When Zhou Weihan returned from the headquarters to the headquarters of the New Second Regiment, it was already dark.
That night, Zhou Weihan and Zhao Gang explained the tasks assigned by the headquarters.
"Old Zhao, this time I went to the headquarters. The boss has agreed to our New Second Regiment's combat plan to go to Heshun. In addition, the headquarters has also assigned our New Second Regiment the next stage of combat missions." Zhou Weihan then told Zhao Gang in detail.
one time.
"Old Zhou, Heshun is not familiar with this place. Please bring more people with you this time," Zhao Gang said worriedly.
"Well, you don't have to worry about this. I will be prepared. In addition, after I leave, don't make any big moves in places like Yongping and southern Hebei. Just send small groups of troops to infiltrate. They don't go to Hebei very often.
Are they doing a side job in the south of Hebei Province? Let them do it openly this time." Zhou Weihan said. Unexpectedly, the small actions of the battalions against the south of Hebei Province have now given the new second regiment the lead in the next combat mission. What a coincidence.
"When I go to Heshun this time, I will be back in as little as a week or as little as half a month."
"Lao Zhou, don't worry, I know what's going on."
Before Zhao Gang came to the New Second Regiment, the New Second Regiment had nothing to say about fighting, and was almost useless in other aspects.
After Zhao Gang arrived, Zhou Weihan realized that it was so nice to have a caring and good political commissar.
First, there was the ideological situation of the team. Zhao Gang first took the instructors from each battalion to get a feel for the whole group, and then selected some comrades with progressive ideas and culture for training. During this period, each company's instructors were basically fully equipped.
The efficiency of Zhao Gang, a professional political cadre, cannot be compared to that of amateurs like Zhou Weihan. Under Zhao Gang's guidance, the instructors and instructors began to tell the soldiers in detail why they were fighting and for whom, and then the victory of the Anti-Japanese War
the inevitability of the war, as well as the current situation, and such programmatic things as protracted war.
Although some concepts are too profound for some warriors, the seeds of thought are also planted.
The best proof is that thousands of soldiers in the New Second Regiment were mobilized from bandits. Originally, most of them joined the New Second Regiment out of passion and pride. After this period of time, their thoughts have changed.
There is also a soldier committee established to promote the equality of officers and soldiers and not to beat or scold soldiers.
If there were people like Zhu Dashan in the beginning, they couldn't understand it, and some were resistant to it.
But these instructors set an example, insisting on checking sentries every day, covering every soldier with a quilt every day, caring about every soldier's family situation, charging ahead in battle and retreating behind. Such behavior touched the hearts of all soldiers, and many people have adapted to the instructors.
The result of this role is that the combat effectiveness of each company is greatly improved.
The next step was to teach these illiterate soldiers how to write and read, and at the same time began to organize ideological education for enlightenment.
Explain to the soldiers what exactly democratism is? The misunderstanding about "people sharing wives".
At that time, many soldiers from poor families asked to join this organization that sought liberation for themselves. Many officers also gradually changed their attitudes and began to get closer to the instructors, because they found that after doing ideological work,
The soldiers at work were particularly brave in fighting. Other troops retreated when they heard the sound of gunfire, but their own troops rushed wherever there was gunfire.
There is also the issue of soldiers. With the cooperation of Zhao Gang and local comrades Wang Wenying and other comrades, every time they go to a village, the instructor will take the lead in carrying water, cutting firewood, and clearing wasteland for the people, so that the people in the mountainous areas near the New Second Regiment's station can fully
Understand what kind of team the Eighth Route Army is.
The soldiers truly realized what it means to be in a fishy situation between the military and civilians. At the same time, various grassroots political powers were established like mushrooms after a rain, and the base area of the new second regiment was built like an iron barrel.
The next day, Zhou Weihan led a battalion, a guard company, part of Li Daben's independent brigade, plus two mountain cannons from the artillery battalion, and headed straight for Heshun.
