Because all the people in the entire village of Xiaolizhuang were brutally killed, it was not until a day after the whole incident that a common man who came to visit relatives found out that something was wrong and reported the situation to the township government axe.

And on the same day, not only Xiaolizhuang, but also the same two villages were also attacked, but because the local militia did not relax their vigilance and were not surrounded by devils, they only suffered heavy losses.

At the General Headquarters of the Jinyi Base Area, Liu Hua and Political Commissar Guan Xiangying were studying the development direction of their own reading division in the new year, that is, in 1939, facing the huge map of North China in front of them, and suddenly, an exclamation came from the telegraph room not far away to the headquarters, and when they heard the scolding, Liu Hua couldn't help frowning.

"Chief of Staff, go and see, what's going on in the telegraph room?" Liu Hua turned his head to the chief of staff and ordered. However, before Liu Hua finished speaking, he saw the confidential staff officer of the headquarters running into the headquarters with an angry face, and he even forgot to shout the report.

"Staff Officer Li, what's going on, what's going on, you're in a hurry." Liu Hua looked at the confidential staff officer in front of him with dissatisfaction and criticized.

"Yes, Commander, I know it's wrong." Confidential Staff Officer Li replied embarrassedly.

"Well, just remember next time, what's going on, Staff Officer Li?" Liu Hua nodded and asked.

"Commander, commissar, something happened, just now the commander of the first division sent a telegram, the first division has an accident." Speaking of the contents of the telegram, Staff Officer Li was once again full of anger, and he couldn't even speak clearly.

"Speak slowly, don't rush." Liu Hua said.

"Commander, Xiaolizhuang of the first subdivision was slaughtered by devils, and all 452 people in the village were brutally killed by devils, as well as Zhouzhuang and Wangzhuang were suddenly attacked by devils the day before yesterday, and suffered heavy losses, and the three villages, a total of more than 1,000 soldiers and civilians were killed, this is a telegram."

"What, how could it be that the day before yesterday wasn't covered with heavy snow? How could the little devil be dispatched?" After listening to the words of the confidential staff officer, Liu Hua was shocked and asked incredulously.

"Oops, Commander, we have all overlooked one important thing, we only thought that the little devil had just removed the commander, but we didn't expect that more than half a month has passed now, and the previous commander of the little devil's letter will definitely not let us read the teacher." Although the political commissar was also shocked, he reacted immediately.

"Alas, negligence, what an oversight," Liu Hua sighed as he patted the table.

"Commander, now is not the time to be sad, we will have to figure out whether this action of the little devil is unintentional or planned." The political commissar next to him saw Liu Hua's sad face and hurriedly reminded.

"Yes, we must investigate clearly, notify Director Meng of the Intelligence Department, and ask him to mobilize all the intelligence agents in Taiyuan, and we must find out the purpose of the army's operation this time, Chief of Staff, notify the three military subdivisions to strengthen the vigilance on the edge of the base area, and the same situation must not happen again." Liu Hua gave two orders in a row. only to breathe a sigh of relief.

However, although the order was issued to strengthen the security at the edge of the base area, the attack by the Japanese army did not stop there. In less than a week, more than 10 villages on the edge of the base area were attacked by the Japanese army, killing and wounding more than 2,000 soldiers and civilians.

The successive sneak attacks made the people of the elder brother village on the edge of the base area panic, and everyone separately asked the main force to send troops to station. However, as far as the eye can see, there are only two main regiments and one reading regiment in the entire First Army Division, so how can there be so many troops.

Without the protection of the main force, the common people on the edge of the base area began to become uneasy, and the implementation of various construction and measures in the base area also began to be contrary to the yang, and even some villages returned to the embrace of the Yue army under the leadership of some Han anniversaries. The original guerrilla zone has completely become an enemy-occupied zone, and the former base area has become a guerrilla zone. In less than a week, Liu Hua and others were surprised to find that the base area of the First Army sub-district had shrunk by at least one-fifth in this kind of sneak attack by the Japanese army.

