And at this moment, the surrounding Japanese puppet army has also undergone some changes. The Japanese puppet army under the mountain is also dividing its troops, in addition to leaving a part of the troops to continue to search the mountain, most of the troops are also withdrawn to pursue the headquarters personnel who have broken through. After all, the remaining stragglers on the mountain were no longer necessary in the eyes of the Japanese army, wasting so many troops.

Therefore, the Japanese army drew most of the troops around the cross ridge and pursued the breakthrough troops. Only part of the troops were left, and with the cooperation of the puppet army, they searched the mountains and controlled several passes around the Cross Ridge. In particular, the two most important passes to the northwest and north are also the most important passes to the outside world.

The sky began to gradually darken, looking at the sun that disappeared on the other side of the mountain, Li Ziyuan had an idea in his heart. He asked those intellectuals, after pouring a large pile of documents with kerosene, while commanding the troops to resist the Japanese puppet army in the mountains, while patiently waiting for dark.

Li Ziyuan commanded the remaining more than 100 soldiers around him, stubbornly guarding the northwest ridge of the Cross Ridge. It wasn't until it was completely dark that the Japanese Soshan forces began to retreat and broke away from contact with Li Ziyuan. It was only when a bonfire was lit at the foot of the mountain and these people on the mountain were surrounded that Li Ziyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

The Japanese army's current plan is very clear, that is, to recuperate and prepare to wait until dawn the next day to give Li Ziyuan a fatal blow. Anyway, Li Ziyuan has been trapped on the northwest ridge, and the remaining few people and horses can't make any big waves. Therefore, after dark, the Japanese army relaxed their attack and switched to the method of siege.

Li Ziyuan was very clear about the plans of the Japanese army, so he had to rush out tonight no matter what, this was Li Ziyuan's determination. But he didn't make up his mind hastily, but waited patiently for it to get darker. It wasn't until midnight that Li Ziyuan asked Liu Lianming to take a class and ignite all the documents and materials on the spot.

And he took these non-combatants with him, and carefully touched the northwest ridge little by little towards the southeast. Li Ziyuan did not break through to the northwest pass, which was closer to his position, except that there was the deputy commander-in-chief and deputy chief of staff, as well as the direction of the headquarters personnel to break through.

Breaking through in that direction by yourself is very likely to bring the pursuing Japanese troops to the side of the deputy commander-in-chief, and increase the dilemma of the deputy commander-in-chief in the follow-up breakthrough. Another reason is that when the Japanese army mobilized its troops to pursue the breakthrough troops in the evening, Li Ziyuan saw very clearly that a large part of the Japanese army was transferred to the northwest.

Although the terrain in the northwest direction is the most complicated in the surrounding area, it will also be the next key direction for the Japanese army to sweep. With such a group of old, weak, sick and disabled, there are such a few troops around him, if he encounters the devil, he can't fight, and he can't run. Therefore, Li Ziyuan chose the farthest from himself, and he also wanted to break through the southeast pass that almost crossed the entire Cross Ridge.

When this team of miscellaneous personnel passed by the martyrdom sites of more than a dozen female soldiers, there was a suppressed cry from the female soldiers in the team. Yesterday, and even during the day today, everyone was still marching together, joking with each other, and the feeling of being separated forever in the blink of an eye made these female soldiers very sad.

Hearing the cry of the female soldiers behind him, Li Ziyuan glared back, and whispered to these female soldiers: "Shut up Lao Tzu, if we alarm the devil's lurking post, our actions will be over." If it's safe, I'll find a place for you to cry, but now keep your mouth shut. ”

The anger in Li Ziyuan's words startled these little female soldiers. Female soldiers, in the male-dominated army, are quite a scarce resource. These female soldiers usually go down to which unit, and that unit is holding it, and even a little used to it.

Li Ziyuan's stern tone really startled these female soldiers, who were still hearing it for the first time, and then they all closed their mouths honestly.

Seeing that these female soldiers finally closed their mouths, Li Ziyuan whispered to the company commander next to him to arrange for a few veterans to take care of these female soldiers, and then rushed to the front of the team. And after Li Ziyuan left, those female soldiers who kept their mouths shut under Li Ziyuan's reprimand were very dissatisfied with Li Ziyuan's attitude.

However, the situation was critical, and these female soldiers did not dare to say anything, so they honestly walked along the mountain road in the opposite direction along the mountain road under the protection of the troops. This area is the place where the Japanese army focused on searching the mountains after the daytime battle, and Li Ziyuan chose to go down the mountain in this direction to find a breakthrough.

Along the way, I looked at the abandoned equipment and the beaten pack horses on the mountain, as well as the corpses of cadres and soldiers who died under the ground-to-air fire of the Japanese army, as well as the surrounding firepower. After looking at the four or five hundred behind him who were completely incapable of fighting at all, they needed to draw their own small number of troops to protect the female soldiers and intellectuals along the road and behind them so as not to fall behind.

Li Ziyuan sighed slightly, but didn't say anything. The current situation makes Li Ziyuan, who has such an old, weak, sick and disabled team, plus several pregnant women, not very confident. How to bring these people out safely when they are already under enemy conditions has become Li Ziyuan's biggest headache.

