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When the banquet was over, everyone came to the dance floor, the music sounded, and the richly dressed gentlemen and ladies danced, as if the sound of cannons was far away

The soldiers in military uniforms did not dare to enter the dance floor, after all, the chairman of the committee and the commander of the war zone were all here, and no one dared to make a mistake.

Gao Fei stood in the corner of the dance floor, looked there, and saw Jing Lianyu and Fu Xiaogan surrounded by some wives, celebrities, and reporters, very lively, smiled, and just thought about things.

"Brigade Commander Gao" A familiar voice sounded, Gao Fei looked over, and hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Hello Vice Minister Zhou!" ”

"It doesn't have to be so formal." Zhou Enlai smiled heartily: "Why didn't Brigade Commander Gao dance?" ”

"Report Vice Minister Zhou, I won't." Goofy was a little embarrassed.

"It's not good, it doesn't matter if the soldiers can't dance, the key is to be able to fight." Zhou Enlai invited Gao Fei to sit down with him, and after chatting for a while, Zhou Enlai suddenly asked:

"Brigade Commander Gao started from Shanghai, fought bloody battles all the way, and won many battles, which made the Japanese frightened, so the military name was 'Tiger Ben', and the name of the army shocked China!"

Gao Fei said: "Vice Minister Zhou has a good reputation, the War of Resistance is the duty of our soldiers, and it is not happy to have occasional small victories." In the current situation, the enemy is strong and we are weak, and the situation is still not optimistic."

"Don't rejoice in a small victory, don't worry about a small defeat, Brigadier Gao is really a great general." Zhou Enlai praised two sentences: "Last year, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party cooperated and fought a battle at Pingxingguan, destroying many enemies, but compared with the victory of the 23rd Group Army at Kouziling, it is not enough. Brigadier Gao personally participated in all the battles in Kouziling, so I would like to ask Brigadier Gao what is the difference between the Battle of Pingxingguan and the Battle of Kouziling? ”

Gao Fei was silent there for a long time, his hand unconsciously reached into his pocket and took out a pack of cigarettes, put it on his mouth, then remembered something, and quickly put it down again, Zhou Enlai saw it, and said with a smile:

"It's okay, you pump yours."

Gao Fei lit a cigarette, took a puff, and slowly exhaled the smoke ring: "Vice Minister Zhou, Gao Fei has no knowledge, he can only rely on the battle report and what he knows to say a few nonsense, if what he said is wrong, please forgive Vice Minister Zhou." ”

"Knowing everything, saying everything." Zhou Enlai said seriously.

Gao Fei nodded: "The battle of Pingxingguan, to be honest, was only a medium-scale battle, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party worked together, from September 3 to October 2 to retreat on the whole line, it lasted a month, the battlefield stretched for hundreds of miles, the two parties invested more than 100,000 troops, up to 11 armies, and experienced dozens of battles of all sizes. More than 8,000 people were killed and wounded. The casualties of the armies of the two parties greatly exceeded those of the Japanese army.

In this campaign, from Commander Yan Xishan setting up his headquarters at Lingkou, to discussing the battle plan with Vice Minister Zhou and Commander Peng Dehuai; From Gao Guizi and Chen Changjie's armies arranging a formation to meet the enemy in front of Pingxingguan, to the 115th Division of your army seizing the opportunity of friendly forces to control the enemy and attacking the army by surprise; From the entrance of the regiment, Cheng Jixian's whole regiment was martyred and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy, reducing the pressure on the 115th Division, to the 115th Division sending troops to meet Guo Zongfen's army and save it from being encircled and annihilated; From Commander Yan Xishan's establishment of a field mobilization meeting to the 115th Division's absorption of the experience of friendly troops in positional warfare and resistance warfare, the spirit of national unity flashed throughout the campaign. Under the banner of national unity and joint efforts to overcome national difficulties, the mind and courage to learn from each other's strong points and complement each other's weaknesses and seek common efforts for the great cause of the nation are of great significance.

But "

Gao Fei paused, glanced at Zhou Enlai, found that Zhou Enlai listened very carefully, and continued:

However, in fact, there are many problems exposed in this campaign. It is widely circulated in the outside world that your army annihilated the main force of the 21st Brigade of the 5th Division of the Chinese Army in an ambush battle, and there are claims that it destroyed 100,000, 4,000, and 3,000 enemies, but with all due respect, it is obviously impossible to annihilate a brigade of the Chinese Army with the strength of the 115th Division and its affiliated forces.

In the subsequent battle report, it was changed to 'annihilation of the 3rd Brigade and baggage troops of the 21st Brigade and Regiment', and then to '21st Brigade Baggage Troops and Guards'. ”

Goofy took a slight breath, trying to remember what he knew about the Battle of Pingxingguan:

After that, some people doubted whether the 115th Division of your army had annihilated a thousand enemy men, but according to calculations and battle reports, it shows. There are 7 people in the headquarters of the automobile team of the military station, 15 people in the land transport unit, and 176 people in the Yajima squadron, a total of 198 people. In addition, there is a follow-up Chinese and Western squadron, reinforced by 1 infantry squad. There were also wounded soldiers who were repatriated. The Yajima squadron was further divided into three car squads, a repair squad, a baggage squad, and a self-defense unit, with a total of 176 people and 50 vehicles. The Zhongxi Squadron accompanied 30 vehicles and 55 officers and men.

