In the area of Qingshan Village, the news that more than 500 Japanese puppet troops were completely annihilated by the troops of the Eighth Route Army spread, setting off a silent storm.

The shock has not yet faded.

In the area of Guhe Village at the northeastern end of Zhongtiao Mountain, the troops of the Eighth Route Army fought another ambush battle and eliminated nearly 100 devils.

The sudden continuous attack of the 3rd Independent Regiment caught the little devils off guard.

The news was secretly spread in the county seat of the occupied area through Yu Ming, a patriotic reporter from Jixian County, and others.

The people who heard the news were excited.

On the other side, the troops of the Nationalist Army, who had already retreated to the south of the Yellow River, learned the news.

The mood of many officers of the national army is quite complicated.

The humiliating defeat in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain is still deeply rooted in the hearts of many shameful patriotic generals of the National Army.

As a result, tens of thousands of national troops failed to hold Zhongtiao Mountain for half a month.

The guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army were able to fight in it.

How can the gap not be ashamed?

Separate 3rd Regiment.

Temporary Command in the Mountains.

Wang Huaibao, the commander of the Third Regiment, personally met with Xie Yu, the commander of the puppet army battalion who had been captured.

This is the puppet army officer captured by Han Feng with the soldiers of the four battalions in the ambush battle in Qingshan Village, including more than 100 puppet army prisoners.

When the two sides met, Wang Huaibao behaved very politely and took the lead in introducing himself:

"Wang Huaibao, head of the Third Independent Regiment of the First Independent Detachment of the Eighth Route Army in the Northwest of Jinxi!"

"Hello sir!"

Xie Yu saluted Wang Huaibao and revealed his identity: "Xie Yu, the commander of the fifth company of the third battalion of the 27th Regiment of the Central Army!" ”

Han Feng on the side asked with a smile:

"Camp Commander Xie, this is not right, you are introducing your original identity, right? Your identity as the commander of the third battalion of the Fifth Regiment of the Imperial Allied Army was directly omitted? ”

Xie Yu's face froze, but how dare he say anything.

The young man in front of him who opened his mouth was the fierce general who captured him alive.

"Shame on my brother!"

Xie Yudai said with some embarrassment: "After the loss of Zhongtiao Mountain, most of the main force of our Central Army retreated to the south of the Yellow River, and the rest of the troops who failed to evacuate in time stayed in the Zhongtiao Mountain area to carry out guerrilla operations with the Japanese invaders. ”

"However, the Japanese army was strong and carried out sweeps back and forth, and the brothers also led their troops to resist hard, and the original team of one company fought to the last thirty or forty people."

Speaking of this, Xie Yu's words were a little sad:

"But then? I also gritted my teeth with my brothers and persevered, but the news came one after another, the company commander of a certain national army led the team to surrender, the battalion commander of a certain national army chose to disarm, and there were even higher commanders than this position. ”

"The devil saw that I led the team to resist strongly, and then sent a commander to persuade him to surrender, which is really a shame, the commander who persuaded him to surrender happened to be a battalion commander I knew, and after surrendering to the devil, he was promoted and became the commander of the Imperial Army."

"I've finally come to terms with the reality, the commanders have surrendered, what's the point of me continuing to persevere? The brothers behind him also want to live. ”

"At that time, the governor also said nicely, the curve saves the country, this is just a temporary surrender according to the meaning conveyed by the superiors in private."

"I'm just a small company commander, I don't know if my superiors have conveyed these meanings, but since the commander said so, we can only believe it!"

"In this way, I surrendered to the devil with the rest of my brothers and became the Imperial Army."

How touching these words are! It is mixed with sadness and helplessness.

It's a pity that Han Feng was not moved, and even sneered twice and said:

"I know a regimental commander of the Jin Sui Army, named Chu Yunfei, this Chu regiment commander said that a soldier should have the backbone of a soldier."

"Say a thousand things and ten thousand, you surrender to the devil and become a traitor, this is a stain that can never be washed away."

