The dark night was extremely quiet. Halfway up a mountain, a team was walking silently on a narrow mountain road. Although the team was as winding and rugged as a long snake, there was no sound except for the slightest footsteps.
From any sound, it can be seen that the quality of this team is extremely high.
When the team reached a mountain col, a low voice rang out, "Everyone stop moving forward and rest where you are!"
Following the order, the advancing team quickly stopped.
Ding Wei, who was wearing a gray military uniform, led the new group for most of the night. He was very tired at the moment. He took out the water bottle hanging on his waist, unscrewed the lid and drank a few sips. After resting for a while, he spoke to the correspondent beside him.
Said: "Go... see if the people from the reconnaissance platoon are here?"
Before the correspondent could speak, someone from the front said: "Captain, the people from the reconnaissance platoon are here."
Following the sound, two reconnaissance platoon soldiers wearing gray cloaks trotted over. Before Ding Wei could ask the leader of the soldiers, they said: "Captain... the little devil has arrived at Dapeng Village, less than ten miles away from us.
"
"These little devils!" A look of helplessness appeared on Ding Wei's face: "They are chasing us really hard. It seems they are really determined to kill us... By the way..."
He turned around and asked the correspondent: "Have the Second and Third Battalions been contacted?"
"Contacted!" the correspondent said quickly: "The second battalion was temporarily repairing in Xiaoli Village, and the third battalion just arrived at Zhaojiatun, which is less than fifty miles away from us."
"Where's the first battalion commander...is he here?"
"Captain...I'm here." Gao Dachun, the commander of the first battalion who had just arrived, replied breathlessly.
"How is the situation with the troops?"
"Captain, the situation in the army is quite normal, but more than 30 soldiers still have colds, and six or seven of them have fevers, and their condition is relatively serious. Although they have taken medicine, the fever has not gone away. The health worker said that it is necessary to
Find a place for the injured to rest, otherwise the situation will get worse."
Having said this, Gao Dachun looked at Ding Wei with a gloomy expression and remained silent.
The Japanese army's large-scale raids were also called iron wall sieges. This was a tactic devised by Neji Okamura to specifically deal with the Eighth Route Army.
After several months of observation after taking office, Okamura Neiji discovered that the Eighth Route Army and guerrillas were like fish operating in the guerrilla zone base areas. It was very difficult for the Japanese army to pursue or attack, so he came up with the idea of iron wall encirclement.
tactics.
The characteristic of this tactic is to line up the troops in a long line of tens of kilometers and push them from several directions. In the words of the envoy, it is like fishermen pulling a net. Moreover, the Japanese army also formed a number of mobile troops, all equipped with trucks.
This unit is very mobile.
In this way, once a battle occurs, the Japanese army will know it immediately, and then the mobile troops will arrive quickly. In this way, it will become a lone force of multiple troops fighting against the Eighth Route Army, forming troops and firepower in local areas.
Under such a blow, the Eighth Route Army in many places such as Jizhong, southern Hebei and Taihang suffered heavy losses during this period.
For example, the Japanese troops behind Ding Wei and the others have been chasing them for several days. Since three days ago, they have been clinging to them like brown candy and they cannot get rid of them.
The number of Japanese troops was not large, only a squadron at most, but the problem was that they were not able to counterattack immediately.
Once they were bitten, it would only take more than one to two hours for the Japanese soldiers scattered everywhere to swarm them like ants until they were eaten.
In this case, they basically have little time to stop and rest. Once a soldier is injured or sick, the troops can only march with the wounded, because in this case, leaving them behind means death.
, this is also the biggest difficulty Ding Wei faces today.
Seeing Ding Wei's frown, Gao Dachun couldn't help but said: "Captain, why don't we inform the second and third battalions to come over and join us immediately, and work together to eat these devils!"
"Nonsense!"
Ding Wei glared at Gao Dachun: "My superiors gave me the New Regiment to lead my brothers to fight the Japanese. They didn't ask me to lead my brothers to death. If the New Regiment is gone, how can I follow them?"
The brigade commander explains? How to explain to the head of the headquarters?"
Gao Dachun also knew that he was rash, so he lowered his head and did not dare to say a word.
After a long while, Ding Wei gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it, order the troops to move on. We must get to Guichou Stream in the western suburbs of Ping'an County for repairs before God damn it."
"Captain!"
Just when Ding Wei was about to order the troops to move forward, the correspondent rushed over, "The regiment commander...the brigade headquarters telegraphed that the brigade commander ordered us to advance to Liantai County immediately, use the shortest possible time to join the Liantai militia, and assist the Liantai militia in fighting
Japanese Army.”
"Meet with the Liantai Militia?"
Ding Wei received the telegram in surprise. The guard quickly took out a flashlight covered with red cloth and shined it on the telegram. People around him also gathered around to block the light. It didn't matter. Ding Wei and Gao Dachun
Everyone took a deep breath.
"My dear..."
Even though Ding Wei claimed to have seen strong winds and waves, he was also shocked.
Gao Dachun even swallowed his saliva and stammered: "Regiment commander... brigade commander... brigade commander, what do you mean? Are you asking us to die? There are two Japanese divisions in Liantai County.
ah."
As the commander of the first battalion, Gao Dachun, like Ding Wei, was also a veteran of the Red Army. He had always been known for his bravery in combat, but he was shocked when he saw this telegram.
What do you think of the Japanese troops in the two divisions? There were more than 40,000 people. If they were to face such a large number of Japanese troops, which were only 2,000 people, they would probably be wiped out without even being able to make a splash.
"I understand." Ding Wei understood what Brigadier Chen meant.
"I understand what the brigade commander means. It seems that the brigade commander understands our difficult situation. Instead of hiding like rats in the east, we might as well rush to Liantai County to join Commander Gao and his companions.
At least we can get enough supplies and repairs there, which is better than the current situation, right?"
"But if you go anywhere, you will have to face the Japanese from two divisions." Gao Dachun still felt that it was a bit unreliable. Although he could get supplies by going to Liantai County, the risks he faced were much greater than now.
times, maybe the new regiment will be wiped out.
"Why are you talking so much? Just execute the order!"
Compared to Gao Dachun's hesitation, Ding Wei was much more decisive, "Correspondent!"
"arrive!"
"Record the order...Immediately order the second and third battalions to stop repairing and move closer to us immediately. The entire regiment must be assembled before dawn. Then, at the speed of a forced march, we must reach Liantai County the day after tomorrow."