23. Engagement

Commander Sun Dianying, who entered Chifeng City, set up the headquarters of the 41st Army in Rongfa Silk Village on Sandao Street. Rongfa Silk Village is a relatively large silk village in this Hada City (formerly known as: **Hada), and the trade is also bigger, north to the grassland, south to Chaoyang, Shenyang and Beijing and Tianjin, there are their trades. The courtyard covers an area of nine acres, with a total of five courtyards, as well as an east and west courtyards.

Commander Sun set up his headquarters and war room in the main room of the Second Entrance Courtyard, where the guard regiment, reconnaissance battalion, and confidential platoon all lived in this courtyard, as well as a field hospital.

Deputy Commander Zha ordered the reconnaissance battalion to immediately find out the buildings, residential areas, commercial areas, population, and garrison distribution of this small city......

In addition to completing the daily work of the headquarters and the various tasks assigned to him by Commander Sun, Chief of Staff Wang Zhushi also ordered the staff officers and adjutants to get some books and materials about Chifeng. He kept flipping through it, and suddenly he turned to a newly printed map of Rehe, which was newly drawn by the Japanese, and the contour lines and latitude and longitude were clearly drawn, especially the mountains, rivers, and population distribution.

This map hangs side-by-side with the original map on the north wall of the war room. All units, systems, and departments were immediately busy. From time to time, staff officers came to the map to check the map. The communications troops of all units have seized the time to set up telephone lines. The old-fashioned telegraph machine, which was originally only used to communicate with the brigades, could no longer be reluctant to use it, and they all seized the time to debug it.

At this time, the county magistrate Sun Tingbi led a group of gentry, officials, and celebrities to the gate of Rongfa Silk Village, and told the guards that they wanted to see Commander Sun. The guards informed, and permission was granted.

When everyone came to the front of the house, Commander Sun, Deputy Commander Cha and Consultant Li hurriedly walked out of the house to greet them.

Commander Sun walked out of the house in a few big steps, and at a glance, he knew that they must be all heads and faces on the ground in Chifeng, and it was rude enough for him to let the family organize so many people to wait in the cold wind for most of the day, so without waiting for someone to introduce, he hurriedly took a step forward, and waited for these people who condescended to come, snapped upright, raised his hand and performed a standard military salute, and said with a smile: "Humble Sun Dianying, it is too late to resist Japan, and I hope that the father and elder of Chifeng will forgive me......."

Deputy Army Commander Cha and Chief of Staff Wang, who walked out of the house behind him, also stood up and saluted at about the same time as Commander Sun. Adviser Li was dressed in civilian clothes, knowing that he was not a soldier, so he raised his hand and gave a deep salute.

County Magistrate Sun Tingbi led everyone to return the salute with their fists, and said: "Chifeng is already embattled, and Commander Sun is still leading the army to kill against the trend, it's not too late, it's really timely rain!" Your army's strict military law will definitely block the westward advance of the Japanese army and keep the peace of Rehe, and it will not be too late at all...... Let me introduce you.

He turned around and raised his hand to introduce everyone who had come with him to Commander Sun one by one. Commander Sun stepped forward to shake hands and greet them one by one, and then turned around and introduced his subordinates to County Magistrate Sun one by one. County Magistrate Sun shook hands with the generals one by one and said, "Chifeng, this important town in the hot north depends on you. If you use a people's husband, or if you lack any materials, you can just open your mouth with my grandson......"

Wang Changchang, commander of the 118th Brigade, said: "Please rest assured that with my 41st Army, there will be Rehe and Chifeng, and if you don't drive the Japanese devils out ......of Rehe, you will never withdraw your troops."

Everyone applauded and welcomed, and a few old men were moved to tears.

Seeing that so many magistrates had arrived, the county magistrate Sun must have had a military meeting to be held, so he decided not to enter the house, so he simply said: "Commander Sun, you are busy with military affairs, so I won't bother you when I wait."

However, your army came from afar, and there was no crime along the way, which won the hearts of the people; In order to express the enthusiasm of all walks of life in Chifeng for the 41st Army, a special meeting will be held tomorrow morning at the middle school square to welcome you and all the officers and men of your army. Tomorrow at eight o'clock on time, I hope that the army commander will take time out of his busy schedule and lead the team to participate, so as not to disappoint the enthusiasm of Chifeng's fathers, which is also a little bit of his humble heart......"

Commander Sun Dianying listened to the sincere invitation of County Magistrate Sun, and was very moved, saying that he would definitely be there to thank Chifeng for their support from all walks of life to resist Japan, but the battlefields in the southeast and north of Chifeng had been opened, and the troops could no longer draw people to go, so they had to bring a few people to go there by themselves......

