Zhangjiakou gathered a brigade of Japanese troops at this time, and also built a field airfield, and the target of these Eighth Route Army fighters is this airport, today's weather is exceptionally clear, there are only some faint clouds around, which will not block the view of the air force at all, Wang Hai looks down from a high altitude, you can clearly see the fortifications built by the Japanese army and the Japanese soldiers, of course, these fighters are also completely exposed to the eyes of the Japanese army, some Japanese soldiers keep shooting at the sky, Wang Hai put down the binoculars, shook his head, He remembered that when the Eighth Route Army encountered the planes of the Japanese aircraft and the National Army in the past, they could only shoot at the sky like this, and the feng shui took turns, and now it was the turn of these little devils to feel this helplessness. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Attention all combatants, our army has been noticed by the Japanese sentries, it will arrive at the target location in about twenty minutes, it is expected to meet the enemy aircraft in fifteen minutes, the bombing force will continue to fly, and the escort force will protect the bombing force, advance!"

The commander's order came from the earset, Wang Hai slowly tightened the control stick of his plane, since Suiyuan, the air force of the Eighth Route Army has been training, at most it is to intercept the bombers of the Japanese army to sneak attack and bomb, but this is for the Eighth Route Army with more than two hundred fighters, it is really more wolves and less meat, Wang Hai almost forgot when he last saw the scene of the enemy plane falling.

At Zhangjiakou Airport, the piercing sirens sounded in the sky, and the Japanese air force hurriedly ran to the plane while wearing clothes, and the ground crew squatted on the ground and let the air force step on themselves into the plane, and then ran quickly to the front end of the plane, and turned the propeller of the plane vigorously to let the plane take off.

At the same time, the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns around the airfield also took off their gun jackets and faced the west, waiting for the arrival of the fighters of the Eighth Route Army.

These Japanese troops were not allowed to wait longer, and soon, countless black spots became larger and larger, and the Japanese planes hovering above did not dare to wait as long, and gathered as many as they could, and rushed towards the Eighth Route Army aircraft group.

Wang Hai took his wingman and immediately accelerated to hit the Japanese plane, and before they could meet, a rocket shot out, and the shrapnel of the rocket and the steel balls inside flew around, and a Japanese plane that had not had time to fire was smoking, and Wang Hai, who had wiped his body, clearly saw the Japanese air force in the airport lying on the instrument tray with his head down, Wang Hai smiled slightly, and continued to rush forward.

-- Ulanqab

He Long looked at the map on the table and said, "Where have the troops arrived?" ”

Zhou Shidi pointed to the map and said, "We have arrived in Xinghe, and we are expected to exchange fire with the Japanese army in an hour. ”

He Long took a puff of his pipe and said, "The war in the south is very fierce, the losses of the New Fourth Army are not small, the Japanese army is dividing the relationship between us and Chongqing, we can fight this battle, we can force Chongqing to continue to resist Japan, otherwise public opinion will not let them go, Zhangjiakou is just a brigade, we have concentrated 20 regiments, hundreds of aircraft, plus heavy artillery regiments, I see that the direction of Haer is not a big problem, what about the direction of Suiyuan?" ”

Zhou Shidi said with a smile: "Boss, don't worry, General Fu Zuoyi has taken his troops and most of the cavalry to the north, General Fu Zuoyi said that he will not withdraw his troops if he does not fight in Outer Mongolia." ”

When He Long heard Outer Mongolia, he couldn't help but feel a little complicated, Outer Mongolia was originally Chinese land, but at this time it was already independent, and the force supporting the independence of Outer Mongolia was no one else, it was the Soviet Red Party, and after hitting Outer Mongolia, the Yan'an Red Party must be in contact with the Soviet Red Party, what to do after this, He Long himself couldn't see clearly, He Long shook his head, no longer thought about this problem, and said to Zhou Shidi, "Chahar was not in this plan, we suggested that the military department add it, and our goal is Zhangjiakou, As long as we take Zhangjiakou, we will suppress the neck of the Japanese army in North China, and it will be convenient to attack both the Northeast and Beiping at that time. ”

As he spoke, He Long took another puff of cigarette and said, "It's up to the little devil to play his cards." ”

-- Beiping

King Minoru of Higashikure Palace walked quickly to the war room, opened the door and shouted, "What is the situation now, where have the troops of the Eighth Route Army hit?" ”

Yamashita Fengwen took King Minoru of the East Kure Palace to the map and said, "You see, the Eighth Route Army is divided into three routes, Fu Zuoyi's troops attacked our army's last few strongholds in the grassland to the north, and He Long's department attacked my Zhangjiakou from Huai'an to the east, this generation of terrain is dangerous, our army has built a large number of fortifications along the way, and is fighting, but the aviation unit of the Eighth Route Army sneaked up on my Zhangjiakou airport, and the airport has been paralyzed, so that the air supremacy of the front line is completely controlled by the Eighth Route Army, and Shanxi Peng Dehuai's department, The leading troops are taking the small road from Tianzhen to Zhangjiakou, the road here is even more rugged, and it should only be a feint. I have already sent the planes from Hebei and Beiping to support, but this is a long distance, and the planes of the Eighth Route Army should be the best planes from the Soviet Union, and the combat effectiveness is very strong. ”

