Although Li Yilang was desperate, he did not give up the struggle, and still continued to issue orders one after another, trying to reverse the situation, but all efforts proved to be in vain.Although the Japanese army attacking in front made some progress, it finally failed to break through the resistance of the Eighth Route Army, while the main force of the Eighth Route Army behind was approaching step by step, and the strength of the Japanese army was also decreasing more rapidly.The fierce battle lasted until more than three o'clock in the morning, and the physically and mentally exhausted Tongkou Li Ichiro finally gave up, gave the last order, and the troops dispersed to break through.The captain of the guard claimed that he could protect him and rush out of a bloody way, but he was also rejected by Li Yilang, the old devil put down his posture as the commander of the lieutenant general division, and very sincerely asked the adjutant to be his intermediary, but the adjutant persuaded him to no avail, so he could only readily agree.Then the two found a fairly secluded place together, and Tongkou Li Yilang committed suicide by caesarean section, and the adjutant also committed suicide with a gun after cutting off his neck.Under the order of Li Yilang in Tongkou, the remaining little devils began to disperse and break through.After learning of the intentions of the Japanese army, the Eighth Route Army stepped up its offensive and did its best to wipe out the remaining Japanese troops.The fierce fighting continued until five o'clock in the morning, when it finally gradually subsided.The Japanese army of the 9th Division, except for a few hundred remnants of the defeated general who took advantage of the chaos and broke through from the path, its main force was completely annihilated.After the battle, the generals of the front line immediately sent the news back to the headquarters as soon as possible.Ma Zhenguo took the telegram and shouted excitedly: "Great, really good, the Ninth Division of the Japanese Army has been basically wiped out by our army." ”"Okay," Li Guotao said excitedly: "Immediately report this news to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and all relevant departments."
In addition, all troops on the front line were ordered to seize the time to clean up the battlefield, and then withdraw to the front line of Pingquan to build fortifications. ”"Yes" Ma Zhenguo responded excitedly, and excitedly ran to the confidential room to convey the order.Li Guotao yawned and said with a smile: "The battle is over, and I can finally sleep peacefully." ”As our army successfully annihilated the 9th Division, the deployment of the Japanese army was once again broken, and the strong combat effectiveness shown by our army also shocked the Japanese army.In order to recapture Rehe, the Japanese Kwantung Army and the North China Dispatch Army had to adjust their deployment again.It was not until ten days later that the Japanese army was fully prepared, so they confidently launched a large-scale counteroffensive against Rehe.And because the Seventh Column completely annihilated the Ninth Division in one fell swoop, it bought precious time for the Eighth Route Army, and in these ten days, the Eighth Route Army had made sufficient preparations, not only mobilized 100,000 troops to support Rehe again, but also made sufficient preparations for the defenders of Rehe.Although the Japanese army mobilized nearly 200,000 troops to counterattack Rehe, under the stubborn resistance of our army, the two sides fought fiercely for a month, and the Japanese army never made substantial progress, but suffered heavy losses and was forced to temporarily stop the offensive.China and Japan formed a stalemate in Rehe for a while, and the Japanese army was simply unable to capture Rehe again, and our army was unable to launch a new round of offensive for the time being.In Chengde City, at the headquarters of the Seventh Column of the Eighth Route Army, Ma Zhenguo pointed to the sand table and said with a worried face: "At present, the Japanese army has temporarily given up the counterattack on Rehe.Although Gangcun Ningci's North China Dispatch Army still has nearly three divisions in eastern Hebei to maintain stability, its main energy has shifted to Hebei and Shandong. ”Ma Zhenguo paused, and then said: "The Japanese army continued to implement the so-called cage policy, and from time to time carried out sweeping operations against our anti-Japanese base areas, which caused a lot of trouble to our army.Let's talk about Hebei first, in addition to the area near Taihang Mountain, the strength of our army has been developed to a certain extent.In other places, such as the central Hebei region, the situation is quite difficult.Although two months ago, after Commander Lu recovered from his injuries, he led the main force of our Jizhong Military Region to return to the central Hebei region with about 20,000 people, but he was never able to restore the base area in the central Hebei region, and the troops were also struggling in the central Hebei region.At this time, the area of the base area in central Hebei was not even one-fifth of the previous heyday. ”When Li Guotao heard this, he couldn't help frowning, sighed softly and said, "This Gangcun Ningci is really not easy to deal with, I heard that the Shandong base area has also been seriously damaged by little devils. ”"Hmm" Ma Zhenguo nodded and said: "A month ago, the Japanese army concentrated 50,000 Japanese troops plus 40,000 puppet troops to launch a large-scale sweep of our Shandong base area.After nearly 20 days of fierce fighting, although our army smashed the sweep of the Japanese army, the losses of the troops were quite serious, and the base area was also greatly reduced, and it was divided into several pieces, and the current situation in Shandong is not optimistic" Li Guotao nodded with a heavy face, frowned and said seriously: "It's a pity that our seventh column has other more important tasks, otherwise I really want to wave my division into the customs and enter the area of Hebei and Shandong to have a good competition with this Gangcun Ningci, I'd like to see how good this old devil really is. ”"Haha, Commander don't worry, just wait, there will always be a chance to deal with them later."
Ma Zhenguo smiled and comforted."
Haha, what are you talking about again, so happy," at this time, Commissar Meng walked in from outside with a smile.Li Guotao made a straight face and said with a wry smile: "Political Commissar Meng, your eyes are happy to see me" Political Commissar Meng strode into the headquarters, unceremoniously picked up the tea jar on the table and drank most of the water, then wiped his mouth, and said with a smile: "Our commander is not happy now, then I have good news here, you must be happy to hear it." ”"Oh" Li Guotao asked with a smile: "Then you can tell me, what is the good news" Political Commissar Meng said with a smile: "I went to the headquarters for a meeting this time, and I have already received definite news, and the matter has been decided." ”"It's decided" Li Guotao's face immediately showed a hint of excitement, and he asked in a hurry: "Political Commissar Meng, then you should tell me quickly, what is the final plan of the headquarters" Political Commissar Meng waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, listen to me tell you slowly, we have reached a preliminary agreement with the Russians, and the Russians have promised to provide a large amount of assistance to our Eighth Route Army, and in return, the headquarters of our Eighth Route Army has also decided to transfer 150,000 of the most elite main forces to advance into the northeast region, Cooperate with the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army and all anti-Japanese armed forces to create an anti-Japanese base in Northeast China. ”aa2705221: