On 25 May, the 129th Division was still moving, and there were devil troops constantly chasing after it in the rear, so that the 129th Division had no time to rest.

This time the devil's sweep is very ferocious. They carried out sweeps regardless of casualties, and continued to attack the base area like mad dogs. In order to be able to divide the anti-Japanese base areas, the front-line troops of the devils were sweeping, and the rear had forcibly recruited strong men and built strongholds and isolation ditches for them.

At the same time, in order to be able to provide faster support between the bases, the devils also chose to pave large and small roads in the base area, in order to facilitate them to provide timely support. Due to the outbreak of the Pacific War, the devils transferred a lot of troops on the Chinese battlefield.

This also makes the devil's troops in the rear occupation area much reduced, and for this reason, the devil can only ensure that the distance between the strongholds is not too far to support each other. In order to ensure the stability of the occupied areas, the devils built a large number of strongholds, and in a short period of time, many strongholds of the devils appeared in the anti-Japanese base areas.

Liu Gen followed the 129th Division headquarters with the artillery regiment, and there was no need to worry about safety, in the rear of the artillery regiment, there were still 129th Division troops blocking the attack of the devil troops. The devil troops who kept chasing from the rear made Liu Gen feel that there was something wrong, how did these devils find the direction of the transfer of the 129th Division?

On the cross ridge in Liao County, Zuo Quan, deputy chief of general staff, was directing the troops to carry out the transfer; because the headquarters organs were huge, the logistics troops carried a lot of materials, and they were slow to move, and they were unable to move by separate routes according to the original plan, which made the troops very slow when they were transferred, and they only walked more than 20 miles in one night.

Standing on the Cross Ridge, the deputy chief of the General Staff looked at the crowded troops on the first line of the Cross Ridge, and could see that the General Directorate, the General Political Department, the Logistics Department of the General Headquarters, the Northern Bureau of Logistics, the Northern Bureau and the Special Service Corps, totaling more than 10,000 troops, as well as thousands of horses of livestock, were crowded into this area.

It was learned that yesterday the transfer unit in the direction of Guojiayu was attacked by a small unit of devils, and the combat effectiveness of the small unit of devils was not weak, so that the transferred troops suffered a lot of casualties. And the distance between Cross Ridge and Guojiayu is not too far, with the marching speed of the devil's small army, if it really strikes in this direction, then it is very likely to attack again.

With this in mind, the deputy chief of the General Staff sent fighters to notify the special service regiment on guard in the rear to avoid being really attacked by the devil's small forces.

"Da Da Da" "Da Da Da"

Before the fighters in charge of the notification arrived at the position of the special service group of the rear headquarters, there was a dense burst of gunfire, and the small army of devils took the initiative to attack. A dense stream of bullets came at the moving troops, and the soldiers were unprepared, and there were many casualties in an instant.

The battle caused confusion among the troops crowded together on the front line of Cross Ridge, and everyone wanted to rush forward as hard as they could. In a short period of time, the front line of Cross Ridge became a mess, and the deputy chief of the general staff kept shouting and organizing the transfer of various units in different directions.

But even so, there were still soldiers who fell under the mountain because they were too crowded, and while the deputy chief of the General Staff was trying to calm everyone down, there was a buzzing sound of fighters in the air, and it was the devil's fighters coming.

After discovering that there were a large number of troops of the Eighth Route Army being transferred on the front line of Cross Ridge, this small devil unit resolutely reported to the headquarters of the First Army through the portable radio and applied for support from the aviation unit. This small army of devils has been coming to Cross Ridge for a while, and they only took the initiative to attack when they knew that the fighters were coming.

And because the uniform of this small army of devils is the uniform of the Eighth Route Army, this has allowed them to hide until now, and now they are showing their fangs.

Squadron Leader Shigeo Mashiko of the 223rd Wing of the 36th Devil's Division was constantly commanding his squadron, and when they attacked Guojiayu last night, they had a certain gain, but it did not satisfy him. Previously, the first squadron of the 223rd Wing penetrated into the base area of the Eighth Route Army in the form of a small unit, but was annihilated by the independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

This made Mashiko Shigeo extremely cautious after entering the base area of the Eighth Route Army, and he would not activate radio communication at all unless it was really necessary. It was precisely because Mashiko Shigeo was so cautious that he was able to successfully penetrate the depths of the Eighth Route Army's base and quietly came to the Cross Ridge.

