[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 373: Exciting News (Ask for subscriptions, ask for monthly passes, ask for everything!) ）

Zhu Changgui said with envy: "Commander, if you want to say that Tie Xinlan is a woman I really admire, I think that when she came to the excitement with more than fifty people, the power of the Japanese puppet army here was quite strong, so I persuaded her to stay in Longhua or the front line of the paddock, where the enemy's rule was relatively weak, and then go to Luanping or Pingquan and other places where the enemy ruled relatively strictly. ”

But the woman didn't listen to me at all, and soon after arriving at Rehe, she led people south to Chengde, and after suffering several losses near Chengde, she led people south to Luanping, which is more than 100 kilometers south of Chengde. Two months later, the Jidong uprising broke out, and the woman somehow got in touch with the workers of the Luanping coal mine, and organized the workers to carry out a major uprising in the Luanping coal mine. ”

Then Zhu Changgui continued: "We thought that this woman would directly lead troops to attack Luanping County, but Tie Xinlan took more than 10,000 troops withdrawn from Luanping Coal Mine to the north directly to the dangerous Heishanzui, and used Heishanzui as a base to expand around, and the defenders of Fengning and Luanping were terrified. After a few months of the Japanese army quelled the Jidong uprising, the main force returned to Chengde, and then frantically encircled and suppressed the Tiexinlan Division, as a result, at this time the Tiexinlan Department was already fledgling, coupled with the favorable terrain that occupied the mouth of the Black Mountain, so the Japanese army failed to take the mouth of the Black Mountain many times. ”

After listening to Zhu Changgui's narration, Ma Zheng fell silent, if this is the case, it is not impossible for Tie Xinlan's department to expand to more than 10,000 people in a short period of time.

You must know that the Great Uprising in Eastern Hebei that broke out last year was in just over two months. In the vast area of more than 20 counties, from Shanhaiguan in the east, to the Chaobai River in the west, from Wuling Mountain in the north, to the Bohai Sea in the south, an anti-Japanese force of more than 100,000 people was formed. The rebel army and the Eighth Route Army coordinated operations and occupied nine county seats: Xinglong, Changping, Jixian, Pinggu, Yutian, Baodi, Lulong, Qian'an, and Leting. Sweeping away the enemy's reactionary facilities.

This great uprising broke the silence of the 6 million people in eastern Hebei for five years, swept away their sad faces, rejoiced, and sang triumphant songs. The victory of this uprising shook Pingjin and caused a sensation throughout the country, dealt a heavy blow to the rule of Japanese imperialism in eastern Hebei, and had a great impact. At the same time, it also laid the foundation for the creation of the Jireliao anti-Japanese base area, and fought for the victory of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in order to recover the northeast. made a certain contribution.

If Tie Xinlan's department can seize the favorable opportunity of this uprising, it can indeed complete the expansion of the army in a short period of time. But the problem is that having soldiers does not mean having another qualified army, and you must know that the army must have weapons and equipment in addition to people. Otherwise, if there were more people than the Japanese, the Japanese would have been compared a long time ago, so why would they fight so hard.

Immediately, Ma Zheng asked again: "What is the weaponry and combat effectiveness of Tie Xinlan's department, compared to your department?" ”

Zhu Changgui immediately replied: "The weapons and equipment of Tie Xinlan's department are not bad, as far as I know, Tie Xinlan's department now has five brigades, and the number of people in each brigade varies. Some were 2,000 people, some were 3,000 people, and all their weapons and equipment were captured by themselves. Among the five brigades, the first and fifth brigades have the strongest combat effectiveness. Basically, one rifle per person has been reached, and the rifle armament rate of the remaining three brigades may be a little worse, only 6 or 70%. However, in terms of combat effectiveness, Tie Xinlan's department is only stronger than our department, not weaker. ”

"Oh, that's why, your armament is a mess. There are also models, but at least they are fully staffed, so why can't they compare to Tie Xinlan's department? Ma Zheng asked again.

"The main thing is that almost all of the soldiers are veterans, and my subordinates are all bandits. Let's put it this way, our new 1st Brigade is a group of bandits led by a regular officer. And Tie Xinlan's department is a group of regular troops led by bandits, and its combat effectiveness is naturally incomparable. ”

"Regular Army?"

"Yes, the Luanping Coal Mine is the largest coal mine in eastern Hebei Province by the Japanese, and it is also the most important energy base, so every year the prisoners captured on the Chinese battlefield are sent here, which is called labor reform, but in fact it is the humane destruction of these prisoners of war. As a result, they were all taken away by Tie Xinlan at once, and it was with this regular army that Tie Xinlan would sit firmly in Diaoyutai. Zhu Changgui replied.

