At this time, due to the retreat of the regular Kuomintang army in the central Hebei region, and the Eighth Route Army had not yet established the Central Hebei Military Region, it had not completed the reorganization and transformation of the various units in the central Hebei base area.

The troops under the leadership of [***] belong to two systems. One is the People's Self-Defense Army, which was developed by Lu Zhengying with the 691st Regiment as the main force, with a strength of about 5,000 troops, organized into three infantry regiments, a special regiment, and a special service battalion, and the main force of more than 2,000 people has just returned from Fuping for retraining and training. At this time, it had developed to 12 roads, three guerrilla divisions, three regiments directly under the Red Army, and one model battalion, with a total strength of 20,000 troops. In addition, there are county and district armed forces established by local party organizations in the name of the People's Self-Defense Army and the Hebei Guerrilla Army. There are also some local armed forces that have been guided by the banner of resistance and have demanded that the people's self-defense forces be strengthened and accept the leadership of our party. Later, after the establishment of the Jizhong District Party Committee and the Jizhong Military Region, these two units were unified and reorganized into the Third Column of the Eighth Route Army.

The local armed forces appointed by the various factions of the [***] miscellaneous army, such as about 1,000 people from Guo Zhishu in the west of Wuji, about 1,000 people from the Fan Zixia Department and Qiao Mingli Department between Wuji, Gaocheng and Jinxian, and 4,000 people from the Duan Haizhou Department of Shulu and Wuqiang. There are 1,500 people in Jiang Dongsheng's department in Xincheng, 1,000 people in Wei Daguang's department in Xin'an Town, east of Baxian County, 7,000 people in the three departments of Shi Province in the east of Fuyang River, and 3,000 people in Zhao Yunxiang's department between Wuyi and Ji counties. These armed forces lacked unified leadership among themselves, and they both resisted and guarded against each other, and the troops of Duan Haizhou and Zhao Yunxiang fought many times.

There are nearly 7,000 people in six major groups of bandits, mainly 3,000 people from Xu Erhei, who are organized as the Shenxian pseudo-security team; Zhang Anbang has 500 people, the security commander of the pseudo-ten counties, entrenched in the area of Shulu; Gao Jianxun has 2,000 people, entrenched in Anping and Shenze; Zhang 8500 people, entrenched in the Shenze area; Zhang has 300 people, entrenched in Anping and Shenze; Seven or five hundred people from Bai are entrenched in Xian County and Hejian area.

The armed forces controlled by the local landlords and gentry are called "Lianzhuang", which means to unite the villages to defend their homes. The presidents are all well-known local landlords and gentry, and there is a general meeting and a branch in the central village, with a total of more than 90,000 people and more than 30,000 people who are out of work. Due to their different geographical locations and political tendencies, these Lianzhuang are in a vacillating position between those who are close to the traffic line and those who are far away from the traffic line.

There are about 40,000 armed people in the Huidaomen, and there are also those who resist and pro.

In fact, at this time, Jizhong had the strength to fight with the army, that is, the people's self-defense army led by Lu Zhengying with the 691st Regiment as the backbone. Although the other units had a large number of people, in the event of a large-scale liquidation by the army, the survival of the troops became a problem. Historically, the increase in the combat effectiveness of our army in central Hebei was the result of the regularization and training of the main force after the establishment of the Jizhong Military Region and the third column of the Eighth Route Army. At this time, due to the arrival of Liu Yimin, the butterfly wings were instigated, and the army carried out a large-scale clean-up in advance, while the armed forces of Jizhong did not complete the integration, there was no unified leadership body, and there was no strong main force.

The armed forces of all walks of life in central Hebei were the first to feel the ferocity of the offensive of the Yue army, and it was the troops located along the Cangshi Road.

As soon as the 23rd Division stationed in Shijiazhuang and the 24th Division in Zhucang County attacked, the purpose was to thoroughly stabilize public order along the Cangshi Road and completely close the retreat of the troops from central Hebei to southern Hebei. Therefore, the 23rd Division and the 24th Division each dispatched a wing, under the cover of aircraft, with armored vehicles and tanks as the lead, to advance from east to west and sweep along the gravel road.

At this time, the army was generally relatively strong in combat effectiveness, like the 23rd Division, which was organized in Kumamoto, and the officers were all the foundation of the 6th Division, and the soldiers were the reservists of the 6th Division. The 24th Division was organized in Harbin, which was the foundation of the Kwantung Army, and it had a sense of arrogance in its bones, and it was even more ferocious when it started a war. Coupled with the cooperation of the Han forces, the progress of the army was extremely rapid.

