After Xiao Siming finished speaking unhurriedly, Zheng Xiuchuan suddenly understood, stretched out his hand and slapped himself on the head, saying that it was getting longer and longer, and he was kicked in the head by a donkey, and he didn't understand such a simple reason. No problem, he will make arrangements, explain the reason clearly to the regiments, and ask the commander and political commissar to rest assured that there will be no mistakes!

Xiao Siming explained to Zheng Xiuchuan: "Our artillery regiment and heavy machine gun battalion have no shortage of artillery and heavy machine guns, nor do they lack gunners, machine gun shooters, and observers, but what they lack is auxiliary forces to carry ammunition. With these recruits, artillery regiments and heavy machine gun battalions will be able to use captured artillery and heavy machine guns, and our firepower will be greatly enhanced! Lao Zheng, you tell the artillery commander Zhao Xiuchuan and the heavy machine gun battalion commander Mu Guangyao to ensure that all artillery can fire and all heavy machine guns can fire! Do you understand? ”

Zheng Xiuchuan saluted with a "snap": "Understood!" ”

Xiao Siming turned to ask Hu Qingyun: "Has the Japanese army moved into the Fourth Brigade independently?" ”

Hu Qingyun reported: "The reconnaissance battalion reported that the Japanese army had moved independently into the Fourth Brigade, but it only turned from the Zhanghe River to the Weihe River to the south, and put on a defensive position to the south. ”

Xiao Siming thought for a while, and explained to Hu Qingyun: "Report to Wang Quanyou, and closely monitor the movements of the Fourth Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade." ”

Hu Qingyun replied: "Yes!" ”

Xiao Siming stood up, walked to the map, examined it for a while, and compared it with his hand on the Pinghan Road and highway from Xingtai to Anyang and Xinxiang for a while, and then said without looking back: "Political commissar, Lao Hu, Lao Zheng, I judge that the independent mixed fourth brigade is waiting, one is waiting for the independent mixed third brigade from Linqing and Liaocheng to the south, or the main force of the 21st Division in Dezhou will advance to the south as long as they meet, at least to Puyang City, where we are located, so that Only then can the Japanese army completely block the passage for our army to withdraw from Chenqiao to the east! Another one, after waiting for the Fifth Division and the Sixteenth Division to arrive in Anyang and Xinxiang, seal the westward retreat of our army, and then crush Fengqiu! ”

This is completely possible, Wang Lushui, Hu Qingyun, and Zheng Xiuchuan all nodded!

Xiao Siming continued: "Let's calculate, the 5th and 16th Divisions of the Japanese Army concentrated on Pinghan Road last night, and they should be out in the morning. The Fifth Division is a mechanized division, and there are many cars, so it should have already crossed Xingtai and Handan to Anyang at this time, and may even have rushed to Xinxiang. The 16th Division had few vehicles, but the railway from Gaoyi on Pinghan Road to Anyang and Xinxiang was unimpeded, and part of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army could transport troops by rail and advance with the 5th Division. It is likely that after the main force arrives in Handan, it will turn east and establish contact with the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade. In other words, tomorrow, the Japanese army will pull a net on the northern Henan Plain. After the Japanese army on the front line of Weihe was independently mixed into the 4th Brigade and received the support of the 16th Division, that is, after the 5th Division and the 16th Division blocked the Anyang to Xinxiang section of Pinghan Road and blocked the westward retreat channel of our army, they went south with the 16th Division to block the transfer channel of our army to Luxi and southern Hebei. Coupled with the main force of the 3rd Brigade and the 21st Division, which may arrive independently, the Japanese army will be able to reach the Yellow River Bridge of the Pinghan Railway from Anyang and Xinxiang in the west to the Yellow River Bridge of the Pinghan Railway, and from Handan to Daming in the north to the Yellow River in Fanxian County. ”

Hu Qingyun said: "Aren't the Japanese troops afraid that we will evacuate overnight last night and cross the Pinghan Road to the west and enter the Taihang Mountains this evening? ”

Xiao Siming replied: "The Japanese army is not afraid. Because we are going west into the mountains, as long as the Japanese army blocks the passages, we will not be able to fly over the mountains! Even if we rush over, the vast Taihang Mountain is not suitable for our heavy equipment troops to maneuver and conceal! ”

When he said this, Xiao Siming took out a cigarette, lit it and smoked it, pondered for a moment, and said: "Actually, if we can really force us back to Taihang Mountain, the Japanese army will be considered to have achieved part of its goal!" ”

Wang Lushui immediately said: "Our task is to advance eastward!" We must not return to Taihang Mountain! ”

Xiao Siming took another puff of cigarette and said a little depressedly: "Now even if you want to return to Taihang Mountain, you can't do it!" ”

This is the truth, as long as the 5th and 16th Divisions of the Japanese Army arrive in Anyang and Xinxiang, the passage for the eastward advance detachment to retreat west will be completely blocked, and it is really impossible to withdraw to Taihang Mountain!

In the west, there is a fifth division and a part of the 16th division of the Japanese army, and in the north, the main force of the Japanese army is independently mixed into the 4th Brigade, the 3rd Brigade, the 21st Division and the 16th Division, and the Japanese army can really pull up a blockade line from Handan on the Pinghan Road to the Yellow River in Luxifan County.

Wang Lushui and Hu Qingyun were anxious, because judging from the current situation, Xiao Siming's analysis was definitely reasonable. In case the advance detachment of the eastward advance was encircled by the Japanese army. If so many munitions and materials can't be transported to the river, the troops will really be in great danger!

