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Text Chapter 349 Never give up

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    After arriving at the crossing point found by Yin Yang, Yang Zhen was not reassured because Yin Yang had already scouted this place.  Instead, he raised his telescope and carefully observed both sides of the Qingge River.  Especially on the other side of the river, Yang Zhen looked very carefully, searching little by little for anything suspicious on the other side, which meant there was a light indicating that enemy troops were stationed.

    After careful observation and personally confirming that there were no enemy troops on the other side, Yang Zhen felt relieved.  The New 7th Division on the river bank in this area was indeed undefended, and the current on the river looked indeed very fast.  The vanguard dispatched by the first echelon also proved that the rapidity of the river here only appeared on the surface, but the river was indeed not deep.

    A simple bamboo raft was quickly put together, but this raft, which consisted of four military pots and a few moso bamboos tied up on the mountain, was too simple.  Except for the radio station and Li Huilan, we could only put three wounded people in the hospital despite all our efforts.  Together with Yang Zhen's war horses and the horses carrying the radio station, they could barely carry all the wounded.

    As for the remaining people, including Yang Zhen, they all stripped naked and waded into the water.  When the order to take off their clothes was given, all the soldiers hesitated.  Although it is already dark now, everyone is still a little embarrassed to let everyone go into the water with their bare buttocks naked and say whether it is cold or not.  Especially in front of Li Huilan, a lesbian.

    As the first echelon of special agents, it's not bad.  They are all men, so having bare buttocks is nothing.  The second echelon that followed was a bit embarrassed.  In this army where middle- and lower-level cadres and soldiers almost live a puritan-like life and have strict work style and discipline requirements, most of the cadres and soldiers are quite self-conscious.

    ¡°And most of these grassroots cadres and soldiers come from rural areas with relatively conservative folk customs.  And the countryside of this era is not affected by the almost unlimited openness. The relationship between men and women is so complicated that it no longer distinguishes between rural and urban areas. In broad daylight, people dare to do certain things about men and women in the room that should be done at night.  Later generations of aspect research.  In most villages, the folk customs are quite simple.

    Most people find it difficult to accept the idea of ??a large group of men exposing their bodies naked in front of a woman.  Even at night, it is still difficult to accept exposing one's body in front of a woman who is not the closest to him.

    To be honest, Yang Zhen was also a little embarrassed.  But Yang Zhen knew that he couldn't take off this cotton coat.  Even though it was cold for a while after I stripped naked and went into the water, I could recover in a short time after wiping myself clean and putting on dry cotton clothes.  But if you don't take off your cotton-padded clothes and wear this wet cotton-padded clothes on your body, I'm afraid you'll fall ill before tomorrow.

    Although Wannan is located in the Jiangnan area, the temperature in winter is as low as a few degrees below zero.  The coldest weather is only equivalent to late autumn in the Northeast.  The thickness of cotton-padded clothes is incomparable to the climate in the Northeast where people wear cotton-padded clothes that are twice as thick as here, and are often so cold that they shiver.

    But it is still the twelfth lunar month of winter after all. Although the temperature of a few degrees below zero will not kill anyone, it will not cause anyone to suffer from frostbite.  Once the cotton-padded clothes are soaked and worn while marching, the soldiers will freeze if they cannot light a bonfire to bake the cotton-padded clothes for a short period of time.

    Looking at the hesitant cadres and soldiers, Yang Zhen said nothing.  He just took the lead and took off all his clothes, wrapped them in a raincoat and tied them to his body.  He pushed Zhang Zixiong away, who wanted to come up to help him. He held a makeshift bamboo crutch in his hand and held on to the first echelon's rope made of leggings, and descended into the river.

    As the highest commander of the entire army, Yang Zhen took the lead, and all cadres no longer felt embarrassed.  They could only follow Yang Zhen, taking the lead in taking off their clothes, wrapping them in raincoats or oilcloths in a good manner, and followed Yang Zhen into the water.

    With all the cadres taking the lead, the soldiers behind had nothing to hesitate. They took off their clothes one after another, tied them up and put them on their guns. They followed Yang Zhen, who was the first to enter the water in the second echelon, and the guard squad beside him.  Cross the river by pulling the cross-river rope pulled out by the vanguard with leggings.

    Fortunately, at this time, the Qingge River has just risen due to rain and snow in the upper reaches, but the water level is still much worse than during the wet season.  The depth of the water cannot be compared with that of the wet season, and the deepest point is only waist deep.  Now I have the rope pulled out by Yang Zhen to support me, and I haven't encountered any obstacles.  Within half an hour, all the troops were ashore.

    Although Yang Zhen has been working hard in the Northeast for two years, he thought that his physique was already very frost-resistant.  But in the biting river water during the twelfth lunar month, I still felt a chill when I entered the water.  Fortunately, the river was not wide at the moment, so he could resist for more than ten minutes.

    After landing, Yang Zhen dried himself with a hasty towel and put on his cotton-padded clothes. Looking at the soldiers shivering with cold after landing, he immediately said to Yin Yang beside him: "Convey the order and ask the soldiers to put on their cotton-padded clothes and run."  Go forward. Don¡¯t stop until you get sweaty.¡±

    ?As the deputy chief of reconnaissance, Yin Yang still understands Yang Zhen¡¯s intention.  He also knew that even if he dried his body and put on cotton clothes, if his blood vessels were not flowing, it would be easy to get the root of the disease.  Having just put on his cotton-padded clothes, he immediately ran over, summoned the cadres to take the lead, pulled the soldiers up one by one, and ran quickly northward.

