In Deng Zhuangzi Village, Zhang Zhicheng and several of his officers were hiding behind a broken wall, studying the breakout around the map, and according to their analysis, it was safest to choose to break through to the west.

At this moment, a soldier of the Eighth Route Army hurriedly ran over, stood upright, raised his hand and saluted a standard military salute, and said loudly: "Report to the regiment commander, I just received a telegram from the martial arts team. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Zhicheng hurriedly stood up, took the telegram, read it carefully, and said with a smile: "Captain Liu Hong said on the telegram that they will launch a strong attack from the northwest direction of Deng Zhuangzi at about half past eight o'clock this evening, and when the battle starts, let us break through to the northwest at the same time, and break through the enemy's defense line and break out." ”

One of the soldiers present said happily: "As long as we can tear a hole in the enemy's defense line, and when we meet with the martial arts team, we will be safe." ”

"The northwest direction is the defense area of the puppet army, and this group of two devils has limited combat effectiveness, and it is the easiest to tear a hole in their defense line. And after breaking through from the northwest, we can continue to retreat westward, as long as we get rid of the pursuit of the devils, quickly rush to the Jinpu Railway, and break through the railway line into the central Hebei region, we will be really safe. Another soldier said.

Zhang Zhicheng nodded and said: "When the battle starts, we must tear a hole and break through at all costs." If our regiment fights like this, it doesn't matter if we can break through or not, but we must not affect our allies because of this, so we must fight quickly, the longer it drags on, the more dangerous it will be for us. ”

"Yes! Please rest assured, even if we fight so hard at that time, we will tear a hole in the devil's defense line to cover the breakthrough of the troops, and we will definitely not affect the friendly troops. Several officers present expressed their opinions.

"Hmm!" Zhang Zhicheng nodded with satisfaction.

At this time, there was a burst of gunfire in the distance, Zhang Zhicheng couldn't help frowning, and asked casually, "What's the matter?" Where did the gunshots come from? ”

One of the soldiers turned around and glanced in the direction where the gunfire came from, and said with a frown: "The gunfire is far away, it is estimated that the martial arts team has already exchanged fire with the peripheral troops of the little devil." ”

Another soldier frowned and said, "There are gunshots from the west, northwest, and north, could it be that there are other troops besides the martial arts team that came to rescue us?" ”

Zhang Zhicheng shook his head and said: "There should be no other troops, it should be the division of the martial arts team!" ”

"Division? How many people are there in the martial arts team, and if the troops are divided into three ways, wouldn't it be easy to be broken by the little devils? One of the fighters said with a frown.

Zhang Zhicheng also looked puzzled, shook his head and said, "I don't know, but since Captain Liu Hong dares to do this, he should have a certain degree of certainty." ”

Zhang Zhicheng sighed helplessly and said, "Forget it, don't think about these things yet." Let's prepare in advance! Don't drop the chain at a critical moment. ”

One of the fighters hurriedly said: "Regiment commander, we now have less than five hundred people left, among which there are more than a hundred wounded, who have basically lost their combat effectiveness, and seventy or eighty of them are seriously injured and unable to move. ”

"If you can't move, then use a stretcher to carry it, whether we can break through this time is a matter of one move, and we must not leave a comrade behind." Zhang Zhicheng frowned and thought about it, and said with a firm face.

"But we don't have so many stretchers, do we?" The warrior said with a look of embarrassment.

"If the stretcher is not enough, find a way, find some door panels or something, as long as you can carry people's things, do you still need me to teach you such a thing?" Zhang Zhicheng said impatiently.

"Good! I'll do it right away. The warrior hurriedly answered, turned and hurried away.

Zhang Zhicheng thought for a moment, and then asked, "How much ammunition do we have?" ”

One of the fighters hurriedly replied: "We picked up some weapons and ammunition from the battlefield, and I roughly counted them just now, there are about 8,000 rounds of ammunition and five or six hundred grenades, as well as a few explosive packs. In terms of weapons, they are basically rifles and pistols, and only three crooked-handled machine guns remain. ”

Zhang Zhicheng nodded noncommittally, pondered for a while and said: "Although these ammunition are not much, they are enough for us to support for a while, as long as we can break through the enemy's defense line, the rest is easy to say." Inform the soldiers to drop all their supplies, including excess weapons, and destroy them all, and they must not be left to the little devils. The fighters carried only their own weapons and ammunition and broke out lightly. ”

One of the soldiers frowned and said: "Regiment commander, we now have more than 2,000 rifles, these are the capital for us to rebuild the 11th Regiment in the future, wouldn't it be a pity to destroy it like this?" ”

"If you want to rebuild our 11th regiment, you must break out. We carry so many wounded that we really don't have any extra manpower to carry these extra weapons. The weapon is gone, and we can find another way in the future, as long as our 11th Regiment is here, we will definitely be able to rebuild the 11th Regiment in the future. Zhang Zhicheng said with a serious face.

"Yes!" When the soldier heard this, he also understood that there was no way to do it, and he could only carry out the order.

Zhang Zhicheng nodded slightly and said, "Okay, let's go back and prepare!" The soldiers who are okay, take advantage of this time to take a good rest, and they will have to fight with the little devils later. ”

"Yes!" The warriors answered and left.

Zhang Zhicheng sighed softly, sat in the corner of the wall, took out a cigarette, lit it in his mouth, took a deep breath, and slowly raised his head.

The night sky is very beautiful, but Zhang Zhicheng doesn't have the leisure to enjoy the beautiful scenery, Zhang Zhicheng, who is very preoccupied, all he thinks about is how to bring the soldiers out safely, and how to rebuild the 11th Regiment after that, obviously this is a very difficult task.

I don't know how long it took, but a soldier suddenly ran over in a hurry and said loudly: "Regiment commander, those seriously wounded refused to leave, saying that they would stay and break the rear." ”

"What?" Zhang Zhicheng stood up with a 'poof', frowned and asked: "A group of seriously injured people who can't move, after breaking a fart, this is just nonsense." ”

"But they refuse to leave, for fear of dragging down the soldiers, regimental commander, you better go and see for yourself!" The warrior said helplessly.

Zhang Zhicheng sighed deeply, waved his hand and said, "Go!" Check it out! ”

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