After seeing Li Yunlong trapped in a tight siege and surrounded by two armies and a reorganized division, Li Qiufan immediately gave the order to the troops and went to Yan'an to rescue him.
Anyway, the commotion was already big enough, and he was not afraid of making it bigger. He led his troops on a rapid march towards Yan'an with great fanfare.
After all, it is easy to get a thousand armies but hard to find a general, and this general is still Li Yunlong. Li Qiufan will go to rescue him no matter what.
Even if it is the worst outcome, he will still see people alive and dead. The relationship between the two is not what it was when he first came to this world.
At first, it may be his curiosity and yearning for Li Yunlong that led Li Qiufan to want to get close to Li Yunlong.
But now the two of them have a pure comradeship, the kind of relationship between life and death brothers.
In addition, Li Yunlong came on his behalf during this operation, which gave Li Qiufan even more reason to save him.
Along the way, Li Qiufan marched with his troops without any concealment, starting with the first division and ending with the four divisions, with the heavy artillery division being escorted in the middle.
Tens of thousands of troops marched toward Yan'an in a mighty manner. When they encountered the enemy's defense line, they attacked directly without stopping. This made the national army defenders on the outer defense line look stupid.
In fact, it was also the lack of troops in the Yan'an area and the weak external defense line that allowed Li Qiufan to defeat them so easily.
After breaking through the two lines of defense, the Yan'an side also got the news, and the national army who was encircling and suppressing Li Yunlong immediately felt something was wrong.
They felt as if they had won a lottery, or maybe they had surrounded a high-ranking official, which made the other party move towards Yan'an so crazily.
If Li Yunlong knew what they were thinking now, his face might turn into happy faces, and he would sigh again that it felt good to be taken seriously by others!
After having this guess, the national army certainly refused to give up the opportunity to make meritorious deeds, and directly detached an army to block Li Qiufan, while the remaining army continued to encircle and suppress Li Yunlong together with the reorganized first division.
But when the army responsible for blocking came to the opposite side of Li Qiufan, they discovered that they had underestimated Li Qiufan's strength.
After a series of battle attrition, plus a brigade that escorted prisoners and equipment back to the base, there were more than 5,000 people taken away by Li Yunlong.
Although this reduced Li Qiufan's troops a lot, there were still more than 50,000 people at this time, which made the national army who came to stop the attack dumbfounded.
The national army was stunned but Li Qiufan was very sober. He ordered an attack on the enemy without hesitation.
After learning the news that Li Yunlong was besieged, Lao Ma led the heavy artillery division with full firepower, without the usual fussiness.
Moreover, the more than 50,000 people Li Qiufan now leads, excluding the heavy artillery divisions, the rest are all his elite men.
Needless to say, the combat effectiveness of the First Division goes without saying. The First and Second Divisions of the entire column have always been leaders.
Not to mention the Fourth Division. Although the experience of the soldiers may be lacking, they cannot withstand the fierce firepower.
There are about 20,000 people in the entire division, all equipped with submachine guns and light and heavy machine guns. If they are in a good formation, they will not be afraid even if they are attacked by an enemy twice as many as themselves.
The national army responsible for blocking was immediately beaten and retreated steadily. They had never encountered such a scene before.
I use rifles here, while others use submachine guns and light and heavy machine guns.
We use mountain artillery and field artillery here, while others use large-caliber heavy artillery, and even mortars are heavy.
Moreover, his army is only equipped with one artillery regiment, which is a heavy artillery division, not counting the two artillery regiments under the First and Fifth Divisions and the mortar regiment of the Fourth Division.
The battle between the two sides had only started for less than an hour, and the national army responsible for blocking the attack immediately called for support. This made the national army troops who were encircling and suppressing Li Yunlong a little confused.
But after learning about Li Qiufan's troop strength and weapon configuration, they immediately understood what was going on.
After leaving the reorganized first division to deal with Li Yunlong, another army also went to stop Li Qiufan.
At the same time, he also sent a telegram to Old Fox, informing him of the current situation in Yan'an.
When the old fox learned that his troops might have surrounded the senior officials of the People's Liberation Army, he immediately thought of his boss.
But then he shook his head, feeling that it was impossible for the boss to appear here.
But even if he is not the boss, he is not that small. After all, the other party has dispatched such a powerful force to rescue him, which shows that the status of the surrounded people is definitely not low.
Then the old fox sent a telegram to the reorganized 17th Division, asking him and his army to go to Yan'an for support, and be sure to keep the surrounding PLA officials behind.
This oolong is still going on, but I don't know what the old fox's expression will be when he knows that he is surrounded by just a division commander.
On Li Qiufan's side, the national army that came to stop him had been defeated and fled. They could not resist the arrival of reinforcements and ran away.
On the way to the retreat, they happened to encounter the army that came for reinforcements. After the two parties gathered together, they blocked Li Qiufan again.
They have received the death order from the old fox. They must persist until reinforcements arrive and must not let the surrounded PLA officials escape.
After knowing that they still have reinforcements, the national army's confidence has greatly increased, and the senior officials are already imagining the rewards from the old fox or the old man.
After Li Qiufan saw the national army setting up a formation to fight him in a positional battle, he couldn't help but frown.
Now is not the time for a war. If the time drags on, Li Yunlong will be in danger, and he guesses that the old fox must have mobilized troops to come for reinforcements. The longer it drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be to them.
"Call Erhu over!"
After Li Qiufan thought for a moment, he asked Erhu to be called over.
"Commander, what's going on?"
Not long after, Erhu came here and asked Li Qiufan.
"The national army blocking us on the opposite side is full of troops, and I'm afraid it won't be able to defeat it for a while. I need you to lead a division to find a new route to penetrate through Yan'an."
"In addition, when you get to Yan'an, you will have to face a reorganizer and rescue Li Yunlong. Are you confident in completing the mission?"
After Erhu arrived, Li Qiufan told him about the current situation, and then gave him an order to let his first division find another route to intersperse to rescue Li Yunlong.
This operation was very difficult. Erhu had to lead a division to Yan'an as quickly as possible, then face a reorganized division to rescue Li Yunlong, and finally lead Li Yunlong to safely evacuate.
Li Qiufan didn't dare to say whether he could do it, because there were too many uncontrollable factors. If things turned out to be worse, he might have to send another division in.
"I can only say that I will try my best, but I can't say that I guarantee that I will do it!"
Erhu also understood the danger involved. He had to compete with the enemy's reinforcements in speed, face a reorganized division, and then get rid of the enemy and evacuate safely. He did not dare to say anything.
