So where do we end up breaking through? Chen Shiping asked suddenly.

Lehi glanced at the other party and explained, "My suggestion is to break through to the Decisive Column, that is, to the north.

Although the eastward breakthrough can converge with the 344th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, there is a problem, that is, we need to pass through the defense areas of the 40th Army, the New 5th Army, etc.

Although these two armies were not central armies and were generally equipped, the 40th Army had cavalry, and in the plains, if we were targeted by cavalry, we were doomed to suffer heavy losses.

From the point of view of reducing casualties, it is best to break through to the north.

However, the disadvantage of breaking through to the north is that it is mountainous, and we are not familiar with the environment over there. ”

"Director Li, what should we do next? The regiment headquarters told us to go to a meeting, are we still going? Li asked.

"Naturally, I'm going!" Lehi said.

"Wouldn't it be self-defeating to go now?"

"There are still two battalions of soldiers on the regimental headquarters, and only some of the old officers have defected, not all of them.

In addition, where there are dozens of our political workers, we cannot ignore them.

My plan was that Deputy Director Chen and I would go to the meeting with the guard company, and the 2nd Battalion would follow us, but not near the regimental headquarters.

The 1st Battalion of the Independence went around to the mountainous area north of the regimental headquarters, and the 2nd Battalion of the Independence went around to the mountainous area to the south of the regimental headquarters to assemble and stand by, and as soon as there was a situation on the side of the regimental headquarters, they would immediately attack the regimental headquarters.

Strive to solve the battle in half a day, and then we will go to the column headquarters and join the column headquarters! ”

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"Go and gather all the comrades immediately and move closer to the Eighth Regiment of the Decisive Death!"

Suddenly, Dong Tianzhi, as the director of the Political Department, ordered the entire column headquarters, the political department of the column, the five exclusive departments, the central area of the Qi League, and other mass organizations to immediately retreat in the direction of the Eighth Regiment.

"What's going on?"

Seeing the panicked column department, Zhao Yaqian was a little confused.

"Comrade Xiao Zhao, hurry up and pack up your things and retreat, the Jin Sui army is coming!" A comrade from the Political Department came to Zhao Yaqian and said anxiously, and then ran to inform the others.

It turned out that a few hours ago, Dong Tianzhi, director of the Political Department of the Third Column of the Decisive Death, learned that the 8th Brigade of the Jin Sui Army had been killed towards the column headquarters under the command of Sun Chu, the general of the Jin Sui Army.

In fact, the Kuomintang army had already taken action, including attacking the Second Column of Decisive Death, and even the 10th Security Regiment of the Third Column and the county governments of Qinshui, Yangcheng, Jincheng and other places were captured by the Nationalist army, and the county magistrate was expelled.

However, the three columns of decisive death thought that it was just an isolated incident and did not take it to heart, and even the political commissar and chief of staff went to the meeting.

It wasn't until a few hours ago that I learned that the 8th Brigade had captured several outposts in a row and was heading for the column headquarters.

Thinking of the reminder that Li Hai gave herself before, Zhao Yaqian hurriedly returned to the room to open the suitcase, took out a pistol from it and put it on her body, and then took the suitcase and prepared to evacuate with the column headquarters.

It turned out that Zhao Yaqian had always remembered Li Hai's advice, as long as there was an emergency, she must find a way to break through to the east and go to the station of the Eighth Regiment to the death.

"Lao Li, what should I do now? The person surnamed Dong actually learned the news that he was going to retreat, he really wanted to retreat, what should he do when Chief Sun and they can't find anyone when they come? ”

At the staff headquarters of the column, Adjutant General Wu Zhenyi looked at the team that was busy preparing to retreat, and was a little anxious.

In front of him was Li Xiangchu, chief of staff of the Third Column.

It turned out that before, the two had secretly taken refuge in Sun Chu, and after Sun Chu came with the army, they directly led the three columns of decisive death to join Sun Chu.

Now that the political commissar and chief of staff of the three columns are not there, they thought that Dong Tianzhi, director of the Political Department, would not come, but this person actually came back and learned about the actions of the 8th Independent Brigade, which undoubtedly made the two plots uncontrollable.

If these three people are not there, the three columns will be leaderless, and Li Xiangchu, as the chief of staff, will be able to control the situation.

But when Dong Tianzhi came back, Li Xiangchu's idea was shattered.

"Now we must branch the surname Dong, otherwise it is very likely that something bad will happen, and we can't gamble with our lives." Li Xiangchu knew that if he was with Dong Tianzhi, it would be impossible for him to take the troops to join Sun Chu.

"Why are you two here? Prepare to retreat! The Jin Suijun is about to fight! ”

Dong Tianzhi was originally looking for Li Xiangchu and the others, but found that the two were hiding here, and hurriedly urged.

He did not doubt these two people, because Li Xiangchu usually did not show reactionary behavior, so he thought that the two were of the same mind as them.

"Director Dong, how can so many of us retreat? At present, there are not many combat units on the side of the column headquarters, and if thousands of people retreat together, I am afraid that it will be easy to catch up. Li Xiangchu immediately expressed his concerns.

"What is Director Li's plan?" Dong Tianzhi thought about it too, so he asked.

"I mean, you and I will lead the headquarters and the column to retreat in two ways, so that the target is smaller and the possibility of getting rid of the pursuit is greater." Li Xiangchu said his opinion with a little humility, he was afraid that the other party would find out about his intentions.

Dong Tianzhi didn't think much about it, and nodded, "What you said makes sense, let's act separately and meet at the Eighth Regiment of Decisive Death when the time comes." ”

"Okay, then do it! So should we wait for the commissars and chiefs of staff for them? Li Xiangchu asked.

"Don't wait, it's too late! However, I have already sent a report to the Decisive Column, hoping that the political commissars can come back as soon as possible to stabilize the situation after getting the news. ”

Part of the column retreated in two directions, Zhao Yaqian and the comrades of the Women's Committee followed the column headquarters and the general staff, and Dong Tianzhi took the political department and the five special forces to act.

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"I don't know if Director Li got the news there, but don't come!"

In Hudi Township, the headquarters of the Eighth Regiment, Yan Zhenzhi, as the instructor of the 1st Battalion, walked around his room in a hurry.

A few days ago, he spread the news, but since yesterday, Sun Ruikun has asked people to block the contact with the outside of the regiment headquarters, and he doesn't know what is going on outside.

"Instructor, it's useless to be anxious now, we can only hope that the comrade who delivered the letter has successfully delivered the news." Wen Dongxian, the commander of the 1st Company of the 1st Battalion next to him, persuaded, "Someone just came to report that Sun Ruikun had ambushed the guard company inside and outside the regimental headquarters, and the 1st Battalion was also ambushed outside the regimental headquarters, waiting for action at any time."

The 3rd Battalion even blocked Hudi Township's external contact, and if Director Li and they arrived, they could really only be disposed of by Sun Ruikun. ”

"Director Li is very capable, and he is from the headquarters, so he should know how to do it. What we can do here is to buy time for Director Li and them when Sun Ruikun is in trouble. ”

Yan Zhenzhi didn't know how to describe the young director of Li Hai, it was true that he was very capable, otherwise he would not be able to compete with Sun Ruikun, and he would have developed the army to so much.

"How many troops can you mobilize on your side now?" Yan Zhenzhi asked.