"Brother, what should we do, go back to Shuangyang Mountain?"
Heizi frowned and walked to Li Qiufan and asked.
"We definitely want to return it, but we're afraid that the other party won't let us return it!"
Li Qiufan looked in the direction of Shuangyang Mountain. It would be no problem for one of Li Yunlong's divisions to hold on there.
The newly formed 32nd Army is not an elite force, with only over 20,000 people at most, not many more than the Second Division.
What's more, Li Qiufan also left the heavy artillery brigade there, which could suppress the opponent in terms of firepower.
The most troublesome thing for him at the moment is the enemy in front of him, who will definitely not let him go.
I believe that the other party is also monitoring my movements. If I have the idea of retreating, I estimate that the other party will directly press on me.
"Send a message to the political commissar to inform him of our situation, and also send a message to the chief of staff and ask him to lead the garrison brigade to support Shuangyang Mountain!"
Li Qiufan thought for a moment and decided not to withdraw, but to fight the opponent here.
The main reason is that he can't leave, so he can only hope that he will lead the garrison brigade to support Shuangyang Mountain and cooperate with Li Yunlong to end the fighting there as soon as possible and come to support him.
"Brothers, hurry up and build fortifications. The enemy won't give us much time!"
Li Qiufan shouted at his subordinates, and then went to the telegraph operator.
"Send electricity to the headquarters and inform the headquarters of the enemy's intentions. At the same time, tell the headquarters about our situation and ask the headquarters to send reinforcements as soon as possible."
Li Qiufan asked the telegraph operator to send another telegram to the headquarters, and then dug trenches with the soldiers.
While Li Qiufan was busy here, two groups of enemy troops not far away from him also made moves and began to approach Li Qiufan's position.
It's just that the colors of the military uniforms on both sides are not the same. The one on the right is the same as the Shuangyangshan National Army, and they are uniform uniforms of the national army.
But the one on the left was the Jinsui Army, whom Li Qiufan was very familiar with, and the leader was his old friend Chu Yunfei.
Chu Yunfei looked in the direction of Li Qiufan and smiled, then ordered the troops to speed up to catch him off guard if he was not prepared.
Before the arrival of the Nationalist Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army, Li Qiufan and his soldiers dug trenches and were now in full formation.
"Brother, something is wrong with the troops over there. See if they are the troops of the Jinsui Army!"
Suddenly Heizi handed Li Qiufan a telescope and pointed it in a direction for Li Qiufan to take a look.
Li Qiufan took a look at the telescope and instantly confirmed that it was Jin Suijun.
"It's strange. The Jinsui Army came to join in the fun. Didn't they just withdraw?"
Li Qiufan was confused. The Jinsui Army suffered heavy losses in the previous battle. Under the pressure of various troops, the Jinsui Army had withdrawn from Taiyuan and came back unexpectedly.
"Isn't this the idea of that old boy Chu Yunfei? I feel like it looks like his handiwork."
Li Qiufan muttered, but he didn't know that this was really Chu Yunfei's idea.
The last time he was seduced by Li Qiufan, Chu Yunfei was beaten and fled here and there, and he has always remembered this incident in his heart.
It just so happened that the old man also took a fancy to this warrior and extended an olive branch to him.
Chu Yunfei took advantage of this and cooperated with the national army to send troops, preparing to annihilate Li Qiufan's troops in one fell swoop.
This is why an army of the national army appeared on the route of Shuangyang Mountain.
Because Li Qiufan was the only Eighth Route Army unit near Shuangyang Mountain that could compete with an army, Chu Yunfei expected that Li Qiufan would be sent over.
Then he and another national army unit took advantage of the night to march in a detour, and deliberately left traces of their way to the Eighth Route Army headquarters.
Then he quickly changed his route and blocked Li Qiufan's only way to get closer to the headquarters. This led to the current situation.
"Brother Li! I miss you so much after not seeing you for a long time!"
From a long distance away, Chu Yunfei shouted in the direction of Li Qiufan, instantly verifying his suspicion.
"Damn it, it's indeed that old boy Chu Yunfei!"
Hearing Chu Yunfei's cry, Li Qiufan cursed secretly, but he didn't expect Chu Yunfei to hold a grudge.
"Heizi, let brothers prepare, Chu Yunfei is going to kill him this time!"
Li Qiufan knew very well that Chu Yunfei had taken such a big risk and it was impossible for him to leave without taking something with him. If possible, he might have to take his head with him.
As soon as Chu Yunfei finished talking about preparations, he started to attack.
The Jinsui Army came with about 30,000 people, while the National Army only had one division with more than 10,000 people.
But after the fight started, the firepower of this division of the National Army was even more powerful than that of the Jinsui Army, which made Li Qiufan's eyelids twitch wildly.
"Boom boom boom..."
Artillery shells continued to fall on the position, and the soldiers were unable to raise their heads at all.
However, because the heavy artillery brigade was left in Shuangyang Mountain, Li Qiufan could only be passively bombed now, and had no way to deal with the enemy's artillery.
"These are probably the old man's elite. I didn't expect that they would spend so much money on me!"
Li Qiufan had just dodged a cannonball, dusted off the dirt on his body and cursed.
"Brother, the enemy's offensive is too fierce. If we keep fighting like this, we will be rushed up sooner or later!"
Heizi pointed at the defensive direction of the Third Division and said to Li Qiufan. They had almost been rushed into position there several times.
"There is no way, now we can only hold on, we can't even run away!"
Li Qiufan shook his head helplessly. Even if he had ten brains, he couldn't think of a better way.
Being surrounded by troops nearly twice as strong as our own, and with no artillery support on our side, trying to break out was simply a fantasy.
"Continue to send telegrams to the political commissar and headquarters. Now I can only hope that they will come to support quickly!"
Li Qiufan asked Heizi to continue sending telegrams asking for help, placing all his hopes on reinforcements.
On the Shuangyang Mountain side, Li Yunlong didn't pay much attention to defending the rear route, but he didn't expect that the newly formed 32nd Army actually fought back.
And not long after they opened fire, gunfire rang out from the direction Li Qiufan led his troops to leave.
At this moment, Li Yunlong also understood that Li Qiufan was being plotted, and he couldn't help but feel anxious.
"Old Li, Qiu Fan sent a telegram. He has notified the garrison brigade to reinforce us. Let us end the battle as soon as possible and then go to reinforce his side!"
Zhao Gang was also in Li Yunlong's temporary command post at this time, holding the telegram sent from Li Qiufan and saying.
"The stubborn national army has actually laid such a big trap. It's so sinister!"
Li Yunlong frowned and cursed, although his second division was able to block the newly formed 32nd Army.
But it was just a block. It was very difficult to repel them, even with the heavy artillery brigade.
Now he can only wait for the arrival of the garrison brigade. Then he can catch the newly formed 32nd Army by surprise, and then he can cooperate with the garrison brigade to attack the opponent.
