Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

Everyone was happy after winning the battle. After all, it meant destroying the enemy, saving themselves, and harvesting spoils! Especially the victory of the Beishan Detachment, it was even more exciting! After all, no matter what, their sacrifice was minimal, but the results they achieved were impressive to everyone!

Therefore, under the instruction of the deputy commander-in-chief, the news of the victory achieved by the Beishan Detachment was transmitted through radio waves to every regimental unit, especially those places that faced the enemy's attack.

Songyan Town, South...In the temporary headquarters of the Independent Regiment, the commander of the New 1st Regiment, Ding Wei, sat opposite Li Yunlong. There was no wine on the table, only a teapot filled with brewed honey water.

"Old Li, you have great conditions. It's already this late and you still have honey water!" Ding Wei drank the honey water in the tea bowl and sighed.

"What good conditions! This was given to us by comrades from the local district committee when we first arrived! Now, with the promotion of our Eighth Route Army, many bases are digging wild beehives and raising bees, which has increased the honey production in our base! Just now, local comrades heard that honey can be used to heal wounds, so they sent us more than 100 kilograms!" Li Yunlong laughed.

"You drank more than 100 kilograms of honey?" Ding Wei looked at Li Yunlong with contempt.

"What nonsense are you talking about! Is our Lao Li that kind of person? Besides, we have sulfa and penicillin, and there are not many places where honey is actually used! Let's not talk about this anymore, let's analyze the current battle situation!"

After chatting for a few words, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei spread out the map and began to mark the positions of the enemy and ourselves on the map. They quickly completed their map work.

"Have you seen the situation? The Beishan Detachment, with the capabilities of a detachment, coordinated with the 13th Regiment, and forcibly blocked the attacks of four groups of Japanese invaders. The key is that they also fought three annihilation battles, and the only group of Japanese invaders that was not annihilated was also mostly eliminated! I have to say that with the Beishan Detachment guarding our north, our pressure has been reduced a lot!" said Ding Wei.

"You are wrong. It is not four groups of Japanese troops, but five groups!" Li Yunlong pointed to Yuanshi in the north of Zanhuang and said, "This is also an important town for the Japanese troops! It is true that the Japanese troops encountered by the 13th Regiment came from Zanhuang, but the Japanese troops had more than one battalion, which is very different from the other three groups!"

"What does this mean? This means that the Japanese invaders that the 13th Regiment encountered at Jiulong Pass were the invaders from Yuanshi and Zanhuang who joined forces and then set out from Zanhuang!" As Li Yunlong spoke, he pointed at the location of Jiulong Pass with a pencil: "There were a total of 5 groups of Japanese invaders, with a total strength of more than 2900. We wiped out 2800 of them! Add to that the puppet army... the Japanese invaders were seriously injured this time!"

"Although it was only the strength of a regiment at best, they were wiped out in one day! Moreover, in the early days of the war, we defeated a thousand Japanese soldiers at Pingxingguan, which was worth writing about. Now? It's not worth mentioning! Not to mention others, when our New 1st Regiment broke through, we were surrounded by more than 3,000 Japanese puppet troops in Mazhuang, and our Ding Wei directly ordered the entire regiment to attack!"

"I have to say that it was you, Li Yunlong, who left a solid foundation for our New 1st Regiment. There were more than 3,000 Japanese puppet troops, but they couldn't stop us from breaking out! By the way, we also killed hundreds of them!" There was a taste of Versailles in Ding Wei's tone, but the look he gave Li Yunlong was full of respect.

"That's nothing... Forget it, I won't brag anymore. My independent regiment has gone from more than 2500 people in the beginning to only more than 1600 now, with a loss of nearly a thousand people! Although some comrades were defeated and some were injured and hid, there are also many soldiers who sacrificed their lives!" Li Yunlong looked somewhat sad as he spoke.

"Not to mention the sacrifices, we have seen too many. As long as we achieve the final victory, everything will be worth it! We broke through, and Lao Kong who stayed in Hebei Province is probably still digging a tunnel now, haha!" "Let's not talk nonsense anymore. We built our position in Songyan Town to guard against the Japanese invaders from Heshun! The reconnaissance company has already gone out, and the Japanese invaders from Heshun should be coming down too! Lao Ding, what do you say about us fighting an annihilation battle? In order to support us, a platoon from the headquarters artillery regiment has come over with 4 120mm heavy mortars. We have the conditions!" said Li Yunlong.

"Annihilation war? Sure! When the Beishan Detachment was still a guerrilla force, we were in the main regiment! Now they have become a detachment, we have to make progress as well, right?" Ding Wei nodded.

"Report!" Sun Desheng walked in and said, "Captain, Captain Ding, the reconnaissance company has sent the latest enemy information. The Japanese troops have arrived at Yunu Mountain. There are quite a lot of troops, more than 800 Japanese, with more than 2000 puppet troops. Judging from the situation, these are temporary additional troops. We..."

"Wait, Yunu Mountain... is the place where Brigade Commander Chen was shot during the first counter-Nine-Route Siege? It's more than 20 miles away from here, right?" Ding Wei asked.

"That's right, it's over there! We only have so many telephone lines, so we can only set it up over there!" said Zhang Dabiao, who had been listening to the excitement.

"Haha, that's pretty good!" Ding Wei said, "Old Li, the Japs' puppet troops total more than 2800, and our two regiments have more than 3500 soldiers combined. Our equipment is better than the Japs', and we are all veterans, so we don't lack ammunition! Under these conditions, if we let the Japs come and then turn back, we will be sorry for the weapons in our hands!"

"Don't worry, Lao Ding. These devils have caught Lao Li's attention. Don't go out! Pass my order. The whole regiment is ready to fight! Zhang Dabiao, tell the comrades in the district committee to keep an eye on the people evacuated from Songyan Town and don't let them enter the battle zone! In the remaining time, you let two companies and the comrades of the Songyan Town militia team go into the tunnel and keep a good eye on the underground of Songyan Town. Wait for my call at any time!"

"As for the rest, Lao Ding, how about we have a good fight with the Japanese in the river valley south of Songyan Town?" Li Yunlong said.

"No problem! Our New 1st Regiment will take over this area of ​​mountain in the west! Your Independent Regiment can take charge of the area in the east! Let's go!" Regiment Commander Ding left the temporary regiment headquarters with his guards to arrange the team.

"Old Ding, connect the telephone line later!" Li Yunlong reminded.

"Don't worry!" Ding Wei waved his hand and continued walking forward.

"Okay, comrades, I won't say any more nonsense. Just follow our previous arrangement and set up directional mines in this area. This is the bombing area! My guess is that the Japanese will set up artillery here, which is just right for one battalion and two companies..." (End of this chapter)