King Minoru of Higashikure Palace nodded, and said with some relief, "So we should be able to hold it?" ”

Yamashita Fengwen pointed to the map and said, "The key is here - Taihang Mountain, since the failure of the last encirclement and suppression, the momentum of Taihang Mountain has become bigger and bigger, the guerrillas have been active in Yanshan near our Beiping, I think they will act soon, I suspect that we will not be able to send reinforcements from Beiping to Zhangjiakou, Zhangjiakou's strength is only one brigade, plus no more than one division nearby, these troops are difficult to hold on to even if the terrain of Zhangjiakou is good, so the key now is how to transfer reinforcements." ”

King Minoru of Higashikure Palace pointed to the north and said, "How is the Manchurian army?" In other words, this Zhangjiakou army could have been regarded as part of the Kwantung Army in terms of establishment. ”

Yamashita Fengwen said with a wry smile, "The Soviet Union and Germany have formed an alliance, the Soviet Union has relieved the worries of the back, the emperor has given an order, Kwantung must not be lost, I have sent a telegram to ask the Kwantung Army, the Kwantung Army said that because a large number of troops have been transferred to Central China, it is impossible to transfer troops to North China, not to mention that this is far from quenching the thirst." ”

King Minoru of the East Kure Palace pursed his lips and asked, "How long can Zhangjiakou support it at most?" ”

Yamashita Fengwen thought for a while and said, "It won't be more than half a month, the Eighth Route Army has absolute air superiority, plus a large number of people, and their roaring heavy artillery, so far we have no way to restrain ourselves." ”

King Minoru of Higashikure Palace looked at Yamashita and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Yamashita Fengwen bowed to King Minoru Higashikure Palace and said, "Your Excellency Commander, you are an imperial family, if you are willing to send a telegram to His Majesty the Emperor, Your Majesty will definitely order the Kwantung Army to dispatch, at least the aviation can be dispatched, so that if the aviation in the three directions of Hebei, Beiping and the Kwantung Army is supported, we can strive for at least a tie in terms of air supremacy, and in terms of the army, the sabotage operation in Taihang Mountain has not yet begun, and we must transport troops to Zhangjiakou as quickly as possible." ”

"Report, urgent telegram." A non-commissioned officer saluted.

King Minoruhiko of the East Kure Palace took the telegram and looked at it, shook his head and fell on the body of Yamashita Fengwen, and said, "What are you afraid of, the railway from Zhangjiakou to Beiping has been attacked seven times in the past hour, and the railway line has been interrupted. ”

Yamashita Fengwen hurriedly said, "That is, let's go, but also to Zhangjiakou, if we lose Zhangjiakou, our North China is like a gun on the head, and we will be attacked at any time." ”

King Minoru Higashikurenomiya inhaled and said, "Then I will immediately send a telegram to Tokyo, at least to give us the support of the aviation force, and order the troops, even if you go, also give me to Zhangjiakou!" ”

-- Chongqing

"Obviously, the Eighth Route Army is doing this to tell the people of the world that the mainstay of this anti-Japanese war is the Red Party, Yan'an, and now the Japanese army's offensive has been repelled by us, and they know that we still have to talk about the problem of the New Fourth Army next, so the first strike is strong, if we do it again, a big hat that destroys the War of Resistance will be deducted!" Dai Li said as Jiang Intermediary analyzed.

Jiang Zhong squinted his eyes and said, "I can't let the wishful thinking of the Red Party start, tell Xue Yue that the Red Party is competing with us for time, I approve his plan to attack Yue Yang, and send a telegram to Gu Zhutong and Chen Cheng to let them start acting." ”

Chen Bui next to him immediately wrote it down and said he understood.

-- Huangshan

It was raining lightly in Huangshan at this time, and Chen Cheng handed the telegram to Gu Zhutong next to him, Gu Zhutong looked at it and sighed, "The old man has decided to do it, it seems that the number of the New Fourth Army is about to be canceled." ”

Chen Cheng took a breath and said, "Let's say it first, Ye Ting can't be killed." ”

Gu Zhutong smiled bitterly and said, "Don't worry, I won't mess around, and the New Fourth Army still has more than 100,000 men and horses, they don't want to fight with Japan before they withdraw from Xuancheng, but if we capture Ye Xiang, the New Fourth Army will definitely attack us like crazy, and the consequences will be at that time... We've got to do everything we can. ”

Chen Cheng nodded and said, "This is our job, I don't know how many people in the party have complaints about the development of the Red Party in recent years, the old man is also to give an account to them, now the Japanese troops in Changsha and Xiangyang have been repulsed, and the Japanese troops in Jiujiang are even more light thunder, not raining, I estimate that it is because Germany suddenly attacked Poland with the Soviet Union, so that the Japanese army was afraid that the Soviet Union would turn around and attack the northeast, so they transferred the troops back to the border from South China." ”

Gu Zhutong agreed and said, "I also think about it this way, otherwise it is difficult to explain why the Japanese army fought so undisciplined this time, it seems that they have no strength in the middle of the fight, and Germany can be regarded as indirectly helping us." ”

