Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

There were still many things that Major Inaba couldn't figure out, but no one would take the initiative to give him an answer. Of course, this did not prevent Major Inaba from sending a telegram to his colleagues to inquire about the situation.

Just like last night, there was still no response from the Morita Battalion that entered the base to the east, but Captain Jiro Honma in the north gave him a coordinate, which was exactly on the west side of Shouyang.

That's right, Captain Honma finally reached the mountain west of Shouyang after half an afternoon and a night of traveling. Well, it's not that he didn't want to save some effort and take a shortcut, but he was more worried about being discovered by the Eighth Route Army and being ambushed.

It was already eight o'clock in the morning, the time when the sky was bright, but it was not the best time for Honma to attack Shouyang. That's right, they were in the west and the sun was in the east, just shining in their eyes.

Don't think that sunlight has no effect on combat. In fact, sunlight, especially low and bright sunlight, has a great impact on soldiers! For example, the crosshairs of the gun muzzle will produce virtual light due to reflected light, which affects the accuracy of aiming. Moreover, if you keep looking directly at the strong sunlight, your eyes will get tired quickly.

For example, if the enemy is in the west and the sun is also in the west, then when observing the enemy, you are facing the light... Well, which city is illuminated by the high beam? The driver has something to say.

"Inaba is such a fool. He has no ability of his own and he also attributes it to the fact that the Eighth Route Army has more troops and stronger firepower! Tell the soldiers to rest, eat and rest. There will be no fighting this morning. We will launch the attack at 2:30 in the afternoon! By the way, the infantry squadron can rest, but the engineering squadron cannot rest. They have to repair our position..."

Jiro Honma planned to fight a protracted war, just like he did before against the Central Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, depleting the enemy's resources bit by bit, and then seeking support from the Army Aviation Corps in the rear.

Therefore, while letting the soldiers rest and build positions, he used his connections to continuously send requests to the front headquarters, asking for support from the Army Aviation bombers.

Gangcun was also extremely annoyed by him, but he still had to give the support. After all, Shouyang was in front of Yangquan, and this city could not be lost, it must not be lost!
In fact, Gangcun has a more gentle but vicious way to deal with this matter, but he has always kept this method in his mind and has not said it out loud. Well, he is worried that if he says it out loud, he will be dealt with by the headquarters! His method is very simple, that is, to take the initiative to give in, then provoke conflicts, sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and finally the fisherman will benefit and reap the fruits of his labor.

Simply put, they voluntarily gave up these counties along the Zhengtai Line, and then boasted about the benefits of the Eighth Route Army, and also stated that these counties were completely controlled by the Eighth Route Army, and they also wanted to establish government agencies...

As a person who came from an intelligence background, Gangcun understood the bald man's fear of the Eighth Route Army, and also understood the importance his Shanxi student attached to his territory. So once he did this, he could watch the show from now on! However, this would undoubtedly be a loss of face for the officials at the headquarters, especially in the case of the defeat in the Pacific battlefield.

Therefore, some failures cannot be publicized and must be kept secret! And even if they are publicized by the Eighth Route Army, they must keep a low profile and even refuse to admit it! Well, if necessary, the data can be falsified, after all, no one really verifies it. For example, if there are 3000 casualties in the battle, it can be announced to the outside world that 300 people were killed in the battle...

Gangcun was having a headache, Honma was waiting, and Inaba was lying down... At this time, after a busy night, the quick reaction company had dug a pit to bury Morita and the others! That's right, when Shi Peican was directing the artillery to bomb the devils, Hu Lanzhou finally finished the last shovel of soil and buried all the devils in the ravine south of the mountain ridge south of Baiyu Village. Digging a pit and burying it was not enough, because now was the season of revival of all things, there was the water of the Sanjiao River nearby, and there was a jujube forest not far away... So when the sky was bright, on the graves of these devils, big and small, the soldiers dug a new pit, poured water on it, and planted the newly dug jujube saplings!

Well, planting jujube trees on graves and eating jujubes two years later is an old tradition of the Beishan Branch. We did this in Shuijiao Village, Beiyue District, and later in the West Mountain of Liangjia Village. For example, the tree on the grave of Sakata Nobutsu produced 10 kilograms of red dates last year...

After burying the devils, they planted jujube trees, and then in a higher, better location on the hill, the soldiers dug some more graves. This time, including the location where the devils were buried before, Hu Lanzhou personally selected the location and arranged the layout according to the Feng Shui knowledge he learned from Taoist Master Jue'an.

Captain Hu didn't understand the specifics, but he knew that after this arrangement, the Japs would always be suppressed, even if they became Japs... Look, the Eighth Route Army doesn't care about this, we just want to facilitate construction. After all, the Japs were bombed at the foot of the mountain, so we just need to dig a pit and bury them on the spot...

After burying the devils and their comrades, they specially fired guns to commemorate them with the Type 38 rifles seized from the devils, and also offered a few tributes. The quick reaction company then returned to Bishi with the spoils and the militia. That's right, the baggage of Zheng Changfeng's main regiment is still lost there, and it needs to be found!

After finding the baggage, Hu Lanzhou felt that he didn't have enough manpower because there were too many spoils to move! Of course, this was not a problem for the local comrades! With the help of the village heads, the supplies belonging to the main regiment were sent to Yangtou Cliff, and the spoils were also left in Bishi, waiting for the comrades of the new second regiment to come and distribute them.

Hu Lanzhou and his men were not interested in these captured weapons! So apart from replenishing the ammunition, collecting some of the surviving war horses and mixing them into their own cavalry, and keeping the looted canned food and other items for themselves, the rest could be handed over to the comrades in the New Second Regiment and Lunan County.

Well, at this time, Shouyang was divided into three districts: Shoudong, Shouxi, and Lunan. The New Second Regiment was the main force of the Lunan district and the seat of administrative power in charge of the Lunan district. Political Commissar Zhang also took on some administrative duties, such as taxation, establishing village committees, militia, etc.

There was no fighting around Shouyang for the whole morning, and it was already noon that day.

Well, there was no fighting in Shouyang, but the fighting in the Jingxing direction was indeed fierce. The Independent Regiment, the 769th Regiment, the 14th Regiment and other main forces resisted the attacks of the Japanese and did not give in at all.

At 12: noon, the Independent Regiment, the First Main Regiment, the First Battalion, and all the troops fighting around Shouyang received the latest news from the Beishan Detachment. (End of this chapter)