"What about the Intelligence Department, what is the Intelligence Department doing, it's been a week, why haven't there been any news. At this rate, we don't need to be eliminated by little devils, and we will be trapped to death. Looking at the slowly shrinking base on the map, Liu Hua was anxious in his heart, and couldn't help but be angry at the inefficient intelligence department.

In fact, this can't be blamed on Meng Zhongheng's intelligence department, it's really the little devil commander who is too cunning. In the face of the dilapidated situation of the Shanxi garrison, the newly appointed commander of Taiyuan, seriously analyzed the reasons for the mistakes of his former commander, the most important of which was the problem of intelligence.

Therefore, for the "guerrilla tactics" he carefully arranged against the Eighth Route Army this time. It can be said that they are very concerned, and a large number of intelligence personnel have been specially extracted from the special high-tech to conduct counter-espionage warfare in Taiyuan City. In the end, a large number of intelligence officers arranged by Meng Zhongheng in Taiyuan fell into the clutches of devils. Even if some intelligence officers grasp this plan, it will be difficult to avoid the layers of inspection at the gate of Taiyuan City, and the information will be smoothly taken out of the city.

However, nothing is absolute, and there is still an intelligence officer who, at the risk of his life, sewed the information in his own flesh, took it out of Taiyuan City, and handed it over to a liaison office set up by the Intelligence Department outside the city.

"Commander, commissar, there's news." Meng Zhongheng hurriedly ran into the headquarters, not knowing that the commander had just been angry with his intelligence department.

"It's finally here" Hearing Meng Zhongheng's words, Liu Hua breathed a sigh of relief, quickly took the telegram handed over by Meng Zhongheng, and began to study it.

"Guerrilla warfare uses guerrilla warfare to compress our base areas and make us lose the support of the common people," Liu Hua silently read these words on the intelligence.

"What guerrilla warfare?" Hearing Liu Hua muttering to himself, Guan Xiangying, the political commissar beside him, was also anxious.

"Political commissar, take a look, the army wants to dig our roots! ~"It's okay not to read the telegram, but as soon as I look at the telegram, the political commissar's brows are also furrowed, and the command temporarily fell into a silence, and even several staff officers of the command have found that the atmosphere is wrong and quietly withdrew from the headquarters.

Commander Liu Hua, Political Commissar Guan Xiangying, and Chief of Staff Li Qing sat at the table face to face, looking at a telegram placed on the table, pondering without saying a word.

"Commander, political commissar, the little devil has discovered our weakness, we must stop this plan of the little devil, otherwise, if it goes on like this, in less than a month, our base will be self-defeating." The chief of staff broke the silence in the command and said.

"But what should we do, we have limited troops, and the base area is so big, we can't guard against it!" The commissar said.

"Yes, in the past, when the enemy encircled and suppressed the base area, the enemy was blind, but now it is okay, we are blind." Liu Hua laughed and laughed at himself.

"Commander, now is not the time for self-criticism, we must hurry up and think of a way now, otherwise, our consequences will be unimaginable." The political commissar next to him reminded.

"Chief of Staff, give me the information, I'm reading it," Liu Hua finished speaking, picked up the telegram from the chief of staff and continued to study it, trying to find some breakthroughs from this telegram.

"The villages on the edge of the base area, under the coercion and temptation of some Han annihilation, were forced to bow their heads to the army, and once again became ordinary people in the enemy-occupied areas, unable to raise their heads" At this time, Liu Hua's eyes suddenly fell on this sentence on the intelligence, and finally found a turning point.

"Chief of Staff, send a telegram to the commanders of all military subdivisions: Order the commanders of each military subdivision to draw capable combat backbones from their respective main forces and form small detachments on the scale of squads and platoons to carry out activities in enemy-occupied areas and guerrilla areas that have just been transformed from base areas into cities. At the same time, these squads also have an important task, that is, to assassinate those Han and Han bandit leaders who committed the most heinous crimes, let them know what the fate of betraying China and being Han Annihilation will be, and deter those Han Annihilation who are about to or are preparing to surrender to the enemy. Liu Hua ordered.

