Night falls, and the crescent moon hangs high.

The wind blowing from the south is not much chilly, and the night in the northeast of Jin in February rarely makes people feel warm.

"What the hell is the weather..."

Wang Gensheng avoided the small stream that appeared after the snow melted, and cursed in his mouth.

Winter should be honest ice and snow...

A few days ago, it was more than ten degrees below zero every day and night, and I could freeze my breath, why is it warm now?

After patrolling around, he wanted to take off his cotton clothes when it was hot.

Wang Gensheng walked up to Zhang Dabiao and said:

"I cut a few branches on the hill and tied them with rattan to make some stretchers, and then tied them to the back of the big mules, and spread the marching quilts, and let the seriously ill warriors lie on them."

"Okay" Zhang Dabiao nodded: "What about the brothers who are physically exhausted?" ”

"After resting so far, five of them have almost recovered, and the rest are okay, pulling the mules should not be left behind, but although these boys are hard, they will definitely not be able to march long distances, I have prepared a few stretchers just in case" Wang Gensheng replied with a smile.

Those who can enter the assault company are all strong-willed fighters, and they will definitely not trouble others if they can walk on their own, but no matter how strong their willpower is, they can't break through the physical limit, and if their bodies collapse, they will really collapse.

"Next, it's up to Su Jigang's news" Looking at the crescent moon in the sky, Zhang Dabiao seemed to be talking to himself.

"What if I can't cross the river? You can see this method from the map, no one can guarantee whether it is true or not, and besides, it is winter, and the snow water from melting snow may not have the amount of flash floods in summer."

Wang Gensheng's tone was worried:

"There are search teams of devils everywhere right now, the nearest is only a few kilometers away from us, and this place will definitely be found tomorrow"

"It's not just the map, I've seen this situation before, when the snow melts, there will be flash floods, you can go by boat, old boatmen can even go on rafts, this weather, tomorrow the flash floods will definitely get bigger and bigger, the amount of water is not a problem"

Zhang Dabiao's tone was calm and did not panic at all:

"There is a Jing River in the south of here, and there are many villagers who rely on water to eat, as long as there is a waterway, you can find boatmen and boats, but don't underestimate this group of villagers who eat water."

"If it doesn't work, then throw away some of the baggage, take the path in the mountains, break through the devil's encirclement in the east-west direction, and then rely on speed to get rid of the devil's pursuit, and make a detour to the northeast of Jin to return to Yang Village"

"However, this circumambulation is half of Shanxi·····

As a last resort, Zhang Dabiao did not want to change the route of the breakout.

Not to mention the regimental commander's receiving troops...

Detour to half of Shanxi back to Yang Village, the distance is close to a thousand miles, at least ten days of trekking, and he does not have a map of the northeast region of Jin, it is easy to get lost, not to mention, in case he encounters devils or other troops, such as the Jin Sui army, it is not a good thing·····

As for taking more than 100 people, carrying a lot of medicines, and breaking through the encirclement of devils, that Zhang Dabiao really didn't think that even if the materials were carried by mules and horses, the mobility of the troops was guaranteed, and their firepower was unprecedentedly strong, but more than 100 people, this is too much to look down on devils...

At midnight, Su Jigang, who everyone had been waiting for, finally came back, and brought a man in his forties.

"Under the surname Li, a single name is a Chinese character"

"Our big boss admires all the heroes of the Eighth Route Army"

Li Han, an old peasant man in his forties, with a hat, clasped his fists and saluted Zhang Dabiao:

"Attack the devil soldier station, kill dozens of devil soldiers, this matter is exciting, I heard that you are here, our area, those traitors who took refuge in the devil are too scared to go out"

"Since they are all devil-fighting troops, if there is anything to help, we are duty-bound"

"Thank you brother"

"It's urgent, don't talk much"

Zhang Dabiao doesn't like to be polite: "This flash flood broke out, is there a waterway that can carry supplies to avoid the devils and go to Yangquan"

"Yes"

Li Han pointed to a mountain in the distance, and his tone was categorical: "The flash flood broke out, the water level rose sharply, that is Lingyi Mountain, where to go into the water all the way to the west of Yangquan, I walked a few years ago, and the boatman in the village is very familiar."

"But"

Speaking of this, Li Han paused:

"Brother Zhang said before that you have a large amount of goods, more than 5,000 catties, then the raft will definitely not work, you need a boat to transport, we have prepared wood, it will take two days to set up the boat at the earliest, and if you camel 5,000 catties of supplies, the boat prepared in the village will not be able to carry so many people from your army."

"In addition, our village has been targeted by the two devils, and you will definitely be found in the past"

"West of Yangquan? Where do you go all the way? ”

Zhang Dabiao's eyes flashed, and he spread out the map: "This is a map nearby, can you point to it?" ”

"Here"

"From Lingyi Mountain to Mafang Village south of Meng County"

Li Han was also literate, and quickly pointed out the location: "The snowmelt flash flood has a lot of stamina, the water flow is very stable, and it will not recede in three or five days."

