For Li Ziyuan, this is a rather difficult choice. Leave these few people here, who knows if they will be discovered by the subsequent Japanese army. What would be the result of a woman who had just given birth, plus a newborn premature baby, falling into the hands of the Japanese army?

Even if they didn't encounter the Japanese army, a mother who had just given birth and a baby would not have survived here. Although he is still a single person, he knows a little bit about some things. The most critical point is that Li Ziyuan's own conscience will not allow him to leave any of his comrades-in-arms behind.

But the problem is that I don't know how much time it will take to give birth to a child. According to Li Ziyuan's few memories, it seems that some even take a few days. Even if it takes a few hours, I can't afford to wait. Time is of the essence on the battlefield, and every minute wasted can cost hundreds of lives.

And the surrounding hostile situation is not known how much will change during this time. At present, the Japanese troops in the surrounding area are repeatedly sweeping the nets in this vicinity. What would the Japanese themselves do if during the production period discovered this unit hidden here, with far more non-combatants than covering troops?

The ammunition in his hand is indeed sufficient, so sufficient that he can't take it away. But the key problem is that there are not many combat troops, carrying such a big burden, and they want to leave when they need to, but they may not be able to leave. Wanting to fight, continuous marching and fighting, the troops have been unusually tired. The key is the combat troops, and the shortage of troops is the most difficult to overcome.

The current situation makes Li Ziyuan very entangled, and the huge difference between his conscience and the actual situation is tormenting him repeatedly. And the sound of the female soldier over there is like a huge hammer, constantly hammering his psychology. Li Ziyuan, who was leaning against a big tree, kept closing and turning on the head of the fast and slow machine in his hand to hide the irritability in his heart.

Looking at Li Ziyuan, who was a little irritable, Ma Yongcheng and Zeng Sheng walked over. Ma Yongcheng sat down next to Li Ziyuan and said, "Lao Li, we can't leave them alone." A mother and a newborn baby stayed here, and even if they didn't encounter the Japanese army, it would be difficult for them to survive here. ”

"What are we fighting as soldiers and fighting bloody battles with superior Japanese troops? Isn't it for the sake of future generations, not to experience the suffering we are going through today? It doesn't matter what the identity of the woman is, and which chief's wife she is. But that child is our hope. ”

"In this way, we will divide our troops into two ways. You take the rest of the people first, and leave me a squad to protect them here. When the mother is done, I will take them to chase you again. Although we have a mother and a baby, we have a small team and a small goal, so we may go out before you. ”

At Ma Yongcheng's proposal, Li Ziyuan looked at this comrade-in-arms who had been cooperating quite tacitly since he started partnering with him, and said directly: "Fart, you are carrying a pregnant woman who has just given birth, and you still get out under the situation that the enemy situation is unknown?" ”

"As for the little bit of energy in your kid's stomach, if you don't give Lao Tzu a head into the tiger and wolf's den, I will follow your surname. Lao Tzu paid the price of an organized battalion that was turned into an empty shelf, and these people who were rescued with great difficulty, you kid sent me back, isn't my price in vain? ”

Speaking of this, Li Ziyuan sighed and said, "Old Ma, why don't I know what you said?" Although this child came at an untimely time, he is a descendant of our revolution and our hope. I can't leave their mother and son alone, I won't need you to say it, I'll do it. ”

"If I really had to throw away the mother and son, or leave them to give birth here on their own, would I be so upset now? But you also know the actual situation of our troops, and the current enemy situation around us is changing rapidly, and who knows how long this production process will take. What if the Japanese puppet army finds out about us during this time? ”

"There are so few troops around me, and I have to bring so many superiors to repeatedly tell me that I must bring out the old, weak, sick and disabled. Once you encounter a large force of the Japanese puppet army, you know what the consequences are. That's what I have a headache right now, I can't fight, I can't run, and the only way for us at the moment is to hide. ”

"If it's just a dodge, you can dodge. But the problem is that the Japanese army is repeatedly pulling nets and sweeping, so do you know if the Japanese troops around us will turn around and search this piece of mountainous land? If the Japanese army launches a mountain search operation during this time, what should we do? ”

"With the surrounding enemy situation unknown, and the location of our brother troops unknown, we are now basically fighting alone. We must be fast when we need to be fast, we must go when we should go, and we must hide when we need to hide. Now we are carrying hundreds of intellectual lives that the headquarters attaches great importance to. ”

After Li Ziyuan finished speaking, Ma Yongcheng also fell silent. After hesitating for a long time, Ma Yongcheng spoke: "Why don't we send a few veterans out to reconnoiter and see if we can find brother troops nearby." At least see if we can find the headquarters special service group, or our troops of the 129th Division. ”

Ma Yongcheng's suggestion, Li Ziyuan hesitated for a moment and finally nodded. He called Wang Changfeng to pull out the map, draw a semicircle on the map with his location as the center and head to the southeast, and then confessed: "You take a squad and immediately look around to see if you can find our troops." ”

