"Then what do you say?" Zheng Weiguo walked around the house in annoyance, and said anxiously: "Now Okamura Ningji is biting us like a mad dog, and the materials from the Ping'an County Arsenal can't be transported." If you continue to fight like this, sooner or later, the base area will have to be divided into pieces and eaten piece by piece! ”

Chief of Staff Zhou nodded with a heavy face and said, "Yes, I didn't expect the Japanese army to spend such a big price!" Alas, it would be nice if the newly made weapons and ammunition from the Ping'an County Arsenal could be transported. ”

"Ping'an County!" Zheng Weiguo was stunned for a moment and muttered to himself.

Chief of Staff Zhou was puzzled: "Boss, did you think of something?" ”

Zheng Weiguo asked rhetorically: "Old Zhou, you said that if we insist on the War of Resistance in Jizhong, how long can we last?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou thought for a moment and said, "Alas, it depends on what kind of way to fight. If the troops are reduced to parts and the counties are engaged in two-sided political power, then it will not be a problem to persist until the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan! ”

Zheng Weiguo waved his hand and said, "What's the difference between that and the fall?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou nodded and said: "Yes, you can't take this step unless you have to, but according to the current way of fighting, you can't afford to supply ammunition, and even if you rely on capture, I'm afraid you won't be able to last long." ”

Zheng Weiguo agreed: "Well, and the jade is burned, and I am afraid that the base area will be greatly damaged if I fight a battle." There is nothing to say about our soldiers who shed blood and sacrificed for the country, but there are still 20 million ordinary people here! Although Ning Ci should not be a slave to the country, he will not die less at the last moment. ”

Chief of Staff Zhou finally heard something meaning, and hurriedly asked, "So the general seat is planning to lure the devil away?" And then choose another battlefield? ”

Political Commissar Cheng smiled: "Ha Lu Ha." The main seat is similar to what I see as a hero, I have long thought so! ”

Chief of Staff Zhou shook his head and objected: "Lao Cheng, your idea is good, but I'm afraid that the effect will not be ideal." ”

When Political Commissar Cheng heard this, he was anxious, and hurriedly asked, "Why is it not ideal?" Now Okamura Ninji is pressing step by step, and the ropes are all around our necks. If the main force does not act, sooner or later it will have to be surrounded and killed by the Japanese army! ”

Chief of Staff Zhou explained: "Again, the timing is not right! ”

In general, the main forces jumped to the outer front to fight, and the local troops and militia held out on the inner line. Wait until the Japanese army supplies are almost depleted. The main forces returned to the base area. Join the remaining troops to fight back. By that time, the Japanese army had been exhausted and short of food and ammunition, so they naturally had to escape.

But now it's different. The Japanese army was well supplied. However, after the main force leaves the base area, I am afraid that there will be little food and clothing. It didn't last long. Moreover, the Japanese army has accumulated a large number of troops on several key roads, and it remains to be said whether the main force can pass. Even if you fight a bloody road, you still have to fight with the Japanese army who are "encircled and suppressed" in southern Hebei or Jinchaji. Now the Japanese army has the initiative and absolute superiority in both places. It is completely possible to attack the main forces of our army at leisure. On the other hand, the main force of our army not only has to travel long distances, but also has to fight the Japanese army along the way, so how can we mobilize the enemy when logistics and supplies cannot be guaranteed? Being mobilized by the enemy is about the same.

When Political Commissar Cheng heard this, he couldn't help frowning and said, "This? Before, I said that the main force should be transferred, but you have to say that the enemy is strong and I am weak, and you must find a way to transform the strength of the enemy and us. It's good now, the enemy is getting stronger and stronger! ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said, "We really underestimated the strength and determination of the Japanese army. However, it is also difficult to jump to the outside line. I thought about it carefully, it's impossible to jump to the outside line on your own initiative, you have to set up a trap for the Japanese to get into it themselves? ”

Everyone was stunned and wondered: "How is this possible?" Okamura Ninji is not a fool again! ”

Zheng Weiguo said with a smile: "So this bait must be fragrant enough and big enough to make Okamura Ningji's dog nose drool as soon as he smells it, and he can't suppress the desire to attack." ”

Political Commissar Cheng said curiously: "Hehe, the commander is really joking, we are compared to the Japanese, we are so poor that we are almost pants, what do we use to lure Okamura Ningji, the old fox?" ”

Director Cai Wenzhi also smiled: "Yes! We don't really have anything we can do but the Arsenal! After speaking, his eyes widened, and he hurriedly asked, "Boss, you don't want to use the arsenal as bait, do you?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou smiled and said, "How is this possible, don't you know the importance of the arsenal?" I said Dingwu, your brain is also spinning too fast! ”

Everyone laughed, but saw Zheng Weiguo's serious face.

