With He Zhengdao's decision to abandon the county seat, all the troops were transferred to the mountains to fight in the countryside. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The Japanese troops who received the counties also sadly found that they did not seem to be of much use in occupying these counties.

Even with the dispatch of troops to the counties, the Japanese began to find themselves seemingly trapped in the city. They liaise with the troops in each city, and many times they encounter ambushes and sneak attacks from various guerrilla forces after leaving the city.

Such a situation also caused headaches for the Japanese troops stationed in various cities. Even if more puppet army troops are mobilized from the rear, there is still no way to change the situation, they can only stay in the county seat and cannot go out of the city casually.

Faced with such a situation, the more the county receives, the more Fujita Jin finds that the more headaches he has. The more counties occupied, the more places that needed to be garrisoned. In this way, his troops will undoubtedly be more dispersed.

As for giving up these occupied counties, Fujita Jin also felt reluctant. At such a great cost, they finally occupied Wuhan. If these surrounding counties are not occupied, they may pose a threat to Wuhan.

In He Zhengdao's words, since the little devils want to come in like this, let these little devils in. But if they want to get out, it's not an easy thing to do. The more counties the little devils occupy, the more headaches they will feel.

In contrast, the Eighth Route Army, which gave up guarding those county seats, was given more room to maneuver. Even after the Japanese army successively took over those county towns that were abandoned by He Zhengdao, He Zhengdao transferred his troops to the rear of the devils.

In He Zhengdao's view, there is no need to arrange so many main forces in Xinyang. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the new 67th Army should go out of Xinyang and open up a larger and broader base area behind enemy lines.

With the Japanese army marching into Wuhan City, the defense of Wuhan, which lasted for more than half a year, was officially over. As many people have speculated, although the Japanese army won the final victory, it also paid a high price.

The high military expenditure forced the Japanese army to divert its energies to the matter of maintaining the security of the occupied areas and to devote more energy to plundering China's strategic resources. Reserve financial and material resources for the next re-battle.

It's just that with the increase in the territory of China annexed by the Japanese army, the Japanese army gradually realized that in order to support this war of aggression against China, they were afraid that they would not be able to hold out until the end with only the military and financial resources they had reserved earlier.

Most importantly, the Japanese army seems to have underestimated the resistance of the Chinese anti-Japanese war forces. Even with the full-scale war of resistance in China, the Japanese army finally realized that the dragon of China was recovering.

Even in the eyes of many people, this dragon is very weak at this time. But just with this little loach in Japan, if you want to encroach on this giant dragon, the final result is to burst. But this war is no longer something that the Japanese army can stop if they want to.

Although Japan felt the constant pressure of war, it also enjoyed the vanity of being the hegemon of Asia. And in order to support this so-called holy war, the whole of Japan is immersed in a crazy atmosphere of war.

At this time, even some high-level Japanese officials realized that this was a war that could lead to the destruction of the country if they were not won. They can only bite the bullet and continue to overdraft the country's national strength to support their war that is getting bigger and bigger.

At the end of the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese divisions and regiments participating in this battle also retreated to various garrisons one after another for rest. The war in Suzhou and Anhui, which had always been a headache for the Japanese army, gradually calmed down with the return of these main forces.

Just when He Zhengdao felt that he might be able to take this opportunity to go back to Yan'an. Looking at Xu Hao, who rushed into the headquarters with an excited face, He Zhengdao was also a little puzzled and said, "There is a dog chasing you?" ”

'Commander, look who's coming!' ’

As Xu Hao turned around and looked out of the door, he looked at the person standing outside the door and said with a happy face: "Commander, I'm back!" ”

'Yuping, why did you get here?' ’

Song Yuping, the captain of the Southern Saber Special Operations Brigade, is also a special operations elite taught by He Zhengdao himself. Since he was sent to the New Fourth Army, he has been responsible for the formation and training of the Southern Saber Special Combat Team.

With excellent military literacy and unique special operations skills, Song Yuping is now also famous in the New Fourth Army. The unique existence of the Southern Saber makes it unique in the New Fourth Army.

Many people know that the New Fourth Army only has certain management authority for the Southern Saber Special Combat Team. If you want to mobilize the Southern Saber to carry out a major combat mission, you must first obtain permission from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army through telegraph.

In addition, He Zhengdao, as the chief instructor of the saber special combat team, has incomparable command and management authority over the two saber detachments of the Southern Saber and the Northern Sabre, which are also currently formed.

Although this kind of command and management authority He Zhengdao is rarely used, many people know that whether it is the Southern Saber Special Operations Brigade formed in southern Anhui or the Northern Saber formed in eastern Hebei, they only recognize He Zhengdao as the chief instructor.

For these subordinates who went out from the saber special combat team and began to take charge of one side alone, He Zhengdao still misses and cares very much. But they know that only by slowly becoming independent will they have greater and better development in the future.