At eight or nine o'clock in the morning on January 26, Nantian Village in Jin County was peaceful, and every household was preparing New Year's goods. Suddenly, the soldiers of the district squad who were stationed at the entrance of the village hurriedly ran into the village and reported that the devil was coming.

The anti-political axe cadres hidden in the village immediately decided to break through to the northeast corner, but it was too late, and the devil brigade had already surrounded it. Some of the cadres rushed out, and a small part was surrounded in the village.

Yang Lingmei, a 19-year-old girl, has just returned from studying in the anti-Japanese training class and is the secretary of the District Women's Rescue Association. Her family is from Nantian Village, her brother and younger brother have participated in the anti-Japanese team, and her father vacated the family's house to be used as a clothing factory, and the family is busy fighting for the anti-Japanese movement.

After hearing the gunshots, Yang Lingmei hid Cui Jun, a cadre of the County Women's Rescue Association, and hurriedly ran home to hide the documents.

After hiding the documents, Yang Lingmei was just about to rush out, but was arrested by the puppet army who broke in. As soon as the enemy saw that there were a few spinning wheels in her house, they decided that this must be a small factory run by [***], and a devil soldier laughed fiercely, and burned the house down with a fire.

By the time Yang Lingmei and her parents were tied up by the puppet army and escorted to the west entrance of the village, the devils had already escorted the entire village's men, women, and children to the trenches, and beat everyone with the butts of their guns, making everyone kneel down in the trenches.

The devil officer Heimoto looked at the kneeling villagers in the trench, and then at the machine gun mounted on the trench, recruited and called the interpreter, and asked him to tell the villagers that they must hand over the anti-Japanese cadres, otherwise they will all die.

The interpreter shouted three times in a row, but none of the villagers spoke. At this time, Han Jian, Liu Huaiqing, jumped out.

This Liu Huaiqing is a cotton seller in another village, and he was detained in Nantian Village because of his debts, and since then he has held a grudge, and through his relatives who cooked for the devil in the county seat of Jinxian County, he told Pingben that there were [***] cadres in Nantian Village. Heimoto took the opportunity of the sweep and led the puppet army to surround Nantian Village.

After arriving at Nantian Village, Liu Huaiqing took the devils to the homes of Kang Erhei, Liu Pingchang, and Yang Lingmei, and captured all the people who did not have time to break through. Then he grabbed Meng Daniu, a member of the anti-Japanese team, and in the scolding of Meng Daniu's lackeys and Han Annihilation, the devil stabbed Meng Daniu in the chest with six bayonets.

Seeing that the villagers were silent, Liu Huaiqing jumped so high that he pulled his neck and howled: "Aren't you people from Nantian Village amazing?" Why did they all kneel in front of the imperial army? I say that your ancestors, you dare to collude with the Eighth Route and the Imperial Army, and today is your death! ”

Before this guy finished speaking, a junior who was kneeling in the trench grabbed a piece of dirt and jumped up, throwing it into Liu Huaiqing's wide open mouth. Before the young man could make any more moves, the two devil soldiers stabbed the bayonet into the young man's back, and blood flowed all over the ground.

This time it was chaotic, many people had to struggle to stand up, bang, the devil soldiers fired several shots in succession, knocking all the people who stood up first to the ground, and then slammed the butts of their guns on the backs of those who wanted to stand up, knocking all the villagers to their knees.

Liu Huaiqing finally cleaned the soil in his mouth, and shouted viciously: "You can see it, if you dare to go against the imperial army, this is the end." If you don't identify who [***] is, the Imperial Army will kill you all!" ”

An old man with a gray beard raised his head and shouted tremblingly: "Liu Huaiqing, my old man has never scolded anyone in his life. Today, an old man is also rough. Liu Huaiqing, I say you are an ancestor of eight generations! You bastard, you dare to do such a hurtful thing, leading Lao Yu to kill people. My old man died and cursed your family to die a good death! ”

Liu Huaiqing was slightly stunned, jumped off the trench and pulled up the old man: "If you don't let me die, I'll let you die now!" Taijun, Taijun, this old thing is [***], and his son and daughter are [***]. ”

Pingben is like a mirror in his heart, this old man can't walk anymore, where will it be [***], it is clearly Liu Huaiqing who is venting his personal anger. However, Ping Ben knows that he needs a dog like Liu Huaiqing, and raising a dog is also a knowledge, and sometimes he still has to take care of the dog's emotions. Besides, it doesn't matter if he is old or young, anyway, all the people who die are the people of Zhina, and one who dies is one less. So, with a wave of his hand, the two devils stabbed the bayonet into the old man's chest.

