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As soon as this general order of the Nationalist Government came out, most of China was shocked, and neither the Japanese nor the Chinese expected that the Nationalist Government would back down. The Party Central Committee replied to the Nationalist Government in a high-profile manner as soon as possible, announcing that the Eighth Route Army is still a combat sequence subordinate to the Nationalist Army and is subordinate to the Military and Political Department of the Nationalist Government, so both the Eighth Route Army and the troops of the Inner Mongolia Military Region will fully cooperate with the Nationalist Government.

And Han Yunhua's answer was even more straightforward: as long as the New Fourth Army successfully crosses the river and goes north, then all the troops of the Inner Mongolia Military Region will immediately return to the defense area, and will definitely not make any stops in the Henan region, and the Nanle and other county towns that were occupied before will be immediately returned to the Nationalist Government.

On September 8, 1941, the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army received a strict order from the central authorities that the top leaders of the New Fourth Army must cross the river to the north before September 10, and the follow-up troops must cross the river and go north before October 10, and the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army must not delay it for any reason. After consultation between Ye Ting and Gu Zhutong, commander of the Third Theater, it was decided that the route of the New Fourth Army's northward movement would start from Yunling, cross Piling, pass through Jingde and Ningguo and enter southern Jiangsu through Tianmu Mountain, and then cross the river to northern Jiangsu.

Although this road is still the bloody road in history, Han Yunhua knows that the Nationalist Government will not attack the New Fourth Army this time under any circumstances, and as for the famous traitors around the high-ranking members of the New Fourth Army Military Department, they have already been secretly controlled by the special combat personnel sent by Han Yunhua, and they will only be handed over to the New Fourth Army Military Department after they go north.

At 8 o'clock in the evening of the 9th, more than 9,000 troops from the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army and the troops in southern Anhui set out from the Yunling area of Jing County, preparing to divide into left, center, and right columns, and move to the north of the Yangtze River through southern Jiangsu. On September 17, Ye Ting, commander of the New Fourth Army, Xiang Ying, deputy commander of the New Fourth Army, and Yuan Guoping, director of the Political Department, successfully arrived in the Jiangbei area, and the conflict between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, known as the Southern Anhui Incident, was successfully resolved.

After receiving the latest battle report from the central government, Han Yunhua ordered Xu Shiyou's troops to immediately withdraw to southern Hebei to strictly defend against the sneak attack of the Nationalist Government and the Japanese puppet army, while he himself returned to Zhangjiakou with a special combat team.

After returning to Zhangjiakou, Han Yunhua quickly threw himself into his work, and after more than five months of rest and recuperation, the temperament of all the troops of the entire Inner Mongolia Military Region has been greatly improved. In particular, the subordinate units of various military subdivisions have made great progress, and not only have the number of troops increased considerably, but also the quality of the troops has also been satisfactory.

Han Yunhua knew that the training of the troops was one thing, and the most important thing was to let the troops of each military subdivision go to the battlefield to see blood, so that the combat capability of the troops could be improved as a whole. As a result, Han Yunhua has carefully planned a large-scale military operation since he returned to Zhangjiakou, mainly for the purpose of training troops, but also for many strategic and tactical considerations.

Dezhou is located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, in the northwest of Shandong Province, and is the northern gate of Shandong Province. Historically, Dezhou was an important wharf of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Since ancient times, Dezhou has been known as "Jiuda Tianqu" and "Shenjing Gateway", which is the north gate of Shandong and an important transportation hub in East and North China. The most important thing is that now the Japanese puppet army has regarded Dezhou as a nail to break into the land of Yanzhao, and we can see from the map that Dezhou is actually an enclave between central Hebei and southern Hebei. Now the Japanese puppet army has not only stationed a complete infantry division in Texas, but also stationed 2 puppet infantry divisions and a chariot wing, which is surprisingly strong.

