Zhang Yunfei looked around at everyone present, and when he saw the shock on everyone's faces, he couldn't help but smile slightly, it seemed that it was still difficult for everyone to accept the situation in the Datong base area for a while.

After a long time, the deputy commander-in-chief first came back to his senses, and the deputy commander-in-chief said to Zhang Yunfei with emotion: "Comrade Yunfei, although I used to know some about the situation in your base area, and when I heard you say this today, I am still very shocked in my heart, but at the same time, I am also happy for you, for our party, and for our nation, and you can now be said to be one of the backbone of our War of Resistance." ”

Zhang Yunfei listened to the high praise of the deputy commander-in-chief, and said modestly: "It's all the result of the joint efforts of the comrades, if it weren't for everyone to contain most of the little devils' strength, I'm afraid that my base would have been strangled in the cradle by the little devils a long time ago." ”

"Commander-in-Chief Zhang is so humble." Many senior commanders of the Eighth Route Army said with a smile.

The deputy commander-in-chief also jokingly said: "Comrade Yunfei, excessive modesty is pride." ”

Hearing this, everyone laughed happily.

As soon as everyone's laughter stopped, the deputy commander-in-chief continued: "Comrade Yunfei, not long ago, you supported us with 3,000 tons of grain, which can be said to have solved our urgent need, and the problem of rations for our whole army was solved in about a month, and soon, you are ready to support us with 5,000 tons of grain, come, Comrade Yunfei, thank you for your support." ”

After speaking, the deputy commander-in-chief raised his wine glass again, and the rest of the commanders of the Eighth Route Army also raised their wine glasses together, and everyone sincerely saluted Zhang Yunfei together, at this moment, everyone's hearts were full of sincere gratitude.

After Zhang Yunfei drank this glass of wine, seeing that everyone was full of interest and enthusiasm, Zhang Yunfei was also ready to mention these words in his heart.

So, Zhang Yunfei took advantage of the wine and said with a smile: "Mr. Peng, we set off early this morning, and it took so long to get here, along the way, the road is very narrow and rugged, and many places are full of potholes, I am thinking, these roads should also be repaired." ”

At present, the Eighth Route Army's main means of transportation is horses, and the transportation of materials mainly relies on shoulders and hand-held, and with some wheelbarrows, the requirements for roads are very low, so the Eighth Route Army has no habits and plans to build roads. In addition, one of the main reasons why the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army was placed in the depths of Taihang Mountain was that the roads in Taihang Mountain were rugged, and it was inconvenient for small devils to attack on a large scale.

For the Eighth Route Army, the Taihang Mountains are high and densely forested, and the roads are rugged, which is a natural barrier to prevent the little devils from attacking, if the roads in the Taihang Mountains are accessible in all directions, the little devils' vehicles, tanks and heavy artillery will drive straight in, and the Eighth Route Army will be very difficult to defend.

However, Zhang Yunfei believes that the main road connecting Taihang Mountain to his base area should be repaired as soon as possible, and today's convoy is advancing at a speed of about 20 kilometers per hour, and it took so long to reach the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

If it is necessary to transport some materials to the Eighth Route Army in peacetime, it must be more troublesome, and some comrades who were in charge of transportation in the past drove trucks along these roads, and it is estimated that they can only drive slowly, which must have consumed a lot of time.

As a result, Zhang Yunfei had the idea of proposing to build these roads.

The deputy commander-in-chief, after listening to Zhang Yunfei's proposal, seemed a little hesitant, Zhang Yunfei saw the hesitation of the deputy commander-in-chief, and immediately smiled and said: "Mr. Peng, you must hurry up and repair the road to our Taiyuan as soon as possible, otherwise, how can the materials we transport to you come in?"

I'm also going to increase my assistance to you in the future, and I'm thinking that if I support you with 600,000 rounds of ammunition and 1,000 boxes of grenades every month, we won't be able to transport them on this dilapidated road. ”

Hearing this, several senior commanders of the Eighth Route Army were overjoyed, but they did not expect Zhang Yunfei to plan to support so much ammunition for himself every month, so much ammunition plus some ammunition captured on the battlefield, plus the ammunition reloaded by the Huangyadong Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, can basically meet the needs, and after a few months, it is basically enough to fight a large-scale battle of tens of thousands of people.

Everyone is a person who is used to hard work, and the usual bullets are extremely cherished, and now, several senior commanders of the Eighth Route Army, hearing Zhang Yunfei say this, everyone is looking at Zhang Yunfei with eager eyes.

The deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, seeing that Zhang Yunfei was ready to increase his support for himself, immediately said happily: "Comrade Yunfei, thank you so much, regarding this highway, we will repair and widen it as soon as possible, and strive to repair it before the end of the year." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yunfei also said happily: "Okay, in this way, our team can reach here quickly." ”

Zhang Yunfei so wanted the Eighth Route Army to repair the road from Guojiayu to Taiyuan, Zhang Yunfei had his own plans, with this road, not only convenient to transport materials over, and the two sides will be much more convenient to communicate in the future, the transportation is convenient, once there is a war in the Taihang Mountain base area, Zhang Yunfei's reinforcements can quickly reach the Taihang Mountain.

To repair this highway from Guojiayu to Taiyuan, Zhang Yunfei believes that the Eighth Route Army is fully capable of doing so, and this highway can only be expanded and leveled on the original basis, and then paved with gravel and the like, and the Eighth Route Army can completely mobilize the masses to participate in the repair, and one or two months should be enough.

Tonight's meal, although the dishes were not very rich, but because of the Fenjiu brought by Zhang Yunfei, everyone ate very happily, and many things that are usually difficult to say were also said at the wine table, and also achieved the purpose that Zhang Yunfei expected.

After eating, it was already more than eight o'clock in the evening, because Zhang Yunfei brought a lot of Fenjiu, most of the people had a little bit of alcohol, but although Zhang Yunfei's face was a little red, his mind was still unusually sober, and Zhang Yunfei was still okay with drinking this wine.

Seeing that it was still early, the deputy commander-in-chief said to Zhang Yunfei: "Comrade Yunfei, are you interested in coming to my place to sit there?" ”

The deputy commander-in-chief personally invited, and Zhang Yunfei was so happy that he immediately said: "Mr. Peng, I happen to be ready to catch up with you." ”

So, the two of them went to the deputy commander-in-chief's office one after the other, as for the others brought by Zhang Yunfei, naturally there were people from the Eighth Route Army who greeted them warmly, and the deputy commander-in-chief's office was not far from the side, in a temple next to it.

The hall of this temple served as the command hall of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, from which many orders of the Eighth Route Army were issued, and next to the hall, there was a room where the office of the deputy commander-in-chief.

In the command hall, there are still a lot of soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, there are a few oil lamps lit in the hall, and there are no electric lights in Guojiayu now, unlike Zhang Yunfei's 36th Group Army, at night, it is brightly lit.

The two came to the office of the deputy commander-in-chief, although the office was relatively simple, but it was still relatively spacious, and as soon as the two came in, a guard immediately served hot strong tea, and the guard comrades also saw that the leaders had drunk a lot of wine just now, and made a cup of strong tea to relieve everyone's hangover.

As soon as the two sat down, the deputy commander-in-chief smiled and said, "Comrade Yunfei, it has been nearly a year since we parted last time!" ”

Zhang Yunfei thought about it, but no, it's really been almost a year, Zhang Yunfei sighed: "Mr. Peng, time flies so fast, in the blink of an eye, we haven't seen each other for a year." ”

"Yes, time flies so fast, and the little devils have been rampant in our land for more than two years." The deputy commander-in-chief also said with emotion, the deputy commander-in-chief pondered slightly, and then continued: "Comrade Yunfei, in the past two years, you have achieved very good results, which makes our 18th Group Army embarrassed, and also makes us very pressured.

In this war, we expect that 100 regiments will participate in the battle, and the main forces of our three divisions will basically all participate in this battle. ”

Zhang Yunfei probably knows a little about the situation in North China, and Zhang Yunfei also knows a little about the cage policy implemented by Okamura Ningji in North China, and now, as the war enters the stage of strategic stalemate, the little devils want to control such a large area of the war territory on the one hand, and attack Southeast Asia on the other hand, and now the little devils feel that the troops are seriously insufficient.

Taking the provinces of North China as an example, although the North China Front Army of the Little Devils has nearly 500,000 troops, there are also quite a few Kuomintang troops in North China, at least nearly one million.

In addition, in the North China battlefield, there were nearly 300,000 troops of the Eighth Route Army, a total of more than 100 regiments, plus some county brigades, district squads, and militia teams organized by the Eighth Route Army in the base areas behind enemy lines, and the number of people that the Eighth Route Army could mobilize far exceeded 300,000.

Feeling that there was a serious shortage of troops, Okamura Ninji, commander of the North China Front, implemented a cage policy in North China, dividing the vast areas of North China into countless small areas on the basis of towns, highways, and railways.

(To be continued)