Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

When the people of Taipinggou emerged from the tunnel and saw the long-lost sunlight, the reconnaissance company of the Second Battalion just entered the village. In front of the reconnaissance company was the 20th Company of the 9th Regiment, which was stationed in Shili Village and was responsible for serving as bait yesterday.

That's right, half a day and a night had passed since the annihilation of the Japanese troops. The three main regiments plus the second battalion also jumped from the Shicao River, which was 5 kilometers in a straight line in the north, to the valley side of the Guxian River. Of course, a straight line drawn on the map is 30 kilometers, but the Eighth Route Army had to go around, up mountains and down ditches, and had to travel more than miles.

In fact, the three main regiments and one infantry battalion arrived here last night, but they did not rush into the village. After some reconnaissance, they entered their respective destinations this morning. And this Taipinggou is the resting place for the second battalion. Their mission is to hide in the mountains in the south and support other troops at any time.

That’s right, the Second Battalion is being used as a reserve force this time, and what is needed is their strong firepower level so that they can play a role at the critical moment.

Because it was morning, the people who had been in the tunnel for a few days quickly adapted to the bright environment, and then found that the new Eighth Route Army soldiers were dressed differently from other Eighth Route Army soldiers. The main thing was the camouflage training uniforms, which looked more neat, at least better than the gray uniforms of the Eighth Route Army soldiers.

At this time, a familiar old man stopped the soldiers of the 9th Company and asked them about the situation: "Sanwazi, what's the situation outside now? Have the Japanese left or gone to cause trouble somewhere else?"

"Third Grandpa, the Japanese haven't left yet. They are still sweeping the southern Gu County! However, those Japanese puppet troops that chased us a few days ago were all wiped out by me in Shicao River! Hehe..."

"You mean, those damn Japs who burned down our house were all shot?" The old man's voice rose an octave and became louder.

"Yes, look..." Sanwaizi, who went out to serve in the army from Taipinggou Village, proudly showed the telescope assigned to him yesterday: "Look, Third Grandpa, this is the telescope seized from the Japanese officer! And this..." While Sanwaizi was speaking, he saw his mother looking at him with concern, and he decisively left Third Grandpa and ran over.

"Mom... Hey, I'm back again, I'm fine, hey... Don't cry, don't let people laugh at me... Hey, this is a can of food that my superiors rewarded me, I couldn't bear to eat it, you take it, add cabbage and stew it for the whole family! And this, this is the Japanese biscuits, I specially asked for it, for my little sister to eat!"

Sanwazi stuffed all the rewards given to him after the battle into his mother's hands, then ran away.

"Sanwaizi, you haven't told me what happened to those Japanese devils? How did you fight them? Did you bring back any heads of the Japanese devils? There are still some in our village cemetery..." The old man watched Sanwaizi running away, shouting on tiptoe, but the child he had seen grow up disappeared after turning a corner.

"Alas... I am old, old, and can't walk anymore... If it were ten years ago, I would have killed a few damn devils with my own hands!" The old man is only in his 50s, but the hardships of life have long hollowed out his body, and it is very difficult for him to take care of his daily life. So even if the old man is a hunter, he can only sigh in vain now.

But before the old man's sadness spread, he heard someone beating a gong, and then heard someone shouting, "Fellow villagers, fellow villagers, now each family has arranged a representative, let's go to the threshing ground for a meeting!"

On the threshing ground, the people who came over were shocked by the Japanese equipment placed on one side of the threshing ground. They still remembered that they had seen such equipment a few years ago, also on the threshing ground, but at that time the pheasant neck machine gun and the crooked handle machine gun were mounted on the stage of the community opera, and the devils were in charge. On that day, 20 young men were captured from the village, 15 young girls and young wives were also captured, and 8 villagers were buried alive by the devils. And until now, the people who were captured have not been seen released, and they are really missing alive or dead. However, some people have heard that the women who were captured were treated very cruelly...

Today, the same equipment is placed on the side of the threshing floor for the villagers to see and even touch. The equipment will be operated by our own children, and the name of this army is the Eighth Route Army!

On the stage, the propaganda officers of the 20th Regiment began to vividly tell the people about the battle process against the Japanese in the north. In order to make it sound better, the officers processed the battle process, at least extending the duration of the battle. Of course, the results of the battle did not change, and the casualty ratio did not change. Anyway, all the Japanese puppet troops were wiped out. There was no need to increase or decrease this, just be realistic.

Ignoring the propaganda activities in the village, the comrades of the reconnaissance company of the second brigade found the militia team in the village and followed them through the tunnel to hide in case of emergency. The comrades of the special forces and the quick response company were not in the village at all. They had already gone to investigate in the direction of Gu County under the leadership of the 9th company and local villagers.

Gu County, although its name contains the word "county", is actually a township-level unit, as if it was a county town in ancient times. Of course, no matter what it is now, it is occupied by the Japanese, and the Japanese are still using this place as a springboard to continue to sweep deep into the base area. Therefore, the special forces came here with the purpose of scouting the enemy situation here and collecting terrain data for the second brigade to facilitate the next arrangement.

At the same time, the 772th Company of the 8nd Regiment was moving along the Guxian River from north to south, intending to harass the Japanese troops entrenched in Shili Township.

The purpose of the 8th Company is very simple, to expose our position and let the Japanese know that we have transferred our main force to the northern Shili Township. Isn't the Japanese sweep to destroy the main force of the Eighth Route Army? Now our main force is here, come and fight if you have the guts...

Therefore, when the Japanese were still unaware of the entire battlefield environment, the three main regiments of the 386th Brigade plus the 772nd Battalion as external aid had already stationed on the mountain north of Shili Township, and took the initiative to expose the nd Regiment, waiting for the Japanese to arrive.

At this time, in Guxian County, Captain Ueno of the 62rd Battalion of the 23nd Division of the Japanese was communicating with the division headquarters in the telecommunications room in order to grasp the situation of the entire battlefield. However, according to the telegram sent back by the division, there were not many changes in the area under the responsibility of the 62nd Division, and there was no change in the 37th Division. Only the 69th Division had lost contact with the three teams that had penetrated deep into the Eighth Route Army base.

"What?" Major Ueno took out a map and looked at the area that the 69th Division was responsible for attacking. He muttered to himself, but his mind was working fast.

"Captain, the Nakajima Squadron that has been making a detour to the north has not responded. Should we send out troops to look for them?" At this time, the chief of staff of the battalion came over and asked.

"What?" Ueno looked back at the area where Gucheng was located on the map, and looked at the Shicao River Valley to the north of Gucheng. "This valley should have been the path for our main force to attack directly. Now our main force has penetrated deep into the Gucheng Valley, and let the Nakajima Squadron make a detour... Something is wrong..." (End of this chapter)