Northern Henan.

In the morning.

"Commander."

Sun Liangcheng was heading south along the road with his remnants, lying on a cart pulled by a mule, his expression pleasant.

At the beginning and end of the procession, there were dozens of mule carts, which were full of food.

When they escaped from the position in Shimen City, the puppet army only cared about carrying weapons and some ammunition, and even the gold, silver and jewelry that Sun Liangcheng had collected and scraped were lost.

However, he escaped along the way, passing by the village and robbing it, not only to grab food, but also to rob women.

The actions of the puppet army are no better than those of devils, and sometimes even more hateful than devils.

After entering the territory of northern Henan, Sun Liangcheng and the puppet army slowed down, and the marching posture was swaggering and mighty, which can be described as extremely arrogant.

Originally, Sun Liangcheng and his puppet army, the Second Front Army, were stationed in Kaifeng, Henan Province.

Recently, he was transferred to Shimen City to fight against the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

Sun Liangcheng knows a lot about northern Henan.

There are no troops of the Eighth Route Army here, at best they are guerrillas, and there is nothing to be afraid of.

In addition, there were no Japanese troops here, and the main forces of the Japanese army were transferred to Baoding.

Therefore, Sun Liangcheng and the puppet army dared to slow down and march with a swagger, and they didn't even send out scouts.

The communications staff officer held a telegram in his hand, walked over quickly, and reported: "Commander, just now there was a call from Chief Tang, deputy commander of the First Theater of the National Army, and Chief Tang praised the commander for his courage and courage to work with the Eighth Route Army to recover Shimen City and Zhengding, and to eliminate the three divisions of the Japanese army, which is really a hero of the Chinese nation. ”

The Eighth Route Army regained Shimen City and Zhengding, the main force of the Japanese army in three divisions of the whole army in Jinju.

This epic feat, as well as the popular will of the common people, made the Nationalist Government blush.

The Nationalist Government is worried that there is no propaganda material.

After all, just relying on Principal Chang's micro-manipulation, he said that the victory of the Eighth Route Army was commanded by him.

can only deceive those low-level people.

Intellectuals who have really read books and know a little bit about politics know this very well.

The victory of the Eighth Route Army had nothing to do with the national army.

At this time, Sun Liangcheng jumped out, and immediately made the national government feel that he had propaganda materials.

After all, there is no basis for what is said, and the regular troops of the national army, the nearest national army troops from Shimen City and Zhengding, are also hundreds of kilometers away.

If Sun Liangcheng and his troops are said to be troops planted by the national army within the Japanese army.

and Sun Liangcheng's telecommunications fraud against the Japanese army, which was instructed by the Nationalist Government.

In this way, Shimen City and Zhengding were recovered by the Eighth Route Army and the National Army.

Moreover, the national army can also be said to have a great credit for the 11th, 40th, and 56th divisions of the Japanese army in Jinju.

When Sun Liangcheng and the puppet soldiers fled, they cut off the heads of several Japanese soldiers.

Took away the command saber of the Japanese Shaozo.

and Sun Liangcheng also kept the telegrams exchanged with the 11th Division of the Japanese Army and the North China Front Headquarters.

With reasonable evidence, the national army's military exploits can basically be confirmed.

It's not just those ordinary people who believe that it was Principal Chang who commanded this battle.

Even those intellectuals will have a great impression of the national army.

For the national army, referring to a deer as a horse is just a basic operation.

"Haha!" Sun Liangcheng immediately laughed when he heard this, "I didn't expect that one day, Lao Tzu would also become a national hero who fights devils." ”

"Now, who dares to scold Lao Tzu for being a dog traitor?"

The doglegs also laughed when they heard this.

"Congratulations to Commander, Congratulations to Commander, now you are going to become a celebrity."

The adjutant on the side immediately slapped him on the back.

"This is called the great calamity that will not die, and there will be blessings in the future." Sun Liangcheng said with a smile, "In the future, the brothers will follow me to the side of the national army and continue to eat and drink spicy food." ”

"I am willing to swear to follow the commander to the death!"

A group of dogs have expressed their positions.

"Haha!"

The smile on Sun Liangcheng's face was even worse.

"Commander, over there of the Eighth Route Army..."

An operational staff officer spoke solemnly.

The Eighth Route Army annihilated three Japanese divisions in Jinju.

Sun Liangcheng and the puppet army already knew.

The strength of the Eighth Route Army, they have already learned in Shimen City.

Unstoppable!

knew that the Eighth Route Army was so strong, and Sun Liangcheng would never have formed a bond with the Eighth Route Army at the beginning.

At the beginning, in order to join Wang's puppet government.

Sun Liangcheng and his puppet army troops killed the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army and some of the main forces, and made a name for the Japanese army and the Wang puppet government.

Now the Eighth Route Army is strong, and the puppet army is also afraid of the Eighth Route Army's retaliation.

"When we get to the first war zone and join the ranks of the national army, I don't believe that the Eighth Route Army will dare to deal with us?"

The adjutant snorted coldly.

