In the recovering of Beiyuan County, the participating troops included not only the two infantry regiments of Zhang Yunfei's 36th Group Army, but also the new Fifth Regiment and the New Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

The two regiments of the Eighth Route Army are the closest to Beiyuan County, although the two infantry regiments of the 36th Group Army are more than enough to deal with the two infantry brigades of the little devils stationed in the county seat.

However, in line with the principle of greater strength in numbers, Zhang Yunfei still invited these two regiments of the Eighth Route Army to participate. Invited to participate in the attack on the county seat, the comrades of the New Fifth Regiment and the New Second Regiment, from the regiment commander to the ordinary soldiers, were extremely happy.

In the past, everyone was repeatedly swept by the little devils stationed in the county, and everyone was already holding their breath in their hearts, in the past, everyone was short of ammunition, and there were no heavy weapons, and everyone did not dare to attack the county town guarded by the little devils, but now it is different.

Today, the comrades of the 36th Group Army are the main attackers, and the comrades of the Eighth Route Army are all auxiliary attackers, so all the comrades of the Eighth Route Army are elated and full of confidence.

Zhang Yunfei and the 36th Group Army were a very tall existence in the hearts of the vast number of comrades of the Eighth Route Army, and this time, when everyone learned that it was personally commanded by General Secretary Zhang, the vast number of comrades of the Eighth Route Army who participated in the war were not happy and excited.

As soon as the day dawned, the comrades of the Eighth Route Army who participated in the battle began to set off and gather at the designated place, and the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army appeared to be more active than the comrades of the 36th Group Army.

Since Zhang Yunfei had been to Beiyuan County a few days ago, he could be said to be well aware of the layout of Beiyuan County and the distribution of the troops of the little devils, Zhang Yunfei formulated a very reasonable combat plan, and last night, Zhang Yunfei also convened an operational meeting of officers above the battalion commander level of the participating units.

In order to quickly recover Beiyuan County, Zhang Yunfei mobilized 30 special combat personnel to Jinsha Town a few days ago.

Under the leadership of Captain Liu Xing, these special combat members, together with the previous 20 special combat personnel, infiltrated Beiyuan County in batches yesterday.

The two infantry regiments responsible for the recovery of Beiyuan County this time were both drawn from the First Infantry Division, and their combat effectiveness was very strong, and the two infantry regiments had nearly 5,000 people, and they were completely killing chickens with knives to deal with more than 2,000 little devils.

Hearing that he was going to fight in North China, Wang Haiyang, commander of the First Infantry Division, originally wanted to come over in person, but Zhang Yunfei did not allow it, so Zhang Yunfei transferred one of the deputy brigade commanders of the First Infantry Division and Chen Hu of the antiaircraft artillery regiment to also mobilize him, and the two would assist him in the battle.

Chen Hu of the antiaircraft artillery regiment can be said to be the old man of the 36th Group Army, and in terms of qualifications, he can be compared with any division commander.

After all, the stall of the anti-aircraft artillery regiment is a little smaller, although in the future, Zhang Yunfei also plans to expand the antiaircraft artillery regiment into an anti-aircraft artillery brigade, and now he is also stepping up the production of self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, but now is the time when people are needed, Zhang Yunfei first thought of Chen Hu.

Zhang Yunfei transferred Chen Hu out of the antiaircraft artillery regiment, and Chen Hu's deputy, Zhao Lunsheng, chief of staff of the antiaircraft artillery regiment, would take over Chen Hu's work.

As for this deputy brigade commander, his name is He Baoshan, who graduated from the 10th Huangpu Term, has rich combat experience, participated in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing, and was a former battalion commander, who came to Datong last year with enthusiasm to participate in the 36 th Group Army.

At that time, Zhang Yunfei appointed He Baoshan as a deputy commander of the First Infantry Division.

Zhang Yunfei transferred He Baoshan over, also has the meaning of any Baoshan, He Baoshan is not only a graduate of Huangpu, but more importantly, he is also a [***] member, when he was a battalion commander in [***], He Baoshan's party membership was still secret, but after coming to the 36th Group Army, it was slowly made public.

At present, there are very few people in the 36 th Group Army who have attended the Whampoa Military Academy, Zuo Qingquan, chief of the General Staff, Chu Tianming, commander of the Sixth Infantry Division, and He Baoshan, who is also a few others, but the total number is less than 10.

With these people, Zhang Yunfei believes that as long as they are loyal and reliable, they can be entrusted with important tasks, and this He Baoshan slowly entered Zhang Yunfei's field of vision because of his outstanding performance.

Zhang Yunfei's plan was to mobilize the two of them to Jinsha Town, first to assist him in commanding the battle, and the two of them to get acquainted with each other first, and after the recovery of Beiyuan County, they would establish a base area in Beiyuan County and the vast towns and villages around it, and form the 7th Infantry Division.

