As soon as Zhang Yunjie's side formed a team, Tong Jiayong rushed over with more than 2,000 prisoners in tattered clothes. Han Yunhua took a closer look at the group of prisoners, these prisoners were clearly different from the soldiers of the Second Army of the Cavalry that Han Yunhua "captured". First of all, in terms of spiritual temperament, these captives rescued by Tong Jiayong are more like soldiers. Although most of them were dressed in tattered clothes and skinny bones, each of them showed an unyielding arrogance and a murderous aura that crawled out of the sea of corpses and blood.

Han Yunhua found that these captives included the regular army of the Kuomintang Party, the troops of local warlords, and some soldiers of the Eighth Route Army in gray military uniforms, looking at the unyielding eyes of these captives, Han Yunhua's eyes moistened.

Tong Jiayong dismounted and saluted Han Yunhua and said loudly: "Report to the commander, our department has already served the devil's prisoner camp, and all the guards of the prisoner camp have been killed by our department. ”

Han Yunhua said: "Fortunately, Jiayong, you go and arrange for the soldiers to eat and rest, and there are more difficult combat tasks waiting for us next." ”

Turning around, Han Yunhua solemnly saluted all the prisoners, and then said loudly: "Brothers, comrades-in-arms, comrades: everyone is happy!" We are a unit of the 77th Independent Brigade of the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and I am the brigade commander Han Yunhua. You have been rescued, and on behalf of the Eighth Route Army, I would like to thank you for your contributions to the country. I dare not say whether Chairman Chiang in Wuhan will remember you, nor will Chairman Mao in Yan'an remember you, but I dare to say that the Chinese nation will remember you in Chinese People's Republic of China, and thousands of Chinese sons and daughters who have the blood of Yan and Huang will remember you. It's not a big deal to be a prisoner, everyone loses the land, and everyone loses the land. You have fought and shed blood for the survival of the country and the independence of the nation, and you are national heroes. On behalf of the Eighth Route Army, I welcome everyone to join our people's army, and if you are not willing to join us, we will send you away and return to your original unit. But whether you are willing to stay in the Eighth Route Army or return to the original army, I want you to remember to be a prisoner once. ”

After mobilization, a total of 2,188 prisoners were willing to join the Eighth Route Army, 1,197 were willing to return to their original units, and 342 were unwilling to eat the army's rice again. Han Yunhua's soldiers who were willing to join the Eighth Route Army carried out an emergency reorganization, and mixed the guard battalion with these newly rescued prisoners to form a complete infantry reinforcement regiment, with the unit number of the Inner Mongolia Military Region Guard Regiment. Yang Hao, the former commander of the guard battalion, served as the regiment commander, and Gao Yuan, the staff officer of the brigade headquarters, served as the political commissar.

That night, Yang Hao led the newly formed guard regiment to camouflage and sneak attack two strongholds in the Devil's Bianguan area, eliminating 523 Japanese soldiers and destroying two Devil's strongholds, and Han Yunhua, who was stationed in the county town of Bianguan, also ambushed the cavalry brigade where the devil went out to strengthen public security, and completely annihilated this cavalry brigade, so that the Japanese army besieging the northwest of Shanxi Province became a four-way army.

Three days after the partial pass was corrected, Han Yunhua left a platoon of soldiers to stay at the partial pass, and the soldiers of the infantry regiment, two cavalry regiments, one fire support battalion, and two special operations brigades under his headquarters marched south in two directions.

The first route was led by Yang Wanlou and the 3rd Cavalry Regiment with the Eagle Special Operations Squadron to attack the devils entrenched in Hequ County to the west, and the second route was to Han Yunhua personally led the 4th Cavalry Regiment, the Guard Regiment, the Fire Support Battalion, and the Cheetah Special Operations Squadron to the south to attack the Japanese troops in Wuzhai.

On March 15, Han Yunhua led his troops to Sancha Fort in the northwest of Wuzhai. At the same time, the 120th Division also completed the siege and annihilation of the Qiantian Wing in Qilan County, due to the obstruction of the artillery of the Kuomintang Zhao Chengshou's department, the 717th Regiment of the 359th Brigade of the 120th Division was unable to completely annihilate the Qiantian Wing's brigade, so that the remnants of the devils fled back to Wuzhai City, and the 717th Regiment also pursued outside Wuzhai City and completed the siege of Wuzhai City.

Due to the strong Wuzhai city wall, ordinary infantry artillery did not pose the slightest threat to the city wall several meters thick, and the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army did not have field heavy artillery, coupled with the mutual support of the devils in Sanchabao, Yijing Town, Hubei, Tianjiayao and other strongholds, the 120th Division was helpless to take the devils in Wuzhai City for a while.

However, Wuzhaicheng's geographical location is very special, it is located in the hinterland of the base area in the northwest of Shanxi Province, it is an important springboard for attacking the base area in the northwest of Shanxi Province, and it is a place where soldiers must fight.

Just as Master He was frowning, the division staff officer came in and reported that Han Yunhua, commander of the Inner Mongolia Military Region and commander of the 77th Independent Brigade, had led his headquarters to Sanchabao, hoping to meet with Master He as soon as possible to discuss the Japanese attack on the counties in the northwest of Shanxi.

For Han Yunhua, a newly rising young general, Master He is no stranger at all, Han Yunhua used to meet Master He every day when he was a guard next to Vice Chairman Zhou, but he didn't expect to see each other in just over a year, but the former Gua Wazi has now become a famous anti-Japanese general, the dignified commander of the military region and the commander of the first brigade. In the words of Mr. Peng, Han Yunhua is a rare brave general and wise general in the Eighth Route Army, and he is a rare senior talent in the Eighth Route Army who is both military and political, and the Independent 77th Brigade is one of the best weapons and equipment, the most types of troops, and the strongest combat effectiveness among all the troops of the Eighth Route Army.

