As soon as this "little flat head" came out, Zheng Weiguo felt a little familiar, but he didn't remember who it was. As soon as he heard Vice Chairman Zhou's words, Zheng Weiguo was suddenly shocked. He looked at it closely, and his eyes almost fell out. Isn't this the Founding Prime Minister? Ahem, my hair was cut, and I really didn't recognize it!

The above section is not made up by the mountain people, Zhou Gong's hair at that time was really short and short, and his face shape is not suitable for cutting such a short hairstyle, Ha Lu Ha!

Zheng Weiguo hurriedly said: "It turned out to be Vice Chairman Zhou!" I'm so sorry I didn't recognize you just now, it's so reckless! He was scared for a while, but fortunately he didn't use the gun just now. Otherwise, if you accidentally hurt Zhou Gong, you will die and you will not be redeemed.

Zhou Gong said to the guards: "Don't be nervous! As he spoke, he reached out his hand. He asked with some curiosity, "Do you know me?" ”

Zheng Weiguo hurriedly shook it and said, "I saw your photo in the newspaper." I am Zheng Weiguo, the head of the Anti-Japanese Security Corps, and I had contact with the 129th Division when I was in Ping'an County. ”

Zhou Gong smiled: "I've heard of you for a long time, but I didn't expect to see you here!" ”

Zheng Weiguo said to Zhang Changgui: "Changgui, this is a comrade from the Eighth Road, it will be fine, you go back first!" Then he said to Zhou Gong: "Vice Chairman Zhou, I have an important situation to report to you. ”

Probably because of his mentality, Zheng Weiguo used the word "report" without paying attention. Zhou Gong's eyebrows jumped when he heard this, nodded, and said, "Okay!" But this is not the place to talk, please come with me! ”

Along the way, everyone did not idle and soon came to the Xinhua News Agency branch in Taiyuan, which was the last stronghold of the Eighth Route Army in Taiyuan, and most of the other departments had been evacuated or lurked.

Zhou Gong said gently: "Okay, it's safe to get here." Brigadier Zheng, may I ask? ”

Zheng Weiguo hesitated for a moment and said, "Vice Chairman Zhou, can I talk to you alone?" ”

Zhou Gong smiled and said, "Of course you can!" Please come with me to the conference room. With that, he walked towards the conference room and motioned for Zheng Weiguo to follow.

Zheng Weiguo had just taken a few steps when he was stopped by a guard stretching out his hand.

The guard said, "Vice Chairman Zhou, this person is very dangerous, you can't be alone with him." ”

Zheng Weiguo saw that Zhou Gong's cheeks were bulging, and he knew that he was going to get angry (Zhou Gong was gentle and elegant most of the time, but it was also scary to start a fire, hehe), and hurriedly played a round and said: "It's me who is presumptuous!" Well, I'll untie the gun. ”

He had also carried out several security missions before the crossing, and he knew the difficulties of the guards of the Dao, so he didn't want to add trouble to their work. He carried a total of three pistols - the fast and slow machine on his back, the gun card in his waist, and the palm thunder hidden in his pocket. In order not to arouse the suspicion of the guards, he slowed down his movements, carefully untied all the guns, and placed them on a table next to him.

The guards had nothing to say at this time, so they had to let Zheng Weiguo follow Zhou Gong into the conference room. However, there were still two guards guarding the door, and the gate was not closed.

Zhou Gong was a little embarrassed and said, "Brigade Commander Zheng, I'm really sorry. ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled and said, "It's nothing, your safety is more important!" ”

In fact, the precautions around Zhou Gong were not so strict in the past, but last year, Zhou Gong was almost robbed by bandits when he went out on business (it was really true), which frightened the central government, so he specially transferred a few masters to him. In addition, in recent times, the Japanese army has not only attacked frantically on the frontal battlefield, but also constantly sent spies around, which made the guards very nervous.

Zheng Weiguo stayed here for more than two hours before leaving, and when he returned to the station, he saw that the brothers were anxiously waiting for him to return, and his heart couldn't help but warm.

Soon after returning, Fu Zuoy sent someone to summon him, and Zheng Weiguo hurried over. At this time, it was already afternoon, and there were many more officers in the headquarters, and it seemed that he was not the only one summoned by Commander Fu.