Moreover, since Okamura Ninji took office as the commander of the North China Front, he began to continuously improve the defense capability of Dezhou, constantly mobilized Chinese farmers to strengthen the city fortifications of the entire Dezhou, and built a large number of new pillboxes and important large strongholds, all of which showed that the top brass of the North China Front had enough evidence or judgment to prove that the Chinese army would regard Dezhou as a breakthrough point. …,

Unfortunately, Han Yunhua officially set his sights on Dezhou, this time he was going to mobilize 10 infantry divisions and 250,000 troops to besiege Dezhou and nearby cities and counties in Dezhou, the last time was to act with Okamura Ningji, but this time he was really prepared, for which he made a lot of preparations.

ZHANG Jiakou. Conference Room of the Headquarters of the Inner Mongolia Military Region.

The meeting was held from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on 22 September, and it is still going on, and even lunch and dinner are held in the conference room.

After taking a sip of the boiled water, which was already cold, Han Yunhua stood up and said: "Everyone has already read the battle plan, what do you have to say, the minimum quality of our Communist Party is to seek truth from facts, if you have anything to say, say it quickly, don't hide it, after we finish speaking, let's hurry up and eat supper, I'm about to starve to death?" ”

"Hehehe, Commander, why didn't you let Huzi and them send supper to the conference room just now, we are all hungry, and we have to starve if you say a word," Yang Chengwu quipped.

"Okay, as far as you know, I can tell you that the leader of this battle plan is your Southern Hebei Military Division, and when the time comes, you don't give me a soft-footed shrimp, if I can't defeat Texas, I will have to settle the general account with you, the commander." Han Yunhua said with a smile.

Although Yang Chengwu is now the commander of the military division, he is actually one year older than Han Yunhua, so the two of them get along very well, as long as they are not at war, it is difficult for the two of them to speak seriously.

"Commander, don't worry, our Southern Hebei Military Division has long been holding its breath, the last time we attacked Shandong, because the second regiment was surrounded, we couldn't exert much combat effectiveness at all, this time we say that we will enter Dezhou City, you are optimistic." Yang Chengwu wasted no time in his performance.

However, not all people want to fight, as the political commissar of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, Luo Ronghuan knows better than anyone the current situation of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, don't look at the Inner Mongolia Military Region is now strong and strong, but in fact, there are many hidden dangers in the entire military region, both inside and outside, although these hidden dangers do not seem fatal now, but if they break out at a critical time, it will be bad, so he believes that what the Inner Mongolia Military Region wants now now is to develop carefully.

"Commander, we have finally been idle, should we let the troops continue to rest for a period of time, now that 250,000 troops have been dispatched, with the current economic strength of the military region, it will not last long at all, the commander should think about it carefully, right? Quite a few words," Luo Ronghuan suggested.

Han Yunhua said: "Is it that our military region is now a big business, so the big guys have some scruples, to tell you, our Communist Eighth Route Army is not the king of grass, what is the territory of a few provinces, in the future, we will not only have our own base areas, but even have our own independent and powerful country." So what we can do now is to keep exploring and developing. The current attack on Texas is not a whim of mine, but the existence of Texas has now seriously threatened the survival and development of the military region, and you can see that the geographical advantages of Dezhou are extremely obvious; it is bordered by Beijing and Tianjin in the north, Jinan in the south, Shijiazhuang in the west, and Bohai Bay. Looking at the current military arrangement of Texas, we can see at a glance that Okamura Ninji is not a defensive strategic arrangement, so we will pull out this nail in Texas. Secondly, comrades, think again, is it appropriate for our military region to continue training like this now? The Inner Mongolia Military Region has developed step by step by relying on military exploits, not by training. Therefore, in order to continuously improve the combat capability and survivability of the troops, we must fight, and fighting is not the goal, and the real goal is to train ourselves while striking at the enemy, so Texas must fight. ”…,

"In that case, then let's fight, anyway, the military command is under your control, you say that we will fully cooperate, you just have to rest assured that you can command the troops to fight, and I will take care of all the logistics and supplies and the security of the rear of the military region for you." Luo Ronghuan knew that it was difficult to change what Han Yunhua decided, especially when it came to marching and fighting, so he didn't plan to persuade Han Yunhua to change his mind, he just hoped that he could fight this battle well.

