After saying that, after Li Ziyuan saluted the division commander and political commissar, he followed the chief of staff out of the courtyard of the division headquarters. After arriving at the combat department, the chief of staff looked at Li Ziyuan, who was gobbling up the noodles that was being served to the chief of the department, pondered for a while and said: "Judging from the last contact with the headquarters, the headquarters is still in the Matian area. ”

"As soon as you've finished eating, you'll set out in that direction overnight. The people here in the division headquarters, I will give you whoever you want, and the map will be sent to you in a moment. I'm giving you ten flashlights to make it easier for you to march at night. The rest of the supplies, as long as the division headquarters can take them out, I will give you whatever you want. ”

The chief of staff's voice fell, and Li Ziyuan thought for a while and said, "Chief of staff, I just had a consideration. Do you think you gave me a high-power radio station, and I carried out a feint to attract the Japanese troops around the division headquarters? The reason why the Japanese army has been biting the division headquarters is that I think in addition to the main reason why the Okawa Advance Team has been following us, there is also a problem. ”

"I'm afraid that our radio station has long been targeted by the Japanese army, as long as the radio station of our division headquarters is turned on, the approximate location of our division headquarters will be exposed. You have so many radio stations here, and it's strange that the devil doesn't stare at it at the same time. I was just wondering, did you give me a radio station, and I used the radio station to feint and take away the devils around the division headquarters? ”

"As for the rest, you can give me a guide, and I don't want the others. There are many non-combatants on the division headquarters, and there are a lot of radio stations and documents, and the burden is much heavier than mine. I take a little bit of people here, and it doesn't have much impact on my side, but your burden here is much greater. ”

"In addition, the heavy machine gun I captured in this battle, as well as a batch of canned food and Japanese-style dry food, were also left behind for the division headquarters. If you need it here, I'll leave you another company. But Chief of Staff, how about I get a thousand rounds of ammunition and get you another batch of grenades? ”

After Li Ziyuan finished saying his thoughts, the chief of staff, a simple northwestern man, knocked on the table, and was a little moved by his thoughts. But after pondering for a while, he shook his head firmly and said, "If you have other actions, this suggestion of yours is a very good idea." No, your mission now is to support HQ. ”

"We can't lead the devils around the division headquarters to the headquarters organs. They have more non-combatants there than in the division, and there is a headquarters special service group next to them, and the pressure is much greater than ours. However, you can suggest this method to the deputy commander-in-chief after you have joined up with the headquarters. ”

"You keep the bullets for yourself, we don't want them here. As for the grenade, I'll give you a slip, and in a moment you will go to the logistics department to get five boxes of grenades. This batch of grenades, I will explain to the logistics staff and give you standard grenades. If you leave the heavy machine guns, you will leave them behind, and it will not be convenient for you to march with them in a hurry. ”

The chief of staff refused, Li Ziyuan just smiled and did not say any more. After pulling the noodles in a few bites, he stood up and said, "Chief of Staff, do you have anything else to explain?" If not, I will immediately go back to the army to prepare and set off in half an hour. ”

Seeing that Li Ziyuan was in a somewhat anxious mood, the chief of staff shook his head and said: "It's still the words of the division commander, you should be more careful yourself, don't be careless and be caught by the devil." Another point is my own selfishness. If you encounter our captives, if the situation allows, we must rescue them as much as possible. ”

After that, the chief of staff took out a pen and paper and wrote a note to Li Ziyuan. Together with the map sent by the staff officer, they were all stuffed to Li Ziyuan. After receiving the note and map handed over by the chief of staff, Li Ziyuan saw the old Spanish revolver in the holster on the chief of staff's waist.

After thinking about it, before leaving, he pulled out his Browning and a few magazines and put it on the table. After Li Ziyuan turned to leave, he looked at the eighty percent new one that this guy put on the table, and the roasted blue on the body of the gun could shine a human figure, the original Browning pistol.

The chief of staff picked it up and touched it a few times, but still called his guard to ask him to send Li Ziyuan back. The chief of staff, who knew what kind of situation Li Ziyuan would face this time, although he liked this Browning 1922 pistol very much, he still did not win people's love.

Li Ziyuan, who had just gone out, saw the chief of staff's guards chasing after him with the Browning he had left, and immediately understood what the chief of staff meant. After calling the guard aside, he did not accept the pistol sent back by the chief of staff, but whispered a few words of advice sneaky.

He took out the Tohoku-made fast and slow machine that he had captured from Okawa Momoyoshi, replaced the barge gun made by the boss on the guard, and gave him another fifty rounds of ammunition, before leaving the chief of staff with a smile on his face.

When the troops finished eating, the grenades and flashlights that the chief of staff had given to Li Ziyuan, as well as the guides he had sent, also arrived. After handing over the wounded and some surplus materials to the division headquarters, Li Ziyuan did not say anything more to the division commander and political commissar who came to see him off, but just saluted the troops and marched in the direction of the headquarters station.

Li Ziyuan didn't know that his troops had left the temporary station of the division headquarters. The division commander, the political commissar, and the chief of staff have been standing at the entrance of the village and staring at the troops that are advancing towards the core area of the Japanese encirclement for a long time. Even if the combat staff officer behind him urged him to transfer many times, the two leaders did not move until Li Ziyuan's headquarters disappeared into the Taihang Mountains in the night.

