On the third day of the first lunar month, the Japanese army frantically bombarded the Eighth Route Army's camouflaged positions outside Dexian City. Liu Yimin spent the day deciding to hide his capabilities and bide his time.
At night, torches in Cangxian City were like stars. The troops of the Eighth Route Army, the armed forces of the counties and districts along the Hebei-Shandong border, the militiamen mobilized in an emergency, and the fellow villagers were all busy, with horse-drawn rubber-tired carts and ox-drawn iron-wheeled carts.
The wheelbarrows were all rattling, and cadres, soldiers, militiamen and fellow villagers, under the unified command of the New Sixth Brigade's transport camp, carried horses and carts to transport various materials for the Japanese army overnight.
Since it was wartime, cadres and soldiers, needless to say, strictly enforced discipline. According to orders, teams ran to the designated warehouses, loaded up their things and left without any extra words. Although the fellows were told by the police not to speak,
, but when many acquaintances from four towns and eight villages meet, they will inevitably start a conversation, or at least ask each other whether the family in which village still exists.
For a time, the night in Cangxian County became more humane. There were local dialects everywhere. One person shouted, "Brother, are you ready to beat me?" The other person replied, "Just put it down, let the Eighth Route Army carry the big one!"
The one side said, "Oh my god, where are you swinging the electric handle?" The other side said, "Stop grinding, Sally, the donkey is roaring!"
In the war years, human lives were like grass. The Japanese army was the most barbaric and cruel army in history. Wherever it passed, many villages and towns with smoky pastoral scenes were reduced to ruins. Those who could survive the constant raids by the little devils were already behind enemy lines.
This is the greatest hope of the common people. Fortunately, the Eighth Route Army came, otherwise we don’t know how many families in the entire Hebei-Shandong border would have been destroyed.
Old Han Mu has lived by the canal for generations, and is used to seeing all kinds of armies. He knows that no matter which commander's team it is, no matter how bad the military discipline is, the most it can do is use his boat without paying, and the worst he can get is a few shots.
Tuozi. Therefore, when the Japanese army went south from the Pingjin area to attack De County, he not only did not run away, but he and his son were also summoned to transport military supplies to the Japanese army. In his mind, the Japanese army was also a human being, and they were just fighting for power with Chinese officials.
After the Japanese army has passed, he can still be his ship owner, go from De County to Tianjin, earn some freight, so that his wife, son, daughter can eat and clothe, and his grandson can wear new clothes.
When he and his son transported a boatload of white rice to the Dexian wharf and returned to their home in Cangxian, the scene in front of them made them stunned: in the small courtyard by the canal that was once full of joy, his wife and daughter-in-law
The daughter and grandson were all lying naked on the ground. The worst thing was that the little grandson was lifted up and his legs were torn apart from the middle.
When old man Mu and his son woke up from the ground, some boatmen brothers had already come to visit and help with the funeral arrangements.
Only then did Old Man Mu and his son realize that the kid had entered his house after they left.
After burying his wife, daughter-in-law, daughter and grandson, old man Mu and his son were still sailing on the canal, except that there were two more butcher knives in the cabin, specifically looking for bad luck on the lone little devil. After doing this a few times, the old man finally
The two were targeted by the Japanese military police. They could no longer stay on the canal and had to run to the Jilu border. After the Eighth Route Army came, their son joined the Eighth Route Army. Old man Mu was old and hired a salesman to shuttle between Cangxian County and the countryside.
, openly selling some needles, thread, and brains, and secretly working as a traffic officer for the county brigade.
Now Old Man Mu is smoking his pipe and chatting with Old Man Li by the Ziya River who came to transport loot to the Eighth Route Army. Because when Old Man Mu was transporting goods to the Ziya River, Old Man Li's house was where he rested and he ate a lot.
The meal cooked by Li's sister-in-law.
