, the leader of the female bandits, was crooked on the bed with her clothes, and watched her cousin Xiaoju, who was becoming more and more handsome, sitting on the side and absentmindedly embroidering female red.

Her cousin has become more and more impatient lately, and she doesn't care how her cousin explains the danger of the situation outside the cottage, including the Eighth Route Army setting up camp dozens of miles away, including the open confrontation between the cottage and the Eighth Route Army. She just wanted to go out for a walk, go to Wencheng, or even to Taiyuan.

Two days ago, the cottage formed an alliance with the Eighth Route Army with great fanfare, and held a banquet for this purpose, and my cousin also recognized the brother and sister with a company commander of the visiting Eighth Route Army. Although Xiao Ju did not come forward, she also knew it clearly. Therefore, as soon as she sent away the people of the Eighth Route Army, she pestered Liu Wumei again and asked her to take her out of the mountain.

Liu Wumei was also moved, after all, with Wei Xin, the "big brother", speaking to the Eighth Route Army for herself, she should be able to resolve the crisis caused by the last armed friction. As long as the road of Hekou Village can be re-walked, it is natural to go to Wencheng.

However, what the female bandit leader never expected was that she had just promised her cousin half an hour ago to take her cousin on a trip after exploring the news in the past few days, but the master came to knock on the door with a serious face: Wei Xin, the "big brother" of the Eighth Route Army, is here and is waiting outside the Nantian Gate!

Liu Wumei was taken aback, and couldn't help staring at the pocket watch chain on the placket of the master's animal skin vest, and asked in disbelief: "Why is this time coming, what time is it?" ”

The master had obviously already seen the hour in advance, so he replied without taking out his pocket watch: It's past nine o'clock.

Liu Wumei asked the master to take her to Nantianmen to pick up people quickly, and at the same time asked about it on the way. The master didn't know what was going on, he only said that the minions on duty reported it layer by layer, and the only person who came was Wei Xin, who claimed to be the commander of the Eighth Route Army; The third master drank too much tonight, and he had already sent someone to call him.

The suspicious female bandit leader hurried to Nantianmen, and sure enough, by the light, she saw her eldest brother Wei Xin, who was wearing the uniform of the Eighth Route Army, standing alone outside the cottage gate.

Liu Wumei kicked the leader of the minions who were in charge of guarding the gate: "Bastard, my eldest brother has just come to the cottage, why do you kid have eyes and don't know Mount Tai, let his old man stand outside and blow the mountain wind!" ”

On the other hand, he ordered the barricade to be removed, stepped forward and stretched out his hand to hold Wei Xin, and dragged him into the gate:

"Big brother, why are you coming to see my little sister so late? You're alone? ”

Wei Xin replied hesitantly, looked at the master beside him, and said to Liu Wumei: "Go to your place and talk about it in detail, and the master will also come along." ”

It wasn't until she sat down in the "Juyi Hall" where the candles were lit that Liu Wumei realized that the eldest brother of the company commander of the Eighth Route Army was not the only one who was walking at night at night, and he didn't even carry any weapons with his bare hands.

But Wei Xin's next words made the female bandit leader's heart immediately relax again.

"Sister, I'm here today just for one thing, to pick up all the wounded brothers who stayed in the cottage," Wei Xin said in a calm tone while taking a sip of the hot tea that had just been served: "After you left, we found Hongxing Gorge, but my commander there was very unhappy that I left the wounded here to recuperate, and thought that it violated the discipline of the Eighth Route Army, so he arranged for me to pick up people." ”

Liu Wumei looked puzzled, looked at Wei Xin, and then looked at the master with her eyes.

Wei Xin didn't give the other party time to react, and continued to explain: "You don't know, since the Red Army, the Eighth Route Army has had discipline rules, not to harass the people, not to take a stitch from the masses. In desperation, I took the initiative to borrow food from the cottage, and handed over the wounded to you to take care of, all of which violated discipline, and the instructor of the 2nd Battalion of the Lin Division, who was my commander, severely criticized me and asked me to take them back immediately. ”

This time, the master opened his mouth first: "Chief Wei, what does your chief think of the exchange of fire between our cottage and your army?" Has this beam been uncovered? ”

Wei Xin groaned slightly: "Well, the instructor didn't mention it clearly, but he didn't tell me that he must settle this account with you." In the final analysis, you have provided food and grass to the Eighth Route Army and received the wounded, which can be regarded as a favor, and the grievances should be offset; As long as you don't provoke the Eighth Route Army in the future, it is unlikely that we will meet each other again. ”

Liu Wumei was overjoyed, and was about to say thank you, but the master once again rushed before the big boss and said: "Chief Wei, the tone of your voice doesn't seem to be very sure!" ”

Wei Xin didn't say anything, but Liu Wumei glanced at the master with a smile: "Master, my eldest brother is an anti-Japanese hero, what else do you have to talk about?" Hurry up and arrange some wine and food in the back kitchen, the eldest brother will live in the cottage tonight, and tomorrow I will arrange manpower to send the eldest brother and the Eighth Route Army brothers down the mountain. ”

Seeing that the big boss had said this, the master had to swallow the next words into his stomach, turned around and walked out of the "Juyi Hall", leaving the two brothers and sisters to talk under the lantern.

The master who walked out of the "Juyi Hall" did not arrange the wine and food himself, but instructed the minions to do it, and he went straight to the residence of the black donkey of the three masters.

As a result, he met with the black donkey who ran over panting after receiving the report.

