"Shout, order the 108th Division, the 36th Division, and the 19th Division, under the condition of ensuring the superiority of the frontal battlefield, send heavy troops to strengthen these railways, and immediately give them orders." General Okamura Ninji ordered with a wave of his hand.

The head of the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region learned that the Japanese army had sent heavy troops to strengthen the deployment of troops on the Pinghan, Tongpu, Baijin, and Zhengtai railways, and immediately convened a military meeting, at which Commander Liu said: "We must concentrate our forces to break the Japanese army's plan to strengthen railway communications and cut off the enemy's transportation lines. ”

On the basis of this guideline, a practical and rapid plan for the destruction of the enemy's road was developed.

Ordered the troops along the railways, mobilize the people, remove the tracks, burn the sleepers, blow up the bridges and tunnels, destroy the roadbed, and sabotage the Japanese army's attempt to build the Baijin Railway.

As for the operation, the Japanese army sent reinforcements below the brigade level, and they must resolutely eliminate them, seize or blow up the Japanese army's military supplies, and relieve the suffering people who are building roads.

The Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Command issued an order to all troops, ordering the masses to be widely mobilized, and each unit to quickly arrive at the designated place and launch a sabotage battle along the enemy's railway line at the same time as the order was issued.

In the evening of one day, on more than 100 kilometers of railway line, various units launched a major attack on the railway.

The Japanese garrison discovered the Eighth Route Army and launched a frantic sabotage attack on the railway line, and received an order from Shangfeng to immediately kill out of various strongholds and turrets in an attempt to block the Eighth Route Army's road-breaking operation.

The troops of the Eighth Route Army, which had already prepared for an ambush halfway, hurriedly retreated from the devils who had entered the ambush circle, and hurriedly retreated, greatly covering the sabotage operation.

At a meeting, Commander Liu, head of the military region, clearly pointed out: "The railways and highways occupied by the enemy, as well as the newly built lines of communication, whether they are expanded by points or lines, or staggered division of railways and highways, are all encircled, attacked, and monitored by the Eighth Route Army's vast base areas, and the Japanese army's purpose is to use the strongholds, pillboxes, railways, and highways of the communication lines to entangle the military and civilians in the base areas."

To use a figurative analogy, the Japanese army wanted to use the railroad as a pillar, the highway as a chain, and the stronghold bunker as a lock, in an attempt to put the soldiers and civilians in our base area into it, and Ling Chi put them to death.

We must not be intimidated by the enemy, and we must actively carry out a general force war to break through the Japanese army's 'cage', mobilize the military and civilians in the base areas, take the military as the core, and take the political offensive as the leading factor, so as to completely isolate the Japanese invaders. ”

In accordance with this guiding ideology, Commander Liu ordered the units of the Southern Hebei Military Region, the Taiyue Military Region, and the Taihang Military Region to attack the railways and highways being built by the enemy, especially the Baijin Railway, and to continuously attack the strongholds and artillery towers along the Japanese army's line, to rescue the people who were building the roads, and to slow down the progress of the Japanese army's road construction.

At the same time, he ordered other troops to carry out large-scale sabotage attacks on the transportation network occupied by the Japanese in the area.

After a period of sabotage and attacks on the enemy's lines of communication, the enemy was forced to retreat, and the Japanese troops on the frontal battlefield were mobilized, the troops along the railways and highways were reinforced, and the lines of communication were protected, which greatly supported the anti-Japanese operations of the friendly forces on the frontal battlefield.

The deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters came to Tan Village, Yushe, located in the depths of the Taihang Mountains, and listened to the report of the head of the Shanxi-Hebei-Henan Military Region. ”

When Lei Jian said this, he suddenly paused, looked at Commander Chen with a smile, and when he saw Commander Chen's eyebrows furrowed, he stared at him with a falcon-like look. Lei Jian said with a smile: "Commander Chen, I really don't know about the big operation that the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army is brewing, so I can only ask you." ”

The leaders of the New Seventh Brigade and the New Ninth Brigade present at the scene stopped talking when they saw Lei Jian, and they were very embarrassed by Commander Chen's eyes, and they didn't know what Commander Chen was for, but it was not easy to ask.

