The father of the sword is Kong Jie

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Witnessing natural and man-made disasters along the way, the people are in dire straits.

Although Shen Wenyue and Xiao Wu sympathized with the victims and wanted to help them, they were helpless.

When passing through a large number of refugees, Xiao Wu tightened the package containing dry food, touched the pistol worn on his waist with his right hand, and watched his surroundings vigilantly.

Also as a farmer's child, tried starvation.

Xiao Wu knows too well that under the influence of hunger, human nature does not exist at all.

He and reporter Shen brought this week's dry food. If this was exposed to the victims, these anxious victims would definitely flock to it and cause unnecessary riots.

"Folks, keep going north, and you will encounter some shelters along the way. These are the shelters set up by our Eighth Route Army Northwest Shanxi Anti-Japanese First Detachment along the way.

The comrades there will tell everyone how to go afterwards.

As long as we cross the Yellow River and enter the Three Jins, our Eighth Route Army will definitely find a way to help everyone tide over the difficulties. "

At this time, a voice came from not far away. Shen Wenyue and Xiao Wu heard the words and looked around. It turned out that they had encountered a shelter built by the Independence Regiment.

The comrades in the shelter are doing publicity with the victims in the aisle.

"Head Kong's measures to help the victims have been extended here!" Shen Wenyue, who saw this scene, said with emotion.

Xiao Wu smiled and said: "Yes, our regiment leader always thinks ahead of others, he said long ago that we will build these shelters along the way to help the fleeing people.

The head of the group said that as long as everyone works together and perseveres, the difficulties will pass sooner or later. "

Shen Wenyue nodded.

She also has a way to help the victims.

Along the way, she met people fleeing collectively, all of them were sallow and emaciated, and the bones of starved to death could be seen everywhere on both sides of the official road.

She tried to take pictures with the camera in her hand.

In her words: "Army and governments around the world are only focusing on the war against Japan right now, how can anyone pay attention to the tragedy that is happening now?

If the scenes here are not photographed by a camera and preserved, who would believe it?

It is hoped that the information obtained in this in-depth interview, the photos taken, and the subsequent reports will attract the attention of the government and focus on helping the victims. "

To this end, Shen Wenyue also interviewed some victims along the way.

Xiao Wu stared at the side, and explained for Shen Wenyue: "My fellow, this is a reporter. If you can report the sufferings that happened here and let everyone know, then the government will be able to focus and help Everyone, if Reporter Shen asks anything, you should cooperate and answer truthfully!"

The old man who was questioned nodded his head after hearing this.

Shen Wenyue asked: "My fellow, where did you come from?"

The old man said in a Henan accent, "I came all the way from Central Henan."

"Yuzhong, then this road is not close!"

"Hey, who said otherwise, seven or eight of those who traveled with me starved to death along the way!"

"Why did you flee? I heard that there was a drought in central Henan, but didn't the government take any rescue measures?"

When the old man heard this, he showed an expression filled with righteous indignation, and cursed: "Hey, those dogs, can you count on them?
Originally, our households were the key places, and many families had saved some grain, and those white dogs went to the village every three days to collect grain.

Usually, when the harvest is good, our households can make do with miscellaneous grains and wild vegetables.

Once there is a natural disaster, the harvest is not good, and even the wild vegetables are not eaten, and the bark of the elm trees around my village has been eaten clean.

The children were so hungry that they went to eat Guanyin soil, and some of them had stomach pains, which made them die of pain.

We wanted to find a way out, so we had to escape.

Those who have the strength to run, those who are too old to run, can only stay in the village, waiting to starve to death..."

When it came to the sadness, the old man choked up and couldn't speak.

Hearing the old man's words, Shen Wenyue, with a heavy heart, quickly recorded in her notebook, she wanted to report the old man's exact words.

In this way, we continued to go deeper in the direction of Yuzhong.

Shen Wenyue's notebook kept getting better and better, and she took more and more photos.

……

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At this time, the battle situation in Zhongtiao Mountain was also quietly evolving.

Uchida Shinya, the captain of the Devils Kwantung Army who personally sits at the headquarters of Jixian County, is now full of ambition.

After the first confrontation with the Independent Fourth Regiment, the failure caused by carelessness, after learning a lesson.

Uchida Nobu also immediately adjusted his combat deployment and strategy against the enemy, fought steadily, and gradually eroded the guerrilla zone of the Fourth Independent Regiment by using the policy of merging villages.

During this period of time, the Eighth Route Army did not seem to have a good way to deal with the gradual encroachment of the Japanese army, but only passively chose to defend.

It was just some harassment along the way, but it failed to stop the Japanese army from consolidating.

All this was expected by the old devil Uchida Shinya.

"Gradually nibble away the guerrilla areas of the Eighth Route Army, advance strongholds and fortifications, compress the living space of the Eighth Route Army within a limited range, and then use the final sweep to wipe them out in one fell swoop."