Soon after arriving at the headquarters, Fu Zuoy walked out of the small meeting room, as if to see off a lieutenant general. The lieutenant general wears glasses and looks very urbane.

Zheng Weiguo asked a colleague next to him curiously, "Who is this lieutenant general?" ”

The colleague glanced at Zheng Weiguo, a little surprised, and said, "You don't know Deputy Commander Wei?" ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled and said, "I just came!" ”

My colleague suddenly realized and said, "You are Brigade Commander Zheng of the Ninth Independent Brigade!" Deputy Commander Wei is Lieutenant General Wei Junru, commander of the 14th Group Army and deputy commander of the Second World War Zone. ”

Zheng Weiguo suddenly realized, isn't he Wei Lihuang, one of the five tiger generals?

Wei Lihuang retreated from Xinkou, entered Taiyuan City and met with Fu, Wei Lihuang did not advocate defending the lonely city empty, thinking that it was impossible to fight in the field according to the city now, only Taiyuan was left to defend the city, wasting troops in vain, there would be no good results, it was better to change the plan and go south together.

But Fu said: It is the responsibility of the soldiers to defend the land and resist the war. The field army is here, of course Taiyuan has to be defended, and when the field army is gone, Taiyuan still has to be defended. As for the consequences, I can't think about it that much now. Before the closure of the city, the most Lu Hou Fu sent the guards out of the city. Wei Lihuang left Fu Zuoy a warrant to "retreat from the camera" and led his troops to retreat south. Most of the residents of Taiyuan have fled the city.

After seeing Wei Lihuang off, Commander Fu hurried back to the war room and called a meeting of the officers. At the meeting, he made unified arrangements for all the troops defending the city. In this deployment, the 9th Independent Brigade did not have a direct mission to defend the city, but was used as a reserve. As for the other ministries, Zheng Weiguo didn't know about it, so he didn't care much.

After the deployment was completed, Commander Fu said to the ministers who came to the meeting: "We must hold Taiyuan City and stop the enemy from advancing, so as to cover the safe transfer of the large army and the residents and materials of Taiyuan." (Original Words of History)

Zheng Weiguo was very satisfied when he heard it. In his opinion, defending the city is not the goal, slowing down the enemy's advance, covering the transfer of personnel and materials is the goal. What's the use of blindly clinging? When people die, they lose, and they both die!

But Zheng Weiguo was startled by Commander Fu's subsequent order, which ordered all the city gates to be closed at dusk today. Taiyuan Arsenal is outside the city, if it is a city, how can it be bombed? Moreover, Zheng Weiguo knew that the closure of the city was a big failure at all, and it did not benefit the defenders of the city.

Commander Fu said sternly: "The city will be closed today!" The officers and soldiers in our city are like living people lying in coffins, only the lid is closed. If we work together to defend Taiyuan City, we can lift the lid of the coffin, and everyone will be saved. Otherwise, the coffin lid will be nailed to death by the enemy. (Original Words of History)

He seemed a little excited, paused and continued: "The trapped beast is still fighting, why can't we anti-Japanese soldiers fight to the death with the enemy?" I hope that the brothers will carry forward the patriotic spirit of heroic sacrifice for the country and the nation, work hard to kill the enemy, and complete the glorious task of defending Taiyuan City! We must resolutely struggle and fulfill our sacred duty of defending the land and resisting the war! (Original Words of History)

Hearing this, Zheng Weiguo finally couldn't hold it back. He raised his hands and said in a loud voice: "Commander, there is something to say in your humble position!" ”

For Zheng Weiguo to go thousands of miles to help, Fu Zuoy still has a good impression. Especially when the ministries fled south one after another despite the orders of their superiors, this kind of move is all the more respectable.

Commander Fu said, "Brigade Commander Zheng, please speak!" ”

Zheng Weiguo said loudly: "Commander, I don't agree to the closure of the city!" When the officers heard this, there was a lot of discussion, and there was a buzz in the war room. Zheng Weiguo glanced at everyone, and then said: "I'm not afraid of death, but I don't think the lockdown will do us any good!" ”

Fu Zuoy was furious and said, "Since you are not afraid of death, why do you oppose the closure of the city?" "If it weren't for Zheng Weiguo's sake, he would have led his troops thousands of miles to help, I was afraid that Commander Fu would have taken him down on the spot.

