"How did I get here? You should ask the comrade who was escorting me." Liang Tianhua said.

"What's going on?" Zhang Yunfei looked at Tiedan and motioned for him to explain the situation.

"That guy was not captured by us on the battlefield, but was captured during the alert. This guy was sneaky and wanted to escape."

"Can I not run away? The two of you are fighting fiercely, and I can't tell who is the enemy and who is the friend?" Liang Tianhua said dissatisfied.

Zhang Yunfei: ""

There is nothing wrong with this explanation. As an outsider, when two groups of people wearing the same Eighth Route Army uniforms started fighting, it was really difficult to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. The most correct choice was to stay away first, carefully observe the development of the situation, and then

Make next steps.

But he didn't expect to be discovered by Tiedan's reconnaissance platoon and caught red-handed. Logically speaking, this explanation is reasonable and there is no problem.

However, it cannot be ruled out that the intelligence about the Japs was not provided by Liang Tianhua. The spies are hiding in secret and will not show up in person. It is impossible to follow the other party. It makes sense for him to observe in secret and find that something is wrong, so he chooses to run away.

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"What you said makes sense, but it doesn't rule out the possibility of betraying our whereabouts. Tell me why you are hiding aside." Zhang Yunfei felt a headache. He wanted to use this battle to attract the division's liaison personnel.

, but not this way.

Tiedan's reconnaissance platoon specifically has people staying in the dark around the battlefield, waiting for the division liaison who is likely to appear.

This is the nonsense of this era. Communications are too backward. I do have a radio station in my hand, but unfortunately it is useless without a call sign and password. As for keeping this radio station, don't even think about it.

There are so many units at the brigade level that don't have radios, and it's not yet the turn for a battalion-level unit to be equipped with a radio, so in the future their communications will have to be transmitted by legs.

"When I heard gunshots, I knew there were troops here. I've been watching there for a long time. I didn't understand why they were fighting each other. I was too scared to step forward, but I never thought that I would still be caught by your reconnaissance post.

I was discovered and captured by you in such a confused way that I didn’t dare to reveal my identity.”

This explanation is reasonable. As a prisoner, it is necessary to remain silent. Zhang Yunfei motioned for him to continue.

"I tried to escape at first, but failed. I was imprisoned by you among the gang of traitors pretending to be our team. Only then did I figure out the specific situation. I brought the latest orders from the division headquarters."

"There is basically no flaw in what you said, but unfortunately, this does not rule out your suspicion. So, what about the order from the division headquarters."

"The documents of the order have been searched by you."

Zhang Yunfei: ""

I always feel that this liaison officer is a bit of a trap. Even if he is not a spy, he may still trap people to death.

Zhang Yunfei went through the process, matched the code, and asked Tiedan to bring the letter, and there were no problems.

The military orders are like mountains. Although it is impossible to judge whether they are true or false, we can only execute them as if they are true.

The order from the division headquarters is for them to find cover for the evacuation of logistics personnel.

In this sweep, the division headquarters has been evacuated, but there are many logistics personnel and many non-combatants who have not evacuated the enemy's encirclement.

The troops directly under the division headquarters have jumped out of the enemy's encirclement, but there are still some stragglers and slow-moving units still within the enemy's encirclement.

The reaction speed of the Japanese raids was too fast, far beyond their judgment. The divisional headquarters' guard force was insufficient to begin with, and they could not allocate troops for rescue. They could only let their incoming reinforcements carry out the rescue.

Not to mention whether there is a trap here, it is not an easy task to penetrate the enemy's blockade and siege network. Moreover, we have to cover so many non-combatants to break out. This task itself is not easy.

After receiving such an order, Zhang Yunfei felt that the possibility of a trap was already very low. Even the Japanese advance team of more than a hundred people did not take a fancy to his own unit.

What's more, the Japs in the big sweeps were more interested in the main force, divisions, and headquarters of the Eighth Route Army. As for designing traps to trap them, Zhang Yunfei was not that big-hearted.

"I'm sorry, brother. I can't completely believe you until your suspicions are completely cleared. Let's do this. If you say you know the movements of the division, I will mobilize a squad of troops to escort the captured traitors.

Accompany you to the division headquarters."

They have conducted a surprise inspection on this gang of traitors, but he is not a specialized intelligence officer or a military staff officer. As for the marching route of this advancing team, there is no way to judge how much information they have obtained about the base area, so they can only hand it over to the enemy.

The professionals from the Ministry of Industry went to interrogate him.

Zhang Yunfei also specifically told the escort squad leader that if these traitors made any unusual move, they could be killed immediately, including Liang Tianhua.

If this Liang Tianhua could lead them to find the division headquarters, he would be able to completely clear himself of suspicion. If he was a traitor or a spy, he would have been betrayed long ago and would not play any kind of infernal affairs with him here.

After sending away Liang Tianhua and others, Zhang Yunfei began to adjust his troops. They had to cross the enemy's blockade. In order to ensure the team's movement speed, the heavy machine guns were too bulky to carry.

In order to strengthen their firepower, they could only carry more light machine guns. Zhang Yunfei decided to carry ten light machine guns, and all other redundant guns were found in hidden places and buried.

Now he felt that they were like groundhogs, burying things everywhere. His third battalion had guns and bullets, but they were short of men. This was really worrying.

Although they were still called a battalion, their number was only one and a half companies. Zhang Yunfei equipped Li Dayandai's fire platoon with five grenades and seven light machine guns.

Now the number of people in a company is equivalent to that of a platoon. The seventh and eighth companies use medium-grade rifles, the ninth company continues to use Hanyang-made rifles, and Tiedan's reconnaissance platoon continues to use the 38-type cavalry rifle captured when ambushing the Japanese transport team.

Although they have plenty of positive bullets, they still have to plan for a rainy day. If you can save something, you should save it. The trickle will last.

The Japanese raids were very intensive this year, and almost all the Eighth Route Army's arsenals were shut down. There was a serious shortage of ammunition supply. Their ammunition reserves were reduced every time they were used. Zhang Yunfei had to rationally match the amount of ammunition used.

After adjusting the firepower and personnel allocation of the troops, Zhang Yunfei led his troops to advance towards the core area of ​​the Japanese sweep and encirclement.

They moved forward cautiously. In the core area of ​​the Japanese raids, they might encounter enemies at any time.
Chapter completed!