At the same time that all units of the Eighth Route Army were swearing to go on the expedition, the Red Army Headquarters made adjustments to Shaanxi's defense, Luo Binghui led the security division to garrison the front line of Guangyuan, Gannan, and Tianshui, Dong Zhentang led the garrison division to garrison Shangluo and Weinan, the 115th Division Reading Brigade was stationed in Xi'an and Xianyang, the 129th Division Reading Brigade was stationed in Yan'an and Tongchuan, and the 120th Division Reading Brigade was stationed in the Yulin area. The main task of the remaining defense units is to prevent the Chinese army from attacking Shaanxi from the direction of Suiyuan and Ningxia, and when necessary, to cross the river to support operations. The three main divisions, as the first batch of troops to cross the river to participate in the battle, each led two regular brigades to the front. The instructors and reading teachers all went to the front line, but because the two divisions belonged to the local security forces of the Shaanxi Anti-Japanese Special Zone of the Republic of China, and did not belong to the battle sequence of the Eighth Route Army, they still needed to further consult with the Second Theater to cross the river to participate in the battle, so they were assembled near Hancheng as the second batch of troops to cross the river to participate in the battle.

After the defense adjustment, the 115th Division, as the vanguard of the Eighth Route Army, crossed the river on August 30 and took a train north to Jinbei in Linfen. The 129th and 120th Divisions also crossed the Yellow River around September 10.

Liu Yimin had no choice but to watch the 115th, 129th, and 120th divisions cross the river on the pontoon bridge they had built, and complained in his heart that the chairman's words didn't count, and he didn't let himself be the vanguard, and scolded Chiang Kai-shek for being a bastard, and didn't give the regular establishment of the Red Seventh Army that could fight well, and scolded Yan Xishan without opening his eyes, don't you know that his instructor is very capable of fighting?

remembered what was said in the later TV series "Bright Sword", Li Yunlong's ministry did not have a regular number at that time, and the river defense troops of the Jin Sui Army were not allowed to cross the river, and Li Yunlong forced the Jin Sui Army to sentry with a machine gun to let his troops pass. Liu Yimin couldn't help but want to disarm the river defense troops of the Jin Sui Army, and then strode north to resist. But after thinking about it, forget it, he is not a small soldier now, nor is he a small regimental commander, but a mentor with a heavy army, and this thing of disobeying military orders and clashing with friendly troops is not what he should do. Besides, they are all soldiers, and they all have loaded bullets in their hands, if you dare to force it, it will inevitably cause the gun to go wrong. What time is it? It is said that the devils have been killed at the doorstep, and the front-line soldiers are desperately bleeding, but they can't create conflicts.

In fact, Liu Yimin didn't know that Yan Xishan was moving troops everywhere at this time, and he didn't care what regular number or local security force number, and there was no reason not to let his instructor go to the front line. It's just that in Yan Xishan's impression, this Liu Yimin is not easy to mess with, and he can use any means, for fear that after defeating the devil, Liu Yimin will not leave Shanxi, dig three feet into the ground, and move away all the military factories and other things, so that the instructor will not be allowed to enter Shanxi, and he will not be able to go to the front line with even the reading master. If Liu Yimin knew that it was his notoriety that caused the trouble, I don't know what he would think.

Vice Chairman Zhou and Mr. Peng had already crossed the river in advance and met with Yan Xishan in Taiyuan, where they determined the operational principle that the Eighth Route Army would not be responsible for frontal operations and should deploy flanks to attack the enemy. This principle was also established by Vice Chairman Zhou and President Zhu during their last interview with Chiang Kai-shek.

According to the operational principle of the Eighth Route Army set by the Central Military Commission, it is a combination of guerrilla warfare in the mountains behind enemy lines and mobile warfare. [***] is the following conclusion: In the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, due to the huge disparity in strength between the enemy and us, the primary task is to mobilize and arm the people, and only by mobilizing the people with arms, fighting the people's war in a big way, and fighting a protracted war against the enemy, can we finally win the victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan.