Zheng Weiguo did not show weakness, saying: "Once the city is closed, our army can only be trapped in the lonely city, and it is impossible to fight back." The Japanese army could completely ignore our army and go directly south to cut off our rear route. In this way, how can it be possible to complete the important task of covering the transfer of military and civilian materials? ”

Historically, the Japanese army did this, not that the Japanese army could not capture Taiyuan, but they were unwilling to pay unnecessary casualties, so don't think that the Japanese army is stupid. They were, as they are today, fierce and cunning enemies.

Zheng Weiguo paused, and then said: "Let's not talk about these for the time being, just from a defensive point of view." The Japanese army has siege artillery, and every city wall may be blown up, how can just a few city gates stop the Japanese army? ”

Historically, after the lockdown, everyone wanted to break through and reopen it, except for wasting manpower and creating panic, it did not play a positive role. When the Japanese army attacked, there was no need to dig the city gate hole, and it was enough to directly use artillery to collapse the city wall.

In this case, why did Fu Zuo Y want to close the city? In fact, his original intention was to put his death on the ground and come back to life, and stimulate the fighting spirit of the soldiers defending the city. But what he didn't expect was that the soldiers had long lost the will to fight. Historically, after he issued the lockdown order, Fu Zuoyi's personal entourage lieutenant colonel adjutant Yin Shaoyi, and the colonel of the 35th Army, Li Ronghua, etc., took advantage of the dusk closure of the city and left together. As for the soldiers and junior officers, there were even more who fled across the city.

Seeing Zheng Weiguo speak like this, Fu Zuo Y trembled with anger. He pointed at Zheng Weiguo and reprimanded: "You, you dare to disturb my army's heart!" ”

Zheng Weiguo straightened his military uniform and said, "Commander, I just state my opinion, I hope you can adopt it!" ”

Fu Zuo Y calmed down a little and said to the officers, "What do you think? ”

Zeng Yanyi, commander of martial law and deputy commander of the 35th Army, said: "Military seat, I think Brigade Commander Zheng is reasonable!" Once the city is closed, it is equivalent to cutting off the way back! ”

Ma Bingren, deputy commander of martial law, also said: "The military seat, the lowly position also thinks that the closure of the city is inappropriate!" ”

Historically, the two of them were the first to abandon the city and flee, which was an important reason for the loss of Taiyuan. On 7 November, Zeng Yanyi led some attendants to the Great South Gate, ordered the defenders to remove the sandbags, and then fled in panic through a small gap. He went out of the city under the banner of the deputy commander of the 35th Army, and those who saw him said: "The deputy (with Fu Tongyin) commander went out of the city." The news quickly spread to the troops close to the southern city.

Not to be outdone, Ma Bingren, deputy commander of martial law, immediately rushed to the Great South Gate in the "Li Mu" armored car, got out of the city from the artillery bunker, and fled for his life. As a result, the news that "the deputy commander left the city and left" spread to the ears of the officers and soldiers defending the city. As a result, the "deputy commander" was regarded as the "commander of the army" as the "commander of the army" and the "deputy commander" as the "commander of the Fu", so the morale of the army was shaken and there was a great chaos. In some troops, the officers did not care about the soldiers, the soldiers ignored the officers, put down their weapons, and there was quite a lack of people who fled across the city. After 12 o'clock, except for the troops in the north and east cities and the enemy, the defenders in other cities gradually became scarce, and there was no trace of troops in some areas.

Seeing that the two commanders had started, others such as adjutant Yin Shaoyi and colonel Li Ronghua also begged Fu Zuoy not to seal the city. The low morale of the officers made Fu Zuoy feel very sad, but his original intention of sealing the city was to force the soldiers to fight to the death with the enemy, so the opposition of the soldiers strengthened his determination to seal the city. Because he was worried that if the city was not closed, the army would abandon the city and flee as soon as the Japanese invaders came. In fact, his fears are not unfounded.

For Zheng Weiguo, Commander Fu rarely opened the net and said: "Brigade Commander Zheng, I don't blame you for going thousands of miles to help." Since you don't want to be trapped in the lonely city, hurry up and leave! ”