The Rise of the Great Powers in the War of Resistance

Datong, the headquarters of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army, Saburo Fumigishi, the commander of the Japanese division, looked at the telegram just sent by the communication soldier in his hand. His anger will be directed at himself.

Saburo Fumigishikawa handed the telegram to the chief of staff next to him. The chief of staff was shocked when he saw the content of the telegram. It was more than an hour ago that the Ozawa brigade sent a telegram for help. It was less than two hours. An infantry brigade of the Imperial Army, more than 1100 elite imperial troops were collectively crushed.The chief of staff suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness.

Seeing the helpless expression of the chief of staff, Saburo Fumigishi said: "Let's order the reinforcements to return. The reinforcements have become meaningless now."

"Your Excellency, division commander, some of the machinery and equipment stored in the Taiyuan Arsenal in Xin'an County may fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army." The chief of staff reminded cautiously.

"I'm afraid we won't be able to get back these machines and equipment. Fortunately, this is only a part of the equipment." After a pause, Fumigishigawa Saburo continued: "You should report the situation to His Excellency Lieutenant General Xiangyue Qingji." [

"Hi" the chief of staff stood at attention and bowed his head.

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In Xin'an County, the former Little Devils headquarters was very busy. Soldiers were cleaning up the messy Japanese army headquarters. An hour ago, the Eighth Route Army cleared out the remnants of the enemy. They were all wiped out, and no one was caught.

While Zhang Yunfei was busy instructing the soldiers, political commissar Fang Zheng rushed over excitedly, holding a list in his hand and shouting: "Leader, we have counted the seized materials. We have seized more than 1000 Type 30 rifles in this battle. There are more than 20 crooked machine guns, more than 60 Type 6 heavy machine guns, 4 1mm slapping guns, [-] Type [-] infantry guns, and a large amount of ammunition, food, and clothing. There are more than [-] oceans."

After Zhang Yunfei listened to the political commissar's report, he nodded with satisfaction and said: "Although we seized a lot of supplies in this battle, the most important thing is that we recovered Xin'an County, rescued hundreds of thousands of people around, and saved them from being attacked by little devils." trample."

Political commissar Fangzheng listened to Zhang Yunfei finish speaking.With admiration all over his face, he said: "Our regiment fought really well in this battle. No, I'm going to report to the brigade headquarters. No, I have to report to the headquarters for such a big victory."

Watching the political commissar Fangzheng rushing out, Zhang Yunfei smiled knowingly. He fully understood the political commissar's excitement. Last year's Pingxingguan victory wiped out more than 1000 enemies. Today, he wiped out a standard Japanese brigade and fought It's not an ambush yet, but a frontal field battle.

After recovering Xin'an County, Zhang Yunfei planned to use Xin'an County as the center to establish an anti-Japanese base area and develop and strengthen his own strength.

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At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the deputy commander-in-chief looked at the telegram that the deputy chief of staff excitedly handed to him, and his face was full of doubts. After carefully reading the content of the telegram, the deputy commander-in-chief also slapped his thigh happily and said: "Okay, okay, Well, it's really well done."

After saying "OK" three times, the deputy chief of staff said, "Boss, I think Zhang Yunfei is a general."

"Well, he is indeed a tiger general. With such a small casualty, he took down the county town guarded by the infantry brigade of the little devil. I think this kid did a good job." The deputy commander said with emotion.

At first, I heard that Zhang Yunfei attacked Xin'an County without permission. To be honest, I was very angry. At that time, the anger was mainly because I was afraid that the troops would suffer too many casualties. It is not easy to build an army under such difficult conditions, especially Zhang Yunfei. Old Red Army soldiers, these are the precious wealth and resources of the entire army. If Zhang Yunfei is really tossed and gone, then I will definitely punish Zhang Yunfei well.

But now, Zhang Yunfei can be said to have made great contributions, and it is a bit unreasonable to punish him. In the end, the deputy commander-in-chief and the deputy chief of staff discussed and offset Zhang Yunfei's merits and demerits, and no longer commend him.

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In the next few days, Zhang Yunfei moved the headquarters of the regiment to Xin'an County, which will be the command and military center of the 719th Regiment for a long time.

Although Xin'an County's military location is not very superior, it is backed by the Taihang Mountains. To the east is the vast Taihang Mountains, to the west are plains and hills, and surrounded by vast rural areas. It is well developed and can establish a large base area.

The vast surrounding countryside will be the natural barrier of Xin'an County. As long as the masses are fully mobilized, militias will be established in each village. For military training, the 719th regiment can issue them the most basic weapons, such as rifles, pistols, grenades, etc., and they have a certain ability to resist when encountering a small group of devils.

These militiamen are all local villagers, and they are very familiar with the terrain of their own villages. If they really encounter a small group of devils, they can rely on the strong terrain and small devils to fight guerrillas. If they encounter a large number of devils, they can help transfer the masses and notify the official force. [

There are estimated to be hundreds of villages within a radius of [-] miles of Xin'an County. If each village really has a militia team of dozens to dozens of people, this will be an armed force that cannot be ignored.

Zhang Yunfei specially transferred 300 experienced veterans from the army, set up 100 working groups, and stationed in various nearby villages to mobilize, mobilize the masses, help train the militia, resist the little devils, and defend the country.

At the same time, he also carried out recruitment propaganda work, but this time, Zhang Yunfei had conditions and restrictions, and only recruited those who had brothers in their families, or those whose families were ruined, and who had a deep hatred for little devils.

In the past few months when the little devils invaded Shanxi, they burned, killed and looted everywhere. Many ordinary people lost their relatives, and some even lost their families. The work of the working group was carried out smoothly, and militia organizations began to be established in various villages.

After sending the working group away, Zhang Yunfei did two more important things.

The first major event was mobilizing and organizing the masses to build a large military camp in the western suburbs of Xin'an County. According to Zhang Yunfei's design, the entire military camp could accommodate 5000 people for training.

The second major event was to select a relatively flat valley in the depths of the Taihang Mountains, tens of miles east of Xin'an County, called Huanglong Gorge by the local people. Zhang Yunfei planned to build an industrial zone here. This valley was inspected for several days. Finalized.

This valley is relatively narrow and long, tens of miles in length, running from east to west, with mountains on both sides, a flat open land at the bottom, and a small river meandering through it.

The terrain of Huanglong Gorge is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as strong blockhouses are built at the entrances of both ends of the canyon, it will be guarded by one man, and the safety of the entire industrial zone will be well guaranteed.

In order to keep it secret, Zhang Yunfei dispatched more than a thousand soldiers from the Eighth Route Army here and began to secretly build an industrial base. According to Zhang Yunfei's plan, the first thing to be built was an arsenal. The entire arsenal was going to be built in the middle of the mountain. A large cave, where the equipment of the Taiyuan Arsenal seized last time was planned to be placed.

The equipment of the Taiyuan Arsenal has been cleared and shipped to Huanglongxia. This batch of equipment mainly includes a set of small thermal power generators, gunpowder production lines, bullet and shell production lines, firearms production lines, small-caliber artillery production lines, and some lathes, drilling machines, and milling machines. and other common equipment.The heavy artillery production line that Zhang Yunfei dreamed of was gone, probably because he was transported back to Northeast Shenyang by the little devil.

These days, Zhang Yunfei is very busy and feels more tired than fighting. Many things have to be done by himself. From the deputy head and political commissar of the 719 regiment to the platoon leaders of the companies, they are all good at leading troops to fight , but it is really difficult for them to engage in construction and management.

Fortunately, in Zhang Yunfei's previous life, he majored in mechanical engineering, and he can basically draw various engineering drawings. Therefore, these days, Zhang Yunfei plans and draws the industrial zone at night, and guides the soldiers in the construction of the industrial zone during the day.

Only now did Zhang Yunfei realize the importance of talents. The construction of an industrial zone requires professionals. After the construction of an industrial zone is completed, there will be an even greater need for talents. In the future, the production and research and development of weapons will involve professional things. capable.

Fortunately, at the beginning of the construction of the industrial zone, Zhang Yunfei sent a special force team to Taiyuan to find engineers and skilled workers from the former Taiyuan Arsenal. Zhang Yunfei asked the special forces team members to find these engineers and skilled workers, and try to persuade them Coming to the base area of ​​Xin'an County, after all, engaging in the production of weapons for the Eighth Route Army is also an anti-Japanese war, and it is also a contribution to the war of resistance.