Located in the central part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, at the southwest end of Xilin Gol League, and in the north, at the southwest edge of the Hunshandak Sandy Land, the Yellow Banner is a pure animal husbandry banner with animal husbandry as the main economy.

On August 26, Han Yunhua and his entourage finally arrived at Xinbaolag Town, where the Yellow Flag Banner Political Axe is located, and saw Qian Zhuangfei in Xinbaolag Town.

Although it is said to be a county-level administrative unit, it is far inferior to a town in eastern Hebei, and like other towns on the Mongolian plateau, the most prosperous town of Xinbaolag with the Yellow Banner has no city walls, and looks like a small village from a distance.

As soon as he entered the city, Han Yunhua saw from a distance many soldiers from the Inner Mongolia Military Region maintaining order. It is said that this yellow flag should still belong to the territory of the Mongolian princes, according to the national policy of the Eighth Route Army, Han Yunhua's department should not and cannot conflict with these Mongolian princes, as long as they do not take refuge in Yue himself for a day, then Han Yunhua will not be able to go north to expand his territory for a day.

However, now the soldiers of the Inner Mongolia Military Region are maintaining order in the city, but the troops of the Mongolian princes who should have appeared did not appear, Han Yunhua was shocked for no reason, he was really worried that it was Qian Zhuangfei who broke up the troops of the original Mongolian princes and occupied the yellow flag. This is a political mistake, but it can't be solved by a punishment, Han Yunhua doesn't want to put Qian Zhuangfei's political future into it because of Yuhan's matter.

Qian Zhuangfei's temporary headquarters is in the north of the city, where it was originally the big tent of the owner of the yellow flag, but now it has become Qian Zhuangfei's headquarters. As soon as he entered the command headquarters, Han Yunhua couldn't wait to ask: "Old Qian, what's going on, why is it that our soldiers in the city are maintaining order and the original flag owner of the yellow flag?" ”

Qian Zhuangfei smiled bitterly: "The flag owner of the yellow flag is our old enemy, that is, the king of Germany who fled from Guisui City, and now the king of Germany has fled back to his hometown in Xilin Gol grassland, and he arranged for the flag owner of the yellow flag to escape before we arrived, and when we came, we found that the yellow flag did not have regular armed forces." But limited to the party's rules on getting along with ethnic minorities, we didn't think about occupying this place, after all, there is nothing worth coveting here. However, the night before, a force of about 800 horse bandits had attacked the Yellow Banner, preparing to occupy the small city, which was not protected by the regular army. Forced to defend themselves and protect the people in the city, our army fought back and finally repelled the attack of the horse bandits at a small cost. That's why we've temporarily sent soldiers to maintain order, in case the panicked populace does something bad. ”

After listening to Qian Zhuangfei's words, Han Yunhua suddenly put down the boulder that had been hanging for a long time, and said: "It's handled very well, since it is the territory of King De, then we don't have to be polite, just accept it, but be careful not to arouse the disgust of herdsmen friends." ”

"Well, Commander, I think now as long as we want, these banner counties in the north can be taken at any time, and those Menghan herdsmen will not object." Qian Zhuangfei thought about it for a long time and said.

Han Yunhuaqi said: "Oh, why is this? ”

Qian Zhuangfei hurriedly said: "The herdsmen here are all oppressed by the banner owners to live, and they hardly have any means of subsistence, including pasture, cattle and sheep. When the owner of the yellow flag fled, he drove away 90% of the cattle and sheep in the entire flag, leaving only these herdsmen who had no source of livelihood to live here in hard labor. Before we came, most of the people in New Paulage Town were barely living by hunting, and people starved to death almost every day, and even cannibalism occurred, which is why horse bandits were so rampant in this area. After we came, we brought a large number of supplies, of which food accounted for the vast majority, mainly because this was not the jurisdiction of our military region, and it was inconvenient to raise food, so we brought a little more when we came. After leaving a part of the rations as a regular ration, we distributed most of the grain to the residents here, who are much more pitiful than the common people in the base area, at least the villagers in the base area still have a hope all year round, while the villagers here can only expect more prey on the grassland. ”