Old Man Li told Old Man Mu that the family was over for a long time. When he was running for the day, his wife had small feet and was caught by the Japs, causing trouble. His son wanted to avenge his mother, so he took a boat at night to burn the Japs' motorboat, and died together with the Japs.
There is only one precious daughter left. She is 19 this year. She participated in the Eighth Route Army’s training class and came back to work as the women’s rescue director in the village. She leads a group of old ladies and eldest daughters and is busy making military shoes for the Eighth Route Army every day and paying public rations.
She carried an old muff on her shoulder, like a young man, following the guerrillas to fight the Japanese and avenge her mother and brother.
The two old men were in the same situation, and the more they talked about it, the more they became more speculative. Old Man Mu encouraged Old Man Li to follow him. Anyway, his family was gone, and he lived just to fight against the little devils. If he could kill one by one, he would die when he did.
Damn it!
Old Man Li thought about the same truth. His daughter had her own affairs and had to worry about herself. It would be better to follow Old Man Mu and the two brothers to work with the Eighth Route Army. Maybe they could kill two little Japs with their own hands and avenge their wife.
Among the army trying to grab the goods, the most eye-catching ones were the Hui brothers from Cangxian County.
Liu Zhenhuan led the newly formed Hebei-Shandong Hui Anti-Japanese Brigade to take the lead in the battle to capture the county seat of Cangxian County, displaying the power of the Hui soldiers in resisting the Japanese. The news spread like wildfire. All the Hui brothers on the ground in Cangxian County knew about it, and many
The young people were gearing up to follow Liu Zhenhuan in fighting the Japanese. Once the local cadres mobilized, the imams led the young men and organized them into transportation teams, leading horses and driving carts, and drove to the county seat of Cangxian County.
There are relatively many Hui people in the border areas of Hebei and Shandong. After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Hui traitors represented by Ma Liang, the governor of Shandong Province, defected to the Japanese invaders. Under the instigation of the Japanese invaders, they stirred up conflicts between the Hui and Han people and created a chaotic idea of separation of state and religion in the minds of the Hui people.
After the Eighth Route Army established the Jilu Border Hui People's Salvation Association and the Jilu Border Anti-Japanese Brigade, it carried out publicity and education activities in response to this situation. However, due to the Japanese occupation of the Jilu Border some time ago, the Eighth Route Army's effectiveness in mobilizing the Hui people to unite against Japan was not very effective.
After the establishment of Liu Zhenhuan's Hui Anti-Japanese Brigade, the total number of cadres and soldiers was only 52, which was only equivalent to a platoon of the Eighth Route Army.
Now, Liu Zhenhuan and Wang Lianfang led the Hui Anti-Japanese Brigade on the Hebei-Shandong border and became famous in the East Gate of Cangxian County, allowing the Muslim brothers to see the real results of the Anti-Japanese War. This was more effective than any amount of printed propaganda materials.
Cai Zhong is an old political worker. He has worked with Liu Yimin for so long, and he is already a famous political worker in our army. From the transport teams in Hui uniforms, Cai Zhong immediately realized that he could unite and mobilize the Hui brothers on the Hebei-Shandong border.
The opportunity to resist Japan appeared.
What a good Cai Zhong, he immediately gathered the comrades from the Jilu Border Administrative Office, the Jilu Border Hui People’s Rescue Association and the Jilu Border Hui Anti-Japanese Brigade, and gave specific instructions on how to use the advantage of capturing Cangxian to mobilize the Hui people to resist the Japanese. He asked Jilu
Each of the cadres and soldiers of the Border Hui National Salvation Association and the Hebei-Shandong Border Hui Anti-Japanese Brigade should find an imam to be their friend and form a one-on-one pair to publicize the ethnic and religious policies of our party and the army, and to promote the unity of the Hui and Han people to resist the Japanese.
It is important to let the Hui brothers understand that the Japs not only kill the Han people, but also the Hui people. Only by defeating the invaders and driving away the Japs can the Hui brothers freely believe in Islam and live and develop freely in their beautiful motherland.
