On the morning of February 27, 1933, all the people in Toudao Street, Erdao Street and Huozhuocheng in Longhua County all the way to the small town of Awl Mountain in Weichang County were awakened early, because before dawn, the food teams of each company began to cook. Most of the ordinary people sent porridge and food to the troops nearby, from Commander Sun and Deputy Army Commander Cha to the battalion and company commanders, and they all felt how important it was for the troops to make no mistakes in the autumn; They are also grateful for the respect they have received for their people.

Advisor Li and Director Han were also more respected by everyone, and the soldiers of the Cadet Corps also became fragrant and gluttonous, rushing to their own troops.

It was late at night when Brigade Commander Ding Boting, Deputy Commander of the Independent Regiment Na Fengzhi, Commander of the Special Service Regiment Zhu Zhongliang, and Deputy Commander of the Communications Battalion Wang Zhiyuan returned to their respective positions. I slept for a few hours this night, and as soon as there was any movement, I got up immediately. According to the line repeatedly emphasized by Commander Sun, the 117th Regiment of the 233rd Brigade was in front, and the brigade headquarters followed closely with the main forces such as the other two regiments and the brigade directly under the brigade to bypass the Awl Mountain and go north. The special service regiment, the independent regiment, and the communications battalion, which were attached to the military headquarters, also followed the 117th Brigade and marched northeastward.

After they pulled out, a soldier from the communications battalion of the military headquarters rode a fast horse to chase after them and said, "Report, Brigade Commander Ding, Army Commander Sun has informed you to return to Siheyong immediately, and there is something important to discuss......

Brigadier Ding Boting arranged for Deputy Brigade Commander Ji Zhanwen and Chief of Staff Zhang Yongtai to lead the army north and rush forward non-stop. After the messenger who delivered the letter, he came to Siheyong. I saw that the main forces of the military department gathered in Siheyong Town, and the troops behind were still arriving. Brigadier Commander Ding Boting rushed to the front, and Commander Sun was waiting for him outside, he stepped forward and said, "Report to Commander Sun, Ding Boting is ordered to return." ”

Commander Sun's expression was solemn, and he beckoned him to enter the temporary headquarters. He then entered the house and saw that the commanders of the military headquarters had gathered in front of the map. As soon as everyone saw him and Sun Junchang enter the house, some greeted him, and some were still looking at the map.

He hurriedly stepped forward and saluted Deputy Army Commander Cha, Chief of Staff Wang Zhushi, Adviser Li, and Director Han. Commander Sun also stepped forward, pointed to the north of Rehe, and said: "I just received a call from Beiping, the Japanese army Sakamoto Masaemon led the Sixth Division has already driven to the Tianshan Mountains, and all its units have accelerated their speed, swept across the grasslands, wantonly trampled on our Dongmeng River and Mountains, and dealt a devastating blow to our northeastern border guards.

The 11th Brigade of the Forward Brigade intended to attack Lindong, and its 84th Wing had four or five thousand infantry cavalry, and had a bird's-eye view of Lindong stationed in Buckwheat Hada for nearly a week...... The military headquarters has decided to cancel the original plan for your unit to meet the enemy in the direction of Tongliao, and now your unit is still heading east after arriving at the Keshiketeng Banner to seek opportunities to annihilate the enemy on the front line of the Bahrain Bridge......"

After listening to Commander Sun's order, Ding Boting thought to himself, the joint battlefield has moved westward than originally planned, it seems that the devil acted earlier, and we are still late, so what can we do......

Director Han came over and said to Ding Boting: "When your department arrives in the grassland, you need to buy more horses and sheepskin jackets, which can not only speed up the speed, but also protect against the cold." At the same time, it would be of great benefit to have a good relationship with the herders on the grasslands. The grassland is not as difficult to hide as this mountainous terrain, but it also has its advantages, it is suitable for long-distance travel. It should also be noted that the 6th Division of the Japanese Army was attached to cavalry.

We can't fight devil cavalry on the grassland, we should absorb some herdsmen at any time, they are all masters of horses, and riding horses and fighting horses is a good trick. I heard that all the brigades of the Northeast Army were disabled by the Japanese army, and they could also absorb the scattered Northeast Army, they all marched immediately, and they should be comforted by good words, arm them mentally and morale, and encourage them from the point of revenge and shame. ”

After listening to his words, Brigade Commander Ding nodded and said that he would leave immediately, but it could be seen that in terms of playing style, he had not yet formed a general idea.

