The next day, as soon as it got dark, Liu Gen and others started searching on Cross Ridge, trying to find the traces left by the deputy chief of staff when he evacuated.
They just kept searching but couldn't find many clues. It was not until noon that soldiers discovered a newly built tomb in the southeast corner of Cross Ridge. In front of the tomb was a simple wooden sign with the name of the owner of the tomb written on it.
Name, place of origin, etc.
When Liu Gen was notified by the soldiers and came to the tomb, he saw the wooden sign in front of the tomb. He felt as if he had been punched suddenly, and tears instantly wet his eyes. The wooden sign read "Zuo Zilin's death"
"Tomb" was typed five times, and the comrade who buried the deputy chief of staff was very smart and did not write down the title of deputy chief of general staff and more detailed information.
Zi Lin is the name of Zuo Quan’s deputy chief of staff. Unless you really know the deputy chief of staff, you can’t recognize it at all.
This was because Liu Gen had communicated with the Deputy Chief of Staff before and knew that Zi Lin was his name. Otherwise, he would not be sure that this was the grave of the Deputy Chief of Staff. Looking at the grave in front of him, Liu Gen felt very heavy.
, and even more had the urge to kill the Japanese directly. How could the deputy chief of staff sacrifice like this?
"Contact the division headquarters immediately to inform the deputy chief of general staff of the death, and ask if the body of the deputy chief of general staff should be moved." Liu Gen cheered up and ordered the correspondent beside him.
At this time, the soldiers realized that this simple grave was the burial place of the Deputy Chief of Staff, and everyone's eyes suddenly became wet. On weekdays, the soldiers often saw the Deputy Chief of Staff, and they came out to look for him.
The Chief of General Staff never thought that there would be problems with the Deputy Chief of General Staff. But now, Liu Gen's instructions made the soldiers understand.
There is no way, the soldiers are not very educated, and the two correspondents have a relatively high level of education. In the entire team, the number of people who can recognize the word "Zhilin" is probably only five fingers.
"Monk, take some soldiers to guard and be ready to fight at any time! Before the order from the division headquarters is issued, the Japanese must not be allowed to approach here under any circumstances!" Liu Gen looked at the monk who was wiping his tears and gave an extremely serious order.
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The monk nodded vigorously, "I understand!"
Most of the soldiers were taken to guard by the monks. In order to prevent Japanese troops from approaching this area, they needed to remain vigilant. Liu Gen stayed here with less than five soldiers, including two correspondents.
, they will take action as soon as the division headquarters order is issued.
And before the order from the division headquarters is issued, they must protect this area no matter what, and cannot allow the Japanese troops to destroy this area!
At the 129th Division headquarters, the moment the telegraph operator ran into the command room in tears, the division commander and others realized something was wrong.
After receiving the telegram and looking at the telegraph operator who was crying, the division commander's mood became heavier and heavier. He lowered his head to look at the telegram, and his whole body couldn't help but tremble. His eyes went dark, and he was about to fall to the ground. Fortunately, there was a division headquarters.
The staff officer was right next to the division commander. He quickly stretched out his hand to support the division commander, so that he did not let the division commander fall.
"Master! Master!"
"Lao Liu! Lao Liu!"
"Wake up! Wake up!"
"..."
Half a minute later, the teacher was awakened by everyone, but he became a little weak.
"Everyone, take a look at this telegram! Comrade Deputy Chief of General Staff, unfortunately died in the direction of Cross Ridge, Matian, Liao County!" After saying that, the division commander fell silent. Big tears circled in the eyes of the division commander, and there was no trace of anything in the entire division headquarters.
The sound of the sound came out, and it seemed that in an instant, there were dark clouds hovering over the division headquarters.
After a while, the division commander calmed down. He looked at the correspondent not far away and asked: "Has the relevant information been reported to the headquarters?"
"Not yet." The correspondent sobbed.
The division commander took a deep breath, wiped the tears from his eyes, and ordered: "Contact the headquarters immediately and report the news to the bosses about the unfortunate death of the deputy chief of staff."
"In addition, contact Liu Gen and others in the direction of Shiziling and order them to protect the body of the deputy chief of staff and wait for the next order."
"Yes!" the correspondent shouted in salute with a hoarse voice.
Returning to the radio room, the correspondent immediately contacted the headquarters and Liu Gen and others in the direction of Shiziling. But I don’t know why the headquarters radio station failed to contact them. It was probably because they discovered the Japanese troops and chose to continue the transfer. As for
There was no problem in contacting Liu Gen and others in the direction of Shiziling. Their radio station was always on.
After contacting Liu Gen and others, the correspondent immediately went to the division commander and informed the division commander that he could not contact the headquarters. For this reason, the division commander could only order the troops of the 129th Division closest to the headquarters to immediately march to the position in front of the headquarters, trying to reach the headquarters in the shortest possible time.
Find the bosses at the headquarters within time to restore communications between the headquarters and the 129th Division Headquarters.
On Cross Ridge, Liu Gen and others immediately turned off the radio communication after receiving the order from the division headquarters. They entered a standby state and were ready to fight the Japanese troops. Before receiving the next order, Liu Gen
The others will not evacuate this area, even if they all die here, they will not leave.
In Taiyuan, Shanxi, in the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army, the Japanese Intelligence Department once again monitored the radio communications of the 129th Division. While monitoring the Eighth Route Army radio station, they intercepted the Eighth Route Army's "Zuo Quan is missing" telegram, which immediately alerted the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army.
Issue an order to the Japs in the Liao County area to search for traces of Zuo Quan.
After receiving the order, the Japs in Liao County all launched searches in their respective areas. The small Japs unit in the direction of Cross Ridge also began to take action. They headed towards Cross Ridge to see if there was anyone on Cross Ridge.
What a gain.
On Cross Ridge, the soldiers on guard immediately discovered the small Japanese force heading towards Cross Ridge. The strength of this small Japanese force was not large. Judging from its condition, it should have never experienced combat before. The Japanese soldiers
Some large-scale mopping up troops have already left this area, and there is only this small Japanese army in the Cross Ridge area.
Liu Gen and others were able to successfully reach Shiziling by bypassing the Japanese army. Otherwise, with their strength, if they really encountered the Japanese army, it would be quite troublesome.
The strength of this small Japanese army is not large, but there is a small group of fifty or sixty Japanese.
After learning the news that a Japs team was attacking Cross Ridge, Liu Gen's face became a little solemn. The Japs team was nothing, but once this Japs team took action, it would be easy for the Japs to discover the anomaly and attack the Cross Ridge.
Send more troops to the ridge direction.
Unless Liu Gen and others can annihilate this Japanese team, no Japanese will be able to escape, and this may be able to buy a certain amount of time.
"Get ready for battle! Let this Japs team in. This time we are going to annihilate them all. We can't let any one go!" Liu Gen ordered.