The three district agencies of southern Hebei Province are stationed in Fangzhai Village.
The headquarters of the 23rd Regiment, the main force directly under the division, is stationed in Nanguaiqu Village, and a team of more than 2,000 people is scattered in nearby villages.
Nanguaiqu Village is located on the southeast bank of the canal, across the canal from Shelibu Village, where the three vertical agencies are based.
Because the water from the Zhang River, which originates from the Taihang Mountains, continues to flow into the canal, the water in this section of the river has not stopped flowing, and the villagers along the canal have not fled.
Headquarters of the 23rd Regiment.
After participating in the railway raid, a squadron of puppet troops was annihilated on the way back.
Zhao Zhenya, the deputy leader who was sitting at the head, showed no joy on his face.
Political Work Director Meng Qingwu is reporting on the situation: "The water level in the canal has dropped, and everyone can finally rest assured!"
"Tell me about other situations!"
"According to the news from the three vertical comrades on the other side of the river, the enemy has released a large number of tiger tigers in the upper reaches of the canal."
, his face turned pale: "What did you say? The enemy cast Hu Lie La?"
"Report! Emergency." A soldier hurried into the yard, interrupting the ongoing meeting in the room.
"What's going on?" Deputy Captain Zhao looked up at the door.
The soldier panted and reported: "Comrades from the three vertical defense zones on the north bank of the lower reaches of the canal sent people to report that enemy movements were found in many places along the canal in Linqing County. The Japanese troops were divided into multiple routes in cars. They are currently staying on the north bank of the canal, and their movements are unknown."
"Keep scouting!"
"Yes!" the correspondent turned away. "
After the correspondent left, Deputy Leader Zhao signaled for the meeting to continue.
Director Meng, the political worker, nodded: "Brigadier Li Chenghua, who broke into the Autonomous Army, died, and Jianye, the Second Regiment Division, who secretly joined the Kuomintang reactionaries, tried to annex the First Regiment.
The First Regiment set up an ambush in Huilong Town, and the two sides fought fiercely the night before yesterday. In the end, the Autonomous Army Assault Regiment came forward and secretly eliminated the division Jianye. However, the First Regiment could no longer be stationed in Huilong Town. The regiment leader asked us to find a way to arrange one. Pishengmen crossed the river and met Fanghuilong Town."
Deputy leader Zhao looked at the map and nodded: "I will go to the division office first to report the situation to the Dragon Boat Festival. At the same time, I will ask the chief to verify the situation with the superiors. After asking for instructions, we will make the next step of action!"
"No need to ask for instructions!" A calm voice came from outside the yard: "Deploy a reinforced battalion immediately and cross the river to help the first regiment retake Huilong Town!"
Zhao Zhenya turned his head, stood up quickly, and saluted: "Hello, Chief!"
A middle-aged man followed by the guard waved to stay in the courtyard, and a man walked into the house: "There have been many poisoning deaths of villagers over there in the Autonomous Army. It has basically been confirmed that the enemy is releasing the tiger strain bacteria. The common people have arrived. On the edge of life and death, Dai Jingwu!
"Here!" Dai Jingwu, deputy commander of the first battalion who was attending the meeting, saluted: "Hello, chief, please give me instructions!"
The middle-aged man looked at Dai Jingwu: "You immediately lead the 1st Battalion, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Company across the river to reinforce the brothers' troops!"
"Yes, I promise to complete the mission!"
Deputy leader Zhao looked at the middle-aged man: "How about I go there myself?"
The middle-aged man thought for a while: "Your regiment commander and three battalion commanders are going to support the anti-puppet army sweeps in the first division. If you leave now, do you want me to look after the gate personally?"
"Don't dare!" Deputy Commander Zhao pushed his teapot in front of the middle-aged man: "Commander, come and drink water!"
The middle-aged man did not dislike it. He took the teapot and drank it directly. He put down the teapot and said, "You crossed the river a few days ago to participate in the operation of sabotaging the railway. Have you heard about the Three Columns who captured Chengwu County?"
"Conquer Chengwu County?" Deputy Commander Zhao shook his head: "The Third Column and the others don't seem to be that capable, right?"
"The political commissar went to the plains for inspection a few days ago. It is said that the comrade from the secret service company he brought here has not returned to the mountains."
Deputy Captain Zhao was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean?"
The commander turned to look at Deputy Battalion Commander Dai, who had been standing all the time: "You go across the river to the third column this time, find a way to inquire about it, invite some comrades from the secret service company to me, and say that I will treat them to big canal carp." .”
Dai Jingwu's eyes lit up: "Is the chief's information reliable? Are they really in the third column?"
"You can't be wrong. I went to the first district a few days ago and their political commissar told me personally."
"One district is poorer than us."
"Poor? Haha, do you know what I saw in the first section?"
"What did you see? Uh. They captured Neihuang County. Did they seize a large amount of supplies?"
"We are close to the canal. How can I have less supplies than they do?"
"Chief, I told you to stop showing off."
"Armored vehicles! They have armored vehicles!" The chief slapped the table and the teapot jumped. "You don't know, that old boy is so embarrassed in front of me! It makes me so angry!"
Deputy Commander Zhao curled his lips and said, "Are you bragging? It is possible to capture the enemy's armored vehicle. Even if it is really captured, that thing is still a hot potato. Apart from blowing it up, eh... do they really have armored vehicles?"
"In addition to armored vehicles, they also trained a group of sharpshooters. There is a soldier named Li Huanzhang who can hit a target four hundred meters away with an ordinary rifle!"
Deputy Commander Zhao was stunned for a moment: "Four hundred meters? Chief, I say the more you brag, the more outrageous you are. We can't even see the target clearly from four hundred meters away. If the soldiers in his first division have such shooting skills, I will eat this teapot." Lose!"
The leader pushed the teapot in front of Deputy Commander Zhao: "Then you practice your teeth first."
Deputy Captain Zhao knew that the leader usually didn't talk nonsense: "Then if they really have soldiers with such good marksmanship, they can go to the battlefield and kill a few Japanese officers casually. How can they become the leading combat heroes of our Southern Hebei Military Region?"
"Low-key, you have to be low-key, you know?" The chief said with a mysterious face: "You kid, do you really think you have good things and show them off? If I hadn't given them a bottle of good wine to the political commissar, they would have hidden it and wouldn't have given it to them. I said!"
"How could our Eighth Route Army conceal such a thing from our brother troops?"
"You don't understand this. If the news spreads and the enemy finds out our secrets, how can we catch the enemy by surprise?"
"When a rifle hits a target four hundred meters away, I always feel like I'm going to be blown away by it."
"I said, you are the deputy leader, why do you speak so eccentrically?"
"Hey, in front of the leader, we are just a small soldier."
"Get out." The leader smashed the teapot on the table: "They fought head-on with the puppet army last year and killed the puppet brigade commander under Li Ying. It was because they used armored vehicles to not only take down the county seat of Hua County, but also the inner city this year. Huang County. And now, the three verticals across the river, which are poorer than us, took over Chengwu County a few days ago, and our three divisions shouted slogans all day long, and they didn't even get anything."
Deputy Captain Zhao immediately expressed his position: "Chief, don't you just want to conquer the county? As long as you say it, I will conquer it for you immediately!"
The leader looked at Deputy Commander Zhao: "Then how many casualties are you prepared to pay?"
“It shouldn’t be too much.”
Do you know how many casualties they suffered when they captured Neihuang County?
That bitch Wang Taigong has strong troops and heavy machine guns on the tower. It is estimated that it will be difficult to take down without paying the price of thousands of men.
"They suffered less than one company's casualties, and they suffered more injuries than sacrifices!"
"Oh my god, I got the news that there were heavy casualties in the first division."
Seeing that Deputy Zhao's mouth was wide enough to hold a duck egg, the leader was very satisfied. His performance was similar to his performance in the first division.
He stopped talking about this topic and began to give instructions to Battalion Commander Dai Dai face to face: "After you go over, first help the third column to prevent and control tiger leopards, and then build a good relationship with Cheng Haibo and find a way to invite the instructors of the special agent company to me. come over"
Naturally there is no shortage of boats in the procession approaching the canal.
A reinforced battalion of nearly 400 people from the 23rd Regiment is gathering in the reeds by the river.
"Report to Battalion Commander Dai that there is a situation on the other side of the river." A scout from the regiment's special agent brigade emerged from the reeds.
"What's going on?" Dai Jingwu frowned.
"It seems that all the villagers on the embankment on the other side of the river have fled."
Dai Jingwu immediately put up an awning and looked across the river more than 500 meters away, and happened to see a Japanese car appearing on the river embankment.
The embankment is nearly ten meters wide, and cars can run on it without any problems.
He trotted all the way to the east and looked at Deputy Commander Zhao who was seeing him off and about to leave: "Hey, Commander, can I lend you a telescope?"
Zhao Zhenya: Commander of the 23rd Regiment, because I wrote this using his real name and could not join the regiment, I had the audacity to demote him.
As for the time, it may not be correct. Let’s remember three names: Zhao Zhenya, Meng Qingwu, and Dai Jingwu.
(End of chapter)
