Liu Wumei, the female bandit leader, originally intended to do nothing and keep fighting, and simply wanted to annihilate all the eight roads that the lone army had penetrated into, and then destroy the corpse; However, to her surprise, this Eighth Route Army actually came to the backup!

The sudden sound of the platoon gun, accompanied by a dense rain of bullets, knocked down a small piece of Liu Wumei's men and horses in front of him, and most of the people who were shot were the subordinates of the black donkey who rushed down the mountain forest in the oblique stab. Looking over from Liu Wumei's position, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who came in a hurry approached a hundred, which couldn't help but surprise the female bandit leader: what she was most worried about had happened!

The principle of bandits has always been to oppress the common people and stay away from the official army. But this time, the reckless actions of his subordinates unexpectedly provoked the Eighth Route - just now Liu Wumei was busy and asked the reason for the Iron Hand incident, and after hearing this, the female bandit slapped the Iron Hand and begged for mercy on her knees - and, what made her even more frightened was that this Eighth Route quickly came to the backup, which obviously did not come from the Guanmen Mountain Pass, because there was a twenty-mile mountain road from here, and the Eighth Route Army stationed there (that is, searching and interrogating her) had just inserted its wings, and would not have rushed to the battlefield so quickly.

Then there is only one possibility: around here, there is another camp of the Eighth Route Army!

Liu Wumei became more and more anxious, the so-called one mountain does not allow two tigers, if the nest of the Eighth Route Army is built in the mountains in this area, it is tantamount to holding a sharp knife next to her ribs.

Besides, how should this sudden situation end in front of you?!

Lu Dajiang, who was already unable to parry, suddenly received the support of reinforcements, and his morale was greatly boosted; Moreover, the area where he led people to withdraw at this moment was much wider than when he was ambushed just now, and the two platoons brought by the deputy company commander quickly completed the battlefield on his left and right. As a result, the exchange of fire between him and the bandits has changed from being attacked on three sides to a one-word confrontation, and the situation has changed greatly.

The deputy company commander, who was out of breath, also told Lu Dajiang that he had sent people to the Guanmen Mountain Pass to seek help from the Lord, which made Lu Dajiang have more and more bottom points in his heart, and he shouted through gritted teeth while directing the soldiers to fight back:

"Bite these turtle grandsons for me, and when the main force comes up, I will kill them!"

Lu Dajiang has a bottom here, and Liu Wumei is panicked. Although his side was still in a condescending position, the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side was lined up, with dense guns and bullets, and it was impossible to charge again; Moreover, counting the reinforcements, the other side has no less than 100 troops, and the original numerical advantage on his side has been greatly weakened, and this battle has obviously become a protracted battle. Liu Wumei recalled the eight roads she encountered in the mountains when she went out of the cottage to Wencheng a few days ago, when there were many of them, and the marching team saw the end of the road without seeing the end, and she even saw the light machine guns and heavy machine guns in the other party's queue with her own eyes.

God! This battle could not be fought again in any case, and the eight roads on the opposite side were by no means all the ones he had seen that day (all of them were single-shot rifles when he heard the sound of gunfire), but only one of them; Once the battle drags on, the opponent's heavy troops will inevitably come up, and how can their more than 100 stragglers withstand the attack of light machine guns or even heavy machine guns?!

Liu Wumei called her master, discussed briefly for a while, and decided to immediately unilaterally cease fighting. She gave the order to go, and all positions immediately stopped firing. After a long time, this order finally gradually took effect on the long front of the bandits, and the gunfire grew from strong to weak until it was completely extinguished.

Lu Dajiang there, of course, felt this, they were already on the defensive, and they were in a disadvantageous position to return fire from a low place to a high place, seeing that the bandits stopped shooting, Lu Dajiang also ordered a ceasefire, he had to see what these bandits were going to do next.

Soon, he saw the hall.

On the opposite side, a bandit's loud shout sounded, and at this moment the closest part of the two sides was about thirty zhang away, and the bandit's shout was clearly heard in the valley that had fallen quiet.

"Old and young masters of the Eighth Route Army, don't fight anymore! This is a pure misunderstanding, we have offended your army, we are willing to make compensation, and if we continue to fight, it will not benefit anyone! As soon as you agree to a truce, we will return your female soldiers! ”

Lu Dajiang and the deputy company commander exchanged glances: Rescue the health officer Juanzi is the first, since the bandits give in first, then the opportunity must not be lost, save Juanzi first!

"We agreed to a temporary truce, and in exchange, you will release them immediately!" Soon, Lu Dajiang instructed a soldier beside him to shout.

"It's okay to release people, and our two families will send a brother at the same time to negotiate in front of the two armies, and no one is allowed to turn their faces during the negotiation!" The bandits shouted again.

The deputy company commander of the 8th company couldn't help but be amused: these bandits even know how to send representatives to negotiate! It seems that their bandit leader is not a straw bag.

Juanzi was released first, coming out of the bandits' camp, she stumbled and ran, still looking back with palpitations, and the voices calling her name came and went on the 8th company's position. As she approached the position, the two warriors could not restrain their urgency and rushed to meet her back. Soon, the female hygienist was crying loudly in the arms of her comrades.

Seeing Juanzi's safe return, Lu Dajiang let out a long breath, but hearing the latter's cry, the anger of the 8th company commander rekindled. Now that he was no longer a rat trap, he was determined to continue to fight the bandits.

