After a few days of fighting, the devil suffered huge losses, at least there were a lot of wounded soldiers in the hospital, and most of them were estimated to have to go back to China to retire.

Soon it was the end of April, and Li Jian felt that the smell of gunpowder in the air was getting stronger and stronger, and several divisions of the devils were preparing.

The 36th, 37th, and 41st Divisions, the 3rd and 9th Independent Brigades, and the Pseudo-24th Division, were distributed in Jiangxian, Henglingguan, Wenxi, Xiaxian, Anyi, Yuncheng, Jiezhou, Yongji, Fenglingdu, Hejin, Wenxi, and the areas north of Xia County in the west of Zhongtiao Mountain.

Li Jian finally found himself almost surrounded by the devils, but fortunately many of his troops still stretched west all the way to Shaanxi.

In this way, they also occupy a territory of their own, even if they can't defeat the devils, they can retreat, and they don't have to be in the encirclement of the devils like before.

At this time, Li Jian was a little nervous, and there were actually three divisions and two brigades nearby.

Fortunately, there are more than 100,000 people in the Guofu Army who have two group armies nearby, and the target of the devil is not him, otherwise less than 10,000 people on his side would have been eaten by the devil long ago.

At this time, Li Jian found that he could no longer be idle, and ordered all battalions not to do the same as before, and to try to disrupt the devil's actions.

For a time, the independent detachment, the devils, and the Guofu army formed an embarrassing scene of you having me, and I having you.

Jin Zilong made a quick decision, and first ate a large group of devils, he knew that although the casualties were too great in this way, if he didn't fight, the passage between him and Li Jian would be cut off by the devils, and he could only fight.

Of course, the devils are not vegetarians, so they immediately counterattacked, and all of a sudden the independent detachment contained the devils of nearly a division.

This morning, Li Jian received a telegram from Xi'an, first thanking Li Jian for containing so many devils in the telegram, and then hoping that Li Jian would always be contained.

Although he wants to take the opportunity to make some benefits, considering that Xi'an and Chongqing are now estimated to be in a hurry, it is difficult to make this kind of fortune for the country, and it is undesirable.

He could only agree to his ideas, and as for the benefits promised by several prefects and chairmen in the telegram, he did not dare to hope for extravagance.

If you win the battle, then the other party will only brag about your own merits, as for the Eighth Route Army, it will be completely diluted, if you lose, then who still remembers Li Jian's help, who cares if you help if you lose.

So if you don't get any benefits on the spot, don't think about it again in the future.

Chen Wende is no longer on the side of the old mansion of the ancient family, and now he is out with the guerrillas, specifically leading the people to retreat, and for a time the name of the Eighth Route Army has also spread.

"Captain, there are devils in our north who are trying to attack the third battalion, should we fight or withdraw?"

Zhang Tian didn't know if it was good luck or bad luck recently, he was actually injured again when he went to the battlefield, and he hurt his leg again.

Last time it was the left leg, this time it was the right leg, and Li Jian left him on the side of the headquarters.

"Fight, why not!"

Li Jian just said a word, of course he had to do it ruthlessly against the devil, and if he didn't kill him, he thought the Eighth Route Army was easy to bully!

"Yes!"

Zhang Tian received the order and quickly sent it over, the commander of the third battalion was a veteran of the independent detachment, and as soon as he heard Li Jian say to start fighting, he pulled the artillery company and went up.

The devil didn't know that the third battalion was powerful at first, but in the end he suffered a big loss, and he almost called his father when the shells exploded.

However, no one can deny the strong combat effectiveness of the devils, and after summarizing their mistakes, they launched a fierce battle with the third battalion.

The two sides went back and forth, and the fighting was extremely fierce, but unfortunately neither side sent reinforcements.

There is no other reason, the devil's people are about to go south to fight against the Guofu army, and the people in Li Jian's hands are all semi-recruits, so he has to guard against the devils.

All of a sudden, the task of the third battalion became heavier, and the third battalion commander's hair turned gray in the past few days, and in the end, there were more than 100 people left in the entire battalion.

The devils were also uncomfortable, and the nearly 300 people who were bombed by their artillery in the early stage could not go to the battlefield, and in the end, more than 100 people were killed and wounded, and now there are only about 400 people left.

"Brothers, this time we just need to hold on for one day......"

"Just one day!"

The third battalion commander's face was covered with blood, and he couldn't see any holes at all, and there were a lot of scratches on the steel helmet, which should have been caused by the friction of sand and gravel.

"Battalion commander, just say how to fight!"

The first company commander is now covered with bandages on his head, carrying a 38 big cover in his hand, and the bayonet is full of blood, and it is still dripping down!

"yes, let's do it!"

In the past few days, their casualties have been too great, and it has only been more than two months in the city of the third battalion, and half of their brothers are gone all of a sudden.

"Listen to me, we don't lack ammunition now, and we don't lack shells! But our task is to hold out for one day, so we're going to lay mines nearby now and not let the devils pass through here! ”

The commander of the third battalion knew that it was also very important for him to take care of the position, if they lost the devil and let the devil pass, the rest of the devils would definitely take the opportunity to take advantage of such an advantage.

Now both sides are waiting, whoever wins has a bigger advantage and can even fight back.

"Okay, let's do it!"

After speaking, a group of platoon leaders and squad leaders planted mines on nearby roads with sapper shovels and horse-drawn carts.

What is surprising is that many ordinary people, who have always been indifferent to the Eighth Route Army, actually came out to help.

Although these people only delivered a glass of water or helped pull a cart, many of them saw their kindness, and did not have the hostility towards the gun-carrying soldiers before.

After the mines were buried in the morning, the devils arrived in the afternoon, and the two sides launched a not too fierce battle, the devils could not break through the mine array of the Eighth Route Army, and the mines really could not destroy the devils, and the two sides began to confront each other.

"Bagaya Road, catch some people for me to wade through these mines!"

The captain of the devil brigade shouted angrily, but at this time, a traitor or something like that who had contact with the devil didn't know if his conscience had found out.

I heard that the devil was going to take the people to the mines, which was terrible, so I immediately ran to the nearby village to inform the people to leave quickly.

In the end, the devil didn't catch anyone, but he caught this person who reported the news, and directly killed him with a bayonet.

After receiving the news, the commander of the third battalion split a piece of wood with a thick bowl mouth in front of him with a machete, and with the bloodstained face, he looked very fierce.

"This revenge will be avenged!"

It turned out that the person who was killed by the devil was their underground party comrade, who was saddled with the reputation of a traitor for some reason, and now died tragically under the devil's bayonet, how could he not be sad, but more angry!

For a while, the two sides started a bloody battle again, and this time they had only one thought, that is, to kill at least one devil, even if they died, they would have to pull a back.