Although the dean has experienced similar dangers many times, he is actually no stranger to this kind of emergency transfer. But this time it was too sudden, and it was too different from what I had experienced before. The field hospital is in the rear of the base area, which is also the safest location. Generally, when the Japanese puppet army sweeps, there will be troops to cover their transfer first.

But this time, the Japanese puppet army was almost touching the edge of the hospital, and they were alerted to it, and they were somewhat caught off guard. Those who were sent to the general hospital of the military region were basically seriously wounded. Lightly injured people are generally left in their own units for treatment. With so many seriously injured people, plus a large number of medical equipment and supplies, it is so easy to transfer them in a short period of time?

What's more, those precious medicines are even more important than a few mountain cannons for the Eighth Route Army, which has always been short of medical treatment. It is said that it is an altar and a jar, but in fact, it is extremely precious. Especially the penicillin that Li Ziyuan brought is almost the only penicillin in all the hospitals in the entire Taihang Military Region.

How many seriously injured people are waiting for these medicines to save their lives? The whole hospital regards these precious medicines as more important than their own lives. They were willing to throw away a bottle of alcohol, a bandage, or even a piece of sulfonamide. Although the people in the village spontaneously came to help, the movement was still a little slow to transfer so many supplies at once.

At this time, the guard post released by the hospital also found the Japanese puppet army who came to sneak attack, and they kept firing warning shots. Listening to the warning shots that were getting closer and closer, the otherwise steady diversion operation fell into a panic somewhat, which further delayed the already unhappy evacuation operation.

The hospital, which received the alarm, did not dare to delay in the slightest and was busy transferring the wounded and medicines. Over there, Li Ziyuan was on the phone, arguing with a section chief who answered the phone at the military region headquarters. The information provided by Li Ziyuan, but the section chief thought that he must be bluffing.

The location of the field hospital and headquarters of the military district is located in the rear at a relatively long distance from the confrontation line. In the absence of early warning from the troops at the front, it is impossible for even the Japanese puppet army to directly penetrate into the depth of the base area. Are so many militias and local armed forces in the base areas all set up?

If the Japanese puppet army wants to quietly and directly touch the location of the division headquarters, there is no possibility at all. Especially the approximate strength of the Japanese puppet army provided by Li Ziyuan, there is no information from all sides at the moment, so he thinks that Li Ziyuan must have seen it wrong.

Li Ziyuan, who is anxious at the moment, will care what this section chief thinks, he is directly angry on the phone. He is very angry, but people are also fighting step by step, and he will be a regiment-level cadre there. As a result, the two people who were getting more and more angry were on the phone, and they quarreled directly.

It wasn't until Li Ziyuan heard the two people arguing that the voice of the chief of staff who came over to take the phone said directly: "Chief of staff, the Japanese puppet army is now less than thirty miles away from the field hospital. And judging from the deployment of the Japanese puppet army, I think that the target of the devil this time should not only be a field hospital, but also a military district headquarters. ”

"You must move as soon as possible, or it will be too late for a while. Chief of Staff, don't you know if I, Li Ziyuan, am the kind of person who lies about the military situation? The Japanese puppet army has really infiltrated it, and I vouch for the correctness of this information. ”

After listening to Li Ziyuan's words, the chief of staff over there only pondered for a while, and immediately said: "Li Ziyuan, I already know the situation, and I will report to the commander immediately." You don't care about the headquarters, I'll leave it to you on the field hospital, and you must ensure the safety of the field hospital. Remember, not a single wounded person is to be thrown away. ”

Hearing the chief of staff say this, Li Ziyuan was a little relieved. Just before he could say anything, the call was already disconnected. Looking at the phone in his hand that was no longer responding, Li Ziyuan knew that the telephone line had been cut off. Fortunately, the chief of staff has received the news, and the headquarters has already prepared, which is enough for Li Ziyuan.

Li Ziyuan threw away the phone that had no response, and carried his fast and slow machine with the field hospital guard platoon that had been assembled, as well as more than 20 militiamen in the village carrying the two earthen cannons in the village, and rushed directly to the two hills at the entrance of the village to unfold, preparing to meet the Japanese puppet army who came to sneak attack.

Fortunately, when the field hospital was originally selected, it was taken into account that there were many wounded in the hospital who had difficulty moving. In order to facilitate the transfer, it was specially chosen at a mountain pass. The two hills at the entrance of the village, like a gate, firmly choked the passage into the village. As long as the two hills were controlled, the wounded could go up the mountain directly from the back of the village.

The advantage of this terrain is that once you encounter danger, you can go up the mountain to hide in the first place. But the disadvantages are also quite obvious, if once attacked, the two deadbolts of the same hill are lost. The entire field hospital will probably be caught in an urn by the Japanese army, and there is basically no other way to retreat.

However, for the current form, this terrain still brings certain benefits to Li Ziyuan. Li Ziyuan, with the hospital's guard platoon, quickly seized the two hills and controlled the only passage into the village. But how much time he can buy, Li Ziyuan has no idea in his heart.

Behind him, the medical staff of the hospital are moving the wounded and sick of the hospital to the back hill with the cooperation of the villagers. But the number of wounded and sick is really quite large, and the speed of transfer is very slow. When Li Ziyuan and his troops had just been deployed, the Japanese puppet army over there had already arrived. The shells fired by the two Japanese mortars had already begun to explode on the two hills.

