It was noon fast.

After more than ten hours of fierce fighting, the Eighth Route Army had already controlled three-quarters of the neighborhood outside Taiyuan.

However, as the area of control shrank, the resistance of the Japanese army became more and more stubborn, which is also normal, because as the area of control decreased, the Japanese army's strength and firepower became more concentrated, and the defense became more powerful, and the Eighth Route Army had to pay a high price for every meter of advance.

Street fighting is like this, unless you can have an absolute advantage in firepower and wipe out the entire city at once, otherwise you can only honestly take people's lives to fill in, and then push forward inch by inch, there is no shortcut, and the Eighth Route Army can only push forward inch by inch and fill with life.

The casualty figures of the Eighth Route Army also increased dramatically.

In just over a dozen hours, nearly a thousand soldiers have already been killed or wounded.

But fortunately, Zhao Gang has already arrived in Taiyuan with a stretcher team, and the wounded can be quickly transferred to Crouching Tiger Town.

"Go out to the middle of the passage!" Zhao Gang stood at the gate of the arch that had been dredged and personally directed the traffic, "Go inside on both sides of the passage, don't crowd, don't block the road!" ”

As he was commanding, a group of ordinary people in the city came to the arch gate.

Most of these people were dressed plainly, carrying baskets with sweet potatoes, bud rice sticks, and hard-boiled eggs to eat.

The crowds of people almost blocked the gates.

Zhao Gang hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded him: "Folks, please let go, please let the city gate out." ”

"This comrade." A gray-haired old lady said, "We are all here to deliver food to the Eighth Route Army, so that the soldiers can eat enough to fight devils and kill devils." ”

"On behalf of the fighters, I thank you all."

Zhao Gang hurriedly led his father and fellow villagers aside.

After receiving several groups of people in a row, a group of soldiers came out of the arch gate.

When Zhao Gang was about to step forward to reprimand, he found that it was the telephone soldier of the former enemy headquarters, who was responsible for setting up the telephone line, and immediately swallowed back the words that were spit out of his mouth.

Establishing communications is more important than transporting the wounded and rushing supplies.

The telephone soldiers put down the telephone lines and headed for the former enemy headquarters set up in Shejitan.

By noon, the telephone lines between the enemy's headquarters before the Taiyuan Campaign and Niuwang Village, Yaotou Village, and Yuci County were connected.

"Hey, Lao Cheng? I'm Ding Wei, how are you doing? ”

"No situation, huh? It's fine if there isn't a situation, but don't be careless. ”

"You ask this? It's also going well here, and the participating departments are fighting with devils in the streets. ”

"According to the current progress, it will take five days at most, or three days at least, and we will be able to wipe out all the devils in the outer city."

"What? You said to let your 772nd regiment come to Taiyuan? That's not good, Yuci County can only be handed over to your 772nd regiment, and only by handing it over to Lao Cheng can I rest assured. ”

"Alright, that's it for now."

"I'm going to have another phone ringing here, so I'm not going to tell you."

Hanging up Cheng Shifa's phone, Ding Wei picked up another phone.

"Hey, I'm Ding Wei, oh, Chief of Staff, is there any situation over there in Yaotou Village?"

The one who dared to call was Li Xiaoxian, chief of staff of the new regiment, who led the new regiment and a battalion to guard Yaotou Village.

"What? Do you want to come to Taiyuan too? Ding Wei was not as polite as Cheng Shifa to his chief of staff, and reprimanded him with a straight face, "You make a fart and stay in Yaotou Village honestly!"

As he spoke, the phone from before suddenly rang again: "Jingle bell." ”

Ding Wei couldn't get busy, so he shouted into the war room outside: "Xiao Wang, you take the phone." ”

Wang Ye came in from the war room and grabbed the phone: "Hey, this is the former enemy headquarters in Taiyuan, where are you?" ”

"Lao Wang is me, Lao Zhang." Zhang Dabiao's voice came from the other end of the phone, and there were three points of nervousness and seven points of anger in his voice, as if something big had happened.

Wang Ye's heart suddenly sank.

Could it be that the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Army poured out?

It shouldn't be, don't you want to settle down? Don't want to be in peace?

Besides, even if the Third Brigade comes out, Zhang Dabiao may be nervous, but he will not be angry, no, no, something else must have happened.

