Just when Liu Tianshu ordered Ou Biaofei and Tong Guijie to seize the opportunity when the devil did not move to replenish the troops and recuperate, Matsushita Nobuyuki received an order from the brigade commander to immediately lead the main force of the wing to withdraw to Hefei. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Because the Fourth Detachment of the New Fourth Army, which was originally active in the west and north of Hefei, suddenly launched an attack on the strongholds around Hefei, seriously threatening the transportation line from Huainan to Hefei.

This transportation line is an important transportation line from Jinpu Road to Anqing, and once it is cut off by the New Fourth Army, it will affect the Battle of Changsha.

In order to ensure the safety of this transportation line, Shinohara Seiichiro had to ask Matsushita Nobuyuki to withdraw his troops.

Knowing that the Japanese army suddenly retreated westward, Liu Tianshu immediately commanded the troops to follow the pursuit, but unfortunately the Japanese army retreated very quickly, and when Liu Tianshu received the information to chase over, the Japanese troops entrenched in Wangjiadian and Sanguba and Maowan had withdrawn, and at the same time, the Imperial Alliance Army that cooperated with the Japanese army also withdrew from Liu Tianshu's base.

After Liu Tianshu returned to Wangjiadian, he received a report from the reconnaissance company that the Japanese army had built a strong defensive line in the Baisha stronghold, but there was a strange situation that the Japanese troops in Wicker Town, south of Banqiaoji, also suddenly took the initiative to withdraw, and the Central Army, which was active in the south, sent troops to occupy Wicker Town, 20 miles south of Banqiaoji.

The Central Army's Guo Zhenlong Department suddenly occupied the wicker town let out by the devil, which made Liu Tianshu frown.

It turned out that because the devil had troops stationed in Wicker Town, separating the territory of the New Fourth Army and the Central Army's activities, this devil suddenly withdrew his troops, causing the Central Army to directly border Liu Tianshu's base area.

However, he knew that Guo Zhenlong's department was known as a division, but in fact there were only more than 2,000 people, and it was originally shrunk in the area of Chunjinling in the territory of Linshan in the south of Wicker Town.

It is said that its life is not easy, because further south, it is the Yangtze River, and the devils have heavy troops along the Yangtze River, and to the east, it is Linshan County, and to the west is Chaohu County.

"Order Ou Biaofei to pay attention to the relationship with friendly forces in Banqiaoji, and he must not take it lightly." Liu Tianshu thought about it and looked at Guo Sizhongdao.

"Tianshu is right, the military department has repeatedly asked us to strictly implement the united front policy, and now the friendly forces have occupied Wicker Town, and its defense area borders our base area, which is a great thing." Obviously, Guo Sizhong is very optimistic about the connection between his own defense area and the defense area of the Central Army.

"The political commissar is right, we must strictly abide by the policy of the anti-Japanese united front, but after all, the situation is complicated now, especially since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, many friendly troops have surrendered to the Japanese, and we must be careful about this Guo Zhenlong." Liu Tianshu nodded.

As the villagers returned to their homes, the entire base area began to get busy, many houses destroyed by devils had to be repaired, and many of the crops that had been destroyed had to be replanted.

Liu Tianshu was busy supplementing the four main battalions at this time.

Although the 16th Regiment suffered a lot of casualties, it still captured a lot of materials, especially weapons and ammunition, which exceeded the scale before the war.

At the same time, because of the atrocities committed by the devils in the base areas, the enthusiasm of the young and middle-aged people in the base areas to join the New Fourth Army was on the contrary, and with the addition of new soldiers, not only were all the four main battalions restored, but also a machine gun company and an artillery platoon were built under each battalion.

Since the 3rd and 2nd Battalions had a record of using machine gun ambush positions to wipe out one squadron of the Japanese army at one time, the commanders of the four battalions realized the power of using machine guns in a concentrated ambush under suitable conditions, and naturally they were very active in forming a machine gun company.

The two 92 infantry guns and mortars captured by the troops were all concentrated by Liu Tianshu at the regimental headquarters, and at the same time, the machine gun company was expanded into an artillery battalion, and the machine guns of the original machine gun company were assigned to each battalion to form a machine gun company.

The reconnaissance company directly under the regimental headquarters is still the same size as before, but each battalion has formed its own reconnaissance platoon to be responsible for the reconnaissance of the enemy situation in each battalion.

After some preparations, when it came to the Spring Festival, the reorganization of the 16th Regiment was basically completed.

At this time, the 16th Regiment had four infantry battalions and one artillery battalion, and at the same time, the regimental headquarters directly under a reconnaissance company and a guard company. Together with logistics and field hospitals, the total number of the entire regiment was close to three thousand.

When Commander Luo heard the report and learned that the 16th Regiment was developing well in eastern Anhui, he couldn't help but blossom with joy, and said to Political Commissar Guo: "Old Guo, this Liu Tianshu is really a talent, not only did the 138th Wing return in vain, but the troops also developed rapidly. ”

"Yes, Lao Luo, Commander Ye sent a telegram two days ago to inquire about the situation of the 16th Regiment, it seems that Yan'an sent him to our five detachments, and he really added a tiger general to us." Political Commissar Guo also said with a lot of emotion.

