After a day and night of continuous marching, Hu Biao and his party, who had carried out a raid on the border of Suzhou in Xuzhou last night, finally arrived safely in the Taierzhuang area. The reconnaissance team, who served as the vanguard, easily found a temporary camp for rest.

The team members who had fought with Hu Biao earlier knew that it was suitable for hidden garage. Returning to the place where they had fought before, the feeling of revisiting the old place still made the team members extremely excited.

Hu Biao, who arrived at the temporary camp, immediately ordered the troops to rest. He had done a series of damage in Zaozhuang before, and the Japanese army had not resumed coal mine production until now. During each coal mine repair process, they would always encounter unknown armed attacks.

In addition to the losses of vehicles and personnel, the coal mines that the Japanese attach the most are also blown up every now and then. If the Japanese army wants to resume coal mine production, they can only choose to re-diggle the mine shaft, and all the old mines in the past have been blown up.

In Hu Biao's words, although I feel a little regretful to blow up these old mines that have been opened up, I can save the underground coal mines. If I delay the Japanese for one more day, I can save more coal mines that have been stolen.

Hu Biao, who came from later generations, knew very well that there were not many high-quality coal-fired mining areas in China, and it was rare to have such a treasure land. Hu Biao thought that the wisest choice was left to the government after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

After building a temporary rest tent, Qin Tianyou, who came to report, also said at the right time: "Do you want to go to the detachment to take a look?"

"Of course I want it! But don't notify me in advance, just look over and see the situation. In addition, I plan to contact the Eighth Route Army here. In the later stage, the detachment will also withdraw from Zaozhuang and move to the other side of Maling Mountain."

After returning to the north, Hu Biao has decided that the focus of his future development will be on the southern region. In the north, he will focus on establishing intelligence points, collecting and inquiring about intelligence and expanding commercial trade, and there is no need to arrange too much combat troops.

The purpose of this is very simple, which is to avoid friction with the Eighth Route Army in the future. Even if the cooperation between the two sides is very pleasant at present, as the scale of the troops continues to expand, the number of private contact between the two sides will increase, and the leakage and competition will increase.

Given that there will be misunderstandings in the future, it is better to take the initiative to retreat and withdraw from the enemy base where the Eighth Route Army is located. As for the territory of Su Province, it is believed that it will be difficult for the Eighth Route Army and the parties to infiltrate and develop the troops in a short period of time.

This also means that Hu Biao's development in Suzhou Province will not have to worry about any competitors in a short period of time. Moreover, compared with other provinces, the Japanese army attaches great importance to Suzhou Province, and the economic situation here is much better than other provinces.

Listening to what Hu Biao said, Qin Tianyou, who knew his plan, immediately said: "When the matter here is over, will we go to Guizhou Province? I heard that there are high mountains and dense forests and sparse fields there, how can we develop in the past?"

"Some things that others say may not be right. When you reach the southwest, you will know what the situation is there. As for the development of the troops, we are not going to farm, but to do industry. As long as we have money, are we still afraid that we can't expand the troops?

At present, all forces are staring at strategic places such as the south and the north, and not many people pay attention to remote places like the southwest. Let’s move the troops first and occupy more territory first, so we won’t be afraid of others having any opinions in the future.”

"They won't have any objection to Gui Jun?"

"Don't worry! As long as they know that there are many benefits to working with us, they naturally dare not confront us. Besides, Guizhou Province is only a part of the southwestern provinces. We don't have to steal the territory of the Gui army, but we just need to seize those who have no masters?"

Compared with the areas that have been combated, the southwest is the territory that Hu Biao is truly familiar with. He served in the Southwest Military Region for many years in his previous life, and Hu Biao knew the situation in several southwest provinces. Hu Biao would be more at ease by moving the troops to the southwest one after another.

First lay the foundation in the country, and then slowly extend the tentacles to the southwestern border. Soon after, in order to break the deadlock of the war, the Japanese army immediately launched an invasion of East Asian countries. That was also the time for Hu Biao to show his skills!

After resting in the temporary camp for one night, Hu Biao only took the accompanying guard platoon to the near the mountain where the Zaozhuang Detachment was located. As soon as Hu Biao and his party arrived, Hu Biao felt that there should be a group of people lurking on the hillside ahead.

To avoid misunderstandings, Hu Biao said with satisfaction: "No, right! It seems that these boys are pretty alert. We were targeted as soon as we entered the mountain. Zhuzi went over and greeted them to see who led the team to watch at the mountain pass."

"Yes, captain!"

As Hu Biao thought, when he saw Hu Biao and his party stop suddenly and the guard team setting up an ambush on both sides of the mountain road, he said unexpectedly: "Planer leader, have we been exposed? Why don't these guys continue to move forward?"

"Don't worry! Let's take a look first! As long as they don't enter the mountain, we don't have to pay attention. These guys are not simple. If they really fight, we may not be able to get a bargain. What exactly do these people do?"

