Chapter 418: The decline of the Japanese army. Please subscribe.
Zhou Weihan didn't know Fan Hanjie's reaction. The Eighth Route Army did not touch the property of ordinary people, but it showed no mercy to the property of the Japanese and puppet troops and puppet government personnel.
For example, the Japanese army's factories in the city had technicians who were both Japanese and Chinese. In order to develop the industry in the base area, Zhou Weihan showed no mercy and took away all the technicians and their families.
A group of cavalrymen galloped towards the territory of Pingshun.
That evening, Zhou Weihan led his troops to Pingshun County.
The Japanese army in Pingshun County had the same experience as the Japanese army in Lin County. The Japanese army in Pingshun had suffered heavy losses under the offensive of the Fourth Regiment and could only defend the county seat. Later, they received a message sent by Zhou Weihan to the Japanese telegraph operator to break out in the direction of Changzhi.
telegram.
As a result, on the road from Pingshun to Changzhi, three guard companies led by Zhou Weiguo cooperated with Pingshun local armed forces and were completely wiped out.
Outside Pingshun City, since the Japanese army abandoned the city and left, all the strongholds and fortifications outside the city were intact.
The soldiers of the Second Regiment, who arrived first, had already dispersed to various strategic locations in Binh Thuan, repairing the Japanese strongholds and taking over the city defense works.
"Detachment leader!" Xu Dali received the news early and rushed outside the city to respond.
"Chief of Staff, are they here?" Zhou Weihan asked.
"We arrived before dark, and the chief of staff is arranging for the first and fourth regiments to be stationed and get in touch with the scattered regiments!" Xu Dali said.
As soon as Zhou Weihan entered the city, the city was dark. Only the center of the city was lit with bonfires and lights. From time to time, he could encounter patrols composed of soldiers from the second regiment.
The Japanese originally enforced a curfew in the city. Normally, people would turn off their lights early in the morning and no one would be seen on the streets. After Zhou Weiguo led his guard company to occupy Pingshun County, he first searched the city for all the lurking forces, but
In order not to cause riots, the curfew policy is still implemented.
Zhou Weihan entered the former Japanese Army headquarters, now the Second Regiment Headquarters, where both Xing Zhiguo and Zhou Weiguo were present.
"Okay, you go and do your work, you don't have to be here anymore!" Zhou Weihan waved his hand and said.
After hearing this, Xu Dali looked embarrassed and thought to himself, this is the headquarters of my second regiment. Where do you want me to go?
Xu Dali was an honest man. Usually, if the Second Regiment had any problems, he would solve them by himself. He rarely reached out to the military area. He only mumbled twice, said yes, turned around and left.
Zhou Weihan did not notice this, but instead joked to Xing Zhiguo and Zhou Weiguo who were busy: "Hey, you two are still busy!"
"Hehe, Lao Zhou, look at the empty guy in the headquarters right now. Hurry up and give us two a drink!" Xing Zhiguo said angrily.
Zhou Weihan didn't have time to take action. The monk on the side, a guard, was really discerning and hurriedly scooped three cups of water from the bucket in the corner to the three of them.
"How is the flight team? Did they land safely at the airport?" Zhou Weihan asked with concern.
These ten aircraft are the treasures of the entire Eighth Route Army. Now they have won the trust of the Central Military Commission and the heads of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and have been temporarily handed over to the Tainan Military Region. How could Zhou Weihan not care about them.
"We received a telegram from the mountain during the march. Comrade Yunshan said that the plane had landed safely at Nanting Airport. Please rest assured that the military region security company is temporarily responsible for security work!" Xing Zhiguo said.
"I can rest assured that!"
Zhou Weihan ordered the construction of Nanting Airport before the pilots were in place.
In order to ensure the safety of the airport, members of the Tainan Military Region team unanimously decided to choose the location of the airport in the mountainous area near Yamawang Mountain.
Zhou Weihan personally led people to conduct site surveys, and finally chose a small plain in the mountains.
There is a local Nanting Village with dozens of households. In order to build the airport, the entire Nanting Village was relocated.
Then manpower was transferred from each regiment, a total of more than 5,000 soldiers, and it took half a month to complete the construction.
During the construction process, a lot of explosives were used to break up the mountains and blast rocks. The soldiers used packhorses to pull rollers back and forth to tamp the foundation, then crushed the rocks and paved them into a flight runway about one kilometer long and fifty meters wide.
"What's the situation with the New Regiment, the 22nd Regiment, and Ding Wei's 28th Regiment?" Zhou Weihan asked again.
"Isn't this busy? They are all screening and integrating intelligence!" Xing Zhiguo pointed at the dozen or so people in the staff office gathered together.
"The sources of intelligence are very mixed. Some are reported by the enemy engineering department, some are reported by comrades from the Changzhi District Government, and some are forwarded by the headquarters and Taiyue Military Region!"
