As for those who are unwilling to stay in the Independent Regiment and still want to go back and become traitors, the reasons are quite good. Some are because their families are under the control of the Japanese, some are because they are afraid of death, and some want to earn a living and get a full military salary. Provide for your family.
Kong Jie has always understood these reasons, so according to Kong Jie's practice, as long as these soldiers turned in their guns and ammunition, they were released and even paid some travel expenses.
"Returning these puppet soldiers will be of great benefit to our propaganda behind enemy lines.
After these puppet soldiers go back, the news will spread. If the puppet troops encounter our independent group, even if they surrender and become prisoners, our independent group will not take their lives.
In this way, when we meet the puppet soldiers of our independent regiment in the future, they will not resist desperately.
Anyway, you can survive if you surrender. If you resist desperately, you may even lose your life. These puppet soldiers are greedy for life and fear death, so they naturally know what to do.
On the other hand, if we don't let this group of puppet soldiers go, how can any puppet army dare to surrender easily in the future? Surrendering is also a dead end, it is better to fight with the Eighth Route Army!
In addition, the puppet army is our mobile arsenal. You said that with so many puppet soldiers fleeing back empty-handed, can the puppet government say that they will not allocate a single gun to them in the future?
We cannot kill the goose to get the eggs, we must understand the principle of long-lasting water. . "
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Then we talked about strengthening local armed forces and developing militia, strengthening training, and improving combat effectiveness.
Kong Jie said: "On the one hand, the militia construction in each village must continue to be carried out steadily and gradually develop. Our cadres responsible for this aspect will implement it seriously."
"In addition, the militia construction in many surrounding villages around us has been developing well during this period. I think it is necessary for us to establish two district teams to build strong local armed forces to cooperate with our regular combat troops."
Chen Quan smiled and said: "Captain, this is a good thing. After the battle in Zhangjiazhuang, the militia comrades have been pestering me, asking the commander when will you agree to join the independent regiment!
Now that district teams are being set up, the militia comrades must be extremely happy to be able to join the district teams to fight the Japanese. "
Kong Jie said with a smile: "Tell the militia comrades for me, we have plenty of opportunities to fight against the Japanese. We can't rush this matter. What everyone has to do now is to work hard to improve their ability to fight against the Japanese. When will the training of military skills be solid?" Now that you have the ability to kill Japanese soldiers, the door of the independent group is open to everyone at any time."
"Yes!" Shen Quan responded with a smile.
"Okay, this topic will stop here for now. Let's talk about the summary of this battle. Whoever wants to speak freely can speak freely. The instructors will take notes and summarize at any time."
After Kong Jie finished speaking, the first person to speak this time was First Battalion Commander Wang Leihu:
"Captain, this actual combat has proven that our artillery group tactics are really practical. I think our artillery group tactics must be further developed. Once this kind of tactics is put on the battlefield, it will be like the enemy's light and heavy machine guns and grenades. The nemesis of firepower.”
"The gunner, the ammunition hand, the observer, a simple three-person team."
"After the battle started, the Japanese's grenade launchers and light and heavy machine guns were completely defeated. In the past, the Japanese used grenade launchers to bully us. As soon as the light and heavy machine gun firepower on our side, which was not much in the first place, showed up, the Japanese grenade launchers and shells hit us. Come here, how many machine guns and machine gunners have we lost for this?”
"But what is it now? As the saying goes, things are changing, and now it's the little devil's turn to have a taste of it.
The enemy's grenade had just emerged, and the shells of our 50 cannon, which had a longer range and greater power, hit the enemy's grenade. "
"As soon as the enemy's light and heavy machine gun firepower point appeared, needless to say, the observers of our artillery team here can immediately use the ranging telescope to lock the specific location of the Japanese light and heavy machine gun firepower point and direct the artillery shells to hit it."
"Without the cover of machine gun fire and grenade launchers, this little devil doesn't have the same vigor as before. We suppressed him and beat him the whole time."
Shen Quan echoed: "Yes, Commander, we have never fought such a happy battle. You are right, the main weapon of the Japanese that caused casualties to us is this bullet barrel.
As long as we can restrain the enemy's grenade fire, this little devil is fine. "
Other battalion commanders and instructors also nodded.
It seems that this is almost the case in actual combat.
Kong Jie smiled and said: "It seems that everyone has tasted the benefits of this artillery group tactic, but we still have more to learn! Remember, infantry is our most valuable asset at all times.
On the battlefield, why should we take the lead in knocking out the enemy's grenade launchers, light and heavy machine guns and other important firepower points? That is to protect the safety of our infantry.
In a hot weapons duel, whoever can protect his infantry better will be close to victory. "
At this time, instructor Li Wenjie brought up his findings on the battlefield again and said: "Captain, our independent regiment has not stopped training the soldiers in marksmanship for nearly a year.
But because our ammunition is limited, it is impossible to achieve the intensity of the Japanese's live-fire training.
