In the early morning of December 6, 1940, Northeast Guizhou
After leaving the headquarters, Wu Heqing rushed towards the cavalry regiment closest to him. The cavalry regiment was the most elite unit in his hands. Not to mention the tall horses of country F, there were also light infantry cannons and tanks. From the perspective of future generations, this is an elite rapid reaction force.
But before the armored convoy arrived at the cavalry regiment's barracks, they saw a raging fire burning in the direction of the barracks. There were fighter jets circling and shooting in the sky. On the dirt road in front of them, a large number of scattered soldiers and horses were Running around, several Japanese advisers tried to gather the troops, but they were directly attacked by a few cavalry. Not to mention, the submachine guns of country F are really good.
Seeing this situation, Wu Heqing gave up the thought of going to other troops, commanded the guards to retreat according to the backup plan, without thinking that the situation of his troops would not be very good, even without bombing. How much better.
During this period, with the support of the Japanese, his troops suddenly expanded to less than 20,000 people. They looked strong, but in fact they were all new recruits, and the officers were all low-level officers promoted from the front line. There were F-country equipment and Japanese equipment, but they were of no use at all. It was late at night, and listening to the rumbling sound of artillery, the underground party of the Eighth Route Army fired a few more rounds with small-caliber mortars, and the troops were probably in chaos.
But as several 203mm artillery shells exploded in the distance, Wu Heqing no longer thought about his troops. Don't be kidding, these things were all used, not to mention the troops in his hands, even the direct descendants of the Central Military Army. I can't bear it.
At the same time, the temporary attack of the 68th Division also launched a barrage of tanks followed by artillery, easily crossing the defense line of Wu Heqing's headquarters. It was still dark, but the defenders continued to attack. They didn't dare to shoot black guns under the cover of night. Instead, they lined up neatly and knelt on the roadside with guns in both hands.
It was too scary. Not to mention the overwhelming artillery fire, the incendiary bombs that turned the earth into daylight were enough to subvert their cognition. Instead of resisting and being killed by the Eighth Route Army, it was better to surrender in a decent manner. It was just chaos anyway. There is really no need to work hard to eat.
By daybreak, the fighting had gradually ended, and only a few ruthless bandits were still resisting in nooks and crannies. But as time went by, their resistance had no meaning.
After a while, the preliminary results of the battle were also delivered to Zhao Gang. In just over six hours, they killed and wounded more than 5,000 people, captured more than 12,000 people, and more than 2,000 people escaped and escaped. After being defeated, more than a thousand Japanese advisers were captured and killed.
It can be seen that the Japanese have high hopes for Wu Heqing. Their idea is to lay a nail in northeastern Guizhou, which can threaten the mountain city to the north and block the transportation of Yunnan, Guizhou, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces to the south. The entire rear area is equivalent to being divided by the Japanese. By then, the situation of the war of resistance will inevitably take a turn for the worse. The Japanese military department is even optimistic that it can force the Yamashiro government to surrender.
During the battle, enough equipment was seized to equip two national army divisions. They were all F domestic products and Japanese products. However, there were some discrepancies with the intelligence. There were only a small number of so-called new F country equipment. Most of them were old equipment from the colonial legions of F country. They were better than those of the national army. The equipment is even worse.
Later, through investigation, everyone found out that the original money for the purchase of weapons was provided by the Japanese. When Wu Heqing purchased the weapons, he made some tricks and withheld 70% of the original money. This is also a common practice in the national army. Strangely, Wu Heqing never thought about fighting the Eighth Route Army to the death, which surprised everyone.
The same goes for money. Since Wu Heqing is not planning to fight to the death with the Eighth Route Army, Wu Heqing will naturally not leave the money in Northeast Guizhou. The gold, silver, foreign exchange, and cigarettes he collected have all been shipped away early, and they are all here in his hometown. Only small amounts of funds held by Japanese advisers were seized.
And the so-called foundations that Wu Heqing had built up through years of hard work have also been completely taken over, including a repair shop, an ironworks, a small coal kiln, a small iron mine, a small silver mine, a cement kiln, a lime kiln, a mint, and so on. Hundreds of small factories and mines.
In addition, there are hundreds of thousands of acres of large tobacco fields, all of which use high-quality varieties provided by the Japanese. The yield is high, the quality is good, and the loss of soil fertility is small. As long as the appropriate amount of farmyard manure is supplemented, the output can be continuous, so that There is not even one acre of farmland in the core of the entire Wu Heqing controlled area. Everyone can only grow opium, and only opium.
All this makes Qiu Qing envious. If he manages this foundation well and does not waste it, it will be enough to support an infantry unit of an army, let alone manage Northeastern Guizhou. I wonder who Wu Heqing is? What's wrong, you actually have to fight against the Eighth Route Army? You are really doing your own thing.
"Old Zhao, Wu Heqing was not found. Based on the latest information from the Northeast Guizhou Special Committee, Wu Heqing should have run away!" At this moment, Ding Wei ran over panting. After commanding the armored troops to break in, he followed the underground party comrades. He led his troops to fight all the way in, killing two of Wu Heqing's bases and passing through them. He really got addicted to commanding armored troops.
"He ran away. How could he run away? Didn't we block all the external channels?" Zhao Gang's heart was pounding at that time. In order to deal with Wu Heqing, they used almost all the power in their hands to block all the external channels. The passages were all blocked. To ensure nothing went wrong, he didn't even dare to use the troops brought by Qiu Qingquan. Ordinarily, it was impossible for Wu Heqing to escape.
"Wu Heqing had a tunnel leading to the outside world. When we attacked, he took his guards and escaped in an armored vehicle." Ding Wei said with some frustration.
"How is it possible that we haven't received any news at all? We have no news. What's going on with the military commander?" Zhao Gang's first reaction was that the military commander had done something to create a tunnel for armored vehicles to pass. How big a commotion it caused. Naturally, the military commander would not receive any news at all.
"I asked the old man in Wu Heqing's hands. The tunnel was more than ten years old. It was modified on the basis of a natural tunnel. It was originally used to defend against military rule." Ding Wei explained.
"Contact Commander Zhou of the Air Force and ask them to send bombers to search for Wu Heqing along the highway. Telegraph the headquarters and request to coordinate with the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee and the Ministry of Social Affairs to confirm Wu Heqing's location. Since Lao Li is not here, we have to do a good job!" Zhao Gang thought for a moment and then issued orders one after another.