Han Yunhua sighed and said: "Yes, they really need our help, even if there are more prey on the grassland, they can't support the more than 60,000 people with yellow flags, Lao Qian, you can send a report to the political commissar now, and ask him to urgently allocate a batch of grain, cattle and sheep over, I will be useful." ”

"Well, I'll go back in a minute, and now I'll talk about our progress during this time. Fortunately, the soldiers of the Feilong Special Operations Squadron were alert enough to find a trace left by the special operations team on the edge of a cliff, and searched for this trace, but unfortunately it was not Comrade Li Yuhan and her guard team that were found, but a group of about 100 devils. Even though we were sneak attacking, the devils were very clever. After a big battle, they still let them run more than 30 people, and we also lost a few fighters, but the special combat team did not lose. Qian Zhuangfei said.

"Is there any news of Yuhan now?" Han Yunhua asked.

Qian Zhuangfei said: "Not yet, but we judge that Comrade Li Yuhan is likely to have fled into the Hunshandak Sands, even if he did not enter the hinterland of the Hunshandak Sands, at least he has entered the edge of the sands." ”

Han Yunhua hurriedly said, "Is there a basis for judgment?" Is this judgment your own judgment, or is there conclusive evidence that Yuhan and they have entered the sand? ”

Qian Zhuangfei said solemnly: "So far, there is no evidence that Comrade Li Yuhan and others have entered the Hunshandak Sandy Land, but according to the devil's special combat team wandering around the Yellow Banner and not leaving, we can almost be sure that Li Yuhan and others are in the territory of the Yellow Banner, and we have carefully checked the three Sumu (townships) and one town under the Yellow Banner, but we have not gained anything. So far, only the Hunshandak Sands have not been searched. Besides, when we found the Devil's Special Combat Team, they were discussing the battle plan, and after the battle, we captured a map in the hands of a Shao Zuo, and this map clearly showed the Devil's battle plan this time, and their target was the Hunshandak Sands. ”

Han Yunhua thought for a while and said: "Your judgment is very reasonable, so let's do it, Lao Qian, you will take a regiment of cavalry to the edge of the Hunshandak Sandy Land now, but don't go in at will, just prevent the devil from entering, and then I will lead a large army to join you after explaining the situation to the political commissar, and then we will make plans." ”

Han Yunhua didn't let the troops immediately rush to the Hunshandak Sands to search, because he knew that it would be very dangerous if he entered the sands before he was ready, especially at this time, a tornado that was not too strong could inflict a devastating blow on the troops. Even a good special forces can't enter the desert at will, because after entering the sand, you will face not only flesh-and-blood enemies, but also the forces of nature, hunger, lack of water, scorching, cold, sandstorms, tornadoes, desert wolves, etc., will threaten your life. In comparison, we are fearless in fighting with people, but we have almost no chance of winning with Tiandou.

Han Yunhua must not joke with the surnames of hundreds of soldiers for his own selfishness, after the telegram with Shen Yuquan, Han Yunhua began to sort out the government affairs with the yellow flag and clean up the mess for King De.

In the afternoon of the same day, under the protection of the special combat team, Han Yunhua visited hundreds of herdsmen in Xinbaolag Town. Han Yunhua wanted to thoroughly understand the lives of the herdsmen and their thoughts through face-to-face contact, and Han Yunhua, who had been a border guard commander in Inner Mongolia for three years in later generations, knew that some pure Mongolian people in Inner Mongolia were still very disgusted with the Han people, although they could not be called hostile, but they did not like it.

Han Yunhua didn't want to bring unnecessary trouble to the party and the army with good intentions, and the national issue was a very difficult issue at that time, and Han Yunhua had to be cautious.

When he came to the tent where the old herdsman Deyin Baolai lived, as soon as he opened the door curtain, Han Yunhua almost burst into tears when he saw the scene in front of him, only to see that there were only two old people who looked to be in their sixties in the dilapidated small tent, except for a tattered straw mat and a small low table, there was no furniture to be found in the tent.

