Looking at the Seventh Company that was gradually moving away, Jiang Hongfei turned to look at Lei Wancheng and sighed.

Although Staff Officer Xue's words were not unpleasant, they were not unreasonable. In the unlikely event that he leads people to the Kuomintang, then we will have no one to fill the line of defense in the northeast. ”

Regarding the matter of asking Zhao Shixun to take the Seventh Company to contact the rest of the 70th Division of the Jinsui Army in Jiangxian County, Xue Liqun, the acting chief of staff, said from the beginning that he would never agree.

In Xue Liqun's opinion, Zhao Shixun has only joined the Eighth Route Army for a few months, but he has served in the old army for ten years!

Although Zhao Shixun has been sincerely fighting devils during this time, in his opinion, this person's loyalty to the organization and the revolution still remains to be seen.

If he was asked to lead someone to contact the troops of his former camp at this time, in case he couldn't resist the temptation to switch to the Kuomintang again, wouldn't that column make a wedding dress for others?

Now the situation is sinister, and any unit with combat effectiveness is a valuable fighting force for the Eighth Route Army in the southern Jinnan region, especially these units of the former vanguard regiment, which are all seed troops for the development of the future base area.

The most important thing is that at such a moment, once a formed unit turns to the Kuomintang, it will be a great blow to the reputation of the Eighth Route Army, which has just moved south to the occupied areas to develop, and will even shake the confidence of the common people in the base areas to resist Japan.

Staff Officer Xue's words can be described as heart-wrenching, which made Lei Wancheng and Jiang Hongfei think about it for a long time.

However, in the face of the information sent by their superiors, Lei Wancheng and Jiang Hongfei thought about it, and there was indeed no one except Zhao Shixun who was suitable to be sent to the Seventy Division to liaise.

Although Shen Cunzhi and Xu Guofeng are good, their military quality is much worse than Zhao Shixun's. Let them go, Lei Wancheng is afraid that before they reach the 70th Division's station, they will have to be blocked back by the Japanese puppet army.

Yang Chenghu and Han Weimin are okay, but one is a group of old, weak and new disabled people under his hands, and he will give away his head when he goes.

The other is that he hates Jin Suijun to the core, not to mention uniting each other to fight, it would be good if they didn't fight when they met.

In desperation, Lei Wancheng Jiang Hongfei could only hope to press on Zhao Shixun, who was a deserter from the former national army, although it seemed a little suspicious of big gamble, but it could only be so.

Glancing at the worried political commissar, Lei Wancheng touched the old wound on his leg that was faintly painful.

"This is the case in a war, when the enemy is strong and we are weak, there is no perfect strategy.

Besides, we can't be bitten by a snake for ten years and be afraid of the well rope. For our comrades, it is okay to be skeptical, but there is still to be the necessary trust. If it is only because of the other party's background to close the coffin, then how can we unite to resist the war? ”

"Well...... you still have the courage to be old Lei. If it were me, I guess I wouldn't even think about cooperating with Jin Suijun. ”

……

Soon, as the troops were drawn one by one, the headquarters of the first column originally stationed in Shipan Village quickly became deserted.

After arranging for the health team and the wounded to be transferred, Lei Wancheng asked the first battalion to start helping the villagers near the base area to quickly pack up their things and organize a planned transfer to the mountains.

Shipan Village has been the vanguard regiment for several months, and now the Japanese puppet army is about to enter the mountains to sweep away, and the villagers of Shipan Village, as "anti-Japanese elements" in the eyes of the Japanese, will definitely be frantically retaliated against by the Japanese puppet army.

In order not to let these villagers, who helped the column a lot, suffer losses. Lei Wancheng and Jiang Hongfei attached great importance to it and demanded that the first battalion must safely transfer all the villagers without leaving behind.

Of course, there are also some villagers who are reluctant to leave, and just throw away the things they have accumulated for generations, and many wealthy villagers and landlords are especially unwilling.

The Jinnan region belongs to the area that has just been conquered, and many ordinary people are not aware of the ferocity of the Japanese army and have unrealistic illusions about the invaders.

In the face of these, after several times of hard persuasion to no avail, Han Weimin could only protect most of the villagers who were willing to leave to take the first step.

……

In the southeast of Jiangxian County, in a bush on the top of Yangjialing Mountain.

After carefully observing the surrounding terrain, Zhao Shixun took out the map again and looked at it.

Two days after the rapid march, Zhao Shixun led the seventh company over the mountains and mountains, bypassed the blockade of five or six Japanese artillery towers, and finally arrived in the Yangjialing area more than 80 miles away on the afternoon of the third day after the departure after annihilating a puppet army patrol along the way.

Zhao Shixun is actually very familiar with the topography and geography of the Zhongtiao Mountain area, he has fought with the Japanese army here for more than two years, not to mention that every village knows it in his own heart, and Zhao Shixun still knows most of the special locations.

According to the information of the commander's political commissar, the 70th Division of the Jin Sui Army was stationed in the Dingjiawa area north of Yangjialing.

Dingjiawa is located in the east of Jiangxian County, at the edge of the intersection of Zhongtiao Mountain and Wangwu Mountain.

Stationed here, you can attack Qinshui and even Jinzhong in Jiangxian County, and you can hide in the mountains to avoid the encirclement and suppression of the Japanese army, which is indeed a good place to stay.

"Lao Zhao, the comrades are almost rested, I think let's take advantage of the fact that it's not too late, let's go straight to Dingjiawa."

