January 4, 1941, Huilong Town, Neihuang County, northern Henan.
The temporary base chosen by the group is in the mountainous area where Huilong is located, and further north is the Zhanghe River.
It has been two days since Zhou Weihan led his troops to join the First Regiment, and the situation in the Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area has indeed reached a critical moment.
Originally, the Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area governed the anti-Japanese regime in seven counties including Daming, PY, and Changyuan in the direct south area. However, taking advantage of the Japanese army's sweeping campaign, Gao Shuxun of the New Eighth Army seized PY, Puxian and other areas and moved the Eighth Route Army into the area.
The base area in the Zhinan area is divided into two parts, separated from the north and the south.
In addition, under the deliberate indulgence of the Japanese army, the main force of the Eighth Route Army marched eastward to western Shandong. The local stubborn armed forces, with the support of the New Eighth Army, deliberately caused friction, destroyed the anti-Japanese regime, and arrested our staff.
After Jing Dagang's regiment arrived in Neihuang, due to Zhou Weihan's order, the regiment could only send out several small groups of troops to bring the Eighth Route Army guerrillas and government staff in the Zhinan area to Neihuang.
After understanding the situation in the Hebei, Shandong and Henan base areas, Zhou Weihan had a clearer understanding of the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.
After the anti-recalcitrant campaigns in southern Hebei and Tainan, the Eighth Route Army and the National Army did not have much friction on the surface.
Even in the Changzhi and Zhongtiao Mountain areas, the Eighth Route Army and the National Army joined hands to fight against the enemy, but privately, local frictions in other areas have not stopped.
On the same day, a small Eighth Route Army unit departing from the Luxi Military Region secretly marched westward, passing through Guancheng and Fan County, and arrived in Neihuang.
"Political Commissar, this is Chuwang Town in Neihuang. After Chuwang, to the north is Huilong!"
"Comrades from the previous place reported that a Japanese stronghold was built in this area. Send two soldiers to investigate!"
The young man who spoke had a baby face and was political commissar Xiao of the Western Shandong Military Region.
Inside the independent detachment headquarters.
Zhou Weihan was also thinking that the comrades from Western Shandong should be arriving soon, so he immediately asked Jing Dagang to send someone to meet them.
Political Commissar Xiao was specially invited by Zhou Weihan. According to the current situation in the Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area, relying solely on the existing strength of the Tainan Military Region is not enough to break the situation.
Zhou Weihan is not stupid. There are three brigades of brothers in the east. Once the war starts, it will be a great help to send three or four regiments to support.
That night, taking advantage of the darkness, Political Commissar Xiao and his party finally crossed the Japanese blockade after seven detours.
"Hello, Comrade Zhou Weihan!"
"Hello, Comrade Xiao Hua!"
The two shook hands, and Zhou Weihan couldn't help but be secretly surprised that the person who came here was really young.
"Political Commissar Xiao, you are younger than I thought!"
"Haha, I was born with a baby face. Everyone who meets me says I look young, but you should call me Lao Xiao. It sounds nice to me!"
This year, Zhou Weihan was 26 years old and Xiao Hua was 24 years old. This was the first time they met.
After greetings, Zhou Weihan arranged for everyone to have dinner, and then led everyone to the temporary conference room.
"How about it, Lao Xiao? The road from Luxi to Zhinan is not very peaceful, isn't it?" Zhou Weihan asked.
"Isn't that right? Along the way, we have to be on guard against both the Japanese army and the recalcitrant armed forces in various places. The current situation is no better than before the big sweep. The Japanese army and the recalcitrant troops have vaguely reached an agreement to jointly suppress our Eighth Route Army!" Xiao Hua said.
Shi's face was slightly solemn.
"Yes, although I guessed that Naihuang has only been in the country for a few days, I have already felt this situation. If we want to restore the previous Hebei, Shandong and Yu base areas, we must first establish a foothold in Zhinan. However, we only have a limited understanding of the local situation.
I have a rough understanding. I am not familiar with the place, so I applied to the headquarters and called you over!" Zhou Weihan explained the reason.
"Then let me talk first?"
"explain!"
"From a broad perspective, the entire Hebei, Shandong and Henan region can form a big circle within a small circle!"
"The Japanese army carried out heavy blockades along the three railways of Ping-Han, Longhai, and Jin-Pu, and arranged them in a large circle. There was the Japanese independent first mixed brigade around Anyang on the Ping-Han railway, and there were thirty Japanese troops along the Kaifeng and Shangqiu railways.
The First Division of the Fifth Division, the 21st Division of the Japanese Army around Xuzhou, the 32nd Division of the Japanese Army along the Tianjin-Puzhou Railway, and the 32nd Division of the Japanese Army along Yanzhou!"
"The Japanese army is heavily guarding the railway lines, but in the hinterland of the Hebei, Shandong and Henan regions, compared to the vast area, the Japanese army does not have many troops. They only occupy county towns and strongholds along the highway!"
"That's why there is a small circle in the inner circle. The core area of the small circle is composed of the national armed forces entrenched in Pu County, PY, Fan County, Guancheng and other places. The main ones include Gao Shuxun's New Eighth Army and Sun Liangcheng's Hebei Army.
Observe the twelfth column in the theater, the second guerrilla column, and the temporary first division!"
"There are other stubborn armed forces in other surrounding counties!"
"After the big sweep, our Eighth Route Army lost a lot of strength. The stubborn troops became even more arrogant and expanded their territory outwards to destroy our grassroots political power!"
Xiao Hua then pointed out the location of the inner garden on the map: "Look, the location chosen by the stubborn army is extremely tricky. The inner garden just separates the three base areas of Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Luxi, and Huxi.
The Zhinan area and southwestern Shandong area to which the base area belongs are divided into two parts: north and south!"
After hearing what Political Commissar Xiao said, everyone present immediately became more aware of the current situation.
After hearing this, Zhou Weihan nodded: "The intentions of the Japanese army are very sinister. They are clearly trying to sit back and watch the fight between tigers and allow the stubborn army to fight with our Eighth Route Army!"
In fact, the Japanese army's military deployment in the Hebei, Shandong and Henan areas was indeed very clever. There were three Eighth Route Army base areas in the Hebei, Shandong and Henan areas, but there was no unified command. The Hebei, Shandong and Henan base areas were previously under the 129 organizational structure, but the two base areas in Luxi and Huxi were
It was developed by the 115th Division.
The Japanese army only occupied the railway line and the county towns along the way, and surrounded the Eighth Route Army in the Hebei, Shandong and Henan areas. From time to time, they organized troops to carry out large-scale raids to weaken the Eighth Route Army.
In addition, he supported the stubborn armed forces and the Eighth Route Army to fight with each other, and watched the excitement from the outside.
"So if we want to change the situation in the Hebei, Shandong and Henan regions, the first thing to solve is the stubborn armed forces entrenched in the inner circle!" Zhou Weihan said, patting his head.
If it was not a matter of life and death, Zhou Weihan really didn't want to fight with the national army, but now that Lu Xinan was alone, he couldn't help but hesitate.
"That's right, if you take action, you must do it quickly. With one move, your whole body will be affected, and you won't give the Japanese troops on the periphery time to react!" Xiao Hua said.
"If this is the case, we will need the support of our brother troops from the Luxi Military Region to attack from the east and west and directly strangle the stubborn troops to death!" Zhou Weihan said coldly.
"Of course, how can we allow others to snore and sleep on the side of the bed? As long as the stubborn army is entrenched here, our two base areas will not be able to be connected together!"
