The winter night of Taihang Mountain is very quiet, the cold wind blows on the window lattice, Tang Qiuli is located in the headquarters of Baoze, there is only the sound of ticking electric keys, from time to time there are staff officers come to Tang Qiuli in front of him, and hand over a telegram to him, indoors, a small stove is burning, warm as spring.

The battle order has been issued, the troops have set off, and all that remains is to wait for the news that they have arrived at the designated position, Tang Qiuli thought of the upcoming battle of Hanyuling, and he felt a little funny, when, encircling and annihilating a wing of the Japanese army, let himself be so troubled.

In the past, it was all divisions and regiments that killed the Japanese army, but now, fighting a Segu Wing, but it was like a big battle, this was a battle that even the brigade commanders couldn't lift their spirits, he finally realized that it was difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and now, even if it was one more battalion of troops, Tang Qiuli would jump up with joy.

As soon as he told his wife what he thought, Mei Ting couldn't stand up with a smile, saying that he was a nouveau riche mentality, when he first started the army, he wiped out a squadron of Japanese soldiers, weren't you so happy that you were rolling in the snow, Tang Qiuli was stunned, how do you know, you haven't been to the Northeast either? He asked his wife, and Mei Ting couldn't stop laughing, this was all her husband's own confession, and he forgot about it.

The two radio stations that had been silent, one made three long and two short ticks, and later, the other made three short and two long ticks, and the translator who was responsible for answering the telegram obviously showed a relieved expression, and he turned his head to Tang Qiuli and reported: "Division commander, the Ma Chaoyang Brigade and Jiang Yanwu Brigade have sent news, and in two hours, the troops can reach the designated position." ”

Tang Qiuli had already heard the sound of the radio, this was a pre-specified code, in order to ensure the suddenness of the battle, along the way, the two troops kept the radio silent, and when they arrived at the position two hours away from the Japanese army, the code was sent, Tang Qiuli looked at his watch and nodded approvingly.

Ma Chaoyang and Jiang Yanwu did a good job, marching in the mountains at night, an hour and a half earlier than the expected time, which can be described as a noble and fast soldier, "Order the two brigades to attack according to the original plan!" After Tang Qiuli gave the order, his mood was obviously relaxed, and the intelligence from all over the country showed that the Japanese army was still advancing steadily according to the original deployment, and there was no change in the situation, and the Seto Wing still continued to search and advance into the depths of the Hanyu Ridge, without feeling the danger approaching at all.

The atmosphere in the headquarters was obviously lively, Tang Qiuli looked at his wife working at the desk with great interest, looking at the past from his point of view, his wife's slender back, with her movements, changed graceful curves from time to time, swaying lights and shadows blurred, turning his wife's graceful posture into an Erj-frame silhouette on the wall, his heart was hot, and he had the urge to hold Mei Ting lovingly in his arms in the past.

Since entering the Taihang Mountains, there has been an endless march every day, sometimes, getting up in the middle of the night and leaving, Mei Ting is obviously haggard, but taking care of herself is more considerate than before, and it is still as lingering as when she was newly married.

The quiet breath in front of him made him feel unreal, in the depths of Taihang Mountain, an ordinary farmer's courtyard, but he was remotely controlling the battle of hundreds of thousands of people, and in an instant, the low whispers of the staff officers seemed to come from outside the sky, and there was a feeling of being in another world, Tang Qiuli was a little hazy.

There was a rush of footsteps, Yu Deshui, the director of intelligence, took a telegram, and hurriedly walked in, his face was ugly, his eyes were eagerly looking for Tang Qiuli, Tang Qiuli looked at Yu Deshui, who was usually very calm, with a slight surprise, what happened to him? He took the telegram in surprise, only read a few lines, his face instantly turned pale, and the joints of his fingers were already white because of the exertion, and he trembled slightly, and bit his lip tightly.

He shouted to Chen Feng, director of the Communications Department, "Immediately telegraph Ma Chaoyang Brigade and Yu Guanghan Brigade to terminate the Hanyuling battle plan, immediately rush to Sucheng in the south direction of Hanyuling at the fastest speed, and order Liu Chun's First Cavalry Brigade to immediately get rid of the enemy and rush to Sucheng. ”

There was a tense busyness, the staff officers were busy packing up the maps and documents, and the telegraph operators in the confidential department were busy dismantling the radio station, they didn't know what was going on, but the division commander's face was unprecedentedly ugly, and it was impossible to make the division commander so out of shape.

This telegram that Tang Qiuli had to terminate and encircle and annihilate the battle plan of the Seto Wing also made Tang Qiuli anxious and had a very bad premonition.

This is a telegram sent directly to the supreme governor by the Sucheng County Government through a special channel, "Division Commander Xunjian, according to the unified deployment, all the residents of our county have been evacuated, and the evacuation direction is the flood and Wangjiagou area, and the local troops and the county police department are responsible for escorting along the way. ”

"After a detailed investigation, the lack of people, are all residents in the area of Chengguan Town, Sucheng County, and the family background is generally good, according to the inference, they are very likely to return to their original place of residence, the situation is strict, and at the same time as ordering someone to report to the division commander, I personally led more than 500 local troops to return to catch up, county magistrate Liu Youzhi."