"That's right!" Sun Liangcheng nodded, "The Eighth Route Army is also afraid of being accused of sabotaging the united front of the Anti-Japanese War, so it ordered the brothers to speed up. ”

"Communications staff officer, immediately call back to Commander Tang and ask Commander Tang to send troops to the Xinxiang area to meet us."

"Yes, Commander." The communications staff officer turned and left.

"Everybody speed up!"

"Move fast!"

There were puppet army officers who gave loud orders.

The pace of the puppet soldiers suddenly sped up a little.

This puppet army is considered elite, and the combat effectiveness of the main force of the national army is about the same.

It's not comparable to the procrastinating puppet army in Shanxi.

Not long after, the puppet army marched to a road flanked by dirt slopes.

After running for a while, the puppet soldiers who felt tired slowed down again.

"Commander, there's a village ahead." A puppet battalion commander ran over and reported.

"Order the brothers to go to the village to collect anti-war materials."

Sun Liangcheng immediately laughed and said:

"Lao Tzu is a hero of the Anti-Japanese War, how can the common people make the heroes of the Anti-Japanese War hungry?"

The commander of the puppet battalion laughed strangely and straightened up: "Yes!" ”

It is said to be a collection of anti-war materials, but in fact, it is a forcible robbery.

The commander of the puppet army battalion was about to turn around and lead the troops to grab food, when suddenly a sharp voice sounded in the sky.

Hearing this voice, the puppet battalion commander's expression was stunned at first, and then his face changed greatly.

"Shelling!"

"Commander, be careful!"

The puppet battalion commander threw Sun Liangcheng out of the mule cart at once.

The next second.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Accompanied by the roaring and rumbling cannons, dense explosions rose in the formation of the puppet army, and the screams rang out.

The puppet soldiers could only fall to the ground in panic to avoid the shelling.

Ambushed!

The sudden shelling made Sun Liangcheng and the puppet army change their faces one after another.

Five minutes after the shelling, there was an overwhelming shout of killing.

As soon as the puppet soldiers came to their senses, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who were all over the mountains had already charged forward.

These soldiers of the Eighth Route Army all wore steel helmets and were armed with semi-automatic rifles or submachine guns.

A fierce look.

It is obviously the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

"Shoot or kill!"

The puppet soldiers were about to resist, and there was a sound of guns not killing around.

Dozens of puppet soldiers carrying guns were beaten into a sieve in an instant.

The rest of the puppet soldiers had to obediently raise the guns in their hands.

Some of the puppet soldiers simply lay on the ground and pretended to be dead.

The battle lasted less than a quarter of an hour, and the new independent brigade of the regiment defeated and captured Sun Liangcheng and his puppet army.

"You are Sun Liangcheng?"

Sun Liangcheng was brought to Chu Yunfei by the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, looking at Sun Liangcheng who was fierce in front of him, Chu Yunfei asked condescendingly.

Behind Chu Yunfei, there stood Political Commissar Qin Yang, Adjutant Sun Ming, Chief of Staff Fang Ligong and others.

Everyone looked at Sun Liangcheng coldly.

"I'm Sun Liangcheng, who are you?"

Sun Liangcheng has an arrogant attitude.

"I am Chu Yunfei, the leader of the new independent brigade of the Eighth Route Army, and I am ordered to destroy you and your puppet army troops."

Chu Yunfei's tone was cold.

Hearing this, Sun Liangcheng suddenly had some confidence, and said arrogantly: "It turned out to be you!" We are the troops of the first theater of the national army, listen to the orders of Chief Tang and Chief Jiang, we are not traitors, nor puppet army, but troops of the national army! Your Eighth Route Army actually dares to openly attack friendly troops in broad daylight, aren't you Chu Yunfei afraid of being charged with sabotaging the national anti-Japanese united front? ”

Chu Yunfei's name, of course Sun Liangcheng had heard of it.

At the beginning, Chu Yunfei joined the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and also sent a notice to the whole country by telegram.

Almost at the same time, the 4th Air Brigade of the National Air Force also issued a notification.

He didn't expect that Chu Yunfei didn't follow the main force of the new regiment to fight the Japanese army.

Instead, he brought his troops to this place in northern Henan.

"Allies?"

"You deserve it too?"

Chu Yunfei's eyes narrowed, his eyes full of murderous aura.

If it weren't for the fact that Political Commissar Qin wanted to hold a public trial and shoot him, according to Chu Yunfei's temper, he would definitely shoot Sun Liangcheng with a Browning hand immediately.

"Soldiers, have backbone!"

Chu Yunfei suddenly roared, startling Sun Liangcheng:

"A traitor like you who betrays the country and defects to the enemy, everyone will be punished!"

"Take it away!"

With a wave of his hand, several soldiers armed with submachine guns immediately escorted Sun Liangcheng down.

Sun Liangcheng was shocked and frightened, and his face suddenly showed regret.

"Captain, we have finally completed the task of the regiment headquarters." Fang Ligong said.

Now the Independence Brigade is armed with all American-style equipment, and even howitzers of 105 mm caliber.

The soldiers are strong.

To deal with this puppet army, it is natural to be able to catch it.

"Immediately convene a public trial meeting, let's take Sun Liangcheng's sacrificial military flag!"

