Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Outside Heze city.

Zhou Weihan ordered the accompanying assault regiment and artillery battalion to station outside the city, and then entered the city together with Tan Lin and several guards.

Years later, Heze was extremely lively. The local people seemed unaware that the war was imminent. Some merchants in the city were aware of the anomaly and began to hoard supplies in secret, but they were immediately approached by the inspection team under the economic department.

"The people live and work in peace and contentment, they can eat enough to feed themselves, and they don't have to worry about the suffering of war. This is the paradise that belongs to the people. How can the Japanese army destroy it?" Zhou Weihan couldn't help but sigh with emotion as he looked at the prosperous scene in Heze.

"Yeah, this kind of change is very obvious during the period of year after year. Since Heze was recovered by our Eighth Route Army, the planes of the Japanese army at Xinxiang Airport have never stopped bombing the counties in Southwest Shandong. Casualties, the situation in Heze is slightly better, there are anti-aircraft machine guns that can be used for air defense!"

"However, the situation is much better now. Since the outbreak of the Pacific War, the aircraft of the Third Aviation Group belonging to the North China Expeditionary Army have been transferred away, and even the fighter jets and bombers at Xinxiang Airport and other places have been transferred. The Japanese army has been unable to make reservations for my base area. Target bombing!" Tan Lin said with a smile.

Zhou Weihan nodded after hearing this. He knew this situation. Since the July [-]th Incident, the Sino-Japanese War has been going on for the fifth year. Although the Japanese army still has the advantage in weapons and equipment, the ground troops continue to suffer casualties along with the veterans. , The combat effectiveness of each division has declined significantly compared with the beginning of the war.

The most overwhelming advantage is the Japanese army aviation unit. Even though the national government first had Big Brother and then the aviation unit supported by the Americans, it was still suppressed by the Japanese army in terms of numbers.

However, before the establishment of the Tainan Military Region Flying Team, the Eighth Route Army avoided the Japanese aircraft every time they fought, and they were completely powerless to fight back.

Thinking of this, the corners of Zhou Weihan's mouth turned up slightly. Since the Tainan Military Region Flying Team was established in 1940, it has been frozen for nearly a year and a half.
Among them, the Tainan Military Region and the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region faced several bloody battles. Even though the members of the flight team called for the battle many times, Zhou Weihan did not order the flight team to fight.

Regarding the existence of the Eighth Route Army's flying team, the Japanese army has not yet received information, except for Isamu Terauchi who speculated because the Eighth Route Army often purchased aviation gasoline.

Now, except for a few reconnaissance planes, all the fighter jets and bombers of the Japanese army have been dispatched from various airports in North China. As long as they don't wander around a few important towns of the Japanese army, the Tainan Flying Team has little threat over North China.

"I think this time the flying team can make its debut, and inflict heavy damage on the Japanese army at the critical moment!" Zhou Weihan said suddenly.

Tan Lin was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and immediately understood Zhou Weihan's meaning, and then said: "You still have to be careful, the Japanese army still has a well-organized flying team in central China, southern China and other places where the national army has been confronted for a long time. Will fight with the army!"

The two rode their horses to the headquarters compound, and after handing over the horses to the monk and others, Zhou Weihan saw a familiar face approaching the office of the deputy chief of staff.

"Mr. Zhou, Political Commissar Tan!" Lou Peiwen immediately gave a military salute.

"Reporter Lou?" Zhou Weihan stared blankly at Lou Peiwen who was wearing the uniform of the Eighth Route Army. Isn't this a spy sent by the military commander? Why did he get in the Eighth Route Army?

"Zhou **, you should stop calling me Reporter Lou, you should call me Comrade Lou Peiwen!" Lou Peiwen clearly saw Zhou Weihan's astonishment, and then reminded him.

The two nodded to each other, and they didn't say anything more. After the two entered the room, the deputy chief of staff was standing in front of the military sand table. The defense areas and important fortifications, even the Japanese defense areas in the Liangpu area and the New Eighth Army defense areas in Chaocheng, Guancheng, and Fanxian counties were clearly marked.

This military sand table was drawn after Heze was retaken by the Eighth Route Army. It is usually placed in a separate meeting room, and people below a certain level have no right to watch it.

"Chief of Staff, what happened to that reporter from the building?" Zhou Weihan said what he was worried about.

"Haha, don't worry, Comrade Lou Peiwen's identity as a military commander is true, but she has officially joined our Eighth Route Army after the year. After visiting the base area, she took the initiative to confess her identity relationship and posted that she would join the Eighth Route Army. You don’t have to worry about the ones that have passed strict scrutiny!”

