Several company commanders competed to be pioneers, and the question of whether to send troops or not was directly skipped by them, as if this issue was not worth discussing.

But not everyone agreed to send troops. As soon as Zheng Weiguo's voice fell, Zhang Haiyan said loudly: "Tuanzao, I don't agree!" ”

Duan Shuanghu was anxious and said, "Chief of Staff, why don't you agree?" "It's not right to talk about bad people's marriages and get in the way of people's money, and it's even more wrong for people not to be heroes. If it weren't for the good relationship on weekdays, Duan Shuanghu was afraid that he would get angry on the spot.

Without waiting for Zhang Haiyan to say the reason, Yu Laogen coughed and said, "Not only does Haiyan disagree, but I also don't agree!" ”

Da Zhuang was more convinced of Lao Gen'er on weekdays, scratched his head and asked, "Why?" ”

Lao Gen'er usually rarely expresses his opinions, but today's attitude is very resolute. He said: "Xinkou is now a bottomless pit, and no matter how many people go in, it can't be filled. We can't hide from it, so let's jump in by ourselves? ”

He knocked on the cigarette pouch and pot, and then said, "Who is Yan Lao Xi'er, haven't you heard of it?" I'll leave it here, if we go, we will definitely be pushed to the front line as cannon fodder! ”

In all fairness, the Xinkou Battle of Jin Suijun was desperate. After all, Taiyuan is their roots. As soon as Taiyuan is lost, they will be no different from the Northeast Army. But Yu Laogen's words did not wronged Yan Laoxi'er, he must have done the thing of pulling friendly troops to back up and being a substitute for the dead ghost, and he had done it before.

Seeing that everyone disagreed, Zheng Weiguo asked again: "County Magistrate Li, Lian Commander Liu, you two should also make a statement!" ”

Li Zhen'an pondered his sentence and said: "It is also the Chinese army, and it is also appropriate to support Taiyuan. But we just destroyed a brigade of devils, can the devils not retaliate? In my opinion, the main force still has to step up preparations for war, and it is not easy to travel far. Ping'an County is his hometown, and he naturally doesn't want the troops to leave.

Liu Zida said: "The combat effectiveness of the army is all beaten, and I think it is better to go there." Of course, this matter still has to be decided by the group. ”

The "Six King Kongs" of the security group have all expressed their attitudes, just three against three. Interestingly, those who opposed the dispatch of troops were all leaders of the regimental headquarters, and those who supported the dispatch were all officers who directly commanded the troops.

Zheng Weiguo had no choice but to make a decision, he glanced at everyone and said, "Let me first talk about the disadvantages of sending troops." There are two main ones, one is that the devil may take advantage of the situation, and the other is that he may be pulled to the front line as cannon fodder. ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, and even the three company commanders who asked for troops felt a little worried. After all, both of these points are fatal, and once the response is wrong, the security team can't afford to toss with this little strength.

Zheng Weiguo said: "Let me talk about the first question first. Our armed forces are divided into three parts, the main forces, the local forces and the militia. According to the previous line of thinking, the main forces fought on the outer front, the local troops fought on the inner front, and the militia was responsible for protecting the civilian population. Therefore, I think it is feasible to transfer the main force to Shanxi, after all, there are still local troops and militia left behind. ”

Li Zhen'an hurriedly said: "The combat effectiveness of the local troops has not yet come up, how can it be possible to stop the large-scale attack of the devils?" Not to mention the militia. Danza, I think it's better to have the idea of sustainable development that you put forward before. We now have a weak foundation and weak strength, so it is not appropriate to take too big a step. ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "According to my speculation, it is unlikely that the devils will attack on a large scale in the near future. The North China Front was busy attacking Taiyuan on the one hand, and was busy moving south to Xuzhou on the other, where could it draw the strength of a wing? As for the squeeze of the strength of a brigade, it may be possible. But we have just annihilated a force of nearly 800 men, how dare they send a brigade to their death? ”

Although the Japanese army destroyed by the victory at Erlongshan was less than one brigade, its heavy equipment was complete, and it was not much weaker than a fully equipped brigade. Therefore, Zheng Weiguo thinks that the devil will not send brigade-level troops to invade before he finds out the way of the security group.

