Mount Taiyue, Headquarters of the Taiyue Military Region.

Yang Dakui took a telegram and walked into the war room and reported to the brigade commander: "Brigade commander, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and Wang Ye have sent telegrams!" ”

"Really?" The brigade commander, Huo Ran, got up and asked, "What does the telegram say?" ”

"Fought a beautiful night raid." Yang Dakui said, "Occupy Shangzhuang and Yangmaozhuang in one fell swoop, and completely annihilate the two battalions of the puppet Northern Henan Security Army stationed in these two villages." ”

Speaking of this, he deliberately added: "Because the reconnaissance work of the Wolf Warrior Brigade in the early stage was done sufficiently, and the battle plan was formulated carefully enough, the entire combat operation was also very smooth, not only the two battalions of the puppet army were completely annihilated, but also the northwest Henan detachment itself had no casualties, zero casualties!" ”

"Beautiful!" The brigade commander was overjoyed when he heard this, "Well done." ”

"Well done indeed." Ma Yuan, chief of the operations section, said with a smile, "If I remember correctly, at the end of the year before last year and the friendly troops of the Second Division of the Taihang Military Region at the beginning of last year, they attacked Shangzhuang several times, but they failed to take it. ”

"You're not mistaken, there is such a thing." Chen Mingli said, "The four divisions were also fought, but the final result was the same, and they couldn't be won. ”

Ma Yuan said: "But this time, the Northwest Henan Detachment took it down effortlessly. ”

The brigade commander said: "What's so strange about this, don't look at who made it this time." ”

"It's just that there are fewer seizures." Yang Dakui said with a smile, "Shangzhuang and Yang Maozhuang only captured more than 7,000 rounds of ammunition and more than 300 Gongxian grenades. ”

"Damn, why do you have so little ammunition?" The brigade commander was dumbfounded, "It shouldn't be." ”

Ma Yuan said: "Brigade commander, this is actually not surprising, since Okamura Ningji, an old devil, came to North China and served as the commander of the North China Front, the amount of ammunition carried by the devil's puppet army has been greatly reduced, and the puppet army rarely carries more than 20 rounds of ammunition per soldier, rarely more than 200 rounds of ammunition for machine guns, and only 500 rounds of ammunition for heavy machine guns. ”

"But that's not right." The brigade commander frowned and said, "Even according to this amount of ammunition, the two battalions of the puppet Northern Henan Security Army in Shangzhuang and Yangmaozhuang should not only have seven thousand rounds of ammunition. ”

Yang Dakui glanced at the telegram again, and then said: "This matter is also said on the telegram, it is said that the devil adviser stationed in Shangzhuang and Yangmaozhuang who is responsible for guarding the ammunition secretly sold it. ”

"Resold by devils?" Ma Yuan smiled and said, "Isn't this the People's Party?" ”

Yang Dakui said: "Don't look at who these devils are mixed with all day long, the puppet Northern Henan Security Army used to be the national army?" And it is also the national army security regiment with the worst military discipline. ”

"Don't talk about these bad things." The brigade commander waved his hand and said, "The victory of the Northwest Henan Detachment in the first battle means that it has barely gained a firm foothold in North Henan, and the next thing to consider is to strive for one or two more big victories and open up the situation as soon as possible, and it is not easy to make Okamura Ningji, an old devil, alert." ”

Yang Dakui said: "I believe that Li Yunlong and they can do it." ”

"I believe it too." The brigade commander nodded.

……

Kaifeng, the headquarters of the 35th Division of the Japanese Army.

The commander of the division, Tokumatsu Shigeta, was calling the commander of the 12th Army in Jinan, Eitaro Uchiyama.

In the division of the Japanese army's theater of operations, Henan belongs to the defense area of the 12th Army, and the 35th Division stationed in Kaifeng belongs to the battle sequence of the 12th Army, so Uchiyama Eitaro is Shigeta Tokumatsu's top boss.

"Your Excellency, the disaster in Henan this year is beyond imagination." Shigeta Tokumatsu said, "Not only is the disaster in the defense area of the China Army very serious, but also the northern and eastern Henan provinces under the control of the imperial army have also lost their harvest, and the local people of China have fled in a large area, and a few towns and villages are already one out of ten." ”

"So what?" Eitaro Uchiyama said coldly, "Disaster relief is not the job of the Imperial Army."

