"What did you think of?" Gao Cang asked.

Zhao Zhiguo took the map from the teacher's hand, spread it flat on the ground, and then wrote and drew outside the map.

"This line is the Longyan River, which circles the Jinyang area. We must cross the Longyan River to reach the safe area, right?" Zhao Zhiguo asked the teacher.

"That's right!" The teacher nodded.

"If the Japanese army sets up a defense line east of the Longyan River, our troops may..." Zhao Zhiguo did not finish his sentence.

"Oh my God! It's a lie that the Japs are chasing us, but it's true that they drive us into their ambush." ​​After Zhao Zhiguo's analysis, the division commander also understood the Japanese army's intention.

Although the Northwest Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army withdrew from the Great Wall line were not many, they totaled 20,000 to 30,000 people, including part of the Central Army.

"No wonder the little devil is raising food in Shunning Town. The little devil's combat troops have arrived on such a long front, and the logistics supplies must not have kept up."

Zhao Zhiguo finally understood why the Japs transported so much food from Sunning Town. The same thing must have happened in other directions.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go quickly."

Gao Cang was anxious. He also knew that once the Japs took control of the Longyan River, 20,000 to 30,000 people would die in the Longyan River.

"I'm afraid it's too late. The kid's maneuver speed is faster than ours. At the moment when the kid is preparing to raise food, it is estimated that the Japanese army has already made arrangements on the Longyan River." Zhao Zhiguo is very sure that their maneuver speed will definitely not be able to keep up with the Japanese army.

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"Then we must seize the time to march and inform all our units of the news as much as possible," the division commander said.

"The troops retreated too dispersedly. There were broken troops everywhere. It is impossible to notify them one by one."

The troops fighting on the front line of the Great Wall did not retreat in organized groups. Before the retreat, many troops had been defeated and were unable to issue unified orders.

The division commander was silent. He knew better than Zhao Zhiguo how miserable the situation of the troops who had withdrawn from the front line of the Great Wall was, and it was even worse than what Zhao Zhiguo said.

"But from the map, it seems that the Japanese army does not have many troops." Zhao Zhiguo looked at the map and said, "If we can know how many Japanese troops a red line on the map represents, we can estimate the approximate total strength of the Japanese army."

"Even if the Japanese troops are not large, they are well prepared and ready to work. However, our troops retreated in a hurry and were scattered, without much combat effectiveness." The division commander was in a somewhat pessimistic mood.

"What if we could knock out their headquarters?"

When it comes to fighting, Zhao Zhiguo immediately showed his confidence, attacking the enemy's command system and penetrating behind enemy lines to behead the enemy. This is Zhao Zhiguo's professional skill.

"Commander, the troops will be handed over to you next. I will take a squad of brothers to set off first, trying to find out the strength of the Japanese army and their deployment near Longyan as soon as possible, and help our troops cross the river." Zhao Zhiguo said.

The division commander shook his head: "Just leave me a squad of troops who can take care of the lightly and seriously wounded. Take all the troops away."

The division commander was still able to distinguish priorities. Since the Japanese army's goal was to wipe out all the retreating Chinese troops, they naturally would not disperse their forces to search for scattered Chinese troops bit by bit in the vast land.

"Commander, your safety is very important!" Zhao Zhiguo raised his head and glanced at Gao Cang.

"You don't have to look at him. Now that I'm awake, it's me who has the final say to take him away together. I feel upset just looking at him." The teacher said to Gao Cang, with obvious doting in his eyes, "I'm not here

I am bargaining with you, but I am ordering you to send more soldiers back alive no matter what."

To become a general, one does not necessarily have to kill many enemies or open up new territories. On the contrary, after the war is over, more soldiers can return to their hometowns and become a general.

Only then did Zhao Zhiguo understand the weight of the burden on his shoulders: "Zhao Zhiguo will definitely fulfill his mission! I asked my brother to stay with you. You follow the line on the map. Once we succeed, we will definitely come back to pick you up."

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"Wait!" When Zhao Zhiguo turned to leave, the division commander stopped him, "It is disrespectful for a private to lead an army into battle. From now on, you are a lieutenant, with the same rank as Gao Cang. You are the acting company of this army.

Commander, Gao Cang is the deputy company commander, and everyone will obey your command."

Although the division commander had never seen Zhao Zhiguo commanding a battle, Gao Cang admired him greatly, and the brothers all trusted Zhao Zhiguo very much. Why didn't the division commander go along with the situation and entrust Zhao Zhiguo with this seemingly impossible task?

If Zhao Zhiguo really saved 20,000 to 30,000 Chinese troops, it would naturally prove that he indeed has military talents.

"Dianhou, gather urgently!" Zhao Zhiguo immediately ordered the troops to assemble.

Since retreating from the front line, this is the first time the soldiers have encountered an emergency gathering. Veterans who are familiar with the situation know that they must have important tasks next.

"Dian Hou, select a squad from the soldiers in the original guard company and give it to Zhao Ziming to command. The rest will follow the order and carry three days' rations, weapons and ammunition. Everything else must be thrown away. Time is running out. We will have another day's work.

Urgent march, I only give you three minutes to prepare, disband!"

After Zhao Zhiguo issued the order, he explained some things to Zhao Ziming.

"Did you leave me here on purpose?" Zhao Ziming came over angrily.

"Yes!" Zhao Zhiguo said without hesitation, "We don't know the situation on the front line of Longyan River, but the Japanese army must be dozens of times more powerful than ours."

"That's not enough reason!" Zhao Ziming's voice was full of resentment.

The two brothers will live together and die together!

"Old Zhao's family only has two children. One of them must live to honor his parents, right?"

He himself didn't know what was waiting for Zhao Zhiguo ahead. Their operation was very likely to fail. Once it failed, everyone including Zhao Zhiguo would die.

"Then why aren't you the one left?" Zhao Ziming shouted angrily at Zhao Zhiguo.

At this time, all the soldiers looked at the two people.

Zhao Zhiguo turned around and saw the confused eyes of the soldiers, and raised his voice: "Because I brought them together, I will not leave them alone. I will live and die with them, and share hardships! I will take them

Take them back alive one by one!"

When the soldiers heard Zhao Zhiguo's words, they realized that for the first time, besides themselves, there were other people who cared about their own damn lives. Having such an officer lead them to fight might be the happiest thing in their lives.

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"Everyone, let's go!"

Following Zhao Zhiguo's order, the troops began to move towards the Longyan River. Because of the Little Japanese map, they could easily avoid the large Japanese army.
Chapter completed!