In the evening, Shijiaozi Mountain, the headquarters of the 119th Division.

More than 800 horses and more than 800 cavalry battalion soldiers were ready for departure, and each horse carried two bags on its back, a bag of silver dollars and a bag of horse fodder and fifteen rations.

"Departure"

Yu Sheng, the commander of the cavalry battalion, waved his hand and led the cavalry battalion to the west, and they would lie dormant day and night for half a month until they arrived in northern Shaanxi.

At the same time, also in Shijiaozi Mountain, there was also a team making preparations before the departure, but this team was in an open space on the left, and the cavalry battalion was in the gravel square on the right, and they couldn't see each other.

"Leave in half an hour, now check your package"

In front of the clearing, a platoon commander looked at the more than 100 young students in front of him, and his tone was serious and soft.

"The leggings should be tied well, not too loose and not too tight, to what extent? It's comfortable to walk on your own and you can't fall off, you have to tie your shoelaces tightly, and you have to rely on your own legs and feet to walk through this road of more than 600 kilometers."

"Your legs and stomach will hurt a lot when you first walk, just get used to two or three"

"If you feel uncomfortable, you have to talk to us as soon as possible, don't panic when you see a devil, just follow us"

"Don't worry about food, come to me to pick it up when you run out of food in your backpack"

At this point, the platoon commander patted the dozen or so mules and horses beside him, and these mules were carrying grain on the horses. Hearing the platoon commander in front of them speak, everyone also knew that this soldier was protecting them from entering northern Shaanxi, and they also began to check the items, clothes, toiletries, and a small amount of food in their packages.

"Everyone has to listen to Platoon Commander Zhu, he came from northern Shaanxi 2 months ago and has rich experience, so you don't have to worry about safety."

Seeing that the platoon leader's speech had ended, as the organizer of this group of college students, Wen Yan walked to the front row of the team and began to cheer everyone on. This group of people are all high-level intellectuals, the lowest of them have a high school education, many of them have positions as technicians in steel factories or machinery factories, and among them there are people majoring in geology and ores.

"The equipment has been transported, the method is confidential, I have also discussed with the comrades in northern Shaanxi, the site of the factory has also been decided, as soon as we arrive, we can start to set up the factory immediately."

Wenyan's words made everyone's high heart even hotter.

Half an hour later, the group also began to advance, but their route was not the same as that of the cavalry battalion.

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29th Division of the Eighth Route Army.

Northwest base area of Shanxi.

In a private house in Niujiagou, Shexian County, the senior officers of the 29th Division were discussing the battle plan of the Fifth Rear Army.

"Recently, the devil's transport team has become more frequent, and the division headquarters decided to ambush him on the Hanchang Highway this time."

"Since the ambush of Shentouling and Xiangtangpu, the defense of the devil has been strengthened on the long road, and a brigade of the devil is stationed in Dongyang Pass, Shexian and Licheng, especially Licheng, where a cavalry brigade and a so-called puppet army division are also stationed."

In front of the combat map, the deputy division commander was explaining the intelligence.

"The devils in Dongyang Pass and Shexian are not to be feared, they are all second-line troops, a brigade only has more than 500 people, and they are not equipped with many heavy weapons, but this devil brigade in Licheng has more than 1,000 people, and it is equipped with mountain artillery, and there are puppet army divisions that need our attention."

When he said to the puppet army, he found that the officers at the division headquarters were a little disdainful, so he paused and raised his tone.

"This puppet military division, I hope everyone will be vigilant, don't think that it will be broken at the touch like the puppet military division we met before, and surrender as soon as it is hit, this group of puppet troops is a little special"

After more than half a year of fighting, everyone has formed a concept, compared with the strong combat effectiveness of the Japanese devils, those puppet army and the second devil are weak-willed and extremely low in combat effectiveness.

The deputy division commander's words also successfully attracted the attention of the public.

"The predecessor of this puppet army division is a group of evil bandits, led by Liu Er Mazi, he used to be a company commander of the Northwest Army, this guy led his subordinates to fight with the regular army of Licheng many times before the devil came, and he did not suffer any losses, he was absorbed by the devil two months ago, he gathered a group of outlaws around him in the past two months to form a puppet army division of about 1,500 Rao, this gang of Rao combat effectiveness is absolutely not to be ignored"

Hearing this, everyone also understood that this gang was different.

The general puppet army is not a big traitor, and they also know that the Eighth Route Army will let them go after they are captured after losing the battle, so naturally they don't have much will to fight, and it is easy to surrender. But this puppet army division is all a guy who burns, kills, robs and abuses all kinds of evil, and this group of people knows very well what will happen if they fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, so they are absolutely fierce when they start a battle.

At the end of the road, the deputy division commander suddenly knocked heavily on the table.

"More than 300 villagers in Shiqian Yazi Village died at the hands of this person"

Hearing this, the eyes of the commanders of many brigades of the 29th Division were condensed, and they were suddenly full of murderous energy.

Ten years ago, in a village on the edge of the base area, more than 300 people were killed, none of the men, women and children were alive, and the means were extremely cruel, this incident shocked the whole division, and the commanders of each regiment and brigade looked for the murderer with red eyes, they originally thought that the devil did it, but they did not expect that it was actually this group of puppet soldiers.

"Since it's a bunch of scum, let's kill them all without leaving them all"

A regimental commander said heavily.

"I'm going to cut off the head of this Wang Er Mazi to pay tribute to the villagers of Yazi Village"

The other regiment commander gritted his teeth.

Then everyone began to discuss the detailed battle plan, and asked and was responsible for annihilating this puppet army division of Wang Er Mazi, and the division headquarters was as lively as a vegetable market for a while.

"Report, the transport brigade is back"

A communications soldier walked into the divisional road.

"Oh, let's go and see, let's go meet the supplies and see how much the 119th Division has supported? and boasted to me that the Haikou bullet tube was enough."

Hearing this, everyone, including the division commander, suddenly brightened their eyes, and the deputy division commander immediately stopped speaking and was the first to walk out of the division entrance.

Why did the Eighth Route Army spread rumors that there would be guerrillas but not attacks? It's not that there is no ammunition to make a fuss. The government of the Republic of China did not allocate weapons and ammunition, so the 29th Division had to find its own way to prepare ammunition, and only after the ammunition was enough for a battle would it look for fighters, which was also the fundamental reason why the 29th Division only fought a few months of active combat at and above the regimental level.

It's a fart battle without bullets!

Is it possible to charge with a bayonet without the cover of fire?

And the turning point of things came last month, when the 119th Division, not knowing what was happening, suddenly sent someone to transport a bunch of ammunition, and opened it widely, leaving behind a bold statement.

In the future, if there is a shortage of weapons and ammunition, it is good to send a transport team over by yourself, and the bullets are enough!

So, the deputy division commander really sent someone.