Unparalleled Warriors of Anti-Japanese War

This battle is an actual battle of our army. I believe comrades are very clear about my style.This time, we are still responsible for the main attack, and Boss He and the 118th Division will also cooperate.

As for our goal of this battle, there is only one goal, and that is to recover the entire territory of Shanxi.And our main task is to take Taiyuan City, liberate the entire territory of Shanxi, and completely drive the Shanxi dispatched army out of Shanxi or annihilate them.

In fact, the plan for the Battle of Shanxi was formulated together with the plan for the Battle of Henan.However, for the sake of confidentiality at that time, the plan for the Shanxi battle has not been announced.Today is the time! "

Apart from the time it took to form the new third division, after He Zhengdao returned to Yulin, it didn't take much time to form the other two infantry divisions.What really takes time is nothing more than finding suitable division-level leadership for these main divisions.

After saying these words, He Zhengdao continued: "Today is our Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army Sub-Divisional Officers Meeting. I believe everyone present is familiar with and relatively unfamiliar. But in the future, everyone will fight side by side.

Regarding the mission of our army, I believe everyone already knows it from the number of the army.Just want to advance to the northeast to fight, for us now, the task is still very arduous.

Here, I would like to introduce a new comrade to my comrades, who I specially invited from the 129th Division.From today, he will serve as the division commander of the Third Infantry Division of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army.He is Comrade Lu Zhencao, former commander of the Jizhong Self-Defense Forces! "

Under He Zhengdao's roll call, Lu Zhencao, who had just been ordered to report to the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army in Yulin, was somewhat surprised that He Zhengdao specially applied to the headquarters for him to come over as a division commander.

Although he was in the 129th Division, he was the commander of a self-defense army.But Lu Zhencao knew very well that the Self-Defense Forces were, to put it bluntly, a rebel force behind enemy lines, and they were incomparable to the main division commanders of the main regular army.

Now that He Zhengdao suddenly transferred him to serve as the commander of the third division of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army, Lu Zhencao was very surprised and delighted.With this position, he can be regarded as a real high-level commander of the Eighth Route Army.

Lu Zhencao, who got up amidst the applause of the crowd, said something like a job report very modestly.After he finished his speech, He Zhengdao also applauded first, as a welcome for him to join the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces.

After everyone made up their minds again, He Zhengdao said with a smile: "After the gossip is over, let's start issuing combat orders. Chief of Staff, let you read out the combat orders! This battle is considered to be the opening battle of our Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces." Bar!"

As the chief of staff, Ye Jianying got up quickly and said: "According to the deployment of the Central Committee and the headquarters, the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces will be in charge of the battle in Shanxi this time. The participating troops include one division, two divisions, and three divisions, one cavalry division and artillery brigade and reconnaissance brigade.

Commissar Chen and Director Tan will be responsible for supplies and rear security.The front-line combat command will be in charge of the commander together with me.The rest of the ministries, from the day the order was issued, immediately went to Xinzhou to stand by.

At present, the first and second infantry divisions have arrived in Xinzhou for rest and reorganization, and the reconnaissance brigade is also secretly gathering.Next, the Third Infantry Division, the First Cavalry Division and the Artillery Brigade will be dispatched secretly to Xinzhou in accordance with the corresponding order. "

After Ye Jianying finished issuing the combat orders for each division, everyone at the end of the first combat meeting also enjoyed a dinner in the canteen of the military headquarters.Except for Lu Zhencao, everyone else is used to such hospitality.

Such a reception dinner can also be regarded as deepening the relationship between the commanders.It's just that compared with the other division-level cadres who came to the meeting this time, most of them are old subordinates of He Zhengdao, and they are no longer familiar with He Zhengdao.

These old subordinates are very happy to be able to return to serve under He Zhengdao's command this time.As these old subordinates said, following He Zhengdao, the elder, has meat to eat, but the current situation is not as it should be.

The Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army has just been formed, and its first combat mission is to recover a large-scale battle such as Shanxi.It is probably unique among the main forces of the Eighth Route Army to use such battles to temper the troops.

The most important thing is that after the defeat of Shanxi, the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces will also officially start the recovery operation against the Northeast.Everyone knows that if there are no accidents, their army will have endless battles in the future.

