Looking at the black shadow walking step by step toward her sleeping position,

Li Ziya was so nervous that she didn't dare to breathe.

The boatman finally approached her and waited quietly for a while.

He listened to the woman lying in the cabin, sometimes not breathing, and sometimes breathing heavily.

His hand immediately reached out, and he said with a smile, "Since you're awake,

don't pretend anymore.

Have some fun with me!"

He reached out to touch the chest of the supposed young man.

Li Ziya no longer hesitated, and with a movement of her right hand, fired repeatedly at the black shadow.

The first shot hit the boatman's chest.

The sound of the gunshot was deafening in the small cabin.

The boatman never expected that a weak woman

would suddenly pull out a gun.

If he had known, he wouldn't have bothered her.

He thought a lot in his heart, but his feet were not slow at all.

He immediately turned around and ran out of the cabin.

For those in their line of work, as long as they jump into the water,

they are like a dragon entering the sea, free to roam, or a tiger returning to the mountains, free to act.

Anyone in the cabin, whether a hero or a bandit,

would only be their prey.

Throughout history, many heroes have fallen victim to this trick.

The boatman turned around and took another shot in the side.

Turning again, he completed a one-hundred-eighty-degree turn.

Two more shots hit his back.

He was taking bullets from all directions.

This time, the boatman could no longer actively walk out of the cabin.

Li Ziya kept firing until the bullets in the gun were gone.

Only then did she stand up, panting heavily.

She looked at the boatman, who had staggered to the outside of the cabin and fallen.

Only then did she begin to feel afraid.

She quickly reloaded the bullets.

Then, she lit the gas lamp and cautiously checked the motionless boatman for a long time.

She confirmed that he was dead.

The bad guy is dead, what should she do?

First, she had to get this person into the water, that was a must.

Then what?

How could she get to Teng County?

Li Ziya was in trouble.

She had no choice but to light a fire and set the boat ablaze, then go ashore, find the right direction, and walk for several miles.

Only then did she spend the night hiding in the wilderness.

As for the activity area of the Lunan Detachment,

Lin Fan had already defined it:

right by the railway, around Teng County.

The railway line was the activity area, and the base was established further away from the railway.

A few days ago, the Japanese army stayed in Teng County and Lincheng.

The Lunan Detachment was still far away, completely avoiding Japanese reconnaissance.

The entire sky over Lunan was very clear now, and Mao Wenxing's reconnaissance plane had long been withdrawn to the rear.

It had already returned to Jurong.

As for the Japanese planes, they would shoot down every one they saw.

Such losses forced the Japanese to accept reality: both sides were conducting reconnaissance on the ground.

This gave the Lunan Detachment a natural advantage:

many of the people around Teng County had benefited from the Lunan Detachment.

Now, when they had problems, they would go to the Lunan Detachment.

Bandits? Find Lin Fan!

Being bullied? Find Lin Fan!

The puppet army stationed in Teng County also turned a blind eye to the Lunan Detachment.

It wasn't that they didn't want to manage, but they really couldn't.

Not only did they not dare to manage the Lunan Detachment, but the Lunan Detachment had to manage them.

The three main rules and eight points of attention of the Lunan Detachment were even posted in Teng County.

A puppet soldier who didn't pay for his meal had his body hung on the city wall three days later.

Everyone knew that it was done by the Special Operations Brigade.

From then on, no puppet soldier dared to act recklessly in Teng County.

Some traitors even secretly reported to the Japanese stationed in Teng County that there were guerrillas in Teng County.

The Japanese stationed in Teng County simply didn't want to pay attention.

They knew very well that this team had once taken Lincheng, Teng County, and Zouping in one fell swoop.

Such a team was simply not something that a small squadron like theirs could afford to provoke.

Captain Kikuta severely reprimanded the informant before letting the traitor go.

Captain Kikuta knew that his garrison in Teng County was like sitting on a volcano.

He asked someone to send a request for friendly cooperation and non-aggression to the Lunan Detachment.

In the letter, Captain Kikuta divided the territory, with Teng County managed by him according to the methods of the Lunan Detachment.

His team would never leave the county, and he hoped that the main force of the Lunan Detachment would not enter the county either.

Although he did not receive any response, Captain Kikuta felt much more at ease.

In less than half a month after the Lunan Detachment stationed around Teng County and Zaozhuang,

the surrounding society had returned to normal.

