And Pang Bingxun is over the age of six, his health is not good, and he is very nostalgic for a quiet life after years of fighting. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info This was born as early as when he was stationed in Yuncheng, and he proposed to Yan Xishan that he wanted to concurrently hold a local position, but unfortunately it was interrupted by the cannon sound of the 77 Incident.

Although Pang Bingxun was reluctant to fight behind enemy lines, Chairman Chiang insisted on doing so, and he could only reluctantly make it difficult (historically, he had three resignations during his tenure as commander of the Jicha Theater, but none of them were approved).

When returning to the Taihang Mountain base from Chongqing, Pang Bingxun stayed in Zhengzhou and Kaifeng for a short time, and had a secret conversation with Sun Tongxuan, who was also from the Northwest Army. In order to alleviate the hardships and dangers of the War of Resistance behind enemy lines, Pang Bingxun hoped that Sun Tongxuan would move his army north, and he would lead his army south to attack the Japanese army in northern Henan, so as to connect with the Taihang Mountain base area.

In order to achieve his goal, Pang Bingxun promised to resign after illness and give up the positions of commander of the Jicha Theater and chairman of Hebei Province to Sun Tongxuan.

It is naturally not possible to give official positions to each other, but Sun Tongxuan is the commander of the group army, which is equivalent to Pang Xunbing. As long as he leads his troops into the Taihang Mountain base area and Pang Bingxun resigns, he will have the highest rank and seniority, and it is still very promising to succeed Pang Bingxun.

It was not easy to persist in fighting behind enemy lines, but Sun Tongxuan felt that this was not a way to break away from the divided control of the national government. If you can really become the commander of the theater, the degree of freedom will definitely increase greatly, and you can be regarded as having your own territory. When the time comes, in the name of the commander of the theater, he will expand his strength, unify his military power, eliminate local separatism, integrate and merge the armed forces in various localities, and provide them with supplies. In wartime, they respond to each other, forming a military advantage, and the waist pole can also be stiffened.

Moreover, Sun Tongxuan also thought very long-term, as long as the western Henan, northern Henan and Taihang Mountain base areas could keep in touch, the situation was unfavorable, and he could lead the army to retreat south. With the help of Yang Tianfeng, not only can he have a great chance of winning in the planned battle of northern Henan, but after entering the Taihang Mountain base area, he can also get the supply of various materials in the rear.

Therefore, Sun Tongxuan not only wanted to succeed Pang Bingxun, but also set a lot of prerequisites. If these conditions were not met, he took a step back and planned to continue to stay in the current western Henan area.

Yang Tianfeng didn't know Sun Tongxuan's plans, he also belonged to the Shandong-Henan-Anhui border region, Sun Tongxuan was still the guerrilla commander-in-chief, he was a deputy, and it was reasonable to ask for reinforcements to help. And the relationship between him and Sun Tongxuan has always been quite harmonious, and Zhou Zunshi led his troops to come, and he was also surprised.

Without saying anything all the way, Yang Tianfeng rushed to Shangqiu with the guard company, met with Zhou Zunshi, and gave him a warm welcome. In the evening, Liu Chen, chief of staff of the Third Group Army, rushed to negotiate, and Yang Tianfeng learned that Sun Tongxuan had plans to launch the Northern Henan Campaign.

"The Japanese army has heavy troops stationed in Xinxiang, and there is the Pinghan Line connecting North China, which is close, and there are many Japanese troops in the important town of Anyang!" Yang Tianfeng groaned, not optimistic about the battle in northern Henan.

Liu Chen nodded and said, "Pang Bingxun's subordinates can actively participate in the war, break the Pinghan line, and try their best to prevent the Japanese army from North China or Anyang from moving south. Of course, the 35th Division of the Japanese Army is really difficult to fight, and it still needs the strong help of Commander Yang! ”

Yang Tianfeng didn't speak for a long time, he was thinking about all aspects, such as the recovery of the New Seventh Army after the Huxi Campaign, the possible retaliation of the Japanese army, and the strength needed to carry out the Northern Henan Campaign.

