"Captain, with your words, we have become a garrison regiment. When will we become the main force?" Li Daben cried bitterly.
"Let me tell you, don't be dissatisfied with Li Da's ability. You are now the leader of a regiment, and you have more than 1,000 people under your command!"
"Captain, what can happen in Wuyi and Wu'an?"
"Don't let me take it lightly. Although there won't be any conflict with the Japs in the short term, there are not only Japanese troops in this area, there are also stubborn troops in the south. Don't let the enemy take over.
Wuyi and Wu'an are the base camp of our independent detachment. They are the production base, breeding farms, and vermicelli factories. Your current task is to conduct transactions with Terauchi Yong as usual to ensure the business of the warehouse. It is now early July, and the autumn harvest is about to begin.
, help local comrades do the autumn harvest work, Li is very capable, the burden on you is not light!" Zhou Weihan ordered.
Zhou Weihan had no choice but to leave Li Dabao in Wuyi. The cooperation with Terauchi Isamu couldn't be done without him, and others really couldn't do it.
In early July 1940, after the war in western Hebei ended, Zhu Huaibing and Lu Zhonglin withdrew southward to Wu'an, Shexian and Cixian areas. Only the Thirty-ninth Group Army headed by Shi Yousan was left in southern Hebei, under the jurisdiction of the Sixty-ninth Army.
New Eighth Army.
At first, the Three Strong Friends of Friends ordered the Fourth Independent Brigade under their command to move from Qinghe to the Ningjin area. On the one hand, they strengthened the contact with the stubborn army in Western Shandong and ordered the New Eighth Army Gao Shuxun to extend from northwest Shandong to southern Hebei in an attempt to connect with Pinghan Road west and south.
Shandong's stubborn troops united together and launched a massive attack on the Eighth Route Army stationed in southern Hebei.
The advance column east of the Wei River, the Zhuxian column and the fifth detachment of the advance column transferred from the Hebei-Shandong border to northwest Shandong gave Li Shuchun's troops continuous attacks and cooperated with the 115th Division Independent Brigade to suppress the New Eighth Army's Gao Shuxun headquarters.
Two regiments from the Central Hebei Military Region, the 23rd and 28th regiments, were ordered by the Eighth Route Army headquarters to advance to the Ningjin area, forcing Shiyou's three independent Fourth Brigades to withdraw to the Qinghe area.
The above actions shattered Shi Yousan's attempt to unite the stubborn troops west of Pinghan Road and Shandong, leaving them confined to the narrow area between Nangong, Weixian, Zaoqiang and Qinghe.
At this time, Shi Yousan's true nature of colluding with the Japanese army to fight against communism and the people had been revealed to the masses in Jinan and Zhinan. Ding Shuben, under the efforts of the Eighth Route Army, temporarily took a wait-and-see attitude and did not dare to openly attack the Eighth Route Army.
This put Shi Yousan in an isolated position both politically and militarily.
Subsequently, the three groups of Shiyou surrounded and disarmed two companies of the Eastward Column of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army and one platoon of the Youth Column.
It also used its temporary third division and independent fourth brigade to besiege the third regiment of the eastward column stationed in the northwest of Qinghe and the two county brigades of Qingjiang and Qinghe, and wiped out most of the Qingjiang county brigade.
Under this situation, the instructor comrades called the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and the 129th Division, pointing out that the policy of fighting for the Three Comrades is no longer applicable, and they should be resolutely and completely eliminated when they attack us.
According to this instruction and the deployment of the Eighth Route Army headquarters, the 129th Division decided to take advantage of Zhu Huaibing's troops being forced to withdraw south and Gao Shuxun's troops still being east of the Wei River to concentrate troops from southern Hebei, Hebei, Shandong and Henan, and central Hebei in the Song Dynasty.
Under the unified command of the commander, the anti-recalcitrant campaign in southern Hebei was organized.
"Old Zhao, Old Xing, there is an urgent call from the headquarters, ordering my independent detachment to leave for southern Hebei immediately." Zhou Weihan hurriedly found Zhao Gang and the two of them and said.