Political Commissar Cheng couldn't help but shout: "Commander, you won't really use the arsenal as bait, right?" ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said in a deep voice: "Well, Dingwu is right, that's what I think!" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou hurriedly retorted: "General seat, this, how can this be done!" You don't know the value of the arsenal, how much effort has it taken us in the past five years! You can't lose anything in the arsenal! ”

Others also spoke out and expressed their resolute opposition. He even said that he would rather give up Jizhong for the time being than lose the factory. In the words of Political Commissar Cheng, Jizhong can be recaptured if it is lost, and if the arsenal is destroyed, it will not be able to be rebuilt in three or five years.

Zheng Weiguo said in a deep voice: "Okay, don't get excited, let's talk about my reasons!" ”

"First, in terms of geographical advantages, it is difficult to defend in central Hebei, while the mountains in western Hebei are dense and easy to defend and difficult to attack; Second, it is difficult to supply weapons in central Hebei, and there are arsenals in western Hebei, which can produce while fighting a war and supply in the line of fire; Third, if the Japanese army wants to attack the Ping'an County Arsenal, it must enter the Taihang Mountains, and the difficulty of logistics and supply will increase by more than ten times, while our army has enough food stocks. ”

"And using the arsenal as bait does not mean abandoning the arsenal, but by luring the enemy deep to strike at the enemy. Now that the international situation is changing, Japan needs to take into account many aspects, and it is impossible to keep an eye on North China. So, as long as we hold on for a few months, we can win. If you take 10,000 steps back, even if the arsenal falls, the sky will not fall, personnel can be transferred from the path, and machines can be buried. As soon as the little devil withdraws, we can continue to produce! ”

"Okay, that's all my reasoning, do you have any opinions?"

……

Everyone looked at each other. After hesitating for a while, Political Commissar Cheng first stood up and said: "I think it's okay, according to the posture of the little devils, it is impossible not to fight with them." Anyway, it's all fighting, why not choose a place that is beneficial to us? ”

Chief of Staff Zhou nodded and said, "Well, there is indeed some truth. It's just how to get the Japanese army to find out about this bait? ”

Zheng Weiguo waved his hand and said, "The personnel below the directors of each department will go out first!" ”

Soon, there was a large empty space in the war room. The rest of the people are the core of the World War II zone, and the possibility of mutiny is extremely small. Zheng Weiguo glanced at it. Then he said: "I intend to send an officer to pretend to be a mutiny. Send the information directly to Okamura Ninji. ”

Everyone was stunned, and they couldn't help but think, obediently, this plan is too crazy!

Zheng Weiguo saw that everyone opened their mouths one by one so that they could stuff a toad into it. He quipped, "What do you think of this plan?" Are there any active registrations? ”

"Total seat. Leave this task to me! As soon as the words fell, someone stood up. Zheng Weiguo looked at it, but it was Xiong Dazhen, the minister of supply. In fact, Zheng Weiguo is joking, which of these people here does not hold the core secrets of Jizhong. How dare they lie down, in case they are found out by the Japanese army, it will not be a heavy loss.

Zheng Weiguo glanced at it with relief, but shook his head and said, "You can't do it, and you can't do without the matter of the supply department." ”

Xiong Dazhen was so anxious that his face was flushed, and he hurriedly said, "Why can't I do it?" Boss, just give me a chance! I used to go to Beiping and Tianjin a lot, and I have experience in going in and out of enemy-occupied areas. And I can speak a few words of Japanese. ”

Chief of Staff Zhou smiled: "Da Jin, you are really not suitable, so don't fight." ”

Political Commissar Cheng also comforted: "The matter of the supply department is more important, you should work with peace of mind!" ”

Xiong Dazhen said: "Don't hide it from the chiefs, now all the materials that can be transported have been transferred, and the empty warehouses in the supply department can starve to death." I, the director of the supply department, have been eating and not working these days, so who will I go if I don't go? ”

As he spoke, he suddenly thought of an idea, his eyes lit up, and he smiled: "Hey, I still think of an excuse!" It is said that because of the poor supply of materials, he was punished by his superiors and had to escape, but he was accidentally captured by the Japanese patrol team! Ha Luha, how about this reason? ”

Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they heard this.

