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January 20th.

The Great Cold.

As the old saying goes, a small cold is not a big cold, and on this day, it is almost the moment when the temperature drops to the extreme in the entire northwest and west.

A month ago, it was as if God had adapted to the situation and the heavy snow that had fallen for a team's winter counteroffensive had not completely melted, and then it had some light snow, and more snow came out one after another.

The winter is so cold that it is difficult for the snow to melt, and once it falls, it may only gradually melt away after the temperature has completely warmed up.

A detachment within the command headquarters.

Despite the warm hot kang and even a honeycomb coal stove, Kong Jie couldn't help but rub his hands together to keep warm in the extremely cold weather.

Pushing open the door of the house, a gust of cold wind blew, like a knife cutting his face, Kong Jie couldn't help but shiver, and the heat bubbled out of his mouth and nose when he spoke:

"Cen Shen of the Tang Dynasty said in his poems that the north wind swept the white grass and folded, and the wind blew the red flag and did not turn over, etc., to describe the extreme cold of the weather, I think it is nothing more than that!"

The woman on the side smiled, "After the great cold, it will be this year's Spring Festival in less than a week, Commander Kong, how did our front-line soldiers spend the Spring Festival?" Or do you still have to continue training and fighting? ”

Kong Jie turned his head to look at the woman in front of him.

It was Shen Wenyue, a war correspondent of the Eighth Route Army who still remained in the base area of the team.

Shen Wenyue's personal interview with Kong Jie has long passed.

It stands to reason that she should return to headquarters, but she has applied to stay in a team for a while.

So lately, I've been helping out in the propaganda department of a team.

Strengthen the propaganda offensive of the Eighth Route Army against Japan, and launch an offensive against the Japanese army in terms of rhetoric.

"In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, the conditions of our Eighth Route Army troops were relatively poor, and the winter was the coldest time, not to mention the New Year, it was good to be able to withstand this winter without being frozen to death."

Kong Jie rubbed his hands and said to Shen Wenyue.

"Later, the conditions were a little better, and when the winter was the coldest time, especially when it was covered with heavy snow, the frequency of our battles with the Japanese army would be reduced to a minimum, and there would be basically no large-scale operations.

With the base area relatively stable, the troops with the conditions can let the cooking class improve the food, and let the soldiers enjoy the joy of the New Year.

If there is no food condition, our cadres will still let the soldiers find a way to paste some red paper, at least to put on a little taste of the New Year. ”

Kong Jie's words were mixed with emotion: "War has never been a golden iron horse and the heroism of soldiers on the battlefield, but the sadness of the separation of wives and the destruction of families."

In this atmosphere, both our soldiers and military cadres have actually been living in a rather depressing atmosphere.

This kind of atmosphere will keep our nerves in a tense state, and if it goes on like this, it will be problematic for a long time, so it needs to be adjusted.

The spirit of revolutionary optimism that our Eighth Route Army has always preached is aimed at overcoming the difficult problem of mental tension!

Everything is for the country, everything is for faith, even if the comrades-in-arms and relatives around us fall one by one, we should continue to live with a smile for the sacrificed comrades-in-arms and brothers, and continue to work firmly with his little devil raised by a bitch! ”

Speaking of excitement, Kong Jie couldn't help but burst into foul language.

When he came back to his senses, he smiled and said to Shen Wenyue: "I'm sorry, I'm used to it, Miss Shen, let you see the joke!" ”

Shen Wenyue shook her head, her expression was mixed with Huo Ran and shock:

"Language is originally meant to express emotions, some swear words and curses, if you can most appropriately express the emotions at that time, then this is the most suitable and beautiful language!

Captain Kong, what you said is really good. ”

Hahaha –

Kong Jiele said: "Miss Shen, don't let my old comrade-in-arms Li Yunlong hear your words, otherwise this kid should be happy, and our old comrades-in-arms will count the most fragments in his mouth."

If he hears these words from you, he may touch you with two glasses with a wine bowl and call him a confidant! ”

"Commander Li is a straightforward and humorous general!" Shen Wenyue commented.

The two laughed for a moment.

The monk rushed out of the room, "Commander, I'm calling, Captain Li." ”

"Hehe, I really said that Cao Cao Cao is here, we just mentioned Li Yunlong, isn't this coming!"

Kong Jie smiled and said that he was not accompanied, and then rushed back to the communications department and answered the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Chief of Staff Xu Guoan asked with a smile: "Lao Kong, this Lao Li called again, what's the matter?" ”

Kong Jie said: "What else can it be?" Ask me to borrow a commando! ”

"So, Lao Li is ready to destroy the information of the devil's artillery test site, and he has already got it?"