After County Magistrate Sun led everyone away, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon of the 28th, and the chiefs rushed in and walked into the war room, and the meeting began immediately.

Commander Sun, Chief of Staff Wang Zhushi, and several staff officers hurriedly marked the map with pencils while urging the commanders to sit down. His voice was a little hoarse, he coughed twice to clear his throat, and said, "After these days of rapid marching, my 41st Army finally arrived at Chifeng City, an important town in Rebei.

At this time when the smoke of artillery fire has already filled the air, my grandson and someone thank you. Since entering Rehe Province, everyone must have felt the enthusiastic support of the people of Rehe for our 41st Army. Therefore, commanders, after returning to your own troops, first of all, educate and urge your subordinates to be worthy of the people of Rehe, to fight devils ruthlessly, to kill devils, and to serve the people......"

The orderly standing next to him reminded him to drink water, and he took a sip of water and continued: "According to the news from Beijing and our reconnaissance, Tang Erhu, who was sitting in Chengde, dodged against the Japanese, and his subordinates Zhang Haipeng Brigade and Cheng Guorui Brigade were disabled by the Japanese army in the Tianshan Mountains and Kailu area, and they had given up resistance and surrendered to the Japanese army.

Only Shi Wenhua's brigade and other units were still resisting the Japanese attack when they were disabled. Tang Erhu had 200,000 mercenaries, but he was frightened by the defeat of his subordinates Zhang Haipeng and Cheng Guorui, and gave up the war defense of the highlands north of Jianping and Pingquan and east of Chengde......

What is this called the chairman of the Kuomintang Rehe Provincial Government, and what is this damn thing? Our 41st Army has robbed tombs, but we must not be ambiguous when it comes to the critical moment of defending our home and country. At this moment, Wan Fulin and other units of the Northeast Army were fighting fiercely with the Japanese army in Renan, and the 117th Brigade of our department was also fighting against the Japanese in the Bahrain grassland.

Commanders, soldiers, you are all brothers in life and death who have followed me for many years, Rehe has reached the critical point of life and death, half of the mountains and rivers have sunk to the Japanese invaders, Chiang Kai-shek does not resist the Japanese, we have to resist, I want to go with you to return a tooth for a tooth, blood for blood. ”

He was so excited that he coughed incessantly, and hurriedly took a sip of the water glass. At this time, several commanders were gearing up below, eager to attack immediately. Ma Wanfa, commander of the 119th Brigade, said below: "The Northeast Army was frightened and disabled by the devils, and all the troops who ran west from the Grandpa's Mansion and Maojingba were routed...... However, those defeated soldiers, if someone raises their arms and shouts, they will definitely rise up and respond......

If we co-opt them, they can be used by me......"

Commander Sun stood up, walked to the map, and continued: "As for how to fight with the little devils, we really haven't said much along the way, and you must have already had an abacus in your hearts. I myself didn't think much about this matter, and I discussed it with Deputy Army Commander Cha and Chief of Staff Wang. From the director of the Han Division to the army, we have not heard much about the way of fighting, running, running, and running. Up to now, some commanders have made up their minds to die, and this is also where the anti-Japanese spirit lies......

In the past two days, we have also heard and seen, there are a lot of routs, but we have also received news that there are many people who fight with the devil's bloody blade, in the battle of Yuguan in Qinhuangdao in January, the Ninth Brigade of our Northeast Army fought very bravely, ambushed in the barricade, and slashed the devil at close range with a big blade...... But I think what we should consider and advocate the most is how to preserve our own vitality and eliminate more devils. If you want to do this, you should have a good way of playing.

But in the final analysis, if you can't fight, you just run, just exercise, run out to find an opportunity to fight again, this style of play is most suitable for fighting the Japanese army. When we held a military meeting at Gubeikou, I also heard some people chattering there, and more than one person proposed to fight the devils. It is also necessary to fight with the devil when necessary, but we still have to adopt the tactics of fighting and dodging, so that the devil dies and we live.

If our lives are lost with them, how can we fight devils again......" He pointed to the map with his hand again and said: "For example, if the main force of the Japanese army attacks Daiwang Mountain, our army can leave one to contain the enemy when the weapons are obviously not good, and the main force withdraws from here and goes around the back to fight him...... Another example is the Central Plains War, when the Wulijian battle in western Anhui was fought, our army made the mistake of holding a position to the death......"

Deputy Army Commander Cha also added: "This kind of fight and run is not to throw down the position and run, but to attack the enemy first, so that the devils can't think of it, and they move themselves to fight where the devils are weak." Running is the implementation of the strategy......"

