"The 33rd Independent Division defeated the Japanese army in Taihang Mountain, this is a great achievement, if we ignore this and arrange an office in Taihang Mountain, I'm afraid Liao Fan will have an opinion on us!" Chen Cheng told Chairman Jiang what he was thinking.

When Chairman Jiang heard Chen Cheng's words, a smile appeared on his face: "Cixiu, did Liao Fan give you any benefits, why did you turn your elbow outward!" ”

Although Chairman Jiang's words were mostly ridiculous, Chen Cheng was sweating profusely after he stopped, he knew what kind of temper Chairman Jiang of his family was, and if he said the wrong thing and did the wrong thing in an eventful season, Chairman Jiang would not show mercy to his subordinates.

Chairman Jiang looked at Chen Cheng's embarrassed appearance and continued: "Cixiu, do you have any good suggestions? ”

"Everything is still up to the chairman!" Chen Cheng didn't dare to talk nonsense, in case the opinions he put forward were not appropriate, then he would really turn his elbow outward.

Chairman Jiang stood up and paced back and forth in his study, occasionally stopping to look at Chen Cheng's face, trying to see the true thoughts in Chen Cheng's heart from Chen Cheng's face, but Chen Cheng's face was on his face at this time, just waiting for his order.

"In this way, let's give the 33rd Independent Division the establishment of an army, it still belongs to Fu Yisheng's Seventh Army, do you think it is better to expand the Independent 33rd Division into the first army?" Chairman Jiang asked Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng thought for a while and said: "After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the original 33rd Army was reorganized into the 34th Army and the 35th Army, and now the number of the 33rd Army is still empty!" ”

"Hmmm! Then expand into the new 33rd Army, under the jurisdiction of three divisions, as for the appointment of this officer, it is estimated that we will be deployed in the past, and it will be difficult to control this army, so for the time being, it will be handed over to Liao Fan to deal with it with full authority, by the way, Liao Fan's military rank will be promoted to general! Commissioner Jiang said.

Hearing Chairman Jiang's words, Chen Cheng just smiled helplessly, he knew very well in his heart that at this time, Taihang Mountain had become the second Yan'an, and it was not under the control of the Chongqing government. These things given by Chairman Jiang are all empty titles, whether Liao Fan takes it or not, it has no impact on their independent 33rd Division, obviously Chairman Jiang still maintains the previous style, and not only a penny and a bullet are counted to Liao Fan.

It is not an exaggeration for Chairman Chiang to say that he is a rebel army for a unit that is not under his control, but at present, for the sake of the national united front, they still have to do a good job of saving face, at least in this way they can give an explanation to the people of the whole country.

"Chairman, who is the right person to arrange to go to Taihang Mountain?" Chen Cheng asked, "Now the closest to Taihang Mountain is the Fifth War Zone and Zhongtiao Mountain!" ”

"Neither of them is suitable, you better go there in person, and by the way, build our office in Taihang Mountain, you have met Liao Fan, at least be familiar with it."

Of course, Chairman Chiang wanted to control the 33rd Independent Division, and the establishment of an office was his first step in controlling Taihang Mountain, and as long as the office was successfully established in Taihang Mountain, they would at least have a new situation about the 33rd Independent Division, instead of obtaining information about the 33rd Independent Division through other people's hands.

Chen Cheng understood why Chairman Jiang didn't let Li Zongren go to the 33rd Independent Division to handle this matter, after all, Li Zongren was the person in charge of the Gui Army, but he didn't understand why Chairman Jiang didn't arrange for Wei Lihuang to go to Taihang Mountain, and insisted on going to Taihang Mountain to do such an inconsequential matter.

After Chen Cheng left Chairman Jiang's official residence in Huangshan, he returned to his mansion and explained to Huai Yuanliang that he was going to Taihang Mountain.

Also received news in Yan'an, at this time, the mess left by the attack of Taihang Mountain by the little devils has not yet been cleaned up, and the forces from all sides have a thorough understanding of the situation of the battle in Taihang Mountain. Not only Yan'an, but even Yan Laoxi plans to do the business of the independent 33rd Division.

At this time, Liao Fan was sleeping in the headquarters, since the war with the little devil, he slept less than five hours a day, and now finally waited for the little devil's army to withdraw, and Liao Fan was completely relaxed.

As for the rest of the matter in Taihang Mountain, the four regiment commanders plus Li Lingfei can handle it completely, and there is no need for Liao Fan to command blindly.

It wasn't until noon that Liao Fan woke up, and at this time, the headquarters was busy with a regiment, especially Ma Wanzhong, the head of the first regiment, and Liu Chundao, the commander of the fourth regiment, as if they were arguing about something, Li Lingfei hesitated on the side, not knowing what to do.

"What's the noise?" Liao Fan shouted impatiently to a few people.

"Brother Fan, here's how it ......"

Li Lingfei saw Liao Fan wake up, and hurriedly stepped forward to explain the situation to Liao Fan. It turned out that the last thousand little devils behind the palace were surrounded by the soldiers of the first and fourth regiments, Ma Wanzhong advocated siege but not attack, Liu Chundao and Ma Wanzhong's opinion was contrary, and the more than 1,000 Japanese troops were wiped out in one go.

