"Are you going to be deserters? What about these ordinary people in the city? "I heard that Zhao Zhi was going to evacuate Ding'an City with Thunder's people, Niu Dashan was not happy, and fought a tough battle with more than 2,000 Japanese puppet troops from Wuxiang, and only paid 600 casualties to annihilate the Wuxiang Japanese puppet army, counting the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army under his command, there are still about 3,500 soldiers in Ding'an City, and there are dozens of heavy machine guns in Thunder's hands, as well as dozens of mortars and the 92-step gun, a wing of the Japanese army is only more than 3,000 people, and it is to have another hard fight with them, and it is not clear who wins and who loses, Niu Dashan thought that Thunder's retreat at this time was an act of desertion.

In the face of Niu Dashan's questioning, Zhao Zhi didn't want to pay attention to his meaning at all, Thunder is good at strong firepower ambush and rush operations, and defending Ding'an City can only tie Thunder's hands and feet, and the military commander's intelligence has already stated that this Japanese army wing is equipped with 75 mountain artillery, and it can only be a city broken and people will die if they are stuck in the county town and confront such long-distance firepower. The main reason Zhao Zhi didn't say it, that is, Thunder's ammunition was already insufficient, and the remaining ammunition was not enough to deal with the combat needs of a Japanese army, so Zhao Zhi had to withdraw from Ding'an City with people.

"Company Commander Niu, you can't say that, we are not deserters, this is a strategic transfer" Zhao Zhi didn't pay attention to Niu Dashan, it doesn't mean that the people around Zhao Zhi don't want to take care of him, Niu Dashan said that the people of Thunder are deserters, this is indeed a bit ugly, Xiao Ziyun and their bloody staff officers couldn't help but refute a few words. When they first came to Thunder, Xiao Ziyun and the others still didn't like Zhao Zhi's meaning, but after following Zhao Zhi's side for a long time, Xiao Ziyun and they slowly began to integrate into the thunder, and when they heard Niu Dashan say that Thunder was a deserter, Xiao Ziyun and they of course had to argue.

Regarding Xiao Ziyun's rhetoric, Niu Dashan replied disdainfully, "Strategic transfer? A tactical shift like your national army lost most of China? "Niu Dashan has experienced the Red Army's anti-encirclement and suppression, and there is a deep relationship with the national army. This Niu Dashan is already a fiery temper, if he hadn't been afraid of Zhao Zhi, I am afraid that he would have turned against Xiao Ziyun and them on the spot.

"I think you're looking for death" Xiao Ziyun's face changed and he had already drawn a gun in his hand, if it weren't for the companions around him who tried their best to stop him, I am afraid that the muzzle of the gun would have been on Niu Dashan's head. "Ziyun, put the gun away, Mr. is still here, don't be presumptuous" Wei Yunhua, who was older than Xiao Ziyun, spoke, Wei Yunhua was also very dissatisfied with Niu Dashan's obviously hostile words to the national government, but now that Zhao Zhi was still present, once Xiao Ziyun's gun was fired, it would have a bad impact on Zhao Zhi.

Zhao Zhi didn't say anything about Xiao Ziyun's furious gun, and he didn't even mean to blame, men, they should be a little competitive, and they are all people who lead soldiers, if they don't have any anger at all, Xiao Ziyun and they don't even have a chance to stay in Thunder. "Company Commander Niu, young people are not sensible, don't be angry" Zhao Zhi gave Xiao Ziyun a look, took out a cigar and handed it to Niu Dashan, seeing that Niu Dashan didn't answer, Zhao Zhi just smiled, retracted his hand and put the cigar on his mouth.

"Company Commander Zhao, the evacuation from Ding'an City is a decision made by our Thunder after careful consideration, this matter is not negotiable and must be implemented" Zhao Zhi appropriately showed his toughness, Xiao Ziyun and the others glared at Niu Dashan fiercely, "As for the ordinary people you mentioned, please ask them, the Japanese army has occupied this place for several years, what have they been doing all these years, why don't they resist?" I remember that on the day we thundered into the city, some people threw stones at us, and we were refused to buy grain from the big families in the city, why did they willingly give the grain to the Japanese? The Japanese have guns in their hands, so can't we kill people with guns in our hands? ”

Zhao Zhi's aggressive question made Niu Dashan a little unable to answer for a while, the Eighth Route Army's consistent policy is to rely on the mass base to carry out the anti-war work, and the Eighth Route Army also encountered the same thing as Thunder when it first entered Shanxi, but that was because the people were bewitched by Yan Xishan and the Kuomintang, which caused them to have a misunderstanding. The situation in Ding'an City is different, once they are withdrawn, the Japanese troops who will come later are likely to vent their anger on the people in the city, how can these unarmed people be the opponents of the Japanese army.

