While Li Ziyuan was fighting his side, the headquarters organs, which had broken through in three ways on Cross Ridge, took advantage of the opportunity of He Sanliang to knock out one of the main artillery positions of the Japanese army, and under the desperate cover of the guard units of the headquarters, more than half of the personnel had finally been highlighted.

On the other hand, the commander of the Central Road, who was directing the headquarters to break through the siege in three ways, personally led a special service group of the headquarters to protect a large number of non-combatants, and also rushed towards this side. Li Ziyuan fought head-on, attracting most of the attention of the Japanese troops southeast of Cross Ridge.

Li Ziyuan carried away the biggest burden, which was also the burden that posed the greatest threat to the headquarters organs on the Cross Ridge, which undoubtedly made the headquarters' breakthrough operation easier. Although there were also small groups of Japanese puppet troops intercepting them, after all, most of the troops were attracted by Li Ziyuan.

Dense gunfire suddenly rang out behind the Japanese army, as well as the sound of grenade explosions, and the director of the Field Political Department of the Headquarters, who led the Political Department to break through in the southeast direction, personally commanded the headquarters special service group to rush over, which greatly reduced Li Ziyuan's pressure. The Japanese army, unable to withstand the attack on the back of the abdomen, retreated in the southwest direction.

Seeing the brother troops rushing over on the mountain, Li Ziyuan ordered the soldiers to immediately clean up the battlefield and collect as much ammunition as possible from the corpses of the Japanese puppet army, and at the same time greeted the brother troops who rushed over. Just seeing that the leader of the team was actually the director of the Field Political Department of the headquarters, Li Ziyuan was taken aback.

Seeing the director of the Field Political Department with a serious face, Li Ziyuan hurriedly wiped the blood on his body and led the troops to meet him. When I saw the large number of personnel behind the director of the field political department, through this gap that he was holding on to, he quickly broke through to the southeast. Li Ziyuan, who had no radio in his hand, knew that this was the headquarters organ that was breaking through the siege.

Seeing Li Ziyuan, because the situation was critical, there were a large number of slow-moving non-combatants behind him, and he was not able to stand out with an iron face, and the veteran director who knew Li Ziyuan did not wait for Li Ziyuan to report, let alone any subtlety, and said directly: "Li Ziyuan, how is the enemy situation along the way you came?" ”

In response to the chief's inquiry, Li Ziyuan did not hesitate to open the map, and directly indicated a route on the map: "Chief, there is not much time left for us. The devil's retreat now is to reorganize the structure and formation, and I estimate that they will pounce again soon, and the gap that has opened up at that time will be easily resealed. ”

"You are not safe here, please take the prominent part of the personnel to move first. I'm here to cover you and gather those you've straggled. The route I drew on the map was adjusted from the route we had taken when we came. Relatively speaking, it should be relatively safe, except for the current group of Japanese troops, it is unlikely that there will be a large force of the Japanese puppet army. ”

"After you rush out, move in a southeasterly direction. As long as you cross the Zhanghe River, you should be safe. But I suggest that you put a unit in front of you, so that if you encounter the Japanese army, you can cover and force your way out. Also, all the machines and equipment you bring with you will have to be thrown away. With these bulky machines, you can't get out of the Japanese army quickly. ”

Looking at the route marked by Li Ziyuan on the map, the deputy director, who had always been blushing, said: "I will hand over these personnel who have stood out with me to you, and you will evacuate immediately with them." I won't leave, there are still a large number of personnel from our Political Department who have not been withdrawn, and the deputy commander-in-chief and deputy chief of staff don't know if they are going to stand out, so I won't leave. ”

Hearing the deputy director's words, Li Ziyuan's face instantly became a little unsightly. In this era, there are not too many constraints between superiors and subordinates, and there is a strict hierarchy. Therefore, for the words of the director of the field political department, Li Ziyuan refused directly without considering it.

What are you kidding, retreat with people yourself and leave you here? Your brother is the dignified director of the Field Political Department of the Eighth Route Army, if you stay here, you don't want my head when you go back to the division commander? Besides, the main target of the Japanese army's sweep this time is these high-ranking cadres, isn't it a big move for you to stay?

Li Ziyuan, who knew that the time was urgent, walked up to the director and said, "Chief, if you believe me, take your people and leave quickly." Those who remain in the enclosure, I will gather them for you and promise to bring them out. Please rest assured, as long as I, Li Ziyuan, am alive, I promise to take these people out for you. ”

Speaking of this, Li Ziyuan glanced at a battalion commander of the special service group beside the deputy director. When the battalion commander saw Li Ziyuan's handover look, he immediately understood Li Ziyuan's intentions. With a wave of his hand, he took two fighters, regardless of the chief's reaction, and directly forced him away.

When separating from the battalion commander, looking at the few troops left around Li Ziyuan, the battalion commander gritted his teeth and gave Li Ziyuan five squads of the troops he already had at hand. As a member of the special mission that has been serving as a security guard at the headquarters, he knows too well the enormity of the headquarters organs.

Although the head of the headquarters has formulated a three-way breakthrough plan, there are still a large number of female soldiers and intellectuals with weak physical strength among the tens of thousands of non-combatants. The main force of the General Logistics Corps, together with the guard brigade of the General Logistics Department, is blocking more Japanese troops from reinforcing here in the periphery.

