Near noon the next day, Liao Chengxian finally telegraphed to convey the decision of the Party Central Committee, ordering Lin Junxiong to temporarily take his troops to Luoxiao Mountain on the Hunan and Jiangxi border to join the local guerrillas, and then wait for him to go to Yan'an to discuss how to make the next arrangement.

After receiving this order, Lin Junxiong asked Wei Xin to inform all troops to have lunch in advance, make all preparations as soon as possible, and set off in an hour. And he walked towards the 332nd regiment where Gao Shang was, he wanted to tell Gao Shang everything about the situation, after all, he had been following him, and he must be prepared before leaving, and face the complicated situation that he may encounter next. Wei Xin was a little worried that Gao Shang would do something, so he asked him to bring some people with him, Lin Junxiong waved his hand and signaled no, he believed in Gao Shang, although they had different beliefs, but Gao Shang should not do anything unfavorable to him.

When he saw Gao Shang, he seemed to have noticed something, he sighed and said, "Brother, are you still going to leave at last?" ”

"Gao Shang, there are some things that have not been explained to you before, and I don't want to involve you, in concealing this matter, my brother wants to say sorry to you, I hope you can understand."

"In fact, I noticed it a few days ago, and several officers of the old 89th Regiment collectively asked for leave saying that there was an urgent matter at home, but I found that they had been staying at the 89th Regiment and had not returned home. There were also people from the special service platoon who came to me and told me that there was an abnormal situation at the brigade headquarters and the 45th and 89th regiments, and asked me to report the situation to Commander Wang, but I detained them and kept them under close surveillance. There is no need to say anything, let alone say sorry to me, everyone has the right to choose their beliefs, I understand everything. ”

"Affection and faith are a difficult choice, we have established a brotherly affection for more than a year, but the yearning in my heart, what kind of road China will take in the future, has never wavered. If a person has no faith, he is left with only the walking dead, I know that you also have your faith, your persistence, but we are gone, and then you will be more troublesome, you have to be mentally prepared. ”

"I understand, sometimes I even want to go with you, but the commander has been kind to me, and I have stayed by his side since I joined the army. Although he sent me to watch your actions, believe me, I have not betrayed you, not once. ”

"I know, because we are brothers, and you are also the eldest brother as the commander of the king's army, so I know that you are very embarrassed and uncomfortable."

"Yes, all I have in contact with the military commander is loyalty to the party-state, so my beliefs are different from yours, and I believe that the party-congress will re-discipline and rejuvenate China at the right time. You don't have to worry about me, Commander Wang will prove to me that it has nothing to do with you, and he won't be involved. ”

"In terms of each other's beliefs and insistence, there is no need for us to persuade each other in a righteous and awe-inspiring manner, because we all know that no one can convince anyone for a while, and we can only let time slowly demonstrate."

"Brother, I still call you that, is it okay? No matter what the future holds, I will never forget this year's affection in my life, I have learned a lot with you, and this year or so is also my happiest day, although I am reluctant, but I know that I have no ability to change anything, I just hope that everything goes well with you. ”

"Yes, no matter what the future holds, this affection will never change, people will always live in passivity and bearing, passively accepting various fateful arrangements, when you want to take the initiative to fight for something, you have to bear a lot of pain and loss. Between gains and losses, there always seems to be an inexplicable balance that will not let you always be a winner and enjoy the gains, nor will you always be a loser and bear losses. ”

"Well, it's because a lot of people want to be a winner all the time and enjoy the harvest that human nature becomes greedy. Brother, when you get over there, everything has to start again, and the road is not necessarily smooth, so take care! ”

"Yes, the road ahead is long, full of many unknowns, the idealism remains the same, only by firmly crushing all obstacles, can we see the light. I don't know when we'll meet again, it's precious, brother! ”

"Take care of each other, brother. I won't go to say goodbye to them, but to say goodbye to those brothers on my behalf. ”

After Lin Junxiong said goodbye to Gao Shang, he rushed back to prepare to leave, and just arrived at the entrance of the brigade department, Zeng Lingshan suddenly ran over in a hurry and said: "Brigade commander, the reconnaissance team has found that the Japanese army is constantly surrounding from the south and east?" ”

"How can this be, isn't there a 187th Division defending in the southeast?"

"The chief of staff of Wei contacted the 187th Division, and they said that they had received an order to withdraw last night."

Lin Junxiong walked towards the brigade headquarters while thinking about it, he thought about it and understood that this was a trap, and he said to Wei Xin: "This is the Kuomintang, except for intrigue, there is no room for people, and it actually sold its troops to the Japanese." If I am not mistaken, it should be that the Kuomintang top brass discovered my identity and wanted to remove me by the hands of the Japanese. But what is coming directly at me, the hearts of nearly 2,000 people in the 45th Brigade are towards the Kuomintang, what can't be slowly examined afterwards, and they have to be wiped out. ”

"Brigade commander, it's too late to retreat now, we can only defend according to the Siege of Yingling, and then ask the national army for help, otherwise the form will not be good for us."

