Shanting County.

After several hours of fierce fighting, by 4 p.m., the 1st Brigade of the Lunan Guerrilla Detachment of the Eighth Route Army, with the cooperation of the cavalry battalion directly under the Baoshan Brigade, had finally taken the county seat.

At 6 o'clock in the afternoon, Yang Shaocheng, secretary of the Huxi Prefectural Party Committee of Shandong Province, rushed to Shanting County upon hearing the news.

Wu Faxian, political commissar of the Lunan guerrilla detachment of the Eighth Route Army, also arrived in a hurry, and this time he took the county seat and seized a very large number of materials, not only food, clothing, and other materials in short supply, but even a small arsenal in its entirety, which stored a lot of weapons and ammunition, with this batch of weapons and ammunition, the strength of the Lunan guerrilla detachment of the Eighth Route Army will be greatly enhanced.

At the headquarters of the gendarmerie, Peng Mingzhi was sitting on the corpse of a second lieutenant and smoking a cigarette proudly.

Peng Mingzhi has no reason to be upset, although he is from the old Red Army, he was even the commander of the main force of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army before coming to Shandong, but after so many years of fighting, this Shanting County is really the largest "city" he led the troops to fight alone, damn it, this is not a stronghold, let alone a turret, but a county seat!

At this time, I'm afraid that even the main force of the 115th Division is not capable of taking down a county town, right?

However, what made Peng Mingzhi feel a little depressed was that the capture of Shanting County this time was not all due to the Lunan guerrilla detachment of the Eighth Route Army, and the cavalry battalion directly under the Baoshan Brigade provided them with great support, especially the cavalry artillery company, if it were not for the four 81mm mortars of the cavalry artillery company, it would not be so easy to take down the county seat.

In the sound of hurried footsteps, Wu Faxian and Yang Shaocheng entered together.

"Lao Peng, you have made history!" Wu Faxian took two steps forward, held Peng Mingzhi's hands tightly, and said excitedly, "This is the first county town recovered by our Eighth Route Army on the battlefield behind enemy lines, and it will definitely go down in history in the future!" ”

Yang Shaocheng also said: "Yes, Lao Peng, even the three main divisions of the Eighth Route Army failed to do something, but let your kid do it, you can do it, the head of the headquarters is afraid that he will reward you again!" As the secretary of the Huxi Prefectural Party Committee, the Lunan guerrilla detachment in his jurisdiction has achieved such brilliant results, and of course he has a bright face.

"Hey, isn't it just a county seat?" Peng Mingzhi disagreed.

"You kid, this is hypocrisy." Yang Shaocheng smiled, and then said, "However, compared to the Baoshan Brigade, this result is indeed nothing. ”

"Oh?" Peng Mingzhi said, "Which county seat did the Baoshan Brigade take?" ”

"It's not one, it's a dozen!" Wu Faxian said with some emotion, "Yue Weihan actually mobilized the bandits, Huidaomen armed forces, and the Meng family, the Cao family, the Long family and other family forces in the Lunan area, and after a scuffle, he conquered more than a dozen county towns one after another, and now except for Jining, Tengxian, Jinxiang, and Yancheng controlled by the army, and Shanting County controlled by our army, the entire Lunan has been completely controlled by Yue Weihan. ”

"It can't be!" Peng Mingzhi exclaimed, "Yue Weihan, this dog, actually has such ability? ”

No wonder Peng Mingzhi was surprised, he didn't know how much force he had exerted before, trying to persuade Lunan's Huidaomen armed forces and family armed forces to join the Eighth Route Army, and he also tried his best to win over the bandits, but until now, the Eighth Route Army has not really incorporated a decent local armed force, but as soon as Yue Weihan made a move, he took all the local armed forces in Lunan under his command, which is too exaggerated, just because he is the director of the Lunan Administration?

Wu Faxian shook his head and muttered: "Yue Weihan really has this ability, who made him a national hero?" ”

"yes, we can't compare to others." Yang Shaocheng also sighed and said, "Although our Eighth Route Army has always pursued the idea of active resistance, its influence on the whole country is still small after all, but the Baoshan Brigade and the commander of Yue Da are famous. ”

"What's more, Yue Weihan is still the director of the Lunan Branch, and the supreme administrator of the Lunan region, those Huidaomen armed forces and family armed forces can not buy the account of our Eighth Route Army, but they can't not buy Yue Weihan's account." Saying this, Yang Shaocheng's eyes suddenly flashed with an inexplicable look, and said, "It seems that I have to meet this Yue Weihan again." ”

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Dushan Lake, Dushan Island.

There are many small islands on Dushan Lake, and Dushan Island is just one of them.

The area of Dushan Island is much smaller than that of Weishan Island, but the Dushan Mountain on the island is also densely wooded, and there is no problem in hiding 3,500 men and horses, and about 2,000 people from the Baoshan Brigade are lurking on the island at this time, and the army's aerial reconnaissance planes have skimmed over Dushan Lake several times, but they have never been able to find any trace of the Baoshan Brigade.

When Yue Weihan was inspecting the map with Liu Yi, Second Lieutenant Hu Dan of the communications team suddenly came over in a hurry.

