my bright sword career

Chapter 123 Bah

Koizumi Xingfu planned the attack on Qixia Ridge, but what he didn't know was that at this moment, all eyes in Shanxi were fixed on Qixia Pass, a pass with a radius of only more than 20 kilometers.

As mentioned earlier, since the fall of Shanxi, except for a few dozen counties, hundreds of other counties have all fallen into the hands of the Japanese invaders.

It's just that although the Japanese occupied almost all the cities, they were limited by the lack of troops. They could only deploy limited troops in the cities, and they could only stare blankly at the vast mountainous areas and villages. This also gave Yan Xishan The Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army led by him had the opportunity to survive and develop.

By the end of the 40s, the Eighth Route Army's troops in Shanxi had reached a scale of nearly 40, which also caused extreme anxiety in the Japanese army.

Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the First Army, was already preparing a large-scale mopping up plan, but this plan has undergone some changes because of the appearance of Gao Hongming.

Eighth Route Army Headquarters
Facing the deputy chief of staff and the newly arrived Commander Liu of the 129th Division, Commander He of the 120th Division, Commander Lin of the 115th Division, and Brigadier Chen of the 386th Brigade, the deputy commander-in-chief said: " Everyone is here, so I will report to you the information I just received."

These days, according to the situation reported to us by the comrades in the intelligence department, since May 5 this year, the Japanese army has launched the largest Zaoyi battle since the Wuhan battle, and launched the Liangkou battle in Guangdong in an attempt to attack Chongqing. The government exerts military pressure.

During this period of time, the Japanese army also showed signs of carrying out large-scale raids on our bases in Shanxi and Northwest Shanxi. These days, the Japanese army has begun to gather troops on a large scale.

As far as we know, there are two Japanese divisions, 36 and 37, 8 regiments, 11 brigades and a large number of puppet troops.

Just yesterday, Hayao Tada, the commander of the North China Front, even visited Taiyuan in person. We estimate that it may have something to do with the large-scale sweep prepared by the Japanese army. Comrades, the current situation is very serious. "

The more than ten leaders present at the meeting had serious expressions, many of them frowned, and the conference room fell into silence for a long time.

This sweep is unusual. There are two divisions, eleven brigades and eight regiments, with a strength of at least [-] troops. Once the Japanese army is allowed to calmly prepare and start the sweep, things will be serious
A voice suddenly rang out, "The Japanese army cannot be prepared so easily, otherwise it will inevitably cause a devastating blow to our army and even the base areas in Northwest Shanxi, and it will also turn the efforts of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi since the Anti-Japanese War into nothing." Nothing."

The person who said this was none other than Master Liu of the 129th Division. Wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, he had a firm expression on his face.

"Right!"

At this time, Brigadier Chen of the 386th Brigade also spoke.

"As the saying goes, strike first to be strong and then suffer disaster. We cannot passively wait for the Japanese to launch an attack. Since last year, the Japanese army has blocked our base area and implemented the so-called cage policy in an attempt to trap us Starve to death.

Now they want to launch a sweep against us and wipe us out in vain, but we can't do what they want. Why don't we take the lead in launching an offensive to break their plan! "

"I think what Old Chen said makes sense."

"I think so too. Instead of being beaten passively, it is better to take the initiative."

Everyone started talking, and most of them expressed their intention to agree.

Seeing that everyone expressed their support for this intention, the deputy commander-in-chief finally made up his mind, "Okay... since everyone has this intention, I think we might as well gather all the forces we can use and attack the Japanese troops in Shanxi and Northwest Shanxi. An anti-mopping up, let the Japanese's mopping up plan stillborn!

Today, the main leaders of all the troops are here, so let's report how many troops can be dispatched from each department to participate in this anti-sweeping plan, and the deputy chief of staff will be in charge of statistics. "

Soon, the statistical results came out, and there were a total of 105 regiments reported by the ministries.

The deputy commander-in-chief couldn't help being very happy when he saw this, and blurted out: "Since there are more than a hundred regiments participating, why not call it a hundred-regiment battle. Deputy chief of staff, you should immediately draft a telegram stating our plan. Report to the central government for approval.”

