The first thing the Mawushan base area needs to do is prepare materials. Zhao Gang and Wang Xiaohu presided over the material work meeting and instructed Zhou Mingde to assist the guerrillas in purchasing large quantities of grain, and also purchase part of the grain through the Jinsui Army and Yan Guiwu's Huang Xiejun to increase grain reserves.
Xu Dalong asked the Zheng Mansion in Mawushan Central County to do a good job in spring plowing. The people still have to live. In any case, spring plowing and production cannot be delayed.
Reserve a large amount of fuel to ensure that the flying group, tank group and transport group can set off at any time.
Reserve raw materials for military production to ensure the supply of ammunition during wartime.
At the same time, residential areas must be established in the Mawu Mountain area to ensure the relocation of the people after some areas of the base area are captured by enemy forces.
There were so many things about material supply. Thanks to Zhao Gang and Wang Xiaohu, Xu Dalong was able to free up most of his energy to focus on combat work.
Xu Dalong, Li Yunlong, Kong Jie, Sun Desheng, and Wang Chengzhu first held a working meeting of the county brigade, asking them to continue digging tunnels, improving the tunnel system, and asking the county brigade to assist the main force in preventing espionage and spies, and preventing the infiltration of Japanese and puppet personnel. Enter the base area to steal military secrets from the base area, assist the main force in digging trenches, assist the Zheng Mansion in Mawushan Central County in relocating civilians during wartime, and cooperate with the main force in defensive operations when necessary.
It was stipulated that during wartime, Wang Chengzhu would be under unified command of the three county brigades.
Next, Xu Dalong, Li Yunlong and others invited Chu Yunfei to come to the guerrilla headquarters to discuss matters related to anti-mopping operations.
During the Spring Festival, Chu Yunfei returned to the headquarters of the World War II District Commander, communicated with the Chief of Staff and others in advance, and asked to see the King of Shanxi, hoping to stay in the Mawu Mountain area to fight.
The District Chief of Staff of the World War II Area had already mastered the intelligence that the Japanese army was about to launch a massive offensive in Shanxi. They believed that the location of Chu Yunfei's 358th Brigade was a barrier to the northeast of the District Chief of Staff of the World War II Area. The Chief's Department had no plans to relocate the 358 Brigade this time.
In order to resist the Japanese attack from the northeast, the King of Shanxi specially approved the allocation of part of the weapons, ammunition and military supplies to the 358th Brigade. This result made Chu Yunfei very satisfied.
After receiving Xu Dalong's invitation, Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong came to the guerrilla headquarters and held a joint meeting with Xu Dalong, Li Yunlong, Kong Jie and others.
Now there are five main forces in the Mawushan area: Xu Dalong's guerrillas, Li Yunlong's New 1st Brigade, Kong Jie's New 2nd Brigade, Wang Limin's Independent Brigade, and Chu Yunfei's 358th Brigade. After everyone's discussion, a coalition command headquarters was established. Unified command is required during combat, and everyone elected Xu Dalong as the commander-in-chief. During combat, all units were mobilized by Xu Dalong.
Faced with the imminent large-scale attack by the Japanese and puppet troops, everyone decided after discussion to take the initiative to launch an attack before the Japanese troops were fully assembled to disrupt the Japanese army's combat deployment.
The Japanese troops that now pose a direct threat to the Mawushan guerrillas are mainly the 32nd garrison division stationed in Lingao City, the 108th division stationed in Yucheng, the 110th division stationed in Yangquan, and the Japanese troops in the direction of Taiyuan. 21st Brigade, 5th Division.
Through research, it was decided that the coalition forces would first launch an attack on the Japanese troops to anger the Japanese troops, and then select a group of Japanese troops to attack.
When it came to choosing the target to attack, Xu Dalong proposed that the Air Force flying brigade should first attack the Japanese airfield in Houma again. Everyone had no opinion on this and unanimously approved it.
Li Yunlong had been holding back his energy for a long time and wanted to fight. After he arrived at the Mawu Mountain base, he took the initiative to find Zheng Xirong and learned about the enemy situation in this area. Seeing that the air force was going to be dispatched to attack Houma Airport, nothing would happen without the New First Brigade, which made him feel itchy in his heart.
He said: "Brother Dalong, of course our brothers attacking the Jaap's airport can anger the Japanese army, but Houma is too far away from our Mawu Mountain and cannot directly affect the situation here.
My opinion is that we simply launch a raid on the Shitai-Taizhou Railway. This is the main transportation artery for the Japs from Hebei to Shanxi. If the railway line is cut off, the Japs will definitely be anxious. When they come to retaliate, We'll have a chance to kill him and bring reinforcements along the way. "
Chu Yunfei also admired Li Yunlong very much. He said: "Brother Yunlong is right. I also think cutting off the railway line will have a greater impact on the Japanese. As long as the Shitai Railway is cut off, the Japanese army will definitely take action. I agree. Brother Yunlong’s opinion.”
