After thinking about the location of the Japanese army provided by Liu Lianming and the actions of the Japanese puppet army, and making a corresponding judgment, Li Ziyuan was a little big. According to the direction in which the Japanese puppet army appeared, he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese puppet army to enter the Shangdang Basin in the western part of Hubei, but there was almost no possibility of realizing it.

This situation and situation is enough to show that the Japanese puppet army in the mountainous area in the eastern part of Hubei is almost blocking the route of its westward advance. I want to jump to the outside line to fight, unless I rush out hard, all routes will be cut off. It's just that as soon as this gun goes off, there is no need for me to go west

This time, the Japanese puppet army obviously made careful preparations for the Eighth Route Army's habitual mode of jumping out of the inner line and fighting on the outer line. Coupled with the success of his first two sneak attacks, the Japanese puppet army entered the mountains to sweep this time, and paid considerable attention to the behind. With a limited area to sweep, the number of troops left behind seems to be at least considerable.

Now I want to jump to the outside line to fight, and it is quite difficult. If one is not careful, it is easy to be outflanked by the Japanese puppet army, and it is even possible to get into their ambush circle. Grandma's, the little devil seems to have gone crazy this time to kill himself. Otherwise, why bother so much effort?

But they don't want to go west, according to the current location of the troops, this small mountain village with only 30 or so families can bear it. Even if the Japanese army does not sweep here, it is estimated that one day at most, the troops will be completely stopped. This is not the land of abundance in Sichuan, but the barren Taihang Mountains.

And according to the advance speed of the surrounding Japanese army, it will sweep to this mountain village in a day at most. This is still the situation of the Japanese puppet army while moving and searching the mountains. If the Japanese puppet army simply closes in this direction, the action will be much faster, and at most it will arrive here tomorrow morning.

With Guo Laosan leading the team, Li Ziyuan was not worried that Liu Lianming would go out to reconnoiter this time and bring the Japanese puppet army over. Li Ziyuan is still very confident in this. At present, the Japanese puppet army has not found itself hidden here, and it may be the only good news for them at the moment. But the problem is that this good news can only be regarded as temporary.

The most important thing is that at present, in addition to Chang Juan's sick number, there are several wounded in his own army. In addition, there are a lot of veterans who have sacrificed a lot at the moment, and there are too many recruits. At the time of transfer, once they encounter the Japanese puppet army, the troops that do not even have the original three layers of combat effectiveness will be in danger.

Go, this has become Li Ziyuan's inevitable choice. But how to go, Li Ziyuan has to think about it. The Japanese puppet army is encircling itself, supplies are already seriously insufficient, and there are still wounded and sick who need to be transferred. The current situation has become the most dangerous situation that Li Ziyuan has encountered since he arrived in Hubei.

Moreover, according to Liu Lianming's reconnaissance, the Japanese puppet army obviously changed some tactics after suffering several losses before. Li Ziyuan had a faint hunch that the Japanese puppet army's current sweep of this mountainous area was a bluff, and the real killing move should be to set up an ambush in that direction, waiting for him to take the initiative to drill into it.

As for the current tactic of encircling on all sides, it should be to drive itself into the ambush circle. Before determining where the Japanese puppet army would set up an ambush, Li Ziyuan knew that if he made up his mind based on the enemy situation in front of him, it would undoubtedly be a very dangerous thing.

But judging from the current situation, Li Ziyuan knew that he still had to go. Otherwise, it will be discovered by the Japanese puppet army through a sieve, and the whole army will be wiped out here. Or even if you dodge the search of the Japanese puppet army, you will be trapped and die here. Of course, there is another option, and that is to break through to the location of the division.

Just withdrawing the partition is not a good choice for Li Ziyuan. Perhaps, the Japanese army just forced him to choose this route, and then set up an ambush on the road, and the Japanese are no strangers to this set of scares. Moreover, he is a basic guerrilla force in Hubei County, if he is forced to withdraw to the subdivision, wouldn't it be equivalent to being driven out of his own territory? This point, Li Ziyuan is undoubtedly the most difficult to accept.

Faced with the current situation, Li Ziyuan, who has a big head, now truly understands what it means to fight alone. In the past, when the main forces were in the middle of the battle, there was flank cover, and when retreating, there were alternate covers. No matter at any time, I will never fight alone.

And now I don't have anything, and all I can rely on is myself. This feeling of fighting alone is also the first time that Li Ziyuan, who has been in the army for many years, has really experienced it. And now Li Ziyuan really understands why, after the original Hubei basic cadre battalion was pulled away, the superiors did not restore the original structure, but reduced the Hubei local armed forces into a basic guerrilla force.

The situation is good, you can open up the situation, and this army can be upgraded at any time. If the situation is bad and the situation cannot be opened for a long time, small troops are light and flexible, and their survivability is much higher than that of larger troops. The situation in Hubei County is too bad, and I am afraid that this is the reason why the superiors made this determination.

But no matter what the determination of the superiors was, there was no help for Li Ziyuan's current situation, and they could not provide any solution to the problem. The subdivision doesn't know what's going on, and hasn't reacted yet. Li Ziyuan knows the current situation, and the only thing he can rely on is himself.

