On the afternoon of July 8, the regiments of the independent detachment, Ding Wei's 28th Regiment, and the 386th Brigade's 18th Regiment were assembled one after another. Zhou Weihan said goodbye to Commander Song and others.
Before leaving, Commander Song gave Zhou Weihan a task to escort out of the country the representatives of the National Government, the major general counselor of the 69th Army, and the director of the Political Department of the 39th Group Army who were under house arrest by Shi Yousan.
"These two people, one is a former general of the Northwest Army, and the other is a fourth-term graduate of Huangpu and a direct descendant of Chiang Kai-shek. They are both troubles. You only need to send them across the Wei River. Gao Shuxun, commander of the New Eighth Army, will send someone to pick them up.
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"Commander Song, will the death of Shi Yousan have any bad impact on our Eighth Route Army?" Zhou Weihan asked hesitantly. Although the issue of how to deal with Shi Yousan was raised in the combat meeting when he first arrived in southern Hebei, after all, Shi Yousan's death
At the hands of the independent detachment.
"You are worrying too much about this. In fact, at the beginning of the war, the two sides reached a consensus. Although the third friend was sent by Chiang Kai-shek to southern Hebei with the intention of suppressing our Eighth Route Army, Chiang Kai-shek's behavior of playing both sides and going against the will has already made Chiang Kai-shek dissatisfied.
He also hooked up with the Japanese and was not under their control, otherwise Shi Yousan would not have put the representatives of the National Government sent by Chiang Kai-shek under house arrest.
Besides, we have reaped the benefits. Even if Chiang Kai-shek regrets it later and gets some notoriety, what will happen?" Commander Song's words dispelled Zhou Weihan's doubts.
In the eyes of Lao Jiang, the Eighth Route Army has always been the number one henchman, and even the little devils can only be ranked second. His close friends have been double-dealing and have become slaves who betrayed their masters.
Only then did they reach a consensus with the Eighth Route Army.
However, Chiang Kai-shek has always been fickle, and before the war in southern Hebei was over, he ordered Zhu Huaibing's 97th Army to attack our army's Tainan base area.
After Commander Song left with his men, Zhou Weihan immediately ordered the independent detachment in front, the 28th Regiment, and the 18th Regiment in the rear, and set out towards the rear base of Xiaozhangzhuang.
During the march, Zhou Weihan deliberately walked with Ding Wei and Qian Youyi. After all, they had to fight together next, and they needed to get to know each other better.
"I said, Lao Qian, I see that the bullet belts of the soldiers of your 18th Regiment are all bulging. They must have made a lot of money this time!" Zhou Weihan joked.
"Hey, let me tell you, this is just a small fortune, the big scene will be when we fight against the temporary third division!
The central column and the left column were attacking from both ends, and the temporary third division was defeated not long after. The enemy troops surrendered in organized form, and weapons, equipment and supplies were everywhere, all of which were obtained at that time." Qian Youyi said with a smile.
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"Isn't that right? At that time, our 23rd and 28th regiments were serving as reserve teams, and the battle was over before it was our turn to take the field.
Although the temporary third division is not a direct descendant of Shi Yousan, it is still extremely rich compared to our Eighth Route Army. We can only stare blankly when we see our brother troops eating meat at the front.
Fortunately, I made some profit with my third friend, and before leaving, Commander Song replenished some ammunition and personnel, otherwise we would have lost a lot of money!" Ding Wei said at the side.
"Commander Song is indeed fair in doing things. It's not easy to get a bowl of water evenly!" Zhou Weihan said with emotion.
In the evening of that day, the large army arrived in the Xiaozhangzhuang area.
After each ministry arrived, Xing Zhiguo was responsible for arranging the location and security of each ministry.
At that time, the first battalion of the Third Military Regiment was stationed at the logistics base. There was a military hospital in the base, the baggage of each regiment, and a large number of prisoners.
The first battalion's mission is not only to be responsible for security work, but also to screen and reorganize prisoners.
Zhou Weihan convened the military chiefs of each regiment to hold a combat meeting.
"On the morning of the 7th, a telegram was sent from the headquarters. There was a change in the Central Army in Tainan. Zhu Huaibing's 97th Army stationed in northern Henan has marched into Cixian, Wu'an, Shexian, and Linxian areas with the intention of attacking our Tainan base area.
Launch an attack, and at the same time, based on reliable intelligence, Chiang Kai-shek is preparing to mobilize the 41st Army south of the Yellow River, and the 71st Army will quickly move towards Tainan." Zhou Weihan finished the situation in one breath.
