In October 37, part of the 119th Division of the Eighth Route Army (here it should be the 115th Division, according to the full name of Easy 404) began to go deep behind the enemy to create the Jinchaji base area, under the leadership of Deputy Division Commander Nie, after nearly two months of fighting, finally barely occupied a foothold in this vast area.

The last days of December.

Stone Waist Mountain.

The headquarters of the 119th Division of the Eighth Route Army is located in the Jinchaji Base Area.

The division commander sat in a private house, looking at the map of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region in front of him, his brows furrowed.

On the map spread out on the table, there are three obvious red arrows pointing directly at Shijiaozi Mountain.

"According to intelligence, the enemy's fifth, 14th, and 109th divisions and a part of the Kwantung Army, totaling 15,000 devils and more than 3,000 puppet troops, rushed to our base along the Pingsui and Pinghan railways and highways."

At the table, Brigade Commander Chen of the 344th Brigade, that is, Zhang Lianshun's brigade commander, pointed to the map.

"This time the devils are menacing, and their main purpose is to eliminate our guerrillas around Jinchaji"

"There is a huge disparity in the strength of the enemy and us, and our army has 3,700 people in three regiments of the 344th Brigade, more than 500 people in the cavalry battalion directly under the division, in addition to the division's guard company, the first detachment (a reinforced battalion) and the division's transportation team of 5,000 people, and 2,000 people from various self-defense forces and guerrillas."

"The ratio of enemy forces is as high as three to one, and this time the situation is very serious"

In front of the brigade commander sat more than a dozen regiment-level cadres, as well as the commanders of the cavalry battalion and reinforced battalion, and the commander of the guard company.

More than 15,000 devils and more than 3,000 puppet troops, and the armed forces in the base area are only more than 8,000 people, since the all-out war of resistance, the 119th Division and the devils have fought many times, and they are also very clear about the strength of the devils.

"The enemy is strong, if only we didn't fight with them"

Just when the solemn atmosphere lingered in the conference room, the division commander spoke, and he pointed to the map.

"This time, the devil army is menacing, trying to fight a head-on battle with the main force of our army, then we are not as good as the enemy wants"

"The first detachment, with a total of 507 people, was dispersed in squads and went to various townships and towns to lead and organize various guerrilla units and self-defense forces to carry out guerrilla warfare and raid warfare, constantly consuming devils, and being careful not to get entangled with devils."

"The three regiments of the 344th Brigade assembled in concealment between Lingqiu and Shangdian, waiting for annihilation

"The cavalry battalion is a reserve, and the various units maintain close liaison with each other"

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As the division commander's combat order was issued, after a few details were discussed, all the regiment commanders left one after another to return to their units, leaving only the brigade commander and division commander and the chief of staff of the division headquarters.

The chief of staff, who wore a pair of round glasses, put away the combat map, and then took out a form, which was densely written.

"We have been in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region for more than two months, and yesterday I counted the current material situation in the division."

"The situation is not optimistic"

The chief of staff glanced at the brigade commander and the division commander, and his tone was solemn and solemn.

"Food and supplies are currently sufficient after the support of the masses, but the key problem of guns and ammunition is very serious."

"The Chuanshan Arsenal has not yet been established, and at present, it can only carry out simple gun repairs, and it will take more than ten years to prepare for reloading bullets."

Then the chief of staff flipped to the latest page of the form and pointed to the handwriting on it.

"At present, we have a total of 4 mortars, but only 2 have shells, and the shells have a total of 150 shells, all of which were brought back by Brigade Commander Chen," the chief of staff glanced at the brigade commander and continued.

"62 light and heavy machine guns, 3,790 rifle shell guns, but only bullets, as for grenades, it is enough, just 10,000 pieces, but the power of self-produced black powder grenades"

"Our current ammunition reserves, if we do more, can support a brigade battle, and it can't be too long"

The division commander picked up the form and looked at it, then said with a smile.

"I still have a bit of a foundation, a chance is better than no chance"

"When making combat deployments this time, we should give full consideration to the ammunition reserves in the division, try to save ammunition, and use the least amount of ammunition to achieve the most results."

Listening to the division commander's understatement, the brigade commander sighed softly, a few bullets stumped a division.

Although nominally the supply and ammunition of the Eighth Route Army will be allocated by the Republic of China, the policy is the policy, and there are more countermeasures below, and the official equipment and ammunition supply obtained by the 119th Division so far is not enough to equip a regiment, and this thing is still delayed by various fancy deductions.

The 119th Division has been fighting until now, many soldiers will charge early in order to save ammunition when fighting, and the casualties of the troops have remained high, and it has only been half a year of fighting, and the casualties in the division have exceeded 3,000, and there are still more than 200 wounded in the division hospital, and most of them are veterans from the grassland.

Just as the cadres at the division and brigade level were further studying the battle plan, there were shouts outside.

"Division commander, brigade commander, company commander, signal soldier Xu Shun returns to the team" As soon as Xu Shun entered the headquarters, he saw his three superiors and hurriedly greeted them in turn.

"The order has arrived?" The division commander asked softly, at this time they had stopped discussing the operation and were chatting about the miscellaneous affairs of the troops.

"It's passed to" Xu Shun nodded.

"What about Kong Peng?" looked outside for a while, and found that Xu Shun was alone, and the commander of the guard company behind the division commander interjected. Was it hurt or sacrificed? He was a little worried, and although the mission was not very dangerous, it was definitely not safe.

"He came with a separate group behind him."

"A team of independent regiments coming here?" Without waiting for the commander of the guard company to continue, the brigade commander and the division commander were stunned at the same time.

"What are they doing here?"

"I don't know, this is the letter that Commander Zhang asked me to hand you" Xu Shun replied honestly, and after that, he took out a letter from the bag and handed it to the division commander.

It's not that he is lying, as soon as the first wave of supplies in Luo Yun arrived, Grand Master Zhang asked Xu Shun to set off to deliver a letter to the division headquarters first, and Kong Peng stayed for a while because the gun he promised to him had not yet arrived.

"Well, I'll see" the brigade commander intervened directly and took the letter.

After reading the letter, he was stunned at first, then read it again with a face full of disbelief, and after frowning and handing the letter to the division commander, he asked Xu Shun.

"Is this really Zhang Lianshun's letter?" The brigade commander read the letter several times, but still asked suspiciously.

"Yes, this is what he handed me to him personally" Xu Shun nodded.

"Made, how can this son be so rich?" The brigade commander's muttering voice was full of chagrin.

"This seems to be a good deal compared to business, we are very profitable" This voice was made by the division commander.

"Division commander, I'll go and bargain" The brigade commander's words at this time were a bit of a gritted tooth.

"Let's go together then," the division commander smiled and handed the telegram in his hand to the division chief of staff.