Xie Yu didn't make a sound, and was speechless at all.

Han Feng said this well, don't look at them, the surrendered national army can always find all kinds of reasons for themselves, what kind of lying salary, saving the country, pretending to meet and so on.

In the end, it is just a fig leaf for self-deception.

In the War of Resistance to Save the Nation, if you can't fight it, you can surrender, and then you can save the country with a fluttering sentence.

I am afraid that the Chinese nation will die a long time ago!

Wang Huaibao smiled, but was relieved:

"Company Commander Xie, be brave after being ashamed, the wrong things you have done cannot be washed away, and the only way is to prove yourself with more practical actions."

"I wonder what you're going to do next?"

Xie Yu was stunned and asked, "What does the chief mean?" ”

Wang Huaibao said: "Chinese do not fight Chinese, through Xie Lian Chang's words, I at least know that Xie Lian Commander is also ashamed. ”

"If Company Commander Xie leaves, we will let him go at any time, but I don't know what Company Commander Xie is going to do next?"

"Of course, continue to fight devils."

Xie Yu replied without blinking his eyes, looking at that expression was sincere, but he didn't know if it was true or not.

Wang Huaibao smiled: "If you know your mistakes, you can change them, you are very good, and the courage of Company Commander Xie is commendable!" It's just that how to get the equipment to fight devils? ”

Xie Yu choked.

Naturally, he didn't dare to expect the Eighth Route Army to return his equipment.

I don't have the face at all, and I don't have the guts to ask for it.

"In this way, the good people of our Eighth Route Army will do it to the end and send the Buddha to the west.

At present, you have rescued Company Commander Xie from the devil's hands, and Company Commander Xie doesn't have to compromise and ask for everything, what are you doing to the devil anymore.

When it was almost dusk, we escorted Company Commander Xie and you to smuggle across the Yellow River, and when we returned to the National Army and got the equipment, if Company Commander Xie really had the intention to kill the enemy, wouldn't he be able to go to the battlefield again? ”

Wang Huaibao put forward his own ideas.

Xie Yu: "......"

"Very good, looking at Company Commander Xie's expression, I also agree with this suggestion, then let's make a decision!"

Xie Yu was silent.

In the blink of an eye, it was evening.

Wang Huaibao led the soldiers to choose a river basin with a slower flow and shallower current, and sent Xie Yu and his party across the Yellow River with some civilian boats.

Looking at the back of Xie Yu and his entourage gradually disappearing into the night on the other side, Han Feng asked, "Regiment leader, do you think this Xie Yu will really lead the team back to Zhongtiao Mountain?" ”

Wang Huaibao said with a smile: "People's hearts are separated from their stomachs, who can know?" ”

Han Feng said: "But if we don't come back, won't we waste our efforts?" We helped the national army, and I guess people won't appreciate it. ”

Wang Huaibao smiled disapprovingly: "It's best if you are willing to come back, and you don't want to come back and pull it down." ”

"Let's just do what we do, contact the reporter Yu, and release the news that Xie Yu and his party crossed the Yellow River south, prepared to return to the army, and reorganized the army and horses to return to Zhongtiao Mountain."

"Oh yes, especially to bring the news to the devils and the puppet army."

"Let's just say that the puppet army that surrendered our Eighth Route Army, we all gave them freedom, and also helped them return to the national army."

"In addition, put another piece of news, just say that the puppet army that is willing to fight against the devils, our Eighth Route Army welcomes it, welcomes joint operations, and jointly resists the Japanese invaders!"

"Commander, you are a divisive plan!" Han Feng said with a smile.

Wang Huaibaole said: "The devil and the puppet army were originally at odds with each other, and they never wore a pair of pants. ”

"There are indeed many teams in the puppet army, and they are still in contact with the national army in private, and the devils have been on guard, so we might as well add another fire."

"First create public opinion, push the national army to the cusp, they are willing to fight back to Zhongtiao Mountain, if they are unwilling, at least create public opinion, and cause some pressure on the devils."

