Datong, the headquarters of the 20th Division of the Chinese Army, the commander of the Chinese Army, Wen Kishikawa Saburo, looked at the telegram just sent by the communication corps in his hand, his face was solemn, and he did not smile, and he saw that the chief of staff next to him was beating a drum in his heart, worried that the anger of the division commander would be sent to him.

Fumikishi Kawa Saburo handed the telegram in his hand to the chief of staff next to him, and the chief of staff was also shocked when he saw the content of the telegram, more than an hour ago, the Ozawa brigade sent a telegram asking for help, and it was less than two hours before an infantry brigade of the imperial army, more than 1,100 elites of the imperial army were collectively shattered. The chief of staff suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness welling up in his heart.

Seeing the weak expression of the chief of staff, Fumigishi Kawasaburo said: "It's better to order the reinforcements to return, now the reinforcements have become meaningless." ”

"Your Excellency Division Commander, I'm afraid that some of the machinery and equipment of the Taiyuan Arsenal stored in Xin'an County will fall into the hands of the Eighth Road." The chief of staff cautioned.

"We're afraid we won't be able to take back these machines and equipment, but fortunately, this is only part of the equipment." After a pause, Fumigishi Kawasaburo continued, "You better report the situation to His Excellency Lieutenant General Kiyoji Kazuki." ”

"Hi," said the chief of staff, bowing his head......

An hour ago, the Eighth Route Army cleared the remnants of the enemy, and after more than an hour of fierce fighting, more than 1,100 little devils in the Ozawa Brigade were completely annihilated, and no one was caught.

Just as Zhang Yunfei was directing the soldiers to be busy, political commissar Fang Zheng ran over excitedly, holding a list in his hand and raised: "Regiment commander, we counted the captured materials, and in this battle, we captured more than 1,000 Type 38 rifles, more than 30 crooked machine guns, more than 20 Type 92 heavy machine guns, 6 60mm slapper guns, 4 Type 92 infantry guns, as well as a large amount of ammunition, food, clothing, and more than 10,000 pieces of ocean. ”

After listening to the report of the political commissar, Zhang Yunfei nodded with satisfaction and said: "Although we have captured a large number of materials in this battle, the most important thing is that we have recovered Xin'an County, rescued hundreds of thousands of people around, and saved them from being trampled on by little devils. ”

Political Commissar Fang Zheng listened to Zhang Yunfei's words. With admiration on his face: "Our regiment is really fighting too beautifully in this battle, no, I have to report to the brigade headquarters, no, such a big victory, I have to report to the headquarters." ”

Watching the political commissar Fang Zheng rush out, Zhang Yunfei smiled knowingly, he can fully understand the political commissar's excitement, last year's Pingxingguan victory also annihilated more than 1,000 enemies, and today he completely annihilated a standard brigade of the army, and the battle was not an ambush battle, but a frontal field battle.

After recovering Xin'an County, Zhang Yunfei prepared to take Xin'an County as the center to establish an anti-Japanese base area and develop and strengthen his own strength......

At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the deputy commander-in-chief looked at the telegram handed to him by the deputy chief of staff with a puzzled face, and after carefully reading the content of the telegram, the deputy commander-in-chief was also so happy that he patted his thigh and said: "Good, good, good, really well done." ”

After saying the word "good" three times in a row, the deputy chief of general staff said: "Boss, I said that Zhang Yunfei is a tiger general." ”

"Well, it is indeed a tiger general, with such a small casualty, I think this kid has done a good job in my heart to defeat the county town guarded by an infantry brigade of the little devil." The deputy commander-in-chief sighed.

Originally, I began to hear that Zhang Yunfei attacked Xin'an County without authorization, to be honest, I was very angry in my heart, and I was mainly angry at that time, I was afraid that the troops would suffer too many casualties, and it was not easy to establish a force under such difficult conditions, especially Zhang Yunfei's troops had many old Red Army soldiers, these were the precious wealth and resources of the whole army, if Zhang Yunfei was really tossed away, then he would definitely punish Zhang Yunfei well.

But now, Zhang Yunfei can be said to have made a great contribution, and it is a bit too much to punish again, and in the end, the deputy commander-in-chief and the deputy chief of general staff discussed it, and Zhang Yunfei's merits were offset and no longer commended......

In the next few days, Zhang Yunfei moved the regimental headquarters to Xin'an County, which would be the command and military center of the 719 Regiment for a long time.

