Yan Guiwu said: "In the past, the Eighth Route Guerrilla Army had a small number of people, so the pressure on logistics supply was small, and the troops could move easily. It was really not easy for us to deal with them.
Now that they have more people, the consumption of people eating horse chews is also greater, and the pressure on material supply is much greater, which has become a burden to them. You know, they don't have material supplies allocated by their superiors, so they have to raise everything by themselves. "
Qianye Xunyi felt that what Yan Guiwu said seemed to make sense, but he still felt a little confused. He said, "Go on."
Yan Guiwu said: "When I was a company commander, I once went to encircle and suppress bandits. The situation was similar to that of the Eighth Route guerrillas.
At the beginning, they only had a few dozen men, all of them were smart and capable gangsters. They moved flexibly during the battle, and they slipped away every time they encircled and suppressed them.
Later, the group of bandits continued to grow, reaching nearly a thousand people. The internal members began to become more complicated, and the pressure on material supplies also increased.
In response to this situation, my regiment leader adopted an economic blockade and strictly controlled food and other living supplies in the areas around the bandits' lair. Within a few months, the bandits on the mountain could no longer hold on.
They will go down the mountain to grab food for a bite to eat; they will attack the solid positions defended by our army for weapons and ammunition, and they will suffer considerable losses every time.
Later, they started fighting among themselves just for a bite to eat. The people's hearts were scattered, and they were finally wiped out by our army. "
The chief of staff understood it first and said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, what Yan Sang said makes sense. In the Northeast, the Kwantung Army used this method, and the security situation has been greatly improved."
Qianye Xunyi said: "It makes sense. However, this method is very difficult to operate. Let's do this, Yan Sang, you first write a detailed report based on your experience, and then we will give it to Kanto The military sent an official letter asking them to provide relevant experience, and we will study it carefully to find a solution to the problem."
Having said this, he sent someone to call the head of the Special Higher Education Section of the Lingao City Military Police Headquarters and asked him to work with Yan Guiwu to work out a method of economic blockade.
After Yan Guiwu left, Chiba Xunyi asked the chief of staff to draft a telegram and sent it to the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, asking him to send troops to attack the 358th Brigade stationed in Chu Yunfei, Xinhe County.
Yucheng.
Fujiwara Konichi, commander of the Japanese 108th Division, received orders from Yoshio Shinozuka and began to mobilize troops and horses, raise supplies, and prepare to attack the 358th Brigade.
Ichiro Sakamoto, Zheng Xirong and others came to Lingao City. They disguised themselves as clerks from the Japanese Military Police of Dongxiang County. After entering the city, they first came to the post office.
From there, he had to call the switchboard of the 32nd Division Regiment Headquarters and ask him to transfer the call to the Logistics Section Barracks Section. In order to prevent others from recognizing Ichiro Sakamoto's voice, the call was made by Zheng Xirong.
After hearing that it was Takahashi Bei himself who answered the phone, he gave the phone to Ichiro Sakamoto.
Last time, Takahashi Heiwei revealed the whereabouts of the 82nd Regiment Captain under the coercion and inducement of Xu Dalong, Ichiro Sakamoto and others. Later, he learned that Makoto Yokoten had been killed, but he was shocked by this incident. It caused tremendous pressure on him.
He received a **** education since childhood, and his mind was filled with the idea of loyalty to Tianhuang and the Yellow Army. His behavior was tantamount to treason.
Takahashi Bingwei felt deeply self-blame and fear, and he was always uneasy. He was a timid person who worried about gains and losses. He felt very regretful for his behavior, but at that time he did not have the courage to risk his life to protect Hengtian Shepherd, who was completely unfamiliar to him.
He kept condemning himself in his heart, but when he saw the big yellow croaker, he felt a little comforted. His family was very poor. His father became seriously ill when he was very young and was bedridden all the time. The whole family was managed by his mother alone.
In order to solve the difficulties at home, he finally chose to quietly exchange the large yellow croaker for Japanese military stamps and sent them back to his home.
He warned himself that this matter would end here, and he also made up his mind that if Ichiro Sakamoto came to him again, he would reject him no matter what.
Unexpectedly, Ichiro Sakamoto actually came to the door.
Takahashi Bingwei was startled and lowered his voice and said: "Ichiro, don't come to me again. Go away quickly. We won't meet again in the future."
