One hundred and ninety-eighth chapter Liu Hua made a plan
Chapter 198 Liu Hua makes a plan
"Baga..." Looking at the Eighth Route Army on the battlefield, which not only perished with the imperial army, the Japanese Chief of Staff gritted his teeth with hatred. "Cunning Eighth Route Army, hateful Eighth Route Army..." the Chief of Staff cursed loudly.
"Quickly, the first team will set off immediately to catch up with the fleeing civilians. We must arrest them all. Quickly..." the chief of staff shouted to the squadron leader who had just come down from the battlefield with a face covered in gunpowder smoke.
"Hi..." Seeing that the chief of staff did not blame himself for the heavy casualties of the troops, the squadron leader replied excitedly. He immediately led a reinforced team that had been reorganized and rushed towards the people at the foot of the mountain.
Without the protection of the Eighth Route Army, the unarmed people had no choice but to surrender in the face of the ferocious Japanese soldiers. As you can imagine, the 400 people at the foot of the mountain who had not yet been moved all fell into the hands of the Japanese.
"Brigadier, no, something happened..." The chief of staff took a telegram and hurriedly caught up with the brigade headquarters that was undergoing transfer. Hearing the chief of staff's shouts, Wang Nanhu and the political commissar stopped.
"What happened to make you so anxious, Chief of Staff?" the political commissar asked eagerly.
"Japs, the Japs massacred the village, and more than 400 people in Xiazhuang Township fell into the hands of the Japs..." the chief of staff replied hurriedly.
"How could this happen? The common people don't all have a company's military protection code? Also, how did the Japanese army find the hiding place of the common people?" Brigadier Wang Nanhu asked in disbelief.
"The brigade commander is protected by a company, but now all of that company, except for the first squadron, have been killed..."
"What, everyone died in battle, how could this happen..." Wang Nanhu said with shock on his face.
"There was a traitor who knew where the common people were hiding and led the way for the Japanese. The Japanese sent a reinforced squadron to encircle and suppress them... In the end, in order to cover the common people's successful breakout, the company was all killed. However, nearly half of the common people still fell into the hands of the Japanese.
In hand..."
"Damn, you're a traitor again... I'm at odds with you..." Wang Nanhu said, clenching his fists.
"Chief of Staff, where are the villagers who have been arrested now? How many defensive troops do the Japanese have?" asked the political commissar next to him.
"The Japanese captured all the villagers back to Xiazhuang Township and locked them up in our original headquarters. They were surrounded by Japanese troops from a squadron that had been crippled by the Fifth Company. More importantly, the Japanese troops released a few ordinary people to send us a message.
..." The chief of staff hesitated, not knowing what to say.
"What was said?" Wang Nanhu raised his head and asked.
"They sent a message saying that we, the Second Independent Brigade, should fight them in Xiazhuang Township. Otherwise, they would kill ten people every hour. According to the accounts of fellow villagers who escaped, they have killed dozens of people so far.
I'm a fellow countryman." The chief of staff replied with his head lowered.
"Beasts, what a bunch of beasts. Correspondent, order the fifth and sixth regiments to assemble immediately..." Wang Nanhu clenched his fists again and said.
"Wait a minute, brigade commander, what are you going to do?" Seeing Wang Nanhu in a hurry, the political commissar asked quickly.
"What can we do? Fight the devils. We can't just watch hundreds of people being killed by the devils. Otherwise, we will not be able to serve as the Eighth Route Army." Wang Nanhu threw away the hands of the political commissar and said,
"What, a decisive battle, wait a minute, brigade commander, with the two regiments we have formed due to dissatisfaction in our hands, what are we going to do to fight the devils? This is obviously a strategy set up by the devils to wipe out our independent second brigade in one fell swoop."
"Political Commissar, if we don't fight the Japanese, what can we do? We can't watch all the people being killed by them!" After hearing what the political commissar said, Wang Nanhu said angrily.
"Chief of Staff, concentrate your troops immediately, and report this matter to the division headquarters to see if the division commander and political commissar have any good ideas?" the political commissar immediately ordered.
The chief of staff looked at the political commissar and then at Wang Nanhu, wondering who to listen to.
"What are you still doing? Come on, do what the political commissar said. Also, order the reconnaissance company to quickly investigate the enemy situation around Xiazhuang Township. We must find out every soldier of the Japanese."
At the Zhangjiazhuang Headquarters of the Independent Division, Chief of Staff Li Qing hurried into the headquarters with a telegram.
"Division commander, political commissar, Wang Nanhu is in big trouble." Li Qing shouted before he entered the headquarters.
"What, Wang Nanhu is in trouble, Chief of Staff, tell me quickly, what happened?" Liu Hua asked quickly.
"Here, here is the telegram..." The chief of staff handed the two a telegram filled with words.
"What happened to Wang Nanhu? How did he let the Japanese find the hiding place of the common people..." Liu Hua said depressedly while looking at the telegram.
"Commander, don't get angry now. It's time to find a solution for them. These are hundreds of people. If something goes wrong with these hundreds of people, then all the situation they have worked so hard to open in Hebei will be scrapped.