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Ziyuan finally made up his mind to go. It really can't be done, and it is active in the remaining veins of the Eight Pine Ridge in the northwest direction of the north and west of the pot. But how to settle the wounded is the most troublesome thing for him. Five of the nine wounded were unable to walk alone and would have to travel on stretchers if they were carried.

Let's not talk about how to march with five stretchers, let's just say that I really don't have so many people to carry stretchers. One wounded person needs four people to carry, and five wounded people need twenty people to carry. In this way, the little combat power he has at the moment is basically thrown on the stretcher.

Once you encounter the enemy on the way, the consequences will be unimaginable. Judging from Liu Lianming's reconnaissance, no matter which direction he breaks through, the danger of an encounter with the Japanese puppet army is quite great. But if they had been placed on the spot, the five wounded would have been lost.

This is not a solid zone like the second district, although it is a three-way zone, it can be regarded as a guerrilla zone at most. If it were built as a fortress area, it would naturally be a good location for a rear hospital. But the problem right now is that it's impossible to give yourself enough time to build this place into a solid area.

At the moment, when this place is not even a guerrilla zone, placing the wounded here is basically abandoned. Judging from the attitude of the common people here who do not welcome themselves, once the Japanese puppet army searches here, these people will not be able to hand over the wounded directly.

Li Ziyuan knew that this would not only be a big blow to the morale of the troops, but also to the troops. And no matter what, I can't abandon all these wounded. But taking it away is undoubtedly a more difficult thing for him. At present, the losses of veterans and backbone personnel of the army are very large, and the new recruits account for the majority, and their own combat effectiveness is not strong. With these wounded, they can't walk, and they can't fight.

After thinking about it, General Li Ziyuan and Guo Laosan, together with the veteran Youzi He Huizhang, all found it together and wanted to get an idea. At this time, Li Ziyuan, who was a little at a loss, decided to hold a Zhuge Liang meeting to discuss what to do.

Because there is no replication equipment, Li Ziyuan is reluctant to mark the enemy situation on the map. And even if he was willing to mark it on the map, there was nothing that anyone here could understand. Therefore, he still had the old habit of using branches and stones on the ground to mark the current enemy. He also explained the situation of Liu Lianming's outing to reconnoiter in detail to all the cadres.

After Li Ziyuan finished talking about the current predicament of the troops, Chang Juan, who was holding the sick body on the side, said: "Captain, you don't have to think too much. I and all the wounded who could not walk were left behind, leaving us some bullets and grenades. As long as you are saved, the anti-Japanese banner in Hubei will not fall. ”

For Chang Juan's words that did not surprise Li Ziyuan, Li Ziyuan rolled his eyes and said, "Instructor, please shut your mouth." Since the day Lao Tzu became a platoon commander, he has not had the habit of throwing away the wounded. Everyone is a brother in life and death, and I will not leave my brothers to flee for their lives at any time. ”

"I'm here to discuss a solution. It's not to tell everyone that Lao Tzu can't stand being beaten by devils, and he wants to throw away his soldiers and run for his life. Lao Tzu's soldiers, Lao Tzu will never throw them to the little devils, whether now or in the future. ”

Li Ziyuan's words fell, but Chang Juan did not back down and said: "Captain, but now there are Japanese puppet troops everywhere outside, how can you break through with us wounded and sick?" Is it really going to wipe out everyone's army here? You're the captain, and you're thinking about the safety of the whole team? ”

"You didn't leave us behind. I, the instructor, are still persevering with everyone. Captain, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood. If our whole team dies here, the only one who will be happy will be the Japanese puppet army. I insist on my opinion, you break through with the main force, and I stay with the wounded on the spot to fortify the wall. ”

"Besides, you travel lightly and move much faster than you can with us. As long as you jump to the outside line earlier, start behind the devils, and mobilize the Japanese puppet army, we may not be in real danger. If you take us with you, we can only die together. ”

Chang Juan's insistence, but Li Ziyuan was silent. Letting him leave the wounded here is quite unacceptable for Li Ziyuan. But he really has no other way now, he can take the wounded with him, and at the same time he can rush out under the tight defense of the puppet army around him.

Looking at the stalemate, Shi Jin hesitated for a moment and said: "Otherwise, captain, you give me a few soldiers, I will leave these soldiers to protect the instructors and the wounded, and you will transfer to the outside with the main force." I promise that as long as I am here, I will definitely guarantee the safety of the instructor and the wounded. ”

Regarding Shi Jin's assurance, Li Ziyuan still shook his head. It's not that he doesn't believe in Shi Jin's assurance, but for him, he can't accept this kind of abandonment of the wounded in his eyes. In particular, this is not an old base area, and it is very dangerous for the wounded to stay.

These people were his soldiers, and he couldn't do the kind of way of making people charge in battle in wartime, and abandon the wounded when they were in danger. Especially at the moment, recruits make up the majority of the troops. The impact of this on morale is quite significant.