"Yes, Commander, I'll send a telegram." After the chief of staff finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the telegraph room.

"Commander, killing these Han annihilations can really solve the dilemma in the base area in front of you?" Looking at the departing chief of staff, the commissar's brows did not relax, and he still asked with a puzzled face.

"Hehe, political commissar, just doing this can only make those who are ready to move rein in and stabilize the hearts of the people in the base area, and the most important thing is to rely on the cavalry regiment in our hands......" Liu Hua saw the anxious eyes of the political commissar and quickly explained.

"Cavalry regiment? What is the use of a cavalry regiment? The commissar looked puzzled.

"Political commissar, don't worry, you can look at this matter, I will definitely make the little devil feel bad." Liu Hua replied with an oath.

"Okay, Commander, then this matter will be handed over to you, as for the internal affairs of the base area, I will complete it, I will wait and see what kind of ghost idea you will come up with this time." After listening to Liu Hua's assurance, the political commissar finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart finally let go of the heart that had been mentioned for a long time.

"Communicator, immediately notify Wang Hu, the commander of the cavalry regiment who are training outside, and Wang Hao, the political commissar, to come to the headquarters and let them come on horseback, quickly." Seeing that the political commissar was relaxed, Liu Hua turned his head and ordered loudly to the communicator outside the door.

"Yes, Commander," the communicator replied loudly at the door.

"Political commissar, don't you want to leave this matter alone, don't forget, you are also half of our base reading master. Political commissar, I have a plan, you see if it is feasible or not, if it is feasible, I will directly order Wang Hu and Wang Hao when they come. Seeing the political commissar who immediately became unconcerned, Liu Hua joked with a smile.

"Commander, if you have something to say, say it. I'm listening? The commissar replied dissatisfiedly.

"Yes, Comrade Commissar. I think so, we have only one cavalry regiment in our base area, and in terms of mobility, we will certainly not be able to take care of the three military subdivisions in the entire base area, and I want to establish a cavalry battalion in each of the three military subdivisions below, so that the mobile surname of our base troops will not only be raised a little. When the time comes, we have so many cavalry, are we still afraid of the sneak attack of the little devils? Liu Hua asked.

"So that's your solution! Very good, it can not only solve the current dilemma, but also allow us to have a whole more cavalry regiment in the base area, but, commander, where do the soldiers of these three cavalry battalions come from? ”

"Hehe, of course the wool is out of the sheep, and when the head of the king comes, I will give the order directly." Liu Hua said.

In this way, in less than ten minutes, a sound of horses' hooves was remembered outside the headquarters, followed by two loud "reports".

"Hehe, political commissar, say Cao Ying Cao Ying has arrived. In. Captain Liu Hua shouted loudly at the door of the headquarters.

"Report to the commander, political commissar, cavalry regiment commander Wang Hu, political commissar Wang Hao was ordered to come and report." As soon as the two entered the door, they saluted and shouted at the top of their voices.

"Come, sit down, drink saliva" Seeing the two generals rushing in front of him, the first thing was that the political commissar asked with concern, and handed two cups of boiling water to the two.

"Thank you, commissar, commander, for calling us over in such a hurry, is there any urgent task?" Wang Hu took the boiling water, and no matter how hot he was, he took several sips and asked the two.

"Well, there is a mission, you ask the commander what the specific task is, I don't know very well." Political Commissar Guan Xiangying said with a smile, pushing this matter that made the cavalry regiment bleed to Liu Hua next to him.

"Comrade Political Commissar, you can't be like this, all the good things are taken by you, and all the bad things are handed over to me." After listening to the words of the political commissar, Liu Hua immediately retorted.

"Commander, commissar, what's the good thing, the bad thing?" Hearing the conversation between the commander and the political commissar in front of him, Wang Hu, who only knew how to lead the troops, asked suspiciously.

