Zheng Weiguo hurried back to the temporary headquarters, only to see the chief of staff reading a telegram with a rather leisurely expression. In front of him was a large stack of telegram drafts, which he must have just received.

Duan Shuanghu was in a hurry, and before he entered the door, he shouted, "Counselor, what is the matter with you in a hurry to call us back?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou looked up and said with a smile: "You haven't been gone for long, the receivers of the communications battalion are about to burst, and several translators and telegraphers are almost not busy when they go into battle together. These telegrams are not small, and I dare not specialize in them, so I have to ask the master to come back and deal with them. ”

Zheng Weiguo looked at the stack of telegrams and said curiously: "Who sent them, how can there be so many?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou pushed the draft telegram in front of him and said, "You can see for yourself that the first one sent is placed on the top." ”

Zheng Weiguo picked up the top copy and saw that it was sent by Commander-in-Chief Fu of Xihe (referring to the area where Guxihe County is located, that is, the area on the east bank of the Yellow River in Shanxi Province, the same below). The telegram said that the 109th Division did not know what was going crazy, and the whole army stormed his line at any cost. Commander-in-Chief Fu said that Yali was too big to be blocked, so he could only pursue it by tail, and asked the 33rd Division to be careful.

Director Xiong said: "I guess it was Yamaoka Shigemu (the commander of the 109th Division) who learned that their reinforcements had failed, so he was in a hurry! ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said, "Thanks to Commander-in-Chief Fu for dragging them for so long. Now that the overall situation has been decided, the 109th Division is not afraid of being in a hurry. ”

Duan Shuanghu said with some worry: "Although we have won this battle, the casualties are really not small. If the 109th Division comes to attack, how can we resist? ”

Zheng Weiguo waved his hand and said: "As long as the 109th Division receives the news that the reinforcements on both routes have suffered a crushing defeat, it will not rush forward." Of course, we can't be careless, we have to prepare a dog beating stick in case the mountain dog jumps off the wall. ”

Director Xiong also agreed, saying: "Now that the Japanese army cannot figure out the reality of our army, it is unlikely that they will drive straight into the army. ”

Duan Shuanghu objected and said: "It's just such a little distance from Xihe to Taiyuan, even if the devil is in action step by step, a week's time is enough!" The commission is an order for us to hold on for a month! If you really want to fight hard, it's not enough for us to fight this little bit of family foundation. ”

Zheng Weiguo laughed and said: "This is a chaotic life, let's not pay attention to it!" When the materials are finished, let's take a look at the situation, we can keep the rules, and if we can't retreat, how can the big living people be suffocated to death by urine! ”

Chief of Staff Zhou hurriedly said: "The division seat is cautious, and be careful that trouble comes out of the mouth." ”

Zheng Weiguo said with a smile: "Don't worry, I won't talk nonsense in front of outsiders." ”

Chief of Staff Zhou took out a copy of the telegram draft and handed it to Zheng Weiguo, saying, "The commission has also sent a telegram to us!" ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "What does the old man want to do!" As he spoke, he opened the telegram and looked at it, only to see that he had written a large article, mainly with four points: first, Taiyuan is a matter of great importance, and it must be adhered to; Second, don't worry about casualties, and make up for death; Third, this time has made great contributions, and the party-state has not hesitated to reward, promotions, monetary rewards, and material encouragement; The fourth is the issue of reinforcements, the Air Force cannot come for the time being, please be patient, the ground forces have ordered the Second World War Zone to go all out.

Although he had been mentally prepared, Zheng Weiguo still felt very disappointed after reading it, and he felt weak for a while.

Seeing that he was not in high spirits, Chief of Staff Zhou said with a smile: "There is also a telegram from the commission, which has promoted you to a higher level, and you are now a lieutenant general of the national army!" ”

Zheng Weiguo glanced at the telegram and became even more depressed, and said with a wry smile: "Niang Xipi, is this considered to be chasing Jin in advance?" "According to the practice of the national army, an officer can be promoted to the first rank after he dies in battle.

