Han Xing stretched out three fingers and said, "If you can pull out this tree, I can give you three catties of grain a day." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Sun Datu was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "Okay, the gentleman said, the horse is difficult to chase, if I pull out this jujube tree and give me three catties of grain every day, I will take the whole class to the eight roads." ”

With these two catties of nest head at the bottom, Sun Datu doesn't eat pickles or drink water. He rubbed his hands, wiped them on his dirty military uniform, then spat in his palm, shook his arms, and walked to the jujube tree with thick hands and necks.

The soldiers had all heard of Lu Zhishen uprooting the weeping willows, and they had never heard of the captive soldiers pulling out the coarse jujube trees, so they came over one by one and formed a circle, waiting to see if he could pull it up. Even some of the captives who were eating couldn't help it, and formed a circle with their nest heads, eating while cheering him on.

Sun Datu stood firm with two boat-like big feet, first pulled the "needle" Hu on the jujube tree to the side with his hands, and then bent down, holding the place where he could exert his strength tightly with both hands, secretly exerting force, the soil under the jujube tree began to slowly loosen, and then hugged up, and the whole jujube tree also followed up, slowly going up, gradually faster and faster.

"Suddenly", the entire jujube tree was pulled out by the roots, and it was covered with the soil that Sun Datu had kicked in. Sun Datu shook his feet, shook off the soil on his feet, and then stood motionless, making a shape, as if waiting for something.

The audience erupted in applause. Not only the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, but even these captive soldiers were applauding. Sun Datu arched his hand to everyone as if he had just finished the performance: "See the smile, see the smile, I, Sun Datu, have completed my task, and the next step is to see how Balu fulfills his promise." ”

Han Xing announced in public: "On behalf of the logistics side, I announce that I will give Sun Da belly three catties of grain a day. Specific supply plans will be specially arranged. ”

Sun Datu also arched his hand to everyone and said, "Comrade Balu, I also announce that I will lead all the brothers in our class to join the Balu. From now on, we will be the people of the Eighth Road, and everything will be done in accordance with the regulations of the Eighth Road. ”

All the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army burst into warm applause again, welcoming Sun Datu to join the Eighth Route Army. Sun Datu's group also applauded, saying that they resolutely responded to the squad leader's order and voted for eight roads, although they may not be able to eat enough, but at least they are not hungry every day.

As for the bet between the three commanders, they didn't say anything, and Han Xing didn't ask again. Han Xing knew that this was just painting bread to satisfy hunger, the officers and soldiers were not full, but the three commanders were eating and drinking, so it was okay to pay it back, and it was not enough to make the officers and soldiers estranged.

At this time, the Japanese invaders frantically swept through the southern Hebei region, and the situation became increasingly tense. In order to persist in the War of Resistance in southern Hebei, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the Northern Bureau decided to divide the three divisions of Hebei, Shandong, and Henan into the seventh division of southern Hebei, as the rear of southern Hebei.

At the end of October 1943, Ma Benzhai was ordered to lead the Muslim detachment to the Kunwu and Shanghe areas in southwest Lu to form a new three-army subdivision, and Ma Benzhai served as the commander of the division and the commander of the Muslim detachment.

15,000 Japanese invaders with tens of thousands of puppet troops, planes in the sky and tanks on the ground, fierce momentum, straight to the Puyang area of Fan County, Guanxian County, the center of Hebei, Shandong, and Henan. After the start of the counter-sweep, our troops avoided the enemy's front and quickly jumped to the outer line, causing the enemy to pounce in the central area.

Under the cover of the Japanese invaders, the puppet armies of all stripes built strongholds in a vain attempt to destroy and occupy a large area of territory in our base area. The most serious thing is that the two armies of the Second Front Army, to which the Kuomintang general Sun Liangcheng belonged, with a strength of about 20,000 troops, controlled the vast area between Puxian and Puyang on the southwest side of our central region. After they invaded the Puxian area, they set up more than 100 strong strongholds around this area.

Sun Liangcheng personally led his headquarters to the Bagong Bridge in the southeast of Puyang City, expanding our base area in all directions, and encroaching on our base area step by step. At this time, our army returned to the inner line from the Dongping area, and only controlled the hinterland area with a radius of less than 100 kilometers between Fanxian and Guancheng.

The situation is extremely dangerous, and if the enemy's siege is not broken in time, our main forces may be trapped in this narrow area. Obviously, only by first killing Sun Liangcheng and causing the Japanese to lose their sharp minions can we change the entire serious situation and smash their plan to invade and occupy our base areas.

In order to discuss how to attack the Bagong Bridge and annihilate Sun Liangcheng's subordinates, Yang Dezhi, commander of the Military Region, specially convened a meeting of cadres at and above the regimental level in the whole region to study this issue in a small village.

A regiment commander surnamed Li first stood up and said: "I propose that we first sweep away the stronghold at the Bagong Bridge, compress it step by step, and destroy the enemies on the periphery one by one, and then we will go straight to Longtan and take down the Bagong Office." ”

This strategy has won the support of some commanders, and this is an old tactic, which is relatively easy to fight and is also conducive to the mobilization of troops.

