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Chapter 147 Chapter 146, The Japs move and prepare for war

The headquarters was afraid that the devils would cause trouble, so they strengthened the investigation in Northwest Shanxi, Southeast Shanxi, Central Shanxi, Beiyue District and other places. However, these places did not include the southern part of Hebei. Why? Because the devils in this area were already causing trouble! It was precisely because the devils were causing trouble in southern Hebei that the headquarters especially strengthened the investigation of these surrounding bases, fearing that the devils would attack from multiple directions.

"In January 1939, the Japanese North China Front Army began to implement the first phase of the "security rectification operation" plan, carrying out large-scale continuous "mopping up" of the anti-Japanese bases in the North China Plain. Among them, the main force of the Japanese 1th Division and parts of the 10th, 27th, and 110th Divisions, totaling more than 114 people and part of the puppet army, "mopped up" the anti-Japanese base in southern Hebei."

That's right, this is the information Li Yuexuan found in the book! And he also knew that at this time, the brigade commander had already led the New 344st Regiment, the Supplementary Regiment, the 688th Regiment of the 3th Brigade, the 3rd Regiment of the Eastward Column, the rd Battalion of the Advance Detachment, and the rd Division of Ji'nan to deal with the devils in Ji'nan. In a few days, there will be a very famous plain ambush.

That’s right, it was the Xiangchenggu ambush that made the Japanese so angry that they wrote the words “Specially attack the 386th Brigade” on the tank!

"So, when the brigade was fighting, it was still thinking about sending supplies and personnel to the Pingshan guerrillas. This shows how much they value our small guerrilla team. Well, it seems that the 772nd Regiment, which was looked down upon by Li Yunlong, did not go to southern Hebei, but stayed in Taihang Mountains." Li Yuexuan was reading a novel, looking for information, and thinking about things.

Is it ridiculous to find information in a novel? Well, the novel is fake, but the approximate timeline is real, and the map of the battle was also found by the author, so it can still be used as information. After all, Lao Wai has complained in the group that it often takes a long time to find a real place name that needs to be used, and it is necessary to refer to local records to determine where it is. Because it has been decades, some places no longer exist, and some places have changed their names, so it is really difficult to find...

"What happened in southern Hebei has nothing to do with Ping'an County. The independent regiment has never existed, and has never been in northwestern Shanxi... Some people who hold up the red flag to oppose the red flag never check the information carefully. They only use their writing skills and the contrast between the past and the present to insinuate. It's just that the intensity of some things is too low..." Li Yuexuan complained in his heart, but had to live in this fictional world.

Life goes on, and the battle is still going on in the southern part of Hebei! Of course, the New 1st Regiment is much better now! The captured Type 92 heavy machine guns and Type 92 heavy machine guns were left in the New 1st Regiment by the Beiyue District. Therefore, each platoon under Li Yunlong has a Type 92 heavy machine gun as suppressive firepower. The key is that there is no shortage of bullets, no shortage of bullets, no shortage of bullets! Important things should be said three times.

In addition to the light and heavy machine guns, the captured Type 92 infantry guns were also left in part of the New 1st Regiment, which made the firepower of the New 1st Regiment even stronger! The key is that veterans such as Zhang Chong and Yu Xiaoyu also became grenade launchers and used the grenade launchers captured by the New 1st Regiment...

Therefore, Li Yuexuan was not worried about the situation in the Ji'nan District at all, and he continued to work on production and training as usual. At this time, he was already the real supplementary platoon leader, with 11 soldiers in the comprehensive squad, 20 soldiers in the supplementary squad, and 33 people including the deputy platoon leader Guo Liandong.

Li Yuexuan is still the leader of the comprehensive class, and he forms a 4-man combat team with Jiang Daquan, Xu Hongying and Cai Xiaotian. Li Yuexuan is a grenade launcher soldier and sniper, Xu Hongying is a precision shooter, and helps carry 4 grenades. Jiang Daquan is the deputy shooter of the grenade launcher, and usually helps carry the grenade launcher and 16 grenades. Cai Xiaotian always follows Li Yuexuan and also helps carry some bullets to participate in the battle.

The deputy squad leader of the comprehensive squad was the old Taoist priest Chen Jue'an, who led 7 soldiers to form a medical team responsible for battlefield rescue work during the battle. The squad leader of the supplementary squad was Yang Gongxun, who led 19 soldiers to serve as supplementary soldiers for the entire team. During the battle, he needed to help the transport squad carry combat supplies and provisions, and he also used two shotguns.

