Hengshui, Second Theater Enemy Situation Analysis Room. Chief of Staff Zhou flipped through a stack of the latest information, his thick eyebrows tightened, and he inhaled anxiously from time to time.

Zheng Weiguo knocked on the door, came in and found a chair to sit down, and asked, "The enemy has moved?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou nodded, and said with some annoyance: "It's moving, but the real intention can't be seen." As he spoke, he got up and walked to the wall, pointed to the map and explained: "Please see, the first division of the Japanese army is going south along the canal, and the first division of the 35th division is going south along the Pinghan line, which seems to be trying to open up these two passages." ”

Zheng Weiguo asked, "What about other troops?" Aren't the Beining Line and the Port of Tianjin about the reinforcements of the Eastern Army and the Domestic Army? ”

As he was talking, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Zhang Wenbai and Chief of Staff Cai Wenzhi walked in, said hello, and each found a place to sit down.

Chief of Staff Zhou showed a look of confusion on his face, and said suspiciously: "According to intelligence, there are not many troops coming from these two roads, and there is only one brigade and one regiment each, and a lot of materials have been transferred. ”

Zhang Wenbai laughed and said, "Does Okamura think that he can defeat us without transferring troops and relying only on these supplies?" ”

Director Cai Wenzhi shook his head and said, "This guy Okamura is still very cunning, so he won't make such a simple mistake. I think he wants to prepare supplies first, and then suddenly throw in a large number of troops to fight a decisive battle with our army. ”

Chief of Staff Zhou nodded and said, "Well, this possibility is not ruled out." But if this is the case, what is the purpose of sending the 27th and 35th divisions south? Finding a way, luring the enemy? None of them seem quite like that. Moreover, in the past, Okamura would send troops to besiege the three divisions, but this time there was no movement. ”

Cai Wenzhi agreed: "It's really weird everywhere. I have informed all departments to intensify their investigations. With such a large-scale operation of the Japanese army, it is impossible not to show any clues at all, and sooner or later we will have to find out. ”

Chief of Staff Zhou said anxiously: "The key is to get ahead of the enemy. If you wait for Okamura Ninji to complete the deployment, it will be passive to deal with it. ”

Zheng Weiguo casually flipped through the brief introduction of the enemy situation on the table:

The commander of the North China Front, Senior General Okamura Ningji, and the chief of staff, Lieutenant General An Da, are headquartered in Beiping, and have jurisdiction over the 1st Army, the 12th Army, the Mongolian Army, the 10th (Shijiazhuang), 21st (Tangshan), 27th (Tianjin), and 35th (Beiping) Divisions, and the 1st (Xingtai), 7th (Cangzhou), 8th (Handan), and 15th (Baoding) Brigades.

Among them, the enemy's First Army was stationed in Shanxi, with the commander Lieutenant General Iwamatsu Yoshio, the chief of staff, Major General Hanaya Masa, and the headquarters in Taiyuan. It has jurisdiction over the 36th (Shuozhou), 37th (Jiexiu), 41st Division (Linfen) and the 3rd (Taiyuan), 4th (Yangquan), 9th (Fenyang) and 16th (Yuanping) Brigades.

The enemy's 12th Army was stationed in Shandong. Commander Lieutenant General Tsuchihashi once. The chief of staff, Major General Etsujiro Kono, has its headquarters in Jinan, under the jurisdiction of the 17th (Xuzhou) and 32nd Divisions (Jinan), and the 5th (Qingdao), 6th (Linyi), and 10th (Dezhou) brigades are independently mixed. Among them, the 17th Division was urgently transferred north from the 13th Army in East China. (Note: Stations are in parentheses)

The Mongolian garrison is stationed in the Inner Mongolia region. Commander Lieutenant General Shigetaro Kazuta. Chief of Staff, Major General Toyojiro Inamura. The headquarters is located in Zhangjiakou, under the jurisdiction of the 26th Division (Datong), the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade (Zhangjiakou), and the Cavalry Group (Baotou).

