In the blink of an eye, two days passed. Although assisted by a large number of trucks, the soldiers did not have to carry the heavy equipment on their backs for a rapid march on foot. But riding on a bumpy road surface, riding in a truck at this moment, barely pretending to have any anti-shock measures, can be said to be a sin, and a great sin... Two days ago, the fighters were still in good spirits and with high morale and ready to fight. After two consecutive days of turbulence, at this moment, without exception, the face is not pale. With the help of their comrades-in-arms, these soldiers who jumped out of the car fell on the grass on both sides of the road as soon as possible and began to breathe in the fresh air. What's more, he squatted directly in the bushes on both sides of the road, and began to vomit heavily, vomiting all the marching dinner he had just eaten in his stomach... Jumping out of the bumpy compartment of the truck, Liu Hua took a long breath of fresh air. Then, the same pale face just now slowly regained its blood color. At this moment, the captain of the entire transportation and logistics brigade ran in front of Liu Hua again, saluted, and reported loudly..."Report to the commander, the convoy can only go here." From here, five kilometers ahead, we will leave our base and arrive in the Bazhou area controlled by the Japanese army, here, on behalf of all the commanders and fighters of the transport brigade, I wish the commander a smooth journey..."

"Captain Wang, thank you for your transport team, it's not easy to pull the troops here. You can now go back and report to your Director Wang... Captain Liu ordered the soldiers to hold on for a while and hide in the woods next to the highway to rest. In addition, the communications platoon was notified to immediately set up a radio station to contact the anti-Japanese guerrillas operating in the Pingjin area. At the same time, report to the political commissar and chief of staff of the Noji Division, our specific location...."Liu Hua nodded and ordered.

"Yes, Commander..."Liu Xiaogang took the order and left. Soon, a mentally exhausted warrior, under the command of their respective commanders, slowly began to assemble and burrow into the woods on both sides of the road. In less than ten minutes, more than 4,000 commanders and fighters hid in the dense forest and began to rest and recuperate, replenishing the energy and physical strength they had consumed in the past two days... At the same time, a high-power radio station of the communications platoon directly under the advance detachment was also set up by the soldiers of the communication platoon, and with a crisp sound of transmission, it began to sound in the silent woods. The contact with Noji, the radio station was connected as soon as it was turned on. After learning the news that the advance detachment had successfully arrived in the Bazhou area, Luo Ronghuan, the political commissar of the field army, only replied with one sentence, that is, I wish everyone a smooth journey. However, to Liu Hua's surprise, ten minutes passed, but the contact with the Pingjin guerrillas was never connected....

"Commander, something will happen to the partisans. It's been ten minutes, and there's not been any news yet. If I could have been connected, I would have been connected a long time ago.0....? Looking at the operator in front of him, who was still making continuous calls, but still hadn't heard any response. Deputy Captain Liu Xiaogang's face slowly showed a worried look, and then asked the commander beside him with a worried face.

"No, I believe in our Captain Xu. The reason why he stayed here in the first place was to develop the base area and expand the team. I just liked his ability to adapt to the enemy. If he couldn't even do this, then the guerrillas under his command of less than 2,000 people would have been completely encircled and suppressed by the little devils during this year's combat life... Order the communication platoon to continue to contact me, if nothing else, they must be in motion at this moment, and it is too late to set up a radio station to receive our signal...."Liu Hua shook his head and said confidently..."Commander, deputy captain, get in touch, get in touch, get in touch with the guerrillas. Captain Xu of the guerrilla sent a telegram to inquire about the specific location of our location..."Just when Liu Xiaogang was about to give the order to continue the contact call to the communication platoon in front of him, the operator who had been calling the radio station for ten minutes in a row, finally showed a smile on his face, and said excitedly to the commander and deputy captain behind him..."I just said, our regiment leader Xu was not so easy, and he was eliminated by the little devils... Xiao Gang, immediately send them our specific location, and let Xu Ying come to see me in the shortest possible time and report the specific situation of the guerrilla attack... At the same time, let's also find out if this Xu Ying has prepared our safe passage and completed the task I gave him..."A smile appeared on the corner of Liu Hua's mouth, and without any hesitation, he ordered loudly.

After making contact with the guerrillas, Liu Hua and Liu Xiaogang no longer had any worries. At the same time, he returned to a tent that the fighters had just set up, and began to quietly wait for the arrival of the guerrilla captain Xu Ying....