'Commander, long time no see! Originally, I wanted to send a telegram to the commander in advance, but this time there was an escort mission, so I didn't dare to send you a telegram. Now that the mission is complete, I'll come and see you.

The boys in the first detachment are all out there now! When I heard that I came to visit the commander, I was very excited. Commander, this time we came over and wanted to stay with you for a few more days, do you think it's okay? ’

Listening to Song Yuping's words, He Zhengdao said with a smile: "You are also a dignified Southern Saber special operations captain, what do you look like now?" Don't call all those bunnies in! ”

Song Yuping, who was scolded, didn't mind at all, and quickly called in the other comrades-in-arms who were staying outside. In addition to some of the old players brought over earlier, there are naturally also newly recruited members of the Southern Sabre.

As a new member of the saber, these people have all heard from Song Yuping's mouth that there is only one real instructor and organizer of the saber, and that is He Zhengdao, who is known as the 'red general' in front of him.

'Hello Chief! ’

Regarding the salutations shouted by these team members, Song Yuping immediately laughed and scolded: "Hello to the captain!" In our Saber Special Combat Team, there is only one brigade leader. In front of the commander, you are not allowed to call the chief, but the captain. ”

'That's it! As far as you talk a lot, am I not your chief? If I'm the captain, what are you? Although you walked out from the Saber Headquarters, you are now in charge of the work of the Southern Sabre, and there are some disciplines to keep in mind.

It's good to call me chief, don't listen to this kid. I'm glad to see you newcomers join the Sabre organization. I also hope that in the future, you will be able to make new contributions and make more contributions to the party and the army. ’

'Yes, thank you, Chief!' We will definitely work hard! ’

Although many special combat team members feel that the old chief in front of them, who has been remembered by Song Yuping and others, seems to be a little different from what they imagined. But they somewhat knew that He Zhengdao must have something worthy of Song Yuping's respect.

At such a young age, he became a military general of the Eighth Route Army, and he was also a national general personally awarded by the Nationalist Government. If you don't have some real skills, how can you have such achievements now?

Let Xu Hao entertain these special combat members who came from afar, and He Zhengdao also talked with Song Yuping in the combat command room. Regarding Song Yuping's situation in southern Anhui, He Zhengdao has always been concerned.

It's just that in He Zhengdao's view, at present, the southern saber and the northern saber belong to the dual command of the headquarters and the unit to which they belong, which seems somewhat inappropriate. Many times, it is also more cumbersome to command.

In order to better play the role of the saber special combat team, He Zhengdao looked at the old subordinate and said: "Yuping, about your work in the south, I heard from the comrades in the headquarters and the New Fourth Army that you kid didn't embarrass Lao Tzu.

Originally, I also wanted to find an opportunity to go to southern Anhui to meet with Commander Ye and Political Commissar Xiang. But now that you're here, I'll also tell you about my specific arrangements for you and Hu Youliang.

I believe you should also realize that you who are directly under the jurisdiction of the headquarters have more autonomy in operations. But for the New Fourth Army, if they want to transfer you, it will be more troublesome, and the approval procedure will also be troublesome.

As far as I can tell, you have not carried out many special operations missions in the south, and you have spent more energy on military training. I can't say that this situation is bad, but I would prefer that the special combat team is used for war.

For this reason, since you are here today, then I will discuss with you that I plan to separate the Southern Sabre from the establishment of a new special combat team, and directly put you under the jurisdiction of the New Fourth Army. What is your opinion on this? ”

Facing He Zhengdao's inquiry, Song Yuping shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Commander, I know that you are thinking about my future and to alleviate the embarrassing situation of our saber in southern Anhui. But let's be honest, it's not appropriate to go into an independent army.

I'm sure you've also read the telegram I sent you earlier, and the current situation in the New Fourth Army is quite complicated. For the saber special combat team, whether it is Commander Ye or Political Commissar Xiang, they attach great importance to it.

But it is precisely this emphasis that makes us seem torn between the execution of orders. With headquarters in the middle, we will have more autonomy. If we go it on our own, it's really hard for us to make a choice. ”

As soon as these words came out, He Zhengdao also frowned a little and said: "Is their relationship still very bad?" ”

It's not bad, at least when it comes to cracking down on the little devils, the two are still relatively unanimous. It's just that when it comes to the transfer of personnel in the troops, the two will disagree, and sometimes they will even quarrel.

Even if it is the training place in our saber training camp, the two will sometimes argue. If the saber becomes an independent army, will we listen to Commander Ye or Political Commissar Xiang? ’

As a sharp blade in the army, the role of the saber is undoubted. But if this is the case, the leaders who all want to compete for the right to speak in the army will also pay more attention to the existence of this team, and they all hope to recruit it under their command. Sometimes it's hard to make a choice! (To be continued.) )