Since the counterattack operation, the battle has been fruitful, especially the front line of the Deshi Highway in the south has been almost completely recovered. The two richest base areas in North China - central Hebei and southern Hebei - are completely connected. However, at this time, Feng Kun suddenly discovered a new Japanese army number in Tianjin-27D. The information soon reached Jizhong, and Zheng Weiguo hurriedly notified the 3rd and 4th Divisions to strengthen their vigilance, and immediately convened an emergency military meeting.

Political Commissar Cheng was puzzled: "What does 27D mean?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou explained: "If the intelligence is correct, it should refer to the enemy's 27th Division!" I checked it just now, and this number has never appeared, and it may be a unit that has just been transferred from Japan. ”

"What, one more division?" Political Commissar Cheng stood up in shock and hurriedly asked, "Is the little devil going to deal with us, or is he planning to go north to attack Jidong?" ”

Zheng Weiguo's eyebrows tightened, shook his head and said, "It's not clear for the time being, Feng Kun is still continuing to investigate." What I am worried about now is that if the enemy forces are to advance east or south, our third and fourth divisions will be in danger, and we must be prepared immediately. ”

Chief of Staff Zhou analyzed: "The Third Division has been developing for so long, and the main force can support it at any time, so there shouldn't be any big problems. But the Fourth Division has just been established, and it is separated from the main force by the Jinpu Line, once the Japanese army goes south, I am worried that the rescue will not be in a hurry! ”

Political Commissar Cheng was also anxious when he heard this, and said, "Yes! Commander, do you want to send troops to meet it immediately? Jidong also needs to be notified. ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "Well, I have already informed Zhang Changgui. Don't be in a hurry over there in Jidong. At the moment, the information is not yet accurate, so wait a little longer. ”

Political Commissar Cheng said: "Regardless of whether this information is true or not, they must be psychologically prepared!" ”

Zheng Weiguo waved his hand and said, "No! Although the uprising in eastern Hebei was successful, the base area had not yet been established, and the people's hearts were undecided. At this time, speaking out will shake the morale of the army, so it is better to slow down first. ”

Political Commissar Cheng thought for a while, nodded silently, and asked again, "What about the four divisions?" ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled bitterly: "I haven't come up with any good solutions for a while. What does the chief of staff recommend? ”

Chief of Staff Zhou walked to the map, pointed to the east of the Jinpu line, and said: "The biggest problem of the Fourth Division is that it does not have a solid base area, and I suggest concentrating forces to take one or two counties. Such. Even if the Japanese army moves south. There's nothing I can do about them for a while. ”

Zheng Weiguo hesitated, because the foundation of the fourth division is thin, it is okay if it succeeds, in case it fails. I'm afraid that there is no place to stand in the east of the Jinpu line.

However, after thinking about it, he nodded heavily. After all, the surrounding environment of the fourth division is harsh. It is impossible to develop safely and steadily, and you have to fight when you need to fight!

Political Commissar Cheng asked, "Then where exactly is the attack?" Jinghai, or Dagang? ”

Zheng Weiguo thought for a moment. said: "Send a telegram to Zhang Changgui first, and see where he thinks it is appropriate." After all, he is on the front line and knows the situation better than us. ”

Chief of Staff Zhou nodded on the side.

Zhang Changgui was also taken aback when he received the telegram, he was currently active in the areas of Qingxian, Jinghai, and Dagang, which were only 80 miles away from the urban area of Tianjin. If the Japanese army suddenly moved south, it would inevitably suffer a big loss if it was caught off guard.

He held the map and looked at it for a long time, and then carefully went through it in his mind, and finally made up his mind, and said to the correspondent: "Call back to the headquarters immediately, and say that our department has made up its mind and is ready to go south to capture Xinhai County. ”

Xinhai County, now Huanghua City, was once the capital of the Hebei-Lu border base area in history. At present, however, the Jilu border base area has not yet been established, and only the guerrilla detachment of the Jilu border area of the Eighth Route Army led by Xing Renfu is active in Yanshan County, south of the new sea. If the two armies of Xinhai are defeated, they will be able to connect one piece, so as to get rid of the dilemma of isolating Ludong.