On September 12, the Military Committee of the Nationalist Axe issued an order to rename the Eighth Route Army as the Eighteenth Group Army.

Liu Yimin couldn't sit still anymore, he knew that at this time, the Chinese soldiers in the Songhu battlefield in Shanghai were fighting desperately with the devils, and the fierce battle was raging in the northern part of Jin, and the Battle of Pingxingguan had begun. If you continue to sit and wait like this, then the devil will occupy Datong, break the Pingxing Pass, and Niangzi Pass, capture Xinkou, and take Taiyuan as in history.

Liu Yimin called [***] again to ask for war, and called Zhou, Zhu, and Peng, asking to negotiate with Yan Xishan as soon as possible and arrange for the instructor to rush to the front line of the resistance.

Luo Ronghuan saw that Liu Yimin couldn't sit down in a hurry, so he smiled and asked him if he couldn't hold his breath?

Liu Yimin said: "Political commissar, the situation in northern Shanxi is not optimistic. Now on the surface, our army has a lot of troops in northern Shanxi, but it belongs to several systems, which is the most taboo in the battle. If all of them are our Eighth Route Army, although Xiao Yueben is strong, it may be difficult to pass through the natural danger in northern Jin. Now they are all miscellaneous armies, and the enemy is the most elite Sakata Division of the Yue Army, with strong firepower, and I am afraid that the Yue Army will soon break through our army's defense line. ”

Zeng Zhongsheng on the side took a puff of cigarette and said in a muffled voice: "The Fifth Division of Banyuan unexpectedly rushed to Pingxingguan, Yan Xishan's plan to organize a battle in Datong completely failed, the Yanmen Pass heavy army group became a useless army, and Pingxingguan was extremely empty, Yan Xishan had to return to the division to defend Pingxingguan. As a result, Datong was captured by the Chahar Corps sent by the army on the 13th. Yan Xishan's old classmate was not simple, and he hit Yan Xishan's vital point all of a sudden. Fortunately, the terrain of Pingxingguan is dangerous, and the Jin Sui Army is fighting to protect the family, and with the cooperation of our 115th and 129th divisions, we should be able to hold each other for a while. ”

According to history, the Battle of Pingxingguan will end soon, but now the strength of the 115th Division is strong, and Liu Bocheng is a master of the art of war, maybe he can inflict heavy losses on the army in Pingxingguan and dispel his attempt to go south to capture Taiyuan! However, he also knew that no matter whether it was [***], [***], or Liu Bocheng, he would never put the troops on the frontal position to be bombed. I'm afraid it's still the same as in history, ambushing the enemy on the flanks and in the rear. In this case, relying on the Jin Sui Army and the Shaanxi Army alone, they will definitely not be able to hold their positions. This is not to say that their combat effectiveness is not good, but that the enemy's air superiority and firepower are too fierce, even if the 115th Division is pulled up and fought out, it may not be able to hold it. This war of resistance is not an overnight thing, and it is the biggest fool to fight the backbone at this time.

Thinking of this, Liu Yimin said: "The loss of the Pingxingguan line is only a matter of time, and no matter how strong the fortifications are, they can't withstand the bombing of aerial bombs." We now have to think about what to do after the fall of Taiyuan, this war of resistance will have to be fought for a period of time, and we must continue to consume the enemy and strengthen ourselves in the middle of the war of resistance. There are so many issues to consider. ”

Luo Ronghuan received: "Yes, it is still [***] to say that it is necessary to establish a base area behind enemy lines and mobilize the masses to fight against the Yuekou, so that we can finally win the war." ”

Liu Yimin stopped talking and led a few people to study the map.

On September 28, the headquarters reported the news of the 115th Division's victory at Pingxingguan. The cadres and soldiers of the instructors and reading divisions who were on standby near Hancheng were greatly encouraged, and the letters of war and determination flew to the division headquarters like snowflakes. The people near the station even set off firecrackers and twisted Yangge.