Although the military geographical location of Xin'an County is not very superior, it is backed by the Taihang Mountains, the vast Taihang Mountains to the east, the plains and hills to the west, and the vast countryside is surrounded by good development.

The vast countryside around will be the natural barrier of Xin'an County, as long as the masses are fully mobilized, each village has established a militia arm, these militia armed farmers when they are busy with farming, the same engaged in agricultural production, when they are slack, they are soldiers, they can carry out a series of military training, the 719 regiment can issue them with the most basic weapons, such as rifles, pistols, grenades, etc., and they also have a certain ability to resist when they encounter a small group of devils.

These militia forces are all local villagers, very familiar with the terrain of their villages, if they really encounter a small group of devils, they can rely on the powerful terrain to fight guerrilla attacks with the small devils, if they encounter a large number of devils, they can help transfer the masses and notify the regular troops.

It is estimated that there are more than 100 villages within a radius of 100 miles from Xin'an County, and if it is true that each village has established a militia force of more than a dozen to dozens of people, it will be an armed force that cannot be ignored.

Zhang Yunfei specially transferred 300 experienced veterans from the army and set up 100 working groups to be stationed in various nearby villages to mobilize and mobilize the masses to help train the militia, resist the little devils, and defend the homeland and the country.

At the same time, the propaganda work of recruiting soldiers was also carried out, but this time the recruitment was conditionally restricted, and he only recruited those who had brothers in the family or whose families were ruined, and who had a deep hatred with the little devils.

In the past few months since the little devils invaded Shanxi, they have burned, killed and looted everywhere, and many ordinary people have lost their relatives, and some even have lost their families.

After sending the working group away, Zhang Yunfei did two more major things.

The first major event was to mobilize and organize the masses to build a large military camp in the western suburbs of Xin'an County, which, according to Zhang Yunfei's design, could accommodate 5,000 people for training after completion.

The second major event was to choose a relatively flat valley in the depths of the Taihang Mountains, dozens of miles east of Xin'an County, which was called Huanglongxia by the local people, and Zhang Yunfei planned to establish an industrial zone here, and this valley was also investigated for several days before it was finalized.

This valley is relatively long, dozens of miles long, running from east to west, with lofty mountains on both sides, a flat open land at the bottom, and a small river meandering through it.

The terrain of Huanglong Gorge is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as the strong bunkers are built at the entrances of the two ends of the canyon, it is a pass, and the safety of the entire industrial area will be well guaranteed.

In order to keep secrets, Zhang Yunfei sent more than 1,000 soldiers of the Eighth Route Army to come here and began to secretly build an industrial base, according to Zhang Yunfei's plan, the first thing to build was the arsenal, and the entire arsenal was ready to be built in the belly of the mountain, and a large mountain on one side was dug into several large caves, and the equipment of the Taiyuan Arsenal seized last time was intended to be placed there.

The equipment of the Taiyuan Arsenal has now been cleaned up and shipped to Huanglongxia, and this batch of equipment mainly includes a set of small thermal power generating units, a gunpowder production line, a bullet and shell production line, a firearms production line, a small-caliber artillery production line, and some lathes, drilling machines, milling machines, and other ordinary equipment. There is no heavy artillery production line that Zhang Yunfei dreamed of, and it may have been transported back to Shenyang in Northeast China by the little devils.

In the past few days, Zhang Yunfei has been very busy, feeling more tired than fighting, and he has to do many things himself, from the deputy head and political commissar of the 719 regiment to the platoon commanders of each company, they are all good at leading troops to fight, but it is really difficult for them to engage in construction and management.

Fortunately, Zhang Yunfei studied mechanical engineering as an undergraduate in his previous life, and he could basically draw all kinds of engineering drawings, so in the past few days, Zhang Yunfei has been planning and drawing industrial zones at night, and guiding soldiers to engage in the construction of industrial zones during the day.

Now, Zhang Yunfei has realized the importance of talents, the construction of the industrial zone needs professional talents, after the construction of the industrial zone is completed, there is a greater need for talents, and the production and research and development of weapons in the future involve professional things, and it is not something that can be done by recruiting a few mud-legged farmers to come over.

Fortunately, at the beginning of the construction of the industrial zone, Zhang Yunfei sent a special combat team to Taiyuan to look for engineers and skilled workers from the former Taiyuan Arsenal.

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