The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 289
After learning how to shoot, Xia Yuan and Niuwa also joined the ranks of digging tunnels. Niuwa did not dig into the dead end again. The plan of tunnel warfare is indeed feasible. He has also been on the battlefield. How brutal is the devil fighting.

The weapons and equipment are outdated, and the combat literacy per capita is uneven. The backward weapons and equipment make the guerrillas and militiamen doomed to be unable to fight long-distance combat, but in close combat, the guerrillas and militiamen are not opponents of devils at all. However, the firepower couldn't fight, and he was completely suppressed.

The only thing they can do is to use their brains tactically to try to kill more devils and reduce sacrifices.

All the villagers in Gaojiazhuang launched a vigorous tunnel digging operation, ranging from 70-year-old people to children aged seven or eight. Under the call of the party, young people and women worked hard to dig tunnels, and the old people and children were responsible for dumping the soil. Busy in full swing.

The underground soil structure in Jizhong area is relatively good, with a small amount of gravel, and no large stones were encountered. Xia Yuan held a pickaxe and squatted in the dark tunnel, digging hard at the wall in front of him, without accurate measurement tools, they stood on the ground, and after determining the direction, they dug in the designated direction. There was no direction, and they dug by feeling.

Everyone discussed, first dig through the cellars of each household, and then consider the cave entrance and the dark fort after digging through.

Gao Chuanbao led the militia and guerrillas to dig the tunnel, and the old village head led another group of people to dig the ditch to protect the village. Since there was already a ditch at the entrance of Gaojiazhuang village, everyone discussed to dig another one on the basis of the ditch. Hucungou is fine, but it must be kept dry. After all, the Hucungou is connected to the tunnel. If it is too wet, it may cause the tunnel to collapse.

In order to prevent this from happening, the old village chief carefully discussed this issue when he held a plenary meeting in Gaojiazhuang in the morning, and later decided to dig the village protection ditch to cover the river at the entrance of the village. It is connected with the traffic ditch between the villages and plays the role of a link.

The excavation of the village protection ditch and the traffic ditch is also on the agenda today. The excavation of the tunnel is a big job. In order to catch up with the progress, Xia Yuan proposed to divide the guerrillas and the militia into two groups, and work alternately during the day and night. Come, you can improve the efficiency of tunnel digging.

Just as Gaojia Village was digging tunnels in full swing, the letter sent by the old village head also arrived in the district. The district head saw that it was a letter from Gaojiazhuang, looked at the content, and smiled on his face. Humanity: "Hey, look, Lao Gao and the others seized 23 20-style rifles from the Japanese army, and they seized them by themselves. They said they stole weapons and equipment from a squad of the puppet army in the middle of the night, including 20 rounds of bullets. Some villages including Sanjianfang Village, Xinzhuang Village, and Mazhuang Village lack weapons. Although the [-]-odd rifles are not many, they can solve many problems.”

Someone said: "Heifengkou is only eight miles away from Gaojiazhuang. They obviously need weapons and equipment more than other villages. The pressure they face is not small."

The district chief folded the envelopes, sighed, and said, "During this time, the devils have been carrying out a big sweep. Several villages in central Jizhong have been murdered by devils. The superiors are very angry about this, but now is not the time to retaliate. , the most urgent task is to solve the biggest problem, how to carry out guerrilla warfare against the Japanese devils."

The deputy head said: "It is difficult to carry out guerrilla warfare against the Japanese devils in the plain area. Every step along the way is a bloody lesson."

Someone with a strong will said: "The wisdom of the masses is infinite. We should mobilize the masses and pool their wisdom. If only a few of us think about it, even if we think about it for a lifetime, we probably won't be able to figure it out."

The district chief pondered, and said, "Have you notified the village party committees about the district meeting?"

The deputy head nodded: "The notification has been in place."

The head of the division asked again: "No timetable."

"Not yet, the Japanese ghosts are currently sweeping up and holding a meeting rashly."

The deputy mayor hesitated.

The head of the division said: "There is nothing to hesitate. The devils slaughtered several villages. If we don't do anything, sooner or later they will put a knife on our heads. Two days later, a division meeting will be held. Jiazhuang sent a letter telling Lao Gao in Gaojiazhuang to bring his guns with him to the meeting and hand them over to the guerrillas in other villages.”