This was very much in line with the interests of the common people, and now it was the wheat harvest season.

The tens of thousands of troops of the Lunan Detachment were also organized to rush to harvest crops in various villages.

It was just that the common grain still needed to be handed over by the people.

The people of Lunan, and those passing by, saw that the puppet army and the Japanese were very well-behaved here.

After quietly inquiring, they learned that there was a guerrilla force here, called the Lunan Detachment,

which suppressed the Japanese and the puppet army.

Outside of Teng County, they had only heard that the guerrillas here were very powerful,

but they didn't know exactly how powerful they were.

Li Jiadong had heard someone say this in a teahouse.

He kept it in his heart and only said it at home.

The boat he rented went all the way into Teng County, but he didn't see his sister.

It was very easy to find the guerrillas in Teng County.

Lin Fan was very interested to hear that someone had come from Sishui.

Sishui, Mengyin, and other places, far away from the railway line, were good locations for the Lunan Detachment to establish a base.

Now that he had a local to act as a guide, there was no reason not to go.

In this era, there were too many cases of bullies forcibly seizing women.

Teng County and Sishui were more than a hundred miles apart.

Someone was able to take the initiative to come and ask the Lunan Detachment to uphold justice.

This touched Lin Fan greatly.

He also didn't have much practical experience in working behind enemy lines.

This time, he finally had a young man from another place.

Lin Fan asked in detail when Li Jiadong had heard about the guerrillas.

Li Jiadong, who was completely lacking in sophistication, told him honestly about the news he had heard in the teahouse.

He also told him about his father's concerns about the guerrillas.

This immediately made Lin Fan feel enlightened.

He had been too narrow-minded.

These days, he had only been concerned with Teng County, Zouping, Lincheng, and other places.

He had not sent any work teams to do preliminary work in various villages behind enemy lines.

Now, Lin Fan had a new idea for future work: send a large number of armed work teams to the enemy-occupied areas.

From near to far, from rural to urban, first let the people become familiar with the Lunan Detachment.

Let them know that the Lunan Detachment was a team of their own.

We are not defeated soldiers, nor are we bandits.

We only fight the Japanese, and we do not harass the people.

We are protecting the common people.

With his ideas clear, Lin Fan immediately convened a meeting of all the cadres above the platoon level in the Lunan Detachment.

At the meeting, Lin Fan clarified the future tasks and direction of the entire Lunan Detachment.

At the same time, he announced that the Third, Fourth, and Sixth Regiments of the Lunan Detachment would go to Sishui to open up a new base.

After the meeting, Lin Fan set off with the artillery regiment.

Lin Fan also had considerations for this arrangement: the artillery regiment was the most important weapon of the entire Lunan Detachment, and he should let it go to the center of the base.

Wherever it was needed, it could be sent there.

Li Jiadong did not expect that this team, which was rumored to be guerrillas,

was actually a regular army.

And after hearing his request, they actually sent a team.

This was not a few hundred people, but a team of thousands of people setting off.

Looking at the appearance of this team, it was much stronger than bandits like Nan Batian.

Li Jiadong was both happy and worried: happy that reinforcements had finally been invited,

and they were even better than he had imagined.

He was worried that he still had not heard any news about his sister.

In this world, a girl traveling alone

could easily be harmed.

Although she had a gun, one could not fight against many.

What's more, Li Ziya had always been just a young lady from an ordinary family.

She had never practiced martial arts, and she had only practiced shooting at home for half a day.

Li Ziya didn't know about her brother's worries.

She went ashore overnight, and after burning the boat,

she could still walk along the river bank towards Teng County.

After walking for a long time, she didn't know where she was going.

She asked for directions from people harvesting wheat by the roadside.

Only then did she continue to move forward.

Someone had already noticed her, a thin person like her, walking on the road.

Ahead was a forest, and Li Ziya didn't know the ancient saying "don't enter the forest if you can avoid it."

Although the forest looked deep and gloomy,

she had no choice but to go, after all, this was the only way to Teng County.

She walked into the forest, and just as she was sitting under a tree to rest,

several strong men walked out of the forest, not hiding their tracks at all.

They walked straight towards Li Ziya.

Among these people, one guy opened his chest, revealing a pistol stuck in his waist.

Another one was carrying a rifle.

Without thinking, just looking at their appearance, she knew that they were not friendly.

