Li Fuying led the remnants of the defeated generals to retreat while containing the remnants of the defeated generals, and seeing that the number of battalions was not more than one company at the beginning of the war, Li Fuying's heart was extremely dull.

At this time, Liu Tanfu came to Li Fuying's side with two pieces of paper, Li Fuying looked at him and said, "What's wrong?" Any bad news? ”

Liu Tanfu nodded and said, "The Japanese army has slaughtered Tianzhen, and there are countless dead, and in addition, Chief Yan ordered you to go to the army commander's meeting, and Liu Jinsheng and Li Shengrun and I went to report to Jia Xueming, the deputy commander of the rear military department." ”

Li Fuying sighed and said, "It's a review meeting, and a few of you will go to Commander Jia to explain the reasons for our defeat this time." ”

Liu Tanfu worried, "Junzuo, I'm worried that something will happen to you, or don't go, now domestic public opinion is clamoring for someone to be responsible for Tianzhen, and when the time comes, you-"

Li Fuying shook his head and said, "Don't worry, we have already fulfilled the orders of the headquarters, but Tianzhen has been guarding for seven days, and no one can say anything." In this way, I will set off later, and you should also set off quickly, so as not to be gossiped about by others. ”

Liu Tanfu nodded helplessly to show that he understood.

Li Fuying came to the Taiyuan Headquarters and said to the guards, "I am Li Fuying, the commander of the 61st Army, and I am here for a meeting. ”

The guards looked at each other and nodded, and one of the guards said, "Commander Li, please come with me." ”

Li Fuying followed the guards for a while, and wondered, "Why haven't you arrived yet?" ”

At this time, a group of gendarmes rushed out, and one of them said to Li Fuying, "I'm sorry, Commander Li, you have been arrested." ”

Li Fuying didn't believe what would happen to him at all, after all, he was the old man of Jin Suijun, and even Fu Zuoyi had to call him a big brother. Laughing, "What is this for?" I won't resist, Chief Yan is really, I will be responsible for losing the battle, what do you do? So saying, he followed the gendarme out.

When Li Fuying was imprisoned in the military police. Lin Sanhu was on the train and everyone was having a combat meeting.

Dozens of people were crammed into the luxury car, and those beautiful tea tables and chairs were moved aside.

Lin Sanhu said with a smile, "I don't know if it's a coincidence or Mr. Zhu's clever calculation, but he has already prepared a detailed map of Shanxi Heping Pass for us, and everyone can see that the situation is clearer and clearer." ”

What Lin Sanhu didn't know was that these maps were drawn by Mr. Zhu relying on the maps of later generations and the intelligence of the time, although they can't be said to be exactly the same as this era, but they are also about the same, and they are much stronger than most of the maps of this era.

Lin Sanhu waved his hand and said, "Let's let our Deputy Division Commander Nie tell us about the situation first." ”

Nie Rongzhen nodded, picked up a teaching whip, stood up and said, "Let me first introduce the overall situation in Shanxi, everyone knows that the terrain of Shanxi is special, there are mountains in the southeast and west, and there are only a series of basins in the middle road. From north to south is the Datong Basin. Xinzhou Basin, Taiyuan Basin, Linfen Basin and Yuncheng Basin. These basins are not only the main grain-producing areas of Shanxi Province, but also inhabited by the majority of the population, as well as almost all of Shanxi's factories and businesses.

Among them, the Xinzhou Basin, the Taiyuan Basin and the Linfen Basin are the three core basins of Shanxi, and if these three basins are lost, the essence of Shanxi will be controlled by the Japanese army.

The current situation is that the northernmost Datong Basin has been lost, and the Japanese Chahar Corps is marching through Datong in the direction of Yanmen Pass. On the other side, the Fifth Division is marching towards Pingxingguan through the Weidai Highway, once these two checkpoints are breached, then these two Japanese troops can join forces to attack Xinkou, and the entire northern Jin Dynasty will fall into the hands of the enemy. ”

Nie Rongzhen watched everyone listen carefully, and continued: "Let me talk about the deployment of our army first. According to the war report of the Second War Zone, our army was deployed from Liminbao in Shuo County to the east, along the inner Great Wall and the northern foot of Hengshan through Yangfangkou, Guangwu, Yanmen Pass, Ruyuekou, Langyu, Beiloukou, Lingyunkou, Dongzhuang, Tuanchengkou, Pingxingguan, and Mapaoquan. In addition, there are also relatively solid defensive positions in the area east of Lingyunkou through Hengshan, Lanlingguan, Aoyu and Songshushan to Diaoquan Village south of Guangling, that is, to the east of Pingxingguan. ”