And the old lady of the herdsman was squatting beside the stove and cooking vegetables, Han Yunhua could see at a glance that what was cooking in the pot was not a good thing, but a kind of mountain mouse and some wild vegetables unique to the grassland, and Han Yunhua also saw some tender grass in that small iron pot.

The old herdsman's father, on the other hand, lay motionless on a torn sheepskin, and occasionally let out one or two moans of pain. Seeing someone coming in, the old lady hurriedly greeted her and said in an old tone: "The original guest, Deyin Baolai's house welcomes you (Mongolian)!" ”

Han Yunhua stayed in the border area of Inner Mongolia for three years, and he spoke well in Mongolian, so he hurriedly replied in Mongolian: "Auntie, you seat, we are the Eighth Route Army led by [***], and I heard that the herdsmen in the north are suffering from famine, so we were entrusted by [***][***] to come and see you." Within the scope of our ability, we will do our best to help herdsmen tide over the difficulties. ”

The old shepherd said in disbelief, "Guests from afar, can you really help us?" ”

Han Yunhua said seriously: "Although I am not a descendant of the Immortal Heaven, I have the blood of the Chinese nation like all my herdsman friends, and we are all a nation living on the land of China, and we should share weal and bene. Please rest assured, we will do our best to solve your difficulties, and in a few days our large army will send you the scarce food and cattle and sheep for production. ”

The old herdsman paused, and suddenly said, "Please save Old Deyin, he was injured by the messenger of the Immortal Heaven...... and tears fell as she spoke.

Han Yunhua hurriedly stepped forward to help the old grandmother. comforted: "It'll be fine, we will cure Deyin old Ama (Daddy)." ”

Han Yunhua motioned to a special combat team member to quickly find a military doctor to come over, and he chatted with the old grandmother of the herdsman, through the conversation, Han Yunhua knew that Deyin Baolai's family had always been grazing for the flag owner's family, and the flag master would give them ten ewes and a ram all year round. Originally, Deyin Baolai put most of his life for the flag owner, and also saved more than 100 sheep, and the flag owner also divided a small piece of grass for his family the year before last, and the son was quite passable. But since he came, the original flag owner was killed by the devil, and he chose one of the obedient Meng Zhan as the new flag owner.

As soon as the new flag lord took office, he asked the guards to collect all the meadows, cattle and sheep, and the men in the prime of life were recruited into the guards by the new flag master, and the rest of the old people were driven to herd sheep and horses for the banner master, and only a small ration was given every day.

Almost all the herdsmen with the yellow flag are the same as the Deyin Baolai family, the original flag owner is not bad, although he also exploited them herdsmen, but it is very scaled, never indiscriminately robbed, but since the change of a flag owner, the entire yellow flag has become the new flag owner's family, young adults have become the flag owner's guards, and ordinary people have become the free labor of the flag owner, even slaves.

Some time ago, I don't know what happened, the flag owner suddenly called the guards to drive away all the cattle, sheep and horses in the pasture, and even the flag owner himself ran away, and all the herdsmen in the entire yellow flag lost their source of livelihood. In the past half a month, all the people in the whole banner have stored food at home and gone out to hunt for a living, but the prey is limited, and no matter how much it is, it is impossible to feed more than 60,000 people with yellow flags, so almost every day people starve to death or are attacked by hunting beasts and die.

After understanding the situation, Han Yunhua immediately asked the military doctor to stay at Deyin Baolai's house to treat Deyin Baolai's injuries, and sent two bags of coarse grain and one bag of fine grain to his family.

After coming out of Deyin Baolai's house, Han Yunhua visited more than a dozen herdsmen, and it was already more than 11 o'clock in the evening when he returned to the headquarters. This time, Han Yunhua not only wanted to permanently occupy the Yellow Banner, but also let the herdsmen with the Yellow Banner find a sense of belonging in [***] and in the Eighth Route Army, just like Lie and Bart and others. In the future, he will set up a pure Mongolian cavalry force on the Inner Mongolia Plateau, and he will make the Yue army tremble under the hooves of the Mongolian iron horsemen.

Early the next morning, Han Yunhua ordered the troops to take out half of the rations and distribute them to every household in Xinbaolag Town, so that they could temporarily save their lives with some food, at least these herdsmen would not starve to death before Shen Yuquan's grain arrived.

On August 28, Yang Ruihua led a regiment of troops to rush to the yellow flag with a large amount of grain, cattle and sheep. Yang Ruihua was relieved when he came, as far as all the military and political officials of the Inner Mongolia Military Region are concerned, Yang Ruihua is the best at government affairs, and Han Yunhua is not as good as Yang Ruihua in this regard.

Han Yunhua threw the matter on Yang Ruihua, and after explaining some matters that should be paid attention to, he led a large army north to the Hunshandak Sands to find Li Yuhan.

Hunshandak Sandy Land is not a desert in the traditional sense, but an arid zone between desert and sandy land, Hunshandak Sandy Land is a famous watery desert in China, in which there are many small lakes, water bubbles and sand springs, spring water emerges from the sand and collects into small rivers. Most of these small rivers flow into the Gogostai, some only flow into bubbles, and some are only seasonal rivers.

Different from the ordinary desert, although there are also large areas of sand dunes and quicksand in the Hunshandak Sandy Land, there is a different kind of style, the Hunshandak Sandy Land is rich in water and grass, the landscape is peculiar, the scenery is beautiful, some people call it "Saiwai Jiangnan", and some people call it "Garden Desert". There are more wild animal and plant resources, it is the nesting and breeding ground of migratory birds, and there are many rare plants and medicinal materials.

After Qian Zhuangfei arrived here, he immediately sent more than a dozen cavalry troops to inspect everywhere, Qian Zhuangfei didn't care if he could find Li Yuhan, but he wanted the special combat team of the Yue Army lurking in the shadows to know that he Qian Zhuangfei was coming.

Like the Chinese military police, which is subordinate to the Nationalist Axe or to Chiang Kai-shek himself, the special combat personnel of the Chinese military are all of high rank, and almost all of them are composed of officers above the rank of second lieutenant. The supreme commander of the special combat team is Major General Yanagi Toshi, followed by the general commander Sakata Ikugen Osa, and Akito Shaosa is the leader of the first squadron.

Akito and the captain of the corps, Sakata Shengyuan Daisa, pursued and killed a group of important people who escaped from the headquarters of the Inner Mongolia Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, and according to the information sent from the inside, it was the fiancée of Han Yunhua, the soul of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, who escaped. Therefore, General Terauchi Shouichi and the base camp of Shoichi Terauchi, who were waiting for the resignation, ordered the special combat team to capture the woman alive, and they could do whatever it took to do so.

However, it was not smooth to chase all the way, that hateful Zhina woman had a group of powerful guards around her, and the special combat team of the Yue Army had suffered heavy casualties in several encounters, if it wasn't for the accurate information provided by the inside line along the way, they would have been lost a long time ago.

Sakata Shengyuan Dazuo judged that what they encountered must be the special combat team of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and it was the elite of the special combat team. Because of this, Sakata Shengyuan Dazuo is even more convinced that the person who escaped in front must be the big man of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, otherwise he would not have such an elite guard.

However, just as Sakata Ikugen Osa was confidently preparing to continue the pursuit, an internal telegram was sent saying that she was very likely to be exposed, and now her life was in danger, and ordered the special combat team to come to the rescue immediately. Sakata Shengyuan Dazuo knows who this insider is, and her identity is not something that Sakata Shengyuan can provoke. In desperation, Sakata Shengyuan Dazuo had to lead all the troops to rescue this special identity of the inner line, who was Sakata Shengyuan Dazuo was very unwilling, but how could someone have a good father, no way, can't be provoked and can't hide, so he can only sacrifice his life to be a hero.

(To be continued)