"Mafang Village"

Wang Gensheng on the side widened his eyes: "This is only two hundred miles away from Yang Village, and it is only more than seventy miles away from Xiaoxingjia Village, the station of the third company of the new First Regiment, and it can be reached in half a day."

In this era when there was no communication between individual soldiers and squads, each regiment of the Eighth Route Army would spread several companies and platoons outward to expand the alert area. As the old man of the new regiment, Wang Gensheng naturally knew that some troops of the new regiment were stationed.

"Six thousand catties of goods, fifty people, including five sick numbers, take the waterway to Mafang Village, can you do it?" Zhang Dabiao looked at Li Han.

"Medium, can do"

Li Han affirmed, and then his tone was worried: "However, this trip will dispatch more than a dozen wooden boats, and more than a dozen brothers, so that the strength in the village will be less, and we are afraid that the devil and the second devil are here to find trouble..."

"It's easy to solve"

If you want a benefit, it's still so twisting and turning, if the head of the regiment can just say the price... Zhang Dabiao grinned: "Two Czech-style machine guns, five German-made 20-round mirror boxes, plus 4,000 rounds of machine gun bullets, 2,000 rounds of shell gun bullets, how about it?" ”

"Good, brother atmosphere"

Li Han's eyes widened suddenly, and his tone was excited.

The price was far beyond his expectations.

Two machine guns, five shell guns, nine thousand rounds of ammunition. It was much better than he expected, he had just planned to get some pistols or rifles.

With a machine gun, put the machine gun at the door of the stockade, and those two devils will die as many as they come in the future...

Let Li Han avoid resting, Zhang Dabiao organized a meeting of the people of the assault company, and he directly ordered.

"The waterway is feasible, so we have to divide the troops, I, Wang Gensheng, and Monk Wei will take a hundred people and mules and devils in circles together"

"Brother Su (Su Jigang) You are familiar with this place and understand the nature of water, you take fifty soldiers to transport medicines and radios by water, and the sick also want you to take them."

"Good" everyone has no opinion.

"Pay attention to safety, give half of the promised weapons and ammunition first, and then give them the other half after the deed, so that the soldiers should protect the medicine separately, although this group of people did not show hostility, but they can't be careless, remember to pick some water-based fighters when you choose people, in case of accidents, it is easy to deal with"

"When necessary, you can give up radio and medicine to protect people first"

Zhang Dabiao told Su Jigang:

"The regiment commander will bring you the watch, and after you arrive in Mafang Village, you will first contact the new regiment, the new regiment commander Ding Wei is a good friend of our regiment commander, in addition, I will give you another soldier from the previous new regiment, you can let him contact, he has acquaintances there"

"Good"

Su Jigang nodded: "Don't worry, even with five sick numbers, I still have more than forty soldiers, which is comparable to a squad of devils."

Before he was the battalion commander of the independent regiment, he was able to become a battalion commander, so he was naturally not bad at dealing with people, and he naturally understood the indispensable principle of guarding against people.

"And weapons and ammunition"

Zhang Dabiao said to Wang Gensheng: "You go and arrange the distribution of ammunition, it is enough for the soldiers who break through with medicine to bring a base number of ammunition, and the excess ammunition is distributed to other squads, and the machine guns for Li Han are also divided in the squad with medicine."

"Okay," Wang Gensheng nodded.

"Then go and prepare"

Looking at his watch, Zhang Dabiao said: "Set off in half an hour"

Half an hour passed in a flash, and the assault company was divided into two teams, one team of fifty people, including all the wounded, sick and poor fighters, and twenty soldiers who were proficient in water, led by Li Han to carry medicine and other supplies under the cover of night into the nearby village to hide, they would go to Yang Village by water two days later.

And Zhang Dabiao, Monk Wei and Wang Gensheng were preparing to attract the attention of the devils with a hundred warriors and forty mules and horses, and break through the encirclement of the devils head-on.

"As soon as the morning dawns, we go"

At four o'clock in the middle of the night, Su Jigang had already left with medicine and radio, and Zhang Dabiao convened a meeting of the remaining squad leaders to formulate a breakthrough plan for the future:

"We want to attract the attention of the devils, so that the devils don't find out that we divide our troops, and cover the transfer of the soldiers with medicines, so after dawn, find an opportunity to fight, kill a group of searching puppet troops, and attract the surrounding devils"

"Then we marched quickly to the north"

"Without medicine, the weight of each mule and horse is less than two hundred catties, and the speed can be increased a lot.

"Now go and rest..."

······

The independent regiment is stationed in Yang Village.

Eight o'clock in the evening.

"Tonight we will arrive at Shou County, which is sixty miles away, and then set off on the mountain road to Yangquan, and rest for a period of time to recover for every two hours of marching."

Li Yunlong assigned tasks to several battalion and company-level officers of the Independent Regiment: "Pay attention to concealment all the way to the mountains, and avoid the enemy's patrol when encountered."

"Yes" everyone should be.

"Let's go" Li Yunlong waved his hand.

A full 600 soldiers formed a reinforced battalion, and under the personal leadership of Li Yunlong and Kong Jie, they set off along the mountain road towards Shou County.