While Yu Chenglong led the soldiers to make emergency preparations carefully, he waited anxiously and worriedly for four days. Two soldiers sent out to the secret camp of the corps to investigate and understand the situation rushed back to report the situation.
"The two secret camps in the headquarters were discovered by the Japs' reconnaissance planes almost at the same time! By the time we arrived, the Japs' bombers had already begun to bombard the two secret camps indiscriminately.
Most of the soldiers hid in the secret camp for safety, but the secret camp could not withstand the bombing, resulting in heavy casualties to the troops, and almost the entire secret camp was destroyed.
But several major leaders are still fine. Commander-in-Chief Fang asked us to come back and report as soon as possible, saying that they will move to us as soon as possible according to the planned route, so that we can be prepared to welcome them! "
"Are you coming back from Tianyaoling? Did you notice anything on the way?"
Yu Chenglong was anxious after hearing the report. He saw that the two brothers who had returned to report were exhausted. He knew that they had tried their best, but he still had to continue to ask questions.
"The two of us came back from the direction of Tianyaoling. Didn't we find anything suspicious on the way?"
The two panting soldiers answered Yu Chenglong's questions while tilting to sit down. Yu Chenglong stepped forward to support them, asked someone to bring them water, and arranged for them to sit down and rest.
"You are too tired. Sit here and rest for a while, and then return to the team."
After Yu Chenglong finished speaking, he arranged for two soldiers to take care of the two brothers who came back to report. He asked the two soldiers to drink some hot water first and then go back to his secret camp to rest. He turned to discuss countermeasures with political commissar Jin Yunji.
"It seems that the Japanese army has not reached Tianyaoling yet. At the current pace, it will take at least three days to reach the two secret camps of the corps.
It seems that the little devil doesn't want to fight with us in this freezing weather. He just wants to drive us out of the secret camp and freeze and starve to death in the mountains. This little devil is really vicious!
I think the General Political Commissar and Commander-in-Chief are not in too much danger for the time being. We will send a few more people to greet them, and the rest will have to pay close attention to the direction of Tianyaoling. "
"That's all we can do now. The weather is getting colder and colder. I was hoping it would be warmer this winter, but who knew it would become so cold all of a sudden. It looks like it's going to snow, maybe it can be warmer."
Political Commissar Jin Yunji looked up at the sky, feeling very heavy. The two secret camps in the headquarters were discovered and bombed indiscriminately by Japanese planes. It was inevitable that the team would suffer heavy losses.
There were already a lot of sick and wounded in the army, and to be hit hard like this was really adding insult to injury! There is no way to hide in the mountains now, and the weather is so cold. Once you are chased by the ground troops of the Japs, it will be even worse!
What's more important is that most of the team is sick and wounded, and they can't move any faster even if they want to. It's impossible to get rid of the little devils. It's really frustrating!
I want to go to the rescue, but there are only more than a hundred people in the fourth brigade, which is unable to compete with so many enemies. Moreover, when it joins a large force, it is easy for them to be attacked by the little devils. Now it seems that they can only wait.
I hope that the large force can be transferred smoothly before the little Japanese ground troops discover it, and come to the secret camp of the Fourth Brigade, where everyone can gather together to discuss the next action plan.
After waiting impatiently for another three days, the soldiers sent out to greet the head of the corps and the brothers hurriedly came back to report that the corps was not far from the secret camp.
General Political Commissar Qin Gang, Commander-in-Chief Fang Tianzhu, and Chief of General Staff Yang Furen, with all the officers and soldiers of the four brigades, are moving to the secret camp of the Fourth Brigade, which will arrive in two days, so that Deputy Commander Yu can prepare.
As expected, it snowed heavily that night, which was very helpful for the team to eliminate traces of their progress and prevent the little devils from discovering the team's whereabouts immediately. God really came to help.
Political Commissar Jin was busy organizing the soldiers to prepare meals for the third day to welcome the arrival of the large army. At the very least, he wanted to give the scarred and exhausted brothers a full meal.
Yu Chenglong continued to deploy defenses in the direction of Tianyaoling to guard against the possible attack of the Japs. Deputy Captain Zhang Daoxian is busy preparing dry food. He will get up early tomorrow to greet the large army in person.
"Go quickly and take care of the General Political Commissar, Commander-in-Chief, Chief of General Staff, Captain Xiao, Captain Hai, and the wounded. Don't stop on the way. It's too cold. Let the soldiers hold on!"
Yu Chenglong asked Deputy Captain Zhang and others to set off tomorrow. Deputy Captain Zhang also felt that the situation was urgent. He asked to get up quickly. After Yu Chenglong and Jin Yunji agreed, he took the people to set off overnight.
When I woke up the next morning, there were still snowflakes in the sky. The soldiers who went to follow the reconnaissance of the Japanese army came back and reported that the small Japanese army had arrived at the secret camp of the general army.
But they still missed. They had not yet determined the direction to pursue. They just stationed themselves near the secret camp of the headquarters. They also saw Japanese planes cooperating with the actions of the ground troops.
Yu Chenglong asked the two returning soldiers to rest, and then sent two groups of four people to continue to follow the Japanese team for reconnaissance, and came back in time to report the situation.
When it was getting dark the next day, the soldiers of the Corps braved heavy snow and arrived at the secret camp of Jackie Chan's Fourth Battalion one after another. Political Commissar Jin and Deputy Captain Zhang were busy arranging the arriving soldiers in batches.
Yu Chenglong led General Political Commissar Qin Gang, Commander-in-Chief Fang Tianzhu, Chief of General Staff Yang Furen, Director of the Political Department Xunyang and others into his secret camp at the brigade headquarters.
The current Fourth Brigade Headquarters has become the temporary headquarters of the corps. More than 30 people were squeezed in at once. Most of them could only sit on the bed, and a few people had to sit on the ground, but they were no longer in the open air.
Seeing the miserable conditions of the large troops being frozen, hungry, and injured, Yu Chenglong did not dare to ask more about the situation when the troops were bombed, but he could tell from the number of people that it must have been very tragic.
But Captain Xiao, who arrived later, Third Aunt Xiao, quietly told him that many weak and injured brothers froze to death on the road, and the situation was very miserable!
Yu Chenglong didn't say anything, just sighed, and took Captain Xiao to the secret camp to visit his brothers, and went to rest very late.
The next day, General Political Commissar Qin Gang presided over an enlarged meeting of the military leadership group of the Anti-Union Manchuria Corps. More than twenty people crowded into the temporary secret camp of the headquarters, some sitting, some standing, and some squatting on the ground.
"Today's meeting will focus on two issues: one is to summarize the experience and lessons learned from our forced evacuation of the secret camp at the headquarters; the other is to discuss and determine the lower action plan of the corps.
Last night, I had a preliminary discussion with the Commander-in-Chief, Chief of General Staff, and Director Xun, but it was still very immature. Today I invited everyone here to discuss it again, and finally decided on a plan and implemented it immediately.
The current situation is already very serious and we cannot afford to hesitate any longer. We must make a decisive decision! Now, I would like to ask Commander-in-Chief Fang to share our thoughts first, and then we can start the discussion. "
General Political Commissar Qin Gang presided over the meeting standing on the ground. His expression was solemn and solemn, and his tone was tragic and desolate. This also affected other people. Everyone was in a very low mood and had a vicissitudes of life on their faces.