Ichiro Sakamoto said: "Hebei, come out for a moment, I have something important to tell you."
Takahashi Bingwei said: "I won't report your matter, so don't implicate me."
Zheng Xirong kept his ears close to the side and listened, knowing that if he couldn't get a date with Takahashi Bingwei, there would be nothing he could do about it in the future.
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He interjected from the side and said: "Sakamoto-kun, tell him that if he doesn't come out to meet, he will bear the consequences."
Ichiro Sakamoto understood and pretended to say: "Don't be anxious, let me give you some more advice, Mr. Takahashi."
Of course, this was also said to Takahashi Bingwei.
Then Ichiro Sakamoto said: "Heibei, you'd better come out and let's meet. This is all for your own good. It's 2:40 now, meet at the entrance of Dahua Cinema at 3:30, see you there or not." , and he hung up the phone.
Takahashi Bie put down the phone and sat down on the chair. He really didn't want to go out to meet Ichiro Sakamoto, but he didn't dare not to go. He knew Ichiro Sakamoto and knew that he would not harm him, but it was hard to say about the person who was with Ichiro Sakamoto.
He thought about it again and again, and decided to go and make it clear to Ichiro Sakamoto. From now on, you can take your Yangguan Road and I can cross my single-plank bridge, so there will be no more going back and forth.
3:30. Takahashi Bingwei arrived at the Dahua Cinema on time. He looked around and did not see Ichiro Sakamoto.
At this time, a little girl selling cigarettes came over and handed a note to Takahashi Bingwei.
After all, this was enemy-occupied territory, so Zheng Xirong had to be very cautious. He gave the little girl a big gift and asked her to hand the piece of paper with the new address to Takahashi Bingwei.
Seeing that Takahashi Bingwei went to the newly agreed meeting place and confirmed that no one else was following him, Zheng Xirong and others followed quietly.
In a private room of a Japanese restaurant, Zheng Xirong and Sakamoto Ichiro, one was a good guy and the other was a bad guy, coercing and tempting, Takahashi Bingwei finally compromised.
Because he knew that since the last time he took someone else's large yellow croaker and provided the whereabouts of Captain Hengtian Mufu of the 82nd Regiment, he had already boarded a pirate ship, and there was no way back.
At this point, he could only help Ichiro Sakamoto with his determination.
Takahashi Bingwei collected another large yellow croaker and provided important information.
He said that he had received an order that the 215th Brigade of the Japanese 108th Division would soon be stationed in Lingao City, asking him to provide temporary barracks for the 215th Brigade.
Zheng Xirong and Ichiro Sakamoto were very satisfied and agreed with Takahashi Bingwei that someone would contact him in the future.
Mantou Peak.
Xu Dalong received the telegram from Zheng Xirong and others, and immediately attracted great attention.
Such a large force of the Japanese army entered the defense area of the 32nd Division. The only anti-Japanese armed forces in this area were the Mawushan guerrillas and Chu Yunfei's 358th Brigade. Needless to say, the Japanese army must be coming for them.
Xu Dalong immediately drafted a telegram and informed Chu Yunfei of the news that the Japanese 215th Brigade had entered Lingao City.
After Chu Yunfei received the telegram, he immediately held a meeting of officers above the regiment level. After discussion, they believed that the Japanese 215th Brigade was mainly for the 358th Brigade.
On the one hand, Chu Yunfei ordered the troops to prepare for battle, and on the other hand, he sent a telegram to Xu Dalong, asking the Mawushan guerrillas to cooperate with the 358th Brigade to repel the attack of the Japanese 215th Brigade. At the same time, Chu Yunfei also reported this information to the World War II District Chief's Department.
After research, Xu Dalong and others also believed that the main combat target of the Japanese field troops should be Chu Yunfei's 358th Brigade.
While Xu Dalong ordered Zheng Xirong and others to lurk in Lingao City and provide relevant information about the Japanese 215th Brigade at any time, he also made preparations to rush to the rescue of the 358th Brigade.
Lingao City.
Yan Guiwu discussed with the director of the Special Higher Education Course for two days, came up with a plan against the Mawushan guerrillas, and sent it to Chiba Xunyi.
After Chiba Xunyi read it, he put forward his own opinions on the issues and formed an implementation plan that he thought was satisfactory.