Liao Fan walked to the door of the headquarters, Lu Liming gave him a basin of cold water, and Liao Fan washed his face: "The development of Taihang Mountain needs manpower, we can't trouble the people, so sometimes having a group of captives is not necessarily a bad thing!" Spring knife, don't always learn from this old Hu, each of our soldiers is a treasure, now that the Japanese army has withdrawn, even if the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army in this brigade is poor, it can cause damage to the soldiers. ”

"Brother Fan, what if they don't surrender?" Liu Chundao asked.

"It's easy to say, first surround for seven or eight days, there is no food and grass inside, no reinforcements outside, and when they are hungry and can't hold a gun, let the soldiers go up to receive the prisoners! It's not worth arguing about! Liao Fan said.

"How is the situation of the second and third regiments now?" Liao Fan asked.

"Brother Fan, Commander Li has returned to the Beitaifeng garrison with his people, but he has left a battalion of troops to defend at the stone gate in case of emergencies.

"Well, Li Weimin has done a good job in this matter, what about the three regiments?"

"The third regiment is still in Heshun County, and they want to intercept Gangcun Ningci in Shanxi!"

"Gangmura Ningji?" Liao Fan frowned and asked, "What's going on?" ”

"Brother Fan, Gangcun Ningci came to Taihang Mountain, because we were surrounded and the news couldn't come in, so we should be the last to get the news!" Li Lingfei said.

"It's cheap, this old devil, Chu Pengtian arranged for the communication soldiers to tell Hu Guoshan, so that they don't have to retreat, and we won't let the little devils in Heshun County in the future, the station of the third regiment in the future is Heshun County, how much he Hu Guoshan can take from the little devil's hands, if he can't bear it, he will shrink in the county seat."

"By the way, and Brother Liao came to the headquarters this morning, didn't say anything, and left after watching you sleep!"

"yes, I see!"

"Now that the dust has settled, we'll get together for a meeting when all the troops are back together, and it's time for us to think about getting out of the mountains!" Liao Fan said to a few people.

Taihang Mountain is still beautiful, and the summer afternoon sun is still hot. Gangcun Ningci had already taken the northbound train, and when he returned to Taiyuan, the general staff sent a telegram, and there was not a word of reproach in the telegram, but the content of the telegram did transfer him away from the Chinese battlefield and let him return to the mainland, and everything in Wuhan was handed over to his chief of staff, and Gangcun Ningji began to sit on the cold bench from then on.

The situation in Shanxi is still a mess, the northwest and western Shanxi regions have become the place of the four wars, the Eighth Route Army, the Jin Sui Army and the little devils are fighting everywhere, although there is no large-scale military conflict between the two sides, but the small-scale battles do not know how many times a day to fight.

The situation in Shanxi has not been alleviated by the departure of Gangcun Ningci, and now for the independent 33rd Division, it is advantageous for them to occupy Heshun County, although Heshun County occupies an important transportation position in Jindong, but it is difficult to take Heshun County from Hu Guoshan with the existing strength of the little devil.

What's more, the strongholds around Heshun County have now been fully controlled by the three regiments, and the strong men and prisoners of war who were originally transported by the little devils have been carefully selected by Zhao Caizhu, leaving 3,500 people, and everything is developing towards the best situation of the independent 33rd Division.

However, the thing that annoyed Liao Fan in his heart was that they occupied the county seat, but there was still no decent arsenal, and now as long as there is machinery and equipment, then they can immediately build an arsenal, and they will no longer have to worry about ammunition in the future.

In just one day, the 33rd Independent Division's garrison resumed its usual work, and in the evening, Li Weimin arranged for a company of soldiers to escort the 2,000 Japanese soldiers they had captured in the battle to the division's headquarters.

The matter of the captives is, of course, left to logistics. After the war, Liao Fan of course was a hands-off shopkeeper, arranged everything, and then walked around the place by himself.

Liao Fan went to the artillery battalion first, and Liao Jundong came to look for him in the morning, but Liao Jundong didn't have much to do with him, just reported to Liao Fan about the situation of the combat artillery battalion. This time the artillery battalion was lucky, more than a thousand fighters, except for two fighters who twisted their feet while carrying ammunition, not a single fighter was injured in the battle.

However, the fighters of the combat artillery battalion were really tired enough, and they did everything from carrying artillery to carrying ammunition by themselves.

In the evening, Jin Sanshan also returned to the garrison with a regiment of reconnaissance battalions to report to Ma Wanzhong, and when Jin Sanshan reported to Ma Wanzhong that their reconnaissance battalion had hoarded food and ammunition for ten days for a regiment of soldiers in a cave where he did not know his name, Ma Wanzhong returned to his usual nature and told Jin Sanshan not to tell him about it, and to send someone back when they returned to their station.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and the brigade behind the little devil's palace still had no intention of surrendering, during which they tried to break through, but a regiment of soldiers had already been prepared, and before the little devil could get close to a regiment of positions, they stepped on a mine.