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "The leader is right. Let's cut off the Shitai-Taizhou Railway first."
Kong Jie and Wang Limin also expressed no objection.
Seeing that everyone agreed with his opinion, Li Yunlong said happily: "Brother Dalong, leave the attack on the Shitai Railway to my new brigade."
Everyone knew Li Yunlong's temper and could not compete with him, so they agreed with the New First Brigade to attack the Shitai Railway line in Ping'an County. Sun Desheng led the cavalry brigade to serve as the security guard for the New First Brigade.
After Li Yunlong accepted the task, he sent someone to call Wang Xiaohu and said: "Huzi, prepare more shovels and pickaxes for Laozi. This time Laozi is going to dig up the Shitai Railway to pieces. The little devil wants to open the train." , just dream."
Wang Xiaohu had already received the notice. He smiled and said: "Captain, don't worry. I have made arrangements for this and will send a car to deliver it to you shortly."
Li Yunlong said: "Huzi, I heard that you have a lot of high explosives there. Get a batch for Laozi. I will blow up all the bridges and culverts there."
Wang Xiaohu said in embarrassment: "Captain, I don't have the right to use explosives. It must be signed by Commissioner Zhao Zheng. How about you tell him?"
Li Yunlong smiled and said: "Okay, just go and prepare. I will tell Lao Zhao when he comes."
After saying that, he called Zhao Gang.
Explosives are very important to the Mawushan base area. They are mainly used in the arsenal to produce bullets, artillery shells, and aerial bombs. These things are not easy to obtain, so Zhao Gang controls them very strictly.
After receiving Li Yunlong's call, although Zhao Gang felt a little distressed, he still approved Li Yunlong's 200 kilograms of high explosives without saying a word.
Li Yunlong was very happy and said: "Old Zhao, you are worthy of being an old brother from the regiment. When I come back from this battle, I will ask your sister-in-law to be a matchmaker for you."
Li Yunlong didn't know that Zhao Gang now had a sweetheart. He always felt that he had a wife and couldn't leave his old man alone, so he asked Li Xiuqin to help secretly.
Zhao Gang smiled and said, "Lao Li, don't worry about me. When you come back, I'll treat you to a drink."
Li Yunlong laughed, hung up the phone, and then sent someone to call Zhang Dabiao, asking him to hurry up and prepare the troops to set off tonight.
Flight Captain Bob received the notice and came to see Xu Dalong. He was very excited when he heard that the flying brigade was going to attack the airport in Houma. His pilots enjoyed flying missions and received handsome bonuses.
After Bob accepted the mission, he also came to Zhao Gang to receive fuel and aerial bombs from him.
Different from the mood of Bob and others, Zhao Gang's heart trembled with pain every time the flying brigade was dispatched. You must know that the cost of their bombing mission was more than that of all the troops in the entire Mawushan base area. Especially for missions like bombing Houma Airport, which only consumes money without any gain, Zhao Gang is very reluctant to do it.
However, he also understood that in future operations, the threat from the Japanese air force would be too great. Reluctant that his child could not trap the wolf, he had no choice but to endure his heartache and allocate fuel and aerial bombs to Bob's flying brigade. Later, he personally came to the airstrip to supervise the distribution of supplies. He also told Bob and others to make sure they saw the target accurately before dropping bombs, and not to waste the hard-won aerial bombs.
After Li Yunlong set off with his troops, he said to Sun Desheng: "Send someone to help me keep an eye on the spot to see if there are any Japanese reinforcements coming out and notify me in time."
Sun Desheng knew Li Yunlong very well and knew that he would never just attack the railway, but would look for an opportunity to fight.
He immediately agreed and sent cavalry troops to conduct surveillance at various Japanese and puppet army strongholds around the attack site.
When they came to the vicinity of the railway line, Li Yunlong did not send his large troops directly to destroy the railway, but instead ambush the troops around. He definitely refused to just remove the rails on the railway. He hoped to kill a column of Japanese troops and seize a large amount of supplies.
Because railway transportation was intermittent at this time, the intelligence squadron of the Mawushan guerrillas was unable to grasp the exact time when the Japanese military column passed by. Therefore, without information, Li Yunlong could only wait patiently.
Unfortunately, the result was very disappointing to Li Yunlong. The New 1st Brigade waited beside the railway line for seven hours, but there was still no movement from the Japanese military column.
