After cleaning the battlefield, the 2nd Battalion of the Eighth Route Army quickly evacuated Dawangyu and returned to the small village more than ten miles away, where they had been secretly stationed for several days.

Although the casualties in this encounter with the devil cavalry were not small, the capture was still considerable, in terms of guns: forty-one pony guns and one pistol were captured from the Japanese army, and fifty-three formal rifles were collected from the Jin army, all of which were sufficient. In addition, there were 28 military horses of the Japanese cavalry, as well as swords, overcoats, riding boots, etc. Except for the capture of the Battle of Pingxingguan just after crossing the Yellow River, the Second Battalion has never been so arrogant. Moreover, this time it is "eating alone".

Wu Zijian had already forgotten about the battle damage, and he excitedly gathered the company commanders of four companies in an open field in the center of the village and began to distribute the spoils of war (according to the division of labor between him and the battalion commander Feng Changzhi, the weapons and equipment were allocated by him). This was a historic moment for the 5th Company of the 2nd Battalion, and from this day onwards, the entire company of the 5th Company completely bid farewell to the old weapons such as Hanyang-made and old sleeves, and realized all the 38-type and medium-formal rifle equipment.

As the main company of the second battalion, they have always been given priority care, and the only Makqin heavy machine gun in the whole battalion is in their company, and they also have half of the six Czech light machine guns. Xia Lianshan, the deputy company commander who had been worried, also showed joy on his face.

At the battalion headquarters, Liu Shu's mood was quite complicated, the rich booty was indeed worth celebrating, especially the harvest of twenty-eight military horses was unexpected; But the casualties of the whole battalion in this battle were too great. Moreover, what the instructor is most worried about at present is not the loss of one battle or two battles, but from this so-called "ambush" battle that was temporarily put into battle, he saw the strength of the forces of Wu Zijian and other "main battle factions", and this is what makes him vigilant and anxious.

Since the Battle of Xinkou ended with the defeat of the Nationalist Army in October last year, the Eighth Route Army has begun to gradually break into pieces and sneak behind enemy lines. From the perspective of Yan'an, Shanxi could not be defended no matter what, and the Eighth Route Army must seize the great opportunity of the main force of the Nationalist Army being defeated by the Japanese army, establish its own base and political power, and expand its own armed forces. After Taiyuan was captured by the Japanese army, this deployment of the central government became more and more urgent and urgent.

Liu Shu is only a battalion-level political officer, but he is well versed in the three flavors of this deployment of Yan'an. As a veteran of the Red Army after the Long March, Liu Shu personally experienced the pain of displacement, and after arriving in northern Shaanxi, although he got a temporary respite and rest, the Nationalist Government's pursuit army was always around. Today, everything is very different: the lofty mountains and mountains of Shanxi provided a new world for the Red Army to gallop and display, and more importantly, the main force of the Japanese army in Shanxi moved to Shandong, and the Central Army of the Nationalist Government and the Jin Sui Army were also oppressed to the corner of southern and western Jin; In the empty Shanxi, there is hardly any military force that can pose a threat to the Red Army, and it is a good opportunity to show its ambitions.

Therefore, in the northeast of Shanxi, when the regiment commander and the division and brigade commanders handed over the task of the second battalion to the Guanmen Mountain in southern Jin Province to Liu Shu and the battalion commander, Liu Shu's enthusiasm boiled, and in his mind, he instantly outlined the blueprint for the development and growth of the second battalion in that strange area called Guanmen Mountain in the future.

But in addition to the excitement, Liu Shu also secretly felt the difficulty of this trip: it was not from the outside, but precisely from the army itself! As the powerhouse of the Eighth Route Army that started the first battle of resistance against Japan, the Lin Division never forgot the victory of Pingxingguan; That battle really boosted the morale of the whole army and even the whole country. However, what Liu Shu felt more deeply about that battle was the heavy casualties of the whole division, which is said to have reached 1,000 people, close to the number of Japanese troops wiped out! This is an out-and-out "kill 1,000 enemies and damage 800 yourself." Taking the second battalion as an example, not counting the soldiers, the commander alone sacrificed a deputy battalion commander and seven company commanders and deputy company commanders -- Wu Zijian and Li Tianlin, who were promoted from company commander and deputy company commander to deputy battalion commander and company commander respectively after that battle.