Of course, Cai Zhong's mobilization was much more lively and rich. During the time he went to the Hebei-Shandong border, he frequently communicated with Wang Lianfang, chairman of the Hebei-Shandong border Hui people's salvation association, and Liu Zhenhuan, captain of the Hebei-Shandong border Hui anti-Japanese brigade, and learned a lot about Islam.
Knowledge, and a certain understanding of the history of the development of Islam. In addition, Cai Zhong has followed Liu Yimin for a long time, and his horizons have broadened a lot. He can look at problems more rationally and objectively than ordinary people. Therefore, having Cai Zhong do this mobilization is not a good idea.
The eyes of the Hui cadres and soldiers were opened, and they understood the principle of unity to resist Japan and save the country, and that Hui religious protection and patriotism are integrated. They also understood that only by defeating the invaders and establishing a new China can the Hui brothers truly realize freedom of belief.
After Caizhong's mobilization ended, the cadres and soldiers moved quickly to join the Hui brothers who came to carry supplies.
Ma Zhenhua, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the Hebei-Shandong border and deputy director of the administration, stayed behind to report something to Cai Zhong, which was that during the anti-sweeping process at the Hebei-Shandong border, local armed forces and local government suffered heavy losses. For some unknown reason, the little devil seemed to
He has mastered the action patterns of the administrative office and several county-level governments, and his attack is very accurate. Often, a county brigade has just moved to a new area, and the Japs will catch up with him soon after, and the attack target is clear. If there is no tunnel, the administrative office may be
It's over long ago.
Ma Zhenhua asked Cai Zhong to order the Security Department to investigate the matter.
Cai Zhong asked why the main force accompanying Fu Zhuting did not have this problem?
Ma Zhenhua reported that the main force and the Administrative Office did not act together. Fu Zhuting had given him a death order. If the Administrative Office needed to know about any combat operations of the main force, he would only be notified to one person. Without Fu Zhuting's explicit order, it was not allowed to be disclosed to the second person.
Therefore, the main force led by Fu Zhuting has been holding Jilu border for so long and has never been raided by the Japs.
Cai Zhong knew what the problem was as soon as he heard it. The main force led by Fu Zhuting had undergone strict confidentiality education. The cadres and soldiers had a strong sense of confidentiality, and it was not easy for the little devils to penetrate. The cadres and soldiers of the local armed forces were all locals, and the cadres and soldiers kept confidentiality
The education is poor. If Japanese spies are willing to infiltrate, problems will easily arise.
Thinking of the fact that so much supplies were transported to the Hebei and Shandong border, if the little devils knew the hiding place, wouldn't it mean that all the work was in vain?
Cai Zhong did not dare to neglect, so he took Ma Zhenhua and went to see Zeng Zhongsheng and Fu Zhuting.
Several people discussed together for a long time and decided that after Zhang Hongtao led the Jiao Sixth Brigade and the New Sixth Brigade to merge, they would focus on carrying out a complaint campaign and three investigation activities among the armed forces in the counties and districts along the Hebei and Shandong border to improve the political and military quality of the local armed forces.
At the same time, we must dig out the spies who have infiltrated our army. As for the materials transported back from Cangxian County, except for those handed over to the Luxi Guard Brigade and the Second Teaching Brigade, after the rest are transported back to the central area on the Hebei-Shandong border, in addition to replenishing the troops, we will quickly organize transportation
Return to the Qinghe area to avoid loss. When transporting to the Qinghe area, it will be carried out by the Jiao Sixth Brigade and the New Sixth Brigade and strictly confidential.
Cangxian County is a bustling and busy place, but Su County is different.
The military situation was so high that Naosaburo Okabe did not dare to neglect. Starting from last night, he led the army to assemble at a rapid march towards Suxian County.
The fourth day of the Lunar New Year is already February 22nd on the Gregorian calendar. The heavy snow has long since melted. As the weather gradually gets warmer, the Japanese mechanized troops are moving very fast. Armored Brigade, Guards Division, Second Division, Fifth Division
, the First Division arrived in Su County one after another.