"There's the brigade commander's intelligence line to help, that's for sure." Kong Jie said.

"Signal Soldiers!"

"Here!"

"Go and call Duan Peng to me"

"Yes!"

After a while, Duan Peng rushed to the headquarters, and after Kong Jie roughly explained the situation to Duan Peng, Duan Peng immediately said: "Yes, regiment commander, then I will take all the commandos to the new second regiment!" ”

Kong Jie nodded, and then asked: "Go, it's still the same sentence, you have to bring back all the soldiers of our commando team, a lot of them."

In addition, the weather is getting colder, so prepare warm clothes and supplies before you go, and don't freeze and go hungry on the road.

I'll arrange for a motorbike team to take you there, and you can save some energy on the way. ”

"Yes, thank you, Captain!" Duan Peng replied and turned to leave.

……

On the 23rd, three days before Chinese New Year's Eve.

As the New Year approaches, the hearts of the soldiers inevitably breed more joy and expectation.

It's also a time of great fighting spirit.

"Lao Kong, after these hours of preparation, we plan to attack the Japanese army's Yangguan, the combat troops in Pingbei and Hanoi's large strongholds, the materials to keep out the cold, the logistics supply after the outbreak of the battle, the evacuation channel in advance, and the reserve channel, all of which are ready.

Just wait for the final order from our headquarters. ”

Chief of Staff Xu Guoan brought news to Kong Jie.

Kong Jie nodded, and did not hesitate any longer, "Okay, notify each regiment and set off in turn according to the pre-planned time and place."

After speaking, Kong Jie greeted the monk, "Monk, prepare a car!" ”

"Yes!"

"Lao Xu, how about it, come with me for a walk?

Now the size of the troops in our area is getting bigger and bigger, not as good as before, and they can charge heartily with the soldiers with submachine guns.

We can't participate in this battle, and we can't do without our pre-war mobilization.

It is still necessary to have a few words with the fighters before the battle begins. ”

Xu Guoan said with a smile: "That's too necessary, who doesn't know how powerful your old Kong's mouth is?" After a battle mobilization, I estimate that the combat effectiveness of the fighters can be increased by an additional three percent! ”

Kong Jie laughed happily, "Hurt me again!" ”

The monk prepared a small car, which was captured during a battle against the Japanese wing, and it is said that the devil wing captain usually used it as a special vehicle for foot power.

The car drove quickly on the convenient passage leading to the regiments, and soon arrived at the first regiment's garrison.

Knowing the arrival of Kong Jie and Xu Guoan, Lei Dasheng, who is now officially the head of an independent regiment, brought the cadres to greet him.

"Old Leader, why are you here in person?"

Greeted by a group of cadres, Kong Jie strode towards the assembly place before the soldiers set off, and asked, "How are the troops gathered?" ”

"Please rest assured that all the companies have been assembled, and the baggage troops responsible for logistics and transportation are all ready.

It is estimated that the battalion commanders are doing the final reorganization and pre-war mobilization at this time, since you are here, just go and say a few words, and it is good to do it! ”

Kong Jie nodded, and while walking, he touched the sleeve of Lei Dasheng beside him, "New cotton?" ”

"No, it's warm! On such a cold day, we feel hot! Ray said with a loud laugh.

"Are the soldiers' cotton clothes in place?"

"Yes, the principle of our old independent regiment, our cadres have never forgotten, if the soldiers can't wear cotton clothes, we, who are battalion commanders and regiment commanders, will never wear them."

Lei Dasheng said loudly, and also pulled the cotton clothes on his body, and said quite proudly: "As far as the one I wear, our soldiers are a set of hands, and there are no more of them."

No matter how cold it is, it won't freeze us! ”

"Then I'm relieved!"

Kong Jie really breathed a sigh of relief, insisting on fighting in this cold weather, the biggest enemy was no longer the Japanese army, but the harsh natural environment.

This time, the battle against the strong defensive strength of the Japanese army in the northwest area of Shanxi Province was used as the target of the attack, and once the battle began, not only was the scale small, but the duration was probably not short.

It can be as little as a day or two, as much as a week or two.

Exposed to the cold weather for such a long time, the most feared thing is that the soldiers will suffer from frostbite.

This kind of non-combat attrition in the face of harsh natural conditions is the worst.