The deputy commander of the 344th Brigade said strangely: "Such a long line of defense? How many people are there in our army? ”

Nie Rongzhen sighed: "From west to east, it is Wang Jingguo's 19th Army. Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army, Yang Chengyuan's 34th Army, Liu Maoen's 15th Army, and Gao Guizi's 17th Army. Sun Chu's 33rd Army and our Eighth Route Army had a total strength of about 100,000 people. ”

Zhou Kun said while playing with the luxurious porcelain cup next to him, "Is there a long snake formation?" Isn't it unfortified everywhere? I'm afraid I can't stop it. ”

Lin Sanhu shook his hand and said, "The general layout is made by Yan Xishan, we are not qualified to say anything, Lao Nie, let's talk about Pingxingguan." ”

Nie Rongzhen nodded and continued: "The deployment of troops in the direction of Pingxingguan is a pocket formation, the 17th and 33rd armies are defending on the front, our Eighth Route Army is on the east side of Pingxingguan, and the 15th Army is on the west side, but the current strength is not fully in place, and the main task of our army is to strike at the logistics line of the Japanese army and help the frontal battle. ”

Lin Sanhu stood up and said, "Everyone knows that our 115th Division is the first Eighth Route Army team to go to the battlefield, and we must not lose this battle, and Yan Xishan will give us ammunition, these ammunition are all Mauser caliber, let the German Armament Regiment receive it, and our army's equipment must be kept secret." ”

At this time, there was a train passing by next to the train, and Lin Sanhu suddenly found that there were also military guards on the train, but the cars were all dressed as civilians, and he couldn't help but wonder, "Who is this train?" How can there still be troops? ”

Luo Ronghuan looked at it and smiled, "It's not those dignitaries and nobles, they have all evacuated to the rear, the devil hasn't arrived yet, and he is running very fast." ”

Nie Rongzhen shook his head and said, "Forget it, these people are better than those who surrender and become traitors, let's continue to discuss the situation." ”

The train soon arrived at Yuci, and as soon as Lin Sanhu got off the train station, he saw a large pile of boxes in front of him.

An officer saluted him and said, "On the orders of Commander Yan, provide supplies for your army, and the battle at Pingxingguan is urgent, the headquarters orders your army to go directly to the battlefield of Pingxingguan without stopping."

Lin Sanhu frowned and said, "The troops are already very tired from running all the way, can't they even get off the car and take a rest?" ”

The officer was embarrassed and said, "These are all orders from the headquarters, please don't be embarrassed by them." ”

Lin Sanhu's face immediately fell, and he didn't speak, just stared at the officer, and several guards behind Lin Sanhu even touched their hands to the gun. Stared at the officer in a cold sweat.

"Yurong, others won't let us get out of the car. No, just hurry to the battlefield. When Lin Sanhu turned around, he saw Mr. Zhu, and hurriedly saluted and said, "Hello boss." ”

Mr. Zhu returned the salute with a smile and said to the officer, "Thank you, little comrade, for bringing these materials over, you can go." ”

The officer nodded his head in thanks and left.

Lin Sanhu looked at the officers with disgust and said, "Boss, what do these people mean?" begged us to help, and didn't let us get out of the car, didn't Yuci give us the Eighth Route Army a temporary place to stay? ”

Mr. Zhu shook his head and said, "On the one hand, Yan Laoxi is afraid that our troops will not leave near Taiyuan, and on the other hand, Pingxingguan is indeed very nervous." ”

Lin Sanhu said suspiciously, "Is there any change?" ”

Mr. Zhu nodded and said, "The Japanese attack is very fierce. You'll know the details when you arrive, you remember, this first battle must be fought well, but the losses can't be too big, understand? You are going to fight logistics, you have to go deep behind enemy lines, and you must be careful not to be dumplings made by the Japanese army. ”

Lin Sanhu stood up and saluted, "Yes!" Then he said to the guards, "Put these ammunition on the car, and leave as soon as the train is ready." ”

Mr. Zhu beckoned and said, "Yurong, you wait." I'll show you a baby. ”

Saying that, Mr. Zhu came to a box marked with a grenade and said, "You open it and take a look." ”

Lin Sanhu picked up the crowbar and opened the ammunition box, and found that there were only two grenades inside, but these two big ones were scary. It looks like a small watermelon. Lin Sanhu had never seen such a big grenade, and asked in surprise, "Boss, what is this?" ”

