The people in the headquarters were a little silent. They knew the Wen Gu brothers and sisters very well. They were the first to contribute to the development of the independent brigade to its current size.
Wen Su looked at the telegram and asked, "Why doesn't this telegram say where they are going?"
Xu Tian thought for a while and said: "I think they may have gone to the Western Front. Fan Debiao told them that the war on the Western Front is very tense now!
By the way, Fan Debiao briefly talked about the battle and the capture,
He now has 7 Japanese Type 97 tanks, 3 75mm mountain guns, 6 92 infantry guns, 22 heavy machine guns, 38 light machine guns, 1,165 Type 38 rifles, and other supplies are still being counted. "
Wen Zheng felt strange, "There are so few rifles?"
"Haha, my chief of staff, it's not Fan Debiao's fault. Most of the Japs were killed by their own planes. You know the power of aerial bombs best!" Xu Tian was happy when he said this.
"Tell me about it?" Wen Zheng became interested.
"The Japs' planes flew too high. As you know today, the visibility was not good and the pilots couldn't tell which troops were theirs.
When I saw a tank in Fan Debiao's team, I thought it was us who were being chased, and then we were bombed. It was good to have this little bit left! "
Xu Tian said all the information in the telegram, and there was rare laughter in the headquarters. During this time, the entire independent brigade was very depressed.
Although the Independence Brigade now has 24,000 regular troops, the Japanese attach great importance to the Independence Brigade's encirclement and suppression campaign this time.
The Japanese division that was supposed to attack Zhongtiao Mountain is now in western Shanxi. The independent mixed third brigade has been fighting for half a month, but the effect is not good.
Therefore, according to the news from the underground party, the Japanese on the Western Front sent an additional 37th Division to attack the base area in two directions from Anyang and Gucheng.
On the entire Western Front battlefield, three Japanese armies attacked together. Four new regiments were formed, which numbered 9,000 before the start of the war. Now they only have 7,000, resulting in heavy casualties.
Wen Su took the lead to calm down, "The enemy situation in the north should be resolved. Now our focus should be on the western front.
Since the Japanese attack in three directions, we cannot hold back and let the temporary first and second regiments go over to support them. "
Xu Tian also believed that the Western Front should be supported, but he said: "To the east of the base is the Kimura Regiment under the 36th Division of Xiangcheng.
Now there are two regiments, the Third Regiment and the Temporary Third Regiment, blocking the attack. Although both sides suffered casualties, the Japanese did not advance a step forward. "
Wen Zheng praised: "This Hu Changshun is really getting up, and the step-by-step teachings of the Xiaogu brothers and sisters are not in vain."
Everyone nodded. Hu Changshun's three regiments fought the most battles with the Wen Gu brothers and sisters, and gained the most bargains.
"As for the independent mixed fourth brigade that crossed the Qinshui River to the south, Zhang Chenggong's second regiment and the temporary second regiment fought well during this period.
Because the terrain in the south was complicated, Zhang Chenggong and the Japs kept going in circles. Kaoru Kawamura, an old Japs, almost fainted! "
Wen Su looked at the map on the wall and pondered, and then said: "Give Zhang Chenggong power and ask him to pay attention to nearby villages. All villagers must go into the mountains.
I'm afraid that if the Japanese can't find our main force, they will arrest the common people and force the main force to fight! "
"We really need to pay attention to this issue. I will send a report to Zhang Chenggong immediately, and then contact the local organizations to ask them to cooperate!"
The brigade headquarters is in a meeting, and the temporary headquarters at Xiaowangzhuang on the Western Front is also in a meeting.
Deputy Brigade Commander Ruda and Deputy Chief of Staff Gan Ning looked at the leaders and political commissars of the four newly formed regiments below. Ruda said with a serious face:
"This should be our last collective meeting. The Japanese soldiers from Lu Yuan formed an independent third brigade and have been fighting with us for half a month. The puppet troops they brought have been almost exhausted.
Now it's time for them to go on their own. The total strength of the independent mixed third brigade is about 5,200.
In addition, coming from Anyang were the 227th Regiment of the 37th Division and the 37th Regiment of the Mountain Artillery newly formed by the Japanese. Together with one regiment, the total strength of the puppet army reached 5,800.
Finally, there is the headquarters of the 37th Division starting from the ancient city, which has two regiments, 225 and 226, plus a total of 12,000 puppet troops from the two regiments. "
As soon as Ruda finished speaking, the regiment leaders and political commissars below started shouting to encircle and suppress the Black Wind Mountain base area of the Independence Brigade.
The Japanese actually dispatched two newly formed divisions and an independent mixed brigade. This scale of encirclement and suppression of a brigade was the largest since the Anti-Japanese War.
In the past, the two divisions were able to encircle and suppress the entire Eighth Route Army of Jin Province. Are the Japanese crazy this time?
In fact, what they didn't know was that these troops were originally used to deal with the national army in Zhongtiao Mountain, but the Zhongtiao Mountain strategy failed.
Therefore, Yoshio Yuzuka could only focus on the Eighth Route Army. In addition to these troops, the Japanese also had two divisions, the 109th and the 41st, in Linfen in western Shanxi.
What was different from the others was Xu Baichuan, the leader of the newly formed regiment. After joining the Eighth Route Army, he realized that this was how the Japanese were beaten. This was completely different from what he thought before.
So now that he heard that the Japanese were aggressively invading the base area, he was not afraid at all, but was very excited.
"Okay, let's see what you look like. Two Japanese divisions scared you?"
Let me tell you, one regiment has wiped out all the Japs in Qin County and has now gone to occupy Qin County, so don’t you want to capture the county seat yourself? "
"What?" Xu Baichuan stood up suddenly. How could he not know how capable Fan Debiao was?
"Deputy Brigadier, if I remember correctly, there is a regiment and a half in Qin County, with a total of 5,000 Japs. Can he, Fan Debiao, wipe them all out?
I don’t read much, please don’t lie to me? "
Ruda knew that some people didn't believe it. To be honest, he didn't believe it when he first saw the telegram. It was only with the cooperation of the Wen Gu brothers and sisters that the independent brigade formed an organic unit to eliminate Japanese troops.
Now that Fan Debiao can defeat him by himself, it's not that he looks down on him, but that the Eighth Route Army does not have the strength for the time being.
After Xu Baichuan read the telegram, he didn't pay attention to anything else. When he saw the Wen Gu brothers and sisters coming back, he shouted happily:
"My boss is back, all the little devils are waiting for me, you are all going to die!"
"What? Let me take a look." Several other group leaders looked over.
Then he asked: "Deputy Brigadier, where are Xiaogu's brother and sister?"
Ruda spread his hands and said, "How do I know? You are both regiment leaders and political commissars. If they don't come, you won't be able to fight?"
"Hoho, deputy brigade commander, you don't know. Fighting Japanese with brother and sister Xiaogu is the most exciting. Captain Fan will be so happy that he can't sleep. We want to experience it too!"
The leader of the new second regiment said with serious yearning.
Ruda quickly brought these group leaders back from their thoughts. They were in a meeting, so be serious.
"Okay, I heard that the Xiaogu brothers and sisters are on their way here. As for when they will arrive, no one knows."
