After the 41st Division was completely annihilated, the 5th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army in Xuanhua also temporarily retreated.After two days of rest, the Eighth Route Army immediately marched westward, and within two days, it recovered the four county towns of Huai'an, Tianzhen, Yanggao, and Yangyuan.In order to defend the results of the Chahar Battle and prevent the Japanese counterattack on Chahar, the headquarters ordered the Eighth Column of the Eighth Route Army to be stationed in Zhangjiakou, and the main force of the Seventh Column to be stationed in Wanquan and Xuanhua respectively.Li Yongfu smiled and led Li Guotao and the others into the headquarters, and said with a smile: "Commander, this is your new headquarters, do you see that you are still satisfied" Li Guotao glanced at the situation in the room with a smile, nodded with satisfaction and said: "As long as there is a place to live, what is there to be satisfied with." ”Li Yongfu said with a smile: "This was originally a foreign residence of the pseudo county magistrate of Xuanhua County, after our army recovered Xuanhua, the pseudo county magistrate has been shot after the trial, and all his family properties have been confiscated." ”Li Guotao smiled and nodded, in fact, there are many better places in Xuanhua County than here, such as the former county government building, but the targets in those places are too obvious, in case they are bombed by devils, it will be troublesome.That's why Li Guotao asked Li Yongfu to find him a relatively hidden place as his headquarters, and this courtyard is located in a remote corner in the south of the city, which is the best as a headquarters.Li Guotao patted Li Yongfu's shoulder with a smile and said, "Okay, thank you for your hard work." ”"Look at what you said, it's out of sight," Li Yongfu said with a laugh.Li Guotao nodded with a smile, and then said with a serious face: "Lao Li, although the results we have achieved in this Chahar battle are very fruitful, the losses of our seventh column are not small, whether it is the seventh brigade or your fourth brigade, after repeated battles, the troops have been seriously reduced.I have already asked the headquarters for instructions, and the headquarters has decided to send us 5,000 reinforcements in the vicinity, and when these reinforcements arrive, they will give priority to replenishing your four brigades. ”"Really, then I'll thank the commander in advance."
Li Yongfu said excitedly.Li Guotao nodded with a smile and said: "But this is not enough, in order to cope with the next battle situation, we must further expand the army, it is far from enough to rely on the supplementary troops dispatched by the headquarters, we also have to recruit a large number of new soldiers in the vicinity, your fourth brigade can also contact the local government to recruit new soldiers in Xuanhua and the surrounding areas, and conduct training in a unified manner." ”"No problem, it's just that there is no limit to the number of recruits in this one," Li Yongfu asked with a smile."
No, the more the merrier.You don't have to worry, I can provide you with as many weapons and equipment as you can recruit, but there must also be a principle, that is, you should rather lack than excess, and you don't want to bring everyone to our team. ”Li Guotao said with a smile."
Understood, please rest assured that the commander will complete the task."
Li Yongfu replied with a serious face, and then said with a smile: "It seems that in this battle, our Seventh Brigade has reaped a lot of benefits" "Haha, that's it, Lao Tzu suddenly has a feeling of getting rich overnight."
Now I have a lot of money, and I have the confidence to speak," Li Guotao said with a laugh.Li Yongfu chatted with Li Guotao for a few more words, and then said goodbye and left.Not long after sending Li Yongfu away, Ma Zhenguo hurriedly walked in, raised the telegram in his hand and said with a smile: "I just received the news from the headquarters, Commander Fu of the Eighth War Zone suddenly mobilized 80,000 troops, and with the cooperation of the Second War Zone, launched a large-scale counteroffensive against the Datong area, and the 26th Division stationed in the Datong area was heavily damaged by our army before, and has not had time to replenish it so far, and the troops are seriously insufficient. ”"Oh" Li Guotao raised his eyebrows when he heard this, shook his head with a smile and said: "The chairman of Chongqing, seeing that our Eighth Route Army has recovered Chahar, is afraid that we will overwhelm them, so he can't wait to launch a counteroffensive against the Datong area." ”Ma Zhenguo nodded and said: "That's true, but it's also a good thing for us, if the friendly forces in the Eighth War Zone can recover the Datong region, it can also play a very positive role in the overall situation of the entire War of Resistance."
In view of this, the headquarters had ordered the Sixth Column to fully assist the friendly forces in the Eighth Theater to attack Datong, but that Commander Fu seemed to be afraid that our Eighth Route Army would take the lead, so he just let the Sixth Column respond from the sidelines. ”Li Guotao nodded and said: "That's fine, although the Japanese army in Datong is not much at present, but there are still tens of thousands of troops in the entire Shanxi Province, Datong is an important town in northern Shanxi, the little devil will never give up Datong easily, and will inevitably send troops to support Datong, so it is not so easy to capture Datong" Ma Zhenguo nodded cautiously and said: "Well, but in this way, the little devil may not have the energy to counterattack Chahar for the time being, we can just use this time to take a good rest."
In the first battle of Chahar, although our army achieved brilliant results, the losses of our seventh and eighth columns were not small, and we could take advantage of this precious time to rest and recuperate and restore combat effectiveness as soon as possible. ”Li Guotao said with a serious face: "I think so too, now for us, the most precious thing is time, we must restore the combat effectiveness of the troops as soon as possible, so as to cope with the worse war situation in the future." ”Ma Zhenguo seemed to suddenly remember something, frowned and said, "Oh, there is one more thing, I told you, you will definitely be angry." ”"What is it, you haven't said anything yet, how do you know that I will definitely be angry," Li Guotao said with a look of confusion on his face."
That's right, the Chongqing government has officially appointed Shi Yousan as chairman of Chahar Province, and after Shi Yousan took over as chairman of the province, he immediately sent a note to the headquarters of our Eighth Route Army, demanding that our Eighth Route Army withdraw from Chahar Province, at least from the vicinity of Zhangjiakou, and be taken over by the 39th Group Army under his command."
Ma Zhenguo said with a frown."
Do his big dream of the Spring and Autumn Period, go to Zhangjiakou, which was defeated by our Eighth Route Army, for which we sacrificed how many excellent soldiers, and now he Shi Yousan wants to come over to pick peaches, and he doesn't even have a door."
Li Guotao said angrily."
I'll just say it, I'll tell you, you'll definitely be angry, sure enough," Ma Zhenguo said with a smile."
You don't know, Shi Yousan is a shameless villain."
Li Guotao said angrily."
Oh, tell me, how shameless this Shi Yousan is," Ma Zhenguo said with a smile.aa2705221: