Since all the people in the entire village of Xiaolizhuang were brutally murdered, it was not until one day after the entire incident that a common person who came to visit relatives discovered something was wrong and reported the situation to the township government. Until this time,
Only then did the superiors find out that Xiaoli Village had been completely destroyed.
And on the same day, not only Xiaoli Village, but also the same two villages were also attacked. However, because the local militia did not relax their vigilance, they were not surrounded by the Japanese, but suffered heavy losses.
At the General Headquarters of the Jinyi Base Area, Liu Hua and political commissar Guan Xiangying were studying the huge map of North China in front of them, studying the development direction of their independent divisions in the new year, 1939, when suddenly, a burst of exclamation came from a telegram not far away.
The news reached the headquarters, and Liu Hua couldn't help but frowned when he heard the yelling.
"Chief of Staff, go and see what happened in the telegraph room?" Liu Hua turned to the Chief of Staff and ordered. However, before Liu Hua finished speaking, he saw the confidential staff officer of the headquarters with an angry look on his face.
I ran into the headquarters and even forgot to shout the report.
"Commander Li, what happened? What happened in such a hurry?" Liu Hua looked at the confidential staff officer in front of him with dissatisfaction and criticized.
"Yes, Commander, I know I was wrong." Confidential Staff Officer Li replied sheepishly.
"Well, just remember next time. What happened, Staff Officer Li?" Liu Hua nodded and asked.
"Commander, political commissar, something happened. The commander of the first division just sent a telegram, something happened in the first division." Speaking of the content of the telegram, Staff Officer Li's face was full of anger again, and he couldn't even speak clearly.
"Speak slowly, don't be in a hurry," Liu Hua said.
"Commander, Xiaoli Village in the first division was massacred by the Japs. All 452 people in the village were brutally murdered by the Japs. Zhouzhuang and Wangzhuang were also suddenly attacked by the Japs the day before yesterday, and suffered heavy losses.
In three villages, more than a thousand soldiers and civilians were killed in total... This is a telegram..."
"What, how is it possible... wasn't it snowed heavily the day before yesterday? Why did the little devils come out?" After hearing the words of the confidential staff member, Liu Hua asked in disbelief with shock on his face.
"Oops, Commander, we have all neglected one important thing. We only thought that the little devil had just replaced the commander, but we did not expect that more than half a month has passed. The new commander who trusted the little devil will definitely not
Let our independent division go." Although the political commissar was also shocked, he reacted immediately.
"Oh, what an oversight, what an oversight..." Liu Hua sighed, patting the table.
"Commander, now is not the time to be sad. We have to find out whether the little devil's action was unintentional or planned." The political commissar next to him saw Liu Hua's sad face and quickly reminded him.
"Yes, we must investigate clearly, notify Director Meng of the Intelligence Department, and ask him to mobilize all intelligence agents in Taiyuan to find out the purpose of the Japanese army's operation... Also, Chief of Staff, notify the three military divisions to strengthen the edges of the base area
The level of vigilance must not happen again." Liu Hua breathed a sigh of relief after issuing two orders in a row.
However, although an order was issued to strengthen security at the edge of the base area, the attacks by the Japanese army did not stop there. In less than a week, more than ten villages on the edge of the base area were attacked by the Japanese army.
, there were more than 2,000 military and civilian casualties in total.
The successive sneak attacks caused panic among the people in Gege Village Gao on the edge of the base area. Everyone requested the main force to send troops to garrison. However, looking at it, there were only two main regiments and one independent regiment in the entire First Army Division. How could there be any
So many troops.
Without the protection of the main force, the people on the edge of the base area began to become uneasy, and began to carry out various construction and measures in the base area in a shady manner. Some villages even returned to the embrace of the Japanese army under the leadership of some traitors. It turned out that
The guerrilla zone was completely turned into an enemy-occupied area, and the original base area was turned into a guerrilla zone. In less than a week, Liu Hua and others were surprised to find that the base area of the First Army Division was already within the scope of the Japanese army.
It shrunk by at least one-fifth during the sneak attack.
"Where's the Intelligence Department? What does the Intelligence Department do? It's been a week and there's still no news. If we continue at this rate, we will be trapped to death without the help of the little devils." Looking at the slow map on the map,
With the base area slowly shrinking, Liu Hua was anxious in his heart and couldn't help but get angry at the inefficient intelligence department.
In fact, this cannot be blamed on Meng Zhongheng's intelligence department. The little Japanese commander is really too cunning. Faced with the dilapidated situation of the Shanxi garrison, the newly appointed Japanese commander Taiyuan carefully analyzed the various mistakes made by his former commander.
The reason is that the most important issue is the issue of intelligence.
Therefore, he was very concerned about the "guerrilla tactics" he carefully deployed against the Eighth Route Army. He specially removed a large number of intelligence personnel from THT to carry out counter-espionage operations in Taiyuan City. This eventually led to the large amount of intelligence deployed by Meng Zhongheng in Taiyuan.
The agents fell into the clutches of the Japanese. Even if some intelligence agents grasped the plan, it would be difficult to escape the checks at the gate of Taiyuan City and successfully take the intelligence out of the city.
However, nothing is absolute. There was still an intelligence officer who risked his life and sewed the information into his own flesh. He took the information out of Taiyuan City and handed it over to a liaison office set up by the Intelligence Department outside the city.
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"Commander, political commissar, there is news." Meng Zhongheng hurriedly ran into the headquarters, not knowing that the commander had just been furious with his intelligence department.
"It's finally here..." Hearing Meng Zhongheng's words, Liu Hua breathed a sigh of relief, quickly took the telegram handed over by Meng Zhongheng, and began to study it.
"Guerrilla warfare... use guerrilla warfare to compress our base areas and make us lose the support of the people..." Liu Hua silently read these few sentences in the intelligence.
"What guerrilla warfare?" Hearing Liu Hua mutter to himself, the political commissar Guan Xiangying beside him also became anxious.
"Political Commissar, look at it. The Japanese army wants to dig up our roots!~" It was okay not to read the telegram. When he read the telegram, the political commissar's brows also frowned. The headquarters fell into silence for the time being. Even the people in the headquarters
Several staff members also noticed that something was wrong with the atmosphere and quietly left the headquarters.
Commander Liu Hua, political commissar Guan Xiangying, and chief of staff Li Qing sat face to face at the table, looking at a telegram placed on the table and thinking silently.
"Commander, political commissar, and the kid have discovered our weakness. We must stop the kid's plan. Otherwise, if this continues, our base will be destroyed in less than a month.
"The chief of staff said, breaking the tranquility in the headquarters.
"But what should we do? Our troops are limited and the base area is so large that we cannot defend ourselves!" said the political commissar.
"Yes, when the enemy encircled and suppressed the base area in the past, the enemy was blind, but now it's better and we are blind." Liu Hua laughed and laughed at himself.
"Commander, now is not the time for self-criticism. We must seize the time to find a solution. Otherwise, our consequences will be disastrous." The political commissar next to him reminded.
"Chief of Staff, give me the information. I'll read it over..." After Liu Hua finished speaking, he picked up the telegram from the Chief of Staff and continued to study it, trying to find some breakthroughs in the telegram.
"The villages on the edge of the base area were forced to bow to the Japanese army under the coercion and inducement of some traitors, and once again became common people in enemy-occupied areas, unable to raise their heads..." At this time, Liu Hua's eyes suddenly focused on this sentence in the intelligence.
After talking about it, I finally found a turning point.
"Chief of Staff, send a telegram to the commanders of each military division: Order the commanders of each military division to draw out capable combat backbones from their respective main forces, form squad-sized teams, and go deep into enemy-occupied areas and areas that have just been transformed from base areas into cities.
When carrying out activities in the guerrilla zone, their mission is to launch sparrow tactics against the Japs to disrupt the Japs' rear areas in the shortest possible time. At the same time, these squads also have an important mission, which is to assassinate those traitorous bandit leaders who have committed heinous crimes.