"Commander Song was afraid of affecting the morale of the army, so Commander Song did not pass on this matter, but you must have heard about it!"
"Let me tell you, the battle on the northern front is not over yet, and our two regiments were successfully mobilized. It turns out that there is another big move in the southeast of Shanxi!" Ding Wei said.
Zhou Weihan looked at everyone present and said: "The headquarters wants us to cross the Pinghan Line first and return to Wuyi!"
"Every unit will rest here tonight. We will set out early tomorrow morning. The wounded from each regiment will be sent to the military hospital for treatment!"
Zhao Gang spoke at the right time and said: "Commander, before the meeting, I went to the prisoner camp to take a look. Ding Sheng and Sun Jiu did a good job in screening. Duan Haizhou was also very cooperative. There are currently more than 2,000 prisoners, including the Fourth Independent Brigade.
More than 300 people are going to seek refuge with Gao Shuxun, what should we do?"
When Zhou Weihan led the 3rd Wuqin Regiment to fight against the 4th Independent Brigade, more than 900 soldiers from the 4th Independent Brigade surrendered, plus more than 1,500 broken soldiers found by the other three regiments in the rear, including those who were seriously injured and died.
Those with blood debts would be shot, and those who wanted to join the New Eighth Army would not be left behind.
"When we recruited the Fourth Independent Brigade, we kept our promise. If they wanted to leave, we didn't have to force them to stay.
For the remaining 1,700 people, your six regiments will select people for reorganization overnight." Zhou Weihan said after thinking about it.
"Commander Zhou, there is no need for our 28th Regiment. Commander Song has already replenished it, and further replenishment will affect the combat effectiveness!" Ding Wei said.
Qian Youyi on the side also quickly said: "Commander Zhou, the situation of our sect is similar!"
After hearing this, Zhou Weihan thought to himself, if you two meet me here, I won't be polite!
"Then Jing Dagang and your four regiments, select 350 people from each regiment, and the remaining 300 or so people will be organized into the supply battalion directly under the headquarters!"
As soon as Zhou Weihan finished speaking, several leaders of the independent detachment looked happy. Although the combat effectiveness of 350 people would not increase for a while, they had finally built a new supplementary battalion, which could at least transport supplies.
"Yes, captain, don't worry, I promise to train their combat effectiveness as soon as possible!" Jing Dagang promised.
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After the meeting, Zhou Weihan ordered Dong Jiang's reconnaissance company to escort Bi Zeyu, Zang Yuanjun and more than 300 people who wanted to join the New Eighth Army across the Wei River.
"Remember, after delivering the two men, return immediately without causing any trouble. The ships captured from the Third Division of Shiyou will be handed over to Commander Li Jukui of the right column for disposal!" Zhou Weihan said.
A lot of ships have been captured from the Third Division of Shiyou. The independent detachment is about to leave. The right-wing column has been operating along the Wei River. Commander Li Jukui was once the chief of staff of the 386th Brigade. Zhou Weihan simply sold his favor.
That night, Zhou Weihan rarely had a good night's rest.
The fire bubbles on Zhao Gang's mouth miraculously disappeared after a night of relief.
Early the next morning.
"Old Zhao, the cannon in your mouth is gone!" Zhou Weihan said in surprise.
"If the battle had ended earlier, would I still have suffered like this?" Zhao Gang rolled his eyes at Zhou Weihan and said.
"Then your physique is not good. There will be many battles with the little devils in the future. Will you still get angry every day?"
"roll!"
Early morning on July 9th.
Due to the large number of people in the independent detachment, the troops were divided into three groups.
The first group was led by Xing Zhiguo, and the troops under his jurisdiction were Ding Wei's 28th Regiment, and Xu Dali's 2nd Regiment crossed the Pinghan Line from Shitou.
The first group was led by Zhao Gang, and the troops under his jurisdiction were Wuqin 3rd Regiment, Wang Yigong 4th Regiment, and 386 Brigade 18th Regiment passing through the Pinghan Line from Mazhuang.
Zhou Weihan personally led Jing Dagang's 1st Regiment, Chen Feng's artillery battalion, reconnaissance company, cavalry company, temporarily formed baggage battalion and accompanying military hospital from Zhangzhuang through the Pinghan Line.
The strongholds near these three locations are all strongholds that have been operated by independent detachments for a long time. The last time they marched into southern Hebei, they passed through these three places.