"Company Commander Niu, maybe what I said is a bit exaggerated, the people in Ding'an City have fully adapted to the life controlled by the Japanese, you are now stuffing weapons into their hands, I'm afraid these people don't dare to follow your Eighth Route Army to fight with the Japanese army" Zhao Zhi said these words are not red mouth and white teeth slander, since the thunder took Ding'an City, many big families in this city were first ready to move their families, and then saw that Thunder had sealed the city gate, so they shrank back home and closed the door, Zhao Zhi sent people to buy food with money but even ate behind closed doors, Later, it was Xiao Ziyun who came to the door with people, and it was only after he solved the problem of eating for thousands of people in Thunder, so Zhao Zhi didn't have a good impression of these people in Ding'an City.

Niu Dashan's face turned red, and he was dumbfounded by Zhao Zhi in a few words, which made Niu Dashan, who was upright by nature, a little unable to get off the stage, but the people in Ding'an City are indeed strange, not to mention those big households, even the ordinary people in the city are also hostile to Thunder and the Eighth Route Army. "You think about it first, if your Eighth Route Army is unwilling to retreat, you have the right to choose the captured Japanese weapons and equipment" Zhao Zhi didn't have time to talk to Niu Dashan, so he left with Xiao Ziyun and them.

The retreat and transfer of more than 3,000 people is not a simple matter, not to mention that Zhao Zhi still has hundreds of wounded people involved, so Zhao Zhi needs more time to prepare for the retreat. It is a good choice to withdraw the base area of the Eighth Route Army, but in Zhao Zhi's plan, only the wounded and some Jewish soldiers were evacuated from the base area of the Eighth Route Army, at least 2,000 Jewish soldiers were left by Zhao Zhi's side, and they retreated first before seeing the enemy.

"Wei Yunhua, among the several of you, you are the oldest and the most stable, and you will be responsible for these people who have withdrawn from the base area of the Eighth Route Army. You remember, our people can't live with the Eighth Route Army, they must be separated, our people are all young people, and they come from abroad, and in some things they are different from our Chinese expressions, don't have friction with the people of the Eighth Route Army because of this" Zhao Zhi plans to hand over the people who withdrew to the Eighth Route Army base to Wei Yunhua for control, Jewish soldiers have their own officers, but their Chinese is not very good, and some communication with the Eighth Route Army must be completed by Wei Yunhua.

"Yes, sir" Wei Yunhua sat on the chair expressionlessly, but a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes was still seen by Zhao Zhi, these young officers sent by Chiang Kai-shek were all the nephews of the Jiang family, and Wei Yunhua's heart was still very excited to be entrusted with important tasks by Zhao Zhi, but it was not shown on his face.

"Ziyun, a few of you still follow me, Jiang Gong sent you to me, it's not as simple as asking you to just be a staff officer. I left 2,000 Jewish soldiers, and each of you will go and bring a company of 300 people" Zhao Zhi's words made several staff officers who were originally envious of Wei Yunhua rejoice, they are all young people, and it is their dream to be able to lead soldiers to fight, especially in Thunder, which is an opportunity that those Huangpu graduated officers at the same time did not have.

But their euphoria only lasted for a moment, because Zhao Zhi's next words were like a basin of ice water poured on them, "I will send two mercenary instructors to each of your companies, and when you disagree with the mercenary instructors, you must follow the advice of the mercenary instructors" Xiao Ziyun The loss on their faces was looked at by Zhao Zhi who suddenly turned around, "We are not a regular operation this time, although you have been in the thunder for a while, but you don't understand the combat methods of the thunder, This time, I let you go down to the company to give you a chance to learn, not to really lead the troops to fight."

Xiao Ziyun They are obviously more experienced than the officers of the national army of the same age, but their sophistication is only limited to the map work of staff officers, but they have no actual battlefield experience at all, let such an officer take a company of 300 people to fight the Japanese army, let alone Zhao Zhi, even the highest commander of any army cannot make such a decision. Let Xiao Ziyun and them go down to the company, Zhao Zhi is just to be able to better command the 2,000 Jewish soldiers, and let Xiao Ziyun and them have the experience of leading troops to fight as soon as possible, and Zhao Zhi should send them back to Chongqing as soon as possible.

"Yes, sir" Seeing that Zhao Zhi was so resolute, Xiao Ziyun and the others had no choice but to respond, Zhao Zhi had a lot of mercenaries around him like Tang Lei who were trained as officers, all of whom were old mercenaries who followed Zhao Zhi into and out of Shanxi, and they were even more proficient in the small-scale tactics of Thunder. But those people only listened to Zhao Zhi alone, if they really provoked them, it would not be easy for the Heavenly King Lao Tzu to come, Xiao Ziyun When they first arrived in Zhangwu County, they were taught a lot of lessons by those people, and cooperating with them was simply being punished.

"Okay, don't cry and lose your face, let's attack and harass this time, fighting fast and leaving is a one-touch and go-and-go tactic, our purpose is to use the way of attack and harassment to cause large casualties to the other party, but it is absolutely not allowed to engage in any positional warfare and strong attack with them" Zhao Zhi beckoned Xiao Ziyun and they all gathered together, explaining to them the details and steps of this raid and harassment battle on the map, and Xiao Ziyun and they nodded again and again when they listened.