The matter is obvious, the common people of Sucheng are reluctant to give up their belongings, taking advantage of the darkness and the chaos of many people, they secretly run back, they only care about their own family business, but they don't know how much danger they have to bear, they go back, they will definitely fall into the hands of the Japanese, what is the outcome in the face of them?

Because of Tang Qiuli's order, the residents of the Taihang Mountain base area gradually withdrew westward, leaving the Japanese with empty cities, and the reason why they did this was that they were afraid that they would be attacked one after another, and the Japanese army could not find any trace of the independent division troops, and the Japanese would definitely be able to vent their anger on the people in the base area.

Tang Qiuli's strategy really frustrated Yamaguchi's plan, as the Japanese army gradually advanced westward, neither exchanged fire with the troops of the independent division, nor did they catch a single civilian, what was the situation in front, Yamaguchi's eyes were black, and there was a feeling of quickly hitting the fist, hitting the cotton, not working, and he was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood.

What worries Tang Qiuli the most is that according to the speed of the Japanese army's advance, Sucheng has been occupied yesterday evening, and these ordinary people run back, isn't that a sheep in the tiger's mouth?

Giving up more than 3,000 unarmed innocent people, Tang Qiuli couldn't do it, he didn't have the heart to deal with anyone, including the derelict Sucheng County Magistrate Liu Youzhi, the only hope now is that Liu Youzhi chased the people back before they entered Sucheng, and the division pointed to the fort, which was the closest to Sucheng, and desperately saved him, hoping to avoid this disaster.

I really can't bear to blame these kind, simple and somewhat selfish people, since the establishment of the Taihang Mountain base area, the iron hooves of the Japanese army have never set foot on this land, and those life and death struggles outside the mountains are very far away from them, and they can't even hear the sound of guns, they live and work in peace and contentment, and their lives are very peaceful.

More than 3,000 people returned to Sucheng without permission, the cause is very simple, that is, a man named Xu Fu, in his early years, he worked in the Japanese foreign firm in Tianjin, about seven or eight years ago, returned to his hometown Sucheng, opened a grocery store, in Sucheng is also a very prestigious person, usually a good person.

The residents of Chengguan Town, who are accustomed to living a peaceful life, have more or less complaints in their hearts about this big evacuation, Xu Fu is even more reluctant, the thoughts of the neighbors, Xu Fu also guessed, in private, there is the idea of encouraging others to run back, at first, everyone did not dare, I heard that the Japanese are very fierce, killing people is like slaughtering chickens, catching the Chinese ~ the department does not stay.

Xu Fuda disagreed, he said, "Don't listen to the empty words of the people in the county government, I have been working in the Japanese for more than four years, and there is nothing to do at all, the Japanese are polite to people, they don't bow or speak, and the notice of the county government is scaring us, so that we can move happily," said, in order to increase credibility, Xu Fu also made a few sentences in Japanese.

After the series, about 3,000 people are willing to run back to their hometowns, and the local garrison force in Sucheng, plus the police of the police station, but more than 1,800 people, have to be responsible for maintaining more than 100,000 people, where can they take care of it, and when they are discovered, they have been running for most of the day.

Liu Youzhi, the county magistrate, was struck by lightning, as an official of a considerable layer in the Taihang Mountain base area, he was very aware of the severity of the situation, dereliction of duty, dereliction of duty, and it was not an exaggeration to shoot himself a hundred times, and a tragic scene appeared in front of his eyes.

After arranging to continue the westward retreat, he took a battalion of the Sucheng County garrison and pursued them along the route he had come, and his only hope was to catch up with the common people before they entered Sucheng.

Sucheng was indeed occupied by the Japanese army, and the Japanese soldiers who burned all the way were tired of the endless burning of houses, and after entering the Taihang Mountain for a few days, not a single Chinese shadow could be seen, occupying villages and towns that were as silent as death, and there were not even items to rob.

Could it be that you can only face these buildings made of dirt and display the martial arts of the soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army? The mood of all the Japanese soldiers can only be described as monotonous and boring.

Entering Sucheng was no exception, the Japanese soldiers could not lift their spirits at all, and hastily searched the county seat, but the result was not as they expected, and they were not very active in response to the boss's order to burn the house, and hid in the empty houses to grind foreign workers.

Occupy Asuba is a wing of the Japanese army, the wing leader is called Matsushita Seiichi, he is a bloodthirsty and belligerent man in his bones, his wing, as the vanguard of the division, has not fought a battle, what he does is to set fire everywhere, Matsushita Seiichi does not mention how awkward it is, for the order of the chief of staff of Yamaguchi, in fact, it is very slanderous, the regular field wing of the Imperial Army, doing such a second-rate baggage force, is not willing to do things, do not destroy the living force of the independent division, what is the use of burning these broken houses?

Your Excellency the Chief of Staff is also too cautious, a little afraid of the chief, not quite like the soldiers of the empire under the command of such a commander, what can the troops do? Matsushita Kiyochi shook his head as he thought.