Therefore, this time, before the start of the battle, Kong Jie specifically asked the regiments to strengthen their logistics preparations before the battle.

With Kong Jie's clear request, he said:

"Cotton clothes, cotton shoes, cotton pants, cotton hats, including some camouflage suits, must be distributed to every soldier participating in the battle, in addition to guns and ammunition suitable for weight and energy bars and food for several days, ready in advance."

This is also the confidence of Kong Jie to dare to launch an attack on the Japanese stronghold in this most severe natural environment.

The soldiers had enough clothing to protect themselves from the cold, and they had enough logistics to support.

In contrast, with the outbreak of the Pacific War, there has been a shortage of logistical supplies for the army of the little devils who are fighting on two fronts.

Take the First Army stationed in Shanxi in front of us as an example, the living standards of the devils and the puppet army are not as good as in previous years.

In the past few days, the weather has become more and more cold, and the devils and puppet soldiers have even been freezing in the stronghold all day, shivering in the towns and villages.

How dare you brave the bitter cold to run to the territory of the Eighth Route Army to do something to sweep?

Under the trade-off.

This is exactly the time when the fighters take the opportunity to fight.

On the assembly site, the soldiers of each company were all in place.

When they learned that the old regiment commander Kong Jie was going to say a few words to everyone before the battle, the soldiers were all looking forward to it.

The old regiment commander Kong Jie, that is the absolute benchmark of the entire team, the name of the entire North China, and the great pride of every team of soldiers.

When Kong Jie stood on the high platform, in order to let his voice spread farther, his face was presented more clearly in front of the soldiers.

He took off the cotton hat he wore on his head, and almost shouted in the cold wind:

"Comrades, it's getting colder and colder these days, is everyone cold?"

"It's not cold—"

Seeing that the old regiment commander took off his cotton hat and spoke to everyone in the cold wind, the soldiers felt warm in their hearts!

Wearing cotton clothes and cotton hats, how can there be any coldness?

All of them replied with a roar.

Kong Jie scolded with a smile: "If you want to say that it's not cold, that's, Lao Tzu is shivering with cold at this moment!" ”

Hahaha –

The fighters laughed, and randomly regained their silence, listening to the old commander's speech.

Kong Jie continued: "It's cold, it's definitely cold, we're cold, the little devil is even colder."

In the past few years, the conditions of our team have improved, and we eat meat and wear cotton clothes.

Guess what's wrong with the little devil?

It was wearing a single coat to carry the cold, and eating with radishes and wild vegetables.

That's it, I'm afraid I can't manage two meals a day.

Let's talk about it, such little devils, we can't clean them up?

…… The weather has been even colder in the past two days, and I am looking to see that the New Year will be over in a few days.

I thought about this New Year, we have to get some new atmosphere, what is more pleasant than beating him up a year ago? ”

The soldiers laughed and shouted one by one to kill the devil!

As soon as the conversation changed, Kong Jie's words became sharper and sharper:

"So we're going to fight, give me a beating! Fight to the death!

beat his little devil to cry and shout rape, and beat his little devil to not even have a good year. ”

"Remember, comrades, in two days, let's settle all the battles!

It's the third day!

I'm still waiting for my comrades to come back from winning the battle and celebrate the New Year together! ”

"Kill, kill, kill—"

The soldiers roared in unison, and the fighting spirit ignited by Kong Jie's words became more and more high-spirited.

Finally, under the eyes of Kong Jie and Xu Guoan, Lei Dasheng, the head of the regiment, gave an order: go.

Full of white camouflage, against the backdrop of snow everywhere, like a ghostly white army, set off quickly.

Standing upright for a moment, Kong Jie and Xu Guoan got into the car again and continued to rush to the station of the Second Independent Regiment.

This time, according to the order in which each regiment departed, it was the first regiment, the second regiment, and the third regiment, and they were drawn in turn, so according to the speed of Kong Jie and his party, it was completely timely to give a speech to each regiment.

Until they arrived at the garrison of the 2nd and 3rd Regiments, they finished mobilizing with the soldiers respectively, and watched the soldiers who had gone out to fight leave.

Only then did Kong Jie and his entourage return to the detachment headquarters.

Inside the Command.

Around this operation, the military simulation sand table that presents the deployment of the two sides and the situation between the enemy and the enemy has already been prepared in advance by the staff officers.

Kong Jie, Xu Guoan, and Li Wenjie rushed back to the headquarters and took command, waiting for the battle to finally attack the Japanese stronghold......

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