The next day, it rained heavily from morning to afternoon, and the troops could not train, so Liu Hong asked the soldiers to burrow into the tunnel and continue to dig the tunnel.

After the rainstorm, the tunnels of the military engineering team exposed a drawback, that is, there was no drainage system, and the rainwater seeped into the tunnels from the ground, and soon a lot of water accumulated in the tunnels.

Liu Hong wore rain boots, walked around the tunnel, frowned and said: "There is more and more water, it is not possible to go on like this, the tunnel must be renovated and the drainage system must be added." ”

Zhao Lei said with some embarrassment: "Captain, we have been catching up with the progress during this time, so it is inevitable that there will be some omissions. It's just that this drainage system is not easy to build! ”

Liu Hong frowned and said: "Don't worry about other things, first transfer all the soldiers back, dig the drainage system in the living area, this time it rains, the water will accumulate below, if it is too big, the entire tunnel can be filled with water, if the soaking time is too long, the tunnel may collapse, this tunnel is a big project!" Take your time! ”

The torrential rain fell for a day and a night, and finally stopped, Liu Hong led the martial arts team, using the two days to improve the drainage system of the tunnel and strengthen the tunnel. It's just that digging tunnels is not a simple job, as Liu Hong said, this is a big project, and it is by no means something that can be completed overnight.

After the heavy rain, Liu Hong began to organize the soldiers to open up the wasteland and farm the land, in that era the productivity was relatively backward, and farming was also a rather tiring and heavy work, after the heavy rain was the best time to grab seeds, not only Gaoguantun Village, but also the people of other villages, also seized the time of these two days, and hurriedly sowed seeds.

After a few days of rushing work, the Wugong team opened up hundreds of acres of wasteland near Gaoguantun Village, all of which were planted with corn, and if there was a bumper harvest this year, these hundreds of acres of land would basically be able to feed hundreds of people.

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At the same time, after collecting intelligence for a few days, Matsuki Saburo finally determined that this Tubalu in Gaoguantun Village was Liu Hong's martial arts team, and Matsuki Saburo had already obtained accurate information, this Eighth Route Army only had about 200 to 300 people, after some careful research, Matsuki Saburo finally decided to attack Gaoguantun Village and eliminate the Wugong team.

After two days of preparation, Matsuki Saburo mobilized more than 500 Japanese troops and more than 700 puppet troops to assemble in Xianxian County. Before dawn, Matsuki Saburo personally led this Japanese puppet army to kill Gaoguantun Village with great momentum.

After the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army on guard on the perimeter discovered the enemy, they immediately sent out signal flares to report the news. The horn of the emergency assembly sounded in Gaoguantun Village, and after the soldiers heard the assembly number, they quickly put on their clothes, picked up weapons and equipment and rushed out, and in just a few minutes, all the troops had been assembled.

In the headquarters, Liu Hong had a cigarette in his mouth, looking at the map on the table, Wu Feng pointed to the map and said: "I just got the news that a large number of Japanese puppet troops are moving rapidly from the west, northwest, and southwest directions to Gaoguantun, and the specific situation has not yet been ascertained. ”

Liu Hong thought for a moment, and said with a serious face: "The little devil is finally here, and he informs all the troops to prepare for battle." "The martial arts team finally found Gaoguantun Village as a station, so they were naturally unwilling to give up easily.

"Yes!" Zhao Lei and Zhou Wenxuan hurriedly responded, then turned around and rushed out in a hurry, and then led the soldiers to the frontline position, ready to meet the enemy.

At this moment, several gunshots rang out in the distance, and Wu Feng frowned and said, "The enemy is already less than five miles away from here. ”

Liu Hong just nodded lightly, with a hint of solemnity on his face, and then a soldier of the Eighth Route Army hurriedly ran in, and shouted loudly with an anxious face: "Report to the captain, the latest news has come from the guard post, the enemy on the three routes has a total of more than 500 Japanese soldiers, 6 or 700 puppet soldiers, and the total strength of the enemy is more than 1,000 people." ”

"Got it!" Liu Hong replied casually and frowned slightly.

Wu Feng frowned and said worriedly: "The enemy's strength is several times that of our army, this battle is not easy to fight!" ”

Liu Hong said with a serious face: "It's not good to fight, you have to fight!" If we give up Gaoguantun Village, all our efforts these days will be in vain, and it will be even more difficult to find a foothold in the future, so we must keep Gaoguantun Village no matter what. This time it is only the garrisons in Xianxian County and its surroundings, we only need to defeat them, and they dare not attack Gaoguantun Village again, and we will be safe in the future. ”

"Hmm!" Wu Feng nodded and said: "Then fuck it, I think that at the beginning, we were only more than a hundred people, and we could kill more than a thousand puppet troops, but now that our strength has nearly doubled, we are not afraid of them." ”

Liu Hong waved his hand and said: "You can't say that, the old kiln factory can win the first battle, there are many elements of luck, and such a battle example is difficult to copy." After all, the enemy's strength is several times ours, so this battle is still sloppy, and the slightest carelessness may lead to a total loss. ”

Liu Hong paused, and then said with a serious face: "All the troops entered the preset positions to prepare to meet the enemy, the command post was immediately moved underground, and the peripheral alert troops were all shrunk to the front line of Gaoguantun Village to avoid unnecessary casualties. Lao Wu, the command is temporarily handed over to you, and I will go to investigate the enemy situation first. ”

"Yes!" Wu Feng hurriedly responded.

Liu Hong didn't say anything more, turned around and left in a hurry.

On the road outside Gaoguantun Village, a large group of Japanese puppet troops were slowly approaching the village, a truck stopped on the side of the road, Matsuki Saburo jumped from the co-pilot, and then a group of little devils immediately rushed up behind him, guarding Matsuki Saburo and protecting Matsuki Saburo's safety.

Matsuki Saburo raised the binoculars, glanced in the direction of Gaoguantun Village, observed for a while, slowly put down the binoculars, gritted his teeth and scolded: "Bagaya Road!" I didn't expect these abominable dirt roads to be so alert and discover us so quickly. ”

"Your Excellency Shaozo don't have to worry about ......," said a little devil next to him.

"Smack~!" With a crisp sound, Saburo Matsuki slapped the little devil in the face, glaring at the guy angrily.

The little devil was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and hurriedly said, "Your Excellency the captain is angry!" "Matsuki Saburo is no longer a young man, but has been demoted to a captain, but this little devil is still clever, and he did not change his name to captain, but called captain, because Matsuki Saburo was removed from his post and retained, and he is still the captain.

"Humph!" Saburo Matsuki snorted coldly.

The little devil continued: "Your Excellency, Captain, according to the latest information, the Tubalu in the village did not rush to retreat, but began to build a defensive line around the village in an attempt to resist the imperial army. ”