On May 1, the Japanese and puppet troops were involved in more than 50,000 Japanese and puppet troops. With the cooperation of the Air Force, they touched hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles. The commander of the North China Front Army, Okamura Yasuji, personally commanded and launched a sweep of the central Hebei region.

During this sweep, the Japanese troops adopted a multi-channel and dense "net-pull-type" tactic, attempting to compress the leadership organs of the Eighth Route Army and the main force in the depths of the base areas where the four counties of Shenxian County, Wuqiang, Raoyang and Anping were connected.

In order to win the victory of the Hebei-central encirclement and suppression, the First Japanese Army was drawn up a lot of troops. In addition, the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Battle prepared on the front line made the remaining troops of the First Army not much.

The Japanese encirclement and suppression of central Hebei region attracted the attention of the Eighth Route Army headquarters at the beginning. After ordering the 129th Division to guard the base area to avoid the Japanese attacking the 129th Division, the heads of the headquarters personally commanded the battle in central Hebei region. During this period, all units of the 129th Division were frequently mobilized. Even though the First Army of the Japanese stationed in Shanxi did not attack the 129th Division, the bosses still made the bosses a little vigilant.

After Liu Gen, who was staying in the division headquarters hospital to recuperate, learned that the Japanese launched an encirclement and suppression in the central Hebei region, he couldn't help but find the division commander, wanting to know more about the specific situation of the anti-encirclement and suppression in the central Hebei region. The Japanese drew so many troops to see that the Japanese encirclement and suppression in the central Hebei region had a great plan. In addition, with the personal command of Okamura Nishiji, the commander of the North China Front Army, there might be a lot of trouble in the central Hebei region this time.

After learning that the central Hebei region was swept by large-scale Japanese troops, the monk who stayed in the division hospital with Liu Gen could not continue to recover from his injuries with peace of mind. Even if the monk didn't know much about the overall situation, he was sure that the 129th Division would usher in a lot of battles next.

The central Hebei region was surrounded by so many Japanese troops, and casualties were inevitable. We can only hope that casualties should be minimized. Previously, there was a 12o division in the central Hebei region, and the 12o division had a strong combat effectiveness. It was only when the 12o division left the central Hebei region that the Japanese decisively launched a storm in the central Hebei region.

Liu Gen did not speak to keep the monk. He knew that the monk's injuries had not recovered yet, but at such a tense moment, the monk would definitely be very reluctant to continue to keep the monk in the division hospital. Liu Gen could understand the monk's condition, and even he himself could not continue to recover from the injury in the division hospital, let alone the monk.

After learning that Liu Gen was leaving the division headquarters hospital, the division commander did not choose to stop him. If it were normal, he would definitely order Liu Gen to continue recuperating in the division headquarters hospital. But now, the division commander has no idea to let Liu Gen continue to recuperate. The battle is about to come, and it would be a waste to let Liu Gen continue to recuperate in the division headquarters hospital.

Considering that Liu Gen's injuries had not fully recovered, the division commander let Liu Gen stay in the division headquarters and wait for the next order. On weekdays, Liu Gen can also enter and exit the division headquarters at will, allowing him to get in touch with the latest news about the anti-encirclement and suppression in the central Hebei region.

Because the encirclement and suppression organized by the Japanese this time was too sudden, the Eighth Route Army troops in the central Hebei region were not prepared in advance, and the main force might suffer a lot of losses. At the same time, the county and district cadres in the central Hebei region were forced to disperse their vehicles and retreat, and the county brigade and district squads were forced to be broken into pieces and moved underground. In order to deal with the Japanese's sweep and encirclement and suppression, the Eighth Route Army troops also entangled with the Japanese through various combat methods.

Liu Gen stayed in the division headquarters, and the division commander handed over an artillery battalion to him. Liu Gen was very famous in the 129th Division. When he took over the artillery battalion, no one stood up to oppose it. The soldiers of the artillery battalion knew that Liu Gen was welcome to Liu Gen taking over the artillery battalion.

In just a few days, Liu Gen was unable to perfectly control the artillery battalion, but he didn't care. The soldiers of the artillery battalion in the division have always been very hard to train, and they have done basic training. In Liu Gen's opinion, the only thing he needs to do to take over the artillery battalion is to provide sufficiently accurate artillery coordinates and increase the hit rate of the artillery battalion soldiers.

For artillery, hit rate is always the most important. Only by truly hitting the enemy can the power of the artillery be fully exerted.

There are constant news coming from the front line. The 129th Division's troops had Japanese sweeping troops to fight. In order to avoid the tragedy in the central Hebei region repeating in the base area of ​​the Taihang Mountain North District, the counterattacks of the 129th Division's troops were very strong. The forces of the encirclement and suppression of Japanese troops in the northern area of ​​the Taihang Mountain North District were not that large, and the pressure the 129th Division had not been under great importance.

The only thing that is a little troublesome is that in order to ensure the safety of the division headquarters, the 129th division headquarters is moving every day.

Due to the advancement of the Japanese in radio communication monitoring technology, the headquarters and the 129th Division will choose to be silent most of the time during the transfer process to avoid being monitored by the Japanese in the radio.