The thought flashed, and Wang Ye said in a deep voice: "Lao Zhang, something happened in the family? ”

"Hmm." Zhang Dabiao snorted from his nostrils, gritted his teeth and said, "Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang, the two villains, took advantage of the absence of the main force of our independent regiment to attack us from behind." ”

"Damn, I know." Wang Ye's face fell.

He asked with a dark face: "Lao Zhang, how serious is the situation?" ”

Zhang Dabiao said in a deep voice: "The only brigade of the Jin Sui Army has occupied Dagu Town, Lijia Town and Heyuan County, and the 94th Brigade of the Central Army has also occupied Fu'an County and Qingyun Town!" ”

"Where's the Floating Mountain Fortress?" Wang Ye hurriedly said, "Is there anything wrong with the fortress?" ”

For the independent regiment, Heyuan County, Fu'an County, Dagu Town, Lijia Town, and Qingyun Town are not the key points, and the real key points are the Fuliang Mountain Fortress.

Because all the supplies of the Independent Regiment were hoarded in the Fuliang Mountain.

Tobacco factories, distilleries, flour mills, and other factories run by the Independent Regiment were also set up in the villages around Fuliang Mountain.

Therefore, the loss of Heyuan County, Fu'an County, Dagu Town, Lijia Town, and Qingyun Town cannot shake the foundation of the Independent Regiment, but if the Fuliangshan Fortress and the surrounding villages are lost, it will shake the foundation.

"The fortress is fine for the time being." Zhang Dabiao said, "Sun Bin has withdrawn to the fortress with the four battalions. ”

"Okay, I got it." Wang Ye said in a deep voice, "You immediately send signal soldiers back to the fortress of Fuliang Mountain, and tell Sun Bin that you must defend the fortress and the surrounding villages no matter what." ”

"Smack!" After Wang Ye finished speaking, he hung up the phone heavily.

It wasn't until he hung up the phone that Wang Ye found that he was already surrounded by people.

Not only Ding Wei has already finished making the call, but Li Yunlong, Kong Jie and Zhao Gang have all come around.

Li Yunlong's face was particularly ugly, and he said with a dark face: "Xiao Wang, Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang have done a black hand against us?" ”

"Hmm." Wang Ye nodded heavily and said, "While the main force of our independent regiment is not there, Chu Yunfei has already sent troops to seize Dagu Town, Lijia Town and Heyuan County, and Liang Gang has also sent troops to seize Qingyun Town and Fu'an County. ”

Hearing this, Ding Wei, Kong Jie, and Zhao Gang immediately gasped.

To be honest, they had already thought that Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang would not keep to themselves, and most of them would make some small moves behind their backs, but they still didn't expect the two of them to make such big moves.

The two not only occupied Heyuan County and Fu'an County,

Even Dagu Town, Qingyun Town, and Lijia Town did not let go.

The Jin Sui Army and the Central Army directly occupy most of the Fuliang Mountain base area!

"Damn, how dare they!" Li Yunlong was furious and said, "Lao Tzu, let's take the troops back!" ”

"Lao Li, don't be impulsive!" Zhao Gang hurriedly said, "Right now, the Taiyuan Battle is at a critical juncture, how can our independent regiment get out of the way?" You have to endure it! In any case, we must finish the Taiyuan Battle first! ”

"Lao Tzu can't help it." Li Yunlong said angrily, "What Lao Tzu hates the most is to stab him in the back." ”

After a pause, he said: "Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang, the two dogs, used to respect them as a man, at least they were not ambiguous in fighting devils, but now that they have attacked our independent group, they are our mortal enemies, and Lao Tzu will destroy them if he says anything!" When has our independent group suffered such a loss, eh? ”

Zhao Gang frowned and said, "But if our independent regiment leaves at this time, will it affect the entire Taiyuan Campaign?" ”

"There is definitely an impact, but it's not a big problem." At this time, Ding Wei said, "Because the outer city has been taken, and the street battle with the devils, it is enough to have our new first regiment, Lao Kong's new second regiment plus the ten main regiments of the Taiyue column, Lao Li, you better hurry up and go back with the independent regiment, don't let Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang copy your old nest." ”

"Probably not, right?" Zhao Gang said awe-inspiringly, "Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang have already seized the three towns of Heyuan County, Fu'an County and Dagu Town, and they still dare to continue to attack the Fuliang Mountain Fortress?" ”