"Hello, I understand that." Shigeta Desongton said, "The Shina tribe is a lowly race, and it should not exist in this world in the first place, so it deserves to be starved to death, but the disaster in Henan is so serious, now not only the people of Shina have no food to eat, but the imperial army and the imperial army cannot collect public food, and our division is about to run out of food." ”

"What?" Uchiyama Eitaro said angrily, "How did you 35th Division do it? ”

After a pause, Uchiyama Eitaro said again: "As early as four years ago, the base camp had already issued an order, except for the weapons and ammunition provided by the base camp, the grain and straw were all raised from the local area, why can other regions be self-sufficient in grain and straw, and even Shanxi, which is not a grain producing area, can be self-sufficient, but your 35th Division cannot be self-sufficient?" ”

"Hello." In the face of the criticism of his immediate boss, Shigeta Desong could only patiently explain, "Your Excellency Commander, in fact, the disaster situation in the entire Henan Province has not been interrupted in the past three years, and the people have fled in large numbers, and the remaining people of China who have not fled are also suing to eat wild vegetables and gnaw tree bark to barely survive, so the military rations that can be requisitioned are really limited. ”

"I see." Uchiyama Eitaro said, "But there is not much military food in Jinan, otherwise I will go to Beiping in a few days, and I will report your intelligence to Your Excellency the General, Hebei is a grain producing area, and Your Excellency the General should have a way to raise military rations for you." ”

"Hello." Shigeta Tokumatsu said, "Then I'll hang up first." ”

"Wait." Eitaro Uchiyama said, "There is another situation that you need to pay attention to. ”

After a pause, Uchiyama Eitaro said again: "I just received a notice from the Intelligence Division of the Front Army Headquarters that the Chongqing side has selected and transferred a young officer named Chu Yunfei to serve as the commander of the 89th Division. ”

"It is said that this person was born in the Jin Suijun and caused trouble for the imperial army when he was in Shanxi."

After a pause, he said: "Therefore, the intelligence department judges that after this person arrives, there is a high probability that the Chi Dianyuan Department and Zhao Xunqi Department in Sen County will be purged, so you need to pay close attention to the recruitment of Chi Zhao and the others, and you can't let them hesitate anymore, and you must restrict them to make a final decision before the New Year." ”

"Hello." Shigeta Desongton was the first to say, "Understood." ”

As soon as I hung up the phone here, I turned around and saw the chief of staff, Rishiro Shirataki, walking in.

And Rishiro Shirataki looked embarrassed, as if something bad had happened.

Sure enough, as soon as Shirataki Rishiro came in, he paused and said, "Division commander, something happened in northern Henan." ”

"Something happened in northern Henan?" Shigeta Desong frowned and asked, "Is there a recurrence on Chi Dianyuan's side?" ”

"Chi Dianyuan?" Shirataki Rishiro was stunned for a moment and said, "Uh, no, it's not Chi Dianyuan, it's Shangzhuang and Yangmaozhuang garrisoned by the Northern Henan Security Army that have been lost, and the two battalions of more than 600 soldiers of the Imperial Association Army stationed in Shangzhuang and Yangmaozhuang have only escaped from the two Imperial Cooperative Army, and the six advisors sent by the Imperial Army have also sacrificed their lives for the holy war." ”

"Shang Zhuang? Yang Maozhuang? Shigeta Tokumatsu's brow furrowed suddenly.

I originally thought that something was going on with the Chi Dianyuan Department and Zhao Xunqi Department in Sen County, but it turned out that there was a problem with Shangzhuang and Yang Maozhuang in Fukou Shenkou, could there be some kind of connection between the two?

Shirataki Rishiro asked, "Division Commander, you seem to have concerns?" ”

"It's not a concern." Shigeta Desong waved his hand and said, "It was the intelligence department of the Front Army Headquarters that just provided us with a very important piece of information, saying that the Chongqing side sent a guy named Chu Yunfei to serve as the commander of the 89th Division, and it is very likely that he came to the headquarters of Chi Dianyuan and Zhao Xunqi in Sen County. ”

"I see." Shirataki Rishiro suddenly said, "That makes sense." ”

"Makes sense?" Shigeta Tokumatsu was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Shirataki Rishiro said: "Division commander, didn't I just say that the Northern Henan Security Army in Shangzhuang and Yangmaozhuang was not completely annihilated, but two people still escaped?" ”

"According to these two men, the troops who attacked Shangzhuang were wearing gray cloth uniforms."

