—— Filial piety

A transport team to the Cisheng Temple outside the city, this team is pulled by livestock with rubber carts, January is not the agricultural time, so basically all the livestock are pulled out to support this campaign, Liu Sanduo is Xiaoyi local Liujiabao people, he drove the ox cart to follow the team to the temple, in fact, he has already been organized into the transport team, has been waiting for news at home, until the day before yesterday was notified by the village chief that the army arrived with his beloved ox cart to the county seat, this ox cart is not actually his, It is the local landlord's family, he has always been herding cattle for the landlord and driving the car, but the landlord has been shot because of the surrender, Liu Sanduo can't help but admire the next village Master He, how smart he is, and the Eighth Route Army cooperated, took the initiative to reduce rent and interest, not only was he not shot, but after hearing that the county people's congress would also have a place. It is said that this is called the "three-three" system.

Just thinking about it, he saw a bunch of monks come out, led by a white-bearded monk, followed by an officer dressed in fancy clothes, although he didn't know what it was called, but he knew that the people wearing this kind of clothes were people from the large army.

I saw the captain take out a notebook and hand it to the person wearing camouflage, the man took it and looked at it for a while, nodded, and said something to the monk, and the monk waved his hand and let them in.

The monk said as he walked, "The things stored by the donor in this temple are all here, please move them all, if there are not enough people, the small temple still has forty or fifty manpower, and it can also support one or two." I only saw tall cement bags piled up in a square in the front hall, and Liu Sanduo was startled.

The captain nodded hurriedly and said, "That's the best, but we're only the first team, and someone will come soon, and we received the task of transporting all these things to the designated place within one day, and the task is very urgent." ”

The monk looked at the cement bags and other materials piled up in front of him dumbfounded, and said, "One day?" According to the donor, that's nearly 10,000 tons. Is this the amount that can be moved in a day? ”

The captain smiled bitterly, "We want to be late, but the little devil won't wait for us, yes." Abbot, the threshold of the gate of your temple is really high, which is very inconvenient. ”

The host waved his hand and shouted, "Come on, split the gate and cut the threshold!" My Buddha is merciful, and there are also angry eyes, all the donors are willing to sacrifice their lives to defend the country, and our outsiders are not even willing to give up a small temple door? ”

Several monks hurriedly bowed their heads and said, "Yes!" Abbot! ”

The doors of the temple were quickly knocked down. From the square to the door, it suddenly opened up.

Liu Sanduo and others lined up in eight rows and were about to start carrying cement, but they were stopped by the man in camouflage uniform. The man said, "Wait, this gray is big, you put on your mask and gloves before you move!" ”

The masks and gloves that Liu Sanduo distributed as a result were very sturdy and should have been made of cotton, so he couldn't help but be a little happy. After everyone put it on, they began to pass the cement one after another, a bag of cement was not light, it was fifty kilograms, and Liu Sanduo only felt a sinking when he started. But he didn't care, he was born in a peasant family, and bags of cement were transported backwards, and when they arrived at the door, one by one the cars began to be loaded. The full ones left to the front to wait at the sound of the chauffeurs.

After only moving a few dozen bags, Liu Sanduo felt that his hands were a little sore, although when he went out, the captain specially let them eat knife-cut noodles with meat. Still to no avail, Liu Sanduo felt that his hand was a little unsteady, so he took the time to take off his gloves and put them in his arms. That's when I felt better.

Finally, the car was all full, Liu Sanduo felt that his hands were about to lose consciousness, and then looked at the gray mountain, but he felt that nothing had changed, and he couldn't help but stick out his tongue, when is this going to be moved. Hearing only the captain's shouting, Liu Sanduo walked out of the temple, and saw that there was already another team of transport team members, and when he saw them coming out, he hurriedly went in and continued to move.

When Liu Sanduo came out, he heard that the walls around the temple were also being torn down, and it seemed that in order to speed up, this abbot was really preparing not to want this temple.

The team walked for about two or three hours, the sun has been a little westward, came to the county seat, the county has become a large construction site at this time, everyone is demolishing and building, the cement was brought to the city gate by a team of soldiers, Liu Sanduo can see that the trenches are dug out of the city gate, some sappers are digging quickly with the short shovel, and some sappers have begun to build bunkers and bunkers with wood and cement.

Liu Sanduo heard an officer with glasses commanding and saying, "Everyone speed up, this ash is a quick-drying cement bought by overseas Chinese from overseas, or it will dry in a few minutes, you don't have to dry the ash faster, if there is a waste, give me a thousand!" ”

While moving the cement down, Liu Sanduo looked into the distance from a high place, only feeling that the whole land was full of vitality and fighting spirit.

