Although he guessed that it would be these two people, after confirming it from Chief of Staff Zhou, Zheng Weiguo couldn't help but be furious. Nima is not good for anyone, but these two guys? The chairman's vision of knowing people is not bad, and the means of using people are really Zheng Huzi said that he was no longer able to complain.

Chief of Staff Zhou comforted: "General seat, although Jiang Dingwen is unbearable, Tang Enbo is still a strong general in the national army!" It shouldn't be a big problem to make do with it! ”

Zheng Weiguo said angrily: "It's a big problem! ”

According to the standard of fruit powder, Jiang Dingwen can also be regarded as a famous anti-Japanese general, but he is famous for "resisting venereal diseases in the Anti-Japanese War". During the period of ruling the northwest, Jiang Dingwen abused his power to make a fortune in the country, bent the law for personal gain, was corrupt, prostituted and gambled, and became a famous "corrupt general". Through embezzlement and bribery, speculation and business, he amassed a huge amount of private property. According to Lu Yilin, Jiang Dingwen's private accountant, "The property of Mao Yuqin and Gu Fengxiang, the largest capitalists in Northwest China, is only a fraction of Jiang Dingwen's. It shows that it is greedy and shameless.

Although he has a wife and two concubines, and forcibly occupies the famous peony of Xi'an Peking Opera, he still looks for joy everywhere. Long-term fornication caused him to contract a serious venereal disease (Chang Kaishen sweating: You don't learn what I am good at!). ）。 Yang Huaitang, an expert in willow disease, served as a personal doctor to treat sexually transmitted diseases. Yang Huaitang was also favored because of this, and he always followed Jiang Dingwen to become the director of the military medical department, and was rumored to be a laughing stock in the army at that time. In the area of Jiyuan County on the north bank of the Yellow River, the Japanese invading army posted propaganda posters everywhere in which Jiang Dingwen was holding a beauty in one hand and a banknote in the other.

In fact, Jiang Dingwen was still very motivated in his early years, and he was brave and strategic. Especially during the Central Plains War, Jiang Ding's Ministry of Culture and Culture ran on the two lines of Longhai, Jinpu and their middle areas, and acted quickly and erratically, and was known as "General Fei". It's a pity that in the following years, he has been pampered and increasingly corrupted, and both military talent and moral character are unusable. It's similar to Liu Zhi before the Huaihai War, but Chang Kaishen likes to use such people. How can you be undefeated!

As for Towneberg. It was reasonable 42 years ago. It's just that he likes to play slippery battles the most, and when there is danger, he will get up first, and then come out to pick peaches after the friendly army and the enemy army are defeated. In addition to the Battle of Nankou, which was quite hard, the Battle of Taierzhuang. It was the bad luck of the Sichuan army Wang Mingzhang; Battle with dates. It was the Gui Army (the 174th and 189th Divisions were almost wiped out); The battle of Zaoyi. It was Zhang Zizhong's department of the Northwest Army. In short, every battle has to pull a cushion. Such a friendly general, do you dare to give him your back with confidence?

What's more, Tang Enbo is about to follow Jiang Dingwen's old path. Achievements of the famous "water, drought, locusts, soup". As a modern soldier, it is the pinnacle of being able to scourge the people of his country to such an extent. Although some scholars have verified that this soup of "water, drought, locusts, and soup" originally did not refer to Tang Enbo, but to "carpenters", that is, bandits. However, the fact that Comrade Tang was able to snatch this glorious title from the hands of the "carpenter" just illustrates the truth that "bandits are like combs, and soldiers are like grates"?

(Note: There is a saying in the folk song of central Henan that "I would rather let Wu Peifu burn and kill than let Tang Enbo be stationed", which shows the corruption of the discipline of the Tang Department.) ）

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, Zheng Weiguo shook his head and said, "Alas, it seems that the First War Zone can't be counted on. Lao Zhou, is there a way to keep Chief Wei Lihuang, or to change two people to Henan to take charge? ”

Chief of Staff Zhou said in embarrassment: "It's not that there is no way, but in this way, we will completely turn our faces with the chairman!" ”

"Hmm!" Zheng Weiguo nodded, very hesitant in his heart. Now that we have reached the critical moment of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, I am afraid that it will not be beneficial if there is internal strife, and the people of the whole country will not support it.