Hehe laughed twice, and Pingben told the translator that Liu Huaiqing was doing well, and asked him to directly identify [***] and the anti-Japanese elements.

After listening to the translator's words, Liu Huaiqing hesitated a little, because he didn't know who was [***] and who were the anti-Japanese elements in the village of 900 people. However, Liu Huaiqing knows that this blood feud has been settled, even if he stops now, no one will let him go in the future. Liu Huaiqing, who had lost his conscience, actually pulled Yan Xiaosuo, Kang Heizi, Jin Lantang, Yang Zhenzhai, Yang Xiangbao, and Yang Xiangxian out of the crowd and told the devils that they were all anti-Japanese elements.

In fact, among these six people, there is only one village cadre and one member of the anti-Japanese propaganda team. The remaining four are ordinary people.

Hiramoto stared at the vicious eyes and asked if the six people were [***], were they anti-Japanese elements? The six men replied in unison that they were no.

As soon as Heimoto heard it, he thought it was interesting, and immediately asked who was [***]? The six people replied in unison that they didn't know. At this moment, the flat beast surnamed Dafa, pulled out the war knife, cursed the eight checks of Yalu in his mouth, and swung the war knife wildly, slashing all six people to death.

After chopping, Hiramoto took out a white handkerchief, wiped off the blood splashed on his face, and then carried the blood-dripping war knife, walked around the trench twice, and after standing still, he couldn't help but sigh: "The splashed blood flowers are as brilliant as the cherry blossoms in Ueno!" ”

After sighing, the well-mannered man-eating demon waved his hand again and ordered the devil soldiers to pull people from the trenches.

The wolf-like devil soldiers rushed into the trench and pulled out 33 people at once.

In the face of 33 hateful faces and wordless resistance, Ping Ben became even more crazy, directly pulled Yang Lingmei, who was tied up by five flowers, and raised the butcher knife. At this time, there was an angry roar: "Stop! ”

As soon as Heimoto heard it, he knew that the real [***] member couldn't hold it back, and automatically stood up.

Sure enough, Chen Shou, secretary of the district party committee, stood up first.

Glancing at the cadres and masses lying on the ground, Chen Shouxian felt a pain in his heart, and looked back and shouted to the villagers in the trench: "Fellow villagers, I am Chen Shouxian, secretary of the district party committee, don't be afraid, the devil is afraid that everyone will rise up and fight and scare us with killing." Let me tell you, sooner or later, our main force will clean up these devils. As long as you follow [***] and unite to resist, Xiao Yue will be finished sooner or later! ”

After shouting, Chen Shouxian turned around and said calmly to Pingmoto: "You are the commander of this devil army, my name is Chen Shouxian, I am a member of the [***] committee, and the secretary of the district party committee." You can kill me and arrest me, but I have to tell you, this barbaric massacre of yours is a despicable act and a sign of incompetence. I look down on you! ”

Heimoto looked at the tall man, his heart twitched, he forced himself to calm down, and said coldly: "You are a hero, I admire you!" As long as you confess your accomplices, I can guarantee you to be an official, a golden ticket, and a beautiful woman! ”

Chen Shou first snorted two sneers from his nose, and said lightly, "The people are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death", and then he never looked at the plain book again, turned his back to the sky, and recited aloud: "A ghost, the ghost of [***], wanders in Europe." For the sake of the sacred encirclement of this spectre, all the powers of old Europe, the Pope and the Tsar, Metternich and Guizot, the radicals in France and the police in Germany, were united. ”

Pingben couldn't understand what Chen Shouxian was reciting, but from Chen Shouxian's disdainful eyes and arrogant expression, he understood that in this person's heart, he was as dirty, dirty, annoying, and disgusting as a bedbug.

Heimoto's heart was trembling, his hands were trembling, his legs were trembling, and he wanted to raise the war knife to end this noble life directly, but unfortunately, he found that his hands could no longer hold the war knife, and he had to shout a "kill" command hoarsely from his throat.

The six devil bayonets came out together, blood splashed, and a contemptuous smile appeared on Chen Shouxian's face, slowly closed his eyes, and fell to the ground.

This morning, the devil created the Nantian tragedy in Nantian Village, killing and wounding more than 300 people, and the blood of the soldiers and civilians soaked this land red, just like the bright red and bright red Shandandan in spring!

