Leaving the two of them first, and waiting for the situation to improve before picking up people, is indeed the best choice for Li Ziyuan at the moment. At least this child, who has worked so hard to keep, will not die because of marching and fighting with him, and it is more conducive to the recuperation and conditioning of their mother and child.

But the current situation of that village, as well as the Japanese army's current scorched earth policy in the Taihang base area, made Li Ziyuan hesitate for a moment. A pregnant woman with a child, once she encounters a surprise attack by the Japanese army, the consequences can be imagined. As for the identity, it is easy to identify, even if you are not wearing a military uniform. A short haircut that is clearly different from that of a country woman is enough to prove what her identity is.

The short hair of the female cadres in the Japanese pseudo-capture base has always been an identification mark. If he didn't know the news that the child's father had died, Li Ziyuan might have agreed to let them stay. But at the moment, Li Ziyuan still firmly decided to take them away, and he said that he had to keep the root left by the martyrs.

In this matter, Li Ziyuan showed unusual stubbornness. If it's not the first time two people have met, if it's now an era of gossip and public opinion flying all over the sky decades later, a doxing search can rip you off to the point that you don't even have pants left. I'm afraid many people will think that he is the biological father of this child.

did not agree to the new mother's request to stay at one time, and Li Ziyuan didn't pay attention to some people, and still thought that the mother and son should be left behind. With these old, weak, sick and disabled, carrying the mother and newborn, groping in the southwest direction.

Li Ziyuan is not a chief, but a battalion-level cadre. Among the stragglers he collected, there were three or four at the brigade level and more than a dozen at the regimental level. If in normal times, these people are his superiors. The number of personnel at the battalion level is even higher, and the dozen or so Xinhua News Agency reporters are all battalion-level cadres.

But this team has no combat effectiveness, but it is a team composed of the old, weak, sick and disabled at a high level. However, under Li Ziyuan's strength*, he strictly obeyed Li Ziyuan's orders throughout the operation, and no one brought any interference to Li Ziyuan's command. At present, Li Ziyuan has become the backbone of these people, plus the most trusted person.

Li Ziyuan's glare, and the discussion of such a group of cadres behind him was silent, which I am afraid even the division commander can't do. It's not that he is consciously pretending to be a tiger, but what he needs at this time is to order and forbid, which is now more important to him than anything else.

He didn't want the dozen or so brigade and regiment-level cadres he was carrying at the moment, a large number of battalion-level cadres at the same level as himself, to point fingers and add too much trouble to himself when he broke through. Despite the cadres here, none of them are military cadres. The fast-moving and experienced military cadres have long since come to the fore.

The rest are a group of cadres of organs and logistics who have little combat experience, or some political work cadres who are studying in party schools, not the Xinhua News Agency and the South Hebei Bank, or local cadres who are studying in the Northern Bureau. Although the level is not low, they are basically masters who have never been on the battlefield. Li Ziyuan is most afraid of these people, pointing fingers when he makes up his mind.

Therefore, he would rather offend some people and establish his authority in the shortest possible time. Fortunately, although these people are high-level, they also know their weaknesses at the moment. Including the director of the Political Department of the Logistics Department, who was snatched out of the Japanese prisoner of war camp by He Sanliang, no one came out to interfere with Li Ziyuan's command.

However, Li Ziyuan and his old superiors reached a gentleman's agreement. However, it did not mean that the Japanese side would relax their pursuit of their small force. Li Ziyuan's old superiors were all combat troops, and such a goal was naturally a good thing for the Japanese army, which had always been happy with great achievements.

This time the Japanese army swept the Taihang Mountain, and there were not many opportunities to capture the battle with the main force of the Eighth Route Army. Either he was led by the local armed forces to march in the Taihang Mountain, or he couldn't catch a trace of him. Although the strength of the Japanese army is said, for the number of troops they dispatch, the Taihang Mountains are still too large.

This time, a main force of the Eighth Route was sent to the door by itself, which was simply ecstatic for the Japanese army. Although the troops led by Li Ziyuan's old superiors were only one reinforced battalion, judging from the tactical movements and firepower configuration, they were the main force of the Eighth Route Army at a glance.

This undoubtedly made the captain of the Japanese army who followed Tsuruta Numan in action quite ecstatic. Directly made a report to the division headquarters that he had captured the main force of the Eighth Route Army and was encircled and annihilated with all his might. As for the suggestion that Tsuruta Numan not be entangled with this eight-way force and pursue Li Ziyuan's department, some did not pay too much attention to it.

It should be said that his old superior still strictly fulfilled the gentleman's agreement. With the strength of a reinforced battalion, it fought fiercely with a dissatisfied Japanese army in the surrounding area, and circled for most of the afternoon, leading the main force of the Japanese army to the deep mountains and old forests northwest of the Cross Ridge.

But when chasing Li Zi's old superiors, the captain who was ecstatic to see the main force of the Eighth Route Army and almost ignored Tsuruta Nunan's orders had no choice, and Tsuruta Nunan, who understood the meaning of the division commander's order to let him act at the opportunity, could only be divided into two routes.

