Tang Cheng didn't understand what the CCP was, but he also heard Liu Goat talk about the relationship between the national governments of the Chinese Republic, so in the face of Song Tieshan's doubts, Tang Cheng just shook his head and said nothing, but the more he was like this, the more Song Tieshan wanted to figure out about this matter. Seeing the impatience on Song Tieshan's face, Tang Cheng remembered an important matter that he could use to change the topic, "Captain Song, I don't know how many troops your guerrillas have in Lijiapu?" Did we meet Japanese soldiers on the way here? ”

"What did you say?" If Song Tieshan could sit still just now, then he was now on the verge of going berserk, and Song Tieshan, who suddenly got up, startled Ali's puppet bar, and without waiting for Tang Cheng to give the order, Lao Dongbei stretched out his hand and pulled out the shell gun tucked in his coat. "What do you want to do? Put down your guns, I say you put down your guns. After the old northeast, Liu Shishi and Mengzi also put up their guns, but Liu Shishi didn't say a word, while Mengzi and a few of them roared again and again.

"Fierce son, you guys put down your guns, put them down." Although they were unwilling, under Song Tieshan's reprimand, several of the Mengzi and their guerrillas still lowered their guns angrily, and Lao Dongbei and Liu Shishi also put away the shell guns under Tang Cheng's instructions. Pastor Tang Cheng, Song Tieshan, who sat down again, "Brother Tang, who are you?" Although I, Song Tieshan, am a rough person, I will never be able to shoot a black gun behind someone's back, but if you don't tell your true identity, then don't blame me for detaining you here. ”

The already peaceful courtyard instantly returned to a tense situation because of Song Tieshan's words, Lao Dongbei pointed a gun at Song Tieshan's head, and Mengzi's rifle was also pointed at Tang Cheng's head. Tang Cheng and Song Tieshan's heads were less than a meter away from the muzzle of the gun, whether it was Lao Dongbei or Mengzi, as long as any one of the two of them snapped his finger, a lose-lose battle was inevitable. "Captain Song, this is the situation you want? I've said I'm not an enemy with you, so why are you so hard-working? Tang Cheng, who had a calm face, picked up the kettle on the table and poured a bowl of water for himself, completely using the rifle in Mengzi's hand as a burning stick.

Song Tieshan didn't know that Tang Cheng was still worried in his heart, he was afraid that the reckless man Mengzi would really pull the trigger, and then he would lose more than he gained. But the more Tang Cheng pretended to be so calm, the deeper Song Tieshan's curiosity about Tang Cheng became, after listening to Tang Cheng's words, Song Tieshan asked the fierce son and them to put down the rifle in their hands, but in a blink of an eye, Tang Cheng asked the question just now, and he was still very interested in Tang Cheng's details.

"My name is Tang Cheng, the commander of the 1st Battalion and 2nd Company of the 524th Regiment of the 88th Division of the National Army. Tang Cheng had no choice but to explain his identity, but Song Tieshan was taken aback. The 88th Division is a descendant unit of the National Army, and I heard that most of the officers in this kind of descendant unit have gone to military schools, so I can't see that such a young boy as Tang Cheng is actually a member of the 88th Division, and he is still a captain and company commander.

Song Tieshan was shocked, but the fierce son behind him was a little disapproving, it was just the rout of the three Kuomintang, and he said that he was so good, saying that the people who escorted the Han family ran back, it was better to directly say that he was afraid of death and fled across the river. Mengzi is a straight-tempered person, and if he is not happy, he can't hide his thoughts on his face, and he unconsciously mutters a white dog. Tang Cheng was forced by Xie Bo and Liu Goat to enter the Second Company, and Liu Shishi was following Liu Goat in order to fill his stomach, even Lao Dongbei didn't know what the white dog meant, but Song Tieshan glared at Mengzi angrily and almost drove Mengzi out of the yard.

After figuring out the identities of Tang Cheng and the others, Song Tieshan turned the topic back to the Japanese soldiers that Tang Cheng said. "We are not very familiar with the terrain in this area, but the place where those Japanese soldiers are hiding is only seven or eight miles away from Lijiapu, the number of people should be about a small team, there are two light machine guns and two mortars, as for whether they have other coordinated troops, we don't know."

The information provided by Tang Cheng is very important, at least in Song Tieshan's opinion, but his guerrilla team has only been formed for 2 months, counting those who use broadswords and spears, but there are only 43 people, and if he wants to face a small group of Japanese soldiers, his guerrillas are obviously not good. "Company Commander Tang, you have dealt with little devils, in your opinion, is it possible for our guerrillas to exchange fire with these devil soldiers?" Song Tieshan, who couldn't figure out a way, wanted to ask Tang Cheng for a way to retreat from the enemy, but because the fierce son and a few of them were still present, Song Tieshan had to change the way of asking.

