Li Ping and the brigade commander parted halfway, took Huzi to the area of Ping County, and the two intelligence officers working underground led them down to the deep mountains.

Along the way, Li Ping looked at the devil's turret stronghold, his eyes lit up, and he drew everything he saw on the map.

Li Ping's arrival made the soldiers of the new regiment stunned, this is our new regiment commander, how can he be a child.

The distrustful gaze of the soldiers of the team, Li Ping just smiled slightly, time will tell.

Lao Zeng, the political commissar of the new regiment, was a little embarrassed, and after gathering the cadres of the regiment headquarters, he came to Li Ping's side and explained softly: "Commander Li, don't get me wrong, it's just that we haven't been able to develop, and we have been driven back to the mountains by devils, and the morale of the soldiers is a little low, you ......"

Li Ping looked at the political commissar Lao Zeng, this is a thirty-four-year-old man, but his face definitely looks like a fifty-year-old, his face is pale, he looks malnourished at first glance, and the heavy work makes it difficult for him to rest.

"Commissar, I won't mind, I'm a little skeptical when I see my own appearance." , Li Ping's joke made the political commissar smile, and several people came to the side of the mountain forest, looking at the simple shed, Li Ping walked in.

One by one, the wounded soldiers endured the pain, Li Ping showed an unbearable look, and the political commissar Zeng looked at it and explained softly: "Commander Li, we have no medicine, we can only look for medicinal materials in the mountains, we ......"

The political commissar looked sad, Li Ping sighed in his heart, and pulled him outside, where the cadres had already come.

Li Ping asked a few people to sit down and said, "I just came, you give me a briefing on the situation." ”

"Report to the regiment commander, I am Chen Zhong, the commander of the first battalion, the first battalion currently has 226 people, and the instructor is ......," a bearded cadre stood up and began to report, Li Ping listened carefully.

After Chen Zhong's report was completed, another middle-aged man stood up and said: "Report to the regiment commander, I am Xiao Ping, the commander of the second battalion, and the current situation of the second battalion is ......."

After introducing them one by one, Li Ping finally learned about the situation of the new regiment, political commissar Lao Zeng, chief of staff Guo Shijun, a total of 631 people in the regiment, and 254 wounded soldiers.

Li Ping gasped, it was really a bad situation, not only was the army forced into the mountains by devils, but they couldn't get a trace of supplies, if it weren't for the strong skills of Political Commissar Zeng and others, I am afraid they would not be able to hold on to now.

There was a shortage of medicine, food, and ammunition, and there were only more than 200 guns at present, and there was no firepower above the light machine gun.

Seeing that Li Ping was silent, the political commissar and others smiled bitterly, the new group was on the verge of life and death, and it was too difficult to bring the dead back to life.

Li Ping raised his head, looked at the chief of staff, and said, "Lao Guo, tell me about our current situation, we know the deployment of the devils." ”

Guo Shijun was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "Regiment leader, the area where we are located is Pingxian, due to the important location here, the devils are stationed in a devil brigade, in addition to the county seat, the eight towns in Pingxian County are stationed in a devil team, and the road points are all artillery strongholds, all of which are garrisoned by a detachment of devils, and there are countless puppet troops. ”

"The mountain where we are now is on the edge of Pingxian County, and our new group is being forced into the deep mountains by devils and can no longer go out."

After the chief of staff finished speaking, the political commissar bowed his head and was silent, but Li Ping looked at the map and laughed, the location here is too good, backed by the mountains, as long as the blockade of the devils is broken, and the entry can threaten Ping County, directly to Jinzhong, and then Taiyuan, the vast area around it can be the sphere of influence of the Eighth Route Army, as long as he can connect to other base areas, then two-thirds of Shanxi is the Eighth Route Army.

Now the only way is to use the mountain as a base, break the blockade under the mountain, step by step, Li Ping's smile is getting more and more, and the political commissar is very puzzled, you can still laugh at this time.

Li Ping looked at a few people and said: "Chief of Staff, the troops are temporarily compressed, and the guns are concentrated and used, the political commissar, you are responsible for the original work, Battalion Commander Chen and Battalion Commander Xiao will take the troops down the mountain with me, and fight the devil artillery stronghold on the road down the mountain, we have to move." ”

Several people looked at each other and wanted to say something, but the political commissar glared at them and stopped them, only when Li Ping's prestige was established, the troops would have the backbone.

Li Ping smiled at the political commissar's actions and stopped talking, and several people immediately agreed with Li Ping's idea, Li Ping got up to look at the wounded soldiers, and the chief of staff looked at his back and said softly: "Political commissar, is it too risky for the regiment commander to do this, the devil's turret and stronghold are not easy to fight, otherwise we will not be driven to the mountain by the devil." ”

The political commissar looked serious, looked at a few people, and said in a stern tone: "Since the superiors sent him, we have to believe him, you look at his age, if he has no ability, will the superiors send him?" ”

"This time, even if you oppose it in your heart, you must carry out the order, otherwise what else can you do."

The words of the political commissar made several people nod heavily, the army really needs the backbone, otherwise it will collapse soon.

When night fell, Li Ping quietly went down the mountain with two hundred soldiers, came to the way out of the mountain, looked at the devil turret in the distance, and the battalion commander Chen said: "Regiment commander, the front is the devil's stronghold, there are a total of nine strongholds to guard our way out, all of which are the only way down the mountain, each stronghold has a detachment of devils, a squad of the puppet army, behind the stronghold of the turret is the village, there are also turret strongholds, they support each other, just like the net, control Pingxian in their hands." ”

Li Ping looked at the turret and nodded slightly, in order to control the strategic point of Pingxian, the logistics headquarters really made a lot of money, turned his head to Huzi and said: "Huzi, I handed over your skills, you can use it for Lao Tzu tonight, and I will go with you later." ”

"As long as you hear the gunshots, go over, and Huzi and I will control the devil's machine gun first, understand?"

After Li Ping finished speaking, he and Huzi lurked over, and before Camp Commander Chen could stop it, he saw Li Ping running far away, his face changed, and he lamented in his heart: "Regiment Commander, Regiment Commander, you can kill my old Chen, if something happens to you, the political commissar will have to pick my skin." ”

Battalion Commander Chen's thoughts Li Ping was not clear, he and Huzi came to the bottom of the turret, looked at each other and immediately rushed in.

"Yaga, who are you?" , a devil wanted to pick up the gun, but Li Ping had already picked up the light machine gun in his hand and fired a burst of fire.

Huzi also controlled the machine gun, and the two quickly eliminated the enemy, and the Eighth Route Army outside heard the gunshots and immediately rushed over, and when they came, what was left was the corpse of the devil and a few puppet soldiers who were alive.

"Quick, clean up the battlefield, gunshots should be heard on the other side of the village." , Li Ping threw the gun to one of the fighters and immediately ordered.

"Yes, regimental commander", the soldiers finally had some morale, and they took everything they could.

Li Ping came to Camp Commander Chen and said to him: "Old Chen, the devils stationed in the village heard the gunshots, and they will come to reinforcements soon, and our gunfire will not stop." ”