After a pause, he said, "And when I heard two of them talking, they claimed to be people from the 1st Brigade of Chi Dianyuan. ”

"Yaga!" Shigeta Tokumatsu frowned and said, "How can you believe this kind of nonsense? Perhaps it is not impossible that the government army of China deliberately pretended to be Chi Dianyuan's men. ”

"The commander of the division is wise." Rishiro Shirataki said, "I was just suspicious before. ”

After a pause, he said: "Combined with what the division commander just said, I can basically conclude that this matter must have been done by Chu Yunfei, whose purpose is to destroy the trust between Chi Dianyuan and the imperial army, and then prevent the imperial army from recruiting and co-opting Chi Dianyuan's department, if you can induce the imperial army to send troops to suppress Chi Dianyuan's department, it would be the best." ”

"Is that going to be the case?" Shigeta Desong said, "It didn't take too long for the intelligence department to get this information, so Chu Yunfei could get to northern Henan so quickly?" ”

Shirataki Rishiro said: "The commander of the division, you may not need Chu Yunfei to be there in person. ”

"What do you mean?" Shigeta Desong said, "Chu Yun can't fly, with only a few thousand remnants of the 89th Division, he can enter northern Henan without knowing it, and he can still take Shangzhuang Yangmaozhuang overnight?" ”

Shirataki Rishiro said: "Division commander, even if Chu Yunfei is there in person, I am afraid that it is impossible to reinvent the remnants of the 89th Division in a short period of time, yes, Chu Yunfei does have a little ability, and he also caused a lot of trouble for the 1st Army stationed in Shanxi when he was in the northwest of Shanxi, but he does not have the magical ability to turn stones into gold after all." ”

"So what?" Shigeta Tokumatsu said, "What do you think is going on?" ”

Shirataki Rishiro said: "Division commander, there is a high probability that the attack on Shangzhuang and Yangmaozhuang is the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Bandit Area, but I dare to assert that there must be some kind of cooperation between the Eighth Route Army and Chu Yunfei, in this cooperation, the Eighth Route Army can get benefits, and Chu Yunfei can realize the intention of separating the Imperial Army and Chi Dianyuan's department." ”

After a pause, Shirataki Rishiro said again: "The relationship between Chu Yunfei and the Eighth Route Army has always been good. ”

"I see." Shigeta Tokumatsu said suddenly, "That makes sense logically. ”

Shirataki Rishiro said: "Division commander, in this case, we must pay attention to it, especially the recruitment of Chi Dianyuan and Zhao Xunqi, we must also hurry up, otherwise let them form an alliance with the Eighth Route Army, or be compiled by Chu Yunfei's 89th Division, then the situation in the entire northern Henan will be reversed, and the strength of our 35th Division will not be enough." ”

"That's the problem." Shigeta Desong frowned and said, "Chi Dianyuan and Zhao Xunqi were already wavering, if we were too eager, they would probably sit on the ground. ”

Shirataki Rishiro rolled his eyes and said, "Division Commander, there is a way. ”

After a pause, he said: "Didn't Chu Yunfei team up with the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Bandit District, and the Eighth Route Army pretended to be Chi Dianyuan's department to attack Shangzhuang and Yang Maozhuang, so as to destroy the relationship between Chi Dianyuan's department and the imperial army?" We might as well make a plan and directly send Shangzhuang and Yang Maozhuang to Chi Dianyuan. ”

"Yo Si." Chongtian Desong's eyes lit up and said, "Chi Dianyuan and Zhao Xunqi's subordinates once had an agreement with the Eighth Route Army, and according to this agreement, Shangzhuang and Yang Maozhuang should belong to the Chi Dianyuan Defense Zone, so if the imperial army really gave Shangzhuang and Yang Maozhuang to Chi Dianyuan, he would definitely ask the Eighth Route Army for territory." ”

After a pause, he said, "But the Eighth Route Army will definitely not give Chi Dianyuan." ”

"Hello." Shirataki Rishiro said, "In this way, Chi Dianyuan's department and the Eighth Route Army will inevitably attack each other, as long as a conflict breaks out between the two sides, whether the Eighth Route Army wins or Chi Dianyuan's department wins, the relationship between the two families will inevitably be on the same footing, and Chi Dianyuan and Zhao Xunqi must find a backer for themselves." ”

Shigeta Desong said: "The question is, do you really think that Chi Dianyuan has the courage to attack the Eighth Route Army? ”