After the back of Li Ziyuan's department completely disappeared in the Taihang Mountains. The division commander and the political commissar, who knew what kind of difficult situation Li Ziyuan would face when he went, glanced at each other and saw the deep worry and worry in each other's eyes. Both of them knew what a huge burden it was.

And now that he is leaving the division headquarters, he doesn't know that the division commander and political commissar behind him have been paying attention to his Li Ziyuan. He didn't dare to have any delay, and led the troops to the headquarters station quickly. He didn't enter any villages along the way, as long as he could take the small road, he never took the big road.

If you can walk the ridge, you will never walk the ravine. Under the leadership of the guide sent by the division headquarters, he avoided the Japanese puppet army that was rapidly encircling Matian, the headquarters station, and quickly advanced towards the core area of the Japanese army. The anxiety in the tone of the division commander and political commissar was not unheard by Li Ziyuan.

Li Ziyuan, who was in a hurry, did not take any rest along the way. It wasn't until dawn that Li Ziyuan ordered the troops to rest. And he himself took the binoculars, and He Sanliang climbed a nearby hill, holding the binoculars to look around carefully.

Looking at the villages occasionally revealed in the mountains, I listened to the guide sent by the division headquarters tell me that this was Guojiayu, where the headquarters was stationed yesterday. Li Ziyuan's brows twisted into a big pimple, and by the dim light of dawn, the sentry who appeared in his telescope was not a member of the headquarters guard unit, but a Japanese soldier wearing a steel helmet and holding a 38 rifle.

The headquarters was stationed yesterday, and the Japanese puppet army was stationed last night. This shows that the Japanese army bit the headquarters, and the bite was not ordinarily tight. Where is the headquarters right now, or is it around here? If this is the case, the situation at the headquarters is dangerous. If he was really bitten by the Japanese army, Li Ziyuan didn't even dare to imagine the consequences.

Putting down the binoculars in his hand, Li Ziyuan said to He Sanliang beside him: "Lao He, the area around the headquarters is so big, you say we should go there to find the so-called standing team?" Judging by the situation that arose in our last battle, this standing force should operate within 10 kilometers of the headquarters and 15 kilometers from the surrounding Japanese forces. ”

"But this is less than ten kilometers away from where the headquarters is currently located, and so far we haven't found anything. Either the headquarters has left here, or there is another possibility, that is, we are traveling in a different direction from the forward team. ”

Regarding Li Ziyuan's judgment, He Sanliang also held the binoculars and looked around carefully, but he shook his head and said, "Battalion commander, your judgment should be accurate from common sense. But this is only judging from common sense, this Japanese army will not necessarily follow the route we arranged for them. ”

"One thing you judged correctly, the village below the mountain doesn't even have a dog barking now, and now it must be full of devils and puppet soldiers. But one of the most critical questions we have now is where exactly the headquarters organs have been transferred? That's our biggest problem. ”

"Judging from what we passed along the way, if I were the operational staff officer of the headquarters, when I chose the direction of the breakout, I would choose to break through to the no-man's land to the west. Therefore, we should still have a certain distance from the location of the headquarters, and I think we should continue to look west, that is, the deep mountainous area at the junction of Liao County and Shexian County. ”

"But the problem arises again, if we go west from our current position, then we will have to bypass the Japanese blockade line at the foot of the mountain. It's too late to take a detour now, but if we get through, it's even more difficult for us. Because we don't know how many Japanese puppet troops there are around at the moment. Once we're stuck here, it's a big problem. ”

"I think with the vigilance and consistent tactical literacy of the Japanese army, I will not fail to control the commanding heights and key points in this vicinity. If we choose to force the attack, it is very likely that we will be suppressed by the Japanese in this ravine. When the time comes, not only will we not be able to save the headquarters, but even we ourselves will not be able to protect ourselves. ”

He Sanliang's voice fell, and Li Ziyuan nodded very approvingly. After pondering for a while, Li Ziyuan raised his head to look at the sky that was brightening, and then looked at the village under the mountain that did not even have a rooster crow, and was as peaceful as death. Gritted his teeth and said, "I think the devil is in a hurry to find our headquarters, so he shouldn't stay here for too long." ”

"I mean just follow them and keep a certain distance. If they find out where their headquarters are located, they will inevitably attack. Let's take their back road and cover the breakthrough of the headquarters organs. As for the Japanese army, it will depend on the opportunity. ”

Li Ziyuan's idea, He Sanliang thought about it for a long time, and he also felt that it was the only way. However, He Sanliang also proposed that we must do a good job of air defense camouflage. Let Liu Lianming's direct subordinates line up at the front of the team, and the whole battalion must be ready for battle when marching. It is best to take a three-way approach to control the two wings of the hill when it is moving.

He Sanliang's suggestion, Li Ziyuan nodded in agreement without thinking about it. After the Japanese troops in the village below the mountain had eaten and drunk enough, they left this small village in the Taihang Mountains and turned to the northwest again. Li Ziyuan led the troops and quietly followed behind this Japanese army.