He paused and added: "Sooner or later, the main force will have to jump to the outside line to fight, and the local troops must grow up as soon as possible. This growth is not only in terms of equipment, but also in training, and it must also grow mentally. They had to adapt to the days when the main forces were not there. ”

Li Zhenan thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I still can't agree." There are hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops in Xinkou, and it is just a drop in the bucket for one of our regiments to go up for reinforcements, so what role can it play? Is it worth giving up an already formed base for the sake of a doomed Taiyuan? ”

Zheng Weiguo replied affirmatively: "It's worth it!" I admit that we couldn't save Taiyuan, but I didn't plan to save it! ”

Duan Shuanghu said strangely: "If you don't save Taiyuan, what are we going to do?" ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled bitterly and said his thoughts: "I'm going to blow up the Taiyuan Arsenal!" "It is a great irony that bombing China's military industry is conducive to the fight against Japan. But this is the case, most of the materials of the Taiyuan Arsenal in history were captured by the Japanese army, which deepened the suffering of China's War of Resistance.

Liu Zida suddenly realized and said busily: "Tuanzuo, do you mean to get some equipment back from the Taiyuan Arsenal?" "It's a pity that he wants to blow it up, most of the group seats want to move back, or even grab it back.

Zheng Weiguo shook his head and said, "If it's possible, get some back!" But do you know how big the Taiyuan Arsenal is? Not to mention transporting them all back, even if it is only one percent, it is impossible, and most of them still have to be blown up! ”

Zhang Haiyan was puzzled: "Chief Yan is only afraid that he has been transferred for a long time, can we make a special trip?" Even if they don't start shipping, let's just remind you. When the fall is imminent, it is rare that they are reluctant to bomb? ”

The Taiyuan Arsenal fell into the hands of the enemy, and the responsibility was all on Yan Laoxi'er. He always had illusions about the Japanese and wanted to make peace with the Japanese army in order to achieve his goal of preserving himself. If it weren't for the fact that the Japanese were too rigid, Yan Laoxi'er would ask for too high a price, and he was afraid that China would have a large group of traitors.

After the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Yan hoped to reach a non-aggression agreement with the Japanese army, that is, the Japanese army would not enter Shanxi, and the Jin Sui army would not resist the Japanese, similar to the mutual protection of the southeast during the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance. Yan Laoxier thought that with his relationship with the Japanese, the Japanese would agree, so he was not busy moving, after all, it would cost a lot of money to move such a large factory. Unexpectedly, the Japanese did not give face, and as soon as Pingjin was taken, the soldiers entered Shanxi along the Pingsui Railway.

After the Japanese army invaded Shanxi, they kept bombing indiscriminately, and the Taiyuan Arsenal could not produce it, so Yan Laoxier remembered to relocate. Until November 8, before the Japanese army occupied Taiyuan, only more than 1,000 small machine tools and more than 200 power motors were transported, accounting for only 2% of the total property of the 18 branches of the Northwest Manufacturing Plant, and the rest of the equipment fell into the hands of the enemy.

The rest of the equipment can't be moved, so why don't you blow it up? Because Yan Lao Xi'er thought that he still had a chance to come back (according to his idea, it was not a fight back), it was a pity to blow up, so he would rather leave it to the Japanese army.

After the Japanese army took over, more than 4,000 units of better equipment, the equipment for refining gasoline in the coking department of the Northwest Steelmaking Plant, and the equipment of the Yucai Oil Refinery in Zuoyun County were dismantled and packed and shipped to Tokyo and Osaka in Japan and Shenyang and Dalian in the puppet Manchurian countries. And use this equipment to organize the production of arms and military supplies to feed the war.

In addition to materials, a large number of employees of the Taiyuan Arsenal also fell into the hands of the enemy. Before the "77" incident, there were more than 7,000 employees in the Taiyuan Arsenal, and most of these people later became military engineers of the Japanese army. That is, a large part of the weapons used by the Japanese army to fight the Chinese were made by the Chinese, and their equipment was also bought by the Chinese for money!

Zheng Weiguo smiled bitterly: "Chief Yan is really reluctant to blow up, and only a very small part has been transported away at present. So we have to go, the Taiyuan Arsenal must not be left to the devils! ”

Yu Laogen smoked a dry cigarette and said: "Tuanzao, I'm afraid that as soon as we go to Shanxi, we will be pulled to the front line to fight for nothing, how can we have the opportunity to blow up the Taiyuan Arsenal?" ”

Zheng Weiguo said with a smile: "If you want to pull me to be cannon fodder, how can it be so easy!" We can walk slowly on the road and wait until Taiyuan falls before entering the city. We won't stay long, we'll withdraw if we blow up the arsenal! The devil can't catch up if he wants to! ”

Li Zhenan thought for a moment and said, "Since the group has made up its mind, I won't say more." It's just that after the main force leaves, what should Ping'an County do in response to military and political affairs, and ask the regiment to show it. ”

Zheng Weiguo has been prepared for this, and it is not difficult to arrange it. He immediately issued an order, announcing that after he led his troops to the expedition, Ping'an County would be in charge of the overall responsibility of Yu Laogen, the deputy head of the county, Li Zhenan, the deputy county magistrate, in charge of civilians, and Zhang Haiyan, the chief of staff, in charge of military affairs.

This action was of great importance, and the regimental headquarters and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd companies of the main force were all dispatched. In order to ensure logistics, another 1,000 militiamen were requisitioned at the same time, and 100 carts were accompanied.

It took only one day to complete the preparations of the security regiment, and then the troops left for Shanxi. Zhang Haiyan led three squads of the guard platoon to be the vanguard, Zheng Weiguo led a guard squad to follow the first company, followed by the second and third companies. A thousand militiamen were evenly distributed among the three main companies to serve as auxiliaries. The three companies are connected by the cavalry squads directly under each company.

By the time the 129th Division learned the news, Zheng Weiguo had already led his troops to the ground in Shanxi. However, there is still a long way to go from the border of Hebei and Jin to Xinkou.

Shanxi is richer than Hebei, Yan Laoxi'er's military and political affairs are in a mess, and the civil affairs are still very good, much stronger than Chang Kaishen. However, with the southern invasion of the Japanese army, chaos has arisen, and decades of hard work cannot withstand the toss of war.

The people were not as flustered as everyone thought. The army drove all the way, and the people along the way looked curiously, not seeming to be afraid. Zheng Weiguo even saw that there were young girls who poked their heads out to look at them.

Zheng Weiguo smiled: "Aren't the soldiers and the people afraid? "The vast majority of China's armed forces have corrupted military discipline, and there has always been a saying that bandits are like combs and soldiers are like grates. Everywhere the soldiers went, the people were terrified.

Commissioner Cheng straightened up on horseback, a little smug and a little sad, and said: "Thanks to the great grace of the president, the people of Sanjin have been enjoying peace for many years. ”

Zheng Weiguo was silent when he heard this, this peace will soon be unpreservable, and these peaceful villages in front of him will soon become hell on earth. The good people could not imagine how cruel the devil was, and if he didn't obey the people, he would definitely be able to live.

The troops marched all the way, and when they were about to reach Yuci, a bad news suddenly came, and Xinkou fell!

It turned out that Chief Yan only cared about defending Xinkou and didn't care much about the front line of Niangziguan in the east of Taiyuan. On the one hand, it was true that there was a shortage of troops, and on the other hand, the Second World War Zone believed that the terrain on the Eastern Front was dangerous and could not be captured by the Japanese army.

What Chief Yan didn't expect was that this impossible thing just happened. After the loss of Niangzi Pass, the Japanese army took advantage of the situation to advance westward and conquered Shouyang on November 2, threatening Taiyuan from the east. The defenders of Xinkou were in danger of being encircled, and had to retreat to Taiyuan overnight.

As soon as Commissioner Cheng heard that Xinkou had fallen, his heart ached, and he knelt down for Zheng Weiguo on the spot without caring about his identity and dignity, begging him to rush to Taiyuan to save the father of the Three Jins.

Zheng Weiguo sighed, thinking that Xinkou had been lost, and Taiyuan was about to fall, was it necessary to go?