Chief of Staff Zhou laughed when he heard Ha Lu Ha Da Lang and said, "That's not going to happen, it will be raised to another level at that time, Ha Lu Ha!" ”

Zheng Weiguo rolled his eyes angrily and said, "Is there any better news?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou said: "Yes, if you look through it, there is a telegram from the North Road Detachment. ”

In order to clear out the Japanese puppet army north of Taiyuan, while attacking Taiyuan, the 33rd Division transferred a backbone company of the 342nd Regiment and an artillery battalion, an antiaircraft artillery battalion, a cavalry battalion, and an engineer battalion to form the North Road Detachment. The leader of the detachment was Zhang Qianshan, who was born in the Jin Suijun. Zhang Qianshan, like Battalion Commander Kong of the Third Battalion, was a talent recruited by Qi Sixian when he expanded the army, and he was an officer trained by the camp school of the Jin Sui Army.

Originally, Zheng Weiguo was a little uneasy about the generals of the Jin Sui Army system, and felt that they could not fight, so he once wanted to change the detachment leader, but he had to give up if he didn't find a suitable candidate. What Zheng Weiguo didn't expect was that it was precisely this Zhang Qianshan, who was not favored, who won a beautiful battle in the north. It seems that there are still many talents among the middle and lower-level officers of the Jin Sui Army, but there are too many rice buckets on it.

When the North Road Detachment and the 359th Brigade of the 120th Division were preparing to take Xinkou, the enemy's 26th Division stationed in Datong suddenly moved south, taking our army by surprise. This group of Japanese troops was led by road and railway dual-purpose armored vehicles and armored patrol vehicles, followed by several trains of soldiers, a total of one wing.

The enemy was menacing, and he had the intention of recapturing Taiyuan in one fell swoop, and he did not take the North Road Detachment and the Eighth Road Detachment in his eyes at all. Of course, the 26th Division did have arrogant capital, they took advantage of the armor advantage and mobility advantage of the vanguard to advance rapidly, and then stuck to one place as a support point to follow up with the follow-up troops, and the situation was very dangerous for a time.

The North Road Detachment and the 359 Brigade were defeated and suffered several big losses one after another. At the critical juncture, Brigade Commander Wang, who has rich combat experience, thought of an idea, which was approved by everyone. They moved their artillery up the hill to avoid Japanese reconnaissance, and then spared their vanguard and attacked the personnel carriers that were following behind. Under heavy bombardment from flat-firing snipers, infantry guns and anti-aircraft guns, the steam engine at the front of the locomotive was blown up, and the train derailed and rolled on its side. Under the violent impact, the Japanese soldiers in the car were killed and wounded. Those who were lucky not to die were also dizzy, and when they were a little more sober, there was already a black hole in the muzzle of the 359 Brigade soldiers in front of them.

There was nearly a brigade of strength on this train, all of which were wiped out by our troops. Our troops then destroyed the railroad along the line and quickly moved south to deal with the vanguard of the Japanese army. Having lost the protection of the infantry, these iron guys are not terrible.

The whole process is simple to say, but it is not easy in practice. Just to get those guns to the right place exhausted a battalion of soldiers.

The North Route Detachment reported that since they had annihilated the vanguard of the 26th Division, the enemy had shrunk to Xinkou in panic. At present, the 358th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army is sabotaging the railway between Datong and Xinkou, and the 359th Brigade is assisting in the defense of Yangqu. The telegram also said that a large number of weapons had been seized in the battle, which had been divided equally with the 359 Brigade. At present, a large number of ordinary people and local anti-Japanese armed forces have come to vote and demand that the group be expanded.

Chief of Staff Zhou explained: "I have already approved the expansion of the division, and the 26th Division is still in Xinkou, and they are under a lot of pressure. ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded, and said with a smile: "These guys are probably pulling the troops up while asking for instructions." ”

Duan Shuanghu said: "I'm afraid the new troops will not be useful, let's hurry up and send a main force regiment north!" ”

Zheng Weiguo shook his head and said, "The main force can't be dispersed, otherwise it will be impossible to concentrate at that time." It's better to wait and see what happens! ”

He flipped through the draft of the telegram and saw that Wei Lihuang had sent it, so he hurriedly read it. Wei Lihuang said in the telegram that he would do his best to hold off the 20th Division and not let them go north, and now he was raising reinforcements, and he would send a regiment over when he had ready the strength of a regiment, and a division when he had a division when he had ready, hoping that the 33rd Division would hold out for a little longer.

