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"Yes." The staff officer turned around and left the command room after hearing Yan Xishan's order, and sent a telegram to the 358 regiment.

"Pay close attention to the movement of the Japanese army, and report any abnormal behavior in time, and if necessary, you can walk around with the Japanese army messenger." Yan Laoxi said to the adjutant beside him after seeing the staff officer go out.

"Understood." Hearing Yan Laoxi's words, the adjutant on the side quickly responded. They had done this kind of thing before. After all, as warlords, what they care about most is their own interest.

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At this moment, Li Yunlong was meditating in front of the map in the new regiment's residence in Zhaojiayu.

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

"Oh, the brigade commander's telegram, why did the old man think of sending me a telegram, bring it here and let me have a look." Li Yunlong heard that the telegraph operator said it was a telegram from the brigade commander, and he felt a little different, so he said to him .

Zhao Gang at the side also looked towards Li Yunlong when he heard what the telegraph operator said.

But Li Yunlong frowned when he saw the telegram, 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 him the telegram in his hand.

Zhao Gang read the telegram after receiving it from Li Yunlong, but after Zhao Gang finished reading the telegram, his brows furrowed unconsciously.

Then he sighed and said, "Lao Li, this is not a good thing. Two divisions of the Kwantung Army have come."

Hearing Zhao Gang's words, Li Yunlong let out a long sigh: "Yes, there are two more divisions, this is not within our plan.

"Old Li, if it doesn't work, let's retreat." Zhao Gang asked worriedly.

"Retreat, joke, where are you going to withdraw, to the Yellow River? The devils are eager for you to withdraw now. As long as we withdraw, the devil's propaganda against us will be overwhelming. At that time, the situation will be even more unfavorable to us, and we will retreat. Sometimes we have to protect the common people, and when the devils overwhelm us, we will be even more passive." Li Yunlong said to Zhao Gang with a grim expression.

"Then what do you think, what are you going to do?" No wonder Zhao Gang wanted to retreat, the main reason is that the devils mobilized too many troops this time, among other things, the Kwantung Army of the two divisions alone is not what it is now The Xinyi Regiment can compete, although the Xinyi Regiment has developed rapidly in the past six months, and its strength has expanded to more than 7000 people.

Moreover, since secretly contacting Muto's escort in Ping'an County, there has been no fighting during this period, and the soldiers have been training hard.But in Zhao Gang's mind, the strength of individual soldiers must not go to the Kwantung Army, after all, they are the elite of the Japanese army's elite.

But Li Yunlong would not be reconciled if he wanted to give up the base area and retreat. After all, this base area has been developed for a year, and everything is now on the right track. If it is so easy to give up, the previous investment will be in vain Well, and the new regiment finally took root in the base area, and now they have to run around, the soldiers will not agree, after all, most of the soldiers in the new regiment were recruited after they came here.

So Li Yunlong thought for a while and said: "I mean the situation is as usual, the common people should evacuate, but we can't do so, we have to fight with the little devils here, otherwise the prestige of our Xinyi regiment in the hearts of the common people will definitely suffer. hit hard."

Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Zhao Gang frowned and said, "Lao Li, my opinion is that we can avoid his edge first. After all, it is not easy for the new regiment to come to this day. If it is lost in this battle, it will be too much." It's a pity, don't you just watch the team you built with your own hands get wiped out?"

The reason why Zhao Gang suggested that Li Yunlong retreat was mainly because he felt that the Japanese army came with too many troops, and it was not a mere new regiment that could resist. This was beyond their previous expectations.

"Old Zhao, I know what you said, but we have no choice but to be tough with the devil." Li Yunlong said to Zhao Gang, his tone seemed a little hasty, because Zhao Gang's opinion was at odds with his own. He didn't allow it. Although he knew that Zhao Gang had good intentions, Li Yunlong didn't have the word retreat in his words, so he was very opposed to Zhao Gang's opinion.

"Besides, we are now a group with the New Second Regiment Independent 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 if this is the case, let someone notify Commander Ding and Commander Kong to come over and let's discuss it together." Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Zhao Gang thought about it, after all, the Eighth Route Army in Southwest Shanxi There are only three of them in the team, and the three regiments are also close to each other, so they responded.

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

"Yes, regiment leader, I'll arrange for people to go right away." After receiving Li Yunlong's order, Hu Zi 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.

After Li Yunlong saw Huzi leaving, he sat on a chair and began to smoke, while Zhao Gang looked in the direction of the door and didn't know what he was thinking. The two of them just sat in the regiment headquarters for two hours without doing anything.

On the side of the New Second Regiment, Kong Jie was arranging a transportation team, because today happened to be the day to go to the New First Regiment to collect food, and he was telling the old man Huang in the logistics department some things.

"Old Huangtou, you must pay attention to your safety on the road. The food that is brought this time is related to the food and clothing of more than 3000 people in our independent group. There must be no mistakes. I will let the guards follow you later and be responsible for the escort. Can you You have to bring the food back to me safely." Kong Jie asked the old man Huang with a serious expression.

It has been more than half a year since the devils made an ambush last time, and the independent regiment has grown from more than 2000 people in the past to more than 3000 people. Although the number of troops has increased, the logistics cannot keep up. Xinyituan's support, otherwise he doesn't know what to do.

"Don't worry, leader, there won't be any accidents. I will transport the food back to you safely." Old man Huang knew that the matter was important, so he swore to Kong Jie.

"Okay, as long as you know that this matter is not trivial, there is nothing else to pay attention to. Be careful on the road. Let's go."

