Chapter Eleven: Rescue

  The next morning, Wu Bing took Li Ping and a company of soldiers to set out ahead of time, with a distance of 3 miles from the main force as its vanguard reconnaissance. The soldiers had enough supplies and a brief rest, and recovered a lot in all aspects. On the second day, the troops arrived at Qilian

  The marching speed in the primeval forest of the mountain has accelerated a lot.

  They walked steadily in the primeval forest for a whole morning, and the only sounds that could be heard in the silent mountains were the crunching of snow under the feet of Wu Bing and his men, and the rustling of leaves as the cold wind blew through the treetops. Before they set out, Wu Bing said to these soldiers: "You are all veteran soldiers on the march

  Everyone knows what to pay attention to. I only have one request, during the march, we must keep absolute silence, does everyone understand? The crowd nodded firmly and began their difficult march in the vast primitive forest.

  Braving the wind and snow, the crowd was advancing with difficulty when Wu Bing suddenly crouched down and stretched out his right fist to signal everyone to stop moving forward. Everyone immediately shouldered their guns and vigilantly observed everything around them. Not seeing anything unusual, Li Ping cautiously made her way to Wu Bing's side.

  He asked in a low voice: What's going on?

  Wu Bing, who was listening with his ear sideways, said in a low voice to Li Ping: I heard someone talking, you listen carefully too.

  Li Ping also listened carefully for a while and said with some confusion: There is no sound of speaking! Are you mistaken?

  Wu Bing shook his head and said, "No, I'm sure I didn't hear it wrong. The sound was carried over by the wind."

  You guys stay here and keep watch, Li Ping, let's you and I go ahead and take a look. Wu Bing said to Li Ping.

  Others stayed in place to continue their vigil, but Wu Bing and Li Ping quickly ran forward. As the two continued to move forward, Li Ping, who had not heard any sounds before, also heard voices this time. No, it should be curses carried by the wind into her ears.

  The two of them immediately slowed down and quietly approached, crawling up the steep slope in front and lying on the ground to look ahead. In front of them appeared a small recessed area for sheltering from the wind, where someone was kicking and punching someone else.

  Wu Bing took out his binoculars and looked inside, this time clearly seeing that they were several Red Army soldiers tied up with ropes. One of them had his left arm cut off, leaving only one arm on the right side, enduring brutal beatings from several people.

  Turning the telescope to those who were being beaten, these people were not wearing military uniforms and the troops were undisciplined, with groups of people gathered around bonfires, enthusiastically watching the people being beaten for entertainment.

  Wu Bing thought: Judging from their attire and troop quality, it's obvious that they are the local militia.

  Wu Bing put down the binoculars and turned his head, just about to speak to Li Ping, when he saw Li Ping pulling the bolt of her gun. He pressed a hand on the bolt's position, staring at her with wide eyes, asking in a low voice: What are you doing?

  Li Ping said in a low voice with tears in her eyes: I want to kill them and rescue our comrades.

  Wu Bing pulled Li Ping, who was already emotionally agitated, down the steep slope quietly and scolded in a low voice: You're too impulsive, you're too reckless. Can you save them like this? Let's hurry back to find the captain and discuss how to rescue them.

  Two men quietly left the enemy's camp and told a few people who stayed behind to monitor that there were enemies lurking ahead, continue to monitor here, if there is any movement of the enemy, quickly withdraw from here and return to the main force. After giving orders, the two rushed back to the main force.

  Report on the discovery situation.

  Wu Bing described the situation he saw, with over 100 enemies, roughly a company's worth of men, currently resting and eating in a small mountain valley about 4 li ahead. They hadn't set up any sentries, perhaps thinking that the Red Army didn't pose a threat to them at present.

  This is arrogant.

  Wu Bing directly proposed: We can completely annihilate these more than a hundred people in a short time and rescue the captured comrades. If there are still enemies nearby, we can also attract some of them to relieve the pressure on the headquarters. So my opinion is that we should heavily attack this enemy force and eliminate

  Their arrogant swagger.

