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Chapter 313 Chapter 312, Mission Training
All the difficulties in front of them disappeared after the brigade commander performed two operations in a row. With the people and equipment in hand, the rest of the problems were no longer a problem.

So, after a brief meeting, the new soldiers were assigned to the artillery platoon and machine gun company, and the only thing left was training.

The training had not lasted long when the comrades of the supplementary brigade came from afar in high spirits. Captain Gao was very happy to receive two Type 92 heavy machine guns. Then, he saw the comrades of the machine gun company who were training with the Type 24 machine guns, and his eyes were full of envy.

Of course, although we are envious, they are not doing badly this time. They have been equipped with nearly a battalion's worth of rifles and ammunition, and these two Type 92 heavy machine guns, which is very considerate.

Captain Gao and his men came and left in a hurry. No one knew what the next task was and no one asked them. Li Yuexuan didn't care about it either.

Anyway, there was nothing to do with the first company, the reconnaissance platoon, or Li Yuexuan, so they just had to do what they had to do. However, today was not destined to pass quietly.

Because Xianwangzhuang is also the location of the forging workshop of the arsenal, and there are comrades from the headquarters special forces regiment stationed here, it is impossible for the guerrillas to stay here for too long. So, that night, Zhao Danian and his men set out on the road across Zuohui Mountain, from the west of Taihang Mountain, into the hinterland of Taihang Mountain, and arrived at Xijing Town south of the arsenal.

In Xijing Town, the Japanese invaders once came to conduct a raid, but were soon beaten back. At this time, the division's special forces regiment was stationed here.

When everyone arrived here exhausted, Li Yuexuan met his old acquaintance Captain Ge again. That's right, Captain Ge and his men had come here in advance and were just in charge of contacting the guerrillas.

"Haha, it's been a long time since we last met! Comrades, welcome, welcome. We have prepared a camping site for you and some millet porridge for you. Let's take a rest first, and we'll talk about the rest tomorrow!" Captain Ge greeted everyone warmly, and the next day came in a blink of an eye.

"According to the order of the brigade, we are following the division's special forces regiment to participate in the offensive against Licheng. Does Captain Pi have any arrangements?" When Zhao Danian asked this question, it was already eight o'clock in the morning of the next day. The location was a room in the temporary station, and the person being questioned was Captain Ge.

"Our commander already knows your situation very well, so he has high hopes for us this time. That's right, our company will fight along with you, and we'll be fighting side by side again!" When Captain Ge said this, it was obvious that he was smiling from the bottom of his heart, which showed that he really enjoyed fighting with the guerrillas.

"Just us?" Xing Weiguo asked additionally.

"As for the specific organization, this time your guerrillas will be the main force, and our company will follow you in the battle. As for whether there will be other comrades joining us, I don't know. However, our next mission is not to fight, but to train! This is mainly because our regiment commander learned that you have just reorganized your organization and added new recruits, so he needs to familiarize himself with them."

"This training won't take too long, probably one to two weeks. During this time, our regiment will take care of your logistics, so just focus on the training."

"And our specific battle deployment is here..." Captain Ge pointed to a map on the table with a pencil, pointing to a small place - Dongyang Pass. "This place is called Dongyang Pass, guarding a section of the old river valley of Handan-Changda Avenue, and there is also the old Great Wall next to it. In February last year, the Japanese Shimomoto Kuma Division set out from Handan to attack westward. The Shexian defender Sun Dongling was defeated and fled the city. The 2th Army of the Sichuan Army fought a blocking battle with the Japanese here. The battle lasted for three days and three nights, and more than 47 Sichuan Army soldiers shed blood here."

"Look here. There is a Xiangtang Fort to the east of Dongyang Pass. We fought an ambush here, annihilated more than 400 Japanese soldiers, burned (destroyed) 181 vehicles, seized more than 130 long and short guns, 4 mortars and a large amount of military supplies. In that battle, some officers of Guosu watched the battle on a nearby mountain, which completely shut up their mouths that we were just roaming around but not fighting."

"According to the headquarters' orders and the battle plan, our regiment commander determined that Dongyang Pass would be a very important node for the Japanese. Now Dongyang Pass is not in the hands of the Japanese, but we are afraid that the Japanese will escape from here!" At this point, Captain Ge smiled and said, "Does it sound familiar? That's right! The task given to us by our regiment commander is to block the enemy here!"

"Our regiment commander said that when the battle begins, we must rush here as fast as possible and guard Dongyang Pass! No matter if they are the devils coming from the east or the west, no one is allowed to pass through here! He also said to me, "Xiao Ge, you guys fought very well in the battle at Laiyuan Town. This time when you fight with the guerrillas, you must carry forward your original style and fight to the fullest!"

"I thought at the time, since we are fighting together with you, what do we have to be afraid of? I should have patted the commander on the chest to show him that we are standing guard over there and will not let any Japanese soldier pass by!"

"Hey, comrades, I've boasted a lot, do you see?"

"I think Captain Pi underestimates us! We have a strong army and are just guarding a pass... Okay, you are not bragging. We will know when the Japanese come and try!" Zhao Danian made a statement on behalf of the guerrillas.

In fact, what Zhao Danian said was true. These 600 people guarding Dongyang Pass have the advantage of terrain, and there are other main forces fighting together. How many Japanese can pass through here? I dare not say anything else, but if a battalion comes, we dare to fight a positional battle with them, and we have to say that we can beat them.

Well, we have mortars in our hands, which gives us confidence! As long as we destroy the enemy's infantry guns, the remaining infantry will attack. We have so many grenade launchers and semi-automatic guns, what are we afraid of? It's not like we haven't fought before, right?
Therefore, the next focus is on training and running-in, so that the new recruits and veterans of the three companies can become familiar with each other, the command system can run more smoothly, and the soldiers in the heavy machine gun squad will know what they should do.

So in the following time, the people of Xijing Town saw this new batch of Eighth Route Army soldiers training every day, as if they never felt tired.

What kind of drills? Running with heavy machine guns and mortars, running with backpacks in the morning and evening, crawling on the ground, running fast on the single-plank bridge, climbing ladders...

In short, the common people had rarely seen these Eighth Route Army's training methods, so they all came to see it for themselves.

Just when the guerrillas were busy training, the headquarters' combat plan to attack Licheng also began to be implemented...

(End of this chapter)