"Then Lou Peiwen has lost contact with Juntong?"

"Why did you cut off contact? She joined our Eighth Route Army because she was assigned by military commander Dai Chunfeng. Isn't this a logical thing?" With a warm smile on his face, the deputy chief of staff immediately dispelled Zhou Weihan's doubts.

"Comrades from the Luxi Military Region will only arrive in the afternoon. You came just in time. Now the movement of the Japanese army is getting bigger and bigger, and there is no intention of hiding it at all!" The deputy chief of staff continued: "This is Li Yunlong's handover Kuroshima Morita voluntarily handed over the information, please take a look!"

Zhou Weihan found out that the deputy chief of the general staff handed over more than a dozen pages of material, among which was a Japanese offensive road map, which clearly marked the number, number, and weapons and equipment of the Japanese attacking troops. , and supply points set along the line.

"I just don't know if it's true or not. If Kuroshima Morita deliberately revealed it and shook us all the way, then we will be passive!" Tan Lin said.

"It's possible, but the soldiers will block the water and cover it with earth. The little devil is still celebrating the New Year with Wang Xiaoer, and every year is not as good as every year. If there is a real fight, whoever is afraid of him!" Zhou Weihan laughed.

In the afternoon of the same day, Yang Yong, member of the Luxi Military Region and commander of the Third Brigade, Brigadier Han, member of the Liangshan Military Division and commander of the Seventh Brigade, and Brigadier Deng of the Fourth Brigade stationed in the Huxi base area.

At the same time, Jing Dagang, member of the New Second Brigade under the Hebei-Shandong-Yuan Military Region and also a member of the Zhinan Military Division, Wang Yigong, a member of the New Third Brigade and concurrently serving as a member of the Northern Henan Military Division, Wu Qin, a member of the New Fifth Brigade and concurrently serving as a member of the Zhangbei Military Division, and concurrently serving as a member of the New Sixth Brigade Li Yunlong, a Communist Party member of the Southwest Military Division, and others were all in place.

The people present are all senior generals of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, and the lowest rank is also a brigade-level cadre of the Eighth Route Army. If there is no accident, according to the normal promotion process, when it comes to the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Field Army period, at least the division-brigade level of the field army , In the period of the second field, at least the first level of the column leader.

If everyone present can live to the 55th year when the rank is conferred, the military rank will be evaluated according to seniority and military exploits. With Li Yunlong's seniority, at least two stars, Jing Dagang and others missed the Agrarian Revolutionary War. For the record, two stars are also guaranteed, if there is no high probability, it will be one star.

Tan Lin is a senior in the army and has deep party experience. He has experience in the army and local government. His ranking should be at the top of three stars, or at the end of four stars.

As for Zhou Weihan, although he also missed the Agrarian Revolutionary War, he participated in the student movement in the early 30s and joined the party before the July [-]th Incident, which is also a considerable amount of qualifications.

During the Anti-Japanese War, it shined brilliantly. Surrounded by the Japanese army, with an unstoppable momentum, it gradually grew with a basic regiment, and finally opened up the Tainan base area.

Later, he tried his best to turn the tide. When the Hebei-Luyu base area was besieged by the Japanese army and the recalcitrant armed forces, the main force was forced to withdraw to the west of Shandong. When the regime in the Hebei-Luyu base area was devastated, he led the Tainan Military Region to turn the tide. The main force moved eastward to Hebei, Shandong and Henan, and rebuilt the Hebei, Shandong and Henan bases.
The major events listed above cannot be described by the number of enemies wiped out. They are saving the base area from peril, helping the building to collapse, and building a strong army belonging to the Eighth Route Army in the flames of war. These experiences will be recorded in Zhou Weihan in your profile.

When the deputy chief of staff saw all the participants, he said directly, "Come on, let's go to the war room!"

Everyone didn't take their seats, they all gathered in front of the military sand table. Before everyone came, the deputy chief of staff, Zhou Weihan and others combined with the Japanese military information handed over by Kuroshima Morita, conducted a preview of the battlefield in advance on the sand table.

"The current situation is very clear. This time, there are seven groups of Ade Japanese troops sweeping our southwestern Shandong base area and even the entire Hebei, Shandong and Henan regions, four masters and three assistants!"

"Four masters, the first Japanese army is the 38th Infantry Regiment under the 75th Division of the Japanese Army and a mountain artillery brigade transferred from central China. There are twelve [-] mountain artillery, and there are a total of nearly [-] Japanese troops. Transfer from Kaifeng to Shangqiu, and then go north from Shangqiu, together with the appeasement army to attack our base in southwestern Shandong!"

