Cui Lu, the headquarters of the 280th Regiment of the 97th Army.
The enemy soldiers who escaped from Yuquan Ridge were reporting the situation to Yang Han, the deputy commander of the 280th Regiment.
"Deputy regimental commander, the Eighth Route Army came too fast, and the brothers in charge of the guards were captured by the enemy before they could react!" The soldier thought of Yang Han's strict military management, and did not dare to tell the truth.
"Then how did you escape? The Eighth Route Army specifically asked you to come back to disturb the morale of the army?" Yang Han said sharply.
"No, no, deputy commander, I was alone in the room next to me. I escaped without the Eighth Route Army noticing!"
"How many members of the Eighth Route Army occupied Yuquan Ridge? Tell the truth!"
"I just made an observation in a hurry. There are about four to five hundred people in the Eighth Route Army."
The enemy soldier only saw people from the 1st Battalion of Magnet, and those from the 2nd and 3rd Battalions waited until he had escaped.
"Come here, pull him out and kill him!" Yang Han shouted towards the door.
"Leader, please spare my life!" The soldier forcibly dragged the people from the guard company out.
There was a "pop" sound of a gunshot, and the sound outside disappeared.
As Yang Han's confidant, Li Ronghu, the commander of the third battalion of the 280th Regiment, saw all this with his own eyes and couldn't help but secretly exclaimed that he was in danger, and the officers who fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army were probably in bad luck.
Yang Han is a graduate of the eighth phase of Huangpu. After graduation, he joined the 74th Army, 51st Division, 153rd Brigade, 305th Regiment, a direct branch of the Central Army. He experienced the Battle of Songhu, the Defense of Nanjing, and the Battle of Xuzhou. Later, the 74th Army was transferred to Xue Yue's Henan Province.
The Eastern Corps participated in the Battle of Lanfeng and severely damaged the Japanese 14th Division led by Kenji Doi.
In 1938, Yang Han, who had been promoted to battalion commander for many meritorious service on the battlefield, was recuperating in a field hospital in the rear area. It happened that Zhu Huaibing's 94th Division was transferred to northern Henan, and the 97th Army was formed. Yang Han, who was recovering from his injuries in the rear area, was immediately transferred from the direct line of the Central Army.
Became a miscellaneous brand.
Although the military rank was promoted from major to battalion commander to lieutenant colonel and deputy regimental commander, Yang Han was somewhat dissatisfied.
For ordinary people, it might be a good thing to be transferred from the front-line troops fighting the Japanese army to the rear. However, Yang Han was a stubborn person. He would rather fight the Japanese army in bloody battles than cause friction with the Eighth Route Army in the rear.
In addition, Yang Han had always looked down upon Zhao Keli's style of embezzling military pay and reselling military supplies, which made him seem a bit out of place in the 94th Army.
"Damn it, the chief and deputy director of the Munitions Department, two regiment commanders, two chiefs of staff, seven battalion commanders, and more than forty company and platoon commanders were all taken away by the Eighth Route Army. How can we fight this battle?" Yang Han
He slapped the table and cursed.
Li Ronghu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and was secretly afraid. In order to win over him, Zhao Keli specially invited him to go, but he was well aware of Yang Han's style and finally refused.
In order to flatter Zhao Keli's stinky feet, these officers of the Ninety-Fourth Army went together to support the newly opened brothel and casino. They stayed there for several days, but they were arrested.
"Regimental seat, our 280th regiment currently only has three battalions of officers, which is quite complete. The first and second battalions plus one only have five platoon leaders left. There are still a few combat staff officers left in the regiment headquarters. I still want to see this matter.
Let’s report to the military seat first!” Li Ronghu said.
As the saying goes, if a staff officer is not led by a commander, he will not fart loudly. Except for the officers of the third battalion, everyone in the 280th Regiment who had some real power left.
The so-called real power is not only reflected in the position, but also depends on how many soldiers are under his command. The more soldiers there are, the more free money they will have, and the more spare money the officers will have on hand. Several combat staff officers do not lead soldiers, so they are obviously not taken seriously by Zhao Keli.
inside.
"Leader, in fact, this is a good thing in disguise. With your military exploits and qualifications, you are enough to be promoted to the position of regiment leader. Originally, there were people blocking your way, but this time..." Li Ronghu said hesitantly.
