"Everyone, please read this telegram! Comrade Deputy Chief of Staff, unfortunately sacrificed in the direction of Matian Cross Ridge, Liao County!" After saying that, the division commander fell silent. The big tears circled in the eyes of the division commander, and no sound from the entire division headquarters came out, as if in an instant, clouds circling over the division headquarters.

After a while, the division commander calmed down. He looked at the correspondent not far away and asked, "Have you reported the relevant information to the headquarters?"

"Not yet." The correspondent said sobly.

The division commander took a deep breath, wiped away the tears in his eyes and ordered: "Contact the headquarters immediately and report the news about the unfortunate death of the Deputy Chief of Staff."

"In addition, contact Liu Gen and others in the direction of Cross Ridge and order them to protect the body of the Deputy Chief of Staff and wait for the next order."

"Yes!" the correspondent shouted in a hoarse salute.

When they returned to the radio room, the correspondent immediately contacted Liu Gen and others in the direction of Cross Ridge as soon as possible. But for some reason, the radio station at the headquarters was unable to contact. It is very likely that they discovered the Japanese troops and chose to continue the transfer. As for contacting Liu Gen and others in the direction of Cross Ridge, there was no problem, and their radio stations remained on.

After contacting Liu Gen and others, the correspondent immediately went to the division commander to inform the division commander that he could not contact the headquarters. For this reason, the division commander could only order the 129th Division troops closest to the headquarters to march immediately to the previous location of the headquarters, and strive to find the headquarters bosses in the shortest time to restore communications between the headquarters and the 129th Division.

On the Cross Ridge, after receiving the order from the division headquarters, Liu Gen and others immediately shut down the radio communications. They entered a standby state and were ready to fight the Japanese troops. Before receiving the next order, Liu Gen and others would not evacuate this area, and even if they all died here in battle, they would not leave.

In Taiyuan, Shanxi, in the headquarters of the First Japanese Army, the Japanese intelligence department once again monitored the radio communication of the 129th Division. They intercepted the Eighth Route Army's "Zuo Quan disappeared" telegram, which made the First Japanese Army's headquarters immediately issue an order to the Japanese in the Liao County area to search for Zuo Quan's traces.

After receiving the order, the Japanese in Liao County launched a search for their respective areas. The Japanese troops in the direction of Cross Ridge also began to act. They headed towards Cross Ridge, wanting to see if there will be any gains on Cross Ridge.

On the Cross Ridge, the soldiers in charge of the alert immediately discovered the small Japanese troops attacking the Cross Ridge. The small Japanese troops had not many troops. Judging from their status, they should have not experienced combat before. Some of the large-scale sweeping troops of the Japanese had already left this area, and there was only this small Japanese troops in the Cross Ridge area.

Liu Gen and others were able to successfully arrive at Cross Ridge, which was also bypassed the Japanese troops. Otherwise, with their strength, if they really encountered the Japanese troops, it would be quite troublesome.

This small Japanese army has not much strength, but there is also a small team of fifty or sixty Japanese.

After learning that the Japanese squad was attacking the Cross Ridge, Liu Gen's face was a little serious. The Japanese squad was nothing, but once the Japanese squad took action, the Japanese would easily find abnormalities and then dispatch more troops to the Cross Ridge.

Unless Liu Gen and others can wipe out the entire Japanese squad, no Japanese can escape, so that they may gain a certain amount of time.
Chapter completed!