Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Eighth Route Army Headquarters.

Chief of Staff Teng called everyone into the room. There are about 120 people from the Taihang base area who need to go to Yan'an to study this time, including personnel from the army and local government.

In addition, the fifth regiment and the artillery team are the main ones, supplemented by guards of various cadres, entourage and family members, adding up to more than 2200 people.

"The trip to Yanzhou this time is different from the previous ones. The goal is really too big. Besides, you each brought a lot of supplies. Those who didn't know thought you went to Yanzhou in style!" Chief of Staff Teng joked.

"Chief of Staff, with so many of us, and all of us are heavily armed soldiers, I'm afraid we won't be able to pass through Luoyang!" said Mrs. Chen from the Southern Hebei Military Region.

"The Luoba Office has been banned by the First War Zone!" the brigade commander said suddenly.

"Ah? When did it happen?"

"Just after Mamoru Iinuma's trial ended, the First War Zone suddenly canceled the Luoyang office of our party and ordered our personnel to leave the country immediately!" Chief of Staff Teng said.

"The national government obviously did this on purpose. They asked Mamoru Iinuma many times but failed, and they closed down the office when they went back!"

In the spring of 1938, the First Army blocked Luliang Mountain in western Shanxi, cutting off the line of communication between northern Shaanxi and southeastern Shanxi in one fell swoop.

Personnel from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army could only go to Yanzhou via Mianchi or Luoyang from Xiyong. Similarly, personnel from Yanzhou had to pass through the First Theater to go to the base areas in North China or Central China.

In this situation, Yanzhou decided to set up an Eighth Route Army office in Luoyang.

At the beginning, this request was flatly rejected by Cheng Qian, the commander of the First War Zone. After negotiation, Cheng Qian reluctantly agreed that our party could only set up a communication office in Luoyang.

At the beginning of 1939, Chief Wei succeeded Cheng Qian, the commander of the war zone, and agreed to change the Communications Office into an office.

Since then, the Los Angeles Office of the No.18 Group Army of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army (Lo[-] Office) was formally established.

The Luoba Office has a special geographical location, like a red hub, connecting Luoyang, Yanzhou, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters in Southeast Shanxi, the Central China New Fourth Army, and the Central Plains Bureau in terms of transportation, materials, and information.

In a short period of three years, the comrades of the Luoba Office have successively transferred more than 70 batches of more than 1400 military and political personnel of our party, escorted more than 2700 progressive youths who went to Yanzhou, raised and transported a large amount of military supplies for the base area, and effectively Strongly supported the anti-Japanese struggle in North China and Central China.

The relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was good and bad, and the office was a thorn in the eyes of the diehards of the Kuomintang. They often set up small stalls in front of and behind the door to do business in the name of doing business, and strengthened the monitoring and monitoring of the office.

"Prior to this, Yuan Xiaoxuan, the director of the office, rebelled and confessed a lot of confidential information. The personnel evacuated to the West Press are now safe, but the confidential officers and radio operators who were evacuated to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army on the other way were arrested by the first Arrested by the political training department in the war zone, six comrades and a child under the age of one were captured this time, and Comrade Li Panxi, secretary of the party branch, was among them!"

"So someone needs to come forward to rescue them!" After Chief of Staff Teng finished speaking, he first glanced at the brigade commander and then at Zhou Weihan.

"It's been a long time since I've been in this old profession, but Luoyang is the core frontline town of the national government. It's not easy to save people from Luoyang!" said the brigade commander.

"That's why I want you and Comrade Zhou Weihan to go there. The status of the two of you is suitable. The comrades in the office have made great contributions in the past three years. They must be rescued!"

"According to the information forwarded by the Northern Bureau, the Political Training Office of the First War Zone will transfer people to the Xiyan Concentration Camp recently. This is a rare opportunity!" Chief of Staff Teng said.

After the Anti-Japanese War, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party began to cooperate for the second time, but the friction between the National Army and the Eighth Route Army never stopped, and incidents of situational friction continued to occur.

An interesting phenomenon is that in the past year, the national army fighting behind the enemy has a close relationship with the Eighth Route Army in the north of the Yellow River, whether it is the national army in the Zhongtiao Mountain, the Changzhi area, or the Sulu theater.

In the south of the Yellow River, the people of the national government have not stopped. The situation of the New Fourth Army has improved slightly after the Southern Anhui Incident, but the Ninth Theater of the National Army has always been the New Fourth Army in Jiangbei.

In the cities occupied by the national army, it is equally important to prevent the development of our party's underground personnel and prevent the infiltration of Japanese spies.

