"Baga" looked at the Eighth Route Army on the battlefield, which not only died with the imperial army, but the chief of staff of the army gritted his teeth with hatred. "Cunning Shina, hateful Shina," the chief of staff scolded loudly.

"Quick, the first squad will set off immediately, catch up with the fleeing Chinese people, we must arrest them all, quickly" The chief of staff shouted to the squadron leader who had just come down from the battlefield with a face full of gunpowder.

"Hi" Seeing that the chief of staff did not blame himself for the casualties of the troops, the squadron leader replied excitedly. Immediately, with a reinforced team that had been reorganized, he rushed towards the people below the mountain.

Without the protection of the Eighth Route Army, those unarmed ordinary people could only surrender in the face of the fierce devil soldiers. The result can be imagined, at the foot of the mountain, there are 400 people who have not yet been transferred, all of whom fell into the hands of devils.

"Brigade commander, no, something happened" The chief of staff hurriedly caught up with the brigade headquarters that was being transferred with a telegram. Hearing the shouts of the chief of staff, Wang Nanhu and the political commissar stopped.

"What's the matter, so anxious, Chief of Staff?" The commissar asked eagerly.

"Devils, devils have slaughtered the village, and more than 400 people in Xiazhuang Township have all fallen into the hands of devils," the chief of staff replied hurriedly.

"How can this be, don't the common people have a company of force protection codes around them? Also, how did the army find the hiding place of the common people? Brigade Commander Wang Nanhu asked in disbelief.

"Brigade commander, there is a company for protection, but now all but one squad of that company is killed"

"What, all killed, how could this be" Wang Nanhu said with a shocked face.

"There was a Han Annihilation who knew where the people were hiding, and led the way for the devils, and the devils sent a reinforced squadron to encircle and suppress the last, and this company was all killed in order to cover the people's smooth breakthrough. However, nearly half of the common people still fell into the hands of devils."

"Damn, it's a dog again, I'm inseparable from you," Wang Nanhu said with a clenched fist.

"Chief of Staff, where are the villagers who are being arrested now? How many defensive forces does the devil have? The commissar next to him asked.

"The devil captured all the villagers back to Xiazhuang Township and locked them up in our original headquarters, surrounded by a squadron that had been disabled by the Fifth Company. What's more, the army released a few civilians to pass on the message to us: "The chief of staff is spitting and spitting, I don't know what to say."

"What's the word?" Wang Nanhu raised his head and asked.

"They spread the word that let us read the second brigade and fight a decisive battle with them in Xiazhuang Township, otherwise, every hour, they will kill ten ordinary people, according to the confession of the villagers who have fled back, up to now, they have killed dozens of fellow villagers." The chief of staff replied with his head bowed.

"Brutes, what a bunch of brutes. Correspondent, order the fifth regiment and the sixth regiment to assemble immediately," Wang Nanhu said with his fists clenched again.

"Wait a minute, Brigadier Commander, what are you going to do?" Looking at Wang Nanhu's hurried appearance, the political commissar hurriedly asked.

"What can we do, fight a decisive battle with the devil, we can't watch hundreds of ordinary people being killed by the devil, otherwise, we won't be a loss to be the Eighth Route Army." Wang Nanhu shook off the hands of the political commissar, "What, decisive battle, wait, brigade commander, just rely on the two regiments in our hands that are not satisfied with the formation, what are we going to do with the devils, this is obviously a plan set up by the devils, wanting to eliminate our second brigade in one fell swoop." ”

"Political commissar, if we don't fight the devils, what can we do, we can't watch the people being killed by them!" After listening to the words of the political commissar, Wang Nanhu said angrily.

"Chief of Staff, immediately concentrate your forces, and also, report this matter to the division headquarters and see if there is any good way for the division commander and political commissar?" The commissar immediately ordered.

The chief of staff looked at the political commissar, and then at Wang Nanhu, who he didn't know who to listen to.

"What are you still doing in a daze, hurry, do what the political commissar says. In addition, the reconnaissance company was ordered to quickly reconnoiter the enemy situation around Xiazhuang Township, and it was necessary to find out all the soldiers and soldiers of the devils. ”

At the Zhangjiazhuang Headquarters of the Reading Division, Li Qing, chief of staff, took a telegram and hurriedly ran into the headquarters.

"Division commander, political commissar, Wang Nanhu is in big trouble." Before entering the headquarters, Li Qing shouted out.

"What, Wang Nanhu is in trouble, Chief of Staff, tell me quickly, what's wrong?" Liu Hua hurriedly asked.

"Here, this is a telegram" The chief of staff handed the two men a telegram full of words.

"How did Wang Nanhu do it, how did the devil touch the hiding place of the common people" Looking at the telegram, Liu Hua said depressedly.

"Commander, don't get angry yet, you should think of a way for them, this is hundreds of ordinary people. If something goes wrong with these hundreds of ordinary people, then the situation they worked so hard to open in Hebei will all be scrapped, and it will be more difficult to open the situation again than to ascend to the sky! The political commissar next to him looked at Liu Hua, who was about to get angry, and immediately reminded.

