Chapter 1031 Just out of the tiger's den and into the wolf's den
"Both of these places are mountainous areas!" the lieutenant colonel also reacted and analyzed with a frown.
General Wang nodded, his frowning face slowly showed an expression of realization, and then he answered firmly.
"It's a mountainous area, and it's a large mountainous area. The road passes through the middle of the mountainous area, and the pharmaceutical factory has arranged for people to respond in the mountain in advance. After the convoy arrives at the receiving point, it uses the shortest possible time to unload and load the truck, and then continues to move forward, changing the
The empty boxes and stones continued to be transported to the Xi'an Pharmaceutical Factory to hide the evidence from others."
"They must have done something like this."
"Immediately send troops to search these two places, searching point by point along the highway."
"Swapping three hundred trucks of supplies into stones and empty boxes, no matter how fully prepared the opponent is, there will still be some clues left on the scene."
"After finding the location where the other party committed the crime, we followed the clues they left and pursued them to find what the pharmaceutical factory had transported away."
General Wang responded quickly, which Li Hao did not expect.
At this moment, he was leading his troops to move to the mountains carrying supplies.
Hong Linfeng was walking beside him, carrying a box on his shoulder, reporting as he hurried on.
"Captain, the materials and ammunition we have returned to the base area in the past month only account for 30% of the total."
"The little Japanese garrison along the way must have noticed something. Starting half a month ago, troops have been constantly inserting themselves into our traffic lines to patrol."
"Ten days ago, a transport team was unfortunately hit by a kid and the whole army was destroyed."
"The only thing that makes me happy is that the transport team destroyed everything they transported before being killed by the little devils. The little devils regarded them as an ordinary Eighth Route Army crossing the blockade and didn't pay much attention."
"But the Japanese have still stepped up patrols on this underground transportation line, so the possibility of the troops trying to carry out large-scale transportation through this transportation line is almost zero."
Li Hao didn't expect that he had just jumped out of a fire pit, and before he could take a breath, he would immediately encounter a new problem.
His brows suddenly knitted together, he looked at Hong Linfeng and asked, "Have you thought of ways to develop new underground transportation lines?"
"Yes, but the result is not ideal." Hong Linfeng replied.
"We found two mountain roads that can bypass the Japanese search team. But those two mountain roads are so rugged that it is very difficult for the mountain people to walk, let alone our soldiers."
"It's almost impossible to successfully walk these two mountain roads while carrying a load of tens of kilograms, and it's even more impossible to walk on a mule or horse."
"So now we still use the original underground transportation line to deliver things to the base area."
"In order to avoid accidents and repeat the same mistakes, only a small part of the supplies are transported each time. A company is specially assigned to protect them, and they use the search gaps of the little Japanese search team to cross the blockade and return to the base area."
"According to this transfer speed, it will take at least half a year to return all the supplies and ammunition that you, Commander, have brought back to the base area, and we must also ensure that this transportation line is not cut off by the little devils within half a year."
Li Hao shook his head and said in denial: "No, half a year is too long. The enemy is not a fool and will definitely not give us such a long time..."
"Captain, there's a situation..." Before Li Hao could say the second sentence, Xiao Yuan caught up with him panting heavily.
"There are troops searching and advancing into the mountains along the road. There are at least two regiments, densely packed, all holding torches. The search is very careful."
"Intelligence also came from the direction of the pharmaceutical factory: less than an hour after Chongqing got the formula, it sent troops to surround the pharmaceutical factory and search it."
"I judge that they already know that we have stolen money in the mountains, exchanged materials and ammunition for stones, and stored them in the pharmaceutical factory. They then sent troops to find the specific location where we changed things and followed the clues to find us."
Xiao Yuan's judgment is definitely correct.
This was Li Hao's first subconscious thought, and then he frowned and asked: "According to the current search speed, how long will it take for them to reach our connection point."
"Ten o'clock tomorrow morning!" Xiao Yuan confirmed after thinking for a moment.
"Too fast!" Li Hao's frown deepened.
"With so many of us retreating, we must have left a lot of clues on the road that cannot be erased. As long as they find the connection point, they will be able to follow the clues and find us, which will be a big trouble."
Having said this, Li Hao immediately looked at Xiao Yuan: "I'll give you a mission. Bring a commando and a reconnaissance company, mislead the opponent without using weapons or hurting anyone, and lead them into the woods for a circle.
Guaranteed to find us within three days."
This task is too difficult.
If the opponent was the Japanese army, Xiao Yuan would definitely take over the mission without even thinking about it.
The key is that the opponent is a friendly force and cannot use swords or guns, so the difficulties here are more than just a little bit.
Xiao Yuan hesitated for a long time before making a decision: "Captain, I can take over this task, but I need some support."
"Say, as long as I can do it, I will satisfy you."
This task was so difficult that Li Hao answered it readily without any hesitation.
"I need thirty mules and horses and some unimportant machinery and equipment. Of course, if possible, it would be best to give me some ammunition, especially heavy mortar shells and heavy artillery shells, as well as anti-aircraft machine gun bullets."
"Okay!" Li Hao knew what Xiao Yuan's purpose was in wanting these things.
Reluctant to let go of their children and unable to trap the wolf, they will follow the commandos around the mountain only if they come up with something that makes their opponents excited enough.
Although he was very reluctant to give up, he still gritted his teeth and made a decision.
"I will give you thirty mules and horses, ten boxes of machinery and equipment that can be built in the base area, ten boxes of penicillin raw materials, five boxes of anti-aircraft machine gun bullets, two boxes of heavy mortar shells, and three boxes of heavy artillery shells!"
Xiao Yuan quickly replied: "As long as I have these things, I promise to complete the mission."
As soon as Xiao Yuan left, Li Hao sighed to Hong Linfeng: "Chief of Staff, we have just come out of the tiger's den and into the wolf's den. We can't stay in the mountain any longer. We must return to the base immediately. The ammunition and supplies must also be in San
All will be sent back to the base within a day."
Hong Linfeng frowned and replied: "Captain, I also want to transport them all back to the base area, once and for all, but it is too far away from the base area, and there are several Japanese blockades in the middle. Unless you take the highway or use the underground transportation station,
It is absolutely impossible to transport all the supplies and ammunition in three days."
"Then force your way in!" Li Hao replied decisively, and then explained.
"These supplies and ammunition are too important. There must be no accidents. They must be returned to the base safely, so we have no choice."
"If I remember correctly, the entire base area can collect almost a hundred trucks, all of which were seized from the Japs in previous battles."
"In order not to waste fuel, most of these cars were hidden and not used after they were seized."
Hong Linfeng affirmed: "There must be."
"In just this recapture of Laiyuan, we seized a squadron of nearly 28 trucks in Laiyuan City."
"We also captured more than a dozen vehicles from the Japanese main division before. We also gained results from earlier battles. We also brought back nearly 30 vehicles from the battle against Datong. The total must be more than 100 vehicles."