Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

30 submachine guns, each with a magazine and 3 spare magazines, 140 rounds of combat ammunition, a total of 4200 rounds of bullets.

Since Li Yuexuan was in charge of the arrangement of these guns, he did not hesitate to assign them to the guard company of the security regiment, adding three submachine guns to each squad of the guard company. He assigned the remaining three to his special service squad, giving Xiong Da and his men one more gun.

Although the special service squad will not have many opportunities to fight, they still need the necessary equipment. For example, the two new recruits, Liang Weiguo and Liang Weimin, can use submachine guns for shooting training.

Once they have learned all types of guns and can achieve satisfactory results with each type of gun, we can try to arrange them to front-line combat units for combat experience.

The matter of submachine guns and even the training of two new soldiers did not delay Li Yuexuan for too long. He still put most of his energy into the production of mortars, a small part of his energy into modifying sniper rifles and precision marksman rifles, and the little energy he had was used to supervise the production of submachine guns.

Knowing history, he knew that the Japanese were about to make a big move. As long as the Eighth Route Army could survive this time, everything would go smoothly next.

This year, the Japanese launched a large-scale sweep against the bases in Jizhong, Taihang, Taiyue, Pingbei, etc. In the Jizhong area, the Japanese concentrated more than 5 troops, more than 800 vehicles, and tanks and armored vehicles to launch a large-scale sweep, which was later called the May st sweep.

Therefore, Zhao Danian's statement that the Japanese were frequently moving and would make big moves was a very accurate judgment. It was just that the Japanese had not yet directly launched an attack on the Pingdong base.

On April 4, the Third Division received an urgent intelligence: the Japanese army had a mechanized force that would pick up a "sightseeing group" composed of officers from various groups from Qinxian and Changzhi, and would advance from Wuxiang to Yushe the next day.

"A mechanized unit? A sightseeing group of the Japanese? Isn't this the same battlefield observation group that Li Yunlong led? Why are the Japanese doing this again? Are they incorrigible? Or is it God's will that good things will happen to us?" At the headquarters of the Third Division, Commander Guo looked at the telegram and couldn't help but smile: "No doubt, beat him up!"

After Commander Guo finished speaking, he thought about it and said to the signalman: "Order the 7th and 9th Regiments of the Death Column, and the Wudong and Wuxi guerrillas to set up an ambush at Baizhuang immediately. This time, the guerrillas will send a small force to block the front, the 7th Regiment will attack the tail, the 9th Regiment will attack the waist, and the main force of the guerrillas will attack the reinforcements!"

"Oh, right, the enemy is a mechanized force. It would be bad if they have armored vehicles. Don't forget to bring your rocket launchers. Use your mortars if you can! Everything should be done with the primary goal of destroying the enemy's manpower!"

The order was issued, and the regiment-level units of the two death columns, the two guerrillas of Wudong and Wuxi, cooperated and ambushed all the way to Baizhuang. It must be said here that there is a road to Yushe in the north of Duan Village, where Wuxiang County is located. Since the Japanese are armored forces, they can only take the road, so it is easy to set up an ambush in Baizhuang, north of Wuxiang.

The emergency intelligence arrived at the headquarters at noon on the 15th, and the team arrived at Baizhuang at night on the 15th. Then the two regiments and two guerrilla comrades set up an ambush on the spot, deployed troops, and set up bombing points. Everything went smoothly. What was even smoother was that on the morning of the 16th, the Japanese mechanized regiment really protected the Japanese officers of the sightseeing group and set off from Wuxiang on time, heading north.

It has to be said that even if the devils gathered the financial resources of the whole country to build a giant ship like the Yamato battleship, the remaining financial resources would still be much stronger than the Eighth Route Army! Just look at how many blows and casualties the devils of the 36th Division have suffered? They can actually form a mechanized squadron. It has to be said that the devils are really rich! Rumble... The roar of the car echoed in the river valley of the northern source of the Zhuozhang River, all the way north. On the truck, the Type heavy machine gun and the crooked handle light machine gun reflected the sunlight, making the entire convoy seem to be armed to the extreme! But what is the reality? The devil's squadron is indeed well-equipped, at least there are grenade launchers and full ammunition boxes.

In Baizhuang, Hou Liang, a sentry of the 7th Regiment, quietly pulled his head back from behind the thatched grass and swallowed the thatched grass roots he was chewing. "Squad leader, the Japanese convoy is coming, but I don't think their equipment is that good! Look, we are all equipped with semi-automatic rifles, but the Japanese are still using Type 38 rifles!"

"Be quiet! Without the hard work of our military comrades, how could you have a semi-automatic rifle? But then again, if you have a good gun, you have to perform well! When the fight starts, don't let me down!"

"Squad leader, just wait and see. I got this semi-automatic rifle because of my good marksmanship. I'm the only one in our class and it's absolutely shameful for me!" said Hou Liang.

"Okay, stop bragging. The Japanese are coming, hide!" The deputy squad leader patted Hou Liang on the shoulder and signaled him to keep quiet.

Rumble... The Japanese convoy seemed very confident. They did not stop or observe carefully along the way. They just drove past the mountain where Hou Liang's class was and continued to move north.

Beep beep...car horns honked, and 26 trucks were parked on the winding road at a distance of more than a thousand meters, and finally all entered the ambush area.

Boom... the explosion sounded, and the leading truck was blown over, and the Japanese soldiers on the truck fell to the ground. This was the explosion point buried by the guerrillas using the classic anti-tank mine method, but the power of black powder was a little weak, and the car was not blown away.

"Roll the logs and pile the stones, quickly!" A team leader gave an order, and some two or three meter long logs were pushed down from above and rolled onto the already narrow road, blocking the way forward.

After completing this, the guerrillas raised their guns and pulled up their shotguns, firing at the Japanese who had just climbed up. More than 20 Japanese were quickly wiped out on the road under a barrage of gunfire.

At this moment, explosions were heard on the road to the south, and the sound of light and heavy machine guns rang out. The Japanese mechanized squadron was hit by heavy firepower from two regiments.

Bang Bang Bang... Hou Liang lay on the top of the hill and found a comfortable meadow for himself. He kept firing the semi-automatic rifle in his hand and quickly killed 5 Japanese soldiers. Beside him, the deputy squad leader commanded the soldiers to throw grenades continuously, and the squad leader commanded the light machine gun to fire continuously, knocking down the Japanese soldiers who tried to return from here one by one.

In the middle of their northern position, the flames from the rocket launchers sprayed far away, and rockets flew towards the Japanese trucks and exploded with a bang; the grenade launchers in each squad tacitly concentrated their fire on the Japanese convoy, not giving the 82 mortars a chance to fire. (End of this chapter)