"Hehehe, don't worry, Lao Luo, we will win, with you in my sleep, I can also sleep with my eyes closed. In the past few years, our troops have developed in an orderly manner from scratch and from weak to strong, and now the combat effectiveness of our troops has been enhanced, and the number of troops has also reached an unprecedented height, so we cannot hide in our own houses and cover our heads. If we continue to fight, only if we continue to fight, will the Nationalist Government deeply feel the threat and force the Nationalist Government to act, and if we don't take action, all the territory will be occupied by us, so this time we must take this bridgehead in Texas. ”

"You can't fight Texas brutally, the city fortifications in Texas are not much worse than our Zhangjiakou, and the casualties in attacking such a fortified city with our current weapons and equipment are definitely not small, so we learn to flexibly use the strategies and tactics we have learned." Then Han Yunhua raised his head again and asked, "Chengwu, how did your military sub-division do with the military infiltration in Shandong?" Can it come in handy? ”。

"Since the beginning of this year, we have taken over all the anti-Japanese forces that the commander has organized in Shandong, and although these people are somewhat complicated, the anti-Japanese sentiment is still very high. Many of our people have been mixed into Shandong with the help of Immortal Dao, Tiandaomen and other church forces, as well as giant businessmen, and some have even begun to serve within the Japanese puppet army, although there are no people in important positions now, but they can already provide some intelligence for the troops. ”

"How many armed forces are there?" Han Yunhua continued to ask.

Since Okamura Ninji took office as commander of the North China Front, he has launched many successive extermination and purges of the anti-Japanese armed forces in Shandong, which not only caused our Eighth Route Army suffered considerable losses, but even the Sulu Theater of the Nationalist Government was suppressed and could not raise its head. At present, we can muster less than 20,000 armed forces in Shandong, and the vast majority of the troops are small units scattered in the Luxi and Luzhong areas to fight guerrillas, the largest of which is in Zaozhuang, the captain is called Hong Zhenhai, and now there are more than 1,000 guerrillas in the whole branch, although they have not yet been formally appointed, but they have openly waved the banner of railway guerrillas in the locality, and have established a great reputation in the local area. Yang Chengwu said slowly.

Hearing the name of Hong Zhenhai and the railway guerrillas, Han Yunhua suddenly felt a burst of surprise in his heart, originally he thought that there was no such guerrilla force due to his appearance, but now it seems that this guerrilla force has not only disappeared, but has expanded a lot, he clearly remembers that the Lunan Railway guerrillas were only more than 300 people in their heyday, but now even if the number has not been determined, but more than 1,000 members are real.

"This railway guerrilla detachment is now part of the battle sequence of our unit?" Han Yunhua continued to ask, he remembered that the railway guerrillas were established on January 25, 1940 by order of the Sulu Detachment of the Eighth Route Army, and when it was established, it was called the "Lunan Railway Team" and was subordinate to the battle sequence of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army.

Yang Chengwu said: "The railway guerrillas were originally subordinate to the Shandong instructor of our military region, and later the Shandong instructor was reorganized into the first field division of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and they also belonged to the combat sequence of the first field division. Originally, the military sub-division planned to set up a special Shandong column after a period of time, and all those guerrilla units and small scattered units in the Shandong area would be incorporated into the Shandong column. ”…,

