After more than half a year of hard fighting, all units of the Eighth Route Army developed rapidly, especially the three main divisions. Taking the 120th Division as an example, on August 25, 1937, the Red Second Front Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, the 27th Army of the Northwest Red Army, the 28th Army of the Northwest Red Army, the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Reading Force, the Chishui Guard Battalion and the 1st Division directly under the Red Army Headquarters were reorganized into the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army, with He Long as the division commander, Xiao Ke as the deputy division commander (political commissar), Zhou Shidi as the chief of staff, Guan Xiangying as the director of the Political Training Office, and Gan Siqi as the deputy director of the Political Training Office. On September 3, He Long led his troops from Fuping County, Shaanxi Province to the front line of resistance against Japan, at this time the 120th Division had only more than 8,200 people, and the remaining more than 6,000 people were led by Chen Bojun to stay in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo border area, and were organized by the rear guard of the Eighth Route Army.

In January 1938, the 120th Division reorganized the troops, reorganized the 714th Regiment, the 718th Regiment, the 719th Regiment, and the Supplementary Regiment, and the troops grew from more than 8,000 at the time of the division to more than 29,000, and the troops were tripled. The division was armed with 4,451 rifles, 559 carbines, 652 shell guns, 102 pistols, 2 automatic rifles, 652 hand-held guns, 23 heavy machine guns, 236 light machine guns, 4 machine guns, and 15 mortars. At the same time, with the support of the 120th Division, a large number of anti-Japanese regimes were established in Zuoyun, Youyu, Shuoxian, Datong, Pinglu and other counties in the northwest of Shanxi.

In mid-February 1938, the army attacked the counties in the northwest of Shanxi Province in five ways, surrounded Fu Zuoyi's division and the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and attempted to force Fu Zuoyi's division and the 120th division of the Eighth Route Army to cross the Yellow River westward. Major General Kuroda Shigetoku, commander of the Kuroda Brigade of the 26th Division of the Mongolian Corps, led about 11,000 people to attack the northwest of Shanxi in three directions, followed by the chief of staff of the 109th Division, Kuramo Shuzo Daisa, with a total strength of about 4,200 people, and attacked the northwest of Shanxi in two ways.

At this time, there were four Kuomintang troops stationed in the counties of northwestern Shanxi, namely the First Cavalry Army of Zhao Chengshou stationed in Jingle, the 71st Division stationed in Dongcun of Lanxian County, the 35th Army stationed in Fu Zuoyi of Linxian County, and the Second Cavalry Army of He Guozhu stationed in the Biguan area.

Except for Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army, which resisted slightly, the remaining three [***] were all looking forward to Kou and fled. In a very short period of time, seven counties, including Ningwu, Baode, Wuzhai, Shenchi, Biguan, and Hequ, fell into the hands of the enemy.

At the same time, the 120th Division was ordered to recover the 7 county towns recovered by the Yue Army, but the strength of the puppet army that attacked this time was almost as much as the 120th Division, but the combat effectiveness and firepower configuration were far superior to the 120th Division, and for a time the 120th Division was helpless against these several armies.

After receiving the battle plan of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army immediately instructed the Han (Yunhua) Division to actively cooperate with the 120th Division in recovering the counties of Ning (Wu), Bao (De), Wu (Zhai), Shen (Chi), Bian (Guan), and He (Qu).

On March 6, 1938, Han Yunhua personally led the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, the 4th Cavalry Regiment, the Guard Battalion with the 3rd Battalion of the Fire Support Regiment, and the two special operations squadrons of "Cheetah" and "Eagle" about 4,000 people to attack Suiyuan. Since this was a long-distance attack, the westward detachment was all equipped with war horses. After three days and nights of rapid marching, at 8 a.m. on March 10, the westward advance detachment reached the area of Honghe Town, Qingshuihe County, Suiyuan.