Chief of Staff Zhou thought for a moment and said, "General Seat, in fact, our current relationship with the First War Zone is mainly in the Zhongtiao Mountain area. Why don't you apply to the chairman of the committee and assign Zhongtiao Mountain to our World War Zone? In this case, even if there is any demon in the First War Zone, we are not afraid. ”

When Zheng Weiguo heard this, he was quite moved, and hurriedly asked, "But will the chairman agree?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou said with a smile: "It depends on whether the general seat is reluctant to spend money!" ”

Zheng Weiguo was speechless when he heard this, this kind of thing actually costs money. But after thinking about it, if Zhongtiao Mountain is in the hands of Jiang Dingwen and Tang Enbo, how can it be kept? The reason why the situation in North China is stable now has a great deal to do with the two passages of Suiyuan and Zhongtiaoshan, and once they fall, they will lose the initiative again.

After a moment of silence, Zheng Weiguo said helplessly: "Alas, spend money, spend money!" However, the handover must be completed as soon as possible, and this winter offensive must not be affected. ”

Chief of Staff Zhou nodded hurriedly.

A few days later, Wei Lihuang, the former commander of the First Theater of Operations, left Luoyang for Xi'an to take up the post of director of the General Office of the Xi'an Northwest Battalion. When he left the Luoyang Governor's Headquarters by car and headed for the railway station, he passed through the city. More than 100,000 people from all walks of life in Luoyang burned incense to send each other, and the situation was extremely enthusiastic for this anti-Japanese tiger general who had been stripped of his military power because of his outstanding military exploits.

It is said that in Luoyang, this kind of thing only happened when a Taoist of the former Qing Dynasty left office! Wei Lihuang himself also has a sense of reluctance. When his car drove out of Luoyang West Station, he ordered the driver to turn the car into the East Garden where he originally lived before leaving.

When Wei Lihuang was in charge of the First War Zone and Henan, although there were many problems, in general he made great contributions, and for the first time in history, he was transferred by Chang Kaishen, and Zhongtiao Mountain fell; The second was transferred away, and Henan fell, which shows that "the First War Zone cannot be left without defense for a day". The sixteen words "Mr. defends the Yellow River, and the Yellow River defends China" well illustrates Wei Lihuang's exploits in the early stage of the Anti-Japanese War. It's a pity that now Wei Lihuang is gone, but Jiang Dingwen and Tang Enbo are coming.

At the same time as the change of power in the First War Zone, the Second War Zone had been sharpened under the command of Zheng Weiguo, and the winter offensive had finally begun.

Jinchaji, the eastern foot of Langya Mountain, Miaogoumen stronghold.

At the end of 41, before the main force of the Japanese army was forced to withdraw from the base area, a number of strongholds were built in the hinterland of Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei as a front base for sweeping. Unlike the earthen artillery buildings in history, the number of strongholds built by the Japanese army now is small, but the scale is large. Each colony has one or more main forts. It is supplemented by a large number of sub-forts, chain forts, dark forts and watchtowers. And most of them are reinforced concrete structures, and the second ones are also made of good green bricks. There are also serpentine communication trenches and even tunnels connecting the various firing points.

Miaogoumen stronghold is one such bunker group, which consists of three main forts, seven sub-forts, twenty-four small bunkers (the kind of cement piers commonly seen in movies), and five watchtowers. Among them, the No. 1 main fort is ten stories high, on a small hill fort at Miaogou Gate, it is condescending, and you can overlook the surrounding area of six or seven kilometers.

Fort No. 1 is low hills to the south and east, with a small river to the west and a small river to the north, which meet due northwest. The No. 2 and No. 3 main forts are located on the banks of these two rivers respectively, and they are stationed in a zigzag shape with the No. 1 main fort. The rest of the small and medium-sized forts and watchtowers surround the three main forts.