These two infantry regiments mobilized from the 1st Infantry Division will be the backbone of the 7th Infantry Division, and as for the high-ranking personnel of the division headquarters, Zhang Yunfei plans to appoint Chen Hu as division commander and He Baoshan as chief of staff, and then appoint a political commissar and one or two deputy division commanders in the future.

Chen Hu and He Baoshan, who had just arrived in Jinsha Town two days ago, had only met a few times before, but had never fought together, but when the two saw each other, they actually hit it off at first sight, and they got along very well.

This time to recover Beiyuan County, Zhang Yunfei divided his troops into several units according to battalions, and everyone will attack Beiyuan County from all directions at the same time.

In the first step, everyone will pull out some strongholds on the outskirts of the county, and in the second step, with the cooperation of the special combat personnel in the city, everyone will enter the city together, and the new Fifth Regiment and the New Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army will follow closely behind.

Early this morning, two infantry regiments of the 36 th Group Army set off from Jinsha Town in several directions with battalions as units.

The units had been on their way for several hours, and it was estimated that in another hour or two the battalions would reach their designated attack positions.

Zhang Yunfei took a car from Jinsha Town at 10 a.m. In addition to a guard company, there was also an infantry battalion that operated with Zhang Yunfei, but everyone did not walk like other troops, everyone took a truck or off-road vehicle.

When the soldiers of the 36th Group Army and the comrades of the Eighth Route Army, a total of nearly 10,000 soldiers, divided into several routes, and moved closer to Beiyuan County, the little devils in Beiyuan County still knew nothing and were unaware.

The little devils in Beiyuan County, now is the time when morale is low, first an infantry brigade entered the Taihang Mountains to sweep and was completely annihilated, and then one of their brigade commanders was captured alive, and the captain of the little devils cut their stomachs.

A series of things have made the morale of more than 2,000 little devils in Beiyuan County very low, and now, the newly appointed wing commander of the little devils has not yet arrived, and now he is in charge of the chief of staff of the little devils.

Beiyuan County is surrounded by flat terrain, because Beiyuan County has no city walls, and the little devils have built a lot of strongholds on the periphery of the county, and there are more than a dozen of them.

These strongholds, the big ones have a small team of devils stationed inside, and the small strongholds, there are also more than a dozen little devils stationed inside, these strongholds are not only the guard posts and fortresses of the little devils, but also one of the usual barracks of the little devils.

The little devils in the entire Beiyuan County, in addition to those fixed military camps, these strongholds also serve as barracks, and the little devils stationed in the strongholds eat, drink, and Lazar are all in the strongholds.

Zhang Yunfei was very clear about the distribution of the little devil's stronghold and troops, and distributed the distribution map of the little devil to every battalion commander, and each infantry battalion had its own combat mission.

The main task of this infantry battalion, which operated with Zhang Yunfei, was to uproot the five strongholds in the west of the county seat and attack the city from the west of the county seat.

In the west of the county, the number of strongholds built by the little devil is the largest, probably because the new fifth regiment of the Eighth Route Army is stationed in Jinsha Town in the west.

Among them, there are three main strongholds, which are very tall, more than ten meters high, three stories high, and there are many firing ports around.

Such a strong stronghold, without siege heavy weapons, it is difficult to smash its hard turtle shell, and the outside of the stronghold is very flat, and the small devils in the stronghold shoot the range is open, which is typical of easy to defend and difficult to attack.

This is the reason why the Eighth Route Army has never attacked the county seat, and with the few rifles and machine guns of the Eighth Route Army, it is difficult to build such a strong stronghold.

But this time, since Zhang Yunfei has decided to recover Beiyuan County, Zhang Yunfei naturally has his own way.

At one o'clock at noon, Zhang Yunfei finally reached the west of Beiyuan County, less than two kilometers away from the county seat, and about a thousand meters further on, there were those out-of-town strongholds of the little devils.

In this position, Zhang Yunfei could already see the gray-blue strongholds of the little devils, Zhang Yunfei looked at his watch, now the troops should have reached the designated position, Zhang Yufei's scheduled attack time is two o'clock in the afternoon.

Zhang Yunfei finished reading the table, and then said to the two correspondents next to him: "Inform everyone, go forward another 500 meters, and set up an attack formation about 500 meters in front of the little devil's stronghold." ”

Hearing this, the two correspondents immediately jumped on the off-road vehicle and ran to verbally inform everyone, although there were wireless telephone microphones on the off-road vehicle, many soldiers were riding on the truck, and they had to go to verbally inform everyone.

Zhang Yunfei ordered the troops to continue to advance, and he was not worried that everyone would be discovered by the little devils, and now, the troops involved in the attack, plus the comrades of the Eighth Route Army, there were nearly 10,000 people, so what if the little devils found out.

Zhang Yunfei fought not a sneak attack, but in broad daylight, attacking Beiyuan County openly, there is no need to hide, besides, this is a plain, and it is not easy for so many people to hide their whereabouts.

(To be continued)