On this day, starting from the Pinghan Line, Jinpu Line, Cangshi Road, and Jingjin Road, the army advanced all the way to the hinterland of central Hebei, creating bloody cases everywhere and setting off a bloody storm.

Zhai Jinjie is a native of Dahu Village, Wuji County, 26 years old this year, graduated from the Eighth Division of Zhengding, joined the party in 1931, served as the secretary of the Wuji County Party Committee, and was arrested and imprisoned by the Kuomintang twice. After the "77" incident, Zhai Jinjie was released home, and after connecting with the provincial party committee, he organized a 300-member Wuji County People's Anti-Japanese Self-Defense Army in October 1937, and soon the team was reorganized into part of the "Fifth Detachment of the Second Road of the Jin-Cha-Ji Anti-Volunteer Army".

In order to resist the claim, Zhai Jinjie not only persuaded his father to donate guns, grain, and money, but also burned all the land deeds of his family and the IOUs of poor peasants. His mother, younger brother and daughter were killed by the Han annihilation of Liu Daxi, and the house was burned down.

On the morning of the 26th, according to the original arrangement, Zhai Jinjie was going to take the fifth detachment to Shenze and reorganize it into the first battalion of the fifth regiment of the Hebei Anti-Japanese People's Army. After breakfast, after the team was assembled, Zhai Jinjie received information that the troops on Cangshi Road and Pinghan Road were dispatched and were rushing towards Wuji.

Zhai Jinjie realized that the devil was not good at coming, and he was afraid that he would attack on a large scale, so he immediately ordered the troops to move to Shenze County, striving to meet with the troops in Shenze and find out the devil's intentions.

As soon as the troops set off, Zhai Jinjie knew that his judgment was correct, there were devil planes flying in the sky all the time, and the troops did not dare to show their heads at all, it seemed that they could only hide while walking, and they could only stride on foot at night. Zhai Jinjie ordered the communications squad to immediately advance to Anping, looking for the Hebei Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Army and the People's Self-Defense Army, and reported to Commander Lu and Commander Meng that the devils had swept Jizhong on a large scale.

In the afternoon, the troops finally arrived near the big town of Fukasawa County. Zhai Jinjie was about to send scouts into the town to find out the situation, when he heard gunshots coming from the town. Zhai Jinjie immediately ordered the troops to prepare for battle, run forward, and meet the comrades who broke through.

When the troops were four miles away from the town, Zhai Jinjie had already seen Song Zhenheng, He Kunshan, Zhang Zhenan, and He Fulin, the leaders of the party in Shenze County, rushing over with a group of people, followed by a group of screaming devils, chasing and shooting, and some comrades were knocked to the ground without stopping.

Seeing this, Zhai Jinjie shouted "Old Song is running here", and at the same time ordered the troops to deploy on the spot, fire at the devils, block the devils, and cover the transfer of Song Zhenheng and his party.

Zhai Jinjie's troops did not have machine guns, and their rifles were all old-fashioned rifles collected from various villages, and their range was limited. Most of the fighters have not undergone formal military training, but in this way, a platoon of guns is still very powerful, and the pursuing devils immediately lie down on the spot and begin to organize fire cover.

After Song Zhenheng ran over, he shouted loudly to Zhai Jinjie: "Retreat quickly, the devil is a big army, and it will be over if you are bitten." ”

As soon as Song Zhenheng's words fell, the devil's machine guns and grenadiers came over, and a few comrades who had just run out and did not lie down died on the spot. Zhai Jinjie saw that the devil's firepower was so ferocious, and knew that if he hesitated for a while, the troops would not be able to withdraw, so he immediately ordered the troops to retreat.

After running for a while to see if he had temporarily gotten rid of the devils, Song Zhenheng said to Zhai Jinjie: "The situation in Jizhong has changed greatly, the main force of the devils is advancing northward from Cangshi Road, and all the devils are coming, and the military uniforms are all brand new, and the numbers are not clear." But it is certain that this time the devil has made a lot of money. We have to hurry up and report the situation to our superiors, so that Commander Meng and Commander Lu can quickly study countermeasures. It's too late, and you have to suffer a big loss. ”

Zhai Jinjie nodded, turned around and ordered the troops to continue to advance north.

At this moment, two military planes spotted them, and as soon as the devil pilot pressed the nose of the plane, he dived down, dropping four bombs, and the machine guns were blowing like the wind.

Seeing that he was bitten by an enemy plane, Zhai Jinjie hurriedly ordered the troops to scatter and lie down.

(To be continued)