"Folks, we are sorry for everyone, the little devil wants to attack us, I am the one who is burdening you, but the little devil is a group of inhuman beasts, most of you have heard of it, and even some people have seen it, the people of the entire nearby village were slaughtered by the little devils, this time the little devils attacked, and wanted to eradicate all the anti-Japanese armed forces on Taihang Mountain in one fell swoop, this time I am afraid that not only us, but even the Eighth Route Army will be attacked, I just ask the blind dates to seize the time to transfer." Liao Fan said.

"Chief Liao, it's not that we don't leave, it's really inseparable, our family has lived in Taihang Mountain for generations, we don't know where to go, and we don't even have accurate news of coming back, we also know that you really lead the troops to fight the little devils, during the time you came, we ordinary people also saw it, and took us to develop the economy, and the people also had hope all year round, and when we left, they gave us food, but we really don't know where to go." One patriarch spoke to the approval of the others.

"Chief Liao, we also have children in your army at home, saying that Chief Liao is a good commander, and we don't want to cause trouble for you, but the children are desperate on the front line, how can we be willing to leave."

"Folks, I'm Liao Fan begging you, you sent your children to my army, it is already the greatest trust in me, this time the battle with the little devils is different from the past, your children are already in the army, I can't protect their families, but I can't let you be in danger and ignore it." Liao Fan knew that half of his troops were locals.

"Chief Liao, let's stay, although we old guys can't go into battle to kill the enemy, but the young people in the village are all great young men, as long as you give them a gun, he can fight the little devils, as for us old guys, we have lived long enough, you don't have to care about us at all." An older patriarch spoke slowly.

"Old man, there are rules on the battlefield, ordinary people who are not trained to go to the battlefield are equivalent to going directly to death, I can't take their lives as child's play, we understand your kindness, and I hope you will persuade your family after you go back, I Liao Fan promised, when you come back, I will give you back an original home." Liao Fan said.

"I'm old, I can't walk so much, if young people want to go, let's go, I won't go, I'll be in this mountain all my life, and I'll die in this mountain." It is true that the old man's homeland is difficult to leave, and if they let them flee for thousands of miles, they may fall halfway.

"Since this is the case, I, Liao Fan, will make a decision, the older ones are willing to stay, as long as we still have someone here, we will definitely protect you with all our might, but the young people must hurry up and leave Taihang Mountain, I Liao Fan promised you a month later to promise to help you rebuild your home, and after you go back, your patriarch, count the number and name, and hand it over to this officer beside me." Liao Fan can only give in, he can't watch these old people destroy their homes and relieve their difficulties, and some of their children are in their own team, only by taking care of their families can they fight little devils on the front line with peace of mind.

"Okay, since Chief Liao has promised to give in, we have also promised Chief Liao that we must abide by the rules of the army, as long as there is a fight, we will definitely help if we can help." After several old men discussed, they also agreed with Liao Fan's decision.

"Sun Boyong, you are responsible for arranging them." After Liao Fan finished speaking, he gently whispered a few words in his ear. When the villagers heard that they could choose to leave or stay, they would go to prepare to pack up their things, planning to let the old man move to Liao Fan's place.

Although the matter is settled, Liao Fan does not believe that these villagers will stay in the station honestly, and there will be demons when things happen.

"Brother Fan, the matter is settled?" Huang Changsheng saw Liao Fan coming back.

"Things are not as simple as imagined, this group of ordinary people must have been bewitched by something."

"Brother Fan, do you mean that the common people have been bribed by the little devils?" Huang Changsheng couldn't believe that such a thing could happen.

"It should only be a small group of people who have been bought, and most of them are bewitched by this small group of people." Liao Fan really wanted to kill people at the moment, because of how tightly he arranged the periphery, if he didn't guard against these people, all their hard work these days would be in vain.

"Brother Fan, what should we do then?" Huang Changsheng was also worried.

"For the time being, I can only let Sun Boyong stare at it first, after all, they are not the same little devils and puppet soldiers, and we can't do anything to these people without any evidence." Liao Fan never thought that the little devil would give him this hand.

"But we can't sit idly by, and if we wait for him to make a move, it could be a fatal blow to us." Huang Changsheng said.

"What good way can there be, we can't ignore them, otherwise we won't be able to mix in Taihang Mountain in the future, and there are still many relatives of soldiers." Liao Fan felt his head big.

"Brother Fan, it's better to arrange them to the station of our special combat team, the soldiers of our special combat team have all moved to Lao Hu's third regiment, so that it is easy to manage in a unified manner, and the special combat team is stationed tightly, as long as they go in, send a squad of soldiers to guard it." Huang Changsheng said.

"This method is good, the soldiers of this squad are selected from your special combat team, and they can respond quickly in case of accidents, but no one in this squad is allowed to go away without an order." Liao Fan said.

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away." Huang Changsheng said.

Division Commander Chen's station also received information from the county seat, and Political Commissar Liu ran into the headquarters with the information and shouted: "Lao Chen, Lao Chen, the information from the county seat, the little devil has moved." ”

Division Commander Chen took over the information: "Sure enough, this kid said that he was right, but I still can't determine how many little devils participated in this attack." ”

"According to Liao Fan's estimate, the strength of the little devils we face this time is about 30,000, and if we fight guerrilla warfare, we can have a local superiority in troops." Political Commissar Liu is very confident that he will be able to persevere.

"We also need to have the intelligence officers quickly find out how many troops there are, and when to complete the build-up and when to attack, so that we can make good arrangements." Teacher Chen said.

"It is estimated that it will take a few days, and the little devil's military train will transport troops back from Wuhan, and it will take a day to go back and forth, and there will be at least three more days to complete the assembly of large forces." Political Commissar Liu made a budget.

"In three days, we have to send someone to persuade Liao Fan not to fight a positional war." Senior Chen is still worried about Liao Fan.

"Otherwise, I'll write a letter and ask the communications soldier to send it, and the rest can only be up to him." Political Commissar Liu also wanted to help, but he really couldn't help.

In fact, not only Division Commander Chen is concerned about Liao Fan's safety, but several bigwigs in Yan'an are also very worried about Liao Fan, it would be a pity if such a good army was wiped out by the little devils.

However, Liao Fan felt that as China's national defense force, he must be able to hold his position and give an explanation to the people behind him.