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Niukou Village, the headquarters of the Independent Regiment.
On the morning of the 25th, a group of cadres attended a military meeting at the regiment headquarters and received orders from Kong Jie to attack with combat troops no larger than the company level using guerrilla warfare, mobile warfare, and ambush warfare in retaliation for the recent attack on independence launched by the Japanese army. After Tuanzi’s retaliatory sweep.
After the battalion and company commanders returned to their respective stations, they immediately held corresponding meetings and issued corresponding combat deployments.
This local small-scale battle was ultimately defined by the commanders of each company as: the independent regiment's counterattack to retaliate against the Japanese army's large-scale raids.
If the little devil dares to raid the base area of our Independent Regiment, our Independent Regiment will dare to launch a counterattack to retaliate against you, the little devil. This is the courage of the Independent Regiment.
The counterattacks of various departments were like an outward explosion. After rapid extension, the security stability of the Japanese army's strongholds, villages and towns that originally surrounded the base of the independent regiment soon suffered a severe impact.
If you look down from God's perspective.
The guerrilla combat zone originally belonging to the independent regiment was rapidly expanded.
The combat units of each company under the independent regiment, some with platoons as combat units, and some even with squads as combat units, rapidly expanded outward in the guerrilla zone, targeting some small and medium-sized Japanese strongholds on the periphery. .
The large and small strongholds built by the Japanese army based on highway lines and railway lines were originally used to implement the cage policy and suppress the Eighth Route Army's living space.
In the past, relying on the defense of the built strongholds and the defense of the gun towers, it would have been enough to stop the Eighth Route Army, which had backward equipment, scarce ammunition, and did not even have any artillery for attacking fortresses.
But now, the little devil is dealing with the independent regiment troops.
That would seem completely inadequate.
In some small strongholds, there are very few Japs, sometimes less than one squad, and even more puppet troops.
The built turrets and various buildings in the stronghold were originally only used to defend Tuba Road with backward equipment. They were only built with masonry structures. How could they withstand the bombardment of some offensive artillery?
The soldiers of the Independent Regiment, who are no longer what they used to be, naturally don't have to suffer from the cowardice of the Japanese stronghold.
You don’t even need to wait until night. Since it is a bold counterattack, it must be bold enough. In broad daylight, when you little devils and puppet troops think it is impossible, we will directly besiege your stronghold with our flat-fire artillery.
Boom——
The fired shells even hit the machine gun holes of the Japanese turret, and there was an explosion. The shells exploded from the inside were even more powerful, directly destroying the masonry turret.
Under the threat of attacking artillery, this originally easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack turret now restricted the movement and movement of the Japanese and puppet troops. It was a bit like a cage, completely trapping them in it.
All the soldiers need to do is to catch the turtle in the urn.
In this case, the soldiers sent propaganda officers to directly persuade the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold to surrender.
The Japanese were not afraid of death, but the puppet soldiers wanted to survive, so conflicts arose between the two sides, and sometimes they even turned on each other with swords and guns.
The soldiers took the opportunity to capture the gun tower in one fell swoop.
Since the afternoon of the 25th, troops from all sides of the Independence Regiment were like a spreading tide, quickly encircling all Japanese strongholds, large and small, with a strong momentum to eradicate all Japanese strongholds in one fell swoop.
The independent regiment responded one after another to cooperate with the independent regiment's counterattack, based on local comrades from the surrounding district squads and county brigades, as well as militias and guerrillas from each village.
Of course, the targets Kong Jie ordered to leave to local comrades and guerrillas were easier to deal with, mainly some puppet troops in the villages, as well as traitor organizations such as maintenance associations.
Under the cover of the counterattack, each unit cooperated with the militia comrades in each village to quickly build a defensive offensive for the village.
The villagers responded positively and helped the Eighth Route Army soldiers dig tunnels and set traps in the village, preparing to use these tunnels to fight the Japanese in underground battles.
As for some villages located relatively close to the counties and towns of the Japanese army.
The Independence Regiment will first send propaganda officers to sneak in secretly, and after getting in touch with the local militia comrades, they will communicate with the local villagers.
After gaining the support of the villagers in resisting Japan, they further dug tunnels and laid out village defenses.
This step was easier than the independent propaganda cadres imagined.
The reason is very simple. During this spring sweep, the Japanese were defeated and returned. They were counterattacked by the independent group and fled back to the county seat.
