When Xiao Siming said that he would drag the 5th and 16th Divisions of the Japanese Army in North China for half a month, his face was calm. In fact, his heart is also overturned, and he is extremely uncalm!

The reason why the headquarters forwarded the telegrams from the Military Commission and the First War Zone to the eastward advance detachment without any comment was that no matter how Zheng Xiuchuan complained and how unwilling Hu Qingyun was, Xiao Siming knew it very well in his heart!

Xiao Siming knew that the leaders of the headquarters must have seen the great significance of dragging the Fifth Division and the 16th Division in North China to the overall situation of the Battle of Wuhan. At the same time, the chiefs must have known that this was to take advantage of the Japanese army's eagerness to retaliate and use the eastward advance detachment as bait to attract Japanese troops. If one is not done well, the eastward advance detachment may fall into the encirclement of the Japanese army and pay heavy sacrifices. Therefore, the chiefs forwarded the telegram to him and Wang Lushui without any opinion, and the meaning was very clear, that is, let them make their own decisions according to the situation. It is better to be able to lead the Japanese army by the nose to travel in North China as much as possible, but it is really not possible, and the headquarters is not to blame. Because the headquarters did not order them to drag the two elite divisions of the Japanese army in North China!

Everything has to be grasped by Xiao Siming and Wang Lushui!

Historically, during the Battle of Wuhan, the reason why the North China Front of the Japanese Army only sent a Second Army to attack and advance from the Huaihe River valley and along the northern foot of the Dabie Mountain, and gave up the original plan of the North China Front Army to capture Zhengzhou in the original plan of the Wuhan Battle of Wuhan, and then quickly moved south along the Pinghan Road and attacked along the northern foot of the Dabie Mountain from the Huaihe River Valley. However, the most fundamental reason was that the armed forces behind enemy lines in North China were actively attacking the Japanese army's lines of communication, forcing the North China Front Army to leave enough troops to hold on to the occupied areas and lines of communication, and to draw no extra troops to participate in the Battle of Wuhan.

If the North China Front can draw up enough troops, can the Japanese army use boat troops to rescue the trapped soldiers from the long yellow water, can the engineer wing of the 14th Division be able to erect a pontoon bridge over the Yellow River to smuggle across the Yellow River, and the new direction of the Yellow River formed after the Huayuankou embankment bursts, will it be able to stop the westward advance of the Japanese army?

Historically, the first theater was in the early morning of June 9, that is, when the Japanese army marched west along the Longhai Road to capture Zhongmu County, which was only 30 kilometers away from Zhengzhou, and completely dug the Huayuankou embankment, causing the Yellow River to roll down and block the westward advance of the Japanese army.

On June 16, the Japanese army headquarters announced the formation of the 104th Division and the 110th Division, and sent the 110th Division to North China.

At this time, it was only one month after the Japanese army formed the 106th Division and the 116th Division on May 15, and it was only two months and 11 days after the Japanese army announced the restoration of the 15th Division, the 17th Division, and the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd Divisions on April 4.

As this was not the end, due to the lack of troops, the Japanese army soon expanded the North China Garrison Corps into the 27th Division in July, joined the Central China Dispatch Army, and participated in the Battle of Wuhan.

It was precisely because of the vigorous development of guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines in North China that it held back the footsteps of the Japanese North China Front, which prevented it from arbitrarily sending troops south to participate in the war, forcing the Japanese base camp to expand its troops continuously because of insufficient troops!

After the Battle of Wuhan, although the Japanese army captured Wuhan and Guangzhou and won the Battle of Wuhan, their attempt to annihilate the main force of the Chinese army through the Battle of Wuhan went bankrupt, and the Eighth Route Army was in full swing behind the enemy line and flourished, which forced the Japanese army to face up to the reality from top to bottom, stop the pace of frantic attack, and turn back to North China to consolidate the occupied area. The War of Resistance has thus shifted to a stage of strategic stalemate!

The Japanese army has just kicked off the Battle of Wuhan, but the 5th Division of the Strategic Mobile Force, the base camp of the Japanese army, and the 16th Division, the absolute main force of the Second Army of the North China Front Army that participated in the Battle of Wuhan, are deep in North China and travel behind the butt of the previous detachment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army advancing eastward. Needless to say, the base camp of the Japanese army, the headquarters of the Central China Dispatch Army, and the headquarters of the North China Front Army all looked forward to the Fifth Division and the Sixteenth Division being able to quickly eliminate Xiao Siming's division, transfer troops to the south, and participate in the Battle of Wuhan!

The Japanese army is already anxious like a mad dog, Xiao Siming also said that the Fifth Division and the Sixteenth Division will stay in North China for half a month, can it be realized?

After Wang Lushui called back to the division headquarters, headquarters, and Yan'an, the leaders learned that the previous detachment of the eastward advance had won a great victory between Puyang and Qingfeng!

Soon, congratulatory telegrams from the division headquarters, headquarters, and Yan'an arrived, all congratulating the heroic eastward advance detachment on its successive victories and annihilating the Japanese army to become the main force of the Fourth Brigade and Regiment independently!

Probably considering that the eastward advance detachment was born out of a regimental wounded squad and had fought in concert with the troops of the Fourth Division of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region when they were in Yuxian, the headquarters and division headquarters both informed them in their return telegrams that Zhou Jianping, former deputy commander of the 343rd Brigade and commander of the Fourth Division of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, had suffered a recurrence of his old injuries and had died in Xiaojue Town, Pingshan County, Hebei Province.

