On the second day after the internal combat meeting, each regiment of the independent detachment set off for their respective defense areas.
Zhao Gang returned to Yamawang Mountain in Wuyi with Jing Dagang's regiment, artillery battalion and 122 soldiers who were disabled due to injuries.
West Garden now serves as the regiment headquarters of Wang Yigong's Fourth Regiment, and the main force of the Fourth Regiment has been stationed nearby.
The only ones left with Zhou Weihan were the staff office, cavalry battalion, reconnaissance company, and guard company under the command of Xing Zhiguo.
"Chief of Staff, I am about to leave for the headquarters. The captured materials will be sent to the headquarters. You stay in the West Garden and continue to guide the work of the Fourth Regiment!"
"Nowadays, in several towns near West Garden, people's livelihood is in decline. The local people have fled to other counties because of the war. The top priority is to contact local comrades to persuade the people to return. This matter must be left to you!
" Zhou Weihan ordered.
"I understand, and I will deal with this matter as soon as possible!" Xing Zhiguo replied happily.
Xing Zhiguo saw Zhou Weihan still frowning and asked, "Commander, is there anything else?"
"Well, in addition to handing over supplies to the headquarters this time, there is another thorny issue, which is how to deal with Duan Haizhou!" Zhou Weihan said.
"Duan Haizhou pulled up tens of thousands of anti-Japanese troops in southern Hebei. It was Deputy Commander Xu of our 129th Division who went to negotiate as a representative of the Eighth Route Army. Later, the main force was reorganized into a youth column, and the rest were incorporated into local troops. Duan Haizhou served as a representative of the Eighth Route Army.
A cadre at the brigade level, his performance was very good. Later, when the troops went south, Duan Haizhou stayed in Ji County because his old illness relapsed, and finally defected to Shiyousan alone!" After all, Xing Zhiguo had worked in the division headquarters and knew many secrets.
"Nowadays, Deputy Commander Xu is presiding over work in Shandong, and there is no way to come back. By the way, Political Commissar Deng once presided over work in southern Hebei. He must have interacted with Duan Haizhou. You can ask him!" Xing Zhiguo suggested.
"Forget it, let's leave this matter to the head of the headquarters. I just need to bring the people here!" Zhou Weihan finally said.
At noon that day, all kinds of supplies were ready for delivery to the headquarters.
In terms of weapons and equipment, there are 400 Type 79 rifles, 39 Czech light machine guns, 19 Civilian Type 24 heavy machine guns, 10 Type 82 mortars, and 800 rounds of 20 base artillery shells.
Most of the grenades were distributed, and the rest were kept in the independent detachment.
After the original 300,000 rounds of ammunition were distributed to each regiment, only 50,000 rounds were left.
Fortunately, the bullets promised to each regiment of the independent detachment had not yet been distributed. Zhou Weihan gritted his teeth and took 20,000 rounds from one regiment and 10,000 rounds from the other three regiments. Finally, he collected 100,000 rounds of ammunition.
However, Zhou Weihan didn't take it for nothing. After all, it was Hong Mou Bai Ya who agreed and approved the note on the spot, asking them to send people to the King of Hell Mountain to collect the same share of bullets.
After excluding weapons and equipment, the materials transported this time also included a large amount of military uniforms, a small amount of medicine, seized gasoline, and diesel. Keep some for your own use, and take the rest with you.
The amount of seized property in the accounts of the 97th Army and the Administrative Office was only over 200,000 yuan, but the personal property of its officers and officials was as high as over 400,000 yuan.
This does not include his property stored in local banks, but the part in the bank cannot be obtained. This shows that after arriving in Tainan, he resold military supplies and plundered people's wealth.
Hundreds of carts drove out from the West Garden. The baggage company of the Fourth Regiment was responsible for transportation. In addition, there was also the accompanying reconnaissance company responsible for guarding.
Starting from the West Garden, passing through She County, Licheng County and finally arriving at the Wangjiayu headquarters in Wuxiang.
