Taiyuan City, the First Army Headquarters, is gloomy and gloomy
Iwamatsu Yoshio's whole body was stooped, his eyes were lifeless, and Major General Miyamoto even had a deathly aura coming from his body. If he counted correctly, the Commander was only 57 years old, and he was at the peak of his spirits among all the generals. .
I recall how heroic and heroic the Commander was when he took over as Xiao Zhuoyi Nan more than a year ago, but now he has become the second Xiao Zhuo Yinan, even worse than him.
"Miyamoto-kun, does Commander Okamura have any new instructions?"
Miyamoto shook his head. He knew what the commander meant. Hundreds of thousands of troops from the Eighth Route Army and the Central Army (the New Ninth Division of the 93rd Group Army) came to the city and surrounded the three towers. Not to mention Yoshio Iwamatsu, he, Miyamoto, also wanted to attack from the northwest The direction was to withdraw from Taiyuan, retreat to Yunzhong or even Suiyuan and Manzhou.
"Bagaya road!"
Lieutenant General Yansong cursed, if anger could kill, General Okamura of Yancheng had already been killed by him instantly.
They are all foxes of thousands of years. No one is willing to retreat and give up a big pot like Hedong. For General Okamura, it is not him who dies anyway. He asked him to order the First Army to abandon Taiyuan. There is no door, and he did not order him to fight Taiyuan. To live together and die together would be to say that all benevolence and righteousness have been exhausted.
After Iwamatsu finished scolding, he said to Miyamoto:
"Miyamoto-kun, the 41st Division and the 36th Division have been loyal to the Emperor. Now it is our turn. The focus of the Eighth Route Army's attack is the South City Gate. We order the 114th Division to guard the South City and swear to live and die with Taiyuan!"
"Your Majesty Commander, what should the people in the city do if they want to leave the city?"
Miyamoto asked a question that no one wanted to face. Iwamatsu thought about it and said:
"Since the Eighth Route Army is surrounding three buildings, we will also open the north gate and give them three days. Those who are willing to leave can leave. After three days, we will close the city gate and fight to the death with the Eighth Route Army."
Miyamoto seemed to feel a tremor from the commander's voice. He already knew in his heart that if he really wanted to fight to the death, he would not let the Chinese people leave. He just wanted to fight to show the base camp.
Outside the city, the main offensive troops were busy preparing for the siege. To attack a provincial capital, a huge amount of materials needed to be mobilized. The Eighth Route Army did not have its own specialized logistics troops. The consumption of hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line depended entirely on ordinary people's trucks. Send forward.
Liuzhen has now become the real rear area, but this does not affect their support from the front.
The Eighth Route Army needs to send a batch of Mulan artillery shells and Weishen artillery shells from the military factory to the front line. The town government also has a batch of front-line food sent there. It plans to form a front-line team with about 5,000 people and 2,000 trucks. , a thousand stretchers.
As soon as the notice came out, every village enthusiastically signed up, and the required personnel and trucks were quickly gathered.
"In front of the support, Da Shuan, guns have no eyes, be careful. If you don't let me replace Da Shuan, our old Gao family——"
"Bah, bah, bah, bad spirits don't work, good spirits don't work. Master, what are you talking about? It's unlucky."
Ma Fentian interrupted Er Geda. After being reminded by Ma Fentian, Er Geda also felt that he had missed something. He ran back to the kitchen house and blew a few words in front of the kitchen hall. These two were the most responsible in Lao Gao's family. Dare to have bad results.
Zhao Zhiqian didn't care about this. He comforted the two elders and said:
"Father, mother, don't worry! Captain Chu has brought back a lot of planes this time. We no longer have to worry about the enemy's harm. There are also militia battalions to escort us along the way. It's very safe."
Liu Town established several militia battalions based on the militia companies of each village. This time, a militia platoon was transferred from each village to form a temporary militia battalion to protect the front team along the way.
In Lijia Village, Li Chennan went on a mission outside Liu Town for the first time since he joined the militia company for several years. Li Yaozu and the old lady of the Li family went all the way to the entrance of the village and were unwilling to go back.
"Mom, please go back. It's inconvenient for you to walk with your little feet. Don't worry, we are just escorting the fellow villagers to deliver supplies to the front line;
Now is different from before. The Japs have all been beaten away. There are no Japs north of Taiyuan. They are just to prevent some blind thieves. This time I am leading a militia battalion, and ordinary thieves will not get close. "
Li Chennan's own mother said.
Mrs. Li did not follow the second boy this time, but continued to talk:
"Mom knows that you are now the battalion commander, so there is no need to remind me. Mom will take you a few more steps."
Li Chennan had nothing to do with the old lady and could only let him.
"Dad, why did you send me so far?"
Li Yaozu said awkwardly:
"I don't worry about your mother!"
"Dad, Mom, my eldest brother and my third child have never seen you like this after all these years of going out."
Li Yaozu's eyes widened, and he finally showed off his power as a father:
"How can it be the same? There was at least one son at home when they left!"
This time the old lady didn't refute Li Yaozu. People's hearts are full of flesh, and their three sons have gone out. How can they not tug at my mother's heart?
Li Chennan wisely chose to keep his mouth shut. When he arrived at the entrance of the village, a row of villagers and soldiers from the Li family arrived, as well as more than a dozen people in front of the branch. The old men and women from the Li family village also arrived, including Sanyong Niang, Da Zhuang's wife, Erniniang, Sanya...
"Da Zhuang, please be safe and think about me and the kids..."
"Sanyong, mother will arrange your marriage with the Liu family girl when you come back..."
"Er Ni, you kid, one of the girls -"
Erni said unhappily:
"Mom, Brother 2 is already the captain of the team, I can't let him go too far."
The son traveled thousands of miles and his mother was worried that the militia platoon and front team that were about to leave Lijia Village would take away the hearts of the entire Lijia Village. Although they were extremely reluctant to leave, no one backed down from the front team. Everyone and The family is proud to be part of the former team, and this pride is genuine.
"salute!"
The Lijia village soldiers and the front team paid a solemn military salute to their families. Their families are the source of strength for them to bravely go to the battlefield.
For the sake of their family, they are not afraid of the Japanese, so why should they be afraid of supporting the front line?
One after another, the front teams said goodbye to their families and rushed to Liuzhen to gather, just like trickles that merged into a big river. This was the source of the Eighth Route Army's strength to defeat all powerful enemies.
After loading ammunition and supplies in Liuzhen, Li Chennan took the newly formed militia battalion and the Liuzhen garrison battalion to escort 2,000 frame trucks and set off towards the front line in a majestic way as far as the eye could see.
A few days later, Qijia Town, the defense area of the 338th Brigade of the Central Army
Li Chendong's little life is now very comfortable. They have not fought against the Japanese for a long time, and they don't know when. There are no Japanese around the defense area, and it has become the territory of the Eighth Route Army;
Qijia Town was surrounded by Eighth Route Army troops, which made him very worried. He was worried that the entire Hedong area would belong to the Eighth Route Army, but it was useless for him to worry. He knew in his heart that if there was not a united front, Qijia Town would not have its turn. them.
On this day, Li Chendong was drinking alone at the headquarters. Li Yuanzheng hurried in and said to Li Chendong:
"Brigadier Commander, there is a huge transport team passing near Qijia Town. It is the front team of the Eighth Route Army. It contains thousands of carts of supplies, including artillery shells and food!"
Li Yuanzheng's eyes glowed with greed. Although they had been upgraded to the Central Army, their supplies had been intermittent, and their wealth was impressive. Not only Li Yuanzheng was tempted, but Li Chendong was also tempted.
No poison, no husband, Li Chendong nodded to Li Yuanzheng and said:
"Take a group and follow me!"
