"I know, Brother Fan! Now that my guard camp is idle, why don't they escort you to Liu Chundao's! Hu Guoshan is still unyielding on this issue.

"Okay, don't be verbose, Lu Liming and they are waiting for me five miles north of the city, they will arrive in a few minutes on horseback, and the goal is not obvious when walking alone, in case the little devils outside the city are still waiting for the opportunity, the strength of a battalion is easy to expose the target, don't send me, now the enemy situation outside the city is unknown, deal with the matter at hand first!" By the way, there is one more thing, if you have time, you can see the old county magistrate more, and listen to the old gentleman's opinion on local political affairs! ”

After Liao Fan finished speaking, he didn't give Hu Guoshan a chance to say goodbye, and walked out of the headquarters directly, and left Heshun County on horseback.

Liao Fan stayed in Heshun County for eight days, and left Heshun County in the early morning of the ninth day to go to Liu Chundao's station.

And in the past eight days, it is also the time for Li Lingfei to deal with the little devil, the commander of the little devil has learned that Liao Fan deliberately detained Major General Miyamoto and them, but the commander of the little devil is also powerless, they can't attack Taihang Mountain, even if they can take it, Liao Fan finds a ravine and ravine to hide Major General Miyamoto, it is estimated that he will not want to find it in this life.

The most important thing is to compete for the initiative in the agreement, when Liao Fan launched a sneak attack on the Japanese army in Xiyang County, Pingding County and Yangquan, the commander of the little devil hit the idea on Heshun County.

If they recapture Heshun County, even if it is a heavy blow to the troops defending the city, then at the negotiation table, they will have a great advantage, at least they cannot be subject to Liao Fan, even if the agreement has been reached, in the final time they can still negotiate through the issue of Heshun County.

So when handing over the supplies to Li Lingfei, the little devil deliberately delayed time, waiting for the opportunity to turn defeat into victory in the end, but the news that came back at noon made the commander of the little devil feel half cold. Just the simple word failure made him feel dizzy.

"Liao Fan actually appeared in Heshun County, how is this possible, is this an excuse for you to make excuses again, our intelligence department? After suffering so many losses in Taihang Mountain, don't you still pay attention to Liao Fan, and wait for them to drive us out of Shanxi? "The commander of the little devil threw a tantrum at everyone in the command.

Humiliation! This was a humiliation for their Imperial Japanese Army, and it was even more a shame for his military career, not only humiliated by the Chinese, but also signed such a humiliating agreement, and now the failure of the operation made him have to pay the due price for this agreement.

Li Lingfei and Sun Boyong were counting the materials in hand, and in order to kill time, the little devil promised to give the materials were shipped in batches, and Sun Boyong was very dissatisfied with this.

But the little devil also has the excuse of the little devil, "We don't have so many supplies in hand for the time being, we need to transport them here from everywhere, please don't worry, we will definitely give you all the materials on the agreement." ”

Sun Boyong was also helpless, so he had to wait for the count to be counted little by little. However, what gave Li Lingfei a headache was that there was no news about the machinery and equipment in the agreement, and he also mentioned it to the little devil many times, but the little devil had all kinds of excuses, and Li Lingfei thought to himself that this little devil was more hooligan than him.

But the little devil still failed after all, and on the ninth day, the little devil transported a lot of materials, which was completely beyond the expectations of Sun Boyong and Li Lingfei, thinking that the little devil must have some conspiracy, so this time he was so happy.

It wasn't until the evening that Li Lingfei got the news that the little devil intended to attack Heshun County, but he was recognized by Hu Guoshan, and Hu Guoshan led the troops to defeat the little devil.

"Okay, good thing, it turned out that the little devil suffered a loss in Heshun County, no wonder his face changed today, it seems that we are going to give the little devil a little benefit!"

The little devil is such a fat fish, Li Lingfei can't watch them slip away, he has to throw some bait at them appropriately.

In order to express the sincerity of the people of Taihang Mountain and the friendliness of the New 33rd Army, Li Lingfei decided to return the negotiators of the two little devils, so that the little devils could see the sincerity of Li Lingfei's cooperation little by little.

Both sides saw each other's "goodwill" and began to speed up the exchange of materials, and Li Lingfei also received a message from the little devil and was ready to check the machinery and equipment they needed.

According to the words of the little devil commander, these mechanical equipment are older than his grandfather, and it is useless for them to keep them, simply give them to a Chinese who can't make iron nails, presumably they can only use them as scrap iron.

Liao Fan arrived at Liu Chundao's station at noon on the ninth day, and Liu Chundao had already received news from Hu Guoshan and came out to greet Liao Fan with his regimental commander. The troops stationed at Shimen were the most special of the four divisions, because Liu Chundao held the positions of division commander and brigade commander at the same time, Liu Chundao's troops really lacked experienced officers to lead troops, and the four regiment commanders were still the tallest of his short men, and it took a lot of effort to pick out these four people.

"Brother Fan, you're finally here, if you don't come again, I'll send troops to pick you up!"

After Liu Chundao took his subordinates to salute Liao Fan, he said to Liao Fan that the four regiment commanders Liao Fan were all familiar with them, because they were soldiers of the original guard company, and now they are regiment commanders.

"Lao Hu, did you tell you in advance that I was coming!" Liao Fan asked with a dark face.

"Brother Fan, you can't blame Master Hu for this, the road is not smooth now, and we are also worried about your safety." Liu Chundao explained.

"Okay, you've all hooked up with each other and started fooling me, the army commander, let's go, go to your headquarters first!"