Fortunately, the various small base areas of the Eighth Route Army along the way have been connected together, so Zhou Weihan and his party did not encounter any accidents.
It was already mid-to-late July, and as far as the eye could see on both sides of the road, there were fields of harvested wheat stubble, with stubble corn already planted in the fields.
Along the way, Zhou Weihan and others stopped in a village.
The village chief led the villagers to boil water and heat meals for Zhou Weihan and others. Zhou Weihan took the opportunity to ask: "Uncle, I saw that the wheat has been harvested on the way here. How is the harvest this year?"
"Hehe!" After hearing this, the uncle grinned and showed his teeth, "After the Eighth Route Army came, my family was allocated six acres of land. After shelling, the wheat weighed 1,462 kilograms. Thanks to the comrades sent by the government to guide me, I learned that
How we made chemical fertilizers, just in time for the last top dressing of wheat, the yield increased a lot!
My eldest son and my second son are soldiers of the Eighth Route Army. They are missing two mouths, but we two have enough to eat!"
"Now the fields have been planted with corn, and I have led the villagers to open up a lot of wasteland and plant corn and sweet potatoes. Then there will be another bumper harvest!" The old man kept talking happily.
"Didn't the little devil come to cause trouble during the autumn harvest?"
"Looking for trouble? All our Eighth Route Army comrades were beaten away. I told my son at the beginning that if you don't fight well, the little devils will have to steal all the food in the house!"
After resting and eating a hot meal, Zhou Weihan and others set off again.
After traveling for most of the day, Wangjiayu was right in front of us.
"Dong Jiang, when we arrive at Wangjiayu later, you can take someone directly to Director Yang of the Logistics Department to hand over the supplies!" Zhou Weihan planned to take Duan Haizhou directly to see the head of the headquarters.
...
The headquarters, boss and division commander are not here.
Political Commissar Deng took the list of supplies handed over by Zhou Weihan and said, "Why are there more bullets than I thought?"
After Zhou Weihan had people count the materials in the munitions warehouse of the 97th Army, he immediately reported them to the headquarters. He also knew how many headquarters were allocated to the following regiments.
"Zhou Weihan, you are giving up your share of the independent detachment!"
"Good comrade, Zhou Weihan, we did not misjudge you!" said the deputy chief of staff on the side.
"There are quite a few supporting fraternal troops, and even if there are fewer bullets, there won't be enough bullets. Our independent detachment has a lot of bullets stored, so we won't use them this time!" Zhou Weihan explained.
"Did Duan Haizhou bring it?" Political Commissar Deng asked.
"Brought it!"
"What do you think of Duan Haizhou?"
"I have never had contact with him before, but judging from his performance on the battlefield, Duan Haizhou still understands the general situation and takes the overall situation into consideration. If he had not led his troops to surrender, my independent detachment would not have been able to go north smoothly, and the war in southern Hebei would not have been possible.
There are more variables!" Zhou Weihan said after pondering.
"Well, the headquarters has already made suggestions on how to deal with Duan Haizhou. I will personally negotiate with Duan Haizhou later!" Political Commissar Deng said with a solemn expression.
After political commissar Deng left, only Zhou Weihan and the deputy chief of staff were left in the room.
"Come on, stop standing, sit down!" the deputy chief of staff said and gave Zhou Weihan a glass of water.
"How do your independent detachments plan to carry out their work in Tainan?"
"Chief of Staff, hasn't the headquarters already designated a defense zone for us? It's right next to the Handan Chang Highway!"
"I don't believe that you, Zhou Weihan, will only follow the headquarters' battle plan honestly. What might you have in mind?"
"Do you know why your independent detachment from the headquarters is placed near the Handan-Changchang Highway?"
After hearing this, Zhou Weihan stood up, walked to the map on the wall, traced his finger along the route of the Handan-Changchun Highway, and finally pointed at Zhongtiao Mountain.