"Great, we've been waiting for this day. Have you told us where to meet up with our brothers?" Zhao Gang asked.
"The headquarters just asked us to station in Feixiang first, and then contact Commander Song and Commander Chen in southern Hebei!" Zhou Weihan said.
"Dong Jiang, immediately send people to notify all regiments to assemble at Yamawang Mountain!"
"We must take advantage of this time to make a careful calculation!" Zhou Weihan said.
"According to the situation reported by the headquarters, there are 20 regiments of brotherly troops gathered in southern Hebei. Together with our independent detachment, there must be at least 30,000 people. And the main force of the third division of Shiyou in southern Hebei is
There are probably less than 20,000 people in the 69th Army and Sun Liangcheng's troops.
In terms of numbers, we have an actual combat advantage. It is easy to defeat the stubborn army, but it is difficult to eliminate them. Once they are defeated, they will definitely go south to join Gao Shuxun's troops in northwest Shandong.
Let me tell you, our independent detachment must stay firmly in the Qiu County area to prevent it from going south." Zhou Weihan analyzed.
"Are all our troops dispatched?" Xing Zhiguo asked.
"Except for the armory, medical clinic, and baggage company, all the main forces will be dispatched. I will lead Jing Dagang's regiment, cavalry company, and reconnaissance company first, and you will follow later." Zhou Weihan said.
On that day, the independent detachment quickly assembled and marched into southern Hebei in three batches from Mazhuang, Zhangzhuang, and Shitougou on the Pinghan-Han line.
Early the next morning, the leading troops of the independent detachment arrived in Feixiang County.
He Wensheng, chief of the enemy engineering unit who had been staying in southern Hebei Province, came over to report on work.
"Captain, according to intelligence, Shi Yousan's military headquarters and special agent brigade are stationed in Nangong, his 181st Division is stationed in Zaoqiang, the temporary Third Division and Sun Liangcheng's troops are stationed in the north of Wei County, and the Independent Fourth Brigade is stationed in Wei County
South!
The New Eighth Army's Gao Shuxun troops are also lined up east of the Wei River. The military headquarters is watching the city in Shen County, and the troops are stationed between Linqing and Guan County!" He Wenshenghui reported.
"Oh, the battle is really big. Is there any movement from Gao Shuxun's army to cross the river now?" Zhou Weihan asked.
"Gao Shuxun's troops are not willing to fight a civil war. In addition, Shi Yousan colluded with the Japs, and they also have internal conflicts. Now the New Eighth Army has been restrained east of the Wei River by our advance column and Zhuxian column.
, I’m afraid I’m too busy taking care of myself to be able to support Shi Yousan!”
"Based on this, Shi Friend Three will definitely not be able to escape. Send someone to me immediately to investigate whether there are a large number of ships gathering along the Wei River, find their gathering place, and cut off Shi Friend Three's escape route!" Zhou Weihan ordered.
Zhou Weihan knew that the third friend of his friend fled all the way south, crossed the river from Daming County, and retreated to Western Shandong.
However, now that the independent detachment is a variable, the head of the headquarters is also far-sighted and places the move of the independent detachment on Shi Yousan's retreat route, directly blocking it.
On July 3, 1940, more than 6,700 people from the independent detachment gathered in Feixiang, southern Hebei Province.
"Old Zhao, Old Xing, I'm going to Julu for a meeting. We have gathered so many troops in southern Hebei. It's impossible that Shi Yousan doesn't know about it, and he might be ready to run away now. You will arrange the second, third, and fourth regiments in Jinan.
Organize their escape southward along the Ze and Qiu counties and drive them along the Weihe River. One regiment serves as a reserve team, waiting for an opportunity to destroy its ferry!" Zhou Weihan ordered.
"The radio station must be turned on at all times. If anything happens, please contact the radio station!"
"Old Zhou, I am unfamiliar with this place in southern Hebei, so be careful along the way."
"rest assured!"
Zhou Weihan then led the reconnaissance company all the way north to attend the pre-war meeting in Julu.