Commander Chen's facial expression recovered, and he did not shy away from asking: "Commander Lei, you little guy, I just talked about so many operational deployments and examples of the Eighth Route Army's base areas, and many of them I have only read the battlefield briefings and heard the chief briefly say at the meeting, but I don't know so much about you, an independent regiment commander in Jiaodong?" You—What do you think is going on? ”

Luo Jinchuan, who was sitting on the side, saw that Commander Chen's words were sharp, and he chased after Lei Jian, he was really worried about this bear child, once the answer was not satisfactory, would these leaders let go of Lei Jian?

He looked at Lei Jian and scolded in his heart: "Stinky boy, tell you to show off again, I don't know where you got these examples of the Eighth Route Army fighting devils, are you making up your own fools?" But it doesn't sound like it, what this stinky boy said is the way, there is a board and an eye, there is a time, a place, there is the number of the Japanese army participating in the war, and the name of the head of each division and brigade of the Eighth Route Army, he just dares to blow it, just what he said, he won't say that he will not even blow out the draft? ”

At this moment, Lei Jian, who had already planned in his heart, said with a smile: "Commander Chen, you will scare me if you are so strict, what I said is that I went to Shanzong to see Commander Xu, I heard some from him, and read some information in his office, I am a young man with a good brain, so I have written down so much, I don't know if what I said is very different from what Commander Chen mastered?" You see, if I don't say it, you chief forced me to say it, and I said it again, again. ”

Lei Jian spread his hands as he spoke, and said deliberately: "It seems that I'm going to be censored, hey, the mouth slut suffers, my broken mouth, I just don't have a door, sooner or later my Lei Jian will die on this mouth." ”

"Is the whining over? I ask no? If you can't make it clear, why do you have to ask for an explanation? When Commander Chen heard Lei Jian mention Commander Xu, he had some faith in his heart, but he couldn't help frowning when Lei Jian said a few battle examples so specifically.

Brigade Commander Song of the New Seventh Brigade, hearing Lei Jian say that what he said was the information he got from Commander Xu, seeing that Lei Jian spent a long time talking, and now he was discouraged, and he couldn't bear to say in his heart, "Commander Chen, do you want to tell us about the next big action of the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, reveal it to us in advance, we." ”

Commander Chen didn't look at Brigade Commander Song, but said to Lei Jian: "Commander Lei, you have already said it, then you will take the big action of the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, and continue to talk about it, let me listen to it too, what kind of big action it is, this is not difficult for you, right?" ”

Lei Jian was frightened by Commander Chen's questions just now, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't say it, I can't say it anymore, I don't know, I can't say it anymore." ”

Commander Chen already knew in his heart that the Eighth Route Army Headquarters was going to carry out the big operation in the next step, but he wanted to see how big the difference was from Lei Jian's mouth and through his explanation. I couldn't help but encourage and said: "I can give you a guarantee, no matter what you say, I won't blame you, let alone punish you, and besides, today is in a small range, and if you make a mistake, you won't leak it out, this is also the confidentiality discipline of this meeting, say it boldly." ”

"Is that true?" Lei Jian asked with a serious face.

"There is no joke in the army." Commander Chen nodded and replied solemnly.

"Hahaha, this stinky boy who is not afraid of heaven and earth, dares to stir in front of Commander Chen, it is a good material, hahaha." Brigade Commander Zhang of the New Seventh Brigade said with a smile.

Luo Jinchuan, who was sitting on the side, was really sweating for Lei Jian, he stood up regardless of the occasion, pulled Lei Jian and said in a low voice: "Commander Lei, you don't want to get an axe, all the chiefs here, all of them have experienced battles, I don't know how many times more than you, you sit down, don't delay Commander Chen to hold a military meeting, you stupid boy, is it good to be obedient?"

Brigade Commander Song stood up, walked up to Lei Jian, and said heartily; "Brother Lei, no, no, no, this is at the meeting, I should call you Captain Lei, since Commander Chen has promised you, don't be scared like a little woman, everyone hasn't heard enough, you hurry up and continue, if you really pursue it, I will be reviewed with you, you should rest assured, right?"

Lei Jian glanced at Commander Chen again, and at this time, he saw that Commander Chen's eyes were a kind of encouragement and appreciation, he picked up the teacup, poured it down in a few sips, cleared his throat, looked at the elders present and asked, "Then my half-grown child continues?" Hey, I'm a little embarrassed. ”