In this battle, our 115th Division chose favorable terrain to set up an ambush, and annihilated more than 1,500 enemies, none of whom escaped the net, none of whom were captured, and our army suffered more than 1,200 casualties.

After reading the telegram, Liu Yimin gasped. With such good terrain, the current strength and firepower of the 115th Division are not the same as in history, and the casualties are so large. The combat effectiveness of this Fifth Division is not ordinarily strong, if they are allowed to deploy their forces and attack under the cover of fire, the casualties of the 115th Division will probably be even greater. The only consolation is that a small number of enemies escaped from the Pingxingguan ambush in history, and none of them escaped this time.

Sure enough, the headquarters soon sent another analysis of the battle, in which [***] believed that it was impossible to confront the Japanese army head-on, and it was necessary to carry out guerrilla warfare in the mountains.

can make such a big change in the understanding of [***] who likes sports warfare and annihilation warfare, Liu Yimin knows that it is because the casualties brought by the army to our army have stimulated [***].

On 3 October, Mr. Zhu sent a telegram informing him that our army had retreated on 2 October, that the Battle of Pingxingguan had ended, and that our 120th, 115th, and 129th divisions had been deployed behind enemy lines to actively harass the enemy. At the same time, he ordered the instructors and reading teachers to mobilize quickly and wait for the order to reinforce Shanxi.

Liu Yimin was silent, took off his military hat and bowed to the north, dedicating himself to the heroes who fought with the enemy in Pingxingguan and died generously. He knew that in the Battle of Pingxingguan, except for the old Red Army sacrificed by the 115th Division, Jiang Yuzhen's brigade that guarded Yuanping and bought time for the defense of Pingxingguan was all killed; Cheng Jixian's regiment, which guarded Harrier Stream, fought repeatedly with the enemy, and all the regiment was killed; In the end, when the position was broken through by the enemy, the brigade commander Liang Jiantang led the last battalion of 300 people to pounce, and no one survived.

Zeng Zhao also sent 100 rocket launchers, 4,000 Bayi automatic rifles, 200 Bayi light machine guns, and a large amount of ammunition, as well as infantry directional mines and antitank mines developed in accordance with Liu Yimin's requirements.

Liu Yimin sent a telegram to Zeng Zhao, reiterating that he would no longer produce guns without an order in the future, and would concentrate on the production of shells, bullets, grenades, mines, and explosive packs. Then, all bazookas were assigned to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd brigades and cavalry brigades, and rifles were all armed with the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd brigades.

On October 15, Chiang Kai-shek finally agreed to Zhou Enlai's proposal and ordered the reorganization of all units of the Southern Red Army into the New Fourth Army, appointing Ye Ting as the commander and Xiang Ying as the deputy commander.

On November 2, the Battle of Xinkou was forced to end the Battle of Xinkou and return to Taiyuan due to the breakthrough of Niangzi Pass on the Eastern Front.

Yan Xishan remembered Zhou Enlai and Zhu De's suggestions at this time, and remembered Liu Yimin, who fought He Jian's three divisions in one regiment, and soon this Shanxi will become his own, are you still afraid that Liu Yimin will dig three feet into the ground? As a result, our commander of the Second Theater, Yan Xishan, finally sent an urgent telegram to [***], imploring [***] to send additional powerful troops to fight in Jin to support the Shanxi battlefield, and asked General Liu Yimin to lead his troops into Jin for reinforcements.

After receiving Yan Xishan's telegram, [***] laughed secretly in his heart, this Yan Laoxi only woke up now, if Liu Yimin had been allowed to go to the battlefield earlier, I am afraid that the Battle of Pingxingguan and the Battle of Xinkou would not have ended like this. If you have today, why bother in the first place? Look, for such a long time, I have been letting the tutor be on standby in Hancheng, and Liu Yimin is going crazy!

