Han Yunhua's order was issued quickly and in a timely manner, and the entire army of the Inner Mongolia Military Region entered a state of first-class combat readiness. The reorganized 300th Division, the 77th Reading Division, the Eighth Brigade of the Reading Division, and the troops directly under the Military Region completed their assembly within three days and left for the border areas. The newly organized local security regiments must take over as soon as possible the defensive void left by the departure of the large troops, and the various military industrial departments must be operating at full capacity to meet the needs of the front-line fighting, although this is almost impossible.

While the Inner Mongolia Military Region was busy, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army was holding a wartime meeting, which was attended by Commander-in-Chief Zhu, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng, Chief of Staff Ye Jianying, Director of the Field Political Department Fu Zhong, and Deputy Director Lu Dingyi. Yang Lisan, Minister of Logistics, Zhou Yucheng, Minister of Supply, "Front Finger" (In December 1938, the Central Military Commission decided to establish the Forward Command of the Eighth Route Army, referred to as "Front Finger", which was established in the southeast of Shanxi. Secretary General Shen Bochun ...... "The main situation is that the army has mobilized the main force of each of the four divisions and regiments, with a total strength of about 35,000 troops, more than 200 tanks and tanks of various types, and three mule-horse artillery wings. The situation of the 129th Division is also clear to everyone: in addition to the 385th Brigade and the 386th Brigade, the remaining combat groups, such as the Youth Column, the Eastward Advance Column, and the Advance Column, were all formed just last year, and their combat effectiveness is still not strong. Although the weapons and equipment are not bad, this is still stained with Xiaohuazi's light, but the ammunition of the troops is very limited, a few days ago the division commander also sent a telegram to explain the situation to the headquarters, due to the continuous large battles and small battles in the southern Hebei region during this time, so the 129th Division suffered great losses, and finally accumulated some family funds are almost gone, so we are trying to support them, and now let's talk about how to repel the enemy's crazy attack. Commander-in-Chief Zhu, as the supreme leader of the former command, first introduced the troubles encountered by the 129th Division to the others in detail, and asked the other leaders of the former command to think about the strategy and how to support the 129th Division when the strength of the headquarters allowed.

"Since everyone is not ready, let me tell you what I think!" Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng spoke, and after a pause, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng picked up the teaching stick on the table, pointed to the large map hanging on the wall of the headquarters and said: "Now the 10th Division, the 110th Division, the 114th Division, and the 26th Division of the Yue Army here have formed an encirclement of our southern Hebei base area, and if we retreat now, it is still too late, because the encirclement of the Yue Army has not yet been completely encircled, as long as we fight him on the periphery, the 129th Division will all be able to break through." However, the southern Hebei base area is the granary of the 129th Division, and if the southern Hebei base area is lost, the strength of the 129th Division will be greatly reduced, and new base areas will have to be opened anew, so the southern Hebei base area cannot be lost. However, this time, the army was menacing, and it would not give up until the southern Hebei base area was destroyed, and the army had dispatched so many tanks this time, and it was indeed very difficult for the 129th Division to break the enemy's encirclement. Therefore, I think that the headquarters should transfer the special service regiment and the special combat team of the headquarters, as well as the artillery brigade and the cavalry brigade to support the 129th Division, but they must not enter the enemy's encirclement, and the troops sent by the headquarters must fight on the periphery of the enemy's encirclement, so that the encirclement of the devils can never be closed, leaving a way back for the 129th Division. ”

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng expressed his thoughts loudly in combination with the map, and his voice was loud and powerful, and it was very imposing.

"The headquarters can mobilize not many troops now, two special service regiments, an artillery brigade, a cavalry brigade, a guard battalion, a special combat team, and an infantry regiment, 70% of the troops are transferred from the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and the combat effectiveness is very strong. Then the security of the headquarters will be in jeopardy, so I do not approve of mobilizing the defense forces of the headquarters to support the counter-sweep in southern Hebei. Fu Zhong, director of the Field Political Department, objected, saying that he was the director of the Political Department, so he had a strong sense of precaution against the security of the headquarters, and it was important to know that the army had swept more than once to the area that might be the headquarters, so the location of the headquarters changed places every once in a while. If the few defense forces in the headquarters were to be transferred, it would be really troublesome.

"Everyone, don't quarrel, I don't think it is possible to solve the crisis in southern Hebei by relying on the strength of our headquarters, besides, you don't know about the troops transferred from the Inner Mongolia Military Region, how many troops can't be mobilized, even if it's my order?" Commander-in-Chief Zhu said.

"Boss, why is that? Do they dare to disobey? Qi Kechang, the head of the enemy engineering department, asked with some doubts, he really didn't know that the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army actually had troops that Mr. Zhu couldn't mobilize.

There are several people like Qi Kechang, so when Qi Kechang finished asking, almost all of them waited for Mr. Zhu's answer.