    The troops are running northward, on the one hand, they are seizing the time to break away from the enemy's last line of defense.  On the other hand, it also allows everyone to activate their blood vessels.  But Yang Zhen did not go north with the second echelon. He had to wait for the troops behind him to cross the river.

    ¡°Perhaps the troops of the New 7th Division have never thought about it. In this season, there are still people crossing the Qingge River without setting up a pontoon bridge or ferry.  Therefore, the New 7th Division, which focused most of its energy on various ferries, paid no attention to this section of the river bank that was considered impossible to even cross.  Not even a patrol was arranged.

    After the first and second echelons all safely crossed the river, the third echelon's crossing operation did not encounter any obstruction.  The entire river-crossing operation, which lasted for half an hour, went extremely smoothly.  Except for a few soldiers who fell down due to slippage or cramps in their legs when crossing the river, and choked a few mouthfuls of cold river water, the crossing operation did not encounter any obstruction.

    Wait for the third echelon to come ashore, get dressed, run and head north.  Yang Zhen turned around and took a look at the Qingge River, which had been crossed twice before. If he hesitated a little, it would become the life and death river for the more than a thousand troops around him. He turned to look at the leader of the Lao San Regiment, the political commissar and Yin beside him.  Yang and Zhang Zixiong said: "In any case, although we have paid a certain price, we have now stood out."

    "You must remember this river. This mother river in Jing County has witnessed our New Fourth Army's three-year battle and life in southern Anhui. It is a witness to this once fiery history. Remember it, don't forget it.  But don¡¯t miss it. Give up today in order to come back better tomorrow.¡±

    After saying that, Yang Zhen took another look at the Qingge River in front of him, spread like a ribbon across the land of southern Anhui under the night sky.  Turning his head, he took the lead and walked north without any nostalgia.  Several cadres from the Third Regiment also took a look at the river that recorded their three years of fighting and living in southern Anhui, and then left behind Yang Zhen.

    After the whole army crossed the Qingge River, Yang Zhen did not let the troops stop for a rest because they were almost out of danger.  It was not until the troops entered the high mountains at the junction of Jing County and Nanling and crossed the Gufeng River that they stopped to take a breath.  This is already the junction of Jingxian County and Nanling, and beyond that is the enemy-occupied area.

    Although there are still Japanese troops on the Nanling front line, this is an area where the Japanese troops are relatively weak.  Together with Fanchang in the north, it is also the old guerrilla base area of ??the three detachments.  The five Fanchang defense battles allowed the three detachments to establish a good mass base here, and it was relatively safe when they arrived here.

    But due to the current situation of the army, Yang Zhen did not expose his target easily.  Instead, they sent cadres from the third detachment to find the basic masses to buy some food and supplies first, and still hid in the mountains and forests.  On the one hand, we seize the time to contact the Jiangbei headquarters in Jiangbei to raise ferries.  On the one hand, people were sent to conduct detailed reconnaissance of the enemy situation in Nanling and Fanchang.

    Regarding Yang Zhen¡¯s telegram, the North Jiangsu headquarters responded very quickly.  Less than half an hour after the telegram was sent, the northern Jiangsu headquarters called back. The ferry was already ready in Wuwei, Jiangbei.  As long as Yang Zhen's troops arrive in Fanchang, they can go south to support them at any time.

    The northern Jiangsu headquarters repeatedly emphasized in the telegram that Yang Zhen must ensure absolute safety.  When necessary, the troops can be transferred to the command of Comrade Feng Dafei and the guerrillas can be maintained on the spot.  He led part of the guard troops and crossed the river northward alone.

    In this telegram jointly sent by the Central Plains Bureau and the Northern Jiangsu Command, which had been transferred to Northern Jiangsu at this time, Yang Zhen was clearly informed directly.  The central government has repeatedly stated that it is necessary to separate from the troops and act alone when necessary.  At all times, his safety comes first.  If things really get to the point where nothing can be done, how to ensure his own safety is what the central government is most concerned about now.

    After receiving a call back from the North Jiangsu headquarters, Yang Zhen shook his head.  He knew the central government's intention. As long as he could protect himself, the more than a thousand troops currently in a pincer attack between the three theaters and the Japanese army could be abandoned if necessary.  Compared with the troops who were stranded with more than a thousand men and horses, and were actually running out of ammunition and food, it was much safer to go north with only one guard squad.

    Although we have now escaped from the encirclement of the three theaters, it does not mean that the troops are safe, nor does it mean that they are completely out of danger.  Although there are no troops from the Third Theater in the front, there are still Japanese troops whose combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of the Third Theater.  Once there is a slight negligence, the situation faced by the troops may change.It would be more dangerous than in Jing County.

    ¡°My own security class was all trained by myself.  Although they lack some necessary equipment, their professional skills are no less than those of later generations of special forces.  Coupled with his own skills, it would be much safer to go north with such a small force.  Compared with the larger target of more than a thousand people, if I lead a small force to go north alone at this time, the target and danger are much smaller.

    But if Yang Zhen was asked to leave his troops and escape on his own, Yang Zhen couldn't do it even if he was beaten to death.  "Don't abandon, don't give up" is Yang Zhen's creed.  Not to mention that there are more than a thousand people left in the army, even if there is only one person left, Yang Zhen will bring him to Jiangbei intact.  This was Yang Zhen's decision that he had already made before dividing his troops
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