Although the marksmanship of our soldiers has improved a lot, for example, in the Ninth Company where I was originally, the marksmanship of the soldiers is still inferior to that of the Japanese.
But overall, our marksmanship is still lacking compared to the little devil's marksmanship. "
"However, I found that the lack of marksmanship between us and the Japanese is mainly after a distance of 200 meters."
"Because the Japs' guns are better and have more bullets, and the Japs' live-fire training is more sufficient, when the two of us engage in firepower exchanges at a distance of more than 200 meters, some old Japs who have trained quickly are better in marksmanship." Far better than our soldiers."
"But if the distance is within 200 meters, the marksmanship of our soldiers is not much different from that of the little Japanese."
"This is like two soldiers with a big gap in marksmanship. If the duel is within 20 meters, the main competition is speed, and the gap in marksmanship will be narrowed."
"If it's just a matter of speed, our soldiers are no worse than the Japs in this aspect. After all, there is no need to waste ammunition when practicing shooting and aiming. We can train more and harder than the Japs."
"What I mean by this is that I suggest that if we encounter Japs on the battlefield in the future, we should try to keep the firing distance between the two sides within 200 meters. Our soldiers should focus on training for fast and accurate strikes within 200 meters, and try not to fire at 200 meters. Engaged in firefights with Japanese troops from a distance of meters away."
After Li Wenjie made this analysis, all the cadres applauded.
Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan expressed his appreciation: "As expected of the former instructor of the Ninth Gun Company, Wenjie, your analysis is so spot on. In addition, within 200 meters, our red-tipped bullets can still come in handy. This This is indeed a factor we should consider in future battles.”
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The meeting lasted for more than two hours. Everyone talked about what they thought of, and it didn't matter whether it was good or bad. In short, it was a brainstorming, gathering everyone's wisdom, talking about it, making progress together, and analyzing it together!
Summarizing and studying after the war is a long-standing tradition of the Eighth Route Army.
In Kong Jie's words, only by combining practice with theory, fighting, learning, and summarizing, can one truly grow into an excellent commander.
Remember, your best teacher is your worst opponent.
At the meeting, Kong Jie also proposed the idea of forming a military work team behind enemy lines, which was started by corresponding cadres.
..."Okay, that's all for today, let's call it a night!"
After the meeting, Kong Jie asked the monk to call Dong San, the director of the logistics department.
"Captain, look for me!"
Kong Jie asked: "How is the chicken essence thing going?"
Kong Jie was still thinking about the independent group's production of chicken essence.
After discussing with Dong San and Xu Qingnian last time, Dong San took full responsibility and found some comrades from the cooking class in the regiment to try to use the MSG bought from the county town, plus some salt, sugar, chicken powder, etc. Ingredients, try to prepare chicken essence.
Kong Jie wrote down some ingredients based on his own memory and asked the comrades in the cooking class to try to make them.
Dong San smiled and said: "Captain, the preparation of this chicken essence should be said to be almost complete. The old squad leaders of the cooking class have tasted it. The taste is indeed more delicious than MSG, and it also has the aroma of chicken. It is very unique. seasoning."
"The main raw materials are also easy to come by. We buy monosodium glutamate from Guizi County as the main ingredient. With a few other ingredients, we can make chicken essence. We can then sell it at a higher price to make it clean. Make a lot of money.”
Kong Jie said: "I won't ask about the process. Just be sure about the taste. I just want to ask when it can be mass-produced."
Dong San thought for a while and replied: "The ratio of seasonings must be determined. In addition, the repair shop must prepare a set of equipment for producing chicken essence. If these are added together, if mass production is to be carried out, the fastest is half the time." Months later.”
Kong Jie said: "Then I'll give you half a month. After half a month, the sales of this chicken essence must become one of the income of our independent group. How about it? Can it be done?"
Dong San responded: "Captain, don't worry!"
"Go!"
"yes!"
After Dong San left, Kong Jie called Ye Min again, first asking about the specific situation of Yangquan.
Ye Minle said: "Hey, Commander, after we successfully bombed the Japs' hoard of medicines and the Japs' military hospital in Yangquan, the Japs' wounded soldiers are in a hurry to take medicines, but there is no medicine at the moment. It's miserable."
"Mumu and the others just sneaked into the county to investigate this morning. Good guy, the little devils have cremated several waves of wounded soldiers!"
Kong Jie said: "Good die, I have passed on the order. Each battalion will cooperate with you at any time. Keep an eye on your side. All possible roads into Yangquan must not be missed. Don't let any medicine from the Japanese be transported in." Yangquan.”
"Death is not necessarily scary. I just want these Japanese wounded soldiers to wait for death. This is the most terrifying thing."
"Why, do you think I'm cruel?"
Ye Min hurriedly shook his head and said: "Where is this? Captain, I just think this is too damn good to relieve my anger."
"Compared with the cruelty that the little devils inflicted on our Chinese nation, what we did was nothing more than a precaution." Kong Jie said solemnly.
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Yangquan.