Adviser Li took the lead, and quickly met with Commander Sun, Deputy Commander Cha and other commanders, and immediately got a response, and they unanimously agreed. It was to send Director Han and Section Chief Li to go to the grassland with Brigade Commander Ding. As soon as Director Han and Section Chief Li heard Commander Sun's order, they were a little surprised, and a little excited, so they happily said goodbye to the commanders. Director Han ordered Li Qi to immediately go to the head of the student corps, Liu Chuang, and the companies to make arrangements and instructions, give emergency measures to deal with the situation, and at the same time bring 18 student soldiers with him.

Commander Sun beckoned Brigade Commander Ding to come back again, and he said to Ding Boting without a joke: "Brigade Commander Ding, add two more people to you, Director Han and Section Chief Li have a lot of strategic ideas, and the military department has ordered them to go with you, I don't know what you think?" ”

Ding Boting seemed to be still immersed in the consideration of the style of play on the grassland, and did not say a word for a long time.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Commander Sun thought that he must have an opinion on not being able to directly enter Chifeng City, so he smiled and said: "It's not that I don't believe in the combat capability of your brigade, the key is that the devils are too cunning, and you are alone in the depths, so I sent them to bring a few people from the Cadet Regiment to go with you." Don't worry, although you didn't enter Chifeng City directly, I will definitely send a few more people from the reconnaissance battalion to find Xiaomei when I enter the city......"

Ding Boting listened to Commander Sun say this, and only then did he come out of the things he was considering; He wiped the stubble on his face, blinked his eyes vigorously, stepped off the horse, and still said with a solemn smile: "What did you say, let Director Han and Section Chief Li go with us?" ”

Hearing that he was not opposed, Commander Sun smiled again and said, "Yes, bring some soldiers from the Cadet Corps......"

Ding Berting said: "This time, we also have the backbone, where they are, let's set off quickly......

Director Han and Section Chief Li had already walked out of the conference room, and the two of them smiled at Ding Boting and nodded, and Section Chief Li said, "Brigade Commander Ding, we are a military order, I wonder if you will take us with you?" ”

Ding Boting tightened his belt, held his tiger back and said, "Don't be polite, you two can't ask for it, you can't ask for it!" The two of you go together, this is a move by the military department, I have to say thank you, let's go, let's go immediately......"

Chief of Staff Wang Zhushi stood on a large stone east of Siheyong Town and issued an order to the troops that had been densely lined up: "The 118th Brigade, run forward......

The ministries drove in order towards the village of the side wall.

The reconnaissance battalion commander Li Zhite ran over, his short stature, and he was also particularly imposing when he ran, and he jumped towards a black bear. He stood upright, gave a military salute, and said to Commander Sun: "The first part of the guard regiment and the baggage regiment have set off in advance, and the road leading to Malian Daoliang is too narrow, so many troops can pass through at one time, and the march is too slow, and it may be difficult to pass ......."

When Commander Sun heard what he said, he was stunned, and said, "How can this be the case, you send a reconnaissance battalion to reconnoitre...... He turned around and glanced at Deputy Commander Cha, and the operational staff officer of the headquarters hurriedly took the map, and the two of them unfolded it......

Since the map is hand-drawn, many places are not fully marked, and the terrain is not very clear, so anyone who reads the map has to study it for a long time. Commander Sun looked at the map for a long time, and Deputy Army Commander Zha and Chief of Staff Wang also came over to compare together, and finally found another road from the southeast of Awl Mountain Town. This road is also an ancient road, passing through Yangjiawan, Xingjude and Laofu until Chifeng. After the reconnaissance battalion, I went to ask the villagers about it, and there was really such a way.

A temporary military meeting was held in the village of Bianqiang Mountain on the east side of Siheyong, at which it was decided to divide a part of the troops to take this route. Since the vanguard of the Guard Regiment and the 13th Regiment of the Artillery Brigade had already crossed the waist stack and was approaching Malian Road, it was decided to let the 118th Brigade Yu Most of the Heavy Regiment and the 18th Regiment of the Artillery Brigade take the line of Awl Mountain and Yangjiawan under the guidance of the guide. The military headquarters stressed to the front-line commanders that no matter which line they take, they must overcome the difficulties of narrow and difficult roads and accelerate their advance.

At the same time, all units should coordinate and cooperate, and the lightly armed infantry should provide more help to the artillery and baggage troops. If the vanguard encounters suspicious people, such as Japanese spies, it can be cut first and then played, so as not to leak military information......

At the meeting, it was also decided that Deputy Army Commander Cha would join the 118th Brigade and other units, and form a temporary headquarters on the Northern Front with Brigade Commander Wang Changjiu and others...... Deputy Commander Cha led the people to climb the mountain and open the way, go up the ditch and down the hill, and walk Xiao Xiao.