"Third master, I think something is wrong," the master dragged the black donkey to the dark and said hurriedly: "This Wei Company Commander of the Eighth Route Army, the eldest brother of our big boss, ran to the cottage alone in the middle of the night to pick up the wounded soldiers who stayed here to recuperate. ”

The black donkey was originally ashamed and resentful that Liu Wumei was soft on the Eighth Route Army and recognized Wei Xin as the eldest brother, but at this moment, when he heard what the master said, he suddenly had a murderous intention: "Grandma, if it wasn't for the big boss two days ago, Lao Tzu would have turned his face with the surnamed Wei on the spot!" I didn't expect him to be sent to the door again so soon, this guy has already seen through the inside and outside of our cottage, and he can't let him go down the mountain alive if he says anything today! ”

The master was startled, and grabbed the black donkey's arm: "Don't make a mistake!" I just think it's a little strange that this Company Commander Wei went up the mountain alone late at night, but you are making it clear that you want to be an enemy with the Eighth Route Army. Don't act rashly, if he really came to pick up the wounded soldiers on the orders of his commander, wouldn't it be a good thing? At least it saves a lot of money for the cottage; Releasing a tiger back to the mountains is a hundred times better than raising a tiger. ”

"You didn't expect that? The Eighth Route Army picks people up with the front foot and attacks the cottage with the back foot? These wounded soldiers are hostages in our hands, can we easily let them go down the mountain?! The black donkey retorted angrily.

Suddenly, a minion came in a hurry in the distance, and the two looked at it fixedly, it was the leader of the minion who was on duty at Nantianmen tonight, so they hurriedly stopped him and asked what was going on.

"The three masters, the big thing is not good, outside the Nantianmen, there are many people in ambush!"

"Who?!" The black donkey and the master asked in surprise almost at the same time.

"I can't see clearly in the dark, but when the company commander of the Eighth Route Army was standing outside the gate just now, he looked behind him ghostly and was discovered by me. After he went in with the big boss, I pretended to go out of the gate to pee, and secretly looked at the road below for a long time. ”

The master suddenly stumbled and shouted: "I just feel that this surnamed Wei is not right to go up the mountain alone, and he is really hiding another hand!" ”

The black donkey had already pulled out his shell gun: "Master, you will immediately take someone to solve the surname Wei." I'm going to block the South Heavenly Gate! As he spoke, he ran down. Although the master felt that he should further understand the situation before starting, the situation was urgent at the moment, so he couldn't take care of it so much.

The black donkey shouted along the way and the minions in the houses on both sides of the road immediately gathered, and he galloped all the way to the Nantianmen. At this time, the minions on night duty were already pushing the two earthen cannons placed behind the door under the door, and someone went to call the gunner to bring * and medicine twists. The World War I Lewis light machine gun was quickly erected on the barricade.

Seeing that there were dozens of minions running over one after another, the black donkey sent two of them out of the gate, and threw the two lit torches to the path below, and by the light of the falling fire, the two really saw the situation clearly, turned around and ran to the door with a shout:

"There's an ambush, there's an ambush below!"

When the two of them ran back to Nantianmen, the black donkey himself roared behind the barricade: "What are your grandmother's Eighth Route Army doing hiding below?" Kind of roll over and try Lao Tzu's machine gun! ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pulled the trigger of the shell gun, and with a "bang", a bullet flew into the night sky, breaking the silence of the cold night.

The bullet was not fired at the bottom, but it still made the commanders and fighters of the assault squad of the second battalion of the Lin Division, who were lying more than a dozen feet away, instantly tense their nerves. The deputy commander of the 8th Company who led the army was given the action order that Wei Xin, the commander of the 7th Company, and the wounded should first receive Wei Xin, the commander of the 7th Company who had entered the bandits' lair, and if the bandits did not release them, they would immediately prepare for a strong attack.

However, to the surprise of the deputy commander of the 8th Company, before Lao Qi (Wei Xin) came out of the bandits' lair, the bandits discovered their ambush first. The two torches that flew down from above smashed into the dense crowd, exposing Xingzang. Immediately after, the bandits also opened fire - these greatly exceeded the original preset action plan, and the deputy commander of the 8th company couldn't help but be stunned in place, not knowing what to do for a while.

"Report to the instructor! We are exposed, ask for instructions! ”

After hesitating for a while, the deputy commander of the 8th Company made this reaction. But it was too late, and a* rolled down from above, perhaps thrown as soon as the string was pulled, and * rolled straight to the front of the ambush before exploding, and shrapnel and air waves overturned the two fighters in front.

The deputy company commander of the 8th company immediately became angry from the hesitation just now, he didn't think about it, snatched the flower machine gun from the hand of an assault squad soldier next to him, and shouted: Give it to me! He jumped up and rushed towards the mountain gate, and the machine gun immediately let out a short and continuous roar.

Seeing this, the fighters of the two assault squads at the front did not hesitate to get up and follow. Three light machine guns, except for the Japanese Taisho 11 crooked handle, which the machine gunner could only hold forward, the other two Czechs were held in the hands of the shooter, and at the same time spewed tongues of fire as they charged.

* (Flower machine guns) and a rain of bullets from machine guns poured down towards the bandits' so-called Nantianmen, attracting a counterattack from Lewis's machine guns under the Nantianmen on the opposite side. When the * of the Eighth Route Army's assault squad threw out one after another, and the explosion sounded in the air, this fierce battle between hand-to-hand soldiers broke out in an all-round way!