"Come on a few people, pack up everything you can pack up here, and remember that some things must be waterproof."

After Ma Wanzhong left, Hu Guoshan shouted loudly outside, and several soldiers of the third regiment walked into the headquarters wet and began to move things together.

Hu Guoshan held a teacup in his hand, sitting motionless at the little devil's desk, so far, their operation has been very successful, and the casualties of the troops are not very large. But Hu Guoshan never understood how the person who sent the information sent such an important piece of information, and whether the person who got the information was now ......

Hu Guoshan shook his head, getting rid of these unlucky thoughts, this battle was fundamentally a victory for them, so he tried to think on the better side as much as possible.

Just when the soldiers of the first regiment and the third regiment were dealing with the post-war affairs of Pingsong, the troops of the small devil brigade gathered from Heshun County and set off, and began to move in the direction of Yaorengou, which is not a small village, due to the war years, many people avoided the war and fled from their hometowns, and half of the villagers were left in Yaorengou, more than 300 people, who had been oppressed by the puppet army and little devils for many years, and the people of Yaorengou lived a very poor life.

When the battle in Pingsong County took place, the commander of the little devil did not immediately ask for help from the outside, because he was very confident that there were more than 3,000 Japanese troops around, and even if the Chinese army suddenly appeared, with their spirit of bushido and loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor, the soldiers under their command would definitely be able to block the attack of the Chinese army.

However, things happened more than he expected during the battle, and as the Chinese army drew closer and closer to his headquarters, his first thought was to report the situation of Pingsong to his superiors when the Chinese stormed his headquarters.

The Japanese army, which had just received the order, immediately mobilized the nearby Japanese puppet army and began to assemble in the rain to the area of Burning Valley, which was not a necessary retreat place for the Chinese army, and the commander of the little devil was also gambling, betting that the Chinese army would definitely pass through here, because this was the best way for the Chinese army to withdraw to the mountains.

When the little devil arranged for a large group of Japanese troops and a regiment of puppet troops to set off, he also asked for help from the Japanese troops in Xiazhuang and Sucheng. The commander of the little devil knew very well that it would be difficult to eliminate this Chinese army with only one Japanese brigade and one regiment of puppet troops, and he only hoped to block the Chinese army east of Yaorengou, and then wait for the reinforcements to arrive and wipe out the Chinese army in Yaorengou.

Therefore, the forces of the little devils did not rush to Pingsong, but went straight to the back of the first and third regiments and gathered towards the burning ditch.

The rain has not weakened in the slightest, the sky is like ink, and the visibility is getting lower and lower, this is the biggest rain Liao Fan has seen since he came to Taihang Mountain, the rain hit the leaves, he walked back and forth in the headquarters, and his heart began to feel uneasy.

There are many reasons for the uneasiness, such as the actions of the troops, such as this rare heavy rain.

"How long has it been since the artillery battalion departed?" Liao Fan asked Lu Liming.

"Brother Liao, they have been setting off for more than four hours, but looking at the weather, it is estimated that it will take four hours for Brother Liao and them to reach their destination." Lu Liming glanced at the rain outside, it was the first time in his life that he had seen such heavy rain, and the paths in the station were about to turn into streams.

Liao Fan did not continue to ask, but kept walking back and forth. He also had some doubts about the unknown source of the information, but after seeing the details of the intelligence, Liao Fan judged that this information must be true, of course, he was as uneasy as Hu Guoshan, but he still agreed to the action of the troops, just because of one point, he didn't want to see the 5,000 soldiers who shed blood and died for China buried under the poison gas of the Japanese army for no reason.

For the sake of these 5,000 prisoners of war, Liao Fan did not think about whether they would be willing to stay in the 33rd Independent Division, but Liao Fan was sure that they must be rescued, and sooner rather than later, once something happens, Ping Song will add 5,000 new graves for no reason, which Liao Fan does not want to see, let alone hear.

It is precisely because of this that he did not choose Hu Guoshan as the commander-in-chief of this operation, but handed over the command to Ma Wanzhong, because Liao Fan knew that Ma Wanzhong was more stable than Hu Guoshan.

The front-line troops have not sent back the news, which makes Liao Fan even more irritable than Hu Guoshan, especially the heavier and heavier rain, not only did not make Liao Fan feel the coolness of summer, but felt that the headquarters was very dull. Compared with Hu Guoshan, he can still lead the troops to charge into battle and witness the accuracy of the intelligence, Liao Fan can only wait in the command headquarters, and looking at the weather, I am afraid that today I will not be able to wait for the second regiment to send back the intelligence.

"Brother Fan, you better sit down and rest for a while!" Lu Liming saw the irritability in Liao Fan's heart and poured Liao Fan a cup of hot water.

