"Comrades, fire, charge, da-da-da" The various units that received the order, at the sound of their respective commanders' orders, pulled the trigger on the puppet soldiers who were getting closer and closer. Suddenly, the attack formation of the puppet army, which was still dense just now, fell under the dense fire net of the soldiers, and a large number of them fell at once.

Seeing the soldiers who fell to the ground in front of him, he looked at the regiment commander, division commander and other commanders who had long since fled to the ground behind him. These puppet army units, which basically had no combat effectiveness and relied on catching strong men, immediately dispersed in a hurry and fled for their lives. As a result, such a scene appeared on the entire battlefield.

Three puppet army units, nearly 3,000 people. After only the first round of strafing by the fighters, less than 200 troops were lost. The rest of the soldiers began to flee for their lives. And the soldiers who had just prepared for a battle, seeing the puppet soldiers fleeing for their lives in a swarm, also began to capture prisoners everywhere under the command of their respective commanders

In this way, the division commander Liu Hua and others waited for several hours before they received the good news from Wang Benqing of the Third Brigade. The final result was no surprise, more than a thousand little devils, except for a squadron that died in the hands of the reconnaissance battalion, all the rest fled back to Taiyuan. However, more than 3,000 puppet soldiers captured more than 2,600 people. In addition, the troops occupied the entire county town without a single soldier, and accepted a large amount of baggage equipment that the puppet army gave up in order to confuse our army.

"Okay, good fight. In one night, the three county towns were captured by us, and the little devil chief of staff of the entire wing and two brigades was eliminated, and immediately sent all the summarized results to the political commissar, so that the political commissar was also happy and happy" Hearing that the three county towns had been completely occupied by his three brigades, Liu Hua couldn't help but feel excited, and ordered to the chief of staff who was also smiling beside him.

"Yes, division commander, I understand these things" The chief of staff turned and walked towards the radio room next to the headquarters.

In the next half month, the three brigades of the column directly under the reading division, under the personal leadership of the division commander Liu Hua, continued to attack, and captured all the county towns or strongholds occupied by the Yue army in the occupied area, eliminating a total of 13,268 Yue troops, 24,583 puppet army troops, and 21,694 puppet army captives. It can be said that more than 20,000 new recruits and young adults have been added to the entire reading division.

This is not important, the important thing is that in the past half a month, the direct column has seized a large amount of equipment, ammunition, and various combat military supplies in these stronghold counties. It can be said that with the various kinds of food captured by the troops in half a month, it is enough for all the regular troops of the entire reading division to eat for half a year.

With the elimination of all the puppet armies in the occupied areas, the local cadres who followed closely behind the troops also immediately went deep into the common people and began to form anti-Ming Ming political axes, calling on everyone to participate and forming militia units and local garrison units. In just half a month, the entire Shanxi region, except for a few large cities in western Shanxi and Taiyuan, was still occupied by the army. All the remaining areas, in about half a month, have all become the base areas of the anti-Japanese revolution of the readers.

"Division commander, after half a month's sortie, our base area has expanded by more than one-third, and now there are a total of thirteen counties, which are included in the scope of our reading division's base area. Moreover, all the anti-political axes are already in the formation stage. At the same time, as a result of this sortie by the directly subordinate columns, a large number of domestically produced equipment used by the puppet army were seized. Therefore, at present, we have set up more than 400 militia units and local garrison units in the occupied area, and the number of people has reached an astonishing 40,000 people" After returning to the headquarters, political commissar Luo Ronghuan came to Liu Hua with a copy of his own statistics, and reported with excitement on his face.

"Okay, well done, our goal is to develop these occupied areas as firmly as the old base areas in the shortest possible time, so that these places will become old base areas that cannot be broken or attacked by the army. Let the local people completely regard the soldiers of our reading division as their own relatives. But, Commissar, you're going to have to worry about these things. Liu Hua nodded, very satisfied with the results achieved by the troops now.

"That's right, Commissar. Now that the autumn harvest has ended, how much public grain has been handed over in the entire base area. You must know that in the entire base area, there are now 70,000 or 80,000 regular troops who rely on public rations alone. Liu Hua continued to ask worriedly.

"Commander, don't worry about this. This time, more than three-quarters of Shanxi's grain was in our hands, which was enough for the troops. In addition, this year's weather has been smooth in various places, so the harvest in various places is good. According to the data from local newspapers, the amount of public grain we have collected this year can reach 50 million catties. Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan replied with a smile on his face.

"Oh my God, so many?" When he heard the figure of 50 million, Zhang Hua couldn't help but be surprised. You must know that the yield of grain at this time is still very low, and it can reach 400 catties per mu, which is already very good. However, what he didn't expect was that the people could only hand over such a large amount of military rations.

"Division commander, of course, now the number of county towns under our control has reached an astonishing 89. It can be said that it is the largest base area behind enemy lines. In this way, basically each county can average 500,000 catties of public grain. In addition, there are hundreds of villages in each county. After calculation, the average amount of public grain that each village needs to hand over is more than 1,000 catties, which is an average of dozens of catties for each household. Seeing the division commander Liu Hua with a surprised face, political commissar Luo Ronghuan hurriedly explained.

