"Report!"
"What's up?"
"Emergency order from the division headquarters!" A guard from the supplementary regiment appeared at the door, followed by a dusty division correspondent.
"What's the order? Hurry, bring it here." The leader of the supplement team pushed the water tank in front of him towards the correspondent without any politeness, and stretched out his hand.
An unsealed letter was pulled out of the bag and handed over with both hands.
"No military secrets related to each division or brigade (especially the operations and locations of our troops) are allowed to be stated explicitly in telegrams to avoid being eavesdropped by Japanese spies." He read slowly, word for word.
"We don't have a radio station, so this order is of no use to us." Commander Lu thought this order was nonsense.
The correspondent waited for the order to be read out and continued to dictate: "In addition, the division headquarters has been transferred. The division headquarters orders: All combat units in the mountains that are close to the headquarters, if conditions permit, immediately move closer to the Eighth Route Army headquarters for support at all costs. Also, the headquarters Report: Chief of Staff died!"
The order was not organized, and was only spoken but not written down. It seemed that the situation was extremely urgent, and there were so many local troops. Perhaps there was no time to write down the order. The point was that the chief of staff died.
"What did you say?"
"The chief of staff died?..."
The roar was endless.
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"Report:⋯"
An excited sound at the door outside broke the sad atmosphere.
The correspondent who went to the division headquarters came back. Compared to the two regimental commanders who were gloomy and immersed in the grief of losing their old leader and chief of staff, this correspondent was energetic and lacked vision.
After entering, I poured water first and drank until my stomach was sloshing. Then I put down the broken teapot and suddenly realized that something was wrong in the atmosphere.
"Captain, uh... did something happen? Uh... I met the correspondent sent by the division's special agent company on the way to the division headquarters. I was relieved of the task of reporting to the independent regiment. We exchanged intelligence and got some information."
"what news?"
"The Japanese advance team suddenly attacked the division headquarters. Fortunately, the division headquarters had been moved three hours in advance. The division had been moved into the mountains in echelons. At present, the whereabouts of the division headquarters are unknown."
"Whereabouts unknown? You call this news?"
"Well, the division headquarters and the special agent team should have moved south. Where they went, the correspondent didn't tell me, and said I shouldn't ask anything!"
"Should? Xiangnan, uh, the secret agent company's correspondent didn't tell you? Is that a good thing? As for... the division headquarters Xiangnan!" His finger slid on the map on the table.
"We are east of the south of the division..." Commander Lu looked anxious at the leader of the brother group!
"Hehe, I thought so too!"
"I asked you to go to the Anti-Japanese University to study, but if you don't go, it's hard to even look at the map!" Captain Lu had a black line on his face.
"None of your business? Uh, here's the order, immediately order the guard company to move westward, no matter the roads or byways, conduct a comprehensive search, be sure to find the division headquarters, and then send someone back to report the news, while the others stay to protect the division headquarters!"
"Are you asking for Qin Wang? Do you still have a guard company? Forget it, let's not talk about this. The division ordered the combat troops to go north to reinforce the headquarters!" Commander Lu felt that the most urgent thing was to solve the siege of the headquarters. Busy prompt.
"Headquarters? Hehe, they are all King Qin anyway. I see, the Japanese just want to pass through our defense area, continue to besiege the headquarters, and want to build another encirclement in the south. This is a posture of killing everyone, I will not be fooled!"
"The little devil does have a big appetite. It's probably useless for us to go to the reinforcements, but the order to reinforce the headquarters must still be carried out!" Captain Lu continued to think as he spoke.
"You haven't figured it out yet. The first target of the Japs in the south must be towards the division headquarters. Lao Lu, since the Japs are eager to go north and there are orders from the division, otherwise, I will support you with a company and you can go and reinforce it. Headquarters, our replenishment group will fight against the Japanese in the mountains to ensure you have a safe future!"
With a bang on the table, Commander Lu stood up directly with a gloomy face: "This is a task for the division to replenish the regiment for you, you can solve it yourself!"
"We are not familiar with the terrain over at the headquarters. It's so far away from there. It took at least three days to get there. The day lilies are already cold! There are only a few of you, so it's just a good time to get there! Look, the Japanese army is right behind it. This is a big Problem! With your small body, it’s useless to stay, you can withstand a ghost!”
"Oh, this thing makes me worried. Why am I so unlucky? According to you, I was forced to run hundreds of miles by the Japanese, and I am almost the first person to cross the Taihang Mountains?"
"Then don't rest. Go to the division headquarters now. If you're lucky, you can fight against the advance team. Don't say that our brothers are unjust. I'll support your company. That's interesting. I'll replenish Wang Peng's company for you and you can take it away." .”
"Then I have to thank you? Tell me what the conditions are?"
"Who do you think I am? Hehe!"
"Don't say useless things!"
"Thirty guns, uh, lend me another machine gun and bullets. Thirty guns come with 400 rounds. That's not too much!"
"Borrow? Will you pay it back if you borrow it? Looking at your virtue, if I lend it to you, I can use the fire stick to beat the Japanese?"
"Don't be so stingy. I've seen it a long time ago. You soldiers, just the few female militiamen, are all equipped with both long and short guns. I don't know which of your ancestral graves has smoke coming out, and there are so many good things!"
"That's alright. You give me a company. I'll be generous and give you five hundred rounds of ammunition. You have to keep an eye on the division headquarters. No matter how you stop this group of devils, you must ensure the safety of the personnel transferred from the division headquarters! "
"I'm lending you a company, not giving it to you. Don't destroy it all. As for this place, don't worry. Our other two battalions will soon come around from the mountains. Damn it, I'm going to beat him up. Di Zhaoya, um... The headquarters has been taken away, so the division headquarters must ensure its safety! We need to make a careful calculation!"
It is a fine tradition to support and help each other.
To get to the headquarters, you first have to go north and pass the division headquarters, which is not far away. It only takes half a day. Then go to the headquarters for eighty miles. You will probably encounter Japanese soldiers on the outskirts, which takes about two or three days.
Today's division headquarters is in a small basin surrounded by mountains, with people coming and going. A few rays of the setting sun shine through the gaps in the clouds and are about to set.
The men in yellow military uniforms demolished the houses and set fire to them. They were sweating and sweating. They searched for the corpses of two Japanese soldiers for a long time.
The major who arrived first held the command knife and posed in the most satisfactory majestic pose for the reporters accompanying the army to take pictures.
The Eighth Route Army was not on fire. Look at the young bricks and green tiles of the Eighth Route Division headquarters. For a while, it could not be lit. The warriors set fire to the houses with thatched roofs and had no interest in setting fire to them.
Staggering around and snoring.
Continue the pursuit? After conducting reconnaissance for a long time, we could not figure out the whereabouts of the Eighth Route Army. The advance team said that the Eighth Route Army ran south. Is this possible?
All intersections in the south are blocked everywhere, unless the eight roads turn into monkeys and can cross the mountains.
The thing I regret most about this expedition is that I didn’t bring any security troops with me. I had to carry all the luggage myself. Walking empty-handed in the mountains felt like my feet were filled with lead. I walked in full gear for several days. I didn’t get a good night’s sleep and was exhausted!
There were so many people and so many mosquitoes that there were few flat areas on the marching road. With the big and small bags above my head, I finally breathed a sigh of relief. There was a place to lie down and rest, and it was scattered everywhere.