Five days.

In the military meeting of the headquarters, Uchida Shin also talked about his plan to destroy the Fourth Independent Regiment.

Then a communications soldier arrived and reported to Uchida Xingyehui:

"Reporting to your Excellency, Captain, there is news from Guzhen that a large number of main combat troops of the Eighth Route Army have suddenly appeared and are attacking Guzhen!"

"Nani?"

Uchida Shinobu was also a little dumbfounded. Just now, he also made a strong analysis that the Eighth Route Army can only defend passively at the moment, and has no power to fight back.

Who would have thought that with this turn of the head, Eight Routes would dare to take the initiative to attack the township.

Uchida Shinobi pondered for a moment, but couldn't figure out what these eight ways meant.

But Guzhen couldn't ignore it, he immediately issued an order to send reinforcements to Guzhen.

... "Reporting to your Excellency, Captain, Qingxiang was suddenly attacked by the Eighth Route Army, and the city gate was almost breached. The Qingxiang headquarters has sent a call for help!"

"Baga! These damned Tubalu, what on earth are you trying to do?"

Uchida Shin was also furious.

Usually, I want to find a decisive battle with the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army has been using the mountainous areas to fight guerrillas against the Japanese army, and never gave the Japanese army a chance for a decisive battle.

Right now, Uchida Shin also no longer expects to have a decisive battle with Yalu.

Instead, they attempted to use the policy of garrisoning and encroaching on the guerrilla areas of the Eighth Route Army gradually, and finally encircled the Eighth Route Army.

Who would have thought that at this juncture, the Eighth Route Army would launch an offensive on its own initiative.

Although the intention of the Eighth Route Army is unclear, the strength of the Japanese army in the Zhongtiao Mountain area is obviously far greater than that of the Fourth Independent Regiment.

After Uchida Shinya settled down, he immediately issued a combat deployment, and a large number of troops encircled Qingxiang and Guzhen.

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Guzhen, Qingxiang, although the attack of the Fourth Independent Regiment was massive.

The gates of Qingxiang were even captured.

The Japanese troops stationed in Qingxiang and Guzhen did not hesitate to believe that the Eighth Route Army launched a conspiracy in an attempt to take down Qingxiang and Guzhen.

But in fact……

"It's just a feint!"

"Don't stop the attack of the troops, use the shells as they need to be used, we must set up the formation, and let the little devil believe that we are rushing to Qingxiang."

Outside Qingxiang.

The battalion commander of the Fourth Independent Regiment commanding the battle repeatedly ordered.

Not long after, the reconnaissance and soldiers returned, and reported again: "Report to the battalion commander, the Japanese army encircled from the west, east, and north. The nearest place is less than two kilometers away from us."

The first battalion commander looked at the watch in his hand and calculated the time. It has been nearly an hour since the attack on Qingxiang was launched.

The purpose of the feint attack has been achieved, and staying any longer will only put the troops in crisis. He gave the order without hesitation:
"The main force of the battalion immediately retreated, leaving half of the company to continue the feint attack, and then retreated from the mountain path."

"Yes!"

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Independent Fourth Regiment Headquarters.

The news from all parties was continuously sent back through the communication soldiers.

As for the Fourth Independent Regiment fighting in Zhongtiao Mountain, Kong Jie had put a lot of money into it.

The equipment is the best equipment, and it is even built into an all-round beauty troupe right now.

The communication equipment was not bad at all. Kong Jie sent a lot of small radios and walkie-talkies.

These convenient communication channels have undoubtedly brought the combat effectiveness of the four regiments to a higher level.

Looking at the combat map in front of him, Wang Huaibao analyzed: "Qingxiang and Guzhen have successfully attracted the attention of the Japanese army."

"The Japanese army deployed a large number of troops to encircle Qingxiang and Guzhen, which gave the fourth battalion led by Han Feng a chance to intersperse and detour."

The deputy head added from the side: "Duan Peng has also taken the opportunity to set off with the commando, and it is estimated that he will be able to reach the devil county in a short time."

"Our preparations are all ready, just waiting for his little devil to be angered by us and launch a big sweep!"

"That's right!" Wang Huaibao said with a smile, "This is really interesting, we are actually looking at the devil's big raid!"

... the afternoon of the fifth day.

The troops of the Eighth Route Army rushed in like a tide and quickly attacked Qingxiang and Guzhen. After the Japanese army surrounded them with a large number of troops, they disappeared without a trace.

The Japanese troops who arrived blocked the distance of more than ten miles around Qingxiang and Guzhen, but still failed to block the retreating Eighth Route Army troops.

The old devil Uchida Nobuya's nose was almost crooked.

idiot--

"It's this one again!"

"These goddamn bastards, the favorite is to play tricks."

However, the Eighth Route Army troops that appeared in large numbers and launched surprise attacks had to be guarded against.

