The ruins of the dark night were full of dangers, and after the reckless temptation of the devil soldiers failed, they also learned to be obedient, and they did not dare to act rashly on their own positions.

"Let's go, don't make any noise."

The deputy battalion commander Knife and the rest of the battle team that were stranded in the line of fire held out until the early hours of the morning, and when the knife saw that the time was almost up, he patted the brothers on the shoulders one by one and softly ordered them to retreat.

The brothers were also cautious, and without the slightest notice of the devils, they left the ruins one by one, went out of the north gate, and went into the dark night of the north.

Daozi withdrew from Huaiyin with his brothers only five or six miles, when suddenly an earth-shattering explosion sounded from the direction of Huaiyin City behind him, and a cloud of red light erupted, and half of the sky was illuminated.

When the brothers heard the explosion, they all stopped and turned to look, and the place where they had fought was now in a sea of smoke and fire.

"We've planted enough mines and explosives for the devils to drink, and it would be nice if we could blow them all up."

In the face of the earth-shattering explosion coming from the direction of Huaiyin, some brothers spoke with great interest.

"Don't you dream, the little devil is not a fool, can you stand there and let you blow up?" There are also those who do not have much hope for the explosives and mines that have been planted.

"Okay, let's hurry up, if the devil finds out that we have withdrawn, he will definitely catch up."

In the face of the brothers who stopped, the deputy battalion commander withdrew his gaze from the distant firelight and urged everyone to hurry.

The brothers of the fire team behind the deputy battalion commander Dao and the others chased after the large troops that had withdrawn overnight, and only caught up with Yang Ling and them in Siyang County when the sky was bright.

In addition to Yang Ling and his officers and soldiers, who were covered in blood and gunsmoke, there were also some refugees who had withdrawn earlier and walked slowly, and carts full of food and parcels.

The knife found Yang Ling and made a simple report to Yang Ling on the situation of the palace's fight against the devil, which was regarded as handing over the task.

"You've done a good job, I'll give you credit when you go back." After Yang Ling praised and encouraged them with the knife, he instructed the brothers in the cooking class: "Bring them some water and food." ”

Soon, the brothers in the cooking class brought some cakes and water to the knives, and they were already hungry after a night of driving, but they were not polite, and immediately devoured them.

"After eating, continue to hurry, can you hold on?" Looking at them gobbling up the knife, Yang Ling asked.

"Report sir, hold on! We're iron-footed! ”

"Okay, let's eat quickly."

Yang Ling looked at these brothers who had regained their morale, nodded and walked in the direction of Deputy Captain Zhang Liechen.

"If the devil finds out that we have withdrawn, he should catch up soon."

Seeing Yang Ling coming over, Zhang Liechen, the deputy captain who looked down at the map, said worriedly.

"Have you seen the right terrain, let's fight a few battles and delay the devils."

Yang Ling also sat down along a stone, looked at Zhang Liechen and asked.

Zhang Liechen shook his head and said: "I have studied the map just now, this area is very flat, and there is no way to hide people, if we leave some of them to fight and block, once the devils are entangled, the brothers left behind will be dead." ”

"Our people's foot strength is not as good as ours, once we let the little devils catch up, it will be troublesome."

Yang Ling also knew the ferocity of the little devils, and they didn't care about soldiers and civilians when they killed people.

"If it really doesn't work, it's better to evacuate the people on the spot and let them disperse to the countryside than to be caught up by the devils." Deputy Captain Zhang Liechen suggested after thinking about it.

"Those who can go to the countryside to join their relatives have already gone, and now those who follow us to Lunan are people who have nowhere to go, if we let them go to the countryside now, it is equivalent to forcing them to die, and those who have no food, drink or shelter in the countryside will all become refugees in a short time." Yang Ling shook his head and rejected Zhang Liechen's proposal.

Yang Ling believes that as long as these people who are willing to follow them are brought to Lunan, when the time comes, everyone will work together to open up the wasteland and grow grain, at least it will be better than being refugees.

"Well, let's go our separate ways." Yang Ling thought for a while and then said: "You take the people and some of our machinery and equipment to disperse and retreat to Lunan, and I will take the big road with a large army to attract the attention of the devils and cover for you." ”

"Then you're in danger." Zhang Liechen's face was full of worry.

"There's no danger, it's okay if the devils don't catch up, if they really catch up and want to eat us, we don't have burning sticks in our hands, it depends on whether they have a good pair of teeth." Yang Ling said viciously.

Deputy Chief Captain Zhang Liechen didn't have a better opinion for a while, so he could only follow Yang Ling's order to make arrangements.

The machinery and equipment retreating to Lunan and the people left the road and dispersed to the small road to march towards Lunan, and the troops sent a part of the troops to escort them.

And Yang Ling personally took the first battalion commander blacksmith, the second battalion commander Wu Changqing and the fourth battalion commander Liu Zhi and others to walk the road to attract the attention of the devils.

In the first battle of Huaiyin, the guerrilla corps in northern Jiangsu suffered relatively large losses, except for some brothers who had been evacuated with Yuan Guangtao, the deputy commander of the brigade, and the brothers who stayed in Baoying and Huaiyin to fight guerrillas.

At this moment, Yang Ling was able to command only more than seven hundred combatants, and the other three or four hundred wounded could only be evacuated along the path with Zhang Liechen.

Because he was worried about the pursuit of the little devils, Zhang Liechen and their movements were also very fast, and after a simple arrangement, they left the main road with the wounded, people and machinery and equipment, and turned into the small road.

Although the first, second and fourth battalions were still retained, the troops that each battalion could directly command were only two companies.

"Brothers, lift your heads up for me!"

Although Yang Ling successfully withdrew the troops from Huaiyin and minimized the losses, the morale of the troops was unprecedentedly low, and he had to come forward to boost morale.

After the frustrated brothers heard Yang Ling's words, they all subconsciously raised their heads and looked at Yang Ling.

"I don't deny that we lost the battle this time, but what I want to tell the brothers is that victory and defeat are a common thing! There are no victorious generals in this world, and there are no armies that always fail! ”

"We were defeated in the hands of the devils this time, many brothers died, but they died in the bloody battle with the little devils, they are brave and fearless, they are our example!"

"At this moment, the brothers who died in battle are watching us from heaven, watching us avenge them, and you say, 'Shall we avenge this revenge?!"

When the brothers heard Yang Ling's words, they recalled that countless familiar brothers had fallen beside them, and they clenched their fists and were filled with righteous indignation.

"Tell me out loud, do you want revenge?!"

Yang Ling looked at the brothers who were all indignant, but he didn't speak, and asked again.

"Yes!"

This time, the brothers all shouted loudly, full of hatred for the little devil.

"Good! This is the well-known man! Since you want to take revenge, then cheer up Lao Tzu, don't fucking hang your head and let the little devil look down on you! ”

The brothers all stood up in unison, and a fierce killing aura permeated and stirred.

Looking at the cheered brothers, Yang Ling spoke again: "The little devil is not a fool, he won't stand there stupidly and let us kill, so if you want to take revenge, then you have to listen to my command and obey my orders, otherwise not only will you not be able to take revenge, but you will have to put your life into it!" So we have to wait, wait for the chance of revenge! ”

After hearing Yang Ling's words, the brothers who were eager to kill the devil immediately to take revenge were also calm; Some, nodded in agreement.

"Now I order, first retreat to the north, lure the devil away, cover the evacuation of the people, and when the people are safely evacuated, we will look for an opportunity to kill the devil to take revenge!"

"Yes!"

The brothers also knew that the time had not yet come, and there was no way to take revenge, so they all agreed in unison.