The brigade commander and Zhou Weihan are both senior generals of the Eighth Route Army, so they shouldn't put themselves in danger, but both of them have inextricably linked with the Nationalist government.

When the brigade commander was in the Whampoa Military Academy, he was the eldest brother of the Hunanese. He saved the old man's life during the Eastern Expedition. The brigade commander stepped forward.

Mrs. Song went to visit the brigade commander in person, and the old man also talked to the brigade commander many times, hoping that the brigade commander could return to the camp of the national army and promised to reuse him.

In the end, under the eyes of the Zhongtong secret agents, the brigade commander just slipped away like this, let alone Zhou Weihan.

"Right now, whether the Japanese army is on the battlefield behind the enemy or on the frontal battlefield, they have the intention to stop fighting. It is obvious that they can't fight anymore. As soon as this little devil rests, the national army immediately jumped up. I doubt whether the two sides have reached some secret in private. Agreement!" Zhou Weihan guessed.

"If there is no real evidence, you can't talk nonsense. Now tell me, which passage to reach Yanzhou!" Chief of Staff Teng said.

Even if the Luoyang office is not banned, it is impossible for so many people to pass through Luoyang this time. Fortunately, the Lvliang Mountain base where the Luliang Military Region under the Jinsui Military Region is located is also one of the westward passages.

Compared with the Taihang Mountains, just after the Red Army arrived in northern Shaanxi, they crossed the Yellow River and fought against the Jinsui Army. The battle between the two sides was in the west of Shanxi with Luliang Mountain as the core.

Therefore, in the Luliang Mountain area, the Eighth Route Army has a solid mass base.

The Lvliang area adjacent to Yanzhou has become an important hub connecting Yanzhou with the anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines in North China, Central China, and South China because it spans the southwest and northwest of Shanxi and connects northern Shaanxi and Shanxi. It is known as the "steel gateway to Yanzhou corridor".

The 36th Division of the Japanese Army mainly operates in western Shanxi. In the past year, the Japanese army’s control over the occupied area has been greatly weakened, and the communication lines that were previously destroyed by the Japanese army have been re-established.

On the Qixian-Taigu section of the Tongpu Railway, the Eighth Route Army has been active with an armed force called the Tongpu Detachment.

This time, you only need to cross the Tongpu Railway and Taifen Highway in the Qitai section, go west through Xixian County and cross the Yellow River to reach Yanzhou. .

Finally, according to the arrangement of Chief of Staff Teng, the brigade commander and Zhou Weihan led the elite personnel to go south to Luoyang first, and the rest of the personnel went west under the escort of the fifth regiment.

"What? You won't come with me? How about I go to Luoyang with you!" Wen Qiang said in surprise.

"No!" Zhou Weihan immediately shook his head when he heard the words: "This trip will go to Luoyang and then pass through Xi'an to reach Yanzhou. There will be a lot of wrong roads in the middle. Zhou Tainan is still young, so it's better to make less trouble!"

After calming down Wen Qiang, Zhou Weihan called Liang Daxi over and told him to follow Wen Qiang along the way.

"Commissioner, let me go with you!" Liang Daxi said coyly.

"This is an order!"

"Yes!"

Liang Daxi is good at everything, but he blushes when he sees a woman, and he stutters when he talks to lesbians, and he can't even speak well.

In fact, without Zhou Weihan's confession, family members like Wen Qiang who accompanied the army must be the focus of protection, not to mention that the guarding unit was the Fifth Regiment of the Tainan Military Region.

"Old Zhou, where are you going if you're not going with the big army? What's the special mission?" Li Yunlong couldn't help asking.

Zhou Weihan hadn't spoken yet, but the brigade commander had just finished explaining to the comrades below, and happened to hear Li Yunlong asking around here.

"Li Yunlong, Li Yunlong, what's the matter with you, you shouldn't know something, don't ask around, don't you know?"

The voice of the brigade commander suddenly came from behind, which surprised Li Yunlong immediately, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Oh, old brigade commander, when I knew that you were going to study in Yanzhou, I thought, even you, brigade commander I have gone, what qualifications do I, Li Yunlong, have to negotiate conditions?"

"Oh, I don't know who I learned from. I haven't seen you for a while, and my glib skills have improved!" The brigade commander said with a smile and glanced at Zhou Weihan.

"Why, Li Yunlong, do you want to go with me?"

When Li Yunlong heard this, if he went all the way with the brigade commander, would it be okay?

Immediately stated: "Brigade Commander, you must have an important task. Since the superior didn't notify me, then I definitely don't need to participate. You are busy. I will go and see if other comrades need help!"