"Hehe, commissar, if that's the case, then I'm relieved. There is so much food that we can't eat it all. Political commissar, let the logistics department find a few more caves in the back mountain, we now have a lot of food, so we must hoard it. If we wait until the base area suffers a great disaster for a year, we will not be in danger of running out of food. What do you think? Liu Hua breathed a sigh of relief and suggested.

"Well, I agree with you, it's just this hoarding amount?" The commissar nodded and asked.

"Now there are a total of 80,000 people in the whole army, and the amount of food is calculated according to the amount of one pound per person per day, which is 80,000 pounds of grain a day. In addition, in the process of fighting abroad, various units were able to capture a lot of food. So, a year is calculated as 300 days. Therefore, of the 50 million catties of grain, except for the 25 million catties left, all the rest will be hoarded for me, in case anything happens to our readers in the future battles. Zhang Hua calculated a little and said affirmatively.

"Hehe, division commander, counting the millions of catties we originally hoarded in the back mountains, now our reading division has hoarded 30 million catties of grain, if these grains are saved, it will be enough for our whole army to eat for more than a year." The political commissar said with a smile, agreeing with Liu Hua's meaning.

Now that the grain problem has been solved, the goal of the entire base area has begun to look at the dozen or so county towns that have just been occupied, and it has begun to concentrate manpower and material resources on the entire base area to build these dozen county seats, so that these county towns can be completely integrated into the entire base area in the shortest possible time.

At this moment, the eyes of the division commander Liu Hua had already left the base area, but saw Wuhan and Nanjing, which had already fallen thousands of miles away. Because, in a few days, Nanjing's national name political axe with Wang Jingwei as the main body will be established. The establishment of this political axe can be said to be a slap in the face to the people in the War of Resistance.

As the division commander Liu Hua, what he thought about was how to establish the puppet national political axe in Nanjing headed by Wang Jingwei and minimize the impact on the base area controlled by the reading division. At the same time, on that day, Wang Jingwei in Nanjing was dealt a good blow, and once again raised the determination of the people of the whole country to persist in resisting the Japanese resistance.

The best and most direct way to raise the determination of the people of the whole country to persist in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and to crack down on the puppet political axe formed by Wang Jingwei is to achieve a great victory on the battlefield of resistance against the Japanese Empire, and to use his own head and blood to send a generous gift to the newly established puppet national political axe of Wang.

However, I can't say what I have in mind for the time being. Because people don't know yet, this history is going to happen. At this time, what Liu Hua was thinking about was to find a target to start with. However, because of the arrival of Liu Hua and Liu Hua's reader, the situation of the Anti-Japanese War in North China is not at all as passive as it was in history. It's the complete opposite of history.

Since the main focus of the army at this time was still on the regular Kuomintang army in the southeast, it was only possible to let his subordinates persist as much as possible in the war in North China. In addition to the Reading Division, the strength of several divisions of the Yue Army was continuously eliminated, and the frequent sorties of the Eighth Route Army in various places were added. It can be said that the situation of resistance in the whole of North China is very clear.

In this way, all the troops of the entire North China Zhutun Army were stationed in the big cities or in the bases that could not be used in the entire defense area. As for the remote county seats, the vast rural areas have completely become the world of the Eighth Route Army. The more than 80 county towns occupied by the reader are a good example.

Liu Hua looked at the map of North China in front of him and quietly thought about possible action goals. However, the county strongholds with garrisons on the map were vetoed by Liu Hua after Liu Hua's careful consideration. In the end, Taiyuan City once again fell into the eyes of the division commander Liu Hua.

You must know that the whole Taiyuan is a very important big city for the invasion of China. More importantly, Taiyuan is the capital of Shanxi Province, and the Kwantung Army, where brigades and wings of the Yue Army are stationed, totaling more than 12,000 people. It can be said that it is a very large military group. What's more, after more than half a year of replenishment, Taiyuan City, which was robbed by the reading power master, has once again become a heavy industrial city.

Not only did the army replenish a large number of machinery to produce ammunition that was urgently needed at the front. At the same time, in Taiyuan City, there is also a storage of combat supplies for one year of the Kwantung Army Division. Of course, this time, it was not these weapons and ammunition that made Zhang Hua choose here the most, but the Jinzheng Bank set up by the army in Taiyuan.

The reason why I suddenly thought of robbing a bank was very simple. With the establishment of Nanjing's national name political axe, the puppet army began to issue counterfeit currency in the occupied areas, which led to a large number of hard currency such as gold and silver, all of which were collected into the hands of the army. According to the information obtained by division commander Liu Hua from later generations, all the gold and other hard currency seized by the army on the front line and in the whole of Shanxi were stored in the vault of this Jinzheng Bank.

