When the anti-Japanese war in Shanxi rekindled, He Zhengdao, who returned to Yan'an from Xi'an, also did not stay long in the central government. Even in order to deal with the next retaliation of the Kwantung Army, He Zhengdao brought back the two division commanders who were about to graduate.

Considering that the next battle was only afraid of being small, Mao Taizu and Kang Da also readily agreed, so that Zhang Cheng and Xu Renyi, who still had about half a month to end the course, finished their courses early. For this reason, the two returned to Yulin with He Zhengdao.

After He Zhengdao returned to Yulin, the military commanders of the divisions and brigades of the independent column, who had previously received orders, all gathered in Yulin to prepare for the military enlargement meeting. After all, the little devil is menacing this time!

He Zhengdao, who returned to Yulin, also didn't care about resting. In the evening of the same day, a meeting of the commanders of the divisions and brigades of the column was called. Even the former commander of the Fourth Division, who served as the commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Division, was also recalled to the column to attend the meeting.

Looking at the division commanders and brigade commanders gathered in the conference room, He Zhengdao also felt that the military commanders under him were much stronger than before. Most of the participants in the meeting were division commanders and brigade commanders of the main force.

As for the garrison troops, only the commanders of the garrison brigades in a few important places participated. At least for the time being, in the independent column, a garrison division has not yet been formed. Most of the garrison units are still based on garrison brigades or garrison regiments.

He Zhengdao, who was sitting in the center of the rostrum, looked at the division commanders and brigade commanders with serious expressions in the audience, and suddenly said with a smile: "Political commissar, think about the fact that we just formed an independent column, and the whole column was less than 20,000 people, and now there are almost 200,000, right?" ”

Faced with He Zhengdao's inquiry, Xiao Jinguang, who was puzzled, still smiled and said, "Yes! If we add the garrison troops in our base areas, the total number of troops is now 200,000, which should not be much worse. ”

'Comrades, do you hear that?' Most of the people who have come here for the meeting today have developed and grown together with the column. I believe that when we formed the Independent Regiment, many comrades did not dare to imagine that our column would have the current scale, right?

What does this mean? This can only show that our column is getting stronger and stronger. There was no loss of troops because of the strength of any enemy. Now, after every great war, we can be reborn with blood and new vitality.

This time, the North China Front, together with the Kwantung Army, with nearly 100,000 troops, planned to attack the base area of our column. The enemy seems to be menacing, and carelessness cannot be taken lightly. But in my opinion, this is not an opportunity.

If the attacking Kwantung Army can also be eliminated, I believe the little devil will also feel very painful, right? Originally, I thought that when we marched into the northeast, we would be able to fight with the Kwantung Army, which is known as the elite of the army, with bayonets.

However, now that they took the initiative to send them to the door, we also saved running so far and beat them up directly at the door of the house. It is true that the Kwantung Army is elite, but our independent column is also not muddy.

As long as the little ghost dares to come, he must be ready to die. This time, I will bring you together for a meeting, and the first is to arrange the next defense and counterattack mission. Listen clearly, it's defense first and then counterattack, and we won't do anything just to be beaten.

The enemies who have invaded us seem to be outnumbered. But in fact, except for the 12th Division of the Kwantung Army, we have eliminated a lot of the rest of the little devil troops before. And this time, we are going to annihilate this 12th Division.

If we can accomplish this task, it will be much easier for us to attack the northeast in the future. Defeat a few veteran divisions and regiments attached to the Kwantung Army, and they will know in the future that they will be considered unlucky if they provoke our independent column! ’

The words, which sounded a bit like combat mobilization, made the commanders of the columns attending the meeting feel much happier. For them, when they heard that there were 100,000 enemies that the independent column would face this time, the pressure was indeed not small.

Perhaps the fame of the independent column was too great, and this time the North China Front asked the Kwantung Army for help and put most of the encirclement and suppression forces in the area where the independent column was stationed. In their opinion, the strongest unit of the Eighth Route Army must be severely damaged.

If a strong enemy is coming, if you don't have any worries, it is a lie. Most importantly, according to the information available so far, the North China Front, in order to solve the independent column in the First World War, concentrated no less than one armored brigade of mechanized troops.

This was really the first time that the officers and men of the independent column had encountered it. Secondly, the 12th Division also has a field heavy artillery brigade. With such a weapon, the pressure on the independent column is naturally not small!

After the operational meeting began, He Zhengdao first listened to reports on the combat readiness of the four main divisions, three cavalry divisions, artillery brigades, and the Suiyuan and Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei military subdivisions. In his opinion, it is still very necessary to clean up the belongings of the column first.

After listening to the reports of these division commanders and brigade commanders, He Zhengdao discussed the next strategic deployment with Xiao Jinguang and Wang Tianlin, members of the party committee of the column, after the meeting. This kind of combat deployment is also more targeted.

Looking at the information of the combat unit in his hand, He Zhengdao thought for a while and said: "Political commissar, judging from the current situation, I think it is necessary to form another infantry division. Now the size of our garrison is actually quite enough.

