Hearing this, Zhao Shixun glanced at Zhou Yu, who was surprised, and finally understood everything in his heart. It turns out that this Xue Liqun is the commissioner, and I thought that this guy had already gone to see their Marx...... It seems that the regiment commander and political commissar are planning to save this Staff Officer Xue.

Thinking of this, Zhao Shixun glanced at those present, and then quietly looked at Lei Wancheng and Jiang Hongfei above, waiting for their orders.

Political Commissar Jiang took the piece of paper in Yang Chenghu's hand, looked at everyone and said with a serious face:

"Yes...... according to the meaning of the letter, Staff Officer Xue was pursued by the Japanese puppet army, and the guards and soldiers all sacrificed themselves in order to cover his safe transfer. After Staff Officer Xue was wounded, in order to prevent the enemy from discovering the location of the regiment headquarters because of tracking him, he did not return directly to the regiment headquarters, but bypassed us and headed towards Jiangxian County. ”

"Four days ago, Staff Officer Xue finally got rid of the tracking of the Japanese puppet army, but his injuries also worsened because of this, and he could no longer walk. As a last resort, Staff Officer Xue had to find a nearby village to hide. Two days ago, when Staff Officer Xue saw that his injuries were still not improving, he wrote a letter of trust and sent it to a villager. ”

Speaking of this, Political Commissar Jiang put down the piece of paper in his hand, glanced at the regiment commander and said:

"Before assigning the task, Commander Lei will tell you about the situational information we have just obtained from the headquarters. Old Lei, you can talk to the big guy. ”

Seeing the political commissar sit down, Regiment Commander Lei nodded and stood up, turned around and walked to the wall not far behind him, pointed to a map of the Jinnan region on the wall and said:

"Comrades, Staff Officer Xue, we must be saved. But before I set up a rescue plan, I want to tell the big guy about the situation we are facing. ”

"At the end of last month, in accordance with the instructions of the headquarters organs, we advanced to the occupied Zhongtiao Mountain area to establish a base area behind enemy lines, so as to delay the southward movement of the Japanese army and rescue the people in the occupied areas.

However, due to our underestimation of the situation, and the fact that the Nakajo Mountain area was located on the front line of the frontal battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War, the strength of the Japanese puppet army here far exceeded our original estimates.

After the troops went south through the Linfen generation, they were successively surrounded and intercepted by a large number of enemies, and suffered heavy losses. You know, when we set out, it was a reinforced regiment of four battalions, and I don't want to say much about what it is like now. ”

"However, although we suffered a lot of losses, we finally broke out of the encirclement of the Japanese army and came to the depths of the Middle Tianshan Mountain as planned! So I think our losses are worth it, and the sacrifices of our comrades are worth it. ”

Speaking of this, Lei Wancheng's eyes were slightly red. He took a cigarette from the cigarette case in his jacket pocket and lit it, taking a few deep breaths.

"In the past few days, I have contacted the headquarters to report on our current situation and the difficulties we are facing, and I have also reported and inquired about the situation of the Japanese puppet army. Headquarters gave us an answer last night, and I have good news and bad news for you here. ”

Speaking of this, Lei Wancheng looked at everyone present, smiled slightly and said:

"Everyone has been working hard lately, so I'll start with the good news."

"The good news is that five days ago, on the 20th day of the seventh month of the Gregorian calendar, the Kuomintang troops in the second theater launched a campaign to recover Zhongtiao Mountain. Although they were repulsed by the Japanese army without even touching Yuncheng after crossing the Yellow River to the east, the counteroffensive successfully mobilized a large number of Japanese troops, and the pressure we faced here should be reduced. This will greatly reduce the pressure we are currently facing. ”

"Of course, there will be bad news if there is good news, and the bad news is that due to the increase in the number of Japanese troops going south, the time for the large force of my southward column to go south to the Zhongtiao Mountain area has been delayed, and the large army can only stop at Qinyuan for the first generation. Now the Japanese army in the entire Jinzhong and Jinnan area has exceeded the strength of four divisions and about 45 brigades. Although most of the Japanese troops were concentrated on the Yellow River, the strength of the Japanese puppet army in the occupied areas was strengthened. Therefore, the situation in the struggle between us and the enemy is not optimistic. ”

"Among them, in the Zhongtiao Mountain area, our main opponent is the first division of the 69th Division stationed in the Yuncheng area of southwest Shanxi. In the Linfen area to the north of us, an infantry wing of the 36th Division of the Japanese army was stationed, which was mainly responsible for the security of the Linfen railway, but could go south at any time to support the Japanese army in Jinnan. In the Wangwushan area to the east, another wing of the 36th Division of the Japanese Army was stationed. As for the large group of puppet troops, there is only one garrison brigade in the Yuncheng area, and the rest are small groups of puppet troops. ”

While talking, Regiment Commander Lei also wrote and drew on the map, roughly marking the location of the main force of the Japanese army on the map, and pointed them out to the people present one by one.

