The military attache village is a large market town, with one episode every five days.

Due to the passage of Luxi in South Hebei Province, the military attache Zhai Pingyu is full of people coming and going, and it is still relatively lively.

There is also an explosives factory left by Han Fuqu in the town, after Han Fuqu retreated in history, the explosives factory fell into the hands of Guo Jincheng of the Han Dynasty, and the cavalry regiment of the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei once attacked the military attache village, moved all the explosives factories, and established the explosives factory of the Southern Hebei Military Region, which can produce grenades. At this time, the explosives factory had been seized by the instructor, and Wu Zheng sent engineers and technicians, found a group of workers in the military attache village, and began to produce grenades and explosive bags.

At this time, the military attache village was about to become the main battlefield, and Liu Yimin had already ordered the masses to retreat, and the town was empty.

When Liu Yimin woke up, it was already noon. I went to the staff office to check the telegrams of the various troops, and learned that the main force of the Seventh Brigade had already driven to the front line of Julu and Ningjin, preparing to fortify there and monitor the enemy on the Pinghan Road. The Fourth Brigade is rushing to the Deshi line. Yuan Guoping's training headquarters has already distributed weapons and ammunition to all new regiments as required, and has begun to conduct rapid training in shooting, bomb throwing, stabbing and laying mines. Cai Zhong and Zeng Zhongsheng have already distributed weapons to various cadre training classes in Nangong to concentrate on training individual military skills. The Sixth and Eighth Brigades are concentrating on Nangong, and the Fifth Brigade has already arrived at the bank of the canal, and plans to cross the canal this evening and arrive at Linqing to take unified command of the anti-sweeping operations of the Luxi Military Region. The sniper brigade is now conducting sniper guerrilla warfare in Dexian County as a unit, and the devils have been beaten to the point where they cannot move. Wang Tongsheng asked for instructions on whether it was possible to go north or south along the Jinpu Road.

The first regiment of cavalry, Song Xing and Kangwei, reported that after arriving at Qinghan Town in the morning, the three battalions were divided into three echelons and set up positions. At 11:40 a.m., the 1st Cavalry Battalion encountered the search squadron of the 21st Division, and after a fire strike, 52 devils were killed, and the rest retreated. Later, the devil's troops arrived one after another, using mine explosives packs to strike at the devil's cavalry wing that arrived first, and the results of the battle were not counted. Then the 1st Cavalry Battalion withdrew from its position and turned to the east side of the devil to attack. It was planned to lure the devil to Zhengjiakou at two o'clock in the afternoon, continue to block the attack, and then lead it in the direction of the military attache village.

After reading the telegram, Liu Yimin ordered Wang Tongsheng to temporarily stop sniping guerrilla warfare, return to the main force, and prepare to cooperate with the main force in combat. The Fifth Brigade was ordered to speed up the march, arrive at Linqing as soon as possible, and deploy defense. Ordered the 1st Cavalry Regiment to grasp the rhythm of the blockade, and never let the 21st Division slip away. Luo Yan was ordered to keep the reconnaissance detachments as far away as possible and closely monitor the movements of the troops in several directions.

After sending the telegram, Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan went to the hidden places of various units to conduct inspections. After returning to the division headquarters, there was nothing to do for a while, Liu Yimin sat there and thought about it, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the situation was becoming more and more interesting. On the Shanxi side, the Yue Army and the Eighth Route Army are inseparable, not to mention the Wei Lihuang Group in Zhongtiao Mountain in southern Jin, the distance is too far, and it will not be able to catch up for a while and a half, and the Yan Xishan Group in the west of Shanxi is a little inexplicable, and it is even not to launch a containment attack on the Yue Army, what do they want to do? Aren't you afraid that after the Eighth Route Army retreats, there will be no one to rescue them if the army attacks them again?

Li Zongren, who is sitting in Xuzhou, doesn't know if he is ready, and now the army on the Jinpu line is much stronger than in history, and he doesn't know what this big guy is doing at this time. The headquarters reported that Chiang Kai-shek personally went to Xuzhou to deploy the operation, and it was not known what tricks he could have. Do you just rely on yourself to break the deployment of the army at a critical time? What kind of person is Chiang Kai-shek, he will not be so simple. The question is whether his generals will be able to carry out his orders resolutely.

The 29th Army of Song Zheyuan on the Pinghan Line was the strangest, he asked for a number, Chiang Kai-shek gave it to him, and it was the First Army. But why didn't you launch a little active attack on Kenji Dohihara's 14th Division? Why do you always wait for the 14th Division to take the initiative to attack? It seems that this tiger's teeth have aged, and he can only ask Chiang Kai-shek to transfer him to the first theater of operations as deputy commander, and finally end up in Sichuan.