Zhou Weihan specially brought Li Dabenshang with him because the business of Xin Er Tuan and Terauchi Isamu had developed to Heshun, so Li Dabenshang was relatively familiar with Heshun.
Heshun is about 200 miles away from Wuyi. Along the way, he needs to pass through Liao County. The road is densely packed with Japanese strongholds. The goods store has a pass issued by Temple Yong and has been walking for two days. Zhou Weihan estimates that this trip will last only three days.
It won't arrive in four days.
"Li Da, do you know that there is a coal mine and a prisoner-of-war camp in the northeast of Heshun County?" Zhou Weihan asked.
"Captain, I have actually been to the place you mentioned. The goods company has a stronghold in Heshun County. The company usually trades some in-demand materials with the coal mines. At the beginning, Watanabe took me to a few places.
"This time"
"According to Watanabe, this mine is jointly mined by a chaebol in Japan and the Japs military. It is called Mitsubishi. It is not large in scale. The regular army is a guard team of the Japs, and there is also an expatriate escort team.
They are composed of Japanese expatriates and ronin, and their combat effectiveness is not even third-rate. There is also a battalion of puppet troops, with about three to four hundred people."
"Captain, I'm not bragging. If things are normal, we people who work as cargo dealers can get through. Now the target is too big. Officials can't reach it, so they can only take small roads." Li Da said skillfully.
After hearing Li Da's introduction, Zhou Weihan said: "It doesn't matter if you take a small road. Safety is the first priority. You lead the way with others."
In this way, it took the New Second Regiment and his party three days to finally arrive in Heshun County.
"Commander, there is a situation ahead. The Japs are exchanging fire with a group of Shanxi-Suiyuan troops." Li Da, who was in charge of the investigation at the front, reported.
"Jing Dagang, arrange for the soldiers to repair nearby. Dong Jiang will take some people with me to investigate." Zhou Weihan ordered.
At this time, in Qingxi Town, Heshun County, Guo Wenzhi, the commander of the 386th Regiment of the Shanxi-Sui Army, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. The regiment had already fought against half of the Japs' brigade in Taohua Mountain.
The 386th Regiment is located in the occupied area of the Japanese army and has less than 2,000 personnel. It is incomparable with Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment. It was left behind by the Jinsui Army to fight against the Japs. Guo Wenzhi knew very well that if it were not for this reason, the 386th Regiment would
You can't be the leader yourself.
This is when the adjutant Yu Tiansheng came in and reported: "Commander, Commander Yan Guoming of the Fourth Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army is here."
"Quickly, please come in quickly." Guo Wenzhi was overjoyed, knowing that the reinforcements had arrived.
"Commander Yan, Minister Jiao, I, Guo, have been waiting for you for a long time." Guo Wenzhi said with an unchanging expression, and the anxiety just now was not visible at all.
"Captain Guo, I won't say any more nonsense. This time my Fourth Independent Regiment is fighting in coordination with your army. Can your army provide some ammunition?" Commander Yan said straight to the point.
"It depends on what you said, Commander Yan. I have already prepared it. How can I ask for your help in vain?" Guo Wenzhi waved his hand and asked the soldiers to carry in four boxes of bullets.
"Captain Guo, what do you mean? You invited us to come over to cooperate in the battle, and you just want to send us and the little devils to death with two boxes of ammunition? You are too good at business, right?" Yan Guoming stretched out a foot wearing leather shoes and stepped on the ammunition box.
superior.
"You two, you know, our troops are fighting the Japanese army in Taohuashan, and we are really short of ammunition!" Guo Wenzhi said seriously.
Yan Guoming and Jiao Erhe were on their way back to their base.
"This Guo Wenzhi has really tricked people down to their bones. He, Guo Wenzhi, obviously asked us to cooperate in fighting, but he sent us away with just four boxes of ammunition?" Jiao Erhe, the enemy's Minister of Industry, said angrily.
"There is nothing we can do. The little devil has already arrived at the door of our house. Under the cover of the nest, there are still eggs."
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