The female soldier Zhang Xiu ran breathlessly, just now the instructor Liu Shu shouted to her to bring a few more people and carry the items of the Battlefield Mobilization Committee together, but Zhang Xiu did not hear the instructor's shouting behind her, but ran back to the village office alone, and began to stuff the things she thought were useful into several sacks, and then dragged these sacks to the gate one by one.

The beautiful female soldier didn't know that under an old elm tree a few feet away from the gate of the village office, several pairs of sinister eyes were peeping at her figure that appeared at the door from time to time.

This former village office, and later the office of the Xiping Village War Mobilization Committee, has been lit with oil lamps and horse lanterns tonight, which is particularly eye-catching in the huge dark Xiping Village. Therefore, when a group of Japanese troops took advantage of the chaos to sneak into the village from the west of the village, they quickly discovered the lights of the village office and touched it in this direction.

This Japanese army was none other than the chief of staff of the Hagiwara Brigade, Kawabe Daisa, and the assault squad that was personally selected from the Tyumen Infantry Brigade to rescue prisoners of war; Just now, a courtyard on the western defense line of the Eighth Route Army Village was broken through and occupied by the Japanese army, and the assault team that heard the news quickly sneaked into the village from there. It's just that Wang Shuanglong's 6th company quickly organized a counterattack on the compound, virtually cutting off the strength behind the squad, so less than 20 people successfully infiltrated the village.

The one who led the way for the assault team was the deputy battalion commander of the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army. Although the deputy battalion commander lived in Xiping Village for some time, he secretly surveyed the terrain of the village several times, and inadvertently found the Japanese cavalry prisoners of war who were imprisoned; But at this moment, the night was vast, the fingers could not be seen, and the sound of gunfire and explosions was incessant, and the deputy battalion commander of the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army was terrified and had completely lost his way. He was fluent in Japanese, and under the low reprimand of the Japanese squad leader who led the team, he had no choice but to lead the way indiscriminately.

At this moment, the lights of the village office came into their sight, and when they got closer, the deputy battalion commander of the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army vaguely remembered this building, so he told the captain of the Japanese army. The squad leader, who was tormented by this stupid guide, immediately ordered a few top soldiers to come up.

The soldiers hid under the old elm tree and observed for less than two minutes, during which they only saw the figure of a female soldier of the Eighth Route Army flashing at the gate from time to time, and they decided that there was only one female soldier here. The captain of the Japanese army gritted his teeth: Let's take down this female soldier of the Eighth Route Army first!

The three spearheads touched it and quickly flashed into the gate of the village office. I heard a faint exclamation from a woman in the room, and then the two lights went out one after another. Seeing this, the squad leader waved his hand, took the rest of the Japanese soldiers, and jumped into the village office in the dark.

The female soldier Zhang Xiu was pressed into a Taishi chair in horror, a fat big hand covered her mouth hard, and someone else cut her hands around the back of the Taishi chair. In a few moments, a flashlight lit up, swaying on her pretty but distorted face.

Because of her position as the deputy director of the Xiping Village Field Mobilization Committee, Zhang Xiu often showed up in the village and presided over major affairs, so the deputy battalion commander of the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army quickly recognized her and knew that she was an important figure in the second battalion of the Eighth Route Army Forest Division. So he immediately whispered to her:

"Prisoners of the Imperial Army, where are they held?"

Zhang Xiu had already understood from the brief Japanese spoken by the attackers that they were devils, and she was surprised where the devils came from, but someone opened up in Chinese, and he even knew about the Japanese prisoners of war in the village.

"Are you Chinese?" The hand covering Zhang Xiu's mouth was removed, and the female soldier who couldn't open her eyes by the flashlight plucked up her courage and asked tremblingly: "How do you help the little devils do things?" ”

The deputy battalion commander of the puppet Mongolian cavalry couldn't help but give Zhang Xiu a slap with his hand, and his voice became fierce: "You little girl, what nonsense?" Say it quickly, or I'll let these Imperial soldiers strip you naked!" ”

Zhang Xiu was so frightened that she almost fainted, but she still tried her best to keep herself calm - the sound of the firefight in the west of the village was still earth-shattering, which meant that the Eighth Route Army was still blocking the enemy from the outside of the village, and this team of devil soldiers mixed with traitors spoke sneakily and did not dare to raise their voices, obviously afraid of being exposed. All this suggests that they may be an isolated enemy who is flowing in. Moreover, the terrain is unfamiliar.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiu plucked up a little courage and said: "I know where the captives are kept, you let me go, and I will take you to find them." ”

The deputy battalion commander of the puppet Mongolian cavalry hesitated for a moment, and then translated to the Japanese squad leader in Japanese. The team leader didn't think much about it after hearing this, and immediately ordered action.

In fact, Zhang Xiu planned to lead them to the direction of the crowded mountain pass, as long as he saw the Eighth Route Army or even villagers along the way, he could warn and call for help.