"Hehehe, thanks to your military sub-division, it is really difficult for a military sub-district with more than a dozen infantry divisions to directly govern a guerrilla force of more than 1,000 people, and you don't want to set up any Shandong columns, I am preparing to set up a sub-bureau to command the struggle in Shandong in a unified manner, and I will inform you when I have finished coordinating with the central authorities. The troops participating in the offensive and defensive battle in Dezhou were: the 55th Division of the Saibei Army Division, the 59th Division of the Central Hebei Army Division, the 34th Division of the Eastern Hebei Army Division, the 49th and 50th Divisions of the Beiping Military Division, the 4th Cavalry Division of the Northeast Army Division, and the rest of the troops were transferred from the Southern Hebei Army Division, with a total of 10 infantry divisions, one cavalry division, one chariot brigade, six artillery regiments, one antiaircraft machine gun battalion, and three engineer regiments, with a total strength of 250,000 troops. Comrade Yang Chengwu was the commander-in-chief of the battle, and Comrade Xu Shiyou was the deputy commander-in-chief. After reading out the establishment of the troops, Han Yunhua ordered the commanders of all military divisions to report on the current situation in various areas, including military, educational, and people's livelihood.

The first to speak was the Beiping Military Sub-district, as a direct military sub-district that controlled the largest and largest cities under the control of the Inner Mongolia Military Region and even the entire Communist Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, and all other troops, and almost served as the image ambassador of the Communist Eighth Route Army and the Inner Mongolia Military Region. At present, many documents and decisions of the Inner Mongolia Military Region are issued through the Beiping Military Division.

Su Yu sorted out his thoughts and got up and said: "It has been nearly half a year since I was in charge of the Beiping Military Division, and in the past half a year, our Beiping Military Division has developed extremely rapidly. In the past six months, our military sub-districts have not only made remarkable achievements in army building, but have also made great strides in economic development. At present, on the basis of the original troop establishment, our Beiping Military Sub-district has built a new training battalion in each regiment, and this training battalion is composed entirely of student soldiers. Moreover, all of these students and soldiers can read and write and have a certain level of education, and in addition, their thinking is relatively progressive, which is very much in line with the requirements of our Communist Party, so our military sub-district seized the opportunity to specially open a special line for joining the army in various schools, and as long as the military sub-division is willing to join the army, it will give preferential treatment, and now our military sub-division has recruited a total of more than 20,000 cadet soldiers, and after a period of adaptation to the new soldiers, except for a few who cannot endure this hardship, the rest have performed very well. As long as we train them well, we can become a reserve pool of reserve cadres in our military sub-divisions. ”

"Very good, your military division has done a good job in this regard, and has already run to the front of the military district. Since your military sub-district wants to train those cadet soldiers into reserve cadres, then in the next stage, your military sub-district should especially strengthen the political and military qualities of these cadet soldiers, and you can send them to Saibei University in batches or directly to Kang Da in Yan'an for further study. By the way, I would like to mention that you are no longer the Tu Ba Lu that you used to transfer everywhere, and now we are the real masters of this land, so you should accumulate a little more experience in how the Eighth Route Army manages the city, and form a document to convey it to all troops. At the same time, it is also necessary to pay attention to improving the quality of cadres and put an end to the degeneration and corruption of cadres. Han Yunhua talked about a lot of ideas and suggestions on the development of the troops.

After Han Yunhua finished speaking, Su Yu said: "What the commander said is reasonable, not long ago we have received a number of complaints from the masses of the people against our cadres of the Eighth Route Army, at first our military sub-district thought that it was a malicious incident that the enemy had come up to specifically scandalize our Communist Party, but after the secret investigation of the intelligence department, it was found that it was indeed our individual cadres who had problems with themselves and had been completely corrupted, and it was really shameless to openly raise a little wife in the army. Speaking of this, Su Yu's tone was extremely angry and heavy, and the expression on his face was even more painful.

Su Yu's words made Han Yunhua's heart move, and he suddenly thought of a possibility, if it was really that matter, it must be taken seriously, otherwise the consequences would be quite serious, and when his thoughts were flying, Han Yunhua couldn't help but look at Su Yu's ......,