Zhou Baozhong said happily: "There is really good news, the situation in Qihar has undergone a major change, Qiqihar has been occupied by our army, and a large number of urgently needed materials have been obtained, so that the supplies that our army originally lacked have been replenished, and the entire war situation is developing in the direction favorable to our side, and Comrade Yalou told me that thousands of strong men came to participate in the recruitment in less than a day. With that, he handed over the telegram.

"Oh, the chief of staff calling? Occupy Qiqihar? I look at ......, yes, yes, with less than a hundred casualties, he occupied Qiqihar, and also killed Tada Jun, an old devil, our Umezu Mijiro will be mad when he hears it. Da Niu, go and invite Deputy Chief of Staff Cui and Chairman Li Fuchun, quickly! ”。”

"Commander-in-chief, I think the current Umezu Mijiro still doesn't know that Qiqihar has been occupied by us, and we have also annihilated the strength of a Japanese division, he will definitely go crazy if he knows, but can we transfer some troops back, after all, the situation in the Shangjiang area is becoming more and more unfavorable for us, the Japanese army in the Shangjiang area has advanced into the north of Yuyuan, and the second division is still fighting hard, if it continues to fight like this, the second division will be exhausted, not to mention that once the Japanese army detours behind the first division and the 29th division is flanked before and after, That division would also face the same outcome as the second division. ”

"Lao Zhou, I understand your worries, if we hadn't occupied Qiqihar before, I would definitely have called back the third division and other troops to support the other two routes, but that would also result in our troops falling into the two quagmires of the Shangjiang area and the Binjiang area, then there is no way, now our situation is greatly reversed, and the form is very good for us. Since we have taken Qiqihar and eaten up a division of the Japanese army, we have to study how to take advantage of this excellent situation. Prompted Umezu Mijiro to stop the encirclement and suppression and relieve the situation in the Sanjiang area. "Finished. Meng Qingshan lit a cigarette, took a sharp puff, closed his eyes slightly, and thought carefully.

The door opened, Cui Shiquan and Li Fuchun walked in, nodded to Zhou Baozhong, and Cui Shiquan opened his mouth and asked, "What important thing happened to the commander-in-chief that made you so focused?" I heard that you haven't slept all night, and your body is not in good shape. Staying up late like this will make the wound recur. ”

"You are coming, sit down, sit." "Huzi, add some charcoal to the brazier." "Two old brothers, let's take a look at this first." After Meng Qingshan finished speaking, he handed the telegram from Liu Yalou to Cui Shiquan. Cui Shiquan put on his eyes and leaned in front of the lamp to read carefully. Seeing the end, he patted the quilt in front of him and said excitedly: "The battle of the chief of staff is really beautiful!" ”

Li Fuchun inexplicably took the telegram and read it twice, before nodding and gently putting it on the table.

"Comrade Fuchun, you immediately mobilize the masses and logistics teams in the base area to go to Yangjiadian to receive supplies. We have to rush back all the supplies for Qiqihar when the Japanese army finds out that Qiqihar is occupied. ”

"Commander-in-chief, rest assured, I will organize people to go and pick them up, and the batch of cars supported by the Soviet Union yesterday will arrive in Nenjiang County in two hours. I sent them a telegram ordering them to go directly. ”

"Well, with these cars, we can move faster, and if we reduce the time, we can get the supplies to the Nahe River first. And then slowly transported to our rear. Meng Qingshan said with a smile.

"Commander-in-Chief, you were wrong just now, we didn't completely annihilate the 10th Division. An engineer wing of the 10th Division was sent to repair the railway line to Zhalantun, but it was only a matter of time before we thought they would be eaten by us. You must know that Comrade Yalou sent an infantry regiment of the 4th Division and a cavalry regiment of the Cavalry Brigade. ”

"Old Cui, what did you just say?" Meng Qingshan asked excitedly.

"Commander-in-chief, I said that there are still fish that have slipped through the net?"

"Not that."

"Engineer wing?"

"That's not the case."

"That's?"

"What railroad?"

"Oooh! The railway line from Qiqihar to Zhalantun, in order to prevent Qiqihar from having reinforcements, our guerrillas blew up Qiqihar-Zhalantun, Xinjing-Qiqihar, and Harbin-Qiqihar, the reason why Duotianjun sent an engineer wing to repair the Zhalantun railway line, I think it should be for the 100 wagons parked in the Qiqihar railway station, but unfortunately he never dreamed that our troops suddenly appeared in Qiqihar, and completely occupied Qiqihar in less than one night. ”

"Yes, it's Zhalantun, Huzi brought me the map." Meng Qingshan laughed.

"Commander-in-chief, what's wrong with Zhalantun?"

Guard Xu Hu put the map on Meng Qingshan's hospital bed, Meng Qingshan walked to the map and said: "Zhalantun is stationed in the ninth division of the Japanese army, this time in order to cooperate with the other three Japanese troops, the ninth division sent nearly two brigades to encircle and suppress us, but now it has been pinned down by a military region in the area of Daxinganling, not long ago the cavalry wing and artillery wing of the ninth division were wiped out by us in the north of the Nenjiang River, and the current strength in Zhalantun should be very empty." ”

"Commander-in-chief, you don't want to occupy Zhalantun, do you!" Zhou Baozhong asked in some surprise.

"With such good conditions, why don't we take advantage of it, aren't the 100 traincars going to be transported to Hailar, we can arrange for the troops to enter the city of Zhalantun, with their current strength, it will be difficult to stop us at all, and we have an 80% chance of winning when we occupy Zhalantun."

"However, commander-in-chief, you must not forget that the main force of the Ninth Division has not suffered losses, once they learn that we have attacked Zhalantun, they will definitely turn around and return to reinforcements immediately, and when the time comes, not only will we not be able to occupy Zhalantun, but it will also allow us to expose our targets, and the news that we will occupy Qiqihar will let the Japanese Kwantung Army Command know and increase the pressure on the troops we are transporting supplies." Zhou Baozhong analyzed.

"My purpose is to ask the main force of the Ninth Division to come back to help, now the battle has been fought for nearly two months, our various troops are very tired, and there is not much ammunition left, and if we continue to fight, we will not only face the loss of soldiers, but also face the battle with burning sticks, and the Japanese army is just the opposite, on the one hand, it is actively expanding its armaments, on the other hand, it is encircling and suppressing us, the ammunition produced by their arsenal is enough for them to squander, and the output of our arsenal is simply not enough to supply the consumption of our soldiers that day, If we continue like this, we will be dragged down by the Japanese army sooner or later, so we must create conditions for the Japanese army to withdraw. Let the Japanese Kwantung Army know the news of the occupation of Qiqihar, and tell Umezu Mijiro that the old guy's anti-union troops are not all in the quagmire, but attack everywhere to give them that our troops can easily capture the important town of the Japanese defense, with Umezu Mijiro's caution, he will definitely withdraw his troops, and we will usher in time to rest. ”

"I agree with the commander-in-chief's battle plan, but we must prepare carefully and plan carefully to ensure the success of this battle plan." Zhou Baozhong suggested.

After several hours of discussion, Meng Qingshan and the others finally worked out a detailed and definite battle plan, handed over the telegram to Lu Zhonghua and sent it to Liu Yalou, and at the same time, Meng Qingshan sent Cui Shiquan, deputy chief of staff, to lead the garrison troops and artillery regiments of the two regiments to Tangyuan to support the Second Division. (To be continued.) )