The mountain breeze in early spring is cold and biting, the sky is full of dark clouds, and the mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is full of buildings, but it is a few joys and a few sorrows.

In the cold wind, a military train full of officers and soldiers of the 49th Army slowly drove out of Taiyuan Railway Station with loud military songs, and marched towards Shouyang along the Zhengtai Railway.

On the platform, Xie Tian withdrew his gaze from the military column, looked at Xu Shiyou beside him, and said in a deep voice: "Big brother, your 51st Army is the key to this battle, defeat Niangzi Pass, cut off the Zhengtai Line, and buy time for the 49th Army to conquer Yangquan." ”

Xu Shiyou sneered: "Niangzi Pass, if Lao Tzu doesn't take Niangzi Pass back, you don't have to say anything, I, the deputy commander-in-chief, will be dismissed on the spot." As long as there is still one person alive in our 51st Army, we will never let the little devils of North China pass through Niangzi Pass. ”

The battle of Niangzi Pass that year made Xu Shiyou still haunted him.

In order to cooperate with the Battle of Mokou, Yan Xishan mobilized Sun Lianzhong's 26th Army, the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the 115th Division and other troops to guard Niangzi Pass, with a total strength of 100,000 people in 50 regiments, and the bloody battle lasted for 22 days, but was conquered by more than 9,000 people of the 20th Division of the Devil, and more than 27,000 people were killed.

Xu Shiyou also participated in this battle that year, and cited this battle as a great shame in his life.

Through this battle, he also clearly realized the gap between the Chinese army and the Japanese army, not to mention that the Japanese army had aircraft in the sky to assist, but to say that the semi-automatic weapons in the hands of the Japanese army were also incomparable to the Eighth Route Army at that time.

To put it mildly, the Eighth Route Army at that time had nothing but a determination to die.

Now it's different, after the 386th Brigade was transferred to the 41st Group Army of the 10th Theater, Xie Tian at least equipped the weapons in the hands of each soldier, and also eliminated a large number of old Hanyang-made sleeves, and the bullet distribution also reached 50 rounds that the Eighth Route Army did not dare to hope for before.

Otherwise, where did Xu Shiyou get the confidence to talk big to Xie Tian, and to recover the shame of his mother's Guan Yixue.

Xie Tian stretched out his hand and patted Xu Shiyou's arm with a dark face and said: "Big brother, you can't fight for a while, you only have one strategic purpose in this battle, that is, to cut off the Zhengtai line, so that the devil's reinforcements can't come in, and the coal can't be transported." Niangzi Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are devils heavily defended. After several years of operation, the devil has built a lot of permanent fortifications in Niangzi Pass, and the loss is too great if it is attacked. Look for weak points, cut off the Zhengtai line first, and as for the defending enemies of Niangzi Pass, you can surround them first and slowly consume them. ”

Xu Shiyou looked at Xie Tian with a black line: "How worried are you about me?" Didn't we already make a battle plan at the combat meeting, we must save the enemy's place, encircle the point and send reinforcements, the important thing is to lead the devils from North China and Yangquan to come out to rescue Niangzi Pass. ”

Xie Tian smiled bitterly: "This will be a vicious battle, it is very important for us, and recovering Yangquan will open the door for us to enter North China, and these two doors are Niangzi Pass." ”

Xu Shiyou patted Xie Tian's arm and nodded solemnly: "I know, let's see you on the battlefield, I'll go first." ”

After that, Xu Shiyou didn't procrastinate, turned around and got into the jeep parked behind him, and walked along the platform.

Xie Tianmu sent Xu Shiyou away, exhaled and turned to the car and ordered: "Go back to the Ocean Tower." ”

Nearly 1.5 square kilometers of land in the two streets near the Dayanglou were requisitioned by the 10th Theater Command and designated as a military restricted area.

Although the big sign of the 10th Theater Command has been hung at the gate of the building, people are still accustomed to calling it a large western-style building, including Xie Tian.

The four soldiers standing guard at the gate of the headquarters saw Xie Tian's car turn in, and hurriedly stood up and saluted with guns.

According to Xie Tian's words, it is not enough to be a soldier just to be able to fight, but to be a soldier, you must have the spirit of being a soldier.

Xie Tian sat in the car and raised his hand to return the salute, about to fight, Xie Tian's mind was full of things, he just habitually gave the sentry a salute, and the car would have driven straight into the compound, but Xie Tian caught a glimpse of an unfamiliar figure in a group of people outside the cordon, and hurriedly ordered: "Stop." ”

The driver hurriedly stopped the car, and Hu Zhiyong and another guard got out of the car first, watching the people outside the cordon.

During this time, the assassination incidents that occurred around Xie Tian have accumulated to seven, all of which are Japanese pseudo-spies left by Gangmura Ningji.

Since both the military and the local government mobilized the masses to report and expose suspicious persons, more than 400 Japanese puppet sleeper spies have been arrested and a large amount of weapons and equipment have been seized in the urban area of Taiyuan alone.

It's ridiculous that he also arrested a lot of hidden agents of the Blue Coat Society of the Central Military Commander, and even the contact points in Yan'an were reported by the masses several times, but after verifying their identities, Xie Tian did not embarrass these people, and returned the equipment and released them, if you are willing to continue to lurk, then continue, it has nothing to do with me, just don't make trouble for me.

Although a lot of spies have been arrested, as long as Xie Tian appears in public, the guards around him will be highly nervous.

Xie Tianxia strode towards the people gathered outside the cordon, every day there will be a lot of people gathered in front of the headquarters, there will always be some things of one kind or another happening in such a large war zone, this is the case in peacetime, not to mention the chaos now.

Seeing Xie Tian coming over, the crowd had already begun to stir, and some people who knew Xie Tian had already shouted at the others: "This is Xie Baoqing Commander-in-Chief Xie, Commander Xie, my house was requisitioned by your troops, why is the demolition money issued to me eight oceans less than that of my neighbor Ma Laosan?" ”

"Commander Xie, my son has joined your army and hasn't said a word to his family for more than three months, can you help me check that he is still alive?"

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The staff officer on duty at the gate of the headquarters had already trotted over when he saw Xie Tian getting into the car, and Xie Tian turned around and saw him coming over and ordered: "Take a notebook and write down all the demands of these masses, find the relevant departments to verify and solve them one by one, and find time to report the results to me." ”

The staff officer hurriedly answered and took out a small book and pen from his pocket, as a staff officer, the book and pen are the equipment that must be carried with him.

Xie Tian walked straight up to a woman with a strand of gray hair on her head and asked, "Jinghao, why are you here?" Why not go in? ”

It turned out that Xie Tian ordered the stop when he saw Xu Jinghao.