Wu Zijian, deputy commander of the 2nd Battalion of the Lin Division, took Lu Dajiang, the commander of the 8th Company, and a squad of the 5th and 8th companies, and finally rushed to the Black Rock Cliff before dawn.

Leading the way for Wu Zijian were two soldiers from the 7th Company. This time, the instructor led the team to attack the Black Stone Cliff, and had already taken away two platoons of the 7th Company, and the rest stayed in the Red Star Gorge. Wu Zijian considered that only the people of the 7th Company had walked the road between the Black Stone Cliff and the Red Star Gorge, so he specially selected two soldiers from the 7th Company to lead in front. However, the darkness of the night and the deviation of the guide's memory still made them travel for more than 20 miles for several hours.

Prior to this, the attack on the Black Stone Cliff commanded by Liu Shu was actually very awkward, he brought nearly two hundred people, but only the first twenty or thirty people could get close to the road in front of the gate of the bandit's nest, and the rest could only be arranged like a long snake and crowded on the rugged mountain road, unable to participate in the attack at all. When Wu Zijian and the others arrived nearby, they were discovered by Liu Shu's rear team: a platoon of the 7th Company.

When the people of the 7th Company saw the arrival of the deputy battalion commander, they immediately caused a small cheer: Now they know more or less about some major changes that happened in Hongxing Gorge, and they know that their company commander was locked up by the instructor because he befriended bandits, and this time it is tantamount to letting him out to make meritorious contributions. I knew that one was confined and confined together, and there were two company commanders in the 6th and 8th companies. The warriors could only talk quietly on the march, but they were indifferent about the instructor's approach.

When they discovered that it was not only the deputy battalion commander who had fallen from the sky, but also Lu Dajiang, the commander of the 8th Company, many people, especially the cadres at the squad and platoon level, felt sincerely relieved, and everyone rushed to tell Wu Zijian about the unfavorable situation of the previous attack.

"Since the wounded have been picked up, why do you still have to fight?"

Wu Zijian asked puzzled. However, no one can understand this, the two platoons of the 7th Company are at the back of the line, and they only receive a steady stream of wounded comrades from the company's lair, but there is no way to know the reason why the front line is still fighting with force.

Wu Zijian took all the staff when he set off from Hongxing Gorge, squeezed through the long line, and touched the front end. Finally, he saw a small group of people who were arguing in a low but fierce manner, they were: instructor Liu Shu, deputy company commander Sun of the 8th Company, Wei Xin, commander of the 7th company, and the two platoon commanders of the 8th company who were in the middle but did not make a sound.

"Deputy battalion commander! There you are!? ”

In the still hazy sky, the tall Wei Xin took the lead in spotting Wu Zijian and his party from far and near, and couldn't help but let out an exclamation. Liu Shu, who was facing away from the direction of the rear team, was shocked, and when he hurriedly turned his head to look, he almost ran into Wu Zijian face to face.

"Deputy Battalion Commander Wu, it's really you!" Liu Shu blurted out a sentence, and at this moment, he saw clearly that it was Lu Dajiang, the commander of the 8th company, who was following Wu Zi's fitness, and his face suddenly sank: "Company Commander Lu, why did you run out?" ”

"Instructor, I ordered him and the 6th Company Commander Wang Shuanglong to come out, and I didn't have time to discuss it with you," Wu Zijian said in a calm tone before Lu Dajiang, who looked nervous: "Now that the 2nd Battalion has just suffered a major setback, it is the time to employ people, so we can't lock up all three company commanders!" ”

Liu Shu's anger suddenly arose, he tried his best to restrain his emotions, but he still spoke sharply: "Deputy Battalion Commander Wu, how did the second battalion suffer this major setback, you should know better than anyone else!" Now is not the time to hold you accountable, but you have seriously exceeded your authority by releasing the two company commanders who were locked up without the permission of the acting battalion commander of the second battalion! ”

Hearing the words of the acting battalion commander, Wu Zijian shook his head slightly: "Instructor, you are the acting battalion commander, at least you should say hello to me, right?" Lao Feng sacrificed, the highest military commander of the second battalion is me, the deputy battalion commander, who will act as the battalion commander of the second battalion, before the superior leader gives an order, you and I should negotiate. ”

Liu Shu vetoed categorically: "Comrade Feng Changzhi has sacrificed, and I am acting as the battalion commander as the leader of the party group of the second battalion, don't I have this power?" The tradition of the Red Army has always been that the party commands the gun, and as a party member cadre and battalion commander, don't you know this?! ”

Liu Shu showed the banner of the party organization, which made Wu Zijian feel a little hesitant, if from the party, the highest party organization of the second battalion is the battalion party group composed of instructors, battalion commanders, and deputy battalion commanders, and the instructor is the leader of the party group.

"Uh...... Instructor, the commander of the first battalion is a military commander, so it seems that he shouldn't be mixed with the party organization—"

Unexpectedly, before Wu Zijian's words fell, Liu Shu immediately interrupted him angrily: "What is mixing!" Comrade Wu Zijian, don't forget that you are a member of the squadron, not an ordinary soldier, please pay attention to the impact when you speak! ”

As soon as the two of them met, they involuntarily unfolded their tongues and swords, which made several company platoon commanders on the side feel quite embarrassed.

"Okay, okay," Wu Zijian felt the embarrassment of his subordinate commanders first: "Instructor, let's not worry about these at this critical juncture, you are leading the team to suppress the bandits, and the top priority at the moment is to end the matter here as soon as possible; Otherwise, the team of hundreds of people would be exposed on the unconcealed mountain road, and it would be devastating at any moment. ”

Liu Shu was stunned, Wu Zijian's words could be said to have hit his heart - he also always felt that putting the strength of five platoons on the mountain road, squeezing in front and supporting the rear could not complete the battle, but he couldn't find a countermeasure.

Taking advantage of Liu Shu's frustration, Wu Zijian decisively turned to Wei Xin, the commander of the 7th Company, and the deputy company commander of the 8th Company, asking about the previous battle situation.

It turned out that under Liu Shu's resolute insistence, the deputy company commander of the 8th Company had no choice but to organize a platoon of troops, and quietly moved towards the open gate of the Black Stone Cliff Cave under the pretext of picking up the wounded comrades who came out of the bandits' nest. Unexpectedly, Wei Xin, who was standing outside the gate with a torch to preside over the situation, suddenly discovered the tactical attempt of the platoon of the 8th Company, he had just rejected the order sent by Liu Shu to send a messenger to him to return to the team immediately, but decided to stand here until the last wounded man walked out of the gate of the Black Rock Cliff before returning to the team. At this glance, the commander of the 7th Company was shocked, hurriedly took two steps, and blocked the platoon commander of the 8th Company who took the lead with his tall body:

"What are you doing? Go back quickly, the wounded will be evacuated immediately! ”

Wei Xin lowered his voice and ordered hurriedly with his back to Nantianmen. The platoon commander of the 8th Company saw that the commander of the 7th Company actually came forward to stop him, and he had no idea for a while, he also lowered his voice and said: "Company Commander Wei, I am acting on orders, please don't embarrass me." ”

Wei Xin knew very well that once this group of people moved a few more steps forward, they would launch a surprise attack on the Nantianmen Gate that was close at hand, and that would be a waste of all their efforts: because no matter who wins or loses next, it will inevitably be a tragic bloody battle of slaughtering each other! When it was too late, the commander of the 7th company suddenly stuffed the torch in his hand into the hand of the platoon commander of the 8th company, who was not holding a gun, and shouted loudly:

"It's too dark, you help the wounded to light the way, don't let them fall!"

This quick and intelligent action suddenly put the platoon commander and the people behind him who had sneaked out of the dark shadows under the light of the torch, and his loud voice also attracted people's attention. The platoon commander of the 8th Company was caught off guard, so he had to hold a torch and shine it on the slowly advancing ranks of wounded.

The commander of the 7th company simply didn't do anything, turned around and shouted towards Nantianmen: "Big boss, let your people take a few more torches to illuminate!" ”

Liu Wumei, the female bandit leader, didn't know the dangerous scene that happened outside, she stood in the gate, took care of the few wounded soldiers of the Eighth Route Army and walked out of the cottage, and after hearing the call of the company commander's eldest brother, she immediately ordered a few minions to walk outside the door with torches. In this way, the light inside the Nantian Gate was dimmed, but the outside of the gate was reflected brightly. The platoon commander of the 8th Company, who witnessed all this, knew that a sneak attack was no longer possible, so he gouged out Wei Xin with his eyes, and the latter was still in front of him, intentionally or unintentionally blocking him in the direction of Nantianmen.

It was such a blockade, all the wounded of the 7th Company walked outside the gate of the bandits' nest, and slowly integrated into their own ranks that were dormant on the mountain road, and the barricades at the Nantianmen were instantly closed again, and the desperate platoon commander of the 8th Company threw the torch in his hand to the ground before deciding to withdraw, in order to show his serious dissatisfaction with the commander of the 7th Company. But Wei Xin couldn't care about these anymore, he glanced back at the Nantian Gate, where all the torches were extinguished, and under the dark gate, there were vaguely visible figures longing.

"Great boss, thank you for taking in my wounded brothers, the green mountains do not change, the green waters flow forever, we will meet later!"

Wei Xin shouted towards Nantianmen, and at the same time raised a hand and waved it twice, what he was holding in his hand was the box cannon that Liu Wumei had just given to the eldest brother of the company commander of the Eighth Route Army.

Liu Wumei didn't say anything, and the younger sister was already worried about what kind of rectification her eldest brother would suffer after returning to the ranks of the Eighth Route Army.

Sure enough, as soon as Wei Xin crossed the machine gun position set up at the forefront of the 8th Company, and before he could take a few steps, the instructor Liu Shu angrily greeted him, obviously, the platoon commander of the 8th Company had reported to the instructor that the raid was obstructed by the commander of the 7th Company.

"Company Commander Wei, you are really bold! Are you determined to betray the team?! So what are you coming back for? Why don't you just stay in your bandit sister's nest and be bandits together?! The faces of the revolutionary soldiers have been lost by you! ”

Wei Xin knew that he couldn't avoid this reprimand, but seeing that all the wounded were taken out, the two sides did not start a vicious battle again, and a hanging heart was immediately put down. He thought: Big deal, go back and continue to squat.

Unexpectedly, instructor Liu Shu followed closely and shouted to the communication squad soldiers beside him:

"Tie up this traitor to me!"