Just when the two of them were slowly falling asleep in the long wait, a rush of footsteps reached the ears of the two from far and near. Because of the keen hearing and vigilance that they have cultivated in foreign battles for many years, the two of them woke up from their sleep as soon as they heard the sound of footsteps, and then looked at the door of the tent together..."Report that the commander, the deputy captain, and the guerrilla Captain Xu have arrived, and they are now outside the headquarters...."Soon, a guard appeared at the door of the tent. Seeing the inquiring eyes of the two leaders, the guard hurriedly replied, "Okay, finally our head Xu is here." A year ago, I said goodbye to this Xu Ying in Tianjin, and a whole year has passed. Now I really want to see what this Xu Ying has developed after a year of changes. As for one of his regiments, after a year of development, what kind of scale has it become..."Liu Hua hurriedly replied, and quickly walked towards the door of the tent, ready to personally greet this loving general who had been fighting alone outside for a year... In less than half a minute, I saw two people, led by the guards, hurriedly running over this side. After seeing Liu Hua, who was standing at the door of the headquarters and came to greet him in person, the two of them hurriedly saluted and replied loudly while being excited: "Report to the commander, Xu Ying, the leader of the Pingjin Anti-Japanese Guerrillas, and the chief of staff, Wang Zijing, have been ordered to come to report, please instruct..."

"Hehe, Commander Xu, Chief of Staff Wang, I haven't seen you for a year, the two of you are in this big mountain, but you have become a lot darker... Let's go inside... Guard, immediately prepare two cups of boiling water, in addition, let the cooking team find a way to make two dishes, in the evening, I want to have a good drink with Commander Xu and Chief of Staff Wang..."Liu Hua held the hands of the two of them tightly, and said excitedly. Then, together with Liu Xiaogang, he pulled two people into the tent... After a few minutes of greetings, the topic of conversation between several people slowly got on the right track. Looking at the two people with smiles on their faces in front of him, Liu Hua asked: "Commander Xu, Chief of Staff Wang, seeing the two of you walking into the tent with a spring breeze, I think, if my guess is right, your guerrillas should have developed well in the past year." Come, tell me and Captain Liu about the specific situation of the development of your Pingjin guerrilla force? ”

"Yes, Commander, this is the case. After a year of development, the guerrilla unit as a whole had a total of three guerrilla detachments under its jurisdiction, each of which was about one regiment in strength. In addition, in the guerrilla corps, there is an infantry regiment, a cavalry battalion and other directly subordinate units ... All the units of the entire guerrilla force are combined, and the total strength is about 9,000 people..."Speaking of the current size of the guerrillas, Xu Ying is smile and said excitedly..."Okay, more than 9,000 people, this is more than the strength of a main division... The two of you, who haven't seen each other for a year, have changed from the original regiment commander and regimental chief of staff to the current division commander and division chief of staff. Well done, how's it going, did you encounter any problems during the development of the troops? Regarding the speed of development of the troops, Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask.

"Commander, there are definitely times of difficulty. After all, in this small Pingjin area, in order to prevent us from attacking again, the army has fully hoarded the strength of two field divisions. So, in the past year, we have developed almost under the strict lockdown of the little devils. If it weren't for the fact that when the main force left, leaving behind a large number of weapons and ammunition, the troops would not have had such a huge development...."Speaking of the development of the troops in those years, Xu Ying and the chief of staff Wang Jinglian couldn't help but sigh for a while..."In any case, these difficulties have now passed, and more importantly, under the leadership of a few of you, the troops have grown from more than 1,000 people at the beginning to more than 9,000 people now, which is enough to reach the strength of an integrated division. However, since the army has been expanded, the level of a few of you cannot always be at the regimental level. In this way, I will send a report to the Military Commission in the evening, report your affairs, and ask the Military Commission to give you guerrillas a real name, so that you can return to the embrace of the organization. At the same time, the level of several of you will also be raised to the division level, and you will become a real division commander..."After listening to the answers of the two, Liu Hua said with a smile on his face..."Thank you for the trust of the commander, we will definitely live up to the trust of our superiors, lead the troops well, constantly expand the base area, and compress the control scope of the army in the Pingjin area..." No matter how calm Xu Ying and Wang Zijing were, they couldn't suppress their excitement. After a short period of shock, he said excitedly to Liu Hua: "Okay, these are the rewards that you should get in a year's struggle, and you have worked hard to get them by virtue of your own military exploits." Let's not talk about this, let's talk about the specific task I gave to the two of you....The secret passage to Shanhaiguan has been completed... Liu Hua waved his hand and continued to ask.

"Commander, the mission has been successfully completed. Because this task has always been the chief of staff, he is more familiar than me, let the chief of staff report to you..."Xu Ying replied with an affirmative face....

Seeing the commander and Liu Xiaogang in front of him, and at the same time focusing on his body, Chief of Staff Wang Zijing hurriedly replied: "Report to the commander, after half a year of exploration and preparation by our guerrillas, all the communication lines have been opened all day. According to statistics, as long as the troops do not slack off their weapons, it will only take three days at most for the troops to rush from Bazhou to the vicinity of Shanhaiguan..."

