Under Li Qiufan's order, everyone quickly cleaned up the battlefield.
At this time, there was no time to count the loot, so I could only carry it all in one go, and then start retreating along the planned route.
At this time, in the direction of Jinzhou, the First Division was fighting a difficult blocking battle. At this time, the 184th Division also rushed over, and the First Division was facing the pressure of three divisions.
Moreover, the 93rd Army was also on the way. Erhu could only pray that Li Qiufan's side would be finished soon, otherwise his first division would be buried here.
After repelling countless attacks from the enemy, Erhu finally received a telegram from Li Qiufan.
After receiving the order to retreat, Erhu took advantage of the fact that the national army was reorganizing, led the troops to quickly withdraw from the position, and began to retreat according to the planned retreat route.
The movement of the First Division was discovered by the National Army immediately, but after discovering the withdrawal of the First Division, the other party did not pursue it, but hurried away.
However, before they arrived at the ambush site, they encountered a large number of fleeing national soldiers. After some questioning, they found out that they were the troops transporting weapons and equipment.
Although he hurriedly and slowly hurried, he still couldn't catch up. The weapons and equipment had been pulled far away by Li Qiufan.
After walking around with the troops for nearly half a month, Li Qiufan and others finally returned to the station with their equipment.
In order to avoid the blockade of the national army along the way, Li Qiufan led his troops in a large circle. The straight-line distance was about three days and they circled for more than ten days.
The moment he returned to the station, Li Qiufan finally breathed a sigh of relief. This batch of weapons and equipment finally had the surname Li!
"Qiu Fan, you are finally back! I almost gathered my troops to find you!"
Seeing Li Qiufan rushing back with his troops, Zhao Gang gave him a hug excitedly.
During the time when Li Qiufan led the troops in circles, he turned off the radio station after sending a telegram to Zhao Gang that he was withdrawing to his base.
After not receiving any news from Li Qiufan for more than ten days in a row, Zhao Gang couldn't help but become worried. He even almost gathered several divisions who were out to search for Li Qiufan.
Fortunately, in the end, he resisted his impulsive thoughts out of his trust in Li Qiufan.
Once he appears with a large force in the sphere of influence of the national army, he will inevitably be discovered by the national army, and he will definitely face a situation of being surrounded and suppressed.
"Stop talking about it, I need to sleep well for two days, I will leave the army to you!"
After more than ten days of running away, even Li Qiufan couldn't bear it anymore.
In addition to rushing along the way, he also had to lead his troops to avoid the blockade of the national army. He studied the map all the time every day. The feeling of mental fatigue completely broke out at this moment.
After explaining to Zhao Gang, Li Qiufan went directly to the headquarters. After looking around, he climbed on the table and fell asleep.
As for why he didn't go back to his residence, it was purely because the headquarters was relatively close, and he didn't want to take another step away at this moment.
Li Qiufan had been lying there all day. Seeing that he was so tired, Zhao Gang didn't have the heart to disturb him, so he just let him lie down on the table in the headquarters.
Just as Li Qiufan was sleeping soundly, Lao Ma received an order from Zhao Gang to come to the headquarters to play with the cannon that had just been pulled back.
At this time, Zhao Gang was leading people to the warehouse where weapons and equipment were stored. Lao Ma didn't know it and came directly to the headquarters.
This meeting happened to be at noon, and the guard assigned here by Zhao Gang happened to go to get lunch.
Lao Ma arrived at the headquarters without any obstruction. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Li Qiufan lying on the table.
At this time, Li Qiufan was sleeping soundly, not snoring, and breathing very steadily.
Lao Ma was a little confused when he saw it. He didn't notice these details at all.
And Zhao Gang didn't say anything when he called him over, he just asked him to come to the headquarters.
"commander?"
Seeing Li Qiufan lying so peacefully, Lao Ma didn't react for a moment and called out to Li Qiufan in a low voice.
Seeing that Li Qiufan didn't react at all, Lao Ma's face instantly turned pale, and tears welled up in his eyes.
"Brother!"
Lao Ma shouted "big brother" and knelt down directly on the ground, crying with tears streaming down his face.
At this time, Lao Ma thought that Li Qiufan had died. Zhao Gang had called him here to see Li Qiufan for the last time. Thinking of this, Lao Ma felt even more uncomfortable. He held his head and began to cry.
It happened that the guard who went to get food came back at this time. As soon as he walked into the courtyard of the headquarters, he heard crying and howling inside. He was so frightened that he immediately threw away his rice bowl.
When the guards arrived at the headquarters, they immediately saw Lao Ma kneeling on the ground crying.
"Commander Ma, please keep your voice down, don't disturb the commander!"
The guards were a little confused about Lao Ma's crying, but the top priority was not to let Lao Ma disturb Li Qiufan who was sleeping.
The guard hurriedly came to Lao Ma and helped him out, but Lao Ma pushed him away.
"Get out of here! Why didn't I cry twice? I feel uncomfortable!"
Lao Ma's face was full of snot and tears, and he pointed at the guard and cursed.
The guard was stunned by Lao Ma's scolding. He thought Li Qiufan had been killed when he left. He was so frightened that he turned around and ran out to find Zhao Gang.
At this time, Zhao Gang, Heizi and others were studying the heavy artillery that had just been pulled back. He felt so happy looking at this row of big guys.
"Political Commissar! Political Commissar! This is bad!"
While Zhao Gang and others were chatting happily, a voice suddenly appeared and interrupted everyone.
"Xiao Li? Aren't you at the headquarters? Is the commander awake?"
At first, the guards were far away, and Zhao Gang didn't hear clearly what was being shouted. He thought it was Li Qiufan who had woken up and came to inform him.
"Political Commissar, the commander died!"
After the guard ran in front of Zhao Gang, tears streamed down his face and he cried bitterly and said to Zhao Gang.
"What?"
Zhao Gang and others were stunned when they heard the guard's words, but Heizi reacted first and started running towards the headquarters.
Everyone reacted when they saw Heizi running out, and Zhao Gang and others quickly followed.
Heizi was running with all his strength, but he still found it too difficult and wished he could grow a pair of wings and fly to Li Qiufan.
It didn't take long for Heizi to arrive at the headquarters first. After hearing Lao Ma's heart-rending cry, his heart skipped a beat.
Heizi walked in with trembling legs. At this time, Lao Ma was crying so much that he was kneeling on the ground, crying and retching.
"Brother~"
When Heizi saw Lao Ma's appearance, his eyes turned red instantly. He looked at Li Qiufan lying on the table and let out a trembling cry in his throat.
"Qiu Fan! Qiu Fan!"
At this time, Zhao Gang and others also arrived, and everyone ran to the headquarters one after another. Zhao Gang even fell to the ground because he ran too fast and failed to stop.
