In a blink of an eye, time came on May 20, 1942.

The first phase of the Japanese North China Front raid on the Eighth Route Army's Hebei Central Military Region was basically over.

Okamura Yasuji mobilized more than 50,000 Japanese puppet troops, adopted the iron wall encirclement tactic, and successfully squeezed the main force of the Hebei Central Military Region into the core area of ​​the base area between Shenxian County, Wuqiang, Raoyang and Anping County. The strategic maneuvering space of the main force of the Hebei Central Military Region was greatly compressed, and the situation became unprecedentedly severe.

However, in the northwest of Shanxi, there is a different situation.

The new commander of the First Army, Sadaichi Yoshimoto, has already arrived.

【Yoshimoto Satoshi was trembling: I heard that the First Army had a little Commander Fei?】

As soon as Shin Yoshimoto took office, he immediately adjusted the defense deployment of SX Province.

The 69th Division was still stationed in Anhua to guard the Eighth Route Army, the Shanxi Sui Army and the Central Army in northwest Shanxi.

The 36th Division is still stationed in Lu'an, guarding the direct troops of the Eighth Route Army headquarters and local troops of the Taihang Military Region.

The 37th Division was replaced from Yuncheng to Linfen to guard the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army and the local troops of the Taiyue Military Region.

The Third Brigade replaced the defense to Yuncheng to monitor the southern part of Hu Zong on the other side of the Yellow River, the Eighth Route Army in northern Shaanxi, and the main force of the Jinsui Army that was hiding in a corner of southwest Shanxi.

The Fourth Brigade is still stationed in Yangquan to ensure the safety of Zhengtai Road.

From the adjustment of the Japanese army's defense deployment, it can be seen that the Japanese army in Shanxi has truly regarded the Eighth Route Army as their number one enemy, rather than just talking.

Moreover, during this period, the Japanese and puppet troops were surprisingly at peace...

You should know that it is late May, and it is the busy farming season of the year. According to the practice of previous years, the Japanese and puppet troops will definitely rush to the base area and sweep them in various ways.

The intention is to destroy the busy farming in the base area.

This leads to poor grain harvest in the base area.

The grain harvest in the base area will be poor, and the people will go hungry.

If ordinary people go hungry, the Eighth Route Army's war potential will decline.

The reason is also very simple. The people are hungry. Not only can the Eighth Route Army not collect public food, but they have to take out grain to help the people. This makes the Eighth Route Army's food become tense.

If the Eighth Route Army can’t even eat, how can we fight?

It is precisely because of this logic that every busy farming season, the Japanese and puppet troops would rush to the base area and sweep them in various ways.

However, during this summer, the Japanese and puppet troops in Shanxi were surprisingly at peace. Without a single soldier and a soldier entering the base, it was rare for the people in each base to avoid being harassed.

But the Eighth Route Army did not dare to be careless at all.

After deploying the defense, Ding Wei and Kong Jie set out to Fuliang Mountain.

This has been agreed long ago. This meeting in the northwest Shanxi-West Railway Triangle will solve a major problem, that is, to completely solve the constraints of the Shanxi-Suizhou Army's Independent Brigade and the 94th Central Army's Independent Brigade.

"Old Ding, Lao Kong, you are here." Li Yunlong said with a smile.

Kong Jie said: "Old Li, I can come here long ago, but Lao Ding is in some trouble."

"Old Ding, what's wrong with you?" Li Yunlong said in surprise, "Can you actually stump your dog-headed military advisor?"

"Old Li, how can we not mention the dog-headed military advisor?" Ding Wei rolled his eyes and said, "I have said too much, and it seems that I have really become your dog-headed military advisor. Even if I really become a dog-headed military advisor, I won't be your kid, will you be a kid?"

"That's it." Kong Jie added a pot to himself and agreed with a smile, "You're good with your head like a chamber pot?"

"Haha, Lao Ding, Lao Kong, come and sit down." Li Yunlong was not annoyed, but laughed and picked up the teapot and poured a cup of cold water for the two of them.

Ding Wei took a sip and cursed: "Old Li, Lao Kong and I finally came here. You guys will treat us with this? You are too stingy."

Kong Jie also echoed: "That's right, he's so stingy."

Li Yunlong laughed and said, "Isn't it time for dinner yet?"