He thought for a while, then took out the letter paper and read it again, and said: "Letting Lao Gao bring the little soldiers who seized weapons, more than 20 guns, is also a great achievement. Now the guerrillas, district squads, and militias are too short of weapons. Ammunition, the weapons and ammunition seized should be praised, and the troops should be encouraged to fight the puppet army and the Japanese devils to the end."

The deputy district chief nodded, got up and said, "Yes, I'll arrange it right away." After speaking, he left in a hurry.

The district chief said again: "Old Li, how is the productivity of the arsenal in the border area?"

Lao Li is the director of the arsenal, responsible for the production of weapons and ammunition. He shook his head: "It's too lacking in technology. I can only use black powder to make some hand grenades with little power. Some guns are forged by blacksmiths. They have a short range and low power. Bullets can produce one hundred rounds per day."

It is said to be an arsenal, but it is actually a blacksmith shop that does not look very big. There are several master craftsmen who forge weapons according to the appearance of firearms every day. Unfortunately, the precision of the forged weapons is not high, and the grenades that can be produced independently are only installed. Black gunpowder has very little power and almost no harm to people. The output of bullets is quite impressive. The output of more than [-] rounds per day is considered good. But look at the number of troops of the Eighth Route Army in the entire Jizhong area. , guerrillas, district squads, detachments, etc., if apportioned, a hundred rounds of ammunition are not enough.

Bullets and grenades will be given priority to the main force fighting on the front line, and other teams will basically not be able to get them.

As for guns, it is almost impossible for the arsenal to produce guns. The imitation Mauser pistol can only be loaded with one round at a time. It is better to produce bullets than waste.

This also shows how precious the more than 20 rifles captured by Xia Yuan are.

Gaojiazhuang, after adopting Xia Yuan's suggestion, the efficiency of tunnel digging has improved a lot.

In the dark tunnel, Mao Ni lit a kerosene lamp to help Xia Yuan who was digging the tunnel in front of him illuminate. Xia Yuan was only wearing a vest, with bronze skin and strong muscles, sticking to the mud and sweat, powerfully Swinging the hoe in his hands with both arms, he ruthlessly dug open the tunnel in front of him.

A large amount of dirt was pushed back by him with his hands.

Niuwa shoveled the soil into a basket with a shovel and threw it to the people behind, who then carried the soil dug out of the tunnel to the ground. Mao Ni, who was lighting a kerosene lamp, asked, "Brother Xia Yuan, are you tired?"

Xia Yuan shook his head, and said wheezingly: "I'm not tired, I can still persevere."

Niu Wa said: "Xia Yuan, if you can't hold on any longer, just replace it. You rest and I'll dig."

Xia Yuan said: "It's okay, I can still dig. It has been two days of digging, and the tunnel has been dug a few meters deep. If you want to achieve the expected tunnel that can deal with devils, this tunnel is not enough."

Mao Ni said, "Brother Xia Yuan, what if the devil finds the tunnel?"

Xia Yuan waved his head, digging open the soil with rocks in front of him, and said, "Don't be afraid when the devils find the tunnel, first settle the villagers, and then use the tunnel to fight against the devils."

He pushed the soil on the ground back and said to the two of them, "Just look at it. We dug this tunnel. It goes up and down and extends in all directions. It's like a maze. If a devil comes in, he's at the gate of hell. See When we arrived, we saw Lord Yan, and if we wanted to go out, we had to ask whether the gun in our hand would agree or not."

Mao Ni and Niu Wa have not yet realized the horror of tunnel warfare. In reality, more than 40 militiamen killed [-] Japanese and puppet troops, and only one person was slightly injured. The inevitable direction of the guerrillas.

Both Mao Ni and Niu Wa had joy on their faces, Mao Ni said: "Brother Xia Yuan, you are so smart, the devil is here, you will definitely avenge your father and fellow villagers!"

Xia Yuan pawed the tunnel in front of him and said, "We will definitely, sooner or later we will drive the devils out of China."

Suddenly, he stopped what he was doing, and with his keen hearing, he heard a slight sound from the other side of the tunnel. Seeing Xia Yuan stop, Mao Ni asked, "Brother Xia Yuan, are you tired?"

Xia Yuan shook his head, spit on the palm of his hand, rubbed his hands, grabbed the end of the pickaxe, and chiseled the soil in front of him vigorously, saying: "Not tired, it's almost done, it's done, the first paragraph It's done."