Chief of Staff Zhou said: "It's a good one to retreat and advance, I think it's okay." What do you think of this plan? ”

"Well, I think it can! However, it is best to get the support of the Eighth Route Army on the Jilu border. Zheng Weiguo immediately agreed, and said to Political Commissar Cheng: "Old Cheng, please discuss with the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and let them include the Jilu border into our central Hebei region." ”

Political Commissar Cheng smiled and said, "Commander, such a large piece of territory is not a matter of one or two sentences. Otherwise, let's ask them to cooperate first, and we'll talk about the ownership later. ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said, "Okay!" ”

It was getting late, but they didn't have the heart to rest, so they waited for news by the telegraph. When you are idle and bored, you can do wargames on the map. It didn't take long for the telegraph to suddenly beep. Zheng Weiguo and the others hurriedly stood up, and Political Commissar Cheng was the most anxious, and hurriedly asked before he finished the translation: "Where did you send it?"

The translator hurriedly said: "Report to Deputy Commander Cheng, it's a call back from the 129th Division." ”

Commissar Cheng asked again, "What do they say?" ”

The interpreter said: "Division Commander Liu said that the Eighth Route Army had just sent two troops to the Hebei-Shandong border not long ago, so there was no problem in cooperating, but the district and its subordinate units had already been assigned to the 115th Division a few days ago, and asked us to negotiate with the 115th Division. ”

Political Commissar Cheng was stunned for a moment and said, "When did this happen?" No, you immediately send a telegram to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army to see what is going on. ”

After a telegram exchange, the matter was finally clarified. In May 38, Deputy Commander Xu of the 129th Division led his troops eastward into southern Hebei, and the border of Hebei and Lu was next to southern Hebei, and it was under the unified command of the 129th Division. In mid-July, the Eighth Route Army sent the Jinpu Detachment of the 129th Division and the 5th Detachment of the 115th Division to advance to the Jilu border. Of course, the command is still in the 129th Division, because the 5th Detachment has always been attached to the 129th Division.

But just a few days ago, Yan'an and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army decided to let the 115th Division go to Shandong for development, and the Jilu border was included in the Shandong base area. At present, Xiao Hua, political commissar of the 343rd Brigade of the 115th Division, has led the first brigade organ to set off from Shanxi, and the destination of this vanguard is the Jilu border.

Zheng Weiguo smiled helplessly and said, "Yes, let Senior Lin cut off his beard." ”

Political Commissar Cheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Then do we still want the Jilu Border Area?" ”

Zheng Weiguo replied affirmatively: "Of course!" With the Jilu Border Area, the Jinpu Line is firmly held in the palm of our hands. The pressure on the enemy on all sides of Jizhong will be greatly reduced. ”

Political Commissar Cheng had no choice but to negotiate with the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army. After some hard work, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army finally agreed to divide the area east of the Jinpu line and north of the old Yellow River into the Jizhong base area. However, when the 115th Division crossed, it needed to be provided by Jizhong, and it had to bear a certain amount of taxes and military rations every year.

At present, the main target of the Eighth Route Army is Shandong, and in contrast, the status of the Hebei and Shandong borders is much lower, and at best it is just a springboard to enter Shandong. In fact, even if Zheng Huzi didn't bring it up, the Eighth Route Army would ask them to send troops to protect the back road. Since Zheng Huzi took the initiative to "contract". The Eighth Route Army was happy to sell a favor.

After negotiating with the Eighth Route Army, Zheng Weiguo contacted the Fourth Division and asked them to step up preparations to go south, so as not to delay the opportunity. Waited until midnight. The telegraph beeped again.

The communications battalion commander personally translated the telegram. Wiping his sweat, he said, "Report." It was sent from Tianjin. ”

Zheng Weiguo and the others asked in unison, "What did the telegram say?" Read! ”

The communications battalion commander said embarrassedly: "The general seat, the deputy seat, the staff seat." That, this ......"

Political Commissar Cheng hurriedly said: "What is that, that, you are reading!" ”

The commander of the communications battalion said: "The Tianjin side informed that the information was incorrect, but the actual situation was that the Chinese garrison brigade regiment originally stationed in the Tianjin area was upgraded to the 27th Division, and the division commander was Lieutenant General Masaharu Honma, and there were rumors that the unit was about to be transferred to Central China to participate in the Battle of Wuhan. ”

As the fighting on the Wuhan front became increasingly fierce, the commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, General Yan Junliu, felt that his troops were insufficient and had to ask for help from the base camp. The base camp did not have many soldiers on hand, so it had to draw troops from other front armies. The Chinese garrison brigade was originally stationed in Tianjin, but some time ago, the newly formed 21st Division in Japan rushed to Beiping and could assist in the defense of Tianjin. The base camp wanted to transfer the Chinese garrison brigade to Central China.