Chen Cheng said worriedly, "I'm not worried about the New Fourth Army now, but I'm worried about the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army has received a lot of Soviet aid, and now it is transferring troops to attack the north, obviously to open up the channel with the Soviet Union, if we attack the New Fourth Army, will Yan'an go to the Soviet Union for help, and finally learn from Wu Sangui to lead the Soviet Union into China?" At that time, our enemy will not only be Japan, but also the more powerful Soviet Union, and we really don't know how to fight this battle. ”

Gu Zhutong couldn't help but shudder when he thought of that scene, and hurriedly said, "No, no, don't talk nonsense." ”

Chen Cheng said, "So I said, this time the old man's task is really not easy to complete, this action is very important, let's see how the New Fourth Army makes a move." ”

-- The military headquarters of the New Fourth Army

Ye Ting stood up and said to Liu Dake and Xiang Ying, "I know there is danger, but now there are two divisions chasing us behind our buttocks, if we can't go to Huangshan, then we can only go north to Anqing, Anqing is a city by the river, although I believe that with our strength to fight down, but the loss must be not small, this is completely unnecessary, this is sacrificing the lives of comrades in vain!" ”

Xiang Ying slapped on the table and shouted, "Ye Ting, when have we ever been afraid of death?" Our New Fourth Army has more than 100,000 men and horses, and after the replenishment of weapons in Yan'an, it is not much different from that of Japan, so I think we will fight a large-scale resistance war with Japan in the mountains near Xuancheng. ”

Ye Ting immediately said, "No! Absolutely not! The purpose of the Japanese army is obvious, they have scattered our troops in northern Jiangsu, and now they are chasing and attacking us fiercely, that is, to exterminate us. ”

Xiang Ying snorted, "Ye Ting, don't think that you will lead the troops to fight, we have fought a lot of battles in those years, although this battle should be as hard as possible, but when it comes to critical moments, repelling the enemy is also an important military means, I think we should go back and fight the devil by surprise!" ”

Ye Ting also slapped the table, stepped forward and said, "You are acting rashly!" ”

Xiang Ying stared at him and said, "You are cowardly! Comrade Liu Dake, what do you think? ”

Liu Dake remembered that before he came, Chairman Mao and others had said that they must pay attention to the issue of internal unity in the New Fourth Army. He said in a muddy voice, "Comrade Xiang Ying, what you said is a little heavier, but General Ye Ting, now our goal is very big, if we still hover between Huangshan and Xuancheng, that is, if we are bombed by aircraft, the troops will lose a lot, we can't go to Huangshan, we can only go in other directions." ”

Ye Ting took a breath and said, "I understand, I'll go out for a while." ”

Xiang Ying looked at his back and snorted, "Coward!" ”

Liu Dake glared at Xiang Ying, and then looked at Ye Ting, Ye Ting's body was obviously stiffened for a while, and then continued to walk forward.

Liu Dake and Xiang Ying continued to talk about party affairs in the room, when they heard a quick knock on the door, Liu Dake said, "Come in!" ”

Xie Youfa opened the door and said hurriedly, "Oh no, Commander Ye has taken people to Huangshan." ”

Xiang Ying turned around and said to Liu Dake: "Go to Huangshan? What does this Ye Ting want to do? Is it going to join the enemy? I know that this Jiang intermediary is blue-eyed to Ye Ting, and I said at the time that this Ye Ting is not our Red Party member, and he can't be trusted! ”

Liu Dake waved his hand to stop Xiang Ying from continuing, and asked Xie Youfa, "What the hell is going on, you have made it clear to me completely, why did General Ye Ting suddenly go to Huangshan?" ”

Xie Youfa looked at Xiang Ying, lowered his head and said, "This.... Commander Ye said that he didn't want some people to misunderstand that he was afraid of death, so he went to Huangshan by himself, and he said that either he asked Gu Zhutong to get out of the way, or he would crash to death on Huangshan to tell the world. ”

"What??" Xiang Ying swallowed his saliva and looked at Liu Dake.

Liu Dake said angrily, "I just said, General Ye Ting is a battle-tested party soldier, he will not be afraid of death, if General Ye Ting has any accidents, you and I have no way to explain to Yan'an!" ”

Xiang Ying pursed his lips and asked Xie Youfa, "How long has Commander Ye been there?" ”

Xie Youfa estimated and said, "It's not a long time, maybe ten minutes." ”

Xiang Ying immediately rushed out and said, "Then what's the matter, chase me!" ”

When Liu Dake reacted, he only saw Xiang Ying rushing out with someone, and Liu Dake stomped his feet angrily and didn't know what to say.

The contradiction between Ye Ting and Xiang Ying has always existed, and the two have gotten a lot better because of the reconciliation of Chairman Mao, Zhou Guansheng and others, but at this time when the Japanese army was pressing the border and the Nationalist Army was blocking the road, the contradiction between the two that had been suppressed for a long time broke out suddenly, and Liu Dake blamed himself for his dereliction of duty while expecting Xiang Ying to recover Ye Ting. (To be continued.) )