Li Ziya quickly stood up and ran.

Laughter came from behind, "Little lady, don't be afraid.

The boss invites you to the mountain to be his wife."

These people started running and chasing while laughing.

Li Ziya was afraid, and raised her hand to fire a shot.

"Bang!"

A gunshot rang out.

Although it didn't hurt anyone, it startled the group of people chasing behind.

"Should we open fire?" the person carrying the rifle asked.

"No! This little girl won't be able to run for much longer.

I like such a fiery temperament!"

The person with the pistol said with a smile.

"None of you open fire, I'm going to have some fun with her today.

Let's see how far she can run," the bare-chested man said excitedly.

They followed behind, not too fast, watching the supposed young man run away.

Li Ziya ran less than five hundred meters, her pace slowed down, and she was out of breath.

Her hair was also disheveled.

These bandits who were chasing had long known that this was a supposed young man,

but watching a woman with hair down to her waist running ahead, her long hair swaying from side to side,

they thought it was extremely beautiful.

They chased with even more enthusiasm.

Li Ziya would always run a few steps and turn around to fire a shot.

If she was calm and aimed carefully, she might have a chance of hitting something.

But now, firing in such a panic only made the people behind her laugh.

They were only thinking that this little girl had stolen a gun from somewhere.

She must have a limited number of bullets.

They only needed to follow her and wait for her to run out of bullets.

In order not to get hit, these people intentionally stayed fifty meters behind Li Ziya.

They just followed leisurely.

Along the way, they chased out of the forest, and Li Ziya had fired at least thirty bullets.

But she still had bullets to fire.

This made the group of people following behind anxious:

Bandits also had territory. Their territory was the two villages before and after this forest.

If Li Ziya ran out of this village, it would be the territory of the next group of bandits.

They were not allowed to cross the line to rob people.

These territories were all divided after the bandits used force to compete.

Under normal circumstances, no one was willing to break the rules for small matters.

Li Ziya ran out of the forest and saw that there were still people harvesting in the wheat fields ahead.

She quickly ran over and asked these people to help her.

The old farmer in the field looked at the group of people chasing behind.

His face turned pale, "Little girl, don't harm us!

These people are bandits, and we are just common people.

They also have guns.

Go! Go! Don't harm us!"

The group of people in the distance didn't come over, they just waited.

Seeing that no one would help,

Li Ziya had no choice but to struggle and continue running forward.

She still had many bullets on her,

but she was very anxious because she couldn't hit anything.

At this time, the people following behind put away their teasing intentions.

The person carrying the rifle lay on the ground and aimed carefully before firing a shot.

The bullet hit less than a meter in front of Li Ziya's feet.

This startled her.

She didn't dare to run anymore.

She found a place by the roadside and lay down.

She raised her pistol and fired a burst of shots.

She emptied the bullets in the magazine, but didn't hit anyone.

After her burst of shots,

the bandits immediately started to charge.

They didn't expect that when they charged to within thirty meters,

the gun in the little girl's hand rang again.

This time, Li Ziya finally hit a bandit in the leg.

This made the bandits no longer dare to underestimate her.

The one carrying the long gun dragged her from behind, and the one with the short gun detoured to the back.

They were going to encircle her from the front and back.

Li Ziya was even more panicked now, and the bullets she fired were fast and hasty.

But she didn't have any accuracy at all.

But she had many bullets in her bag, so she wasn't afraid of running out of ammunition even if she fired quickly.

If this continued, she would really be in danger.

The people in the distance who were still harvesting wheat had already thrown down their things and ran away.

They were afraid of being caught in the crossfire.

The gunshots kept coming from the distance, and suddenly attracted the attention of Wen Hong's squad in the reconnaissance company of the Third Regiment in this direction.

A squad of theirs was a platoon.

A dozen warhorses slowly searched for the sound.

The sound was sometimes fast and sometimes slow.

The sound on the plains spread everywhere, making it very difficult to find.

Wen Hong saw several people who were obviously farmers running in a panic.

He shouted, "Hey, folks! Where are the gunshots coming from?"

The people who were stopped had already seen them.

Seeing that Wen Hong and the others had knives at their waists, guns on their backs, and helmets on their heads,

they looked like regular National Revolutionary Army soldiers.

The old folks didn't dare to speak, they just pointed in the distance.