"Well, three days is enough. By the way, Chief of Staff Wang, around this line of communication, is there a pseudo-garrison? Troops. In the process of the troops, there is an accident, what is the chance of meeting the little devil..."Liu Hua nodded and continued to ask..."No, according to your request, the entire communication line is a communication line explored by the soldiers themselves in the deep mountains and old forests, according to the information provided by some hunters, by cutting down trees, building bridges and building roads. Within several kilometers of defense around this line of communication, there was absolutely no hostility. As for accidents, it's a bit dangerous because the entire line of traffic has to pass through several cliffs... In order to build this line of communication, at least one squad of soldiers died in the place where these cliffs were..."Chief of Staff Wang Zijing continued to reply: "The cliffs will definitely not stop our pace. You must know that this time, among the thousands of commanders and fighters of our advance detachment, except for the 1,000-strong special operations brigade, the rest of the commanders and fighters were carefully selected from among the more than 100,000 commanders and fighters in the whole army. These elite soldiers and strong generals, crossing this line of communication, there is absolutely no problem..."Liu Hua said confidently..."There is no problem with the communication line, then, what about the supply of materials along the way, is there any big problem with this..."Regarding the answer of Chief of Staff Wang Jingzhi, Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask..."Report to the commander, on the entire communication line, there is no interval of 20 kilometers, we have set up a material storage point. The various materials stored in these material cantonment points are enough for 10,000 troops to take at least three days... Therefore, in the process of passing through the entire communication line, the advance detachment has absolutely no problems with material support..."Wang Jingyi replied confidently.

"Okay, great, Commander Xu, Chief of Staff Wang, we already know about the situation. In this way, I mean, starting tomorrow morning, the troops will be ready to go, and I hope you can make preparations to ensure that the advance detachment is foolproof on the line of communication...."Liu Hua, who was excited, ordered to the two people in front of him who were constantly bringing good news to him.

"Yes, commander, the partisans are guaranteed to complete the task. Tonight, our guerrillas will sweep away all the puppet army forces in front of the advance detachment, and tomorrow morning, we will set off with the advance detachment and rush to the first material cantonment point on the communication line..."Xu Ying did not hesitate at Liu Hua's order, and replied confidently.

"Well, anyway, I'll leave the rest to the two of you. As for the specific establishment of the guerrillas, tonight, I will send a telegram to Ye Si and the Central Military Commission to solicit the opinions of the Central Military Commission..." Liu Hua nodded and continued.

"Thank you, Commander, Commander, we went first... Tomorrow morning, I will definitely come with the guerrillas and personally greet the commander and the fighters of the advance detachment...", the two of them smiled and replied with excitement. Then, he got up from his seat, walked out of the tent quickly, and began to make the final preparations for this evening's operation....

With the departure of the two people, Liu Hua immediately came to the station of the communications platoon and began to report the entire process of the Pingjin guerrilla force from its formation to the present through the radio. At the same time, the approval of the Central Military Commission was requested for a unified reorganization of the guerrillas and personnel appointments... For Liu Hua's telegram, for his own party, there were nearly 10,000 armed forces out of thin air. What's more, this armed force is actually hidden in the Pingjin area, under the noses of the little devils. Several leaders of the central government were shocked and excited at the same time. In less than half an hour, the Central Military Commission reached a unanimous opinion and classified this guerrilla force as a unit directly under the central authorities, under the direct command of the central authorities. At the same time, the establishment of a guerrilla column in the Pingjin area also appeared in the establishment of the Eighth Route Army. As for the first commander of this guerrilla column, there is no doubt that it is the current head of the regiment Xu Ying..."With this good news, I believe that tomorrow Commander Xu and Chief of Staff Wang, as well as Political Commissar Li, whom we have not yet met, will be very happy... However, it's a pity that these generals with rich combat experience were asked by the Central Military Commission to go over. However, now that the field army is ready to set off at any time, and the Pingjin area is inseparable from a few of them, it is also the best result to hand over this unit to the Central Military Commission for unified command and deployment..."Looking at the call back from the Military Commission in his hand, Liu Hua said with a smile on his face to Liu Xiaogang, the deputy captain beside him.

Sure enough, the next day, when the three of them saw the reorganization order directly issued by the Central Military Commission, the three direct commanders of the entire guerrilla column fell into shock at the first moment. However, after the shock, the whole person was filled with excitement... As for the advance detachment of the field army led by Liu Hua and Liu Xiaogang, under the leadership of the guerrilla comrades, along the safe passage that had just been opened up in the mountains, they had once again embarked on their journey, advancing to the second goal, that is, Shanhaiguan, and preparing to meet their first challenge after entering the three northeastern provinces...

(To be continued)