Chapter 427: Secret Transfer Open a new battalion

Linhe Township, Hebei Border Region, Western Hebei. The weather was sunny. In the evening (after 6 p.m.).

Linhe Township. Fang's house, the headquarters of the special column. The conference room on the landlord's side of the middle courtyard. Fang Jiren, Meng Dakui, Yang Shushan, and Zhou Qiwei sat around the square table under the south window for dinner. Fang Jiren, whose eyebrows were tightly locked, was thinking while eating, and suddenly he had a premonition and prediction that the strategic deployment of the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army had been basically determined and was about to be implemented, and large-scale military operations were about to begin, and the area of the contest between the two sides should be in the Hebei border area, and the main battlefield might be in the Hebei border area. If this is the case, the special column will inevitably be involved. How to deal with it? What is the specific content of the strategic deployment of the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army? How should we cooperate with the supplementary group? How should special columns be mobilized, deployed, and used? If involved, will these forces of the special column be used? What if it's not enough? Is my hunch true? It should be eight or nine without ten, right?

"It's not good, something big is going to happen." Francis put down his rice bowl and said.

"Huh? Something big is going to happen? What's wrong? Where are the little devils going to sweep when they send troops? Hey, that's great. If I don't kill the little devil for a few days, I don't see blood, and I feel uncomfortable. Commander, you say, how to fight? Meng Dakui put down his job and excitedly asked for battle.

Francis: "No, no. I'm not talking about little devils when I say something big. ”

"Oh? Commander, who are you talking about? Zhou Qiwei put down his chopsticks and asked.

"yes. Who's going to have a big deal? What's going to happen? Commander, tell me clearly, don't say half of it. Yang Shushan urged anxiously.

"Listen to me, let's sum it up together. When the conversation was about to end, the correspondent of the regiment headquarters came to the regiment commander with the brigade headquarters to find the regiment commander with a shouting and shouting, asking him to return to the regiment headquarters immediately, saying that the brigade headquarters had sent someone to give an urgent task to the superiors. The head of the regiment and I broke up right away. So tell me, what kind of task will it be? ”

Meng Dakui: "Huh? How do you know this? Can't even guess. I don't know. ”

"Hmm. It's hard to think about, it's hard to guess. Zhou Qiwei shook his head and said.

"I don't see it much. You think, it's actually very simple. The supplementary regiment has been stationed in Shuihe Village for some time, and the higher authorities have only ordered the troops to rest and recuperate from their wounds, restore their combat effectiveness, and recruit new soldiers, and have never given any specific military tasks. Now, the brigade headquarters has sent people, and it must be an urgent and important task for the supplementary regiment. But we don't know what the task is. Yang Shushan said analytically and inferentially.

"Well, Commissar Yang said it makes sense." Zhou Qiwei agreed.

"Political Commissar Yang does have some truth in what he said. However, it's still the same as not saying it. I said, let's analyze it, let alone guess, are you tired? Commander, what should we do? Meng Dakui said angrily.

"Okay. Then I'll tell you all the preliminary thoughts that I've been thinking about yet. You see, the intelligence of the Japanese army's troop increase and the puppet army's expansion must have been known to the third-level leaders of the Eighth Route Army headquarters, division headquarters, and brigade headquarters, and they must have analyzed and judged that this was the enemy's military strategic deployment for the Hebei border area and Yufeng Mountain. If we say that the heavy Japanese troops gathered in the western Hebei region and what kind of bullshit 'Fuji Mountain plan' to implement is to encircle and suppress the supplementary regiment, and then attack and occupy Yufeng Mountain, and then attack our anti-Japanese base in the hinterland of Taihang Mountain to the west. If my assumption is true, then the task of the supplementary regiment is to hold the Tongyu River as three bridges and resolutely prevent the Japanese army from crossing the river and entering the mountains at all costs. I estimate that the supplementary regiment will soon be dispatched to Longhe Village and Linhe Township. In this way, the problem arises, and now the troops of our special column are stationed in Longhe Village to guard the Yuhe Bridge and stationed in Linhe Township to guard the Linhe Bridge. The supplementary regiment will overlap with our special column, and it is very likely that our unit, which is still in a state of secrecy for the time being, will be exposed, which will not be conducive to the independent operations and covert operations of our special column in the future. Comrades, what should we do now? ”

"Commander, I think so, your previous analysis and judgment are relatively accurate, and I completely agree with it. Since this is the case, it is better for our special column and the supplementary regiment to join forces in one place, and the supplementary regiment will be deployed and dispatched in a unified manner, and will conduct joint operations to jointly confront the enemy. Besides, the injuries and illnesses of the soldiers of the original supplementary regiment have all been cured, and they should have returned to the team a long time ago. At the same time, it also strengthened the combat effectiveness of the supplementary regiment. Yang Shushan suggested.