In addition, the commander Shinjo Junzhong Saku led a total of 22 officers and soldiers in the headquarters, and about 50 infantry squads were reinforced, and the total number of the automobile team alone was more than 300 people. The baggage brigade of the 21st Wing and the large and small baggage teams of the two brigades consisted of about 70 baggage vehicles, 15 baggage soldiers, 228 special agents, and a total of 52 escort teams from the Takahashi squad of the Shindai squadron and four or five soldiers who recovered from illness, and the total number should be 297 people. To sum up the five or six hundred people of the above two divisions, if they can be basically annihilated, plus the enemy who is blocked from the west to reinforce and relieve the siege, it is not completely impossible to say that it is impossible to annihilate the 1,000 people of the Yue army. ”

Zhou Enlai stared at Gao Fei and did not speak, and Gao Fei became bolder:

"However, there is a contradiction, and the commander of your army, Zhu De, publicly affirmed the statement that only four or five hundred enemies were killed in this battle. In his published writings at the end of 1937, he clearly stated that "they said that 500 men had died in the battle." Personally, I don't think this is a clerical error or some other reason. And Commander Peng Dehuai later frankly admitted in his speech within your army that in this battle "only less than 100 complete rifles were captured.'"

"How do you know that?" Zhou Enlai suddenly asked.

Gao Fei knew that he had lost his words, and he was vague and perfunctory, Zhou Enlai knew that Gao Fei would definitely not tell the truth, he only thought that the internal speech of the party was leaked, and his brows were tightly locked.

"Mr. Enlai, I have great respect for your party and for yourself." Gao Fei said lightly: "But it is absolutely impossible to annihilate a brigade of the Yue Army with one division under the existing conditions. The battle of Pingxingguan of the 115th Division of your party is an integral part of the entire battle of Pingxingguan between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and it is of great significance, but it is not the whole story.

In the Battle of Pingxingguan, our Lu Ruiying Brigade attached the second regiment and two mountain artillery companies of the newly organized Fourth Brigade of Reading Force, attacked the east and west Paochi, rescued the first Chen Brigade that was surrounded by only a small hilltop position in the Xipaochi, recaptured all the positions in the Xipaochi, and continued to attack the Dongpaochi. The enemy came to the aid of Xipaochi from the south of Harrier Stream, and repeatedly counterattacked the left flank of the Lu Brigade, and the 2nd Regiment of the 4th Brigade of the New Reading Force was able to resist the enemy's strong artillery fire after seizing the unoccupied position, and repelled the enemy's counterattack several times.

The enemy continued to attack, and in several repeated fierce battles, regiment commander Liu Chongyi was shot twice in the chest and in the leg, and he still sat on the ground and commanded the headquarters to resolutely counterattack. In the last emergency, Brigade Commander Lu took the only remaining cadre battalion of the 416th Regiment, which was composed of more than 300 newly allocated students from the Jin Sui Army Officer Training Regiment, and ordered the regiment commander Song Hengbin to personally lead reinforcements, and has been approaching a duel with submachine guns and grenades, a bloody battle, until nearly noon, and finally crushed the enemy who occupied our Dongpaochi position again at the foot of Dongpaochi Mountain, and Liu Regiment was shelled by the enemy and repeatedly fighting, casualty regiment commander Liu Chongyi, battalion commander Song Ganqing, Li Linghan and other officers and soldiers more than 300; Fan Zhanyuan and Ma Zongjun, commanders of the Song regiment cadre battalion, were seriously wounded, and 82 student reserve cadres were also killed. The front and rear of the position killed many enemies, and more than 200 rifles, machine guns, and grenadiers were captured.

Few people know about this battle, but it was also an integral part of the Battle of Pingxingguan. Why do so few people know? Because according to the regulations of the Military Commission of the national government at that time, in order to keep military secrets, the report of the battle situation was not allowed to publish the number [***], so the names and deeds of those martyrs on the battlefield of Lihu were only known to the Chinese people later"

Goofy also let go when he said this:

"Vice Minister Zhou, I know that your party is doing its best to approve of guerrilla warfare, and I, Commander Xue Yue, are also directing guerrilla warfare against the enemy, but while guerrilla warfare is being conducted, frontal warfare is equally important. Only by cooperating with each other in the frontal war of resistance and guerrilla warfare, it is impossible to drive the Japanese out of China. So whether it is Pingxingguan or Kouziling, it has already passed, and what we should think about now is the battle of Xuzhou. It is necessary for the KMT and the CPC to further cooperate with each other."

"Brigadier Gao has seen extraordinary." Zhou Enlai nodded: "We need further cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, this sentence is good." No wonder the chairman admires Brigadier Gao so much. Brigade Commander Gao, if necessary, our party's army and guerrillas will make every effort to assist in the battle and completely drive the imperialists out of China! ”

Gao Fei respected Zhou Enlai very much in his heart, he just said so many words, and he didn't know whether it was appropriate or not, at this time, seeing that Zhou Enlai did not blame himself, he said seriously:

"Thank you, on behalf of all the officers and men of my 151st Regiment, thank Vice Minister Zhou!"

"Brigadier Gao, I think we'll meet again." Zhou Enlai pointed to himself, and then pointed to Gao Fei: "National unity, unity of heart, treat each other with all sincerity, and go to the national disaster together!" ”

"National unity, unity of heart, treat each other with all sincerity, and go to the national disaster together!" Gao Fei read it lightly and stood up: "Take care of each other with all your heart, and go to the national disaster together!" ”

Someone over there was called Zhou Enlai, and Zhou Enlai shook hands with Gao Fei: "Brigade Commander Gao, I hope you will continue to create miracles on the battlefield and annihilate the Japanese invaders!" ”

Goofy saluted and said:

"Please rest assured Vice Minister Zhou, Gao Fei will definitely do it!"

(To be continued)