"Hey! This rain does not bode well! ”

Liao Fan sat on the chair in the headquarters and looked at Lu Liming, there were only him and Lu Liming in the headquarters. As for ** Fei, after coming back to report to him yesterday, he returned to school, and he originally came to the headquarters today to start his staff work, but it happened to be raining heavily today, so he didn't come over.

"Brother Fan, why is it not a good sign, we destroyed the little devil's road in the last battle, and it rained so hard that the little devil's road just built by the little devil will definitely be washed away." Lu Liming said happily that the heavy rain came in time, and the little devil should have a good rest for a while.

Liao Fan smiled helplessly: "Sai Weng is not blessed, it seems that we have to prepare well to meet the attack of the little devil's army in Taihang Mountain." ”

The rain in Shanxi kept falling, but Hubei was contrary to the state of previous years, and the sun was shining for several days. After learning what happened in Shanxi, Li Zongren was very happy in the command headquarters at Laohekou, but thinking that their fifth theater would have to face 200,000 Japanese troops alone, Li Zongren's face had not shown a smile for a long time.

However, there was one thing that made Li Zongren feel gratified: Chairman Chiang personally ordered Tang Enbo's 31st Group Army to move from Hubei to Zaoyang, which greatly strengthened the defensive strength of the Fifth Theater. However, there were opinions that made Li Zongren think that Gangcun Ningci would launch an attack on the Fifth War Zone and Taihang Mountain, but Gangcun Ningci seemed to be more eager to solve the threat of the Fifth War Zone to the Pinghan Railway Line and Wuhan, and did not care about the situation in Shanxi at all, and launched an attack on the Fifth War Zone.

The battle of Zaoyang began, the main force of the little devil began to attack the Chinese garrison under the cover of aircraft and tanks, the area controlled by the fifth theater has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, even if the 31st Group Army threatened the Japanese army on the flank, but Li Zongren was still facing pressure, and now he only hoped that the independent 33rd Division of Taihang Mountain would act as soon as possible to reduce the pressure on their fifth theater.

After receiving the information that the operation was successful, one of the second regiment commanders Li Weimin and the fourth regiment commander Liu Chundao showed a relieved smile on their faces, but the other showed extreme unhappiness on their faces, they did not expect that the battle of the raid on Pingsong would end so easily.

Now that the battle of Hiramatsu is over, it is no longer useful for them to continue to stay in the position, on the contrary, if they continue to stay here, they may be attacked by the Japanese army from the north, so they must evacuate as soon as possible.

As for the completely different temperaments of the two regiment leaders, God didn't care at all, and still let the cold rain continue to pour down.

The long rain has made the roads very soft, and no matter which troops are marching, they all rely on their feet and the physical strength of the soldiers. The commander of the Japanese army also had no intention of arranging a car, because he also knew that the road was destroyed and that it was a foolish thing to put the car on the road.

So from the very beginning, the Japanese brigade, which was good at enduring hardships, abandoned the puppet army that was not good at enduring hardships, and when they set out from Heshun County, they began to get farther and farther apart. Although the Japanese army kept urging the puppet army to speed up the march, it had no effect.

The burning ditch does not burn people at all in the heavy rain, and even the smoke of the evening cooking rarely rises. With such a heavy rain, the people can't go out at all, and they spend the whole day at home sleeping, or talking to their mother-in-law without a match, of course, they are idle on rainy days, and occasionally discipline their children.

Of course, the people of Burning Ditch did not know that Burning Ditch was about to become a battlefield, and two different troops were setting off in this direction, if the people of Burning Ditch heard that there were troops fighting here, no matter how heavy the rain was, they would definitely run into the mountains with something of their own value.

However, it was this rain that changed their fate at night, and a Japanese advance team reached the Yaorengou first, gathered the people of the whole village, and then imprisoned them in the large courtyard of the local landlord's house, even if the courtyard of the landlord's house was beaten again, it became crowded with hundreds of people.

Although the large courtyard of the landlord's house was shoulder to shoulder, it was surprisingly quiet, and only the sound of the rain could be heard, and the common people occasionally raised their heads to look at the Japanese soldiers who were standing guard, and did not say a word. The father, who was idle and beating the child, only pulled the child by his side at this time, because they knew how cruel the Japanese army was, and knew that if they could survive this time, God would definitely open his eyes.

The rain rushed into the hundred-year-old house of the landlord's family, and the landlord had already ordered the best tea in his hand to the captain of the Japanese advance team in the house.

However, the leader of the little devil's advance team didn't care at all whether there was a dog next to him, and in the end, he couldn't understand what the dog was saying, but he knew that the dog was wagging its tail and begging for mercy, but the team leader never knew what pity was.

In the end, the landlord's family of the fourth generation was in the same house, and none of them were left by the Japanese squad leader, looking at the blood stained on his neat military uniform, the Japanese squad leader only had a look of disdain on his face.