The 3rd Regiment of the Third Division was marching along the highway towards Anhua.

Since it is rainy, there is no need to worry about Japanese plane bombing. The troops march along the highway as much as possible. The only thing that makes people feel unhappy is that even heavy rains, the road is also very muddy.

The two and the soldiers mostly wore cloth shoes, so they suffered.

So, many soldiers simply took off their shoes and marched barefoot.

Anyway, it's summer now, so I'm not afraid of being frozen and I even have a good time to have fun.

Sun Bin likes to march barefoot on Huangni Road very much. When he first joined the guerrillas in his early years, all the commanders and fighters of the entire guerrillas were barefoot even in the winter.

"Hey, Xiaobei!" Sun Bin waved and shouted.

Gu Xiaobei, who was helping carry a heavy machine gun, quickly called a soldier to replace him, then ran to Sun Bin, wiped the rain on his face and asked, "Commander, are you calling me?"

Sun Bin nodded and said, "Give you a difficult task."

When he heard that there was a difficult task, Gu Xiaobei immediately raised his chest and said, "Please give instructions from the leader!"

"Look at your virtue, I'm not asking you to be the groom officer." Sun Bin smiled and said, "Carlson wants to interview our cadres, and I recommend you to him."

"Ah?" Gu Xiaobei's face collapsed, "That beautiful national devil?"

"What a beautiful devil, pay attention to your words." Sun Bin snorted, "He is a beautiful friend."

"Didai, I care whether he is a friend or a Japanese man." Gu Xiaobei said angrily, "Anyway, I don't like to deal with him, so you should give this task to others."

"Fart." Sun Bin said angrily, "Military orders are like mountains of fallen, how can they be a joke?"

"No, I thought it was a combat mission." Gu Xiaobei said with a bitter face, "How could he accept a bullshit interview with the beautiful devils? Commander, you know, I am a farmer, how could this be done?"

"It seems like someone is not a farmer?" Sun Bin said angrily, "It's just an interview and execute the order!"

Gu Xiaobei responded with a faint voice, and then came back weakly to look for Carlson. Carlson had been with them in Tiandagang since five days ago, and it can be said that he had personally experienced the Tiandagang defense battle.

"Hello, Adjutant Gu." Carlson greeted in stiff Chinese.

Gu Xiaobei thought to myself that although I am not an adjutant, I am not much different, it doesn’t matter. Just call me whatever you want, and immediately uttered lightly from my nostrils.

Carlson then asked, "You are retreating, are you?"

Gu Xiaobei had already received instructions from Sun Bin that he knew that Carlson was an international friend and did not push the radio station, so there was no need to worry that he would leak the secret.

Gu Xiaobei said now: "Yes, we are retreating."

"I don't understand this." Carlson shrugged and said, "I am also a soldier and I am not unfamiliar with military affairs. At present, in the situation in northwest Shanxi, your 386th Brigade seems to have a glimmer of vitality only when you break through the outside line. If you shrink inward, you may not be able to escape the end of being surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese army."

"So what?" Gu Xiaobei.

"So what?" Carlson shrugged and said, "This doesn't seem to be a wise choice, right? Why do you still need to withdraw even though you know it's a dead end? Or, what are you trying to?"

"What do we want?" Gu Xiaobei shook his head and said, "We don't want anything."

Speaking of this, Gu Xiaobei said again: "There is only one reason why we are unwilling to break through the outside line and that we have to retreat even though we know that retreat is a dead end."

Carlson asked seriously: "What's the reason?"

Gu Xiaobei said solemnly: "Because our father, our mother, our sister, our wife and children are behind us. If we pat our butts and walk away, no one will protect them."

Carlson frowned and said, "But as far as I know, not all the warriors are locals, and not all the warriors have relatives here, right?"

"Yes, not all warriors are locals."

Gu Xiaobei smiled slightly, then his face turned upright and said, "But we are all Chinese!"

Carlson continued, "But I want to discuss a very serious issue with you. I don't know if you have thought about it. If all you soldiers with resistance are sacrificed and only some old, young, women and children are left, can you save this country and this nation? So, shouldn't you soldiers be the ones that should be preserved the most?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Gu Xiaobei's face collapsed immediately after hearing this.

"As a man, if you can't even protect your parents, wife and children, then what kind of man will you be?"

"As a soldier, if you can't even protect the elderly, young, women and children of your country, then who are the soldiers?"

"I don't know what you beautiful soldiers in the country think, but this is the Eighth Route Army. We are the people's army, we are the people's soldiers. For the people and the people, we can sacrifice anything, including life! So I warn you not to say such nonsense anymore, otherwise, be careful that I will beat you!"

After saying that, Gu Xiaobei raised his fist at Carlson again.

"Oh, I'm so sorry." Carlson quickly apologized, "I didn't mean to offend you."

Gu Xiaobei snorted: "Do you have any questions? If there is no problem, I will be busy."

"I have no problem for the time being." Carlson waved his hand and then said, "But can I make a small request to you?"

Gu Xiaobei frowned and said, "What?"

Carlson said solemnly: "I want to follow you these days and record your battles, life and entertainment throughout the process. I can even take photos of you, and I will record everything about you."

