Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 413 Hongmen Banquet Please Subscribe

On the afternoon of the 20th.

The marching speed of Fan Hanjie's troops was not slow. When Zhou Weihan got the report, the [-]th Division of the vanguard had passed through Gaoping and was about to arrive at the southern suburbs of Changzhi.

The Kuomintang and the Communist Party had previously reached an agreement that once Changzhi City was captured, the Eighth Route Army would hand it over, but at this time, both sides remained wary.

In June, the two sides were still fighting to the death in the Tainan area, and the [-]th Army almost marched directly to Tainan to participate in the war. If you say that Fan Hanjie can rest assured, then there is something wrong.

After Zhu Dashan's cavalry regiment withdrew from Gaoping's Japanese reinforcements, Zhou Weihan ordered the cavalry regiment to stay at the junction of Gaoping and Changzhi.

"Company commander, the vanguard of the national army is less than five miles away from us!" A soldier from the first cavalry company came galloping on a horse.

The commander of the first cavalry company, Chen Jiandong, changed his face when he got the news. He remembered what the regimental commander had called him over to explain to him in person yesterday, and then said, "Everything is ready, be tougher for a while, don't embarrass our Eighth Route Army!"

After the order was issued, Chen Jiandong personally led a few soldiers to guard the checkpoint, while the rest of more than a hundred soldiers were stationed in the Japanese stronghold beside the road.

Not long after, I saw smoke and dust in the air on the other side of the road, and a group of soldiers in yellow uniforms appeared.

The leader was a company commander with the rank of captain, but his face was bruised and swollen. When he saw the checkpoint ahead, several men in gray uniforms were looking at them with their guns.

The company commander of the national army wanted to swear a few words, but the abdominal pain in his back changed his face. Last night, the officer of the military law department whipped him ten times in front of the whole regiment.

"Go and ask what's going on? The rest are on alert!" The company commander of the national army randomly assigned a soldier to go to the checkpoint.

After hearing that the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side was the Eighth Route Army of the Tainan Military Region, the company commander of the National Army was a little relieved, and then took the initiative to go up to chat.

"I am Tian Guangbing, captain and company commander of the 261st Regiment of the [-]th Division of the [-]th Army of the National Revolutionary Army!"

"Chen Jiandong, First Company Commander of the Cavalry Regiment of the Independent Detachment of the Tainan Military Region of the Eighth Route Army!"
Both sides paid a military salute, and Chen Jiandong said straightforwardly: "Welcome to the friendly troops. I have been ordered by the commander to wait here for a long time. I wonder where your army Commander Fan and his party are now?"

Tian Guangbing smiled and said haha, saying don't say I don't know, even if I know, I can't casually disclose the location of the military headquarters.

"Company Commander Chen was joking. Where is the military seat? It's a military secret. How can I, a small company commander, know that? But if there's anything I can tell you first!"

"Tonight, our commander is hosting a banquet in the city, specially for the chief of your army. This is an invitation card!" Chen Jiandong said, and handed over an invitation card.

Tian Guangbing's eyelids twitched when he heard this, and he said, "I'll send someone to report this to the superior immediately!"

At this time, the [-]th Division under the [-]th Army was at the forefront of the marching procession, the Eighth Pre-Yuan Division and the military headquarters were in the middle, and the [-]th Division was behind. The long marching procession stretched from the suburbs of Changzhi to Gaoping.

Fan Hanjie, the commander of the [-]th Army, and a group of officers rode on tall horses, thinking that they were about to take over Changzhi City, they were quite high-spirited.

You must know that most of the troops in the first theater of the national army are behind the enemy lines, and a few occupy some villages and towns built on the back of the mountain.

Fan Hanjie was handpicked by Jiang to lead his troops to take over Changzhi City, which shows Jiang's trust in him.

"Brother Jian, in the future my brothers will finally not have to hide in the ravines and suffer. The tax revenue from Changzhi alone is enough to feed tens of thousands of brothers in our [-]th Army!" , pointing to the direction of Changzhi.

"Our twenty-seventh army can have today's treatment, but also rely on the military seat to command the troops well, and the principal is deeply trusted!" Liu Jin, the deputy army commander who was riding a horse, complimented.

While the two were talking, a fast horse came in front of them, and then the guards of the military department stopped it.

The person who came shouted: "Military seat, I am the adjutant of Yu Jizhou, commander of the 261 regiment, I have something important to report!"

When Fan Hanjie heard that he was a member of the 261st Regiment, he immediately realized that it must be related to the Eighth Route Army, and said directly: "Let him come here!"

The visitor got off his horse, and before he could speak, Fan Hanjie asked, "There is an urgent military situation, why didn't you send a telegram?"

"Military seat, this is an invitation from the chief of the Eighth Route Army!"

"Invitation card?" Liu Jin, deputy commander of the army, was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Military seat, the Eighth Route Army is also doing this now?"

After reading the invitation, Fan Hanjie threw it to the adjutant beside him, and said with a cold snort, "Hmph, I'm afraid the visitor is not kind, Zhou Weihan can have such kindness?"

"Could it be that the Eighth Route Army still dare to hold a Hongmen Banquet? Do they have the courage?"

"Order the troops to stop advancing and garrison on the spot, and the division commanders come to the military headquarters for a meeting!"

"But the military seat, the attendants ordered us to take over Changzhi quickly. If there is a delay, it will definitely not be done today!" Deputy Army Commander Liu Jin reminded.

