The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 290

The digging of the tunnel gave the villagers of Gaojiazhuang hope, and at the same time confirmed the feasibility of the tunnel warfare plan.

The militia and guerrillas were in charge of digging the tunnels, while the young women's anti-Japanese vanguard team was in charge of designing the entrances. Lin Xia led the women in the village to wander around every house, looking for a suitable entrance for the tunnel.

Lin Xia was lost in thought while looking at the manger in the stable, and a bold idea came to her mind, she said: "We can make a hole in the manger, and then make a wooden board that can be stretched. If the devil wants to find the hole, then Almost impossible."

After summing up, several women clapped their hands, admiring the ingenious design of the hole.

Immediately afterwards, they spread out their whimsical ideas in the courtyard, in the room, and in the stove, thinking about how to design the hole ingeniously. They removed the kiln bricks on the ground and opened a hole in the side wall. Wall, put the bricks on the wooden board, stick them with clay, push them into the empty wall, and the wooden board will drag the clay-bonded bricks into the empty wall. .

They hollowed out the stove and used the same method, but this time they wrapped the wooden boards with clay, waited to dry, and put them in the stove to make a push-pull type, even if they lit a fire inside, there was no problem.

They thought of many ways, and when they didn't think of it, they mobilized the power of the masses, mobilized everyone to gather together, and discussed how to dig the tunnel entrance more concealed, so that it was harder for the devils to be found.

It has to be said that the power of the masses is infinite. With the joint efforts of men, women and children in Gaojiazhuang, they learned the tunnel design drawings drawn by Xia Yuan at the beginning, and sketched a few with scribbled lines. It seems very simple, but after careful consideration But it is not a simple tunnel.

Even Xia Yuan never thought of some tunnel crossings.

After the tunnels of Uncle Zhong and Sister-in-law Lin Xia were dug through, the feasibility of tunnel warfare was confirmed.

The people of the entire Gaojiazhuang were actively mobilized, regardless of gender, old or young, to participate, and the tunnel digging of the entire Gaojiazhuang was vigorously launched.

Since there was no tool to determine the exact direction, the old village head took people to stand on the tree and observe the direction from the house.

As the proponent of the tunnel plan, Xia Yuan took Niu Wa to conduct a detailed survey of the cellars of every household in the village. Since the cellar openings are fixed, it is difficult to modify them.

So on the original cellar, everyone brainstormed, and finally Xia Yuan mentioned the idea of ​​the bait cellar, which is to use the original cellar to disturb the sight of the Japanese devils, thereby delaying time. The village is divided into four areas, and eight entry tunnels are set up to ensure that when the Japanese devils arrive, the whole village can enter the tunnel in the shortest time.

A tunnel-digging movement carried out by all the villagers in Gaojiazhuang was vigorously launched. The people of the entire Gaojiazhuang gathered together, you dig holes, I transport soil, work together, unite as one, and the work of digging tunnels is progressing in an orderly manner .

On this day, Xia Yuan came out of the tunnel covered in dirt and sweat, and Mao Ni handed over a not-so-clean towel: "Brother Xia Yuan, wipe off your sweat."

Xia Yuan took it, wiped off the sweat on his face, exhaled, looked around at the busy villagers, but Gao Chuanbao and others were not there, so he asked, "Mao Ni, where is your brother?"

"My brother." Mao Ni thought for a while, and said, "My brother went to a meeting, and I think he will be back after the meeting."

"A meeting? Go to the district?"

Xia Yuan also learned that in response to the devil's sweep of the plains, the superiors probably have new actions.

On the protracted war!

"On Protracted War" is a speech given by the same person at the Yan'an Anti-Japanese Research Conference from May 1938 to June 5, 26.The speech consists of 6 topics, divided into two parts. "On Protracted War" is a programmatic document for the victory of the Anti-Japanese War led by the Communist Party of China.Starting from the overall strategic situation of the country, the speech profoundly stated that the War of Resistance Against Japan must go through three stages: strategic defense, strategic stalemate, and strategic counteroffensive, thus revealing the process and laws of the development of the War of Resistance Against Japan, and refuting the "theory of national subjugation" and "quick victory". Argument".

Respectively, fighting for eternal peace; initiative in war; war and politics; political mobilization for resistance against Japan; purpose of war; offensive in defense, quick decision in protracted, outer line in inner line; initiative, flexibility, planning; Mobile warfare, guerrilla warfare, and positional warfare; wars of attrition and annihilation; the possibility of taking advantage of the enemy's gap; decisive battle issues in the War of Resistance Against Japan; soldiers and people are the basis of victory.