However, the blood of victory filled people's eyes, and everyone was immersed in the euphoria of victory, ignoring the potential threat of sacrifice. This time on the trip to Guanmen Mountain, the superiors specially told the second battalion to try their best to avoid the Japanese army, however, the second battalion had already set off from Wutai, and the deputy battalion commander Wu Zijian had been looking for opportunities to confront the Japanese army along the way. Among them, when marching to a village near Yangqu, the sharp soldiers found a group of devils robbing the people in the village, Wu Zijian didn't say a word, led two companies to surround it, although the number of devils was not large, but relying on the houses of the village to implement effective resistance, and soon called for reinforcements stationed in Yangqu, if it were not for Liu Shu and the battalion commander Feng Changzhi ordered an emergency evacuation, the second battalion might be surrounded by the Japanese army.

Liu Shu knew very well that a group of battalion and company-level commanders of the second battalion, headed by Wu Zijian, were still suspicious of the whole battalion's separate march from the regiment and the main force of the division and brigade; Wu Zijian openly said that dismantling and dividing such a powerful force as the Lin Division is tantamount to turning a clenched fist into an open palm and losing its powerful striking power. Now, with the size of a battalion marching alone and hanging behind enemy lines, the battle that can be fought is very limited.

At the party group meeting of the second battalion, Liu Shu persuaded and criticized Wu Zijian's words and deeds several times, but the latter did not think so; And Feng Changzhi, as the battalion commander, obviously did not restrain the deputy battalion commander enough, and even connived at it, which made the instructor feel anxious. Sure enough, this time when he learned that the Japanese army was preparing to attack Fengdian County, Wu Zijian instigated the battalion commander to rashly fight this battle in the name of setting up an ambush on the periphery of Fengdian and looking for an opportunity to capture the Japanese army's baggage. Fourteen comrades were killed, and more than a dozen seriously wounded were killed and killed, and dozens of others were lightly wounded. This is undoubtedly fatal to the second battalion, which is short of medicines and sanitary products.

Liu Shu felt that he couldn't go on like this, otherwise it would be difficult to ensure that the whole battalion could reach the destination with full strength. He called Feng Changzhi and demanded that a three-person battalion-level commander's meeting be convened immediately to severely criticize Wu Zijian's adventurous tendencies, and that it must be put an end to it in the future!

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After dispensing the weapons nervously and happily, Wu Zijian let out a long breath. This time, in order to strengthen the combat strength of the 5th Company, he deliberately concentrated all the 38 big covers and Zhongzheng rifles in the whole battalion, and first satisfied the soldiers of the 5th Company before distributing the remaining and old guns eliminated by the 5th Company to other companies. The 5th Company originally had a few flower machine guns during the Long March, but there was nowhere to add them because the bullets were getting fewer and fewer (author's note: the flower machine guns called by the Red Army were the German-made Bergman* captured from the Nationalist government troops during the anti-encirclement and suppression and the Long March, which were purchased by the Nationalist government or local warlords for their troops, because the number of purchases was originally not large, and the source of bullets was relatively scarce), so this time Wu Zijian simply scattered these "chicken ribs" to the other three companies.

The 5th Company was happy, and the three companies couldn't help but hold their breath, especially the 6th Company, whose combat strength was close to the 5th Company, the company commander had a horse face, standing behind Wu Zi's fitness, and complained in a weird way. Wu Zijian was not annoyed, he smiled and shouted to the company commanders of the 6th, 7th, and 8th companies:

"The main force is not said by lip service, it is fought by hard battles one after another, if you want to eat and drink spicy like the main force, you have to see the real chapter on the battlefield! The three of you companies, who can win a few tough battles, the next time I divide the gun, I promise to divide the best first! ”

Just as he was shouting for joy, the battalion communicator ran to his side and whispered that the instructor and the battalion commander were waiting for him to have a meeting. Wu Zijian's face that was still beautiful just now suddenly darkened - when he was still cleaning the battlefield in Dawangyu, Wu Zijian felt the anger against him, the deputy battalion commander, from the instructor's painful roar. It seems that this fight is indispensable!

Wu Zijian raised his butt from a broken chair and said to Xia Lianshan on the side: "Lianshan, this chair was borrowed from a fellow villager, and I want to send someone to return it to others." ”

Xia Lianshan nodded, but did not speak, Wu Zijian read the content from the face of the deputy commander of the 5th Company: He obviously still remembered the safety of Fengdian City.

"Lianshan, don't worry, I'll find a way at the meeting and strive for us to send a small force to Fengdian to investigate the situation." Wu Zijian said as he walked.

Xia Lianshan hurriedly responded: "Okay, good." Deputy battalion commander, don't quarrel with the instructor, and say calmly! ”

Wu Zijian waved his hand without looking back. Xia Lianshan looked at the deputy battalion commander's broad back, and his heart was pounding: Can the instructor and the battalion commander agree? Fengdian's sister's family, what's going on now?