Without careful observation, judging from the speed of the Japanese puppet army's advance, Li Ziyuan knew that this Japanese puppet army was the one he encountered more than 20 miles away from the field hospital. As for the Japanese puppet army that encountered earlier, now that it has gone in that direction, it is not something that I can understand and master.

According to Li Ziyuan's judgment, the Japanese puppet army that encountered first should have gone to the military region headquarters. A field hospital does not need so many Japanese puppet troops to attack at the same time. Grandma's, two Japanese puppet armies with a large number actually infiltrated such a core position in the base area at the same time. What are the vigilant troops in front of you doing, and there is no information at all?

Li Ziyuan held the binoculars and looked at the hundreds of puppet troops densely packed under the mountain, and couldn't help but feel happy in his heart. What I encountered should be the vanguard of this Japanese puppet army, and if I encountered the main force of the Japanese puppet army, I am afraid that I would not have a chance to rush over. When the time comes, this is the only comprehensive hospital in the whole military region, and the result will be really difficult to say.

However, while rejoicing, the huge pressure brought to him by this Japanese puppet army also made him gasp. Turning his head and looking at the efficiency of the slow transfer behind him, he said to the political commissar of the field hospital who also came up next to him: "Political commissar, this speed is not good. ”

"We now have a platoon of guards plus more than 20 militiamen, and more than a dozen soldiers who have recovered from their injuries and will remember to be discharged from the hospital. Not only is there less troops, but the firepower is weaker, and even if it is exhausted, it will not last long. Now that the speed of the transfer is so slow, if the resistance on my side is broken, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

"Tell those medical staff that it's important to save people first, and if things are lost, they will be lost. As long as the person is saved, can we do it again if the thing is lost? You medical workers, and the wounded, are really priceless. If you lose it, it will be difficult to make up for it in a short time. ”

Hearing Li Ziyuan's urgent tone, the political commissar couldn't help but smile bitterly: "You kid really doesn't have a backache when you stand and talk, our hospital has almost all the wounded in the entire military region, and they are basically seriously injured, how can the speed of transfer be fast?" And those jars and jars in your eyes, but they are all treasures that have been made with great effort, and how many wounded people are counting on them to recover. ”

As for the words of the hospital commissar, Li Ziyuan will not be clear. It's just that this platoon in the field hospital is only used to take on guard work, not a field unit. If you want to say that you are standing guard and sentry, you are almost competent. If you want to stick to the mountain, Li Ziyuan is a little unconvinced.

Moreover, in terms of the strength of a platoon, in addition to the Jinzao Type 38 rifle, the supporting firepower is only one light machine gun, and the number of bullets and * is not much. Because it is a guard unit, on average there are only seven rounds of ammunition per soldier. The light machine gun's bullets, all combined, were only 200 rounds.

Before the dozen or so wounds recovered and could be discharged from the hospital, the soldiers who were dragged over by Da Li basically had no weapons in their hands. Not to mention a rifle without bullets, except for two guillotine knives, there is not even a large blade. Li Ziyuan could only hide these people on the anticline of the mountain, waiting to take over the weapons of the sacrificed soldiers in front of him.

Including the militia that participated in the war, * on average less than one per person. There are quite a few home-made mines, but it's too late to bury mines. In the face of at least more than 300 days of puppet troops under the mountain, even if they are exhausted, there will not be much time to gain for the transfer. Looking at the situation on both sides, Li Ziyuan's heart was a little heavy.

Li Ziyuan's heart was a little heavy, but the Japanese puppet army in front of him didn't care what his mood was. After arriving at the pass at the entrance of the village, the Japanese puppet army immediately launched an attack under the cover of light and heavy machine guns and several mortars, without any rest.

This Japanese puppet army had its own superiority in strength and firepower, and when it came up, it adopted a wave-shaped offensive tactic. Adopting the method of supervising the battle after the Japanese army broke off and the puppet army charging at the front, he launched four or five consecutive wave attacks on the hill that Li Ziyuan was holding on in one breath. Moreover, the intensity of the offensive and the number of troops invested are greater each time.

Its support artillery fire barely made a single point out of it, and it didn't take into account the amount of ammunition it carried. The dense shells fell on the hill that Li Ziyuan was holding, and Li Ziyuan couldn't even lift his head. The unique ballistics of the mortar, the advantage in mountain warfare, made it impossible for Li Ziyuan to withdraw to the anti-slope position when the Japanese were shelling.

The commander of the Japanese army under the mountain was obviously a veteran in playing with artillery. He did not concentrate all his artillery fire on the frontal defensive positions held by Li Ziyuan. Instead, the five mortars in their hands were divided into two groups, one group consisting of two 81-millimeter mortars and one 150-millimeter heavy mortar, to cover the frontal position and provide cover and support fire for the frontal attack.

In addition, two 80-millimeter mortars were used to form a fire suppression group to fight anti-slope positions. Cut off the route of Li Ziyuan's possible reinforcements to the mountains. The Japanese army, which has always been stingy, went against the norm this time, and did not take into account the consumption of ammunition at all, and suppressed the firepower of the anti-slope position quite a lot.