At the headquarters of the 129th Division located deep in the Taihang Mountains, the division leader was also discussing the clear telegram just sent by the Second World War Zone.

The political commissar who had just taken office developed a very strong interest in Zhou Cheng's performance in Pingding.

Especially after learning from the old political commissar that he had sent tens of thousands of oceans to the division headquarters in just over a month, a large amount of medicines, weapons and ammunition, even the horse meat, canned food, and white rice used by the division headquarters to eat for teething sacrifices... were all delivered by him. I especially wanted to see with my own eyes what kind of person Zhou Cheng was.

"Political Commissar, what do you think of this clear telegram from the war zone?" The division commander looked at his new partner and asked calmly.

The political commissar's expression was much more serious. He thought for a while and replied: "The War Zone did not trust Zhou Cheng, otherwise he would not have blatantly mixed sand into the National Salvation Army at such a critical moment. However, the War Zone had to appoint Comrade Zhou Cheng as the commander of the National Salvation Army."

"From this point of view, Comrade Zhou Cheng has developed very well in pacifying and can even play a decisive role in some aspects, otherwise the war zone would not be taken so seriously and promoted him without trusting him!"

"You analyzed it to the point..." the commander nodded.

"I heard from the boss that the war zone was increasingly concerned about our Eighth Route Army, and began to use various reasons to lock our military pay and ammunition supplies."

"I also heard that the War Zone Chief Department informed the front-line troops openly and secretly to try to avoid contact with our Eighth Route Army, especially not to provide support to our Eighth Route Army."

"Comrade Zhou Cheng gave us ammunition supplies and funds several times. No matter how hidden it is, the news will be leaked. This is contrary to the policy of the war zone against our Eighth Route Army. It is certain that it is not trusted!"

A trace of concern flashed on the political commissar's face: "Comrade Zhou Cheng, as the National Rescue Army, fights the Japanese behind enemy lines, and the value he has played must be far greater than the value he has played from the National Rescue Army. I suggest that the division headquarters temporarily interrupt the contact with Comrade Zhou Cheng, so that he should not send us funds and supplies first, and eliminate the concerns in the war zone before talking about it!"

The division commander neither nodded nor shook his head, but looked at the political commissar and replied: "Comrade Zhou Cheng must continue to stay in the National Rescue Army."

"This is both our thoughts and his own."

"As for the war zone's suspicion about him, as the saying goes, the king will not accept the orders of the outside king, I believe he can handle it well."

"There is another point that you may not know about the political commissar: since Zhou Cheng led the team to reorganize the National Salvation Army, the division headquarters has not contacted him on his own initiative. Every time he delivers things to the division headquarters, Comrade Zhou Cheng takes the initiative to propose it, and then sends someone to deliver things."

"As for what to do in the future, I think we should hand over the initiative to Zhou Cheng himself. He believes that if he can contact us, he will definitely continue to contact us. If an accident occurs in the middle and cannot contact us for the time being, he can stop by himself."

"Last time Comrade Zhou Cheng asked the division headquarters for a person, I sent a telegraph officer."

"Now that the Third Battalion has expanded its national rescue army, Zhou Cheng has also become the commander. The war zone will definitely provide them with a radio station. If there is any situation, you can directly contact them with a radio station. It is more hidden than before and has better confidentiality."

"So I think we don't give any comments on this matter. What should we do next? Let Zhou Cheng decide by himself, and I believe him."

"But the support we should give him must be in place."

"When Comrade Zhou Cheng was still the battalion commander, the army was very short of cadres, especially political cadres. He did not want to put pressure on the division headquarters, so he never spoke. If it weren't for the faction mentioned by General Zheng, I wouldn't know this."

"In order to relieve his pressure, I transferred more than a dozen company platoon cadres to them when General Zheng returned to the National Rescue Army last time."

"Now that the Third Battalion has been expanded into a regiment-level national-salvation army, there must be even more lack of cadres."

"I suggest that the division headquarters find more political cadres to send them to him."

"Although the troops are wearing military uniforms of the National Salvation Army, they are essentially still a member of our Eighth Route Army. The ideological work of the troops cannot be left behind, but must be strengthened than ordinary Eighth Route Army units, so that Comrade Zhou Cheng can completely control the troops..."

The political commissar was stunned when he heard this.

Although he was shocked by Zhou Cheng's performance on the pacification battlefield and wanted to meet him, the division commander's answer just now made him realize that Zhou Cheng must be much more powerful than he thought, otherwise the division commander would not trust Zhou Cheng so unconditionally and hand over the decision to him, and the division headquarters would not care about it.

He decided to learn more about Zhou Cheng later, and he answered happily as the commander said: "I can give him three more instructors and six deputy instructors, and he can take office at any time!"

Zhou Cheng didn't know that he had made a name for himself in the division headquarters. At this moment, he was thinking about the garrisons and defense areas of the battalions after the reconstruction of the National Salvation Army.

Donghui Town is only so big, and it can support one battalion at most, so the two battalions of the National Salvation Army must not be all here.

Moreover, Zhou Cheng doesn't like to put all the eggs in one basket. In case of an accident in the future, the National Salvation Army may be taken away by the enemy and not even supported.

After thinking about it, Zhangzhuang Town slowly entered Zhou Cheng's vision.

When Chen Zhengyu saw Zhou Cheng's eyes circling around Zhangzhuang Town, he immediately understood: "Commander, why don't I take a battalion to Zhangzhuang Town."

"Don't attack Zhangzhuang Town for now, and temporarily stay nearby."

"When the remaining Japanese and puppet troops in the town lose their usefulness and are killed by us, the troops will enter Zhangzhuang Town."

Zhou Cheng nodded: "First, let's make a decision. After arriving in Zhangzhuang Town, we closely monitor the every move of the Japanese and puppet troops in the town. The county will definitely give them equipment and supplies in the next two days, which is also our most important purpose for leaving them."

"You must keep an eye on the equipment and supplies to me. If you can seize it, you can catch it. If you can't catch it, you can blow it up. You must never let them enter Zhangzhuang Town."

"Another company is drawn to launch an uninterrupted attack on the Japanese and puppet troops' garrisons, and use up all the ammunition in their hands, so that it will be very easy for us to attack the town."

"After the troops start after dark, I will lead the cavalry company, reconnaissance company, artillery company, and chariot platoon to go with you."

"The Japanese and puppet troops suffered two great losses in our hands yesterday. They will definitely dispatch heavy troops to escort the weapons, ammunition and supplies to Zhangzhuang Town. We must be prepared for the bad war in advance."

"As long as you fight this battle well, take down the remaining Japanese and puppet troops in Zhangzhuang Town, and pacified the garrison, the purpose of increasing their strength by acquiring Wang Dehou, will not be able to achieve it. Instead, it will make yourself feel uncomfortable, and you will lose your wife and your troops!"

At dawn the next day, Wang Dehou left Pingding with a total of forty carts, of which twenty-five were loaded with weapons and ammunition needed to rebuild the Second Regiment, and fifteen were loaded with food enough for the Second Regiment to use for more than half a month.

In addition to the more than 200 elderly, weak and disabled people drawn by the deputy brigade commander, Wang Dehou himself brought two strengthening companies to cheer for the Second Regiment.

The group left Pingding in a mighty manner and marched along the official road toward Zhangzhuang Town.

The good times did not last long. Five kilometers after the convoy left the county town, a large number of potholes and trenches emerged overnight, which was still flat yesterday.

If you just leave, your marching speed will not be affected in any way.

But the problem is that the troops brought a total of forty trucks of supplies, weapons and ammunition.

Giving up the big cart and using your shoulders to fight things to Zhangzhuang Town is definitely unrealistic for the escort troops with less than 600 people, it is definitely not realistic for each person to share more than 100 kilograms of things.

Wang Dehou could not think of any other way, so he could only frown and order: "Company Commander Huang, Commander Li, take your people to the front of the convoy to build roads, and other troops should strengthen their vigilance to prevent the enemy from sneak attacking."

"The official road ahead must have been destroyed by the newly built National Salvation Army. They don't want us to send supplies to Zhangzhuang Town, and they want them to run out of ammunition and food."

The two companies named by Wang Dehou were old and weak soldiers selected by the deputy brigade commander.

When Wang Dehou saw them in the morning, he was so angry that he almost cursed.

A discerning person can tell at a glance that they are the crooked people in the team, with poor combat power and temporary mixing.

It must be a small move that the deputy brigade commander did not want to make him suffer too much, but no matter how dissatisfied he was, he would never give up and only give up the old, weak and remnants of the army.

In order not to make things worse, which aroused dissatisfaction from Asakawa Nakasa, Wang Dehou could only suppress his anger in his heart and set off with the wicked melons and jujubes carefully selected by the deputy brigade commander.

After walking for an hour, the official road ahead was destroyed again. Wang Dehou, who was full of anger, broke out completely.

In order not to arouse the dissatisfaction of Asakawa Nakasa, he dare not vent his anger on the deputy brigade commander, but he could vent on the two companies picked out by the deputy brigade commander.

Although they were regarded as abandoned children, after all, they had been with the deputy brigade commander, and gave them all the heavy work of building roads, and they took their confidants to supervise the battle.

The two company commanders were very aggrieved, but they didn't dare to say it out.

The deputy brigade commander used to be their backers, but now the deputy brigade commander has given up on them and the backers are gone.

Facing the brigade commander who can decide his life and death in front of him, the two of them cannot be promoted to any rebellious intentions.

I immediately led my subordinates to the front of the convoy, filling the pits, and carrying the soil...

On the official road ten kilometers away, there were more than a dozen soldiers in the chariot platoons were pretending to be the only armored vehicle of the National Salvation Army.

In order to make it raid the enemy, Zhou Cheng disagreed with the opposition and slumped the armored vehicle next to the official road.

First, dig a large pit more than a half meters deep on the ground, repair the entry and exit passage, then drive the armored vehicle in, and finally cover the armored vehicle with thatch and camouflage. From a distance, it looks like a haystack more than one meter high...

The cavalry company lies behind a ground beam, less than two hundred meters away from the armored vehicle. If it attacks quickly, it will take only twenty seconds to catch up with the armored vehicle.

The gun company was arranged on a high ground nearly one kilometer away from the official road. All seven mortars were set up, and the black muzzles pointed directly at the official road.

The adapted first and third companies were all moved in platoons and five hundred meters away from both sides of the official road.

In order not to expose the target in advance, some infantry platoons even lie a mile away.

Because they are too far away from the official road, it means that their mission today is not to directly participate in the battle, but to capture prisoners.

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