Commander Sun and Chief of Staff Wang and other commanders first looked at Brigade Commander Ding and his party, going north like a whirlwind, and then stood on the high platform, watching Deputy Army Commander Cha and Brigade Commander Wang Changjiu disappear completely, and then led the rest of the troops to leave the border wall mountain village and drive towards Malian Road. His heart was full of sorrow, and his tens of thousands of horses were handed over to the land of Rehe like beans.

He also ordered Chief of Staff Wang to send a staff officer of the headquarters to lead a platoon back to a house on the Siheyong and open a temporary military station to receive passing troops...... He just fought with all the chiefs and rushed to the top of the beam of Ma Liandao, it was really a heavy horse's hoof, and Ren Yuan's people were united.

Brigade Commander Ding, Director Han and Section Chief Li took a squad of the Cadet Corps to the north to chase their troops, and the three of them discussed a lot of tactics along the way. Such as encircling the point to send reinforcements...... If you lure the enemy into the ......

A group of them chased to Longtoushan Village, and finally caught up with the brigade headquarters. As he walked, Brigade Commander Ding conveyed to the other commanders of the brigade headquarters the decision of the military department to send Director Han and Section Chief Li to join the 117 Brigade with a cadet class. At the same time, it was also conveyed to commanders at all levels that the Japanese army was acting arrogantly and the battlefield had moved westward...... All the commanders, staff officers, and adjutants of the headquarters were very happy to have Director Han, Section Chief Li, and the cadet class join them, and welcomed them very much.

On the morning of February 27, the 6th Battalion of the 233rd Regiment of the Forward Regiment had already opened to Xindi.

After the Malian Road Beam, the east slope is a large house, and it turned out that there was a big business, called Guangde. The proprietor sent someone to boil a large pot of tea at the door for the soldiers to drink. Commander Sun, Advisor Li and others also dismounted and went to the front to order tea and drink. After drinking the water, he thanked the owner, left the Guangde, crossed the silver town, and ran towards Kelegou.

Kelegou, the former Kuomintang Weichang County Party Headquarters (Grain Capture Department). Advisor Li knows about this place. This is one of the seven county party offices in Rehe and Chahar that he organized. After the First National Congress of the Kuomintang, he was entrusted by Dr. Sun Yat-sen to help establish the Kuomintang organization in the north. He first sent Communist Party members Chen Jinghu and Han Linfu to Rehe to establish the Kuomintang county party headquarters. Chen Jinghu, Han Linfu, and Yu Fangzhou traveled to various parts of Rehe, and Kelegou was the first Kuomintang county party headquarters they organized.

Liu Chuang, the head of the student corps, still has a little impression of this place, and the T-shaped street is full of shops along the street. At that time, the party headquarters of Weichang County was located at the south end of T-shaped street...... But today, the war in the north was too tight, and they didn't have time to care about who the current county magistrate was, so they only hurriedly looked south. Just by looking at this, he saw an acquaintance, who was his classmate Jin Kaiquan at Peking University.

The two looked at each other and recognized each other almost at the same time. Without waiting for him to get off the horse, Jin Kaiquan stepped forward and held his hand...... Jin Kaiquan also has a dual identity of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, but his public identity as a county magistrate here is, of course, a member of the Kuomintang. Liu Chuang dismounted and walked slowly, and Jin Kaiquan saw him off side by side, old classmates who had not seen him for many years could only meet in this way. There was no time to tell each other about parting, Liu Chuang only gave him a brief introduction to the mission of the Cadet Corps by Han Linfu and the mission of this trip, and made an appointment to take refuge here for the time being, just like the defeat of the 41st Army in the Anti-Japanese War......

He also told him that Mr. Lee Seok-gu was also in the team...... Consultant Li was the introducer of him and Jin Kaiquan to join the party. Jin Kaiquan sent Liu Chuang out of the street, the two exchanged respects, raised their hands to say goodbye, and Liu Chuang asked Jin Kaiquan to help raise military supplies for the baggage regiment......

The logistics personnel slightly replenished supplies in Kelegou Town, and the large troops did not stop, but walked along the avenue to Huangjiadian, Weizi and Shanzui, and soon arrived at Chaoyangdi, an important town in the eastern part of Weichang County.

Chaoyang Land is a large flat land facing the sun, and there are not many people in the town. This flat land in the mountains has dozens of hectares outside the high-ranking people, dozens of hectares of the Bai family in Kelegou, dozens of hectares of the Yongzhu family in Daqing, and the rest are the big bosses of Jinsheng Thailand......

There is also a small village in the west of Chaoyangdi, called Xidi. There is a river in the south of Chaoyangdi, called Qingyang Mountain River. There is a towering mountain on the south bank of the river, about 400 meters above sea level, because there were green sheep on the mountain in ancient times. Qingyang Mountain has a lot of legends, in the early Qing Dynasty, Emperor Kangxi had many times to rest at the foot of the mountain, moved by its majesty and steepness, and named it a sacred mountain. There is also a small village on the north bank of the river, called Hualing.

