In the war in southern Hebei, Han Yunhua himself could not take time out of his body to personally command, but he handed over all the command of the troops to the former enemy command with Chen Guang and Jiang Yunshan as the core. As far as this former enemy command is concerned, it is still Chen Guang who is in charge.

Although Chen Guang did not belong to the battle sequence of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, this did not prevent Han Yunhua from trusting Chen Guang. On the one hand, because Jiang Yunshan's qualifications are too shallow, although he also has great achievements in the army, he still can't control the instructor of Nuoda at the root, and at the same time, he has no prestige to deter the recalcitrant army in southern Hebei. Moreover, this time the battle in southern Hebei will definitely be a tragic battle, and the instructor will inevitably contact other friendly troops, and Jiang Yunshan, a recruit who has just joined the army for less than five years, will not attract the attention of the national political axe at all, and will not even win the recognition of other Eighth Route Army units.

After all, in the eyes of many people, the Inner Mongolia Military Region has pushed a large number of cadres who have no qualifications and have not been tested into important positions, and a large number of veteran comrades who have experienced the Long March and other important battles still do not have suitable places to be placed. More and more recruits are climbing on the heads of veteran comrades, and the situation of less commanding old comrades is very common in the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and this will inevitably affect the unity of the army. Therefore, Han Yunhua can also avoid these situations now, and Han Yunhua, a young and capable cadre like Jiang Yunshan, can be used boldly and with confidence, but he will no longer promote these people too quickly as before, and Han Yunhua will generally not consider young cadres for positions like the former enemy commander-in-chief. This is the case with the former enemy headquarters in eastern Hebei, the former enemy headquarters in northern Hebei and northern Jinbei, and the former enemy headquarters in southern Hebei.

In fact, Han Yunhua is also very aware of the irrationality of the cadre allocation of the Inner Mongolia Military Region; although these young and energetic cadres have indeed brought a lot of new atmosphere and new vitality to the entire army, it is undeniable that young cadres are prone to dizziness and stupidity, and young cadres who have not undergone long-term tests are indeed not as reassuring as old comrades.

Therefore, Han Yunhua accepted those opinions in the party with an open mind, and made an action to express his support for the decision of the Central Committee. As a [***] member, Han Yunhua has a sincere heart. Like all the [***] members of this era, Han Yunhua deeply understands the burden on his shoulders, and the mission of the times makes him not allow himself to make even a small mistake.

Southern Hebei is an important strategic point in Han Yunhua's layout this time, and if the affairs of southern Hebei are properly handled, the situation in the entire northern part of North China will immediately undergo earth-shaking changes. Now [***] forces in the north have far exceeded the Yue army, and the troops of the national political axe are indispensable there, so Han Yunhua has been thinking about how to destroy the North China Front of the Yue army in one fell swoop and completely solve the war in the north. Therefore, the war in southern Hebei is particularly concerned about Han Yunhua's heart, and Han Yunhua, the candidate for the commander-in-chief of the former enemy in southern Hebei, is also very attentive.

Who is Chen Guang? At this time, Chen Guang was already a famous general of the Eighth Route Army, a fierce general who was not inferior to Master Chen, and was the acting commander of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army and the commander of the 343rd Brigade. He was one of the first division and brigade cadres of the Eighth Route Army after it was reorganized, and Chen Guang can be said to be one of the oldest members of the army.

When talking about Chen Guang, I have to talk about Chen Guang's resume, Chen Guang's original name is Chen Shichun, a native of Liyuanbao, Yizhang County, Hunan. Chen Guang entered school at the age of 10 and studied in a private school for a short period of 3 years, and gave up studying agriculture at the age of 14. In 1926, the Northern Expeditionary Army entered Hunan. Chen Guang's hometown, Yizhang County, established a peasant association, and he became a member of the peasant association. At the end of the following year, he was introduced by local underground party members Chen Dongyue and Chen Jun to join China. At the beginning of January 1928, Zhu De and Chen Yi led the rest of the "August 1" Nanchang Uprising of more than 1,000 people to Yizhang, Chen Guang was extremely excited, and when he donated the 12 rifles he had collected after the "Ma Yue Incident", he formed a peasant Red Guard, and then cooperated with the Red Army to participate in the Southern Hunan Rebellion.

