"Is it really a big boss? Let the people around you not move, you come by yourself! ”

When the cavalry company commander of the Eighth Route Army followed the voice on the opposite side, he had already found that there were dark shadows longing, and there were obviously a lot of people. Soon, one of the other parties stumbled and groped over, Xia Lianshan fixed his eyes and saw which one was not the female bandit leader of the Black Stone Cliff Cottage in Guanmen Mountain!

"Chief Xia, it's really you!" Liu Wumei's tone was full of surprise and excitement: "I bet on this treasure correctly, so I guessed that our Eighth Route Army might be here, and I deliberately touched it along the Qinglong River." ”

Xia Lianshan was puzzled by the other party's words, but he knew that this Liu Wumei had something to do with Wei Xin, the second battalion commander of the detachment, and also knew that the detachment leader Wu Zijian had always planned to bring this bandit army under his account, so he patiently began to ask the reason.

At this point, Liu Wumei's mind was very clear, and she made tonight's encounter clear in a few words-

Just now, a group of more than 50 people escaped from Longwan Village, where the headquarters of the 570th Regiment of the Jin Army is located, and according to the pre-planned plan, they were going straight to the direction of Maicun and arrived at the southern foot of Guanmen Mountain.

But at the moment of rushing out of Longwan Village, the female bandit leader suddenly had an idea, and she recalled that when she had just held Tian Mingda, the commander of the 570th Regiment, hostage in the village, the signal soldiers of the regiment had reported in front of everyone that a large force of the Eighth Route Army was being chased by the Japanese and retreated towards the front of Zhaojia Village of the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army. Liu Wumei has been robbing houses in the area of Guanmen Mountain for many years, and of course she knows that Zhaojia Village is located in the lower reaches of the Qinglong River, less than ten miles away from Longwan Village.

So she immediately instructed her master and everyone to turn around immediately, not to go to the southern foot of Guanmen Mountain, but to go north along the Qinglong River to Zhaojia Village. The calculation of the female bandit leader is: The officers and soldiers of the 570th Regiment of the Jin Army were already familiar with the people of the Black Cliff Cottage before, and they were accustomed to walking the mountain pass at the southern foot of Guanmen Mountain, and the Mai Village at the foot of the mountain now has a small force of the 569th Regiment stationed; If the head of the regiment Tian, who was released just now, felt remorse and wanted to fight back, he would inevitably send people to pursue him in that direction. So, simply give him the opposite.

What's more, it is very likely that the northward movement along the Qinglong River will meet the troops of the Eighth Route Army who are being chased by the Japanese army head-on - although the cottage has now been estranged from the Xu Brigade Detachment of the Eighth Route Army, but after all, it has not reached the point of meeting each other, and it is much safer than falling directly into the hands of the Jin army. So, Liu Wumei led more than 50 brothers who broke away from the tiger's mouth, ran and jogged all the way, and finally crashed headlong into the position that the cavalry company of the Xu Brigade Detachment was arranging on the east bank of the Qinglong River.

The cavalry company commander of the Eighth Route Army originally focused on the sound of guns and cannons coming from miles away, and judged that Wang Shuanglong's first battalion was bitten by the Japanese on the way to retreat, and he couldn't wait to rush to reinforcements. But Liu Wumei's sudden intrusion couldn't help but make him have a plan - this female bandit leader actually brought more than 50 people at the moment, almost all of them were armed with weapons, and most of them were standard military rifles.

"Big boss, do your people dare to fight the Japanese?" Xia Lianshan asked: "Right now, they are rushing towards here, a battalion of the Eighth Route Army is exchanging fire with them, I am about to rush over with the cavalry, are you willing to go with me?" ”

Unexpectedly, Liu Wumei blurted out and agreed without thinking about it: "Okay, Chief Xia, our Black Rock Cliff Cottage has long promised you, Chief Wu, that as long as there is a chance to fight the Japanese in the future, we will not be soft." Since we have caught up today, the little girl and these fifty or so brothers have listened to the orders of the Eighth Route Army! ”

Xia Lianshan was overjoyed. Before encountering this group of bandits, he had planned to leave only a few cavalry on duty in the position under his feet, and take the rest with him, and that was obviously risky. Now that the female bandit leader has arrived, you can let them enter the position for the time being!

Liu Wumei admitted to the arrangement of the cavalry company commander of the Eighth Route Army - tonight she and her subordinates escaped death, and obviously formed a great bond with the 570th Regiment of the Jin Army and even the entire 12th Brigade of the Independent Army. If we can help the Eighth Route Army to fight and climb this big tree again, it will undoubtedly be of great benefit to the future security of the cottage.

Although Xia Lianshan was excited, he still kept an eye on it, after all, he had never cooperated with this gang of bandits, and he couldn't trust them 100%. Therefore, he ordered the platoon commander Zhang of the first platoon of cavalry to lead the five cavalry to stay, and repeatedly instructed the female bandit leader to obey the command of these six people and not to act without authorization. Liu Wumei patted her chest and promised that she and her subordinates would definitely obey their words if they wanted to rest assured that Chief Xia would definitely obey them.

Seeing Xia Lianshan lead the main force of the cavalry company to gallop away, the platoon commander of the cavalry platoon Zhang who stayed behind immediately ordered Liu Wumei and his subordinates to enter the position in turn to set up defenses. The so-called position is actually the terrain on the east bank of the Qinglong River, and Platoon Commander Zhang instructed them to find trees, mounds, stones and other shelters and lay in ambush behind them. This preset right-flank position, separated by the Qinglong River, which is more than 30 meters wide, can just aim at the open field directly in front of the central position.