Hearing that the troops of the 77th Independent Brigade had reached the Sanchakou, Master He was itchy and immediately called the guard battalion to set off from Mitsui Town to the Sanchakou.

Mitsui Town is more than 50 kilometers away from the three forks, and it can be reached in two hours at the speed of cavalry.

At about five o'clock in the afternoon of March 15th, Han Yunhua finally met the long-lost idol He Dabeard, and greeted Master He in a valley outside the devil's stronghold at Sanchakou.

Han Yunhua saluted and said excitedly: "Han Yunhua of the 77th Independent Brigade led the officers of his department to report to the chief, and asked the chief for instructions. ”

Master He returned a military salute and said with a smile: "Xiao Huazi, you are now the commander of the military region, I am not much higher than you in terms of official position, I don't dare to be your chief." ”

Han Yunhua said loudly: "On Gong, you are the commander of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and I am the commander of the 77th Independent Brigade, and I am your subordinate. In terms of selfishness, you are my father's hero, and I am your son and nephew, so it is appropriate to call you the chief. ”

Master He laughed and said, "You bastard, you can speak better than before, I love to hear this." Let's go to the tent and talk. ”

In the large military tent, Master He, Han Yunhua, Tong Jiayong, Yang Hao, Jiang Long, Guan Xiangying, director of the Political Training Office of the 120 Division, Gan Siqi, deputy director, and Zhou Shidi, chief of staff, sat on the ground around a military map.

Master He spoke first: "Xiao Huazi, what do you think of the current war situation?" ”

Han Yunhua said: "The overall situation of the war in the northwest of Shanxi has been decided, and it is a matter of time before the devils evacuate from the northwest of Shanxi, at present, Qilan and Mitsui have been conquered by the 120th Division, and Qingshuihe, Biguan and other counties have also been captured by our troops, and at the same time, Wuzhai City is also surrounded by our regiments, and the devils in Hequ County will be annihilated by our department at most tonight. The devils of Shenchi and Ningwu should not be able to support for long under the combined attack of our two departments plus the Yanbei detachment and other departments. Therefore, the devil's plan to besiege the northwest of Jin in five ways this time is destined to come to naught, and the two old devils of Shouichi Terauchi and Pan Liannuma are going crazy. ”

Guan Xiangying, director of the Political Training Office of the 120th Division, said with a smile: "Yunhua, you are very optimistic about the current battle situation?" What do you think about the prospects of the Sino-Japanese war today, and are you as optimistic as this? ”

Han Yunhua thought for a while and said: "On the eve of the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Japan has an absolute advantage in terms of national strength and military strength between China and Japan. In order to extricate itself from the economic crisis and develop the economy, and then realize its long-standing "mainland policy," the Japanese government launched the "Nine. 18. The "Incident" invaded and occupied Northeast China; On the other hand, we should vigorously accelerate the militarization of the national economy and vigorously develop the military industry. According to the latest war report of the Japanese army captured by the 77th Independent Brigade of our country, in 1937, Japan produced 5.8 million tons of steel, 2.39 million tons of pig iron, 1.69 million tons of oil, 6.11 million tons of cement, generated 3.03 million kilowatts of electricity, and its total industrial output value was close to $6 billion, accounting for 80 percent of the national economy. At this time, China was just a big country, a soft-footed behemoth. With a population of 460 million and a territory of 11.42 million square kilometers, China is rich in resources. However, at that time, China was only a weak agricultural country, with a very weak industrial base, and its rich resources could not be fully exploited, with a total output value of only 1.36 billion US dollars, accounting for only 10% of the total national economic output. On such a basis, it is difficult for the military industry to develop. By 1937, only infantry light weapons and small-caliber artillery could be produced, and large-caliber artillery, tanks, automobiles, etc. could not be produced. Airplanes and ships have produced small quantities, but major components and raw materials must be imported. Without the ability to mass-produce, in terms of the needs of war, it is practically equivalent to not being able to manufacture. Speaking of this, Han Yunhua stopped.

Master He said slowly: "Xiao Huazi, according to you, the prospects of China's War of Resistance are not optimistic? ”

Han Yunhua continued: "That's not true, Japan also has its weaknesses, because of its limited territory, some resources, especially some important strategic materials, such as cotton, rubber, wool, lead, zinc and other non-ferrous metal raw materials necessary for the military industry, as well as fuels such as oil and coal, must rely on imports. Japan itself produces only 450,000 tons of iron ore per year, and 600,000 tons from North Korea, which only meets 1/6 of the need, and imports millions of tons from China and Southeast Asia every year. As long as we persist in the struggle, fight a protracted war with the devils, and play a war of attrition with the devils, I think it will not be long before the devils' combat effectiveness will decline significantly. ”

Zhou Shidi, chief of staff of the 120th Division, said: "But our military strength is far inferior to the Japanese army, let's take our Eighth Route Army as an example, not to mention your independent 77th Brigade, the 115th, 120th, and 129th divisions cannot compete with the devil alone, simply put, as long as the devil dispatches more than three divisions to attack our Eighth Route Army, then we may be erased by the Japanese army from the battle sequence of the National Revolutionary Army, what do you think about this." ”

Han Yunhua pondered for a while and didn't speak, just stared at the overall map of China's military and looked at it again and again.

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