Just as the deputy chief of staff was drafting the telegram, a staff officer walked in, "Report to the deputy commander, and the intelligence department came to report. Just the day before yesterday, the 41st Division of the Japanese Army had set off from Taiyuan, and now it has arrived at Qixia Pass. Soon there will be a big war.”

"Oh!"

Everyone couldn't help being taken aback. Commander Liu of the 129th Division hurriedly asked: "Which unit of the Jinsui Army is the defender stationed at Qixia Pass?"

The staff officer replied with a strange expression: "It is not the troops of the Jinsui Army that are stationed at Qixia Pass, but a local militia."

"The militia?"

The meeting room became silent again. Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and they all felt that the world was so wonderful. When did a local militia dare to resist a division of the Japanese army?

"and many more……"

Brigadier Chen of the 386th Brigade asked, "Is that militia group the Liantai County militia group? Is their head called Gao Hongming?"

The staff officer nodded again and again: "That's right...it's the Liantai County Militia Corps, and their leader is Gao Hongming."

"That's right!" Brigadier Chen slapped his thigh, and only this brave little guy dared to do such a thing.

"Old Chen, tell me what's going on." The bold-tempered 120th Division Master He hurriedly asked.

Brigadier Chen said: "I don't know much, let's talk about it, Mr. He, you just listen to it for now. This Gao Hongming was born in Liantai County, Shanxi, a well-known gentry. His ancestors were big landlords in Liantai County for several generations. His family always had money.

This Gao Hongming had a stubborn personality since he was a child. When he grew up, his father really couldn't stand it anymore and sent him to study in other places.More than half a year ago, his father went out to the countryside to do errands. On the way home, he encountered a Japanese patrol team, and the two sides clashed.

He was killed by a Japanese patrol during the conflict. After hearing the news, Gao Hongming returned to his hometown and formed a militia group, vowing to avenge his father.Just five months ago, this boy raided their headquarters while our Brigade Xinyi Regiment was fighting fiercely with the third unit of the Japanese Independent Mixed Fourth Brigade who was following them, and killed their Sakata Shintetsu, captain of the alliance, also captured the Japanese alliance flag. "

"It turned out to be this kid." Mr. He suddenly realized: "I remembered when you said that. A few months ago, Yan Laoxi held a battle in Kenanpo, and publicly exhibited the captured Japanese regiments. flag, many newspapers reported it.

At first I thought it was Lao Jiang's propaganda method again, so I didn't pay much attention to it. I didn't expect it to be true? "

"What more!"

Brigadier Chen laughed, "A few days ago, Gao Hongming actually led his militia to attack Ping'an County. Li Yunlong, the head of the independent regiment under our brigade, had some friendship with him. After hearing the news, he actually asked me to lead him to Ping'an County for help. , I almost wanted to whip him at the beginning, but after thinking about it, I asked the division headquarters and the headquarters, and I didn't expect the deputy commander to agree, and this promise is a big deal."

Having said that, he picked up the boiled water in front of him and drank it, seeing that Mr. He was angry and funny.

"Okay, you old Chen, you've learned how to play tricks, hurry up and say it."

Brigadier Chen accepted it as soon as he saw it, put down his teacup with a chuckle, and pretended to be modest and said: "Even I didn't think that Li Yunlong was just here to help, he just went to pick up things.

You guys don't know how brave this guy Gao Hongming is. He dared to attack Ping'an County while encircling and attacking Ping'an County. "

"Waiting to fight for aid?" Everyone was a little uneasy when they heard it.

What is meant by encirclement and reinforcement is a tactic that uses the enemy in the encirclement as bait to lure the enemy to come to aid, so as to eat the enemy's reinforcements.

In order to realize this kind of tactic, we can't help but need strong troops and have confidence in ourselves. Otherwise, if one is not good, it will become a dead end to encircle the spot and fight for reinforcements.

And he is a mere militia, what ability does he have to dare to use this kind of tactics?
"What happened next?" asked Mr. Lin of the 115th division who had been silent all the time.

Commander Lin of the 115th Division is not an ordinary person. He commanded the Pingxingguan victory three years ago. This battle is also known as the first direct contact between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army.

"I don't know what to say." Brigadier Chen laughed: "When Li Yunlong and the independent regiment arrived in Ping'an County, Gao Hongming's troops were fighting fiercely with a brigade of Japanese troops who came to help. One left and one right launched a general attack on the Japanese brigade.