Considering that now is the critical period of the policy of merging villages.

Whether the Eighth Route Army's guerrilla zone can be successfully encroached and the Eighth Route Army's activity space can be completely locked in a local small area depends entirely on the control of the next situation.

Uchida Shinobu was also worried that the Eighth Route Army would appear to make trouble while the policy of merging villages continued.

Therefore, after the analysis by the staff department, Uchida Nobu also decided to repeat the same trick.

He ordered troops from all sides to launch a steady sweep of the Eighth Route in Zhongtiao Mountain.

This kind of big sweep is different from the usual big sweep.

The Japanese army would not rush into the mountains, let alone advance alone, in order to prevent being ambushed by the Eighth Route Army troops.

The little devils will rely on the villages along the Eighth Route Army's guerrilla area and gradually move forward.

In addition, the terrain of Zhongtiao Mountain is narrow and long, not as good as Taihang, which has a wide depth.

The Japanese army can even guarantee the distance between the sweeping troops and the sweeping troops, and they can reinforce each other at any time.

So Uchida Nobu was never worried that a certain unit would be suddenly killed by the Eighth Route Army during the sweep.

Balu doesn't have this strength at all.

Even with this strength, it would be too late to quickly wipe out a mopping-up force of the Japanese army.

On the morning of the sixth day.

The Japanese army launched a sweeping raid that gradually advanced.

The entire mopping net was connected into one piece, and the Japanese army deployed a large number of reconnaissance troops along the way, and there were even Devil reconnaissance planes circling and roaring back and forth above Zhongtiao Mountain.

The Fourth Independent Regiment was not given a chance to break through at all.

Uchida Nobuya also arranged for other security forces to quickly encroach on the villages in the Eighth Route Army's guerrilla areas along with the progressive sweep.

In the headquarters of the brigade advancing with the army.

As the commander-in-chief of the vanguard force, Nobuo Uchida also looked confident.

The big raid this time was his revenge against the Eighth Route Army's Tuqing Township and Guzhen.

In Uchida Nobuya's view, this is Eight Routes playing with fire and setting themselves on fire. If you dare to provoke the Great Japanese Empire, you must be prepared to be destroyed.

"Order all the ministries to search carefully and move forward to ensure that no fish slips through the net!"

"Hi!"

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Unfortunately, the fish that slipped through the net did not appear.

It's just that the commandos and the soldiers of the Fourth Battalion had penetrated into the rear of the Japanese army while the Fourth Regiment pretended to attack Qingxiang and Guzhen.

It was not in the sweeping net of the Japanese army.

Han Feng divided the fourth battalion and company into four interspersed teams.

Under the leadership of Duan Peng, the commando has successfully sneaked into Ji County, an important city of the Japanese army in Zhongtiao Mountain.

The first battalion, the second battalion, and the third battalion, under the unified mobilization of the head of the regiment Wang Huaibao, contained the Japanese army's sweep from the front.

All parties are ready.

[-]:[-] a.m. on the [-]th.

The vanguard troops commanded by Uchida Shinya took the lead in confronting the combat troops of the First Battalion of the Fourth Independent Regiment.

But this time, the fierce firepower displayed by the soldiers of the first battalion really shocked the old devil Uchida Nobuo.

The forward observation post reported: "The Eighth Route Army is well-equipped, and even has a lot of American equipment in its hands, including Garand plate automatic rifles, M2 60mm mortars, and some Browning heavy machine guns...

The vanguard suffered heavy casualties and was temporarily unable to break through the fortifications of the Eighth Route Army. "

Uchida Shinobu was also secretly surprised.

Only now did he realize that he still underestimated the Fourth Independent Regiment of Zhongtiao Mountain.

Plenty of American gear...

He couldn't figure out where the Eighth Route Army got these equipments.

And in this confrontation, the courage displayed by the eighth road is also completely different from the previous few times.

In the past few times, the Eight Routes mainly focused on blocking and harassing, and they would never directly open up their positions and use fortifications to engage in a frontal confrontation like they are doing now.

This made Uchida Shinya undecided for a while.

Uchida Shin also had no choice but to send the news back to the rear headquarters.

The devil's rear headquarters issued an order that Uchida Shino must also eat the main force of the eight routes.

The devils in the headquarters are worried that if such a powerful and well-equipped Eight Route Army is not eliminated by the opportunity, it will definitely cause endless troubles in the future.

After receiving the order, Nobuo Uchida no longer hesitated. He was confident, although the eight routes had powerful firepower and well-equipped equipment.

But our own firepower is also not bad, and in addition to having an absolute advantage in military strength, even if it is exhausted, it can also consume the main force of the eight routes.

"Notify the forward troops, continue to attack!"

"Hi!"

"The Ministry of Communications immediately contacted the headquarters and requested air support!"

"Hi!"

The battle between the two sides intensified, and with the arrival of the Japanese squadron, it quickly became fierce...