After the success of the southern Hunan uprising, Chen Guang followed Zhu De and Chen Yi to Jinggang Mountain, and was assigned to the first battalion of the 29th Regiment of the 3rd Division of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army as a company commander. In February 1930, Chiang Kai-shek launched the first encirclement and suppression of the Central Soviet District. At this time, Chen Guang was already the deputy head of a detachment of the first column of the Red Fourth Army (the leader of the column was [***]). From May to September of the following year, the Kuomintang launched the second and third encirclement and suppression, and Chen Guang was promoted to chief of staff of the 10th Division during the operation, and led the division to accomplish its combat mission brilliantly. In November, the First Congress of the Chinese Soviets was held in Ruijin, and Chen Guang was awarded the Red Star Medal of the Second Class. At the end of the year, he was transferred to the commander of the 12th Division of the Red Fourth Army. In August 1933, Chiang Kai-shek mobilized a million-strong army and launched a brutal fifth encirclement and suppression of the central Soviet area using pillbox tactics. In order to expand its popularity, the Party Central Committee set up the well-known "Young Communist International Division". At that time, more than 70 percent of the members of the division were in the division, and the average age was only 18 years old. In order to train these "red imps" into staunch and qualified soldiers, the Central Military Commission repeatedly selected the candidates for division commanders and political commissars, and finally decided to appoint Chen Guang, who had good tactical literacy, high political awareness, strong command ability, and combat bravery, as the division commander, and Xiao Hua, a 17-year-old youth minister of the General Political Department, as the division commander. Under the leadership of Chen Guang and Xiao Hua, the "International Division of the Young Communist Party" annihilated more than 500 enemies in the first battle of Fujian and captured a large number of guns and ammunition. For this reason, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai, and other leading comrades sent a special telegram to commend the division, praising them as "the first test of the iron fist." Three months later, Chen Guang was transferred to the commander of the Second Red Division. Although he had only been in the International Division of the Young Communist Party for three months, as General Xiao Hua later commented: "Chen Guang worked hard to train this young unit, laid a good foundation, and played an important role. ”

Due to the influence of Wang Ming's "left-leaning" adventurism, the fifth anti-encirclement campaign in the Central Soviet Region failed, and the Red Army was forced to make a strategic shift. On the night of October 14, 1934, Chen Guang led the Second Red Division to cross the Duhe River and embark on the Long March. At the beginning of the Long March, Chen Guang led the 2nd Red Division to take on the task of breaking through the avant-garde, covering the column of the Military Commission and the follow-up troops after bloody battles, and finally came to Guizhou. After the "Liping Conference", the Red Army moved to Zunyi, and the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Red Division was selected as the avant-garde. Chen Guang was personally ordered by the head of the Military Commission to lead the four regiments with Geng Biao as the head of the regiment and Yang Chengwu as the political commissar to rush across the Wujiang River. Subsequently, he turned back to the division headquarters and commanded the sixth and fourth regiments to capture Zunyi respectively, seize Loushan Pass, occupy Songba, and then reassemble troops to guard along the northwest direction, and guard the convening of the Zunyi Conference together with brother troops.

At this meeting, [***] was reasserted as a leader. Subsequently, Chen Guang led the Red Second Division to participate in the four crossings of Chishui and successfully marched into western Sichuan. Arriving at the Anshunchang crossing of the Dadu River, the Central Red Army faced hundreds of thousands of enemy troops swarming and faced a dilemma. At that time, it was the rainy season in May, and the water flow at Anshunchang Ferry was turbulent, and the riverbed was wide, so the engineering troops could not erect a pontoon bridge. Only by seizing the Luding Bridge can the troops be able to ensure that the troops can cross the Dadu River and avoid the fate of Shi Dakai's annihilation of the whole army here. Once again, the heavy responsibility fell on Chen Guang's shoulders. He led the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Red Division to run 120 kilometers in one day, creating a miracle that is still talked about in military history -- flying to capture the Luding Bridge and opening the way for the Red Army to go north.

After walking out of the grassland, the 2nd Red Division took the lead in entering the territory of Gannan. Another famous natural danger -- Lazikou blocked the Red Army's way. The pass was sandwiched between the mountains, like a narrow opening between the two peaks, and the knife was cut with an axe. There are cliffs on both sides, and below is a rushing river, with only a wooden bridge in between, which is the only way to enter and exit Lazikou. [***], Nie Rongzhen and other army leaders carefully observed the terrain together with Chen Guang, and decided to be commanded by Chen Guang and Yang Chengwu, political commissar of the Fourth Regiment. After a night of fierce fighting, Lazikou was finally conquered. In 1944, when he was studying at the Central Party School in Yan'an, the party group made the following comments on Chen Guang's exploits: "In the Long March, Chen Guang made great contributions to the Central Red Army's northward march and overcoming danger. On November 19, after the Red Army entered Wuqi in northern Shaanxi, Chen Guang was reappointed as the commander of the Red Fourth Division, and Peng Xuefeng was the political commissar. In the "Battle of Zhiluo", he led the four divisions, with the cooperation of friendly and neighboring troops, as the main attack task, and finally conquered the town of Zhiluo, completely annihilated the enemy's 109th Division, and captured more than 5,000 people under the division commander Niu Yuanfeng.