At this time, the guerrillas have begun to take shape, and their demand for meat is not as much as during the intensive training. However, while conducting comprehensive training, they still insist on sending people out hunting from time to time.

Hunting? That's normal! Most of the 24 wild boars have become bacon that is drying in the sun, and the offal, pig heads and brains have been eaten up. There must be a continuous source of meat, right?
"We have a lot of beans. After making tofu, the bean dregs can't be wasted, so I asked the kitchen staff for some to use as bait!" In the pine forest where they hunted, Bai Dabao and Li Yuexuan came here again with the comprehensive class and the training team members for intensive shooting training. It was Bai Dabao who spoke.

"Pay attention to the mark on the tree trunk! Look at the direction the tip is pointing to, that's the trap we set! Be careful, if you step on it you will fall, there are bamboo thorns underneath. If you're lucky you'll get a hole in your body, but if you're unlucky you'll die! So in this forest, except for a few of us who are familiar with the situation, don't come in unless you have time!" Bai Dabao said, pointing to the mark in the woods.

"Understood!" the soldiers answered in unison.

"Well, let's go to the next place, where we set up the flip trap, to see if there is any harvest there!" Bai Dabao led people to another forest, and saw some cleared ground, on which there were obviously some wooden boards laid on the ground. On the wooden boards, there were also frozen tofu dregs as bait.

"This is a flip-board trap. Look at this small wooden board. It's okay to step on this end because there is support underneath. The other end has no support, so it will sink if you step on it. Moreover, with the support on the other side pointing downward, the prey below can't push up! Look, there's a pheasant in it..."

Bai Dabao said as he reached into the trap and pulled out a pheasant. Looking at the pheasant still flapping its wings, he continued, "The structure of this trap is very simple, but if used in a battle, it can kill people! If it is in a narrow place like a tunnel, someone will step on it without knowing it and fall. Then lay a layer of bamboo thorns on the ground..."

After the guerrillas were established, their daily training became plain and interesting.

However, this dull but interesting training life was completely disrupted after the signalman from the Qinlai Detachment came. That's right, the devils from the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade finally couldn't hold back their temper and came out to cause trouble.

Time: February 39, 2; Location: East Wing of Liang Family Compound; Personnel: guerrilla platoon-level cadres and above and several communications soldiers from the 5st Company of the 1st Battalion of the Independent Detachment.

"The day before yesterday, that is, on the 3rd, several trucks full of Japanese troops and trucks with supplies drove to the Japanese strongholds of Baicun, Huangcun, and Zhoucun. According to observation, there were about 200 people going to each stronghold, which should be the size of a squadron. At first we thought it was the Japanese changing their guard, so we continued to observe and notified the surrounding villages."

"But yesterday, the Japanese didn't change their guard and leave. Instead, the troops in Baicun and Huangcun went out. They were divided into several small teams ranging from 20 to 50 people to sweep the villages around the strongholds. Although we notified them in advance, it was not easy for the people to hide in the mountains in the winter, and since they had been living in peace with the Japanese during this period, some people lowered their vigilance."

"So, during the Japanese operation yesterday, some people were killed and a large amount of supplies were robbed by the Japanese! Especially cotton-padded clothes and quilts. The Japanese forced the villagers to stay and searched all the clothes in the villagers' homes. They also took away all the food and livestock that could be taken away. Before leaving, they also set fire to some houses!"

"Homeless people cried and ran to the surrounding villages, and some went into the mountains to look for our team. Our scouts observed that there were Japanese spies following the people, and they seemed to be looking for our main force. We caught the Japanese spies and asked them, and they found out that it was true. So, the detachment leader asked us to inform you to be careful of the Japanese's sudden attack!" The communications squad leader orally described the situation. "The Japanese really don't want us to have a peaceful year!" Zhao Danian sighed and said after hearing what the communications squad leader said.

"Ha, that is to say, the Japanese mobilized three infantry companies, plus the Japanese in the stronghold, and wanted to cause trouble in our base, right?" Xing Weiguo said.

"Well, the Japanese devils have mobilized a lot of troops to sweep southern Hebei, and they dare to cause trouble in our Taihang Mountains? Could it be that they think our main forces have gone to southern Hebei?" Zhu Xingyu rubbed his hands while speaking, and then continued: "Do the Japanese devils think that we only have that few troops and don't know that we can develop?"