"Report." Second Lieutenant Hu Dan stood up and said to Yue Weihan, "Brigade seat, Commander Liu of the command headquarters is in a hurry!" ”

Yue Weihan ignored it, Chief of Staff Liu Yi stretched out his hand to take the telegram, and after reading it, he was overjoyed and said: "Luzao, the armed forces of the Daomen, the family and the bandits in each county have launched an attack on the Yue army as promised, and now, except for a few county towns such as Jining, Hincheng, Tengxian, and Jinxiang, the entire Lunan has almost recovered!" ”

"Good!" Yue Weihan slammed the knot and said to Hu Dan, "Immediately call back to the left-behind headquarters, let Major Liu Xin immediately report the news of the recovery of Lunan to the General Staff and the Military Commission, and then let Reporter Zhao rush to write a newsletter overnight, at the latest tomorrow morning, the good news of Lunan's recovery must be reported in the newspaper, and the whole [***] people must know about it!" ”

"Yes!" Second Lieutenant Hu Dan snapped to the ground, and then turned around and twisted his waist.

When Hu Dan walked away, Liu Yi said to Yue Weihan worriedly: "Luzao, we have only occupied a dozen relatively remote county seats, and we have not really recovered the entire territory of southern Lunan. ”

Yue Weihan waved his hand and said in a heavy tone: "The Battle of Wuhan has entered the most difficult stage, whether it is the front-line soldiers or the people in the rear, they all need an inspiring victory!" Even if it is just propaganda in the newspapers, it is bound to greatly boost their confidence and morale, not to mention that we did not lie about the military situation! ”

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Deep in the Taihang Mountains, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

Chief of Staff Zuo hurriedly walked into the war room and said to Mr. Peng: "Mr. Boss, Lunan is a great victory!" ”

"Huh?" Mr. Peng turned around when he heard this, and said in a deep voice, "Peng Mingzhi, this kid has won the battle again?" ”

Chief of Staff Zuo nodded, and said excitedly: "Peng Mingzhi has just conquered Shanting County, boss, this is a county seat, the first county town recovered by our Eighth Route Army in the battlefield behind enemy lines!" ”

"Good boy!" Mr. Peng suddenly said excitedly, "Good job!" ”

"And ......," the chief of staff of the left took a breath and said, "After the recovery of Shanting County, the Lunan base area and the Luzhong base area, which were originally divided by the Yue army, have become a large area, and the area has also doubled compared with the original, and the population of the two base areas together has exceeded two million!" Boss, the situation in Shandong is gratifying! ”

"Commendation, immediate power reward!" Mr. Peng waved his hand and said, "Call on the whole army to learn from the Lunan guerrilla detachment!" ”

Chief of Staff Zuo nodded, and suddenly lowered his voice and said: "Boss, Yang Shaocheng, secretary of the Huxi Prefectural Party Committee, sent a secret telegram, asking the organization to allow him to secretly contact Yue Weihan, what do you think about this?" ”

Mr. Peng asked Chief of Staff Zuo rhetorically: "What do you think?" ”

"I think so...... Chief of Staff Zuo muttered, "and it doesn't hurt to make contact with it secretly. ”

"So be it." Mr. Peng said categorically, "Inform Yang Shaocheng that you can contact secretly, but you must not make any decisions lightly, and you must ask the headquarters for instructions if there is anything!" ”

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Wuhan, War Room of the General Staff.

The atmosphere in the war room was a little solemn, and from time to time a communications staff officer rushed inside to present the latest battle reports from the front line, and the operations staff officers hurriedly began to work intensively on the map to mark the latest situation of the Chinese and Chinese armies on the map; it had been more than 10 days since the Battle of Wuhan began, and the offensive of the Chinese army had become more and more fierce.

Although it can barely be supported, the decline has already appeared.

If nothing else, in three days at most, the second line of defense will be broken through by the army, and the war will directly spread to the territory of Hubei Province! The third line of defense supported by Wuhan is also the last line of defense of [***], once Wuhan is lost, the defense line of [***] will completely collapse, and the battle of Wuhan will also be completely defeated.

Amid the sound of hurried footsteps, Chairman Chiang walked into the war room surrounded by a large group of senior generals.

Chairman Jiang asked General He as he walked: "When will the more than 20 divisions of the second echelon arrive?" ”

Admiral He said with a bitter face: "At least seven more days!" ”

"How many days will the second line of defense last?" Chairman Jiang said again.

Vice Chief Bai sighed and said, "Three days at most." ”

Chairman Jiang's face immediately became gloomy, and he said, "Can't you hold on for a few more days?" ”

"Unless a miracle happens." Deputy Chief Bai said, "If we can achieve a victory in a local battlefield, even if we only annihilate a few infantry brigades of the Japanese army, it can greatly improve the morale of our army, so that the second line of defense may be able to hold out for a few more days, but at present, our army is completely in a situation of being passively beaten, and the strength is also stretched, so how easy is it to counterattack?" ”

Deputy Chief Bai's voice fell, and suddenly a senior staff officer entered the report inside: "Commission, Baoshan Brigade and Lunan Agency urgently telegraphed!" ”

"Baoshan Brigade?" Chairman Jiang moved slightly, and said, "Read." ”

"Yes." The senior staff officer snapped upright, and immediately opened the telegram and read, "The Central Military Commission and the General Staff Headquarters: The officers and men of the Baoshan Brigade Headquarters and the local armed forces of more than 10 counties in Lunan launched a large-scale counterattack this morning, and the fierce battle was even announced, and by the time the curtain came, more than 10 county towns had been recovered and more than 20,000 enemies had been annihilated. Department, Yue Weihan, May 26, 27th year of the Republic of China. ”

(To be continued)