The guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army assembled behind enemy lines and did not receive orders from the military commander, only from the political commissar.

"Political Commissar Xu, where are we going?" The guerrilla captain who came to support Linxian was called over inexplicably, not knowing what was happening.

Moreover, the command of the troops is now not in the hands of the military commander, but in the hands of his political commissar Xu.

"Where else can we go, all our guerrilla captains in the Jingcheng area have been captured by the New 33rd Army, the Kuomintang Party dares to do something to us, and we Communists are not eating dry food, gather troops to go with us to ask for people!"

Political Commissar Xu was usually very vigilant, especially against the Nationalist army, and in his eyes the reason why one of their divisions was withdrawn from Taihang Mountain was because of Liao Fan, a Kuomintang reactionary.

As for the Kuomintang reactionaries, since they dare to provoke them, they will be beaten and frightened! Let them know how powerful the Eighth Route Army is.

"Political Commissar Xu, have you consulted your superiors on this matter?" The captain of the guerrilla unit asked, "According to our understanding, the New 33rd Army is actively resisting Japan, is there any misunderstanding in this?" ”

"I am the supreme commander here, and I am fully responsible for what happens here, so you can carry out the order!" Commissar Xu did not allow others to question his orders.

The captain of the guerrillas wanted to say something, but he was stopped by his deputy captain, who was a fellow countryman and knew something about the affairs of the army in the past few months, especially their top boss Xu Political Commissar, as long as there was a little disagreement with him, he would try his best to seize the rights of the army from others.

When the two of them left Political Commissar Xu's office, the deputy captain whispered to the captain: "Captain, I don't think this matter is so simple, do we secretly arrange for someone to ask the superiors for instructions?" ”

The captain of the guerrillas also understood why the deputy captain was pulling him just now.

"Yes, this matter must be clarified as soon as possible by the orders of the superiors, we can't do this kind of thing of our own family fighting our own family!"

They have already heard about what the New 33 rd Army has done in the past two years, and they have actively resisted Japan behind enemy lines and developed the economy, which is very popular with the people. Although they belonged to the Eighth Route Army, he, the guerrilla captain, still understood the righteousness and knew that as long as they were good to the Chinese people, no matter what kind of force you were, they would welcome them.

But today they had to obey the orders of Political Commissar Xu and attack the Chinese army in Nanxiulin Town.

"Captain, there's one more thing I don't know if I should say or not!" The vice-captain looked around and said after seeing that there was no one.

The captain of the guerrillas stopped and looked at his vice-captain: "It's all this time, just say something!" ”

"Shall we inform the New Thirty-third Army?" The deputy captain of the guerrilla said in a low voice, for fear of being heard by others.

The face of the guerrilla captain immediately became serious, this is to leak the battle plan to the enemy, once someone is caught, then the final result will be to be dealt with by military law.

This matter is too much to do, and the guerrilla captain doesn't know what to do at this time, he doesn't want to have a roommate fight when the little devil has not been driven out of China, but if it is leaked that people who have been soldiers in the military plane know what the consequences will be.

"If you can communicate with them in advance, when the fight starts, maybe there will be fewer casualties between the two sides!"

The captain of the guerrilla team waved his hand to prevent the deputy captain from continuing, and at this time he was also engaged in a fierce struggle in his heart, which was not a trivial matter, and it was a matter of life and death for the soldiers.

"Will the New 33rd Army listen to us guerrillas?" The partisan leader spoke out of a key question.

If, according to Political Commissar Xu's guess, the New 33rd Division had really captured all the guerrilla captains in the Jingcheng area, if they had gone, the New 33rd Army might not have listened to them.

"But...... With the combat effectiveness of the New 33rd Army, I am afraid that we will suffer losses in the end, and ......," the deputy captain muttered in a low voice, "You know better than me the command level of the political commissar, except for a hard attack, we don't even do reconnaissance before the battle, no matter how many of our guerrillas are, we can't fight such a tough battle." ”

The guerrillas behind enemy lines of the Eighth Route Army usually use sparrow warfare to attack the transport lines and artillery towers of the little devils, and they have very few opportunities to fight the Japanese army head-on, and now they have to fight head-on with the new 33rd Army, and they have no hope of victory.

The captain of the guerrillas knew that everything the deputy captain said was for the good of the troops, and that the snipe and the clam were competing for the benefit of the fisherman, and in the end, let the little devil benefit, which no one wanted to see.

"No matter what, let's try it first, if it doesn't succeed, you can do it yourself, remember to find Commander Liao and tell Commander Liao face to face!" The captain of the guerrillas made a lot of determination, "I will cover for you on Political Commissar Xu's side, and no one can tell anyone about this matter except the two of us." ”

After the two discussed the plan, they went their separate ways.

At this time, Liao Fan was inspecting the defense of the troops in Weizhou Town, and Cunqi's guard regiment was still stationed here and had not yet retreated. From Xia'an to the north to the upper three levels is the eastern line of Liao Fan's arrangement in the Jingcheng mining area, and this line was originally also the stronghold of the Japanese army, because it was a little far away from Taihang Mountain, and the Japanese army did not do key defense on this route.

Now that this line belongs to the New 33rd Army, Liao Fan must of course plan his defense.

"Brother Fan, when will our guard regiment return to the station?"

The guard regiment is an important barrier for the military headquarters, and now when Cun Qi hears that Liao Fan wants to leave them in the Jingcheng area, he is inevitably a little disappointed in his heart. And this time against the Japanese army, only their guard regiment fought the worst, not a single squadron of Japanese troops was wiped out, and they were allowed to break through.