Duan Shuanghu said happily: "In the end, it is my own person, what I said is more intimate than the commission." ”

Zheng Weiguo sighed and said, "The general seat is dedicated to the country, probably to buy more time for Xuzhou." But the 14th Army is now sandwiched between the 20th Division and the 108th Division, how long can it last? ”

Chief of Staff Zhou smiled bitterly: "Even if you said it, there is also a telegram sent privately by the senator here." ”

Zheng Weiguo took a look, and Chief of Staff Guo said in the telegram that the commander-in-chief was actually holding on, and at present, the 20th Division and the 108th Division seemed to be determined to eat the 14th Group Army first, and they fought fiercely day and night. Although the two sides are still in a stalemate, the Japanese army still has reinforcements, and the second war zone has done its best, so victory or defeat is decided, it is only a matter of time. Chief of Staff Guo also inquired about the recent situation of the 33rd Division, saying that if it could not hold on, it would not be hard to hold on, and it would be better to go south as soon as possible to get closer to the general assembly.

Interestingly, the 14th Army also forwarded a lot of telegrams, all of which were congratulatory messages sent by various organizations and groups in the country to the 33rd Division. In the telegram, the 33rd Division was praised from head to toe, saying that the 33rd Division was the tiger of the country, the sharp blade of North China, and the iron guard of the nation, and some telegrams even called the 33rd Division the first division of China and the strongest army in the world.

Zheng Weiguo looked at it and smiled, and said: "I didn't expect that our army would have fans less than a year after its formation!" ”

"Fans?" Chief of Staff Zhou, Duan Shuanghu, and Director Xiong all looked at each other, not understanding what Zheng Weiguo meant.

Chief of Staff Zhou suddenly smiled strangely and said, "Master, there is a special one for you here!" ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "What do you mean? ”

Chief of Staff Zhou said: "The counselor said that our liaison office in the rear of the General Assembly has received a large number of letters from young women, all of whom have asked for sex after hearing about your deeds, and it is said that some female students have even published newspapers to court......

Before the words fell, everyone in the room burst into laughter, and even Chief of Staff Zhou and Zheng Weiguo himself couldn't help laughing.

Chief of Staff Zhou said with a smile: "Hehe, not only that, but there are rumors that both the commission and his wife are good to the teacher?" ”

Duan Shuanghu was surprised: "Is it true?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou said with a gossipy face: "Of course it's true!" The entire World War II zone has spread all over the world, saying that our division is going to be a horse master. ”

Zheng Weiguo couldn't help but laugh and said: "Don't talk nonsense, there are only two sons in the commission, where are the daughters?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou said solemnly: "I don't have a daughter, but I have relatives!" ”

Director Xiong also interjected and said, "Yes! Since ancient times, women have been selected from among the royal relatives to serve as princesses. ”

Zheng Weiguo scolded with a smile: "Go!" That's all with foreign Yi and relatives, when did my dignified national army commander become a chief? ”

Duan Shuanghu became interested, and asked who it was.

Chief of Staff Zhou said: "There are mainly two, one is the niece of the commission, the surname is Kong Lingjun's ......."

Zheng Weiguo didn't wait for him to finish, and hurriedly said: "Stop, stop, is it the tomboy who is called Kong Ergongzi?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou smiled: "Shizuo has also heard of it?" ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "Hearsay, but it's not a good thing. ”

Chief of Staff Zhou said with some regret: "If you want to talk about family background, it will be of great benefit to the career of the master, but it is a pity that the temperament is too wild and not suitable for a husband and a child." ”

Duan Shuanghu smiled and said, "What's wrong with rouge horses?" I just love rouge horses! ”

Zheng Weiguo said angrily: "Go, go, go!" Do you want me to bring that little girl from the telecommunications office? ”

Duan Shuanghu's old face turned red and hurriedly retreated, causing everyone to laugh wildly.

Chief of Staff Zhou said again: "Don't worry, there is another one!" This is the daughter of Mrs. Mother's uncle's family, surnamed Ni! ”

Zheng Weiguo remembered a novel he had read before crossing over, and said curiously: "Is it called Ni Hua?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou smiled: "How do I know the name of the eldest girl, why don't I help you inquire?" ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled: "Forget it, maybe I've slept with Liu Yimin." ”

Duan Shuanghu heard that he was in good spirits, and hurriedly came over and asked, "Is it true!" But Zheng Weiguo kicked him out.

Chief of Staff Zhou and Director Xiong didn't know whether what Zheng Weiguo said was true or false, and they didn't dare to provoke the rights and wrongs of the wealthy families, so they were busy keeping their mouths shut. Zheng Weiguo was also happy to be idle and continued to read the message.