"Thanks, folks!" Wen Hong understood what the average person was thinking.

He spurred his horse and charged in the direction they pointed.

After running less than a thousand meters, he saw a group of people surrounding a woman and exchanging fire by the roadside.

The woman was clearly about to give up.

The other group of seven people surrounded her on all sides, and when the woman fired in one direction,

the people in the other directions would charge forward.

Seeing the prey about to be caught, they encountered trouble again.

The bare-chested bandit retreated from the battle.

He said to Wen Hong, "Brother, where are you from?"

Wen Hong rode on his horse and stared at this person, "Who are you?

Why are you grabbing a woman?"

"We are based in Black Pine Forest, brothers call me Flying Squirrel.

This woman is the woman I want to be my wife.

Brothers, wait for me, it will be over soon.

Let's go to the stronghold to drink wedding wine together."

Wen Hong hadn't spoken yet.

Li Ziya in the distance had just seen a team of National Revolutionary Army cavalry appear.

Seeing them talking to the people who were chasing her,

she couldn't care about anything at this time, and fired several shots at the bandit with the rifle.

Then she ran towards Wen Hong and the others.

While running, she reloaded her gun.

Flying Squirrel didn't do anything, he just watched her run over.

At this time, the more he looked, the more he thought this little girl was good-looking.

He had already made up his mind: he had to rob her back today no matter what.

It was just that there were thirteen National Revolutionary Army soldiers on the other side.

Each of them had a gun in their hand, and they were riding horses, he didn't know which gang they were from.

Flying Squirrel knew: the National Revolutionary Army had been defeated and had withdrawn from this area.

He didn't answer the question he had just asked.

He didn't know why, but he felt a little scared and didn't dare to continue asking.

Seeing Li Ziya running closer, he said with a smile, "Little girl! Go back to the mountain stronghold with your husband!"

Li Ziya glared at him, and didn't dare to shoot in front of Wen Hong and his group.

She said in a crisp voice, "They are bandits, I don't know them at all.

You are the army, you should arrest all these bandits."

Although Wen Hong didn't speak, the dozen or so people under him had already taken their guns in their hands.

They aimed at the person who claimed to be Flying Squirrel.

The other bandits who had approached were also pointed at with guns, and some didn't dare to get closer.

Wen Hong said, "Come here, all of you!"

He asked Flying Squirrel, "Is what she said true?"

Flying Squirrel smiled, "What are you asking, brother? We are bandits, anything that walks on the ground, swims in the water, or flies in the sky,

we take it if we like it.

She passed through Black Pine Forest, and I took a fancy to her.

She is mine.

If you brothers want to make it happen, please come to the mountain stronghold to witness it together.

If you don't want to make it happen, I, Flying Squirrel, also have more than a hundred people and dozens of guns under my command."

Li Ziya quickly said,

"I don't know them, I am from Sishui, I want to go to Teng County to find the guerrillas."

Wen Hong reached out and stopped Flying Squirrel from grabbing the girl's hand.

"What are you doing looking for the guerrillas?"

"We have a Nan Batian there, who used to be a bandit.

Now he has joined the Japanese and is forcibly seizing women in Sishui.

In just three months, he has married thirteen young wives.

I want to find the guerrillas to destroy them."

Hearing her say this, Flying Squirrel quickly said, "Madam, don't say bad things about Brother Nan.

Be careful that someone tells Brother Nan, and you won't be able to eat it."

Wen Hong asked, "Is your name Li Ziya?"

"Yes!" Although she didn't know how this person knew her name,

from his question, Li Ziya felt a hint of concern.

"Your brother is behind us, he asked us to help find you.

I didn't expect you to be so powerful, daring to fight seven against one." Wen Hong really admired her.

Seeing that these two had already started making friends, Flying Squirrel

knew that the wife was definitely out of the question.

He said angrily, "Let's go!"

He wasn't stupid, he heard this person say "behind us."

That meant their main force was still behind, which was not something that he could resist.

So he left with his men resentfully.

Wen Hong sneered, "Tie them up and take them back to the regiment commander for questioning."

He didn't know what to do with these bandits.

If he let them go, the kind of highway robbery they were doing today would definitely be executed in the Lunan Detachment.

But they didn't succeed in the robbery, so he didn't know what to do.

Having run a long way and fought with these bandits,

Li Ziya was already tired and thirsty.