"Don't worry, I will definitely let you withdraw this year!" Liao Fan didn't tell Cun Qi about his plan.

At this time, Cun Qi was holding back a lot of strength in his heart, he was the head of the guard regiment, and he would be directly responsible for not fighting well. At this time, Cun Qi is asking the guard regiment to step up training, and strive to perform well in the next battle, at least not to be ashamed.

"After I go back, the guard regiment will accept the command of Division Commander Ma, you were also a division commander before, and there are many things to remind Master Ma!" Liao Fan opened his mouth and said, "Tomorrow morning, you will withdraw to the west of the Mianhe River to repair, remember to prepare more boats." ”

Liao Fan thought about it for a while, and the only thing he lacked in this battle was the boat, whether it was on the Mianhe River or the Hutuo River, because of the problem of the boat, Li Weimin's division suffered huge casualties, and Liu Chundao's troops swam across the river, fortunately, the Mianhe River was not as turbulent as the Hutuo River, otherwise these soldiers would probably be washed away by the icy river.

"Boat?" Cun Qi didn't react, what did they do with so many ships.

"Yes, boat, and it must be hidden, so that Mianhe looks like there is no boat!" Liao Fan smiled and did not continue.

If the little devil really launched a counterattack, Liao Fan's original intention was to let the three division commanders take command and see where his troop coordination ability had gone.

The defense of Weizhou Town focuses on the three villages outside the town, and the three villages are about a kilometer away from Weizhou Town, forming a line from south to north, which is a good natural defense line.

Ma Wanzhong arranged for two battalions of troops to be stationed in Weizhou Town, three companies were responsible for the defense of the perimeter, and one battalion was responsible for the defense of Weizhou Town.

The improvised fortifications have been completed, and the troops stationed in the town of Weizhou have begun to recruit soldiers, and some companies have begun normal training.

Liao Fan was very satisfied with the things on the defensive line, obviously the troops under his command were already very familiar with this set, unlike the original, some recruits went to the battlefield, and the company commander didn't shout to lie down, they didn't know to lie down, and if they didn't shout to dig a bunker, the soldiers stood dumbfounded......

Now that the units of the New 33rd Army have become self-contained, no matter which company loses contact with their superiors, they can continue to fight instead of surrendering directly.

There are more and more veterans in the army, the command system is becoming more and more perfect, and Liao Fan is becoming more and more assured about the new 33rd Army, even if he dies one day, this army will survive.

Of course, the Japanese army in Hebei was not willing to lose this operation, and the commander of the little devil made up his mind to take back the Jingcheng area, and after stabilizing the situation on the front line, the commander of the little devil was determined to launch a counteroffensive to recapture the Jingcheng area.

At this time, the commander of the little devil discussed the battle plan with a group of staff officers, and arranged for reconnaissance planes and scouts to start reconnaissance of the troops of the new 33rd Division.

When the plane flew by, Liao Fan knew that his plan had already begun, and he only hoped that the little devil could follow his plan. However, the matter did not work out, and Liao Fan would not let down his vigilance, after all, now a battle can decide the life and death of thousands of people.

"The little devil can't stand it!"

Liao Fan looked up at the little devil's distant plane, he really hoped that they also had their own air force at this time, and with air supremacy, the little devil's plane would definitely not dare to be so arrogant.

"Brother Fan, judging from the frequency of the little devil's plane in the past two days, the Japanese army's airfield should be not far east of Shijiazhuang!" Lu Liming reminded Liao Fan.

"Now is not the time to knock out the Japanese planes, we need the Japanese planes to pass on to them the situation of our retreat!"

Liao Fan shook his head, he wanted to let the Japanese know that they were retreating, and that the defense in the Jingcheng area was empty, so that the little devil would dare to attack boldly with confidence. If the little devil knew that the main force of the New 33rd Army was in the Jingcheng area, then the commander of the little devil would definitely be cautious.

"Brother Fan, do we still need to go to the third level?"

After a day in Sunzhuang Township, Lu Liming asked Liao Fan for advice, and then he prepared things in advance.

"No, Li Weimin is good at defense, and I'm not worried about defense at all!"

Li Weimin's ability has been exercised, Liao Fan is very pleased that Liao Jundong has selected a good helper for him, after just over a year, Li Weimin's ability is obvious to all.

"Tomorrow morning, I'll go back to Jingcheng, and after explaining some things, we'll go back to the station!"

Liao Fan felt that the situation in the Jingcheng area was almost arranged, and as for the affairs of the Jingcheng mining area, Liao Fan planned to let Sun Boyong and Du Weize arrange it.

"Brother Fan, a brother who claims to be the Eighth Route Army is looking for you! Our regimental leader asked us to bring Tai over! ”

Two soldiers accompanied a ragged soldier to Liao Fan, apparently the soldiers had searched the man's entire body to confirm that he had no weapons on him.

This ragged soldier was the deputy captain of the guerrillas, and his method of finding Liao Fan was very simple and exposed, that is, he directly broke into the barracks of the new 33rd Army in Weizhou Town, and there was a battalion commander on duty in the barracks, and reported the matter to his regiment commander.

"Are you a soldier of the Eighth Route Army?" Liao Fan looked curiously at the man in front of him who was tied up with five flowers.

The New Thirty-third Army attacked the Jingcheng area, but the Eighth Route Army did not help, Liao Fan was inevitably a little disappointed in his heart, but why did he come to him after the battle.