On May 25, the 129th Division was still moving, and Japanese troops were constantly chasing behind them, leaving the 129th Division without any time to rest.

The Japanese sweep this time were very fierce. They carried out sweeps regardless of casualties, as if they were mad dogs, and they kept attacking the base. In order to divide the anti-Japanese base, the Japanese front-line troops were sweeping, and the rear forced men were recruited to build strongholds and isolation ditches for them.

At the same time, in order to provide faster support between the strongholds, the Japanese also chose to pave roads of all sizes in the base areas, so that they could provide timely support. Due to the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese have mobilized a lot of troops from the Chinese battlefield.

This also reduced the strength of the Japanese troops in the occupied areas in the rear. For this reason, the Japanese could only ensure that the distance between the strongholds was not far away to provide mutual support. In order to ensure the stability of the occupied areas, the Japanese built a large number of strongholds. In a short period of time, many Japanese strongholds appeared in the Anti-Japanese Base Area.

Liu Gen followed behind the 129th Division headquarters with the Artillery Regiment. There is no need to worry about safety. Behind the Artillery Regiment, there are 129th Division troops blocking the attack of the Japanese troops. The continuous pursuit of the Japanese troops in the rear made Liu Gen feel that there were some problems. How did these Japanese find the direction of the 129th Division headquarters transfer?

On the Cross Ridge of Liao County, Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo Quan was commanding the troops to transfer. Due to the huge headquarters, the logistics troops carried a lot of supplies and were slow to move, and they failed to transfer according to the original plan. This made the troops very slow during the transfer, and only walked more than twenty miles in one night.

The Deputy Chief of Staff stood on the Cross Ridge and looked at the crowded troops on the Cross Ridge. He could see the General Office, General Affairs Office, Headquarters Logistics, Northern Bureau and the Spy Group, and thousands of livestock were crowded in this area.

I learned that the transfer troops in Guojiayu were raided by a small Japanese army yesterday, and the combat effectiveness of the small Japanese army was not weak, causing a lot of casualties in the transfer troops. The distance between Cross Ridge is not far from Guojiayu. With the marching speed of the small Japanese army, if it really attacks in this direction, it is very likely that it will launch another attack.

With this in mind, the Deputy Chief of Staff sent soldiers to inform the secret service regiments guarding in the rear to avoid real attacks from small Japanese troops.

"Dadadada" "Dadadada"

Before the soldiers in charge of notifying arrived at the location of the secret service regiment in the rear headquarters, there were dense gunfires, and the Japanese troops took the initiative to launch an attack. The dense bullets attacked the transferred troops. Without guarding the soldiers, many casualties immediately occurred.

The battle made the troops crowded on the Cross Ridge line become chaotic, and everyone wants to rush forward as much as possible. In a short period of time, the Cross Ridge line is in chaos, and the Deputy Chief of Staff keeps shouting and organizing the troops to move in different directions.

But even so, some soldiers still fell under the mountains because they were too crowded. While the Deputy Chief of Staff was trying to calm everyone down, the sound of buzzing fighter planes came from the air. It was the Japanese fighter planes coming.

After discovering that the Eighth Route Army troops were moving on the Cross Ridge, this small Japanese army decisively reported to the First Army Command through the portable radio station and applied for aviation support. This small Japanese army had been in Cross Ridge for a while, and they took the initiative to launch an attack when they knew that the fighter plane was coming soon.

Because the small Japanese troops dressed in the Eighth Route Army uniforms, they were able to hide until now, and now they showed their fangs.

Shigeo Yiko, the squadron leader of the 9th Squadron of the 223rd Regiment of the 36th Division, was constantly commanding his squadron. When they attacked Guojiayu last night, they gained some gains, but they did not satisfy him. The first squadron of the 223rd Regiment entered the Eighth Route Army base in the form of a small force, but was annihilated by the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment.

This made Shigeo Yuki Yuki particularly cautious after entering the Eighth Route Army base. Unless it was really necessary, he would not start radio communications at all. It was because Shigeo Yuki Yuki Yuki so cautious that he could successfully touch the depths of the Eighth Route Army base and quietly come to Cross Ridge.