At this time, she drank the water from the water bottle that Wen Hong sent her in one gulp.

Then she rode on their warhorse.

She had come all the way from Sishui, and she remembered everything along the way very clearly.

Wen Hong led the horse, asking about the situation along the way.

The journey was not slow.

After handing Li Ziya and the seven bandits over to the company commander,

he set off with his team again.

Lin Fan met Flying Squirrel in the afternoon.

He looked at these seven bandits, and asked clearly that two of the bandits had guns.

The remaining five only had broadswords.

He only interrogated the five bandits without guns, and found out that Flying Squirrel really had one hundred and thirty-four people under his command.

Only twenty-five guns.

There was no problem in taking the opportunity to wipe out the bandits on this trip to Sishui.

With an order, the Third Regiment set off overnight.

The five bandits saw that the team in front of them not only had guns for everyone, but also had artillery.

They didn't dare to have any second thoughts.

Those bandits who had done evil were all executed.

Those with fewer evil deeds were organized and followed the Lunan Detachment.

Lin Fan knew that these people were mostly lazy, daring, and idle in the villages.

If he just let them go back like this, it wouldn't be long before another group of bandits would be pulled out.

Now he would let them follow the Lunan Detachment, teach them the rules, and let them work.

In order to prevent these people from escaping, Lin Fan issued a strict order: if one escaped, one would be drawn from the remaining people and shot.

Flying Squirrel and the other bandit carrying the rifle turned out to be people from the village next to Black Pine Forest.

Lin Fan didn't hesitate and killed them directly.

Li Ziya was very happy when she saw her second brother.

When she heard that her second brother was going to take her home,

this time she refused no matter what.

She wanted to be a guerrilla in the Lunan Detachment.

Especially when she heard that there were also female guerrillas in the guerrilla team in Longjia Village,

she was even more unwilling to go home.

If it wasn't for the fact that Lin Fan and his team were going to Sishui, she wouldn't want to go back.

The Lunan Detachment didn't have planes to guide them.

Each regiment had a cavalry reconnaissance company, responsible for reconnaissance operations.

The cavalry reconnaissance company of the Third Regiment was divided into five squads to scout towards Sishui.

The main force followed behind and marched.

Wen Hong's team was just one of them.

They had just received the order: to have the reconnaissance squad scout the terrain in the Black Pine Forest area.

To find a way to clear the bandits.

Although there were five bandits to lead the way, the Lunan Detachment still wanted to be safe.

It was better to scout themselves in advance.

When the entire Lunan Detachment was in action, they not only sent reconnaissance squads in the direction of Sishui,

but also sent reconnaissance squads to Zouping and Fei County on both sides.

Intelligence was constantly coming back from the squads.

The Japanese only operated in the county seats, and the county towns were the territory of the bandits.

These bandits robbed everything, they robbed the people, robbed merchants, and also robbed the Japanese.

Even the reconnaissance team of the Lunan Detachment was shot at by short-sighted bandits.

This situation made Lin Fan understand: troubled times! The Japanese invasion was a trigger.

The chaos in people's hearts was the root!

If this continued, how could ordinary people survive?

The Lunan Detachment would start with Flying Squirrel's gang of bandits!

Flying Squirrel's gang of bandits had already heard that their leader had been taken away by a group of cavalry.

This didn't stop the bandits from letting the second leader inherit the position.

This night, the second leader, One-Eyed Dragon, was drinking and celebrating with all the brothers.

All the brothers had been drinking since the afternoon, leaving only a few unpopular bandits to guard the gate outside the stronghold.

At this time, who still remembered Flying Squirrel?

One by one, the bandits were taking turns to toast the new leader.

In the midst of the drinking, One-Eyed Dragon felt that his life was complete.

He had reached the peak of his life.

He stood barefoot on the chair, holding a bowl of wine in his hand.

He shouted, "Brothers!

From now on, follow me to eat big pieces of meat and drink big bowls of wine.

We will not only drink in the stronghold!

We will also go to the city to drink. I heard that the Japanese are recruiting people.

Nan Big Brother in the east is now the commander of the garrison.

Listen to that, commander!

That title sounds so good!

When will I also become a commander?

At that time, you will be division commanders and regiment commanders.

Drink!"

"Respect!

Commander One-Eyed!

Drink!" There were smart people among the bandits, and they immediately called out "Commander".