- Taiyuan

Tada Jun has been in a very good mood recently, and the plan has been very successful, the three divisions totaling more than 50,000 Japanese troops and more than 30,000 Imperial Allied Army are encircling the Eighth Route Army, and although the strength of nearly 90,000 troops has been transferred to more than 70 percent of the entire Shanxi force, Tada Jun firmly believes that in field and positional warfare, the Eighth Route Army, which has only rifles and mortars, is absolutely not the opponent of the Imperial Army, not to mention that there are 200 planes to help.

Tada Jun came to the command post, and the command post had swept away the impatience and panic of most of the month ago, and a sense of calm gave Tada Jun a sense of command art.

At this time, a figure appeared in front of him, and when he saw it, it was the chief of staff, Sadaichi Yoshimoto, and Takeda Takeo.

Tada Jun waved his hand and said, "Sit down, how is the battle going now?" Has anything changed in the Eighth Route Army? ”

The two glanced at each other, and Takeda Yixiong said, "There has indeed been a change, this is a telegram from our person lurking in Xiaoyi, but he only sent this one and there is no more news, I am afraid that it has been discovered by the people of China."

Tada Jun shook his head and took the telegram and said, "The intelligence work of the Eighth Route Army is very powerful, it is difficult for our agents to carry out operations, Takeda-kun, you are now in charge of our intelligence work, you have to study this more, let me take a look, huh?" The Eighth Route Army is repairing fortifications and preparing for a defensive battle? What kind of routine is this? Where is our team? ”

Yoshimoto Sadachi said: "Our troops have formed a large encirclement of Wenshui-Qixian-Yushe-Anze-Huozhou, and if the Eighth Route Army does not engage us, it will only take four or five days for our forward troops to reach Jiexiu." It was only forty or fifty miles away from Fenyang and Xiaoyi, which were now occupied by the Eighth Route Army. At first, we thought that the Eighth Route Army would continue to retreat to Luliang Mountain, after all, it was their rear, and we even prepared a 5,000-strong rapid force in Wenshui County, preparing to raid the rear of the Eighth Route Army from there to besiege them, but now it seems that they are preparing to fight us to the death here. ”

Tada Jun smiled and said, "Fight to the death, do they have the capital?" How many of them are there? How many guns? If they hold on, will our raiding forces be able to break through? ”

Yoshimoto shook his head and said, "It's hard, they're digging trenches everywhere right now. If you want to rush in, you have to hit all the vehicles to a point, but this method has never been used before. ”

Tada Jun clapped his hands and said, "Then use it once, concentrate seventy percent of the chariots to Wenshui, and when we fight with the Eighth Route Army, interspersed with the back of the Eighth Route Army, and fight the mountains and rivers!" ”

Takeda Yixiong said, "According to our intelligence, the Eighth Route Army has about 1450000 people, more than half of whom have guns, but behind them is Luliang Mountain. No one knows how many Eighth Route Army there are, in addition, their weapons seem to be good, there are a lot of equipment of our army and German-style equipment. ”

Tada Jun frowned and said, "Do we have so many guns that have been snatched?" ”

Takeda shook his head and said, "It seems that it's not just about being robbed. I checked, and it seems that there are still people in the army who sell guns to the Eighth Route Army, especially in the Imperial Army, there are many such cases. ”

Tada Jun scolded: "It's all a bunch of bastards. This attack, put those Imperial Allies in front, and then send the Imperial Army when they are dead! ”

Yoshimoto said worriedly, "Wouldn't that be too obvious?" We don't have enough people. We still need these people to help us. ”

Tada Jun shook his head and said, "The Eighth Route Army is surrounded. Do they dare to have different intentions? Don't worry, just do as I say, today is January 23rd, and the decisive battle time is set for January 28th, I hope to end the battle before the Spring Festival of the people of China, and give the news of the demise of the Eighth Route Army to the whole people of China as a gift!! ”

- Fenyang

Mr. Peng rode a fast horse and inspected the position under a group of guards, and in just four days, the entire Fenxiao frontline position changed from a plain to a defensive position composed of fortresses, trenches, barbed wire, deer barricades and mines.

Huang Kecheng pointed to the position and said, "Boss, we have now built three major positions based on the two county towns of Fenyang and Xiaoyi and Sanquan Town in the rear, with the main position, the reserve position and the artillery position, and a large number of trenches, bunkers, firearm firing positions and false fortifications, and obstacles such as barbed wire, deer barricades and mines have been set up in front of the position.