Meng Dakui pouted silently. Zhou Qiwei blinked and looked at Fang Jiren and then at Yang Shushan, he had an idea in his heart but hesitated whether to say it? Can you say? He hesitated again and again, and felt that it was better not to say anything about the important task related to the replenishment regiment.

Fang Jiren looked at Meng Dakui, then at Zhou Qiwei, lowered his head and thought about it, raised his face and said:

"Commissar Yang, that's what I think. It is certain that our special column and the supplementary regiment will act together against the enemy. However, judging from the current situation and special circumstances, for the time being, we cannot join forces with the supplementary regiment, still less can we be deployed and dispatched in a unified manner under the supplementary regiment. When the time is ripe in the future, you can still think about it. ”

"Huh? Why is that? Commander, since we are a resolute anti-Japanese force, why should we deviate from the leadership and command of the Eighth Route Army? Why can't the soldiers who have recovered from their injuries return to the team now? Why do you have to keep them in the special column? Can you tell me more clearly? Yang Shushan questioned.

"Political Commissar Yang, I decided this way after thinking about it. The reason why the special column is not allowed to join forces with the supplementary regiment for the time being, and the soldiers who have recovered from their wounds cannot return to the unit, is to maintain the secrecy of the special column, so that the Japanese spies who infiltrate Shuihe Village and the supplementary regiment will not discover and understand us, so as not to be exposed to the sight of the Japanese army. This may make it easier for us to cooperate with the supplementary regiment to operate together against the enemy, or it may be more convenient for us to act secretly and surprise the enemy alone. Francis explained.

"Yes, yes, yes. The commander's consideration and decision was correct. Zhou Qiwei agreed.

"Oh? Is it? Is that all there is to it? Commander, have you ever thought about transforming the special column into your Fang Family Guard? Yang Shushan asked.

"Hey? I said Commissar Yang, how can you talk like that? The commander had never thought of it that way, and our Fang Guards didn't need to do that? It's troublesome and cumbersome, and you have to take care of eating, drinking, curing, and training. In the end, it is not thankless to end up with a good intention. Meng Dakui glared at Yang Shushan and said angrily.

Fang Jiren stood up in exasperation, his eyes wide open at Poplar Mountain. After a moment, he shook his head and smiled, drank a few sips of water to suppress the fire, held back his breath and said:

"Hmm. Political Commissar Yang really has a point. Otherwise, Political Commissar Yang, tomorrow morning you will take the more than 100 soldiers who have recovered from your injuries back to Shuihe Village to rebuild. But I ask you to keep the special column a secret and never pass it on. ”

"Well, good. I raise my hands in favor of the commander's decision. Shh Political Commissar Yang, there are not many of you, and there are many of you. When you're gone, we'll be more worry-free, and we'll only be more agile in our actions. Sensei say anything more, so be it. Meng Dakui was disdainful.

"No, no, no. Commander Wang and Deputy Commander Meng, don't misunderstand me again, let alone lock me up for a few more days. I just want to understand the commander's true thoughts, and now that I have unified my thinking and understanding, I can fully cooperate with the work of the two commanders. Please believe me, I am absolutely out of public intentions, without the slightest bit of selfishness. After Yang Shushan confessed, he said in a resolute tone: "Since this is the case, the special column will all be carried out in accordance with the commander's decision and deployment. ”

"Well, Commissar Yang has a point, I can understand it. Commander, you can give orders as you should do. We are resolute in our implementation. Zhou Qiwei played the round first and then made a statement.

"Okay, then I'll give the order now. Comrades, according to our division of work, after the meeting was dismissed, the whole team was urgently mobilized, and all daily work, study, and training will be suspended tomorrow morning, and all companies will pack up all their equipment and materials, as well as their personal belongings. After dark, all the commanders and fighters of the special column secretly withdrew from Longhe Village and Linhe Township, abandoned the guard of the Yuhe Bridge and the Linhe Bridge, and left it to the companies of the supplementary regiment to take over. We moved eastward to open up new anti-Japanese camps. Only one reconnaissance squad was secretly stationed in this compound of my family. ”

After Fang Jiren gave the order, Meng Dakui, Yang Shushan, and Zhou Qiwei stood up together and expressed their acceptance of the order. However, they were all puzzled and nervous, why didn't they just go into the mountains? Why go out of the East? Where is the special column going to be transferred? And where is the new camp?