According to the comparison of troops, Sun Tongxuan and Li Tiejun's troops, plus Pang Bingxun's troops, have 1230,000 horses; Against a second-class division of more than 20,000 people, there is really no absolute chance of victory. What's more, you have to consider the devil's reinforcements! Therefore, without the help of the New Seventh Army, this battle basically could not be fought.

After the Huxi Campaign, although the recruitment and conscription work in the base areas has been going on, the battle losses can be quickly made up, and even the total number of troops may increase again. However, the territory has expanded, and the strength of the guards needs to be more, and the mobile forces that can be drawn are not very abundant.

Yang Tianfeng looked at the map carefully, and also realized that the Northern Henan Campaign was beneficial to the development of the New Seventh Army. Northern Henan and western Huxi were able to form a huge pincer shape and envelop a large area including Heze, forming a rather favorable combat situation.

"If the Northern Henan Campaign can be won," Liu Chen stretched out his hands and made a gesture of folding on the map, "This Puyang, Heze and other places will be in the middle of a flanking attack, and the Shandong-Henan-Anhui border region will be in an extremely advantageous position." ”

Yang Tianfeng nodded, but he didn't agree easily, and said slowly: "The Battle of Northern Henan can be fought, but when and how to fight it still needs to be carefully planned." In addition, the New Seventh Army also needs to rest and recover after the war, and in terms of weapons and ammunition, it also needs to be stockpiled and prepared. Well, in short, you can't rush it! ”

"You really can't rush it." Liu Chen knows Yang Tianfeng's temperament and is more cautious, but he never lies to deceive each other, since he said that he can fight and the situation he said is true, then wait patiently.

"It seems that Commander-in-Chief Sun is still very confident in the combat strength of the Third Army." Yang Tianfeng smiled, easing the slightly tense atmosphere, "Weapons and equipment, military morale, judging from the 81st Division, the Third Army has indeed greatly improved!" ”

"And that's not thanks to Commander Yang's generosity." Liu Chen smiled and expressed his gratitude, "With sufficient food, increased personnel, and strengthened equipment, the combat strength of the Third Group Army is much stronger than last year." Of course, this is not comparable to the development of the New Seventh Army. ”

"Huh." Yang Tianfeng waved his hand and said with a smile: "The latter sentence is a bit fake. The fact that the New Seventh Army has been able to develop to this day is really because of the strong support of the Third Army. When the base area was first formed, the devils came to attack in a big way, if it wasn't for Mr. Sun sending Zhou Tuan to help......"

Recalling the history of friendly cooperation with the Third Group Army, Yang Tianfeng and Liu Chen talked for a long time before shaking hands and saying goodbye.

After Yang Tianfeng sent Liu Chen off, he returned to the office, and fell into a long thought about the map.

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After fierce fighting, Pei County was recovered by the 25th Division; The enemy force of Yutai and Jinxiang is lonely, and they retreat to Jining in the north; Fengxian was besieged by the Independent Brigade, and the 27th Division took Shan County directly; The defenders of Shanxian abandoned the city and fled into Heze; The independent brigade received artillery support, blew up the city wall, attacked Fengxian, and annihilated more than 800 Japanese puppet troops.

The Battle of Huxi lasted half a month, and finally ended with the victory of destroying more than 10,000 enemies and recovering the five counties.

Batches of trained recruits were quickly replenished. At present, the Shandong-Henan-Anhui border region has recruited an average of more than 3,000 people to join the army every month. The work of household registration statistics and conscription propaganda in western Henan is nearing completion, and the work of conscription in large numbers is about to begin, and tens of thousands of new recruits will put on military uniforms and become members of the new Seventh Army.

The big war is over, but the small wars are more frequent. The guerrilla infiltration campaign against the Heze area has begun again.