After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he slipped away. Seeing the sound of Li Yunlong leaving, the brigade commander couldn't help but said: "I thought Li Yunlong would cause a lot of trouble when he came under your command, but now it seems that the change is not small!"

Zhou Weihan grinned, it was because someone above was helping Li Yunlong, but he said: "It's because Commissar Tan and Comrade Luo Benzhong have done a good job and saved a lot of trouble!"

"That is, Comrade Luo Benzhong was carefully selected by me to treat Li Yunlong, a stubborn breed!"

At noon that day, the westward group set off from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, but the brigade commander and Zhou Weihan did not set off immediately, but instead studied the accompanying personnel.

"This trip to Luoyang requires fewer personnel than many. I have asked Political Commissar Wang to select [-] fighters from the armed forces team under the Ministry of Enemy Industry. We can meet up in Tunliu!" said the brigade commander.

"It's the same with me. The reconnaissance company also has a small group of soldiers heading to Tunliu!" Zhou Weihan nodded.

The full name of the armed forces team is the Armed Task Force behind the enemy. Its members are all selected by the main force of the Eighth Route Army as reconnaissance staff officers, enemy workers officers, excellent company platoon leaders, and backbone soldiers. ·.

Relatively speaking, it was the special forces of the Eighth Route Army during this period.

In contrast, although the reconnaissance company has outstanding combat effectiveness and has a way of camouflaging and lurking behind enemy lines, it is far inferior to the armed forces team specialized in this area when it comes to the diversification of missions.

On the same day, after two comrades from the Northern Bureau arrived at the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the group set off from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and went straight to Tunliu.

In Tunliu City, since Kong Jie's independent regiment occupied Tunliu and the northern area, the local county party committee office moved into the city.

After Kong Jie thought about it, he considered that the village would be a transportation hub connecting Taibei, Taiyue, and Tainan in the future. For the safety of the county, he moved the headquarters of the regiment to the city.

That night, it was already dark.

The head of the group, Kong Jie, kept wandering around the wall of the north city gate: "It's getting dark today, why haven't the brigade commander and the others arrived yet? Could something have happened?"

It was Kong Jie who came here to greet the brigade commander and Zhou Weihan and others. Seeing that it was past seven o'clock, he felt a little anxious.

After another half an hour, a bright flame galloped towards Tunliu County.

"Woo!" The soldier pulled the reins, and the horse under his crotch gradually slowed down: "Regimental Commander, we have already received the Brigadier Commander and Mrs. Zhou, all the way is safe!"

A soldier of the Cavalry Company of the Independent Regiment was afraid that Kong Jie would be worried, so he rode a horse galloping at night regardless of his own safety, just to give Kong Jie a warning in advance.

"Okay, you hurry to the city!"

"Yes!"

Not long after, more flames appeared, Kong Jie hurriedly asked the soldiers to open the city gate.

"Brigade Commander, Mrs. Zhou!" Kong Jie took the lead in paying a military salute.

"Well, you've been waiting all this time? You're worried!" the brigade commander laughed.

"No, here in the southeast of Shanxi, not to mention the base area, it is the territory of the little devil, who can stop you, brigade commander!" Kong Jie offered a flattery.

"Brigade Commander, you're still talking about Li Yunlong, this old Kong's flattering skills are on the rise!" Zhou Weihan said bluntly.

"Haha, let's go, let's go into the city and have a look!"

Everyone walked in the city and found that there were many pedestrians on the streets at night. The brigade commander said in amazement: "It's only been half a month. Compared with the last time I came, the change is not small!"

"It's all thanks to the comrades of the local government. Since our Eighth Route Army occupied the county, Comrade Wang Shufeng of the county party committee has re-planned the county town of Tunliu, demolished many abandoned houses facing the street, and widened the streets!"

"The people who left the city to seek refuge have all returned, and two large warehouses have been built in the west and south of the city, and several shops, restaurants, and inns have also opened in the city!"

"It's a good idea, maybe it can develop into Pingshun in the future, and we must try our best to meet the demands of local comrades!" The brigade commander ordered.

The Wang Shufeng that Kong Jie said was indeed a talent, and he had some plans for the future before the troops occupied Tunliu County.

The biggest advantage of Tunliu is that it is located on an important traffic road. Merchant from Shanxi must pass through Tunliu along the Lintun Highway, and merchants from Taiyue area also need to pass through Tunliu to reach Pingshun.

It is this convenience that Wang Shufeng has attracted a large number of foreign tourists, but if he needs to go to Pingshun, he must have a rest in Tunliu.

Servants, laborers, and goods are left in the warehouse outside the city, and shopkeepers and dignified tasks must come to the city for consumption.