It didn't take long for the news of the loss of Xiaobeishan to be sent to the headquarters of the 70th Division by the heralds of the independent battalion.

At first, Shi Ziyu was a little unconvinced, but soon he got a definite answer from the Japanese.

Not long after dawn, Ding Jiawa, who had been uneventful, was suddenly attacked by shells from Xiaobei Mountain.

In the midst of the rumbling explosions, the mortars were mixed with two 92 infantry guns, and from time to time they blew up and smashed adobe houses.

Amid wailing and crying, hundreds of villagers rushed around the village in despair. They tried to escape the hellish battlefield, but most of them ended up slumping next to the rubble on the side of the road.

The only thing to be thankful for was that the Japanese had to cease fire after less than five minutes of shelling, since the supplies were destroyed by the seventh company.

"Ahem......."

Crawling out of the choking cellar, Shi Ziyu pushed away the guards who were supporting him. He coughed violently against the wall until the tears of the cough almost came out.

"Herald! Heralds! ”

"Here!"

"Go and inform the battalion commander Liu Jin, and ask him to immediately lead the division reserve to Yujiapo, and sternly urge the remnants of the independent battalion to attack, and take back the Xiaobeishan position for me at all costs!!"

"Yes!"

At noon, Yujiapo.

Looking at the bloodied Battalion Commander Zeng, Liu Jin, the captain of the reserve directly under the 70th Division, was ruthless, and finally ruthless.

"Lao Zeng, you know the temper of the master. Don't blame my brother for being ruthless, it's really hard to disobey the military order.

These are the daughter red that I bought for my brothers out of my own pocket, which is considered a strong wine that my brother gave you. Drink it, life and death depend on God. ”

Looking at Liu Jin and smiling, Battalion Commander Zeng looked back at his remaining more than 100 old brothers, and his eyes turned red for a moment.

"Brothers, I know that it is not easy for Da Neng to survive, and Zeng can't stand the brothers today......."

"Battalion commander, don't say that, the brothers will follow you up the sword mountain and down the sea of fire, so you can give the order!!"

The soldiers below saw that their battalion commander had choked up, and they all yelled in their hearts.

"Good...... Good brother. ”

Looking at the fearless brothers below, Camp Commander Zeng walked a few steps to the place where the wine was kept, picked up a jar and drank heavily.

After a sigh of applause, Camp Commander Zeng wiped the wine on his face and roared proudly:

"Brothers, come up and drink!"

……

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the headquarters of the 70th Division.

Since noon, the sound of gunfire has not stopped in the direction of Xiaobeishan to the west of the division headquarters and Taerliang to the north.

In the rumbling cannon, Shi Ziyu sat on the chair tiredly, looking at the map on the wall in a daze.

Since rejecting Li Zhao's request to lead the troops to retreat, the development of the situation has become more and more critical, greatly exceeding Shi Ziyu's estimate.

In less than a morning, the Japanese not only completely isolated the defenders of Taerliang and cut off the only route for the 70th Division to increase the number of troops in Taerliang, but also captured Xiaobeishan, an important barrier to the west of the division headquarters, in one fell swoop, so that the entire division headquarters was completely exposed to the range of Japanese artillery.

At this moment, Shi Ziyu already had a premonition that he couldn't hold Ding Jiawa.

In order to avoid the vicious consequences of being surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese army, Shi Ziyu has already begun to think about the plan to evacuate.

Just when Shi Ziyu was hesitating, Liu Jin suddenly stumbled in.

"Master, teacher! I want to see the teacher! ”

"Liu Jin! Did Xiaobeishan get it back? ”

Looking at Shi Ziyu, who was looking forward to it, Liu Jin's body was soft and fell to the ground. Seeing this, several staff officers around him hurriedly helped the other party up.

"The division, humble and incompetent, the reserve directly under the division was killed and wounded, and the operation to recapture Xiaobeishan was ...... Failed. ”

"What! ......, failed ......, what about Zeng Guozhi? Tell him to come to me! ”

Looking at the roaring Shi Ziyu, Liu Jin broke away from the person who was supporting him, and looked at Shi Ziyu's eyes in despair.

"...... dead, all dead. Zeng Guozhi, the self-commander of the independent battalion, and all the soldiers were killed. ”

"All dead......

Suddenly feeling dizzy, Shi Ziyu hurriedly helped the table in front of him.

"Master, you need to rest."

The guards saw that Shi Ziyu was in a very bad state, so they wanted to help him down to rest for a while, since yesterday, Shi Ziyu has not closed his eyes for a day and a night.

"The Japanese are almost in front of Lao Tzu, what are you resting for! Go and pour a glass of water for Battalion Commander Liu Jin. ”

At this moment, Shi Ziyu's henchman Shi Boying hurriedly rushed in, and then went straight to Shi Ziyu and said in a low voice:

"Division, the special service company of the 701st Regiment found that a large number of Japanese puppet troops were pressing from the direction of the small temple, it seems that the devil is going to eat us in one bite!"

Hearing this, Shi Ziyu immediately walked to the map in a few steps and looked at it carefully.

Sure enough, although the main direction of attack of the Japanese was Taerliang, they had already pressed up from the east and west, and it was obvious that they wanted to encircle themselves.

Thinking of this, Shi Ziyu knew that he couldn't hesitate.

"Shi Boying!"

"Here!"

"The 701st Regiment is under your command, and it will immediately attack and advance towards Maoliangou on the south side, opening the way for the division headquarters to retreat south.

Later, I will personally lead the division headquarters and logistics personnel to make peace with you, understand? ”

"Understood!"

