"No more. I can't walk, let's rest for a while" Xu Ping'an staggered and held his waist and stopped, since he had simply eaten in the morning, he had walked more than 20 miles of mountain roads in a row, and he couldn't hold on for a long time due to lack of exercise, if it weren't for Xie Xiuyun and their female comrades who were still gritting their teeth and insisting, Xu Ping'an would have stopped a long time ago.

"No, the front team has already passed the news, we have to rush to the water source in front to rest, if we stop, we will fall behind, let's hold on for a while, it's almost there" Sun Jin, who was also covered with sweat, pushed the exhausted Xu Ping'an and moved his steps forward. In the face of Xu Ping'an's virtue, Sun Jin couldn't say anything, their group of people from the Eighth Route Army were still empty-handed, and the soldiers led by Zhao Zhi were all carrying big backpacks on the mountain road, Sun Jin hated to immediately push the Xu Ping'an in front of him down the mountain, it was really embarrassing to throw home.

The day before departure, Zhao Zhi divided the more than 2,000 people who were going to be brought into Shaanxi into several detachments, and specially arranged experienced mercenaries to serve as their commanders. When marching, each detachment was separated by a certain distance, and once the enemy situation was discovered, it was better to support each other, so as not to be surrounded and killed by the enemy at once.

The map in Zhao Zhi's hand was redrawn according to the information sent by the Eighth Route Army, with the latest situation of the enemy and us, and the route chosen by Zhao Zhi was to enter Shanxi through the gap between the enemy and us. According to Chiang Kai-shek's idea, he wanted Zhao Zhi to set the first target as Zhangwu County, but Zhao Zhi did not plan it this way, he divided all the soldiers into detachments and appointed mercenaries as their commanders, but he did not want to follow Chiang Kai-shek's style of play.

Zhao Zhi gave him a code name for the operation he was about to launch in Shanxi -- Lang Battle, which means that there is no specific target at all, and all the Japanese puppet troops faced by the soldiers released according to the detachment structure are targets. Under the leadership of the mercenaries, these soldiers who were released would attack all the Japanese puppet troops they saw, and use what they learned in the training camp to deal with the Japanese puppet army.

The 1,500 soldiers of the national army were divided into three detachments by Zhao Zhi, and each detachment was divided into 10 squads, each squad had 50 people, equipped with nearly half of the submachine guns and Garand rifles, and Zhao Zhi also equipped each squad with at least one sniper, counting the sniper rifles supported by Chiang Kai-shek, Zhao Zhi had a full 100 snipers in his hands, but he could still afford 30 of them. The assigned squad was only responsible for ambush warfare and rapid rush warfare, and if they could fight, they would run if they could fight a big deal, so Zhao Zhi did not equip them with long-range firepower.

When Zhao Zhi formulated this set of combat plans, he did not avoid Sun Jin and others, Zhao Zhi came to Shanxi to fight the Japanese army, and he was not worried that the Eighth Route Army would drag him back, on the contrary, the Eighth Route Army would also provide him with convenience. Among the more than 2,000 people brought into Shanxi, the people of the national army are still dressed in the clothes of the national army, and Zhao Zhi's own 600 people are a full set of copycat American military uniforms, but each of them has an extra German-style steel helmet and a pair of leather black visors, and there is also an extra carrying gear and triangular gun belt.

This set of equipment for Zhao Zhi's mercenaries was reported by Sun Jin when he returned to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army last time, but he couldn't copy it with the existing materials in the base area, and they couldn't get that kind of nylon zipper alone, not to mention that the mercenaries wore cowhide high-top military boots with thin steel plates on their feet, and the base area couldn't afford such a big consumption. But looking at the majestic appearance of the mercenaries after putting on a full set of equipment, Sun Jin still had a greedy drooling face, although he knew that Zhao Zhi would not give them this kind of equipment to the Eighth Route Army, but Sun Jin still fantasized about what he would look like after wearing this equipment all day long.

"Wudao, after entering Shanxi, those people from the national army will be handed over to you, don't care how they fight, just watch them don't underestimate the enemy, once you notice that the momentum is not good, you will immediately retreat to Shaanxi with your troops. Among the captured trophies, rifles and ammunition were buried on the spot and marked, automatic firepower, grenades, and small cannons were taken away, even if they couldn't be taken away, they had to be destroyed, so as not to be snatched back by the Japanese army" Zhao Zhi drew a circle with his fingers on the range of activities set for Yan Wudao, and whispered to Yan Wudao.

Originally, Zhao Zhi wanted Yu Dazhi to take the national army, but Yu Dazhi was unwilling to live or die, and finally helped Luo Lin out, Zhao Zhi replaced Yan Wudao to command those elites of the national army, fortunately, Yan Wudao is not a fuel-efficient guy, and he will not suffer a loss if he takes this group of national troops. After marching on the mountain for several days in a row, Zhao Zhi was basically satisfied with these national troops, at least so far, he had not found any people who had fallen behind or dragged their feet.

The 600 quasi-mercenaries under Zhao Zhi were also divided into several detachments, but Zhao Zhi did not divide them according to their numbers, but according to the weapons they used. The 210-person submachine gun squadron was divided into 7 submachine gun squads by Zhao Zhi, 120 people with half Czech light machine guns and half Garand rifles formed Zhao Zhi's machine gun squadron, 70 snipers plus their observers, a total of 140 people formed a sniper squadron, and the remaining 130 people were given a hammer Chekov 30 people formed an artillery squadron, and the last 100 Jianghu experts were handed over to Yu Dazhi to form his scout squadron.

Among the squadrons under Zhao Zhi, only the artillery squadron of Iron Hammer is the smallest in number and the weakest, because his artillery squadron is still just an empty shelf, there are only two Japanese-style 50 grenadiers, and there are no mortars or anything.

As long as the situation in Shanxi opens, Zhao Zhi will inform Chiang Kai-shek and those soldiers of the national army to act separately, so he has no intention of giving them walkie-talkies at all, there are only 20 in total, his own people are not enough, and they will be sent to the national army stupidly, Zhao Zhi is not a good person who likes to do good deeds without asking for anything in return.