You know, war is money, and in this troubled world, the most important thing is hard currency. More importantly, with the end of the Hundred Regiments War in the future, not only the army, but even the Yucheng national political axe at this time will carry out a strict economic blockade of the entire Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines. If the time comes, the troops do not have enough hard currency, it will simply not be possible to continue to develop and grow as they are now, but they will have to reduce the strength of the troops and streamline the combat strength of the troops in the face of the extreme shortage of all kinds of materials in the base areas, just like the Eighth Route Army in history.

With specific action goals, Liu Hua no longer has to worry. It was in the command headquarters, quietly waiting for the day to come. Although, with the arrival of Liu Hua, the Eighth Route Army established a base in North China, and the situation of developing armed forces was much better. However, the direction of the whole history has not changed in any way.

On the morning of the Spring Festival in 1940, all the personnel of the Reading Division gathered together to celebrate the achievements of the Reading Division in the past year. At the same time, make certain arrangements for the next year's fighting. Everyone still wants to turn on the radio as usual, listen to the New Year's message of the Xinhua News Agency of the CPC Central Committee, and at the same time, learn about some major events that are happening at home and abroad at this time.

As the frequency of the radio station was adjusted to the frequency of the Central News Agency of the Civil Affairs Axe, Chiang Kai-shek's voice appeared on the radio station, but a few minutes later, what puzzled everyone was that the name of Wang Ching-wei, vice chairman of the Kuomintang, was not heard in the list of all the congratulatory messages. After listening to the congratulatory message on the radio, every cadre gathered in the conference room began to talk about it.

Of course, among everyone, only the corner of the division commander Liu Hua's mouth showed a trace of bitter smile. Because he knew that within a few hours, a circular of the Kuomintang Central Committee on the dismissal of Wang Ching-wei from the political axe and all functions and powers within the party and his expulsion from the party would appear on the radio.

Sure enough, a few hours later, the announcer's voice was heard on the radio. The content of all the speeches is exactly the same as what Liu Hua thought in his heart. Because Wang Jingwei openly defected, he surrendered to Yueben, and signed a series of various treaties with Yue himself in his personal name to lose his power and humiliate the country. In the end, he was expelled from the party by the Kuomintang and deprived of all political axes and all functions and powers in the party

"My mother, Wang Jingwei has surrendered to Yueben, but he is the vice chairman of the Kuomintang" After listening to the content of the entire announcement, the entire conference room once again burst into a burst of noisy discussions.

"Division commander, Wang Jingwei is the vice chairman of the Kuomintang, how can he surrender himself? This is simply the scum of the Chinese," Chief of Staff Li Qing, after listening to the content of the announcement, couldn't help but pat the table in front of him and said with indignation on his face.

"Lao Li, political commissar, I think this Wang Jingwei's surrender is still a trivial matter, and what I'm worried about is still to come?" Looking at Luo Ronghuan, the political commissar who was also in shock with an incredible face, Liu Hua shook his head and said.

"Division commander, the vice chairman of the Kuomintang surrendered to himself, this is a trivial matter. If this incident spreads, it will be a serious blow to the determination of the people of the whole country to continue the war of resistance. If those people with ulterior motives hear it, it will definitely be a very big political event" After listening to Liu Hua's words, the political commissar was even more puzzled.

"Yes, division commander, I really didn't expect that such a thing would happen on a good Spring Festival. However, division commander, you just said that you are worried about what will happen later, will Chiang Kai-shek also follow behind Wang Jingwei and surrender himself" Chief of Staff Li Qing asked closely.

Hearing that the chief of staff actually said that Chiang Kai-shek would surrender himself, the division commander Liu Hua almost laughed. Because, although Chiang Kai-shek was a commander who fought a civil war and did not enter the stream. However, his determination to resist the war never gave up from the beginning to the end of the war. Thinking of this, Liu Hua shook his head and explained to the chief of staff and political commissar around him who were full of doubts: "Political commissar, chief of staff, you must rest assured that this Chiang Kai-shek will never surrender himself." Zhang Hua said affirmatively.

"What I'm worried about is that I am in such a hurry to pull Wang Jingwei over, what do they want to do. You must know that now the big cities of Nanjing and Wuhan have long been occupied by the army, and nearly half of the country's land area has also been occupied by the army. In particular, Nanjing, the original capital of the country's name and political axe, was occupied by the army. We thought, if Wang Jingwei at this time, with the support of Yue himself, re-organized a political axe in Nanjing, and confronted Chiang Kai-shek's political axe in Yucheng, what kind of scene would the situation of the whole country resist? Zhang Hua said meaningfully what he thought in his heart.

"Wang Jingwei has set up a new political axe, and if this is the case, the situation of resistance throughout the country will definitely receive a serious blow. Those [***] troops who are not very determined to resist the war will definitely turn their guns and become accomplices in Wang Jingwei's hands" Listening to Liu Hua's words, political commissar Luo Ronghuan keenly discovered the serious consequences caused by this incident, and couldn't help but exclaim.

(To be continued)