"You can't drink before dinner?" Ding Wei snorted, "Who stipulated?"

Li Yunlong lamented and said, "Old Ding, I can't compete with you. You kid carry the leader and political commissar on one shoulder. In the new 1st regiment, you are the local emperor. You can do whatever you want, but Lao Li is not good. Political Commissar Zhao is very strict. If you don't have this, then you don't allow it. You have to drink regularly, and you still have to choose the life."

"This is for your own good." Kong Jie cursed, "If Political Commissar Zhao had not taken care of you, you would not have made any mistakes? Maybe you had been beaten to the end by the brigade commander and took the blame to the brigade headquarters."

"Get it out." Li Yunlong said with a black face, "I won't talk nonsense about feeding horses."

"I am feeding horses, where are you better than me?" Kong Jie retorted, "You kid not only feed horses, but also take the blame, and have also embroidered flowers in the quilt factory. If you have more skills, who can compare with you?"

Li Yunlong said furiously: "Kong Erlangzi, if you dare to mention this again, brothers have nothing to do."

"Okay, Old Li." Ding Wei interrupted without a chance, "Take out the wine quickly. Last time I hit Taiyuan, how dare you say you didn't secretly intercept some of the Fenjiu?"

"You know all this?" Li Yunlong said.

"What do you think?" Ding Wei sneered, "The old comrades in the army for so many years are not in vain."

Li Yunlong had no choice but to take out a bottle of Fenjiu from the cabinet and said in pain: "This is the bottle, you two can save some drinks, don't drink them all."

"Take it here." Ding Wei snatched it.

Li Yunlong turned his head and shouted outside the door: "Erdan, go and call the Chief of Staff here."

Discussing how to deal with Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang, Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo may not participate, but Wang Ye must participate, because Wang Ye always has unexpected insights and good ideas.

Wang Ye came over quickly and saluted the three team leaders.

"Hey, this is another set." Li Yunlong quickly pulled Wang Ye to sit down, "How many times have you told you, brothers, don't you have these false ones, can we really do it?"

But Wang Ye still honestly poured wine for the three team leaders before he was willing to sit down.

This is not a skill in the officialdom or a kind of worldly affairs, but it is entirely out of respect for the old Red Army and the old revolutionaries such as Ding Wei, Kong Jie, and Li Yunlong.

They deserve his respect.

Although they are not a few years older than him now.

Li Yunlong took a sip of Fenjiu and asked while peeling peanuts: "Old Ding, you haven't said anything wrong with me yet."

Ding Wei said with a rant and said, "What else can I have to do with that? Apart from the Japanese, there is only Qiao Risheng."

"Qiao Risheng, Yingxian's dominance?" Li Yunlong said, "Is this dog-doing you? Are he tired of living?"

"I'm afraid the one with his surname Qiao is not so brave yet." Ding Wei took a sip of Fenjiu and said, "But Lao Li, you know that Dong County is so large and has only a little population. To the east is Fu'an County, the territory of the 94th Brigade of the Central Army, to the south is Anhua County, Lao Kong's territory, and to the west is the Yellow River. So if our new regiment wants to continue to develop, he can only go north and compete with Qiao Risheng for territory. So the problem now is not that Qiao Risheng provoked me, but that I want to incorporate him."

Li Yunlong smiled and said, "Then, Lao Ding, your hot face is pressed against someone's cold butt, and was rejected?"

"Fuck, Lao Li, can you stop saying that bad things?" Ding Wei said angrily, "I think so, first politely and then soldiers. If he is willing to accept the adaptation, it is of course the best. If he refuses, then he will definitely eliminate him."

"I just think it should not be incorporated." Li Yunlong said, "A beast like Qiao Risheng who can even bury his own father alive. No, such scum is not as good as a beast, so he should be eliminated resolutely."

"Can you accept it or should you accept it?" Kong Jie retorted.

"No matter what, Qiao Risheng has two thousand people under him."

"And Qiao Risheng's troops are quite combat-effective."

"As for Qiao Risheng himself, he can be transformed slowly."

After a pause, Kong Jie said again: "After all, the guidelines of our party are to punish past mistakes and prevent future generations, cure diseases and save people. People like Qiao Risheng still have the value of rescue."

At this time, Wang Ye said, "Captain Ding, I have a good idea to kill two birds with one stone."