The two defeated the Japanese army like a bamboo shoot, while Li Yunlong's independent regiment was picking up things while fighting, and waited until the brigade was encircled and wiped out.Good guy, Li Yunlong picked up more than 300 rifles, several light and heavy machine guns, and dozens of grenade grenades just by picking up trash. There were also [-] to [-] bullets. "

"Good guy... You guys have made a lot of money!" Everyone laughed.

"What is this?" Brigadier Chen said triumphantly: "After taking Ping'an County, Li Yunlong planned to say goodbye to him. Gao Hongming waved his hand and gave him all the captures of this battle. It was the arsenal of the Japanese army, which contained enough weapons and ammunition to equip a regiment."

"what?"

"Is there such a good thing?"

Everyone was in an uproar, and even Mr. Lin couldn't calm down.

There are more than 800 people in a standard regiment of the Japanese army, and it also includes at least four to six Type [-] infantry guns and dozens of light and heavy machine guns. It can be said that the [-]th Brigade has obtained so many With the latest equipment, three to four basic regiments can be expanded immediately.

"Old Liu, your 129th division has made a fortune now." Mr. He smiled enviously and said to Mr. Liu beside him.

"This is not considered a foreign fortune." Mr. Liu waved his hand, "It's just some luck."

"Our 115th division also wants to have such luck." Mr. Lin who was at the side suddenly said this, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter. Everyone did not expect that Mr. Lin, who has always been taciturn, would actually tell a bad joke.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the conference room began to ease up, the deputy commander in chief and the deputy chief of staff also secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

The always serious deputy commander also smiled and said: "You may not know that Gao Hongming not only gave Li Yunlong the equipment of a regiment, but also gave two high-power radio stations to the independent regiment and the new second regiment of the [-]th brigade. .”

"what?"

If everyone was just envious just now, this time they were a little jealous.

What is a radio station? A radio station is a combat power multiplier.

Today's Eighth Route Army is in short supply of weapons and ammunition. After all, these things can be obtained through various channels and confiscated, but the radio station is not good. No matter where this thing is placed, it is a key protection object. The first thing to do is to burn the cipher book and destroy the radio station, so although the Eighth Route Army has been dealing with the Japanese army for several years, there are still only a handful of radio stations that can be seized.

Now Gao Hongming actually gave the [-]th Brigade two high-power radio stations, which is too powerful. Not to mention the brigade commanders with red eyes, even the division commanders couldn't bear it anymore.

Mr. He, who is bold by nature, immediately said: "Old Chen, they are sending guns and radio stations, you [-] Brigade have to treat us to a good meal whatever you say today, otherwise we will never agree, everyone said yes no?"

"Yes!" The group of brigades said in unison: "Yes, let's go to Lao Chen's brigade headquarters together and ask him to treat us to a flowing water feast for three days and three nights."

"It's okay if you don't have to eat the water table, and it's okay to share two thousand [-]-type rifles with us, and twenty machine guns."

Brigadier Chen spread his hands, "Don't even think about it, you don't have a gun, you don't have a life."

"Hahaha……"

Seeing Brigadier Chen's stern look, all the division commanders and brigade commanders burst out laughing, and even Mr. Lin, who has always been stern, also smiled.

After Brigadier Chen finished speaking, he laughed too. He took out three packs of cigarettes from his pocket and threw them on the table.

"The gun is gone, but I, Old Chen, can invite you to smoke. This is also given to us by the head of the group, everyone should try it."

Mr. Liu picked up the cigarette and took a look, "Marlboro, it's actually Marlboro, it's an American product, come here, let's all try it."

These days, there are few non-smokers who are soldiers. At one time, dozens of people smoked in the meeting room, making the huge meeting room smoky.

While everyone was smoking and talking and laughing, another combat staff officer came in and said loudly: "Chief, just now our radio station received a notice from the 41st Division to Gao Hongming to persuade him to surrender."

After all, the staff officer read Koizumi Koizumi's persuasion notice.

After everyone listened quietly, the deputy commander asked, "Did that kid call you back?"

"I have answered." The staff officer replied: "Commander Gao Hongming's call back is only one word... Bah!"

(End of this chapter)