At about 7 o'clock in the morning, the sky was already dawning, and the battle launched by the Japanese army in the direction of the remote town had lasted for a full nine hours from the beginning of the battle, and under the continuous resistance of the main forces of the Eighth Route Army's outer line, although the three field brigades of the Japanese army did not pay a great price, their sharpness and sharpness had been weakened, and the morale and combat effectiveness of the troops of the main peaks were not as tenacious and fierce as they were when the battle first began.

At this time, Peng Dehuai, deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, and his troops directly under the headquarters had safely broken out of the enemy's second encirclement and quickly seized Beiaipu Village in Matian Town as a temporary headquarters. Mr. Peng suddenly remembered the suggestion made by Chief of Staff Zuo before breaking up with him, so he immediately ordered the communications company not to use the radio station for the time being, and to keep the radio silent, and as for when the radio station could be restarted, it was necessary to wait for the order of the headquarters.

Mr. Peng found Tang Wancheng, the commander of the headquarters guard company who accompanied him, and asked him to immediately lead the team back to the remote town according to the route marked in advance, and to escort the chief of staff of the left staff and the civilian personnel of the confidential section to evacuate safely as soon as possible. This order is urgent, and cannot be delayed for a moment. After he patted his chest to the boss and said, "Guarantee the completion of the task," he immediately organized the whole company to assemble, and after the platoons were reorganized and the number was completed, he immediately turned around and launched a local counterattack in the direction of Nanaipu Village......

The Japanese garrison had just finished the battle with the outer line troops of the Eighth Route Army, and before they had time to catch their breath, they were again violently attacked by the guard company directly under the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army. The troops of the Eighth Route Army took advantage of this opportunity to intensify their attack on the Japanese positions, and the Japanese army did not have time to return the troops distributed on both flanks in a short time, so they had to let this small group of troops of the Eighth Route Army go over.

However, this incident attracted the attention of Harada Kitakawa, the commander of the 14th Brigade of the Japanese Army, who was in charge of the defense of the position, and the commander of the Harada Brigade felt a little strange, and he muttered in his heart: This unit seems to be the Eighth Route Army that broke through from its own defense line before, and it can be confirmed from the strength and firepower density of the other side that it is undoubtedly a company. But what was the purpose of their re-entry into the encirclement of our 14th Brigade? The commander of the Harada Brigade fell into deep thought...... Suddenly, a flash of thought flashed through his mind, and after secretly shouting "not good" in his heart, he immediately picked up the microphone on the command desk and wanted to call the forward command post of the First Army, and the person who answered the phone was none other than the commander, Lieutenant General Iwamatsu Yoshio.

The commander of the Harada Brigade gasped and reported, "Your Excellency, I have something to report to you. The blockade line set up by our 14th Brigade between the remote town and the town of Matian was suddenly attacked, and after observing the enemy's situation through the use of a scissor-shaped mirror, it was confirmed that this should be the small unit of the Eighth Route Army that broke through from our position in the early hours of this morning, with a strength of one company. According to reports from the front, this group of enemies is well-armed, and its combat effectiveness should be of a relatively high level within the Eighth Route Army, and its offensive edge is also quite fierce. However, it is worth noting that they are not partially encroaching on our defensive positions, but concentrating a little to charge inside our defensive positions, which is equivalent to re-trapping themselves into the encirclement of our brigades. Not only is this strange, but its motives are also questionable......"

Yoshio Iwamatsu asked calmly, "Harada-kun, tell me all your ideas, anyone in my place can come up with their own ideas, and I will listen to them." ”

"Your Excellency, I suspect that this small unit of the Eighth Route Army should return to the area of the remote town surrounded by our army's heavy troops, and rescue a certain senior officer of the Eighth Route Army who was trapped in it. At this moment, there seems to be no more plausible explanation. Your Excellency, I have a gut feeling that under this big net carefully arranged by our army, there should be a few big fish trapped in it, what do you say? ”

Iwamatsu Yoshio nodded in surprise and said, "I understand what you mean, Harada-kun, the news you gave is very punctual and in place, and I will issue the latest combat orders in a timely manner based on the information you provide." If you can eat the few big fish left in this fishing net in one bite this time, I will definitely give you kind words from Commander Okamura and ask for credit for you! With that, Iwamatsu Yoshio hung up the phone with a "snap".