Qianye Xunyi was very satisfied with Yan Guiwu's performance this time.
He said: "Yan Sang, your suggestion is very good, and you are very loyal to the Huang Army. Regarding the establishment of the third division of the Huang Xie Army, you can start preparations after returning. You can first receive a batch of weapons and ammunition from the equipment section and go back to recruit troops. , after the Huang Army destroyed the 358th Brigade of the Jinsui Army, the founding meeting of the Third Division of the Huang Xie Army was officially held."
Yan Guiwu was very happy, thanked him repeatedly, took people to collect weapons and ammunition, and returned to Yinping County.
At noon that day, the Japanese 215th Brigade entered Lingao City.
That night, Takahashi Bingwei delivered another important piece of information to Zheng Xirong and Ichiro Sakamoto. The Japanese 215th Brigade would be leaving Lingao City in three days at the latest.
Takahashi Bingwei is a low-level officer. It is said that he cannot master such a major secret, but his position is very important.
Just after the 215th Brigade entered Lingao City, the Logistics Section of the Division held a meeting to study related work such as providing material supplies to the 215th Brigade. The Super High School Section Chief asked the supply unit to prepare three days of food supplies for the 215th Brigade. Hashibei can infer from this that the 215th Brigade will leave Lingao City in three days.
Only then did Zheng Xirong realize that even though Takahashi Bingwei's official position was not high, his position was very important.
The last time Xu Dalong gave Takahashi Bei a big yellow croaker, Zheng Xirong thought it was not worth it. Now he realized that the value of the information provided by Takahashi Bei was too great. He deeply admired Xu Dalong's vision.
Zheng Xirong immediately sent a telegram to Xu Dalong about the upcoming dispatch of the 215th Brigade, and Xu Dalong immediately forwarded the telegram to Chu Yunfei.
After reading the telegram, Fang Ligong said with emotion: "Brother Xu is really amazing. He was able to get such important information about the Japanese army. I really don't know how he did it."
Chu Yunfei smiled and said: "Brother Dalong is capable and upright. This friend is not in vain."
Since the Japanese army would not attack Xinhe County in a few days, Chu Yunfei decided to seize the time and go to Mantou Peak in person to discuss cooperation with Xu Dalong face to face.
He said: "Chief of Staff, prepare some gifts and let's go to see Brother Dalong together."
Fang Ligong said: "I'm going to prepare now."
At this moment, Sun Ming came in and said: "Reporting to the brigade, Director Li of the Operations Division of the World War II District Governor's Department is here."
Li Kun cooperated with Xu Dalong and others in fighting the 358th Regiment, captured four counties in a row, and severely damaged the Japanese army. Therefore, Li Kun was promoted to Major General Deputy Director of the Operations Division of the District Governor's Headquarters during World War II.
After receiving Chu Yunfei's telegram, the chief of staff sent Li Kun to Xinhe County to assist Chu Yunfei in repelling the Japanese attack.
Xinhe County is currently located in the northeastern protrusion of the area controlled by the Shanxi-Sui Army. It can be said to be an important barrier to the northeast of the Shanxi-Sui Army. The World War II District Governor attached great importance to this battle.
When Li Kun came, he also brought a mountain artillery battery and a large number of weapons and ammunition.
After the greetings, Li Kun heard that Chu Yunfei and others were going to meet Xu Dalong, which was exactly what he wanted, because one of the purposes of his visit this time was to strengthen the cooperation between the 358th Brigade and the Mawushan guerrillas, so he followed Chu Yunfei. Fei and others went to the Qilin Peak base together.
Mantou Peak.
Under the auspices of Yao Jun, the construction of Mantou Peak has begun to take shape. Hundreds of rooms of various sizes have been built in the cave, including conference rooms, dormitories, reception desks, canteens, boiling water rooms, storage rooms, etc. The open space in the middle was even used to build a lighted stadium for the guerrillas to carry out entertainment activities, and it could also be used as a venue for troop gatherings.
Xu Dalong has already told Zhou Mingde and asked him to find a way to buy a set of movie projection equipment when he goes to Taiyuan this time, so that he can show movies on the lighted stadium.
Li Kun, Chu Yunfei and others came to Mantou Peak. After visiting,
Chu Yunfei said: "Brother Dalong, this Mantou Peak is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is really a good place to dominate the mountain and become the king."