Li Yunlong looked at his watch. It was now 3:30 in the afternoon. He decided to wait for another hour. If there was still no Japanese military column passing by, he would let the troops start digging the railway tracks and destroy the railway roadbed.
At 4:20 pm, Li Yunlong was really impatient to wait.
He said: "Forget it, let's not wait any longer. Let's go directly to demolish the Japanese railroad tracks. We can't come here in vain. We must transport all the Japanese railroad tracks back to the base area and hand them over to Commissioner Zhao Zheng to make guns and bullets."
Zhang Dabiao was also very depressed and said, "I know." After saying that, he picked up the phone and prepared to issue an order.
At this moment, the radio operator suddenly said: "Brigade Commander, a telegram has been sent. It is from Deputy Captain Sun."
When Li Yunlong heard this, he felt that there might be something wrong. He hurriedly said: "Zhang Dabiao, wait a moment before issuing the order. You quickly copy it, translate the telegram, and let Laozi see if that guy Sun Desheng has brought good news?" "
The telegram sent by Sun Desheng was indeed good news, saying that his cavalry had discovered a Japanese patrol vehicle and was driving towards the location where the New 1st Brigade was ambushing.
With the appearance of the patrol car, it is very likely that a military column will come from behind.
Li Yunlong ordered the troops to hide well and no one should expose the target.
About 40 minutes later, a Japanese patrol car drove over. There was a Japanese railway employee and two Japanese soldiers on the patrol car. They inspected the railway tracks as they walked, and gradually moved away.
About 20 minutes later, Sun Desheng sent another telegram, saying that a train was coming from the direction of Taiyuan. No Japanese soldiers were seen on the train, and it looked like an ordinary freight train.
Zhang Dabiao asked with some worry: "Brigade commander, if it is an ordinary civilian train, can we stop it?"
Li Yunlong said: "Zhang Dabiao, let me ask you, who is in charge of the railways in Shanxi now?"
Zhang Dabiao said: "Most of Shanxi is occupied by the little devils, and the railways must be run by the little devils."
Li Yunlong said: "Isn't that the end? The train belongs to the Japs, and the goods carried on it don't belong to the Japs?"
Zhang Dabiao felt that Li Yunlong was a bit unreasonable, but he made sense. Anyway, the guys who transported the goods were all rich people. If they could let the little devils help them transport the goods, they must be hooked up with the little devils.
He said: "Brigadier, what you said makes sense. I will be ready to intercept the little devil's train."
After receiving the order, the officers and soldiers of the engineer company rushed to the railway line, buried explosives under the railway tracks, and then hid on the roadside.
Soon after, a freight train arrived.
In order not to damage the goods on the train, the engineer company detonated explosives in advance and broke the rails. The freight train saw something going on ahead and stopped hastily.
Zhang Dabiao commanded the officers and soldiers of the New 1st Brigade to surround them from all sides.
There were only six people on the freight train, two of whom were Japanese, and one of them was carrying a tortoise box.
Some of Sun Desheng's cavalrymen could speak Japanese. After interrogation, they determined the identities of the two Japanese. One was a railway employee and the other was a Japanese businessman. There were also four locals, two of whom were railway employees, and Two are employees of a Japanese trading company.
This freight train has a total of 24 carriages, 20 of which are loaded with coal, and 4 of which are loaded with a batch of cotton.
Seeing that only these things were seized, Li Yunlong couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. The coal must not be transported away. Fortunately, there were still four carriages of cloth, which was a considerable gain.
Li Yunlong ordered people to remove the cloth from the car, load it and transport it back to the base area.
Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao commanded the officers and soldiers of the New 1st Brigade to begin destroying the railway tracks and roadbed. They demolished a full two kilometers of railway tracks and had them carried back to the base area.
The engineers blew up two culverts that passed through the water. Not only that, they also blew up the front of the train with explosives. The coal on the carriage was doused with gasoline and set on fire.
After the work was done, Li Yunlong had no intention of returning to the base in a hurry.
He looked at the blazing fire on the train and wondered what he was thinking.
Zhang Dabiao knew Li Yunlong very well. He knew that Li Yunlong must not be satisfied with this harvest. He was thinking about where to go to fight another battle to make some money.
At this moment, Sun Desheng sent a cavalry correspondent, saying that a squadron of Japanese railway garrison troops rushed towards the location of the train accident.
The reason why Sun Desheng reported this situation to Li Yunlong was because the cavalry unit led by Sun Desheng could easily defeat the Japanese squadron, but he could not steal Li Yunlong's limelight, so he reported the news to Li Yunlong.
Li Yunlong saw that the little devils only came with so many people, and felt that it was not enough, but grasshoppers are also meat, so he ordered the troops to ambush all around.