He folded his hands as if praying for something, although his long war career had made him develop the habit of being moody, but the excitement and excitement that were secretly suppressed in his heart were like lava about to erupt, he pondered for a while, and then suddenly grabbed the microphone on the table and asked, "Hey, Hashimoto-kun, I'm Yoshio Iwamatsu." Well, that's the case, I would like to ask, has the air team led by Suga Nakasa successfully arrived at the established position as required by the forward command post? ”

On the other end of the microphone soon came the reply of Chief of Staff Hashimoto: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, our First Army Air Force has successfully arrived in the sky over the established location 23 minutes ago, and the flight formation is currently hovering 1,500 meters above the vertical altitude of the town......

After hearing this, Yoshio Iwamatsu ordered without thinking: "Tell Suga Nakasa that the forward command post wants him to carry out a short-term horizontal bombardment of remote urban areas, the bombing time is ten minutes, and after ten minutes, the shooting will be stopped, and the fighter can appropriately reduce the flight altitude according to the actual situation, and it can be controlled at an altitude of about 500 to 1,000 meters above the plane." If there is a concentrated breakthrough of a large force of the Eighth Route Army, one or two dive bombing can be carried out against it, and more care should be taken during the dive process to avoid the Eighth Route Army taking this opportunity to use machine guns against the fighters in the dive position. In addition, if there is a phenomenon of the Eighth Route Army troops successfully breaking through the encirclement, especially the Eighth Route Army troops located in Nanaipu Village, they should pay special attention, once they concentrate their firepower to launch an attack on the encirclement of the 14th Brigade and successfully break through, the aviation team must intercept the enemy in the area of the Cross Ridge in the direction of Beiaipu Village, this is the only way for them to go, and they must gather here to annihilate them all! This is the latest order issued by the forward command post of my First Army, and the flight formation must complete the mission! ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, I see what you mean...... Well, I just looked at the map, and the Cross Ridge area is exactly within the cruising radius of my flying formation, so it would not be a problem to bomb the area immediately. Your Excellency Commander, please rest assured, I will immediately convey your order to Sugai Nakasa, please wait for good news! ”

Under the leadership of company commander Tang Wancheng, the headquarters guard company finally rushed to the area of Nanaipu Village, which was surrounded by the Japanese regiments, and as soon as it rushed into a courtyard, it collided with Zuo Quan, deputy chief of staff. Chief of Staff Zuo's expression was full of surprise when he saw Company Commander Tang, and he asked in a daze, "Company Commander Tang, why did you bring the team back?" Aren't you supposed to be by the boss's side? ”

Company Commander Tang put all the red tape such as standing up and saluting and went straight to the point, only to see him hurriedly say: "Chief of Staff, the boss and the team directly under the headquarters have successfully broken out of the enemy's encirclement, and the temporary headquarters has been established in the area of Beiaipu Village in Liao County. At present, the main offensive of the devils is all concentrated in you, and there is no fighting on the boss's side, so the boss sent me with a guard company to escort you and the comrades of the confidential section to transfer......"

"It's not time to evacuate, and the documents left behind by the headquarters have not been properly disposed of, except for some of the materials that have been burned, there are some important documents that need to be taken away. These documents are all related to the important internal secrets of our Eighth Route Army, and once they fall into the hands of devils, the consequences will be unimaginable. In this way, you first lead the team to cover the comrades of the logistics department and the Xinhua Ribao office to break through the siege, their situation is rather special, and almost all of the troops under your command are civilian personnel, most of whom have no combat experience, and your guard company must protect their safety. Remember, don't turn back to us after covering their breakthrough, and after the comrades of the Confidential Section have processed the documents, we will move to the established route together with the first battalion of the 769th Regiment! I repeat that the rescue mission of the guard company will come to an end after covering the evacuation of the comrades of the Xinhua News Agency and the Logistics Department. Listen, your post is not with me, but with the boss and the staff officers of the headquarters, once the enemy situation is discovered, you must fight to the death, and you must not let the boss's safety be threatened in any way, do you hear? ”

"Chief of Staff, just listen to my advice and evacuate quickly! As soon as we came in, the devil's outer troops had already begun to compress the encirclement! The boss gave me a death order, asking me to escort you to transfer safely as quickly as possible, so you don't have to carry it hard! If the documents are not easy to handle, they will all be packed and taken away, even if they are tucked in the document bag! Chief of Staff, I beg you, evacuate quickly, your safety must be a little lost, boss, he must shoot me! Company Commander Tang was so anxious that he almost jumped up from the ground.