The master of the Black Rock Cliff Cottage saw the opportunity to lie down to Liu Wumei's side, lowered his voice and asked the big boss: Do you really want to fight the Japanese here? If it was only because of an accident that he bumped into the Eighth Route Army and was forced to agree out of coping, then now he can take advantage of the departure of the main force of the opponent's cavalry company to pull the team away in one fell swoop.

"There are only six of them and six horsemen, and they can't stop us if they want to, if they want to withdraw, it's now!" In the end, the master's tone was already full of anxiety.

Liu Wumei didn't expect that the master would have this idea in her heart, she was actually completely sincere in wanting to assist the Eighth Route Army in this battle, but she also understood that the master wanted to save the blood and bones for the cottage, so she also lowered her voice and replied: "Tell the brothers, this battle must be fought, first, it is natural to kill the Japanese, and secondly, this is also a good time to shake hands with the Eighth Route Army." We offended the commander of the Jin army tonight, if there is no support from the Eighth Route Army in the future, Tian Mingda, that bastard, will sooner or later send a large army into the mountains to find our bad luck - the official army to suppress bandits has been a matter of course since ancient times. ”

Hearing these words with his own ears, the master understood that the wood was already in the boat, and it seemed that this battle really couldn't be avoided. However, the big boss is also reasonable, just let the brothers let go of the fight, so that the Eighth Route Army can see the methods of the heroes of the Black Stone Cliff, so as not to be despised by the other party when dealing with them in the future.

The master, who had obtained this bottom, began to patrol along the position one by one, and at the same time encouraged everyone to show their housekeeping skills and show their faces in front of the commander of the national army.

At this moment, the Black Stone Cliff armed forces were actually divided into three batches out of the mountain, the first batch was more than 30 people led by the big boss Tie Shou, who were captured by the Jin army in Mai Village; The second group was a dozen people led by the master to Longwan Village to ransom people and were detained; The third batch is more than a dozen people led by Liu Wumei. Since the female bandit leader had a drink with the 570th Tuantian Tuanza this afternoon, and the latter ordered the release of all the bandits on the spot and the return of their guns, these 50 or so people are now each with one gun, and there is also a Lewis light machine gun carried out of the mountain by the big leader Tie Shou without authorization.

Witnessing the weapons and equipment of this group of bandits, Platoon Commander Zhang of the first platoon of the cavalry company of the Eighth Route Army couldn't help but secretly speak, although he noticed that many of the military rifles in the hands of the bandits were still made in Hanyang and Gongxian, and even a few firearms, but the level of such equipment was far stronger than the militia team established by the Xu Brigade in the Wutai Mountain area before. Especially the strangely shaped Lewis machine gun.

Although he knew that the big boss was the leader of this gang of bandits, but when he saw that it was the thin old man who was going back and forth on the position, Platoon Commander Zhang still told him some precautions. In particular, he explained to him that what is now laid out is an inverted triangle arrangement, and a main battalion of the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army plus an artillery company is the bottom of the inverted triangle, which is the so-called central position; The east bank of the Qinglong River at his feet belonged to the right flank position, and the left flank position opposite was supported by another battalion of the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army.

Afraid that this little old man who did not look amazing would not understand these military terms, the platoon commander of the Eighth Route Army finally emphasized one point, without his order, no matter what the situation occurred on the field on the other side of the riverbank, no one was allowed to fire a single shot!

"Platoon commander, rest assured, although these brothers of mine are all green forests, they also know more or less the rules of fighting with soldiers, and they will never act indiscriminately." The master replied with some unconvincing tone.

Platoon Commander Zhang ignored the other party's tone, but placed four cavalrymen evenly into the position of bandits in order to supervise it. Seeing that the deployment was almost complete, he called the last cavalryman and ordered the other party to rush to the central position immediately, and report to the commander of the 570th Regiment of the Jin Army that the first battalion of the Xu Brigade Detachment might have encountered an accident and that the main force of the cavalry company had set out for reinforcements - this was also a task assigned to him by the company commander Xia Lianshan before departure. After all, it is a joint operation between the two armies, and the dominant party is the Jin army, so such changes must be reported truthfully.

Liu Wumei, who had already entered the position, happened to be very close to Platoon Commander Zhang and the cavalryman, and heard the specific content of the conversation between the two. Only then did I know that the commander of the central position adjacent to the position under his feet turned out to be Tian Mingda!

The female bandit's heart couldn't help but beat wildly: she used a big beauty trick tonight, not only released the dove of the regimental adult, but also made him lose face in front of the officers and soldiers of the 570th regiment. If Commander Tian had received a report from the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army later and learned that he was lying on the bank of the Qinglong River with his men now, would he have sent troops over to capture him in a fit of rage?!

If she doesn't want to, the more Liu Wumei thinks about it, the more afraid she becomes: the cavalry companies of the Eighth Route Army have run out, Tian Mingda really wants to take advantage of this time to send someone to rush over, just with this small cavalry platoon leader and four or five cavalrymen behind her, I'm afraid I really can't do anything for her!

She couldn't help but look in the direction of her master—when the little old man tried to escape from the battle just now, she was quite unimpressed. At this moment, she already regretted it a little.