In addition, we have dug up a large number of gas masks to deal with the poison gas of the devils, and at the same time, between the three positions, we have set up a large number of traps and mines in the past few days, and there is a large plain about eight kilometers wide and about ten kilometers long, if the devils dare to enter. This is the graveyard of devils!! ”

Mr. Peng nodded and said, "Well, yes, as designed, as long as the devil arrives on this plain, he will be attacked from three sides, if I am the commander of the devil, I will never rush into this place, but if I don't come in, I can't completely cut off the connection between the three main positions, okay, continue to repair the fortifications, and build more anti-artillery holes, although the devils didn't bring any heavy weapons this time, as long as they want, they can still pull over, don't relax!" ”

After speaking, Mr. Peng looked into the distance, the sun had slowly set, the vanguard of the Japanese army had arrived in Jiexiu, and was being reorganized, relying on hundreds of thousands of troops who were accustomed to guerrilla warfare could really withstand the onslaught of the 100,000-day puppet army, half a month, it was not easy to hold on!! ”

- Jiexiu

This city, which is closest to the Eighth Route Army, has become a large barracks at this time, and the division commanders of the three divisions punch me and push you, all of them are happy for the next battle, and they all firmly believe that the next is just a feast.

The three division commanders were Lieutenant General Minoru Ushijima, commander of the 20th Division, Lieutenant General Kumaya Shimototo, commander of the 108th Division, and Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, commander of the 109th Division. The three of them sat down with people, and Ushijima was the first to say, "Everyone, it's not going to be easy for a while, this Eighth Route Army can really run." ”

Xia Yuan Xiong Mi waved his hand and smiled, "It's just like a group of rabbits, my people can't catch up on horses, it is worthy of the Eighth Route Army, and in the skill of escaping, it is simply full level." ”

At this time, a group of people walked in, and one of the leaders smiled and said, "You have worked hard. The Eighth Route Army has been successfully besieged by us to this small plain, and after running for such a long time, everyone is probably tired. ”

The three of them hurriedly stood up, and the person was none other than Tada Jun.

It turned out that Tada Jun was afraid that the commanders of the three divisions would not obey each other, so that the last battle would be a failure, so he did not sit in Taiyuan City, but rode a fast horse all the way over, as for why not drive or take the train, you ask the Eighth Route Army.

Ushijima Minoru smiled and looked at Takeda Takeo, who was standing next to Tada Jun, and said, "With the command of His Excellency the Commander, the small Eighth Route Army is not yet ready to be captured, no, more than 100,000 people are surrounded by us in a radius of hundreds of miles, just waiting for us to pick up their heads." ”

Takeda Yixiong said, "We already have reliable information, and the commander of this unit is Zhu Daizhen, the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army. ”

I only saw that the Japanese generals below were all bright-eyed and gearing up, this Zhu Daizhen can be said to be one of the most valuable targets in the Chinese National Army series, and if you take him, you can be promoted from lieutenant general to general.

Tada Jun coughed and said, "Let's make a strategic deployment, first attack by the Imperial Allied Army, the 20th, 108th and 109th divisions will attack from Jiexiu, Yanwu Town, and Xinghua Village Town on three sides, leaving three wings as reserves, and all other troops will be put into battle!" It is necessary to break the defense of the Eighth Route Army with the most fierce attack. ”

"Hey!!"

After speaking, Tada Jun looked at a meticulously dressed old officer next to him and said, "The aviation side is under the command of Baron Tokugawa Yoshitoshi." ”

The old officer with glasses was Tokugawa Yoshitoshi, Japan's first pilot to fly into the sky, the head of the Shimizu Tokugawa family, and a lieutenant general. After the Shimizu Tokugawa family became the Tokugawa shogunate, the family character was second only to the Tokugawa Imperial Family, and it was one of the most prominent Chinese families in Japan, and this time it was stationed in the Third Army as the commander of the air force.

Tokugawa nodded and said, "My son-in-law will definitely live up to the high expectations of His Excellency the Commander." ”

Takeda Takeo stepped forward and said, "Commanders, be careful, many of the Shina people's behaviors this time are a little abnormal, and they suspect that there is some trickery, and"

"Okay, Takeda-kun, you're too careful, you should also go to the real battlefield, you can't be a big weapon just as a staff officer." Ushijima said with a smile, and laughed with a few other people.

Takeda shook his head and stepped back.

Tada Jun waved his hand and said, "Then the time is set for seven o'clock tomorrow morning, and we won't do any attacks, so let's use our strength to crush them!" (To be continued.) )