Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

Small units have their own advantages! They will not consider too much strategic layout, at least not like Zhao Danian and his team, who have to consider the entire base and the surrounding enemy situation, the enemy's reinforcements, the team's configuration, and logistical supplies, etc.

The advantage of a small team is that when the superior has a big action, they will follow, take advantage of it and run away, never giving the enemy a chance to retaliate! Although in this battle, the district team only killed 34 devils and seized only 30 Type rifles and a Type rifle, but for the district team, this is enough to replenish the equipment for the whole team!
There were also captured bullets. If used sparingly, they would be enough for a dozen ambushes. Even the extra bullets, the enemy's helmets, canteens, medical kits and other spoils could be taken to the arsenal to exchange for grenades! And the clothes of the enemy could be taken back to the garrison, washed by the women in the village, dyed into gray cloth in a dyeing workshop, and then changed into a new style, and then they would become a military uniform!

The cashmere sweaters and other underwear worn by the Japanese were also very warm clothes. After washing them, everyone could get one, but they were a little short...

Loincloth? ? Although it doesn’t smell good and can’t be used in the right place, it can be used for other things after being washed! It may not be good as a rag, but it can be used to clean guns, right? It can be made into a jacket and used as a sole... In short, this is the advantage of a small unit. The Beishan Detachment developed little by little from a guerrilla unit!

Of course, small troops also have disadvantages. Once the number of enemies is too large, they will not be able to hold out for long, and may not even be able to fight a larger-scale battle.

However, now the base area has large-scale units such as the main force regiment, the local regiment, and the county brigade. Even if there is a major war, there is no need for small units like the district squad. The district squad had just left with the spoils, and the devils had not even been buried yet, when the comrades from the county brigade rushed over.

Then, taking advantage of the small number of Japanese soldiers in the stronghold, after some effort, they directly took down the Xu Ting stronghold! As for the stronghold, although there are not many soldiers stationed, there are definitely a lot of supplies! Of course, this is for the level of the county brigade. Anyway, after taking down a stronghold, the entire brigade can improve its level, including living standards and equipment levels.

Not to mention the equipment level, there are a lot of weapons and ammunition seized, including light and heavy machine guns, and the firepower level of the county brigade can be improved to a higher level! Living standards?

Well, there are Japanese and puppet soldiers in the stronghold, they need accommodation, right? Now that the stronghold has been taken, the beds of the Japanese and puppet soldiers can be moved away, right? Quilts and mattresses made of high-quality cotton are definitely scarce resources in an era when cotton is a military-controlled material! Okay, from now on, comrades in the county brigade can each have a quilt, instead of sharing a quilt...

There are also food stored by the Japanese in the stronghold, which was looted by the Japanese grain collection team and stored in the stronghold to feed the Japanese puppet troops. With these captured food, the comrades can eat more during training.

The county brigade and district squad won a small victory and gained immediate benefits, but the headquarters saw the overall changes and overall benefits.

Yangquan, Ping'an County, Shouyang County, Xiyang County... The military significance of taking four cities in a row is too great! Not to mention how much the reputation of the Eighth Route Army has been improved, but the experience accumulated in attacking cities is of practical significance! If the Eighth Route Army had not had to face the oppression of the Shanxi Suiyuan Army and the Central Army at the same time, this victory should have been widely publicized. In terms of economic benefits, how much supplies can be collected from the four cities? After the propaganda, how many people in the city want to join the Eighth Route Army and how many people are loyal to the Eighth Route Army?
The key point is that after this battle, even if the devils take back the county, their control over the surrounding areas will not be as strong as before! Moreover, the loss of the devil's troops is there. This is to destroy the enemy's living force, which is undoubtedly worse for the devils whose troops are increasingly stretched.

In addition, troops from various places took this opportunity to attack strongholds and set up ambushes, and then they found that after these strongholds were attacked, many bases were connected into one.

Of course, these things that have an impact on the war situation are still happening, and nothing can be seen yet. After all, the surrounding battles are small-scale, and it will take a while to report to the headquarters. Even the division headquarters and military sub-districts will not be very clear, after all, they are too scattered. And these battles are not just a matter of fighting one battle and then being over. Now the Japanese have mobilized to attack Yangquan, and every stronghold is short of soldiers.

At this time, it depends on how brave the comrades of the county brigade, district squad, and local regiment around these strongholds are! As the saying goes, the timid will die of starvation, and the bold will die of gluttony. As long as you are brave and seize the opportunity to kill the devils, you can eat your fill! When food is scarce, eating is the greatest motivation. I just want to ask if you dare!

The question of whether they dared or not was not something that the Beishan detachment needed to ask. They had to suppress the courage of the commanders who led the troops in battle. After all, they were all arrogant and wanted to cause trouble for the devils at any time! Now, in the base of the New Second Regiment, in Shouyang County, without Zhao Danian and Zhu Xingyu in charge, Zheng Changfeng, Guo Zhongmin and others were so bold!

Oh, and Hu Lanzhou, he was also very courageous! After determining the direction in which the Japanese invaders were going deep into the base, Hu Lanzhou, relying on his familiarity with the base, led his men on a rapid march, and in the evening of that day, they blocked the front of the Japanese invaders in a place called Baiyu.

The base chosen by the New Second Regiment is actually quite good. Although there are mountains everywhere, the mountains are not high, but continuous, just like the veins of leaves. And between these veins, there are many flat lands in the mountains that can be used as arable land to grow crops.

The Japanese troops heading east from Makou followed these small mountain ridges and earth ridges that looked like veins, intending to turn north at a river called Sanjiao River in the east and then return to the railway line.

Baiyu Village is a village on the west side of Sanjiao River, and it is the last village that the Japanese invaders enter the river valley. However, there is a mountain road to the east to the south of Baiyu Village, so the Japanese invaders can also go to the south.

"Company commander, the enemy is now in Shiquan to the west, less than 2.5 kilometers away from us, and completely within the range of our mortars! The main regiment's troops have been interspersed all the way, and are now in Bishi, 4 kilometers away from us, and 2.5 kilometers away from the enemy. In other words, the enemy is completely within the range of our artillery fire!" said Xiao Liang, the company instructor. (End of this chapter)