In the Temporary Headquarters of the Jizhong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, Commander Lu looked at the map on the table with a solemn face, sighed deeply and said: "For a whole night, the troops only stepped forward and advanced less than 20 miles, and the speed was too slow. Now that it's dawn, the little devil's aircraft and artillery should be powerful again, our situation will only be more dangerous, if we can't break through as soon as possible and move to safety, the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

Commander Lu's remarks are absolutely not alarmist, the current situation is already extremely unfavorable to the main force of the Jizhong Military Region, and once it fails to successfully break through, it is very likely that the main force of the Jizhong Military Region will be surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese puppet army on the way to break through to the west, and the situation is already extremely critical.

After more than a month of hard fighting, the Eighth Route Army tried all kinds of methods, and was never able to smash the devil's cleaning, this time the little devil was well prepared, and in view of the Eighth Route Army's combat style, specially formulated the tactics of restraining the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese puppet army cooperated closely, and advanced step by step, so that the Eighth Route Army had no chance at all, and the Eighth Route Army was gradually forced to a desperate situation.

Commander Lu glanced at the generals present, and then said: "The Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region has mobilized the main force to meet us in the area west of the Pinghan Railway, but the premise is that we have to rush to the vicinity of the Pinghan Railway in order to meet the friendly troops who came to meet us, but we are still a hundred miles away from the Pinghan Railway, and this hundred miles can only rely on ourselves, and this hundred miles of land also directly determines the life and death of the main force of our Jizhong Military Region, so no matter what, we must fight a bloody way to break out." ”

As soon as Commander Lu's voice fell, the chief of staff hurriedly walked over, Commander Lu turned to look at him, and asked casually, "Is there something wrong?" ”

The chief of staff frowned and said: "I have good news and bad news here, I don't know which one the commander wants to hear first?" ”

Commander Lu said with a wry smile: "As the saying goes, if you have more debts, you don't have to worry, haven't I heard less bad news in the past two days?" I don't care about this one more, so let's talk about the bad news first! ”

The chief of staff nodded and said: "Last night, Han Feng led his troops to attack the Japanese heavy artillery position at night, and as a result, he fell into the siege of the devils. ”

"What do you say? Han Feng also died in battle? Commander Lu's eyes widened in surprise and asked.

"Hmm!" The chief of staff nodded helplessly and said, "Except for a comrade named Zhao Lei who escaped to report the news, the rest of the soldiers were all sacrificed, including the detachment leader Han Feng. ”

Commander Lu's eyes turned slightly red when he heard this, and he closed his eyes in pain, and then a look of rage appeared on his face, he clenched his fists, slammed his fist on the table, and scolded angrily: "Damn, these little devils are called dogs, and they have broken me again!" ”

The chief of staff lowered his head and said with a sad face: "Before Han Feng died, he asked Zhao Lei to bring a message to the commander, saying that he Han Feng was incompetent and failed to complete the task assigned by the commander, and he was ashamed of the commander." But they didn't embarrass our Eighth Route Army......" Speaking of this, the chief of staff couldn't help but burst into tears, and he really couldn't go on.

Commander Lu gritted his teeth and said: "The soldiers who died are all good, and they will always be the soldiers of our Eighth Route Army. Comrades, we should turn our grief into strength, avenge our fallen comrades-in-arms, avenge our compatriots who died, and drive the little devils out of China completely! ”

"Revenge! Avenge! The commanders and fighters present shouted loudly to vent their anger in their hearts.

After a while, the chief of staff wiped away a handful of tears and said: "Commander, I have another good news here, I believe that after hearing it, you will definitely be happy." ”

"What good news!" Commander Lu asked with a frown, he really couldn't think of any other news that would make him happy now.

The chief of staff hurriedly replied: "Last night, Comrade Liu Hong infiltrated the Japanese army's advance base and detonated the ammunition depot of the little devils, causing the entire advance base to be blown up and the little devils guarding it suffered heavy losses. This forward base has stored a large number of weapons, ammunition and various military supplies, including shells from the Devil's Heavy Artillery Wing, so that the Devil's Heavy Artillery Wing and related units will have a shortage of ammunition, which will be a very rare opportunity for our army. ”

"What? The devil's forward base was blown up. Commander Lu's eyes widened in surprise, then he reacted, nodded and said: "That's it, last night the area around Lijiazhuang was full of flames, and the explosions continued, I originally thought that Han Mengzi and they blew up the devil's heavy artillery position, but it turned out that the devil's advance base was bombed." Whoever did it, I will give him credit! ”

The chief of staff hurriedly replied: "According to the news that came back, it was done by a comrade named Liu Hong, this Liu Hong is from the special service battalion of the Eighth Army Division, and was separated from the main force due to injuries before, and on the way south to find the main force, he accidentally discovered the advance base of this devil, so he took advantage of the night to blend in and detonate the devil's ammunition depot, thus blowing up the devil's forward base. ”

"Well done!" Commander Lu said excitedly: "With the sacrifice of one person, we have opened a door to life for our main force, this is a real hero, and it should always be remembered by the people." ”

"What did you say, Commander? Liu Hong did not sacrifice, he is still alive now. The chief of staff hurriedly reminded.

"He escaped?" Commander Lu's eyes widened in surprise.

"Hmmm! After receiving this news, I also wondered, how did he escape in that situation? However, he did escape, and rescued Zhao Lei on the way, as well as Bai Ling, the captain of the Raoyang County District Squad, the three of them are now together, saying that they are going to perform an important mission. The chief of staff explained.

"Talent!" Commander Lu said with emotion: "With his own strength, he blew up the devil's advance base, and he was able to escape with his whole body, this is simply incredible, talents are rare, and they should be protected in a key way." What are they doing, let them come back at once, and rendezvous with the main forces. ”

The chief of staff shook his head and said: "I am also puzzled by this, they have lost contact with the main force, and the headquarters has not assigned them new tasks?" So where did their special mission come from? Are they still thinking about blowing up the devil's heavy artillery wing? ”