After the "Xi'an Incident", Chen Guang replaced [***], who had been transferred to the president of the Red Army University, and became the acting commander of the Red First Army until half a year later, the Red First Army was reorganized into the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army. In August 1937, the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army. Zhu De and Peng Dehuai were respectively the chief and deputy commanders-in-chief, and had three divisions under their jurisdiction, namely the 115th, 120th, and 129th, and the 115th Division was the strongest, with more than 15,000 people, which was formed by the combination of the 1st Red Army and the 15th Red Army. At the beginning of the establishment of the 115th Division, the division commander was [***], the deputy division commander Nie Rongzhen (actually the role of political commissar), and the director of the political training office Luo Ronghuan. It has two brigades, 343 and 344. Xu Haidong served as the commander of the 344 Brigade, and Chen Guang served as the commander of the 343 Brigade.

In September, the 115th Division was victorious, creating a miracle in the history of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Concentrate the strength of the division, set up an ambush at Pingxingguan in Shanxi, and annihilate more than 1,000 people from the 21st Brigade of the enemy's Itagaki Division, winning the first major victory since the National War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. A month later, Chen Guang and his old partner Xiao Hua led the 343 Brigade to set up an ambush in Guangyang again, killing and wounding more than 1,000 people and achieving a great victory in Guangyang. There are often many fortuitous factors that change the overture of history. In March of the following year, [***] was accidentally injured by the Jin army during a morning exercise on horseback in the early morning, and his life was in danger, and he was immediately taken back to Yan'an and transferred to the Soviet Union for treatment. At the suggestion of the Central Military Commission, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army appointed Chen Guang as the acting commander of the 115th Division.

The reason why Han Yunhua is so clear about Chen Guang's personal experience is that Chen Guang's series of miraculous achievements have aroused Han Yunhua's interest. "Knowing" Chen Guang was still before Han Yunhua went to military school, and it was also when Han Yunhua was in elementary school. Han Yunhua clearly remembered that his Chinese teacher was a history fan at that time, and he specifically mentioned Chen Guang when he told them about the capture of the Luding Bridge. And also used a large chapter to describe Chen Guang's role in this battle, which rooted the word Chen Guang in Han Yunhua's young heart. After going to the military academy, Han Yunhua specifically checked some information about Chen Guang. At the time, I didn't think so, and I forgot about it after seeing it. But since he was reborn, Han Yunhua has paid special attention to the famous generals in the history of the Eighth Route Army, because Han Yunhua knows very well that once something happens, these old comrades who can stand the test will not let him down.

Looking at Chen Guang's resume, it can be seen that he is a military cadre who has grown up from the grassroots level, and has successively served as the captain of the Red Guards, the commander of the third company of the 29th Regiment of the 10th Division of the Fourth Army, the captain of the Yongxin Beixiang guerrilla unit, the company commander of the 31st Regiment of the Red Fourth Army, the deputy captain, the captain, the deputy detachment leader, and the detachment leader of the first column of the Red Army, and the commander of the 30th Regiment of the 10th Division of the Fourth Army of the Red First Army, and the chief of staff of the division. Commander of the 12th Division of the Red Fourth Army, Commander of the 11th Division of the Red Fourth Army, Commander of the International Division of the Young Communist Party, Commander of the 15th Division of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, Commander of the 2nd Division of the 1st Red Army, Commander of the 2nd Division of the 1st Red Army, Deputy Commander of the 1st Red Army, Commander of the 4th Division, Chief of the Senior Cadre Section (Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan), Deputy Commander of the 1st Red Army, Acting Commander of the 115th Red Army Regiment, Commander of the 343rd Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and Acting Commander of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, Han Yunhua believes that with Chen Guang's command ability, he can definitely fight the battle in southern Hebei, but Han Yunhua also knows that Chen Guang also has shortcomings, Chen Guang has a strong surname, cannot handle interpersonal relationships, and does not even have the psychological quality to deal with criticism. However, this does not prevent him from being a first-class general, and his art of commanding and fighting is still first-class, which is difficult for ordinary people to match.

However, although it is not easy for Han Yunhua to let Chen Guang serve as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, although in terms of his current position with Chen Guang, he and Chen Guang are on the same level. Although it is said that when he was fighting in southern Hebei some time ago, Chen Guang was limited to the needs of the war and cooperated with Han Yunhua to fight for more than 20 days, and he was also commanded by Han Yunhua many times during this period, but this does not mean that Han Yunhua can command this Eighth Route Army commander anytime and anywhere.

You must know that Chen Guang at this time was the acting commander of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army and the commander of the 343rd Brigade, although on the surface it seemed to be the acting commander of a division, there were seven or eight division-level military units under Han Yunhua's command. But Han Yunhua knew that the 115th Division at this time was definitely not as weak as it appeared on the surface, just like the 129th Division, the brigades and regiments under the 115th Division added up to an absolutely terrifying number, although the quality may not be comparable to the Inner Mongolia Military Region, but the quantity will definitely not be much worse.

Now don't look at the Inner Mongolia Military Region, there are hundreds of thousands of troops, but none of the three regular divisions of the Eighth Route Army is a behemoth. It can be said that the 115th Division, the 129th Division, and the 120th Division are more than 90 percent of the overall strength of the Eighth Route Army, and the difficulty of commanding such a behemoth acting division commander is not much worse than fighting a tough battle.

Han Yunhua alone will definitely not be able to do this, first of all, Han Yunhua asked Chen Guang's opinion, after all, the twisted melon is not sweet. Whether this matter can be achieved or not, Chen Guang is the most critical part, if Chen Guang disagrees, Han Yunhua can't force others to not.

However, Chen Guang's opinion is very pertinent, as long as the Party Central Committee needs it, he can be put in any position, let alone let him be the commander-in-chief of the former enemy in southern Hebei, even if he is allowed to go to the battlefield with a rifle. Besides, to be honest, Chen Guang is also very curious about Han Yunhua, the suddenly rising fierce general of the Eighth Route Army, some time ago, Han Yunhua defeated the strength of a brigade and several other infantry brigades in southern Hebei in a few roundabouts, in terms of tactics, Han Yunhua can definitely be called a grandmaster. Therefore, it is still very good to accept Han Yunhua's command, at least Chen Guang will not resist. In addition, Han Yunhua is a person who is good at creating miracles, and the troops he led have made the impossible possible many times, and the always strong army seems to be muddy in front of him, and now the vast majority of cadres of the Eighth Route Army, especially grassroots cadres, have a blind trust in Han Yunhua. Although Chen Guang did not recognize Han Yunhua as omnipotent, he still recognized the strength of the Inner Mongolia Military Region. Working with Han Yunhua, Chen Guang didn't think that he could do anything, but he still had a faint expectation for this.

Since Chen Guang agreed, then the next thing is much easier, and then Han Yunhua sent a request to the Party Central Committee in Yan'an to "transfer generals", hoping that [***] could agree to his request to transfer Chen Guang to fight in southern Hebei, and in the telegram Han Yunhua made it clear that Chen Guang's transfer to the Inner Mongolia Military Region The battle sequence was only temporary, and Chen Guang could return to the army after this battle was completed. The same telegram Han Yunhua also sent a letter to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, after all, the 115th Division is still subordinate to the Eighth Route Army's battle sequence, and Chen Guang is also under the leadership of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters.

The reply from the party Central Committee was very timely, and [***] personally gave instructions and agreed to Comrade Chen Guang's temporary transfer to the battle sequence of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and at the same time the 343rd Brigade of the 115th Division was also transferred, and it was immediately returned to the building after the end of the general battle.

After the transfer was completed, Han Yunhua ordered all troops to take their positions, and the countdown to the battle in North China began.

When Han Yunhua was transferred to Daqingshan, the war in Zhangbei was also coming to an end. Under the careful layout of Master Chen, more than 10,000 people of the main force of the Shanxia Division of the army were surrounded and annihilated by the 77th Division, the 1st Field Division, and the 2nd Field Division of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, although at the end of the battle, Lieutenant General Yamashita Fengwen personally led the main force of the Shanxia Division to come to the rescue, but was blocked by the 1st Field Division in Xujiaji, which was 20 kilometers away from Dashuiquan, and the two sides carried out an unusually fierce resistance battle on the land of less than 15 square kilometers in Xujiaji. In this battle, the 1st Field Division of the Inner Mongolia Military Region suffered heavy casualties, two of the three infantry brigades were disabled by the Yamashita Division, and even the artillery regiment that had been established with great difficulty was basically destroyed by the artillery wing of the Yamashita Division.

Of course, the Yamashita Division did not bargain much, and the fighting will of the [***] team can often reverse the victory of a battle. Although the 1st Field Division was inferior to the Yamashita Division in battle, the strategy of the [***] squadron stubbornly defending and not attacking dragged the Yamashita Division down. After paying more than 4,600 casualties in this battle, the Yamashita Division could not push further from Xujiaji, and could only watch the Xishiyuan Department being torn to pieces in blood.

(To be continued)