Chapter 54 4. Invite foreign "Eight Ways"

Just when He Long calmly asked everyone to continue watching the show, the Japanese army launched an attack.The 27th Division, the 110th Division, and the 8th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, each with a total of more than 7,000 people, dispatched from Cang County, Botou, Baoding, and Ding County to the area between the Zhulong River and the Ziya River. Carried out the third siege of an unprecedented scale in Jizhong District. The 120th division has just arrived in Jizhong, and the situation is not familiar.In addition, they have been active in the mountains for a long time and lack experience in fighting on the plains. Therefore, some cadres have no idea whether they can gain a foothold in the plains.

Faced with this situation, He Long, Lu Zhengcao and others decided to hide the 120th division in the Hejian area and wait to wipe out the enemy, and use a part of the Jizhong military region to carry out guerrilla warfare east of the Ziya River and west of the Zhulong River to contain the enemy. The leaders of the 120th Division believe that the most important thing at present is to win a few battles and prove that the devils can be defeated with facts, so as to stabilize the mood of the army and the people in central Jizhong; active position. For this reason, on January 28, He Long decisively decided:

1. Concentrate forces to attack the enemies in the direction of Hejian and Renqiu first.Order the 716 regiment to go to the west of Hejian to wait. 2. Transfer 3 companies of the 716 regiment and some cadres to form the 3rd independent detachment of the 120th division, and go to the Baxian and Xiongxian areas on the north bank of the Daqing River to cooperate with the troops of the 5th division; the two companies directly under the division form the 2nd independent detachment of the 120th division. The Renqiu, Dacheng, and Hejian triangle areas will cooperate with the troops of the 3rd division to fight; the independent 1st detachment will go to Wuqiang, Shenxian, Raoyang, and Xianyang to the south of the Hutuo River to cooperate with the troops of the 1st division to fight.He Long gave them three tasks: expand their own troops, and assist local party organizations and anti-Japanese governments in their work.

3. Order the 715 regiment, which has arrived from Daqingshan to the third division of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, to go to Central Hebei in the starry night. After all the divisions of the 120th Division fought hard, they won this first combat victory since entering Jizhong.Subsequently, the division headquarters of the 120th Division, the Jizhong Military Region, and the Party Committee of the Jizhong District moved overnight to the Nanbeiqi and Liubanzhai areas south of the Hutuo River and east of Raoyang. At this time, in view of the fact that the Japanese troops who entered and occupied Raoyang continued to advance southward, they reached Zou Village, 30 kilometers away from the headquarters of the 120th Division; the Japanese troops in Xianxian County occupied Wuqiang; In a critical situation, the 120th Division's combat department proposed to move to the south of Cangshi to avoid these groups of Japanese troops.

For this reason, on the night of February 9, He Long led his troops to Dongwanli and Wobei villages in the southeast of Suning County, north of the Hutuo River.Lu Zhengcao and Cheng Zihua also led the Jizhong Military Region and district party committees to move to Yinjiazhuang, which is adjacent to Dongwanli, for rest and reorganization. The next day, He Long, Lu Zhengcao, and Cheng Zihua led a dozen regiment cadres to survey the terrain of Yinjiazhuang as they walked.What unfolded in front of us was a flat open land, and the road running through the north and south was lined with protective ditches dug by the Japanese army.Such terrain is very beneficial to the attacking side.It is not only convenient for mechanized troops to approach and deploy quickly, but also convenient for small groups of troops to move covertly along the ditch.On the defensive side, it is difficult.

"Report!" The correspondent shouted happily: "The Political Commissar Guan is back!" Everyone focused their attention in unison.At this time, Guan Xiangying had come to Jizhong from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region, and brought a foreigner with him.When He Long saw it, he was overjoyed and shouted: "Ah, isn't this Doctor Bethune?" "Oh, Master He, I see you again!" Bethune spoke blunt Chinese and shook hands with He Long tightly. Bethune, a member of the Canadian Communist Party, traveled thousands of miles and across oceans to China in order to help the Chinese people in their war of resistance against Japan. In 1938, when he was traveling from Yan'an to the Jinchaji Border Region, he passed by Lan County.He Long stayed with him for a week and they got along very well.This time we meet behind enemy lines, don't mention how happy we are with each other.Bethune told He Long that he had brought a medical team of 18 people and asked Mr. He to help arrange it. "Not busy, not busy, let's talk after dinner." He Long ordered "add food" to celebrate, and returned to the headquarters with Bethune.In the evening, the sun is about to set.The world is crimson red, very enthusiastic.Today's meals are much richer than usual, because Dr. Bethune has come, "here comes a foreign 'Eight Route'".Everyone is very happy.As for the four dishes, in addition to cabbage vermicelli, two chickens were killed, and four porcelain pots were filled to the brim.This was indeed the richest and most solemn reception at that time.The chef's skill is not very good, but Bethune ate with great relish.Before he finished eating, he went to He Long again and asked for an immediate assignment of work.

Lu Zhengcao saw that he had gone through a long march, and the snow on the road was so deep that it was difficult to walk. He must be very tired, so he said, "Take a rest first, there is plenty of work." But Bethune said firmly: "I am here to work, not to rest." Then, he showed Lu Zhengcao the plan he had drawn up to go to the army to check the medical situation and perform surgery.It turned out that he made a work plan on the way to Jizhong.Seeing his eagerness to rescue the wounded, Lu Zhengcao stopped dissuading him. He Long thought for a while, and suggested that 18 people should be divided into two teams, one team would follow the 120th Division, and the other team would go to the Jizhong Military Region.Bethune can walk on both sides.Bethune agreed.He Long asked Zeng Yusheng, the Minister of Health of the 120th Division, to follow Bethune, assist Bethune in handling affairs, and take care of his life.

Comrade Bethune regarded saving lives and healing the wounded as the most sacred duty of doctors.He firmly advocated that doctors go to the front line and perform surgery on the wounded as much as possible at the time and place, so as to reduce deaths and shorten hospital stays.When he saw some doctors not going to the front line, he couldn't tolerate it, and even lost his temper; if anyone tried to stop him from going to the front line, he would fly into a rage.He walks the talk and walks the talk.Gunshots are orders, and wherever there are gunshots, he will run there. When the Qihui battle started, Bethune followed He Long's command post and set up an operating room in a small temple 5 miles away from the front line.Shrapnel or stray bullets flew by Bethune's side from time to time.Suddenly, a shell hit and blew up the outer wall of the small temple.Comrade Bethune remained calm and calm, and refused to retreat.He has always been engrossed in his work, and he did not leave the operating room for 3 days and 3 nights.This time alone, he operated on more than 100 wounded.