Seeing that the battle was over, Li Yan followed his brothers and threw the corpses of the Japanese soldiers into the woods, using the raging fire to completely burn them. Then he commanded the team to clean the battlefield and remove the rifles and pistols on the ground.
They all piled up in a pile and came to Liu Guangyao again, leaving the finishing work to him. He turned back and prepared to leave Xishan County. When Liu Guangyao saw that Li Yan was about to leave, he stepped forward and took his arm and asked: "
Li Yan, won’t you lead your team back to the West Shandong base area?”
"Guangyao, I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to fully respond to the battle just now, so I didn't tell you about it. Now I'm going to go back and ask Brigadier Jiang for instructions to transfer the entire reinforcement regiment to Xishan County to keep this strategic position.
If there is no news from the front line, we will first implement the repair plan for the walls around Xishan County. If there is an abnormality on the front line, we will be ready for battle at any time." After Li Yan said this, he shook off Liu Guangyao's hand and headed west.
Liu Guangyao ran towards the Shandong base area, but Liu Guangyao did not catch up. Instead, he stood quietly and watched Li Yan leave. When Li Yan completely disappeared from his sight, Liu Guangyao faced the direction of the west Shandong base area and saluted.
military salute.
But this matter did not go as smoothly as Li Yan thought. He originally thought that Jiang Zhen would directly agree to his idea like before, but as soon as he told his plan, Jiang Zhen rejected it, regardless of Li Yan.
Is what Yan said a lot of words right or wrong? He just rejected it directly. Looking at the posture, I'm afraid there is no room for maneuver. At this time, Li Yan knew that Jiang Zhen was worried about him, but he had to do this. See
Jiang Zhen didn't agree for a long time, so Li Yan snatched the Xishan map from Jiang Zhen's hand and spread it on the table. He used his fingers to point to the Xishan County seat and other places on the Xishan map.
Jiang Zhen came to the table and looked at the map up and down, and then looked at the places pointed by Li Yan. Jiang Zhen thought at first that Li Yan was referring to other Eighth Route Army base areas to convince himself, but
Gradually, he felt that something was wrong, because Li Yan was not only pointing to his own base area, but also to other Japanese strongholds adjacent to the base area.
Li Yan looked up at Jiang Zhen: "Commander Jiang, do you see anything?" Seeing that Jiang Zhen was a little confused, Li Yan pulled his right finger back and stopped at Xishan County. Only then did Jiang Zhen realize that the Japanese only wanted to
After occupying Xishan County, no matter which base area is attacked, a situation will be formed from two sides. Not only that, Xishan County is also a place conducive to placing grain, grass and ammunition, which is conducive to the long-term stationing of troops. The surrounding city walls are tall and difficult to defend.
Attack, if the Japs really occupy this place, they probably won't be able to capture it within half a year, and they will have to be completely surrounded by the Japs.
Seeing that Jiang Zhen understood what he meant, Li Yan looked at Jiang Zhen and said: "Brigadier Jiang, I know you are worried about the safety of me and my brothers in the reinforcement group and do not allow me to enter Xishan County, but if I
If we don't garrison troops in Xishan County and let the Japanese occupy it, will we be safe? By then, not only will we be unsafe, but the troops in other base areas will also be threatened, and they may even be driven out of Xishan by the Japanese! If this is the case, I would rather
I’ll trade my independent regiment for the entire Xishan Mountain!”
At this time, Jiang Zhen was speechless. He looked at the boy in front of him who was glaring at him. He couldn't help but feel a kind of admiration in his heart. At the same time, he felt guilty for his selfishness. Before Li Yan could finish speaking, Jiang Zhen waved.
He waved his hand and replied: "Li Yan, you are right. Now you can take the reinforcement group to Xishan County as you said, but no matter what time, you must keep in touch with my West Shandong base area. There is another point.
You kid, remember, you must follow me and see the Japanese go back to your hometown with your own eyes. Before that, I won’t allow anything to happen to you!” After saying that, he stretched out his hand and waved heavily.
Seeing that Jiang Zhen agreed, Li Yan hurried out of the door. But as soon as he went out, he saw Xiaomei who was giving an anti-inflammatory shot to the wounded with a syringe. At this time, Xiaomei heard the voice behind her and turned her head around.
Seeing Li Yan approaching her, Xiaomei did not run up excitedly. Instead, she skillfully finished the work at hand and then came to Li Yan. At this time, Jiang Zhen also left the combat conference room.
When he came out, he felt that Xiaomei wanted to follow Li Yan to Xishan County, so he was going to send Xiaomei back to Li Yan's reinforcement group. However, just when he was about to speak, he noticed that Li Yan's face was
Suddenly there was a trace of concern. Jiang Zhen couldn't bear it and walked to the two of them and said: "I can see that Xiaomei intends to follow you, but Li Yan, I think you..."
"Xiao Mei, Xishan County is close to the front line. It is a very dangerous place. You have also fought in the war. I also admit that you can kill the Japanese. But if you come with me... I think it is better for you to stay here." Li
Yan said, but what he was thinking at this time was exactly the opposite of what he said. He really wanted to take Xiaomei away, but considering safety, Li Yan finally wanted Xiaomei to stay in the West Shandong base area.
"Brother Li Yan, do you think I will be safe if I stay in the West Shandong base? Last time you and Brigadier Jiang attacked the Watanabe stronghold, didn't the Japanese take me away? What if you throw me away again this time?
Come here, just wait and regret it!" Xiaomei said pretending to be angry. Li Yan was stunned for a moment after hearing this, but in the end he did not agree. Seeing that Xiaomei had no intention of giving up, Li Yan said
: "Xiaomei, this plan to move to Xishan County is very dangerous. Listen to me, you stay here and be your medical soldier. As long as I successfully garrison Xishan County, I can guarantee that this West Shandong base area will not be attacked again.
Attacked by Japanese troops..."
"Brother Li Yan!" Xiaomei shouted.
"Xiaomei, as the leader of the reinforcement regiment, I order you to stay in the West Shandong base area!" Li Yan roared.
"Li Yan, as the brigade commander of the Western Shandong Base Area, I order you to ask Xiaomei to follow you!" Jiang Zhen shouted immediately. Seeing that Li Yan's position was a little shaken, Jiang Zhen followed up and said: "Xiaomei
You are right. The last time he was kidnapped by the Japanese was due to our negligence. Because we were eager to annihilate the Watanabe forces, the Japanese took a retreat. This time, your garrison in Xishan County will probably not be able to leave for a while.
And because of the important location of Xishan County, you will not easily make the same mistakes we made last time, so I asked Xiaomei to follow you."
Li Yan had nothing to say after hearing this. He took Xiaomei's hand, said goodbye to Jiang Zhen, and then left the Xishandong Base Area and walked towards Xishan County. At this point, the crisis around the Xishandong Base Area had been resolved.
But this does not mean the end, but just the beginning...
(End of Volume 1 Xishan Strategy)
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