Listening to Captain Lei's introduction, the faces of the people present gradually became very serious. Obviously, the deployment and number of Japanese puppet troops greatly exceeded everyone's estimates. Originally, everyone thought that after the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, the Japanese army would cross the Yellow River or throw most of its troops into Zhengzhou, so the Japanese puppet forces in the Zhongtiao Mountain area would decline significantly. However, it backfired, and although the counteroffensive in the Second War Zone was almost a failure, it succeeded in attracting back the main force of the Japanese army that was supposed to be transferred.

Zhao Shixun sat in his seat and looked at the map on the wall, thinking thoughtfully. Although he was still a Kuomintang unit in the World War II zone not long ago, Zhao Shixun was well aware of the current combat strength and virtue of the national army. Without the support of Zhongtiao Mountain, the so-called counteroffensive of the national army is an attic in the air, which cannot be realized at all!

Without the support of a strong mountain position, with the existing strength of the national army, it was simply impossible to ensure that a large force could safely cross the Yellow River and attack the Japanese army. Moreover, if they were lucky enough to cross the Yellow River in time, the Japanese army could easily cut off the logistics supply line of the national army through air raids, and then encircle and annihilate the large forces of the national army crossing the river step by step. If the Nationalist army dares to do this, then what awaits the Nationalist army will be a defeat that is even bigger and more miserable than the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain.

Having just suffered such a big loss, Zhao Shixun believed that as long as the upper echelons of the national army were not idiots, they would never organize any large-scale counteroffensive operations. If there were, it was also a "face-saving operation" launched to appease the national sentiment, and at most a small force was sent across the river to fight guerrillas.

Moreover, the reason why the Japanese army moved its troops to the south was probably to prepare a pocket for the national army on the other side of the river, and it depended on whether the national army would drill in.

Seeing everyone's seriousness, Lei Wancheng hugged his arms and smiled, and pinched the cigarette butt in his hand vigorously. Strode over to the table and tapped lightly.

"What's wrong! Scared stupid by the strength of the devil?! Yang Chenghu, what are you thinking? ”

Hearing that Regiment Leader Lei was asking himself, Yang Chenghu, who had been frowning and thinking deeply, stood up and said fearlessly:

"Report to the Captain! We don't know what it means to be afraid since we beat our mother's womb! Isn't it just a devil, come one to kill one, come two to kill a pair, that's all! ”

"Well...... that's good. You're a bit timid. ”

His eyes swept over the faces of everyone present, Lei Wancheng knocked on the table, looked at everyone and said proudly:

"Comrades, we are the vanguard. The responsibility of the vanguard regiment is to take the lead in the large forces of the Eighth Route Army! No matter how strong the Japanese puppet army is, we must be like a nail, firmly nailed to this Zhongtiao Mountain within a radius of several hundred miles. Now that we have entered here, there is absolutely no reason to be blasted out again, and everyone must remember this. ”

"Alright...... After talking so much nonsense, it's all a mouthful, and now it's time to get down to business.

Lao Jiang, as for the specific action plan, it's up to you. ”

After the words were closed, Lei Wancheng lit a cigarette and sat down and smoked it by himself.

Seeing that Regiment Commander Lei sat down, Political Commissar Jiang Hongfei stood up and walked to the map, picked up a wooden stick and pointed to the location on the map.

"Comrades, according to the location provided by the villagers, the place where Staff Officer Xue is hiding is Zhengjiapo Village, twenty miles southwest of Jiangxian County. There are more than 200 households in this village, which belongs to the area where the Japanese puppets have relatively strong control. Although there are no reactionary forces organized by the landlords in Zhengjiapo Village, there is a stronghold of devils in the north of the village.

Our current location is southeast of Zhengjiapo Village, about sixty miles away. On the road to Zhengjiapo Village, we also passed by a ** stronghold. We sent people to scout there, and there should be more than 30 puppet soldiers stationed there. The main purpose of the Japanese army to set up this stronghold was to block a road from Hengqu County to Jiangxian County, and this road also happened to lead directly to Zhengjiapo Village. ”

"If you want to bypass this stronghold, it's not difficult, just walk an extra dozen miles of mountain roads. However, in view of the fact that this road is also the main road for our vanguard regiment to communicate with the outside world, the regiment commander and I discussed and decided to take advantage of the troops to rescue Staff Officer Xue and completely destroy this eye-catching stronghold. ”

Drawing a striking red circle with a pen on the map, Political Commissar Jiang walked to the conference table and looked at everyone, and said in a deep voice:

"Now I declare the combat mission."

"Company Commander Yang, Company Commander Zhao!"

"Here!"

When Zhao Shixun and Yang Chenghu heard this, they immediately stood up.

"After the two of you jointly conquered the ** stronghold, the special agent company was responsible for going forward to attract the enemy's troops, and the seventh company was responsible for entering the village to take Staff Officer Xue out. Be careful not to get entangled with a large group of enemies too much, don't fall in love with the battle, and withdraw as soon as you rescue someone. Do you understand? ”

"Understood! Mission completion guaranteed! ”

……

"Shen Cunzhi!"

"Here!"

"Your second company is a reserve, responsible for receiving the spy company and the seventh company, after the ** stronghold is taken, you are waiting there to get stuck for me. The Japanese puppet army must not be allowed to occupy the stronghold again before they return! Do you understand? ”

…… To be continued, ask for collection, ask for recommendation!