"Yes." After hearing Yan Xishan's order, the staff officer turned around and walked out of the command room and sent a telegram to the 358th Regiment.

"Pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese army, report any abnormal moves in time, and walk around with the Japanese messenger more if necessary." Yan Laoxi said to the adjutant on the side after seeing the staff officer go out.

"Understood." Hearing Yan Laoxi's words, the adjutant on the side hurriedly responded, they had done this kind of thing before, after all, as a warlord, what they cared about most was their own interest.

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At this time, the new regiment was in Zhaojiayu's station, and Li Yunlong was pondering in front of the map.

"Telegram from the regimental commander, the brigade commander." The telegraph operator walked into the room and said to Li Yunlong.

"Oh, the brigade commander's telegram, how did his old man remember to send me a telegram, bring it and let me see it." When Li Yunlong heard that the telegraph operator said that it was a telegram from the brigade commander, there was a difference in his heart, so he said to him.

Zhao Gang, who was on the side, heard the telegraph operator's words, and also looked at Li Yunlong.

However, when Li Yunlong looked at the telegram, his brows furrowed, so he asked, "What's the matter, Lao Li, what's the matter, what did the brigade commander say?" ”

Hearing Zhao Gang's words, Li Yunlong did not answer, but handed the telegram in his hand to him.

Zhao Gang took the telegram from Li Yunlong and read it, but as Zhao Gang finished reading the telegram, his brows furrowed unconsciously.

Then he sighed and said: "Lao Li, this is not a good thing, there are two more divisions from the Kwantung Army." ”

Hearing Zhao Gang's words, Li Yunlong sighed: "Yes, there are two more divisions, which are not in our plan."

"Lao Li, if it doesn't work, let's retreat." Zhao Gang asked with some concern.

"Withdraw, joke, where to withdraw, withdraw to the Yellow River? The devils can't wait for you to withdraw now, as long as we withdraw, the devils' propaganda about us will be overwhelming, and the situation will be even more unfavorable to us at that time, and when we retreat, we will have to cover the people, and when the devils press up, we will be more passive. Li Yunlong's face was not very good, and he said to Zhao Gang.

"And what do you want to do?" It's no wonder that Zhao Gang wants to retreat, the main reason is that there are too many troops mobilized by the devils this time, not to mention anything else, the Kwantung Army with only two divisions is not something that the current new regiment can compete with, although the development momentum of the new regiment has been very strong in the past six months, and the strength alone has expanded to more than 17,000 people.

And since he secretly contacted Muto Sanpao in Heian County, there has been no war during this time, and the soldiers have been training hard. But in Zhao Gang's mind, the strength of individual soldiers will definitely not go to the Kwantung Army, after all, they are the elite of the Japanese elite.

But if he wants to give up the base area and retreat, Li Yunlong will definitely not be reconciled, after all, this base area has been developed for a year, and now everything is on the right track, if it is so easy to give up, but the previous investment will not be in vain, and the new regiment has finally taken root in the base area, and now it is going to go everywhere, and the soldiers will not agree, after all, most of the soldiers of the new regiment were recruited after coming here.

So Li Yunlong thought for a while and said: "I mean the situation is still the same, the people should evacuate, but we can't withdraw, we must fight with the little devils here, otherwise the prestige of our new group in the hearts of the people will definitely be greatly hit." ”

Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Zhao Gang frowned and said: "Lao Li, my opinion is that we can avoid its edge first, after all, it is not easy for the new regiment to get to today, if it is lost in this battle, it will be a pity, do you just watch the team you formed with your own hands lose it?" ”

The reason why Zhao Gang suggested that Li Yunlong retreat was mainly because he felt that the Japanese army had too many troops, and it was not a new regiment at all, and it was not a regiment that could resist, which had exceeded their previous expectations.

"Lao Zhao, I know what you said, but we have no choice but to be tough with the devil now." Li Yunlong said to Zhao Gang, his tone seemed a little hurried, because Zhao Gang's opinion was contrary to his own opinion, which he did not allow, although he knew that Zhao Gang had good intentions, but Li Yunlong did not have the word retreat in his words, so he was very opposed to Zhao Gang's opinion.

"Besides, we are now a collective with the independent regiment of the new second regiment, even if we want to retreat, we have to consider the opinions of Ding Wei and Kong Jiede." Li Yunlong said to Zhao Gang again.