"Although the number of this group of Japanese troops is not large, they are from one of the 17 standing divisions of the Japanese army. A strong enemy, don't underestimate it!" The deputy chief of staff frowned and said, looking at Li Yunlong: "Li Yunlong, you are under a lot of pressure!"

"Hey, Chief of Staff, I have long wanted to meet the little devil's Type A division!" Li Yunlong smiled, without the slightest worry on his face, but rather eager to try: "The combat effectiveness of my Southwestern Military Division is also not bad. , when it comes to the level of weapons and equipment is not inferior to this group of little devils, I want to see what level these little devils are, even if they are made of steel, I can smash them to pieces!"

"Okay, what I admire most about you is the morale that even the king and I don't care about. I'm waiting to see how you perform in the Southwest Military Division!"

"Yes, Chief of Staff, just wait and see!" Li Yunlong replied loudly.

"The second Japanese army is the 21rd Infantry Regiment of the 83st Division of the Japanese Army and two infantry brigades starting from Xuzhou. They also carry twelve mountain cannons. The number of people is nearly [-]. At that time, the base area in the west of the lake will be used as a breakthrough point. Drive straight in, go down to Chengwu first, then join the first Japanese army in Dingtao, and finally aim at Heze!"

"Yesterday, comrades from the New Fourth Army reported that the Japanese troops of the 21st Division had already begun to mobilize frequently. In order to support our Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, comrades from the New Fourth Army would take the initiative to make some noise in northern Jiangsu and northern Anhui, but in the end they could It's hard to say what kind of effect it will achieve!"

"The third Japanese army is a part of the 35th Division. There are about [-] people, including two artillery brigades. They will send troops from Lanfeng. They will first pass through Kaocheng. The soldiers will point directly at Dongming and fight with them. It is the surviving Japanese Army of the Independent First Mixed Brigade in the Liangpu area, attacking the armed forces of our Eighth Route Army in Dongming territory from north to south, and after occupying Dongming, they will attack Heze from the east!"

"The fourth Japanese army is the 32th and 211th Infantry Wings, the Search Wing and the Artillery Wing under the 212nd Division of the Japanese Army in Yanzhou. Its strength has reached nearly 9000, and it is the most powerful among the many Japanese troops!"

"The target of the Japanese army is mainly the Luxi Military Region, and troops will be sent in the direction of Tai'an and Yanzhou!"

"Now let's talk about which units of the enemy Sansuke is. The Japanese army of the 35th Division in Xinxiang will send troops from Jun County and Hua County. The real number of Japanese troops is about a thousand, but the local puppet troops are disguised as Japanese troops. They mixed in with their appearance, feigned an attack on the Northern Henan Army Division, and tried to contain our troops in the Northern Henan Army Division!"

"The First Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army in Anyang is also doing the same thing, trying to contain the combat troops of our Zhinan Army Division!"

"The East Asian Alliance Autonomous Army located in the Daming area will also participate in the war. This puppet army will cross the Zhangwei River and attack the Zhinan Army Division!"

The deputy chief of staff took a sip of water to moisten his throat, but everyone present except Zhou Weihan, Tan Lin, and Li Yunlong started whispering.

Without him, the Japanese combat troops mentioned by the deputy chief of staff just now are too detailed. Not only the numbers of the Japanese troops participating in the war, the status of their weapons, but also the Japanese attack route are all clear.

In the past, before the war with the Japanese army, although the Eighth Route Army tried its best to investigate the Japanese attacking troops, it never went to this level of detail.

The deputy chief of staff seemed to see everyone's doubts. All the people present were senior generals of the Eighth Route Army, so the deputy chief of staff didn't hide it, and directly explained the source of the information.

"The above are the combat deployments of the Japanese army obtained by our spies lurking inside the Japanese army. Don't inquire about the rest, and don't disclose it to the outside world!"

Zhou Weihan didn't speak the whole time, but now he opened his mouth and said: "This time the little devil really put in his best efforts, not counting the puppet troops assisting in the battle, the Japanese army alone has at least 6000 people, this is the strength of a division of the Japanese army! , The number of artillery is even more seven artillery brigades, at least 84 mountain artillery!"

Regardless of the fact that the Japanese army’s raid on the Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area involved three divisions, one independent mixed brigade, but each Japanese army has its own occupied area, it is impossible to mobilize all its troops, and it is possible to gather 6000 troops. It was forcibly cobbled together regardless of the danger behind.

"This is to wipe out our Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop. The little devil is not afraid of fire in the rear?"

"Why, if you have an idea, you can talk about it!" said the deputy chief of staff.