"We can't have any illusions about the Kuomintang." Ding Wei said awe-inspiringly, "Political Commissar Zhao, you haven't experienced a ten-year civil war, you don't know what kind of thing the Kuomintang army is, when they were in Hubei, Henan, Anhui and Sichuan-Shaanxi in the past, what bad things they couldn't do?" So we must not be careless! ”

"I also support Lao Ding's opinion, Lao Li, you have to quickly lead the troops back." Kong Jie also said, "Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang are more or less a little disciplined, but what are Yan Laoxi and Chang Kaishen?" Is there anything they can't do? Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang are Chang Kaishen's students again, and they dare to disobey Chang's orders? ”

After saying this, Kong Jie said again: "If Lao Chang orders Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang to attack the fortress of Fuliang Mountain, will Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang dare to disobey the order?" I look very hanging. ”

was said by Ding Wei and Kong Jie, and Zhao Gang's heart also became bottomless.

In the final analysis, Zhao Gang did not experience the brutal civil war during the Great Revolution, nor did he fight to the death with the national army, so he couldn't imagine what the two armies would be like to fight to the death.

"Lao Ding and Lao Kong, Taiyuan will be handed over to you."

After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he turned around and walked out with the barge gun on his shoulder.

At this moment, Wang Ye suddenly said, "Wait a minute! ”

"Huh?" Including Li Yunlong, everyone's eyes looked at Wang Ye.

Facing the eyes of Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie and Zhao Gang, Wang Ye said word by word: "With our independent regiment alone, I'm afraid it will be difficult to eat Chu Yunfei's only brigade of the Jin Sui Army, and it is even more impossible to eat Liang Gang's independent 94th brigade of the Central Army at the same time. ”

"Damn, Xiao Wang, what are you talking nonsense?" Li Yunlong said angrily.

"Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang are quite capable, but in the eyes of Lao Tzu, the only brigade of the Jin Sui Army and the independent ninety-fourth brigade of the Central Army are just two pieces of meat, and they are not vulnerable at all."

Li Yunlong's words are not simple boasts.

Rather, it is a conclusion based on objective facts.

The Independent Regiment did not fight with Liang Gang's 94th Brigade of the Central Army, but the 1st Column of the Taiyue Military Region had a fight with the 94th Division of the Central Army, the predecessor of the 94th Brigade.

Therefore, even if the combat effectiveness of the 94th Independent Brigade has improved after Liang Gang took office, it is impossible for it to be the opponent of the Independent Regiment, because freezing three feet is by no means a day's cold, and the Communist Party's troops are traditionally much stronger than the Kuomintang army in terms of fighting will and discipline, and the only thing inferior to the Kuomintang army is the level of weapons and equipment.

But now, the armament of the independent regiment is no worse than that of the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army.

That's why Li Yunlong has the confidence to easily defeat Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang's troops.

"Commander, you listen to me first." Wang Ye said, "If it is one-on-one, whether it is the only brigade of Chu Yunfei's Jin Sui Army or the 94th Brigade of the Lianggang Central Army, it is impossible to be the opponent of our independent regiment, but if it is a one-on-two, my independent regiment may not be sure of victory, right?" ”

"Even if it's one against two, Lao Tzu is not false."

Li Yunlong said it was true, but his tone was obviously soft.

Because as a veteran, Li Yunlong has a clear understanding of the combat effectiveness of both sides.

Ding Wei had already heard Wang Ye's voice and said, "Xiao Wang, so you mean that the three regiments will go back?" ”

"Yes!" Wang Ye smiled cruelly, "Either you don't do it, or if you want to do it, then you can't do it, what I mean is to take this opportunity to completely dismantle the two time bombs of Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang!" ”

"At present, the situation in the northwest of Shanxi can be said to be getting clearer and clearer,"

"As time goes by, Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang will only become more and more restless."

"Then instead of waiting for them to cause us more threats and more damage in the future, it is better to eradicate them in one fell swoop with a thunderous force now."

Speaking of this, he said: "So, not only our three regiments in the northwest of Jin have to go back,"

"There are also twelve main regiments transferred by the brigade commander from the Taiyue Military Region to follow one north, and we must strive to eat Chu Yunfei's department and Liang Gang's department in the shortest possible time."