Zuo Quan slammed his palm on the table, and even the water glass on the table jumped up, and it also kicked up a puff of dust. Chief of Staff Zuo shouted: "Company Commander Tang, don't you understand what I say?" Do you know how cumbersome it is to organize this pile of documents, do you know it? Still packing and taking away? If you really can do this, I and the comrades of the Confidential Section will still need to be busy all night to deal with this matter? I'm telling you, the situation is urgent, and I don't have time to talk to you! How? I'm not good at talking, am I? As I said, your guard company is not here, and your task is to protect the boss's safety! Other than that, you don't have to worry about it! Company Commander Tang, I order you to retreat immediately, and the boss will blame me for it, and it has nothing to do with you! If you still waste your tongue on me here, it will shake the morale of the army, and I can enforce battlefield discipline against you now! ”

After a long sigh of great unwillingness, Company Commander Tang waved his hand and turned around and left with the soldiers of the guard company. The left chief of staff looked at the backs of the soldiers who were gradually moving away, but the scruples and worries hidden in his heart came to his heart one after another. I don't know why, there is a faint uneasiness and hesitation in his heart, he can't tell what the reason is, he always feels that something big will happen......

The Japanese offensive became more and more violent, and the Japanese tanks and combat vehicles responsible for advancing deep into the remote towns were like no one under the cover of aircraft and artillery. The gateway to the town has been opened by the Japanese vanguard, and the walls and houses have collapsed and fallen into ruins under the invasion of Japanese artillery. The 1st Battalion of the 769th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army was obviously inferior in terms of firearms and equipment, and the fortifications that took a day and a night to build by the special service company under its command were reduced to nothing in the blink of an eye under the bombardment of Japanese aircraft. The soft mud was broken down into gravel by the Japanese air force, and the Japanese soldiers of a squadron under the 8th Brigade of the Japanese Army quickly seized the position of the 8th Road.

After the main peak position changed hands, the second line defense of the 1st Battalion also became precarious, and under the strong firepower of the Japanese army, the situation of the battle was completely out of control. The 1st and 2nd companies responsible for squatting in the second line of defense were stubbornly suppressed in the tunnel by the fire network composed of several Japanese machine guns, and they only had the ability to parry, but had no power to fight back. After the Japanese gunfire had subsided a little, the soldiers of the first company had just poked their heads out of the fortifications and were about to launch a counterattack, but the Japanese planes suddenly whizzed over the sky......

After seeing five Zero fighters in battle formation, they suddenly skimmed over the second-line position, and then turned around and swooped in the direction of the depth of the position, and the two 7.7 mm machine guns loaded on the fuselage were aimed at the position of the Eighth Route Army to carry out a dive-strafing fire, and the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army hidden in the fortifications were not able to react from the rampage of the Japanese tank fighting vehicles, and they were hit by this fatal blow again. The soldiers were shot and fell to the ground one after another like wheat cut off by a sickle, and most of the bullet locations were concentrated on the top of the head, the back of the neck and the back.

Zhang Zhiquan, the commander of the first company, ran to the battalion commander Li Desheng covered in soot, and asked for instructions while panting: "Battalion commander, the devil's firepower is too fierce, and the second-line defense will definitely not be able to hold it!" Battalion commander, let's withdraw! ”

"No, the latest order I received was to hold on to this place for three hours, and now it has only been less than two hours, which is still too early for the time set by the headquarters! If you don't have time, even if you die, you have to die here! Even if you really want to retreat in advance and abandon your position, you must wait for the order issued by the deputy chief of staff! Tell your soldiers, no matter how fierce the devil's firepower is, as long as there is one person left in your company, you must carry me to the death! Whoever dares to withdraw from the position without authorization will disturb the morale of the army, and I will have to kill him with my own hands! Quick, go back to your position and continue to command the battle, if you don't command well, I will kill you as well, go quickly! Battalion commander Li Desheng held a shell gun and roared while pulling the trigger.