Shirataki Rishiro said: "Division commander, it doesn't matter whether Chi Dianyuan has the courage or not, the imperial army can help him attack the Eighth Route Army." ”

"Yo Si." Shigeta Desong's eyes lit up instantly, and he said happily, "You mean to let the Imperial Army pretend to be Chi Dianyuan's army to attack the Eighth Route Army?" That's a really good idea. ”

"So." Shirataki Rishiro said with a smile, "As long as Chi Dianyuan asks the Eighth Route Army to pass Shangzhuang, then this armed conflict between the two sides is inevitable." ”

"There's one more problem." Shigeta Desong said, "How can you be sure that Chi Dianyuan will not find Chu Yunfei as a backer?" ”

After a pause, he said, "You also said just now, Chu Yunfei and the Eighth Route Army have always had a good relationship, maybe Chu Yunfei has the ability to settle this conflict between Chi Dianyuan and the Eighth Route Army?" ”

Shirataki Rishiro smiled and waved his hand, and said: "Division commander, you have just been transferred from China, and you are not very familiar with the urine nature of the Chinese government army, if you have been in contact with the senior generals of the Chinese government army, you will definitely not have such worries, in short, Chi Dianyuan and Zhao Xunqi will never find Chu Yunfei as a backer, because by doing so, their troops will definitely be annexed by Chu Yunfei, and then lose the foundation of establishing a life in northern Henan." ”

"Yaga." Shigeta Tokumatsu cursed, "So complicated? ”

Shirataki Rishiro smiled: "If you understand the sophistication of the Shina people, it won't be so complicated." ”

"I don't have the interest or time to study their human affairs." Shigeta Desong said, "That is to say, as long as a small force is sent to attack the Eighth Route Army and provoke their conflict, then the imperial army only needs to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, waiting for Chi Dianyuan and Zhao Xunqi to take the initiative to come to us." ”

"Yes." Rishiro Shirataki nodded, "That's it." ”

"Yo Si." Shigeta Tokumatsu said happily, "Then you can hurry up and make arrangements." ”

"Hello." Rishiro Shirataki paused, turned around and went out with a saber on his shoulder.

……

The Shang family has been suppressed, and the Shang family compound has also become the headquarters of the Northwest Henan Detachment.

Moreover, Li Yunlong also planned to set up the headquarters in the Shang family compound from now on, because the Shang family compound was large enough to even fit the entire detachment, and there were ready-made fortifications such as trenches and walls outside the village.

At this moment, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo, Zhang Dabiao, and Wang Ye were sitting around the fire pit of the headquarters, discussing how to open up the situation.

As he was talking, Lao Wang walked in with a large basin of haggis.

"Lao Wang, be careful with your feet, don't fall." Li Yunlong hurriedly got up and made a gap.

Wang Ye also got up and helped Lao Wang to rack the haggis full of enamel basins to the fire pit, on which there was originally a triangular iron frame, and there were iron chains and iron hooks on the iron frame.

Tie the basin with a chain, and then hang it on the hook.

The haggis full of enamel basins had been set up above the fire.

Xing Zhiguo and Zhao Gang hurriedly added some dry firewood to the fire, and the fire suddenly burned more and more vigorously.

After a while, the haggis in the enamel basin began to bubble out, and the room began to fill the room with the rich fragrance of haggis.

"Lao Xing, where is the wotou?" Li Yunlong said again, "Quickly put the nest on the stove." ”

"Oh yes." Xing Zhiguo patted his forehead, opened an upside-down bamboo cover from the table, and took out a large pot full of cornmeal nests from the bottom, and then put them on the iron edge of the fire pit one by one.

"Sweet potatoes, roast a few more sweet potatoes." Li Yunlong completely turned into a foodie, and said, "Damn, go back to the headquarters brigade commander to entertain me with roasted sweet potatoes, it's really fragrant." ”

Zhao Gang immediately got up and went to get sweet potatoes.

"Commissar, I'll go." Wang Ye got up first.

After a while, Wang Ye took a dustpan and filled a dozen sweet potatoes.

Xing Zhiguo and Zhang Dabiao put the sweet potatoes into the fire one by one.

When I arrived, the ingredients were ready, but I couldn't have a meal for the time being, so I had a meeting.

