Fengzhen, in the headquarters of the seventh column of the Eighth Route Army, Li Guotao sat in a corner, smoking a cigarette silently, his brows furrowed slightly, as if he was thinking about something.Soon, a cigarette had been smoked, Li Guotao casually threw the cigarette butt to the ground, raised one foot and crushed the cigarette butt fiercely, Li Guotao used great force, as if he was not crushing a small cigarette butt, but a little devil.The sun shines on Li Guotao's face through the window, and you can clearly see that Li Guotao's expression has a trace of fierceness, and at the same time a trace of excitement.At this moment, Ma Zhenguo ran over with a telegram in his hand, and said with an excited face: "Commander, Brigade Commander Chang and Brigade Commander Li sent a joint telegram that the Japanese army of Takamura Brigade and about two brigades led by Anda 23 have been completely annihilated by us. ”"Okay" Ma Zhenguo said this, the command immediately broke out a burst of enthusiastic cheers, those staff officers of the command headquarters, cheering loudly and hugging each other's comrades-in-arms, one by one excited and uncontrollable, since the evening of the 19th, after the battle started, it is now the morning of the 22nd, for two days and three nights, the seventh column of the Eighth Route Army fought repeatedly, almost without rest, not to mention those front-line soldiers, even these staff officers of the headquarters, one by one, they also boiled red, as if they had pink eyeAfter this battle, the main force of the 26th Division was basically annihilated, and the Suiyuan battle situation was decided, unless the Japanese army urgently mobilized a large army to rush to support, otherwise our army will definitely be able to take the opportunity to recover the entire territory of Suiyuan in one fell swoop, which is definitely a battle that can go down in history and be passed down through the ages.Since the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, where the Japanese army has passed, our Chinese army has been defeated again and again, and half of the country has fallen into the hands of the Japanese invaders.In the ensuing war, although our Chinese army also launched a small-scale counteroffensive and recovered some towns and cities occupied by the Japanese invaders, our Eighth Route Army also regained dozens of county towns in various base areas.But never before had the lost territory of a province been regained like now, and it was no wonder that the warriors were so excited.After listening to Ma Zhenguo's words, Li Guotao also breathed a long sigh of relief, and a trace of excitement that could not be concealed appeared on his face, and he said excitedly: "Immediately send a telegram to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and after two days and three nights of fierce fighting, my seventh column regained Fengzhen and Ulanqab in one fell swoop, and successively annihilated more than 6,000 people from the main force of the 26th Division and more than 1,000 people from the puppet army.He killed more than 10 senior Japanese officers, including Lieutenant General Tokushige Kuroda and Major General Brigade Commander An Da 23, and achieved an unprecedented victory. ”"Yes" Ma Zhenguo responded excitedly, turned to a staff officer next to him and said loudly: "Xiao Zheng, what are you still doing here stupidly, didn't you hear what the commander just said, why don't you hurry up and send a telegram." ”"Yes" Xiao Zheng responded respectfully, and hurriedly ran to the confidential room to send a telegram.Li Guotao also got up from the chair, walked to the sand table placed in the center of the command hall, and said with a serious face: "Although Zhenguo has annihilated the main force of the 26th Division, the battle is far from over, the current situation, for our army, can be said to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, we must take advantage of the victory to pursue, and recover the entire territory of Suiyuan in one fell swoop, and our next goal is to return the capital of Suiyuan Province to Suiyuan." ”As he spoke, Li Guotao stretched out a finger and pointed to Guisui on the sand table.Ma Zhenguo nodded and said: "However, the 11th Independent Wing of the 26th Division of the Japanese Army was stationed in Guisui, and after the battle of Baotou began, this little devil immediately prepared to support Baotou along the Pingsui Railway, but was stopped by the eighth column of our Eighth Route Army, and fought for two days and two nights, and the little devil only advanced to a place sixty miles west of Guisui, but just last night, this little devil suddenly withdrew to Guisui.Even if in the previous battle, the little devils suffered losses, but according to my estimates, this little devil still has nearly 3,000 troops, plus the puppet army in Guisui City, the Japanese puppet police force, it is estimated that the total strength can reach five or six thousand.If the enemy is defending Guisui and holding on to help, it will not be easy for us to take Guisui" Li Guotao said with a smile: "You are right, this will be a tragic battle, we defeated the main force of the 26th Division of the devil, and captured a large number of weapons and equipment, especially the captured dozen mountain artillery, which has significantly improved the firepower of our army.The difficulty is that if the little devils use the fortifications in the city to fight with us in the streets, it will not be so easy for us to completely occupy Guisui.Just like the 35th Army's attack on Baotou, it has not been able to defeat it for so long.But even if it is difficult to fight, this battle must be fought" Looking at Li Guotao's serious expression, Ma Zhenguo nodded and said: "This battle really has to be fought, and it must be fought as soon as possible, in case the little devil mobilizes a large army to counterattack, it will be troublesome, if you lose this opportunity, you have to wait for the next opportunity, I don't know when it will be Fortunately, Baotou has been fighting for so long, and it is estimated that it should be over."
If we bring together our Seventh and Eighth Columns, plus the main force of the Eighth Theater, so many troops, it should not be a problem to lay down a small Guisui. ”Li Guotao nodded and said, "By the way, the main force of the Fourth Brigade has been ordered to advance to Guisui, where is it now." ”"It's only about fifty miles away from Guisui."
Ma Zhenguo hurriedly replied.Li Guotao nodded with satisfaction and said, "Order them to temporarily stop advancing and wait for the arrival of the follow-up main force." ”"What about us," Ma Zhenguo asked with a nod.Li Guotao sighed helplessly and said: "After fighting for so long, the soldiers are also tired, it is time to rest for a day, and order all troops to rest in place and recover their strength as soon as possible."
The railroad we destroyed before has been almost repaired by the little devils, didn't we capture a group of railway workers and let them take our people to repair the railway as soon as possible.Didn't Kuroda Tokushige, the old devil, send us four trains before, plus the train captured before, a total of five trains, enough to transport our main force to Guisui?"
”Ma Zhenguo nodded, then turned around and left.Li Guotao couldn't help yawning, stretched, and said to himself: "Lao Tzu is also tired, it's time to sleep well, and walked out of the headquarters with his hands behind his back." ”aa2705221: