After the Japs were defeated and surrendered, the unwilling Japs commander approached the old man and promised him that he could help fight in order to stay on the land of China and continue his plot.
However, this proposal was rejected by the old man. The Japanese commander who was rejected turned around and found Yan Laoxi.
As a big warlord in Shanxi, Yan Laoxi has long regarded our party's troops as a thorn in his side. However, due to his lack of strength, he does not have the strength to maintain his position at all.
At this time, when the Japanese commander came to him, the great warlord was instantly moved.
Then they reached cooperation with the Japanese and recruited some Japanese soldiers. After several reorganizations, there were probably nearly ten thousand people.
After these Japanese soldiers stayed, they dominated Shanxi, driving luxury cars and living in mansions, forming societies and openly burning incense for executed war criminals.
The people were already very dissatisfied with this, but Yan Xishan pretended not to care, and even deliberately protected these Japanese, so that the people dared not speak out in anger.
After our intelligence personnel learned this in recent days, they immediately passed the news to the headquarters.
Li Qiufan knew about this group of Japanese soldiers, and in the end some of these Japanese soldiers returned to the country.
But since this happened to him, he would never give these devils a chance to return to the country, and they must be buried here forever.
The current Japanese army was reorganized by Yan Laoxi into the temporary independent 10th Corps of the Army, and was stationed in the hinterland of the Shanxi-Sui Army's sphere of influence.
At this time, the Jinsui Army still had hundreds of thousands of troops. To destroy this Japanese army in the hinterland, a lot of troops would be needed.
"Now is not the time. We don't have that many troops to deal with Yan Laoxi for the time being. Let's let him feel comfortable for a while."
Hearing Li Qiufan's invitation to fight, the boss frowned and shook his head. This battle would definitely not be possible with the independent first column alone.
At this time, the main force of the Eighth Route Army was fighting against the National Army, and there was no spare force at all. Li Qiufan's independent first column could only be regarded as a reserve force.
However, Li Qiufan's troops were not only reserves. In addition to supporting all parties, they also guarded the headquarters. It was impossible to send him to fight against the Shanxi-Sui Army.
Li Qiufan cleared his memory, and then sighed helplessly. He really couldn't leave in the current situation.
"Okay, stop moaning and groaning. Get out of here when you've eaten and drank enough. I'm going to get annoyed just by looking at you!"
Seeing Li Qiufan sigh, the boss immediately understood what was going on and immediately changed the subject.
"Okay, boss, I'll go back then."
Li Qiufan was a little depressed. Even the Japanese couldn't beat him if he didn't tell him anything.
It can be said that I lost my wife and lost my troops on this trip. I don't know how I will be ridiculed by Zhao Gang when I go back.
"By the way, go ahead and bring the person with you. I've approved the transfer application."
Just when Li Qiufan was about to reach the door, the boss suddenly called out to him.
"Bringing someone? Who to bring?"
Li Qiufan turned around with confusion on his face. He still hadn't reacted yet and asked the boss in confusion.
"You're the one who gives me wine and meat. How can you make sense if I don't give you some gifts in return?"
"Besides, if you just go back empty-handed, how will you explain it to your political commissar then?"
The boss looked at Li Qiufan, smiled, and teased him a few more words.
"Boss, are you serious? Did you really give it to me?"
Li Qiufan finally understood what was going on this time, and asked the boss with disbelief.
"What's the benefit of me lying to you? Why don't you get out of here!"
Seeing that Li Qiufan still didn't believe it, the boss cursed angrily.
Originally, the boss had no intention of letting go, but when he saw Li Qiufan's expression, he suddenly softened his heart.
In fact, the boss regretted it when he just called Li Qiufan, but he had no intention of turning back after starting work, so he could only grit his teeth and send the person out.
"Hey, boss, thank you! I'm going to get out of here!"
After receiving the boss's confirmation, Li Qiufan grinned almost to his ears and trotted off to pick up the people.
When he returned to the station, Zhao Gang was overjoyed when he saw the people Li Qiufan brought back. He didn't expect that Li Qiufan really accomplished this.
"Qiu Fan, I really have you!"
Zhao Gang excitedly hit Li Qiufan on the chest and smiled at him.
"That's right, you don't even know who is taking action!"
Hearing Zhao Gang's compliment, Li Qiufan raised his head and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
Half a month passed in a flash. During this period, Li Qiufan had nothing to do. He only focused on troop training all day long.
This day was just like any other day. Li Qiufan was standing on the school field watching the soldiers training, when suddenly the telegraph operator sent a telegram.
"Commander, a telegram from headquarters."
The telegraph operator handed over the telegram, and Li Qiufan lowered his head and read it.
"Hey, this Yan Laoxi is really messing up. I didn't go to find you and you brought him to your door yourself."
Li Qiufan laughed when he read the contents of the telegram. Unexpectedly, Jin Suijun himself delivered it to his door.
The headquarters received intelligence that the 16th Army of the Jinsui Army was approaching the headquarters for some unknown reason.
After the boss learned of this situation, he immediately sent a telegram to Li Qiufan, asking him to take people to see what the Sixteenth Army was going to do. If the intentions were evil, they would be eliminated directly.
"Heizi, Heizi!"
Li Qiufan shouted loudly towards Heizi, and Heizi hurriedly ran over after hearing the sound.
"Brother, did you call me?"
Heizi came to Li Qiufan and asked him.
"Ask the First Division and the Second Division to assemble and follow me out to do something!"
Li Qiufan nodded and asked Heizi to assemble the two divisions.
"okay!"
Hearing the troops gathering, Heizi instantly understood that a war was about to begin. He could no longer sit still after being idle for so long. Now that there was a war, his face was naturally full of excitement.
It didn't take long for the two divisions to assemble. Li Qiufan transferred another artillery regiment from the heavy artillery brigade, but without the heavy artillery, because Li Qiufan felt that using heavy artillery to attack the Shanxi-Sui Army was a waste of shells.
Two divisions plus an artillery regiment with more than 20,000 people headed towards the 16th Army in a mighty manner.
After a day of urgent marching, Li Qiufan led his troops to a place called Nancun, which was not far from the 16th Army.
"Heizi, let someone go and investigate the location and situation of the 16th Army. Let the whole army take a rest."
Li Qiufan called Heizi. He did not remember to launch an attack on the Sixteenth Army. Instead, he sent troops to investigate first. He wanted to see what tricks the Sixteenth Army was playing.
After waiting for a long time, the soldiers who went out to conduct reconnaissance finally came back, and they also brought back a piece of news that puzzled Li Qiufan.
The Sixteenth Army stopped at a place called Datian County, where there is a county seat. At this time, the Sixteenth Army was stationed in Datian County.
However, because Datian County was sealed off, the soldiers responsible for the investigation could not get in at all, so they did not know what was going on inside.
