"Division, I just received a report from the reconnaissance company that the Eighth Route Army defending the position has indeed withdrawn, and it is destroying the road while retreating." The deputy chief of staff received the news and ran over to report.

"Then there are no worries, the troops continue to advance." The division commander was glad to order.

"The damaged highway can stop the heavy trucks, but it can't stop us from moving lightly, so their methods have a limited impact on us."

"Tell the brothers, they have given me enough strength to move forward, and after occupying Hunyuan, each brother will be rewarded with five oceans."

"Send a telegram to the commandos on the left and right: the troops will turn at once, but they will not come to join us. According to the original battle plan, we will go straight to our respective targets, and we must take back all the time we just delayed. ”

The Jin Sui army, which had more than 1,000 people, with less than a day's dry food left, once again embarked on their own road of no return.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the division commander successfully passed through the two towns that had been rowed away by the Eighth Route Army and entered the garrison base area.

After spending half an hour resting and eating dry rations, the troops continued their advance.

With the help of the common people, the highway was destroyed more thoroughly, and there were many traps added to it, which were used to capture wild beasts and prey, and could not kill people, but could hurt people.

As a result, two screams were heard from time to time in the middle of the marching ranks of the Jin Sui army, and then this person could not march, and was either carried by his comrades on a stretcher or left in place.

The division commander was anxious to make meritorious service and did not hesitate to choose the latter.

"The main force of the division is marching behind us, and it will be here in a few hours, in order to ensure the speed of the march, all the wounded will be left behind, and when the main force arrives, they will be carried on the march!"

The deputy staff officer agreed with this decision very much, and immediately expressed his support: "The division seat is wise, and the humble post will be arranged now." ”

More than a dozen wounded were left in a land temple next to the road, and several soldiers with less wounded were on guard.

In order to ensure their safety, the division commander specially left them a light machine gun for self-defense.

Less than half an hour after the main force left, the land temple was targeted by two guerrilla groups operating nearby.

They are the head snakes of the land here, and they are very familiar with the terrain around the land temple.

When several lightly wounded soldiers in charge of guarding realized the danger, the muzzles of the guerrillas' black holes were already aimed at their backs, so they could only obediently lay down their weapons and take them ......

Li Hao walked five kilometers in front of the Jinsui Army Division Headquarters with the battalion headquarters of the Datong Independent Battalion, and the sound of horses' hooves continued to sound around, reporting the latest battle reports of various troops here.

"Commander, I have received two more good news here!" Instructor Teng Changyuan happily reported.

"The guerrillas in Dazhouzhuang and Chenjiazhen reported that they raided the concentration of the wounded left on the road by the Jin Sui army."

"Without firing a single shot, 39 wounded Jinsui soldiers were captured, and two light machine guns, 35 rifles, more than 1,100 bullets, and 73 grenades were captured."

Seeing Li Hao nodding his head to indicate that he knew, Teng Changyuan couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "At first, I didn't understand why we gave up our position and put the Jin Sui army into our base area, and I thought this was luring wolves into the room. ”

"Now I understand: the base area is our territory, the time, the place, and the people are all in our hands."

"As long as Jin Suijun dares to come in, it will become a piece of meat on our chopping board, and we can eat it as much as we want."

"As soon as we entered the base area, we captured a platoon, and we didn't lose even a single bullet, this is definitely a business without capital."

Huang Sheng nodded again and again when he heard this, his eyes lit up, and he analyzed as he walked: "To be precise, we lost a reinforced platoon three kilometers into our base area. ”

"If we continue to fight at this ratio, the Jin Sui Army will lose ten reinforced platoons 30 kilometers deep into our base area in one day, which is equivalent to a battalion being wiped out."

"More importantly, we don't need to use force to fight like this, the two troops avoid a military conflict, and the Jin Sui army that entered the base area can't find us no matter how aggrieved they are, so they can only swallow their anger and watch their troops get smaller and smaller."

Li Hao replied confidently: "Tell the local troops and guerrillas who set the trap that we can only hurt people, and we must not kill people." ”

"Also, don't set the trap too ruthlessly, this is just an appetizer I prepared for Jin Suijun, the main course hasn't been played yet, don't scare them away."

"As for the captured wounded of the Jin Sui Army, we will do our best to treat them, and by the way, some political cadres will be sent over to mobilize them to join our Eighth Route Army."

"As far as I know, although there are many recruits in the Jinsui army that entered our base area, they have all been trained for more than half a year, but they have not been on the battlefield."

"This is definitely the best reinforcement for our garrison."

Huang Sheng's face was already happy when he heard this, and he immediately asked, "Leader, what is the main dish?" ”

Li Hao's confident face flashed with a hint of mystery, and then replied, "Just serve it to them." ”

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the division commander had penetrated nearly 30 kilometers into the base area of the garrison regiment, and there were less than 20 highways away from Hunyuan County.

According to the division commander's intentions, the troops need to make persistent efforts to continue to advance, strive to take Hunyuan in one go, and prevent the garrison regiment from returning to reinforce the troops from entering Hunyuan one step ahead.

But the troops were too tired.

From yesterday morning to this evening, the troops have been marching, and only stopping for two or three hours on the edge of the garrison base area to allow everyone to rest, which is not enough at all.

Until now, many soldiers have closed their eyes as they walk.

There were also some soldiers who began to fall asleep while lying on the ground while eating dry food, and the commander could not wake up no matter how much he screamed.

If the division commander hadn't made an example of the soldiers on the march and shot two soldiers who disobeyed the military order in front of everyone, the more than 1,000 people on the highway would have collapsed on the ground a long time ago.

Not only that, but the troops were faced with a new problem.

On continuous marches, the physical exertion of the soldiers is enormous.

Eat dry food every two or three hours.

The two days of dry food they carried with them were eaten by them in one day and one night.

Up to now, less than one-fifth of the soldiers have dry food left, and the rest have even run out of water.

If the soldiers who did not have dry food were already hungry, if they were not given something to eat, they would not only not be able to go too far, but they would also die.

Therefore, as soon as the division commander's decision to move forward came out, it was opposed by all his subordinates.

"Master, brothers want to sleep, stay up and pass." The deputy chief of staff admonished.

"But if you can't get through the hunger, if you hold on, your legs and feet will be weak, and if something happens, you won't even have the strength to hold a gun, so you can only be a prisoner."

The commander of the guard battalion then added: "Division, I still have a lot of soldiers with dry food in my hands, I will organize them, go to the nearby villages to have a look, get some food back, let the brothers eat a full meal and then continue to hurry, and it will be delayed for less than two hours." ”

The division commander had to compromise and thought for a moment of order: "Give all the dry food to the cavalry company, let the cavalry company go to get food, they are fast." ”

"The others are now starting to build stoves and boil water, cook rice as soon as the food arrives, and then eat, and strive to get it done in an hour and a half, and then the troops continue to advance."

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