Having witnessed the bravery of the Eighth Route Army soldiers, the common people are more hopeful about the Eighth Route Army's resistance to Japan. If the people's aspirations are what they want, they will naturally get twice the result with half the effort.
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Niukou Village.
At the independent regiment headquarters, Kong Jie is currently receiving a dozen village chiefs from surrounding villages.
The two sides have been talking for more than ten minutes.
Kong Jie said with emotion: "Dear old village chiefs, I won't say too much. I would like to express my gratitude to you all on behalf of our Eighth Route Army troops for your profound understanding and righteousness!"
The old village head of Longwo Village said sternly: "Captain Kong, you are out of touch when you say this. The Eighth Route Army troops are our own troops. You risk your lives to kill the Japanese and protect the villagers. It's not that the villagers can't see it. Keep it all in mind!"
The old village chief's words were filled with gratitude: "This time the Japanese launched a large-scale sweep. If our Eighth Route comrades hadn't spread the news in advance and protected us people's evacuation all the way, the villagers would have suffered a disaster."
"That's it. We can't guarantee anything else. As long as our comrades in the Independent Regiment want to kill the Japanese and use the space of our fellow villagers, we will definitely cooperate fully!"
"Okay, okay! Old village chief, let our Eighth Route Army and our fellow villagers work together to eliminate the little devils!" Kong Jie said.
"Destroy the little devil——"
At a glance, the old village chiefs, who were basically over fifty years old, responded with enthusiasm.
Changing the topic, Kong Jie continued: "Old village chiefs, there is one more thing I have to explain to you."
"The current general environment is still one where the enemy is strong and we are weak. Although we can carry out tunnel warfare and guerrilla warfare in the village, it is difficult to prevent the Japanese army from launching a large-scale attack."
"The villagers live in the village, and the village cannot be moved. If the Japanese and puppet troops suddenly launch a surprise attack, we may not be able to respond in time."
"Once the folks in the village help us and are caught by the Japanese army, I'm afraid..."
All the old village chiefs have been here for decades. What ups and downs have they not experienced?
As soon as Kong Jie opened his mouth, the old village chiefs knew what Captain Kong was worried about.
An old village chief smiled quite confidently: "Captain Kong, please rest assured on this. We old bones are not capable of killing Japanese devils, but we still have the ability to fool young Japanese devils."
"Let's just talk about paying taxes and grain! When the time comes, the little devils will send traitors into the village to collect grain. But can the food saved by our folks be given to the little devils? Of course not, it is for us Eighth Route Army soldiers. of anti-dairy food.”
"The day before the food is ready, we will notify our Eighth Route Army soldiers. Our comrades will take the opportunity to attack the village, eliminate the puppet traitors in the village, and then take the food away. We will send people there immediately The county town informed the Japanese."
"But the road is not close, so we have to wait for a while on the way. When the Japanese come over, we soldiers will shoot a few casually, and the Japanese will not dare to enter the village, so we can only watch the food being snatched away by our Eighth Route Army comrades.
It’s no wonder that our fellow villagers are not well protected by the little devil himself. We can still complain and ask for money from the little devil for tipping off the news! "
Another village chief answered, "The Japs can't catch us, so they won't deal with us easily. After all, the Japs still need us to farm their land and pay military rations."
"But how can it be so easy for the Japs to get food from us? When faced with the Japs' food requisition, we just put it off in every possible way until our Eighth Route Army comrades arrived to move the food away. "
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"Aren't they just some little devils and puppet soldiers? There were so many white dogs, Japanese soldiers, puppet soldiers, and bandits back then that we couldn't even count them. They were tossing back and forth in the village. Didn't we still survive?"
More than a dozen old village chiefs were talking to each other one by one, and Kong Jie on the side was a little dumbfounded.
Good guy, you are worthy of the wisdom of the older generation. These old village chiefs are fooling the little devils one by one, and there are really endless ways to do it.
Kong Jie even suspected that if he were a little devil, he would be fooled into being stunned.
Only then did Kong Jie feel relieved. While sighing with emotion at the survival wisdom of these old village chiefs, he said:
"Please rest assured, old village chiefs, our Eighth Route Army will never let the villagers fight alone. There will be our militia comrades in each village, as well as the comrades of the armed workers team we have arranged to operate behind enemy lines. These comrades will serve as military personnel to support the villages at any time. The force should stay behind enemy lines and be used to attack or destroy the Japanese and puppet organizations in order to consolidate our political power in the villages."