At that moment, Li Yunlong said: "Continuing with the topic just now, how to open up the situation in the shortest possible time?" ”

After a pause, he said: "According to the consistent practice of our army, it is to seize the opportunity to win one or two battles, and it is best to eliminate a group of devils. ”

Zhao Gang said: "But the problem now is that we can't make too much noise." ”

"yes, that's where the trouble is." Zhang Dabiao said, "If there is too much movement and it attracts the attention of Okamura Ningji, an old devil, then we will be in big trouble." ”

Xing Zhiguo said: "Then let's pull out a few turrets first." ”

"It's useful to pull out a few turrets." Li Yunlong shook his head and said, "The influence is not enough, and the masses cannot be mobilized." ”

Although Xing Zhiguo's opinion was rejected, he was not unhappy, because he knew Li Yunlong's character, and Li Yunlong was right about things and not people, but he didn't approve of his suggestion.

Li Yunlong's gaze fell on Wang Ye's face.

"Xiao Wang." Li Yunlong scolded, "Why don't you keep silent? ”

Wang Ye said: "Commander, in fact, this is not a matter at all, it is actually very easy to open up the situation." ”

"What? Easy? Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang glanced at each other, and said, "Then tell me about your dog's day, how easy is it?" ”

Wang Ye said: "Suppress the anti-Japanese guerrilla corps in northern Henan!" ”

"The Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps in Northern Henan?" Li Yunlong said, "That Wang family's father and son's troops? ”

Zhao Gang said: "Xiao Wang, since this unit is called the Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps, it can be seen that it is also an anti-Japanese army, as long as it is an anti-Japanese army, it is our friendly army, and we must not kill each other." ”

"Commissar, you must not be deceived by illusions." Wang Ye said, "This anti-Japanese guerrilla corps in northern Henan, except for the devils, everyone else has fought all, in 37 years, Song Zheyuan has been beaten, and then Sun Dianying has been beaten, and then Shi Yousan has been beaten, and then Pang Bingxun has been beaten, and even secretly beat the grain transportation team of our Taihang Military Region." ”

"What?" Li Yunlong said with murderous eyes, "Beat our team? ”

"After fighting, a grain transportation team of more than 100 people were all buried alive by the father and son of the Wang family." Wang Ye said hatefully, "It's just that the father and son of the Wang family are very cunning, at that time, our Eighth Route Army was fighting with Sun Dianying and Zhu Huaibing's department, so the father and son pretended to be Sun Dianying's troops, and we didn't notice it. ”

"Damn." Li Yunlong said, "This revenge will be avenged!" ”

Wang Ye said: "Not only the blood revenge of more than 100 brothers has to be avenged, but also the revenge of millions of fathers and villagers in northern Henan, the regiment commander, political commissar, you will never imagine how many evil things the Wang family father and son, as well as this so-called anti-Japanese guerrilla corps in northern Henan, really, I don't want to say." ”

"If you don't want to say it, don't say it." Zhao Gang said in a deep voice, "So, the Wang family's father and son and this anti-Japanese guerrilla corps in northern Henan have very big grievances?" The fathers and villagers in northern Henan hate it very much? ”

Wang Ye said: "To describe it in an idiom, you can't eat its flesh and sleep its skin." ”

Zhao Gang said: "If this is the case, as long as the anti-Japanese guerrilla corps of the Wang family and his son is suppressed, we will immediately be able to win the support and support of millions of fathers and villagers in northern Henan!" Then as long as we put up the banner of recruitment, the young children of northern Henan will definitely flock to it, and the situation will be completely opened! ”

"Then it's decided!" Li Yunlong clapped his hands and said, "Destroy this anti-Japanese guerrilla corps in northern Henan." ”

After a pause, Li Yunlong said to Wang Ye again: "Xiao Wang, your wolf brigade has worked hard in the past few days, and you will find out the bottom of this anti-Japanese guerrilla corps in northern Henan as soon as possible." ”

"Regiment commander, before the main force came, we had already figured out the bottom of the anti-Japanese guerrilla corps in northern Henan." Wang Ye smiled slightly and continued, "Wang Taigong's son Wang Ying, after all, studied at the Luoyang Branch of the Central Military Academy and understands the art of war, so he made a cunning rabbit three holes, and the Northern Henan Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps has three guerrilla detachments, which are stationed in Qingliang Mountain, Dogtou Mountain and Erlang Town between the two mountains. ”

"Damn." Li Yunlong scolded, "The dog traitor is still a sperm, and he actually knows the art of war, which really makes me angry." ”

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