In addition to devoting the field troops to the pursuit of Li Zi's old superiors, satisfying the captain's idea of making meritorious contributions, and the division commander to give an explanation to the First Army. He personally commanded the advance team that had already withdrawn, and pursued it all the way in the direction of Li Ziyuan's retreat.

Of course, Tsuruta Numanan, who was already a big late shot, didn't know where Li Ziyuan had withdrawn at this time. But this guy's sense of smell can't help but be quite keen. Li Ziyuan retreated all the way to the southeast, and he was like a police dog, basically accurately judging the direction of Li Ziyuan's retreat.

Tsuruta Numan believed that Li Ziyuan was carrying so many non-combatants, and the only way to get out of it was to find their superior organs or main forces other than to retreat into the deep mountains and forests. At this time, according to the information from the surrounding sweeping Japanese troops, he believed that the direction in which Li Ziyuan was most likely to evacuate was the line on the south bank of the Zhanghe River in Shexian County.

In fact, the direction of Li Ziyuan's retreat, in fact, is not difficult to judge if you are careful. No matter which direction Li Ziyuan retreats, in the final analysis, there is only one goal. That is, to find the brother unit as soon as possible, or his superior command authority, so that the large and small non-combatants who can be handed over to his cover.

At present, judging from the changes in the surrounding situation, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, which is protruding from the Cross Ridge, has not yet found a new radio signal. In other words, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, which was scattered, may not be restored at the moment. If you rely on manpower alone, it will take at least a certain amount of time for the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army to find its subordinate troops.

At the same time, judging from the radio signals that are not much, but also a little bit, this time the sweep of the Taihang District is another important target. The headquarters of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army and the headquarters of the Taihang Military Region should be in the area of Shexian County. After Li Ziyuan broke out of the encirclement, it is very likely that he will move in the direction of Shexian County.

With the assistance of the chief of staff of the division who fully supported him, although he was fighting far from the division headquarters, Tsuruta Numan could receive the progress of the actions of other troops at any time. The progress of these sweeping operations of the surrounding Japanese puppet army played a great role in Tsuruta Numan judging the route of Li Ziyuan's breakthrough.

Judging from the location of the battlefield at the moment, coupled with the fact that Li Ziyuan is carrying a large number of non-combatants with no combat effectiveness, this means that Li Ziyuan's retreat route will not and is unlikely to choose too many detours. And what Li Ziyuan can do now is to get out of Liao County, the core area of this sweep, as soon as possible.

The direction of Licheng is also the focus of this sweep, and judging from the current situation in the direction of Licheng, Tsuruta Nuanan does not think that Li Ziyuan will withdraw to the territory of Licheng. Rely on the intelligence support of the division and regimental headquarters, as well as the understanding and mastery of the surrounding situation. Tsuruta Numan basically judged the whereabouts of Li Ziyuan's retreat.

So relying on this judgment, this guy personally commanded the reorganized advance team, strengthened a Japanese squad and carried a heavy machine gun, and pursued it in the direction of Li Ziyuan's retreat in the southeast. This old man put on an attitude of not biting Li Ziyuan to death, and he will definitely not give up.

It's not that he has any interest in the people that Li Ziyuan is covering, those people are indeed an important target for Tsuruta Numanan. But the focus of Tsuruta Numan is still on Li Ziyuan. finally transferred Li Ziyuan out of the nest, and this time he used this opportunity to completely eliminate this guy, which was really unacceptable to him.

Although Li Ziyuan took a big step ahead, with so many non-combatants, it was impossible to move too fast. Although Li Ziyuan did not have any delays along the way, as long as he did not find the enemy's situation, he basically did not take a detour. However, it was still at the junction of Liao County and Shexian County, and was caught up by Tsuruta Numan under the guidance of a reconnaissance plane.

Fortunately, Tsuruta Numan is not enough of his own troops at the moment, and he can only follow and pursue for most of the time. But this guy's bite along the way made Li Ziyuan a headache. Especially the tactics of constantly infiltrating the flanks with a small force and constantly looking for opportunities, and coming up is a bite, which makes Li Ziyuan even more annoyed.

The Japanese troops, who kept coming out of the mountains on both sides, either fired machine gun fire for a while, or fired a few grenadiers. It's not too much of a threat, but it's a nuisance. And it also created a certain amount of panic for the entire breakout operation. This practice of showing one's whereabouts at all times is under its control, and the psychological pressure it brings to people is the most damaging.

The real purpose of these small groups of Japanese troops who came around is also clear to Li Ziyuan. It's not about killing or injuring many people, it's about slowing down Li Ziyuan's retreat. He also puts tremendous psychological pressure on the non-combatants around him to distract his energy and attention in order to disintegrate his ability to judge and grasp the enemy's situation.

But under the tight situation of the Japanese advance team behind him, Li Ziyuan was unable to divide his troops to expel him, which made him unable to guard against the small Japanese troops. The most important thing is that Li Ziyuan now doesn't know what the surrounding enemy situation is, and where his brother troops are now. I don't even know where my superiors have been transferred now.

The current transfer is just for him to find a relatively safe place, and to place these ancestors who can cover him. Li Ziyuan also knew that the personnel sent by the headquarters and the division headquarters must be looking for themselves everywhere now. But the crux of the matter is that he doesn't know the traces of the other party. It is also difficult for the other party to find his traces in a short period of time.