"Your brother's eyes brighten up a little, I don't know how many of the devil's standing teams there are, don't find it in Li Kui, and then find Li Ghost for me." The direction of your search, the key direction is the junction of Liao County and Licheng. I think as long as the leaders can break through safely, they will definitely send troops to find us. ”

"So your search target is to the junction of Liao County and Licheng, and see if you can find our troops in that direction. However, the distance you can move within a radius of 20 kilometers is where we are. All the villages along the way, regardless of whether there are Japanese puppet troops stationed or not, you are not allowed to enter. When marching, it is not allowed to walk through ravines, only ridges. ”

After receiving Li Ziyuan's order, Wang Changfeng did not delay in the slightest, and immediately set off with a squad in the direction designated by Li Ziyuan. Looking at Wang Changfeng's back as he disappeared on the mountain road, Li Ziyuan turned his head and hesitated, and then took the telescope to the commanding heights.

At this time, the Japanese troops in the village below the mountain had already evacuated the small mountain village. But the houses under the mountain were all set on fire by the Japanese army when they were evacuated. The whole village was in flames at this time, and there was a faint rumor in the village that it was supposed to be the cry of the people who saw their homes burned down by the Japanese army after returning to the village from the hiding place on the mountain.

It's just that although the threat under the mountain has been lifted, Li Ziyuan's heart is hanging for this disappeared Japanese army. This area of mountainous terrain is too big, who knows if this Japanese army will come back after going around in a circle? Looking at the dark mountains around the village and the adjacent river beach, Li Ziyuan inexplicably felt in his heart that the sudden retreat of the Japanese army was not simple.

A squad leader who served as a guard beside him looked at Li Ziyuan, who was holding a telescope and was observing the mountain, and said: "Battalion commander, about a squadron of Japanese troops under the mountain, it seems that they have discovered something." After setting fire to the village in the evening, they didn't even tidy up the team, and searched directly to the south. ”

"Could it be that this group of devils has discovered our brother troops in the south? Why don't I take someone with me and go down and take a look? This piece is very familiar to me, as long as you are careful, there should be no big problem. If we can find our brother troops, we will solve our predicament. ”

Li Ziyuan hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "You take your squad and follow behind the Japanese army's ass to see what the situation is." Don't stick too close, though. At that time, it will be easy to expose the target, and if the Japanese army has not made any movement after following them out for fifteen miles, they will return immediately. ”

"Remember, you must hide your whereabouts, and no matter what subsequent reactions the Japanese army has, you must not make any rash moves. Even if you find our brother troops, don't say hello for the time being. I'm a little worried that this Japanese army is preparing to kill a horse pistol. ”

After Li Ziyuan finished explaining, the squad leader nodded and took a few soldiers around him to touch down the mountain. Bypassing the burning village, he chased in the direction of the devil's evacuation. And Li Ziyuan turned his head to look at the burning village at the bottom of the mountain, but there was a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart.

When Li Ziyuan's telescope continued to carefully observe the surrounding terrain through the skyrocketing fire under the mountain, the feeling of uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger. Turning his head, Li Ziyuan said to a soldier beside him: "You go back immediately and tell everyone that no one is allowed to make any noise." ”

"No one is allowed to smoke, no one is allowed to light a fire, and no one is allowed to move around when there is nothing to do. No matter what team appears around, it is not allowed to go down the mountain without authorization. In a word, even if the sky falls, no movement is allowed. In addition, you immediately find the instructor and the commander of the second company. ”

Sure enough, when Ma Yongcheng and He Sanliang had just arrived at Li Ziyuan's location, a burst of gunfire suddenly rang out on the mountain road south of the village. The Japanese troops who withdrew in the evening did not go far and came back. Li Ziyuan, who raised his telescope when he heard the gunshot, only saw that it was pitch black. Except for the flashlight that kept flashing, there was nothing to be seen.

But the gunshots for a while made Li Ziyuan very clear that it was the squad leader who had gone down the mountain before, and he had encountered the Japanese army who had gone and returned. This squad leader shot regardless of the enemy's strength and weakness, which should be to warn the people in the village who are fighting fires. Thinking of this, Li Ziyuan hurriedly asked people to find He Sanliang.

Looking at He Sanliang in front of him, Li Ziyuan said: "Lao He, you take the remaining officers and soldiers of the second company, and immediately go down the mountain to lead this Japanese army away from the southeast." Don't fight to the death with them, just lure this Japanese army away for a while, so that the people under the mountain can withdraw. ”

Although Li Ziyuan knew that at this time, the only remaining troops in his hands should not be divided. But Li Ziyuan thought that he must not watch the people down the mountain, those ordinary people were blocked by the Japanese army that went and returned, and even suffered a massacre. When I rushed from Hubei to the division headquarters, I encountered more than one village that was slaughtered by devils.

Liao County, Licheng and Shexian are the core areas of the entire Taihang Base Area, and they are also the most stable base areas. In order to completely disintegrate the survival foundation of the Eighth Route Army in Taihang Mountain, the Japanese army adopted the method of drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle during this sweep. In the entire core area of the Taihang base area, villages were slaughtered at every turn, and food and other necessary materials for survival were snatched in a general manner.