Commander Fang Tianzhu was not a petty person. After careful consideration, he felt that Yu Chenglong's suggestion was more reliable, so he quickly made the decision to break out and nodded in appreciation of Yu Chenglong.
"I think Captain Yu Chenglong's idea is more stable than I thought, and it will not cause trouble to friendly forces. Do you think this arrangement is okay? Political Commissar, Chief of Staff, start organizing operations now."
Commander Fang Tianzhu is indeed an open and generous person, which makes Yu Chenglong admire him very much. Political Commissar Qin Gang and Chief of Staff Yang Furen also supported Commander Fang Tianzhu's arrangement.
At this time, the scouts came to report that friendly troops from the southeast and southwest were indeed coming for reinforcements. They tried to rush down the mountain several times, but were blocked by the concentrated Japanese firepower.
"Don't worry, they won't rush in, otherwise they will be surrounded by the Japs along with us. The purpose of their attack is to attract the Japs' firepower, reduce the pressure on us, and create conditions for us to break out."
Chief of General Staff Yang accurately analyzed that this was also recognized by Political Commissar Qin Gang and Commander Fang Tianzhu. So Qin Gang, the first political commissar, waved his hand and made the final decision.
"I agree with the retreat plan. Let's prepare separately. Break through as planned and strive to break through successfully with the minimum cost!"
Chief of General Staff Yang and Captain Yu Chenglong hurried back to Xiaoshili Mountain. Although everyone was still nervous, they saw hope after all.
Upon arriving at the station, Chief of Staff Yang informed Captain Xiao of the detachment's evacuation plan and asked her to quickly organize the evacuation. Yu Chenglong also returned to the detachment and made detailed arrangements for the breakout work.
At 11 o'clock in the middle of the night, gunfire rang out almost simultaneously from the southeast and southwest directions, and the gunfire became more and more intense. Yu Chenglong ordered the team to set off quickly and rushed down the gentle slope between the two mountains.
Arriving in front of the enemy's encirclement position, Yu Chenglong ordered his men to move slowly, search forward, and try to alert the enemy as late as possible so that they could launch a surprise attack.
When approaching the enemy encirclement, only a few figures were seen shaking. Yu Chenglong stood up and roared, and was the first to lead his team to kill him. His movements were extremely swift.
When they arrived under the enemy's nose, the enemies in front of the encirclement position realized that someone was rushing over, but it was too late to react, and all of them were wiped out.
Yu Chenglong ordered the team to be divided into two. He and Deputy Captain Zhang were on the left, while Instructor Jin and Deputy Captain Li were on the right. They expanded towards the two wings in a fan shape. After occupying the favorable terrain, they laid down an ambush to cover the breakout of the large forces.
Chief of General Staff Yang led a dozen people in front, Captain Xiao followed behind, Political Commissar Qin Gang took command from the center, Captain Hai followed closely with the sick and wounded, and quickly retreated along the gap opened by Jackie Chan's detachment.
When the troops were about to withdraw, the enemy seemed to have discovered the intention of the Anti-Union Manbei Detachment to break out. They stopped attacking in both the southeast and southwest directions and rushed towards the retreating direction of the Manbei detachment, and the gunfire from those two directions gradually stopped.
But it was already too late. Even the two teams that went to pretend to break through the enemy's blockade gathered together and broke out with the large army faster than expected.
When Yu Chenglong led his team to catch up with the large force that broke through, Commander Fang Tianzhu left some horses with them and asked them to block the enemy at a high hill for a while, and then ride on horseback to catch up with the large force.
Yu Chenglong left only forty people behind, and he personally led the team to stop the enemy. The rest evacuated with the large army in order to better take care of the wounded and sick.
Yu Chenglong and his team had just set up an ambush when the enemy's leading troops arrived. Yu Chenglong ordered the team to use full firepower and beat them hard.
At the same time, the anti-Japanese forces in the southeast and southwest of Shili Mountain also discovered the intentions of the North Manchu detachment, and attacked the Japanese in two directions at the same time to cooperate with the North Manchu detachment's breakout.
Although there were many enemies, they were attacked from several directions at the same time, and the battle line was too long, so they had no time to pursue the team that broke out and had to protect themselves.
Yu Chenglong led his men to catch up with the large army. Commander Fang Tianzhu ordered him to go to the front and continue to lead the way forward. He wanted to choose the shortest route out of the mountain, then go west and lead the troops to Xinglong Tun, now called Xinglong Village, to rest and recuperate.
The team prepared to arrive at Xinglong Village. After a short rest, they headed into the mountains from there, first to Tianyaoling, and then to the secret camp where Captain Haiqing and Captain Xiao Dongxue once stationed.
Yu Chenglong took the order and quickly caught up with Chief of Staff Yang who was leading the way, explaining what Commander Fang meant. Chief of Staff Yang asked Yu Chenglong to lead 30 people to open the way ahead, but he still led the large force forward.
At dawn, Yu Chenglong and the others had already walked out of the mountains and arrived at the hilly area with gentler mountains. There was a lot of running this night. Although everyone was very tired, they gritted their teeth and persisted.
Before they even walked onto the road, Yu Chenglong and the others discovered that there were more than a dozen Japanese military vehicles parked there at the end of the road, without even a single person standing guard.
I guess the drivers might be sleeping in their cars? Or there are very few people stationed here. Yu Chenglong ordered the soldiers to approach quietly, preparing to seize the Japanese car.
Sure enough, they were caught red-handed. There was only one driver in each car, and they were all sleeping. Some resisted and were shot to death, while others were captured alive before they could resist.
According to statistics, five people were killed and seven were captured alive. Except for a small amount of gasoline and a small amount of clothes thrown into the car by the Japanese when they entered the mountains, the car contained no other cargo and was basically empty. This was really an unexpected gain.
When the large troops arrived one after another, Yu Chenglong called two masters, Zhong Yuqi and Feng Renbao, to prepare for them to use the little devil's car to transfer the troops.
Political Commissar Qin, Commander Fang, and Chief of Staff Yang all said this was a good idea. Each brigade looked for driver masters in the team, but after searching, they only found three more.
Commander Fang said it didn't matter, let the captured Japanese driver drive, and those who didn't want to drive would be shot on the spot. We didn't need so many cars anyway.
Instructor Jin Yunji was ordered to work as a Japanese driver because she knew Japanese. Not long after, instructor Jin came back and said the effect was pretty good.
Among the seven captured drivers, four were Koreans. Only one of the three Japanese was unwilling to do it and had been executed by the anti-traitor team. The others were willing to drive and help us.
"The soldiers of the independent detachment all rode war horses, and the remaining war horses were all ridden by the three groups. The injured and weak war horses were released on the spot.
The injured and the soldiers without horses all got on the car. After the car convoy set off, the cavalry team set off again and blew up the remaining cars.
When Master Zhong Yuqi drives the first car, he must lead the way and hold down the position. Other vehicles must follow closely and not fall behind. The first group is in front, set off immediately! "
Commander Fang Tianzhu issued the order, and the team set off immediately. The extremely tired soldiers were able to get into the car. It was really a blessing from heaven!
In this way, even if there are enemies coming to pursue you, they will be quickly thrown away. The Anti-League Manbei Detachment seems to be safe for the time being and successfully broke through!
The rest of the trip went relatively smoothly, with no enemies blocking us or any pursuers behind us. But the soldiers were still in a heavy mood, worried about whether they could reach their destination safely.
