Around noon.

All the little devils inside and outside Shijiazhuang City were all purged, and as the soldiers took control of all the urban areas, Shijiazhuang, a city that had been occupied by the little devils for more than two years, was completely recovered at this time.

Now, the soldiers began to clean up the battlefield, and the weapons and equipment of the three divisions of the little devil began to be collected by the soldiers one after another, and all these equipment will be handed over to the Eighth Route Army in the future.

The corpses of the little devils were pulled out of the city by carts, and many large pits that had been dug a long time ago would be the final destination of these little devils.

Knowing that the little devils were all wiped out and Shijiazhuang was completely recovered, the people who had been hiding at home for a few days also began to go out of their homes in large numbers at this time.

Many ordinary people helped the soldiers clean up the battlefield and clean up the streets, and many ordinary people began to cheer and celebrate, running to tell each other.

In the afternoon, the bad people even spontaneously organized the Yangge team, the dragon and lion team, the waist drum team, etc., and many streets were noisy with gongs and drums, and firecrackers rang out in unison.

When many reporters accompanying the army saw this scene, they immediately pressed the shutter, and this festive scene was forever fixed on the photo.

Many young students in Shijiazhuang spontaneously organized a huge procession, unfurled a large number of banners, and everyone took to the streets to celebrate the liberation of Shijiazhuang.

Datong, the headquarters of the 36th Army.

Zhang Yunfei was also in a good mood when he learned that Shijiazhuang had been recovered and the little devils had been wiped out.

"Comrades! With the recovery of Shijiazhuang, we have won another major victory, and the "Voice of Datong" and the "Datong Newspaper" will report this great victory in detail and announce this news to the world. ”

Zhang Yunfei said happily to the high-ranking personnel of the 36th Group Army.

"Commander-in-Chief! The annihilation of the three divisions of the little devils this time is really exciting, and I think that such good news should be known to the people of the whole country as soon as possible. ”

Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the General Staff, also smiled and happily agreed.

Hearing this, Zhang Yunfei smiled, took a sip of tea gently, and then said: "Comrades, the recovery of Shijiazhuang can be said to be a major victory for our counterattack in North China. ”

Hearing Zhang Yunfei say this, everyone was overjoyed, and thought in their hearts, is the commander-in-chief about to attack Beiping, Tianjin and other places?

Seeing that everyone was looking at him with hope, Zhang Yunfei couldn't help but smile and said, "Comrades, although the time is now ripe for us to recover Beiping and Tianjin, I want to take a break for the time being. ”

Hearing this, everyone was slightly surprised, and Comrade Liu Dazhu, deputy commander-in-chief, couldn't help but ask curiously: "Commander-in-chief, do you have any plans?" ”

Zhang Yunfei nodded lightly, "Comrades, we have recovered tens of thousands of troops in Shijiazhuang, and we have been fighting with the little devils for two or three days, everyone is tired, I want everyone to rest for three days for the time being, and then go north after three days." What do you think? ”

"Commander-in-chief, if the troops are resting now, what will happen to some county towns near Shijiazhuang? Don't we hurry up and recover? ”

Comrade Deng Wenping, director of the General Political Department, was a little puzzled and immediately asked.

The rest of the people basically had the same idea as Comrade Deng Wenping, and they all believed that now was the best time to take the opportunity to recover these county seats.

In order to defend against tens of thousands of troops of the 36th Group Army and the Eighth Route Army, the little devils stationed in the county town have long been mobilized back to Shijiazhuang.

At present, there are mainly a small number of puppet troops stationed in these county towns, and the combat effectiveness of the puppet army is low, as long as a small force is dispatched, these county towns can be recovered immediately.

Therefore, everyone can't understand why Zhang Yunfei didn't take the opportunity to recover these counties and completely control them.

Seeing everyone's doubts, Zhang Yunfei smiled slightly.

Zhang Yunfei explained: "Comrades, we eat meat, we must let the comrades of the Eighth Route Army drink some soup, these county seats, we don't need to recover, I think, the Eighth Route Army will immediately send troops to recover these county seats." ”

When everyone heard Zhang Yunfei say this, they suddenly realized, and now they know that these county towns were specially left by Zhang Yunfei to the Eighth Route Army.

Everyone didn't expect that Zhang Yunfei was so generous and so profound, and gave up these several county towns to the Eighth Route Army in this way, but everyone thought about it and felt that it was not strange that this time Shijiazhuang was recovered, Zhang Yunfei gave all the equipment of the three divisions of the captured little devils to the Eighth Route Army.

In everyone's hearts, Zhang Yunfei's tall image is becoming more and more majestic and lofty, and everyone admires Zhang Yunfei's selfless and generous spirit very much.

In fact, Zhang Yunfei did this after careful consideration.

As the 36 th Group Army became stronger and stronger, and all kinds of advanced weapons were exposed to the world one after another, it was necessary for Zhang Yunfei to maintain a low posture, especially in front of the central plane.