Even last time, we split some troops and formed two military divisions, Jinchaji and Eastern Hebei. But in reality, it is still necessary to form another infantry division. In this case, we will have more troops at our disposal. ”

Facing He Zhengdao's words, Xiao Jinguang also nodded and said: "Indeed, the current scale of our several garrison brigades does seem to be a bit overstaffed. And the combat effectiveness of these troops, in fact, is not weak. I agree! ”

Chief of Staff Wang Tianlin and Political Director Yao Shengjun naturally would not refuse such a plan. After all, for them, having one more infantry division in the column also means that the establishment of the troops has been further improved.

'Okay, since everyone agrees, I have decided to take the Daqingshan Garrison Brigade as the backbone, and transfer a main regiment from the Suiyuan Army Division and the Shenmu Garrison Brigade to form a new fifth division of an independent column.

As for the division commander, Guo Junjie, the former commander of the Daqingshan Garrison Brigade, served as the commander, and the troop establishment was the same as that of the other four main divisions. As for the Daqingshan Garrison Brigade, the former deputy brigade commander took over the post of brigade commander. The defense area of the new Fifth Division was temporarily placed near Baotou.

Second, with the artillery brigade as the core, the column armored regiment was transferred, and then a main regiment was transferred from the reconnaissance brigade to form a rapid reaction division. For the time being, I am also the commander of the division, and the political commissar is also the political commissar of the rapid response division.

In addition, from the automobile regiment of the column, an automobile battalion was transferred to join the rapid reaction division. I'm going to use this improvised rapid reactor to deliver a fatal blow to the little devils. This division is temporarily placed in the Liangcheng area on standby.

Unless the front-line battle is very dangerous, the rapid reaction division is not allowed to move. This time, I plan to lure the enemy in, put the 12th Division of the little devil as the vanguard into Zhuozilai first, and finally outflank it from the direction of Liangcheng.

In addition, in order to strengthen the combat strength of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Sub-district, another main force regiment was transferred from the garrison troops, a main force battalion was transferred from the reconnaissance brigade, and the Xuesha Battalion, which was resting in Zuoyun, were temporarily placed under the command of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Sub-district.

This time the enemy is menacing, and if you hit it hard, I am afraid that the losses will not be too small. Under such circumstances, it is still very necessary to adopt the tactic of luring the enemy into depth, lengthening the enemy's strategic supply line, and finally finding the right opportunity to deal a fatal blow to him.

The command of this operation is still the rule, and the political commissar sits in the rear to ensure the security and stability of our base areas. Director Yao was responsible for the dispatch of logistics materials, and the chief of staff went to Datong to direct the defensive counterattack on the Datong side.

As for my words, I am personally in charge of the battle on the Suiyuan side. This time, if you have the chance, you must eat the 12th Division of the Kwantung Army. This little devil's veteran division is really coveted by its equipment! ’

In addition to a tank wing, this division also has a heavy artillery brigade, and even this time, in order to prevent a surprise attack by the air force units of the Eighth Route Army, it even pulled out the attached anti-aircraft artillery wing.

It can be said that this is a fully organized first-class division in the true sense. With the addition of the two armored tank wings raised by the North China Front and the accompanying cavalry units, the size of the 12th Division has expanded to nearly 40,000 men.

From the information obtained so far, the 12th Division is responsible for attacking Suiyuan. The rest of the troops from North China mainly attacked in the direction of Datong. Looking at the actions of the North China Front, it seems that they also want to use this attack to recover Datong and Suiyuan.

It's just that for He Zhengdao, the challenges that need to be faced this time are not small. But looking at the information sent by the intelligence officers, He Zhengdao was quite greedy for the equipment of the 12th Division. Not to mention their anti-aircraft guns, which are urgently needed by the Eighth Route Army at present.

The heavy artillery and tank troops they carried this time were all what He Zhengdao had always wanted to harvest. If it can be captured, the artillery brigade can be expanded into an artillery division, and the armored regiment can be expanded into an armored brigade.

Judging from the current situation, there is still a long way to go for the arsenal to produce its own tanks and heavy artillery. The only way to build a real heavy artillery unit and tank armored unit is to capture it.

Now that the little devil has taken the initiative to send these equipment to the door, how can He Zhengdao let it go?

Looking at He Zhengdao, whose eyes were bright, Xiao Jinguang, who was the political commissar, said with some tears and laughter: "Commander, if the little devils know, if you fight their equipment now, you will probably vomit blood in anger, right?" ”

'What about that!' The little devil is arrogant! Judging from the situation we have detected so far, this division of the Kwantung Army is indeed very arrogant. Their advance, in no way, shrugged off our scouts, did not seem to be worried about letting us know.

I think at this time, in the hearts of many little devil generals, they may think. Even if we knew of their arrival, we would not be able to resist such a force armed to the teeth. In their eyes, we are bound to lose.

It's just that if you want to capture these armors of the little devils, you really need to spend a lot of brains. The little devils are not stupid, if they knew that the attack that had been prepared for a long time turned into a gift to us, they would probably be scared away! ’

Facing this kind of Japanese army equipped with heavy artillery and tank armor for the first time, He Zhengdao felt that he could not underestimate the enemy too much. Fortunately, the current arsenal has already produced bazookas. If you want to come to this battle, the bazooka can become famous! (To be continued.) )