After the flag-awarding ceremony of the Deping Independent Regiment, Wang Lushui and Xiao Siming stopped at Yidu for two days to assist Xu Zhongyang, Cao Zhendong, and Zhao Huanwen in reorganizing the troops. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Cao Zhen's eastern base was the security and police forces of Deping County, and small armed forces from all over Deping were gathered. For this reason, the troops of about 2,000 people were divided into several regiments, each of which was about 500 people.

After the reorganization, the Deping Independent Regiment, in accordance with the composition pattern of the units of the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army, consisted of the first, second, and third battalions, and the regimental headquarters directly administered the guard platoon, reconnaissance platoon, communications platoon, engineer company, baggage company, and machine gun company.

The only pity is that the Deping Independent Regiment did not have heavy weapons, and the machine gun company had only three Czech light machine guns!

Looking at the equipment of the guard battalion and the cavalry battalion that Wang Lushui brought and the cavalry battalion that was dispatched, Xu Zhongyang and Cao Zhendong's eyes were hot, and they begged Xiao Siming if they could transfer a few heavy machine guns and a few grenadiers to the Deping Independent Regiment.

Xiao Siming said that there was no need, because the equipment of all units of the Eighth Route Army was captured from the enemy, and the advance detachment of the whole eastward march of tens of thousands of men and horses had never received a dime, a gun, or a single bullet from their superiors, but on the contrary, they also handed over weapons, ammunition, food, medicine, and funds to their superiors. After the Deping Independent Regiment completes its training, it can be put into battle, and as long as it fights, it will have all the Type 92 heavy machine guns, Type 92 infantry guns, and grenadiers.

Xu Zhongyang and Cao Zhendong were stunned when they heard it, and felt that what Xiao Siming said was better than what he sang, if the little devil was so easy to fight, Beiping and Tianjin would not be lost!

Xiao Siming then said that there are more people in the Eighth Route Army who can be division commanders, brigade commanders, and regiment commanders, but there are no people who open their mouths to ask their superiors for supplies, weapons and ammunition! Commander Xu and Commander Cao should not be the ones who rely on reaching out to their superiors, otherwise they won't be able to pull a team of 2,000 people!

Hearing this, Xu Zhongyang and Cao Zhendong finally grinned!

Although Xu Zhongyang and Cao Zhendong were reluctant to let the Eighth Route Army send military cadres to them, hoping to control the operational command in their own hands, the troops were reorganized after all. The Eighth Route Army not only sent 50,000 yuan of legal currency, 300 rifles, and 30,000 rounds of ammunition issued by the Bank of China and the Bank of Communications, but also sent Zhao Huanwen, director of the Political Department, and instructors, deputy instructors, instructors, and deputy instructors of various battalions and companies.

The number of political work cadres sent to the Deping Independent Regiment was drawn from the eastward advance detachment and the 31st detachment, and the number was not very large, one battalion was eight people, and a radio station was also brought with it, with a total number of 40 people.

The Jilu border base was founded, and there was an extreme shortage of cadres, and 40 cadres could be given to Deping independently, Wang Lushui and Xiao Siming were indeed bloody, and there was only one purpose, that is, to completely master the reorganized Deping Independent Regiment.

Since Zhao Huanwen has been engaged in underground work for a long time, and he has just arrived in the Jilu border, he is not particularly familiar with our army's rectification work system, and Wang Lushui's two-day stay in the Deping Independent Regiment was mainly to give Zhao Huanwen a make-up lesson, telling him what is the branch building in the company, what is the grievance campaign, and so on!

In these two short days, Xiao Siming personally led the cavalry battalion, the guard battalion and the troops of the Deping Independent Regiment to dock, organize and carry out grievance complaints, and lay a solid foundation for the cadres sent to the Deping Independent Regiment.

Two days was only a short moment in the human growth river, but for the cadres and soldiers of the Deping Independent Regiment, it was the most unforgettable period of time. In these two days, the Eighth Route Army opened a window in front of them!

