Seeing the situation on the battlefield, Li Qiufan let out a long breath, his side won.
Although the battle is not over yet, the Jinsui Army and the Japanese have been frightened to death, and Li Qiufan already knows the outcome.
"Send a telegram to the political commissar and ask them how things are going over there."
Now as long as Zhao Gang can block the three divisions, they will completely win this battle. At this time, Li Qiufan was so nervous that he clenched his fists.
On Zhao Gang's side, he changed the route directly after receiving Li Qiufan's telegram.
He knew that these three divisions would pose a great threat to Li Qiufan, otherwise Li Qiufan would not be so anxious.
This was the first time that he was urged by Li Qiufan with telegrams, which shows the importance of this blockade.
Along the way, Zhao Gang lost his breath while running, and many soldiers could hardly run anymore.
Seeing this situation, Zhao Gang felt anxious and wished he could grow two more legs.
"Call the commanders of the third, fourth and garrison divisions over here!"
After pondering for a moment, Zhao Gang made a decision and asked people to call over the commanders of the three divisions.
Soon Lu Ming, Zheng Yuan, and the commander of the garrison division Li Xiping came to his side.
"I'll make a long story short. Judging from the current marching speed, I'm afraid we won't be able to reach the front of the enemy."
"Now I order everyone in the Third and Fourth Divisions to carry only rifles and bullets, and leave everything else to the garrison division."
"The third and fourth divisions are advancing at full speed, and the garrison division is following behind with baggage. Do you have any questions?"
Zhao Gang asked the soldiers of the two divisions to take off all their belongings and carry only two grenades, rifles and bullets. This shocked Lu Ming and Zheng Yuan.
"You don't even bring light or heavy machine guns or mortars?"
Lu Ming frowned and asked Zhao Gang, wanting to confirm what Zhao Gang meant.
"Without taking them, we won't be able to march faster with these things. What we need most now is time. We must block the reinforcing Jinsui Army!"
Zhao Gang nodded and said to Lu Ming, the ammunition boxes, light and heavy machine guns and mortars were too heavy, and the soldiers could not move faster with these things.
After hearing this, the three division commanders looked at each other and expressed to Zhao Gang that there was no problem.
Seeing that the three of them had no objections, Zhao Gang asked the three of them to return to the army immediately to make arrangements. Soon the soldiers of the third and fourth divisions went into battle lightly.
After removing the heavier equipment and ammunition boxes, the marching speed of the troops increased significantly. Zhao Gang led the two divisions towards their destination at full speed.
Not long after, Zhao Gang led his troops to the edge of the destination. At this time, the heavy artillery brigade was conducting shelling, and they could hear the thunderous explosions from their side.
"It seems that this place is not far from the battlefield. Send people out immediately to investigate and find out the locations of the three divisions of the Jinsui Army!"
Zhao Gang glanced in the direction where the gunfire came from, and then said to the soldiers beside him.
The scouts came back not long after they were sent out. As soon as they went out, they ran into reinforcements from the Jinsui Army.
"Everyone, prepare to fight!"
Zhao Gang also didn't expect that they would arrive here at the same time as the Jinsui Army, and then he couldn't help feeling lucky. If they hadn't left behind their heavy loads, they probably wouldn't have been able to catch up.
At the same time that Zhao Gang discovered the Jinsui Army, the other party's scouts also discovered them.
Due to the sudden incident, the two sides started fighting before they had time to build fortifications. Tens of thousands of people lay on the ground and shot at each other.
The two divisions on Zhao Gang's side were almost the same in strength as the three divisions of the Jinsui Army, but the other side brought light and heavy machine guns and artillery, which suppressed him for a while.
"Political Commissar, we can't continue the fight like this. We don't have heavy weapons and we're constantly being beaten by the other side!"
At this time, Lu Ming came to Zhao Gang and said to him anxiously.
"There is no other way. Our mission is to hold them back and prevent them from going over for reinforcements."
"Try to delay as long as possible. We can counterattack when the garrison division arrives!"
Zhao Gang also knew what Lu Ming was talking about, but he had no other choice but to resist the pressure here.
For a time, both sides were a little angry. Zhao Gang felt uncomfortable being suppressed by the firepower, while the Jinsui Army was held back and was a little anxious.
Moreover, the Jinsui Army was very confused about the Eighth Route Army they encountered. They saw that the opponent's troops were no less than their three divisions, but they only had rifles.
After fighting for so long, not to mention artillery, I didn't even hear a single light or heavy machine gun. This must be how poor they are.
But after all, there are many people. Even if their firepower keeps suppressing the opponent, the battle will not be resolved in a short time.
On Li Qiufan's side, the entire battlefield was filled with shouts of killing and there were only a few gunshots.
The moment the fight broke out over Zhao Gang, Li Qiufan heard it and immediately looked over.
"It looks like the fight started with Lao Zhao. This old boy really didn't disappoint me!"
Listening to the gunfire from Zhao Gang's side, Li Qiufan loosened his clenched fists. He was sure to win this battle.
"Send a telegram to the heavy artillery brigade immediately and ask them to contact the political commissar immediately and provide artillery support to the political commissar!"
While feeling relieved, Li Qiufan asked the telegraph operator to send a telegram to the heavy artillery brigade, asking them to support Zhao Gang.
Although Zhao Gang led three divisions, with a total of more than 30,000 people, the Jinsui Army had at least 20,000 people, and they would definitely not be able to defeat them in a short time.
What Li Qiufan didn't know was that Zhao Gang only brought two divisions with him, and he didn't bring any heavy weapons, and he didn't even have much ammunition left.
If support cannot arrive in time, Zhao Gang may be captured by the opponent.
After receiving the telegram from Li Qiufan, Lao Ma immediately sent a telegram to Zhao Gang to inquire.
Lao Ma didn't know at all that the large army had changed its route to block the attack. He thought Zhao Gang had already led the army to Li Qiufan's place.
When I received Li Qiufan's telegram, Lao Ma was a little confused, thinking that you two were together and you still asked me to contact you. Did you think I was too idle?
But an order is an order, and Lao Ma immediately asked the telegraph operator to send a telegram to Zhao Gang.
After getting Zhao Gang's response, he realized that he did not go to reinforce Li Qiufan, but led his troops to block the attack, and his current situation was very bad.
After learning about the situation, Lao Ma immediately began to move his position and set off towards Zhao Gang with the heavy artillery brigade.
Because the heavy artillery brigade had cars, it moved very fast. It didn't take long to arrive within the firing range and start building a position.
After receiving the news that the heavy artillery brigade was about to carry out artillery reinforcements, Zhao Gang breathed a sigh of relief.
If reinforcements had not arrived, he might have led his soldiers into a hand-to-hand battle with the Jinsui Army.
Because they have almost exhausted all the bullets they carry, and if they continue to fight, they will have to fight with bayonets.
