Early the next morning, An Da, chief of staff of the Japanese North China Dispatch Army, came to Gangmura Ningji's house, and Gangcun Ningji had just gotten up at this time.

Anda Twenty-three said with a bitter face: "Your Excellency General, I just received news that the martial arts team attacked Xianxian County last night, and all the defenders in the city were shattered, and Xianxian County was lost. ”

"Nani?" Gangmura Ningji's eyes widened in surprise, and he asked with a puzzled expression: "Didn't the martial arts team surround Hejian?" Why did he suddenly attack Xian County again. ”

Anda Twenty-three hurriedly explained: "The cunning Tubalu first surrounded Hejian City, luring the imperial army to support, and after receiving the order, the Xian County garrison led the main force to support Hejian quickly, but in the area south of Hejian City, it was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army and almost lost everything. ”

"Sound from east to west!" Gangcun Ningji groaned.

"Hello!" Anda Twenty-three replied with a respectful face: "Your Excellency Commander, you are wise, the imperial army has indeed fallen for the plan of the people of China. Liu Hong is too cunning. ”

Gangcun Ningci said with an angry face: "The main force of the martial arts team is obviously near Hejian City, even if they can divide a force to attack Xian County, the number will not be too many. And what did the defenders of the county seat do to eat, but they were captured by a small army of Tubalu. ”

Anda Twenty-Three hurriedly explained: "At that time, there were only a few dozen imperial troops in the city, so ......"

"No need to explain!" Gangcun Ningci unceremoniously interrupted Anda Twenty-three's words, "What you said can't be the reason for the loss of Xian County, in the final analysis, these fools are too negligent, so they will give Tubalu an opportunity to take advantage of it, so that they can capture a county seat so easily." ”

"Hello! Your Excellency the Commander said very much. Anda Twenty-three hurriedly said: "At present, the Eighth Route Army has issued a clear code telegram, announcing that they have captured Xianxian County. ”

"Baga Ya Road!" Gangcun Ningji scolded angrily: "This is a provocation, a provocation by Chiguoguo." Our Imperial Japanese Army will never tolerate it. ”

"Hello! Your Excellency the Commander's anger is at ease! Anda Twenty-Three replied cautiously.

Gangcun Ningji asked angrily: "What is the current situation of the Eighth Route Army?" ”

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, according to the latest information, the Wugong Brigade has gradually withdrawn from Hejian and is moving in the direction of Xian County." Anda Twenty-Three hurriedly said.

Gangcun Ningci's old face became even more ugly, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Liu Hong, this bastard, he will pay a heavy price for his stupidity." Immediately mobilize troops and prepare for a counterattack on Xianxian. In addition, the army aviation was notified to dispatch bombers to bomb the county seat of Xianxian County, and teach these damn dirt roads a good lesson. ”

"Hello!" Anda Twenty-Three hurriedly responded.

……

After Liu Hong received the telegram from the headquarters, he did not continue to rush to Xian County, but temporarily stopped at a village not far from the county seat in the north of Xian County, and then Liu Hong summoned Zhang Zhicheng and Secretary Lin to convene an emergency military meeting.

After receiving the notice, Zhang Zhicheng and Secretary Lin rushed to the headquarters of the armed engineering team.

Liu Hong smiled and said, "I called the two of you in a hurry today because an important order has just come from the Jinchaji Headquarters, and I will convey it to the two of you." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Zhicheng hurriedly asked, "Is it a combat mission?" ”

Liu Hong smiled and nodded and said, "Hmm! Exactly the combat mission. The headquarters has just sent an urgent telegram that the head of the military region has decided to let the main force of the Jizhong Military Region return to the Jizhong region and restore the base area in Jizhong. ”

Secretary Lin was overjoyed when he heard this: "This is really good, the main force is back, and our next work will be easier." ”

"Yes!" Liu Hong smiled and nodded, and said: "It has been a few months since the main force of the Jizhong Military Region retreated to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region, and in these few months, the troops have strictly implemented the plan of streamlining the administration of the elite troops of the superiors, and the troops have been reorganized into six main regiments, with a total strength of more than 20,000 people. Although the number of troops has been reduced, the combat effectiveness of the troops has been improved after several months of rest and training. ”

"Now that the green yarn tent has been raised, the last two or three months have been a good opportunity for us to restore the base area in Jizhong. Therefore, after careful discussion in the organization, it was finally decided to restore the base area in Jizhong. ”

"And what is our mission?" Zhang Zhicheng couldn't wait to ask, this is the question he is most concerned about.

Liu Hong said with a serious face: "The main force of more than 20,000 people, if you want to return to the central Hebei region, you will definitely not be able to hide from the little devils, the Japanese army will definitely encircle and intercept to prevent the main force from returning to the central Hebei region, and the biggest obstacle in front of our army is the Pinghan railway line, most of the little devils will rely on the Pinghan railway line to prevent the main force of our army from returning to the central Hebei region, so our task is to receive the main force to return to the central Hebei region." ”

Zhang Zhicheng nodded, and then asked, "When will the main force come back?" ”

"Let's go in five days!" Liu Hong said with a serious face.

"Five days later!" Zhang Zhicheng frowned and said, "In this way, there is not much time left for us to prepare. ”

"Hmm!" Liu Hong nodded and said, "This is also the reason why I am in a hurry to summon you over." Five days! We only have five days to prepare, and the main force will set off in five days, and according to the itinerary, it will arrive in about seven days to reach the area along the Pinghan Railway, and then try to break through the Pinghan Railway. We must rush to the areas along the Pinghan Railway in advance and wait for the arrival of the main forces. We also need about two days, so we have to leave early, and my plan is to leave in three days, so we only have the last three days to prepare. ”

Secretary Lin frowned and asked, "What about Xian County?" We have just laid down the county seat, and according to the previous plan, we could have been stationed in Xian County for a period of time to expand the influence of this matter. If the main force leaves Xianxian County and rushes to the Pinghan Railway, it may be difficult to block the devil's counterattack with only local troops. ”

Liu Hong frowned and said: "Before, I planned to lay down Xian County, and I was indeed going to garrison it for a long time, and there was a county seat as a base, so that you, a high-ranking county official, would be more worthy of the name." But I didn't expect the headquarters to suddenly send such an order, so we can only temporarily give up Xianxian, but it doesn't matter, we gave up a county town today, and when the main force returns, we will take back ten more county seats. ”

(End of chapter)