No one could answer this question until Zhuang Tiezhu returned to the mountains with the supplies and sent a telegram to the Independent 7th Brigade. The Military District Command received the report and forwarded it to the Independent 6th Brigade, which was currently facing the Nationalist 43rd Division.
At the Independent 7th Brigade headquarters in Yixian, Brigade Commander Guan Shan finished reading the telegram and asked Political Commissar Qi Yuangui, "Commissar, I recall the command headquarters sent a telegram yesterday mentioning that someone would be transporting a batch of supplies and that we were responsible for receiving them, right?"
"That's correct. Is there a problem?" Qi Yuangui asked nonchalantly, his eyes fixed on the telegram in his hand. His mind was entirely occupied with how to get Zhuang Tiezhu to deliver the supplies he had just intercepted to the brigade headquarters as quickly as possible. They were currently surrounding the 388th Regiment of the Nationalist 53rd Army, along with two other provisional regiments, and the logistical pressure was immense.
Chapter 201