The winding path is hidden in the green grass, and on the ridge line of the hills beside the path, officers and men of a reconnaissance squad of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps are walking one after the other, scouting the surrounding situation in a reconnaissance formation.

This place is close to the Lunan Mountains, and the terrain has changed from plains to rolling hills, in such a terrain is responsible for detecting the enemy's situation, and you need to walk on a high place, so that you can have a wider field of vision and find the enemy situation in time.

The reconnaissance squad leader who led the team wore a captured devil's Cao Changjing around his neck, and he walked in the middle of the team, stopping from time to time to look around with Cao Changjing in his hand.

After breaking out of Huaiyin, Yang Ling and Zhang Liechen divided their troops and went to the Lunan Mountains, and more than 700 officers and soldiers led by Yang Ling disguised themselves as the main force to attract devils to chase along the main road.

Zhang Liechen, the deputy captain of the corps, gathered the scattered rout, and led the people and logistics and other organs and units that broke through to evacuate to Lunan by small road.

Because Yang Ling took most of the fighters away and needed to deal with the devil's pursuers, the heavy responsibility of protecting the people and logistics and other organs and units along the way fell on the shoulders of Zheng Gang's "patriotic battalion".

The "patriotic battalion" was originally formed by selecting people from the puppet army anyway, and after a long period of ideological education and training, the officers and men in the battalion have now been reborn.

In the battle to defend Huaiyin, Zheng Gang's patriotic battalion bravely fought and lost more than 300 brothers, and now there are more than 400 people.

Because the patriotic battalion is not a formal guerrilla corps in northern Jiangsu, and has always existed in the armed forces to maintain local law and order in Huaiyin, its combat effectiveness is slightly weaker than that of the combat units.

At present, the more than 400 officers and men who have broken through the encirclement, aside from the more than 100 wounded officers and men, are still about 300 people who can shoulder the task of escorting.

These 300 people were remixed by the battalion commander Zheng Gang, and some scattered stragglers were added to it, and they were organized into three companies.

The three companies were at the forefront of the team and were responsible for reconnoitring the route, and when they were intercepted by the Japanese puppet army, their task was to open a retreat channel.

One of the other two companies was responsible for the rearguard cover task, and the other followed the deputy commander Zhang Liechen in the middle of the retreating team, maintaining order in the retreating team and supporting the maneuver tasks before and after.

Fortunately, the devil's pursuers were led away by the people led by Yang Ling, and the deputy captain Zhang Liechen and the others did not encounter any trouble along the way, and they arrived at the edge of the Lunan Mountains without danger.

The reconnaissance squad in charge of the front walked at the front of the entire team, and they saw that they were about to reach the Lunan Mountains, because there were no villages and towns nearby, and the possibility of encountering the enemy was also very small, so they relaxed.

However, there is no big mistake in being careful, and the reconnaissance squad leader still held Cao Changjing and looked around as usual.

"Huh?"

When the reconnaissance squad leader looked in the northeast direction, several small black dots appeared in the telescope, which immediately made him feel like a great enemy.

"There is a situation!"

As soon as the leader of the reconnaissance squad waved his hand, the brothers of the reconnaissance squad who walked in front and behind hurriedly dispersed and hid in the grass next to them, holding guns to guard in all directions, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

"A few of you, come with me and take a look, and the rest of you stay where you are!"

Soon, the leader of the reconnaissance squad put away Cao Changjing and assigned their respective tasks to the brothers in the reconnaissance squad.

Soon, the leader of the reconnaissance squad took the five brothers with guns and felt in the direction where the situation was discovered, ready to investigate the situation.

In the field northeast of the reconnaissance squad, intelligence staff officer Du Jiang was walking in embarrassment with three brothers who had broken through from the small mountain village.

They have been tired and hungry since yesterday, but there are no villages or shops around, and there is not even a figure.

"Staff Officer Du, let's take a rest."