The [***] along the Yangtze River is also inexplicable, the 6th Division, the 16th Division and the Guoqi Detachment of the Yue Army have been transferred north, why not take the opportunity to launch an active attack on the Yue Army? Even the attack always seems to be unexhausted, is the army really that terrible? Do you really have to wait for the army to clean up Shanxi and Xuzhou, and Xuzhou to clean up Wuhan? I can't figure it out!

Think about Lieutenant General Xiangyue Qingsi of the army, this guy didn't do well in history, or he would be transferred to the reserve in a short time, I didn't think that this inconspicuous guy turned out to be a vicious dog who bites people and speaks secretly, what does he want to do? Unexpectedly, one division would be used to defend the Taiyuan and Zhengtai lines, and five divisions would be used to push flat to attack the 115th and 120th divisions. [***] Such a competitive strategic person, he was forced to withdraw from Xinkou, this guy is really fucking ruthless.

Next, Xiangyue Qingsi where will the vicious dog pounce, "Is it Yan Xishan, Wei Lihuang, or Xu Xiangqian's Jinzhong base?"

After a little scrutiny, Liu Yimin felt that Xiangyue Qingsi was not a simple person, and he was extremely familiar with Chinese politics. I am afraid that he saw the intricate relationship between the three forces in Shanxi, and saw that the Central Army of the Eighth Route Army and the Jin Sui Army would not go all out to rescue them, and that if they attacked the Central Army or the Jin Sui Army, the Eighth Route Army would inevitably cooperate with the battle, cut off their communications, ambush their baggage troops, and contain the strength and energy of the devils. If Xiangyue Qingsi could drive the Eighth Route Army into the north of the Inner Great Wall and the Taihang Mountains, then he would have achieved his goal. When he attacks the Jin Sui Army or the Central Army again, the Eighth Route Army will be unable to save him.

It seems that Xiangyue Qingsi's attack on Xinkou is between fiction and reality, and soon he will kill Jinzhong. As long as the reading master of Jinzhong is annihilated or driven to Taihang Mountain, then he can sharpen his sword Huo Huo to Lao Yan, and then there is an isolated central army. This guy is ruthless! It turned out to be a partition attack and a divide and conquer method. If he is allowed to continue like this, the situation in Shanxi will soon be very dangerous. Yan Xishan, this old gentleman, under the heavy attack of the Yue army, I am afraid that he will lose his armor and collapse the army first, and maybe he will make peace with the Yue army in private!

After thinking about it, Liu Yimin felt that he still had to send a telegram to the Central Military Commission and the headquarters to report his thoughts. Let the headquarters remind Yan Xishan to prepare early, so as not to be in a hurry, and then retreat to Qiulin like in history. I also have to remind Xu Xiangqian that the army is likely to turn around and kill Jinzhong immediately, and now the army has convenient transportation and rapid troop transfer, so it must be prepared in advance.

At the end of the telegram, Liu Yimin specially reminded that since the army is now rapidly deploying troops, the timing of the 115th Division's attack on the Zhengtai Line must be grasped well, and it must be carried out after the Yue Army turns south and attacks the hinterland of our Jinzhong base area or attacks the Jinsui Army in Yan Xishan, otherwise it is very likely that the Chinese army will be in the arms of the Yue Army and will be attacked by the enemy along the Zhengtai Line.

After sending the telegram, seeing that the time was not early, and it would be dark in another hour, Liu Yimin sent a telegram to the 1st Cavalry Regiment again, asking about the movement of the 21st Division.

Song Xing called back that the 21st Division had left Zhengjiakou and was going all out to pursue the 1st Cavalry Regiment. The devil was completely enraged this time, and the whole army pressed on him and chased after him.

Liu Yimin immediately ordered the cavalry regiment to abandon the blockade and retreat to the south with all its might. It must be noted that you must not be bitten by a military plane.

Seeing that it was half past five and that it was beginning to get dark, Liu Yimin no longer worried about being discovered by enemy planes, ordered all troops to quickly enter the ambush site and wait for the arrival of the 21st Division.

As soon as the troops entered the ambush site, Zhu Zhexiao was holding the telephones one by one to verify whether the telephones were smooth and whether the troops were in place, when Qian Zhuangfei and He Xinghua sent telegrams from the chairman, the headquarters, and Zhang Linzhi, secretary of the [***] Luxi Special Committee, who remained in Luxi.

The contents of the three telegrams were one report, informing that Liaocheng had been captured by the Fourth Reading Force Mixed Brigade of the Fourth Army at noon today, and that more than 700 soldiers of the Sixth Guerrilla Commander Fan Zhuxian had been martyred.