Because the Miaogoumen area is Laiyuan, Lingqiu, Fuping, Mancheng, Shunping, Tangxian, Quyang and other counties to and from the traffic arteries. The Japanese army took control of this area, which greatly affected the trade and troop movements in the Jin-Cha-Ji region. And the Japanese army can also use it as a base. Attack any of these seven county locations at any time. It has had a great impact on the security of the base areas. Therefore, the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region chose this place for the first battle.

According to reconnaissance, the Japanese army stationed more than 500 Japanese soldiers and the same number of puppet troops in the Miaomengou stronghold, and they were under the unified command of the brigade commander Numata Shaosa. The division was also armed with a small number of artillery. As well as poison gas.

Whew...... A group of soldiers in recoiled cotton coats was hurrying through the snow. Even though it's winter. One by one, the soldiers ran profusely and sweated. From time to time, a cloud of white gas came out of his mouth.

This is a part of the Jin-Cha-Ji Temporary First Division, and like this small army, the main force of the Temporary First Division is also quickly encircling the Miaogoumen area between the snow.

Previously, the main force of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region was organized into four temporary brigades. However, these units are scattered across four military sub-districts, and it is very difficult to mobilize them in the event of a change. The last time the Japanese army carried out a large-scale sweep, it was supposed that the four temporary brigades would have the strength to fight, but these troops were too scattered to react in the face of the sudden attack of the Japanese army. On the other hand, the Japanese army fought fast and slowly, and instead formed a situation in which more troops fought less locally, causing extremely heavy losses to the base areas.

After the end of the 41-year counter-sweep, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region learned from the pain and decided to use the Mountain Independent Division of the Second War Zone as a template to build a real fist force. This provisional division has under its jurisdiction three infantry regiments (the first, third, and fifth regiments, all of which are first-class main regiments and the foundation of the old Red Army), an artillery regiment, a cavalry battalion, an engineer battalion, a baggage battalion, and a divisional special reconnaissance brigade.

"Stop!" One of the soldiers who was walking in the front suddenly made a move, and the soldiers who followed behind quickly bent down and scattered in a battle formation.

"What's wrong? Xiao Li. "An officer crawled over with a pair of periscopes.

"Commander, there is Miaomengou in front. You see, that tower is the devil's No. 1 main fort! ”

This regiment leader's name is Xiao Yingtang, and he is the head of the third regiment. Regiment Commander Xiao was also a veteran of the Red Army, and he was a company commander in the cadre regiment during the Long March. When the main force of the Red Army crossed the Jinsha River, the cadres and regiments were ordered to seize the Kyaukpyeong ferry. Company Commander Xiao led his troops as the vanguard, rushed more than 130 miles in one go, rushed to the Jinsha River before the national army reinforcements, and then quietly solved the security team by the river and mastered the ferry. At that time, the Red 1st Army Corps crossed the river at Longjie and the Red 3rd Army Corps did not succeed in crossing the river at Hongmen.

Hearing this, Regiment Commander Xiao hurriedly picked up the periscope and observed it, and found that there was no Japanese patrol ahead, so he changed to a telescope with a larger magnification. After a little searching, a tall fort tower soon came into view.

"My goodness, this castle is really tall!" Although he had used the sand table to deduce before leaving, after seeing the real thing, Captain Xiao sighed.

The scout nodded, "Yes, it's as tall as a ten-story building!" If only the artillery could knock it down at once. ”

Head Xiao shook his head and said, "It's too far, I'm afraid I won't miss!" ”

This ten-storey blockhouse is very rare in the history of the Anti-Japanese War, and has only appeared on the Jizhong Plain. Due to the wide area of firepower radiation and the wide field of vision, the threat to the base area is extremely great. The brutal Japanese soldiers often stood on the fort tower and shot at the innocent people in the vicinity, causing the soldiers and civilians to smell the color and have to avoid it from a distance.

The soldiers also quietly surrounded them, looking at the bunkers in front of them in a daze, obviously this tall building has a great visual impact.

Captain Xiao suddenly clenched his fists. Said angrily: "Hmph, I have to pick it up today!" Pass backwards, pay attention to concealment, and go! ”

"Watch for secrecy!"

