"Report, there is a unit in front blocking our way, they say that it is the troops of the 2nd Column of the Eighth Route Army, and they want to cooperate with us in the operation." Zhao Zhi, who left Hengshui, met the troops of the Eighth Route Army in Jingxian County, and the commander of this force was still an old acquaintance of Zhao Zhi, Yang Dezhi, who was the commander of the 2nd Column of the Eighth Route Army and the commander of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region. Dealing with Yang Dezhi was the last Taiyuan offensive and defensive battle, because of the casualties of more than 4,000 Jewish troops, Zhao Zhi ordered to drive other armed forces, including the Eighth Route Army, out of Taiyuan City, and Luo Ying even shot Yang Dezhi.

"General Zhao, let's meet again." Yang Dezhi's face was kind, but Zhao Zhi could see a trace of impatience in his eyes, but Zhao Zhi didn't want to fight with the Eighth Route Army. It is not by chance that Yang Dezhi appeared here, Zhao Zhi made such a big move in Hebei one after another, not only the Eighth Route Army, but even Yan'an has been alarmed. Everyone knew that Zhao Zhi's Jewish legions and mercenary troops could fight tough battles, but they didn't expect Zhao Zhi to command the guerrillas with good results, which surprised the CCP who agreed to send the guerrillas to participate in the war.

"Find a way to reconnect with Zhao Zhi, and you can accept Zhao Zhi's command when necessary, this is a unanimous war of resistance, not the time to act as an individualist, you must learn to take the overall situation into account." When he left Yan'an, this was an order given by the Military Commission to Yang Dezhi. Yang Dezhi, who joined the Red Army in 1928, can be regarded as a general with outstanding achievements in the Eighth Route Army, and Yang Dezhi is extremely reluctant to obey the command of such a hairy boy as Zhao Zhi, not to mention that he is now the commander of the 2nd Column of the Eighth Route Army and the commander of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region.

Zhao Zhi, who didn't want to have too much intersection with the Eighth Route Army, didn't know these things, seeing Yang Dezhi's eyes flickering, Zhao Zhi's heart was already a little impatient, and no one asked you to come to help in the battle, who did you show such a look. "Commander Yang, since you are here to help in the war and arrived here before us, I wonder if you know the movements of the Japanese puppet army around Texas?" Zhao Zhi, who doesn't know what Yang Dezhi means here, doesn't plan to waste time, Xiao Ziyun's side has already started fighting, and the action on the Texas side must be accelerated, and hundreds of people will die in vain if they delay for one more minute, and Zhao Zhi can't afford it now.

"Texas?" Yang Dezhi's eyes widened, "You want to fight Texas?" Yang Dezhi is also a veteran of the years, and he grasped the key point from Zhao Zhi's inquiry. Although he had carefully studied Zhao Zhi's arrangements in Hebei and Henan before, he definitely didn't expect Zhao Zhi to be so bold and attack Texas directly, the Japanese army had an independent infantry brigade stationed in Texas, plus the Imperial Cooperative Army, the number of Japanese puppet troops in Texas would not be less than 10,000. If Zhao Zhi wants to take Texas, he must use at least 20,000 troops, where did he get these 20,000 troops?

"yes, we're just going to fight Texas." Although Zhao Zhi's Second Armored Division has been diverted, the Burmese mercenary forces have a mobile force of more than 30,000 people waiting near Ningjin, and with the 3,000 Jewish airborne troops that have been parachuted into Linyi and the 500 mercenaries brought by Zhao Zhi from Hengshui, Zhao Zhi's troops already have the strength to capture Texas. If you add the Second Armored Division that is about to arrive at the predetermined location, Zhao Zhi has a good chance of winning Texas, not to mention that there are already several military command action teams lurking in the city of Texas to deal with it, and the plan of action to take Texas is already impeccable, but Yang Dezhi doesn't know this.

"This Zhao Zhi's heart is indeed big enough, and his courage is big enough, as soon as he makes a move, he will be Texas, none of us thought that he would attack Texas, a mistake, a mistake." After receiving Yang Dezhi's telegram, the CCP leaders in Yan'an once again gathered together to discuss the matter. At first, when Zhao Zhi appeared in Zhangwu County, Shanxi, the CCP's high-level thought that Zhao Zhi was a warlord like Yan Xishan, but he didn't think that this was just a few years of effort, Zhao Zhi and Thunder would expand to such a point, not only occupied Burma, but also sent troops to Thailand, and saw that Thunder's troops entered Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, according to this momentum, Singapore will sooner or later be Zhao Zhi's.

"Didn't this Zhao Zhi stay well in Myanmar? How could you suddenly run back to China again? Kang Sheng is still not interested in Zhao Zhi, since he learned that Zhao Zhi and Chiang Kai-shek have a close relationship, Kang Sheng thought that Zhao Zhi was in the Nationalist Government, plus when the Taiyuan offensive and defensive war, Zhao Zhi's men shot Yang Dezhi, which made Kang Sheng's heart always very uncomfortable, always thinking that Zhao Zhi was a war opportunist at all, a warlord who ran counter to communism.

