A month later, the units of the Seventh Column had been basically reorganized.Li Guotao held a document in his hand and read it over and over again.Li Guotao sighed helplessly, threw the documents in his hand on the table, shook his head and said: "Other troops are okay, but this artillery regiment currently only has one 75 field artillery and four 75 mountain guns, ten 92 infantry guns and 16 80 mortars, and this firepower is still too weak." ”Chang De nodded and said: "But this is also a matter of no way, at present we can only get so many cannons, even so, there are not many shells for various types of artillery, especially the field artillery, there are only less than twenty shells, our base arsenal, can not produce shells of this specification at all, these shells are finished, and the cannon has become an ornament." ”Li Guotao sighed again, and expressed his deep helplessness about this, "The matter has come to this point, and we can only do this first, and we can only think of a way later." ”While the two of them were talking, Bai Wei suddenly walked in, at this time Bai Wei had completed her advanced studies at Kang University, and was transferred back to the Seventh Column to serve as the director of the confidential room.Chang De saw Bai Wei walk in, and said with a smile: "You talk, I still have something to do, so I'll leave first." ”Bai Wei's face turned slightly red, knowing that Chang De deliberately created an opportunity for the two of them to be alone, but Bai Wei did stop Chang De and said with a serious face: "It's a business matter, it's good for Brigade Commander Chang to listen here." ”Chang De stopped and asked with a smile: "What kind of business, it's still so serious." ”Bai Wei didn't answer Chang De's question directly, turned to Li Guotao and said with a serious face: "Report to the commander, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army has just sent the latest order. ”Bai Wei said and respectfully handed a telegram in her hand to Li Guotao.After Li Guotao took the message, he read it carefully and couldn't help frowning.When Chang De heard the order from the headquarters, he couldn't wait to ask, "What is the order from the headquarters?"
”Li Guotao said with a serious face: "The headquarters ordered my seventh column to immediately advance to the Suiyuan and Chahar border areas. ”When Chang De heard this, he immediately took a step forward, took the telegram from Li Guotao's hand, read it carefully, and immediately laughed, and said excitedly: "It is said that it is really good to let us go to Yifuping first, saying that we want to replenish some weapons and equipment, and then go north to the Suicha area." ”Li Guotao just smiled slightly, and then said with a serious face: "The headquarters has given us additional ammunition, what does this mean, this shows that there is a big battle to be fought, and the order will be sent down immediately, and the troops will prepare to start and set off immediately after three days." ”"Yes," Bai Wei and Changde responded respectfully.Three days later, in accordance with Li Guotao's order, more than 10,000 people of the seventh column left the base area one after another and advanced westward.When the headquarters was opened, Commander Lu specially rushed over to see off Li Guotao and others, and Commander Lu said with a serious face: "This time the headquarters asked you to go to Suiyuan, Chahar area, different from the past" Li Guotao nodded and said: "Although the headquarters did not disclose the specific combat mission to us, but this time the headquarters mobilized tens of thousands of troops to the north, it is estimated that it is to launch a local counteroffensive in Suiyuan and Chahar and other places."
This time is indeed different from the past, in the past, it was the little devils who swept us, we were all passive defense, even if we occasionally launched some counteroffensives, the target of the attack was nothing more than some remote counties, but this time, the target of the headquarters was probably the entire Suiyuan Province and even Chahar Province, it is conceivable that if we want to recover this vast territory, there will be many big battles, and there will be many vicious battles to fight. ”Commander Lu sighed lightly and said: "Your analysis is reasonable, I still say the same thing, your seventh column is from our Jizhong Military Region, no matter where you hit, you must not embarrass our Jizhong base area." ”"Haha" Li Guotao couldn't help laughing and said: "You can rest assured of this, our Seventh Column will not only not embarrass our Jizhong, but will also try our best to win glory for our Jizhong base area, so as to live up to the ardent expectations of the six million people in our Jizhong." ”"Well, with your words, I'm relieved."
Commander Lu nodded and said: "Sending you a thousand miles must be goodbye in the end, you should also hurry up and go on the road, I won't say much else, take care all the way, I will wait for the good news of the seven verticals in Jizhong." ”Li Guotao nodded and said: "In this case, we will leave first, it is estimated that the next time we come back, it will be the day of our army's counteroffensive in Jizhong." ”Li Guotao said and respectfully saluted Commander Lu, then turned over his horse, waved his hand, and followed the team westward.Commander Lu had been standing on the side of the road, watching the soldiers of the Seventh Column gradually move away until they disappeared on the horizon, and then he couldn't help but sigh softly.The guard next to him asked with a smile: "Commander, the seven columns are gone, you are reluctant" Commander Lu smiled and waved his hand and said: "What is reluctant, I am envious, I am jealous of why the headquarters does not let Lao Tzu lead the troops to Suicha, but it is cheaper Li Guotao, this stinky boy" The guard smiled and said: "The headquarters will not let you leave Jizhong, it is because Jizhong needs you, commander, and only you can lead our people and little devils in Jizhong to continue the struggle and finally win the war of resistance." ”Commander Lu waved his hand and said, "You are wrong in what you said, not me."
It is our Eighth Route Army, only the Eighth Route Army can lead our people in Jizhong to drive the little devils out of the Jizhong Plain, and after all, our Eighth Route Army led the people of the whole country to achieve the final victory of the War of Resistance. ”Commander Lu said this, his gaze became more determined.Li Guotao led the main force of the Seventh Column, successfully crossed the Pinghan Railway, entered the Taihang Mountain area, and according to the order of the headquarters, rushed to Fuping County first, and received a batch of weapons and ammunition allocated by the headquarters.The troops rested in Fuping for only two days before being ordered to go north.After several days of long-distance marching, the main force of the Seventh Column of the Eighth Route Army led by Li Guotao was ordered to enter the Liuling Mountain area.Liuling Mountain is located in the south of Yanggao County, Datong, Shanxi, northwest of Guangling County, the highest peak is named Huangyangjian, with an altitude of 2420 meters, adjacent to Beiyue Heng Mountain, it is the first peak of Datong, known as "the roof of Datong".After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Eighth Route Army set up the Yanggao County Anti-Japanese People's Government here, and after Li Guotao led his troops to arrive, he was warmly welcomed by the local government and the masses, and the troops were able to temporarily rest here.aa2705221: