After the Shahekou Campaign, the Pingnan base area was further consolidated.Because the three county and county brigades performed well in the battle to encircle and annihilate the Xicun Wing, Li Guotao specially asked the leaders of the military region for their approval to reorganize the county brigades of Baxian, Yongqing, and Gu'an counties into the Pingnan Independent Regiment, with Sun Tao as the commander.However, the county brigade numbers in the three counties were retained and rebuilt by the local militia guerrillas.In addition, the Eighth Route Army in other places has also been further expanded, so that the armed forces of the Eighth Route Army in the Pingnan area have been further expanded.In the summer of 1939, with the approval of the higher leaders, the Second Independent Regiment of Pingnan was formed from the ground up.In August, after a decision by the higher-level leaders, the Seventh Army Subdivision of the Jizhong Military Region was established in the Pingnan area, with Li Guotao as the commander.So far, the Seventh Army Division has three regiments, namely the 1st Independent Regiment, the 2nd Independent Regiment, and the newly formed 7th Regiment, with a total strength of more than 5,000 troops.The county brigades, guerrillas, and militias grew to tens of thousands of people.In September, Commander Meng was ordered to go to Yan'an to study, and the commander of the Fourth Army Division was vacant.It was at this time that the world changed dramatically.On September 1, 1939, the German army concentrated its powerful forces and launched a surprise attack on Poland with the cooperation of a large number of aircraft and tanks.The Polish army resisted vigorously, but the Polish army's outdated weapons and equipment and backward tactics were simply unable to withstand the "blitzkrieg" of the German fascists.The Polish army was defeated one after another, and large swaths of Poland soon fell, and Britain and France declared war on Germany.World War II broke out in full swing.After Britain and France declared war on Germany, they did not launch a large-scale attack on the German fascists, leaving the Polish army alone.Taking advantage of the German invasion of Poland, the Soviet Union began to expand its territory westward and established the so-called "Eastern Front".By 6 October, German and Soviet armies had occupied all of Poland and Poland had fallen.Although the second world war was marked by Germany's blitzkrieg on Poland, although Britain and France declared war on Germany, they did not take advantage of the fact that the main force of the German army attacked Poland and the main force was pinned down on the Eastern Front.After the end of the Polish campaign, the German army did not immediately launch an attack on Britain and France, so that in the following months, no major war broke out in Europe again, and Britain and France finally suffered the consequences due to their repeated connivance.The camera turned back to China, after Li Guotao received the order, he led the main force of the New Seventh Regiment to the south, because he was worried about the safety of the Pingnan base area, before leaving, Li Guotao specially transferred a group of elite backbones and hundreds of local soldiers from the New Seventh Regiment to stay in the Pingnan area to strengthen the strength of the Pingnan base area.In mid-September, Li Guotao led his troops back to Angola.At this time, the Fourth Army Division could be described as a strong army, with two brigades under its jurisdiction, the Fourth Independent Brigade and the Seventh Independent Brigade, plus other units directly under the military division, and the total strength of the main force exceeded 10,000.There are as many as 20,000 militia guerrillas in various localities.Such a powerful strength is definitely not comparable to the Pingnan base area.At this time, Li Guotao was like a rich man who became rich overnight, his face was full of joy, and he couldn't help laughing and said: "I suddenly have so many troops in my hands, I can't help but want to fight a big battle" Li Yongfu, who was sitting next to him, said with a smile: "Don't mess around, Commander Lu knows that you kid is bold and reckless, and he can do everything, so he deliberately explained, in the recent period, you should understand the situation first, it is best not to make any big moves, after all, you have been to Pingnan for half a year, Now that the changes in our Fourth Army Division are still quite large, you also need to have a good understanding of the situation. ”This Li Yongfu has also been promoted, and he is currently the deputy commander of the Fourth Army Division and the commander of the Fourth Independent Brigade."
Haha, Commander Lu still understands me, don't worry, I'm measured."
Li Guotao nodded with a smile and said."
I don't know you kid, you have the audacity to do anything.I might as well tell you directly, Commander Lu said that the appointment of you as the acting commander of this Fourth Army subdivision this time is only temporary, and your task is mainly to reorganize the two independent units, the Fourth Independent Brigade and the Independent Seventh Brigade, strengthen the coordination between the various units, and further enhance the combat effectiveness of the troops.Listening to the meaning of Commander Lu's words, it is estimated that there will definitely be more important tasks to be handed over to us in the future. ”Li Yongfu said with a serious face."
More important tasks, what tasks" Li Guotao asked with a frown."
I don't know about this," Li Yongfu shook his head and said."
You kid is still deliberately selling Guanzi, isn't it," Chang De said with a dissatisfied face."
I really don't know if Lao Tzu needs to sell Guanzi, it is estimated that Commander Lu doesn't know much about this, otherwise he would have to reveal something to us."
Li Yongfu said with a serious face.Li Guotao frowned and said, "Why didn't the commander mention this matter to me?"
"Don't mention it, the commander was still in Anguo yesterday, and I was going to wait for you to come back and explain it to you in person, but something happened to the headquarters, and the commander hurried back last night, and specially asked me to tell you before leaving." ”Li Yongfu said with a serious face."
So that's the case, since the commanders attach so much importance to it, it seems that there must be some big action.And as you just said, the commander doesn't know much about this, which means that this mission is likely to be a new strategic deployment at the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army or even in Yan'an. ”Li Guotao said with a frown."
What you say makes sense, I've been thinking about this matter for a long time, this time the action is definitely not small, and it is estimated that it will not be just our army."
Li Yongfu nodded and said.Li Guotao then asked: "Does the commander have any other things to explain?"
The commander just said, give you two months at most, and in these two months, you must build a strong steel division, and don't embarrass our Jizhong Military Region when the time comes, otherwise he will definitely not spare you. ”Li Yongfu said with a serious face."
Aren't we still a strong fighting force now, just ask the entire Jizhong Military Region, and what kind of unit can compare with our independent Seventh Brigade," Chang De said loudly with a dissatisfied face.aa2705221: