The official road outside Qijia Town was busy with traffic, and the front team of Liu Town was marching in the direction of Taiyuan.
The Liuzhen garrison battalion opened the way in front, and the militia battalion guarded the two wings. Battalion Commander Liu Jianhua of the garrison battalion found Li Chennan and said:
"Batalion Commander Li, if we go further, we will enter the territory of the Central Army. Please inform comrades to strengthen their vigilance and be on guard against others."
Li Chennan nodded and said:
"Battle Commander Liu is right to be worried. We must be vigilant against them at all times! Don't worry, our militia battalion will protect this batch of supplies to the death."
"Battalion Commander Li, when we came out, our leaders explained that if the Central Army robs us, the first priority is to ensure the safety of the fellow villagers. If the supplies cannot be saved, we will give them to them. People come first. Every wrongdoer has his debtor, and the main force will Clean up theirs.”
Li Chennan understood and was moved in his heart, which strengthened his determination to protect the supplies.
After Battalion Commander Liu left, Li Chennan conveyed the heightened alert to several company commanders and continued to advance towards Qijia Town.
A few hundred meters away, the 338th Brigade Regiment ambush position
Li Yuanzheng hurried over and reported to Li Chendong:
"Prince, they are coming. The leader is a battalion of escorts. Do you want to do something?"
Li Chendong said without thinking:
"Fight! Focus on dispersing them. If they are still stubborn, don't blame us for being ruthless!"
While the two were talking, Liu Jianhua came over first with the garrison battalion company, and unknowingly entered the ambush position of the 338th Brigade.
Liu Jianhua had been in the field army before, and after being injured, he was transferred to the garrison camp. He was a famous one-armed battalion commander in Liu Town.
Ever since he entered the pocket formation of the 338th Brigade, he felt something was wrong, like a light on his back. With his rich experience, he knew that he was being ambushed, and thought to himself:
"What a fool, you really dare to take action!"
He immediately fired a warning shot to remind others to be vigilant. He greatly disrupted Li Chendong's plan.
Li Chendong originally thought of waiting for all the garrison battalions to enter the ambush formation before taking action. Now that they seemed to have been discovered, he could only order an attack immediately.
Following his order, the 338th Brigade Regiment, with more than 2,000 light and heavy weapons, opened fire on the opposing guarding company. Due to the warning from Battalion Commander Liu, the entire company fell down, but they still suffered heavy casualties. The surviving officers and soldiers began to fight back tenaciously. .
The second and third companies heard the gunshots and came over for reinforcements, and the two sides fought with thunderbolts.
The fellows in the grain transport team began to riot after hearing the gunshots. Li Chennan led the militia battalion to maintain order loudly and organized the large convoy to turn around and evacuate.
Although the garrison battalion fought back desperately, there was a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, and the 338th Brigade and the 1st Regiment were calculated and unintentional, so the garrison battalion soon became unable to withstand it and began to retreat.
Nearly 3,000 people from the 338th Brigade came to attack, and thousands of fellow villagers couldn't get far with their carts.
Battalion Commander Liu saw that the Central Army had done something wrong, and loudly said to the Second Company Commander who came up for reinforcements:
"Company Commander Gao, hurry up and notify Battalion Commander Li to cover the retreat of our fellow villagers. All supplies have been thrown away. It is important to keep our fellow villagers safe!
I will lead the troops to seize the rear! "
Company Commander Gao took the order and left, while Battalion Commander Liu and the remaining soldiers of the garrison fought and retreated. People kept getting shot and fell...
"Folks, throw away your supplies quickly and retreat with us!"
"Fellow, it's important to save your life, throw it away!"
Under the persuasion of the militia battalion, the front team abandoned their supplies in distress and retreated with the militia battalion.
The task that Battalion Commander Liu received was to ensure the safety of the fellow villagers no matter what, so they retreated while fighting, and quickly retreated to the location of the convoy.
They used the truck as a cover to hold off the 338th Brigade for more than ten minutes. They estimated that the fellow villagers had gone far, and then withdrew with the remaining 300 people of the garrison battalion.