"Okay, stop talking and contact the military headquarters immediately to report the situation! Then you immediately go to the forward position and take command. I'm afraid the Eighth Route Army will launch an attack soon!" Yang Han waved his hand and said.
Yuquan Ridge.
The people below interrogated the captured enemy officers one by one, and Li Dabao also searched for assets.
"Commander, despite the fact that there are only 56 officers and 12 officials from the Administrative Office, they carry a lot of money. Of course, the bulk of it is the original assets of gambling houses, opium dens and other shops!" Li Dabo said and handed over a hand.
A list.
Zhou Weihan took a cursory glance and saw that there were more than 32,000 pieces in the ocean, 13 small goldfish, and 260 kilograms of smoke.
Don't tell me, this Zhao Keli is really a good businessman. He first took a wave of empty pay, then embezzled the military pay that should have been issued, and after the military pay was issued, people were willing to go to the gambling house he opened.
Smoking shop consumption.
"Commander, most of the assets of Zhao Keli, the big fat sheep, are in the rear, but the hiding places have been found out!"
"Humph, good guy, with 260 pounds of tobacco, Zhao Keli wants to work for a long time!" Zhou Weihan joked.
"Commander, what should I do with the soot? Burn it?" Li asked distressedly.
"What's the matter, you want us all to smoke together?"
Zhou Weihan still has some knowledge of chemistry. Historically, Lin Zexu used the seawater immersion method to sell opium in Humen. If the 260 pieces of opium seized were burned, one by one and can still march normally are considered good.
"Keep these big smokes specially and no one else is allowed to touch them. They will be disposed of separately after the battle!"
Shortly after Li Daben left, Dong Jiang came over to report.
When the battle at Yuquan Ridge just ended, because Zhou Weihan was not familiar with Zhu Huaibing's troops, he was not sure whether the enemy would send troops for rescue.
On the one hand, the time to launch the attack is tomorrow morning, but at this time, many enemy officers have been captured, which is obviously a good opportunity to attack.
Zhou Weihan was a little unsure for a moment, so he simply turned to Political Commissar Deng, a master of strategy.
Zhou Weihan then sent someone to report to the former enemy headquarters and stated his plan to move the enemy troops out of their defensive positions and eliminate them through field battles.
"Commander, the former enemy headquarters sent a call back. The Jizhong Garrison Brigade has not yet arrived at the north bank of Zhanghe River. The attack time will be carried out as originally planned. Your department's idea is feasible. If the fighter planes have arrived, we can annihilate the enemy in the field!"
After Zhou Weihan heard this, a big stone fell in his heart: "Okay, let this matter ferment for a while and give the enemy some time!"
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
If the Eighth Route Army launched an attack at this time, Zhu Huaibing's 97th Army would not be able to send troops to rescue.
East-West Garden, 97th Army Headquarters.
The fact that a large number of officers were captured by the Eighth Route Army was not concealed. Not long after Zhu Huaibing received the telegram and was convening the military department for discussion, his wife arrived with the wives of military officers and administrative office officials.
The orderly hurried into the meeting room and whispered to Zhu Huaibing: "Military seat, Madam is here!"
"Just say I'm not here!" Zhu Huaibing's face darkened, knowing why his wife was here.
"Military seat, Madam said, if you don't go to see her, if the ladies under your command get into trouble, no one will lose their face!"
"Everyone, there are some things that need to be dealt with!" Zhu Huaibing walked out of the conference room with a sullen face.
As soon as Zhu Huaibing left, the war room, which had been dead silent just now, immediately became lively.
There are those who rejoice in misfortunes, but those who secretly fear are even worse.
"Have you heard? Zhao Keli saved the bureau. I said I haven't seen anyone else in the past few days. Now it's better. Even the military seat can't protect him!"
"That's not necessarily true. The military commander's wife is so powerful. She manages the military commander obediently. Otherwise, Zhao Keli wouldn't be so bold and lawless!"
"Shut up!" the chief of staff of the 94th Army said, slamming the table.
After Zhu Huaibing issued an order to ban gambling houses and opium dens, Zhao Keli reopened them in Yuquan Ridge. Officers from the military headquarters and division headquarters did not dare to go because of Zhu Huaibing's strict order. Instead, those officers at all levels who were deployed on the front line did so without fail.
