Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

On May 42, 5, in Beiping, at the headquarters of the Japanese Army in North China, Okamura Yasuji sat on a chair with a radio next to him. Since the Eighth Route Army had its own radio station, Okamura Yasuji had the habit of listening to the Eighth Route Army's broadcasts regularly. He could hear some of the Eighth Route Army's movements and thoughts from these broadcasts, which was also a way to understand the Eighth Route Army.

"This time, Lala... Xinhua Radio Station, now broadcasting a piece of news! At the end of April, the Japanese devils attacked us... Our heroic Eighth Route Army soldiers and guerrilla officers and soldiers were not afraid of death or sacrifice, and insisted on... At the end of May, in the Wu'an Yangyi area, more than 4 invading Japanese troops were annihilated, a Japanese mountain artillery battalion was destroyed, and more than 5 puppet troops were eliminated."

"…At this moment, we also want to remind those traitors and traitors, and those Chinese who have mistakenly joined the puppet army and still have consciences! If you follow the Japanese devils, you will be liquidated sooner or later. Your only choice is to follow the people's path, persist in the war of resistance, and persist in the struggle! Don't think that you are having fun today, just be afraid that you will be put on the list in the future…"

"Damn it!" After hearing the news, Gangcun was furious even though he had great self-control. As the commander of the front army, Gangcun knew more than just the news reported. He knew more, more detailed, and more infuriating and disappointing. For example, in the Jizhong Plain, although the front army still took the initiative and occupied a large number of counties, what was the reality?
In fact, in order to occupy these places, the devils lost at least 7000 troops, and this was only the number of devils who were killed, and the wounded were not counted. Of course, the puppet army was not counted, and counting would only make people more desperate! Now, if it were not for the help of the puppet army provided by the Wang Jingwei government, it would be hard to say whether Gangcun could still control the counties in Jizhong.

In other words, without these troops, Gangcun felt that the counties he controlled before were no longer safe! However, Gangcun had no way to mobilize troops from the country, and this required an order from the headquarters. The key point was that the number of troops in the country was getting smaller and smaller, and some older men and half-grown children had also become the targets of conscription...

And these are only the situations in Jizhong. Counting the losses in the battle to capture Taihang District, Gangcun felt that he could commit seppuku to thank the emperor! But he didn't want to die, nor did he want to continue to lose troops, so he had no choice but to order the troops attacking Taihang District and Taiyue District to withdraw.

Now his choice is to first protect the occupied areas in Taihang District and Taiyue District before the attack, and then try to ensure that the counties in the Jizhong Plain are under control. Then, with these counties as the center, build roads, dig trenches, set up barbed wire, establish strongholds, and build artillery towers... The iron wall encirclement policy must be implemented!

While Gang Village was listening to the radio, Li Yuexuan and others were also listening to the radio in Liangjia Village. There were not many ways to learn about the outside world, and the radio was the most suitable one.

"Haha, that's great. We won another great victory in Yangyi. Now we are safe!" Zhao Danian was very happy.

"Yes, it's stable, but they didn't broadcast our news. This is to protect us because they are afraid that the Japanese will retaliate against us!" said Zhu Xingyu.

"Actually, I hope the Japanese will arrange some troops to retaliate against us, and then we will have the opportunity to train!" Lu Xiaoran said.

"I have no opinion, I just want to know our overall development direction in the future. But now it seems that we should focus on defense and keep our current base! As for active and comprehensive counterattack, I don't see any hope yet!" Unlike other people who were excited when they heard the broadcast, Li Yuexuan was analyzing strategic matters.

Of course, he was secretly happy in his heart and could not tell anyone! That's right, Liao County didn't have to change its name, this was a great thing, he could only be happy by himself. It was reasonable and expected that the Japanese retreated comprehensively, and even the Japanese who attacked Pingshun turned back just halfway. After confirming the news of the Japanese retreat, the headquarters also returned to the station, the division headquarters also returned to the station, and the arsenal also resumed normal production order.

At the headquarters arsenal, Minister Zhang called a group of cadres together and held a meeting with them in person: "At present, our mission is very important, which is to speed up the production of mortars, especially the 120mm heavy mortars. The production of heavy mortars must be guaranteed! According to the latest plan of the headquarters, each main force regiment in the existing troops must have at least two heavy mortars!"

"Comrades, in order to ensure our raw materials, comrades from all over the country are working hard to attack the enemy's railway lines! Therefore, we must not let down the expectations of our comrades, and we must strictly enforce discipline, strictly control, and speed up..."

Unlike Minister Zhang who was in a hurry to produce heavy mortars, Liangjiacun Arsenal was not so anxious. After all, the headquarters was facing the entire Eighth Route Army, and even had to take care of the New Fourth Army. And what about Liangjiacun Arsenal? The 120 heavy mortars first satisfied the Second Division, then the First Division, and then the Beiyue District could take some away... In short, it was flexible and there was no production pressure.

Of course, the Liangjia Village Arsenal was not in the urgent production plan. It was built by Li Yuexuan and his team to meet their own needs. But now that it has been built, don't give up...

The main production direction of Liangjia Village Arsenal is actually assault rifles, semi-automatic rifles, light machine guns and other firearms. Even bolt-action rifles are no longer produced. In addition to these, submachine guns are produced, bullets are also produced, and mortar shells are also produced. Everything is mainly to meet its own needs and extend the combat endurance.

Li Yuexuan, who is familiar with history, understands that from today, the Eighth Route Army's history of the war of resistance will enter the final confrontation stage, which is also the last time of the Eighth Route Army's most difficult time. From next year, it will be time to attack strongholds, blow up artillery towers, gradually compress the occupied areas of the devils, and expand our base.

So, Li Yuexuan’s plan is to produce more ammunition to meet the needs of subsequent operations.

Guerrilla detachment? Of course Li Yuexuan would take care of it, but his focus was still on military industry. As for military merit? Li Yuexuan didn't care what kind of military merit the headquarters gave him, he just wanted to kill more devils! Even if he didn't kill them with his own hands, he had to kill them with the weapons he and his men had invented!

After the special forces returned, Li Yuexuan had a temporary change of mind. There was no other way, the special forces had to be expanded, so Zhao Danian and his team handed this matter over to Li Yuexuan. (End of this chapter)