"Then in that case, let people inform Head Ding and Head Kong now, let them come over, and we will discuss it together." Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Zhao Gang thought about it, after all, there were only three of them in the team of the Eighth Route Army in the southwest of Shanxi, and the three regiments were also close, so he responded.

"Huzi, arrange for someone to call Lao Ding and Lao Kong, just say that I have something important to discuss with them, let's go." Hearing Zhao Gang's words, Li Yunlong shouted at Huzi who was standing guard at the door.

"Yes, Commander, I'll arrange for someone to go." After receiving Li Yunlong's order, Huzi turned around and left, and arranged for people to go to the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment to find Kong Jie and Ding Wei.

And after Li Yunlong saw Huzi leaving, he sat on a chair and started smoking, while Zhao Gang looked at the direction of the door and didn't know what he was thinking, so the two sat in the regiment headquarters for two hours and didn't do anything.

On the side of the new second regiment, Kong Jie is arranging a transport team, because today is the day to go to the new regiment to pull grain, and he is telling the old man Huang in the logistics department some things.

"Old Huangtou, you have to pay attention to safety on the road, the food pulled this time is related to the food and clothing of more than 3,000 people in our independent regiment, there can be no mistakes, wait for me to let the guard platoon follow you, specially responsible for escorting, you have to transport the food back to me safely." Kong Jie instructed Old Man Huang with a serious expression.

Since the last time the devil was ambushed, it has been more than half a year, and the independent regiment has grown from more than 2,000 people in the past to more than 3,000 people.

"Don't worry, Captain, there will be no accidents, I will definitely bring the food back to you safely." Old man Huang knew that the stakes were high, so he swore and assured Kong Jie.

"Okay, you know that this matter is not trivial, and there is nothing else to pay attention to, pay attention to safety on the road, you can go."

As soon as Kong Jie finished speaking to Old Man Huang, he saw his guard running over to him and said, "Regiment Commander, the new regiment has sent someone here." ”

"Oh, there's a new group, quick, get someone in." Kong Jie heard that it was a new group of people, although he didn't know what happened to Li Yunlong, but after all, he had a short mouth, so Kong Jie asked people to come over in a good voice.

After the soldiers of the new regiment came in, they saluted Kong Jie and then said: "Commander Kong, our regiment commander said that we would discuss important matters with you, and let you go to our regiment headquarters." ”

Although he didn't know what Li Yunlong was doing, Kong Jie still spoke: "I know, I'll leave for your new regiment headquarters now." After speaking, he turned to the old man Huang who had not left and said, "Old Huang, I will go with you this time to pull grain, and we will set off now." ”

"Yes, Captain." Hearing Kong Jie's words, he hurriedly went out to greet the convoy. ”

Looking at Old Man Huang's back, Kong Jie said to the guards on the side: "Go lead my horse, let's go first." ”

Hearing Kong Jie's words, the guards hurriedly went out and led Kong Jie's war horse, and then handed it over to Kong Jie.

Kong Jie took the horse rope, turned over and got on the horse, and then rushed towards the new regimental headquarters with two guards.

Two hours later, Kong Jie came to the headquarters of the new regiment in Zhaojiayu, and happened to meet Ding Wei, who also came on horseback at the entrance of the village.

When the two entered the new regimental headquarters, they saw Li Yunlong sitting on a chair smoking a cigarette, and he looked preoccupied at first glance, so the two glanced at each other.

"Lao Li, why did you call me and Lao Kong over?" Ding Wei first opened his mouth and asked Li Yunlong.

Hearing Ding Wei's words, Li Yunlong raised his head and looked at him, and then slowly spoke: "This is a telegram from the brigade commander, the devil is going to take action against our side, you two take a look at it first, and after reading it, we are discussing." After speaking, Li Yunlong picked up the telegram on the table and handed it to Ding Wei.

Seeing this, Ding Wei took the telegram and read it, and after reading it, he gave it to Kong Jie, and the two of them watched it for more than ten minutes.

After reading it, the two of them were a little surprised and didn't speak, but stared at Li Yunlong, wanting to hear what Li Yunlong meant.