Liu Gen, who stayed in the artillery battalion of the division headquarters, was a little worried. The attack of the front-line Japanese troops was very strong. Even if the 129th Division continued to block, it still could not stop the advancement of the Japanese sweeping troops. The only thing they could do was to delay the advancement of the Japanese sweeping troops.

If the battle continues like this, the division's artillery battalion should not have a chance to fight. Liu Gen is very clear that in order to avoid more attention from the Japanese, the 129th Division cannot organize large-scale combat. If it cannot organize large-scale combat, it will naturally not use the artillery battalion.

After all, the artillery battalion has strong combat power, but its target is too large. If the artillery battalion is used, it would be fine to be able to severely damage the Japanese troops. If it is not done, the artillery battalion will be targeted by the Japanese troops, and it is easy to suffer certain losses.

Just as the cavalry company is the treasure of the independent regiment, the artillery battalion is also the treasure of the 129th Division. Unless there is really no way, the artillery battalion cannot make any losses. There is no way, who will make the Eighth Route Army poor? Even the 129th Division, which has strong combat effectiveness, cannot bear the artillery battalion's losses.

During the transfer, the artillery battalion is undoubtedly the most difficult one. It is too troublesome to transfer the heavy artillery in the artillery battalion. In the current situation, the heavy artillery cannot be easily abandoned. If you fight with the Japanese, then you must not be missing the heavy artillery!

In order to ensure the safety of the artillery battalion during the transfer and follow the steps of the division headquarters, Liu Gen could only find a way to find enough animal power to ensure that the artillery battalion could always follow the division headquarters. Even so, the soldiers of the artillery battalion work very hard every day. You must know that they also need to move forward with the separated artillery components and shells.

Even though the soldiers of the artillery battalion were already familiar with such work, their bodies were still unable to bear it when they kept moving with these things.

In the early morning of the 24th, in the temporary garrison of the artillery battalion, Liu Gen rubbed his shoulder hard. Even though he had good physical fitness, he could not stand it when carrying supplies weighing 100 kilograms every day. Liu Gen could see that the skin on his shoulder had been worn out. After sprinkling some medicine powder, Liu Gen covered his wound.

Liu Gen knew that many soldiers in the artillery battalion must be like him, and even said that they would be more serious than him. With Liu Gen's physical fitness, this situation would occur, so other soldiers would definitely be more serious. Unfortunately, even if Liu Gen knew about this, there was no way.

I'm afraid the only thing Liu Gen can do is to find enough trauma powder and distribute it to the soldiers of the artillery battalion. In battle, they were artillery soldiers, and when they were transferred, they all became baggage soldiers and needed to transfer the artillery battalion's artillery and supplies.

Maybe everyone else thinks artillery will be very comfortable, but in fact? Artillery is still very hard-working.

"Bang"

Not far away, a gunshot suddenly came. Liu Gen quickly got up and looked in that direction. He could see the soldiers in that area immediately started to act. Soon, the dense gunshots sounded, and Liu Gen's face became solemn. Could it be that a small Japanese army had touched this place?

Liu Gen no longer hesitated and decisively shouted all the soldiers in the artillery battalion. In fact, many soldiers in the artillery battalion had already stood up, and they were sleeping in their clothes, and were still vigilant enough when they were resting.

Under Liu Gen's command, the soldiers quickly found a bunker and assembled some mortars. As for heavy artillery, they should not be used.

The artillery battalion is very important. Before understanding the specific situation, what Liu Gen can do is to ensure the safety of the artillery battalion itself and avoid a small Japanese troops touching the base of the artillery battalion. Liu Gen kept looking towards the area where the battle was fought. He found that the firepower of the Japanese troops was not strong, and the soldiers of the division headquarters had successfully suppressed the Japanese firepower.

When Liu Gen noticed this, his expression became more serious. If a small Japanese army could touch the depths of the base area, then the Japanese would definitely have small troops going deep into the base area. The small Japanese army killed in April had already made Liu Gen have such an idea. Now that the small Japanese army once again touched the depths of the base area, he was not surprised.

Liu Gen could only hope that the Eighth Route Army units could remain vigilant enough to avoid being found by the Japanese troops and causing too much damage.

The gunfire in the combat area became sparse, but Liu Gen was still vigilant. The sparse gunfire meant that the small Japanese troops were repelled, rather than being completely wiped out. When the Japanese troops realized that they were not opponents of the Eighth Route Army, they would inevitably choose to escape.

Now Liu Gen can only hope that the escaped Japanese troops would not flee in the direction where the artillery battalion was located. With the strength of the artillery battalion, if they really encountered Japanese troops, they would be somewhat troublesome to deal with them.

"Keep vigilant! The enemy is likely to attack in our direction!" Liu Gen ordered loudly.

Some relaxed soldiers became alert again. They held the rifle in their hands and were ready to fight the enemy. If the soldiers stayed next to the assembled mortar, it was best to prepare to fire the artillery at any time. In any case, the artillery battalion could not have any problems.

In the night, dozens of people rushed towards the direction where the artillery battalion was located. They looked panicked but moved in an orderly manner.
Chapter completed!