After Company Commander Zhang took the order and ran away, instructor Wang Yapu smashed his fist on the mud next to him, and scolded: "His grandmother's, this devil is let the dog bite, right?" It wasn't long before dawn that they were fucking fighting endlessly, not counting the infantry all over the hills, and so many tanks and artillery, and planes on top! They are bullying us that we don't have these things, if Lao Tzu can drive a tank, I have to crush him one by one! ”

"Lao Wang, it's not a way to fight like this, the enemy is prepared this time, and his combat style is different from the past. Since the reorganization of our Eighth Route Army, we have experienced a lot of sweeps, but this is the first time we have seen a sweep in this form. The Devil's forces and firearms and ammunition, including...... You see, you look at their battle formations, and even their tactical formations have changed a lot. Lao Wang, look, about 500 meters in front of you and me, can you see clearly? The distance of 500 meters is about ...... If you look closely at the enemy's attack queue, which fans out from west to east, what do you say it looks like? Battalion Commander Li pointed to the Japanese attack echelon in the distance on the opposite side and asked in a hissed voice.

Instructor Wang scratched his head and shook his head in embarrassment, "This—this is not ...... Alas, this brain is about to make the devil's shells blow up in confusion! I have the impression in my head, but I can't say it, this is, isn't it like us...... Alas, don't sell it, I'm a little confused, you can say it......"

Battalion Commander Li woke up with a word: "It's a rake, a rake used by local villagers to collect firewood and grass!" If you look at their formation, isn't that what happened? The devils in front of us take a longitudinal attack formation, and the distance between them and the wings is at least more than five meters. If you look at their column again, it is densely black behind it, it must be the main force of the devils, and then there is their east and west artillery group! The rake in the hands of the devil is not as soft as the rake in the hands of the fellows, they are used as hammers, and they want to cut our position hard, so that they can eat us in one bite! ”

"I understand when you say that, I said that we have been here for a long time and have not been able to stop the enemy's advance? It's been a long time. On the surface, the enemy's formation is advancing vertically, and the forces seem to be scattered, but once they find out that we have plans to break through, they can immediately gather their forces, and then compress the encirclement and eat us completely. Damn, the devil's appetite is really not small, not long after occupying our main peak position, he started the idea of our battalion's second-line defense again? Lao Li, you have to think of a way, you can't stick to it like this anymore! Our soldiers are running out, our ammunition won't last long, and several companies are all suffering heavy casualties, and the formation is almost crippled. The devil is waiting for work, relying on planes and tanks as cover, but we can't do it! If we want to defend it any longer, it won't take half an hour, and the old foundation of our battalion will be exhausted! ”

Battalion Commander Li wiped the hot sweat from his forehead and said, "In this way, Lao Wang, you retreat into the village with the guard platoon and see if the deputy chief of staff has cleaned up?" It is best to tell the chief of staff about the current situation of our battalion, whether to turn around and break through or continue to hold on, and let him make a decision as soon as possible! If the order I received was to continue to defend it, then my life would be advanced in advance! If the headquarters changes its mind, you will take the guard platoon and several district squads to concentrate their firepower to break through in the direction of Cross Ridge, and strive to tear a hole out as quickly as possible to cover the evacuation of the chief of staff! You don't have to worry about it on my side, if you think of sending a herald to come over to inform you of the trouble, you will shoot a signal flare into the sky, and I will arrange someone to keep an eye on it, as long as the signal flare goes to the sky, I will immediately lead the team to withdraw from the position! Without further ado, you hurry back, I'll wait here for your signal......"

"Lao Li, take care!" After Instructor Wang solemnly patted Battalion Commander Li on the shoulder, he turned around and drove away with the guard platoon, and soon disappeared from everyone's sight......

A donkey cart that stayed in the courtyard was loaded with all kinds of miscellaneous military supplies, and in addition to a small amount of weapons, equipment, food, and clothing, there were also many agricultural tools and cold weapons such as knives and spears, all of which were bundled together in large bags and piled up on the cart, which was very messy.

The left chief of staff rolled up his cuffs and looked at the time: 9:37 a.m. He said in his heart: At present, the task of the Confidential Section has been completed, and the plan of the headquarters organs to concentrate their forces to break through to the outside is also ripe. Prior to this, the General Headquarters and the Field Political Department led by General Peng Lao had broken through the encirclement last night, and the comrades of the Northern Bureau and the Xinhua News Agency, which were covered by the General Headquarters Guard Company, had also withdrawn from their positions on the inner line two hours earlier. So far, with the exception of the Temporary General Headquarters with itself as the leading group, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Ordnance, and the Ministry of Military Industry directly under the General Headquarters are still in the encirclement set by the Japanese army, and they are waging desperate resistance against the enemy on the outside line, but the results are not ideal, and all departments have suffered heavy casualties.

