"Wait!" Wu Feng hurriedly interrupted Liu Hong's words, frowned and said, "Captain, you have taken away all the recruits who can fight, leaving only a group of recruits to stay behind, what if the little devils attack Gaoguantun?" ”

Liu Hong smiled and said: "I took away 600 people, and there are still a few hundred people left, can't you still hold a small high-ranking official?" ”

"It should be fine in a short time!" Wu Feng replied very seriously: "But this time you are going to Hengshui, I'm afraid you won't be able to rush back in a short time, it's hard to say after a long time." ”

Liu Hong smiled and said, "Isn't there still you?" I believe that you will be able to protect the high-ranking officials, not to mention that if you don't let these recruits go through some ups and downs and go through some training, it will be difficult for them to grow up quickly. ”

Wu Feng frowned and thought about it, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay then!" I'll definitely do my best. ”

Zhao Lei said with a smile: "Lao Wu, your worries are superfluous, the little devils around you have long been scared by us, who dares to come, unless they don't want to live." ”

At this time, a soldier hurriedly ran in and said loudly: "Report to the captain, Secretary Lin telegraphs." As he spoke, he handed a telegram to Liu Hong.

Liu Hong took the telegram and read it carefully, and Bai Ling next to him asked curiously, "What's the matter?" ”

"It's all a little thing, but you can't be sloppy!" Liu Hong said with a smile: "Secretary Lin said on the telegram that the little devil is arresting Zhao Jinglin's family, and I hope that our martial arts team can send troops to protect Lao Zhao and his family." ”

"It's easy, take them to our high-ranking officials! Although the conditions here are a little worse, the safety is still guaranteed. Wu Feng said casually.

"That's what I mean, too." Liu Hong nodded, then turned to Zhao Lei and said, "Leizi, you take a small team of soldiers to take Lao Zhao and his family to Gaoguantun." ”

"I'm going to go to Hengshui with you!" Zhao Lei hurriedly said.

"You bring people back first, and then go and make peace with us, this is the order." Liu Hong said with a serious face.

"Yes!" Zhao Lei replied with some reluctance.

Liu Hong thought for a while, and then said with a serious face: "Other troops, take a rest this morning, and prepare to go, and set off immediately after three o'clock in the afternoon." In addition, scouts were sent to follow the movements of the Yamazaki detachment. ”

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison.

However, it was said that after Yamazaki Yusuke led the troops to evacuate Gaoguantun Village, he did not dare to have the slightest delay, and immediately rushed back to Hengshui with his troops, and marched a hundred miles that day to the vicinity of Sunzhuang.

Liu Hong led the martial arts team to set off in the afternoon of the same day, followed behind the little devil, and went south to Hengshui.

That night, Liu Hong learned that the little devil stopped in the area of Sunzhuang and set up camp to rest.

Liu Hong took out a map, pointed to the map and said: "The devil is going south along this road, let's copy the path, march overnight, and strive to rush to the circle before dawn tomorrow to rest, rest during the day tomorrow, or rush in the summer and at night, and strive to arrive near Hengshui before dawn the day after tomorrow." ”

Zhou Wenxuan nodded and said, "It's hot now, and it's cooler to travel at night." ”

"It doesn't matter!" Bai Ling said indifferently.

"Then it's decided, continue to hurry up." Liu Hong said with a serious face.

……

At the same time, after Zhao Jinglin led the troops to recover Shenxian and Hengshui, he immediately began to reorganize the troops, and all those who were unwilling to participate in the Eighth Route and some undetermined elements in the army were given travel expenses and let them leave the army.

However, Zhao Jinglin also sent some soldiers of the Eighth Route Army to do ideological work for the troops and persuade them to take the initiative to join the Eighth Route Army.

However, in the end, 2,000 people left the army, so that only about 5,000 people remained in the 7th Independent Brigade, and even these remaining people may not all really want to participate in the Eighth Route Fight Devils, and some of them are also holding a wait-and-see attitude.

However, after the order of the headquarters was issued, the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army from all over the surrounding areas rushed to the area of Shenxian County in Hengshui, and Zhao Jinglin released some prisoners of the Eighth Route Army from the prisons in Shenxian County and Hengshui, and added these people to the troops, which improved the appearance and combat effectiveness of the troops.

Zhao Jinglin and Zhu Yaohui spread around the school yard while discussing the current situation.

Zhu Yaohui frowned and said: "The Yamazaki detachment has already gone south, and at this rate, it is estimated that tomorrow afternoon, at the latest, it will be able to rush back the day after tomorrow." A big war is inevitable, and if you let go of so many people at this time, our chances of victory will be even lower. ”

"As the saying goes, the twisted melon is not sweet, those people don't want to fight against Japan at all, leaving them has no effect at all except adding to the chaos, it is better to let them go to save trouble. The soldiers are fine but not many. Zhao Jinglin explained with a smile.

Zhu Yaohui nodded, raised his hand and pointed at the soldiers on the school field and said, "Do you guarantee that these people are willing to fight devils with you?" ”

Zhao Jinglin smiled and said: "I really can't guarantee this, but at least they are much stronger than those who left." ”

"But I feel that the morale of the troops is not very high, although we have conquered Hengshui and Shenxian, but as soon as these people heard that the Yamazaki detachment was coming back, they were all fucking cowardly, and people were panicking, expecting these people to defeat the Yamazaki detachment, I'm afraid it won't be so easy!" Zhu Yaohui frowned and said worriedly.

Zhao Jinglin turned around and glanced at Zhu Yaohui, and said with a smile: "If you have anything to say, you might as well say it clearly." ”

Only then did Zhu Yaohui say: "I think the suggestion of the Jinchaji Command is good, the current situation is that the enemy is strong and I am weak, and we can only bring about our own destruction by fighting hard, so it is better to give up Hengshui and Shenxian and move to the countryside to fight guerrilla warfare with little devils, so as to keep this army." ”

"It's not like I haven't thought about it, but it doesn't work at all." Zhao Jinglin shook his head and said.

"Why?" Zhu Yaohui asked puzzled.

Zhao Jinglin sighed softly and said, "First of all, you also know. There are many people here who have a wait-and-see attitude, and they are not sincere to follow us to fight devils together, if the troops flee without a fight, withdraw from Hengshui and Shenxian, and move to the countryside. It is estimated that before the little devils come to fight, the troops will have already dispersed, and by that time this army will be completely finished. ”

Zhu Yaohui nodded and said: "This is indeed a hidden danger, but it may not be a bad thing to take this opportunity to remove those who are not determined from our team." ”

"And that's not even the most important point." Zhao Jinglin shook his head and said.

"And?" Zhu Yaohui asked in surprise.

(End of chapter)