"It's nothing wrong with you. In this way, Commander Wang, during this period of time, the army frequently attacked our base area with squadrons as a unit, I think you should have heard about it as a cavalry team battle! Liu Hua glared at Wang Hu, who didn't understand his eyes, and said angrily.

"Yes, Commander, not only the two of us know, but almost every soldier in the regiment knows, among them, there are several fighters in our regiment whose homes are in those villages, and all the relatives in the family have been killed by the little devils." This time, it was Wang Hao, who had not spoken, who replied to Liu Hua's words.

"Well, that's the case, in our base area, only your cavalry regiment is very flexible, so I plan to take the cavalry regiment as a battalion and scatter it in several places in the base area that have been attacked by the Yue army to patrol, once the base area is invaded by the Yue army, the local militia and local troops will do everything possible to drag down the little devils, and the task of your cavalry regiment is to quickly reinforce and eliminate all the little devils who dare to break into our base area." Liu Hua ordered.

"Yes, commander, political commissar, the cavalry regiment has long been ready to dispatch at any time, this time, the cavalry regiment must be good-looking." After listening to Commander Liu Hua's words, Wang Hu almost jumped up and said excitedly.

"Eh, I'm ready for battle, what's going on!" After listening to Wang Hu's words, Liu Hua looked puzzled, you must know that the cavalry regiment is a direct unit of the headquarters, and without the orders of himself and the political commissar, there will be no combat mission.

"That's right, commander, since the time when the little devils attacked the base area, the regiment commander judged that in order to eliminate these devils, there must be a mobile unit surnamed strong, and in the entire base area, only the cavalry regiment has such conditions, at that time I also felt that the regiment commander's analysis was very reasonable, so I discussed it with the regiment commander, and the two of them made a good idea to keep the troops in a state of attacking at any time" Hearing Wang Hu say something for a while, Wang Hao, the political commissar next to him, hurriedly explained.

"Hehe, political commissar, did you hear it, Commander Wang has thought of a way, it seems that we are really frightened and confused." Listening to Wang Hao's words, Liu Hua smiled and said to Guan Xiangying, the political commissar next to him.

"Commander, commissar, are there any other tasks? If there is no mission, I will set off with the troops now and try to complete the mission as soon as possible. Seeing that the commander was about to start laughing with the political commissar again, Commander Wang Hu hurriedly said.

"What are you anxious about, don't just think about taking advantage all day long, this time I handed over such a good task to your cavalry regiment, Commander Wang, Political Commissar Wang, should you express it!" Liu Hua finally showed the expression of a merchant at this time, and looked at the two sturdy Northeast men in front of him with a smile.

"Commander, just say what you want!" Seeing that he really couldn't hide, Head Wang Hu had no choice but to ask.

"Well, is this like the tiger general of our reading force? Listen, you two, when the time comes, after the battle is over, I want the three most combat-ready companies of your cavalry regiment. How, are there any problems. Liu Hua still said with a smile on his face, "Commander, you might as well kill me, no, absolutely not." Hearing that the commander was about to leave one-third of his troops, Wang Hu hurriedly refused.

"If you can't do it, it's an order," Liu Hua replied with a deliberate face.

"Commander, you really know how to suffer," Wang Hu and Wang Hao lowered their heads at the same time, which could be regarded as acquiescence.

"Commander, may I ask, what is the use of your three companies?" The attentive Wang Hao asked in a low voice.

"Well, I can tell you this, after the war, I decided to establish three cavalry battalions in the three military divisions, of course, the cavalry battalion will be expanded from the three companies you gave, so for the sake of the combat effectiveness of these three battalions in the future, you can't fool me with new recruits." Liu Hua replied with a smile.

"So that's the case, Commander, why didn't you say it earlier, Commander, this is to promote several company commanders under him, such a good thing, of course I am willing, don't worry, Commander, the three companies will definitely be sent to the headquarters one by one." After listening to Liu Hua's explanation, Wang Hu's face looked a lot better.

(To be continued)