Ding Wei said lightly: "Tell me, what's the good idea? How can you kill two birds with one stone?"

Wang Ye said: "We have conducted preliminary investigations on Qiao Risheng before and found that although this person has done many evil deeds, he knows how to win people's hearts. The backbone elements under him are devoted and loyal to him. So once they start, the armed forces will be wiped out. Is Captain Ding embarrassed because of this?"

"Yes, this is the key to the problem." Ding Wei clapped his hands and said, "If it is just to eliminate Qiao Risheng, there is no need to be such a trouble. I will just transfer two battalions to solve it. But this will be a pity for this anti-Japanese armed forces, which is a unit that dares to get popular with the Japanese bayonets."

"That's true." Li Yunlong nodded, "Last time, the old Japanese devils in Datong mobilized more than 5,000 Japanese puppet troops to encircle Qiao Risheng in large numbers. Not to mention that they didn't get any advantage, Qiao Risheng also killed more than 500 people. In terms of fighting Japanese devils, Qiao Risheng is still a man, and we must admit this."

Ding Wei said: "Xiao Wang, tell me your method quickly."

Wang Ye said: "The fortress is easiest to break from the inside. My opinion is to select a team of special forces. Qiao is a wandering horse bandit and sneaks into Qiao Risheng's team. He first gains his trust, and then decides the next action based on Qiao Risheng's change in his mind. If Qiao Risheng's thoughts are smooth, then he will identify his identity and recruit him. If Qiao Risheng's thoughts cannot be turned, then he will decisively undermine him and seize the leadership of the team."

"Good idea!" Ding Wei slapped the table, "Why didn't I expect it before?"

Wang Ye smiled and said, "It's not that Captain Ding didn't expect that he just disdained to use such a method that is incomprehensible."

"That's not, I didn't expect it." Ding Wei waved his hand and said, "But, who to choose is a problem. A familiar face is definitely not good, for example, Xiao Wang, you can't."

"I definitely can't go." Wang Ye said self-deprecatingly, "If I go, I will cut off my head with Qiao Risheng's greed and exchange it for a reward of 100,000 yuan for the Japanese."

Ding Wei said: "This kid is smart, so he is the only one."

Wang Ye said: "Duan Peng and Lin Han are good at it, and they are new faces in the team, so that's fine."

He paused and said, "In addition, Comrade Li Xia has worked on the secret front in Shanghai, has a wide range of knowledge and has extremely rich experience in dealing with people. It is most suitable for him to lead the team."

Li Yunlong said: "Then let Li Xia take them to Yingxian and take care of each other. If Qiao Ri becomes suspicious, he will not suffer any loss."

Wang Ye said: "There are fewer four people, and they cannot be all good players. They have to be matched with dozens of veterans, and it is best to have experienced veterans who have been a horse bandit or a bandit."

"It's simple." Kong Jie said, knocking the tobacco pipe, "I asked Xie Baoqing to transfer dozens of people from the Independent Brigade, and he didn't have to pretend to be a bandit from head to toe."

Ding Wei said: "That's it."

Li Yunlong said: "By the way, Xiao Wang, you just said that you kill two birds with one stone. There is only one, what is the other?"

Wang Ye smiled and said, "The other thing is that we can set up a game with Qiao Risheng's troops so that Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang's troops can't even eat."

Ding Wei said: "What do you mean is to incite Qiao Risheng to take the logistics supply line of the Jinsui Army and the Central Army?"

Kong Jie said: "With Qiao Risheng's greed and courage, he will definitely dare to take the logistics supply lines of the Jinsui Army and the Central Army. But the problem is that the logistics supply lines of the Jinsui Army and the Central Army do not pass through Ying County at all. No matter how brave Qiao Risheng is and has ambitions, will he dare to go deep into the defense zone of our New Second Regiment?"

After a pause, Kong Jie said again: "There is still a distance between Lao Ding's defense zone."

"Yes, Xiao Wang, why did you ignore this?" Li Yunlong said, "The logistics supply of the Jinsui Army and the Central Army only passes through Lao Kong's defense zone, not Ying County at all, nor Lao Ding's defense zone. Qiao Risheng cannot reach it at all."

Li Yunlong and Kong Jie had not turned around yet, but Ding Wei had already thought of the next move of Wang Ye's design.