As soon as Kong Jie finished speaking to Old Man Huang, his guard ran over and said to him, "Head, the Xinyi regiment has sent someone here."

"Oh, someone from the new group is here. Hurry up and invite them in." When Kong Jie heard that he was from the new group, although he didn't know what Li Yunlong was up to, but after all, he was short-mouthed, so Kong Jie said yes. Invite someone to come here.

The soldiers of the new regiment came in and gave a military salute to Kong Jie and said, "Master Kong, our regiment leader asked you to discuss something important and asked you to go to our regiment headquarters."

Although he didn't know what Li Yunlong was up to, Kong Jie still said, "Understood, I'm going to your new regiment headquarters now." After speaking, he turned to the old man Huang who hadn't left yet and said, "Old Huang, this time I'll go with you to bring food, we're leaving now."

"Yes, head." Hearing Kong Jie's words, he hurried out to greet the transportation team. "

Looking at the old man Huang's back, Kong Jie said to the guard beside him, "Go and lead my horse, let's go first."

Hearing what Kong Jie said, the guards hurried out and brought Kong Jie's war horse over, and handed it to Kong Jie.

Kong Jie took the rope, got on the horse and rushed towards Xinyi regiment 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 Xinyi Regiment headquarters, they saw Li Yunlong sitting on a chair smoking a cigarette. He looked preoccupied, so they looked at each other.

"Old Li, why did you ask me and Lao Kong to come here?" Ding Wei first asked Li Yunlong.

Hearing Ding Wei's words, Li Yunlong raised his head and looked at him, then slowly said: "This is a telegram from the brigade commander, the devil is going to attack our side, you two have a look first, we are discussing after reading it. 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 then gave it to Kong Jie after reading it. The two of them read it for more than ten minutes.

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

"What I mean is that our three troops will be integrated into one, and then in the southwestern part of Shanxi, we will have a good arm wrestling with the devils, and from now on we will evacuate the people in our garrison, although the devils transferred two divisions from the Kwantung Army , but we are not vegetarians, if the devil comes, we turn around and leave without saying a word, that is not Li Yunlong's style, we both carry a head on two shoulders, I don't believe that the devil is not afraid of death." Li Yunlong's face was murderous Said.After speaking, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit one and started smoking.

After Li Yunlong finished speaking, Zhao Gang on the side said: "I mean to avoid the edge and preserve our strength. After all, it is not easy for our three regiments to come to this day. If this battle wipes out all three of our regiments, it will be a big deal for us." It is also a heavy loss for our Eighth Route Army. Moreover, the enemy who came this time is not ordinary, the Kwantung Army has two divisions, our strength is not superior at all, and the overall quality of the soldiers is also inferior, so we have no chance of winning at all."

"Okay, Lao Ding and Lao Kong, what do you two think?" Li Yulong asked Ding Wei and Kong Jie quickly after Zhao Gang finished speaking.

Hearing the general meaning of the two, Ding Wei thought for a while and then raised his head and said: "Then let me express my opinion first. If there is anything wrong, you are adding."

After finishing speaking, Ding Wei thought for a while, and after thinking about his words, he said: "I think what Lao Li said is right. Before the devils come, let's consider how to retreat. It doesn't matter whether it's for the soldiers below or the reputation of our Eighth Route Army." , or the people in the base area, it is a huge blow, so I don't agree with retreating. Whether our three regiments are defeated or survived, we should stick to our positions at this time. The reason is that the enemy has run to our door to show off our power, and we have retreated again and again, even if we die, we will die on the battlefield, otherwise what is the difference between us and those warlord troops." When he said this again, Ding Wei thought of the previous The Northeast Army, didn't they just not fire a single shot, and gave up more than 100 million square kilometers of land to the little devils, but now they are scolded by the people of the whole country.

"Old Ding, I think the same way. A soldier must have the backbone of a soldier. It doesn't matter if he dies on the battlefield or shrouded in horse leather. After 18 years, we will be a good man again." Li Yunlong looked at Ding Wei with a smile on his face. Said: "The team of our Eighth Route Army must have this kind of momentum of fighting against the enemy. Even if we die in battle, we will be honored in defeat."

"Old Kong, what's 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 we have the last laugh, and now that the Eighth Route Army has so many troops, losing any one of them is a great loss to them, let alone losing three. A group, and they are all the size of the main force group.

But after 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 fighting when encountering a powerful enemy, and this shame will follow him for the rest of his life, forever. Can't take it off.

"I agree with what Lao Li and Lao Ding said. Although doing so will cause a great loss to the strength of our Eighth Route Army, I don't want to be a deserter." Kong Jie said after thinking for a while.He finally chose to stand with Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang.

Maybe they are not a full-fledged politician, but they are definitely a courageous soldier.

After listening to Kong Jie finished speaking, after waiting for a long time, Zhao just said slowly: "Well, since your opinion is to stick to your position, then I can only agree. I will arrange personnel to take the fellow villagers in the defense area Moved to a safe place."

Zhao Gang also figured it out now, because what Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Kong Jie said made sense. They were soldiers and fought for the purpose of defending their homes and the country. If they ran away when they saw a strong enemy, what would they be soldiers for?

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

"Old Kong, Lao Ding, our three regiments are now mainly focusing on building positions and fortifications. This time, we must fight well with the little devil. Isn't he called the "Flower of the Army" by the Kwantung Army? That old man beat him so hard that chrysanthemums bloomed all over the ground, even if Hades came, I would also pluck his two beards off.

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At this time, the 358 regiment also received orders from Yan Laoxi.

"Boss, the chief ordered us to temporarily withdraw from the defense zone, 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.