"Some two-faced regimes will gradually be established in the future, with puppet troops secretly surrendering as support. As long as no major mistakes are made, there should be no major problems in our villages."
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Then, after discussing with the old village chiefs the problems of some villages dealing with the Japanese and puppet troops, Kong Jie personally sent more than a dozen old village chiefs away from the base area.
After seeing off the old village elders and turning around to see the monk, Kong Jie remembered something and asked, "Monk, where is Reporter Shen now?"
The monk replied: "Captain, it seems he is in the guerrilla zone outside us!"
"What are you doing there?" Kong Jie was confused, "Monk, didn't I ask you to look at Reporter Shen?"
The monk said aggrievedly: "Captain, you asked me to look at Reporter Shen, but you also said that as long as it is a place where Reporter Shen can go, Reporter Shen's personal freedom cannot be restricted."
"People go to the guerrilla zone on their own. They say they want to film the Eighth Route Army's battles against the Japanese invaders and puppet troops on the spot, and use them as reporting materials to promote the anti-Japanese war."
Kong Jie nodded and said: "Forget it, reporters are just like that. They join in the fun wherever they go. They are not even afraid of death. If Shen Wenyue really dies on the front line..."
"Captain, don't you feel so distressed?" The monk came over and said with a bad smile, "But please don't worry, Commander. Reporter Shen, I have arranged for a skilled brother to protect you."
Kong Jie immediately cursed: "You kid, you dare to trick me now, come on, come on, let's practice again while nothing is wrong. We have agreed not to fight back."
Monk: "..."
After practicing with the monk for a while, sweating profusely and feeling completely refreshed, Kong Jie thought about the arrangements in his conference room and checked for any omissions.
In accordance with Kong Jie's instructions, each company and platoon has expanded to the periphery of the guerrilla zone and launched sneak attacks on small and medium-sized Japanese strongholds using local guerrilla warfare, mobile warfare, and ambush warfare.
In addition, commandos, sniper platoons, bombardment teams and other special operations units directly under the regiment are dispatched to each company and platoon to cooperate in operations.
Needless to say, the sniper platoon continued to use sniper group tactics to trap the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold, so that the Japanese and puppet troops did not dare to leave the stronghold easily and provide support to surrounding strongholds.
Under the arrangement of Ye Min, the commando team specially formed an artillery assault team, using 50 small artillery pieces in conjunction with snipers to attack the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold, as well as the Japanese troops who dared to leave the county.
Under the leadership of Wang Gensheng, the bombardment team is gradually transforming.
The members were equipped with grenade launchers. When they saw this grenade launcher for the first time, they could easily throw grenades similar to hand grenades to a distance of about 150 meters.
Wang Gensheng realized that if the bombardment team did not transform, it would most likely be directly replaced by this kind of ejection device.
Therefore, Wang Gensheng applied for a grenade ejector from Kong Jie, equipped it with team members, and provided special training.
At close range, soldiers still hand grenades to quickly throw firepower, and at further distances, rifle grenade firepower covers them.
The entire bombing team seemed to be built into a mobile fort.
This is one of the tactics Wang Gensheng developed.
In addition, inspired by the guard company's response to the Ishii Regiment, Wang Gensheng also developed various tactics in which grenades were used in conjunction with submachine guns and shell guns to quickly clear enemy trenches and fortifications.
Finally, there are the comrades of the cavalry company led by Sun Desheng and Chen Dalian.
On the one hand, there is a gradual transition from cavalry units to mechanized combined corps.
On the other hand, the comrades of the cavalry company cooperated with each company platoon, borrowing the high-speed maneuvers of the cavalry to quickly make circuitous moves, raid and ambush the Japanese and puppet troops everywhere.
The Japanese and puppet troops were beaten incessantly by their mysterious tactics. Whenever they left the county, whether they were transport teams or small groups of combat troops, they would be ambushed on the way.
The ambushing troops had fierce firepower, powerful artillery fire, and fierce attacks.
In addition, we adopt a quick-attack style of fighting. Eat as quickly as you can, clean the battlefield, and then evacuate in time. After a sneak attack that cannot be eaten is successful, the surrounding terrain and features will disappear without a trace in the blink of an eye. .
All that was left to the Japanese and puppet soldiers were corpses one by one and full of fear.
By the 28th, many small strongholds had been directly uprooted, sections of railway tracks were missing, roads and bridges were bombed, and the maintenance associations of surrounding villages were hit and wiped out.
The Japanese army finally realized that this was the revenge of the independent regiment...
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