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Chapter 4: Reunion (Part 2)

"If you don't have a choice, you will fight Anyway, along the way, we have already earned enough money" After listening to the latest briefings on the situation, most of the cadres at all levels who hurried over expressed similar thoughts to Lao Qi The 93rd Regiment is not the descendants of the Central Army who grew up with pacifiers They have participated in the Great Wall War of Resistance, Taiyuan defended to the death, and fought in Suiyuan Plus this Wuyuan victory I have already encountered countless times with the little devil I have experienced a lot of dangerous situations I don't care about one or two more at all

In recent months, the 93rd Regiment has won victories one after another with the full cooperation of the Blackstone guerrillas, but its own losses are not small, and there is not enough time to rest and replenish at all, so it can be said that the current 93rd Regiment is already at the end of its strong crossbow, and even if it has the ability to clean up the Shimomura Brigade, it will not be too easy to win, and if the start is unfavorable, but it will become a stalemate, and the previous achievements will be completely lost, and not only will it spit out all the fruits of the previous victories And it is possible that even the old capital will be lost

"If we abandon the previous route, insert directly to the west, and then turn around and head south, enter Jin from the side pass, first enter the defense area of the Shanxi Decisive Column, and then find a way to detour to Suiyuan," Political Commissar Fang Guoqiang's thinking has always been broader, and after thinking about it, he tentatively put forward a rather bold suggestion: "I can use the radio to report the latest situation to the Jinchaji Military Region of the Eighth Route Army while I am in a hurry, and ask them to send some people from the Shanxi Anti-Japanese Death Squad to come and respond."

Hearing this, many people were suddenly on the spot, and if they went to Jining from the place where they were currently stationed, they would inevitably cross two big rivers, and the devils and puppet troops would also deploy heavy defenses along the riverbank, trying to wipe out the 93rd Regiment and abandon the original marching route and go directly to the west, although the distance was doubled, but they could shake off the puppet army and devils who were blocking them by surprise

What's more important is that the mountain brigade of the Mongolian Xinjiang garrison army was just beaten by the Eighth Route Army last year and lost its armor, and even the commander of the lieutenant general brigade, Abe Norihide, was killed by others, and his vitality has not recovered so far, and he is even more apprehensive about mountain warfare As long as the 93rd Regiment detours into the mountains, even if there are no troops in front of it, the little devils behind him may not dare to continue to chase after him, otherwise, once he sets foot in the home field of the Eighth Route Army, it is inevitable that he will end up with no bones like Abe Norihide (Note 1)

It's just that this proposal is a bit too purely militarized, and it doesn't take into account that many of the people here have served under Yan Xishan, and the Jin troops who were close at hand didn't dare to contact each other, but instead had to go near and far, and asked General He Long to send troops to respond, which was enough to embarrass them, but fortunately, He Long's department and the Jin army had never had a direct conflict, and everyone could barely convince themselves under the pretext of being in a hurry, and now they actually had to directly ask for help from the Shanxi anti-Japanese death squad that had just turned against the Jin army How can this make everyone get through the hurdle in their hearts In case of another conflict with the Jin army along the way, wouldn't everyone have to make it clear that they would slap the old commander Commander-in-Chief Yan with the Eighth Route Army Even though the old commander has a thousand kinds of things, there are so many years of knowledge and promotion How can everyone do it

"If we go into the mountains, our artillery company will be in trouble," Sun Yunqi secretly looked at his colleagues around him, and politely objected, "When the Soviets originally designed this artillery, they considered using trucks to tow it, and now we switch to mule-drawn horses, which is already very reluctant, if we insist on going to the mountains, the artillery will definitely not be able to take it, and our entire new 31st Division has only eight such cannons, and if I lose it, I, the commander of the artillery company, will not be able to keep up with the boss at all, and the Brothers of the Artillery Company will never allow me to be such a loser."

"Yes, without artillery, the attack power of our 93rd Regiment will be reduced by at least half, and the front-line troops who encounter the little devils have to squat in the trenches and can't fight back just after being bombed."

"Cannons must not be thrown, that's what our boss Fu begged grandpa to tell grandma everywhere and got it from the Soviet Union's weapons to aid China, if we throw them to the devils, what face do we have to go back to the headquarters?"

Several other slightly older officers followed Sun Yunqi and expressed their stance one after another, refusing to accept the proposal to ask for help from the Shanxi Anti-Japanese Death Squad, although the reason for this is a little unspeakable, but there is no flaw in talking about the Soviet-made artillery in the regiment After all, the role of this thing in the battle is obvious to all, and in the face of its excellent range and huge attack range that is close to perversion, the first-level heavy firepower of the devil brigade can only be regarded as a pile of slag, and almost every time at the beginning of the battle, it is directly bombed into the sky, and there is no chance to develop it (Note 2)

"Our Eighth Route Army has always believed that people are more important than weapons, weapons can be seized if they are gone, they can be scraped together to buy them, and if people are gone, there will be nothing left," Fang Guoqiang was a little angry by everyone's stubbornness, frowned, and said loudly

"The question is, we have to buy it," several senior cadres who had just spoken changed their faces and retorted loudly

"To put it lightly, if you can buy it casually, why don't you have a decent cannon in the main division of your Eighth Route Army?"

"Isn't it, our Northern Route Army is not Chairman Jiang's descendant, and you can make up for whatever you lose For our guns, Mr. Fu doesn't know how many people he begged, and the gold bars sent out alone are enough to form an infantry regiment."