"Don't expect the Kuomintang army, this is a bureau, Lao Wei, Lao Jiang is going to borrow the sword of the Japanese to eliminate the 45th Brigade, he can't bear the impact of my reputation brought to him by the Communist Party, but he also has some scruples, he doesn't dare to attack directly, he has labeled the entire 45th Brigade as a distrust."

"Then what should I do, although we have the terrain advantage of Waiying Ridge, but we will always run out of ammunition, isn't there no chance of winning?"

"Old Wei, why do you say frustrating words before the battle starts, believe me, I will rush out with everyone, let people inform Gao Shang first, and tell him about the situation."

Ten minutes later, Gao Shang came in a hurry, he shook his head in frustration, and said something in his mouth: "How can this be? Because of speculation, because it is unreliable, it will all be sacrificed, what kind of party-state is this?"

"Noble, I know you still don't believe it's true, but the truth is right in front of you. The Kuomintang is more complicated than you think, you take the 332nd Regiment to break through with us first, and then talk about it when it is safe. ”

"If you don't notice the cold star, I recommend Xuanyuan with my blood. The party-state has abandoned me, and I have no motivation to live, brother, let me fight bravely for the party-state again. I will break the queen for you, and I hope you can break out of the siege. ”

"Noble, don't be rash and let your brother lose his life in vain. Let's talk about breaking out together, and now is not the time to despair. ”

"Yes, now is not the time for despair and sorrow, let's fight side by side again, perhaps the last time we will fight side by side in this life."

"As long as the Japanese are still on Chinese soil, we have been fighting side by side, although we may be far apart, but our goal is the same, we are all to expel the Japanese invaders and return our rivers and mountains!"

Lin Junxiong summoned the officers above the battalion commander and gave instructions for the next battle.

"Old Wei, tell me about the current situation?"

"Brigade commander, the Japanese army has surrounded us in Weiying Ridge from three directions, southeast, north and south, the west is a cliff, and now there are signs of a large number of Japanese troops advancing in the south and east, and the Japanese troops in the south will be able to reach our defense in less than half an hour. Judging from the information returned by the reconnaissance team, the Japanese army should have invested about one division. ”

Fang Yun added: "The Japanese army is very numerous and its combat effectiveness is also very strong, I have ordered the troops to occupy favorable terrain to organize defense, the Japanese army is not marching very fast now, and there is no sign of attacking with all its strength, it should be waiting for the support of aerial artillery fire." ”

"Fang Yun, where is your regiment armed?"

Fang Yun pointed on a high ground south of the Weiying Mountains: "Here, this is the higher terrain nearby, and it is also the most convenient to retreat. ”

"Very good, brothers, believe me, I will take everyone out of the way, yesterday I talked to the local villagers about the origin of Weiyingling, and when I came back, I also saw the terrain of Weiyingling, and the direction of our breakthrough was on the cliff west of Weiyingling. Strange to everyone, I learned from the local folks that there was a hidden path on the cliff to the west, but it was more difficult to walk, and I went to see it when I came back. Next, we fought a fierce battle with the Japanese army at the defensive position of the 45th Regiment, and all the shells were used to facilitate the retreat later. The Japanese troops from the east were also attracted to the south, and we attracted the main force of the Japanese army here, and then after repulsing the Japanese troops in one fell swoop, we began to retreat one after another, and finally left one unit to retreat while fighting. ”

Wei Xin said with some reluctance: "Brigade commander, do you have to throw away all the mortars when you retreat?" ”

"Throw away all the weapons, equipment, and materials that are inconvenient for retreating, that path is very difficult to move forward, and we must retreat quickly so that the Japanese army can't react."

"Brother, let me take the 332nd Regiment to withdraw last."

Lin Junxiong looked at Gao Shang, shook his head and said: "Gao Shang, you take the 332nd Regiment to attract the Japanese troops in the east and then retreat, and let the Jijun take the 89th Regiment to the last insistence." ”

"Brother, after I take the 332nd Regiment to attract the Japanese army, stick to the spot, let the 89th Regiment withdraw first, can't my brother believe me and the 332nd Regiment? Let's break off one more time for our brothers! ”

"Noble, the task after the break is very arduous, there may be a lot of sacrifice, you need to hold on here for at least two to three hours, I want to reserve some strength for you to go back, and then I can explain some."

"It's all abandoned, what else do you want to explain, brother, let's talk about the rest of the things when I rush out, please leave the task to me this time, I promise to complete the task."

Lin Junxiong wanted to say something, but when he saw Gao Shang's unrelenting expression, he said: "Okay, hold on here for a day, tomorrow at noon, the 45th Regiment will withdraw first, and then after the 332nd Regiment and the 89th Regiment jointly launch an attack on the Japanese army, I will withdraw with the 89th Regiment, and the 332nd Regiment will also withdraw after holding on here for two hours." After finally meeting at the bottom of the ridge in the west, we broke through from the west and advanced towards Luo Xiao Mountain. If you don't have any questions, if you don't, just carry out the order. ”

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