Wiping the sweat off his head, Xia Yuan swung his arms more forcefully, dug away the stones, dug up the soil, listened quietly, judged the direction, changed the direction of the tunnel slightly, and followed the direction of the knocking sound , keep digging.

The tunnel excavation work is the most critical at the moment. Once the tunnel is successfully excavated, they will have the capital to fight against the Japanese devils, and they will not be chased by the Japanese devils.

It was evening, after two days of excavation, they finally reached the depths of the ground. They heard the sound of knocking from the opposite side. Mao Ni and Niu Wa showed joy on their faces, and impatiently dug Xia Yuan down with their hands. The sound is getting closer and closer.

Mao Ni shouted with joy: "Brother Chuanbao! Brother Sixi! Brother Dakang!"

On the other side of the tunnel, Gao Chuanbao put down the pickaxe, turned to Gao Sixi and Dakang and said, "Listen!"

Through the thick layer of soil, I vaguely heard Mauni's voice from the other side. Dakang, who was holding a basket of soil, said, "It's Mauni! It's Mauni's voice!"

He shouted: "Mauni, I'm Dakang, I heard your voice."

After Mao Ni heard the voice from the other side, she was overjoyed and said, "I heard the voice too, Brother Dakang, Brother Dakang!"

Dakang heard Mao Ni's voice and urged Gao Chuanbao to move faster: "Chuanbao, move faster, move faster."

Dong dong dong, the sound of chiseling the wall came again, the soil in the tunnel kept falling off, Niuwa quickly shoveled it up with a shovel, stuffed it into the basket, and the two opposite tunnels slowly approached, getting closer, getting closer The closer you get, the clear knocking sound can already be heard.

The movements of Xia Yuan's hands became faster, and he kept throwing the dirt down. When he hit the tunnel for the last time, the dirt in front of him was suddenly cut open, revealing a dark cavity. With a very happy expression on his face, he heard several people shouting happily:

"Hey, it works!"

"Brother Chuanbao!"

"Come here."

"Dakang, Dakang, go away and ask me to talk."

Niuwa excavated the soil excitedly, and half of his body was about to get through. Dakang and Chuanbao supported Niuwa. The tunnel was only half dug, and Niuwa was half-body stuck in it. He struggled to retreat. "Dig again and again, let it dig it out."

Gao Chuanbao stopped Niuwa from moving, and said: "No! Keep it! If the devil finds the hole and pours water and poison into it, let's block the hole. If the devil gets in, we can use it to resist for a while."

After listening to Gao Chuanbao's suggestion, several people had happy smiles on their faces.

"Yes, keep it, and use it to deal with devils then!"

"That's a good idea!"

Gao Chuanbao asked: "Xia Yuan, what do you think?"

Xia Yuan put the pickaxe aside and said, "I have no objection, but we can build a detour tunnel on the side. If the devil finds this tunnel, we can enter the detour tunnel and sneak attack from behind the devil's butt."

"Hey, that's a good idea. In this way, we have two tunnels. The devil blocks one, and we have another one to pass through."

"You can also dig another one underground to form two detours, making it hard for the devils to guard against!"

"We can also make some traps here, and the devils will step on them and fall into them, and they will be disabled even if they don't die."

Several people listened, pondering and raising opinions, each of them was very happy. They were happy that they had a way to deal with the Japanese devils, and they were happy that the devil's raid no longer threatened them.From the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan to the present, every raid by the Japanese army will cause immeasurable damage to the base areas. Whether it is to the people, or to the Eighth Route Army and guerrillas, the raids by the Japanese and puppet troops have brought them huge losses.

People were killed, money was plundered, wives and daughters were defiled, villages were burned down, houses were set on fire, and almost no grass grew in the place where the devils passed.

The implementation of the Sanguang policy has brought indelible harm to the common people in China. That kind of harm is deeply rooted in the bone marrow and imprinted on the soul.

The tunnel is connected, from Aunt Lin Xia's house to the old loyal uncle's house, the connection of the tunnel allows the people of Gaojiazhuang to see the hope of fighting the devils, Niuwa also realizes the importance of the tunnel, the gun is the weapon against the devil, the tunnel It is a place to protect them, and the combination of the two can play a huge role.

(End of this chapter)