"Yes, Commissar Fang, you may not know At present, Germany, the United States and Britain are all resistant to the protests of the Japanese and dare not sell heavy weapons to the Nationalist Government anymore Our only source of artillery is the Soviet Union And the artillery given by the Soviets is only a little bit every year The central lineage is not enough to easily fall into our hands "I am afraid that the two sides will quarrel too much and hurt the harmony between each other Shao Yong, the commander of the cavalry battalion, also stood up and explained to Fang Guoqiang very carefully

He said the truth, but these truths have little to do with everyone's attitude of resistance Fang Guoqiang obviously saw the truth behind it, but he couldn't take the initiative to uncover it, his face turned blue with anger, his eyes were on fire, he frowned and endured for a long time, and then said word by word, "Anyway, I showed you the way, choose or not, it's up to your regiment commander to decide, if you have to be brutal, let's talk ugly things ahead, and our guerrillas will definitely not follow you to the ........end of the road."

"What do you mean by this?" Before Fang Guoqiang could finish speaking, Wang Zhi, the commander of the communications battalion, was the first to jump up and pat the table and question

"That's right, Brother Fang, this is a bit unrighteous When we were near the Black Stone Village, our Ninety-third Regiment didn't throw you directly to the little devil at the beginning" Several battalion commanders also stood up one after another, and the yin and yang were weird

Regiment Commander Lao Qi's cultivation is better than that of the battalion commanders under his command, but he can't accept that Fang Guoqiang actually spoke to everyone in a threatening tone Although the path pointed out by the latter is indeed the safest choice at the moment He slapped the table hard He ordered loudly, "Sit down, sit down for me, and see what you all look like, isn't it enough to be embarrassed Since it's a meeting, of course, people are allowed to express their different opinions, as for what to do, I'm here, there's Captain Zhang, where can you people shout nonsense?"

The battalion commanders were scolded so red that they glared at Fang Guoqiang a few times and sat down in a daze The guerrilla political commissar Fang Guozhao also felt that the boss was not a taste in his heart, snorted coldly, and proudly added, "I'm a straight-tempered person, I can say whatever I want, everyone, don't take it to heart, even if you go into the mountains, the cannon may not fall into the hands of the pursuers, first find a safe place to bury it, and naturally the local guerrillas will help take care of it secretly, just wait to connect with the Shanxi death squad, they must have a way to dig out the cannon and return it to you untouched."

"If you dig it out, you will definitely be able to dig it out, I'm afraid that Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou," Zhang Hanbin, the chief of staff, muttered in a low voice, As an old man from the Jin army, he was obviously emotionally inclined to Yan Xishan, so no matter who was sorry first between the death squad and the Jin army last year, in his opinion, it must be Tu Balu's fault, although the truth may not really be as he thought

"Okay, don't fight, our captain Zhang hasn't expressed his opinion yet," the regiment leader Qi glanced at Zhang Hanbin and changed the topic with a smile, "He's our Zhiduoxing, he hasn't spoken for so long, he must have a good idea in his heart, Team Zhang, what I'm saying is not the truth?"

"The suggestion that Political Commissar Fang made just now is the safest choice," Zhang Songling had already planned to speak, but since Lao Qi ordered his own, he just stood up and said loudly

Several old men from the Jin Army immediately turned cold again, glared angrily at Zhang Songling, and the coffin face surnamed Fang is a family You can't support him so blatantly You Zhang Fat Man is also the big boss of the other party Our Regiment Leader Qi is not embarrassed to speak directly from the position of the Ninety-third Regiment How can you Zhang Fat do it so explicitly

Unexpectedly, Zhang Songling's words soon took a turn for the worse, and he smiled at everyone, and he continued to add, "But the safest way is often the most conservative way, and it is very difficult to implement, and there may be new variables along the way, so I don't agree with this idea."

"Oh" Everyone nodded lightly, and their nervous faces eased a lot, as long as they don't advocate moving closer to the Shanxi Death Squad, even if the price paid is a little bigger, everyone is ready to accept it in their hearts, not to mention that Zhang Fatzi has always been able to come up with good ideas that others can't think of before, and he has never disappointed everyone

In an expectant gaze, Zhang Songling walked to the map, and his fingers moved slowly, "Just now, some people advocated fighting with the little devil, and some advocated avoiding its edge, It is estimated that they all feel that there are too many enemies, and we are easy to fall into the encirclement, but why don't we change our perspective, no matter how many enemies there are, they are also coming from different directions all the way, and they may not be able to confront us at the same time just by relying on radio communication, and except for the Morikawa United, which is chasing from behind, any of the other enemy forces is not as strong as us, so I think that no matter which direction it comes from Let's just go to one of the roads, and if we cripple the road in front of us, we will naturally open the sky."

Note 1: In October 1938, the former commander of the Second Independent Mixed Brigade of the North China Front Army stationed in Mongolia, Changgang Kanji, was seriously injured by the Eighth Route Army in Zhangjiawan, Guangling County, Hebei Province (one said that he was killed) The Japanese military sent Abe Norihide to take over the position of commander of Tokooka Kanji Brigade On October 2, 1939, Abe Norihide was promoted to lieutenant general and was killed after being surrounded by the Eighth Route Army in Loess Ridge on November 7

Note 2: The Japanese army is usually equipped with two or four 92 infantry guns, which are known for their small and flexible, but the maximum firing range is only 2,700 meters, which is far inferior to the 8,000 meters of the Schneider 1909 mountain gun copied by the Soviet Union