Chief of Staff Zhou explained: "Oh, this was a month ago. I'll give you a map of the nearest enemy troop deployment. ”

Zheng Weiguo took a look. It was found that there was an additional infantry brigade in Beiping and Tianjin, and that a division in Qingdao was coming from Central China, numbered the 33rd Division, which had just been withdrawn from the Shanggao Front in Jiangxi.

Cai Wenzhi glanced at it and wondered: "Could it be that the focus of the Japanese army's attack is Shandong?" Ladies and gentlemen, the 12th Army originally had an absolute advantage in Shandong. Now the 17th and 33rd divisions have been added. ”

Zhang Wenbai smiled and said, "If that's the case, then our preliminary work is right." ”

Chief of Staff Zhou also smiled and said, "That's right! ”

The 49th Army and the 57th Army had secretly moved south, and although their whereabouts were likely to be discovered by Japanese puppet spies, they would never have imagined that a large force of two entire armies would go south. Moreover, after two years of development, the current army has a three-order system, each army has three divisions, plus technical equipment and logistics, there are 50,000 people. The two armies combined had 100,000 men, which was enough to offset the advantage of the Japanese army in reinforcing two divisions.

Just when everyone felt a little lucky, Political Commissar Cheng suddenly stumbled into the door and said with a miserable face: "Something is wrong, commander!" ”

It was the first time for Zheng Weiguo to see Political Commissar Cheng so out of shape, so he hurriedly held him up and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou helped pour a glass of water and comforted: "Hey, Lao Cheng, don't worry, sit down and talk slowly." Can it still fall this day? ”

Political Commissar Cheng was so anxious that he stomped his feet and said: "We haven't collapsed here, but the sky in eastern Hebei has collapsed by half!" ”

Director Cai was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "How do you say this, isn't the situation in Jidong very good?" ”

The narrow terrain of eastern Hebei and the fact that it is surrounded by enemies on three sides are not conducive to establishing a solid base area. However, at Zheng Weiguo's suggestion, the military region did not rush into action, but chose to focus on long-term development. In the construction of base areas, two-sided political power and covert development have been adopted, resulting in a pattern in which there are many secret fortresses, many armed engineering teams, and many underground party members. Although most of the place was occupied by the Japanese puppet army, the secret front of our army was unimpeded.

In particular, most of the cadets sent by the underground party to the Qinghe Military Academy after graduation served in the puppet army units in eastern Hebei. In this way, the strength of the white-skinned red heart is greater. In some areas, our army has even surpassed the enemy's strength in the covert. The local military district repeatedly asked for another riot, but Zheng Weiguo kept it under pressure and did not approve it, considering that the Pacific War had not yet broken out. What could happen in a place like this? Could it be that someone can't hold back the early uprising!

Political Commissar Cheng sighed and said, "Alas, Shan Degui has rebelled!" ”

"What!" Several people in the room stood up in surprise.

Shan Degui is a veteran revolutionary who participated in the Red Army in 31 years, and is currently the fourth detachment (formerly the third detachment) of the Eastern Hebei Military Region. Commander of the Commander of the Temporal Adjustment. At the beginning of the establishment of the Eastern Hebei Military Region, under extremely difficult conditions, he established and persisted in the anti-Japanese base areas of Changshan in the east and west of Hebei, the mountainous area in the northern part of Pinggu, and the Panshan area in Jixian County, eradicated the bandit armed forces and the Japanese puppet regime, actively looked for fighter planes, eliminated the enemy's vital strength, and developed and strengthened the anti-Japanese armed forces. It can be said that without him, there would be no Jidong Fourth Division. Because of its ability to fight well, his unit is the most effective unit in the Eastern Hebei Military Region, so its prestige in the Eastern Hebei Region is extremely high.