As long as there is an opportunity, Zhang Yunfei will unconditionally help the Eighth Route Army and help the Party Central Committee, Zhang Yunfei wants to use this way to gain everyone's good impression of himself, and at the same time eliminate suspicion and reduce internal friction.

In addition, Zhang Yunfei also has to work hard to maintain a balance, so that the 36th Group Army, the Eighth Route Army and [***], a rough balance between the three, can not be too weak.

Of course, in Zhang Yunfei's heart, the most powerful and best is the 36th Group Army, and the Eighth Route Army is roughly equal in strength to [***].

But now, the most powerful should still be [***], although the weapons are not as advanced as the 36th Group Army, but it has too many people, too many in number, at least several million, and the area under its control is also the largest.

The weakest should be the Eighth Route Army, with only 300,000 people, and it is mainly distributed in North China, and it is basically a base area behind enemy lines, mainly in rural areas, and there are few county seats.

Therefore, Zhang Yunfei will always help the weakest Eighth Route Army, and give up all these counties to the Eighth Route Army, Zhang Yunfei's plan is that when the whole of North China is recovered, the strength of the Eighth Route Army will have a relatively large development, and there will be many small and medium-sized cities in the base area.

Zhang Yunfei's true thoughts, several high-ranking members of the 36th Group Army may have vaguely guessed some of them, but now, the time is not yet ripe, and Zhang Yunfei does not want to talk to you in detail.

Now, when everyone sees that Zhang Yunfei generously ceded all these county towns to the Eighth Route Army, they also very much agree, and everyone is very willing to see the Eighth Route Army become stronger, especially Comrade Zuo Qingquan and Comrade Deng Wenping.

So, while admiring Zhang Yunfei's approach, everyone also agreed.

Zhang Yunfei saw that everyone did not object, so Zhang Yunfei immediately said to a messenger next to him: "Send a report to Yan'an immediately, first, to report that we have completely recovered Shijiazhuang, and second, to suggest that the central government instruct the Eighth Route Army to immediately recover the county towns around Shijiazhuang with empty troops." ”

When the correspondent saw that it was the commander-in-chief who personally ordered it, he immediately saluted and immediately went to send a report to Yan'an.

Watching this correspondent soldier leave, Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the General Staff, thought for a moment, "Commander-in-chief, we have now recovered Shijiazhuang, and in the future, we will definitely recover the entire North China, and the huge number of puppet troops in North China, how do we deal with it." ”

According to intelligence, there are at least hundreds of thousands of puppet armies in North China, and these puppet armies basically belong to the "North China Autonomous Political Axe", and these puppet armies are collectively referred to as the "Imperial Cooperative Army".

Originally, there were still not many puppet troops in North China, but after Wang Jingwei defected from the Nationalist Axe last year and established a new political axe, he implemented the slogan of "Saving the Country by Curve" and allowed the commander of the National Revolutionary Army to "temporarily surrender in order to preserve his strength" in the face of an unfavorable war situation, and the number of puppet troops began to explode.

The number of puppet troops in North China has grown from tens of thousands in the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to hundreds of thousands now, and in view of the huge number of puppet troops and the difficulty of dealing with them, Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the General Staff, specially mentioned it.

Seeing that Comrade Zuo Qingquan mentioned the puppet army, Zhang Yunfei also thought about it carefully, and then decided: "If these puppet soldiers take the initiative to surrender to us, we will give them a lenient punishment, ordinary soldiers will be released after half a year of forced labor, and those who are captured on the battlefield will be forced to work for at least one year. ”

When it comes to the puppet army, Zhang Yunfei has no good impression, many of these puppet troops are still former [***] troops, after surrendering the little devils, they basically became Han anniversaries, and often bullied the people.

Especially the big leaders of the North China puppet army, Zhang Yunfei has secretly made up his mind that he must not let them go, these Han annihilation, national scum, must let them have a miserable end.

After Zhang Yunfei finished speaking, everyone thought in their hearts, it seems that the commander-in-chief will deal with these puppet soldiers seriously, these puppet army soldiers are better, and those puppet army officers are afraid that they will not be able to escape.

Comrade Fang Zheng, deputy director of the General Political Department, saw that Zhang Yunfei was preparing to deal with these puppet troops in this way, and immediately said happily: "Commander-in-chief, in this way, at least in the next two years, we will have sufficient labor to use. ”

Thinking that there may really be hundreds of thousands of free labor, everyone's mood is slowly relaxed, and the smile on their faces is even stronger.

Throughout the afternoon, Zhang Yunfei dealt with a lot of things, seeing that it was getting late, Zhang Yunfei was ready to go home, and there were surprises waiting for him at home.

In the past few days, due to the continuous fighting on the front line, Zhang Yunfei generally did not go home all night, or went home very late, today, with the complete recovery of Shijiazhuang, Zhang Yunfei is ready to go home a little earlier.

(To be continued)