Just when Li Ziyuan retreated to the southeast with this miscellaneous army, which had almost reached half of the regimental structure, but the people who really had combat effectiveness were more than 100 people. Liu Lianming, who stayed on the northwest ridge to attract the attention of the Japanese army, ignited the large pile of documents that could not be taken away.

Li Ziyuan's order to Liu Lianming was to hold out on the spot until after dawn after igniting all the documents, as long as the Japanese army did not attack, and use the ability and flexibility of his troops to secretly infiltrate in the northwest direction. If you rush out successfully, you will go to find He Sanliang.

If the Japanese attack after discovering the fire, they immediately break through to the northwest. With Liu Lianming's experience and ability, plus there is only one formation class around him. Although the number of troops is very small, it is also quite capable. Finding a breakthrough is not too difficult.

The raging fire successfully attracted the attention of the Japanese troops under the mountain. Let the Japanese army under the mountain think that the Eighth Road on the mountain is preparing to die and struggle, and relax their vigilance on this side. Therefore, Li Ziyuan's action to break through in the southeast direction has not been disturbed or blocked in any way, at least for a short period of time.

It's just that after leading the team to the southeast ridge, seeing the enemy situation in the direction of the southeast pass, Li Ziyuan knew that his good luck was over. Although two small groups of Japanese soldiers and a company of puppet soldiers were resting at the foot of the mountain, the place where they were located firmly blocked the pass to the outside world.

A heavy machine gun mounted at the pass can block the entire pass. Without rushing through this pass, Li Ziyuan had almost no possibility of breaking through. But at this time, Li Ziyuan also knew that he had no other way to choose for himself. In addition to the time not allowed, in the north and northwest directions, the Japanese interception forces can only be more.

Looking at the Japanese puppet army resting on the edge of the roaring bonfire at the foot of the mountain, Li Ziyuan's brows furrowed. How not to alarm the Japanese troops in other directions, and breaking out of this pass has become the most important problem for Li Ziyuan to consider. If there were combat troops around him, Li Ziyuan would have nothing to hesitate about, just go out in one go.

But the problem is that the hundreds of non-combatants behind him who can't even run are the deadliest problem for themselves. After carefully observing the position of the Japanese sentries and the surrounding terrain, Li Ziyuan found that the Japanese army was very relaxed. Except for a few sentries, the guns were all set up together while they were sleeping.

Although it cannot be said that it is a road in Huashan, there is only one mountain pass that can be used in the terrain, which makes the Japanese army obviously very relaxed. Coupled with the fire that observed Li Ziyuan before, and the battle during the day to determine the location of Li Ziyuan's headquarters, let the Japanese troops here know that Li Ziyuan is currently in the northwest of the Cross Ridge, and he is still far away.

After continuous sweeps, marches, and siege of Cross Ridge, the Japanese army began to deploy at dawn today, and the Japanese army launched an attack after dawn. After a whole day of fierce fighting, the Japanese army itself was a little overtired. So most of the people, except for the sentinels, were asleep.

Seeing such a posture of the Japanese army, Li Ziyuan had a certain number in his heart. He called Ma Yongcheng to his side and told him to protect the ancestors behind him. With dozens of soldiers, he took advantage of a blind spot in the vision of the Japanese sentry and carefully touched the Japanese position.

Covering the mouth of a Japanese sentry from behind, the short knife in his hand plunged into the neck of this Japanese sentry. After putting this guy down carefully, seeing that Wang Changfeng over there had also dealt with another sentry, Li Ziyuan waved his hand to the troops behind him. Dozens of fighters who had been prepared behind him quickly infiltrated the Japanese position.

Of course, the first thing to do was to take away the neat weapons of the Japanese puppet military frame. As long as the guns of these Japanese puppet soldiers are taken away, even if the Japanese army is awakened, they are still a toothless tiger without guns. A few soldiers with neat hands and feet, taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese soldiers were still asleep, carefully removed the guns that the Japanese soldiers had put together.

The Japanese slept very hard, and after solving the sentries, the first choice was naturally to take away the weapons of the Japanese soldiers. The Japanese army was very flexible in infantry tactics, but it was very rigid in its management system. Even on the battlefield, as long as it is not a front-line combat unit, the weapons are always neatly set up when eating and resting.

This made it convenient for Li Ziyuan to pack up their weapons first. When leaving, Li Ziyuan repeatedly told the soldiers not to touch the ammunition first, and put away the devil's weapons first. It's the same to wait until the battle is over and then pack the ammunition.

Li Ziyuan understood very well that these soldiers who lacked ammunition had a red light in their eyes when they saw that there was sufficient ammunition. But now is not the time to pack up ammunition, deal with these Japanese troops, and ammunition will naturally be left. Therefore, when Li Ziyuan saw the rear of the Japanese position, he was afraid that his soldiers would get ammunition first, so he repeatedly told him to get weapons first.

The soldiers here started to collect their guns, and Li Ziyuan over there also took two squads to solve the problems one by one with bayonets. Li Ziyuan didn't care about the puppet army over there, and the first thing to deal with was the Japanese army, which was stronger in combat and more threatening. In particular, the officers and non-commissioned officers in the Japanese army were the objects of his key care.

After dealing with the sentry, Li Ziyuan went directly into the only tent in this Japanese position. When they went to the tent, the three Japanese officers who were sleeping on the marching bed, Li Ziyuan, with the two soldiers around him, took the other party's pistol and binoculars first, and each of them killed them directly.