According to Hu Biao's previous arrangement, the guerrilla detachment formed in Zaozhuang was still active in Zaozhuang in the form of bandit armed forces. In addition to the current detachment station, the other combat troops were also distributed in various surrounding mountains.

Once there is a situation, the surrounding troops will come quickly to reinforce. Correspondingly, if the situation is too critical, the detachment will quickly evacuate. From other places, jump out of the encirclement set up by the Japanese, so that the Japanese will return empty-handed.

When Tian Tiezhu went up to the front, he said calmly: "Don't hide! Who is the one who is the one who is on duty today? Come out quickly!"

Faced with Tian Tiezhu's inquiry, the officers and soldiers of the alert team lurking on both sides of the hillside seemed a little surprised. From Tian Tiezhu's tone, it was not difficult to hear that this seemed to be his own. The problem is, the detachment did not seem to have notified it?

"Who are you?"

"Gu Yuehu, Qian Tang! Notify you that the boss is here!"

As soon as these words were said, the captain of the team led the team was delighted and soon ran out of his hiding place and said, "Ah! Are you Brother Zhuzi? Why are you here? Could it be that the boss of the shopkeeper has returned to the mountain?"

"Oh! It's your boy! That's right, the shopkeeper wants to see if you have relaxed his vigilance, so he didn't inform him in advance. He quickly sent someone to notify the Qian Detachment, and said that the shopkeeper was back. The training was good, and the shopkeeper was very satisfied!"

Tian Tiezhu was also very happy to recognize the captain of the alert team and was also a veteran squad leader who rescued prisoners of war from the coal mine earlier. Even though they didn't fight each other many times, they are at least their own family, so they are naturally very close to each other.

The previous words "Guyue Hu, Qian Dangjia" are also a set of commandments. Those who know this command are all officers of the detachment without exception. Hu naturally refers to Hu Biao, and Qian Dangjia also refers to deputy commander Qian Zhong.

When he learned that Hu Biao had returned, some soldiers who joined the later stage were also extremely curious about the legendary commander. As for the other veterans, when they saw Hu Biao walking slowly, they were even more excited: "Captain, OK!"

"Okay! Are you guys on duty today? Not bad! Be alert. When did you find out that we entered the mountain?"

"Report to the captain of the detachment, five miles away from the mountain, we set up a warning sentry. Seeing that you and your group were heading straight into the mountain, we became suspicious. So we planned to set up an ambush here. Fortunately, the captain of the detachment was wise and discovered us in advance."

"This shows that your hidden skills need to be strengthened! Okay, go back to the mountain first. I haven't come back for a while, so I still miss my brothers. After entering the mountain, let's have a meal to celebrate. There is nothing wrong in the mountain during this period, right?"

"Report to the detachment leader, nothing happened! The yellow skin in the city has been beaten by us so hard that we dared to go to the mountain to collect grain easily. Every time the Japanese enter the mountain, we can transfer the people into the mountain in advance, so that they can return in vain.

After a long time, the Japanese have been working hard. There are more people moving to the mountains, and we have collected a lot of food we planted this year. Seeing the benefits, the people are naturally willing to work with us, and the situation in the mountains is getting better and better!"

"Okay! This shows that you have done a good job and deserves encouragement!"

Facing these grassroots officers and soldiers, Hu Biao will be approachable. With Hu Biao's development program planned in advance, the detachment's development here is indeed good. Occasionally, he can always seize a lot of spoils.

Use the seized spoils to exchange goods with the people living outside the mountain. When the people get benefits, they are also willing to deal with them. The most important thing is that most people know that these so-called bandits are not scary at all.

Compared with those vicious Japanese devils and the people who only know how to harm people, these bandits who do not eat grass by their nests have become even more awe-inspiring. Over time, the number of people moving to the mountains has continued to increase, and more fertile land has been opened.

With the transaction with the people, the detachment basically does not need to purchase grain from outside. Sometimes, it even supports part of the Eighth Route Army. In short, the development of the detachment in Zaozhuang was generally reassuring and satisfied.

When Qian Zhong brought people to join Hu Biao, both sides could not help but be polite. Qian Zhong and his party did not think anything was wrong with Hu Biao, the commander who had been away from home for a long time. Qian Zhong felt restrained when he was really here every day.

Now Hu Biao gives him full trust and financial and material support. If Qian Zhong is not satisfied, it would be too ignorant. Besides, without Hu Biao's rescue that day, they would have turned into a dead bone in the mine.

Shortly after Hu Biao and his party arrived at the detachment camp, the Qilu Column Command in the Yimeng Mountains District was also discussing the meeting staff that were about to leave. As the commander, Deputy Commander Xu is also looking forward to a second meeting with Hu Biao.

Although it is not clear yet, Hu Biao wants to meet him and what he wants to talk about. However, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and Yan'an have clearly asked him to have a good talk with Hu Biao and further strengthen the liaison between the two parties if possible.

Through the Battle of Northern Anhui, the Eighth Route Army truly understood the combat capabilities of Hu Biao and his subordinates. If there was such a trustworthy friend, I believe it would be of great benefit to the Eighth Route Army.
Chapter completed!