On the other side, Li Qiufan had already withdrawn from the battlefield with the 22nd Regiment and was marching towards the planned evacuation point.
"Leave a few people here to wait for the cavalry camp. No matter how many people come back, take them to catch up with us!"
Li Qiufan was relieved to see that the Japanese did not catch up, but he was always worried about the cavalry battalion. Although he knew that they were in danger, he still had a glimmer of hope.
"Brother, we found Japs ahead. I don't know how many there are, what should I do?"
Suddenly Heizi ran back from the front and said anxiously to Li Qiufan.
"What? Are there any Japs ahead?"
Li Qiufan was shocked. It seemed that the Japanese had deployed troops on both sides, but they arrived later.
"The brothers who were scouting in front reported it back, but they didn't dare to get too close, so they couldn't figure out the specific strength of the Japanese troops."
Heizi nodded towards Li Qiufan, his expression a little ugly.
"Damn it, it seems that the Japanese have set their sights on me, and they are not even looking for me at the headquarters!"
Li Qiufan didn't expect the Japanese to be so determined. Although they didn't know how many soldiers there were, they would definitely be there.
After excluding the puppet troops in this sweep, there were only two Japanese divisions in total. Unexpectedly, a division came from his 22nd regiment.
"Heizi, bring me the map!"
Li Qiufan frowned and asked Heizi for a map. He must not be able to follow the planned route. In the current situation, he could only find another way out.
Heizi took out the map from his pocket and laid it flat in front of Li Qiufan, and then the two of them studied other routes.
"Here, there is a small road. Although it is difficult to walk, there is no other way."
After taking a few glances, Li Qiufan found another escape route, a place called Eagle Crying Stream, but this road was a small road, and it was a mountain road.
"Brother, if we go to Eagle Crying Stream, what will happen to the cannons in the artillery camp? We can't move those things up!"
Heizi looked at the label of Eagle Crying Stream, frowned and said to Li Qiufan.
"No! I can't control that much at this time. Let me blow up the mountain artillery and infantry artillery, and only bring the mortar!"
Li Qiufan gritted his teeth and said that he didn't feel sad, but the most important thing now was the lives of thousands of people in the 22nd Regiment.
"Brother, you can't blow it up! Let's find a place to hide and come back to get it when it's safe. That's the heavy firepower of our regiment!"
Heizi's eyes widened when he heard that Li Qiufan wanted to blow up the cannon, and he immediately objected.
"Shut up! Where can you hide such a big thing? Besides, do we have that time? Go and inform Lao Ma, hurry up!"
Li Qiufan didn't want to blow it up, but leaving it to the Japs would only increase the Japs' strength. In order to prevent the Japs from getting it, he had no choice but to blow it up.
Seeing that Li Qiufan was angry, Heizi didn't dare to say anything more, so he could only run to Lao Ma to convey the order.
"Everyone is here! The urgent march is diverted to Eagle Cry Stream, hurry!"
After Heizi left, Li Qiufan led his troops to change their route to Yingting Stream. Not far away, he heard several explosions from behind.
Li Qiufan knew that it was Lao Ma who blew up the cannon. The sound made his heart bleed. It was a family fortune that he had finally saved.
In one day, not only a lot of troops were lost, but the cavalry battalion was also in trouble. The mountain artillery and infantry artillery in the regiment were also blown up. This time the 22nd regiment really lost a piece of flesh.
Everyone was walking on the winding mountain road, with gravel under their feet. If they were not careful, they might roll down the hillside.
"Bang bang bang..."
Li Qiufan was leading the way when suddenly intensive gunfire rang out from behind.
"What's going on? Monk, let me go have a look. Heizi, please continue to lead the way!"
Li Qiufan asked Heizi to continue leading the way, and he took the guard company and ran towards the back of the team.
When he reached the middle section of the run, Li Qiufan discovered that the Japanese were catching up, and the troops behind him got into a fight with the Japanese.
"Qiu Fan! The wounded man walked too slowly and was caught up by the Japanese!"
As soon as Li Qiufan arrived, Zhao Gang ran over. He had been following to take care of the wounded soldiers, but the wounded soldiers were marching too slowly, causing the troops guarding behind to be bitten by the Japanese.
"Old Zhao, you take the wounded and evacuate first, and leave the rest to me!"
"Guard company, follow me to stop the Japanese!"
Li Qiufan pulled out the shell gun from his waist and rushed forward with a company of guards.
"Captain, why are you here! Just leave this place to our first battalion, and retreat quickly!"
The person in charge of the escort was Erhu's first battalion. When he saw Li Qiufan coming, he was a little anxious, fearing that he would hurt Li Qiufan.
"Fart! Don't talk nonsense to me!"
Li Qiufan cursed angrily, and then looked around.
"Er Hu, you ask the brothers from the first battalion to give all the grenades to the reconnaissance company, and then you lead the first battalion here to continue blocking."
"Monk, take the guards and get all the grenades from the first battalion, follow me!"
Li Qiufan's eyes fell on the steep slope above. There was a cave there, but he didn't know the size of the space inside.
Li Qiufan led the guard company to the side of the steep slope. This angle was blocked by the steep slope and the Japanese could not see here.
"Take off your leggings, hurry up!"
As he spoke, Li Qiufan took the lead in untying his leggings, and then tied them together into two ropes.
Li Qiufan wrapped the rope around his waist and began to climb the steep slope.
"Captain, let me come!"
Seeing that Li Qiufan was going to climb it himself, the monk immediately stopped him.
"Go away, I'm more familiar with this stuff than you are, wait below!"
Li Qiufan gave the monk a kick and then continued climbing.
A few minutes later, Li Qiufan climbed to the top without any danger, then took off the rope from his waist and tied it to a big rock.
"Monk, lead your brothers and climb up on the rope, hurry up!"
Li Qiufan tied the rope and threw the other end down, and then stood on guard with a gun.
Not long after, the soldiers from the guard company climbed up along the rope. Upon seeing this, Li Qiufan cut the rope and wrapped it around his waist.
"Watch your feet, don't fall!"
Li Qiufan crouched and moved little by little toward the direction of the cave with the guards.
"Phew, this slope is so damn steep!"
After moving to the cave, Li Qiufan looked down and couldn't help but feel a little panicked.
After the guards and everyone else came over, Li Qiufan looked into the cave.
The cave is very large and pitch-black inside, with no end visible from the outside, giving it a mysterious feeling.
But at this time, Li Qiufan had no time to explore, so he ordered the guards and soldiers to take off the grenades, and then walked to the other side.
After reaching the other side and looking down, Erhu's first battalion and the Japs' troops were clearly visible, and the cave was directly above the Japs.
"Everyone, listen up, please unscrew the caps of the grenades and throw them down together when I tell you to!"
Li Qiufan turned around and said something, then unscrewed the back cover of the grenade he was holding, and the soldiers of the guard company did the same.