Xiao Siming and Wang Lushui attacked and occupied the county seat of Yuxian after receiving the enemy at the Zangshan Temple in Yuxian County. At that time, the senior leader I saw was Zhou Jianping, the commander of the Fourth Division. At that time, Zhou Jianping asked for six heavy machine guns and other weapons from Xiao Siming, and reported to Commander Nie that a group of cadres were transferred to Xiao Siming and Wang Lushui from the original 115th Division teaching team, that is, the fourth detachment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. These cadres are now the backbone cadres of the eastward advance detachment!

Chen Yisheng, who cooperated with Xiao Siming and Wang Lushui to form a force to attack and occupy the county seat of Yuxian County, died in Zongai Town, and now Zhou Jianping died of a recurrence of his old injuries, so that Wang Lushui and Xiao Siming, who read the telegram, were red-eyed, you look at me, I look at you, and my mood suddenly became heavy.

Zhou Jianping died on June 13. At that time, Xiao Siming and Wang Lushui led their troops to prepare for an attack on Shijiazhuang, which was not far from Pingshan County, Hebei. Probably considering that they had a major combat mission, the chiefs did not tell them the news of Zhou Jianping's death at that time. Otherwise, before Xiao Siming and Wang Lushui evacuated Shijiazhuang, they would definitely rush to Xiaojue Town, Pingshan County to pay tribute!

Needless to say, Wang Lushui and Zhou Jianping have a direct relationship between superiors and subordinates, and they must have a deep affection.

What about Xiao Siming, when the original red ghost Xiao Siming was studying in the second brigade of the Anti-Japanese University, Zhou Jianping was the captain of the second brigade. It is precisely because of this that as soon as they met in Yuxian County, Zhou Jianping unceremoniously said that all the seizures should be attributed, and they directly asked for heavy machine guns, light machine guns, grenades, medicines, and money, and they didn't see anything else!

Even Xiao Siming, who has crossed his soul, also has feelings for Zhou Jianping. Because Zhou Jianping sincerely supported the work of the independent battalion at that time!

Xiao Siming discussed with Wang Lushui, and in the name of the previous detachment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army advancing eastward, he sent a telegram of condolence to Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, mourning Comrade Zhou Jianping with deep sorrow. Then, Xiao Siming didn't take a break, and wrote an article nostalgic for Zhou Jianping, called "I Recommend Xuanyuan with My Blood", which was sent to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, and Yan'an through the radio.

In this article, Xiao Siming recalled the scene when he first met Zhou Jianping at Kang University, and recalled Zhou Jianping's cordial instructions to him and Wang Lushui after meeting Zhou Jianping in Yuxian County.

The article is not very long, but it is very simple, and there is real feelings between the lines, and it is very touching to read.

At the end of the writing, Xiao Siming wrote: "Since the Eighth Route Army went north to resist Japan, how many comrades-in-arms have died on the battlefield fighting with the Japanese invaders. Commander Zhou Jianping and Comrade Chen Yisheng are the representatives of countless martyrs in our army! As their comrade-in-arms, what reason do I have not to avenge them and fight the little devils? I swear that the Japanese will not surrender unconditionally for a day, and we will not stop fighting for a day! Together with my comrades-in-arms, I will use our blood and steel guns to expel the Japanese invaders from China and defend the sacred and inviolable dignity of the Chinese nation! ”

This is the first time Xiao Siming has written an article after his soul has crossed, and the first time he has shown himself in newspapers and magazines!

In fact, since the news release of the Central News Agency showed the eastward advance detachment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army and Xiao Siming in front of the Chinese people, this heroic unit and their commander Xiao Siming have become famous in the eyes of the Chinese people! It's just that Xiao Siming has always been behind enemy lines, and he was a special operations elite before his soul crossed, and he didn't like publicity, especially not like to be interviewed. Otherwise, I'm afraid his photos would have been flying all over the sky!

Xiao Siming, who had won successive battles, wrote this article because of Zhou Jianping's death, and it was soon published in the newspapers of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. The Xinhua News Agency, renamed by the Red China Society, quickly broadcast it to the whole country!

The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army specially sent Xiao Siming's article to the Military Commission, together with the good news that the Eighth Route Army's eastward advance detachment had annihilated the Japanese army's independent mixed into the main force of the Fourth Brigade.

The Japanese Central China Dispatch Army is attacking along the Yangtze River in the direction of Wuhan, and the Chinese army is blocking the Japanese army along the Yangtze River.

At this time, the good news of the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army annihilating the main force of the Japanese army's independent mixed fourth brigade can undoubtedly greatly boost the morale of the anti-Japanese army and the people, and pour cold water on the little devil's head. Including Xiao Siming's article "I recommend Xuanyuan with my blood" by Zhou Jianping, the ending words are loud, showing the determination and iron will of the Chinese anti-Japanese soldiers to fight the Japanese invaders to the end!

The Central News Agency immediately broadcast the good news that the advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army's eastward advance had set up an ambush between Puyang and Qingfeng and annihilated the Japanese army's independent mixed into the main force of the Fourth Brigade. At the same time, Xiao Siming's article was broadcast!

Not only that, but the Wuhan Office of the Eighth Route Army also held a special press conference to introduce to Chinese and foreign reporters the brilliant achievements made by the Eighth Route Army since it went north to resist Japan!