After Naosaburo Okabe arrived in Suxian, he sent telegrams to Shanshan Yuan and Iida Sadagu respectively to inquire about the latest trends of the Eighth Route Army.
Ever since the fight with Fujii Yoji, the commander of the 38th Division in Dangshan County, Naosaburo Okabe felt secretly vigilant and silently blamed himself. He felt that his cultivation was not enough and he was still far from being a capable general.
After all, it is indeed Liu Yimin's fault. If it were not for Liu Yimin and the Eighth Route Army, the Imperial Army would have suffered so many defeats if it had not been for Liu Yimin and the Eighth Route Army. If he did not lose the battle, he would be in a good mood, and the fight with Fujii Yoji would not have happened.
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A telegram from Iida Sadagu arrived soon, informing him that the mopping-up operation against Lunan was not going well. There were mine arrays of the Eighth Route Army everywhere. In addition, the terrain was complex, the troops suffered heavy casualties and the results were small. The Twelfth Army was ready to temporarily
Stop the mopping up plan and wait until the main force regains Cang County before starting the mopping up again.
Shanshan Yuan's telegram was different from that of Iida Sadagu. This old Japanese was already impatient and ordered Naosaburo Okabe to move quickly. He must advance by starry night, and things will change if he is too late. If the main force on the southern front delays time, the Eighth Route Army will probably attack Dexian.
, or eliminate the main force of the 41st Division in Dongguang. It is even possible to attack the Jizhong and Pingjin areas. In that case, the security situation in North China will be completely corrupted, and someone must be responsible for this.
Naosaburo Okabe asked him to pay attention to his self-cultivation again. After reading Sugimoto's telegram, he couldn't help but want to scold him. This old guy is almost carved from the same mold as Terauchi Juichi. They are both masters at finding scapegoats. General Terauchi also
Better yet, instead of looking for a scapegoat, look for yourself. Shanshan Yuan is better off. Not long after arriving in North China, he actually wants to make himself a scapegoat. This is simply inexplicable!
The grief-stricken Naosaburo Okabe wanted to send a report immediately to scold Susugimoto, but he did not do so because he knew that he could not offend Sugimoto. General Judai Terauchi was already powerful enough, but Sugimoto was even more powerful than him.
The general in the temple is even more powerful. If one day he returns to the base camp to serve as the Prime Minister, he will be in misfortune.
Unable to scold Shanshan Yuan, Okabe Naosaburo had nowhere to vent his anger, and he was unwilling to catch a small staff officer and beat him up, so Okabe Naosaburo had no choice but to strictly order all units to move quickly and return north overnight.
Considering the safety of the long-distance march, the attentive Naosaburo Gangbe also sent a report to the division commanders of the troops along the route, asking them to strictly guard the railways and highways to ensure a smooth and safe journey for the army back north.
Unexpectedly, just after sending the telegram, Naosaburo Okabe received a report that a Japanese military firefight occurred in Suxian County, with hundreds of people killed and injured.
Naosaburo Okabe frowned and asked Lieutenant General Fujie Keisuke, the commander of the 16th Division, to investigate and deal with it.
Fujie Keisuke apparently received the report before Naosaburo Kobe. As soon as Lieutenant General Kobe asked him to handle it, he muttered that it was not convenient for him to go. He was a soldier and garrison of the Guards Division who had just arrived in Suxian County.
There is a conflict between the soldiers of the 16th Division in Suxian County. It would be better for Mr. Gangbu to handle it personally.
Just as Naosaburo Okabe was about to scold him, the phone on Fujie Keisuke's desk rang again. Naosaburo Okabe grabbed the phone and heard a rapid voice coming from the phone, saying it was the Second Division, the Fifth Division.
A fight broke out and the division commander was asked to stop it immediately, otherwise the situation would become more serious.
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