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It is not easy to persist in the war of resistance behind enemy lines. These local armed forces did not have the ability to fight the Japanese army head-on, nor did they have the ability to launch propaganda and mobilization, let alone Yang Tianfeng's ability to dance with long sleeves, and they all had a very difficult life.

However, those who were tyrannical and tyrannical and the armed forces of the common people, or who colluded with the Japanese puppets, or who were far away and had difficulty in moving, such as Bian Jiu under Cao Banting, and Zhang Zigang, deputy commander and deputy commissioner of the 16th Prefecture, did not rush to defect.

The army is neat and well-equipped. These armed forces who came to defect were first shocked by the military might of the New Seventh Army, and they visited the scene of the execution of a group of Japanese puppet prisoners, and their hearts could not help but be awe-inspiring.

The effect of taking the lead has been achieved, and Yang Tianfeng's next step is to set up a banquet with wine, appease and woo, and use Huairou's means.

"If you can lead the army to come, you can see your determination to resist Japan and your trust in Yang." Yang Tianfeng smiled and raised his glass and talked eloquently, "There are representatives sent by other ministries, which are also worthy of praise and commendation." Although Yang is the political director of the Shandong-Henan-Anhui Border Region, he is not very concerned about government affairs, and he has no intention of changing the appointments of Chairman Shen and Commander Yu. Please rest assured that this ......"

After the opening remarks, the reassuring pills were eaten, and the atmosphere at the banquet gradually became warmer.

"Commander, what are you going to do?" Sun Boda toasted a glass of wine to his boss and asked cautiously, "Yang Tianfeng came to you for a secret talk, what price did you offer?" ”

Cao Banting didn't answer the question directly, but asked with a smile: "How many men do you think the New Seventh Army needs to destroy us?" ”

"This-" Sun Boda was stunned for a moment, understood the wrong meaning, and muttered with some annoyance: "I rushed over, but I sent it to the door for him to clean up." ”

"Yang Tianfeng doesn't exactly mean that." Cao Banting glanced at Sun Boda, and said slowly: "Of course, I won't take all the numbers, people's vision is high!" Don't be in bad health, don't have bad conduct, don't be greedy for life and afraid of death, almost thirty percent of our people are not looked down upon. Three meals a day, you think it's so easy to eat in your mouth? ”

Sun Boda grinned, drank a glass of wine sullenly, and said nothing.

"Cut the weak and retain the strong, replenish the low-level officers and veterans, set up a staff department, train intensively for a month, and all the people and horses who came to Shanxian County were organized into a division." Cao Banting said in a deep voice: "I heard that the government gave Yang Tianfeng the name of the New Fifth Army again, which is very important!" ”

"Then this division commander must be the commander?!" Sun Boda came to some spirits, hoping that his old superiors would take care of him.

Cao Banting hesitated, shook his head slightly, and said, "I want to go to the military and take charge of government affairs." Fighting wars is not my forte, and I still have this self-knowledge. The Shandong-Henan-Anhui border region has set up five special offices, and Yang Tianfeng said, I can choose the locality. ”

"Then you don't care about our old subordinates?" Sun Boda complained a little, and his eyes swept over the few people around him, hoping that they would also speak up and make Cao Banting change his mind.

Cao Guohui, who was born in the military command, smiled disapprovingly and said, "Old Sun, you still don't know Yang Tianfeng. He is a figure who is through the sky, and he is a rising star cultivated by the government. How about Sun Dianying, her qualifications are old enough, isn't she squeezed away by Yang Tianfeng, and the New Fifth Army has been eaten to the scum? But you have to follow him, Yang Tianfeng is not the master of killing everything, how can he try his best to arrange for you; If you do the opposite, hehe, it's going to be miserable. ”

"Guohui said it thoroughly." Cao Banting nodded in agreement and said: "Yang Tianfeng has indeed been valued and favored by the national government, and I think it is mostly Chairman Jiang's meaning. Shen and Yu fought fiercely, but the government added a Lu to the Henan-Anhui border area, the deep meaning behind this is thought-provoking! ”

"Otherwise, Yang Tianfeng will sell so much strength and take Huxi down at once?" Zhang Hanshan interjected and said: "Now that we are only separated from the theater command and the provincial government, we are waiting for the right time." ”

Sun Boda seemed to understand a lot, smiled hehe, and said, "Then don't you be unlucky if you don't come?" ”

"Bian Jiu is estimated to be enough." Cao Banting showed a sneer of schadenfreude, "I was already domineering, and I still wanted to be the emperor of the soil." I can't clean him up, Yang Tianfeng is not a good stubble. ”

"The Japanese are not Yang Tianfeng's opponents, let alone Bian Jiu." Cao Guohui turned the wine glass in his hand and pursed his lips, "Maybe Yang Tianfeng will take him to sacrifice the flag first and kill the chicken to show the monkey!" ”

Cao Banting suddenly made a look, but his face was full of smiles, and he got up with a wine glass, it turned out that Yang Tianfeng had turned to this table.

