In the territory of Liao County, among the lofty mountains.

A group of hundreds of people from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army was marching the rugged mountain road.

The gunfire in the rear is getting closer and closer, but the marching speed of the troops is getting slower and slower, and if it goes on like this, sooner or later it will be caught up by the pursuers behind him, and Mr. Peng is a little anxious.

His eyes swept over the cages and baskets carried by the handymen at the headquarters, and Mr. Peng said, "Throw all these guys away!" ”

"Huh? Thrown it all? Logistics Minister Zhang Wanhe's face immediately fell, "Boss, these equipment can't be thrown away, if all of them are thrown away, our arsenal should be closed." ”

Mr. Peng said: "Then find a place to bury it, turn around and the devil is gone, and then send someone back to dig it out." ”

"Well, it seems that this is the only way to go." Zhang Wanhe nodded helplessly, and immediately called on the personnel of the logistics department to hurry up and find a suitable place to bury the equipment.

Mr. Peng said to several other units: "There are other departments, and the equipment weighing more than 20 kilograms is also found to find a place to bury it!" ”

"Especially your Xinhua News Agency, how can you go with such a heavy printing press? It's all buried! ”

The Xinhua News Agency people could only follow to find a place to bury the printing press and other equipment.

The equipment here had just been buried, and the left deputy chief of staff over there withdrew with the guard company.

The left deputy chief of staff had a gunpowder look on his face, and the bullet belt on his waist was half empty, obviously he had personally participated in the battle just now.

Seeing that Mr. Peng, various organs of the headquarters, and miscellaneous personnel were still in place, the deputy chief of staff was about to cry urgently.

"Boss, why are you still here?" The left deputy chief of staff smiled bitterly, "The devil is about to catch up!" ”

"It's okay, Lao Zuo, don't worry." Mr. Peng said, "Except for the radio, I asked them to bury all the equipment, and the speed of this marching army can be at least doubled, and it shouldn't be a problem to get rid of the devil." ”

"Okay, boss, let's go!" After the left deputy chief of staff finished speaking, he pushed Mr. Peng forward, and then turned his head and instructed the commander of the guard company, "Company Commander Tang, leave a platoon here to block the Japanese army!" In any case, it is necessary to hold out for two hours to ensure that all organs of the headquarters get rid of the pursuers! ”

"Yes!" Company Commander Tang shouted, "The 2nd platoon and the 3rd platoon protect the headquarters organs, and the 1st platoon will stay with me!" ”

After throwing away all the equipment, the marching speed of the headquarters organs was indeed greatly accelerated, and it only took half an afternoon to leave the little devil behind.

In the middle of the night, the headquarters group walked into a mountain col.

Mr. Peng ordered all the personnel to rest in place, and at the same time asked the communications team to set up a radio station.

The radio station was quickly set up, and the deputy chief of staff and several other chiefs quickly gathered around, all eager to know the situation of several other units of the 129th Division, especially the 386th Brigade.

Mr. Peng said directly: "Contact the 386 Brigade first!" ”

"Yes!" The left deputy chief of staff continued, "Where is the 386th Brigade now?" ”

Although in the early morning of the day before yesterday, the 386 Brigade had broken the blockade of the devils and broke out of the encirclement from Xixiang County, it was foreseeable that Yoshio Shinozuka would never sit idly by and ignore this.

Therefore, the 386 Brigade will definitely face encirclement, pursuit, and interception.

In the sound of tick-tick clicks, the dots and scratches are recorded on the paper one by one.

When one was filled, another operator next to him immediately translated it into text using a codebook.

The left deputy chief of staff looked at the back and showed a sudden expression, and said, "Boss, now I finally figured out why the little devil's dog nose is so bright." ”

"Why?" Mr. Peng said.

The left deputy chief of staff raised the telegram in his hand and said: "Because the little devil has a telecommunications reconnaissance vehicle, he can roughly determine the location of the radio station according to the radio wave signals emitted by the radio!" ”

"What?" Mr. Peng said, "That is to say, as soon as our radio station is turned on, the devil will immediately know where our general location is?" ”

"Yes." Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo said with palpitations, "No wonder we let the security section go through all the personnel of the headquarters through a sieve three times and didn't find any problems, and we dare to go in the wrong direction!" Thanks to the 386 Brigade providing such an important piece of information, otherwise we will suffer a big loss in the next sweep! ”

Mr. Peng said: "Hurry up and inform the headquarters of the 129th Division, the 1st Brigade and the 212th Brigade that from tonight onwards, don't use the radio to communicate without 100,000 urgent military information!" ”

As he spoke, the operator handed another page of the telegram that had just been translated to the Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo.

The left deputy chief of staff just glanced at it, and his expression immediately froze there, looking incredulous.

Mr. Peng noticed the change in the expression of the deputy chief of staff of Zuo, and asked, "Lao Zuo, what's wrong?" ”

Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo took a deep breath and said while handing the telegram to Mr. Peng: "Mr. Boss, the 386 Brigade has made a very bold suggestion, they want to fight Taiyuan. ”

Mr. Peng had just lit a cigarette, but when he suddenly heard this, he was suddenly choked by the smoke in surprise, and immediately coughed violently, coughing tears and snot.

The left deputy chief of staff hurriedly patted Mr. Peng on the back.

After a long time, Mr. Peng finally came to his senses, straightened up and asked with a shocked face: "Lao Zuo, what did you just say?" You just said that the 386 Brigade wants to fight Taiyuan? ”

"Yes, they want to fight Taiyuan!"

After speaking, the left deputy chief of staff handed over the telegram again.

Mr. Peng took the telegram and read it, and his face changed from shock to caution.

Suddenly, when he heard that the 386 Brigade was going to attack Taiyuan, Mr. Peng's first reaction was shock, but after reading the reasons stated by the 386 Brigade on the telegram, Mr. Peng felt that there was a real opportunity.

"Lao Zuo, what do you think?" Mr. Peng said.

The left deputy chief of staff said in a deep voice: "This idea is very bold, but I must admit that there is still a possibility of success, and the key is that Yoshio Shinozuka would never have imagined that the 386 Brigade would dare to fight Taiyuan!" ”

Mr. Peng said: "The art of war is cloudy, and it is unprepared to attack it by surprise, as long as Yoshio Shinozuka, an old devil, can't think of this, this battle is already half successful!" ”

"What's more, Taiyuan at this time can indeed be regarded as empty of garrison!"

"The equipment of the 386 Brigade is not what it used to be, there are more than 75 mountain guns alone, and the ability to attack fortifications has been greatly improved, so it is really possible to capture Taiyuan City in one fell swoop!"

The left deputy chief of staff said: "Boss, do you approve it?" ”

"Approved!" Mr. Peng said, "The 386 Brigade can fight Taiyuan, but it ......"

After a pause, Mr. Peng said again: "The battle plan must be carefully considered, and it must be repeatedly scrutinized to ensure that there is no trace of mistakes, and to ensure that Taiyuan is fatally won with one blow!" As long as Taiyuan is taken, the sweep of the first army of the Japanese army in Shanxi against our Taiyue base area will be unsustainable! The situation of the entire Shanxi War of Resistance will be greatly improved! ”

The left deputy chief of staff immediately took out his pen and began to draft the message.