At the end of the speech, he firmly pointed out that the War of Resistance Against Japan was a protracted war, and the final victory belonged to China!
Xia Yuan thought that in this meeting in the district, in addition to discussing the mopping up of the Japanese army, there was also the discussion on the protracted war, which was the most important idea in the War of Resistance Against Japan, which inspired countless militiamen, The guerrillas and even the masses and common people were the most important ideological basis at that time, and it was the important determination of all soldiers and civilians to persist in the war of resistance, which inspired them over and over again.

"I didn't go to the district. Brother Chuanbao was having a meeting with Uncle Zhong, Sister-in-law Lin Xia, and the village head." Mao Ni took Xia Yuan's towel and rinsed it in the muddy well water, telling Xia Yuan.

Xia Yuan nodded, and didn't ask any more questions. Most likely, he was a few key members of the village. He is not yet a key member, but after capturing a lot of guns and ammunition from the puppet army last time, he was among the guerrillas. His prestige has also increased a lot, far surpassing Niu Wa, and even to a certain extent, his prestige has surpassed Gao Chuanbao.

After all, he proposed the plan of tunnel warfare, which greatly changed the current difficult situation in Gaojia Village against Japan. His contribution far surpassed that of the village chief. The vast majority of people should maintain their identity and status, and they still want to maintain it.

Of course, Xia Yuan will not be content with the status quo. Apart from passively defending Gaojiazhuang, he also hopes to take the initiative to attack.

All the plans are intertwined, and only after the tunnel matures in Gaojiazhuang, can he lead the guerrillas to take the initiative to attack, and not only the tunnels in Gaojiazhuang, but also the tunnels in several nearby villages have to be formed, otherwise Gaojiazhuang The tunnels here are progressing fast, and other villages may not be able to catch up with Gaojiazhuang, and once they move here, the Japanese devils will definitely vent their anger on other villages.

You can't let the people pay for your actions just because you act alone.

The War of Resistance Against Japan was a very special war. It was a war of aggression. The Japanese army invaded the land of China unscrupulously. Cruel, they will not only make a fuss about the captives, but also make a fuss about the common people.

They even know very well how to deal with the Eighth Route Army.

For example, in a landmine war, the Japanese devils captured the villagers of a village, and then asked the villagers to go to the front to go to the mines. They would not go to the front and let the Eighth Route Army fight and bomb them. Otherwise, how could they do it? to the extent of invasion of China.

Therefore, if you want to act alone now, the time is not yet fully ripe.

After Xia Yuan thought about it, he could only focus on the puppet soldiers whom the Japanese devils did not regard as adults, a group of guys who even abandoned their own country. This is a militaristic Japanese devil with the spirit of Bushido, especially those Japanese The officers are very disdainful. In their eyes, the puppet army is not even as good as a livestock.

"Mao Ni, where's Brother Niu Wa?" Xia Yuan wiped his face with water, and asked with a touch of relief.

"Brother Niuwa is digging the village ditch at the entrance of the village. The ditch has been dug so quickly that it has already been dug for less than half." Mao Ni replied, she lifted the white cloth from the basket on the side, took out a steamed bun made of coarse grains, and said : "Brother Xia Yuan, are you hungry, eat something first."

"I'm not hungry, you should eat first. Are you tired after transporting so much sand? Let's rest." Xia Yuan looked at Mao Yatou.

"Brother Xia Yuan, I'm not hungry or tired. Brother Erlin, Mrs. Xiujun, and Mrs. Wanying are all digging tunnels down there. I'll just transport some sand, so I'm not tired."

Mao Yatou's face was covered with wind and sand dust, her hair was wrapped in a piece of white cloth, she was wearing a dress made of gray linen, her hands were covered with thick calluses, her skin was rough and dark, her lips looked a little chapped, and her eyes were Very agile and bright, just like the eyes of elves.

Xia Yuan patted Mao Yatou's shoulder with a smile on his face: "Don't hold on when you're tired, your body is the most important thing, and you'll have to fight the little devil in the future."

"Hey." Mao Ni nodded happily.

"Manny, Mauni."

The rope in the tunnel turned again, and at the same time there was a cry.

"Coming!" Mao Ni opened her mouth, turned her head and said, "Brother Xia Yuan, I'm off to work."