After reading the telegram, Liu Yimin's hands trembled, he did not expect that Fan Zhuxian, who died in November 1938 in history, would be poisoned by the army in advance. Originally, he also thought that after the recovery of Jizhong, he would go to Luxi to meet the old man of the Anti-Japanese War and ask him to serve as the future chairman or vice chairman of the Shandong Anti-Japanese Ming Cooking Political Axe. I didn't expect that this damn Reading Power Mixed Fourth Brigade would dare to attack Liaocheng and let Fan Zhuxian die in advance. I knew this earlier, no matter how busy I was, I could still find time to visit him, have a deep talk with him, and ask him to come to Linqing to preside over the work of Lu Xi's anti-Ming cooking political axe to avoid this catastrophe.

Liu Yimin immediately sent a telegram to Hong Chaoyuan, commander of the Fifth Brigade, and Hu Xuerong, political commissar, ordering the Fifth Brigade to strictly implement the policy of clearing the wilderness at the division headquarters after entering the Linqing area, and make preparations for holding firms. A reconnaissance unit was dispatched to reconnoiter in the direction of Liaocheng and closely monitor the movements of the Fourth Brigade of the Reading Force. In particular, beware of the camouflage of the department [***] or the sneak attack of our army.

In his telegram, Liu Yimin reiterated the heroic achievements of the Fifth Brigade in the Battle of Tongguan and the Battle of Taiyuan, and demanded that the heroic Fifth Brigade should make careful arrangements and deal with it calmly in the face of a strong enemy. If the Fourth Brigade dared to take advantage of the situation to attack Linqing, it was necessary to attract the enemy to Linqing City, and wait for the main force to arrive to annihilate it and avenge General Fan Zhuxian.

As soon as the telegram was sent, the second telegram from the chairman arrived, asking where the enemy's 21st Division had arrived and how far it was from our ambush position. Then, the chairman's tone changed, and he wrote on the telegram: "After the loss of Liaocheng and the martyrdom of Fan Zhuxian, it is said that Kou is arrogant and arrogant, and I hope that the hero's instructor will completely annihilate the main force of the enemy's 21st Division in this battle. It is best to make persistent efforts to recover Liaocheng with powerful troops and avenge General Fan Zhuxian. At the same time, with the backing of powerful troops, we will make every effort to reorganize the armed forces in the northwest of Shandong, so that the northwest of Shandong and southern Hebei will be integrated and become a strong and stable base area for resisting the Japanese. Comrades Cai Zhong and Zeng Zhongsheng can be ordered to train all units in northwest Shandong and central Hebei on a full-time basis. Liu and Luo made every effort to deal with the war in Jizhong and Luxi. If Liaocheng can be recovered, Liu will preside over the funeral of General Fan Zhuxian,"

At the end of the telegram, the chairman wrote: "It is proposed to submit it to the Politburo for discussion, remove Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan from the posts of commanders and political commissars of the Shaanxi Military Region, and appoint them as commanders and political commissars of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan-Soviet Military Region, and unify the leadership of all the work of our party and our army in Shandong, southern Hebei, eastern Henan, and northern Jiangsu." The central authorities plan to send a number of additional high-ranking cadres to teach and mentor to enrich the leadership force and political axe work force in the above-mentioned areas. ”

After reading the telegram, Liu Yimin sighed in his heart, leaders are not simple, and a chance event can trigger a series of changes. It seems that the matter in Jizhong should be put aside for the time being, and the top priority at the moment is to first eliminate the Fourth Brigade of Reading Force, recapture Liaocheng, and reorganize the complex anti-Japanese forces left behind by General Fan Zhuxian.

With a certain idea, Liu Yimin immediately sent a telegram back to the chairman to report on the situation of the enemy's 21 st Division, proposing: "Resolutely destroy the enemy's reading force and form the Fourth Brigade and Regiment, recover Liaocheng, recover Jizhong, and complete all tasks assigned by the central authorities." ”

After sending the telegram, Liu Yimin asked Huang Wenhu to take out the pen and ink, and inscribed a couplet to mourn Fan Zhuxian: "The old man of the Anti-Japanese War, killing thieves and destroying the history of Kou; Chinese heroes, blue blood pills, sweat and sweat. After writing, I asked Huang Wenhu to take it and send it to the Southern Hebei Newspaper and the Luxi Newspaper for publication, asking the Southern Hebei Newspaper and the Luxi Newspaper to publish a special page to mourn General Fan Zhuxian, and asking Jingjing to write an article in the name of Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan, recalling the deeds of the martyrs, mourning the heroic souls, and calling on the people of Northwest Shandong, Southern Hebei, and Central Hebei to unite and resolutely defeat the Yue Army and avenge the martyrs.

After dealing with these matters, Liu Yimin immediately concentrated his energy and stared at the main force of the 21st Division.

Lieutenant General Washizu Songping, commander of the 21st Division, had a very sad day today.