The real situation is more miserable than Ye Min's understatement.
Of course, this misery was only for the Japanese invaders in Yangquan.
In the Battle of Zhangjiazhuang, although the Shijing Regiment successfully evacuated, it brought back a large number of wounded soldiers. There were more than 200 seriously wounded soldiers and 700 to 800 slightly wounded soldiers.
In hot weapons wars, wounded soldiers who retreat from the battlefield can easily die from wound infection. Even a small wound, if not treated in time, can also endanger the life of the wounded soldier once the infection worsens.
It happened that at this time, the commando team blew up all kinds of antibacterial and anti-infective drugs hoarded by the Yangquan Japs.
Wouldn't this cost the lives of wounded Japanese soldiers?
Japanese military doctor Kawashima Kazuo told Ishii Haraichi that these wounded soldiers could last up to five days before the wounds would begin to become infected, and the situation would gradually worsen as time went on.
Ishiihara did not dare to delay at all, and quickly asked for help from surrounding counties, preparing to transport a batch of medicines from Shouyang, Tan County and other places.
Everything was originally discussed, but the team transporting medicines was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army troops midway. Some medicines were stolen, and some were directly blown up.
The medicines that were originally intended for three-way delivery were all destroyed without exception.
When the news reached Yangquan, the Japanese captain Ishii Yuanichi was completely angry.
"These damn Eighth Route Army troops, what are they going to do?"
Then, under the arrangement of Ishii Haraichi, Shouyang, Tan County and other places transported medicines to Yangquan at night.
Unfortunately, Ishii Haraichi probably did not expect the power of the Independent Regiment's enemy of the Ministry of Industry. The enemy's Ministry of Industry had already completely infiltrated Yangquan and the surrounding counties.
Even among the puppet troops guarding the city gate, there were internal contacts from the Independent Regiment's enemy Ministry of Industry.
In this way, the information about the Japanese transporting medicines in the middle of the night still reached Kong Jie's ears. Kong Jie immediately arranged an interception team and robbed the medicines sent to Yangquan on the way.
After a lot of back and forth, two days passed. The slightly injured Japanese soldiers were doing better, but the seriously injured wounds festered much faster. They gradually couldn't hold on any longer. Some seriously injured Japanese soldiers died every day.
Finally Yoshio Shinozuka heard the news and was furious. He quickly increased his troops to Shouyang and arranged a full brigade directly from Shouyang to escort a batch of medicines all the way to Yangquan. Only then did the wounded Japanese soldiers in Yangquan be eliminated. The dilemma of lack of medicines.
In the end, nearly half of the seriously wounded Japanese died due to delays in administering the medicine.
The angry Ishii Haraichi kept swearing poison, and vowed not to give up on the Immortal Independent Group.
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Taiyuan City.
The headquarters of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi.
Commander Yoshio Shinozuka sat in the main seat, and those sitting in the second place were Yamamoto Kazuki and Ishii Haraichi. At this moment, these two Japanese military masters had their heads lowered.
Until Shinozuka Yoshio said: "Yamamoto-kun, Ishii-kun, raise your head."
"Hi!"
Yamamoto Kazuki and Ishii Haraichi raised their heads.
"General——"
Yoshio Shinozuka raised his hand and said with relief: "Needless to say, the fault of this defeat lies not only with you, but also with my insufficient intelligence collection and insufficient understanding of this independent group. It is because we underestimated this independent group. It’s a group.”
"Your Majesty the Commander has sent an order to launch a spring sweep of the Eighth Route Army in the occupied areas on the 12th."
"I think you all know something about the purpose of this sweep. On the one hand, it is to eliminate the main force of the Eighth Route Army and destroy the Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese base areas in the occupied areas. On the other hand, it is to suppress the Eighth Route Army and take the opportunity to coordinate the main force of our army to advance to Shanxi. March troops south."
"And what I need you to do is to focus on this independent regiment in this big sweep, use the soldiers to press on the border, and destroy it in one fell swoop."
"If one regiment doesn't have enough troops, then a brigade will be equipped with tanks. Air support can also arrive at any time. Not only this independent regiment, but also the new first and second regiments around it will be uprooted. .”
"Hi!" Yamamoto and Ishiihara responded in unison.
Ishiihara planned in his mind that he would launch a major raid on the 12th. In other words, in less than two days, the opportunity to avenge his shame was just around the corner. This time, he would definitely smash the independent regiment into pieces.
"As for the launch of the spring sweep against the Eighth Route Army, the Central Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army still followed the usual practice of appeasement to prevent them from interfering in our battle with the Eighth Route Army."
"The more ferocious the Japanese Empire's sweep against the Eighth Route Army, the more paralyzing it will be for the Central Army in southern Shanxi. How could they have thought that at the moment we were attacking the Eighth Route Army with all our strength, but the next moment we turned our guns? How about attacking him directly to the south of Shanxi?"
"Our selfish opponents often talk about it, but they will never truly understand it."
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