After thinking about it again and again, Liu Yimin felt that Liu Yimin would not carry out the spirit of mountain guerrilla warfare decided by the central authorities, and what he liked was asymmetrical warfare and special warfare, and he liked to annihilate them completely, so that no enemy would slip through the net. If this is indifferent to the Kuomintang army, the soldiers' will to fight is very ordinary, and they are naturally not the opponents of Liu Yimin's troops. But this army is different, according to [***] report, the army will not surrender to death, and will destroy weapons before dying, and the idea will die with our soldiers. For the first time since the establishment of the Red Army, it has encountered such a formidable opponent! In addition, they have so many planes, so powerful artillery fire, and so strong soldiers' tactical movements, shooting skills, and stabbing ability, they can't be brutal! The fact that the casualties in the ambush battle of the 115th Division were so large speak for themselves. You have to beat Liu Yimin and let him not be overconfident and too risky. You know, his instructor is one-third of the Red Army's troops, and he can't afford to lose!

[***] sent a long telegram to Liu Yimin, analyzing the situation of the enemy and us after the Battle of Xinkou, and pointed out that in the ambush of the 115th Division at Pingxingguan, the fighting will of the heavy troops of the army was so strong, and they must be careful when encountering their elite. Reiterating the spirit of the Central Committee in waging guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, creating base areas behind enemy lines, and developing and strengthening the Eighth Route Army, the order must be conveyed to cadres at and above the battalion level. He told Liu Yimin that as a senior general and senior cadre, he must consider the overall situation in everything and must not be carried away by hatred for the enemy. Finally, [***] encouraged Liu Yimin to lead the instructor to the front line, to the rear of the enemy, to resolutely eliminate the Yuekou, and set an example for the whole nation to resist the Japanese.

At two o'clock in the afternoon of November 6, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army ordered the instructors and readers to immediately dispatch to quickly cross the Yellow River and enter the Jin Dynasty to fight. The instructor can advance to the front line of Taiyuan Pingyao and have the right to read. The reader is on standby at the front line in Fenyang.

After receiving the order, Liu Yimin immediately ordered Zeng Zhongsheng to lead the reconnaissance battalion, special operations brigade, and cavalry brigade to be the vanguard of the whole division and set off immediately. Cai Zhong was ordered to lead the 1st, 4th, and 7th Brigades as the second echelon, and he and Luo Ronghuan led the 2nd, 5th, 6th, artillery, and regimental troops as the third echelon, and ordered Li Qing to lead the 3rd Brigade to serve as the rear guard of the whole army. The whole division marched at night, camped during the day, and entered Jin in concealment. Combat goal: to find and annihilate the elite part of the Yue Army near Taiyuan, and then continue to fight to expand the results.

After the order was issued, the brigades moved quickly, and Zeng Zhongsheng took the lead, leading the vanguard to step on the pontoon bridge and cross the Yellow River. Then, Cai Zhong led the second echelon to start crossing the river. By the time Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan led the third echelon to cross the river, it was already 5 o'clock in the afternoon.

The 2nd Brigade, the 5th Brigade, the 6th Brigade, the Artillery Brigade, the Heavy Machine Gun Regiment, the Engineer Regiment, the Guard Regiment, the Baggage Regiment, the military technicians who accompanied the army, and the instructors and students of the aviation major of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University led by Feng Dafei, watched the troops walk in front of them, people shouted with joy, stepped on the pontoon bridge, and walked onto the land of Sanjin on the other side, Liu Yimin asked Luo Ronghuan with a smile: "Political commissar, do you have any ideas?" ”

Luo Ronghuan sighed and said, "I'm wondering, if Sakata knew that such a force had entered Shanxi at this moment, would he run away quickly?" ”

Liu Yimin laughed and shouted: "Xiao Yueben, your grandfather Liu is here!" So he galloped to the pontoon.

Luo Ronghuan also laughed, and rushed to the pontoon bridge with the guards.

(To be continued)