Soon, the chief of staff's words about the Eighth Route Army coming from the north were fulfilled. On March 14, the chief of staff specially allocated himself a high-power radio station and received a telegram to his little grandfather. This radio station can be used by both liaison officers, and the confidential officers are only responsible for sending and receiving them, and they translate the telegrams themselves.

After the little grandfather translated the telegram, he found himself and reported to the chief of staff: "Instructor, there is a regiment of the 18th Group Army that has recently gone to the direction of Licheng County, and it is going to pass by here, I hope there will be no misunderstanding." ”

didn't care that Agent Miao was beside him, and the chief of staff said directly: "I will arrange for a staff officer to take the radio and you to Xijing Township, and bring a few trucks and jeeps to meet you directly." In other places, I telegraphed to inform you that tomorrow in the direction of Licheng County will only be allowed to enter and not leave! I arranged for my respective villages to prepare food and lodging conditions for you, and your chief arrived and received my headquarters, and I still have something to donate to them to fight devils! Donate as much as you donate to the Sichuan Army, and donate as much as you want! ”

The little grandfather was overjoyed when he heard this, and thanked him repeatedly!

What I have been waiting for is the Eighth Route Army, how can I see and experience a battle that will leave a name in military history. Under the influence of the old chief, he was most familiar with guerrilla warfare, but he had never experienced this kind of large-scale guerrilla warfare.

On the morning of the 15th, the Eighth Route Army marched into Weiquan Village, and the number was the 769th Regiment of the 385th Brigade of the 129th Division. Their regiment commander is General Chen, a famous anti-Japanese general, who is one year younger than himself in this life, he is a major general, and he should be the deputy brigade commander. This is the general he admires the most, although he had nothing to do with him in his previous life, and he has learned many examples of his battles. The flexibility of combat and the accuracy of timing are rare in the world; What's even more rare is that people are always humble and let people. Some people say that he is a "double-faced fox", but he thinks that the Kuomintang Hu Lian is not enough to see in front of him, just "his cunning as a fox" is not right, not to say that he only needs to see the right time, his fierce and brave side!

It was almost dinner, and the little grandfather took the convoy back to Shanghuangtang Village. The Chief of Staff took the lead and welcomed them into the conference room. General Chen is not short, he is already about the same as himself. The eyes were originally not big, but they always had the feeling of smiling, and they seemed smaller; The face is chubby, as if it still has baby fat; If you look good, you just feel pleasing to the eye! It just makes people feel sincere! Saying thank you is when you open your mouth! Thank you for your support of the Eighth Route Army!

The chief of staff expressed his support for all Chinese who fight devils! All supported! Briefly introduced the identity of himself and the spy. Hand the donation list directly to General Chen. General Chen directly arranged for the staff officer to lead the team to accept it, and the chief of staff arranged for the little grandfather and the spies to carry it out. The chief of staff also introduced his own troop strength and some arrangements, and expressed the hope that there would be extensive and sincere cooperation with the Eighth Route Army. Able to help and support each other. General Chen also took advantage of the situation to preach the Communist Party's anti-Japanese policy and strategy; The common language of the soldiers, after talking, went to the war room of the chief of staff, and in front of the sand table, the chief of staff briefed General Chen on the enemy situation in Licheng County and the surrounding areas. He said that if the Eighth Route Army had combat operations, he could support two companies to cooperate in the operation and cooperate with a medical team to treat the wounded.

General Chen pondered for a moment and said, "Thank you for your strong support!" Your army is also welcome to help! The order I received was to launch an attack on Licheng County in the early hours of tomorrow morning and to block the incoming enemy from Shexian County at Dongyang Pass. See where your army can help! ”

The chief of staff thought for a while and said: "In the direction of Licheng County, we are not familiar with each other's ways of using troops, and it may be difficult to cooperate closely. Two companies can be used as a reserve for your army, or to strengthen the Dongyang Pass side. ”

"Chief of Staff Feng, what firepower does your artillery have?"

"4 120 mortars plus 4 47 field guns!"

"Haha, the chief of staff is in a big ambush, it's almost an artillery battalion."

"It's a field artillery company plus a mortar platoon!"