One-Eyed Dragon laughed and drank the wine in the bowl.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Several flares rose into the air.

The bandits who were drinking in the hall,

looked at the dim light emitted by the hanging lanterns, which had been covered by the pale light in the sky outside.

These bandits had never seen flares before.

"What are those outside?" One-Eyed Dragon asked.

No one answered.

"Let someone go out and see what's happening outside?"

Except for the pale light emitted by the flares in the air,

there was no other movement.

The actions of these bandits seemed to be frozen.

They just watched as the gate of the stronghold was broken open.

A large group of soldiers charged in.

It was a group of troops armed to the teeth charging into the stronghold.

One-Eyed Dragon still had the bowl of wine he had just drunk in his hand.

At this time, it fell down unconsciously and shattered.

What he was thinking was not that someone had attacked the stronghold.

He was thinking: Flying Squirrel had brought the team back to grab his position.

The wine bowl fell on the ground, and the crisp sound of shattering awakened the dazed One-Eyed Dragon.

He shouted, "Brothers! Grab your weapons!"

These bandits never left their guns.

After shouting, he pulled out his gun and was about to fire.

At this time, Peng Hongyun, the company commander of the First Company of the Third Regiment who had charged into the stronghold, saw that the bandits dared to fire! He ordered loudly, "Fire!"

It was better to strike first.

The First Company had already charged into the stronghold, less than fifty meters away from the bandits' meeting hall.

The company commander ordered, and a dozen grenades were thrown in at once.

The heavy machine guns at the front also fired.

The grenades and the heavy machine guns were something that these bandits could not withstand.

The gunshots had just sounded,

and the bandits inside were shouting, "Don't shoot! Don't shoot!

We surrender!"

One-Eyed Dragon thought that the ones attacking the stronghold were the reinforcements Flying Squirrel had invited.

He quietly crawled away, trying to slip out the back door.

He was shot and killed on the ground by a burst of heavy machine-gun fire.

This time, no bandit dared to escape.

Company Commander Peng Hongyun organized the clearing of the bandit's warehouse in this stronghold.

Then he kept these bandits under guard.

Only then did the whole company rest on the spot.

There were three full companies attacking this stronghold tonight.

There were also two companies ambushing outside.

After dawn, Lin Fan only had the bandit leaders executed, and had the small fries carry the supplies from their own stronghold.

They would follow the Lunan Detachment.

The policies of the Lunan Detachment had already been announced to these bandits.

If one escaped, one would be killed, whether the escape was successful or not.

As long as anyone wanted to escape, they would all be executed.

These bandits had already witnessed it last night.

When these bandits were being held in custody, some had tried to escape.

They had just escaped from the rooms they were being held in when they were shot to death.

At the same time, three people were drawn from the bandits in the room to be killed as well.

The reason was that the bandits in the room did not report when the three bandits escaped.

Now these bandits were extremely obedient, and even if someone wanted to escape, they wouldn't dare to tell anyone.

Some bandits were even walking on the road, looking around, and were reported by their companions.

They were pulled out and executed.

If they weren't trying to escape, why were they looking around?

Under high pressure, these bandits finally dared not have any second thoughts.

Wiping out the bandits in Black Pine Forest was just an episode on the way for the Lunan Detachment to recover Sishui.

On June 5, the Lunan Detachment arrived in Sishui.

Nan Batian had just successfully proposed marriage a few days ago, and had been very happy these days.

Then he heard the puppet soldiers guarding the city gate report that there were cavalry running outside the city.

Thinking that he now had the Japanese to back him up, and the weapons had been replaced by the Japanese,

these guns were much better than when he was a mountain king.

He ordered the city gates to be closed while quickly reporting to the Japanese.

The one guarding Sishui was the Ueno Hinata Squadron.

When Company Commander Ueno Hinata heard the report, he was not nervous, and ordered Nan Batian to first find out who the cavalry outside the city were.

In recent days, it was not that no one had come to investigate outside Sishui.

As a result, all those people ran to take a look, found that there were many puppet soldiers on the city wall, and directly dared not attack the city.

However, it still greatly appreciated Nan Batian's careful attitude.

It said to him, "You! Very good!"

This was to make a summary evaluation of what Nan Batian had done these days.

Which made Nan Batian very excited.

After coming out of the Japanese room, he immediately rode his horse to the west of the city.

