Major General Tian Lu Chaoyi reorganized the entire military cap. Out of the tent, in front of the front of the queue are the brigade captain and above officers, the saber is sonorous, the riding boots are shiny, the weather is cold, the soldiers are spraying white gas in their mouths, and the stubble is frosty on their beards.

Just as he was about to speak, suddenly a strange screaming sound came, Major General Tian Lu, who had been in the army for many years, and immediately recognized the sound of a cannonball about to land at close range, and shouted: "Lie down!" ”

The explosion muffled his shouts, and an 88-millimeter high-explosive bomb exploded in front of the command post, and under the blow of the blazing iron rain, almost all the middle and senior officers of the brigade and regiment were spared, and when the smoke and dust cleared, what appeared in front of the orderly soldiers was a mass of yellow tweed fragments wrapped in flesh and blood, boots, and the remains of sabers.

They couldn't believe their eyes, the brigade commander was actually served in a pot.

Major General Tian Lu reacted the fastest, but he was also fatally wounded, one leg was broken, his chest and abdomen were bleeding profusely, and foamy blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, apparently hurting his lungs.

"It's useless...... Withdraw troops...... Withdraw ......," Major General Tian Lu said intermittently, and the people around him watched him with tears in their eyes and gradually closed their eyes.

Halfway up the mountain, there was jubilation, although it was not clear what exactly hit, but at least the shell did not cost Lang.

The set combat mission was completed, the artillery bolts were removed and taken away, the cannons were dragged into the cave, the hole was blocked with stones, the branches were used to cover it, and the partisans disappeared into the forest.

Some people suggested going into the mountains to take revenge, some people said that they should withdraw their troops immediately, but no one could say that they would not accept each other, so they simply fought separately, but without the command of Major General Tian Lu, these stragglers in small teams could not exert their combat effectiveness at all, and the coordination between them was also very problematic, and the balance of war suddenly tilted.

The Japanese army made trouble for three days, and the troops who went into the mountains to search and suppress encountered snipers, and finally withdrew after paying dozens of casualties, and returned to Nantai in disgrace.

Later, Chen Zikun learned why the Japanese army died down, because at the same time that he killed Tian Lu, Yang Chengwu of the Eighth Route Army also killed a Japanese brigade commander named Abe Guixiu with mortars on the loess ridge of Taihang Mountain.

The Japanese army lost two brigade commanders in a short period of time, and the top brass of the Chinese dispatch army was shocked and ordered to shrink the battle line and not attack at will.

Abe Norihide and Tian Lu Chao are both graduates of the 19th non-commissioned officer school, but one is the lieutenant general commander of the elite brigade, known as the flower of the famous general, and the other is the major general commander of the B garrison brigade.

Two enemy chieftains were killed in a row, Chongqing sent a series of commendation telegrams, and the newspapers also reported it one after another, and Wu Peifu, who lived in seclusion in Beiping, also saw the news, "The flower of the famous general withered on the Taihang Mountain." "The Imperial Army will shroud the horse leather."

"Happy!" Wu Peifu stroked his palms and laughed, "*** The war is quite disciplined, and Chen Zikun is worthy of being from my third division, he taught Little Japan a lesson, fight well, drink wine and eat dumplings tonight." ”

Recently, Japanese spies have frequently come to harass him and asked him to go out of the mountains to preside over the North China government; although Wu Peifu is an outdated old Beiyang man, he is very stylish, and he hates the Japanese even more, so he naturally will not agree, and he will not make any excuses about his former Beiyang colleagues who have come to lobby him, and he will reprimand him face to face.

The handsome man is in a good mood, but the staff are not happy, although Wu Peifu is in the wilderness, but the pomp is still there, the marshal's mansion still maintains the establishment of eight major places, dozens of people follow him to eat, there used to be Zhang Xueliang's monthly allowance of 3,000 yuan, Chen Zikun's monthly remittance of 2,000 yuan, life can finally go on, now Zhang Xueliang is under house arrest, Chen Zikun's life is not easy, and Beiping is a fallen area, financial exchange is not through, the money will be broken, and the Shuai's mansion will be cut off.

Wu Peifu wanted to eat dumplings and go out to buy mutton in person, he had never been rough, and he went out in a half-worn cotton robe, and few people on the street could recognize this master as Wu Yushuai, who was powerful back then.

I bought three catties of mutton, a bag of flour, and was walking back, when a fortune teller on the side of the road suddenly shouted: "Mr. stay, I see that your Yin Tang is dark, I am afraid that there will be a disaster recently." ”

Wu Peifu took a look, and there were three words on the fortune teller's disguise: Hu Banxian. Immediately laughed: "The old man doesn't believe this." Then he held his head high.

Hu Banxian shouted a few times behind him, but Wu Peifu didn't look back.

"Well, this is providence." Hu Banxian shook his head and sighed.

Ten days later, news came that Wu Peifu was inflamed due to eating mutton dumplings and was injured by broken bones, and invited a Japanese doctor to diagnose and treat him, but he died mysteriously.