"it is good."

Mauni ran to the entrance of the tunnel, where there was a rope wrapped around the water well, and there was a rotating rocker handle. She grabbed the rocker, and after hearing the movement in the tunnel, she shook the rocker vigorously, stirring vigorously upwards , and soon a basket of sand was pulled up, without wiping the sweat from his forehead, he stuck the rocker on the bayonet, stretched out his hand to grab the sand in the basket, gritted his teeth, and dragged the basket with both hands to a wooden machine. He poured the sand on the cart, then threw the basket down, and pushed the cart very skillfully, and ran out of the village.

While running, he shouted, "Brother Xia Yuan, I'm off to work."

Xia Yuan smiled and shook his head, this girl. He felt a little bit emotional, women in this era can really hold up half the sky.

"Xia Yuan, Xia Yuan."

With a gun on his back, Sanbao ran over from the other side, panted and said, "I was looking for you, I thought you were in the tunnel, hurry up, the village chief is looking for you."

"Oh?"

Xia Yuan's eyes moved slightly, he tightened the gun behind him, followed Sanbao's footsteps to the village head's house.

The condition of the village chief's house is also mediocre, not even as good as Chuanbao's house. It looks very shabby. There is only a table, three crooked stools, a bed and a dilapidated and shapeless cabinet in the empty room. There are all kinds of sundries piled up in the corner.

In this regard, it is the same as Chuanbao's home. Chuanbao's home also piles up all kinds of sundries. Whether they are useful or not, they are all piled in the house at home. When will it come in handy.

In the empty room, the old village head, Gao Chuanbao, Gao Laozhong, Lin Xia, and several lesbians from the Women's Salvation Association were gathering together. On the table was a pot of tea and a handful of melon seeds that didn't look very good .

Several people were sitting or standing around, and Sanbao shouted loudly: "Village Chief, Uncle Zhong, Xia Yuan is here."

Hearing Sanbao's voice, everyone got up one after another, and saw Xia Yuan walking in from the outside.

"You are here, sit down quickly." The old village chief offered to give up the stool under his buttocks.

"Village chief, I can just stand up." Xia Yuan stopped the old village chief's movements, looked around, and had a general idea in his mind.

"Well, Comrade Xia Yuan is here, so let's make a long story short. This time, there will be a meeting in the district. Only me, Chuanbao, Xia Yuan, and Sanbao will go, and the rest will stay in the village to carry out the work of tunnel warfare."

The old village chief didn't say much. Obviously, he had already explained everything to them during the previous meeting, and this time it was mainly for the meeting in the district, and he took Xia Yuan with him.

Xia Yuan thought to himself, the plot is about to begin.

Uncle Zhong smoked a cigarette and said, "Leave the tunnel to me, Chuanbao, and Lin Xia. Remember to mention the traffic ditches to the district. The connection between villages is too important. In this way, we can avoid the situation of fighting alone, and also avoid the situation of falling into death."

Uncle Zhong and the old village head are older, well-informed people in the village, and their ideological awareness is also very high. They understand the feasibility of Xia Yuan's tunnel warfare plan better than others, and even protect the village ditch. The idea of ​​the traffic ditch is perfect, especially the traffic ditch, which improves the connection between villages. Once the tunnel is dug, it can even reach the traffic ditch directly through the village, and reach another village through the tunnel in the traffic ditch.

The Japanese devils used strongholds to connect the gun towers to spread a large web like a spider web in the central Jizhong Plain, and every village in the large web is a prey to be slaughtered.

In the past, there were open plains between villages. Once the Japanese army launched a sweep, they only needed one or two machine guns to cut off the connection between villages. It would be easier to isolate a village. With a gun tower in a stronghold, a village can be isolated as soon as the Japanese devils are dispatched. It can be said that there is almost no transportation guarantee between the previous villages.

Once a war starts, the devils can isolate a village and make it isolated and helpless with a simple movement.

This is very unfavorable to the form of guerrilla warfare in the anti-Japanese war behind enemy lines, and even guerrilla warfare is almost impossible to carry out. In the plain area of ​​Yimapingchuan, a heavy machine gun of the Japanese army can radiate an area. Under the muzzle of the heavy machine gun, any guerrilla is In vain.

What's more, the Japanese army still has tanks. In the plain area, in the eyes of guerrillas and militias who are not regular armies with outdated weapons and equipment, they are almost indestructible.

(End of this chapter)