"Ah?" Gu Xiaobei's face collapsed again after hearing this.

This beautiful country's devils have a lot of things to do.

...

No. 11, Tieshizi Hutong, Peiping.

Aoshi San walked back to the sand table excitedly, paused and said, "God General, all signs indicate that the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army has really given up the outer defense line."

"And he completely gave up the outer defense line."

"Although there are landmines buried by the 386th Brigade along the southern section of the Tongdan Road, the northern section of the Fushui Highway and the Heyang Highway, most of the roads and bridges along the way were destroyed, and there were even a small group of guerrillas, the 386th Brigade did not leave too many troops along the way to block the attack."

He paused and said, "It can be seen that the 386th Brigade has really decided to give up the peripheral defense line and prepare to find new defense support points within the bandit area and rebuild the defense system."

Okamura Yasuji nodded lightly and said, "Then the question is, where do you think the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army will choose as their defense support point? How will it reconstruct the defense system?"

You Mo Jingsan said: "We have studied the terrain of northwest Shanxi countless times. I dare not say that I have already understood the mountains, rivers and waters of northwest Shanxi, but the big difference should not be worse."

After pausing, he said, "After losing the passes such as Wild Boar Gully, Pig Killing, Wild Wolf Valley and Xijikou, the 386th Brigade will probably never find such a favorable and dangerous terrain again."

Ogito Miji said: "In this case, you can only rely on the city, right?"

"Your Chief of Staff is right." "I also think that the 386th Brigade will most likely use several county towns in northwest Shanxi as defensive support."

"And it is likely to be Dong County, Ping'an County and Anhua County."

"Because Fu'an County and Heyuan County do not block the main traffic roads, and the terrain is not good, it is easy to be surrounded by the Imperial Army. However, Wan County, Ping'an County and Anhua County just form an equilateral triangle, which can form a horn between each other and also block the road system!"

"As long as the 386th Brigade cut off the highway, the Imperial Army's heavy equipment will not be able to pass Tongpu Road."

"If the Imperial Army's heavy equipment cannot pass Tongpu Road, at best, it can only be invested in four mountain divisions. Cross Jiugong Mountain or Wohu Mountain to launch an attack on the 386th Brigade, and the threat level will be greatly reduced."

After a pause, the Mo Jingsan said again: "No accident, the 386th Brigade will most likely rely on Dong County, Ping'an County and Anhua County to rebuild the defense system."

"Yoxi." Okamura Yasuji nodded happily and said, "Then we will continue to discuss the next issue."

After pausing, Okamura Yasuji said again: "If, if, if, if Mo Jun's speculation was true, the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army really relied on Wang Prefecture, Heian Prefecture and Anhua Prefecture to rebuild the defense system, how should the Imperial Army break it? Should we put heavy troops on the frontal attack? Or will we detour from the two wings? Or would we simply restrain ourselves from the front, but we would go directly to the ferry on the east bank of the Yellow River and the arsenal hidden in the mountains?"

...

Anhua County.

Seriously injured and field hospitals must also be transferred to Wanmadu.

Wang Jiazhi, who has undergone more than 20 consecutive surgeries, is so tired that she loses a trace of blood on her face.

"You girl, you're too hard." Wang Ye said with heartache and blame, "You must understand that it's impossible to rescue all the seriously injured by yourself."

"It's not OK to get you exhausted."

"So you have to combine work and rest, and you have to have a good rest."

"Besides, if you don't have a good rest and are in poor spirits, what if you shake your hands during the operation on the injured and have a medical accident? Wouldn't you lose an elite veteran in vain?"

"I won't." Wang Jiazhi snorted lightly and said, "My hands are stable."

"Don't show off." Wang Ye said, "If you really exhaust yourself, it will be a loss to the hospital, and a great loss to our entire column."

"Okay, then." Wang Jiazhi laughed and said, "For you to think about me so much, I will listen to you for a while and I will definitely have a good rest in the future."

"I'm also thinking about our column." Wang Ye said with a smile.

"Stop lying." Wang Jiazhi said shyly, "I'm obviously so tight in my heart, baby."

Seeing Wang Jiazhi's delicate face that had been cleared a lot, Wang Ye suddenly felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart, and he immediately whispered: "Close your eyes and I have a small gift to give to you."

"Really? What?" Wang Jiazhi closed her beautiful eyes with anticipation.

Wang Ye reached out and gently hugged Wang Jiazhi's slender waist, then kissed her softly according to her fragrant lips.

Wang Jiazhi was instantly eaten by thunder, and her whole body began to tremble slightly, and then she began to cater to her clumsyly.

On the other side, seeing Wang Ye finally hugging Wang Jiazhi and kissing each other, Wei Dayong also decisively embraced Cheng Yue's slender waist and kissed him hard.

Cheng Yue is much more familiar than Wang Jiazhi.

In the distance, Wei Xilai, Duan Peng, Lin Han, Liang Jun and others looked away.

I can't watch it, I really can't watch this scene too much, but I can't help but want to peek.

...

In Peiping, No. 11, Tieshizi Hutong.

Youmo Jingsan said: "Your Excellency, I think it should be a two-pronged approach!"
To be continued...