Soldiers from the New Regiment, the 28th Regiment, and the Fourth Regiment were scattered here. Except for a few soldiers who were left on guard, the rest of the soldiers had fallen asleep after a night of fighting.
A telegram broke the tranquility here.
Wang Yigong was resting against a tree at this time, while political commissar Gao Zhiheng was writing something down in a notebook.
The telegraph operator from the Fourth Regiment hurried over, Gao Zhiheng signaled softly, and Wang Yigong woke up immediately.
"The regimental commander, political commissar, and headquarters sent a telegram!" the telegraph operator reported.
Wang Yigong took the telegram, glanced at it, his eyes widened, and then handed it to Gao Zhiheng.
"Handan?" Gao Zhiheng exclaimed.
"What are you making all the fuss about? The detachment leader has always been bold and ready to make strange moves. We don't know the situation around Handan, but if the headquarters dares to order an attack on Handan, it is absolutely certain!" Wang Yigong was very confident in Zhou Weihan.
"I'm just so surprised! Even if Handan is captured, we can't hold it. Our Eighth Route Army offensive center has always avoided important towns heavily defended by the Japanese army!" Gao Zhiheng said.
"Forget it, why are you thinking so much? I'll go and comrade the New Regiment, the 28th Regiment, let the soldiers sleep a little longer, and wait until dark before setting off!" Wang Yigong said.
After saying that, Wang Yigong hurried to Lijiazuo Village.
A small village in the mountains cannot hold the troops of three regiments. The new regiment is inside the village and the other two regiments are outside the village.
Ding Wei and Li Yunlong were crowded into a room, but Wang Yigong did not join in the fun.
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In the adobe house, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei sat opposite each other, their eyes bleary, as if they were not awake.
As soon as Wang Yigong finished speaking, Li Yunlong jumped up from the kang in shock: "What, playing Handan?"
Ding Wei was also completely sleepless, with a look of disbelief on his face: "Although Handan is not as good as Taiyuan, it is also an important town on the Ping-Han line. Why did Zhou Weihan come up with the idea of taking Handan?"
"What's weird about this? If I were Zhou Weihan, able to command six regiments of troops and more than a dozen artillery pieces, I would dare to attack Taiyuan and capture Yoshio Shinozuka alive!" Li Yunlong became energetic for a moment, spitting stars and flying stars.
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"Come on, it's just you. I really want you to command an army of tens of thousands of people. How dare you rebel?" Ding Wei looked dissatisfied.
Seeing the two people seeing spitting stars flying, Wang Yigong quickly interrupted: "You two, there is still business to do!"
"Yes, yes, it's all your fault, Old Ding. I was just bragging. If I had to hold on to you, I would miss the real deal!" Li Yunlong hurriedly raked it over.
After the two stopped, Wang Yigong continued: "The headquarters ordered that the New Regiment and the 28th Regiment each leave a battalion of the main force to cooperate with the county brigade and militia to continue activities in Licheng and Lucheng! The remaining troops will arrive in Wu'an tonight
Tamura area!”
"It's daytime now, and the kid's plane is hovering over my head from time to time! In addition to the two battalions, our three regiments also have nearly 5,000 people. How can we hide it from the kid's eyes?" Ding Wei frowned.
Head, shook his head and said.
"What's the matter? It's afternoon now. Let's have a meal, pack up, and set off as soon as it gets dark. Let's swagger along the Handan-Changchun Highway to Wu'an!" Li Yunlong said carelessly.
What Li Yunlong said was indeed a solution. All the Japs from their strongholds along the Handan-Changchun Highway had been evacuated, and the Japs' planes would not come out at night.
"The weapons and equipment of the county brigade and militia are still a little bit behind. Some of the seized weapons and ammunition will be distributed, which will make them more like the main force! Let's take away some of the puppet troops to help the soldiers reduce the logistical pressure!" Ding Wei suggested.
