Chapter 239: The Second Battle of Saibei (1)
Just when the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army was formulating the combat plan of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, the telegraph operator ran in quickly and said loudly: "Report, the Inner Mongolia Military Region is in an emergency." After speaking, he handed Commander-in-Chief Zhu a telegram.
Commander-in-Chief Zhu knew that the telegram sent by the Inner Mongolia Military Region at this time must have something important to report, and Han Yunhua was not a person who had nothing to do. Quickly opened the telegram and read it, the telegram was not short, Commander-in-Chief Zhu watched it for about ten minutes, and then couldn't help laughing, only to see the other leaders in the conference room of the headquarters looking at each other.
After a long while, Commander-in-Chief Zhu came back to his senses, and he didn't feel how embarrassed he was about his gaffe, but laughed loudly: "This Han Yunhua is worthy of being the god of war of our party and our army. The affection in Mr. Zhu's words was overflowing, Han Yunhua's telegram was a big problem for the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and the one who was willing to be the first bird at this time was the hero. In Mr. Zhu's opinion, Han Yunhua can take the initiative to stand up at this time to attract the firepower of the army, he is the contemporary "Lei Feng" and the "Huang Jiguang" of the Republic of China, and he is a real Bolshevik.
"Oh, boss, what the hell is going on, we've confused you. What the hell is that bastard boy, look at what you're having fun with. Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng quipped, he knew that Mr. Zhu was in a good mood now, and he might not be able to guarantee that Han Yunhua's department would win the battle again, and some time ago he attacked the Datong Coal Mine, severely damaged the garrison of the Yue Army at a small price, rescued a large number of miners, and seized a large number of weapons, equipment, military supplies and coal resources. More importantly, although the scale of the battle of Han Yunhua's division was not too large, it was fought cleanly and neatly, which greatly shocked the Jin Sui army, and soon after Yan Xishan sent a representative to communicate with the Eighth Route Army about the problems encountered in the work, and a long-planned friction was eliminated invisibly. After receiving the news, Mr. Zhu specially awarded Han Yunhua's department a collective first-class merit, and Han Yunhua was also awarded a personal first-class merit by the Eighth Route Army, which shows how satisfied Mr. Zhu is with Han Yunhua.
Just now, Comrade Han Yunhua, commander of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, sent an urgent telegram, asking the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army to agree that they should take the initiative to attack and engage in a large-scale battle with the North China Front Army in Saibei, so as to completely attract the main force of the army and support the battle of the 129th Division from the side, and the battle plan has been formulated, and the troops have been assembled, just waiting for the consent of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army. With Mr. Zhu's words, several other leaders in the conference room suddenly exploded, this Han Yunhua is really powerful, they haven't formulated any regulations here, but they are ready for everything and only owe Dongfeng. It's no wonder that Mr. Zhu is so out of shape, someone sent a pillow when he was sleepy, can he be unhappy?
"Hahaha, that's a good dare, boss, what are that bastard going to do, has their battle plan been reported to the headquarters? I think this guy must be a big deal again, and now this guy is the only one who can make General Binshan Yuan take care of it. Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng hurriedly asked, he had such a premonition in his heart, with Han Yunhua's temper and the troops in his hands, he would definitely not make a small fuss. You must know that in order to deter the Jin Sui Army, that guy dispatched nearly 20,000 troops, and infantry, engineering, artillery, cavalry, special combat teams and other forces cooperated, not to mention that this time it was to solve the crisis of other troops of the Eighth Route Army, and he was even more responsible. If it's small this time, it's hell.
Sure enough, as soon as Mr. Zhu said the first sentence, the entire conference room became silent: "Han Yunhua's department is preparing to gather more than 80,000 troops to launch a large-scale assault on the Yue army in two ways, and the first way is for Comrade Han Yunhua to personally lead the reorganized 300 divisions to break through the blockade line set up by the Yue army on the periphery of the Inner Mongolia Military Region from north to south, and cut off the passage between the North China Front Army and the First Army stationed in Shanxi. The second route was led by Division Commander Chen, under the command of the 77th Division of Reading and the Eighth Brigade of Reading Force, and nearly 30,000 troops of the whole army broke into the eastern Hebei region from west to east, and joined up with the anti-Japanese advance team led by Comrade Li Dingguo who remained in the eastern Hebei region, and expanded the base area to the hinterland of Rehe Province. At the same time, Comrade Ye Baoguo, head of the Armed Forces Department, led the six subsequent infantry regiments and nearly 2,000 cadet troops of the Saibei Military Academy to serve as the reserve of the military region, while Zuo*, political commissar of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and Shen Yuquan, director of the Political Department, remained in Saibei to preside over the work. Commander-in-Chief Zhu's words once again let the leaders present see the hands of the two bosses in the mouth of this bastard, this is the most courageous battle in the history of [***], although for the time being it is not as good as the battle of the hundred regiments not long after, but after all, this is also unprecedented.