"This question can be put aside for a while, after all, Zhao Zhi returned to China to participate in the anti-Japanese resistance, and his troops did cause heavy losses to the Japanese army." Zhou Enlai played a round at the right time, which avoided the upcoming dispute between Peng Dehuai, He Long and Kang Sheng. On the issue of how to deal with Zhao Zhi, most of the generals in the army have a wait-and-see attitude, only Peng Dehuai and He Long have a welcoming attitude, not to mention anything else, just the thunderous record is enough to make the Eighth Route Army look up, and Zhao Zhi has also provided weapons and equipment to the Eighth Route Army for free many times, and it is difficult to be an enemy if you don't be friends with such people.

"Zhao Zhi commanded more than 10,000 guerrillas in Hebei to carry out two consecutive large-scale attacks on the Japanese puppet army, according to our statistics, at least more than 5,000 Japanese troops and 7,000 imperial troops were killed in the raid station, the number of wounded is somewhat vague, but we speculate that there will be no less than 10,000 people, in addition to at least 5,000 imperial troops choose to surrender or revolt on the battlefield, the Japanese puppet army in Hebei is really suffering heavy casualties this time, Okamura Ningji, the old fox, should cry his nose." Li Kenong, who was in charge of the intelligence gathering, read out a long list of figures, which made the CCP high-level leaders present stunned.

The Eighth Route Army also had raids and harassment battles, but for the Eighth Route Army, which lacked materials and ammunition, the public opinion propaganda offensive in their raids and harassment wars was greater than the actual killing, but I didn't expect that the two large-scale raids commanded by Zhao Zhi could make the Japanese puppet army in Hebei suffer such large casualties, if there has always been such a record, I am afraid that the Japanese puppet army in the whole of China will not be enough for Zhao Zhi to fight. "What I just said was only the casualties of the Japanese puppet army, and now I will talk about our own casualty figures." Li Kenong waited for everyone's emotions to calm down a little, and then opened another folder.

"Our Eighth Route Army guerrillas participated in 42 battles, with a total of 1,630 people, shooting and killing 820 Japanese soldiers, 1,300 Imperial Allied Army, 19 captured Japanese soldiers, and 420 Imperial Allied Army. Our side lost 312 killed and 600 wounded, of whom 140 were seriously wounded and 460 were lightly wounded. It is true that more than 2,000 days of the puppet army have been killed and wounded, and more than 500 people have been captured, but the 1,600 people who participated in the war were killed and wounded more than half of them at once.

"The guerrillas of the national army participated in the war 120 units, with a total number of 8,260 people, shot and killed 4,700 Japanese troops, 6,500 imperial allegorical troops, captured 200 imperial allegorical troops, and received 5,000 imperial allegiant troops." Li Kenong closed the folder and said slowly, "We haven't collected the casualty figures of the national army, but we estimate that their casualties will not exceed 2 percent, and according to what we know, less than 6 percent of those guerrillas of the national army directly participated in the battle, and the rest are auxiliary personnel, which means that their casualties are similar to ours." ”

Anyone can settle accounts, 6 percent of 8260 is almost 5,000 people, and 2 achievements of 5,000 people are 1,000 people. The figures after the comparison between the two shocked the dull people, when did the troops of the Nationalist Government have such combat effectiveness, is this still the national army that has been chased by the Japanese army for most of China? It is impossible, the numbers will not be wrong, it is likely that Zhao Zhi used another trick of Li Daitaozhuang, using the thunderous troops to disguise the guerrillas of the national army to participate in the war.

Xu saw everyone's suspicions, Li Kenong said with a light smile, "At first, we didn't believe in these figures, but I carefully asked the fighters of the guerrillas who participated in the war, and the guerrillas who participated in the war on the side of the national army were indeed the guerrillas they had developed in Hebei in recent years, and Zhao Zhi's thunder also sent a small force of troops, but they were all cooperating with the battle, and our own guerrillas also had their cooperation, and these figures were all true." ”

"Do you remember a piece of information we collected earlier, which is the information that Zhao Zhi established the Geyue Mountain training camp in Chongqing." Li Kenong had an extra folder in his hand, and the white cover was marked with the word confidential. "The first batch of trainees in Zhao Zhi's training camp was 5,000 people, but these people did not return to their original units after leaving the training camp, and we could not find their whereabouts in the inner line of the national army, and now it is certain that these 5,000 people went to Hebei secretly, and the 120 guerrillas of the national army commanded by Zhao Zhi this time were secretly developed by these people."

"If all this information is true, then this Zhao Zhi's scheming is deep enough, and he has already made the current deployment a few years ago. In the past few years, the guerrillas of the national army have suffered a lot in Hebei, and no less than 30,000 Japanese puppet soldiers have been killed and wounded by them. Zhao Zhi's deal made a lot of money. Mao Zedong, who was holding a cigarette in his hand, was also secretly amazed, Zhao Zhi's move was not only a blow to the arrogance of the Japanese puppet army in Hebei, but also the ordinary people in Hebei would definitely remember the good of the national government, which killed two birds with one stone.