Honghe Town is located ten kilometers north of Qingshuihe County and is a small town. After reconnaissance by the Cheetah Special Combat Team, Han Yunhua learned that Honghe Town had the strength of a Devil's Squadron, while Qingshuihe County had a reinforced squadron of Devil's infantry, equipped with a squadron of cavalry and a squad of artillery, with a total strength of about 450 people.

Originally, there were not many defenders in Qingshuihe County, and there was only one squadron that was not satisfied, but the army was divided into five routes to attack the counties in the northwest of Shanxi, and in order to prevent the squadrons from Pianguan and other counties from escaping into Suiyuan, the headquarters of the army stationed in Mongolia temporarily transferred some troops to strengthen the garrison of Qingshuihe County.

Just when the westward advance detachment arrived at Qingshuihe County, the 359th Brigade of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army launched an attack on a brigade of the Qiantian Wing that had invaded Qilan County, forcing about 1,000 enemy men to abandon Qilan County and flee to Mijing Town between Qilan and Wuzhai, and build fortifications in Mitsui Town, in an attempt to rely on the stubborn resistance of the village at the northern end and wait for reinforcements.

Due to the tense fighting on the southern front, at 3 p.m. on March 10, about a reinforced squadron of devils from Qingshuihe County went out of the south gate of Qingshuihe County to prepare to cross the Great Wall to support the troops in Biguan, Shenchi, and Wuzhai.

After learning of this situation, Han Yunhua immediately decided to take out the stronghold of Honghe Town and capture Qingshuihe County in two ways on the night of March 10.

After several days and nights of rapid marching, the troops were very tired, Han Yunhua pulled the troops into a forest between Honghe Town and Qingshuihe County, and after arranging the vigilance, he asked all the soldiers except for the two special operations squadrons of Cheetah and Eagle to rest, recuperate, and prepare for the night battle. The two special operations squadrons of Cheetah and Eagle asked Han Yunhua to be assigned to Qingshuihe County and Honghe Town to lurk, monitor the movements of devils in the two places, and open the way for the large army to attack Qingshuihe County.

At 12 o'clock in the evening of 10 March, Han Yunhua personally led the Fourth Cavalry Regiment, the Guard Battalion, the Third Battalion of the Fire Support Regiment, and the "Cheetah" Special Operations Squadron to the vicinity of the north gate of Qingshuihe County, while the Third Cavalry Regiment and the Eagle Special Operations Squadron were led by Yang Wanlou, commander of the Third Cavalry Regiment, to attack the devil's stronghold in Honghe Town.

At 3 o'clock in the morning, outside the devil's post at the north gate of Qingshuihe County, black shadows quickly approached the devil's post under the protection of night. There are only 4 devils patrolling back and forth in the big guard box, and the rest of the devils are either sleeping in the guard box or taking a nap with guns, and the guards are very lax.

When the four devils on duty on patrol staggered by, four black shadows quickly jumped up from the grass, and at the moment when the four devils were terrified, the blade quickly slashed through the devil's neck, and the four devils on duty didn't even have time to scream before they saw their Aunt Amaterasu.

Seeing that the rest of the devils did not notice their actions, the black shadows quickly made a few gestures behind them, and soon a large number of black shadows came out of the darkness and revealed their figures, crawling close to the devils' duty booth and several machine gun positions at the city gate.

Jump, cover your mouth, swing your knife. One by one, the devil defenders were solved by the special combat team in their sleep, and a small team of devil defenders didn't make a sound.

A special combat team member ran over and whispered: "Report to the commander, the defenders of the north gate have been completely eliminated by our Cheetah special combat team, please instruct the chief." ”

Han Yunhua said quickly: "Order your troops to move forward quickly, touch all the light and dark posts in the enemy's city, and I will lead a large force to follow up." ”

In addition to the fierce resistance of the devils during the attack on the gendarmerie headquarters, the entire Qingshuihe County, including two city gates, a military camp, an arsenal, an ordnance repair station, 14 open posts, nine secret posts, and three machine gun positions, was taken down by the special combat personnel without firing a single shot.