Tang Cheng didn't expect Song Tieshan to ask him for a way, but Li's shop is someone else's territory, and he is also a guest here, since Song Tieshan opened his mouth to ask, Tang Cheng couldn't pretend that he didn't know anything. "On the way over, we found a few good ambush spots, and if the firepower is properly arranged and the manpower is sufficient, it is not impossible to intercept this Japanese squad." Tang Cheng's words made Song Tieshan overjoyed, but when Tang Cheng learned that Song Tieshan's guerrillas were only 43 people, he was completely dumbfounded.

"Captain Song, don't be kidding, there are only 43 of you, and the guns and ammunition are insufficient. In a situation like this, there is only one thing I can give you, and that is to send scouts to reconnoiter the movements of the Japanese army, and then command your guerrillas to evacuate as soon as possible, you have no possibility of winning the Japanese army. Song Tieshan's reply made Tang Cheng cry and laugh, the entire guerrilla force only had a Japanese light machine gun and less than 20 rifles, and there were only 5 grenades.

"If you can't fight it, you have to fight, we guerrillas can't be afraid of death, there are mostly women, children, old and weak people in the village, just for them, our guerrillas also have to compete with this group of devil soldiers." Song Tieshan's words made Mengzi and the others straighten their waists, especially when Liu Shishi looked at Mengzi, the latter even rewarded Liu Shishi with a disdainful look.

Tang Cheng was not frightened by Song Tieshan's words, from the time he told Song Tieshan that the Japanese army was only a few miles away from here, it had been a while since this meeting, but Song Tieshan was just not in a hurry, neither did he go out to investigate, nor did he gather his guerrillas to arrange tasks, Tang Cheng guessed that Song Tieshan either didn't tell the truth to himself, or he already had a backup move. What should be said has been made clear, but Song Tieshan is still asking this and that, Tang Cheng doesn't know what kind of medicine Song Tieshan sells in the gourd, so he can only accompany Song Tieshan to chat here.

After half an hour, a man with a sweaty face rushed into the courtyard and whispered a few words in Song Tieshan's ear, and Tang Cheng saw that Song Tieshan's face changed. "Company Commander Tang, my people have already discovered the traces of the devil soldiers, and they are now in Hushan Village, which is 5 miles away from here. I'm going to ambush these ghost soldiers at the Laojun Temple outside Hushan Village, are you interested in following along? You have all fought with devil soldiers, so you can help me as a staff officer when the time comes. Song Tieshan's words made Lao Dongbei eager to try, and Tang Cheng saw that Liu Shishi was also looking at him with longing in his eyes, so he had to sigh secretly and nod at Song Tieshan.

"You two are restless, what kind of evil did I create in my last life, how did I know you two scourge things in this life." Tang Cheng's heart was actually eager to fight with the Japanese army, but in front of Lao Dongbei and Li Shishi, he still had to pretend to be unhappy. Song Tieshan's time to gather the team was much shorter than Tang Cheng expected, and there was no superfluity, after the team was assembled, Song Tieshan ordered Mengzi to take the team to Laojun Temple, and he himself accompanied Tang Cheng and the three of them to fall at the rear.

originally thought that Tang Cheng and the three were people of the national army, and they might not be able to keep up with the marching speed of the guerrillas, but Song Tieshan never expected that the speed of Tang Cheng's three marches was not inferior to them. More than 40 guerrillas ran in the field, under the leadership of the fierce son, marched to the Laojun Temple, after running out of two miles, the three Tang Cheng had already run to the middle of the queue, and when they ran to the Laojun Temple, the three Tang Cheng had already rushed to the front.

After Song Tieshan's explanation, Tang Cheng learned that Laojun Temple was just a place name called by the locals, and in fact this is a mountain beam with no traces. The mountain road to Li's house was attached to the mountain beam, and Tang Cheng also walked here when they came, and compared with Song Tieshan's plan to arrange the guerrillas on the mountainside halfway up the mountain, Tang Cheng preferred to place the guerrillas on the other side of the mountain road.

"Captain Song, there is no problem with the body of your team members, but your weapons are insufficient, and your ammunition is even less sufficient. Instead of waiting halfway up the mountain to be covered by Japanese machine guns and mortars, it is better to lie in ambush on this side of the mountain road, give full play to the advantage of your abundant body, and fight hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army, so that there may be a possibility of victory. ”

Tang Cheng's construction made Song Tieshan shake his head again and again, "I think it's better to forget it, we have few people, so naturally we have to be safe, this group of devil soldiers is followed by a brother army, our task is to stop this group of devil soldiers in Laojun Temple, try to delay time to bite them, and win time for the arrival of brother troops." Although Song Tieshan did not adopt his own construction, he finally forced Song Tieshan to say his own tricks, Tang Cheng was quite satisfied with this answer, but it should not be difficult to drag the Japanese army here.