Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

Chapter 314 Chapter 313, short training, set off
On November 1, the headquarters leaders established the Licheng Front Joint Command, unified all the armed forces near Licheng, and divided them into five echelons, commanded by Head of the Headquarters Special Forces Regiment Pi and Licheng County Committee Head He. From this day on, the guerrilla war centered on Licheng became more active.

Basic self-defense forces, militias, guerrilla groups... Under orderly organization, they can not only cooperate in combat, but also attack the enemy individually. The great man once said that the power of organization is the power of organization, and at this time, the power of organization is also being used to lead these ordinary people to fight the war.

When there is no organization, the people are scattered and can be suppressed by a few bandits and hooligans. The people dare not resist and can only let the bandits harm them. But once there is an organization, the bandits and hooligans can only obey the people's judgment and atone for the people under the supervision of the people.

In the current situation, without the leadership of the party organization, the people of Licheng can only allow the devils to slaughter and humiliate them without any ability to resist. In the words of the people themselves: Fortunately, we ran fast, otherwise we would have been killed by the devils...

What happened after the organization was established? During the more than five months that the Japanese occupied Licheng, the people followed the Eighth Route Army in continuous fighting, causing 5 casualties to the Japanese. More than rounds of artillery shells were consumed. More than rounds of ammunition were used, vehicles were destroyed, one machine gun, rifles, mules and horses were lost, more than kilograms of electric wires, and electric poles.

"If war is a life-and-death struggle, then Commander Pi, with our division's special forces regiment and the people around Licheng, has turned war into an art!"

"Just talking about our team, not to mention other local armed forces and guerrillas, we collected more than 5,000 kilograms of wires. Don't the Japanese like to put up wires? As soon as the Japanese put up the wires, we cut them down and take them away! Our equipment is not good, but we can consume a lot of Japanese artillery shells!"

"I'll tell you a funny story! One time, I took us to Lucheng to collect wires in order to train local armed forces. We blocked the news as soon as we arrived at Shangyao. The enemy received a report that the Eighth Route Army had occupied the entire mountainous area. That night, the enemy from Weizi Town to Dongyangguan bombarded with artillery all night. We collected the wires calmly and slowly slipped back."

The person who said this was Captain Ge, who was at the training ground in Xijing Town, watching 91 new recruits of the guerrillas conducting grenade-throwing training.

"So during this period of time, the people of Licheng did not suffer any harm, right?" Zhu Xingyu suddenly asked.

Hearing this question, Captain Ge was startled at first, as if he had thought of something bad, and then he said: "Let me tell you a few things I know... In a place in Donghuangling, in less than half an hour, the Japanese killed more than 20 civilians in a row. An eight-year-old child was chopped into seven or eight pieces, and an old woman in her fifties was raped."

"Twenty-one villages around Licheng were burned down, more than fifty civilians were killed, and countless women were raped."

"My name is Guihua. The enemy threw four little girls, aged seven or eight, from the hillside into the ditch. They laughed heartily when they ended these four little lives. This was their way of entertainment.

"Forget it, let's not talk about these things!" Captain Ge wiped his eyes and said, "I have seen too many tragic situations of civilians being harmed. Now I no longer have any mercy on the Japanese devils! I don't remember who said that the Japanese devils are destroying the country and the race! We still have the blood of Yanhuang flowing in our bodies, and we must not let this bloodline be cut off in our hands!"

"For this, for those civilians who died unjustly, my comrades and I don't care about these 100 pounds! We only care whether we can use these 100 pounds to bring about the destruction of the Japanese!"

"Don't worry, the Japanese devils are like grasshoppers in autumn, they can't jump for a few more days!" Li Yuexuan said confidently. "I believe this! As long as we follow the party and persist in the war of resistance, victory will be ours sooner or later!" said Captain Ge.

"So, when are we going to go out? We have been training for 9 days now, and it's time for us to have a fight with the Japanese, right? If we don't go out to fight, we should give these recruits live-fire shooting training. But if we do that, it will be difficult to replenish the consumed ammunition." Zhao Danian said.

"Pack all your belongings tonight and we will set off before dawn tomorrow. We are part of the first echelon and our target is Dongyang Pass and Tinghepu, which is about 60 miles away. Let me tell you, the second echelon is at Zhaojiashan, three miles north of Licheng, and the third echelon is monitoring the enemy in Zhaodian." said Captain Ge.

"Ha, we can finally set off!" After hearing the specific departure time, everyone who had been feeling uncomfortable for a long time breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, there was a battle to be fought.

"Okay, we've said everything that needs to be said. We'll set out early tomorrow morning and will reach our destination around the afternoon! Our regiment commander said, don't worry, this is not a battle that can be won overnight, it requires close cooperation among all units!" After Captain Ge finished speaking, he left the guerrilla training ground. He also had to go and reorganize the team.

After Captain Ge left, the guerrillas began to get busy. Of course, the busiest ones were the comrades in the kitchen, because they had to prepare fried noodles for hundreds of people, which was not something that could be done in a short time. Fortunately, the guerrillas had become familiar with the people around them, and they called over a dozen women to help, and borrowed a dozen large pots.

When the aroma of fried noodles wafted over the town, the guerrillas had already completed their pre-war mobilization and were just waiting to get some sleep before setting off with their equipment.

The next day, at 4 a.m., the darkest and coldest time of the day, the guerrillas put on their backpacks, carried their guns, led their horses, loaded them with food, and took their bullets and grenades, and ran out of the town toward the south.

By the time the sky brightened, the team had walked more than ten miles on a winding mountain road.

"Let's fight quickly. After this battle, we will apply to return to the base! We have been out for such a long time, and I really miss the folks in Liangjia Village." Li Yuexuan said while walking on the mountain road.

"Yes, it has been several months since I left home, and I really miss my fellow villagers there!" Xing Weiguo followed.

"Actually, I have a lot of things to think about, such as my corn seeds. I don't know what's happening to them now. I really hope that those seeds can maintain their existing characteristics and stabilize yields." Li Yuexuan said.

(End of this chapter)