"I mean that our three troops will be integrated into one, and then in this place in the southwest of Shanxi, we will have a good wrestle with the devils, and evacuate the people in our garrison from now on, although the devils have transferred two divisions from the Kwantung Army, but we are not vegetarians, if the devils come, let's turn around and leave without saying a word, that's not my Li Yunlong's style, it's all two shoulders and one head, I don't believe that he is not afraid of death." Li Yunlong said with a murderous face. After speaking, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out one, lit it, and smoked.

After Li Yunlong finished speaking, Zhao Gang on the side spoke: "I mean to avoid its edge and preserve its strength, after all, it is not easy for our three regiments to get to where we are today, if this battle defeats our three regiments, it will also be a major loss for our Eighth Route Army." Moreover, the enemy who came this time was not ordinary, the two divisions of the Kwantung Army, our troops did not have an advantage at all, and the overall quality of the soldiers was not comparable, so we had no chance of winning at all. ”

"Okay, Lao Ding, Lao Kong, what do you two mean?" Hearing Zhao Gang finish speaking, Li Yulong hurriedly asked Ding Wei and Kong Jie.

Hearing the general meaning of the two, Ding Wei thought for a while and then raised his head and said, "Then I'll express my opinion first, if there's anything wrong, you are adding." ”

After speaking, Ding Weiyou pondered for a while, and after thinking about his words, he said: "I think what Lao Li said is right, the devil has not come yet, let's consider how to retreat, whether it is for the soldiers below, or the reputation of our Eighth Route Army, or the people in the base, it is a huge blow, so I don't agree with the retreat, whether our three regiments are lost or survived, we should stick to our positions at this time, it makes no sense that the enemy has run to the door of our house to show off our might, and we have repeatedly retreated, Even if we die, we have to die on the battlefield, otherwise what difference will we have from those warlord troops. When he said this again, Ding Wei thought of the previous Northeast Army, didn't they just give up more than one million square kilometers of land to the little devils without firing a shot, but what are they being scolded by the people of the whole country now.

"Lao Ding, I think so too, a soldier must have the backbone of a soldier, so what does it matter if he dies on the battlefield and is shrouded in horse leather, eighteen years later, we are a good man again." Li Yunlong looked at Ding Wei with a smile on his face and said: "Our team of the Eighth Route Army must have this kind of momentum that will show its sword when encountering the enemy, even if we die in battle, we are still glorious even if we are defeated." ”

"Lao Kong, what is your opinion?" Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Ding Wei turned to Kong Jie and asked.

Originally, Kong Jie agreed with what Zhao Gang said, after all, only by preserving strength can he have the last laugh, and now there are so many troops in the Eighth Route Army, and the loss of any army is a major loss for them, not to mention the loss of three regiments, and they are all the size of the main regiment.

But hearing the words of Li Yunlong and Ding Wei, his thoughts began to waver, after all, as a soldier, it is a shame to run away without a fight when he encounters a powerful enemy, and this shame will follow him for the rest of his life and will never be washed away.

"I agree with Lao Li and Lao Ding's words, although doing so will cause a major loss to the strength of our Eighth Route Army, but I don't want to be a deserter." Kong Jie thought for a while and said. In the end, he chose to stand with Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang.

Maybe they are not a full-fledged politician, but they are definitely a military man with courage.

After listening to Kong Jie's words, Zhao Gang waited for a long time and said slowly: "Okay, since your opinions are to hold your position, then I can only agree, and I will now arrange personnel to move all the villagers in the defense area to a safe place." ”

Zhao Gang has also figured it out now, because Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Kong Jie's words also make sense, aren't they soldiers fighting to protect their families and defend the country, if they run away when they see a strong enemy, then what kind of soldiers are they going to be.

After Zhao Gang left, Li Yunlong pulled Ding Wei and Kong Jie to the map.

"Lao Kong, Lao Ding, our three regiments are now mainly focusing on position construction and fortifications, this time, we must have a good deal with the little devil, his devil Kwantung Army is not known as the "flower of the army". That Lao Tzu beat him with chrysanthemums blooming all over the ground, even if the king of Hades came, Lao Tzu also had to pull his two beards down.

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At this time, the 358th Regiment also received an order from Yan Laoxi.

"Tuanza, the Commander's Department ordered us to temporarily withdraw from the defense area first, and let us come back after the devil's operation is over." Fang Ligong walked into the command room with a telegram, walked up to Chu Yunfei and said.