Chapter 157: All hearts are lost. Please subscribe.
On the afternoon of July 4, 1940, the day before the battle began.
At the forward position of Lijiagou in Qiu County, Zhou Weihan and three others led people to inspect the positions of each regiment. Zhou Weihan came with Wu Qin's third regiment.
In addition to leaving Jing Dagang's 1st regiment as a reserve force, the independent detachment, Xu Dali's 2nd regiment, Wu Qin's 3rd regiment, and Wang Yigong's 4th regiment lined up along Jize and Qiuxian, occupying various strategic points going south.
land.
"Wu Qin, the blocking position is well laid out!" Zhou Weihan praised him after completing his inspection.
"Captain, our regiment has been building a position since yesterday, and we are just waiting for the stubborn troops from the Third Division of Shiyou to come!" Wu Qin said with a smile.
"Southern Hebei is different from southeastern Shanxi. The terrain is mostly plains, which is suitable for mechanized combat and cavalry charges! Life is not easy for the brothers in southern Hebei!" Zhou Weihan said worriedly.
If the independent detachment fights the Japanese in southern Hebei in the future, it may not be as smooth as it was in Wuyi.
Southern Hebei belongs to the North China Plain and has a dry climate, which is conducive to the cultivation of tall crops such as sorghum and corn. When these plants are about to mature in summer and autumn, their height almost exceeds 2 meters, becoming a natural hidden barrier.
On that day, the puppet troops entered the southern Hebei base area to conduct raids in the summer and autumn. This was also the time when these two plants grew particularly prosperously and were close to harvest. All they could see in the vast wilderness was an endless stretch of green gauze tents several meters high.
The Eighth Route Army ambushed in the Qingsha tent, so that it was integrated with the Qingsha tent, so that the Japanese and puppet troops could not detect it. They fired a shot and changed the place, so that the Japanese and puppet troops who came to sweep up fell to the edge of the Qingsha tent without knowing it.
"Have you seen the green gauze tent in front? People need to be arranged inside. When the enemy gets inside, where are you going to find people?" Zhou Weihan said.
"Commander, I personally went inside to investigate the green gauze tent. It was so tightly covered that people couldn't even see a single person when they entered. The green gauze tents are all connected one after another. Whenever the stubborn troops who are fleeing get inside,
Then there is nothing we can do about them!" Wu Qin and Zhou Weihan expressed their bitterness.
"I said why are you complaining? Although what you said is true, as a commander, you should be more flexible. Didn't you just say that? You said that the Qingsha Zhang within three or four miles in front of the position will be manned. As long as the enemy dares to go
If you drill it inside, punch it out for me!
We don’t have any deep grudge against them, there is no need to fight to the death, just attack a small group, unite the majority, and then just send people to recruit them to surrender!"
After listening to Zhou Weihan's words, Wu Qin thought to himself that the official level is so overwhelming that you can say anything.
However, Wu Qin did not dare to make any mistakes: "Commander, just watch it!"
Donghe Village in southern Wei County, the headquarters of the First Department of the Fourth Independent Brigade.
The room was filled with smoke and the atmosphere was very depressing. Several officers of the Fourth Independent Brigade were lighting cigarettes and smoking non-stop.
"Members of the regiment, it's time to make a decision!" One person said, looking at the officer sitting at the head.
"Although I despise the Eighth Route Army, after all, they are a team that fights Japanese invaders. What have we become? We colluded with the little devils to beat our own people, and the local people poked our spines!"
"That's right, when I came out of my hometown in the northwest during the Central Plains War, I haven't been back until now. It's also the northwest army. The 29th Army is fighting at the Great Wall and fighting with the little devils to the end. We are watching from the sidelines!"
Everyone here is saying something, and they are talking non-stop. In the final analysis, Shi Yousan has completely lost the support of the people within the 69th Army.
"I, Kang Yongtu, have followed him since the 15th year of the Republic of China. In the 20th year of the Republic of China, Shi Yousan accepted the appointment of the Guangzhou National Government and sent troops to oppose the Feng clique.
We were attacked from the north and south by Jiang and Zhang. I was his guard battalion commander at the time. It was I who fled to Texas with my friend San, and took refuge under Han Fuju.
Shi Yousan was kind to me and allowed me to be the leader of this regiment. I am grateful to him, but now that the Japs have taken over half of China, they still want to defect to the Japs in the same way as before, huh!" Kang Yongtu
He snorted coldly and clenched his fists tightly.
"Members of the group, all of us here are old brothers who live and die together. Just say something and the brothers will follow you!" One person stood up and said loudly.
"Tuan Zuo, brothers, I have no objection to risking my life with the little devil, but I heard that the Eighth Route Army has strict discipline, and the brothers under our command are used to being loose. I'm afraid they won't be able to get along with the Eighth Route Army!" Another person said worriedly.
Kang Yongtu glared at the man and said, "What you said is correct, but it is precisely because the Eighth Route Army has strict discipline that I plan to take you to join them. If you return to the National Army, it will be a disaster."
If you become cannon fodder, you don’t even know how you died.
After all, the Eighth Route Army treats everyone equally, as long as they are a team that is sincerely resisting Japan, they welcome them and will not let their brothers die!"
After Kang Yongtu finished speaking, everyone present nodded: "Tuan Zuo, we are not afraid of death, but if you don't want to die for no reason, just go to the Eighth Route Army. They themselves are fighting for their own lives, and they will definitely not kill themselves at the critical moment.
Grease us and let us die!"
"If someone really can't stand the rules of the Eighth Route Army, I, Kang Yongtu, will not embarrass my brothers. When the time comes, I will tell the Eighth Route Army to let you defect to the new Eighth Route Army. But if one day we meet in battle on the battlefield, don't
It's my fault that our men are so ruthless." Kang Yongtu said with a decisive tone.
"That's it. The brigade has returned from a meeting at the military headquarters and asked our regiment to go south tomorrow morning as a vanguard regiment to open up the connection between Weihe and the New Eighth Army. We will take this opportunity to revolt on the battlefield.
After you go back, don’t tell anyone about this matter. When you set out early tomorrow morning, when the time is right, tell the brothers below. Remember, the white towel on your right arm is a sign of uprising!"
Situations similar to the above are not unique in the 69th Army. Our army has long known that there will be a battle with the Three Friends Group sooner or later. When it first arrived in southern Hebei, it made many arrangements in the 69th Army.
The entire 69th Army, including Shi Yousan, knew that the Eighth Route Army was heavily concentrated in southern Hebei. However, Zhou Weihan's independent detachment arrived along the Qiu County line secretly, and the 69th Army did not know that its retreat was cut off by the independent detachment when it was on the line.
According to intelligence, there were only some local armed forces of the Eighth Route Army on the retreat route.
Early on the morning of July 5, the Kangyong Tu Regiment of the Fourth Independent Brigade followed the order from Shangfeng, and each battalion began to assemble in an orderly manner and set off southward from the station.
"Brigade, don't send me off. I'll lead the troops south first, and I'll pick up the rest of the troops when the time comes!" Kang Yongtu said with a smile on his face.
"Old Kang, the military headquarters sent a telegram this morning. The 181st Division has been at war with the Eighth Route Army. It seems that the Eighth Route Army is serious this time. Our brigade must open up contact with the New Eighth Army for the entire army. You
The regiment is also a vanguard regiment, and the entire 69th Army's retreat depends on you." Duan Haizhou, commander of the Fourth Independent Brigade, patted Kang Yongtu on the shoulder and said.
Kang Yongtu wanted to say something, but then he remembered that Duan Haizhou came from the Eighth Route Army. It was difficult for the whole army to say who would defect to the Eighth Route Army, but if they wanted to say who would not defect to the Eighth Route Army, Duan Haizhou would definitely be at the top.
