But Li Ziyuan didn't sleep for long this night, and he woke up as soon as the sky was bright. I looked at the sky, and then at the cadres and soldiers who were sleeping with their guns in their arms. After calculating the time along the way, Li Ziyuan, who knew that the troops were fighting continuously and were extremely tired from the march, still decided to let the troops sleep a little longer.

When I arrived here last night, it was almost early in the morning. Including the time for eating, the troops have now rested for a maximum of three hours. If it is not only possible to let the troops rest for a while, but when they get out of the mountain, when they are not able to march in a hurry, the troops will fall behind in large numbers. And what it means to be left behind in activities in enemy-occupied areas, Li Ziyuan is still very clear.

Especially after jumping out of the mountain and entering the Huxi area, when they arrived at the core of the enemy, the troops were thinking about a good rest, and there was almost no possibility. At least in the case of needing to recuperate, Li Ziyuan still decided to let the troops rest for a while. Anyway, as long as the ladder and the first line of heaven are passed during the day today, it will be fine for Li Ziyuan.

Although Li Ziyuan was Chang Juan at the moment, and the wounded who stayed behind were worried, he also knew that the troops were too tired from fighting continuously during this time. In the next step, it is very likely that there is not even a safe place to rest, so it is necessary to let the troops sleep well and relieve some fatigue.

When it was close to noon, Li Ziyuan woke up the tired soldiers from their slumber. After a hasty beating, Li Ziyuan led his troops over the ladder and crossed the first line of heaven to the Fuhu Temple. However, when choosing the route out of the mountain, Li Ziyuan did not go directly to Fuhu Temple, but chose to continue south, fifteen miles south of Fuhu Temple.

Fuhu Temple is currently stationed in the puppet army, and at present, Li Ziyuan, who wants to quietly infiltrate the western part of Hubei, will naturally not choose to go to Fuhu Temple again. And according to Liu Lianming's reconnaissance at the front station, the puppet army of Fuhu Temple built quite strong fortifications. Even if he chooses Fuhu Temple to attack, he may not be able to take advantage, so Li Ziyuan still chose a detour.

After leaving the mountain, Li Ziyuan led his troops to use the cover of the green gauze tent. Under the guidance of Shi Jin, he quickly interspersed all the way to the northwest of Pingchuan. But although Shi Jin is familiar with the way, Li Ziyuan did not expect that it would still be quite difficult to find the three district committees.

Because he has been away from the third district for too long, Shi Jin now doesn't know where the district committee of the third district has been transferred now. After searching several villages in a row, the district committee was not found. was a little disappointed, Li Ziyuan could only lead the troops, first find a place by the river to rest and hide, and let Liu Lianming lead a small team to cooperate with Shi Jin to continue the search.

Li Ziyuan's attitude is simple, but it is also clear. Even if the entire south of Pingchuan is turned upside down, the three district committees must be found. It's really not good, even if it's just to touch the enemy situation and come back. If you just go blind like this, it will undoubtedly be a very dangerous thing in such an area where the Japanese puppet controls it tightly.

Fortunately, Shi Jin came out of the third district, although it took a little effort. But in the end, before Li Ziyuan's patience ran out, he found the district party committee in the most remote village in the part of the three districts located in the plains. After Shi Jin found the hidden location of the three district committees, Li Ziyuan was stunned to find that the hidden location of the three district committees was actually less than three miles away from the place where he came out of the mountain.

When he was leading his troops to the northwest of Pingchuan, he even passed by that village. Of course, because the situation was unclear at that time, I did not easily enter that village, but chose to walk on the farming road in the green gauze tent. If I had entered the village at that time, I might not have wasted so much time.

After discovering these, Li Ziyuan couldn't help but be quite depressed. After looking around, I realized that the target was actually beside me. This situation shows that among the several districts in Hubei, under the situation that the higher-level leaders are not in place, fighting each other has at least led to a lack of communication.

Looking at Liu Yanlai in front of him, Li Ziyuan's face was obviously not very good-looking. I've wasted nearly a day here, which would be enough to kill me a few times on the battlefield. And this day is enough time for the hostile situation to change dramatically. The most important thing is that this is an operation in enemy-occupied territory, and every extra second wasted is likely to increase the risk of exposure of troops.

Liu Yanlai also scratched his head a little embarrassed about Li Ziyuan's face and said: "Captain Li, you also know that the devils are sweeping the eastern mountainous areas right now, and the district party committee can only be transferred from the mountains. This area is also an enemy-occupied area, and the enemy and puppet forces are too strong. We can only hide it in secret, and this situation is also special. ”

Liu Yanlai's explanation, but Li Ziyuan didn't want to hear it. But he also knew that now was not the time to pursue this matter, so he changed his tone and asked directly about the hostile situation, especially the change in the hostile situation in Hubei County. Hubei County, including the suburbs to Pingchuan Town, is the territory of the three districts that Liu Yanlai is responsible for, and he can only ask Liu Yanlai.