Of course, Liu Chundao's headquarters is not as luxurious as Hu Guoshan's headquarters, after all, Hu Guoshan's headquarters is the original headquarters of the little devils, and the facilities inside have everything, and Liu Chundao's headquarters is also newly completed, but the furnishings in the headquarters are very simple, except for the conference table and map, there is nothing decent at all.

"Listen to your personal report this afternoon, convene a meeting of officers above the battalion level in the evening, and start inspecting the four regiments under your command tomorrow!" Liao Fan briefly talked about the plan to come to the stone gate.

"Brother Fan, let's go eat now!" Liu Chundao said

"Take the meal to my room to eat, Liu Chundao, the two of us will talk while eating, you four regiment commanders will go back to the army immediately now, and be busy with your own affairs, if I find out something wrong tomorrow, you will feel better!" Liao Fan said to a few people.

During the meal time, Liu Chundao briefly explained to Liao Fan the situation of the defense of the stone gate, which is an important pass into Taihang Mountain, so Liu Chundao's troops are related to the safety of the entire station, of course, there can be no carelessness.

"How many combat units do you have in your division now, and how many logistics personnel do you have?" Liao Fan asked Liu Chundao while eating.

"There are 5,000 people in the four regiments of our division's combat troops, including nearly 1,500 recruits and only more than 800 logistics personnel." Liu Chundao replied awkwardly.

A division led by Liu Chundao could not catch up with the other three divisions in all aspects, and the number and equipment were the worst among the four divisions, and a large part of the logistics had to come to Sun Boyong, otherwise the division led by Liu Chundao would have already fallen apart.

"How are the troops arranged at the stone gate?"

"The 771st Regiment and the 772nd Regiment are stationed on both sides of the stone gate, responsible for the main defense of the stone gate, these are my two main regiments, and the other two regiments have less than a thousand people in total so far!" Liu Chundao reported truthfully.

"Are most of the veterans arranged in these two main regiments?"

"Yes, after all, the safety of the stone gate is related to the safety of the military department, we can't be careless!"

"Well, it's a good job, don't nest at the stone gate all day long, go out more when you have time, chat with the other three division commanders, and talk about feelings, except for Lao Ma, the last battle was a bit miserable, the other two divisions are still relatively rich, and talking about feelings is also good for your division!" Liao Fan said to Liu Chundao with a smile.

Liu Chundao understood what Liao Fan meant, this was to dig the corners of the other three divisions openly, but Ma Wanzhong estimated that it was enough, and the biggest consumption in the last defensive battle was Ma Wanzhong's troops, so he could only start from the other two divisions.

"Brother Fan, this is a bit wrong, right?" Liu Chundao deliberately showed a little reserve, digging the corners of their own homes is not their style.

"Hahaha" Liao Fan was also laughed at by his own thoughts, the last time he gave Liao Jundong this idea: "Don't say what I said, it is still necessary to contact and contact feelings." ”

Liao Fan also did not want the New 33rd Army to have a monopoly situation, and only by forming a healthy competition could it be more beneficial to the development of the troops, otherwise their New 33rd Army would become a cripple and always walk on one leg.

"Tell me what your division's plans are for this year!"

One of the things that will be done to inspect the troops is to inspect the military commanders of the troops, and if the military commanders of the troops are all dry meals, then there will certainly be no major development in the future, and there will naturally be no need to inspect the rest of the matters.

"Brother Fan, the first thing I want to do is to improve the logistics of our division, 800 people supply 5,000 people to fight, and it's okay to only fight defensive battles at the stone gate, if you go out to fight little devils, the logistics of these 800 people can't supply a regiment to fight, so the first priority this year is to develop logistics and hoard materials!" Liu Chundao said.

Liao Fan nodded with satisfaction: "And then?" ”

"For the time being, no recruits will be recruited or only a small number of recruits will be recruited for the time being, the quality of training will be improved, the mutual cooperation between the troops will be tempered, and the other two regiments will be brought out!"

At present, the troops in the Shimen area are not good in terms of logistics, and the quality of the soldiers is also very poor, so it is necessary to strengthen training while there is no war now.

"Is there any good way to do it on the officer side?" Liao Fan knew that the division led by Liu Chundao lacked good officers, especially the officers at the top, otherwise Liu Chundao's troops would be much better now.

Liu Chundao shook his head helplessly, this shortcoming cannot be made up for by training: "This month, Master Li supported two battalion commanders for me, and I used them as regiment commanders!" ”

"Li Weimin's master is good, but relying on other people's help is not a long-term solution, so let's do it, the military department will help you solve some problems!"

Liao Fan thought about it, and now that the troops led by Liu Chundao are still very close to the military headquarters, there is an opportunity to conduct centralized training for officers and cultivate some intermediate forces for Liu Chundao, otherwise every time there is a battle in the future, it will take a long time for Liu Chundao's division to recover!

Liu Chundao heard that Liao Fan wanted to help him solve the problem, and shouted very happily: "Really? "

"Don't get excited, the wool comes out of the sheep, and the officers above the platoon level in your division can take out two-thirds of them to go to the military headquarters to receive officer training, and I'll see if I can find some good teachers for them!" Liao Fan said.

Liao Fan also lacked good officers in his hands, so he could only train existing officers, and there was a shortage of all kinds of talents during the war years.

Liu Chundao reported to Liao Fan some plans for the development of the army in his heart, and I have to say that Li Weimin has become a qualified teacher and brought out a qualified apprentice.