Mr. Zhu said with a smile: "This Yan Laoxi family has a lot of belongings, Shanxi is mountainous. The fights were also defensive battles, and this grenade was specially prepared by the Taiyuan Arsenal for mountain warfare, and there were not many of them. I'm here this time to talk to you about strategic issues, and secondly, that's it, these are the ones that our Vice Chairman Zhou finally got to get by, only 1,000 pieces, each weighing eight kilograms, of course, such a heavy thing can't be thrown far, so it's rolling from the mountain, which is also the reason why it can't slip away. ”

As soon as Lin Sanhu heard this, he knew that this was a treasure, and it was too useful for him to prepare an ambush, so he hurriedly nodded and smiled, "Boss, just wait for my good news." ”

Lin Sanhu led his troops all the way to Pingxingguan, while Seishiro Itagaki of the Fifth Division was full of anger. At this time, after a week of fierce fighting, the 5th Division basically broke through the peripheral obstacles to Pingxingguan and occupied Guangling and Lingqiu, of which Lingqiu was only 50 kilometers away from Pingxingguan, and the road leading to Pingxingguan was completely open to the Japanese army.

Itagaki Seishiro and Tojo Hideki's entry into Jin was originally carried out behind Terauchi Shouichi and the Japanese military headquarters, and when Terauchi Shouichi received the news that the Fifth Division had invaded Shanxi, he was half angry and half dead.

The battle on the front line of Baoding is in full swing, and Terauchi Shouichi ordered Itagaki Seishiro to end the war in Shanxi in order to strengthen the combat power of the troops, and dispatched the main force to participate in the attack on Baoding, so as to strengthen his own attack power.

Itagaki Seishiro, who was bent on occupying Shanxi, was reluctant to do so, but after all, the military order was difficult to disobey, so he ordered most of the 9th Brigade of Kunisaki Noboru to occupy Laiyuan and stop advancing, and turn back to Baoding to prepare to join the war, so that he only had the 5th Division of the 21st Brigade of Toshishi Miura, with a total strength of only more than 10,000 people.

After Seishiro Itagaki reduced his forces, he became more determined to speed up the attack and prevent a protracted battle, and immediately ordered the 21st Wing of the 21st Brigade to enter the Pingxing Pass from Lingqiu.

When Lin Sanhu arrived at Pingxingguan, the Japanese army had just begun to attack the garrisoned Gao Guizi 17th Army, and in order to coordinate the operation, Lin Sanhu came to Pingxingguan to meet Gao Guizi.

Gao Guizi was a northwestern man, and in 1933, he served as the deputy commander of the 32nd Army and the commander of the 84th Division of the Shangzhen Division. Participated in the Great Wall War of Resistance. In 1934, the 84th Division was transferred to northern Shaanxi to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi.

Lin Sanhu took Zhou Kun and Nie Rongzhen to the military headquarters of the 17th Army to listen to the explosions and gunshots on the battlefield, Gao Guizi saw the three of them and smiled, "It's good that you guys are here, just me, I really have more than enough heart and not enough power." ”

Nie Rongzhen asked curiously, "How many people are there in your army now?" ”

Gao Guizi sighed: "I originally had only one division, but now I have become an army after merging with Division Commander Li. After fighting for so long, I lost again in Guangling, and now there are only more than 4,500 people, if it weren't for the flat type of Guandili, I would have been broken through here. ”

Lin Sanhu lowered his head and thought for a while and said, "What about Jin Suijun?" ”

It's okay not to say it, but as soon as I say Gao Guizi, I get angry. said angrily, "Don't mention these bastards, Sun Chu's 33rd Army is five or six kilometers behind me, I sent a telegram to call him to come to help, this dog day actually said that he was not strong enough!" Lao Tzu has been fighting from the south exit for two months now, he has been in the rear without a single injury, full of personnel, actually told me that the troops are insufficient, and if he is timid and afraid of death, he will say directly, such a person is actually a military commander!! ”

Zhou Kun asked, "So what did Commander Yang say?" ”

Li Xianzhou, who was next to him, also said angrily when he heard it: "What do you say?" They were all in one group, and we sent a telegram directly to Chief Yan. But I only got a verbal promise, and now this Pingxingguan, except for us, there are only you. ”

Lin Sanhu listened and looked at Nie Rongzhen and the others, but he never thought that the planned Pingxingguan defense line of tens of thousands of people was actually only more than 4,000 people from Gao Guizi in front of the defense. ”

Lin Sanhu looked at the heavy rain outside and said, "Commander Gao, can you tell us about the situation on the front line?" ”

Gao Guizi nodded and said, "The Japanese army on the opposite side is a wing, with a strength of about four thousand people. ”