Not long after the capture of the county seat, good news also came from Yang Wanlou's side, and the stronghold of Honghe Town was also captured without firing.

Han Yunhua immediately instructed Yang Wanlou to let him leave a company of soldiers to change into the military uniforms and weapons of the devils, and a few special combat personnel who were familiar with the language to continue to occupy the Honghe stronghold, so as to see the back road for the westward detachment, and the rest of the people also changed into the military uniforms of the devils and rushed to the county seat to meet the large army.

After capturing the county seat, Han Yunhua ordered all the troops to immediately change into the military uniforms of devils and rest in the county town for a day, and then move again at night.

At seven o'clock in the evening of March 11, after leaving a company of troops to stay in Qingshui County, Han Yunhua led the remaining men and horses to officially advance to the northwest of Shanxi.

In the early morning of March 12, the troops crossed the Great Wall and officially set foot on the land in the northwest of Shanxi. Before setting off from Qingshuihe County, Han Yunhua asked the telegraph operator to use the radio station and the seized code book of the devils in Qingshuihe County to send a report to the first brigade of the 13th Infantry Wing of the 26th Infantry Brigade of the 26th Division of the Devil's Regiment stationed in the remote pass, saying that the reinforcements of the two cavalry wings of the headquarters of the Mongolian army corps had passed through Qingshuihe County and were expected to arrive at the remote pass in two days, and told the captain of the first brigade of the 13th Infantry Wing, Akidao Shaozo, that this time it was Naoji Sakai, a senior staff officer of the corps headquarters, who led the team, and asked him to receive him well.

Although Akitoshi Shozo was puzzled by how Naoji Sakai had become a senior staff officer at the Corps Headquarters, wasn't he the wing commander of the 4th Infantry Wing? However, Qiu Dao did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent troops to carry out a driving attack on the Eighth Route Army, Kuomintang troops, and even bandits in the jurisdiction, in case these dog-skin plaster Dizhi troops collided with His Excellency Dazuo in a short time.

He Guozhu's Second Cavalry Army and the Cavalry Battalion of the Sixth Garrison Regiment were caught off guard by Qiudao Shaozuo and suffered heavy losses. The cavalry battalion of the 6th Garrison Regiment was not too serious due to the small number of people and the fact that they were all cavalry. However, He Guozhu's cavalry second army was unlucky, and when the army invaded the counties in the northwest of Shanxi, He Guozhu actually made way of the main passage and took the initiative to withdraw from the county seat in Biguan in order to preserve his strength. From mid-February to the present, He Guozhu's Second Cavalry Army has not engaged the Yue army once.

He Guozhu had the mind that he couldn't afford to provoke me and couldn't hide, thinking that as long as his troops stayed away from the devil, then the devil would not trouble him. As long as He Guozhu's Second Cavalry Army does not interfere in the war south of the Biguan Pass, the devils regard He Guozhu and his Second Cavalry Army as non-existent, so He Guozhu's Second Cavalry Army has been hiding in the Jinsui border north of the Biguan and south of the Great Wall.

But now Qiudao Shaozuo was afraid that He Guozhu would do something to "Sakai Naoji Daisa", so after receiving a telegram from Qingshuihe County, he immediately gathered troops to attack He Guozhu's Second Cavalry Army, and after half a day of fighting, captured two regiments of the Second Cavalry Army, and drove the Second Cavalry Army to Suiyuan, ensuring the safety of "Sakai Naoji Daisa...... ("Snow Shame" has been uploaded for half a month, thanks to everyone's support in this half month, thank you here!) Now "Snow Shame" is the first place on the list of new military books, and it can be said that without everyone's support, Aotian and "Snow Shame" would not have gone so far! On the fourth day of the upload of "Snow Shame", Sister Ye asked Aotian to sign a contract, and the upload had more than 10,000 clicks in one week, and it was classified and strongly promoted in two weeks. Starting this week, "Snow Shame" is fortunate to be featured in the selection of new books in the military category, and I also ask everyone to continue to support Aotian and "Snow Shame". )