He sent a dozen puppet soldiers on horseback to see who was coming from outside.

The one leading the team, Nan Yun, quickly took a team of puppet soldiers out of the city.

He was Nan Batian's nephew, who came from a bandit's nest and practiced good marksmanship.

He could ride horses and fight on foot.

Nan Yun led a dozen puppet soldiers and rushed westward.

They rushed out for more than ten miles before seeing a team of a dozen people in front of them.

"It's the army!"

With just one glance, Nan Yun recognized that this was a National Revolutionary Army team.

No gang of bandits would come out wearing helmets.

Wen Hong also found a group of puppet soldiers chasing after them.

The two sides exchanged fire back and forth on the road.

Wen Hong led his men and retreated while fighting.

Nan Yun's side kept charging forward.

When he saw a team of infantry suddenly rushing out in front,

he turned around and went back.

Hearing that there was a National Revolutionary Army of at least two hundred men in the west of the city,

Nan Batian quickly reported the news to Company Commander Ueno Hinata.

Hearing that a regular army was coming from outside the city,

Ueno Hinata, who was suspicious, finally decided to go to the city wall to take a look in person.

It took more than a hundred Japanese to stand on the city wall and look at the scenery.

It only saw that the wheat fields in the west of the city had been harvested.

It was happy in its heart: the time for collecting grain was coming.

Its eyes looked towards Nan Batian.

Nan Batian was like a worm in its stomach.

It immediately bowed and said, "Don't worry, Chief! When those farmers dry the wheat,

I will organize people to collect grain in the countryside!"

This bandit was very good!

He was able to read its mind.

Although Company Commander Ueno Hinata did not speak, Nan Batian still read out the praise for himself.

He was even happier in his heart.

Now, as long as he could hold on to the Japanese's thigh, he could be rampant in Sishui.

When Company Commander Ueno Hinata had looked at the scenery on the city wall until he didn't want to see it anymore,

a National Revolutionary Army team appeared on the horizon.

Seeing the soldiers of this team through the binoculars, they were all wearing helmets.

They were wearing uniform clothes, and the weapons they were equipped with were all imperial style.

Even better than the weapons of its own squadron.

At least the Ueno Hinata Squadron did not have infantry guns at all.

There were only two mortars.

How could it fight with such a team?

It immediately ordered: "Everyone, prepare!"

Now the other side only had three hundred people, and they could still cope.

All the Japanese troops in the entire Ueno Squadron were concentrated in the west of the city.

Half an hour later, the team in the distance had advanced to only one thousand meters away from the city.

At the same time, reports came from several directions in Sishui: there were hundreds of National Revolutionary Army soldiers appearing in each direction.

Company Commander Ueno Hinata was a little embarrassed: Should it spread out the more than one hundred Japanese troops it had on hand, or concentrate them in one place?

Spreading them out would allow them to supervise the puppet soldiers to fight hard.

Concentrating them in one place would, of course, make them stronger in combat.

After hesitating for a while, it decided to ask for help from the nearest Zouping and Yanzhou.

At the same time, it divided the entire squadron and sent two squads to each city gate.

That way, it could still leave a small team as a reserve team.

Regiment Commander Shan Yecan of the Third Regiment was very direct: surround all sides and attack at the same time.

He himself was participating in the battle in the west of the city.

These days, he had also conducted marksmanship training throughout the regiment.

He wanted to expand his sharpshooter squad to a platoon or even a company.

Although he had not officially started the selection, the marksmanship of the soldiers in the regiment had greatly improved.

Now, when attacking Sishui in the west of the city, the sharpshooter squad was among them.

However, they were all hiding two hundred meters away from the city wall.

They opened fire on the puppet soldiers and Japanese who poked their heads out.

These days, the equipment in the regiments of the Lunan Detachment had been fully equipped.

The armored vehicles, mortars, and infantry guns in the companies were all in place.

Today, when attacking the city, the First and Second Companies attacked the west of the city.

Ten mortars and four infantry guns fired at the same time.

They immediately stunned the puppet soldiers on the city wall.

When had they ever fought such a battle?

Before, they were just bandits, robbing and looting.

The biggest difficulty they encountered was when they attacked the stockades of some wealthy families.

Meeting machine guns was a remarkable family.

Whenever they encountered that kind of people, the bandits would just run away.

There were so many wealthy families in the world, why bother to gn