To compete with the most elite Kwantung Army among the Japanese army, these old subordinates who are also eager to fight, everyone seems to be looking forward to it.And they also know that the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces will still expand their forces in the future.

Once the team expands, their status as the main division commanders will also increase.Speaking of which, since the formation of the independent column, most of the veteran subordinates who followed He Zhengdao have been promoted relatively quickly.

Most importantly, the promotion of these officers all have solid military exploits.In such a situation, in the eyes of many people, they are following the right person.Sometimes, it is also very important to follow a commander in the army.

After the dinner, He Zhengdao also summoned Lu Zhencao alone.Speaking of which, it was not the first time that He Zhengdao and Lu Zhencao had met.During the Xi'an Incident, He Zhengdao also met Lu Zhencao, but the two of them didn't talk deeply.

This time Lu Zhencao came to report to Yulin. He Zhengdao was busy with the army and had not formally talked to him. He entrusted the political commissar Chen Yun to represent the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, welcomed his arrival, and sent him to the Third Infantry Division.

In He Zhengdao's office, seeing He Zhengdao serving tea for himself, Lu Zhencao said gratefully, "Commander, how dare you do this!"

'okay!As long as you don't blame me, just transfer you from Jinzhong.I believe Mr. Liu Bocheng should have told you the reason why I transferred you when I came here.How about you, are you getting used to working in the Third Division? '

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, with the disintegration of the Northeast Army, officers of the Northeast Army who joined the Eighth Route Army like Lu Zhencao gradually adapted to their new identities.Among the Northeast Army officers currently joining the Eighth Route Army, Lu Zhencao has the fastest promotion rate.

Of course, his current position should also be the highest.Being able to become a main division commander is enough to show that the Eighth Route Army did not have to be from the Red Army in the appointment of commanders, as others said.

Appropriate ability is also the principle of promoting talents advocated by the Central Committee and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters!

'Thank you Commander for your concern!In fact, after I went there, I learned more about the situation. Commissar Chen and the others had already set up the squad. After I took office, I also learned more about the situation of the troops.

I have to say that I was very surprised by the equipment of the third division and the combat quality of the soldiers.To be honest, I was a little bit uncertain about coming to take up such an important position. I was afraid that I would disappoint the expectations of the Central Committee and the head of the headquarters! '

Lu Zhencao, who was born in the Northeast Army, can be regarded as someone who has seen big scenes.It's just that in his impression, although the Eighth Route Army has a large number of troops, its weapons and equipment and training are somewhat rough.

But after taking office in Yulin this time, Lu Zhencao really understood why the independent column became the most elite unit of the Eighth Route Army.The point is that the equipment of this army is really good, and it is more elite than the previous Northeast Army.

The troops at the regiment level, except for the machine guns assigned to the squads, are all Yishui [-] big cover rifles.In addition, each main regiment also has an artillery battalion, an anti-aircraft machine gun battalion and a cavalry battalion.

As for the third division, there is also an artillery regiment directly under it, which is equipped with the 75 mountain artillery and field artillery of the little devil.The [-]nd infantry artillery, which is regarded as a treasure in other main divisions, is assigned to regiment-level troops in the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces.

This kind of equipment, at least in Lu Zhencao's opinion, is not inferior to the elite troops of the Japanese army.Not to mention, after he took office, he also heard that the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army also had an armored tank brigade.

Lu Zhencao naturally knew how lucky he was to be the commander of a division in such an army.Lu Zhencao, who was born in the Northeast Army, is also full of expectations and confidence to command such an army to fight in the Northeast! (To be continued.) 8

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The three armies have not moved, food and grass will go first!

In order to fight the battle to regain Shanxi, the Eighth Route Army headquarters had already shipped a large amount of supplies to the Xinzhou area where the 120th Division was stationed when preparing for the Henan campaign.And these materials have now been received by He Zhengdao's troops.

It has not moved before, also because the Japanese army in Shanxi did not move.According to He Zhengdao's plan, the time to start the recovery of Shanxi was when the Japanese army in Shanxi moved first.As long as the Japanese army moved, it was their turn to act.

At this moment, in order to support the Doihara Division fighting in Henan, the Shanxi Dispatch Army once again launched an offensive against Jincheng.In addition, the main force deployed on the Xinzhou border earlier was also moved to the area bordering Hebei.

As for the area bordering Luliang, after some reconnaissance, Itagaki found that the troops stationed in Luliang had been replaced by the newly expanded main division of the Eighth Route Army.Compared with the previous main force, its combat effectiveness is still somewhat different.

This means that some of the troops they deployed in Luliang can also be drawn out to join the attack on Jincheng.But Itagaki still underestimated the strength of the Eighth Route Army's garrison troops in Shanxi.

When he ordered the [-]th Division to launch an attack on Jincheng, the troops of the Eighth Route Army in Xinzhou, Luliang, Changzhi and other places also launched an attack on the Japanese garrison area.For a while, the situation in Shanxi also became turbulent.

In the past, the North China Front Army would definitely reprimand the Shanxi dispatched army for messing up the situation in Shanxi.But right now, with the offensive of the 117th Division in the southwest of Shandong, the Japanese army has a premonition that the Eighth Route Army will cut off their north-south communication channel.

Under such circumstances, the two Japanese divisions stationed in Shanxi are undoubtedly a new force.Putting it there to confront the Eighth Route Army is somewhat wasteful.In a fight now, the troops of the Eighth Route Army can be restrained to some extent.

With the offensive of the Shanxi dispatched army, the area bordering the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army seemed much more peaceful in the direction of Suijinji.But it was this weird calm that made the Japanese army pay more attention to the direction of Zhangjiakou.

From the perspective of the Japanese army, the mobilization of troops in the Suijinji Military Region earlier undoubtedly seemed very unusual.If you don't take more precautions, the scene where Ulanchabu was defeated by the Eighth Route Army may be repeated again.

Taking the troops of the Suijinji Military Region as suspects, the newly formed Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces began to move in the direction of Xinzhou and Luliang in the name of logistics troops.Naturally, such a movement of troops could not be concealed from the Japanese troops stationed in Shanxi.

It's just that these troops escorting supplies are mostly transporting supplies to troops fighting against Luliang in Xinzhou.The Japanese army felt that the Eighth Route Army was undoubtedly preparing to compete with them in Shanxi.

Except for the Japanese army in the direction of Jincheng, which was mainly attacking, the rest of the areas where the Japanese army was stationed were all mainly defensive operations.At least in Itagaki's view, the rest of the troops only need to be able to withstand the attack of the Eighth Route Army.

During the time he was stationed in Shanxi, he also spent a lot of effort building a lot of strong fortifications.If the Eighth Route Army wants to break through the line of defense they have established, it will undoubtedly have to pay a heavy price.This can be regarded as a way to contain the Eighth Route Army.

Still adopting the marching method of lying down at night and going out at night, He Zhengdao and Ye Jianying took the artillery brigade car and started to rush from Yulin to Xinzhou.As for the follow-up troops, they are also advancing in the direction of Xinzhou and Luliang.

In order to attract the attention of the Japanese army, He Zhengdao also adopted the method of marching in the open and dark, using the third infantry division as the troops on the surface.They dispatched troops from Yulin half-covered and began to move towards Shanxi to attract the attention of the Japanese army.

After receiving the information from the special high school, Itagaki said somewhat worriedly: "It seems that the Eighth Route Army really intends to fight on two fronts, and this time it has transferred a main division from the direction of Yulin. This will put a lot of pressure on defense."

Regarding Itagaki's worries, the chief of staff of the division said: "At this time, should we ask the North China side to take care of it?"

Those stationed in Shanxi can also be regarded as troops commanded by the North China Front Army.They naturally knew that the North China Front Army had gathered a lot of troops in the direction of Zhangjiakou.In this case, maybe we can make a move to test the reality of the Eighth Route Army.

But Banyuan shook his head and said, "I'm afraid the troops stationed in Zhangjiakou will not move. In fact, before the Eighth Route Army advanced into Henan, the Eighth Route Army near Zhangjiakou was secretly assembled, but the current movement is unknown.