Li Kun smiled and said, "You really lived in a cave and became a mountain king."
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "You are right, our guerrillas often drill into ravines and fight guerrillas. From this point of view, they are really similar to the bandits who dominate the mountains."
In the conference room, Fang Ligong handed over the gift from the 358th Brigade to Xu Dalong.
The list of gifts read: 400 rounds of mortar shells, a military radio, a pair of gun mirrors, two sets of military maps of the twelve counties around Mawu Mountain, 50,000 rounds of Type 79 rifle bullets, and ten sewing machines.
Chu Yunfei is a thoughtful person. When he was in Guancheng County, he heard that Xu Dalong ordered people to seize sewing machines. He took note of this matter and sent ten sewing machines as gifts this time.
Xu Dalong was very happy. He also happened to be thinking about setting up a quilt factory by himself. The army is expanding too fast, and the issue of military uniforms needs to be solved by itself.
After the greetings, everyone began to discuss combat arrangements.
The Japanese 215th Brigade dispatched about 7,800 troops this time, and the 358th Brigade had a total strength of more than 9,000 troops. Although they had a slight advantage, the combat effectiveness of the troops was far behind and they were unable to engage in field combat with the Japanese army.
After deliberation, it was decided that the 358th Brigade could only rely on the defensive positions centered in Xinhe County to compete with the Japanese army. Xu Dalong led the Mawushan guerrillas to conduct mobile operations, harassing the Japanese army and constantly consuming the strength of the Japanese army. When the time is right, cooperate with the 358th Brigade to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army.
In order to strengthen the strength of the Mawushan guerrillas, Chu Yunfei decided to lead the newly established cavalry battalion under the leadership of Sun Ming and accept the command of Xu Dalong.
Considering that the material supply would be tight after Xinhe County was surrounded by the Japanese army, Xu Dalong transferred 100,000 kilograms of grain stored by the Mawushan guerrillas and gave it to Chu Yunfei and others to take back.
In order to strengthen the contact between the two parties, Li Kun still followed Xu Dalong and others.
The next night after Chu Yunfei and others left, Xu Dalong, Li Kun, Sun Desheng, Wang Chengzhu
, Sun Ming led all 375 cavalrymen of the Mawushan guerrillas and 282 cavalrymen of the 358th Regiment towards Lingao City.
The next morning, Zheng Xirong sent a telegram from Lingao City, saying that the main force of the Japanese 215th Brigade had left Lingao City and headed for Xinhe County.
From Lingao City to Xinhe County, you have to pass through Pingan County and Guancheng County.
Xu Dalong and others had already arrived between Lingao City and Ping'an County in advance, preparing to harass the Japanese army.
In a dark green car, Nobunaga Miyamoto, commander of the Japanese 215th Brigade, was taking a nap in the back seat.
When Miyamoto Nobunaga was the captain of the regiment, he once defeated two divisions of the Shanxi-Sui Army with a single regiment. This time, he was sent to lead a brigade to attack a brigade of the Shanxi-Sui Army that had just been expanded and had a large number of new recruits, which made him feel like he was killing a chicken with a sledgehammer.
He believed that as long as the two armies fought, he could defeat Chu Yunfei's 358th Brigade with a single charge.
Therefore, after entering Lingao City, he was arrogant and sarcastic, saying that the 32nd garrison division was incompetent, which made Qianye Xunyi look a little confused.
Fortunately, Qianye Xunyi has good self-cultivation skills. Now is the time to employ people, so he doesn't care about Miyamoto Nobunaga.
However, Chiba Xunyi originally wanted to kindly remind Miyamoto Nobunaga to be careful of Xu Dalong's guerrillas when fighting in this area. Seeing how arrogant this guy was, he swallowed his words and thought Let this guy taste the suffering of the guerrillas.
Miyamoto Nobunaga did not take this battle seriously. He thought it was nothing more than an armed tour, so he dozed there after getting in the car.
With a "boom", there was an explosion ahead, and the driver of the car instinctively stepped on the brakes. Due to the inertia, Miyamoto Nobunaga's body rushed forward suddenly, almost kneeling on the floor, which made him very uncomfortable.
He muttered: "Bage Yalu, what happened?"
The adjutant sitting in the passenger seat quickly jumped out of the car and went to check the situation.
"Boom, boom, boom."
At this moment, there was another series of explosions.
