Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 359 The mountain top in the army, the dynamics of Changzhi

After Yang Bo left, Zhou Weihan couldn't help sighing.

Some mountains appeared among the troops of the Tainan Military Region, which was only noticed by Zhou Weihan when Zhao Gang reminded him.

Among them, the independent detachment was the most serious. Strictly speaking, this was caused by Zhou Weihan invisibly.

Where there are people, there are small groups. This is unavoidable. People will have independent consciousness, and there will be three good and two close.

In the army, fighting the enemy hand in hand on the battlefield, throwing their heads and blood, it is easier to form a comrade-in-arms, and correspondingly there is a mountain.

At best, the mountain is more like a cohesive collective, at worst, it is more prone to exclusion.

From the perspective of the entire Eighth Route Army, the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the Shanxi-Sui Military Region, and even Shandong, Jiangnan and other major military regions can be regarded as a big mountain top, which is composed of small hilltops of the secondary military regions below.

Therefore, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army will regularly transfer cadres to study in the Anti-Japanese University, and even collapse the military region to transfer personnel to cadres.

The brigade commander and Commander Chen in southern Hebei entered a relatively stable stage in the war, and even went to Yanzhou to study.

In the Tainan Military Region, the largest mountain was the independent detachment, and the Xinyi Regiment and the 28th Regiment were faintly excluded. Li Yunlong and Ding Wei were old comrades in arms, and the two regiments were stationed next to each other, so they could be regarded as hugging each other.

Among the independent detachments, Zhou Weihan's old foundation brought over from the 22nd Regiment developed the most powerful, and also gained Zhou Weihan's trust the most.

Among them, Jing Dagang and Wu Qin are the representatives, which can be called the Yuan Cong family.

In Yuan Cong's department, the security department headed by Wu Qin was the most powerful, and the soldiers from the first batch of guard companies brought from the 22nd regiment became the backbone of each regiment.

Even the recruits assigned to the various regiments not long ago, the third batch of guard company soldiers who served as the backbone, had the lowest position as a squad leader.

It can be seen from this that the invisible forces of the three groups of guard company soldiers in each regiment.

There is also a group of veterans from the Nine Columns New Second Regiment headed by Xu Dali, and the Fourth Regiment headed by Wang Yigong.

And the recruitment of the independent detachment is based on the region.

Divided by region, the first, second, and third regiments are mostly fighters from Wu'an and Wuyi, and a small number are fighters from southern Hebei.

In this regard, Zhou Weihan and the various regiment leaders may not have realized the formation of the mountain top, or found it and thought it was normal. This is also a problem that Zhao Gang only discovered when he went to the company for inspection.

After the Hundred Regiments War, Zhou Weihan deliberately left Wuqin's third regiment in southern Hebei, and Jing Dagang's first regiment stayed in Yanwangshan with the headquarters.

Xing Zhiguo, the chief of staff, is also personally responsible for the daily training of the recruits.

In terms of cadre training, one of the purposes of establishing the Tainan Cadre School is to weaken the influence of the guard company in the army.

Only Wu'an and Wuyi were recruited from the three main regiments. The villagers asked many times for their children to join the army, but Zhou Weihan did not agree.

Zhao Gang once said that other comrades should not let other comrades think that the independent detachment cannot be splashed with water or blown by the wind. This is also the reason why Zhou Weihan still applied for a group of cadres from the headquarters for support.

All of the above are subtle adjustments made by Zhou Weihan invisibly without damaging the combat effectiveness of the troops.

At the same time, Zhou Weihan also defended this group, for example, let the first group that is also in the independent detachment transfer some cadres to support the third group far away in southern Hebei.

From the overall point of view of the Tainan Military Region, the development of the troops is positive. Surrounded by powerful enemies, the existence of the mountain is more conducive to uniting the comrades around him. Zhou Weihan is not willing to make big moves in personnel appointments at this time.

In the afternoon, Li Yunshan hurriedly found Zhou Weihan to report the situation.

After learning that the [-]st Division of the Japanese Army was going to be stationed in Changzhi, the Enemy Engineering Division has been keeping an eye on the Japanese army's dynamics in Changzhi.

"Information came from the Lucheng Intelligence Station that a large number of Japanese troops arrived in Lucheng along the Lintun Highway, and then gathered around Changzhi. The little devil is really going to make a big move this time!" Li Yunshan said.

The Lucheng Intelligence Station under the Enemy Engineering Division is located in Taitung Village, and the area around Taitung Village is at the frontier of the Lucheng Anti-Japanese War. You can enter the enemy-occupied area Lucheng in the west, enter the 28th Regiment’s activity area in the north, and cross Taishan Mountain in the east. , directly to the territory of Pingshun.

Therefore, Taitung Village is not only the forward position of the Lucheng Anti-Japanese War, but also a junction area for activities. Secondly, Taitung Village is located on a high hill.

Standing on the top of the mountain, the field of vision is very wide. To the northwest, you can observe the Japanese army's Wulihou stronghold and Weizi Town stronghold, as well as the changes in the enemy's situation on the Hanchang Highway; to the west, you can observe the Japanese and puppet troops in the direction of Yaoshang, Chengjiachuan, and Lucheng. Action; To the southwest, you can see Laoding Mountain in Changzhi.

Soon, Xing Zhiguo and Zhao Gang also arrived.

"The little devil came very quickly. Let the intelligence station in Changzhi City pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese army. At the same time, let Ding Wei's 28th regiment send a small force to keep an eye on Weizi Town. The Japanese army in Changzhi wants to follow the Hanchang Highway. Marching, Weizi Town is its front station!"

"Let the [-]nd Battalion of the [-]th Regiment, which was fighting guerrillas in Pingshun, secretly enter Taitung Village. If the Japanese army really wants to do something, the [-]nd Battalion will harass the Japanese rear all the time!"

"Ask the regiments, how are the blocking positions built according to the fortifications in the ground?" Zhou Weihan ordered one after another.

"The timing of the Japanese army is very accurate. Now the base area is harvesting, and the little devil really wants to take the opportunity to go to the countryside to grab food!" Zhao Gang said.

At the end of September, the Tainan base began to start the autumn harvest, and now it is the beginning of October, which is the right time.

"The autumn harvest cannot be delayed. This is related to the rations of the fellow villagers for the next year. Except for the 28th regiment at the forefront, the rest of the regiments left manpower to build fortifications, and the rest and the militias assisted the fellow villagers to grab the harvest with all their strength!"

"Yes!" Xing Zhiguo took the order and left.

Zhou Weihan said playfully: "The little devil is good at calculating, but we are not vegetarians. If he dares to stretch out his hand, I will break off two of his fingers!"

As soon as the words were finished, an officer from the telecommunications department walked in with a telegram.

"Chief, urgent call from headquarters!"

Zhou Weihan quickly browsed through it, and then said: "The intelligence work at the headquarters is still meticulous. The transfer of Japanese troops was discovered yesterday, and the numbers and intentions of the Japanese troops have been found out today!"

"The two regiments of the [-]st Division of the Japanese Army came here. One of the plans is to encircle and suppress our Tainan base area and then station in the south of Changzhi for a long time to attack the national army in the east of Zhongtiao Mountain!"

"I reckon that the Japanese army suffered a great loss in the Hundred Regiments War. Now that they have recovered, the siege will definitely not only target our Tainan base area."

How could the Japanese army's large-scale troop mobilization be able to hide from the eyes of the Eighth Route Army in the enemy-occupied area? As soon as they set off from Lintun Highway, they were targeted by the Eighth Route Army.

(End of this chapter)