Chief of Staff Zhou was puzzled: "How could he have defected?" I remember that the environment in eastern Hebei was sinister the year before last. Shan Degui almost died on the mountain. The Japanese sent people to surrender. He didn't care. At that time, he did not defect and surrendered, how can he surrender now? ”

Political Commissar Cheng took out two pieces of paper from his pocket, handed them to everyone, and explained: "This is a statement of the situation and a petition for guilt submitted by the eastern Hebei side. Everyone will know the way after reading it. One copy was given to the war zone. The other was handed over by the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. ”

After Zheng Weiguo served as the commander-in-chief of the Jicha Theater. Jidong is a nominal subordinate, and the conditions in Jidong are sinister, so they can't do without the support of Jizhong. Therefore, if there is a major problem, it will be reported to the war zone, and even more so after it is upgraded to the World War II zone. However, in terms of actual jurisdiction, it is still managed by the Jinchaji side, and Zheng Weiguo rarely interferes.

Everyone took the piece of paper and looked at it, and was speechless for a long time. (Note: The matter is more complicated, involving more, the mountain people will not go into detail, if you are interested, you know)

Cai Wenzhi slapped the table and said angrily: "Alas, what's the use of asking for guilt now!" Can the loss be recovered? ”

Chief of Staff Zhou said angrily: "The little devil is going to cut off one of our arms!" It's a good Okamura Ningji, and it's really vicious! ”

Jidong card is between North China and Northeast China, it is the best and largest barrier in Jizhong, and it happens to be on the eye of Japan, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is an arm of Jizhong. Moreover, eastern Hebei is still the best springboard to enter the northeast, and it has not yet seen its effect, and when the Pacific War breaks out, the strategic significance will be great. In addition, the current situation in eastern Hebei was built after ten years (the underground party began to prepare for it in 32 years), and once it is destroyed, it will be difficult to restore it.

Zhang Wenbai thought for a moment and asked, "Lao Cheng, can your party immediately send people to stabilize the overall situation?" ”

Political Commissar Cheng said: "It has been sent, but the enemy chose to launch it at this time, I'm afraid it won't give us a chance to correct our mistakes!" ”

Several of them nodded with a heavy heart.

Zheng Weiguo comforted: "Okay, since the matter has happened, it is useless to say too much." The key now is that we can't mess up, and we can't shake it at all! ”

Chief of Staff Zhou agreed: "Yes! In the final analysis, this battle was a duel between the enemy's North China Front and Jizhong. As long as we don't mess up, there is still room for redemption. ”

However, what everyone didn't expect was that Okamura's killer plan was not only this one. As the saying goes, blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not singular. Before everyone could recover from the blow of this bad news, there was another piece of bad news from Jilubian (that is, the fourth division of central Hebei, note, it is not the same thing as the fourth division of eastern Hebei).

Zhang Zhanyuan, the director of intelligence, and Zhang Cunshi, the director of security, rushed together and reported in a panic: "Something happened to the fourth division!" ”

Everyone looked at each other and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong!" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou was on fire in his belly, and couldn't help but criticize: "What does it look like to be flustered, let's make it clear!" ”

Zhang Zhanyuan hurriedly handed over two telegrams, one from Zhang Changgui, commander of the Fourth Division, and the other from Xing Renfu, political commissar of the Fourth Division. Everyone took a look, only to see that both of them accused the other party of defecting to the enemy in the telegram, and asked the military region to send troops to eliminate the traitors.

Cai Wenzhi's eyes widened, and he said in confusion: "How can the two of them rebel?" But thinking that people like Shan Degui would rebel, he changed his words and said: "Even if you rebel, it is impossible for two people to rebel together!" ”

Zhang Wenbai snorted and said, "There must be something wrong here." Even if both of them were traitors, how could they still be caught? In my opinion, there must have been something wrong with one of them. ”

Chief of Staff Zhou nodded and said, "The analysis of the deputy seat makes sense, and the key now is how to determine who is the real traitor." ”

Cai Wenzhi thought for a moment and suggested: "I see that I will immediately contact the main force of the fourth division, the 10th, 11th, and 12th regiments, as well as a few detachments. Listen to their opinions. ”

Zhang Zhanyuan smiled bitterly: "We have already thought of this, but unfortunately they can't figure it out now." The four divisions are now in a mess. ”

Chief of Staff Zhou gasped and frowned, "This is difficult!" "Send someone to investigate, and you will definitely find the truth, but will the Japanese give you this time?