"There is little wine and less food, so you can bear with me." Yang Tianfeng gently touched the cup with everyone, just took a sip on his lips, and then sat on an empty chair very casually, chatting with everyone again.

Cao Banting arched his hand, both tentative and flattering: "General Yang, this great victory in Huxi will definitely be greatly rewarded by the national government." I heard that the Central Military Commission is going to add another army to the Shandong-Henan-Anhui border region, and my brother congratulates me in advance. ”

Yang Tianfeng smiled slightly and said: "The establishment of the two armies is embarrassing, and there is no one in the national * army who is also the commander of two armies!" ”

Cao Banting was puzzled, stunned, wondering if his news was not accurate enough, and slapped the horse's leg on the horse's leg.

"Is it to be expanded into a group army?" Cao Guohui showed a surprised expression.

Yang Tianfeng's unpredictable demeanor proved that Cao Guohui's guess was basically true, and before others could react, Yang Tianfeng had already pressed down on his hand and said in a low voice: "Don't make a public announcement about this matter, wait until the army is expanded and the time is ripe, and then discuss it." The tree is a big wind, or try not to attract the attention and vigilance of the devil. ”

Oh, oh, everyone nodded, but the thoughts in their hearts were different and complicated. Such a young army commander is already surprising, and then promoted to commander of the army group, I really don't know how to describe it. But Yang Tianfeng doesn't seem to want to take office, it's incomprehensible!

Yang Tianfeng is indeed not lying and deceiving, and the rank of lieutenant general has not been promoted again, but the government did give him the name of a group army. The 37th Group Army of the former Cantonese system and the 66th Army under its jurisdiction, which were unfavorable in the Battle of Guinan, were removed from the number, and even the number of the new Fifth Army with the original Sun Dianying was given to the Shandong-Henan-Anhui Border Region, which was regarded as a military merit for the great victory in the Huxi Campaign.

In this case, Yang Tianfeng is the commander of the 37th Group Army, which has the New Seventh Army, the New Fifth Army, and the 66th Army under his command.

Lieutenant generals, division commanders, lieutenant generals, this is all in the national * army, but there are relatively few lieutenant general group army commanders. Sun Tongxuan of the Third Army was also a lieutenant general, but the Third Army only had two or three divisions, which was actually equivalent to only one army.

If Yang Tianfeng is appointed commander of the group army, the commander under his command cannot exceed his rank, and the commander of the major general will be a bit rare. Therefore, under the pretext of avoiding the vigilance and attention of the Japanese army, Yang Tianfeng temporarily did not take up his post and still carried out military operations under the banner of the New Seventh Army.

In addition to this reason, Yang Tianfeng thinks more and longer-term. If he really becomes the commander of the group army, he can concurrently serve as the commander of the new Seventh Army, and the commander of the other two armies, as well as some other official positions such as political director, I am afraid that he will be appointed and installed by the national government. Therefore, he would rather not accept the appointment for the time being, and concentrate on expanding and operating the reassuring contingent of the New Seventh Army and developing it to the size of a group army, and the effect will be essentially the same.

Yang Tianfeng didn't care much about what lieutenant generals and generals, what military seats and commanders, he only paid attention to the actual power he could grasp.

"Regarding your placement, I will first reveal it and listen to your opinions." Yang Tianfeng's demeanor calmed down, and he said: "The New Seventh Army has been able to come to this day, not to mention other reasons for the time being, it has always been in accordance with strict standards and norms in the selection and appointment of officers, and the recruitment of soldiers is also preferring shortage to indiscriminate, I think the most important reason is the most important reason." It's not that I don't trust your military talent and anti-war spirit, but the New Seventh Army does have its own tactical style of play, and you are not familiar with it. ”

Everyone was silent, pricking up their ears and waiting for Yang Tianfeng to continue.

"There has long been a military cadre training class in the border region, and whoever wants to serve as an officer in the New Seventh Army must study in the military training class for a period of time." Yang Tianfeng continued: "Of course, this is not absolute. You have been fighting behind enemy lines for a long time, and you are quite familiar with the terrain and geography, and if you want to continue to lead troops to fight, you can also follow the guerrilla troops for actual combat practice. If you have a similar idea to Brother Cao, if you want to abandon the army and join politics for the benefit of one party, it will be easier. ”

"It's safer, too." Cao Banting smiled and said, "Don't worry about being chased by devils, and don't worry about raising food." ”

"Yes, the devil's attack on the anti-Japanese forces in the occupied areas is getting worse and worse, and without foreign aid, it is becoming more and more difficult to support." Cao Guohui nodded yes, "People's hearts are becoming more and more unpredictable, and it is not good to say that one day they will be sold to the Japanese by anti-water bastards." ”