The chief of staff of the left was about to issue a general breakthrough order, when he encountered Wang Yapu, an instructor of the 1st Battalion of the 769th Regiment, and his guard platoon, who had just been withdrawn from the second-line defensive position. After observing the faces of the soldiers, the chief of staff found that most of the soldiers were wounded, and the parts of the wounded were also different from head to toe, some of the wounded had already been wrapped in bandages, and the blood oozing out had also soaked the bandages red, and some of the soldiers who had just been wounded not long ago could not get good conditions for healing because of the lack of bandages. In order to avoid excessive bleeding, the soldiers had to tear off the sleeves of their worn uniforms, tie them into a strip of cloth and tie them tightly to the wounded area, so as to slow down the rate of blood loss.

"Instructor Wang, why are you here? What about Camp Commander Li? Chief of Staff Zuo asked directly.

Instructor Wang wiped the blood on his face with his sleeve and said: "Chief of Staff, the devil's offensive in the north direction is too fierce, and its main force has taken away the main peak position of our battalion in the area of Miaowangzhuang, and now it has carried out five group charges against our second-line defense company, and our first battalion has suffered heavy losses, and the formation is about to be disabled." Battalion Commander Li sent me over to ask you for instructions, whether our battalion's task in the future is to withdraw from the existing positions or continue to hold on, I hope you can give an answer as soon as possible, otherwise if it drags on for a while, I am afraid that the team will be exhausted......"

"I was about to send someone to your battalion's position to report that you were coming, and I will now hand over the order to you. Listen, the entire battalion immediately withdrew from the ring fortifications after receiving this order, and broke through along the direction of the cross ridge with the headquarters organs and the main force, and the comrades of the ordnance department were responsible for opening the gap. You go back now, report this matter to your battalion commander, time is pressing, ask him to do his best to preserve the vitality of the team, the whole battalion is divided into two teams before and after the front and rear and withdraw from the position one after another, don't mess up, do you understand? ”

"Yes! Xiao Zhang, come here......" Instructor Wang handed the correspondent Xiao Zhang to him and explained, "According to the plan set before, you go to the top of the slope in the north, just that position, do you see?" You rush to that position, put up a green flare, and then find a position to hide, ready to meet the battalion commander at any time, do you hear me clearly? ”

"Yes! So, what about you, the instructor? Xiao Zhang hesitated.

"I told the battalion commander that as long as I received the order to break through in advance, I would take the guard platoon and cooperate with the main force to take the lead in attacking the enemy's encirclement and carry out the order!" Instructor Wang said.

"Yes!"

The fighters of the Ordnance Department and the guard platoon of the 769th Regiment temporarily formed an assault team and concentrated their fire to launch a fierce attack on the defensive positions of the Japanese 14th Brigade Regiment. After the flare was launched, the 1st Battalion of the 769th Regiment, which was responsible for blocking the vanguard of the 4th Brigade of the Japanese Army, also withdrew from its fortifications one after another and rushed towards the direction of the retreat of the headquarters organs. Soon after the Japanese 14th Brigade was attacked by the Eighth Route Army, the brigade commander, Major General Harada, made a phone call to Iwamatsu Yoshio, commander of the First Army stationed in Jinjin, and truthfully reported the current battle situation to the other side.

After hearing this, Iwamatsu Yoshio immediately ordered the defenders of the 14th Brigade to get out of the way of a road from Shexian to Liao County, and let the main force of the Eighth Route break through, and then the air force led by Suga Nakasa sang the main drama and cooked a pot of steel broth for them in the area of Cross Ridge, where the Eighth Route Army must pass, in an effort to flatten the hill of Cross Ridge and let the Eighth Route break through from here turn into a cloud of dust in the air of artillery shells......

After the commander of the Harada Brigade gave the order to the front line, the flag soldier standing on the commanding heights was responsible for conveying it to the Japanese garrison on the outer line. The vanguard of the Eighth Route Army successfully broke through the encirclement with almost no obstacles, and advanced to the headquarters and the ordnance department headed by Chief of Staff Zuo Quan, and then to the Ministry of Health and the 1st Battalion of the 769th Regiment that was catching up, and it took less than 30 minutes to rush from the area around Nanaipu Village to the direction of Cross Ridge.