"Yes, the political commissar is right, the first thing at the moment is to rescue the hundreds of people who are trapped." The chief of staff also said.

"Correspondent, map of Fuping County," Liu Hua shouted loudly.

Soon, a huge detailed map of the Fuping County area pounced on the wide table of the headquarters. Liu Hua compared the telegram in his hand and quickly marked the enemy situation on the map. However, in the process of labeling, Liu Hua suddenly discovered a problem.

"Chief of Staff, according to general estimates, how many troops will the army station in a county at most?" Liu Hua asked with a frown.

"Division commander, generally a brigade in the county town and a squadron in each stronghold, in terms of the deployment of troops in Shanxi, there are about 2,000 people. What's the matter, division commander, is there any problem? The chief of staff asked suspiciously.

"Well, you see, according to their telegram, they had eliminated a reinforced squadron a few days ago, why was the army able to send 1,500 heavy troops, where did they come from so many troops? Immediately send electricity to Wang Nanhu and ask about this situation? Liu Hua keenly discovered this problem.

Soon, Liu Hua received a call back from Wang Nanhu. "What do they say?" Liu Hua asked without raising his head when he saw the chief of staff walking in.

"The division commander, the commissar, the situation is clear. Brigade Commander Wang replied that in addition to a certain amount of troops, there were also many spies to assist in the defense of the various strongholds of the devils. All, almost all the troops in each stronghold were withdrawn. Even in the county seat, there was only less than one squadron of soldiers and one squadron of spies left. The chief of staff replied.

When the "puppet army" heard the word spy, Liu Hua blurted out

"Division commander, what puppet army?" Hearing the word puppet army, the political commissar hurriedly asked.

"Well, it's nothing, it's just a unit composed of which Han Jian's spies, that is, the spies that the chief of staff just mentioned, a unit dedicated to his own life." Liu Hua explained casually. However, his thinking did not stop, and the pencil in his right hand kept drawing in the county seat.

"Send a report to Wang Nanhu and ask him to divide half of his troops and all his heavy weapons to prepare to attack the county seat, and then, the remaining troops will lurk near Xiazhuang Township and be ready to stand by at any time," Liu Hua ordered.

"Surround Wei to save Zhao, division commander, you are going to encircle Wei to save Zhao" After listening to Liu Hua's order, the political commissar next to him immediately blurted out.

"Yes, it is to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, as long as the army comes back to help, we will have enough troops to rescue the trapped people." Liu Hua nodded affirmatively, full of confidence.

"However, division commander, there are still nearly 2 squadrons of defenders in the county seat, and if the siege troops want to beat them up and let the defending troops ask for help, the price to pay" The political commissar did not dare to continue thinking about it.

"Political commissar, don't worry, the combat effectiveness of those spies is not to worry about, and you will know it when the results of the battle come out. Those spies are all ruffians and hooligans who have not been baptized by war, and they have no combat effectiveness at all except for carrying guns on their backs to scare ordinary people. As long as they don't have pants after they hear the cannonball, it's fine. Liu Hua regained his relaxed mood and said jokingly.

"Hehe, I hope so" Hearing Liu Hua's sarcastic words, the political commissar and chief of staff also laughed.

Soon, Wang Nanhuran, who had been waiting anxiously, received a call back from Liu Hua of the division headquarters.

"Haha, political commissar, chief of staff, I know that the division commander has a lot of ideas. Surround Wei to save Zhao, what a good way. Why didn't I think of it in the first place? After reading the telegram, Wang Nanhu, who had always been sad, also smiled.

"Brigade commander, our attention has always been on the devil and the common people, and it is natural that we didn't expect it. The division commander of the division headquarters considered it more comprehensively. Brigade commander, I will lead the troops to attack the county seat, how about you prepare to rescue the trapped civilians? After reading the telegram, the commissar proposed.

"Well, you take the fifth regiment, the brigade headquarters artillery company. Take out all our family resources and let the devils know that our Eighth Route Army is not easy to bully. I took the six regiments to lurk in the woods behind Xiazhuang Township. As soon as the devil withdraws, I will be dispatched. Wang Nanhu nodded and ordered.

Soon, the two men separated and left with their troops. Because the political commissar Chen Revolution led the troops all the way over the mountains and mountains, and took the trail, it only took 7 hours to come to the outside of Fuping City.

By this time, it was close to evening and the gates were closed. The desolate city walls looked even more deserted. Through the binoculars, I could only see dozens of spies who straddled the rifle in twos and threes, chatting without any vigilance. The only thing that let Chen Revolution and others know that this was a well-defended county town was the muzzle of a heavy machine gun and light machine gun sticking out of the battlements of the city wall.

Everyone knows that there must be a devil soldier hidden behind that machine gun, because such an important weapon, the devil will not rest assured that it will be handed over to those special forces who do not have any military literacy.

(To be continued)