In Pingshan County, Li Ruyu stayed with her parents for nearly a week, and Li Ruyu decided to return. And Zhou Min's good three-edged thorns were also made in a hurry, and 12 were made. Zhou Min planned to let Zhou Tao take a look after returning to the independent division, and then decide whether to mass produce or not.

The road back is not very smooth, the streets are full of devils, the railway has been under martial law, Zhou Min and they inquired only to know that 2 days ago, a number of railway lines controlled by devils were attacked, and they were attacked at the same time. Now the devils are in chaos, and troops are dispatched from all over the country to pursue the militants who attacked the railway. If the railway can't work, then take the land route, but what I didn't expect is that the highway has also been cut off, and now the entire North China can be said to be paralyzed.

Now the news from the outside world is all from the newspaper, and the devil didn't expect the Eighth Route Army to come so suddenly, Zhou Min can be completely sure at this moment that this is the Battle of the Hundred Regiments.

The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army had already issued a combat order a few days ago, that is, on August 20, giving the devils a four-sided look.

The first to attack was the Zhengtai Railway, which crossed the Taihang Mountains, was the link connecting the Pinghan and Tongpu railways, and was one of the important strategic transportation lines of the devils in North China. The Japanese army stationed all of the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade (headquarters in Yangquan) along the Zhengtai Railway, and one of the 8th and 9th Independent Mixed Brigades (headquarters in Shijiazhuang and Taiyuan respectively). On the night of 20 August, under the command of Commander and Political Commissar Nie Rongzhen, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region formed three columns, left, center, and right, with the cooperation of 18 infantry regiments, one cavalry regiment, two cavalry battalions, and five guerrilla detachments, to attack most of the 8th Independent Mixed Brigade and the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army in the eastern section of the Zhengtai Railway. After several hours of fierce fighting, the right column attacked the Niangzi Pass, a key pass at the junction of Shanxi and Hebei, and annihilated the Japanese army. After that, the bridge and communication lines east of Niangzi Pass were destroyed. The central column attacking the section from Niangziguan to Weishui, Lianke Caizhuang, Didu, Beiyu, Nanyu and other Japanese strongholds, and destroyed two bridges. The first part of the central column that attacked the Jingcheng coal mine, with the support of the miners, destroyed the main facilities of the coal mine and forced it to stop production for half a year. That is, today, due to the western aid of the Japanese army in the direction of Shijiazhuang, coupled with the rain for several days, the river flooded, which seriously hindered the combat operation, and the troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region transferred their forces and carried out a comprehensive attack on railways, bridges, and tunnels.

In addition to Nie Rongzhen, the 129th Division was also not idle with division commander Liu Bocheng and political commissar ***, with 8 regiments (including 2 regiments of the 1st Column of the Death Squad) and 8 independent battalions, forming a left wing smashing team, a right wing smashing team and a central column, and also attacked most of the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade and the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army in the western section of the Zhengtai Railway on the night of August 20; In addition, two regiments joined forces with Pingding, Liaoxian, Yushe and other local forces to attack the Pingliao and Yuliao highways respectively, and pinned down the enemy at each point to ensure the safety of the main flank and rear. The first part of the left flank team attacked Lujiazhuang, 4 Lianke bunkers, and annihilated more than 80 Japanese soldiers; The first part of the right flank attacked strongholds such as Sangzhang and Tieluogou, and annihilated more than 130 Japanese troops. On the 21st, in order to prevent the Japanese from attacking the road-breaking troops from the flank, the division ordered the reserve unit to seize the Shiyuan Mountain Heights, 4 kilometers southwest of Yangquan.

Today, the Japanese army in Yangquan, with the support of aircraft and the use of chemical weapons, continues to storm Shiyuan Mountain. After several days of fighting, the 129th Division took control of most of the strongholds and railway stations in the western section of the Zhengtai Railway except for Yangquan and Shouyang, seriously damaged the tracks, bridges and tunnels in this section, and paralyzed the western section of the Zhengtai Railway.....

The results of the Eighth Route Army are still very significant, the most important thing is that the devils did not expect the Eighth Route Army to carry out such a large-scale counteroffensive, but Zhou Min knew that the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army mobilized more than 100 regiments to launch a large-scale attack on the devils on a front of more than 2,000 kilometers in North China, uprooted the enemy's pillboxes and strongholds close to the base areas, blew up railways, bridges, and highways, and paralyzed the Japanese army's communication lines.

Zhou Min, Li Ruyu and a group of 12 people returned to Pingshan County, it was too chaotic, at this time to return to Henan can only take the land route, but such a large-scale war, all roads will be strictly checked by the Japanese puppet, in safety considerations, everyone agreed to wait a little longer.

The largesse of more than 100 regiments of the Eighth Route Army not only stimulated the devils, but also stimulated Chairman Chiang in Chongqing. When he heard the news, he was furious at the official residence.

"Niang Xipi, I will say that this communist party is a guerrilla but not a fight, look, in just a few years, it has developed to hundreds of regiments, if they are allowed to develop for a few more years, it will be worth it!"

The chairman of the committee was angry and had a liver ache, when the Red Army was reorganized, it was only given the establishment of a group army (the 18th Route Group Army), but now it is good, more than 100 regiments, it is really a big trouble, if it were not for Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng.... , this group of bandits has been exterminated a long time ago.

"Headmaster, then should we cooperate, after all, this raid has also recovered a lot of land, and it has dealt a certain blow to the devils..."Wang Shihe said after careful consideration.

"Well, the telegram ordered Fu Zuoyi, the commander of the First War Zone, and Yan Xishan, the head of the Second War Zone, to grasp the battle situation and attack at the right time, it is not only the Communist Party that can fight devils, but we are also not bad. ”

"Yes, Headmaster".

As a matter of fact, as soon as the war broke out in North China, some units of the Nationalist Army were a little ready to move, and at this time, if they cooperated sincerely, they might be able to achieve greater results. But without the order of the peak, no one dared to attack rashly.

At the same time as Chairman Chiang's order arrived, news also came from the Eighth Route Army, which probably meant that the war was not to inform the friendly forces in advance, but mainly because "the telegram was not classified and there was a fear that it would be leaked, so it was not reported early."

On the 29th, Chairman Chiang sent another telegram, the main content of which was: "All troops in Jin should rush to intercept and detour to various areas behind enemy lines, use as many forces as possible, and quickly carry out a counteroffensive without losing the opportunity." ”

Zhou Min and the others didn't know that the order was flying around, but when they returned to the Li family again, they discovered a big secret.

It was only in the evening, and the gate of the Li family was closed, perhaps because of the continuous battle, which brought a touch of solemnity to this small county. When the housekeeper opened the door and saw that it was Li Ruyu and the others, the housekeeper let them in with some thieves, and everyone stretched their necks to look out after they entered, for fear of being seen by others.

Zhou Min and Zhou Lei glanced at each other, both a little vigilant. The hand also quietly touched the lower back.

"Butler, now that the traffic on the railways and highways is paralyzed, we can't go back for a while, and we have to stay a few people, so you can arrange for everyone to rest." ”

"Yes, Miss, since you are back, please go to the master's study. ”