After seeing Lao Hu's iron-blooded methods, the more than 20 puppet soldiers definitely became dead and had no second heart, but Zhao Caizhu still kept a special eye, and when he handed over the gun to these puppet soldiers, he only gave them three bullets, and anyway, he didn't need them to participate in the battle, but just took care of the captured puppet soldiers as coolies to carry supplies, and also found two old soldiers for them as squad leaders.

Lao Hu also began to be wary of Zhao Caizhu, just now Zhao Caizhu was obviously the one who used him as a gunman, the reason why Lao Hu killed the company commander of the puppet army was not only for the puppet army, but also for Zhao Caizhu, in his army, except for Brother Fan, he could only have the final say.

Many of the little devil's strongholds were attacked, and the puppet army called for help, and the orders they got were to fight to the last soldier. The little devils don't care about the lives of the Chinese, and their death in battle can be regarded as loyalty to the emperor, but the puppet army is a puppet army after all, and in order to survive, they can commit treason, and in order to survive, they can surrender again.

The battle went surprisingly well, in less than an hour, the troops received the prisoners, the supplies were carried out, and for the fighters of the three battalions, it was simply a great harvest.

The loss of the four strongholds is nothing to the little devils, and there are many devils and puppet army strongholds in North China.

At the meeting place, the platoon commanders of each company talked about the weapons and equipment captured by their troops.

"There are too many puppet soldiers who have been captured, and it is not a way to go on like this." Lao Hu called several company commanders over to discuss what to do next.

"It's better to let them go, we still have to fight, it's too troublesome to take them like this." The commander of the third company suggested.

"No, let them go like this, and after they go back, they will harm the people, if we leak the situation of our troops to the little devils, we will be in trouble at that time, so it is better to kill them." The first company commander said.

Old Hu shook his head and said: "We can't kill, if the news of killing prisoners spreads, no troops will surrender to us, besides, they are also Chinese, not little devils, most of them are traitors who are forced to make a living." ”

"Even if you can't kill or release, what should you do?" The first company commander said.

Lao Hu looked at Zhao Caizhu who was on the side and asked, "What is your opinion, Staff Officer Zhao?" ”

In front of so many people, he called Zhao Caizhu a staff officer, and Lao Hu gave a sweet date with a stick. Of course, except for the seventh and eighth company commanders who knew about this matter, others thought it was to establish Zhao Caizhu's prestige.

"Report to the battalion commander, we can't let it go, we can't kill it, we still have to use the puppet army to manage the puppet army, we are willing to follow us to give them guns and ammunition, help take care of the rest of the puppet army and guard the materials, and then stay behind a company of soldiers, on the one hand, manage the puppet army that has taken refuge in us, on the other hand, we can't take so many materials to march to fight, we need someone to guard and guard, and it is also convenient for future management."

"If other people have any opinions, they don't have any opinions, and they should do it according to Staff Officer Zhao's method." Lao Hu also believes that this is the safest and feasible way.

Since Lao Hu has spoken, several company commanders have no opinions, but when it comes to deciding which company to stay, the eight company commanders are unwilling to stay.

"Company Commander, are you willing to stay!" Lao Hu directly made a decision.

When it was about to dawn, the third platoon commander rushed to Xingjiagou with the soldiers, and the soldiers on guard told them that Liao Fan was waiting for them inside.

"Brother Fan, we are back and have successfully completed the mission!" The clothes of the three platoon leaders were already soaked, half from the rain last night, and half from sweat.

"Okay, hurry up and dry your clothes, eat something and we'll leave in a moment."

As soon as Liao Fan finished speaking, the third platoon commander and more than a dozen soldiers began to undress, but Zhang Cuihua, who was standing on the side, was anxious: "You really don't treat me as a big girl!" ”

Only then did the third platoon commander remember that there was a woman in the army: "I'm sorry, I'm used to it." ”

"Spring Knife, go to the room and get her two clean clothes." Liao Fan searched all over his body, and there were only two oceans, and they were handed over to Liu Chundao.

After Zhang Cuihua left, several soldiers began to tidy up their clothes, and Liao Fan called the three platoon leaders aside.

"Brother Fan, is there something wrong?" The third platoon leader asked.

"Did you find anything unusual on the way back?"

The third platoon leader shook his head and replied, "There is nothing out of the ordinary!" ”

"Has Zhang Cuihua ever left your sight?" Liao Fan continued to ask.

The third platoon commander carefully recalled what happened yesterday, and took the little devil around a few more times, but he didn't notice Zhang Cuihua: "Brother Fan, but there is no special situation." ”

Liao Fan thought for a while, but still didn't believe that Zhang Cuihua was an ordinary person: "Okay, you go get busy first, your company commander left you something to eat." ”

Liao Fan's troops were scattered in the mountains, with no combat objectives, no assembly point, and no logistical supplies, and they could not get any support except for the supplies prepared for them by the brothers who knew the logistics at a specific location.

However, the little devil's reconnaissance force was even more dizzy, although the number was small, but their continuous combat ability was too strong, sometimes they didn't know where to come from, and they also sneaked up on their baggage troops, and sent troops to rescue, but they fled again.

This was like this for several days, which completely annoyed Shenmu, and he had to send a squadron of soldiers to protect his baggage troops. At the same time, the little devil's Yangquan command issued an order, which made Lao Hu's three battalions suffer a big loss.

As in the first few days, Lao Hu led the troops and quietly infiltrated the Hancun stronghold by night, before the troops could attack, a flare exposed his position, they were suppressed in a ditch, more than a dozen soldiers were wounded, the last shot was not fired, only a few grenades were thrown to cover the retreat.

The other troops encountered a similar situation to Lao Hu, but their casualties were greater.

After suffering a loss, Lao Hu couldn't understand it and was unwilling to lead the troops to kill back.

"Battalion commander, by all means!" Zhao Caizhu persuaded, "The little devil's stronghold is obviously prepared, and after losing the battle, let's not talk about the morale of the brothers, I'm afraid we have been exposed here, and the big army of the little devil is surrounding us in this direction, and now the most important thing is to move immediately." ”

As Zhao Caizhu said, when he was defeated last night, the scouts of the little devil had quietly followed here, and the little devil was mobilizing his forces, intending to wipe out this army.

"Battalion commander, the scouts who found the first two little devils over there have been killed by the brothers of the first company." Since Lao Hu came back, the commander of the first company took the initiative to put the sentry forward for two miles.

Only then did Lao Hu realize the seriousness of the problem: "Notify all troops, take care of the wounded and transfer them immediately, the commander of the first company, the rear of your palace, the front of the second company, and the troops who encounter the little devils must not be entangled." ”

As soon as Lao Hu gave the order, there was a gunshot from the front sentry, and everyone became vigilant with a "bang" gunshot.

"Follow me in a row!" A company commander shouted.

"Zhao Caizhu, you come over for me, it's too late to retreat, you take the sixth, seventh, and eighth companies, as well as the mortar company, before the little devil has closed the siege, immediately break through, go straight to the nearest county seat, and do everything possible to force the little devil to come back." Lao Hu knew that the situation was critical now, even if there was only one brigade of little devils who surrounded them, and finally fought to the death, they couldn't have a few people left, what Lao Hu wanted was to preserve his vitality and complete the task given to him by Liao Fan.

"No, battalion commander, I'll stay." Zhao Caizhu said.

Lao Hu became irritable as soon as he was anxious, and gave Zhao Caizhu a kick: "You fucking less nonsense, when is it, carry out the order!" ”

Boom, boom, it was the sound of the little devil's grenadier, and before the company commander could organize the defense, the forward guard was killed by the little devil's grenadier.