"Huh? All going north? Kong Jie was stunned and said, "What about Taiyuan?" ”

Wang Ye said in a deep voice: "It's not too late to eat Chu Yunfei and Liang Gangbu and then come back to fight Taiyuan, anyway, Taiyuan won't put on wings and fly away, there is no difference between fighting a few days earlier and fighting a few days later." ”

"You kid said it lightly." Kong Jie said dumbfounded.

"It's lucky that we can easily capture the Arch Gate this time."

"If I fight a second time, I'm afraid I won't have such good luck."

Speaking of this, Kong Jie turned his head to Ding Wei and said: "Old Ding, we can't listen to Xiao Wang this time, the Taiyuan Battle has reached this juncture, and it would be a pity to give up like this." ”

"According to what I said, it is better to send a small number of troops back first to ensure the safety of the Fuliang Mountain base area, the main force still stays in Taiyuan to continue to fight with the enemy, and after taking the inner city of Taiyuan, it is not too late to gather all the main forces to go north, and it is not too late to settle accounts with Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang, this order must not be reversed."

Zhao Gang also said: "Yes, I also think that Commander Kong is right, there are priorities, compared with the Taiyuan Campaign, the safety of the Fuliangshan Base Area is secondary, because the victory or defeat of the Taiyuan Campaign is related to the safety of the Taihang Base Area and the headquarters organs, in view of this, I support the opinion of Regiment Commander Kong, or fight Taiyuan first!" ”

Wang Ye said solemnly: "I think that to fight a war, we should concentrate our forces, first solve an enemy, and then concentrate on solving another enemy, the most taboo in fighting a war is to divide the troops, both want to fight, both want to eat, and in the end we can only miss the opportunity in vain, so the question now is, do we have the ability to solve the Japanese army in Taiyuan in a short time?" ”

"It's impossible." Ding Wei said, "The independent regiment is here, and it will take at least three days to solve the Japanese army in Taiyuan, and if the independent regiment is not there, it will only take more time." ”

Wang Ye asked again: "Then on the other hand, is it possible for us to solve Chu Yunfei and Liang Gangbu in a short period of time?" ”

Li Yunlong sneered and said: "If you really follow what Xiao Wang said, concentrating our three main regiments in the northwest of Jin Province plus the ten main regiments of the Taiyue Column, it will be a piece of cake to eat Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang's subordinates." ”

"That's it." Wang Ye said in a deep voice, "The principle of using troops is to make it easy first and then difficult. ”

Kong Jie frowned and said, "But it was not easy for us to break through the outer city of Taiyuan, so we really gave up like this?" ”

Wang Ye said in a deep voice: "Commander Kong, we can enter the outer city of Taiyuan once, we can enter the outer city of Taiyuan twice, and when we clean up Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang first, we can also enter the outer city of Taiyuan again." ”

Kong Jie still felt a little unwilling, but he didn't continue to refute, but said to Ding Wei: "Lao Ding, you are the former enemy commander-in-chief of the Taiyuan Campaign, and we all listen to you." ”

Ding Wei's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice: "Xiao Wang is right, hit Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang first!" ”

After a pause, he said: "It's just that the troops in the front block should not be in a hurry to withdraw, and they must give the devils the illusion that we are still attacking, so as not to bite us in turn and cause unnecessary losses." ”

"Yes, yes, this cannot be ignored." Li Yunlong said repeatedly, "Devils are the best at pursuit. ”

Wang Ye smiled slightly, and then said: "Head Ding, please rest assured, I will arrange the aftermath of the break." ”

"Okay, with your Xiao Wang in charge of the break, what else do I have to worry about." Ding Wei nodded, and then said, "Then let's quickly pack up and prepare to retreat." ”

"Alas, it's a pity." Zhao Gang sighed.

"Even the equipment of the bullet factory was only half dismantled."

Wang Ye persuaded him: "Political commissar, there will be opportunities in the future." ”

Zhao Gang nodded, and said: "But fortunately, the most important equipment has been dismantled and packaged, and with these equipment, a small bullet factory can be built." ”

Li Yunlong couldn't wait to return to the regiment headquarters.

Ding Wei hurriedly followed and said loudly: "Lao Li, don't worry. ”

"Can I not be in a hurry?" Li Yunlong said hatefully, "The old nest is all served." ”

The two of them talked, and gradually walked away.

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