The words were closed, Shi Boying didn't dare to delay for a moment, turned around and rushed out.

"Liu Jin!"

"Here."

Looking at the tired Liu Jin, although Shi Ziyu couldn't bear it, he couldn't take care of it so much.

"You return to the army immediately, be sure to hold on to Yujiapo until dark, and then evacuate in the direction of Maoliangou on your own, understand?"

"Understood......."

Looking at Liu Jin, who had no fighting spirit in front of him, Shi Ziyu walked up to him and patted the other party's shoulder with both hands.

"Brother Liu Jin, cheer up. …… I know that your troops have suffered heavy losses, and the terrain of Yujiapo is not easy to defend.

I'll take thirty men from the guard company, and add fifty new recruits to replenish you. I only have one command, which is that you will hold on to me until dark no matter what, you know? ”

Looking at Shi Ziyu in front of him blankly, Liu Jin nodded silently, and then stood up straight and saluted a solemn military salute.

"Please rest assured, if the little devil wants to pass from Yujiapo, unless he steps on my Liu Jin's corpse!"

After Liu Jin left, Shi Ziyu immediately issued an order to the division headquarters to retreat in the direction of Maoliangou.

While the division headquarters personnel were busy packing up their things, the chief of staff of the 70th Division walked in front of Shi Ziyu.

"Division, Peng Sixiang has just come to report that the support troops have launched two assaults, and more than 200 people have been killed and wounded, and they have still not been able to break through the Japanese blockade line and enter the Taerliang position.

Peng Sixiang was organizing a third attack, and at the same time asked the division to send reinforcements. ”

Hearing this, Shi Ziyu slowly closed his eyes and sighed.

"Enough...... let Peng Sixiang lead the rest of the 703rd Regiment to immediately disengage from the Japanese army, immediately serve as the division headquarters guard regiment, and follow the division headquarters to retreat in the direction of Maoliangou."

"What about ......, what about the 702nd regiment? Li Zhao: They are still fighting fiercely with the Japanese army. ”

Hearing this, the chief of staff couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

Opening his eyes and turning his back to the chief of staff, Shi Ziyu's tone was resolute.

"There are no less than three squadrons of devils surrounding Taerliang, and it is impossible to rescue them at present, so we can only count on them to break through on their own."

The words were closed, Shi Ziyu ignored the question of the chief of staff behind him, and strode directly to the telecommunications office.

Seeing the division walk in, the people in the telecommunications office hurriedly stood up and saluted.

Motioning for everyone to sit down, Shi Ziyu asked in a deep voice with his hands behind his back:

"Is there an update from the Eighth Route Army and the Second World War Zone?"

"Report to the division, the radio of the Eighth Route Army has not been able to contact since the morning. The Second War Zone replied that the first generation of Hengqu County had discovered a large number of Japanese troops and asked us to pay attention to the movements of the Japanese army at any time. ”

Nodding, Shi Ziyu looked at the time on his watch.

"Send a report to the Second World Theater Command."

"Since yesterday afternoon, the rest of our 70th Division has been attacked by a large number of Japanese troops and fierce air raids.

At 3:15 p.m. on this day, a large number of Japanese troops were found in the east, west, and north of our division's garrison.

In order to avoid the tragedy of the annihilation of the whole army, our division decided to break through in the direction of the Fifth Theater of Operations. In order to preserve the essence of the anti-Japanese forces, the Second War Zone is requested to inform the Fifth War Zone that it must go to meet it.

Signed, Major General of the 70th Division, Shi Ziyu. ”

……

Yangjialing East Wuli, Qinjiazhuang.

Qinjiazhuang is not large, it is a small mountain village with less than 100 households on the edge of Zhongtiao Mountain.

At this time, most of the villagers in the village had fled into the mountains after learning that the devil had come, and only a few families were still living in the village.

In the courtyard of a wealthy family in the north of the village, more than 30 puppet soldiers sat around a few tables, eating and drinking. And under the root of the wall on the east side of the courtyard, seven or eight blood-stained prisoners of the Jin Sui Army were tied together with ropes, and sat lifeless at the base of the wall with their heads down.

Not long after, ten Japanese soldiers pushed open the door with guns and swaggered in.

Seeing a Japanese soldier walking into the courtyard, a puppet army translator with oily hair and a pink face hurriedly trotted up to meet him, licking his face and saying with a crappy Japanese soldier:

"It's a coincidence that you have arrived, we have just cooked the meat here, and we are waiting for the imperial army to come and enjoy it."

Hearing that there was meat to eat, the devil soldier Cao immediately smiled.

"Yo Xi, your friend of the Imperial Army, your conscience is very good."

"Thank you Taijun for the compliment, thank you Taijun for the compliment! This side please. ”

While leading the devil towards a few tables in the courtyard, the interpreter shouted at a dozen puppet soldiers:

"You group of foodies, don't hurry up and get out of the way of Taijun! A bunch of foodies who don't have the eyesight to see! ”

"Hehe...... Taijun here, please ...... here."

Seeing this, more than a dozen puppet soldiers who were eating and drinking around the table hurriedly lowered their heads and scattered to the side. Although many people greeted their ancestors for the eighteenth generation of translators and devils in their hearts, they didn't dare to say a word.

After the puppet soldiers left, the interpreter sat down with the ten devil soldiers, eating and drinking with them, and pouring wine for the devil soldiers from time to time.

Not long after the Japanese sat down to eat and drink, a woman with short hair suddenly came out of the kitchen in the courtyard, with her head down and a basin of steaming elbows.

…… To be continued.

(End of chapter)