However, not long after they tiptoed out of the village office, the moon suddenly broke through the clouds, and under the moonlight, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers with loaded guns and ammunition were suddenly exposed to the open field in front of the village office, with no concealment in front of them. The Japanese soldiers were instantly stunned, and for a while, none of them knew whether they had been discovered.

Zhang Xiu suddenly broke free from the restraints at this moment and shouted loudly:

"Devil! The devil is coming!! Come on!! ”

The two Japanese soldiers who were holding her hurriedly threw her to the ground and covered her mouth again. The team leader, who reacted, gave the order to immediately run towards a house in front of him, trying to hide in the shadow of the gable of the house.

But it was too late, and several families who were fleeing not far away towards the mountain pass noticed this scene, and they shouted at the same time.

"Bang!"

In a panic, a Japanese soldier subconsciously fired a shot at the shouting fleeing villagers, and it was this shot that made Liu Shu, the instructor who was rushing to the village office, hear it clearly.

Liu Shu had already settled the preset position of the mountain pass, and several veterans with a platoon of recruits occupied the advantageous position on both sides of the mountain pass, monitoring the village, and watching the flow of people composed of the Eighth Route Army and the fleeing villagers moving towards the Guanmen Mountain. Looking at the basic layout of this area, the instructor who was concerned about Zhang Xiu, the female clerk of the battalion headquarters and the deputy director of the moving committee, immediately took a few soldiers around him and ran to the village office.

The moment the gunshot rang out, Liu Shu immediately realized that this shot was not coming from the front of the west of the village, but was very close to the front:

"There is a situation, prepare for battle!"

When several soldiers heard this, they immediately pulled the bolt of the rifle with a clatter, and Liu Shu took off the pony pistol from his back, and at this time, he suddenly realized that the location of the gun was in the village office!

It's broken, Zhang Xiu!

The instructor ran up desperately, and after turning a courtyard, the village office appeared, and by the moonlight, Liu Shu couldn't help but be surprised: more than a dozen Japanese soldiers, trying to escape from the empty field to find shelter, two of the Japanese soldiers dragged a struggling female soldier, it was Zhang Xiu.

Although Liu Shu has been a political cadre all the year round, after all, he followed the main force of the Red Army from the Jiangxi Soviet District all the way to northern Shaanxi, and experienced countless battles of all sizes.

Several fighters who followed Liu Shu reacted differently, and the two who were quick also fired bullets one after another, and one of them knocked another Japanese soldier to the ground.

The Japanese squad leader didn't know how many people had come, and while shouting and firing back, he ordered to withdraw to the village office that had just been drilled. Liu Shu and several soldiers discovered the enemy's attempt at the same time, and opened fire on the Japanese soldiers approaching the gate of the village office.

"Be careful Zhang Xiu, aim and hit again!"

Liu Shu calmly shot and pulled the bolt of the gun (the pony pistol is also the 38-type cavalry gun, which is the same as the 38-type rifle), and did not forget to tell his subordinates not to accidentally injure his comrades. Several of the fighters around him were all impressed by the instructor's performance.

The two Japanese soldiers who grabbed Zhang Xiu were busy grabbing their guns and firing back, and let go of the female soldier's arm, Zhang Xiu was still lying on the ground honestly at first, and when she found that the Japanese soldiers had no one to take care of her, they began to crawl towards the back of the village office with their hands and feet.

Once most of the Japanese troops began to fight back, this side could not withstand it, and more than a dozen Type 38 rifle bullets from the opposite side came over, knocking down two soldiers of the Eighth Route Army in an instant. Liu Shu, who also had no cover to cover them, had to retreat to the side of a farmhouse in embarrassment, and before dodging, Liu Shu desperately looked in the direction of the village office in the rain of bullets, where there should be no more Zhang Xiu's figure.

"Hurry up and go to the mountain pass to move the rescue soldiers, and let Platoon Commander Sun bring a squad over!"

The instructor hurriedly commanded a warrior; The platoon commander he was talking about was a platoon commander of the recruit company.

Watching the warrior run away, Liu Shu bent down in the corner of the wall, leaned against the ground, and cautiously poked his head out halfway, peeping.

In the open field in front of the village office, the Japanese soldiers were gone—did they hide in the village office, or did they flee to another part of the village? Liu Shu didn't dare to be careless, if the devil entered the village office and was monitoring the empty field outside the gate behind the doors and windows, then if he went out now, he would undoubtedly become a living target. But he really couldn't rest assured that Zhang Xiu, lest the female clerk who escaped alone accidentally fall into the clutches of the Japanese soldiers again.

Suddenly, a stinging nerve thought poured out, and the instructor only felt that his heart began to beat wildly, even more violently than the moment when he suddenly encountered the Japanese soldier just now: female soldier Zhang Xiu, when was she caught by the Japanese soldiers?! If you count from the time she left herself and the battalion commander near the mountain pass, Zhang Xiu, who ran directly back to the village office, stayed there for more than a quarter of an hour.

Will she be insulted by those Japanese soldiers?!