Beginning on January 1, 1938, Xiao Lu led his 20,000 men, carrying 2,000 wounded, all the way north. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThree days later, they arrived in Huai'an.

Xiaolu asked the soldiers to disguise themselves as a rout, broke into Huai'an, swept away all the doctors and nurses in Huai'an's hospitals, repaired for two days, built a few cars, dozens of trailers, and continued to the north. When I arrived in Xinyi, I put the car and carriage back. People saw that they were kind and asked them for money, and these people gave them money, and they were very happy.

After two days of repair in Xinyi, many of the lightly injured recovered a lot, and some were even able to walk on their own.

When Xinyi was repairing, Wan Yi secretly joined the Communist Party. The introducers are still Zhang Wenhai and Gu Mu, who had been in close contact with him before, and now they were appointed to hurry over.

Wan Yi has always had a good impression of the Communist Party, and he has had many contacts with the Communist Party in the past. At the time of the Xi'an Incident, he advocated not letting Lao Jiang go, and even if Lao Jiang was released, Zhang Xueliang could not be allowed to go to Nanjing. At this stage, I came into contact with Xiaolu and others, and I strengthened my determination. Xiaolu telegraphed to the Yangtze River Bureau and accepted Wan Yi's application.

Xiao Lu and Wan Yi talked about his mission.

Historically, after Wan Yi defended Nanjing, he almost escaped alone, went to Jiangbei, returned to his old army, continued to resist the Japanese, and led the troops to revolt very late. This time, after he joined the party, Zhou Gong's opinion was that, while respecting his own opinion, he hoped that he would return to the Northeast Army to resist Japan, rather than return to the Northeast.

Wan Yi listened to this idea, thought about it for a day, and agreed.

The next day, he left the main army with his only 200 men and went in search of the old troops.

Although Li Lanchi did not join the party, Zhou Gong also wanted to invite him back to work in the Northeast Army. However, Li Lanchi insisted on going back to his hometown, and Zhou Gong expressed respect for his opinion.

When Xinyi was repairing, I heard that Lianyungang had not yet fallen. Leaving Xinyi, Xiaolu felt a lot more relaxed all of a sudden and fell ill.

For the next month or so, the team found a car to pull him all the way north, and after crossing the Yellow River, Xiaolu's health gradually improved. On the way, although Qingdao had already fallen, and Weixian had also fallen on January 10, it was still easy for the Japanese to avoid the Japanese just by moving along the road and railway.

The long journey, because of the failure to implement the strict military discipline of the Red Army, competed for vehicles and food all the way, marched very fast, and arrived at Huanghua near Cangzhou on February 27. At this time, the team was not far from Tianjin.

Since crossing the Yellow River, we have reached the occupied area. This is the place of the devil, and the devil is currently assembling a large army to prepare for the battle of Xuzhou in the near future. There were a small number of Japanese devils left in the locality, and a large number of puppet soldiers were responsible for law and order.

After entering the occupied area, the small road told the team to take the small road, try not to alarm the enemy, and generally do not have anything to do with any forces except for food. Therefore, when it came to the front line of Cangzhou Huanghua, it did not cause any big waves.

Koji called a meeting of the officers to discuss the next step.

The meeting began, and the trail got straight to the point: "We have to start moving." At present, the devils are marching to the Central Plains by sea and land. The Great War in Northern Jiangsu was about to break out. We have to fight, and we can't suffer a loss, what should we do? Hebei is their rear. ”

The crowd was excited.

Xiaolu said: "I want to fight the empty gate of the Japanese, and I am going to fight a few battles here." Although we are not the Eighth Route Army or the New Fourth Army, we have very strict military discipline. Since we left northern Jiangsu, we have been hungry and full, and life is not easy. A few gold bars, spent in a day. Today, there is no food. Now, we have arrived in the occupied area, and we are fighting devils and traitors, not only to be politically correct, but also to solve our provisions. Otherwise, starve to death. The most important thing is that the Northeast is very cold at the moment, and everyone has no cotton clothes now, so they will not freeze to death. ”

The crowd laughed. Zhu Equator: "We have disappeared for nearly two months, and it is time to show up." Especially the commander, I think we should contact the base camp. After all, I still have to deal with them in the future, and I have to get this matter over. ”

Xiaolu said: "I sent a telegram saying that I was sick for a period of time and was carried to the north by my subordinates. It's not a lie, it's the truth. ”

Zhu Equator: "Tell me your plan." I know you've been gathering information all this time. ”

Xiaolu said: "Today, the Japanese army is fighting with the national army in the Xuzhou area. The Japanese army marched on four routes, first, Jiangbei crossing, second Lianyungang, sea to land. Three, Shandong Peninsula, four, Hebei to the south. At present, the enemy in North China is striking at Shanxi and Xuzhou. Hebei Province is empty, and it can be said that the Japanese are very arrogant and have committed a taboo in the military. We're here to hit his empty door. is like Monkey King, in the belly of the Iron Fan Princess. It is impossible to liberate Beiping, Tianjin cannot be liberated, and it is still no problem to liberate several small and medium-sized cities. ”

Li Lanchi: "Damn it, liberate Beiping." Kill back to the Northeast! ”

Lan Yundong: "I am a staff officer, and I want to study the plan. Our heavy weapons are gone, at most we will run with heavy machine gun mortars, and how to fight must have a rigorous plan. ”

On the evening of February 27, 1938, Huanghua, Hebei.

Xiaolu's troops successfully got in touch with the Wuhan base camp, and Xiaolu sent a letter to the base camp: "The base camp, the staff department fell ill two months ago, and the subordinates broke through. He was carried to Hebei by his subordinates. At present, the body is healed, and I plan to return to the customs outside, please instruct. Lu Xiaoming. ”

Wuhan Daben called back two hours later, and he was full of encouragement. Didn't say anything about their next move.

That night, Bai Santai received a telegram from Lu Zhengcao.

Before the Xi'an Incident, Lü Zhengcao was stationed in Xushui, Beiping Hebei. After participating in the Xi'an Incident, Lü Zhengcao rushed back to Hebei and joined the Communist Party of China in May 1937.

On October 14, 1937, Lü Zhengcao held a meeting of officers and soldiers in Xiaoqiao Town, Jin County, announced his separation from the Kuomintang Army, renamed his headquarters as the People's Self-Defense Army, and was elected commander.

Subsequently, Lu Zhengcao led his troops to the north, and after meeting with the local organizations and anti-Japanese armed forces of the Communist Party of China in central Hebei, he captured the county seat of Gaoyang, established the people's democratic regime and the mass organization of resisting Japanese aggression and saving the country, and actively developed the anti-Japanese armed forces and established the anti-Japanese base area in central Hebei.

After leaving Jiangsu and entering Shandong, Xiaolu asked for a telegram and sent someone to contact Lu Zhengcao, and only found his whereabouts in Hebei. Someone sent a radio station, which can now be contacted.

Lu Zhengcao provided Xiaolu with the current enemy situation in Hebei, and Xiaolu and Lu Zhengcao made an appointment to do something in Hebei.

Xiaolu wrote down the experience in the Northeast into rules and distributed them to all troops, demanding strict discipline and strict screening, eliminating traitors and sabotaging the puppet regime. Many troops only like to attack big cities, and they are told to pay attention to rural work and not ignore the role of grassroots work.

In the past, Xiaolu's education of officers often emphasized the unity of officers and soldiers, but now, he has added preferential treatment of prisoners.

Tasks were urgently assigned to the various units. Before the battle, Xiaolu asked all troops to outwit as much as possible and not to storm by force.