Hearing Li Ziyuan ask about the enemy's deployment in Hubei County, Liu Yanlai shook his head and said, "Captain Li, the situation in Hubei County is not very good. Although the original Japanese puppet army in Hubei County was almost out to sweep the eastern mountainous area. But at present, the troops in Hubei County are not empty, and it can even be said that they have been strengthened to a certain extent. ”

"Before the sweep of the Japanese puppet army, Hubei County was stationed in the 36th Division's baggage wing and engineer wing. These Japanese soldiers said that they came to Hubei to rest and recuperate, but since they were transferred to Hubei, they have been frequently dispatched. even dispatched a considerable amount of troops to cooperate with the Japanese puppet army originally stationed in Hubei to sweep the eastern mountains. ”

And the day before yesterday, more than 800 Japanese veterans from Changzhi who were ready to return to Taiyuan from the Baijin Railway and restore them back to China. Although these veterans came with their bare hands, there was an armory of the Japanese army in Hubei County. It was after you blew up the Japanese army material warehouse in Pingchuan Town, and the Japanese army rebuilt the warehouse to Hubei County. ”

"Although we don't know exactly how much supplies are in that warehouse. But in our judgment, it is no problem to arm half of them. Because most of the weapons and ammunition of the rearmament of the pseudo-Hubei garrison were transferred from that warehouse. ”

"And that warehouse is also responsible for the distribution of puppet troops, ammunition and supplies in the whole Hubei territory, we think the scale of this warehouse should be not small. And those veterans of the Japanese army who returned to China, it is not clear when they will leave, whether they are just passing by and waiting for the train, or temporarily repairing in Hubei County, we are not clear. ”

"Although the Japanese army repaired the line that was damaged by us in May, this railway has not yet had time to be repaired to Changzhi, but only to the south of Pingchuan. Therefore, it is not unusual for these veterans of the Japanese army to go from Hubei. However, if you fight in Beixian County, I'm afraid you'll have to fight them. ”

Liu Yanlai's introduction to the hostile situation made Li Ziyuan very angry and said: "Secretary Liu, don't you feel the hostility very clearly?" Why are there so many situations, you three districts will not inform us in advance. If your brother had reported earlier, we wouldn't have been so passive. ”

Regarding Li Ziyuan's anger, Liu Yanlai said very simply: "Captain Li, we have only found out the enemy's situation. This time, the Japanese army entered the mountain and did a very good job of secrecy, and we did not feel any news before the Japanese puppet army was dispatched. The Japanese troops stationed in Hubei arrived by car at the last moment. ”

"Before these Japanese troops were stationed in Hubei County, there was no rumor. When transporting, the vigilance along the way is also extremely tight. After entering Hubei County, he didn't even go out of the gate of the barracks. The most critical thing is that after the destruction of the county party committee, the entire work of our three districts has also fallen into passivity. ”

"Captain Li, you are also a veteran, so you should have a certain understanding of enemy work. Knowing that this enemy work is all one-way and vertically connected. We, the three district committees, have no right to intervene in the entire arrangements of the county party committee's work on enemy workers, still less do we have the right to meddle in and understand them. ”

"This sweep by the Japanese puppet military with almost no warning was quite sudden for us. In these cases, after we found out that something was wrong, we sent scouts into the city to find out. By the time we sent someone to contact you, the route was almost impassable. ”

"The correspondents we sent made many detours, but they were unable to get past the blockade of the Japanese puppet army. Even the correspondent in charge of contacting you was almost not arrested. Lao Li, the Japanese puppet army is quite well prepared, and the blockade is also extremely tight. Our connection with Sector 2 was completely severed at the beginning of the sweep. ”

"Lao Li, this time the Japanese puppet army's sweep of the eastern mountains was very sudden, and our losses were also very large. The head of the district was arrested, the president of the women's rescue committee and the organizing committee members were killed, and the two stable villages were all destroyed, and thousands of catties of public grain were lost. There were only three people left in our district committee, namely, the propaganda committee and the director of the Armed Forces Committee, who could hardly stand in the mountainous area and had to be forced to move outside the mountain. If we had really grasped the information in advance, we would not have lost so much. ”

"You're a little brainless this anger, what can we do if the information is not good. The work of enemy workers is a one-line contact, and once the contact person is sacrificed, the disconnection is inevitable. We are only a district party committee, not a county party committee, let alone a prefectural party committee, and we are not in charge of the work of enemy workers. ”

When it comes to this sweep, Liu Yanlai's anger is not much smaller than that of Li Ziyuan. The head of the district has been captured and now knows whether he is alive or dead, and the sacrifice of the president of the women's rescue committee and the members of the organization committee has paralyzed the work of the whole district. If there had been information earlier, his three districts would not have suffered such a big loss.

With such a big loss, it is impossible to say that Liu Yanlai has no fire. Especially the capture of the district head, Liu Yanlai was very heartbroken. That is his old partner after he went to Hubei to work, so he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, and Liu Yanlai's sadness can be imagined. And Li Ziyuan's accusation also ignited the anger that Liu Yan had suppressed since the anti-sweep because of the heavy losses in the third district.

In addition to the great loss of Liu Yanlai's anger in the third district, there is also a point that is also aimed at Li Ziyuan. Your Li Ziyuan's unit is the Hubei County Backbone Guerrillas, not a fucking squadron of the Second District. What do you mean by staying in Zone 2? If your troops are here, the three districts will not be powerless to fight back in this Japanese puppet army sweep.

The district party committee was taken by surprise, and the losses were extremely heavy. When the district party committee was attacked, it was basically powerless to fight back. If it weren't for the district chief and the organizing committee, he would have led the pursuing pseudo-plainclothes team away. Isn't it possible that the three district committees have been served in one pot, and it is his turn to complain Li Ziyuan?