It would be even harder to open up the situation again than reaching the sky!" The political commissar next to him looked at Liu Hua, who was about to get angry, and immediately reminded him.
"Yes, the political commissar is right, the first thing now is to rescue the hundreds of trapped people," the chief of staff also said.
"Correspondent, map of Fuping County..." Liu Hua shouted loudly.
Soon, a huge detailed map of Fuping County was placed on the large table of the headquarters. Liu Hua compared the telegram in his hand and quickly marked the enemy situation on the map. However, during the marking process,
, Liu Hua suddenly discovered a problem.
"Chief of Staff, according to general estimates, what is the maximum number of troops the Japanese army can station in a county?" Liu Hua asked with a frown.
"Division commander, generally there is one brigade in the county and one squadron in each stronghold. As far as Shanxi's troop deployment is concerned, there are about 2,000 people. What's the matter, division commander, is there any problem?" the chief of staff asked doubtfully.
"Well, look, according to their telegram, they have eliminated a reinforced squadron a few days ago. Why can the Japanese army still send 1,500 heavy troops? Where did they get so many troops? Send electricity to Wang Nanhu immediately.
Ask about this situation?" Liu Hua discovered this problem keenly.
Soon, Liu Hua received a call back from Wang Nanhu. "What did they say?" Liu Hua asked without raising his head when he saw the chief of staff walking in.
"The situation is clear to the division commander and political commissar. Brigadier Wang called back. In addition to a certain amount of Japanese troops, there are also many special agents to assist in the defense of each Japanese stronghold. As a result, almost all the Japanese troops in each stronghold have been mobilized.
"Even in the county seat, there are only less than one squadron of Japanese troops and one squadron of spies left," the chief of staff replied.
"Puppet army..." Liu Hua blurted out after hearing the word spy...
"Commander, what kind of puppet army are you talking about?" the political commissar asked quickly when he heard the word puppet army.
"Well, it's nothing. It's just a unit composed of traitorous spies, the spies the chief of staff just mentioned, a unit dedicated to working for the Japanese." Liu Hua explained casually. However, his thinking did not stop, and the pencil in his right hand
I kept painting in the county seat.
"Send a report to Wang Nanhu and ask him to allocate half of his troops and all heavy weapons to prepare to attack the county. Then, the remaining troops will lurk near Xiazhuang Township and be on standby at any time..." Liu Hua ordered.
"Encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, Commander, you want to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao..." After hearing Liu Hua's order, the political commissar next to him blurted out immediately.
"Yes, we are to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao. As long as the Japanese army returns to rescue, we will have enough troops to rescue the trapped people." Liu Hua nodded affirmatively, full of confidence.
"But, division commander, the Japanese army still has nearly two squadrons of defenders in the county town. If the siege troops want to beat them so hard that the defenders ask for help, the price will be paid..." The political commissar did not dare to continue thinking about it.
"Political Commissar, don't worry, the combat effectiveness of those agents is nothing to worry about. You will know after the results of the battle come out. Those agents are hooligans who have not been baptized by the fire of war. In addition to coming out with guns on their backs to scare ordinary people,
There is no fighting ability at all. As long as they don't take off their pants after hearing the sound of the cannon, it will be good." Liu Hua regained his relaxed mood and said jokingly.
"Haha, I hope so..." Hearing Liu Hua's sarcastic words, the political commissar and chief of staff also laughed.
Soon, Wang Nanhuran, who had been waiting anxiously, received a call back from Liu Hua at the division headquarters.
"Haha, political commissar and chief of staff, I know that the division commander has many clever ideas. It's a good idea to surround Wei and save Zhao. Why didn't I think of it at the beginning?" After reading the telegram, Wang Nanhu, who had always been frowning, also smiled.
"Brigade Commander, our attention has been on the Japanese and the common people. It is natural that we did not think of it. The division commander at the division headquarters has considered it more comprehensively. Brigadier, I will lead the troops to attack the county. You are ready to rescue the trapped people.
What do you think, ordinary people?" the political commissar suggested after reading the telegram.
"Well, you take the Fifth Regiment and the brigade artillery company. Take out all our property and let the Japanese know that our Eighth Route Army is not easy to bully. I will take the Sixth Regiment and lurk in the woods behind Xiazhuang Township. As long as the Japanese attack
Withdraw the troops and I will dispatch them." Wang Nanhu nodded and ordered.
Soon, the two men led the troops away separately. Because the political commissar Chen Revolutionary led the troops all the way over mountains and ridges and on trails, it only took 7 hours to arrive outside Fuping City.
At this time, it was almost evening, and the city gates had been closed. The desolate city walls looked even more deserted. Through the telescope, you could only see dozens of agents with rifles straddling them diagonally, gathered together in twos and threes, chatting, without a trace of anything.
Be alert. The only thing that let Chen Revolutionary and others know that this was a heavily defended county town was the muzzles of heavy and light machine guns protruding from the crenellations of the city wall.
Everyone knows that there must be a Japanese soldier hidden behind those machine guns, because the Japanese will not trust such an important weapon to those special agents without any military literacy.