Lin Sanhu looked at the heavy rain, then looked at the map on the wall, and suddenly said in his heart, "Commander Gao, the task of our army is to go to the enemy's rear to attack the enemy's logistics line. If it rains heavily today, there will definitely be problems with the logistics of the devils, and it is our opportunity that our army will attack immediately. But I hope that once your army sees that the Japanese army wants to return to the army, you must contain them, otherwise our army will be in danger. ”

Gao Guizi has been fighting for many years, and of course he knows the importance of logistics and supplies, so he nodded and said, "No problem." Then it's hard for Master Lin. ”

Without further ado, Lin Sanhu immediately came to the garrison of the 115th Division and convened all regimental-level officers for an operational meeting.

I only saw Lin Sanhu holding a bamboo whip. The eyes sharpened and said, "Comrades, pay attention, the Japanese army now has a wing of 4,000 people attacking Pingxingguan, the task of our army is to strike at the logistics line of the Japanese army, Pingxingguan to Lingqiu County are all mountainous, especially Pingxingguan road, both sides are high mountains, the terrain is dangerous, I decided to fight an ambush here, all obey the order!" ”

All the officers stood up and looked at Lin Sanhu.

Lin Sanhu continued: "Yang Dezhi, the commander of the 685th Regiment, you led the troops to occupy the southwest of Lao Ye Temple to Guangou, and the purpose of your unit's operation was to intercept the vanguard of the Japanese army and block the troops that might come back.

Li Tianyou, commander of the 686th Regiment, you led the troops to ambush on the east side of the road, and the purpose of the operation was to divide and annihilate the encircled Japanese army, and then attack in the direction of Pingxingguan in the east.

Zhang Shaodong, commander of the 687th Regiment, you led the troops to ambush on the front line of Laoye Miao Xiaozhai Village on the west side of the highway, the purpose of the operation was to cut off the return route of the Japanese army, encircle and annihilate it, and block the Japanese army who came to the rescue.

The 688th Regiment was in reserve for the division. Everyone should pay attention to the fact that there are three main points in this operation, one is to hide well, once the ambush in any place is exposed, it will fall short, and the second is to be ruthless; once the war starts, the first wave of attack will have to beat the devils and beat the fools; our army now has a lot of artillery and grenades, do not save, and fight when aimed, and we must make sure that the devils cannot organize an effective defense. The third is fast, this battle must end within 12 hours from the beginning to the end, otherwise our army is in danger of being surrounded, this battle is the first battle of our army, do you have confidence? ”

All the officers stood up and shouted, "Yes!" ”

Lin Sanhu nodded and said, "There is also the issue of keeping weapons secret after the battle, this has been emphasized many times, especially the 686 and 687 regiments are new equipment, and we must pay attention to recycling." Okay, let's go down and get ready, and we must arrive at the designated location before dawn tomorrow. ”

Everyone hurriedly looked at their watches, okay, it's already 9 o'clock in the evening, and everyone immediately went out and began to prepare for departure.

Lin Sanhu beckoned and said, "Brigade Commander Chen, you go to work in the 685th Regiment, Brigade Commander Li goes to watch the 687th Regiment, and I go to watch the 686th Regiment. ”

For concealment, most of the troops chose the most difficult paths. That night, the sky was full of dark clouds, and they were getting thicker and thicker, and the sky became darker and darker, as if it were covering a pot. After a while, the pouring rain finally began to fall. The soldiers had no rain protection tools, and their military uniforms were drenched.

Due to heavy rain and strong winds, as well as slippery roads in the dark, the movement of the troops was very difficult. Not to mention that the clothes of all the combatants were soaked, and almost everyone became "mud figures". The worst of all was a flash flood, and some troops had to cross some river valleys, which in normal times had no water, but when it rained heavily, the waves in the valleys would soon roar. The rain that night was heavy and short, and the river was nearly chest-deep. In order to complete the task, some people jumped into the river without hesitation, but because the flood was too rapid, some of the fighters were swept away.

After overcoming all kinds of difficulties, all the troops finally arrived at the designated position before dawn, everyone took out compressed biscuits and chewed slowly, in order to conceal, the soldiers did not dare to eat meat food such as ham sausages with a strong smell, Lin Sanhu and other senior officers continued to inspect the concealment work of the soldiers, at this time, Su Jing, the chief of the reconnaissance section, hurriedly ran and said, "Division commander, here, the devil is here, a team of hundreds of people, there are dozens of trucks and hundreds of cars, more than two miles long." ”

Lin Sanhu said excitedly, "Great, it's really here!" (To be continued......)