Zheng Weiguo suddenly knocked on the table with his hand and said, "I have thought of a way, maybe I can give it a try!" As he spoke, he gathered everyone together and said a plan. When everyone heard this, they all clapped their hands and laughed, and applauded.

Soon. The General Staff Department directly sent telegrams to the headquarters of the four divisions, the Political Department, the main regiments, the detachments, and the party and government organs. All radio stations were asked to immediately electrify the whole country, and the content was: The emperor is a maggot, and the emperor eats shit!

It didn't take long for the headquarters, the main regiments, the detachments, and the party and government organs to send telegrams one after another, but the Political Department did not reply. Everyone was puzzled: "Could it be that Xing Renfu has rebelled?" ”

But it didn't take long. The radio station of the Department of Political Affairs also called back. The content is exactly the same as the requirements. That's complicated. You can't assume that someone is a traitor just because they are slow to return. Zheng Weiguo snorted coldly and said, "Let them send another one, Queen Liangzi is color blind." Hirohito has small cocks! ”

Everyone sneered, and then wondered: "Boss, can this be done?" ”

Zheng Weiguo insisted: "Try again!" ”

Sure enough, this time the Department of Political Affairs did not call on again.

Zheng Weiguo spread his hands and said: "The matter is obvious, either Xing Renfu himself has defected, or the people around him have rebelled, and he himself has been held hostage!" ”

Political Commissar Cheng nodded, and hurriedly ordered: "Well, immediately send the commander's judgment to all departments of the Fourth Division, and let them obey the command of Zhang Zhangui, the commander of the Fourth Division, and step up the extermination of traitors!" After thinking for a while, he added: "If you find Xing Renfu's traces, try to capture them alive!" ”

Not long after, Zhang Zhangui, the commander of the 4th Division, reported that Xing Renfu immediately led the Japanese army to attack the 10th and 11th regiments after seeing that the matter was exposed.

Director Cai Wenzhi was puzzled: "Didn't you already tell them that Xing Renfu was a traitor?" How can you still be attacked by enemy troops? ”

Director Zhang Cunshi said angrily: "Xing Renfu is not the only one who has defected, his henchmen are also taking the opportunity to make trouble!" ”

Xing Renfu is a native of Yanshan County, Jilu Border Region. In 1929, he joined the GC Party and was responsible for the underground military movement, and later served as a staff officer in the Xiao Zhichu Department of the 26th Army of the National Revolutionary Army.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Xing Renfu returned to his hometown and held the "North China People's Anti-Japanese Salvation Association and the North China People's Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army Founding Conference", and was elected as the chairman of the Military Committee of the National Salvation Association, commanding and leading the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army. After that, he made many military exploits, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he played a Jilu border with one hand.

In parallel space, because he participated in the revolution early (1929), he has a high degree (graduated from Hebei Provincial No. 2 Middle School, now Cangzhou No. 1 Middle School. At that time, he was considered an intellectual after graduating from high school), and had a blood feud with the Japanese (because his home was too close to the Japanese stronghold, less than 100 meters, it was burned by the Japanese puppet, and his stepmother was killed), he had experience in the regular army, fought bravely, and was deeply trusted by the Eighth Route Army. He served as the commander of the 6th Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army and the commander of the Hebei-Shandong Border Region.