Zhou Weihan nodded after hearing this. Screening, integrating information, and uploading and distributing it were important tasks of the staff office, which involved most of the energy.
The Tainan Military Region is such a large territory, and the movements of the various forces involved are extremely complicated. As the chief military officer, Zhou Weihan only has some important and clear information that will be handed over to him as soon as possible.
"After multiple confirmations, the Japanese army that fought against the New 1st Regiment and the 22nd Regiment was actually a group of more than a thousand baggage and wounded troops, with a central route composed of one unit each of the 36th Division and the 37th Division.
The large Japanese army has arrived at the border between Wuxiang and Xiangyuan." Xing Zhiguohui reported.
"What? How did Li Yunlong do it? He usually boasts loudly, but this time he let the little devil fool him!" Zhou Weihan said with a frown.
Liu Tianming's 22nd Regiment was seconded from the First Column to protect the safety of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, and was assigned by the headquarters to the command of the Tainan Military Region. Zhou Weihan naturally could not say anything.
"Hey, after all, Li Yunlong fought fiercely with the main force of the Japanese army for two days. The New Regiment suffered a lot of casualties before. It is normal to have concerns when pursuing. After seeing through the reality of the Japanese army, I have already telegraphed the New Regiment, and the 22nd Regiment was quickly eliminated.
The Japanese supply troops in front of us!" Xing Zhiguo hurriedly helped Li Yunlong smooth things over.
"The Japanese independent 10th mixed brigade, which had previously besieged the 386th Brigade in the mountains of Qin County, suddenly broke away from the battle as early as yesterday afternoon, withdrew the Japanese troops at various blockade points, and headed south towards Tunliu and Changzi.
Go, it seems to look for bad luck in the independent regiment that occupied Tunliu, the eldest son, and the 358th regiment of the Jinsui Army!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "The Japanese independent 16th Brigade, which besieged the Three Columns of Death in the Qinyuan Mountains, is in a similar situation. It withdrew to its base in Linfen at noon today. The Three Columns of Death are in
Pursue!" Xing Zhiguo reported the collected intelligence one by one.
"The little devil is getting anxious. The more anxious he is, the more it means that the battle between the Chinese army and the Zhongtiao Mountain has reached the point of pain for the little devil!" Zhou Weihan's originally sullen face could not help but laugh at this time.
"Yes, judging from the current situation, all the Japanese troops participating in the raids have received unified orders to reinforce the Zhongtiao Mountain area at all costs. Otherwise, they will definitely not abandon the heavy troops and travel lightly. It is a pity that our place is far away from the west The side battlefield is too far away and there is no way we can catch up!" said Zhou Weiguo on the side.
Zhou Weiguo, the Chief of Staff, had the opportunity to command the troops in the Changzhi Battle under Zhou Weihan's special arrangements. He was addicted to it. Seeing the situation in front of him, he felt it was a pity.
Zhou Weihan secretly calculated the situation of various departments in the Tainan Military Region, and Ding Wei's 28th Regiment wiped out the remaining Japanese forces in Lucheng, consolidated the base area, and deployed defense lines.
Under the command of Zhao Gang, the Shexian County Cadre Regiment and the Headquarters Security Regiment surrounded the Eighth Route Army Headquarters in Yetao Town, Shexian County.
After the retreat of part of the 104th Brigade led by Yong Si Nai, Li Da Ben's garrison returned to defend Wuyi and Wu'an. The main force of the independent detachment had just withdrawn to Pingshun.
Zhou Weihan couldn't help but curse in his heart, the three armies of the National Army were right in front of him, otherwise when the independent detachment was still in Changzhi, the headquarters would definitely order the independent detachment to join the war.
But things were so absurd. On the one hand, the Eighth Route Army tried its best to prevent the Japanese army from returning reinforcements, but on the other hand, it had to worry about the three armies of the National Army in Tainan pressing into the base area.
"Where is the main force of the 386th Brigade commanded by the brigade commander?" Zhou Weihan asked again.
"Yesterday afternoon, as soon as the Japanese independent 10th mixed brigade withdrew, the brigade commander guessed that the Japanese army was looking for trouble with the independent regiment and the 358th regiment. At that time, the 386th brigade was divided into two parts, the 772nd regiment. The 16th regiment was led by the brigade commander. Responsible for chasing the Japanese army!"
"The 17th Regiment and the 18th Regiment were commanded by Political Commissar Wang to relieve the desperate third column led by Chief of Staff Zhou who was surrounded by Japanese troops in Qinyuan!" Xing Zhiguo said.
"Now that the Japanese troops of the 16th independent mixed brigade of the Japanese army who surrounded the third column of the decisive battle have all escaped, we can't chase them together with the 17th and 18th regiments!"
Zhou Weihan immediately thought of the 17th Regiment operating near Lintun Highway. The 18th Regiment was the only mobile force.
"Immediately ask the brigade commander about the 17th Regiment, where is the 18th Regiment?"