Ma Benzhai thought for a while, stood up and said, "I think this tactic is inappropriate. Why? On the periphery were Sun Liangcheng's elite troops, with dense strongholds, strong fortifications, and close to the hinterland of our country, heavily guarded, and not easy to conquer quickly. If I storm the strongholds, I will consume a lot of them, and even if I uproot a few strongholds, it will not be enough to affect the whole situation. ”

Yang Dezhi guided him and said, "Then tell me, how should we fight?" ”

Ma Benzhai thought for a while and said: "I haven't come up with a specific method yet, but I think this old set of tactics is at least not suitable for the Battle of Bagong Bridge." ”

After Ma Benzhai sat down, Han Xing glanced at him, meaning can I stand up and say a few words. Originally, Han Xing was not even a head of the regiment and should not have been allowed to participate, but Ma Benzhai took Han Xing to participate in the meeting.

Ma Benzhai nodded to Han Xing, meaning approval.

Han Xing stood up and said, "I want to make a little comment?" ”

Yang Dezhi's eyes lit up and said, "May I ask this comrade, who is a little faceless, can he report his position and name?" ”

Before Han Xing could introduce himself, Ma Benzhai quickly stood up and said, "Let me introduce to you, this is Comrade Han Xing, the commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army." ”

As soon as they heard that this was the famous commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army, all the leaders of the meeting opened their eyes wide and looked at this young commander. Yang Dezhi smiled, quickly stretched out his hand and said, "Commander Han, hello, they all said that you were young, but I didn't expect you to be so young." I think that he is twenty-seven or eight years old, young and promising! It looks like we're all old. ”

Han Xing hurriedly said: "Let's not talk about age first, Commander Yang is four years older than me, how can I talk about old age!" ”

When Han Xing said this, Yang Dezhi's eyes widened in surprise and said, "Okay, you, Han Xing, even know what year I was born, but I don't know much about you." Okay, some private matters will be discussed after the meeting. Do you have any tactics to mention, I'd like to hear your opinion? ”

Han Xing learned from the information that Yang Dezhi was born on January 3, 1911, and his resume was born on July 8, 1915. But in such a serious meeting, there is no time to dwell on these personal issues. Han Xing had no choice but to say: "The tactic I mentioned is a bull knife tactic, that is, to send elite assault troops to insert into the command post of the Bagong Bridge at once and defeat it." Then the main force, clear the outlying strongholds, and thus defeat the entire Sun Liangcheng's troops. ”

Why did Han Xing mention this plan, in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, there was a famous battle, a surprise attack on the White Tiger Regiment, which was also such a bull knife heart-cutting tactic. That is to send a capable unit, directly interspersed with disguise, interspersed with the command post of the White Tiger Regiment, an elite unit of South Korea, and knocked it out in one fell swoop, thus destroying the command system of the entire South Korean army.

They sent a large number of small detachments of Japanese troops in disguise to penetrate deep into the rout of the Nationalist army, and took advantage of the chaos to capture a city gate in Nanjing, thus disrupting the defensive strategy of the entire Nationalist army.

If the periphery pressed forward little by little, Sun Liangcheng would be time-consuming and laborious, and the huge consumption alone would be unbearable for the Eighth Route Army.

When Han Xing said this, almost all the people in the meeting exploded, and Commander Li, who advocated attacking the periphery first, stood up and said: "The idea is not bad, have you thought about it, how many enemies you have to encounter along the way." In case of a sudden inadequacy, the unit will be reimbursed. ”

Han Xing retorted: "In order to obtain the maximum combat effect at the lowest cost, it is worth taking this risk." ”

Regiment Commander Li asked again: "Which unit do you plan to send to cross the enemy's heavy encirclement and penetrate deep into the area of the Bagong Bridge to launch a surprise attack on the enemy." ”

Han Xing didn't dare to answer his question, it's not that he didn't think about which troops, it's really that the water can't flood the bridge, he is already under the leadership of Ma Benzhai, and all the troops can only obey Commander Ma's dispatch.

Han Xing glanced at Ma Benzhai and had to listen to Ma Benzhai's opinion. Ma Benzhai nodded to Han Xing, which meant that Han Xing could put forward his own opinions.

With Ma Benzhai's support, Han Xing said: "I have already thought of a unit, that is, Zhang Weihan's special operations battalion plus Wu Xiaoming's company, which is fully capable of undertaking such a task." Once the disguised attack on the Hachigong Bridge is successful, it will disrupt the enemy's central leadership structure, and the main forces on the periphery can take advantage of the chaos to attack in an all-out way. ”

Han Xing was arguing with Commander Li about the specific details of the battle, Yang Dezhi was enriching his thoughts, and a complete set of battle plans slowly formed in his mind. In the end, he concluded: "I basically agree with Comrade Han Xing's tactic, that is, to use the tactic of cutting out the heart with a knife and disrupting its command system. Who should be this bull knife, I think, the drum must be hammered, so send Zeng Siyu's 7th, 8th, and 9th regiments and the Muslim detachment to complete this task! ”

The main strategy of battle was thus decided.

In order to better paralyze the enemy, before striking at the enemy at the Bagong Bridge, the main forces of the second, third, fourth, and fifth army divisions of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region assembled in the southeast area of Puxian County and feigned an eastward offensive posture to attract Sun Liangcheng's attention.