At present, there is only one army that can be pulled out of the mountains, and there is only one workers' self-defense force with poor equipment and even worse combat effectiveness. This unit of more than 300 people was temporarily cobbled together by the headquarters from among the workers accompanying it, and its real combat effectiveness can be imagined. Counting on them to cooperate with Li Ziyuan, I'm afraid the hope will not be too big.

The headquarters special service regiment and a regiment of the 129th Division are now blocking more Japanese troops around Cross Ridge and reinforcing this side, and there is no time to draw more troops to support this direction. Relying on this little person around Li Ziyuan, with so many non-combatants, and so many female soldiers, it is so easy to rush out through the line of fire of the Japanese army.

As for the breakout personnel he brought along the way, only two-thirds of them have run out now. It is not clear how much of the other two directions will protrude. But judging from the current situation, it will definitely not be much better than his own journey. In other words, in addition to the sacrifices, a considerable number of them are currently left in the enclosure.

There are not only a large number of personnel from the General Political Department and the Logistics Department, but also a large number of non-combatants from the Xinhua News Agency, the Northern Bureau, banks, schools, and so on. The fact that these people fell behind and failed to keep up with the ranks of the breakout troops was the main reason why the deputy director of the Political Department insisted on not leaving.

With such a large group of non-combatants breaking through, Li Ziyuan's pressure can be imagined. The battalion commander hesitated, but still divided the few troops around him into five squads for Li Ziyuan, which was already the most troops he could come up with. Regarding the kindness of the battalion commander, Li Ziyuan did not hesitate to accept it directly.

He drew a map of a relatively safe route on his body and gave it to the battalion commander. and told him that if he met He Sanliang, he would take He Sanliang's second company away. Li Ziyuan led his troops, ignoring the Japanese puppet army that continued to increase troops in the surrounding area, and directly rushed into the cross ridge, which has now become the central area of the Japanese army.

When Li Ziyuan rushed to the cross ridge, he was faced with a large number of non-combatants who had not yet rushed out all over the mountains, and there were pack horses running everywhere. Rao is mentally prepared, but in the face of the fact that there are still so many people who have not been able to rush out, Li Ziyuan is also somewhat dumbfounded.

Not to mention the speed of the breakthrough with so many personnel, it takes a long time to assemble. Faced with the situation of people everywhere, Li Ziyuan was also a little at a loss for a while. Ma Yongcheng, who was beside him, reacted faster at this time, and ordered the trumpeter to immediately blow the assembly horn and get all the non-combatants scattered around. ‘

Fortunately, although most of those who stayed on the mountain and had not rushed out at the moment were non-combatants, they were no strangers to military horns. Whether they understood it or not, most of the people who had not yet rushed out immediately rushed over when they heard the familiar sound of the trumpet.

Seeing the non-combatants who were gathering here one after another, Li Ziyuan was not ambiguous. Immediately send someone to arrange for them to break out in the northwest direction, as well as to the southeast direction of the gap that they have opened. And the battalion commander who followed the director of the field political department of the headquarters also left a platoon, taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese army had not yet reunited to meet these non-combatants in the southeast direction.

Just after Li Ziyuan sent away some of the people in the southeast direction, he saw that the deputy chief of staff of the headquarters was still commanding those non-combatants who were still in the encirclement from a rather conspicuous commanding height in the northwest, and kept urging his guards to immediately go to the deputy chief of staff who had not yet rushed over to carry the papers, and his head couldn't help buzzing.

He ran over in a few steps, and as soon as he took the personal adventure from a conspicuous place on a commanding height, he dragged down the deputy chief of staff who commanded the staff to break through, and pushed in the northwest direction: "You go immediately, leave it to me here." I'll take you out as much as I can. ”

No matter how Li Ziyuan persuaded him, the deputy chief of staff stood still here. Hearing the sound of artillery again, I saw the Japanese troops around the hill and quickly gathered around again. Except for a section of the ridge northwest of Cross Ridge under their control, Japanese troops in the remaining directions had already rushed up the mountain.

Knowing that Li Ziyuan really couldn't leave if he didn't leave, he directly pulled out his gun and put it on the head of the chief guard, and said angrily: "What the fuck are you doing to eat, the chief is worried that the non-combatants and documents behind him will not leave, and you are just watching here?" Now that I'm up to me, you guys will immediately drag the chief away from Lao Tzu. Now that I'm up to me, you must obey my commands. ”

Li Ziyuan was very angry, and the chief on the side saw Li Ziyuan's pistol and put it on the head of his guard, looking at the wide-open nose, the chief who knew that Li Ziyuan was not joking waved his hand and said, "Why are you so angry?" I'm not leaving, what's the anger with them? Hurry up and put the gun away, I obey your orders, can't I go? ”

Seeing that the chief finally spat out, Li Ziyuan put down the gun in his hand and snorted at his guard. Several guards who received Li Ziyuan's signal, together with several surrounding party school students, hurriedly rushed towards the northwest with their leaders. When the chief's back disappeared on the northwest ridge, Li Ziyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

But there is more trouble than this, just after sending the deputy chief of staff away, he has not waited for Li Ziyuan to take a breath. The secretary general of the Northern Bureau and a group of senior cadres in the back were blocked on the breakthrough route by a group of Japanese troops who were obliquely inserted. The non-combatants who had just gathered up over there were once again in danger of being scattered.