Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

There are many decisive factors in determining the victory of a battle, including the quality of weapons, the morale of soldiers, military technology, individual quality, ideological awareness, the commander's tactical guidance ability, the strategic correctness of superiors, the accuracy of intelligence and so on.

Among them, the quality of weapons still accounts for a large proportion! This forced the Eighth Route Army to strengthen its capabilities in other aspects, and actively adopt ambushes, night battles, and fast-approaching hand-to-hand combat to make up for the shortcomings of weapons, narrow the gap in weapons with the devils, and thus achieve victory again and again.

That is to say, in the past, except for the weapons which were inferior to those of the Japs, the Eighth Route Army, through hard work in improving their internal strength, was stronger than (main force) or close to the level of (local, guerrilla forces) the Japs in other aspects!

Now, with the mass production, expansion, expansion, re-production, and expansion of the arsenal... the weapons level of the Eighth Route Army has surpassed (firearms) and is close to (artillery) the level of the Japanese.

When the Eighth Route Army soldiers were no longer restricted by weapons and could use their strength without any worries, the fighting power that erupted was enough to shock the devils! Just to fight a sightseeing group protected by a devil's mechanized squadron, Commander Guo mobilized two regiments and two guerrillas, with a force of more than 2,500, which was ten times the force of the devils!
The most important thing was that these 10 soldiers had more advanced weapons than the Japanese, their ammunition was also decent, and they had the first-mover advantage and geographical advantage in the ambush... So, in just minutes, soldiers with assault rifles appeared on the road in the valley, and began to check on the Japanese one by one, finishing off each one...

"Report to the regiment commander. The battlefield has been cleared. A total of 226 Japanese soldiers in the mechanized squadron have been eliminated. In addition, we have also eliminated two vehicles of Japanese officers, more than 20 in total!"

"Very good, very good. Clean up the battlefield, try to clean it up as much as possible! Unfortunately, we can't drive these trucks away. We can only dismantle the useful parts and take them away, and burn the rest!"

"Report to the regiment commander. The battlefield has been cleaned up. A total of 120 Type 6 rifles, 4 Type 36 light machine guns, 6 Type 6 heavy machine guns, 240 Turtle Box pistols, grenade launchers, command knives... more than rounds of bullets and grenade launcher grenades were seized!"

"It's OK. We'll take the heavy machine guns with us. Give some of the Type 99 rifles and Type 38 rifles to the two guerrillas. Give them some of the bullets as well. Then we'll go back!"

On the battlefield, with repeated reports, the Eighth Route Army soldiers finally returned to Panlong Town with a lot of spoils. In this ambush, the casualties of the Eighth Route Army were not heavy, because the weapons were too good and the attack was too fast, and many Japanese soldiers were killed before they could react. Therefore, there were only 6 stretchers in the team, carrying soldiers with injured legs walking on the mountain road.

As for the five guerrillas who died, they could only be buried on the spot in a pit dug on the mountain not far from the ambush area, and some offerings such as Japanese ears were placed in front of the grave.

A simple ambush killed more than 36 Japanese officers. This was not a simple matter. At least the Japanese soldiers of the th Division were furious! However, they knew the next battle plan. If they launched a revenge at this time, it would disrupt the arrangement of Commander Gangcun. They could only endure it for a few days.

Putting aside the fact that the invaders were cruel and bloodthirsty, causing great casualties and suffering to the Chinese military and civilians, Okamura Yasuji was still very capable in military command, especially in large-scale combat command! Moreover, this damn invader was also a China expert, who had a deep understanding of China and could even judge their so-called public security situation through simple observation.

His criteria for judging whether it is a safe area are very simple: First, there is absolutely no trace of girls, which is evidence of fear of Japanese soldiers, which means "bad public security". Second, they are curious about the devil's cars and trucks and look at them from a distance from the window, which means "slightly better public security". Third, under the above circumstances, if you walk out of the door and look, you will see Chinese girls walking calmly on the streets where Japanese soldiers are passing by, which means "good public security". Gangcun is very capable. For example, before he officially launched this big sweep, including the headquarters, they all misjudged his determination and military strength! The May 4st sweep actually started at the end of April, but the sweep at the end of April was aimed at the troops in the southern Hebei base. What's more terrifying is that Gangcun, through the intelligence system he mastered, actually accurately grasped the locations of our various troops.

Therefore, at the beginning of the mopping-up operation, the Japanese concentrated their forces to encircle and annihilate Huozhuang, where the Ji'nan District Committee was located, catching us off guard.

The large-scale sweep came, and the Japanese started from southern Hebei. Then, more than 5 troops drove trucks, armored vehicles, and tanks, bringing a large number of puppet troops, to carry out a dragnet-like sweep on the Jizhong Plain. The purpose was to eliminate all our troops on the Jizhong Plain, firmly grasp the Jizhong Plain in their hands, and thus exploit the people here and obtain a large amount of food and strong labor.

At this time in the Ji Zhong Plain, we actually controlled many more counties than the Japanese did. They were also important grain producing areas and sources of soldiers for us. This move by the Japanese was really a fatal blow!

"Damn it, the Japs are coming in full force!" In May, somewhere in central Hebei, Regiment Commander Li Yunlong held a telescope and looked at the rows of Japs and puppet troops outside the village, and sighed.

"Captain, the people have all taken refuge in the tunnels, and the comrades from the district committee have also evacuated from the traffic trench. It's time for us to retreat!" Political Commissar Zhao walked over and said.

"Old Zhao, look, the village is surrounded by Japanese invaders and puppet troops, with a total strength of more than 6000 people. You really think highly of Old Li! Looking at the situation, the New st Regiment and the New nd Regiment are about the same, right?" Li Yunlong was not in a hurry and was in the mood to discuss the enemy situation with Political Commissar Zhao.

"I just talked to the New 1st Regiment. They have dispersed and broken out according to the instructions of the headquarters and returned to the Taihang area! As for Lao Kong of the New 2nd Regiment, the superiors have given them the task of hiding in the spot, insisting on fighting on the interior lines, and attracting the Japanese into the surrounding areas! Lao Kong and his men are going to fight an underground war!" said Political Commissar Zhao.

"Where is the cavalry company? Where are Sun Desheng and his men? Tell Sun Desheng that they will be the last to be dispatched. They will maneuver to lure the enemy, and then find their own way back to the Taihang area!" Li Yunlong made arrangements.

"Don't worry, Commander. Everything is ready! Our four battalions are scattered around the village. We will break out from four directions, and then each of us will look for gaps in the enemy's raids and return to Taihang Mountains! The problem is, we probably won't be able to take away these wild chicken necks in our regiment!" said Political Commissar Zhao.

"Aren't they just some pheasant necks? If it weren't for the fact that this thing has a good suppression accuracy, Old Li would really not have taken it seriously! Signalman, tell the whole regiment that when we break out later, all the Type 92 heavy machine guns will be blown up, and we will only take the Type 24 heavy machine guns back!" (End of this chapter)