The latest plan of action of the Japanese North China Front, which shocked everyone very much, was the Eighth Route Army's sudden launch of the Hundred Regiments Battle Raid on 20 August.

The Japanese North China Front was attacked by the Eighth Route Army and 100 regiments, and the enemy was caught off guard, and fell into a panic for a while, and did not form a counterattack force at all, especially along the Zhengtai Road as a key attack, the little devils in the stronghold had not yet reacted, some were killed in their sleep, and some rushed out of the bed and rushed to the battle with guns and guns.

The commander of the Katayama Brigade, who was garrisoning the eastern section of the Zhengtai Road, ignored the distress telegrams from the front line, believing that the Japanese army was deploying along the railway line, and that the sabotage attack taken by the Eighth Route Army was the same as usual, but it was only a small fight, and it would not make a big move at all.

The commander of the Katayama Brigade, who was so careless, received distress telegrams one after another within two or three days, and reported that Zhengtai Road had been attacked by a major attack, so he panicked and immediately sent reinforcements and reported to the commander of the Hino Division of the 180th Division.

The entire battle of 100 regiments with Zhengtai Road as the center of the attack, and the seven major railway networks in North China that were affected, were bravely attacked by the Eighth Route Army overnight, and with the cooperation of so many troops and local military and civilians, the communication lines in North China were almost completely paralyzed.

The arrogance and carelessness of the Japanese commanders led to the heavy losses of the Japanese troops caused by the bridges, culverts, stations, communication facilities, and important resource bases along the railway line under the powerful offensive of the Eighth Route Army, which aroused the anger of the Japanese army Minister Tojo and Chief of Staff Sugiyama of the Japanese army in the island country.

The Battle of 100 Regiments launched by the military circles of the island country against the Eighth Route Army was called the 'China Incident', and ordered the Japanese North China Front Army not to simply consider fighting the China Army on the frontal battlefield, but to establish the policy of focusing on the north through this 'China Incident', and adopt the strategy of fighting steadily and steadily, step by step, to strike at the key points of the Eighth Route Army, to recover the lost territory, and to build strongholds to infiltrate the base areas of the Eighth Route Army. ”

The commander of the Japanese North China Front, the insidious and cunning General Okamura Ninji, who was known as the Japanese warlord Sanjie, faced the Eighth Route Army behind enemy lines and fought bravely against the Japanese puppet army, killing and wounding a large number of Japanese puppet troops, and opened up four red anti-Japanese base areas in the Japanese army's sphere of influence, Jinchaji, Shanxi, Hebei, Luyu, Jinsui and Shandong.

While actively responding to the attack of the 100 regiments of the Eighth Route Army, General Okamura Ninji urgently convened a military conference, at which he conceived and set off several "law and order strengthening" campaigns against the Eighth Route Army, so as to destroy the anti-Japanese base areas that the Eighth Route Army was consolidating in an all-round way, suppress the fighting spirit of the anti-Japanese army and people, and consolidate the white rule in the enemy-occupied areas.

Under the high pressure of the hardline militarist forces at home, Commander Okamura Ninji, who had already harbored ambitions for invading China, concentrated 64 percent of the strength of the Japanese army invading China and all the puppet troops to carry out the most frantic sweep against the Japanese base areas.

In order to wipe out the anti-Japanese base areas in North China and the Eighth Route Army and control the whole of North China, the 17th and 33rd Divisions were transferred back from Central and East China; at this time, the strength of the Japanese troops stationed in North China had reached 11 divisions, 12 independent mixed brigades, and three aviation brigades, with a total strength of 300,000 troops.

According to the historical records before the crossing, Lei Jian briefly restored the current situation in his mind again, and then said: "Comrades, just now Xiao Qiu came back to report that the Japanese troops stationed in Fuping City are rapidly assembling, and using cars, motorcycles and war horses, and even artillery units are assembling, which shows that according to the Katayama Brigade guarding Fuping City, it has received an order from the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front Army, and the large army is about to leave Fuping City and ....... ”

"This is great, as long as the little devil withdraws from the county, we no longer have to hide in the dark, damp and no sunlight and even difficult to breathe, at least we can come out and move our legs and feet to bask in the sun, you don't know, I was transferred into the tunnel, it didn't suffocate me, and now I still feel moldy all over my body, and I am uncomfortable to death."

Lei Jian saw that Wang Xiaoliang was a little carried away when he heard him say this, and Lei Jian immediately said with a calm face: "Deputy Commander Wang, we can't be happy too early, the Japanese Katayama Brigade received the order to immediately leave Fuping and assemble on the front line of Pingxi, and join the Japanese First Army, the 110th Division, the 15th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, and the 101st Brigade of the Temporary Mixed Brigade.

I want to tell you that the enemy's nearly 1,000 devils of the Matsumoto Wing left in the city will carry out brutal suppression of the city even more frantically, and the ruthless measures adopted by the Eighth Route Army hidden in the tunnels will be even more outrageous. ”

When Wang Ziming heard Lei Jian say this, not only did he feel a pang in his heart, but he felt that the burden on his body was heavier, but when he thought about it, the movement of the devil's army was just that the investigator Xiao Qiu had just run back from outside to report, and he only said that there were a large number of devils gathered on some streets, and he didn't say anything deep at all, but Lei Jian, who had been hiding in the tunnel for several days, didn't have any orders from his superiors and intelligence sources transmitted from outside, how could he know so much and say so much?

He looked at Lei Jian, who was extremely weak and half-closed his eyes because he talked too much, Wang Ziming shook his head and asked himself again in his heart: Everyone said that Lei Jian can pinch and calculate, what I just said sounds like a nose and eyes, even the number of troops, the number of troops staying in the city, and even the action route and tasks of the Fourth Brigade of the Japanese Army are clearly stated. It's too much to imagine.

Wang Xiaoliang heard Lei Jian say these questioning words, he was very calm in his heart, and asked Lei Jian without any doubt: "Commander Lei, you said so carefully, then how should we deal with the atrocities committed by the devils who stayed in the city?" ”

At this time, Zhang Guanghua was shocked by Lei Jian's words, this was the first time she heard the legendary Lei Jian who could pinch and calculate, and said the enemy situation in the city that no one knew about in person, and said it so clearly.

She glanced at everyone around Lei Jian with an exploratory look, but the expressions they gave her were shocked and questioning.

Lei Jian heard Wang Xiaoliang ask him this, his face was pale and said indifferently: "Don't worry, I have said too much, I feel weak, I really want to eat something to replenish." ”

He said and looked at Li Yongchang, the big shopkeeper of Rongchang Dyeing Factory, and said naughtily, although weak, "Big shopkeeper Li, if you can give me a sweet potato or a bun of grain and flour, I will thank you for the rest of my life." ”

Li Yongchang said with a red face: "Commander Li, I'm really sorry, I ignored everyone hiding in the tunnel for five days and five nights, not eating and sleeping well, even the seriously injured you can't get timely nutrition, I damn it, Commander Lei, you wait, I will immediately make you some delicious food, and call everyone to ......." ”

"Don't be too loud, don't be so anxious, you must know that your Rongchang dyeing factory has been surrounded by a team of devils outside the factory, and there are still enemy secrets hidden in the factory.

Once the enemy who rushed in discovered the mouth of this extremely hidden tunnel, the comrades and the wounded and sick hidden in the tunnel would all be heroic in the hands of the devils. Shopkeeper Li, I was just too hungry just now, and I got carried away to make such a high request, I'm really sorry, for safety, I can bear it. ”

Lei Jian said so many words one after another, his body became even weaker, leaning on Chun Tao's arms behind him, and he was about to be confused with his eyes closed.

A big man of more than one meter and eight meters, no matter how thin his body is, he can be there, and at this time he is unable to lean his body all on Chun Tao, the sense of pressure that the body loses its independent activities, oppresses Chun Tao and leans back, if it weren't for Zhang Guanghua leaning on Chun Tao tightly in the back, Chun Tao would be pressed on the stretcher by Lei Jian from the front.

Zhang Guanghua said to Wang Xiaoliang: "Xiaoliang, Chun Tao and I can't resist the paralyzed Captain Lei with all our might, you come over and help, we really can't stand it." ”

Wang Xiaoliang heard Zhang Guanghua call him 'Xiaoliang' in front of everyone, and hurriedly ran to Zhang Guanghua's side to replace Zhang Guanghua, and Zhang Guanghua was just about to sit behind Chun Tao, when he suddenly heard someone shouting: "Commander Lei is gone, he can......'t breathe." ”

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