……

As the saying goes, Wangshan runs a dead horse, and although the fort tower can already be seen, it took the soldiers of the third regiment a full two hours to reach the predetermined location. It didn't take long for the 1st and 5th regiments to arrive.

Grunt...... As soon as the infantry took their positions, there was a sudden sound of wheels rolling along the mountain road. Rubber tires rolled over the snow, and from time to time a screeching sound was found. Due to the high mountains and slippery roads, the fighters had to carefully protect the gun carriage. I'm afraid that I accidentally fell into the ravine.

This is an artillery regiment directly under the 1st Division. It consisted of one field artillery battalion (eight field guns) and two mountain artillery battalions (12 mountain guns each). In this operation, except for the 1st Mountain Artillery Battalion and the 5th Regiment to provide reinforcements, the rest of the troops had to participate in the artillery bombardment of the Miaomengou stronghold, which could be described as the largest combat operation since the formation of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei artillery unit.

Tile kiln ditch. The headquarters of the 1st Division is temporarily stationed. Division commander Yang Chengwu looked at his watch. Asked, "Has the artillery regiment arrived?" ”

Chief of Staff Zheng Weishan hurriedly said: "I just contacted once. It's still on the way, and it's estimated that it will take another half an hour. ”

Senior Yang frowned slightly, and said unhappily: "How did you do it." It was an hour late! ”

Chief of Staff Zheng explained: "It's no wonder that the artillery regiment is mainly in poor road conditions. In order to avoid revealing strategic intentions, roads cannot be built in advance. If they had moved in advance, the artillery would have been vulnerable to Japanese attacks without infantry protection. ”

Division Commander Yang's face softened slightly, and he said: "In this way, while we wait for the artillery regiment, we will deploy our troops, and as soon as they are in position, we will start fighting!" ”

Political Commissar Guo Tianmin agreed: "This is the best, save time!" ”

Chief of Staff Zheng also had no opinion, and quickly put forward his own opinion, saying: "I just arrived and observed, and found that the Japanese army guarded the mountains to the south and east very strictly, but the open areas to the west and north were very relaxed. ”

Division Commander Yang snorted and sneered: "The little devil must have thought that this open land was an insurmountable natural obstacle for our army, but he didn't expect that we would have offensive weapons in hand. ”

……

Since the operational plan had already been drawn up before, now it only needs to be slightly adjusted according to the actual situation on the ground, so the deployment of the last one will be completed quickly, and only waiting for the cover of artillery fire. Half an hour later, the artillery regiment's radio finally got in touch, saying that it had set up camp near Beichengzi Village in Miaomengou and was now stepping up its position.

Division Commander Yang breathed a sigh of relief and instructed: "According to reliable information, there are two Type 94 mountain guns and four 81mm mortars in this stronghold, let them be careful!" He also quipped: "The artillery regiment is the commander's precious egg, and I can't afford to lose it." ”

Chief of Staff Zheng said with a smile: "Division commander, don't worry, the artillery regiment has already received a report on the enemy's situation, and those guys are ghostly, they won't suffer." ”

"Report, a regiment has entered the northwest attack position!"

"Report, the third regiment has entered the southeast attack position!"

"Report, the fifth regiment has entered the intended ambush location!"

……

Chief of Staff Zheng hurriedly said: "Division commander, all departments are ready, please instruct!" ”

Division Commander Yang ordered: "Attack immediately!" ”

"Yes!"

Poof, poof, poof, three red flares quickly rose into the air, drawing several exaggerated arcs.

"Fire!"

Seeing the signal, the artillery regiment, which had long been prepared, immediately opened fire. Boom Boom Boom ...... Eight 75 field guns roared angrily at the same time, and one shell after another swooped down on the Japanese pillboxes like dragons.

"Enemy attack!" The Japanese soldiers screamed and hurriedly ran towards the various firing points.

"Quick, get ready for battle!"

"Get in touch with the wing headquarters, the Chinese army is firing at us. Request tactical guidance, request tactical guidance! ”

"Ah, my legs, my legs, help me!"