Let them know what it means to betray China and become a traitor, and deter those traitors who are about to surrender or are preparing to surrender to the enemy," Liu Hua ordered.
"Yes, Commander, I'm going to send a telegram right away." After the chief of staff finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the telegraph room.
"Commander, can killing these traitors really solve the predicament in the base area?" Looking at the chief of staff leaving, the political commissar's brows did not relax, and he still asked with confusion on his face.
"Haha, political commissar, just doing this can only make those who are ready to take action restrain themselves and stabilize the people's hearts in the base area. The most important thing is to rely on the cavalry regiment in our hands..." Liu Hua saw the political commissar's anxious eyes and explained quickly.
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"Cavalry regiment? What's the use of the cavalry regiment?" the political commissar showed doubts in his eyes.
"Political Commissar, don't worry. Just keep an eye on this matter. I will definitely make it difficult for the little devil." Liu Hua replied confidently.
"Okay, Commander, then I'll leave this matter to you. As for the internal affairs of the base, I will take care of it. I will wait and see what weird idea you will come up with this time." Liu Hua heard this.
The political commissar finally breathed a sigh of relief, and finally felt relieved after mentioning it for a long time.
"Correspondent, immediately notify the cavalry regiment leader Wang Hu and political commissar Wang Hao who are training outside to come to the headquarters and ask them to ride over quickly." Seeing the political commissar relax, Liu Hua turned to the correspondent outside the door and ordered loudly.
"Yes, Commander..." The correspondent's loud reply came from the door.
"Political Commissar, don't just want to put this matter down and ignore it. Don't forget that you have also become half of the independent division of our base. Political Commissar, I have a plan. Do you think it is feasible? If it is feasible,
When Wang Hu and Wang Hao arrive later, I will directly order them to go down." Seeing the political commissar who immediately looked like it had nothing to do with him, Liu Hua joked with a smile.
"Commander, if you have anything to say, just say it. Am I listening?" the political commissar responded dissatisfied.
"Yes, Comrade Political Commissar. This is what I think. There is only one cavalry regiment in our base area. In terms of mobility, it certainly cannot take care of the three military divisions in the entire base area. I want to establish a cavalry battalion in each of the three military divisions below, so that
, the mobility of our troops in the base area has more than improved. By then, if we have so many cavalry, will we still be afraid of sneak attacks by the little Japs?" Liu Hua asked.
"So this is your solution! It's very good. It can not only solve the current dilemma, but also give us an extra cavalry regiment in our base area. But, Commander, where do the soldiers of these three cavalry battalions come from?
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"Haha, of course the wool comes from the sheep. When Commander Wang comes later, I will give the order directly." Liu Hua said.
Just like that, in less than ten minutes, there was a sound of horse hooves outside the headquarters, followed by two loud "reports".
"Haha, political commissar, Cao Cao is here. Come in." Captain Liu Hua shouted loudly at the door of the headquarters.
"Report to Commander, Political Commissar, Cavalry Regiment Commander Wang Hu, and Political Commissar Wang Hao are ordered to come and report." As soon as the two entered the door, they saluted and shouted at the top of their lungs.
"Come on, sit down and have a drink of water..." Seeing the two beloved generals arriving in front of them after a long journey, the political commissar first asked with concern and handed them two glasses of boiling water.
"Thank you, political commissar, political commissar, commander. Is there any urgent task for calling us here in such a hurry?" Wang Hu took the boiling water and drank several sips, no matter how hot it was, and asked the two of them.
people asked.
"Well, there is a mission. Ask the commander what the specific mission is. I'm not particularly clear." Political Commissar Guan Xiangying said with a smile, pushing this matter that caused the cavalry regiment to bleed to Liu Hua next to him.
"Comrade Political Commissar, you can't be like this. You will take all the good things and leave all the bad things to me." After hearing what the political commissar said, Liu Hua immediately retorted.
"Commander, political commissar, what's a good thing or a bad thing?" Wang Hu, who only knew how to lead troops, asked in confusion after hearing the conversation between the commander and the political commissar in front of him.
"It's nothing to do with you. Commander Wang, during this period, the Japanese army has frequently attacked our base area in squadron units. I think you, as a cavalry group, should have heard about it a long time ago!" Liu Hua was dissatisfied.
He glared at Wang Hu who didn't understand, and said angrily.
"Yes, Commander, not only the two of us know it, but almost every soldier in the regiment knows it. Among them, there are several soldiers in our regiment whose homes are in those villages, and all their relatives were killed by the little devils.
Killed." This time, Wang Hao, who had been silent, answered Liu Hua's words.
"Well, that's it. In our base area, only your cavalry regiment is very mobile. Therefore, I plan to divide the cavalry regiment into battalions and patrol in several places in the base area that have been attacked by the Japanese army. Once the base area
If the Japanese invade, the local militia and local troops will do everything possible to hold back the Japs, and the task of your cavalry regiment is to provide rapid reinforcements and eliminate all the Japs who dare to break into our base area." Liu Hua ordered.
"Yes, commander, political commissar, and the cavalry regiment have long been prepared to dispatch at any time. This time, the cavalry regiment must look good to the Japanese." After hearing what Commander Liu Hua said, Wang Hu almost jumped up and said excitedly.
"Uh, we're ready for battle. What's going on!" After hearing Wang Hu's words, Liu Hua looked confused. You must know that the cavalry regiment is a unit directly under the headquarters and does not have orders from himself or the political commissar.
There won't be any combat missions.
"That's right, Commander, ever since the Japs sneak attack on the base area, the regiment commander has judged that in order to eliminate these Japs, a highly mobile unit is necessary. And in the entire base area, only the cavalry regiment has such capabilities.
conditions. At that time, I also felt that the analysis of the regiment leader was very reasonable, so I discussed it with the regiment commander. The two of them were good at making opinions and keeping the troops ready to attack at any time..." When I heard Wang Hu let it slip for a moment, the man next to him
Political commissar Wang Hao quickly explained.
"Haha, political commissar, did you hear that, Captain Wang has thought of a solution? It seems that we are really frightened and confused." After listening to Wang Hao's words, Liu Hua smiled and said to the political commissar Guan Xiangying next to him.
"Commander, political commissar, do you have any other tasks? If there are no tasks, I will take the troops and set off now to try to complete the task as soon as possible." Seeing that the commander was about to start joking with the political commissar again, Commander Wang Hu said quickly.
"Why are you so anxious? Don't just think about taking advantage all day long. This time I have given such a good task to your cavalry regiment. Commander Wang and Political Commissar Wang, shouldn't you express your gratitude?" Liu Hua finally showed his face at this time.
He looked at the expressions of profiteers and looked at the two sturdy Northeastern men in front of him with a smile.
"Commander, just tell me what you want!" Seeing that he couldn't escape, Commander Wang Hu had no choice but to ask.
"Well, does this look like the tiger general of our independent division? You two listen, when the time comes, after the battle is over, I want the three most powerful companies of your cavalry regiment. How about it? Is there any problem?" Liu Hua
He still said with a smile on his face,
"Commander, you might as well kill me, no, absolutely not." Wang Hu quickly refused when he heard that the commander was about to leave one-third of his troops.
"You have to do it even if you can't. This is an order," Liu Hua replied deliberately with a straight face.
"Commander, you really know how to... endure," Wang Hu and Wang Hao lowered their heads at the same time, acquiescing.
"Commander, may I ask, what is the use of the three companies you want?" Wang Hao, who was attentive, asked in a low voice.
"Well, I can tell you this. After the war, I decided to establish three cavalry battalions in three military divisions. Of course, the cavalry battalions will be expanded from the three companies you gave. Therefore, for the future, these three battalions
"You can't fool me with new recruits." Liu Hua replied with a smile.
"So that's it. Commander, why didn't you tell me earlier? Commander, this is to promote the promotion of several company commanders under you. Such a good thing, of course I am willing to do it. Don't worry, Commander, the three companies will definitely do it."
A lot of them will be sent to the headquarters." After hearing Liu Hua's explanation, Wang Hu's face looked much better.