Although Yang Tianfeng was very reluctant to attract the attention of the Japanese army, where was there room for development in a shrinking corner? In 1941, before the Japanese army decided on the policy of consolidating North China and fighting for a long time, the threat faced by the New Seventh Army and its surrounding friendly forces was not particularly great. If you don't take advantage of this time to develop and grow, when the old devil in Okamura sits in North China, the situation will be very different.

The lesser of two evils, Yang Tianfeng repeatedly launched offensives, which was also a last resort.

As soon as the Battle of Huxi ended, Yang Tianfeng stepped up his military operations in the Heze area because the situation was relatively favorable and the enemy's rule in the Heze area was not stable.

Although Jining and Heze had heavy Japanese troops gathered, they divided their troops to defend the neighboring counties. However, the vast countryside is still unable to take care of it, and is under the control of various forces.

Among these forces, the militia groups, bandits, and sects attached to the enemy must be resolutely cracked down. On the other hand, the local armed forces of the national * army in various names can be incorporated and rectified.

At that time, there were still many local armed forces appointed by the government in the Heze region. For example, Sun Bingxian, commissioner of the Second Special Region of Shandong Province and commander of the 22nd Column of the Shandong Advance Army, has about 2,500 people; Zhang Ruiting, commissioner and security commander of the 16th Prefecture of Shandong Province of the Kuomintang, and Zhang Zigang, deputy commander and deputy commissioner, had about 3,000 troops; Wang Zhijie's security brigade in the Dingtao area has about 2,000 people; Cao Banting, commissioner of the 11th Prefecture and commander of the Seventh Route Army, and his subordinates Chen Boyang, Zhang Hanshan, Cao Guohui, Bian Jiu and other subordinates totaled more than 20,000 people.

Although the armed forces in these places are uneven, and although there are quite a few people, they have poor weapons and discipline, and they cannot become capable armies without rectification and training.

However, Yang Tianfeng saw the long-term view, and he must use cruel means to deter the puppet army, and enter the Heze and Jining areas to carry out operations, so as to demonstrate the strength of the New Seventh Army, restrain people's hearts, and prevent these armed forces from becoming puppet armies.

The puppet army fought poorly, and of course it was for nothing to fight head-on with the New Seventh Army, but don't ignore the role of the puppet army and the puppet regime. In places where the Japanese-occupied areas were relatively stable, county towns and towns could be controlled by a small number of Japanese troops and a large number of puppet troops, or even completely controlled by puppet troops.

In addition to maintaining local law and order, the puppet army can also help the Japanese army complete tasks including collecting taxes, collecting grain, raffing, building military facilities, and looting supplies, as well as collecting intelligence, enslaving and co-opting ordinary people and anti-Japanese people, and so on.

In the middle and late stages of the Anti-Japanese War, it was precisely because of the emergence of a large number of puppet armies (the number even exceeded that of the Japanese army) that helped the Japanese army realize the strategy of "fighting to support the war" and greatly alleviated the embarrassment of the Japanese army. With the puppet army helping to garrison the place, and even cooperating with the Japanese army to sweep up, the devils naturally freed up more mobile forces to encircle and suppress the anti-Japanese forces behind the enemy.

Therefore, Yang Tianfeng should start in advance and try his best to take these local armed forces for his own use; Those who resemble bandits are to be exterminated so that they do not become tigers in the future.

With the title of deputy commander-in-chief of the guerrilla operations in the Shandong-Henan-Anhui border region, Yang Tianfeng still had some excuses and reasons for organizing and merging the local armed forces.

At that time in Shandong, in addition to the power of the Eighth Route Army, Shen Honglie's Shandong Provincial Government and Yu Xuezhong's Sulu Theater were in a struggle for power. It stands to reason that Yu Xuezhong entered Shandong in the name of commander-in-chief of the theater of operations, and is responsible for controlling the military and political affairs of Shandong and Soviet provinces, and his official position should be above that of the provincial chairman. Shen Honglie, as the provincial chairman and deputy commander-in-chief of the theater, should be subordinate to Yu Xuezhong, but Shen took it upon himself to petition the Kuomintang Central Committee to appoint Yu Xuezhong as a member of the Shandong Provincial Government, and the Executive Yuan meeting actually approved this appointment.

As a result, Shen Honglie asked Yu Xuezhong to obey his orders as a member of the Shandong Provincial Government, which can also see Jiang's attitude towards Xuezhong. He was distrustful of Xuezhong, and was unwilling to hand over the party, government, and military power in Shandong to Yu Xuezhong.

Yu Xuezhong was dissatisfied with what Shen Honglie had done, so he made it difficult for Shen Honglie in terms of funds. Because the funds were unified, the Kuomintang Central Committee used the air force to invest in the Lusu Theater Command, and then because Xuezhong forwarded it to the Shandong Provincial Government and the newly formed Fourth Division. In the forwarding, when Yu Xuezhong has sufficient funds, he will allocate the same amount; When the funds were insufficient, Yu Xuezhong made excuses for not issuing or less payment. Yu Xuezhong took the initiative and had the power in terms of funds, while Shen Honglie was greatly constrained, and his subordinates could not be paid on time, which affected the prestige of the rule.

Moreover, Yu Xuezhong's large-scale reorganization of local troops in Shandong in the name of the theater of operations was even more dissatisfied. Many of these forces are under Shen's control or trying to control. For example, Zhang Liyuan, Qin Qirong, Zhao Baoyuan, and Li Wenli were all commissioners appointed by Shen Honglie, and their troops had been incorporated into the security forces by Shen Dian. However, these units were all reorganized by Yu Xuezhong into a guerrilla force in the theater. This reorganization not only weakened the strength of Shen Honglie's security command, but also forced Shen to redeploy his subordinate security forces.

The open and secret struggle between Shen and Yu naturally affected the supply and future of the armed forces in various parts of Shandong. In addition, the provincial government and the theater headquarters are both in the southern and central Lunan areas east of Weishan Lake, and they are beyond the reach of western and southwestern Luxi. These armed men, who were appointed by Shen as commissioners or security brigades and regiments, were not only short of funds, but also intermittent, and did not know how to carry out the orders issued by Shen and Yu.

And to persist in the war of resistance behind enemy lines, the reality is a survival skill that must be mastered. In other words, it's good to enjoy the shade with your back against a big tree. The rise of the New Seventh Army has provided these local armed forces with a choice.

As early as after the New Seventh Army recovered Shangqiu and other places and approached western and southwestern Luxi, many local armed forces sent people to contact them, hoping to be included in the jurisdiction of the Shandong-Henan-Anhui border region, and that the New Seventh Army would solve the problems of weapons, food, and salaries.

The emperor is far away, Shen Honglie and Yu Xuezhong can neither control nor help, for the sake of the future, it seems to be a good choice to take refuge in Yang Tianfeng. Otherwise, the isolation and helplessness can only be defeated and eliminated in the competition of the three forces (the National * Army, the Eighth Route Army, and the Japanese Puppet Army).

Yang Tianfeng first went to Shangqiu, met briefly with Liu Chen and Zhou Zunshi to discuss, and then rushed to Shanxian to meet with representatives of various local armed forces.

Taking advantage of the great victory of the New Seventh Army, the liberation of Shanxian County and Jinxiang, and the approach of the Heze area, Yang Tianfeng had already issued an order in his capacity as deputy commander-in-chief of the guerrillas, and many local armed forces sent representatives, and even could not wait to march into the territory of the New Seventh Army, or move closer to the New Guangfu area.

Among them, there were more than 12,000 people from Cao Banting, commander of the Seventh Route Army of the Kuomintang who were active in Chengwu and Shanxian, and his subordinates Chen Boyang, Zhang Hanshan, and Cao Guohui; Sun Bingxian, commissioner of the 2nd Prefecture of Caoxian and commander of the 22nd Column of the Shandong Advance Army, had about 2,500 troops...... (To be continued.) )