"Master's seat, I just received a report from the reconnaissance company. The Eighth Route Army defending the position has indeed withdrawn, and it destroyed the road while retreating." After receiving the news, the deputy chief of staff ran over to report.
"Then there is no need to worry, the troops will continue to move forward." The division commander ordered happily.
"The damaged roads can block the heavy goods vehicles, but they cannot stop us who are traveling lightly, so their methods have very limited impact on us."
"Tell the brothers to work hard for me and move forward. After occupying Hunyuan, each brother will be rewarded with five pieces of ocean."
"Send a telegram to the two commandos on the left and right: The troops will turn around immediately and come to join us. According to the original battle plan, we will attack our respective targets directly and make sure to gain back all the time we just wasted."
The Jinsui Army, which numbered more than a thousand people, once again embarked on their own road of no return, with only less than a day's worth of dry food left.
At eight o'clock in the morning, the division commander successfully passed through the two towns that had been taken away by the Eighth Route Army and entered the garrison base area.
After spending half an hour resting and eating dry food, the troops continued to move forward.
This is already the base area of the garrison, and the people's hearts are with the garrison. With the help of the people, the road has been destroyed even more thoroughly, and many traps have been added inside, which are used to catch wild beasts and prey. They cannot kill people, but
It can hurt people.
As a result, two screams were heard from time to time in the marching ranks of the Jinsui Army, and then this person could no longer march. He was either carried on a stretcher by his comrades, or left alone.
The teacher was anxious to make meritorious deeds and chose the latter without hesitation.
"The main force of the division is marching behind us and can get here in a few hours. In order to ensure the marching speed, all the wounded will be left behind and we will carry them on the march after the main force arrives!"
The deputy staff officer agreed with this decision and immediately expressed his support: "The teacher is wise, and I will arrange my humble position now."
More than a dozen wounded people were left in a land temple next to the highway, with several lightly injured soldiers on guard duty.
In order to ensure their safety, the division commander specially left a light machine gun for them for self-defense.
Less than half an hour after the main force left, the Earth Temple was targeted by two guerrilla groups operating nearby.
They are local snakes here and are very familiar with the terrain around the Tutu Temple.
When several lightly wounded people on guard realized the danger, the guerrillas' dark muzzles were already pointed at their backs. They could only put down their weapons obediently and surrender...
Li Hao led the Datong Independent Battalion Headquarters and walked five kilometers in front of the Shanxi-Sui Army Division Headquarters. The sound of horse hooves kept ringing around, sending the latest battle reports of each unit here.
"Captain, I have received two more good news here!" Instructor Teng Changyuan reported happily.
"The guerrillas in Dazhouzhuang and Chenjia Town reported that they raided the wounded concentration points left by the Jinsui Army on the road."
"Without firing a single shot, we captured 39 wounded soldiers from the Jinsui Army, and seized two light machine guns, 35 rifles, more than 1,100 rounds of bullets, and 73 grenades."
Seeing Li Hao nodding to express his understanding, Teng Changyuan couldn't help but sigh: "At first, I didn't understand why we gave up our position and put the Jinsui Army into our base. I thought it was to lure the wolf into the house."
"Now I understand: the base area is our territory. The weather, location, people and people are all in our hands."
"As long as the Jinsui Army dares to come in, it will become a piece of meat on our chopping board, and we can eat it however we want."
"Just after entering the base area, a platoon was captured, and we didn't lose even a bullet. This is definitely a business without money."
Huang Sheng nodded repeatedly when he heard this, his eyes were shining, and he analyzed as he walked: "To be precise, we lost one reinforced platoon three kilometers into our base area."
"If we continue to fight at this ratio, the Shanxi-Sui Army will lose ten reinforced platoons if it penetrates thirty kilometers into our base area in one day, which is equivalent to a battalion being wiped out."
"What's more important is that this kind of fight does not require us to use force, and the two armies avoid the outbreak of military conflict. No matter how aggrieved the Jinsui Army that entered the base area can't find fault with us, they can only swallow their anger and watch their troops become more and more serious.
few."
Li Hao confidently answered: "Tell the local troops and guerrillas who laid the trap that we can only hurt people, but never kill."
"Also, don't set the trap too harshly. This is just an appetizer I prepared for the Jinsui Army. The main course hasn't come yet, so don't scare them away."
"As for the captured wounded soldiers of the Jinsui Army, we will do our best to treat them, and by the way, we will send some political cadres to mobilize them to join our Eighth Route Army."
"As far as I know, although the Jinsui Army that entered our base area has many new recruits, they have all been trained for more than half a year, but they have never been on the battlefield."
"For our garrison, this is definitely the best supplementary force."
Huang Sheng's face lit up with joy when he heard this, and he immediately asked: "Captain, what is the main course?"
A mysterious look flashed across Li Hao's confident face, and he replied: "It will be served to them soon."
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the division commander had gone nearly 30 kilometers deep into the garrison base area, and there were less than 20 highways across from Hunyuan County.
According to the division commander's wishes, the troops need to make persistent efforts and continue to advance, trying to capture Hunyuan in one go and prevent the reinforcements from the garrison from entering Hunyuan first.
But the troops were too tired.
From yesterday morning to tonight, the troops have been marching, and they only stopped at the edge of the garrison base for two or three hours to let everyone rest, which was not enough at all.
Until now, many soldiers closed their eyes while walking.
Some soldiers began to fall asleep while lying on the ground while eating dry food, and the officers could not wake them up no matter how they shouted.
If the division commander hadn't shot two soldiers who disobeyed military orders in front of everyone on the march, the more than a thousand people on the road would have been paralyzed on the ground.
Not only that, the troops also faced a new problem.
Continuous marching consumes a lot of physical strength of the soldiers.
Eat solid food every two or three hours.
The dry food they carried for two days was eaten by them in one day and one night.
Until now, less than one-fifth of the soldiers have dry food left in their hands, and the other soldiers have even drank all the water.
The soldiers without dry food were already starving. If they were not given anything to eat and forced to continue on their way, not only would they not be able to go very far, but they might even lose their lives.
Therefore, the division commander's decision to move forward was opposed by all his subordinates.
"Master, brothers, if you want to sleep, you can get over it after a while," the deputy chief of staff admonished.
"But you can't survive being hungry. If you hold on, your legs and feet will become weak. If something unexpected happens, everyone won't even have the strength to hold a gun, and they will have to be prisoners."
The guard battalion commander then added: "Master, I still have many soldiers with dry food in my hand. I organized them and went to the nearby villages to see and bring back some food so that the brothers can have a full meal before continuing on their journey.
The delay was less than two hours."
The division commander had to compromise and thought about the order: "Give all the dry food to the cavalry company and let the cavalry company get the food. They are fast."
"Others are now starting to set up stoves and light up the fire to boil water. They will cook as soon as the food arrives, and then eat. They will try to finish it within an hour and a half, and then the troops will continue to move forward."
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