"Boom", "Boom", "Boom"

In the air, the Japanese fighter jets kept dropping the aviation bombs they carried. Because there were too many Eighth Route Army troops on the Cross Ridge, the Japanese pilots didn't have to aim at them and threw the aviation shells directly. The aviation shells fell, and the Deputy Chief of Staff had just maintained the order, and the order became chaotic again.

Facing the aviation bombs that could fall at any time above my head, no one could remain calm, and the crossbridge line became chaotic again.

"Deputy Chief of Staff, we need to retreat immediately. The Japanese troops are likely to arrive soon." The chief of the 769th Regiment of the 769th Regiment who was responsible for covering the transfer of the headquarters said with a worried face.

Commander Qi could see many soldiers shooting at the Japanese fighter jets in the air with machine guns, but they failed to have any impact on the Japanese fighter jets. Instead, under the continuous dive shooting of Japanese fighter jets, the soldiers suffered a lot of casualties. The small troops of the Japanese soldiers behind were also constantly attacking, entangled with the secret service regiment responsible for the rear hall.

"We cannot retreat! We cannot retreat. There are not many combat troops in our hands. If we really want to transfer, what should we do if the remaining troops?" said the Deputy Chief of Staff shaking his head firmly.

The Deputy Chief of Staff knew very well what dangers would be to stay, but before the large army was withdrawn, he could not retreat with the combat troops. Once there was no combat troops, the troops crowded on the crossing line were suspected to have suffered a large number of casualties.

"Boss, our 769th Regiment stays to cover the retreat of the large army. You can transfer with the headquarters first! If there is any problem, then President Peng will definitely not spare me." Commander Qi said with a wry smile.

The Deputy Chief of Staff shook his head hard again, "Don't worry, it won't be so easy to have problems. I have been in the army for so many years, isn't it okay?"

"Don't worry, even if President Peng says you, I will stop you."

Seeing this, Commander Qi could only smile bitterly, and he realized that the Deputy Chief of Staff would not leave easily. Commander Qi could only stand beside the Deputy Chief of Staff with vigilance and be prepared to protect the Deputy Chief of Staff at any time. Even if he sacrificed himself, he would not have any problems with the Deputy Chief of Staff.

The Japanese fighter jets came and left quickly. After the ammunition was exhausted, the Japanese fighter jets left directly. The Japanese troops entangled with the secret service regiment also evacuated directly. The Japanese troops were very decisive when evacuating, as if they didn't care about their own casualties at all.

After the battle, the Deputy Chief of Staff once again commanded the evacuation of each unit. He was not ready to leave before the evacuation of each unit on the Cross Ridge.

"Captain Qi, no matter what, we must defend the Cross Ridge and not let the Japanese touch it, otherwise the troops we are transferring will be too dangerous and will be directly exposed to the Japanese guns." The Deputy Chief of Staff told Commander Qi in this way.

The transfer was constantly going on, and at five o'clock in the afternoon, the transfer of the large army came to an end.

The Deputy Chief of Staff picked up a telescope and observed the situation of the Japanese army. He could see more and more Japanese troops coming here. These Japanese were ready for battle and could attack the Cross Ridge at any time.

When the telescope was used, it reflected in the sun, which attracted the attention of the Japanese sentry. They determined that there might be an Eighth Route Army commander on the Cross Ridge, so the Japanese immediately mobilized several mortars to launch artillery attacks on the Cross Ridge.

"Swish", "Swish", "Swish"

Suddenly, Commander Qi heard the sound of Japanese shells flying. The first shell hit and landed beside Commander Qi and exploded. He directly knocked Commander Qi to the ground. He endured the pain and shouted: "Chief of Staff! Lying down quickly!"

The Deputy Chief of Staff reacted. He didn't care about falling down and hurriedly called on the soldiers around him to hide.

But at this time, the second shell hit, which happened to fall between the newly-standing Commander Qi and the Deputy Chief of General Staff of Zuo Quan. A shrapnel hit the head of Deputy Chief of General Staff of Zuo Quan and died on the spot!

Captain Qi was also hit by shrapnel and his left eye and right arm. From then on, his left eye was blind and his right arm could no longer be lifted.

"withdraw!"
Chapter completed!