The hungry men escaped from the bandits, but they got lost in this strange place.

Staff officer Du Jiang belongs to the intelligence staff officer, not to the operational staff officer, so he is not very familiar with the terrain of various regions, and they can only take one step at a time.

"Okay, go ahead to the river and take a break."

Staff Officer Du Jiang looked at a river not far in front of him, nodded and agreed.

Soon they arrived at a sparkling river, and with their throats dry, they lay down and grunted with cold water in their stomachs.

Although there was nothing to eat, but after drinking a stomach of water, it finally made the hungry stomach feel better, and the staff officer Du Jiang actually had a full burp.

Just as the staff officer Du Jiang got up and left the river, he was stunned as soon as he turned around, because several people dressed in weed disguises were pointing guns at them.

The other three officers and soldiers who turned around after drinking water were also stunned, and hurriedly wanted to grab their guns, although the bullets had already run out, but they still subconsciously grabbed them.

"Don't move, let's kill you again!"

Seeing that Du Jiang and the others were about to grab their guns, the reconnaissance squad leader of the patriotic battalion immediately loaded the bullet and snorted coldly.

Staff Officer Du Jiang and the others didn't dare to move, because no one knew the origin and identity of the other party, and they were worried that they would be shot and killed indiscriminately, not to mention that there were no bullets in their guns, even if they grabbed the guns, it was useless.

"Brother, which unit are you from?"

The three brothers didn't expect to break out of the bandit group, but they capsized in the gutter here, and they were all thinking about how to get out, but Du Jiang, the intelligence staff officer, stared at the other party and spoke.

Although the brethren of the scout squad were covered with weeds and branches, they disguised themselves as wild men.

But intelligence staff officer Du Jiang's eyes were very poisonous, and he still saw the color of the military uniform under the other party's camouflage, and it turned out to be a sewn and altered pseudo-army uniform, isn't this the dress of their Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps?

The reconnaissance squad leader was about to ask Du Jiang and them to disarm, when he suddenly heard Du Jiang ask, he was also stunned, and looked at Du Jiang carefully.

"You are?"

When he saw Du Jiang's black and tattered officer's uniform, he asked with a cloudy face.

"I am Du Jiang, the intelligence staff officer of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla General Command, and these are all brothers of the guard company."

Du Jiang had already determined the identity of the other party by observing the other party's dress, and happily introduced himself.

"What's the proof?"

Although the reconnaissance squad leader also saw that the other party's tattered military uniform was the dress of their Northern Jiangsu Corps, he was still more cautious.

"This is my military ID." Intelligence staff officer Du Jiang hurriedly took out his military ID card from his coat pocket and handed it over.

"Staff Officer Du, I'm sorry, I misunderstood."

The reconnaissance squad leader checked it, compared the black and white photos on the officer ID, and immediately stepped forward and saluted Du Jiang, the intelligence staff officer.

The two sides confirmed each other's identities, which suddenly eased the tense atmosphere.

"Are you also broken up?" Looking at the brothers in the reconnaissance class, Du Jiang asked.

"Staff Officer Du, we are on the orders of Chief Zhang to go out to investigate, and my large army is behind." The reconnaissance squad leader answered truthfully.

"Big troops?"

"Yes, the large army that broke through from Huaiyin led by Chief Zhang is behind you."

Hearing that Zhang Liechen, the deputy commander of the corps, had actually broken out with a large army, Du Jiang, an intelligence staff officer who had thought that the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps had been destroyed, immediately couldn't help but cry with joy.

They fled desperately along the way, almost lost their lives in the hands of bandits, and now they have encountered a large army, as if they have found the backbone again, how can they not be excited.

"Can you take me over, I want to see Deputy Captain Zhang."

"Yes, I will send two brothers to show you the way."

The reconnaissance squad leader nodded, immediately ordered the two brothers, and took Du Jiang and them to the back to meet the deputy captain Zhang Liechen.