"Huh!" Han Feng replied with a smile.

……

The headquarters of the 41st Division of the Japanese army stationed in Yuncheng.

The commander of the Devil's Division, Kenichi Yamato, learned that the Nakajo Mountain troops had been ambushed by the Eighth Route Army many times, and held a military meeting to discuss the follow-up response plan.

The head of the devil's intelligence department took the lead in reporting the specific situation of these ambush battles:

"Sir, according to the feedback from the front-line reconnaissance troops, in the battles that have broken out many times in Dashu Village, Qingshan Village, Guhe Village and other places, the troops of the Eighth Route Army hiding in the Zhongtiao Mountain area have shown quite strong combat effectiveness."

"They have strong mobility ability, superb combat tactics, well-equipped, fierce firepower, and in addition, judging from the footprints that appeared at the scene, most of the troops of the Eighth Route Army are wearing mountain military boots, which are very similar to the main force of the independent regiment."

"From this, we preliminarily judged that the team that ambushed the imperial troops was the elite of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army."

This is consistent with the fact that not long ago, Kong Jie's first detachment sent troops south to reinforce Zhongtiao Mountain.

The devil continued:

"Judging from the battlefield situation, these Eighth Route Army have a large number of artillery on hand, mostly with a caliber of 60 mm or 50 mm, and there have also been 82 mm mortars commonly used by the national army."

"In addition, the bullets exhumed from the corpses of our soldiers found that in addition to the 7.92 mm bullets commonly used by the Hanyang-made in the Eighth Route Army, and the 6.5 mm bullets commonly used in the 38 type of our army, a new caliber bullet was found, which was a 7.62×63 mm rifle bullet."

Yamato Jian nodded, and said with some confusion:

"7.62mm bullet...... However, many American weapons commonly use bullets of this caliber. ”

"Could it be that the Eighth Route Army troops in Zhongtiao Mountain are still equipped with a large number of American weapons and equipment?"

The information deduced from this cast another shadow over the hearts of the Japanese officers.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, if this is the case, it means that the elite of the Eighth Route Army hiding in Zhongtiao Mountain is well-equipped, and it is already superior to the troops of our empire."

"With the help of familiarity with the mountainous environment, it will be a great disadvantage to our army."

Kenichi Yamato thought for a moment, but he didn't have an eyebrow, and raised his head and asked, "Do you have any good countermeasures?" ”

At this time, a devil staff officer spoke up and suggested:

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the troops of the Eighth Route Army are very cunning, and they are especially good at sports warfare and guerrilla warfare in the mountains."

"And our army is better at frontal attack, fighting the Eighth Route Army in the mountains, attacking the strength of the Eighth Route Army with its own shortcomings, the advantage lies in the Eighth Route Army, and the disadvantage lies in us."

"I suggest that in order to deal with the troops of the Eighth Route Army in Zhongtiao Mountain, you should find corresponding troops who are good at mountain warfare."

This suggestion was put forward, and a devil officer immediately echoed it:

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, I agree with this point of view, not long ago, Yamamoto Daisa and his special team achieved great results in operations in the mountains and forests."

"It can be seen that in order to deal with the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army, it is indeed necessary to find the corresponding combat units."

"Where to find such troops?" Kenichi Yamato asked.

The chief of staff of the devil replied: "Your Excellency the brigade commander, the Kwantung Army is the elite of the Japanese Empire, and it has been fighting against the Anti-Japanese Union for many years in the dense forests of the northeast.

Today, the anti-union guerrillas in the northeast have basically been wiped out, which shows that the Kwantung Army has rich experience in fighting in the mountainous areas and exterminating the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army.

If I can get reinforcements from them, I think I will be able to deal with the Eighth Route Army in Zhongtiao Mountain. ”

"Roar!"

Kenichi Yamato, who came back to his senses, said happily: "This is indeed a good way, so I will apply to His Excellency the Commander for an appointment." ”

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