Chapter 112 5. "Traitors" in the military headquarters

August 13 to September 7 is the first stage of this autumn anti-"mopping up". On August 13, the Japanese North China Front Army "mopped up" Gubeikou, Miyun, and the Shenze, Anping, and Raoyang areas in the northern part of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Anti-Japanese Base Area with the A, B, and C Corps respectively; More than 20,000 people, starting from Shangzhai and Xiaguan in the north along the border of Shanxi and Hebei provinces, passing through Gaohongkou, Bailan, Shangshe, and ending at Niangziguan in the south, were blocked.From then on, the "iron wall encirclement" of the Beiyue and Pingxi districts of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei anti-Japanese base areas began.

According to the movement of the Japanese and puppet troops, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region issued a combat order on August 21, pointing out that the main force of the enemy will turn to the Beiyue District and the Pingxi District, requiring all troops to continue to complete the preparations for the anti-"mopping up" and conduct close reconnaissance to prevent the enemy from suddenly attacking. . On August 23, the Japanese North China Front Army really shifted the focus of its "mopping up" to the Beiyue and Pingxi areas.The 21st Division of the A Corps and the 15th Brigade, each with a total of more than 3,000 people, were divided into three columns from Hongmeichang, Zhuoxian, and Laishui to flatten the Xifangshan Shidu area; the 110th Division of the B Corps, etc. More than 8,000 people in the Ministry, divided into three columns by Dingxing and Fangshun, besieged Beiyue Loushan and Shuiquan areas; Zhengding and Jingxing were divided into three columns, encircling and compressing the party, government and military organs in the Chenjiayuan and Liumuyuan in Pingshan County and Chenjiazhuang in Lingshou County from southeast to northwest; The 3rd and 4th brigades, with a total of more than 5,000 people, cooperated with the C Corps to fight.

In order to smash the "mopping up" by the Japanese and puppet troops, the Eighth Route Army Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region decided: the main force will be transferred to the areas behind the enemy's side such as the Ping-Han and Zhengtai Railways in due course, and the blockade lines and strongholds will be actively launched on the outer lines; The first part of the main force cooperates with the local troops to carry out extensive guerrilla warfare on the inside, conduct blocking and side attacks, to delay, exhaust and consume the enemy, and cover the transfer of institutions and the masses.The internal and external troops and the masses then split up and fought quickly in Dongchengzi, Nanchengzhai and north of Wutai City, causing great damage to the Japanese and puppet troops.The more than 200 militiamen in Pingshan County alone wiped out more than 60 Japanese and puppet troops in the Mitangya area.

After the Japanese and puppet troops encircled and defeated the air, starting from August 29, they gathered heavy troops to encircle the area on both sides of the Shahe River centered on Fuping and the Pingxi area centered on Pengtou and Xiaofengkou.On the 27th, the leadership of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, which stayed in the Niangzishen area of ​​Tang County on the inner line to command operations, moved to Majushi, six kilometers northeast of Fuping.With the enemy approaching on the south, east and northeast fronts, at dusk on the 31st, they jumped from Majushi via Fuping and crossed the Shahe River to the Malan area on the outer line.At that time, the Japanese and puppet troops in the south of Shahe were heavily fortified, and more than 7,000 people from the party, government and military agencies in the border area were transferred to the Leibao area in the north of Shahe on September 1.As a result, it is still trapped in a narrow circle about 25 kilometers from east to west and 30 kilometers from north to south.Moreover, several enemy planes bombed in turn, and the encirclement became smaller and smaller, and the situation was very unfavorable.Commander and political commissar Nie Rongzhen and other heads of the military region were puzzled. Why did the enemy know his whereabouts so clearly?Therefore, Nie Rongzhen immediately held a combat meeting and mobilized everyone to analyze the reasons.

As soon as everyone sat down, a scout came to report that more than 4,000 enemies from the south had arrived at the stables and Wentang, which were only 6 kilometers away.Nie Rongzhen spread out the map, and just as his eyes fell on the name of the stable, another scout reported that 3,000 enemies from the north had arrived at Duanjiazhuang, only 7.5 kilometers away; more than 5,000 enemies from the direction of Baiya in the east were heading towards Leibao Come here; there are more than 5,000 enemies in the direction of Anziling in the west, rushing here like a tide. Shu Tong, director of the political department, pushed his glasses, frowned, and was puzzled: "There seems to be a ghost today. The enemy planes came to bomb at dawn. Wherever we go, the planes follow. Our every move, the enemy How can you know so clearly?"

Chief of Staff Tang Yanjie said: "It's too late to analyze now, Commander Nie, we are surrounded by the enemy on all sides, the most urgent thing is to break out from the enemy's encirclement gap as quickly as possible, I'm afraid we won't be able to break out if it's too late." "No!" Nie Rongzhen shook his head and said, "Why the enemy knows our every move like the back of the palm of our hand, this reason can't be found, we will never break out of the enemy's encirclement." "Commander Nie, could there be traitors among us?" someone asked.

"No." Nie Rongzhen analyzed, "If there is a traitor in our team, wait until he sends the situation to Okamura Neji, and Okamura Neji will send a team to deal with us again, it will not be so fast." At this time, the nearby radio station that kept in touch with the various military regions suddenly rang "tick-tock". "The traitor is it!" Nie Rongzhen pointed to the radio and suddenly realized.His eyes glowed, he patted the table, and said with certainty: "The problem is our radio station. The enemy has a direction finder, which can not only measure the direction, but also receive the call sign for us to contact Yan'an. As long as we turn on the phone and communicate Contact Yan'an with the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and the enemy will immediately know our location, immediately send planes to bomb and send ground troops to surround us."

When Nie Rongzhen mentioned the direction finder, everyone nodded and agreed with this conclusion.