Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

When he first came to Xiyong, Zhou Weihan felt the grandeur of the thousand-year-old capital, and the mottled city walls showed the glorious past.

Compared with Beiping, Xiyong shows a different humanistic color. With the fall of a large area of ​​the country, the status of Xiyong is increasing day by day, and it has gradually become a political and military center in the northwest region.

"Shopkeeper, four bowls of mutton steamed buns!" The brigade commander yelled loudly: "When you come to Xiyong, you have to try the mutton steamed buns here. Today, you open your belly to eat, I treat you!"

The monk swallowed and spit, and grinned: "Sir, then I will not be polite!"

"You're very polite!" the brigade commander said, casting a glance at the two followers who were hiding at the door.

After the brigade commander and Zhou Weihan arrived in Xiyong as the advance personnel, the negotiation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party did not go smoothly as expected, and the two sides kept arguing.

After the brigade commander made contact with his old classmate Hu Zongnan, he didn't seem to be in a hurry. Instead, he took Zhou Weihan and others to wander around Xiyan City in his spare time, and naturally someone followed him.

"Brigade Commander, you are so generous today!" Zhou Weihan joked.

While talking, the shop waiter brought up four bowls of steaming mutton steamed buns with a tray: "Guest officer, please!"

The brigade commander pointed to the two military spies who were watching the shop at the door, and said to the waiter: "You see those two, invite them in, and serve a bowl of steamed mutton for each of them, and charge it to my account! "

Xiaoer Dian turned around and invited the two military commanders in. The older one politely took off his hat and nodded towards Zhou Weihan and the others.

"Team leader, when did these Eighth Route Army discover us?"

"You kid is not only stupid with your hands and feet, but also your brain. It's not easy for us to do field work. If we were in enemy-occupied areas, we might be sacked tonight!"

"Did you see that man wearing glasses? Don't look at his kindness and kindness, but his hands are dark. When he was all-powerful in Shanghai, you were still wearing crotch pants at home. In terms of seniority, you belonged to the generation of your master. Back then, the secret service was not good. The young and the old are all in his hands!"

The group leader had a sad expression on his face, thinking that this silly boy should not break the rules.

At the same time, Zhou Weihan and the others sitting opposite were eating and chatting.

"Xiyong is a good place, but it's easy to raise and disable people. This is the case with the military commander, and so are a group of military and political officials. They only want to be conservative but not enterprising. They only know how to stare at the one-acre three-point land in front of them!"

"This joint meeting is tantamount to cutting flesh on Hu Zongnan's body. I am afraid it will take three to two months. What is in front of us is just an appetizer!"

"It's just that the current movement of the Japanese army is unknown. The main force of the national army has retreated to the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border area. If the stalemate continues, the Japanese army may take advantage of it!" The brigade commander said worriedly.

Hu Zongnan's military talent will not be mentioned for the time being, but he is definitely a good player in figuring out what he wants. If the joint talks go well, Hu Zongnan will do nothing wrong, but if the Eighth Route Army is allowed to eat more and occupy more in the process, then it will definitely be a problem for the old man. bigger than one piece.

The Beishan and Qinling Mountains roughly divide Shaanxi Province into three regions. The northern part is the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Base in northern Shaanxi. The Loess Plateau where the land is barren, resources are scarce, and the population is sparsely populated.

The Guanzhongping principle occupied by the Central Army is just the opposite. It includes Xiyan, Weinan, Xianyang, Baoji, Tongchuan and other places. It is the essence of the entire Sanqin land and even the Northwest region.

As for the southern Shaanxi area south of the Qinling Mountains, due to the obstruction of the Qinling Mountains, it is more closely connected with the Sichuan and Sichuan regions.

"Judging from the strength of the national army deployed along the Yellow River today, if the Japanese army concentrates its forces to attack the unprepared, it is really possible to cross the Yellow River. However, it is not easy to mobilize the Japanese army's troops in North China on a large scale!"

"If there are only two or three regiments participating in the battle, even if they successfully set foot on the land of Shaanxi Province, they will not be able to pose a threat to the Central Army, and may even be in danger of being destroyed. If we use divisions as an organizational structure to mobilize troops, it will be easier for us! "Zhou Weihan laughed.

"You have a good plan!" The brigade commander shook his head.

Although the Japanese army showed signs of decline in North China, it was still like a big net covering the entire North China as a whole, but this net is now in tatters.

Zhou Weihan's meaning was very clear. If the Japanese army used Yuncheng as its forward base and sent more troops along the Yellow River, it would inevitably reduce the pressure on the various Eighth Route Army bases fighting on the front line.

Both the French and the Communist Party understood this kind of foresight, but they could not put it on the negotiating table, or the Central Army was confident and did not take the Japanese army seriously.

Generally speaking, the Eighth Route Army has an advantage at the negotiating table, while the national army needs to bear the pressure of both public opinion and the Japanese army.

Just as he was talking, there was a sudden sound of sirens on the street, and the crowd in the shop suddenly panicked.

"The little devil's plane is coming again, young and old, please hide first!" The shopkeeper shouted loudly, directing the crowd to evacuate.

The two military commanders on the opposite side walked over a few steps, and the leader said humanely: "Both officers, I am the Xiyong Station of the Military Command, and I am ordered to protect the safety of the two officers. The Japanese plane is coming soon, please follow me! "

When Zhou Weihan came to the street, he saw the crowd from Ulala running towards the west, and they were going retrograde along the crowd under the leadership of the military special agents.

"Why don't these people hide, but run into the street instead?"

"Sir, follow closely, don't be scattered by the crowd!" The older one led the way, while the younger one was behind to protect.

The crowd went to a nearby residential house in a small alley. The master bedroom led into a small underground air-raid shelter. Looking at the layout inside, Zhou Weihan knew in his heart that this was to take them to a safe house.

"Two officers, please rest assured that the walls of the air-raid shelter here have been reinforced with steel. This place is much safer than public air-raid shelters!"

"We are not familiar with Xiyong, but fortunately you brought us here!" The brigade commander said with a smile: "I remember that the Japanese army didn't send planes to bomb Xiyong for a long time."

"It's strange to say that since the New Year, the Japanese plane has not been here for half a year, and today it crashed without knowing it!"

"However, although the Japanese army bombed Xiyong many times, the local people have long been experienced. Few people go to the public air-raid shelters, and many people go to the four walls to take refuge!"

Since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Xiyong has always been a city heavily bombed by the Japanese army. Many important buildings in the city have air-raid shelters, but during the bombing, Japanese spies in the city often guide them.

The bustling commercial district and ancient buildings everywhere were the key targets of the Japanese bombing. The entrance of the Wuyue Temple Gate air-raid shelter where the Tianshui camp was once located was bombed, and the camp director Cheng Gan and many others were injured.

What is even more tragic is that the entrance of the underground air-raid shelter at Qiaozikou was bombed and collapsed, and more than a thousand people were suffocated to death in the cave. This is why the people prefer to take refuge at the city wall.

Hearing this, Zhou Weihan and the brigade commander looked at each other. The Japanese bombing of Xiyong was probably not accidental, but intentional at the right time. (end of this chapter)