"Doctor, where is the doctor, someone is wounded!"

……

In the face of the sudden shelling, the Japanese troops were suddenly in chaos. The recruits, in particular, were scared like headless flies and ran around the fortifications. However, after all, the Japanese army was strictly trained, and after a period of turmoil, the troops quickly returned to order under the restraint of officers and non-commissioned officers at all levels.

Moreover, the Japanese artillery also quickly launched a counterattack on our artillery positions. Fortunately, the position chosen by the artillery regiment was very hidden, and the field artillery had built strong bunkers, and the mountain artillery shells could not explode at all, unless the shells were fired right into the barrel, they could hardly pose any threat.

Boom Boom Boom ...... After luring out the Japanese artillery fire, the 2nd Mountain Artillery Battalion also began to counterattack. One shell after another flew accurately at the Japanese artillery positions. After only two rounds of bombardment, the Japanese artillery was dumbfounded.

Political Commissar Guo said happily: "Well fought, did you kill the little devil's artillery?" ”

Chief of Staff Zheng explained: "Not necessarily, it is also possible that the Japanese army has transferred the artillery and is waiting for us elsewhere!" ”

Senior Yang nodded and said, "Well, it's very possible!" Tell the artillerymen to be careful, but don't capsize in the gutter. ”

Boom Boom Boom ...... The artillery unit must have realized this, and the mountain artillery battalion quickly moved to another position. The field artillery battalion did not move, because the ballistics were different and there was cover cover, and the fighters decided to fire a few more rounds. If the Japanese army dares to suppress it with artillery, they will use mountain artillery to counter it, and see who can fight whom!

Japanese command.

Commander Numata Shaosa was in a hurry to jump to his feet in the telegraph room, but the call back was for them to hold out for another three days. Originally, the wing headquarters was located in Laiyuan County, and under normal circumstances, it could arrive in one day. However, it takes time for a large number of troops to move, and now the Japanese army is divided into various places, and three days is the minimum time from the completion of the assembly of troops to the preparation of war materials. If you attack with a brigade as a unit, it won't take long, but with the current situation in Jinchaji, isn't it a rush to send reinforcements to a brigade of about 1,000 people?

In desperation, the desperate Captain Numata had no choice but to command his subordinates to resist desperately. I have to admit that the stronghold of the Japanese army is really strong, and it has not collapsed after more than a dozen rounds of field artillery bombardment. If it were left in the past, the Eighth Route Army would not touch a stronghold like this at all, at most it would shoot coldly, or throw a few dead dogs to disgust the devils.

But now the Eighth Route Army has enough confidence to take this stronghold.

The battle continued into the evening, and it was getting late. From time to time, the frightened little devils fired flashes out, and from time to time they used the only remaining mortar to blast at the outside of the blockade ditch.

Under the hazy moonlight, several figures suddenly flashed, and before the Japanese army could react, the firelight flashed, and several recoilless guns had already sprayed out, directly bombarding a pillbox. The fierce explosion suddenly tore open several gaps, frightening the Japanese puppet army on the upper floor of the fort to scream.

Several puppet soldiers cried and shouted: "Don't bang, Grandpa Balu, the building is going to collapse!" ”

"Kill the devils inside, or Lao Tzu will blast you into the sky!"

……

"Grandma's, fight with the little devil!"

The desperate puppet army really burst out with courage, and while the two sides were fighting fiercely, a regiment and a battalion of soldiers rushed in and captured this sub-fort.

After opening a gap in the entire fortification group, the rest of the things were much easier, and the soldiers took grenade launchers and focused on the perforations of the surrounding pillboxes, and quickly cleared the surrounding Japanese troops. At the end of the day, there were only three Japanese troops left in the main fort. However, without the cover of the surrounding sub-forts, this big guy can't survive alone.

On the morning of the next day, after a hard battle, the 1st Division of the 3rd Regiment finally conquered the No. 1 main fort and completely annihilated the Japanese puppet army. The 5th Regiment that set up an ambush to reinforce also annihilated the Japanese army, so frightened that all the remaining reinforcements fled back. (To be continued......)