Yan Guiwu received a notice from Xu Dalong, asking him to assist the Mawushan base area in transporting grain.
Most of the branches controlled by Zhou Mingde are in enemy battle zones, and most of the roads leading to the base area pass through the defense area of Huang Xiejun's 4th Division.
Yan Guiwu arranged for Wang Shuhuai to be responsible for this matter. Qianye Xunyi also had his own sources of affection besides Yan Guiwu. He also turned a blind eye to the large number of grain transport teams passing through the defense area of Huang Xiejun's Fourth Division and entering the Mawu Mountain base.
However, he didn't want to provoke Xu Dalong, and he couldn't afford to provoke him. Now that he could live in peace with Xu Dalong, he was already content.
The Spring Festival is approaching, and Xu Dalong, Zhao Gang, Li Yunlong and others, who have been busy for a year, are preparing to welcome the New Year.
Due to this Hancheng battle, the vitality of the Mawushan base area was severely damaged, which had a certain impact on the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the base area. In order to boost morale, Xu Dalong, Zhao Gang, Li Yunlong and others decided to create a happy Spring Festival atmosphere, so they prepared to hold various events in the base area.
A celebration to celebrate the New Year.
Zhao Gang arranged activities to welcome the New Year for the organs and troops in the base area, including the county brigade. He also personally ordered the propaganda department to organize the literary and art groups of the military divisions and the local theater troupes to rehearse new songs.
Xu Dalong and Chu Yun'er were also asked to perform. These days, Chu Yun'er comes to Xu Dalong every day and they rehearse together.
The New Year was approaching, and Lin Xueying hoped to return to Chongqing to celebrate the New Year with her parents. Xu Dalong asked Monk Wei to arrange for someone to escort Lin Xueying back to Chongqing.
The Spring Festival is coming, and greetings and send-offs are unavoidable. The Mawushan Military Division has prepared gifts for the headquarters, Taiyue Military Region, World War II District Office and Chongqing Office, as well as gifts for the World War II District Chief's Department and the Zhongtiao Mountain Commander
The department prepared gifts.
In order to maintain relations in all aspects, Xu Dalong personally came to the World War II District Chief's Headquarters to give gifts to the Chief of Staff, Li Kun and others, and then planned to go to the Zhongtiao Mountain Headquarters to give gifts to General Fu and others.
On this day, Xu Dalong was going to the headquarters of the World War II District Commander, and he happened to see off Lin Xueying, who was about to return to Chongqing.
After arriving at the World War II District Chief's Department, Xu Dalong and Lin Xueying were about to break up.
He personally told the special forces team responsible for escorting Lin Xueying to protect her safety, and gave part of the money to Lin Xueying to buy some gifts to express condolences to her parents on his behalf.
Lin Xueying really wanted to stay and celebrate the New Year with Xu Dalong, but she even hoped to go back to visit her parents, and she knew that even if she stayed in the Mawushan base area, she would not have many opportunities to be alone with Xu Dalong.
She still couldn't figure out what was going on with this guy, but Xu Dalong was able to think about buying gifts for his parents, which comforted her.
When they were about to break up, Lin Xueying said: "Brother Dalong, you must take care of your health while I am away from the base. I have arranged for people in the confidential room to be responsible for your daily life during my absence."
Xu Dalong said: "Thank you, Xueying, you are thoughtful, don't worry, I will say hello to your parents when you get home. There is no need to rush back when you go home this time. You will come back when you have enough at home."
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Seeing how considerate Xu Dalong was, Lin Xueying said in a high voice: "I know, Brother Dalong, please take care of yourself. I'm leaving."
After sending Lin Xueying away, Xu Dalong first went to see Representative Wang from the World War II area and gave him New Year's gifts. Then he went to see Li Kun and asked him to invite his connections in various departments of the Jinsui Army to come to the banquet and bring gifts along the way.
give them.
After Li Kun saw Xu Dalong, he said to him: "Brother Dalong, you came just in time. I was just going to find you."
Listening to Li Kun's tone, it seemed that something was about to happen. Xu Dalong asked: "Brother, what happened?"
Li Kun said: "The president has informed the chief of staff that he has prepared a generous gift for you and is going to ask me to send it to you."
Xu Dalong asked with some confusion: "Why is the president so generous? I'm afraid there is something going on?"
Li Kun nodded and said, "It's really something. Let's go to see Shen Zuo with me, and he will tell you in person."