"Tie Xinlan's department has placed more than 10,000 troops in the heart of the Japanese puppet army, how can the Japanese sit back and relax, how did Tie Xinlan's department deal with the Japanese attack, and say that it is not a big loss?" Ma Zheng asked again.

"The Japanese did organize two encirclement and suppression of Tie Xinlan's department, but all of them were repelled by Tie Xinlan's department, and it is said that those two counter-encirclement and suppression also greatly damaged Tie Xinlan's department. Fortunately, this woman is smart enough, and when she led the Luanping Coal Mine Uprising, she did not play the banner of the Eighth Route Army, but continued to call herself a bandit, so the Japanese have always fantasized about winning over this woman, and when they saw that the two encirclement and suppression had no effect, they stopped. Zhu Changgui said.

"Okay, it's really a woman who doesn't let her eyebrows, it seems that we are going to have a female general in China, hahaha!" Ma Zheng said with a smile.

"Commander, in addition to these troops, there is also a considerable combat effectiveness in Xinglong, more than two hundred kilometers south of Chengde, which can also be counted as our reinforcements!" Zhu Changgui said again.

"Oh, that troop, is that someone who belongs to us?" Ma Zheng immediately asked.

"That's not it, it belongs to the fourth column of the Eighth Route Army, and the number of this unit is the 13th Regiment of the Fourth Column of the Eighth Route Army, the commander"

Before Zhu Changgui finished speaking, Ma Zheng hurriedly asked, "Is their head named Bao Sen?" ”

"Yes, the commander knows the head of the Bao regiment?" Zhu Changgui asked in surprise.

"That's not it, but the last time I went back to Yan'an, I heard Mr. Zhu talk about this team, so I've heard of the prestige of the head of the Bao group!" Ma Zheng replied.

Naturally, he knew about Bao Sen Ma Zheng, but he didn't hear it from Mr. Zhu in Yan'an, but from literary and historical materials.

The reason why Ma Zheng knew Bao Sen was mainly because the school organized them to watch a movie when they were in school, the name of the movie was "Sword Roaring East of the Great Wall", and the protagonist Bao Zhen in the movie was the prototype of his artistic image was one of the main founders of the anti-Japanese base area in eastern Hebei -- Bao Sen, deputy commander of the Eastern Hebei Military Division and head of the 13th Regiment.

Maybe this head Bao doesn't know much about the vast majority of people in later generations, let alone those generals in the history of the Republic who are famous, but in fact, Bao Sen is a rare general.

Bao Sen, formerly known as Zhao Baosen, also known as Zhao Han, is a native of Pucheng County, Shaanxi. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he was sent to work in the 1st Independent Division of the Jinchaji Anti-Japanese Base Area and served as the secretary of the general branch of the 33rd Brigade. In 38 years, he led more than 40 people to eastern Hebei and opened up an anti-Japanese guerrilla zone in the Xinglong area of Hebei. And soon pulled up a team of more than 1,000 people to preside over the anti-Japanese struggle in the Xinglong area.

As for Bao Sen, the military and political leaders at all levels of the Eighth Route Army have a very high evaluation. Ye Jianying, then chief of the General Staff of the Eighth Route Army, called him "China's Xia Boyang". With the establishment and development of the anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines in eastern Hebei, his outstanding leadership skills and extraordinary strategies and tactics were more and more demonstrated. In the course of persisting in the anti-Japanese guerrilla struggle behind enemy lines in the eastern Hebei region, Bao Sen fully embodied the flexible application of the chairman's strategic and tactical thinking on protracted anti-Japanese aggression in the war of resistance behind enemy lines, and effectively countered the Kuomintang **** "The Eighth Route Army guerrilla without attacking" and other rumors.

Moreover, it was precisely because Bao Sen insisted on carrying out a guerrilla war of resistance behind enemy lines and often constantly harassed the Japanese army's garrison in the eastern Hebei region, which not only effectively eliminated the Japanese army's vital forces, but also seriously hindered the smooth flow of the Japanese army's southward invasion of the mainland in China, forcing the Japanese army to deploy a large number of troops to deal with the Eighth Route Army in eastern Hebei, thus cooperating with and supporting the national war of resistance as a whole.

At the same time, Bao Sen persisted in the anti-Japanese guerrilla struggle behind enemy lines in eastern Hebei, and extensively organized and mobilized the broad masses of the people to expand the anti-Japanese forces to the greatest extent, thus enabling the continuous development and rapid growth of the anti-Japanese guerrilla base areas in eastern Hebei. It's a pity that perhaps Bao Sen died too early and did not become the first general after the founding of the Republic. But for Ma Zheng at this time, it is undoubtedly exciting news to learn that Bao Sen's department is nearby. (To be continued.) )