"After the public trial, the independent brigade will immediately go south, and we will go to recover Xinxiang!"

Chu Yunfei put on his gloves and spoke in a fierce tone.

When Sun Liangcheng, who was not far away, heard this, his legs weakened, and he immediately collapsed to the ground in fright.

As soon as the war in North China began, the devils sent troops from all over the country to North China, and most of the Japanese troops in northern Henan were also transferred.

At this time, Kaifeng had been recovered by the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, cutting off the retreat of the Xinxiang devils.

In fact, the 129th Division can easily recover Xinxiang.

However, in order to repay Li Yunlong's favor, Division Commander Liu gave Xinxiang to the independent brigade of the new regiment to fight.

The recovery of the military town in northern Henan is a real feat.

If it weren't for the ambush of Sun Liangcheng and his puppet army troops.

Chu Yunfei had already led his troops to Xinxiang.

There is an airport in Xinxiang, which can also be convenient for receiving food, as well as weapons and ammunition.

"Yes!"

Fang Ligong turned around and went to give the order.

……

The devils and puppet soldiers outside Zhangjiakou have been beaten out of the fear of insufficient firepower.

In the face of the overwhelming and continuous artillery fire and aerial bombs of the Eighth Route Army.

The Independent Regiment, the New Second Regiment, and the Eighth Route Army of Jinchaji took less than two days to clear the outer positions of the devils and the puppet army.

At this time, the 27th Division of the Japanese Army had not yet arrived in the area of Huailai County.

The 1st Division, the 26th Division, and the 71st Division could only constantly send troops out of the city and into positions to eat the shells of the Eighth Route Army.

In the face of the overwhelming artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army, as many devils sent out, they died.

Reimbursed at the rate of one squadron per half hour.

In fact, the devil also thought of a way to deal with the artillery units of the Eighth Route Army.

That is, the Japanese soldiers escorted the Chinese people to the position outside the city.

so that the artillery of the Eighth Route Army could not fire at the position.

But this behavior made the division commanders of the divisions and regiments stop it.

Because once the Japanese army did it on the battlefield.

The Eighth Route Army will dispatch long-range strategic bombers to bomb Tokyo, Japan.

It was not until the 27th Division was about to arrive at its designated position that the Japanese troops in the city stopped sending troops outside the city.

At this time, the three Japanese divisions had already suffered more than 15,000 casualties.

In the city of Zhangjiakou, there were about 30,000 Japanese troops.

The main force of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region was left to stare at these devils outside Zhangjiakou City.

Ding Wei and Kong Jie led the troops and went straight to Huailai County along the road.

After Huailai County, and then to the southeast over a mountainous area, it is very close to Beiping.

But.

The 27th Division of the Japanese Army had already rushed to Huailai County and entered the tunnels and anticline positions that the Japanese engineers had already built in this area.

Then, the Eighth Route Army prepared to attack.

……

"The Japanese army transferred the 27th Division from Baoding?"

Dingzhou, the headquarters of the new first regiment, Li Yunlong listened to Wang Dehou's report, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Due to the retreat of the devils, the Eighth Route Army went north from Shimen City and Zhengding, all the way as if entering a no-man's land.

Recovering many county seats.

At present, the scale of the war between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army is still far from the scale of the strategic decisive battle between the two sides of the Liberation War of more than 1 million.

That is, the combat effectiveness of the national army is relatively stretched.

The Japanese army in China has more than 1 million troops.

However, the combat effectiveness of many units of the national army is still very strong, and the soldiers of the national army also dare to fight.

But one general is incompetent, exhausting the three armies.

The incompetence of the commander-in-chief and the backwardness of tactics led to the defeat of the national army on the frontal battlefield.

"In this way, the Japanese army will only have 5 divisions and 3 brigades left in Baoding."

Zhao Gang stared at the map and analyzed:

"Plus the puppet army troops, the total strength... About 300,000 people. ”

In order to cope with the attack of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army was well prepared.

"The Japanese army with 5 divisions and 3 brigades, with a total strength of about 100,000 people, and more than 200,000 puppet troops?"

A combat staff officer asked in surprise.

The intelligence staff officer explained: "According to the intelligence, it is almost the main force of the puppet army in North China that assists the Japanese army in defending this time, including the puppet army of the North China Public Security Army and the North China Local Army, totaling more than 200,000 people. ”

"The devil has transferred the security regiment, the self-defense force, and the local garrison in North China, right?"

A combat staff officer said with a surprised expression.

"The puppet army security regiment and the garrison are also called the army?"

Li Yunlong snorted coldly, and his tone was disdainful:

"The main force of our new regiment is about 150,000, plus the main force of the Jizhong Military Region is about 60,000, and the total strength of our Eighth Route Army's South Road Attack Group is about 210,000."

"Don't look at the disadvantage of our Eighth Route Army in terms of strength, but in terms of firepower, it is more than ten times that of the devil and the puppet army combined!"

Xing Zhiguo also didn't take the puppet army seriously: "More than 200,000 puppet troops, just a rabble, were all sent to the northwest of Shanxi Province to dig coal and plant potatoes for labor reform after the war." ”

(End of chapter)