Wang Lushui immediately said: "The troops should be ordered to bury the captured materials on the spot and prepare for battle!" ”

There's no way around it!

Xiao Siming shook his head and looked indifferent: "There are no eggs under the nest!" As long as the position of our army is exposed, even if we break through and leave, the little devils will dig three feet into the ground here. The munitions and materials are buried in the ground here, which is equivalent to returning them to the devils. The Japanese army is not stupid, they know that if we break through, it will be impossible to take away so many arms and materials! ”

Wang Lushui was anxious, and opened his mouth and said: "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, what do you say?" Do you want us to detonate the captured ammunition and fuel? I don't agree! ”

At this moment, Wang Lushui's majesty as a political commissar and secretary of the Military and Political Committee of the Eastward Advance Detachment was reflected. He doesn't agree, it's definitely not going to work!

If it is really to detonate arms and oil, not only Wang Lushui will not agree, but Hu Qingyun and Zheng Xiuchuan will also resolutely oppose it!

Not to mention Xiao Siming, where can the arms and materials he worked so hard to capture be detonated!

Seeing that Wang Lushui was a little excited, Hu Qingyun and Zheng Xiuchuan also had swollen black and red faces, and they looked like they were going to quarrel, Xiao Siming couldn't help laughing.

Wang Lushui was embarrassed by this smile, and understood that he was too excited. Who is Xiao Siming, and where is it possible to detonate the captured ammunition and oil?

Wang Lushui said, "What do you think?" Hurry up and say it, let's discuss it, we have to rush for time, we can't afford to delay! ”

Hu Qingyun and Zheng Xiuchuan all looked at Xiao Siming with blank eyes, looking forward to Xiao Siming, who led the troops to create miracles repeatedly, to lead the troops to create miracles again!

Xiao Siming didn't sell Guanzi, but changed the topic and asked Wang Lu how the progress of the bridge building equipment was going?

Wang Lushui said that Sun Zhicheng, commander of the engineer battalion, Tong Ming, instructor, and Meng Decai, deputy commander of the battalion, all found a ferry boat and several fishing boats at the Guantai ferry, intercepted several cargo boats, mobilized some door panels from the villagers' homes, and were preparing to build a pontoon bridge. It's just that now that the enemy situation has changed so much, it will not work to implement the plan to transport supplies from the Guantai ferry!

Xiao Siming asked why it didn't work?

Wang Lushui said bluntly: "Do you still need to ask? The Japanese army is advancing too fast, what if we are building a pontoon bridge, or are passing through it, and the Japanese army arrives? That's too much loss! ”

Xiao Siming shook his head, disapproving, and said: "There is only one wing of the 14th Division of the Japanese Army in southwest Lu, and those who remain in this area are not only the Sulu-Yu detachment expanded by our 685th Regiment, our new regiment, but also the ** troops. As long as you are determined to stop the Japanese army, not to mention much, it is absolutely no problem to drag the Japanese army for a day or two! ”

Wang Lushui asked rhetorically: "What should the Japanese army do after it is mixed into the 3rd Brigade and the 13th Brigade?" Isn't the Suluyu detachment very dangerous? ”

It turned out that Wang Lushui was reluctant to let the Sulu-Yu detachment of the 685th Regiment of the old Red Army suffer heavy losses, and he was unwilling to let the Sulu-Yu detachment and the little devils fight hard!

Xiao Siming smiled proudly: "Just with these little devils, not to mention that the Suluyu detachment is now 7ooo people, it is more than 17oo people in the 685 regiment when they set out on the expedition, and the little devils don't want to eat the 685 regiment!" The 685th Regiment adapted from the Second Red Division, which was vegetarian? Don't say anything, political commissar, you immediately go and report to Captain Peng and Political Commissar Wu, immediately organize and mobilize troops and the masses, destroy highways and roads, and when the little devils catch up, concentrate their firepower and retreat, fight every step, and don't fight to the death with the Japanese army! As long as they delay the Japanese army tomorrow for a day and two nights, and before dawn the day after tomorrow, they can withdraw from the battle and move! ”

Zheng Xiuchuan immediately echoed: "Our eastward advance detachment was born from the 685th Regiment, and the 685th Regiment is our maiden home!" At a critical time, you still have to rely on the help of the old troops! The sluggish little devil for a day and two nights is absolutely no problem for the now grown 685 regiment! ”

Wang Lushui hesitated for a moment and asked Xiao Siming: "Are you sure that we can complete the transfer of arms and materials by tomorrow night?" ”

Xiao Siming nodded: "Sure!" ”

Wang Lushui said again: "Xiao Siming, you are the commander now, not the red ghost you were back then." You have to calculate clearly, even if we build a bridge tonight, the Japanese planes will appear early tomorrow morning, and they will immediately strafe and bomb, which will not only be fruitless, but will also expose the position of the main force of our army, which is a great danger! ”

Xiao Siming looked resolute and resisted: "During the Long March, we climbed mountains and waded through waters, were we afraid of Chiang Kai-shek's plane? ”

Wang Lushui said that it was different, the strength of the air force was much worse than that of the Japanese army, and it was not a concept at all! As long as the Japanese army now has our army erecting a pontoon bridge over the Yellow River, a large group of planes will arrive, and they will immediately say that the scene of blood flowing into a river will be heard!