"That's why Yang is a little harsh." Yang Tianfeng spread his hands a little helplessly, and said: "It's not that I don't have an eclectic measure, but the people's hearts are the most difficult to grasp, and the team holding the anti-Japanese banner on the surface may also hook up with the Japanese puppet, and stab him in the back at the critical moment." Moreover, the military discipline of some teams is so bad that they are like bandits. Such a team, if you can't fight devils, you will bully the people. Not only does it waste food and wages, but it also ruins the reputation of our army. ”

"Hehe, reputation is still very important." Yang Tianfeng smiled to himself and said: "The Luyu-Anhui border area can have enough food and salary to support the tens of thousands of people of the New Seventh Army, and it is really a credit to the reputation that the expansion of people can be so fast. ”

"General Yang is good at dancing with long sleeves and is proficient in government affairs, which is even more admirable." Cao Banting stretched out his thumb and praised it, and said: "The conscription system has been shouted for many years, and even the government can't implement it." It has only been more than a year since the establishment of the Shandong-Henan-Anhui Border Region, but it has been able to carry it out, which is very remarkable. ”

"It's a small place, it's easy to manage." Yang Tianfeng smiled humbly, paused, and said: "Western Henan has begun to recruit troops, and the Huxi region will probably wait for two or three months, if the new Seventh Army can reach 100,000 people, and the large-scale sweep of devils can also resist, it can be regarded as basically stable." ”

100,000 people, really ambitious! Even if everyone was dissatisfied with Yang Tianfeng's placement, they felt that it was impossible to compete with the New Seventh Army, except for taking refuge in the devil and becoming a traitor. But this road that will be stinky for 10,000 years will not be walked until it is absolutely necessary. What's more, being a traitor not only has a bad reputation, but Yang Tianfeng and the New Seventh Army's ruthlessness towards the rebels is also worth pondering.

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Vigorous and resolute action has always been Yang Tianfeng's style of acting, and these anti-Japanese forces are not all to be reorganized and trained before they are used. And with its strength and military might, it is possible to deal with Cao Banting, the largest local armed force, with both soft and hard, and the rest is not a problem. Whether it is forcibly merged or destroyed in the name of suppressing bandits, it will not take much effort.

The elite were selected to be both fighters and guides, and they were mixed with more than a dozen guerrilla units sent by the New Seventh Army, and based in Jinxiang, Shanxian, and Shangqiu, they entered the Heze area by separate routes to carry out infiltration and guerrilla attacks.

These guerrillas were extremely well-armed, with an establishment of more than 200 people in Dalian, armed with 60 mortars, grenade launchers, steel fists, Czech-made, and flower mechanisms, and each guerrilla unit was also equipped with three groups of snipers and 30 ammunition men with short guns, so as to ensure that they could fight independently for a longer period of time.

At the same time, Yang Tianfeng also equipped each guerrilla unit with a two-watt small radio station to facilitate communication. These scattered guerrilla units were able to take care of each other, either unite or disperse, and their ability to coordinate operations was raised by several levels.

The guerrillas alone were not enough, and Yang Tianfeng continued to deploy heavy troops at the junction of Huxi and Heze areas to put pressure on the enemy and prevent him from dispatching a large number of troops to sweep and strike at the guerrillas.

In addition to various military arrangements, Yang Tianfeng also strengthened the civil affairs work in the newly recovered Huxi region to stabilize it as soon as possible and provide human, financial, and material resources for the war of resistance.

The devil's winter sweep is halfway, but spring is also the time when the devil frequently sweeps. Yang Tianfeng knew that after the Battle of Huxi, it was unlikely that he would not incur retaliation from the Japanese army. Therefore, in addition to taking offense as defense and containing and attrition the enemy by infiltrating guerrillas and frequent skirmishes, it is very necessary to make preparations for counter-sweeping operations in advance.

Conscription, recruitment, expansion, training, digging ditches and breaking roads, transforming the terrain, expanding military production, hoarding ammunition, and enhancing weapons and equipment...... These tasks are all skilled, and there is no problem for the government of the border region, which has considerable experience.

But Yang Tianfeng is not idle, whether the Northern Henan Campaign will be fought or not, and how to fight, this is a relatively long-term matter. However, mountain warfare is indeed a problem that needs to be solved for the New Seventh Army. Northern Henan and southern Lunan are all hilly and mountainous, and the troops can fight if they pull them over, but this is obviously not the standard that Yang Tianfeng wants to achieve.

Previously, Yang Tianfeng had also made some arrangements and trained a mountain regiment for each of the three divisions in the Mangdang Mountains. But the training was incomplete, and the equipment for mountain warfare was not fully manufactured. (To be continued.) )