Chapter 528: War is approaching, headquarters meeting
July 3, 1941.
Zhou Weihan, who was in the Hebei, Shandong and Yu Military Region, received an urgent telegram from the Eighth Route Army headquarters, asking Zhou Weihan to attend a meeting at the headquarters in three days.
"The Japanese army will definitely make big moves in the near future. Counties in the Handan area have successively established garrison teams to conduct training for the puppet troops. The East Asia Alliance Autonomous Army has been established in the Daimyo area. At the same time, Japanese troops from various places are frequently mobilized. It seems that the little devils can't help it anymore.
The bad thing is just for us!" Zhou Weihan speculated about the recent situation.
"Old Tan, this time I go to the headquarters. It will take at least a week to go back and forth, and I will even have to stay in Tainan for a while, so I need you to take charge of the work here in Hebei, Shandong and Yu!" Zhou Weihan said before leaving.
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"Don't worry, the base is now stable. Although the peripheral defenses are still a little weak, the troops are fully staffed and the morale of the soldiers is high. It's a good time to show off with the Japanese army!" Tan Lin said.
"Yeah!" Zhou Weihan nodded after hearing this. Now that the military region has delegated its power to each military division, there are far fewer daily affairs. Tan Lin only needs to sit in the command center and handle emergencies.
Because he was in a hurry to go to the headquarters for a meeting, Zhou Weihan did not make too many preparations and directly led the reconnaissance company northward.
In the evening of the next day, Zhou Weihan and his party arrived in Pingshun.
The main leading cadres of Tainan Division One and Division Two were all concentrated in Pingshun after Zhou Weihan notified them in advance.
"What's the situation in the Changzhi area now? Are there any unusual movements among the Japs?" Zhou Weihan asked.
"This reminds me that something is wrong lately!" Ding Wei said with a frown.
"What's wrong?"
"Since Changzhi was recaptured, the Japanese troops in Licheng and Lucheng could only be trapped in the isolated city and unable to advance or retreat. At first, they frequently tried to break out of the encirclement. Later, I guess they recognized the reality and became more honest. It took half a year.
It’s time. A few days ago, people below reported that the Japanese troops in the two places began to make movements again!"
"At the same time, the Japanese troops in Handan and Tunliu began to try to smuggle ammunition into the encirclement circle, but they were intercepted by my troops in the first division!" Ding Wei said and suddenly took a breath of air: "Hey, you little devil.
Are you going to take action against us?"
"It's certain to take action. I just haven't figured out whether it's aimed at Tainan, Jiluyu, or Changzhi. The headquarters probably got the relevant information. I'm going to have a meeting tomorrow. Each regiment must be in a state of combat readiness at all times.
Be more vigilant!”
"Yes!" everyone present responded.
In fact, the enemy engineering department reported a piece of information from Jia Gui, saying that Temple Yong had people build a large camp outside Handan City, with at least tens of thousands of people based on its size.
What puzzled Zhou Weihan was that according to the past, if such an abnormal behavior would cause misunderstanding between the two parties, Terauchi Isamu would definitely say hello in advance, but at this time his attitude was somewhat ambiguous.
After the meeting, everyone dispersed, leaving only Xu Dali to report Wen Hao's recent situation to Zhou Weihan.
"Detachment leader, Director Wen has been very cooperative recently. In April, he assigned a working group of ours to the 280th Regiment in the name of the Political Training Office of the Division Headquarters. A party group has been established within the 280th Regiment!" Xu Dali said.
"Well, very good, Comrade Yang Han's organizational relationship remains in the second division, but remember not to disclose it to the outside world. The second division is limited to you and your group leaders. The political commissar only needs to know!" Zhou Weihan ordered.
"yes!"
The united front work within the 94th Division can reach this level. In addition to the efforts of the comrades in the Second Division, it is inseparable from Wen Rong's cooperation.
At the beginning, the Nationalist Government gave the Eighth Route Army a division in an attempt to lure Zhou Weihan to the Nationalist side. However, it failed. The original 280th Regiment of the Central Military Commission was also assigned to the Eighth Route Army, and its leader Yang Handu secretly joined the organization.
Zhou Weihan did not stay at Xu Dali's place for dinner, he knew that Wen Qiang must be waiting for him to have dinner.
Returning to the division headquarters compound, the lights in Wen Qiang's room were still on as expected. Zhou Weihan pushed the door open and left, where Wen Qiang was lying down and dozing off.
"Why don't you go to bed early if you are sleepy? There is no need to wait for me?" Zhou Weihan said in a rare gentle tone.
"I just want to wait for you, otherwise you will be gone at dawn!" Wen Qiang rubbed her sleepy eyes.
Zhou Weihan looked up and down Wen Qiang's Eighth Route Army uniform. Now Wen Qiang had joined the Eighth Route Army. In addition to teaching the Second Division Guard Company on weekdays, she also used textbooks compiled by the Eighth Route Army to teach the military police company next door.
"Brother Weihan, why are you staring at me? Which part of my clothes is dirty?"
"No, I just think you look particularly energetic in this military uniform!" Zhou Weihan laughed dryly.
"Just the spirit?" Wen Qiang was obviously dissatisfied with what Zhou Weihan said and couldn't help but said coquettishly.
"It's pretty good-looking too!" Although Zhou Weihan said it a bit perfunctorily, Wen Qiang was extremely satisfied and Zhou Weihan immediately filled a bowl of rice.
Zhou Weihan looked at the exquisite food on the table and knew immediately that it was cooked by the cook from the Political Training Department next door.
Early the next morning.
Since the Tainan base area was a base camp with good security, Zhou Weihan only asked Dong Jiang and a few soldiers to accompany him.
The Eighth Route Army headquarters was then moved back to Wangjiayu in Wuxiang County.
On that day, participants from the Taiyue and Taibei military regions were the first to arrive, and Zhou Weihan arrived one after another with the Song political commissar from southern Hebei.
"Zhou Weihan, I thought I could meet you on King of Hell Mountain. Who would have thought that you arrived in Pingshun yesterday? Not to mention, the food on the mountain is really good!" Political Commissar Song of the Southern Hebei Military Region joked.
"I just happened to have a meeting in Pingshun. No, political commissar Song, why are you here to hold the meeting?" Zhou Weihan asked.
"Hey, don't mention it. Lao Chen is such an unlucky guy. He was injured before, but he was rushed out of the hospital before the injury healed. Now he's healed, but the wound is infected. Now he's lying in the hospital. I have to come!
Political Commissar Song said helplessly.
"That's such an unlucky guy. Is he going to the battlefield himself again?" The brigade commander on the side didn't think the matter was big enough and joined in the fun.
The boss, who had always lowered his head, saw that all the participants had arrived, and immediately said: "Okay, you can talk about what you have to say after the meeting. Now go to the conference room for the meeting!"
In the conference room, there was no one else but the boss, the deputy chief of staff, the two division chiefs, and the four chief officers of the second-level military region. It was obvious that the level of this meeting was surprisingly high.
The Deputy Chief of General Staff held in his hand materials compiled from the intelligence reported by the General Intelligence Office, and then distributed them to the four people who had just arrived.
"Zhou Weihan, your guess is correct. The Japanese army is indeed making big moves. Please take a look at this material first!" the Deputy Chief of General Staff, the superior leader of the Eighth Route Army's intelligence department, said first.
"Kwantung Army?" Zhou Weihan exclaimed after reading the materials. He knew that Japanese troops were mobilized from various places, but he never expected that this time the Japanese army would dispatch the Kwantung Army to enter the country.