Cross Ridge, located at the junction of Shexian County in Hebei Province and Liao County in Shanxi Province, is destined to be recorded in the annals of history. Its main ridge is in the east-west direction, stretching for dozens of miles, and its secondary ridge is in the north-south direction, and the mountain roads are rugged, and the cliffs and cliffs are all visible. The two veins of the mountain cross into a "ten" figure, the altitude is more than 1,300 meters, a sheep intestine trail from Nanaipu Village all the way to the mountain, the road is winding, from the village to the top of the mountain is five miles away. If you want to go down the mountain, you need to go down from the top of the mountain to the villages of Beiaipu Village and Nanyangou, that is, in Liao County. Needless to say, this naturally constructed and dangerous serpentine mountain road is the only route that can be reached directly from the village of South Aipu to the village of North Aipu.

The soldiers of the Ordnance Department and the Guard Platoon began to organize a march in the direction of Cross Ridge after opening the gap in the Japanese encirclement. In the past, it would have been nice for the soldiers to take a leather whip and whip it twice on the horse's buttocks, but today for some reason, the mules and horses seem to have made an appointment, so to say that they just refuse to move their nests, even if they use a leather whip, it is useless, at most they can use their hooves to stomp a few steps on the ground.

Halfway through the road, they encountered this situation, and the soldiers of the Mafu class were so anxious that their tears were about to fall, and they muttered in their hearts how could this be good? If the marching speed of the large army is slowed down by these brutes, and then let the devils behind chase after them, then their own sin will be great! While everyone was in a state of confusion, several Japanese fighters whizzed over Cross Ridge, and then turned around and swooped down towards the team on the ground. The machine guns installed on both sides of the wing carried out the first round of strafing at the Eighth Route Army after the fighters entered a dive state, and the dense group of bullets knocked the soldiers to the ground in rows like head-on scythes. Due to the condescending position of the Japanese planes, the soldiers had no place to hide, so as soon as the first round of strafing was over, most of the strength of the ordnance department and the guard platoon had been lost. The corpses, sieveed by machine guns, fell to the side of the road, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the air with a pungent smell of blood.

After the Japanese fighters flew away, the chief of staff of the left and the cadres who had survived the guns of the planes continued to direct the troops to pull out, but the team was already in a mess, and the soldiers were panicked, and even the mules and horses carrying sundries were frightened by the roar of the Japanese planes, and two carriages rushed off the cliff out of control......

The left chief of staff hurriedly jumped onto a dirt slope, waved his arms vigorously at the team in front of him, and shouted: "Quick, comrades, withdraw quickly, don't mess up the team, withdraw quickly......"

Several soldiers of the Confidential Section also climbed the dirt slope and shouted together with the slogan of Chief of Staff Zuo, but the Japanese fighter plane, which did not want to fly away just now, suddenly turned back. The air force led by Suga Nakasa, as if they had some kind of foreknowledge, abandoned the use of machine guns to dive into the ground, and instead chose to drop all the remaining ten* of the five fighters, thus solving the problem once and for all.

At an altitude of more than 800 meters above the ground, the Japanese pilots slowly opened up the bomb bay at the bottom of the plane after quickly calculating the optimal position of the impact point through their brains according to the current flight altitude and wind direction and speed through the gyroscope sight. Five 60-kilogram* fell from the bomb bay almost at the same time and smashed vertically into the ground covered in clouds. Before *landed, five* more fell from the bomb bay......

The group of bullets dropped by the water bottle directly hit the breakthrough section of the Eighth Route Army, and the flying shrapnel, the air waves, and the surging cannon fodder covered the entire Cross Ridge...... Wang Yapu, an instructor of the 1st Battalion of the 769th Regiment, couldn't help but be shocked when he saw that Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo Quan was directing the troops to retreat on the dirt slope, and he desperately waved at the Chief of Staff Zuo and said: "Chief, lie down quickly, there are enemy planes, lie down quickly......

Before he could finish shouting, a sixty-kilogram * fell straight down less than ten meters away from the left chief of staff. * Detonated, the cannon fodder lifted off after landing devoured the entire person of the left chief of staff, and the flying shrapnel accurately hit the temple of the left chief of staff's head, and there were also shrapnel strains in the chest and abdomen, and the fatal blow was the position of this temple.

On May 25, 1942, Zuo Quan, deputy chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army, died in the process of breaking through the cross ridge in Matian Town, Liao County, at the age of 37.

On this day, the remnant sun is like blood, the blood is like the remnant sun, all the sounds are silent, and the heavens and the earth are silent......