But at this time, Mr. Peng was a little worried, why did he say that? Because Peng is always the cadre who knows the most about Han Yunhua's department among the senior leaders of the Eighth Route Army and the entire [***], in this regard, neither the chairman and Vice Chairman Zhou in Yan'an, nor the commander-in-chief Zhu of the Eighth Route Army headquarters, can compare with him. Mr. Peng has visited Chahar twice, and he is very clear about the strength of Han Yunhua's department. He knew that after several "exploitations" by the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, Han Yunhua's headquarters still had less than 90,000 regular troops left, while almost all the local troops of the Inner Mongolia Military Region had been killed and wounded in the previous battles, and most of the remaining troops had been replenished into regular troops. In Mr. Peng's memory, Han Yunhua's subordinates were only able to fight with these 10,000 people, but just now I heard Mr. Zhu say that Han Yunhua actually mobilized more than 80,000 troops to fight against the Yue Army, so what about the internal defense of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, if a unit of the Yue Army is allowed to enter the hinterland of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, even if it is just an infantry wing, but the consequences will be disastrous.
"Boss, as far as I know, the total strength of the Inner Mongolia Military Region is less than 90,000, which means that the bastard boy is pouring out of the nest this time, but what about the base area, he doesn't think that the army will not give him a moment, you must know that we all know the madness of the army, poison gas, paratroopers, special murder advance teams and the like are endless, so I am very worried about the defense of the Inner Mongolia Military Region." A veteran like Mr. Peng knows very well that if you want to beat someone, you must be prepared to be beaten, although Han Yunhua's department has always performed very satisfactorily, but the horse has stumbled, and the man has missed, and it is likely that Han Yunhua's negligence will lead to a fiasco of the Inner Mongolian army.
"Well, this is a problem, but such an obvious omission I don't think Comrade Han Yunhua will not know, he must be justified in arranging the troops in this way, since he was able to deal with the 100,000 siege of General Terauchi Shouichi when he was weak, and now he has ** 10,000 elite soldiers and strong generals in his hands, then I can think that he has the ability to deal with the 200,000 army. Although this equation cannot be applied to other troops, it is very suitable for transportation in the Inner Mongolia Military Region. Comrade Han Yunhua is an excellent military commander, which can be proved by the rise of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, so we must believe in him. Of course, we can't say anything about this, after all, the Inner Mongolia Military Region has worked the front line in all major wars, but we are picking peaches after the fact, and no one will feel comfortable with this matter. If it weren't for Xiao Huazi, who grew up watching us old guys, give us a little face, otherwise he would have been anxious with us with his temper. Therefore, I think that this time our headquarters will not just be in the back and watch and not take action, this time we will also send troops to participate in the war. Speaking of this, Commander-in-Chief Zhu paused, picked up the enamel teapot on the table of the Eight Immortals, took a few sips of Leng Bai Kai and continued: "According to the battle plan of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, they sent a large army to attack from north to south, although he did not explain where the specific breakthrough is, but it is nothing more than Datong and Tianzhen, so we should also send troops to fight from south to north, of course, due to the limited strength of the headquarters, and the distance here is a little far away. As far as our troops were concerned, they were cleaned up by Umezu Mijiro before they reached Yangquan. So we sent troops, but not from Lucheng to the north. Instead, the troops were quietly transported to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and Comrade Nie Rongzhen was asked to contribute another part of the troops, together with those troops sent by our headquarters, under the command of Comrade Nie Rongzhen, and directly sent troops to support the battle of Han Yunhua's department. Everyone discussed and discussed, and there is no feasible surname, and if there is anything to add, everyone can put it forward. Commander-in-Chief Zhu spoke for about ten minutes and put forward an even more crazy plan, so that under the mobilization of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, almost all units of the Eighth Route Army participated in the battle, and the sky in the entire northern region was about to change.
"Boss, in this way, the combat groups participating in the war are: the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the Inner Mongolia Military Region, the 129th Division, and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. Mr. Peng thought long-term, and the chairman repeatedly reiterated that it was necessary to resist the Japanese army, but we must pay attention to methods, and we must not engage in an uncertain decisive battle with the main force of the Japanese army, and we must destroy the enemy in the movement and accumulate small victories into big victories. According to the arrangements made by the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army and the North China Front Army would never be spared in a decisive battle with the main force, which ran counter to the spirit of the Party Central Committee. The most important thing is that if this battle is won, everyone will be fine. But if it fails, the consequences can be catastrophic. Moreover, there are no victorious generals on the battlefield, and although the troops of the Inner Mongolia Military Region are strong, they still do not have a record of almost being completely annihilated by the 21st Brigade of the Fifth Division. In addition, the current national political axe is also very wary of the [***] Eighth Route Army, if the Eighth Route Army makes any big moves, I can't guarantee that Lao Jiang will make any moths. Therefore, this battle has to be cautious.
(To be continued)