"Lao Guo, it seems that after the New Year, the 15th Regiment can be drawn out of Zhang Baling to join the eastward team, and Zhang Baling will be run by Liu Tianshu, I believe that with him and Luxi, our eastward development will be much smoother." Commander Luo thought for a moment and said.

After they arrived in Lai'an with the 8th and 15th regiments of the 5th detachment, they had gained a foothold there, but after all, Lai'an was too close to Nanjing, and according to the arrangement of the central government, after the opening of the year, they still had to develop to Hongze Lake in the east.

Just when Commander Luo and Political Commissar Guo were discussing the work of the coming year, Chairman Yan'an was in the cave. The chairman was looking at a war report forwarded by the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army.

"Boss, do you have any of this battle report?" The chairman raised the message in his hand and said to the boss.

"Chairman, are you talking about Liu Tianshu? I read this battle report, it's not simple, he only relied on the strength of one regiment, not only defeated more than 1,000 devils of the 138th Wing, but also made the 138th Wing withdraw to Hefei in a gloomy manner, and the troops not only did not weaken, but became stronger. This shows that when we put him in the 16th Regiment, this move was the right move, so that the pressure on the 5th Detachment to advance eastward was even less. The boss said happily.

Minister Kang, who was on the side, heard this, his little eyes rolled twice, looked at the chairman and said: "Chairman, boss, however, as far as I know, this Liu Tianshu's family is a bit complicated, his father fled to Xi'an, and more importantly, his father has a close relationship with Director Hu in Xi'an. ”

Minister Tang is the head of the Social Investigation Department, so he naturally knows the family situation of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army very well, and he mentioned it at this time, and the meaning is self-evident.

When the chairman heard this, he inadvertently glanced at Minister Tang, looked at the boss again, and said after a while: "If I remember well, Liu Tianshu's introduction to the party is Political Commissar Luo, and I believe in Political Commissar Luo's vision." Minister Tang, don't investigate Liu Tianshu's family, if anyone wants to ask, just say that I said it. ”

Not many people know the true identity of Liu Tianshu's father, except for a few important figures in the central government, only Vice Minister Li knows, two days ago Vice Minister Li also personally reported to the chairman, saying that through Liu Tianshu's father, an important person was arranged to Director Hu's side.

Of course, these are the highest level of secrecy.

"Okay, since the chairman has said so, I will definitely strictly follow your instructions." When Minister Tang heard this, he immediately nodded.

Just after the Spring Festival in 1940, Liu Tianshu received an order from the detachment to send troops to the Zhangbaling area to take over the activities of the 15th Regiment in that area.

After receiving the order, Liu Tianshu immediately notified the four battalion commanders and the artillery battalion commander Wu Pingzhong to the regiment headquarters.

"Everyone, how is this New Year going on?" Seeing that several battalion commanders had all arrived, Liu Tianshu asked happily.

This Spring Festival, the devils were surprisingly calm and did not send troops to invade the base area, while the 16th Regiment was busy with troop training during this time, and did not provoke the devils around them.

In accordance with the instructions of Political Commissar Guo Sizhong, all battalions celebrated the Spring Festival with the local people in various defense areas, and it can be said that this Spring Festival was the most peaceful and lively Spring Festival for the military and people in the base areas since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

"Commander, is there a combat mission? Give us the battalion, and all the soldiers in our battalion are idle. Tong Guijie knew that the head of the regiment had called them here at this time, and there must be an important task, so he immediately preemptively said.

After the devils withdrew from the base area, Xie Pingcai's second battalion was still stationed at Sanguba to guard the wild boar ridge defense area. As for the stronghold fortifications built by the Japanese army at Wild Boar Ridge, after the main force of the 138th Wing withdrew to Hefei, Nobuyuki Matsushita wisely gave up, and the entire Wild Boar Ridge became the activity area of the second battalion again.

The third battalion of the European standard flight is still responsible for the direction of the Banqiao set. Kang Shuidong's fourth battalion is now stationed in Sujiatang, while Tong Guijie's first battalion is currently stationed in the Maowan area after the Japanese army withdrew.

However, these battalions are now all under the jurisdiction of three infantry companies, one machine gun company, and one artillery platoon, and during this time, the battalions have secretly held back their strength to pay close attention to training, and their combat effectiveness has been greatly improved.

You must know that in this training, the four main battalions all adopted the training materials written by the regiment commander himself, and their training subjects included long-distance running, ambush, attacking fortified positions, building positions, and coordinating with various arms.

In particular, the troops' offensive was carried out in strict accordance with the battle formation, and each squad was divided into three combat groups, which cooperated with each other, and the division of labor among the fighters in the group was also very clear.

It is to fight with bayonets, and it is also a group cooperation, and it is not allowed to rely on individual bravery.

In other words, after this training, there is less individual heroism in the troops, and there is more coordination between teams.

As for the cooperation between comrades-in-arms, it is even more tacit. (To be continued.) )