Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

"In fact, with our current military strength, the enemy's planes cannot change the situation unless there are too many of them! After my artillery regiment blew up the airport, the 3rd Regiment occupied the airport and then moved eastward to block the contact point between Shimen City and Zhending County! As long as you give me two hours, I can establish forward positions on the north and west sides of Shimen!" Li Yunlong assured.

"The train of my Beishan Detachment is under Jingxing, and the supplies are all over there! If necessary, we will immediately go down the mountain from the southeast of Jingxing and establish attack positions from the south side of Shimen and the southwest corner!" said Xing Weiguo.

"Commander, if possible, our three local regiments can go to the east side to blockade the enemy!" Guo Liandong spoke on behalf of the three local regiments.

"The latest order from headquarters is to block the west and advance east, avoiding the heavy and attacking the light!" Zhao Danian said after listening to everyone's request for battle: "What does it mean? In the west, we block the Japanese from Taiyuan and Linfen and prevent them from fighting back. In the east, we can advance step by step, but we must avoid big cities and attack small cities!"

"You are also aware of the situation in the west! The Third Battalion of the Guard Regiment is in Yangquan, the First and Second Detachments are blocking the Shouyang-Yuci line, and the comrades in the Taiyue District have occupied Huozhou, captured Lingshi, liberated Hongdong, and have cut off the Tongpu Railway. As long as they can withstand the enemy's counterattack, we can go all out!"

"So, we need to besiege Shimen instead of attacking it! We need to build frontline positions 1 to 2 kilometers outside Shimen, dig trenches, build some firing points, and create a siege! After doing this, we can divide part of our main force for defense, and the rest of the troops can attack the surrounding small towns!"

"According to intelligence analysis, the Japanese troops in Luancheng, Gaocheng and other places east of Shimen have voluntarily withdrawn. This gives us the conditions to besiege Shimen, because we don't have to worry about being attacked from behind! Then, next, Li Yunlong... your independent detachment will immediately build a new front in the east and south directions with the airport as the center! The civilians you have received can help with the work, and the tools have been brought here."

"Yes..." Li Yunlong stood up and saluted, accepting the task.

"Xing Weiguo... your independent detachment, all of you, go down the mountain immediately, select a place just south of the stone gate as a command post, and then build frontier fortifications on the south side of the stone gate. You can recruit the surrounding people to help with the work, and the sub-district working group will follow up and carry out mass work. At the same time, the first sub-district will cooperate with us to establish a sporadic defense line on the east side of the stone gate."

"Yes..." Xing Weiguo stood up and saluted, accepting the task.

"As for you..." Zhao Danian looked at the leaders of the three local regiments and said, "Chen Changsheng, you continue to stay where you are. But we need to send a battalion to garrison in the direction of Tumen Pass to increase the defense force in the rear! Guo Liandong, Zheng Changfeng, your two regiments are our reserve forces and our mobile forces! You need to move around in the rear and assist the front line."

"Yes..." The three captains stood up and saluted, accepting the mission.

"I know you are all very anxious and want to occupy more counties, but this can't be rushed! First, we have to ensure that the devils in Shimen can't get out, and then we can control the surrounding counties! This time, we can't, and we don't have enough troops to completely occupy this section of the Zhengtai Line, so we still have to destroy it!" "The siege of Shimen is fake, but the pressure on the devils is real! The devils are wreaking havoc in the south, so this will also relieve some pressure on the south. Of course, the key point is to control the surrounding counties during the siege of Shimen to ensure that we can hold on when the devils counterattack! At the very least, we have to occupy more counties!"

"Shimen is very important to the devils, but it is not that strategically significant to us! What is of great significance to us is the vast land around Hutuo River, Dasha River, and Baiyangdian! This is a land of fish and rice, a fertile land with abundant harvests! With the food provided here, we can have enough food, more soldiers, and a stronger army!"

"So, take action. I will temporarily place the headquarters on the mountain southeast of Jingxing, and you can go ahead and do it! Comrades, we are only besieging a city, but it is very important for the entire occupation! The 6th Division will work with the comrades of the Jizhong Military Region to besiege several large cities in the south, and then capture smaller cities!"

"As long as we complete this strategic task, central Hebei and northwestern Shandong will be connected, and the mountainous areas of central Shandong, southwestern Shandong, Binhai, and Jiaodong will all be connected. We will have a large number of grain-producing areas, cotton-producing areas, and some mining areas in our hands! In order for us to completely drive out the Japanese devils and liberate North China in the future, comrades, let's fight!" Zhao Danian said excitedly.

"Yes!" everyone standing there shouted in unison.

After the meeting, everyone took action and headed towards the designated area. Li Yunlong's independent detachment was strong, with a large number of troops and a short distance, so it quickly extended from Daguo Airport to Shimen and built a position. Compared with them, the Beishan detachment was more troublesome. They had to go down the mountain from the east of Jingxing and then gradually approach Shimen, which was much farther away.

Of course, things are not set in stone and cannot be changed! For example, early this morning, a group of comrades from Jingxing headed east to
Wujiayao direction, then down the mountain from the east, and detour to the south side of Shimen. They are going to explore the way in advance, which is the significance of the existence of the mobile force. The main force of the Beishan Detachment and the Divisional Artillery Regiment will continue to advance along the railway, down the mountain from Tumenguan direction, and then go to the south of Shimen.

Don't ask why we didn't take the train to Tumenguan. The answer is that it's hard to dispatch there, and it's not as convenient as Jingxing Station at night. Of course, it's daytime now, and those heavy equipment still on the train can take the train to Daguo Village. Well, it's just a little bold...

In Liangjia Village, Li Yuexuan had been nervously waiting for news from the front line yesterday, so his spirit was somewhat affected today. After a 5-kilometer morning run, he regained his energy. Then, he opened the map and looked at the current situation on the map. It must be said that the well-equipped Eighth Route Army was indeed extremely powerful. In one day, it took down 15 counties.

This efficiency is higher than the Japanese's efficiency in the Henan-Hunan-Guangxi Campaign! Of course, the situation is different, and the strength of the troops is also different.

Moreover, Li Yuexuan also knew that in addition to the counties captured by the Ninth District and the three counties captured by the Taiyue District, the counties liberated from other areas were either given up by the enemy themselves, or occupied after ambushing the main force of the Japanese, or simply besieged the Japanese for a long time, forcing the Japanese to endure the pressure!
In other words, the easy and difficult battles were fought yesterday, and they have to continue fighting today! He really wants to go and see, but he knows that the greatest contribution he can make is to keep the arsenal running! (End of this chapter)