"Battal Commander, do you want to blow up the supplies? It would be a pity to leave Gouri!"
The first company commander said loudly, Liu Ying shook his head and said:
"Give it to them. Exploding the supplies will make them jump over the wall. There are thousands of fellow villagers. We must ensure their safety and evacuate!"
Li Yuanzheng led his troops in pursuit for a few hundred meters before stopping. What they wanted was supplies. Seeing that the supplies had been obtained, they stopped pursuing them.
Ten minutes later, Li Yuanzheng withdrew to the supplies area, looked at the fleet of vehicles that could not be seen, and laughed loudly:
"Prince, we are rich this time. I didn't expect the beggar-like Eighth Route Army to be so rich now!"
Li Chendong, who won the battle, was also very happy and said to Li Yuanzheng:
"Expedition, ask the brothers to push the supplies back to the defense area, and leave the ones that can't be taken first. Send people back to notify the second and third regiments to come and get them. I thought there would be so many, so I would have brought more people if I had known."
"Brigade, the Eighth Route Army has suffered such a loss. Will they bring troops to retaliate?"
"Expedition, we are the Central Army. If they dare to attack us, they are destroying the united front. We don't recognize the matter of supplies. What can they do to me?
Just say that the bandits took it away, and they want to blame our Central Military Army, but there is no way! Over time it became a muddled lawsuit. "
At the Liu Town headquarters, Chu Xiong was studying the map. Zhong Guoliang walked in with a dark face and said to Chu Xiong:
"Lao Chu, the Central Army in Qijia Town suddenly attacked our front team. The garrison battalion suffered more than 300 casualties. Fortunately, they saw the opportunity early and covered the evacuation of the fellow villagers, so there were no casualties among the fellow villagers and all supplies were lost."
When Chu Xiong heard that there were no casualties among his fellow villagers, his face looked a little better. Zhong Guoliang, who knew him well, knew that Old Chu was really angry this time.
Chu Xiong said with an angry smile:
"Qijia Town? Li Chendong's defense area, this kid is becoming more and more promising now!
He also dared to steal supplies from the Eighth Route Army. He relied on his status as the Central Army to bully us into not daring to turn against him in order to take care of the overall interests of the united front.
If he was just robbing supplies, I could still take care of the overall situation and not fall out with him. If he killed more than 300 of our comrades, it would be a big problem!
Send electricity to Chen Hao and order him to assemble the main force of the military division and surround Qijia Town;
They were given one hour to surrender and surrender, and I would only kill the chief culprit. If they did not surrender after an hour, I would launch an attack and annihilate the 338th Brigade!
How long has it been, and he still dares to cause friction? I think Li Chendong really doesn’t know how to write the word "death"! "
Zhong Guoliang was also a master who did not take trouble too seriously. He did not try to persuade Chu Xiong at all, but just accepted the order and left.
Qijia Town, 338 Brigade Headquarters. Li Chendong, who had robbed a large amount of supplies from the Eighth Route Army, was in a surprisingly good mood. With this batch of supplies, he could sustain his 338 Brigade for a year. After all, the jurisdiction of Qijia Town was also productive, so subsidies You will live a very moist life for a whole year;
As for the Eighth Route Army coming to sue him, he didn't care. The dispute between the two sides was unclear.
Thinking about the success, the drama and writing are all so popular. It's a pity that he doesn't sing in the drama!
At this moment, Li Yuanzheng hurriedly walked in and said to Li Chendong:
"Brigade seat, it's not good. The Eighth Route Army's Chen Hao Division has surrounded our defense area. There are at least 20,000 people. They made harsh words and gave us one hour to surrender our weapons, otherwise they will annihilate us!"
Li Chendong asked in shock:
"What did you say? We have one hour to surrender, otherwise we will be annihilated. Is Chen Hao trying to destroy the united front?
Quickly send electricity to Shuzhong and accuse the Eighth Route Army of attacking friendly forces. They must bear responsibility for destroying the united front! "