Liu Wumei obviously expected that the Eighth Route Army would not give up, so as soon as the hostages of the other party were released, she asked the negotiator to walk towards the position of the Eighth Route Army with a white sheepskin jacket in both hands.

That negotiator is the master of the Black Rock Cliff Cottage. Liu Wumei didn't dare to go to the risk herself, and apart from herself, only this master had the mind to negotiate.

"Listen to the old and young masters of the Eighth Route Army, our people have been sent over! He doesn't have a guy in his hands, he is the master of our cottage, a little old man who doesn't know martial arts, please be merciful to your subordinates, don't hurt him! ”

Lu Dajiang exchanged a look with the deputy company commander again, and scolded in a low voice: "These bandits, if they say that the bear is the bear, it will be the bear!" ”

The deputy company commander also felt that it was not appropriate to attack an unarmed old man, but he didn't want to send people out to take risks again, so he shouted: "Let him come to us to talk, and the Eighth Route Army will guarantee his safety!" Lu Dajiang listened and gave a thumbs up to the deputy company commander on the side.

When the bandit's master heard this, he hesitantly stopped, looked back at his own position, and soon, Liu Wumei sent someone to shout: "Master, you go, the Eighth Route Army is a good man who resists Japan, and he will definitely be true to his word!" ”

Lu Dajiang couldn't help but praise in his heart: Damn, these bandits are also clever, and they squeezed us with words first. He said to the deputy company commander: "Listen to what this old guy says, you can just delay time and wait for the main force to come up." ”

The master brought the compensation conditions authorized by Liu Wumei - two rifles, 200 rounds of ammunition, 200 yuan of national government banknotes, plus some pork and flour.

Lu Dajiang's eyes widened: "We were killed by you five soldiers and injured more than ten, do you think you want us to give up?" ”

The master forced him to calm down, and the big boss also knew that the Eighth Route Army would be offended this time, so the conditions offered were only preliminary, and he had to adapt to the situation and gradually increase the amount of compensation.

"Then according to the meaning of your commander, what do you want?"

"I want your two machine guns, and all the machine gun ammunition, plus fifty rifles, and a thousand rounds! Plus five hundred bills! Lu Dajiang said word by word with a gloomy face.

The master was taken aback: although the big boss authorized him to improvise, the number of this lion's mouth opened by the Eighth Road was obviously beyond the bottom line of his power. How did he know that the other party's commander was not sincerely bargaining at all, but wasting time to wait for the main force outside the mountain to come to help.

However, the other party asked for the two machine guns, but it made the master feel the advantage of firepower on his side, although the Eighth Route Army had a lot of numbers, but the battle just now also exposed the shortcomings of not having strong fire support; Otherwise, this murderous-looking commander would not have opened his mouth to ask for their machine guns.

"Sir, why bother pushing people too much?" The master had the audacity to say, "You don't have machine guns, it's impossible to eat us, and in the end, it's not good for anyone." ”

"You old horseman!" The deputy company commander heard the threat in the master's words, and grabbed his chest: "What's wrong with no machine guns?" Just because you bandits, you still want to fight with the regular army? We dare to do it face to face with the Japanese, and you have more machine guns than Japanese devils?! ”

The master hurriedly softened: "Sir, I didn't mean that. Your army is a hero of resistance against Japan, where are we, the grass robbers, the opponents of your army? Please also ask your army to raise your hand, our cottage has just a few things to watch the house, all of them have been given to your army, and we can't get mixed up ourselves. ”

"It's better if you can't get along, break up as soon as possible," Lu Dajiang interjected on the side: "It also saves us from destroying you!" Let me tell you, the Eighth Route Army is here to establish a base area, in addition to fighting devils, but also fighting bandits to protect the territory and the people! ”

The words are not speculative, and the Eighth Route Army sent the master back to discuss. The deputy company commander told him that whether he agreed or not, he would send someone back to give an answer, and the Eighth Route Army would not take the initiative to attack before the negotiations broke down. Lu Dajiang understood that this was another delaying tactic by the deputy company commander: with the current strength and firepower of the 8th Company and its geographical advantages, it was already very reluctant to withstand the opponent's attack.

After listening to the master's return, Liu Wumei quickly realized that something was wrong: although the Eighth Road came to help, in comparison, it was still the majority of people in the Black Stone Cliff, not to mention that the other party already knew the advantages and disadvantages caused by the machine gun, but still kept saying something "offensive", which is unreasonable!

"The Eighth Route Army is playing a knife trick," pondering for a moment, the female bandit leader suddenly had an epiphany: "They are not afraid of our machine guns, which means that they are waiting for their machine guns to come up!" Master, we can't delay any longer, withdraw immediately! ”

The master heard from the big boss that he had witnessed the brigade of the Eighth Route Army a few days ago, and there were many light and heavy machine guns, and he immediately reacted. They quietly arranged a retreat plan, and most of them immediately crawled out of their positions and returned to the cottage; Leave a machine gun in each direction, as well as a dozen gunners, as long as the opponent advances, they will fire with all their might, especially the machine gun should not hesitate to sweep the bullets, and suppress the Eighth Route Army that feints from low-lying places. After the brigade was evacuated, those who stayed behind quickly retreated. The terrain of the Eighth Route Army is unfamiliar, and it is difficult to chase it!