"So... Captain, let's hit him?" Li Yuexuan went straight to the point.

"We must fight! Even though we don't have the main force with us now, we must not let the Japanese continue to harm our people!" said Zhao Danian.

"Captain Zhao, our detachment commander said that he has mobilized the 2nd Battalion to go to the detachment base. The Japanese in the Zhoucun stronghold closest to you have not made any unusual movements. So the small-scale mopping-up operations against the Japanese will be left to our detachment, and you just need to stay alert!" The communications squad leader arrived.

"I know your captain's good intentions, but the Japanese are only 20 miles away from us. If they come all the way east, our guerrillas will still encounter them! So, instead of waiting for the Japanese here, it is better to find a suitable place halfway and beat the Japanese back!" said Zhao Danian.

"In fact, our troops are too few. If we have a battalion of troops, we can radiate to the surrounding villages and make our bases more numerous and wider! Then we will take the initiative to attack the strongholds." Xing Weiguo said.

"The militia is very important! Although the guerrillas sound similar to the militia, our Beishan guerrillas are different. We can vigorously develop the militia teams around us!" said Li Yuexuan.

"Time waits for no one! The Japanese's appearance this time has disrupted our training plan and also disrupted our development plan. But fortunately, we solved the problem of the Japanese before the New Year and will continue to develop after the New Year! So we have decided to find a place to fight the Japanese!" said Xing Weiguo.

After agreeing to fight the Japanese, Zhao Danian asked the signalmen of the brother unit to go back to the Qinlai Detachment. At the same time, Hu Lanzhou also led the newly formed vanguard squad westward to check the enemy situation.

"We are going to fight the Japanese, should we leave some people behind at home? After all, there are still a lot of supplies here, and we can't just take them away. The base needs people to stay behind." As the meeting continued, Zhu Xingyu asked a question that needed to be faced.

"Logically speaking, we need to mobilize all our members to ensure the strongest combat effectiveness! But Liangjia Village cannot leave the team's protection! So, let one row stay behind, and we will attack with the main force!" Zhao Danian thought about it before making this decision.

"It would be inappropriate to leave behind a combat platoon, right? How about leaving behind a supplementary platoon?" Zhu Xingyu suggested.

"I strongly oppose this proposal! The supplementary platoon has the most recruits and they need practical experience the most! The captain also said that it's only more than 20 miles away, so just leave one squad to guard here! Well, let the cavalry stay here as well, so that we can be notified in time if anything happens!" Li Yuexuan said.

"Aren't you worried that the Japanese will have more troops taking a detour?" Xing Weiguo said, "Leave one row behind. Captain, you take one row to stay in the village to guard our base, and I will take the rest of the troops away! If you are still worried, take the first row's grenade launchers with you. I just don't believe it. We have been training for so long, but we still can't defeat a squadron of the Japanese?" Xing Weiguo said.

"No, I will lead the troops to fight, and Lao Zhu will stay to guard the house! But you can take the grenade launchers of the first row! It's decided! Who has any objections?" Seeing that no one raised any objections, Zhao Danian made the final decision. So the guerrillas immediately went from training to preparation for war.

"Second platoon, gather and come to collect ammunition! Veterans each carry 50 rounds of ammunition and 4 grenades, new recruits 20 rounds of ammunition and 2 grenades!"

"Third platoon, gather here to receive your rations! These ration bags contain fried noodles, which can be eaten after adding water. Each person has a quota of 2 kilograms per day, which is 10 kilograms."

"Assemble the supplementary platoon! People from the supplementary squad, go help the transport squad carry ammunition. You are all under the command of Platoon Leader Guo! Now let me tell you about the comprehensive squad. Bai Dashan and four other comrades will be temporarily assigned to my comprehensive squad. Now let me tell you our combat objectives..."

The food and fodder have been sent out before the troops move out, the vanguard squad has been dispatched, and the comrades who need to fight are also ready for battle, waiting to determine the whereabouts of the Japanese and then deliver a fatal blow.

Why not defend nearby Liangjia Village? Because Liangjia Village is full of women and children, and there are a dozen people reloading bullets, so it is not suitable to fight here. Once a continuous battle occurs, this place can also serve as a logistics support base to provide support for the front.

Of course, the main reason is that Liangjia Village is not suitable for an ambush, but there is a suitable location more than 10 miles to the west.

(End of this chapter)