After getting up in the morning, I received a report from the left-behind troops in Dexian County, saying that there was a cavalry of Zhina approaching the line of communication, and its marksmanship was extremely accurate, and it was more powerful than the sharpshooters of the imperial army. Two armored vehicles were dispatched to pursue, but it was not known what weapons this cavalry used, and the armored vehicles were burned and set on fire, and all the soldiers in the car were shattered. Now the soldiers are hiding in bunkers and do not dare to show their heads.

After a moment's thought, Lieutenant General Washizu Songpei knew that this was the same cavalry unit yesterday that was repeating its old tricks. It seems that this instructor is following a policy of elite soldiers, and a cavalry squad is so well equipped and has such a high level of training. The more this happens, the more terrible this force becomes, and it is necessary to dig them out and let the aviation force bury them in the fire. Therefore, Lieutenant General Washizu Songpei telegraphed the remaining troops in Dexian County to strictly guard the fortifications, not to pursue, and to use heavy machine guns and grenadiers to eliminate this cavalry. Then he ordered the troops to sweep south.

After walking for more than two hours, when we arrived at the place where yesterday's attack was attacked, the nightmare began again, and another small cavalry unit wearing ordinary people's clothes and waving the banner of the cavalry regiment of the Hebei guerrilla division used the trench to ambush the search squadron. However, the marksmanship of this cavalry team was not as good as yesterday, but the firepower was fierce, and the search squadron broke dozens of soldiers, and most of them withdrew. When the large army arrived, the cunning and timid Shina cavalry unit ran down the trench again. This damn trench provides a natural shelter for the Chinese troops.

In this way, this group of cavalry took advantage of the cover of the trenches, fired one shot from the east and one shot from the west, and dragged their main force around in place.

There was no way, so I had to call the aviation. But as soon as the plane came, these guys all ran away without a trace, and when the plane left, they sneaked out again and shot at the imperial army.

Finally arrived at the prosperous town of Zhengjiakou, and the cavalry's methods were deployed again, and they actually planted explosive packs and mines on the road leading to the town, and also used mortars, grenadiers, and heavy machine guns against the imperial army, losing hundreds of people at once.

Finally occupied the town of Zhengjiakou, so that the soldiers could rest and have a hot meal, this group of hateful guys actually attacked with mortars, so that the imperial soldiers could not even eat. At this time, he received a telegram from Lieutenant General Nishio Shouzo of the Second Army, saying that the Fourth Brigade of the Reading Force had attacked Liaocheng and killed Fan Zhuxian, the supreme commander of the resistance forces in the northwest region of China, and ordered the 21st Division to sweep along the west bank of the canal, and the Fourth Division of the Reading Force to sweep along the east bank of the canal and join the division in Linqing.

The luck of these guys in the Fourth Brigade is too good! Let them try it here, I'm afraid it won't be so easy!

By this time, Lieutenant General Washizu Songpei was already furious, and he felt that if he didn't destroy the elite camouflaged cavalry unit in front of him, it would be an insult to his wisdom!

At this time, Lieutenant General Washizu Songping had already decided in his heart that the cavalry unit in front of him and the cavalry unit yesterday were Liu Yimin's instructor troops. No amount of camouflage can hide their well-armed, well-trained, tactically flexible, and audacious nature.

As for why this cavalry unit kept attacking and harassing itself, Lieutenant General Washizu Songhei judged that there were no more than three situations: first, he forced himself to stop the sweep and withdraw to Dexian; the second is to tempt themselves and lead their 21st Brigade into their ambush circle; The third is that the main force of the instructor is not here, and this cavalry unit is buying time for its main force.

He was not afraid of these three situations, and Lieutenant General Washizu Songping did not think about it, but he thought very clearly, he wanted to use his 21st Division as an iron fist to beat out the main force of the instructor and let the aviation force completely destroy them. Therefore, don't say that there may be a trap ahead, even if there is no trap, Lieutenant General Washizu Songhei is also looking forward to a trap, what he wants is to eliminate the great achievements of the instructor, and he knows that there are tigers in the mountains and prefers to go to the tiger mountains.

Of course, there is one thing that Lieutenant General Washizu did not expect, that is, what if the main force of the instructor was here, and his 21st Division was wiped out before the plane arrived? Because in the consciousness of Lieutenant General Washizu Songpei, it was impossible, and what if the 21st Division pursued the advancing 21st Division in a battle formation, let alone one division, even if it encountered three armies? Couldn't the 21st Division hold out for three or five days?

As a result, Lieutenant General Washizu readjusted his deployment, placing tanks in front for assault use, and armored vehicles and automobiles on both sides of the team, protecting the cavalry and infantry ranks, and pursuing them forward, determined to completely wipe out this cavalry unit.

(To be continued)