The two came to the chief of staff's office. The chief of staff was very enthusiastic when he saw Xu Dalong. He shook hands with him cordially and then asked someone to serve Xu Dalong tea.
Xu Dalong said: "Sir, I heard that you have something to discuss with me. What is it?"
The chief of staff said: "Brother Dalong, I know you are a straightforward person, so I will tell you directly. Since we jointly fought to win the Hancheng area, the anti-Japanese war situation in the southeastern Shanxi area has greatly improved. Now
The troops in the World War II area and Zhongtiao Mountain have smooth communication and rely on each other. The situation is countless times better than before.
The current situation would not have been possible without your help. For this, the president and I are very grateful to you.
The Japanese army definitely did not want to see such a situation. They wanted to retake the Hancheng area at any time and cut off the connection between the Jinsui Army and Zhongtiao Mountain.
Now there are troops from Zhongtiao Mountain at Phoenix Mountain blocking the Japanese attack from the Taiyuan direction, but Niangziguan is in the hands of the Japanese army, and they can launch an attack on the Hancheng area at any time.
As of yesterday, the Japanese Fifth Division has attacked the defensive positions of the 68th Army for the third time. Although our army fought bravely and repelled the Japanese attack, it is not an option to continue like this. The Japanese army can attack our positions at any time.
There is no way to defend against thieves for a thousand days by launching an attack. Therefore, if we want to change this passive situation, we must recapture Niangzi Pass and control Niangzi Pass in the hands of our army."
Xu Dalong didn't say a word, but looked at the chief of staff, trying to see what he meant.
The chief of staff said: "Brother Dalong, the president and I want to recapture Niangzi Pass, but the terrain of Niangzi Pass is dangerous. With the current strength of our army, it may not be effective to storm Niangzi Pass. Your department is good at sneak attacks, so the Chief's Department
I would like to invite Brother Dalong and your troops to seize Niangzi Pass by surprise attack, and then hand it over to the troops of the Jinsui Army for defense."
Xu Dalong was thoughtful but still did not say anything. In fact, he agreed with the chief of staff's opinion and was willing to help the Shanxi-Sui Army retake Niangzi Pass, which put the Hancheng area in a relatively stable state, which was also beneficial to the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party.
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However, he couldn't agree easily. After learning the lesson from last time, he wanted to see what kind of conditions the Jinsui Army was willing to offer.
Seeing that Xu Dalong still didn't say a word, the chief of staff felt a little unsure. Although Xu Dalong was young, his implicit determination made the chief of staff feel a little passive. If Xu Dalong is willing to negotiate terms, then the matter will be settled.
There is a lot to say. What does not saying anything mean?
In order to break the deadlock, the chief of staff gave Li Kun a wink.
Li Kun said: "Brother Dalong, I have always supported your guerrillas. There may have been some misunderstandings in the past, but that is all over. The chief of staff has already told me that if you have any conditions, just speak up. As long as Jinsui
The military will do its best to meet your requirements as much as possible."
Xu Dalong said: "The Jinsui Army is our friendly army, and we should assist our friendly forces in fighting. But in the last Hancheng battle, we suffered nearly 10,000 casualties. We are small households in the Mawushan area, and we cannot fight with you in Jinsui.
Compared with the army, it has suffered such a heavy loss and is already exhausted, and may not be able to do what it does in the short term."
Xu Dalong's words made the chief of staff unable to continue.
Li Kun quickly said: "Brother Dalong, you don't need to send out heavy troops this time. You only need to use your special forces to help us capture Niangzi Pass, and then leave it to our Jinsui Army to defend.
Shenzuo also knows your difficulties, so he will try his best to meet your requirements. For the sake of Shenzuo's always caring for you, and the relationship between our brothers, I ask Brother Dalong to help you with this.
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Xu Dalong said: "Thank you to the Chief of Staff and Director Li for taking care of me. For the sake of the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese War in Shanxi, I am willing to help, but I have two conditions.
The first condition is that when seizing Niangzi Pass, your department must organize a commando team of no less than one reinforced battalion to act with my department."
The chief of staff understood. Xu Dalong was worried that what happened before would happen again. If the special forces captured Niangzi Pass, the Jinsui Army's troops would not be able to take over the defense in time, and the special forces would be trapped in it again. Xu Dalong
You have already suffered losses before, and it is impossible for you to suffer losses a second time.
The chief of staff immediately said: "There is no problem with this. Let's do this. We will organize a reinforced battalion and be led by Li Kun himself. You can rest assured."
Xu Dalong said: "Then let's put things in front of us. Once Niangzi Pass is captured, our troops from the Mawushan Military Division will withdraw from the battle immediately."
Li Kun patted his chest and said: "Brother Dalong, you can rest assured. Go to Niangzi Pass, brother, I will go with you. As long as Niangzi Pass is captured, my troops will take over immediately."
The chief of staff said: "That's it. When the time comes, I will send a division of the 68th Army to follow you. As long as you take Niangzi Pass, the troops of this division will be responsible for the defense of Niangzi Pass from now on."
Xu Dalong said: "I have one more condition. As you all know, although what happened last time was a misunderstanding, our troops in the Mawushan Military Division suffered heavy casualties, which will inevitably make us feel a little uncomfortable. If we don't give a suitable
For the reason, brother, it is also difficult for me to do the work of communicating with my subordinates."
The chief of staff said: "No problem, Brother Dalong, just ask for any conditions you have."
Xu Dalong said: "300,000 yuan, plus the equipment of an infantry regiment."
Xu Dalong opened his mouth again this time. He wanted to ask for more and then bargained. Unexpectedly, the chief of staff agreed very happily. He immediately said: "No problem, let's do it."
Xu Dalong didn't expect that the chief of staff would agree so happily this time. After thinking about it for a while, he suddenly understood. The Jinsui Army controlled the Hancheng area this time. There are nine counties here, plus the city of Hancheng, and a year's tax revenue.
It's more than tens of millions, so taking out 300,000 yuan is really a huge bargain for them.
The reason Xu Dalong didn't think of this was because in Mawu Mountain, the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party did not collect taxes from the people, so he didn't think about it in this regard.
After he figured this out, he regretted it all the time. If he had known, he would have asked for a hundred or eight hundred thousand.
However, we obtained additional equipment for an infantry regiment. There are many county brigades in the Mawushan Military Division, and these equipment can still be put to use.
Xu Dalong said: "That's it. How will the battle proceed? Do you have a battle plan here?"
The chief of staff said: "Brother Dalong, to tell you the truth, our Jinsui Army is not good at that kind of sneak attack. How to fight this time is all up to you."
Xu Dalong said: "To seize Niangzi Pass, we must take it by surprise. I suggest launching the attack on New Year's Eve."
The chief of staff said happily: "What a good idea. The enemy must think that we are all celebrating the New Year. They did not expect that a sudden attack would be launched at this time. It will definitely catch the Japanese army by surprise. This matter is settled.
Brother Dalong, please bring your special forces team over as soon as possible to run in with our troops participating in this operation in advance."
Xu Dalong said: "Okay, I will return to the base area now. I hope to bring Dayang and the equipment of that regiment back. This way I can convince the brothers under me."
The chief of staff smiled and said: "No problem, Li Kun, I'll leave this matter to you. You take Brother Dalong to collect Dayang and these supplies and equipment, and arrange for vehicles to be sent to Mawu Mountain."
Next, Li Kun took Xu Dalong to receive the ocean and equipment. While waiting for the equipment to be loaded, Xu Dalong hosted a banquet in honor of Li Kun and those in the logistics department of the World War II zone, and gave them the gifts he brought.
Xu Dalong then came to see Representative Wang and reported to him about his plans to cooperate with the Shanxi-Sui Army in the battle, and asked him to pass it on to the head of the headquarters.
Soon after, a regiment's equipment was loaded onto a truck, and the person in charge of transporting it was Yan Jiaju, the battalion commander of the automobile battalion of the commander's department.
After accepting the three gold bars given to him by Xu Dalong, Yan Jiaju said happily: "Brother Dalong, you are such a friend, brother, I have also prepared a gift for you."
He pointed to the four trucks in the convoy and said: "The gasoline drums filled with gasoline are the ones I gave to you, brother."
Xu Dalong said happily: "Good brother, you are a good friend. The most difficult thing to get here is oil. Brother, if you have the ability, find a way to help me get more in the future."
Yan Jiaju patted his chest and said, "Brother Dalong, don't worry. I usually ask my superiors for more oil. If you don't need it, I'll send it to you."
Xu Dalong said happily: "Okay, let's set off now. When we get to my place, we will hold a banquet to welcome you. We brothers will not return until we are drunk."
After returning to the Mawushan base, Xu Dalong found Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang and told them about cooperating with the Jinsui Army in fighting.