  I also agree that we now have sufficient ammunition and a stable number of people to suppress these enemies, and we are fully capable of eliminating them. Comrade Wu Zhengwei agreed.

  Commander Wang thought for a moment and said: I agree. Since Comrade Wu Bing has been to the enemy's camp, tell us how we should fight?

  Wu Bing said: "Commissar, the enemy is camping in a small mountain valley and hasn't sent out any scouts. We only need two companies to surround the valley, and then attack the enemy from higher ground. Moreover, I also want to say that our troops..."

  It's too special, if you don't want to leave any captives, you can't let them go and must annihilate them all. If the enemy finds out about this unit's nature, I'm sure that the troops searching in the mountains will swarm over, and by then we'll likely be in a desperate situation.

  Commander Wang listened to Wu Bing's words and Li Ping's description of how the enemy brutally treated the captured Red Army personnel, his eyes gleaming with ferocity as he said: Alright, Comrade Wu Bing, I agree with your plan and we must annihilate this group of enemies. We will mobilize three companies of troops immediately.

  Annihilate this group of enemies, don't let a single one escape. Wu Zhengde, you and the special envoy stay behind to lead the remaining people to guard, wait for us to eliminate these enemies before we come back to pick you up.

  Commander Wang quickly withdrew three fully-staffed companies, led by Wu Bing, to charge towards the enemy camp. Without walking for long, they met with the vanguard personnel who had been left behind and asked about the situation, but did not find any unusual movements of the enemy. The troops quickly rushed towards the small valley where the enemy was gathering.

  Along the outer edge of Xiaoshan Pass, they surrounded and climbed up. Wu Bing and others climbed up the steep slope to look into the pass, only to see a few Red Army soldiers who had been beaten and were still lying on the snow heap beside them. The enemy was busy eating there, too busy to bother with this captured Red Army soldier.

  At this time, the three companies all reported that they had entered the combat position. Commander Wang turned his head and whispered to Wu Bing: Comrade Wu Bing, I order you to ensure the safety of the captured comrades and not let the enemy harm them.

  Wu Bing said solemnly: "Don't worry, Captain Wang! I guarantee that we will complete the task."

  Commander Wang aimed his gun at the nearest enemy and fired, hitting him. The sound of the gunshot was a signal for the Red Army female soldiers hiding around to open fire on the enemies in the valley. Just a moment ago, the enemies were still eating and laughing together, but now they fell down in large numbers, instantly turning the valley into

  The enemy was frightened by the sudden change and ran around in all directions. There were also fierce enemies who, seeing that they were surrounded by the Red Army with no hope of escape, wanted to take a few captives with them before dying and rushed towards several captured Red Army soldiers.

  Wu Bing unhesitatingly shot and killed the militia personnel who dared to approach the captured Red Army soldiers, and the surprise attack lasted only two minutes. Only a few voices begging for surrender were heard from the mountain valley, and the soldiers rushed down the mountain valley and drove away several militiamen who surrendered.

  Let's take a look together.

  Wu Bing and several others arrived at the side of several captured Red Army soldiers. The captured Red Army soldiers, who had already lost all hope, saw that those rushing down the mountain pass were also Red Army soldiers, and they became so excited that they could not speak a word, crying uncontrollably.

  Quickly help them untie the ropes on their bodies. The crowd comforted them, saying: Comrades, you are rescued.

  When Wu's troops arrived at the man with his left arm cut off, Wang Tuanzhang excitedly asked beside him: Are you Commander Xiong, Commander Xiong Houfa of the 88th Division?

  Looking at the several captured Red Army soldiers who were still wearing single-layer clothes and almost frozen stiff in the cold, Wu Bing said to Wang Tuanzhang: "Tuanzhang, they are extremely weak and have been frozen to the point where they can't speak. Let's hurry up and find them a few pieces of warm clothing to wear."

  First, they warmed them up. At this time, several little warriors hurriedly stripped the down jackets from the enemy's body and put them on these captured Red Army soldiers. Some people also scooped some hot soup from the pots that had not been knocked over and fed it to them.