"Hehehe, do you know how many troops the headquarters will transfer from the Inner Mongolia Military Region within a year? According to incomplete statistics, from February 1938 to 1939, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army transferred a total of 29 infantry regiments, 7 cavalry regiments, two artillery regiments, an engineer regiment, a special service battalion, and a special combat team from Han Yunhua's headquarters of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, as well as a huge amount of weapons and equipment. If all these troops were to stay in the Inner Mongolia Military Region, Han Yunhua would now have about 270,000 troops in his hands. However, in view of the uneven development of the various units of the Eighth Route Army, Comrade Han Yunhua demanded that the Party Central Committee and the Eighth Route Army General Headquarters transfer some units of the Inner Mongolia Military Region to other units of the Eighth Route Army. However, there are also conditions among them, that is, the first and second batches of several units specially assigned to the command of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army are not allowed to leave the headquarters at a distance of 100 miles, and these troops have already passed a special order from Comrade Han Yunhua when they come, and the orders issued by the headquarters must be meticulously carried out within 100 miles, but they will refuse to carry out if they exceed 100 miles, and the safety of the headquarters must be protected. So we now have only a special service regiment, an artillery regiment and a guard battalion. The rest of the troops cannot be mobilized for the time being, especially the special combat team, which cannot be moved at will. Mr. Zhu's words were very shocking, they were also senior leaders of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, but they never knew that the headquarters still had this secret, no wonder those well-armed and well-equipped troops, excellent personnel and strong combat effectiveness have been stranded around the headquarters, what is the reason.

"How can this work, our Eighth Route Army is not a warlord's army, the first of the three disciplines and eight points of attention is that all actions are under command, what does he Han Yunhua want to do, is he going to hold the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army hostage? What's the use of a unit that doesn't listen to the command to come, it's too unusual. Qi Kechang, the head of the enemy engineering department, said with some anger that he was engaged in enemy engineering work, so he was very sensitive to this aspect, and in his opinion, these troops who did not obey the command were a time bomb that could explode at any time, and they were hidden dangers lurking around the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army. As long as he Han Yunhua gives an order, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army will not become the king of the urn, and it will not be easy to catch turtles in the urn.

"Comrade Qi Kechang, don't worry, Comrade Han Yunhua is a good comrade who has passed the test of war and is a trustworthy comrade-in-arms on our revolutionary road. He did this entirely because most of the troops he sent in the previous few times were sent to the front-line troops such as the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the 115th Division, the 120th Division, and the 129th Division. Comrade Han Yunhua was greatly annoyed when he learned of this, and he lost his temper with the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army on the previous occasion, and severely reprimanded me and Lao always for being irresponsible to ourselves. He also instructed the central authorities to send an infantry regiment, a cavalry brigade, an artillery regiment, an engineer regiment, a special service regiment, and a special combat team, totaling 11,270 people, to protect the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army. Moreover, these troops are not under the command of Comrade Han Yunhua, but are under the remote command of the Party Central Committee. A large part of the 10,000-strong troops is the essence of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, including Comrade Jiang Long, the head of the special combat team, and Comrade Bart, the commander of the cavalry brigade, who are all iron soldiers who grew up in the northern region with Comrade Han Yunhua. Therefore, Comrade Han Yunhua's loyalty to the party and the revolution is beyond doubt, so I do not want to hear slanderous remarks against Comrade Han Yunhua at the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, otherwise he will be severely punished. Commander-in-Chief Zhu's tone of speech became more and more severe, and a trace of coldness suddenly rose in the hearts of all the senior leaders present, and secretly said that the boss was really good to this Han Yunhua.

Commander-in-Chief Zhu paused and then continued: "The battle in southern Hebei is indeed very tricky, and the strength of our headquarters alone will not be able to save the 129th Division, and it is very likely that we will put ourselves in it, so I think that the anti-sweeping in southern Hebei should break through the conventional way of fighting and encircle Wei to save Zhao." The little devil has the wonder of the 10th Division, and our Eighth Route Army also has its own trump card, and the strength of our trump card is a scourge that even General Terauchi Shouichi does not dare to provoke, so I think the best way for us now is to order Han Yunhua's department of the Inner Mongolia Military Region to launch a huge battle in the Saibei area to attract the main force of the devil to come to the rescue, as for how Han Yunhua's department will withdraw from the battle, you don't have to think about it, I believe that no officer of that devil can take advantage of that little scourge. In his own words, it would be good if he did not harm others, but those who did harm him were doomed to bad luck. This is true of Toshiichi Terauchi or Yoshito Takagi or Yamashita Fumi. So what we have to do now is to draw up a detailed battle plan for Han Yunhua's subordinates to refer to. ”

As soon as Commander Zhu finished speaking, the other leaders in the conference room were happy, although this Han Yunhua liked it very much, but in the boss's heart, this Han Yunhua was still a firefighter, and he had to go where there was something, and he had to find something by himself if he had nothing to do. The boss's trust is not good, it is to use his life to win.

(To be continued)