Zheng Weiguo said angrily and funny: "If you can deceive Okamura Ningji with this set of reasons, you really have a ghost." Forget it, do you have any recommended candidates? ”

Everyone thought about it for a while and put forward several candidates at once, but Zheng Weiguo asked carefully and thought about it, and felt that they were not suitable.

Cheng Zheng entrusted his chin to think for a while, suddenly slapped his face, and said with a smile: "I thought of a person, it's quite suitable, it depends on whether the head seat dares to use him!" ”

Zheng Weiguo hurriedly asked, "Who?" ”

Political Commissar Cheng replied: "Zhu Zhankui, the former commander of the Seventh Regiment of the Third Army Division! ”

"Him?" When everyone heard this, they all bowed their heads and began to discuss.

Zhu Zhankui is indeed a controversial figure in the Jizhong Military Region, and in the words of the old Balu who worked with him, he is not much like a party member, but even more like a hero like Shuibo Liangshan.

In parallel space, he served as the commander of the 5th Division of Jizhong (later changed to the 10th Division), and the specific position is similar to the current Third Army Division. He fought bravely and made many achievements, but during the 41 years of sweeping, he was unfortunately captured, and later escaped with great difficulty.

It is said that after being captured, Tada Jun, the commander of the North China Front at the time, personally summoned him and carried out Huairou work for about two months through the Qixin Institute of the North China Political Affairs Committee. In his own words, the escape process was still interesting. The Japanese army first "passed through the hall" to scare him, but he was scolded by him, and then used the "beauty trick", but he refused, and finally had no choice, so he had to send him to Beiping and take the train.

To say that the Japanese are still quite concerned about escorting such a "big man", they have specially allocated a guard squad. I didn't expect that there was still a problem in the middle. When the car was about to drive into Beiping, Zhu Zhankui said that he wanted to go to the toilet. Considering that his rank was not low (it was a brigade at the time), the Japanese really untied the handcuff and let him in.

As a result, it took half an hour, and when the Japanese realized that something was wrong, they rushed into the toilet to see where there were still people? The escort guards were dumbfounded. It's the first time that the Japanese army has captured such a high-ranking officer alive, what's going on with this running away? How do you explain to your superiors?

As Mr. Lao She wrote in "Four Generations in the Same Hall", the Japanese have a lot of trust in experts. They quickly brought in an expert in the field. As a result, experts calculated that the train at that time was very fast (probably a special armed train), and 99% of the people jumped out of the train to death, and the remaining 1% were also seriously injured. Although no body was found, the Japanese army closed the case on the basis that the man jumped out of the car and died. When people are dead, what can they do? This matter is the most difficult thing to do.

But what drove the Japanese mad was that it didn't take long to get the news that the man was not dead. The people went back again, and they still worked on the Eighth Road. The evidence is still strong! The Japanese troops on the front line called the nuclear room of the brigade intelligence room, and the Japanese also wanted to save face. Dead or alive did not admit that that person was Zhu Zhankui. replied: "That Zhu Zhankui had already fallen to his death on the way to Beiping, and the information you got was a false propaganda deliberately made by the Eighth Road, don't be fooled!" ”

In fact, not only the Japanese army was crazy, but the Eighth Road was also chaotic. Because he jumped out of the car and ran away. The Japanese find it incredible. Yalu also thinks it's incredible! So many Japanese soldiers watched. How did you escape, did you go undercover sent back by the Japanese?

And during his arrest, many things were not clear. In particular, he confessed his identity immediately after his arrest, which aroused the suspicion of the organization.

In addition, his brother Chai Enbo (the head of the Eighth Regiment of this time and space) and his friend Wang Fenggang have all defected to the enemy one after another, which cannot but affect the organization's opinion of him. Therefore, he was censored for a long time in Yan'an, and was forced to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff in the middle, and it was not until the end of 1944 that it was basically confirmed that he did not defect to the enemy. This is also the source of the tragedy of the second half of his life.

In this plane, he still suffered. During the counter-sweep of the 3rd Division, the 7th Regiment was heavily surrounded by the Japanese and suffered heavy losses, and he himself was seriously wounded and captured. The Japanese army learned that he was a high-ranking officer in Jizhong, and if he got the treasure, he was busy sending him to Baoding for rescue. After recovering from his injury, he was secretly escorted to Beiping, but he didn't expect to let him escape halfway.

Since Zheng Weiguo took charge of Jizhong, the political trial has not been so strict, but this situation must be investigated clearly. Otherwise, it would be bad if you really mixed in with a lot of Japanese pseudo-spies. So as soon as Zhu Zhankui came back, he still had to be reviewed.

According to his own account, the specific escape process is as follows. He pretended to go to the toilet, knocked him down while the guards were unprepared, and then climbed out of the window and hid on the roof of the train. At that time, the train was very fast, but when I was fast entering the station, I had to slow down? He took advantage of this gap to jump out of the car and escaped.

When the people in the Political Department heard this, they felt that it was not unreasonable, but the truth of the matter has yet to be further confirmed. Zheng Weiguo thought twice and decided to temporarily suspend his review, but at the same time, he was also transferred from his original unit to serve as the director of the Jizhong Militia Training Department.

Seeing that Zheng Weiguo was still a little hesitant, Political Commissar Cheng persuaded: "Commander, this Zhu Zhankui is a righteous man!" And our mission this time is mainly to deliver the news to Okamura Ningji, loyalty or disloyalty is secondary. ”

Chief of Staff Zhou agreed: "What Lao Cheng said is right! Even if this Zhu Zhankui really betrayed, as long as Okamura Ninji knew the location of our arsenal, I wouldn't believe that he would not be moved! ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said, "Okay, that's him." Wait for the trouble Lao Cheng to talk to him personally, of course, undercover is not an ordinary job, you have to let him be willing. ”

Political Commissar Cheng nodded and said, "Please rest assured, commander, I will definitely convince him!" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou asked again: "Since the general seat has decided to lead the enemy army to Ping'an County, what should Jizhong do?" The Japanese army is now going to open up the Pingda Highway again, shall we fight or not? ”

Zheng Weiguo thought for a moment and said, "Don't fight hard!" It's still the old way, get out of the way and occupy both sides. Unlike other places, there are no strong strongholds on the hundreds of kilometers of road, and the Japanese army has to send a large number of troops to garrison it if they want to control it. I don't believe they'll last long. ”

Everyone nodded and said yes.

Political Commissar Cheng asked again: "What if the Japanese army continues to cut my base area after occupying the Pingda Highway?" ”

Zheng Weiguo sighed and said, "Then it depends on whether Zhu Zhankui's trip goes smoothly!" ”

……

In Beiping, the war supervisor Yamashita Fengwen hurried to the headquarters of the North China Front. Walking into the war room, I saw Commander Okamura Ninji smiling, laughing with several staff officers under him from time to time.

Yamashita Fengwen hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Your Excellency Commander, are you looking for me?" ”

Okamura Ninji said excitedly: "Yo Sai, Yamashita-kun, you came just in time, I have good news to tell you, presumably the military department and the emperor will be very happy to hear this news!" ”

"Yo Xi!" Yamashita Fengwen hurriedly asked, "I don't know what the news is, is it good news from the front?" ”

Okamura Ninji said triumphantly: "This is more effective than a hundred victories!" One of the officers under Zheng Huzi surrendered to us, and he surrendered on his own initiative! ”

Yamashita Fengfumi said in surprise, "Nani? Take the initiative to surrender, this is rare! ”

Okamura Ninji nodded and said, "Yes, since the encirclement and suppression of Tada-kun and Yamashita-kun, the Jizhong side has tighter control over the troops, and it is not easy to win over officers of this level." ”

Yamashita asked again: "Your Excellency Commander, I don't know what level of officer he is?" ”

Okamura Ningji smiled and said: "The level is not high, I used to be the head of the main regiment north of the Daqing River, and now I am the director of Jizhong. ”

Yamashita Fengwen looked a little disappointed, nodded and said, "Well, it's not too high, but it's also rare." ”

Okamura Ninji didn't care, nodded and said, "Yes, we haven't recruited a few officers of this level in total." And the greatest value of this officer is not in his rank, but in the intelligence he brings. ”

Yamashita Fengwen hurriedly asked, "Sodosne, I don't know what kind of information he provided?" ”

Okamura Ninji deliberately sold a pass, and asked rhetorically: "Does Yamashita-kun still remember the incident of the Jizhong Arsenal that the special high school once investigated?" ”

"Of course I do!" Yamashita Fufumi said regretfully: "It's a pity that those fools haven't found out the specific location until now, otherwise we would have destroyed it a long time ago." As he spoke, his eyes lit up and he asked in surprise, "Is it so?" ”

Okamura nodded with a smile and said, "Not bad!" ”

Yamashita Fengwen was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Your Excellency General, I don't know where the specific location of the arsenal is?" I ask that I personally lead my troops to destroy it, and ask Your Excellency the General to fulfill it! (To be continued......)