Chapter 22, Farewell
The clouds are shrouded in the sky, and the autumn wind is bleak. It seems that today is not a good day to travel.
If possible, anyone is willing to stay in a warm and comfortable home, chat with friends, play cards and entertain, and spend the day leisurely.
But the cruel reality makes it difficult to have such a comfortable life.
Last night, the intelligence officer sent back news that a part of the enemy's Fourth Brigade stationed in Anding County, along with the puppet military guards in Anding County, will sweep the village from south to north from now on.
The Japanese army's sweep plan obtained by the intelligence officer of the New First Regiment should be very accurate. However, the Japanese army plan he obtained was only part of the entire Japanese army's strategy.
The Japanese army did not have only one sweeping force, but formed ten sweeping forces from the east and south sides, including more than 20,000 Japanese First Army and the same number of puppet troops, and advanced based on the highway network and railway network to form a left-right clamp-type offensive.
The purpose is to eliminate the Eighth Route Army, eliminate its base areas, narrow the scope of activities of the Eighth Route Army, and achieve favorable conditions for the next spring sweep.
Of course, the Eighth Route Army is not clear about the intelligence of the Japanese army's strategic purpose for the time being. However, its various actions of dispatching troops and hoarding combat preparations have long been taken into consideration by the Eighth Route Army.
A battle to cover the transfer of the people is about to begin.
At the entrance of Zhaojiazhuang Village, the people carried millets, pushed carts, drove animals, and helped the elderly and young people to rush into the mountains.
Everyone knows that the Japanese are inhumane. At the least, they can grab grain, and at the worst, they can slaughter the village. No one will be lucky. They would rather take their family to the mountains to get cold, than stay and wait for the Japanese to be kind.
Of course, all the food is hidden and there will be no grain of millet left for the Japanese.
When the Japanese left and the village was safe, the people would still come back. There were their fields and houses here, so they could not leave completely.
When a farmer leaves the land, it is like a fish leaving the water, and he cannot live.
Faced with the Japanese invaders who forced them to leave their homes, some people said: "Dog Japanese, it's time to go to hell."
"The Japanese will not die well."
There are countless curses like this.
When the people were almost gone, the other group at the entrance of the village seemed so conspicuous. The people in the division propaganda team, a few militia carrying guns, and Yuan Chenming, who was famous in a radius of ten miles yesterday.
Li Yunlong came to see them off specially. When the old comrades farewell, it would be a year or two to be a year or two to leave.
Moreover, for Xu Xiaoyong's refusal to send some soldiers to escort him, Li Yunlong felt that he was an old comrade-in-arms and didn't want him to be difficult.
Once the battle begins, the front line must have more troops. But he agreed to send someone to escort.
Seeing that he was silent, Xu Xiaoyong said, "Okay, just send it here. Lao Li, your leader is about to fight. You should go back to your post as soon as possible.
It was enough to send us here. We followed the villagers and the militia's comrades to protect us. It was enough.
You, Old Li, are not usually a mother-in-law, why are you like this today?”
Li Yunlong grinned and stopped caring about that matter. "Okay, no secret words will be said by the way. When the war is over, I will invite you to drink."
"This is the Li Yunlong I know!"
"By the way, there is another thing I want to ask you." Li Yunlong didn't be polite to his old comrades and pointed to Yuan Chenming who was talking to the two girls there.
"You take care of him for me and try to pull him into our team. Also, you must not let the division commander take it away."
Xu Xiaoyong nodded and shook his head, "I can only do my best in both things. I think this person is an independent person, and it is difficult to change the idea you have made. You should have worked a lot, but they failed, right?
As for keeping him in your new group, you, Li Yunlong, are afraid you are not that big of face. The teacher wants to steal people, can you keep them?"
Li Yunlong smiled bitterly, and he knew that with such talent, the new group could not be kept.
Can you make grenades, can you make guns? Or do something else. Not to mention that the commander is concerned about it, even if the brigade commander wants to compete with him, he can't stop him!
Now he regrets it. He didn't give the other big show a good face, and the relationship was not very good. Otherwise, he could also play the emotional card and think about other methods.
Now, we can only leave it to fate.
By the way, I would have a chance to cram the moment. After talking to my old comrade-in-arms, Li Yunlong went straight to Yuan Chenming.
Someone who was talking and laughing with the two female soldiers was confused when facing Li Yunlong's sudden concern and condolences.
Isn’t it just that I processed more than 100 grenades overnight last night? Is that what happened?
He didn't know Li Yunlong's intestines yet.
Li Yunlong's immediate actions made him even more flattered.
"Huzi, bring my wine."
Li Yunlong solemnly stuffed the wine pot from the guard:
"You hold this pot of wine. It's me, Li Yunlong, thank you for your contribution to our new batch.
The door of the new batch is always open to you, and I, Li Yunlong, welcome you back at any time."
Who is Li Yunlong? He is addicted to alcohol!
It is incredible that he can take out his "storage" and give it to others, just like a wild wolf giving out the fat meat from his mouth.
No matter how moved he was, Yuan Chenming still couldn't guarantee anything. He could only say that he had recorded this friendship.
Li Yunlong watched the propaganda team follow the people and left speechless for a long time.
The old comrades who had just met were separated again. The newly established ordnance office was moved again. After a stable life, they had to be displaced again.
Zhang Dabiao appeared behind him, and Li Yunlong came out of this depression: "Have everyone in the village finished?"
"I've left all the way, and I've asked the soldiers to search for them from door to door, so there will be no missing."
Zhang Dabiao said: "Captain, we should leave too. The second and third battalions have already set off, and now only the first battalion has not left yet."
"Yes, it's time to set off." Li Yunlong waved his sleeves and turned around to give orders to the soldiers of the first battalion to set off.
Faced with such a raid by the Japanese, the Eighth Route Army had long been experienced.
When the enemy comes, we leave. We don’t fight a position war with them or a war of attrition.
During the movement of the troops, when the enemy dispersed and flaws appeared, they would hit him hard and an ambush, annihilation, and completely eliminate the enemy's living forces.
In Li Yunlong's words, when the gunshot sounds, you have to get something back. If there is too much, you will be scolded. We will never do the business that loses money.
Of course, sometimes in order to protect the people, there is no way to fight sniper wars.
No one wants to do such a loss-making business, but he can't watch the people slaughtered by the Japanese.
At that time, we should not be too concerned about gains and losses.
Fortunately, the information is timely this time and the people are transferred in advance, so they can let go.
Chapter completed!