"It's nothing, I'll explain myself in the attendant's room!" Fan Hanjie waved his hand and said.

After the order was issued, the units directly under the [-]th Army quickly set up camps.

In the tent, besides the commanders and deputy army commanders, the chief of staff He Pengju, the commander of the [-]th Division Huang Zuxun, the commander of the Eighth Division Chen Sunong, and a group of combat staff officers from the military headquarters.

After listening to the deputy army commander Liu Jin's statement of the content of the meeting, the officers of the national army present were immediately blown up.

"Military seat, you can't go. According to the past practice, the Eighth Route Army has never dealt with this kind of thing. In my opinion, the Eighth Route Army entrenched in Changzhi must have no good intentions!" Chief of Staff He Pengju said.

"Yes, according to the information from the military, the Eighth Route Army has a lot of troops stationed near Changzhi!"

Regarding the troops of the Eighth Route Army in Tainan, the national army has been inquiring about the intelligence of the independent detachment through various channels.

The first time the independent detachment was known by the national army was the battle with Zhu Huaibing's [-]th Army in Tainan. After the war, someone Jiang knew about the independent detachment and Zhou Weihan.

And in the list of participating in the autumn offensive, the independent detachment was impressively among them.

The officers present were arguing endlessly over the matter of going to the banquet. Seeing that there was still no conclusion, Fan Hanjie scolded, and then looked at Chen Sunong, the commander of the Eighth Preliminary Division who had not spoken.

"Shulong, what do you think? Speaking of which, you have a close relationship with Zhou Weihan!"

Chen Sunong graduated from the third phase of Whampoa. During his school days, he had a close relationship with Zhou Weihan's elder brother Zhou Weiguo. He had visited Zhou Weihan's hometown in southern Hunan many times.

The Pre-Eighth Division is the true direct line of the Central Army. It was formed by Hu Zongnan himself, and the entire [-]th Army can be counted as the troops of Hu Zongnan's faction in the Central Army.

Although the [-]th Division is composed of part of the teaching corps, the insiders of the [-]th Army know the details of the [-]th Division, which is a bit worse than the Eighth Division.

"Junzuo, I don't think we need to argue about this. We are here to take over Changzhi. Changzhi will definitely be handed over to our [-]th Army in the end. This will not change!"

"We don't know why the Eighth Route Army did this, but we don't need to worry about it. After all, the National Government is orthodox and has righteousness in it. How dare the Eighth Route Army destroy the united front?"

"We just need to wait and see what happens, and wait for the development of the situation. The Eighth Route Army is also under pressure. Isn't the Hanchang Highway fighting with the Japanese army? They should be more anxious than us!"

"As for how to explain to Shangfeng, it is very easy to handle. Right now, the [-]th Army and the New [-]th Army are still "fiercely fighting" with the local Japanese army. The principal must be dissatisfied with the situation. Our [-]th Army can use this as an excuse to stay in Gaoping, Supervise the battle in Huguan, Lingchuan and other places, and assist friendly troops in fighting!"

"Firstly, it can solve the principal's difficulties, and secondly, we can wait and see the changes in the situation around Changzhi!" Chen Sunong analyzed one by one.

Fan Hanjie was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately said: "Okay, what Shulong said is really a good idea, let's do it this way, and the Telecom Office will immediately report to the attendant's office!"

Why is Fan Hanjie so afraid of the independent detachment? After all, the record of the independent detachment is too dazzling.

He holds a large number of troops. The [-]th Army has three divisions and nine regiments. Not counting the troops directly under the military headquarters, there are nearly [-] people. However, the National Army has always had a style of preserving its strength. casualties.

Secondly, allowing the Eighth Route Army to stay in Changzhi for one or two more days can also consume the strength of the Eighth Route Army.

Inside Changzhi City.

Zhou Weihan couldn't help laughing when he heard the cavalry regiment's report that they declined the evening banquet on the pretext of busy military affairs: "How about it, I'm right!"

Xing Zhiguo on the side was very curious: "Why are you so sure that Fan Hanjie will definitely not come?"

"Fan Hanjie was the first division commander in the first phase of Whampoa, and he was deeply trusted by Lao Jiang, but he was very suspicious. I specifically mentioned in the invitation that I would invite all senior officers of the [-]th Army to a banquet, even though he knew Our Eighth Route Army won’t cause much trouble, but do you think he dares to bring a group of people here?” Zhou Weihan said with a smile.

Xing Zhiguo knew a little about Zhou Weihan's relationship with the national army, so he didn't doubt why Zhou Weihan knew Fan Hanjie so well.

"Okay, let's hurry up and carry out all the work, and at the same time let the cavalry regiment block the news from Changzhi. We can't let the [-]th Army know in advance what we are doing now!"

The words are divided into two ends, just as the Changzhi area in the east of Zhongtiao Mountain was fighting fiercely with the Japanese army.

In the National Army's First Theater Command, staff members are also planning intensively.

"Brother Junru, you have the foresight to predict the chairman's next deployment in advance!" the deputy chief of staff joked.

"Hey, the old man's thoughts are pretty close to each other, but the old man is always changeable, and military orders are often changed. I just hope that the old man will not interfere with the specific military deployment, otherwise the hard work of all my colleagues will be in vain!" Chief Wei's mouth twitched, as if recalling some bad memories.

This time, it is reasonable to say that the [-]th Army belongs to the first war zone, but this transfer directly crossed the first war zone, and Wei had no way to do it.

(End of this chapter)