Li Guotao led the Eighth Route Army to withdraw from the county seat and then returned to Madian, at this time the soldiers were already a little tired after a busy night, especially the soldiers of the first battalion of the new seventh regiment led by Tian Chen, although they did not catch up with the battle due to the late arrival time, but they had already gone through a long march all day before, and they were busy cleaning up the battlefield last night, so naturally they had no time to rest.After the troops returned to Madian, since they did not receive any news of the devil's action, Li Guotao also ordered the troops to temporarily rest in Madian Village, so that the soldiers could have a good rest and recuperate.The time of the day passed smoothly.Early the next morning, Li Guotao called Tian Chen, Zhao Yunfei, Xu Feihu and Sun Tao to his room.Li Guotao looked at Sun Tao and asked, "Sun Tao, have all those captives been sent away" Sun Tao nodded and said: "I have already sent them away yesterday afternoon, those two devils are honest, but no one escaped." ”"Well, that's good."
Li Guotao nodded with satisfaction.In these two battles, the Eighth Route Army captured more than 200 security soldiers, all of whom were gathered together and secretly detained.Some of these heinous crimes will be handed over to the local government for trial, while others will be reformed by political work cadres, and if they are willing to join the Eighth Route Army, they can be allowed to join the Eighth Route Army, and after the education of the unwilling ones is completed, they will be released home.It's just that these people have been recorded, and if anyone dares to join the puppet army again, once they are captured again, they will be severely punished.Li Guotao turned his head to look at Zhao Yunfei, and asked with a serious face: "Is there any movement in the county seat of Baxian?"
Zhao Yunfei replied seriously: "Yesterday morning, not long after we left the county, there were a few suspicious people sneaking into the county, we suspected that it should be the scouts of the little devils, and then in the afternoon, a group of devils and puppet troops suddenly drove into the county, the devils only have one team, the puppet army is about 200 people, these Japanese puppet troops seem to be transferred from Xincheng County. ”Li Guotao frowned and nodded, "In other words, there is no news about the discovery of the devil's army yet." ”"Hmm" Zhao Yunfei nodded and said, "According to what we know now, there has been no large-scale movement of the Japanese puppet army in several nearby counties.Maybe it's because we're not making a big enough fuss to attract the attention of the little devils."
"Come on, this time we took Baxian in one fell swoop, this movement is not big, I guess the little devils haven't figured out our situation yet, and they don't dare to send a small force to clean us up, and they can't mobilize enough troops in a short time, so there will be no action for the time being." ”Tian Chen suddenly interjected.Li Guotao nodded and said: "What Tian Chen said makes sense, although the little devil has no movement at present, we can't be careless."
Continue to strengthen the monitoring of the Japanese puppet army in the vicinity, and report it immediately if there is any abnormal situation. ”"Yes," Zhao Yunfei replied respectfully."
What about us, I mean, what should we do next," Sun Tao couldn't help but ask."
Everything is going on as usual, the troops are training as usual, and the comrades in charge of recruiting should continue to recruit new recruits and develop and strengthen the ranks as soon as possible."
Li Guotao said casually."
Yes," Sun Tao replied with a serious face.Li Guotao nodded with satisfaction and said, "Tian Chen, you arrange a few people to be responsible for recruiting recruits, and the recruits recruited by local comrades, you can select some of them to join our independent seventh brigade."
Our brigade has just been established, and there is a serious shortage of soldiers, so we must replenish it as soon as possible. ”"Yes, it's just that let's pick people first, Captain Sun won't have any opinions," Tian Chen said and looked at Sun Tao next to him.Sun Tao hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Deputy Regiment Commander Tian, what are you talking about, everyone is their own people, how can they tell each other the day before yesterday, if you like it, even if we take the entire county brigade into account, it's no problem, I'm afraid that the brigade commander won't look down on us people" "Then I'll rest assured, if I pick up all the good seedlings at that time, don't feel distressed" Tian Chen joked with a smile.Li Guotao shook his head with a smile and said: "Sun Tao, you don't have to be arrogant, after these two battles, I can also see that these soldiers under your command are all good."
The only drawback is the lack of systematic training, and now with the help of the instructors of the special combat team, I believe that it will not be long before your combat effectiveness will reach a higher level.It's not that I don't look down on you, but because our task is very arduous, to develop the Pingnan base area, it is not enough to be here in Baxian, and it should be unlikely that our main force will live in Baxian in the future, and the geographical location of Baxian is very important, and there is a need for an anti-Japanese armed force stationed here for a long time, and your county brigade is undoubtedly the most suitable. ”Sun Tao said with a smile: "With the help of the leaders and brother troops, I believe that it will not be long before the entire Baxian County will become our strongest base, so that the little devils will no longer dare to act recklessly on our territory."
We, the Baxian County Brigade, will also fully assist the leaders and bring the entire Pingnan area into the scope of our base area. ”Li Guotao nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "I am very pleased that you can have such confidence. ”Then several people discussed some specific details, and then Li Guotao sent everyone to go to their own business.Now Li Guotao's gang of subordinates has gradually grown up, and some small things are not Li Guotao's turn to do it himself, although there are many things to do to open up new bases, but Li Guotao also understands that everything has to come step by step, and he can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so he is not in a hurry.Li Guotao took the guard Kou Erbao to the threshing floor outside the village, which was temporarily used as a training ground, and all units of the Eighth Route Army stationed in Madian were conducting regular training on this empty threshing ground at this time.Looking at the hot training scene, Li Guotao nodded with a relieved face.At this moment, a soldier of the Eighth Route Army hurriedly ran over, saluted with a respectful face, and said loudly: "Report to the brigade commander, the military region headquarters has an urgent telegram." ”Li Guotao hurriedly took the telegram, and the content of the telegram was very simple, with only one sentence: According to Comrade Peiping's report, the Ishikawa Brigade of the Eighth Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Invaders had left Beiping this morning and headed south, and your comrades should take precautions in advance.After reading this telegram, Li Guotao couldn't help frowning slightly.Ask for a monthly pass, ask for a reward, ask for all support, aa2705221: