The process may be tortuous or difficult, but there will be only one result. Sniper, intercept, ambush, harassment... all kinds of methods are just to squeeze out the enemy's stronghold.

Meng Youtian and Yu Xinjiang killed three of the most threatening Japanese devils at the cost of one death and one injury. It can be said that they cleared the obstacles to subsequent actions and cleared people's concerns about Japanese snipers. After Meng Youtian was rescued, Feng Zhi's main company and district squadron began to further squeeze and siege.

A team of three or five people constantly infiltrated the enemy's guaranteed areas, burying landmines, cutting wires, shooting and killing, spike traps... Exploding and attacking around roads, telephone lines, and checkpoints, while the focus of squeezing the strongholds is on fighting for water sources and sporadic sniping.

As the underground dragons siege the strongholds formed, the enemy's casualties continued to increase. At night, facing the elusive shooting point, the enemies in the strongholds had to be worried and dare not act easily; even during the day, there would be bullets of hatred from time to time shooting towards the two suspension bridges' posts.

The fragmented tactics continuously weakened the enemy's vitality and morale, and the status of the Imperial Army became more obvious. The combat operations of the Ensuring Area as a guerrilla area also achieved considerable results. The enemy was forced to withdraw from several villages, and the number of guerrillas was increasing, but the regular army also suffered a lot of casualties.

At this time, the weakness of local troops not paying enough attention to it finally emerged. Once they leave the support of the regular army, it will be difficult for them to persist under the repeated encirclement and suppression of the Japanese and Imperial Army. It is not a long-term solution to disperse the regular army guerrillas. Obviously, regular army, local army, and militia should have a pyramid-shaped structure, and the foundation is not solid.

"The food is untasteful?" Qin Lianfang couldn't help but ask when she saw Meng Youtian was stunned while eating.

"Hmm?" Meng Youtian was stunned for a moment and hurriedly said, "No, it's done well, I like to eat."

"If you like it, eat more, don't be stunned!" Qin Lianfang smiled and took a chopstick to Meng Youtian and scrambled eggs. "In fact, this is also your credit. You raise chickens with maggots. The egg production volume has doubled, and the chickens are not sick."

Meng Youtian nodded gently and ate slowly. Well, this is a good habit, a good habit that saved his life and must be kept.

Qin Lianfang secretly glanced at Meng Youtian and said hesitantly: "Brother Meng, Secretary Gu talked to me about work yesterday." Seeing Meng Youtian raise his head and listen intently, she continued: "Comrade Sun Qing, well, that is, one of the five comrades rescued from the Japanese, because of their physical relationship, the organization intends to keep her in the rear to work."

"Are you your assistant or take your position?" Meng Youtian asked straightforwardly when he heard Xian's intentions.

"I want to make the wise." Qin Lianfang pondered for a moment and said, "The work of the Women's Rescue Association has been on the right track and has cultivated many activists. Comrade Sun Qing is old and has more work experience than me. I think it would be better for her to be the director of the Women's Rescue Association."

Meng Youtian lowered his eyelids and remained silent for a while, looked at Qin Lianfang and said, "What about you, where are you going to work?"

"There are probably two choices now." Qin Lianfang stopped chopsticks and said slowly: "One is to go to the Japanese security area where there are lack of cadres; the other is to strengthen militia work. Of course, I can also continue to stay in the Women's Rescue Association, but this is not what I want."

Meng Youtian nodded slightly and said, "I don't want you to go to the enemy's guaranteed area, that's too dangerous-" He raised his hand to signal Qin Lianfang not to rush to interrupt, and continued, "It's time to stay in the Women's Rescue Association, and you don't want to do the militia work, so going to do militia work should be the best choice."

Qin Lianfang smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, I don't talk about those great principles, nor do I have any determination to not be afraid of sacrifice, because you don't like to listen to this. If you ask me to do militia work, then I will go."

"This is not a question of greed for life and fear of death." Meng Youtian frowned slightly and explained: "If you want to be afraid of death, everyone is the same. Why do you have to die if you can live? Do whatever you can do within your ability, just like me, and don't show off your abilities. Although you are not worse than men in your work and motivation, you must know that you are a woman after all."

"What's wrong with women? Don't favor boys over girls!" Qin Lianfang didn't look angry and retorted with a smile.

Meng Youtian smiled and said, "To put it bluntly, if you go to the enemy to work, I would rather sacrifice your heroic death than want you to be captured by the enemy. Torturing may not be a big deal, but if a woman falls into the hands of the Japanese, you probably know what those beasts can do? Alas, don't tell me what you want to leave a bullet for yourself. Everything is accidental. Sometimes suicide is something you want to do but can't do."

Qin Lianfang's expression dimmed a moment. Thinking of the scars on Sun Qing's body, she showed a trace of real fear as a woman. Incest, beating, torture. If a woman is to face such torture, she cannot be without weakness and fear.

What does not care about the Japanese devils, do not surrender, and ignore life and death represent the courage of Chinese women. Most of them are heroic behaviors that have been shown countless times by writers, and are the images of heroes in novels, movies, dramas, and stories. A trace of cowardice and fear can also be considered a blasphemy of heroes. But in real reality, the desire for life and the fear of death are the most natural reactions for people.

"Go to do militia work!" Meng Youtian patted Qin Lianfang's arm lightly and said, "Didn't you say you really want to fight in real life?"

Qin Lianfang blinked the cat's eyes and smiled, "Will you help me? The district squadron is about to become a guerrilla team, and the militias in each village are about to expand and establish a militia joint defense corps. You won't be the one at home, right?"

"Who is that? I'm embarrassed to say it. Don't you just want to say that the cat is sleeping with his wife at home?" Meng Youtian rolled his eyes and joked: "It's okay to help you, there's always something good, right?"

"Benefits, what benefits do you want? You won't blush when you say it." Qin Lianfang smiled and said, "I haven't asked you to do anything big, so I'll let you take more bad water that harms the Japanese, and even put conditions on it."

"Okay, I will definitely help you if I don't have the conditions." Meng Youtian shook his head helplessly and said, "You have taken care of me these days, and I am not that ungrateful person."

"This is almost the same." Qin Lianfang glanced at Meng Youtian, then couldn't help but laugh, and served him spinach soup. He said, "Eat quickly, lie down and sleep for a short time after eating, and then let's go to a meeting."

"Go. My health is not good enough yet!" Meng Youtian wanted to play tricks.

"I'll carry you on my back." Qin Lianfang was very dissatisfied with Meng Youtian's expression of disbelief. She stretched out her arm and shook it, and said, "I'm so energetic now. Do you need to try it?"

Meng Youtian grinned and waved his hand and said, "Forget it, for free. It's a good girl. She has to make her muscles all over her body. I don't know what you think, but it looks so stinky!"

"Go, don't say anything nice." Qin Lianfang said angrily: "I have been serving you for several days, and I don't appreciate it at all."

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The two evils are the least. On the surface, it seems that the latter is dangerous for mass work and organizing militias, but Meng Youtian's idea is different from others. In the future, when the Japanese sweeps are becoming more frequent, there is actually no advantage among the people. Especially for beautiful women like Qin Lianfang, who are with the militia, at least they have guns and self-defense ability. If they can't beat them, they can run away. They don't need to wear ash on their faces and are surrounded by the Japanese and let them slaughter.

After lunch, under Qin Lianfang's care and request, Meng Youtian lay halfway under the shade of trees in the yard and slept in a daze for a short sleep.

The leaves sounded lightly and the cicadas were chirping. The weather in the summer was still very hot. The air shook and shone in the sun, and even the dogs in the village stopped barking. They hid in the shadows and stuck out their tongues.

In such an environment, sleepiness came up involuntarily. Meng Youtian fell asleep in a short while. He dreamed of Ah Xiu, his mother, and Liu Feng. The two of them rode on horseback, smiling at each other... After a long battle and struggle between life and death, he really missed home.

He was still able to remain alert in his sleep, which was Meng Youtian's fear and concern for the poisoner. When he heard the footsteps, he subconsciously woke up and his hand was naturally placed on the **** on his waist. In his somewhat hazy sleepy eyes, he saw a hatred and resentful face, but his eyes widened, Hu Jiaying's kind smile seemed to have had an illusion just now.

"I'm sorry, I've disturbed you to rest." Hu Jiaying's expression was very sincere and apologized, "I'll call Director Qin to the meeting. Xiao Meng, you're still going into the house to rest, beware of the cold."

Meng Youtian nodded politely and said, "It's okay, I'm not that delicate."

Hearing the sound outside, Qin Lianfang showed her face from the window, smiled at Hu Jiaying, and said, "Instructor Hu, you go first, I'll clean up and come."

"What else are you cleaning up?" Hu Jiaying smiled intimately and said, "Don't you have to take a shower and change clothes for a meeting? Her hair is not messy and her clothes are neat. Just walking out like this, covering up the women in the village."

Qin Lianfang didn't like this frivolous tone, except Meng Youtian. Her face became sank and she didn't say anything, but just closed the window. After a while, she walked out with a wet towel and went straight to Meng Youtian, saying with concern: "Brother Meng, wipe your face and then go to the meeting together!"

Meng Youtian pursed his lips and took the towel. The cool and wet feeling spread from his face, dispelling the remaining sleepiness.

"Can Comrade Xiao Meng participate?" Hu Jiaying's face flashed with a hint of unaware haze, and she asked in confusion.

"Yes, Company Commander Feng and Captain Zhou and others came in the morning, so let Brother Meng go too." Qin Lianfang took the towel handed back by Meng Youtian and asked softly: "Brother Meng, do you want to find a deputy stretcher? Your body--"

"No, no." Meng Youtian stood up and said, "It's so hard to walk a few steps. I'm already well. Let's go now!"

"Wait a minute!" Qin Lianfang smiled relievedly, turned around and went back to the house, and walked out again, carrying a kettle and an umbrella. She turned around and locked the door of the house, came to Meng Youtian, and said, "This sun is too poisonous. I'll hold an umbrella for you and support you."

Hu Jiaying narrowed her eyes, really unwilling to see Qin Lianfang looking very caring to Meng Youtian. He slapped his head and shouted, "Oh, I forgot something, I have to go back to get it, you guys go first." After that, he hurried out.

Meng Youtian looked at Hu Jiaying's back and thoughtfully. It was not until Qin Lianfang held his arm that he suddenly woke up.

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Although the squeeze tactic has achieved results, it is based on the effective restraint of some regular troops in the enemy-enforced area. After a long period of battle, these regular troops suffered great losses and were eager to rest. Once the Japanese and puppet troops who lost restraint reinforced their strongholds, their attempts to siege would be lost. Even the enemy may take the initiative to attack to completely stabilize the strongholds in one sweep.

The strong attack faces the constraints of lack of heavy weapons and weak offensive capabilities; long-term siege and no time, this is the current dilemma between the Eighth Route Army and the District Squadron. The meeting was not smooth, and several suggestions were denied during the discussion. Everyone did not come up with the best solution.

The moonlight shone down, the crickets were chirping sadly, and the fragrance of the night soaked in the air. It woven into a soft net, covering all the scenery.

On the gentle and peaceful night, the atmosphere in the room seemed a little dull. Meng Youtian looked at a simple map and was thinking hard. Qin Lianfang was a little anxious, but she was patient and shaking the palm fan next to her, and from time to time she turned her expectant eyes to Meng Youtian.

"Hey!" Meng Youtian sighed lightly, raised his head and said with a wry smile: "Don't always look at me like that. I'm not Zhuge Liang. Besides, even if Zhuge Liang was born and reborn, I probably wouldn't think of any good way."

Qin Lianfang blinked her cat's eyes, smiled reluctantly, and said, "Look at what you are afraid of. Many people look at you during the meeting. Don't you believe in you, and believe you can come up with ideas. Okay. Don't worry, I'll pour you some water and let's think about it slowly."

Meng Youtian shook his head helplessly, leaned back, leaned against the quilt and gently rubbed his temples. His head froze, thinking about how to pull out the stronghold as soon as possible, mix up with disguise, and strong attacks of earthen artillery vehicles, and almost all the methods that appeared during the Anti-Japanese War, but they were all denied by him because they were unrealistic. It was time to change his mind.

"Don't worry, drink some hot water." Qin Lianfang walked over and said, "I added ginger and sugar, which will be good for your stomach."

Meng Youtian looked at Qin Lianfang gratefully, took a big sip at the edge of the bowl, immediately widened his eyes, puffed his cheeks, and swallowed for a while, inhaled, shouted, "It's so hot, so hot."

"Look at you, you're so anxious, didn't you see me bringing it with a towel?" Qin Lianfang was both funny and distressed, "Isn't it burned? Let me see."

"It's okay, it's okay." Meng Youtian shook his head, and suddenly stared at Qin Lianfang thoughtfully as if he was remembering something.

Qin Lianfang felt a little uncomfortable when she was seen, her eyes were a little wandering. When she came into contact with Meng Youtian's gaze, she quickly moved away.

"Don't worry, don't worry." Meng Youtian muttered suddenly: "This is a hurry, it's easy to make mistakes. Look, it's not that I'm burning my mouth."

Qin Lianfang burst out laughing and said, "Look at you, you are like a child, what are you muttering?"

Meng Youtian smiled, waved his hand, signaled Qin Lianfang to sit beside him, picked up the charcoal pen and pointed at the diagram and said, "Look, the current situation is similar to when the Japanese started to build a stronghold. Everyone was anxious and scared. Thinking about the damage at the beginning, the situation was broken by the anxiety. So, you said don't worry, it's a calm move."

"What are you calm down? You have to put the high hat on me again." Qin Lianfang curled her lips gently and said, "Okay, I don't care, then you can tell me the solution without rushing!"

"When the Japanese first built a stronghold, they had unstable foothold. Although they had a large number of troops, they could not take action." Meng Youtian said while thinking: "Now, to ensure that the competition in the district came to an end for the time being, everyone was worried that the Japanese would continue to sweep forward and eat with the stronghold. In fact, the situation was not as serious as we imagined. The sweep was not once or twice. We had experience in dealing with it, and we were not afraid."

"Well, as long as we deal with it properly, the losses are only for some houses, and we can still bear it." Qin Lianfang blinked her cat's eyes and said, "When the Japanese built a stronghold, we were eager to succeed and suffered losses. Later, we simply asked them to repair it, but we didn't do anything about it! Now, do you mean to let it go and ignore it?"

"The meaning is similar, but the words you use are not very accurate." Meng Youtian said: "Since the enemy's determination to stick to the stronghold in a short period of time, then make long-term plans and prepare for counter-sweeping. Before harvesting and after harvesting, it is a time when the Japanese are easily dispatched. Sweeping before harvesting can destroy the autumn harvest and make us hungry; after harvesting, the green gauze tent is gone, which is more conducive to the enemy's action. We must take the lead, destroy the enemy's preparation for sweeping, and gain time."

"What kind of action?" Qin Lianfang realized that Meng Youtian was about to talk about the key points and took out his notebook.

"A big blow." Meng Youtian pointed his finger on the road. "The small fight is no longer strong enough. Let's go there vigorously. Mobilize hundreds of people, yes, or thousands of people, and overnight, dig the road with holes and pulling out a single telephone pole."

Qin Lianfang's eyes lit up, as if she had seen the spectacular scene, but she was a little worried and asked, "What if the enemy comes out?"

"Sister, that's evening!" Meng Youtian tapped Qin Lianfang's finger with a pen and said with a smile: "The Japanese dare not take large-scale operations tonight. Besides, if you come out, beat him up. A main company, district squadrons and militias, plus landmine blockade, is not enough for them to bear. If you analyze it carefully, this is the enemy's stronghold, with more than 200 people, one-third of the Japanese, and the rest are the Imperial Army. Here is the enemy's stronghold, with only more than 100 troops, and most of them are the Imperial Army. Usually, we can't touch him, and leave the turtle shell, hehe..."

"Hehe, if you lose the turtle shell, you will smash his dog's head." Qin Lianfang grabbed the pen and knocked Meng Youtian back, smiling happily.

…………………(To be continued...)

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