Hearing Zhou Yu's voice, Zhao Shixun put down his glasses and looked at the sun in the west, then pondered for a moment and said:

"I noticed that there was a patrol on the hillside in front of me that had disappeared in a flash, and it was supposed to be the outer line guard of the Seventy Division.

The 70th Division was surrounded by Japanese puppet troops, so they must have been very well guarded. Without the slightest notice, if we rashly appear and go straight to Ding Jiawa at this time, it is easy to misunderstand with them. ”

"Really? So what to do. We don't have a guide or a radio, so we can't wait here. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Shixun looked around the surrounding terrain, and Zhao Shixun's gaze finally stayed on the road below the mountain.

"Let's go down. Since we don't have a way to contact them, let's let them come to us. ”

"Huh? Is it possible to do this, and will it be dangerous? ”

Zhou Yu was a little hesitant when he heard that he wanted to expose Qilian to the mountain road.

After all, since the Jin Sui Army massacred the wounded of the Eighth Route Army, the two sides have been at odds, and even sporadic clashes broke out at one point. Although in the end, the top leaders of the two sides chose to negotiate a settlement, but in private they have always been wary of each other, and there is really little trust at all.

Hearing this, he walked over and patted Zhou Yu on the shoulder, and Zhao Shixun said gently:

"I know Shi Ziyu very well, he is one of the officers who are most opposed to the civil war, and I don't believe that his soldiers will do anything out of the ordinary.

Moreover, now that the Japanese army is pressing the border, Shi Ziyu's military quality will not be unclear about how grim the current situation is. At this time, as long as Shi Ziyu is not in the water, he will never do this kind of stupid thing that relatives and enemies are happy. ”

"Well...... I believe you."

……

Under the bright eyes of the afternoon, the soldiers of the Seventh Company broke away from the cover of the green gauze tent, and immediately appeared in a neat queue on the mountain road under Yangjialing after descending the mountain.

The reason why Zhao Shixun chose to go to Dingjiawa on the mountain road was to tell the 70th Division of the Jin Sui Army that his side had no malicious intentions.

His eyes carefully looked at the hillside woods on both sides, and Zhou Yu's right hand was always on the position of the short gun at his waist. Looking at the surrounding mountains, Zhou Yu said in his heart that it was impossible not to worry.

Zhao Shixun had not experienced the Jinxi Incident, and Zhou Yu was worried that he probably did not know how big the grievances between the Jin Sui Army and the Eighth Route Army were.

And the flashpoint of that incident was that after the loss of Taiyuan, the situation of the Anti-Japanese War was unfavorable, and the Shanxi warlord Yan Xishan began to waver, in order to create an opportunity for himself to surrender and compromise, the Jin Sui army directly waved the knife to the Eighth Route Army that insisted on resisting behind enemy lines.

After the defeat of the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, the situation of the Anti-Japanese War in Shanxi can be said to have collapsed to the extreme. Looking at the entire land of the Three Jin Dynasty, the Jin Sui Army almost lost all its foothold in Shanxi. The situation at this time was so similar to the Jinxi Incident that Zhou Yu had to be extremely wary of the Jin Suijun.

Walking on the road, Zhou Yu suddenly understood the painstaking efforts of Lei Wancheng and Jiang Hongfei.

In this situation, it is impossible for any commander of the Eighth Route Army to go to Jin Suijun to take the initiative to cooperate except for Zhao Shixun. Zhou Yu estimated that except for Riesling and the political commissar, everyone else probably didn't know that the Seventh Company went to the 70th Division of the Jin Sui Army to seek cooperation.

I don't know how long I walked, but as Zhao Shixun suddenly stretched out his right arm to stop the team, Zhou Yu found that the Seventh Company had been surrounded by hundreds of Jin Sui soldiers at some point.

"Don't panic, everyone, put away your weapons!"

Loudly reassuring the soldiers behind him, Zhao Shixun took a few steps forward, raised his hands and shouted at an officer opposite:

"We are the Jinnan First Column under the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, my name is Zhao Shixun, you can go back and tell your division commander Shi Ziyu truthfully."

Since the Eighth Route Army produced several main forces with official numbers, most of the other troops did not have official numbers. In order to avoid the other party not being able to figure out his number and delay time, Zhao Shixun hesitated for a moment, but still reported his name.

Maybe the other party is a little unclear about where the Jinnan First Column came from, but the name of the 386th Brigade, the Jin Sui Army, is not unknown.

After a short silence, a captain officer of the Jin Sui Army walked over.

Looking at Zhao Shixun and the troops behind him suspiciously, Captain Jin Suijun was obviously a little surprised by the other party's Japanese-style steel helmet and a 38 big cover.

Although dozens of soldiers in front of him were wearing Eighth Route uniforms, the Japanese were known for being good at pretending to be Chinese troops to carry out sneak attacks. The rapid defeat of more than 100,000 Chinese defenders in the early stage of Zhongtiao Mountain was largely due to the fact that the command organ was destroyed by the Japanese advance team shortly after the start of the war, resulting in the loss of unified command of more than 100,000 national troops, and they had to fight separately and were finally broken by each one.

Seeing the other party's eyes spinning around on the Japanese-style steel helmet under his hand, Zhao Shixun's heart immediately sank.

Oh no, eighty percent of the other side regarded themselves as the "advance team" of the Japanese.

…… To be continued.

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