The next day, Liu Hong got up early, simply washed his face, and came to the temporary headquarters.

Liu Hong walked in with a smile and said, "Yo! It's so lively! Looks like good news! ”

When Wu Feng saw Liu Hong, he immediately greeted him, and said with a smile: "I really let you guess, there is indeed good news." Last night, the little devils in the Longhuadian stronghold and the Xicheng stronghold really evacuated the stronghold overnight, but they were ambushed by our army on the way, and more than 100 little devils were all killed, and none of them escaped the net. ”

"Oh?" Liu Hong raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "It seems that these little devils are indeed frightened, and they don't have the courage to fight with our martial arts team." ”

"Isn't it? As soon as the little devil learned that we were going to attack Longhuadian and the Xicheng stronghold, he was so frightened that he fled. That saves us a lot of trouble. Wu Feng said excitedly.

Liu Hong smiled and nodded, and then asked, "What about the Longhuadian stronghold and the Xicheng stronghold?" Did you take it down? ”

Wu Feng said with a smile: "Take it down, take it all down." The puppet army in the Longhuadian stronghold directly opened the door and surrendered, and the first squadron took the Longhuadian stronghold without a single shot. The Xicheng stronghold didn't take much effort, Zhou Wenxuan took the third squadron, just launched a feint, but he didn't expect to successfully break through the defense line of the puppet army and take the Xicheng stronghold in one fell swoop. ”

"Well done!" Liu Hong smiled and nodded, and said, "This time, we came out and took three strongholds at once, and since then, all the strongholds in the southeast of Hejian County have been cleared by us." ”

Wu Feng smiled and asked, "Then what should we do next?" Do you want to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and continue to clear the nearby strongholds. ”

"No~!" Liu Hong waved his hand and said, "We have taken three strongholds in one go this time, and the harvest is not small, and we must have captured a lot of loot." ”

"Hmm!" Wu Feng nodded and said: "In addition to weapons, ammunition and some daily necessities, a large amount of grain has also been seized, I have already informed Zhao Lei and Zhou Wenxuan, except for a part of this batch of grain reserved for military rations, the rest will be distributed to the local poor people." ”

"Hmm!" Liu Hong nodded and said: "Our county will transport these loot back to Gaoguantun, and the troops will go back to rest and recuperate, and we will come out again." There are still a few strongholds in the northeast of Xian County and the northern part of Jiaohe County, and our next target is these strongholds. ”

"Good!" Wu Feng nodded, and hurriedly said: "Then I will immediately inform Zhao Lei and Zhou Wenxuan, let them demolish the Longhuadian stronghold and Xicheng stronghold, and transport all the loot back to Gaoguantun." It just so happens that a lot of puppet soldiers have been captured in these two places, and they can be used as coolies to help us dismantle the turrets and transport the booty. ”

Liu Hong smiled and nodded and said, "These two devils, every good thing." Even if they surrender and we don't kill them, we can't cheapen them, let them work as coolies, and we will be considered to be guilty of repayment. ”

Wu Feng smiled and nodded, and then hurriedly ordered the communication soldiers to inform Zhao Lei and Zhou Wenxuan.

In the afternoon of the same day, in addition to distributing a part of the grain to the local poor people, the armed engineering team returned to Gaoguantun Village with a large amount of booty.

According to Liu Hong's plan, the troops are going to take a temporary rest, first, the soldiers need to rest, and second, through this battle, the soldiers should also sum up some lessons and lessons, especially the soldiers of the new barracks, who can use these combat experiences to grow up quickly.

Originally, according to Liu Hong's plan, he took a break for three or two days, and continued to clear the devil strongholds in the vicinity according to the original plan. However, the plan could not keep up with the change, and then the command sent the latest order again.

After Liu Hong read the telegram, he pondered for a while, then called the guards in and ordered: "Immediately go and notify all the cadres above the squadron leader to go to the headquarters for a meeting immediately, and also notify Secretary Lin and ask him to come to the meeting as well." ”

"Yes!" The guard hurriedly answered, turned around and hurried out.

Soon the participants rushed to the headquarters one after another, and Liu Hong beckoned everyone to sit down and wait until everyone arrived.

Liu Hongyang raised the telegram in his hand and said with a serious face: "I summoned everyone here today just to discuss one thing. The command has just sent a telegram with the latest assignment for us. ”

When everyone heard this, their expressions immediately became serious, and all their eyes were focused on Liu Hong's face, and they couldn't wait to know what this new mission was?

Liu Hong did not sell the guanzi, and continued: "I think everyone knows that now the little devil has gathered 100,000 troops to carry out a sweep of our anti-Japanese base area in Shandong, after more than a month of fierce fighting, our army has never been able to completely smash the enemy's sweep, and the troops of each army division have suffered large losses and have been forced to shrink the defensive line, and the situation is very unfavorable to our army. ”

Liu Hong paused slightly, and then continued: "Especially the Jilu Border Military Region, due to the defection of Shaou to the enemy, the losses are the heaviest. The Sixth Brigade of the Jilu Border Military Region lost more than half of its troops, and its remnants were forced to be reduced to pieces, scattered all over the country and continued to engage in guerrilla warfare with little devils, and the other two independent regiments of the Jilu Border Military Region also suffered heavy losses. Although Sha Ou had already been executed by us, some cadres and troops had been tricked by Sha Ou and defected to the enemy, which caused the situation in the Jilu border base area to deteriorate sharply. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Hong couldn't help frowning deeply, paused slightly, and then continued: "At present, the Japanese Army's independent 7th Mixed Brigade is gradually advancing northward from Qingyun, Wudi County and other places, and the 2nd Wing of the 27th Division of the Japanese Army is also starting from Jinghai and Qingxian to compress the Yanshan area from the west and north. ”

Liu Hong pointed to the map on the wall as he spoke, and then said: "From this point of view, the intention of the Japanese army is very obvious, that is, to compress the remnants of our Hebei-Lu Border Military Region to the coastal area of Yanshan, and then eliminate them. ”

Liu Hong stopped when he said this, glanced at the people present, and found that everyone couldn't help frowning when they heard this.

So Liu Hong continued: "In view of the dangerous situation that the Jilu Border Military Region is now facing, the headquarters ordered our armed engineering team to dispatch elite troops to cross the Jinpu Railway and rush to the Yanshan area to support friendly forces in combat. ”

(End of chapter)