Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

The battle in the Jizhong Plain is still going on, and it will not end in the short term. Just when Gangcun took time to focus on the Taihang area, the Japanese had been fighting a mopping-up battle against the Taihang and Taiyue areas for some time!
鬼子先是调动36师团跟69师团的7000多兵力，进攻386旅所在的太岳区，接着又调动了第36、第41师团、独立混成第3、第4旅团主力及第1、第8旅团各一部共2.5万余人，分四路对太行根据地北部地区进行扫荡。

According to the Japanese plan, these four teams were dispatched from Ping'an, Xiyang, Jingxing, Yuanshi, and Zanhuang, and attacked Ceyu Town, Huangbeiping, Jiangshui, and Jiangjunmu in succession to control Junji Pass.

One route was dispatched from Heshun, and attacked Songyan and Xiangerling, and then reached Shangzhuang and Xiazhuang areas; one route was dispatched from Wuan, and attacked Yangyi and continued to move westward; one route was dispatched from Changzhi, Wuxiang, and Liaoxian, and attacked Licheng, Zhuanbi, Tongyu, etc. Of course, this was the information Li Yuexuan brought in the original world, and he didn't know whether the devils would change in this world.

Therefore, Li Yuexuan temporarily shifted his main focus from production at the arsenal to the team's preparations for war.

In Liangjia Village, the headquarters of the Guard Regiment of the Beishan Guard Detachment, Li Yuexuan and Lu Xiaoran, the two commanders on secondment, called all the battalion and company commanders under them to a meeting.

"Everyone already knows the situation outside. The Japanese have mobilized tens of thousands of troops to conduct a large-scale sweep of the Jizhong Plain! And just a few days ago, the Japanese also mobilized troops to sweep the Taiyue District! Since the Japanese are sweeping both sides, then our Taihang District is not far away!"

"Our Pingdong base is located in the northernmost part of the Taihang District, connected to Ping'an, Jingxing, Xiyang, Yangquan and other places on both sides. It is a place that the devils must control! After all, we directly control the passage from Jingxing to Ping'an County, and also control the passage from Jingxing to the south. It can be said that we have set up a huge obstacle on the devil's transportation line."

"The devils' intention to destroy our base has never diminished, especially after our cold gun and cold artillery campaign some time ago, which made the surrounding devils hate us to the core! Therefore, we must take active defensive measures to deal with the next situation!" Li Yuexuan took the lead and continued: "Now, it's time for our security regiment to take action!"

"According to the spirit of the detachment headquarters meeting, we have determined that the first battalion will defend the line between Baijing Town and Weijia Village; the second battalion will be stationed in the north of Liangjia Village to the Guguan Great Wall, the third battalion will be stationed in Ceyu Town, the security regiment will be stationed in Liangjia Village as a reserve force, and the main force regiment will be stationed in Tianjiazhai as a mobile force, ready to attack at any time!"

"Although this defense strategy looks the same as the previous one, we are taking active defense measures! What does that mean? It means we should not wait for the enemy to come to our door before we defend, but we should take the initiative to attack, look for opportunities to fight, seize the opportunity to fight immediately, instead of waiting for the enemy to come to our door before we defend!"

"Speaking of this, it seems that it has nothing to do with our Guard Regiment. After all, our mission is to defend the Arsenal. We are the last line of defense for the Arsenal! But don't forget, our regiment has the most trucks, which can carry our temporary 18 heavy cavalry to move east and west in the defense zone at any time. From Weijia Village to Ceyu Town, we can run two round trips in one day!"

"And our cavalry reconnaissance company and special operations team are our mobile combat forces! At the same time, these two units are also the eyes of our entire detachment!"

"So, without further ado, I will arrange the tasks now! Wang Zixian, your heavy mortar battalion, load the shells onto the trucks immediately, and restore the mortars to towing mode, so they can be dispatched for support at any time! Tian Chuan, Hu Lanzhou, your two teams must immediately cooperate with each other and find out the situation of the Japanese in the directions of Ping'an County, Xiyang, and Jingxing!" "You don't need to enter the city, nor do you need to get close to observe, just set up observation posts and ambush positions halfway. When the Japanese mopping-up forces come out, you must immediately gather at the nearest telephone contact point to report and summon our main battalion or regiment to fight. Of course, how to fight depends on the specific situation, but the enemy situation must be mastered!"

"Niu Sihai, you need to strengthen the work of the guard battalion! Double the sentries around Liangjia Village and triple the sentries at the arsenal. Don't let the enemy spies get in!"

“Zhang Taihe, there is no work for your transport battalion for now, but all the cars, carriages, pack horses, mules and horses you have must be kept in the best condition. Once the war starts, supplies must be delivered to wherever they are needed as soon as possible! And I, together with the political commissar, will be stationed in our warehouse area and will issue you delivery orders at any time so that you can provide support as quickly as possible!”

"Okay, the rest are the comrades from the special service squad and the regiment's kitchen squad. You don't have any specific tasks, but you are also our regiment's last resort for breeding, so you must stay in top condition!"

"I've said everything that needs to be said. There's no need to listen to your opinions. After all, enemy situations can occur at any time. You should take action immediately!" After saying this, Liu stood up and took Cai Xiaotian to the warehouse.

"Let's go, let's go for reconnaissance!" Outside the meeting room, Hu Lanzhou and Tian Chuan looked at each other and began to arrange the comrades' team requirements. In this reconnaissance, the special forces are scouts, and the comrades of the cavalry reconnaissance company probably only have the task of ensuring rapid transportation. Of course, this is only on the surface. The combat effectiveness of the cavalry company is not low at all. After all, their company commander is called Hu Lanzhou!
The reconnaissance team was sent out, the artillery was ready to provide support at any time, the arsenal was also producing bullets and shells at an accelerated rate, and several other regiments (battalions) were also actively preparing for war. In addition to them, even the militia in the base area were mobilized, organizing the people to evacuate into the tunnels, and then setting up explosion points in the village, observation posts outside the village, and even erecting message trees.

Just as everything was anxiously focused on fighting, two days passed and the phone at the Liangjia Village detachment headquarters suddenly rang.

"Which way? To the north of Ceyu Town, more than 600 Japanese soldiers came down from Jingxing with more than 800 puppet troops. Are there small tanks leading the way? And trucks carrying the elite Japanese soldiers? Okay, you are free to move, but you must cooperate with the Third Battalion in the battle! The Third Battalion is enough to deal with these troops!"

"700 Japanese soldiers and 1000 puppet troops came out of Ping'an County? They are heading straight for Weijia Village? You are in Yinjiulang Village, right? Then let's give the Japanese soldiers a directional blast in the ravine first, let them see what we have!"

"There are also 500 devils coming out of Xiyang County, with 1000 puppet troops, heading due east? They are planning to go to Dongyetou to join up with the devils heading south from Jingxing, and then head south, right? You guys keep observing, the main force will come over! No matter where the devils' target is, as long as we are here, we will never let any devil pass through our defense zone!" (End of this chapter)