Chapter 17: Descending the Mountain Overnight

Due to the loss of Niangzi Pass and the Japanese army approaching Taiyuan, Yan Xishan, the commander of the second theater of operations, ordered the squadrons in the Xinkou battlefield to retreat to Taiyuan in order to prevent the Xinkou defenders from being surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese invaders, preparing to fight another general battle with the Japanese invaders under the city of Taiyuan. On the same day, the Second Theater Commander's Department appointed General Fu Zuoyi as the commander of the Taiyuan City Defense and was responsible for the defense of Taiyuan.

Gao Quan received an order to go to the northern suburbs of Taiyuan to join the division headquarters and rebuild, that is to say, from now on, the division headquarters and military headquarters have already begun to retreat, and his 256th Regiment will reach the northern suburbs of Taiyuan with its own strength.

After more than half a month of fighting on this high ground, many professional gunners emerged in the troops. These people have been active in various places in the 135 Heights for a long time, playing hide and seek with the devil's troops, and they know everything about the grass and trees on the mountain, and now they want to retreat, these people are of course the best guides. Gao Quan disorganized all the snipers in the unit and divided them into various squads and platoons, and the snipers all temporarily took the position of squad leader, each with five to ten people, and their task was to take the personnel of their respective squads, avoid the attention of the devils, and go down from the high ground unconsciously to the predetermined place to assemble. Now there is no task to fight the devils, and the only task now is to bring the troops to the northern suburbs of Taiyuan safely.

Gao Quan has been a part-time sniper these days, and when the snipers are divided, of course, he can't be left alone. Gao Quan assigned the medical team to himself. This one doctor, three nurses, can't fight at all. Gao Quan felt that there was no one in the army who was more suitable to lead these people than himself, and which soldier would have better individual combat ability than him? Which soldier will handle emergencies better than him? With these two items, the medical team, which is the first-level protection object in the army, is, of course, best protected by him.

The reconnaissance company was also dispersed, and Liu Qi, as the commander of the reconnaissance company, did not take the position of leading the squad leader due to an arm injury, but ran to Gaoquan's group and got together with his wife Guizhi again. For Liu Qi's practice of balancing public and private interests, Gao Quan strongly agrees. Retreating down the mountain is easier said than done. These days, because the blockers go out every night to carry out activities, the devils have become accustomed to the way of life of listening to the gunshots every night and getting up in the morning to check the casualties.

The road down the mountain is destined not to be smooth, and with Liu Qi, a helper who is outstanding in all aspects, the safety of the medical team will be more guaranteed.

Li Qi was bandaging the wound of a soldier with a head injury, and Gao Quan waited patiently on the side. The troops are now at the critical moment of retreat, when Gao Quan informed Li Qi just now, Dr. Li insisted on treating the wounded man's injuries before leaving, for people with noble professional ethics, Gao Quan is more respectful, not to mention that people are indeed doing serious work, although he is a commander, it is not easy to ignore the professional ethics of others. Fortunately, Dr. Li's professional level is indeed high, and in Gao Quan's view, debridement, suturing, medicine, and bandaging are very complicated operations, and Dr. Li can complete them all within ten minutes.

After giving the last bandage, he handed the wounded man to his group, and after Dr. Li neatly put away the tools, he nodded to Gao Quan, meaning that he was ready to go at any time.

After Gao Quan gave Li Qi a pistol, he smeared the wet mud on Dr. Li's body and face a few times, adding a little camouflage to him. Although Li Qi was not very satisfied with Gao Quan's impolite behavior, he also knew that it was to protect himself, and he did not resist and struggle. The other three female nurses had already dressed up with the help of Liu Qi, as if they had just rolled out of the mud.

"Let's go!" Liu Qi was in front, Gao Quan was behind, and a group of six people quietly slipped out of the mouth of the tunnel. There were also a few gunshots outside from time to time, which was the broken group led by Qian Sixi who was sending farewell gunshots to the devil.

The mountain road was rugged, and because it was to prevent the pursuit of devils, Gao Quan's group walked along the mountain road for a while, and then got off the road and walked through the rocks and bushes where there was no road. Their group also walked a mountain road, and the other groups all came out of the tunnel and went directly into the forest.

In the distance, you can still hear the occasional gunshot. Gao Quan could hear that the gunfire had already run down the mountain, which was a trick by Qian Sixi to confuse the enemy. Gao Quan was a little skeptical about the true effect of this trick. Originally, according to his meaning, he wanted to set up an empty plan for the devil, and he directly withdrew the troops, but Qian Sixi had his own opinions. Since he has entrusted the task of the post-break to others, it is better for him to make his own decisions.

"Boom! Bang! ”

Several explosions came from behind him. The devil was suspicious in the end, and sent a small force to approach the mouth of the tunnel to find out the situation, but stepped on the mine at the entrance of the tunnel.

The doctors and nurses were obviously not as flexible as Gao Quan and Liu Qi's bodies, and as soon as they walked from this roadless place, they immediately began to stumble under their feet. Li Qi is a little better, in the end, he used to go to the countryside to treat people, although he walked crookedly, often kicked the stone and tripped over the root, but he did not fall, and he could always walk forward smoothly by holding on to the small tree and holding the stone. The three women are not good, although they are not the daughters of a large family, and they have never walked this kind of mountain road. Walking in such a place, and walking through the mountains and forests in the dark night, you can't even see the moonlight, and you will inevitably stumble.

Gui Zhi followed closely behind Liu Qi, and whenever Liu Qi felt that it was difficult to walk, he reminded her, or reached behind her to pull her. The other two women followed behind the Katsura branch, and the three of them held hands, so as to prevent one foot from falling down. Li Qi walked in front of Gao Quan, Gao Quan held a gun in one hand, and from time to time he reached out to help Dr. Li.

There was an "oops" in front, and I don't know which woman seemed to have fallen.

"What's wrong?" Gao Quan hurriedly asked. Don't get hurt at this time.

"It's Guizhi, Guizhi has fallen." From the front, Liu Qi said in a suppressed voice.

"Katsura Branch? What do you think? Is it serious? Doctor Li said that he was going to go over to check, Gui Zhi was his nurse, and Li Qi was still very concerned about the staff around him, in case there was any bruising, he would go over for treatment in time.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's just that I broke my foot, and I'll help her go." Of course, Liu Qi knew what time it was, how dare he delay his work, and walked in front of him with Guizhi half-hugging and half-hugging.

As soon as Li Qi wanted to go ahead, Gao Quan grabbed him, now is not a good time for this doctor with noble medical ethics to treat people.