Ding Wei slapped the table and said, "This is simple. Just force the Jinsui Army and the Central Army's baggage troops to pass through the defense zone of our new first regiment. Qiao Risheng would be able to do it at that time."

Kong Jie was stunned: "How can we force this? How can we force it?"

Ding Wei said: "How simple is this? Isn't it enough to make the defense zone of your New Second Regiment plagued the bandits? For example, Xie Baoqing and his brothers couldn't live the hard life of our Eighth Route Army, and left the team and ran back to Heiyun Village."

"Ah?" Kong Jie said dumbfounded, "Can you still operate like this? I really didn't expect this."

Ding Wei asked, "Old Kong, do you just say it's okay? Let Xie Baoqing take his brother back to Heiyun Village. Can you still take back the troops and can you control them?"

"Of course," Kong Jie said without hesitation.

"The political cadres of our New Second Regiment are not vegetarians."

"Then let's just say that." Ding Wei slapped the table and said, "Let Xie Baoqing return to Heiyun Village with his brothers and become a bandit, but he can no longer rob the passing business travelers. He can only rob the Jinsui Army and the Central Army's baggage troops, and specialize in the Jinsui Army and the Central Army's baggage troops."

"That's it." Li Yunlong and Kong Jie focused heavily.

"Okay, then there's only one last question left now." Wang Ye said, "This time I've taught Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang a lesson. How much does it take to teach? I have three goals here for reference by the three leaders. The first goal is to completely eat Chu Yunfei's troops and Liang Gang's troops, so that these two troops will become part of the Eighth Route Army."

"Ha, this is good." Li Yunlong clapped his hands and said, "That's what it should be done."

"I'm afraid this won't work." Kong Jie took a sip of dry tobacco and said, "The only brigade of the Shanxi Sui Army is Yan Laoxi's only trump card left. Chu Yunfei is Chang Kaishen's favorite student. Although Liang Gang's 94th Brigade is not popular, it is nominally the Central Army. If we eat these two troops directly, it will definitely cause friction."

"This is the reason." Ding Wei said, "It is definitely not OK to eat Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang's troops openly. Maybe it will lead to the complete breakdown of bipartisan cooperation, and we cannot bear this responsibility."

Speaking of this, Ding Wei said again: "Xiao Wang, talk about the other two goals."

Wang Ye continued: "The second goal is to give Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang's troops a small punishment, forcing them to give up Heyuan County and Fu'an County again, and retreat to Yunqi Town and Tiandagang."

"This is absolutely not possible." Li Yunlong said, "If we let Chu Yunfei's troops and Liang Gang's troops stay in northwest Shanxi, we will have to leave a considerable number of troops every time we go out in the future, which is not conducive to our concentration of troops!"

"That's not the case." Kong Jie retorted, "Although there are hidden safety risks in the northwest of Shanxi, the wing safety of our base area objectively protects the safety of the flanks. In any case, Chu Yunfei's and Lianggang's departments block the pressure from the north and south sides."

"Why can others sleep soundly on the side of the bed?" Ding Wei waved his hand, "If possible, we should resolutely expel Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang's troops from the northwest of Shanxi. As for the safety of the north and south wings, instead of handing them over to Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang's troops, it would be better to hand them over to our own troops."

Li Yunlong nodded repeatedly and said, "That's the reason."

Wang Ye smiled and said, "The third goal is to expel Chu Yunfei and Liang Gangza's troops from northwest Shanxi."

Ding Wei snorted: "It's no problem to expel Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang from the northwest of Shanxi, but they must not be allowed to go out with all their heads."

"I agree with this." Li Yunlong slapped his legs and said, "If you don't say anything else, Chu Yunfei's two mountain cannon battalions and those 28 75 mountain cannons must be left for me!"

Kong Jie asked with a smile: "Old Li, you guy has been thinking about it for a long time, right?"

"Are you not jealous of this?" Li Yunlong said, "Anyway, I'm dreaming of snatching Chu Yunfei's two floating mountain cannon camps."

Wang Ye smiled and said, "Captain, don't worry, Chu Yunfei cannons, these 28 M1A1 type 75mm caliber mountain cannons, you must keep them all!"

Kong Jie knocked on the edge of the table with a dry tobacco pipe.

"Hey, we must explain something clearly first."
Chapter completed!