For this reason, the base camp also specially upgraded the Chinese garrison brigade to the 27th Division, and Lieutenant General Masaharu Honma, former director of the Intelligence Department of the Japanese Army General Staff, served as the division commander. According to the historical trajectory, this unit was about to be transferred to the south to participate in the Battle of Wuhan, but now that the situation in eastern and central Hebei was tense, the commander of the North China Dispatch Army, Terauchi Shouichi, did not dare to release him at all. Therefore, for the time being, the number was only changed, and the troops were retained in Tianjin, but the intelligence officers mistakenly thought that there was another division.

Zheng Weiguo and Chief of Staff Zhou looked at each other, not knowing what to say, although intelligence work allowed mistakes, but this oolong did make a little bigger. Fortunately, Zheng Weiguo did not report to the eastern part of Hebei out of caution, otherwise this person would have been lost.

Political Commissar Cheng said with some annoyance: "What are you doing!" Why don't you confirm such important information? ”

Chief of Staff Zhou comforted: "Old Cheng, don't be angry. This is the case with intelligence work, and false positives are inevitable. ”

Political Commissar Cheng thought about it and was silent.

Zheng Weiguo said with a smile: "Fortunately, Lao Cheng is here, otherwise Mr. Peng would definitely think that we used false news to slander his territory." ”

Political Commissar Cheng smiled, finally thought about it, and joked: "If you want to say that, Mr. Peng is now afraid that even I will be suspicious." Then he asked, "In that case, should the operation of the four divisions be carried out?" ”

Zheng Weiguo and Chief of Staff Zhou glanced at each other and said in unison: "Yes!" "At this point, it's like an arrow on the string, and I have to send it. Although today is just a false alarm, what if the Japanese army really transfers a division tomorrow? It is not impossible to follow Japan's national strength.

Two days later, Zheng Weiguo was deducing the battle situation in eastern Ji.

"Report!" The general communications staff officer rushed to the door and saluted: "General seat, the Fourth Army Division has sent a telegram." ”

Zheng Weiguo was staring at the map with both eyes, and said without looking back: "Read!" ”

The communications staff officer hurriedly said: "Yes, the general seat!" Commander-in-Chief Jun Jian, the staff and friendly troops have besieged Xinhai County, where the Japanese army has been strongholding, since the day before yesterday, and there are eight strongholds of Lianke, and the remnants of the enemy are trapped in the county seat, and they have become a lone army. At 9 o'clock this morning, the friendly Xing Renfu division took the lead in breaking through the city, and was about to completely annihilate the enemy army, but the Japanese army in Cangxian County suddenly sent a reinforced brigade to meet the withdrawal of the remnants of the enemy in Xinhai. By the time of power generation, the entire territory of Xinhai had been restored. Zhang Changgui of the fourth division. ”

Chief of Staff Zhou smiled: "Good fight, this can be regarded as a welcome gift from us to Lieutenant General Masaharu Honma." ”

Political Commissar Cheng looked at the map and said happily: "Okay, good, the troops of the Fourth Division have finally gained a firm foothold. He smiled again: "I'm afraid that the 27th Division will not have the courage to go to Central China." ”

In Tianjin, Lieutenant General Masaharu Honma gritted his teeth and said, "Nani, another county has been robbed? Yaga, these bastards! Well, thank the Chinese army for me! If they hadn't robbed more than 20 counties, I really don't know how to defend the road. ”

It is no wonder that Lieutenant General Honma was angry, after the Chinese garrison brigade was upgraded to a division, the strength did not increase, and it was still the three wings under the previous jurisdiction. Moreover, it was necessary to defend three strategic points and more than 30 counties in Tangshan, Tianjin, and Cangzhou, and the troops of 12,000 people could not defend it at all. Fortunately, Zheng Huzi was reasonable and sent troops in time to reduce his burden. (To be continued......)

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