According to the standard of awarding titles in 55 years, the commander of the Eighth Route Army and the commander of the second-level military region (note, one level higher than the military division) are not only generals but also generals. Xing Renfu gradually embarked on a path of corruption and corruption, and finally rebelled against the revolution, first taking refuge in GMT, and later becoming a lackey of the Japanese invaders and being spurned by the world.

In this time and space, he was appointed as the political commissar of the Fourth Division, and he originally got along well with the commander Zhang Changgui. The two can even be said to be in love, eager to cut off the head of a chicken and burn yellow paper to become brothers of the opposite sex. Later, because the party was disciplined and did not allow gangs to form factions, they had no choice but to give up.

It's a pity that with the improvement of status and prestige, Xing Renfu began to be proud and complacent, and began to covet enjoyment and beauty, and actually secretly got along with Song Kuiling, a young female member of the army's propaganda team. According to Zhang Changgui's later confession, he knew about this matter, and he also played a lot of cover for Xing Renfu, who told him to be righteous!

I didn't expect things to be bad for this woman. This Song Kuiling is not an ordinary woman, she is a female spy trained by the Japanese bamboo agency in Tianjin. Its task is to seduce high-ranking cadres of our party, government, and army, and then use them to the enemy. Of course, it is also to blame Xing Renfu himself for not being firm-willed, so he got on the thief ship in a daze.

Under the coercion and temptation of Song Kuiling, Xing Renfu finally fell deeper and deeper, and after the most reluctance, he simply ignored the hatred of the country's enemies and became a shameful traitor.

According to the plan of the bamboo organ, Xing Renfu originally planned to wipe out the party, government, and military leaders of the four sub-districts. Unexpectedly, the matter was suddenly exposed, allowing Zhang Changgui to find out in advance. That's what led to the previous scene.

After receiving the telegram from the General Staff Department, the telegraph operator did not dare to make the decision, and hurriedly rushed to report to Xing Renfu.

Xing Renfu hesitated for a moment and scolded, "Fuck it, what's the big deal about sending a telegram." Hair, hurry up! The Japanese there I'll explain. ”

Unexpectedly, as soon as the telegram was sent, the Japanese came to the door and split the telegraph operator in half without saying a word. Xing Renfu stepped forward to defend himself: "Taijun, Taijun, don't get me wrong, I'm also trying to confuse Zheng Huzi!" ”

"Yaga! If you dare to insult the emperor again, you will die! The head of the secret service stepped forward and slapped Xing Renfu four times, causing both cheeks to swell.

When Zheng Weiguo ordered the second telegram to be sent, Xing Renfu finally had no courage to send it again. The Japanese spies also realized that the matter had been exposed, and immediately ordered a surprise attack on the troops of the four divisions.

Although Xing Renfu is hateful, he is very skillful, and a large number of people have been caught under his hands, such as Yang Jinghou, Pan Te, Liu Yongsheng, Xing Chaoxing, Feng Guankui and others are in important positions, and many of them have not been exposed. As a result, these people cooperated with the invading Japanese army and launched it together, causing great losses to the 10th and 11th regiments. What is even more serious is that the political commissar of the military sub-district defected to the enemy, which dealt a very heavy psychological blow to the military and people of the four sub-districts. According to Zhang Changgui's report, the people in the base areas are now in a state of panic, and the morale of the army and the people is in great turmoil.

Chief of Staff Zhou said with emotion: "It seems that Jidong and Jilubian are too busy to take care of themselves for a while, and we can only seek cooperation with Jinchaji in the next big war." ”

Zheng Weiguo and Political Commissar Cheng's faces changed, and they said in unison: "It's not good, contact Commander Nie immediately!" ”

The telegraph operator immediately put on a headset and began to send a message, and it took a while for him to return.

Everyone hurriedly asked, "How is it?" ”

The telegraph operator said in a panic: "I can't get in touch, and the radio station of the Jinchaji headquarters has lost contact!" ”

"What!" Everyone looked at each other, and the intelligence room suddenly fell into a deathly silence. (To be continued......)

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