When he thought of playing Handan, Li Yunlong, a small fortune man, didn't take it seriously and readily agreed.
The three of them discussed it, and the new regiment and the 28th regiment each left four battalions behind, and then dispersed to make arrangements.
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At around nine o'clock that night, after three hours of rapid march, the three regiments arrived near Tamura where the headquarters was located.
The first and second regiments of the independent detachment continued to stay near Yaojiamiao south of Handan, while Jing Dagang and Xu Dali rushed to Tiancun in person.
After the troops arrived, Li Yunlong asked Luo Benzhong to arrange defense issues, and hurriedly called Ding Wei and Wang Yigong to the headquarters.
"Haha, Old Zhou, I heard that you were going to fight Handan, so we came right away with our troops!" Li Yunlong's voice came in before anyone entered the room.
Inside the room, Zhou Weihan said with a smile: "Let me just say that Li Yunlong can't sit still. As long as there is a war, this guy can run faster than anyone else."
Li Yunlong and others entered the room, and Zhou Weihan motioned for them to sit down.
"Have you reported the Handan order to the headquarters? This is not a trivial matter and may very well affect the current situation!" Ding Wei said first.
"Don't worry about this. The boss indicated that we can go ahead and do it, and the surrounding brotherly units will respond positively!" Xing Zhiguo explained.
"Haha, even the headquarters agreed. This is the first time our Eighth Route Army attacks an important city of the Japanese army!" Li Yunlong said.
"In addition to the main force of our six regiments in this attack on Handan, the Xinjiu Brigade in the north of Handan will send a reinforcement force to block the Japanese army in Xingtai, the South Hebei Military Region, the Taiyue Military Region, the Hebei Shandong border, and the Tongpu Railway
The nearby 120th Division will contain some of the Japanese troops! The situation is greatly beneficial to us!"
Zhou Weihan said optimistically, and then looked at He Wensheng, the chief of the enemy engineering department.
He Wensheng understood, stood up and said: "Everyone, you should have seen on the way here that some of the surviving Japanese strongholds moved closer to nearby counties during the day. The vicinity of Handan City was not within our attack range at the beginning.
, there are many surviving strongholds around it, and intelligence personnel reported that more than 200 Japanese troops gradually retreated into Handan City during the day!"
"Handan City is a long and narrow structure that is long from north to south and narrow from east to west. There are four gates in total. A moat runs from northeast to southwest, semi-surrounding the city. There is a ring road outside, and its northeast side leads to Yongping, and its east side leads to Yongping.
It leads to Feixiang in the front, Ci County in the south, and Wu'an in the west. There is a large Japanese stronghold at the intersection of these four roads and the ring road. Before the war, a detachment of the Japanese army and puppet troops were stationed respectively.
A company, these five strongholds are currently not abandoned by the Japanese army."
"There is a station on the southwest side outside the city. There is currently a small group of Japanese troops stationed there, and a puppet garrison of more than 300 people!"
"There is a brigade and regiment headquarters, communications team, health team, weapons service team, and field hospital in the city. Before the war, there were two Type 95 light tanks and four Type 94 road and railway dual-purpose armored vehicles. They have remained in the city and have not been dispatched.
, there is also an anti-tank squadron with a 37mm anti-tank gun. There are currently about 400 Japanese combat troops in the city! There are about 600 puppet army guards!" He Wensheng told the information he knew one by one.
"So, last night was the emptiest time in Handan City. There was only one Japanese anti-tank squadron and a few tanks and armored vehicles stationed there?" Ding Wei said in disbelief.
"Yes, last night, Japanese troops were sent out one after another to reinforce the attacked strongholds in southern Hebei. The mountain artillery squadron and the infantry artillery squadron were all taken away, but most of them were annihilated by our brother troops from the southern Hebei Military Region!"
"Fight, what else is there to say? This time we have to give our new regiment a chance to attack!" Li Yunlong shouted loudly.