This window, once opened, is very difficult for anyone to close again!

Two days later, on May 3, Wang Lushui, secretary of the Jilu Border Military and Political Committee of the Eighth Route Army and political commissar of the Eastward Advance Detachment, and Xiao Siming, deputy secretary of the Hebei-Lu Border Military and Political Committee and commander of the Eastward Advance Detachment, issued the first operational order to the newly established Deping Independent Regiment: recover Deping County!

Deping County is a small county, but it is a strategic point connecting the surrounding five counties and leading from northern Lubei to southern Jinnan. After the Japanese army occupied Deping, they set up a stronghold in Deping County.

What is ironic is that the Japanese army has only two devil soldiers in Deping County, commanding about a company of Imperial Army.

The Japanese puppet army has this point of strength, Cao Zhen's anti-Japanese slogans in the east have been expanded to 2,000 people, and they have also initiated the establishment of the "North China Anti-Japanese National Salvation Alliance", which did not attack Deping County, where two devil soldiers and a company of the Imperial Association Army were stationed, and they were at peace with the Japanese puppets, which was simply a shame!

This kind of thing, where can Xiao Siming and Wang Lushui tolerate it? Therefore, as soon as the Deping Independent Regiment was reorganized, the two of them ordered the Deping Independent Regiment to recover Deping County.

Xu Zhongyang and Cao Zhendong were a little embarrassed, and came to Wang Lushui and Xiao Siming, saying that Deping City has a city wall, and the stronghold of the Japanese puppet army has turrets and fortifications, and the strong attack will definitely not be able to take it!

Wang Lushui replied that if it was difficult to attack, he would use his brains more and organize troops to use the cover of the night to sneak into the city, and seize the county seat with the outside and the inside!

Cao Zhendong didn't know what to think, so he asked another question, saying that it was simple to take Deping City, what if the Japanese reinforcements from Jinan and Dezhou came up? Don't defeat Deping City, but attract the crazy revenge of the Japanese puppet army in Jinan and Dexian County, then the gains outweigh the losses!

This is the true thought of Cao Zhendong's heart!

It's not that Cao Zhen doesn't have the strength to recover Deping City in the east, but they are worried that after recovering Deping City, they will incur retaliation from the Japanese puppet army in Jinan and Dexian! It seems that in Cao Zhendong's heart, it is best for the two families to be safe!

Xiao Siming was furious, slapped the table and yelled at Xu Zhongyang and Cao Zhendong: "If you are afraid of the devil's revenge, you won't recover Deping City?" Are you fighting against Japan or are you in fornication with the Japanese puppet army? The Imperial Allied Army with two little devils and a company has fortifications that can block the attack of 2,000 troops of the Deping Independent Regiment? Don't say anything, take Deping City, I think you are the Eighth Route Army of the Anti-Japanese Army; If you can't take Deping City, Lao Tzu will withdraw your editor! Disband the Deping Independent Regiment by force! ”

Only then did Xu Zhongyang and Cao Zhendong know that Xiao Siming, who looked young and immature, turned out to be so powerful, and he was really like a mountain!

There is no way, if you accept the reorganization of the Eighth Route Army, you have to obey the orders of Commander Xiao and Political Commissar Wang!

Xu Zhongyang and Cao Zhendong had no choice but to reorganize the troops and drive to Deping City!

What Xu Zhongyang and Cao Zhendong didn't expect was that Xiao Siming was not as simple as just giving orders, but personally led the cavalry battalion and guard battalion to fight in coordination with the Deping Independent Regiment, which was equivalent to Xiao Siming personally commanding the recovery of Deping County!

This time, Xiao Siming did not transfer artillery to participate, and all the heavy weapons were only heavy machine guns and grenadiers of the guard battalion and cavalry battalion!

