With the artillery support of the heavy artillery brigade, Heizi and others resisted another attack by the Jinsui Army.
On Li Qiufan's side, after driving for more than two hours, he finally saw the encirclement of the Jinsui Army. Looking around, he saw only densely packed people.
"Commander, there are probably too many people in the Jinsui Army. Why did they come out with so many people?"
Erhu couldn't help being shocked after seeing so many Jinsui troops.
"I'm afraid there must be about 50,000 people. The stubborn Jinsui Army has really spent a lot of money!"
Li Qiufan looked around and roughly estimated the strength of the Jinsui Army. At the same time, he clenched his fists and became more worried about the second and third brigades that were surrounded.
"Send a telegram to Li Yunlong, tell him our position and the enemy's strength, and ask him not to act rashly!"
"Also, send a telegram to the deputy division commander and ask them what the situation is now!"
Li Qiufan first sent a telegram to Li Yunlong. He was afraid that Li Yunlong would rush in after support arrived.
This is not 10,000 or 20,000 people, this is about 50,000 people. His more than 10,000 people went in just to deliver food.
In addition, he sent a telegram to Heizi to inquire about the situation, and then discussed with everyone how to rescue them.
"The division commander and deputy division commander have called back. They suffered heavy casualties, but they are still resisting!"
After a while, the radio operator came back and told Li Qiufan about Heizi's situation.
"There can be no further delay. Send a report to the heavy artillery brigade and ask them to concentrate their artillery fire. In twenty minutes, they will bombard the Shanxi-Sui Army position on the south side!"
"Send a telegram to the deputy division commander and ask them to break out to the south after hearing the assembly call. We will support them outside!"
Li Qiufan knew that he could not drag it out any longer, otherwise Heizi and the others would definitely be eaten by the Jinsui Army.
There was no time to think too much, so they could only break out from the southern position, because that was where the Shanxi-Sui army was weakest.
After the explanation, Li Qiufan led the troops to start the transfer, and finally reached the south side after more than ten minutes.
"Tell everyone to hide! Don't let the Jinsui Army see it!"
Li Qiufan and the others were hiding in a ravine not far from the Jinsui Army. Fortunately, the terrain here was complicated, otherwise it would have been difficult to hide nearly ten thousand people.
Time passed minute by minute, and soon it was the time for the bombardment given by Li Qiufan.
"Boom boom boom..."
Countless artillery shells fell from the sky, directly blowing up the Jinsui Army's position on the south side.
"What kind of trick is the Eighth Route Army playing? Is it possible that they want to rely on artillery fire to break out? This is too underestimated our Jinsui Army!"
When Chu Yunfei saw the direction of the heavy artillery brigade's bombardment, he was a little confused at first, then smiled and shook his head.
He thought Heizi and the others were ready to give it a go, but he didn't know that Li Qiufan was waiting outside.
"Corpser, blow the rally call!"
Seeing that the Jinsui Army on the southern side suffered heavy casualties, and without waiting for the support of the Jinsui Army from other directions, Li Qiufan directly asked the bugler to blow the assembly horn.
The moment the trumpet sounded, Heizi, who was in the encirclement, waved his hand and led his men directly to charge towards the southern position of the Jinsui Army.
Not only Heizi took action after hearing the trumpet, but also Chu Yunfei, who was originally full of confidence.
"What's going on! Where did this Eighth Route Army come from!"
Chu Yunfei looked in the direction of the horn sound in disbelief and shouted to the people around him.
"Immediately send a telegram to the other two armies and ask them what the situation is over there!"
Seeing reinforcements from the Eighth Route Army, Chu Yunfei immediately thought of Li Qiufan and Li Yunlong.
I wanted to confirm if one of them came to support me and why I didn't get the news.
The news that came back soon made him dumbfounded. The Jinsui Army on Li Yunlong's side had been repulsed, and now Li Yunlong didn't know where he had gone.
The Jin Sui Army who went to Li Qiufan's side did not reply, leaving Chu Yunfei completely unaware of what was going on.
"A bunch of losers!"
Chu Yunfei cursed angrily, knowing that the person coming to support must be Li Yunlong or Li Qiufan.
I took out five divisions just to slow down the two of them.
Unexpectedly, there was no delay. The two divisions that went to Li Yunlong's side at least returned the telegram, while the one from Li Qiufan's side had no news at all.
"Let the troops surround them immediately! Even if they come with reinforcements, they don't have many people. Is it possible that there are more than 50,000 of us who can't even eat this little eight-legged army?"
With a wave of his hand, Chu Yunfei ordered all the troops to move towards the south, intending to form a larger encirclement and include Li Qiufan who came to support him.
On the other side, Li Qiufan's troops launched an attack as soon as the trumpet sounded, shooting wildly at the Jinsui Army on the south side.
The Jinsui Army on the position was faced with a situation of being flanked for a while, and they were immediately stunned.
The Jinsui Army officer in charge of the southern position never expected that he would be flanked again after just experiencing an artillery bombardment.
"Erhu, lead people to rush up to rescue Heizi! We must bring them out!"
Seeing that the Jinsui Army was beaten so hard that it could not lift its head, Li Qiufan immediately asked Erhu to arrange a charge.
Just like that, Heizi inside rushed out, and Li Qiufan outside rushed in, directly turning the Jinsui Army into a meat bun.
The two brigade soldiers in the encirclement also burst out with amazing combat effectiveness because they saw the hope of living. Their division commander was waiting for them outside.
Under this kind of fighting power, the Jinsui Army was immediately frightened, and one by one they began to run towards other positions, no longer daring to hold on to their positions.
The defeat of the Jinsui Army caused Heizi and Li Qiufan to meet, and the two parties successfully joined forces at the Jinsui Army's position.
"Move south immediately and send a telegram to Li Yunlong to prepare him to block the pursuers!"
Without time to exchange greetings, Li Qiufan immediately ordered the troops to retreat southward, and asked Li Yunlong to build defenses in advance, preparing to block the Jinsui Army following them.
Because Li Qiufan's actions were too fast, the Jinsui Army's encirclement was not completed before they ran out, making Chu Yunfei furious.
"Chase me immediately! No matter what, I will kill Li Qiufan's independent division!"
Chu Yunfei roared angrily, but he didn't expect to be jumped out by Li Qiufan. How could this make him not angry?
The Jinsui Army, which was originally preparing to encircle, immediately changed their formation and joined forces to pursue Li Qiufan.
"Quick, quick! Throw away all the extra baggage! Retreat immediately!"
Li Qiufan was asking the soldiers to throw away baggage, including iron pots and dry food, just to speed up and prevent the Jinsui army from catching up.
"Brother, we still have cannons, what should we do?"
Heizi pointed at the mountain artillery, field artillery, etc. that were assigned to him. He couldn't move any faster with these big guys.
"Put on the mortar and leave the rest behind!"
Li Qiufan frowned as he looked at Pao, but this was not the time to feel distressed, so he made a decision immediately.