Wu Yushuai's death shocked the whole country, the flag was lowered at half-mast in the occupied areas of North China to mourn, the Japanese commander attended the funeral, Chongqing and Yan'an both sent messages of condolence, and the Military Commission posthumously awarded him the honorary rank of first-class general of the army, which can be described as extremely mournful.

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Twenty-eight villages in Nantai County were burned down, and the peasants could only sleep in the wilderness, cutting down and ramming earth, building houses, and building houses collectively throughout the village.

Chen Zikun wears a dogskin hat and a black cotton robe, with filial piety on his arm, he got the news of Wu Peifu's death from the county newspaper, and the graceful Yushuai left like this, but he didn't have time to grieve, the enemy is present, and countless things are waiting for him to do.

The Jiangbei Campaign launched by himself finally ended in victory, killing one senior Japanese general, seizing a large amount of supplies, almost everyone put on Japanese military coats, wrapped in Japanese military blankets, and had enough guns and ammunition for at least a year.

Although the guerrillas also suffered hundreds of casualties, they did not break their bones, and in comparison the losses of the common people were greater, their homes were destroyed, their relatives were killed, and according to incomplete statistics, there were thousands of people who died under the swords of the Japanese invaders, and the number of old people and children who died of cold, starvation and disease afterwards is not a small number.

Unconsciously walked to the side of the village, a family is building a house, the cold winter is not the time to build a house, but always living in a shack is not a way, yellow mud rammed earth and thatch, it is a simple house, the woman scolded and scolded, Chen Zikun listened carefully, and it was himself who scolded.

"Chen Dashuai of the dog day provoked the Japanese and made us all miserable, and we didn't even have a place to live."

Shuangxi was about to step forward to question, but Chen Zikun stopped him: "Go back and send a few people to help them build a house." ”

Turning back, the man spoke: "Child, you can't say that, this is a national war, the soldier pins his head to the waistband of his trousers and works hard with the Japanese, our house can be built again, and the baby of the other family died in the war with Japan, but he can't survive." ”

Chen Zikun's heart was sour, what a good common people, he couldn't sacrifice them to fight the Japanese, but this was an anti-aggression war, fighting on his own territory, it was difficult to avoid hurting the people.

It seems that it will take a closer look at how to get the best of both worlds.

After pondering for a night, I finally understood that the current situation was a state of equilibrium, the Japanese army occupied important towns and lines of communication, and the guerrillas occupied the vast rural areas, and no one could break this balance, and the guerrillas were unable to hold on even if they occupied the county seat.

What I need to do is not to upset this balance, which will only bring disaster, but to maintain the status quo, slowly develop and grow, and then change the strategy when there are new changes in the international situation.

I got the news from Xiao Lang, the mayor of Beitai, that the Japanese army will not have any more big actions in winter, combined with the information sent by Wang Sanliu, it should be true, the war has been fought for two and a half years, and the initial rhetoric of clamouring for the destruction of China in three months has long been mentioned, and the Japanese army is deep in mud and wants to end the war as soon as possible.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was no war, Chen Zikun vigorously reorganized the armed forces of all walks of life in Jiangbei and formed a new Jiangbei Anti-Japanese National Salvation Alliance.

Zhao Ziming also mixed up as a commander, got a black leather jacket, pinned two box cannons to his waist, rode a horse with a bag full of bullet shells and then went to the land temple outside Niumazhuang to find Ye Wei, waited for an afternoon and didn't see anyone, he was in a hurry, went directly to the village to find someone, and was stopped by a group of teenagers with red tassel guns at the entrance of the village.

"Stop, what are you doing?"

"Is there a road?"

The young people's immature voices and thoughtful expressions made Zhao Ziming want to laugh, and he patted his chest: "I don't even know me?" I'm Zhao Ziming, Commander Zhao, do you know? ”

The children didn't dump him: "I don't know, we only know Commander Wu and Political Commissar Ye." ”

Zhao Ziming said: "Your military commander and I are at the same level. ”

The children said: "That's not good, there are no roads, don't think about passing the level of our children's group." ”

Zhao Ziming had no choice, and it was not good to be ruthless to a group of children, so he had to say: "Then help me report to the general office, I'll find Ye Wei and Nurse Ye of the health team." ”

A girl's eyes lit up: "Are you looking for Nurse Ye?" ”

"That's right."

"Okay, follow me."

Zhao Ziming was happy, it seems that mentioning Ye Wei's name is very effective.

The children's group members discussed in a low voice for a while, sent two people to see him over, took Zhao Ziming around seven or eight turns, came to a hidden door, and said, "Right here, you can go in." ”

Zhao Ziming shrugged his nose, why is it so stinky, as soon as he pushed the door, he felt that someone was pushing him behind him, he had practiced martial arts since he was a child, and the lower plate was extremely stable, and he stood still with a thousand pound falls, and then looked at the front of him, it was clearly a big dung pit, the rural thatched house was not so particular, just digging a pit casually, this was probably the thatched house of the army, the manure pit was very deep, almost overflowing, and it would be miserable if he fell in.

He turned around and shouted angrily: "Little rabbit, you want to harm me!" ”

The two members of the children's group ran away, grimacing at him and said, "Just like you, you still want to marry Nurse Ye, eat." ”