This is not Xiao Siming's underestimation of the enemy, but two devils, the One Hundred and Ten Emperor Army, it is not worth his use of artillery and waste of precious shells!

However, Xiao Siming fights and is used to fighting skillfully, and will not fight for casualties. No, when the troops arrived near Deping City, Xiao Siming took Xu Zhongyang, Cao Zhendong, Zhang Guangdi, Dong Jingting and other cadres of the Deping Independent Regiment and cadres of the guard battalion and cavalry battalion to observe the terrain of Deping City and the fortifications of the Japanese puppet army's stronghold, and formulated a combat plan.

At 3 o'clock in the morning on May 4, gunshots rang out at the north, east and west gates of Deping City at the same time. The three battalions of the Deping Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army attacked the three city gates respectively.

The Japanese puppet army stationed in Deping City was stunned for a moment, and they didn't know why Cao Zhendong, who had been at peace all along, suddenly came to attack the county seat.

The Japanese puppet army must have known that the enemy could not be allowed to enter the city, so they immediately divided their troops to strengthen the defense of the city gate and shoot at the attacking troops.

At this time, Xiao Siming personally led the cavalry battalion and guard battalion of the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army to the south gate of Deping City.

Knowing that Xiao Siming personally led the team to break the city, Xu Zhongyang and Cao Zhendong were so surprised that their eyes were about to fall out. In particular, Mi Qingyun, a celebrity in Deping's education circles, specially went to Wang Lushui and kindly reminded him, saying that Xiao Siming, as the commander of the eastward advance detachment and the commander of the first army, just sit in command, and there is no need to take risks in person.

Mi Qingyun means that the bullet does not have long eyes, in case Xiao Siming has any accident, the loss is too great!

Wang Lushui originally did not agree with Xiao Siming personally leading the team to break the city, but in order to win cleanly and neatly, he left an impression of our army being majestic and invincible to the cadres and soldiers of the newly reorganized Deping Independent Regiment, so he agreed to Xiao Siming's going.

When Mi Qingyun said this, Wang Lushui could only smile, and then said a meaningful sentence: "Anti-Japanese resistance cannot sit and talk about it, cadres must take the lead in attacking!" ”

Mi Qingyun went back and told Xu Zhongyang, Cao Zhendong, Zhang Guangdi, and Dong Jingting what Wang Lushui said, and several people were silent. After a long time, Zhang Guangdi burst out with a sentence: "This Eighth Route Army is not easy to do, you have to sacrifice your life!" Commander Xiao is also a desperate San Lang! ”

The others didn't echo it, they were all thinking about it!

The sound of kicking and trampling horses' hooves shattered the dreams of the Japanese puppet army stationed in Deping City!

The cadres and soldiers of the cavalry battalion are all veterans drawn from various units and have rich combat experience. When entering the city, battalion commander Liu Zhaoming, instructor Ma Ming, and deputy battalion commander Wu Peng led a company around Matou to the east, west, and north gates, where the gunfire was dense.

The guard battalion has just been expanded, and it is a combination of the 200-man contingent of the former guard company and Zhang Ceping's second time, and it is still in the period of training. This time, the guard battalion escorted Wang Lushui to Deping, and Xiao Siming directly sent them to the battlefield and used them as the main force.

Tactics and tactics have been trained, but there are many recruits in the guard battalion, and they are inexperienced when they first come to the battle formation. However, the original guard company was all veterans who fought all the way from the Tibetan Mountain Temple to the Jilu border, and the old and the new were the most suitable for this kind of small-scale attack battle.

Chen Desheng, the commander of the guard battalion, led the whole battalion, followed Xiao Siming's horse, and with a company of the cavalry battalion led by Liu Zhaoming, he pounced on the north gate of Deping City, where the Japanese puppet stronghold was located.

At this time, the Japanese puppet army was desperately shooting out on the city wall, in the turret, and in the pillbox, where could they have thought that the Eighth Route Army had entered the city and was behind them? (To be continued.) )