I can't let them continue to discuss the compilation, and the interface asked: "General Chen, how many devils from Shexian County will come?" ”

"Mr. Li, the devil of Shexian County, according to intelligence, is the strength of two squadrons, about 400 people. The limit of support should be 300 people, that is, the strength of a reinforced squadron. ”

"General Chen, Chief of Staff, I suggest that the devils who come to help from Shexian County be eaten directly, and then quickly attack the remaining devils in Shexian County! It's arranged, the whole battle should take no more than 3 hours, take Shexian County, take the capture and retreat! How about the two of you? ”

The two of them immediately became interested, and the chief of staff said: "Let's talk about it specifically!" ”

"You see, it is only 20 kilometers from Shexian to the pass, and if the enemy supports it, it must be by car, and if there are 300 people, it is about 20 cars, and it will take half an hour to reach the pass. Wait for tonight we occupy Dongyang Pass and send sappers to go forward 2,000 meters; The length of 20 cars will not exceed 300 meters, let the sappers plant explosives on the side of the road and do not move the road surface. All of them will be detonated when they enter the explosion zone, and a 10-kilogram package of high explosives explosives will be laid every ten meters, and they will be buried in the form of directional mines, well, add more than a dozen viscous gasoline bottles to each pit, what does the chief of staff think will the effect be? It was no problem to ambush our scouts plus two platoons on the north flank, and there was no problem with the design of the fighters in front of the fire. It should take no more than ten minutes from the explosion to the end of the fight! ”

The chief of staff said directly: "It is feasible, even if we can't destroy it, we will have no problem completing the blocking mission." ”

General Chen said: "300 kilograms of high explosives are needed!" ”

The chief of staff said: "Explosives are not a problem, the general is sending you a ton if he needs me." ”

General Chen said directly: "That's feasible." Works, those weapons are blown up! ”

"Haha, general, let's agree, the captured rags belong to me, and the rest belongs to you, how about it!"

"Mr. Li, atmosphere! Admire, thanks! ”

"General, Chief of Staff, we have all our vehicles ready in the pass, we will succeed in front, attack quickly, clear the road and set off for Shexian. General, we didn't help carry the seizure of Shexian County! ”

The general waved his hand and said, "That's it." ”

In the evening, a welcome banquet was held, except for no wine, everything else was not bad. After a round of slaughter of pigs and sheep, the fresh meat is not enough to make up for the salted meat, and the chief of staff has used a lot of reserves, and a regiment of the Eighth Route Army is only more than 2,500 people.

After dinner, the general accompanied a visit to a company of the Eighth Route Army. The company has not even done it with one gun per person, and it is not even as good as the Sichuan army! Even the spy was moved. The chief of staff directly arranged for 200 semi-automatic rifles with 6.8 bullets with 200,000 rounds of ammunition, 20 Browning machine guns with 7.92 rounds of ammunition and 5,000 grenades from the reserve of firearms. 20 anti-tank rifles with 5,000 rounds, 20 rocket launchers with 1,000 rounds, 4 20 anti-aircraft guns with 4,000 rounds, two jeeps with 2 large-caliber Browning machine guns with 10,000 rounds.

Direct training of instructors is arranged, and generals are also concerned about the effectiveness of new weapons. Training and live firing were conducted at an improvised range set up by the Chief of Staff. When I heard that the price of an armor-piercing bullet was worth 4 fiat currency, and the ordinary one was almost one fiat currency, I muttered incessantly, one cow flew, and three cows flew .......

The Eighth Route Army, which was able to come to the shooting range, has to be said to be the elite of the elite, and its sensitivity to firearms is more powerful than that of its own scouts. It's still my own word, and it's not included in the donation. These guys are worthy of their general's soldiers, and their general was stunned to furrow his plump brows into a little wrinkle, and his soldiers directly hit the shooting range to the sky.

The general, with his staff team, carefully inspected the damage to the steel plates, brick walls, and concrete walls set up at the shooting range. When I turned around, I told the chief of staff about the previous anti-Japanese battles, and I lamented how many great results I would have had if there was such a weapon at that time; On the one hand, he lamented that people were poor and could not fight the war of prosperity, and on the other hand, he expressed the Communist Party's anti-Japanese resoluteness; They didn't ask for a word, so the chief of staff had no choice but to push me here.

Squeeze out 3 sniper rifles from the spare and match them with some sniper-grade bullets, and let the little grandfather give them training. told the general that the firearms brought to Licheng County this time were basically the same, and let him go to Xi'an to purchase them through his superiors, and the price would be favorable.