Kangxi once met a girl here, she was so beautiful, Kangxi couldn't stop when he saw it, so he called him a concubine and immediately gave him a flower feather......

Of course, Commander Sun was not interested in history and legends, he only cared about how many cotton clothes and materials County Magistrate Jin brought. The county magistrate Jin came to send some cotton clothes to the anti-Japanese army, and second, he came to see his teacher, Comrade Li Xijiu. Commander Sun also had no time to appreciate the majesty of Qingyang Mountain, and after thanking him, he hurriedly said goodbye and headed east.

The military headquarters soon passed through Chaoyangdi, and two miles to the east, there was a small city called Jin Shengtai. This is the business name of the great proprietor of Guobailing, and the whole town is divided into two parts, east and west, and the western half is covered with residences, pawnshops, and grocery stores; The entire eastern half is a pot shop. The small city made of rammed earth is 200 meters wide from north to south and 500 meters long from east to west. The wall is one zhang five high, the wall thickness is one meter two wide, the lower width is one meter six, and a donkey cart can pass on it. There is a turret in each of the four corners......

Commander Sun and the personnel of the headquarters stopped on the side of the road, and the time was close to noon, and they were just about to decide to have lunch here, when they saw some people coming out of the west gate of Jin Shengtai, all of whom were picking. When I got closer, I realized that they were all carrying steaming meals, and they were bringing food to the army...... In fact, in the morning, they put tea and hot soup on the side of the road, and many people were waiting diligently.

The proprietor of the National University also came to the side of the road, and he didn't have time to inquire who the commander was, so he put down the civilized stick and busily helped his subordinates to serve meals to the soldiers. The fact that the proprietor of the National University can speak well and start from scratch has been introduced to Commander Sun just now. In fact, Liu Chuang had also heard of him when he came to Kelegou. All the governors looked at it with appreciation, of course, not only to see the owner of the National University and its small town not far away, but also to admire the busy figures of those serving tea and delivering food.

I saw that the owner of the National University was not very tall, about 1.7 meters, wearing a foreign hat, a round face, and a white-faced scholar. Dressed in a black satin cotton robe and blue-soled boots, he is a big owner. Someone stepped forward to introduce them, and they continued to be polite to each other. The proprietors of the National University were impressed by the fact that when they were in danger, they also went straight to Chifeng to resist the Japanese, and let the account room offer 5,000 ...... Commander Sun also felt that he was righteous for the country and gave him ten big guns...... And said that if he can kill back, he will definitely express his gratitude again.

Although he and the governors are on the same side, they have the same heart to fight devils to protect their families and defend the country......

Because it was too cold, it got colder the further north they went, and the troops moved slowly. In order to keep out the cold, someone has to stop and take shelter in a corner. The proprietor of the University sent a few more cotton cloths and some cotton clothes......

The troops took turns to eat, and when they were full and drank enough water, they immediately moved forward. After Shiquanhe Village, Huangwopu Village, to the east is Xiaokala Village. Further east across the Luoquanbei River, you have to turn over the Cangcang dam beam. The original plan was to drive into Chifeng as much as possible on the 27th, but it seems that it cannot be realized.

Most of the camping is in the area of Houtougou Village......

The 118th Brigade and the 18th Artillery Brigade were camped in the area of Chutoulang and Dongshanzui.

Most of the 119th Brigade and the Teaching Regiment camped in the Niujia battalion commander.

The 117th Brigade and the Special Service Regiment, the first independent regiment, and the first communications battalion, from the new to the fifth battalion, while replenishing supplies, while changing into war horses, are no longer like the original troops, because they all wear white stubble jackets, or sheepskins. Brigade Commander Ding, Deputy Brigade Commander Ji, Chief of Staff Zhang, Director Han, and Li Qi held a military meeting in the herdsmen's yurts.

At the meeting, it was decided to camp in Hada Huangwa on the 27th, and rush to the area of Goumen and Daokou early tomorrow morning, and then form a formation and attack on the Bahrain Bridge......

From Xinpao, Yudaokou to Wuyingzi, a large number of horses were purchased from the herdsmen, and the soldiers who could not ride horses were temporarily taught by the herdsmen. At night, the herdsmen in the vicinity of the troops did not have so many yurts, and some of the troops stayed in the woods and ditches, and people and horses huddled together to keep warm. I can't light a fire, I can only endure it. Let the soldiers deeply understand the cold spring of Rebei.

At the suggestion of Director Han, many commanders went down to the company to visit the soldiers, and arranged for the soldiers of the cadet corps to continue to go down to encourage morale. Many soldiers froze their feet, and some even lost their fingers......

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