After the deputy commander of the investigation finished adding, he seemed to be making up his mind, and then said: "Let's play according to this method, it is not ruled out that we will fight with the Japanese army with bayonets, and if we don't know it, we will have to rob his camp, and the devils are in the bed, and we don't just kill them on the bed......

I ordered that the 236th Regiment of the 118th Brigade was still on guard in the area of Bajia and Yazihe, and the rest of the main force followed the brigade headquarters from the launching ground and Hongmiaozi to intersperse the past, deploy defenses on the line from Daiwang Mountain to Shanshui Slope, and quickly build fortifications, and the 4th Brigade of the Japanese Motegi Cavalry may attack from here, you must fight hard, so that they can taste the power of our 41st Army......"

The commanders of the 118th Brigade stood up and shouted in unison: "Yes." He continued: "The 239th Regiment of the 119th Brigade is still stationed on the front line of Tuchengzi and Nandaliang, while monitoring the enemy in the direction of Chaoyang and Jianping, while guarding the south gate of Chifeng, the rest of the main force with the brigade headquarters quickly marched towards the direction of Hada Puda, Hala Daokou and Badaowan, and the Japanese army Koiso Kuniaki sent the Renan Advance Team is ready to make a feint there, you can use the method of night attack to kill them in large numbers......" The commanders of the 119th Brigade stood up together and shouted in unison: "Yes."

Commander Sun also ordered: "The 13th Artillery Regiment is stationed in Xiaonanshan, and the 14th Regiment is stationed in Hongmiaozi, and all units must support the positions of our two sides fighting against the Japanese army, so as to suppress the Japanese firepower, the situation on the battlefield changes, and the artillery positions are far and near, you must grasp them yourself, and there must be no ......mistakes."

The commander of the artillery brigade also received the order.

He also said to the commander of the reconnaissance battalion and the independent regiment closest to him: "The independent regiment and the reconnaissance battalion have already built fortifications in the northern part of the city defense, and we must quickly strengthen the fortifications, expand the scope of the front line, and guard against the devil......s who may sneak attack from Hongshanzui." Regiment Commander Wang Qiang and Battalion Commander Li Zhite responded to the order.

As soon as the meeting here was coming to an end, some of the generals who had received the order handed over the matter to Wang Zhushi, the chief of staff, and some had already hurried away, and many people came outside, all of whom were blocked by the guard regiment from the gate. Commander Sun's side is 100,000 in a hurry, and no outsiders see it.

Adviser Li saw that the front-line generals were about to leave, so he went to Commander Sun and said: "Commander Sun, we are here to defend this land, and if we don't mingle with the people here, it will be difficult to carry out our logistics, military supplies, and public opinion and cultural propaganda!" ”

While answering the phone, Commander Sun communicated with the troops in front of the occupied position and adjusted the deployment, while studying things with Adviser Li. After being reminded by Consultant Li, he also quickly changed his mind and said, "Why don't you go to the reception and see what they are all about." ”

Consultant Li said calmly: "It's okay, if there is a big person, or I can't handle it, you can come forward again." The two laughed, and it was decided.

Consultant Li went out to the gate to take a look, and there were really a lot of people, all crowded. Standing at the front were newspaper reporters, several of them, who said in unison: "Let's interview Commander Sun......

When they saw that they didn't mean to let them in immediately, they were very disappointed, and one of the female reporters wearing glasses said: "Commander Sun led the army directly into Chifeng at this time, his courage is exemplary, and his ambition is commendable, let us interview him...... Such an anti-Japanese soldier is the most worthy of publicity, and at the same time publicizing him, it is also good to inspire all walks of life in Rehe to resist Japan with one heart...... You should have let us in first......"

Advisor Li listened to what they said, but although they were reasonable, whether Commander Sun had time or not, whether he was willing to see him or not, had to have the final say. So he sent an orderly to tell the commander about this, and see what he thought.

Commander Sun didn't have a good impression of reporters, when Tanglin stole treasures, he was this kind of reporter, writing nonsense, fueling the flames, and making things out of control.

Now that the army has just arrived in Chifeng, the battle has begun, and the war is imminent, the 117th Brigade has fought with the Japanese army in the north, and the troops on this side have also received fire. Besides, I don't dare to say if Chifeng can keep it, how can I have time to see them? Then he said to the orderly: "Pass my order and tell the guard battalion that the commander of this army is busy with military affairs, and he will not see ......."

These reporters were speechless, originally with enthusiasm to publicize the anti-Japanese resistance, but Na Cheng wanted to touch the nose, saying that the anti-Japanese famous generals were too impersonal, and they were taken away by the soldiers in great disappointment. Adviser Li understood these reporters very well, and sent orderlies to talk to them, saying that Commander Sun would attend a welcoming meeting tomorrow, and he might be interviewed at that time......

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