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom"

In the air, the devil fighters kept dropping the aerial bombs they carried, and because there were too many troops of the Eighth Route Army on the front line of Cross Ridge, the devil pilots did not need to aim at all, so they directly dropped the aerial shells. Aviation shells fell, and as soon as the deputy chief of the General Staff maintained good order, it again became chaotic.

No one could remain calm in the face of aerial bombs that could fall overhead at any moment, and the line of Cross Ridge became chaotic again.

"Deputy Chief of the General Staff, we need to retreat immediately, there is a good chance that the devil's large army is coming." The head of the 769th Regiment, who was responsible for covering the transfer of the headquarters organs, said with a worried face.

Commander Qi could see that many soldiers were shooting at the devil fighters in the air with machine guns, but they failed to have any impact on the devil fighters, but under the continuous dive shooting of the devil fighters, the soldiers suffered a lot of casualties. And the small army of devils in the rear is also constantly attacking, entangled with the special service group in charge of the palace.

"Can't be withdrawn! We can't withdraw, we don't have many combat troops in our hands, and if we really want to transfer, then what about the rest of the troops? The deputy chief of the general staff shook his head firmly and said.

The deputy chief of the General Staff was well aware of the dangers of staying, but he could not retreat with the combat units until the large forces had been withdrawn. Once there are no combat troops, the troops crowded on the front line of Cross Ridge are suspected of suffering a large number of casualties.

"Boss, our 769 regiment stays behind to cover the retreat of the large army, you should follow the headquarters organ first! If something goes wrong with you, then Mr. Peng will definitely not be able to spare me. Head Qi said with a wry smile.

The deputy chief of the general staff shook his head vigorously again, "Don't worry, it won't be so easy to have problems, I've been in the army for so many years, isn't it okay?" ”

"Don't worry, even if Mr. Peng says you, I will stop you."

Seeing this, Regiment Commander Qi could only smile bitterly, and he realized that the deputy chief of general staff would not leave easily. Commander Qi could only stand vigilantly beside the deputy chief of the general staff, ready to protect the deputy chief of the general staff at any time, even if he sacrificed himself, he would not let the deputy chief of the general staff have any problems.

The devil fighter came and left quickly, and after the ammunition was exhausted, the devil fighter left directly. And the small devil force entangled with the secret service group also withdrew directly, and this small devil force was very decisive when it evacuated, as if it didn't care about its own casualties at all.

At the end of the battle, the Deputy Chief of the General Staff again directed the evacuation of the troops, and he was not prepared to leave until the troops on the Cross Ridge had been evacuated.

"Commander Qi, no matter what, we must hold the cross ridge and not let the devils touch it, otherwise the troops we are transferring will be too dangerous, and they will be completely exposed to the guns of the devils." The deputy chief of the general staff said to the head of the regiment.

The transfer continued, and by five o'clock in the afternoon, the transfer of the large force came to an end.

The deputy chief of the general staff picked up a telescope and observed the situation of the Japanese army, and he could see that more and more devil troops were coming here, and these devils were ready for battle and could attack Cross Ridge at any time. child

When the telescope was used, it reflected in the sunlight, which attracted the attention of the devil sentinels, who determined that there might be a commander of the Eighth Route Army on the cross ridge, so the devil immediately mobilized several mortars to launch an artillery attack on the cross ridge.

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom"

Suddenly, Commander Qi heard the sound of the devil's cannonball flying, the first shell hit, landed next to Commander Qi and exploded, directly blowing Commander Qi to the ground, he endured the pain and hurriedly shouted: "Chief of Staff!" Lie down! ”

The deputy chief of the general staff reacted, he didn't care about lying down, and hurriedly shouted to the soldiers around him to hide.

But at this time, the second shell hit, and it landed right between the head of the regiment Qi and the deputy chief of general staff of Zuo Quan, who had just stood up, and a piece of shrapnel hit the head of the deputy chief of general staff of Zuo Quan, and he died on the spot!

Commander Qi was also hit by shrapnel in his left eye and right arm, and since then he has been blind in his left eye and unable to lift his right arm again.

"Withdraw!"

Seeing the unfortunate death of the deputy chief of general staff of Zuo Quan, Regiment Commander Qi used all his strength to give the order to retreat before he fell unconscious. More shells hit and landed on the cross ridge, but the fighters who stayed on the cross ridge did not retreat, they wanted to take away the deputy chief of the general staff of Zuo Quan and the head of the regiment Qi! Can't let the two of them stay here!