Facing the crazy revenge of the Japanese army with the help of armored vehicles, the Eighth Route Army troops in Jizhong were also in trouble for a while.
The anti-tank battle began quickly, but the troops in Central Hebei, who did not know much about the Japanese's iron bastards, often failed to find effective anti-tank means.
The soldiers blocked the advance of Japanese tanks and armored vehicles without fear of sacrifice.
Casualties in various departments could not be avoided, and the troops suffered heavy losses.
The base area of the 28th Regiment of Jizhong Military Region.
More than a dozen Japanese-style light armored vehicles, mixed with three Iron Bastards, roared arrogantly through Gentu.
Wherever they passed, many military facilities originally built by the 28th Regiment were blown up by the Japanese with tank guns, and some villages were burned to the ground by the Japanese.
Fortunately, after passing through the mass base of kosen in advance and receiving the news of the Japanese tank troops' advance, Commander Lu of the 28th Regiment immediately dispatched cadres to quickly move the troops and villagers into the refuge tunnels in a timely manner.
In this regard, Captain Lu also learned from the Independent Regiment through the books sent by Kong Jie.
In normal times, in order to cope with the large-scale raids by the Japanese army, some emergency evacuation drills were conducted for villagers around the base area.
Now it really came in handy. After Captain Lu quickly issued the order to move, the people moved into the refuge tunnel in an orderly manner.
This narrowly avoided the massacre by the Japanese mopping up troops.
As for the bottomless underground passages, to the little devil, they were like an abyss that could eat people but not spit out bones.
The Japanese had suffered heavy losses and did not dare to enter easily. They could only scream on the ground and drive armored vehicles and tanks on a rampage in retaliation.
After the observation post confirmed that the Japanese mopping up troops had withdrawn, Commander Lu ordered the troops and people to be moved from the tunnels to the ground again.
Looking at the destroyed military facilities, the burned houses, and the burned farmland, the people and soldiers fell into anger.
Second Battalion Commander Sun Chuanzhong cursed endlessly.
"If this little bitch can't find us, he will only vent his anger on our villages and farmland."
The third battalion commander Lu Shunmin said with some worry: "Captain, relying on the emergency evacuation drills we usually conduct for the villagers, we did not suffer any casualties this time. The villagers also brought some important food and property to the third battalion. We were moved into the tunnel for a while, but we couldn't stand up to the Japanese coming and harassing us every now and then for three days."
"Living in the tunnels is not a long-term solution after all. The Japanese often come to raid our farmland, fortifications, and houses. There is no way we can maintain our farmland, fortifications, and houses for a long time."
"If this continues, we will be too passive."
Captain Lu nodded, feeling a little helpless.
"Obviously, the Japanese did not dare to deal with us in the tunnels, nor did they dare to send infantry to advance easily, so they relied on armored vehicles and tanks to sweep back and forth."
"They just want to destroy our economic foundation and defenses on the ground, slowly drag down our life in the tunnel, and force us from the underground to the surface."
Sun Chuanzhong was a rough man. He racked his brains and couldn't think of a way. He had to look at the third battalion commander Lu Shunmin and asked:
"Lao Lu, you always have many ideas. What should we do in this situation?"
The Japanese tanks were too powerful, and the little Japanese learned the lesson and did not get involved with the Eighth Route Army at all. They directly used armored vehicles and tanks to clean up the Eighth Route Army's base areas and guerrilla areas, destroying farmland and villages, and then walked away.
Faced with this situation, there seems to be only one solution.
"Destroy the Japanese armored vehicles and tanks so that the Japanese will not dare to enter our base area easily," Lu Shunmin said.
Sun Chuanzhong's face froze and he said speechlessly: "If the Japanese armored vehicles and tanks could be destroyed so easily, we wouldn't have to watch the little Japanese become arrogant."
"If Commander Kong is here, he will probably have an idea. It seems that there will be no problem that can stop Commander Kong!"
Lu Shunmin, who had no idea, sighed with emotion.
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Commander Lu seemed to suddenly wake up and asked: "Submissive people, in the independent regiment, how did Lao Kong and the others deal with the Japanese tanks?"
Lu Shunmin thought for a while and said: "The independent regiment's equipment is much better than ours. They have some anti-tank mines and even some artillery that can destroy the armor of Japanese tanks."
"In addition, the Taihang area is mostly mountainous. The Japanese tanks are actually very limited by the terrain, so they are not used much. Like in our Jizhong generation, there are almost no tank clusters."
"While chatting at that time, I heard some company commanders from the independent regiment say that their independent regiment has many ways to deal with tanks. Even the militiamen are not even afraid of the Japanese iron bastards."
"I thought they were bragging at the time, but now that I think about it, maybe they really have the confidence."
"In the Independence Regiment, Commander Kong even built many air defense fortifications inside the base area. Even the Japanese planes did not dare to fly over the Independence Regiment's base area."
After hearing this, Captain Lu fell into thinking. After a while, he said with surprise on his face: "Is there a way?"
Seeing Lu Shunmin and Sun Chuanzhong's eyes coming together, Captain Lu smiled and said:
"I'm confused too. We currently have business cooperation and arms cooperation with the Independent Regiment. We have close ties. The Independent Regiment has experience in dealing with Japanese tanks. Why don't we directly ask Lao Kong for help?"
The Eighth Route Army troops do not distinguish between you and me.
When the economy in central Hebei was doing well, they even took the initiative to send some coins to the Taihang area.
The brigade commander got high-quality potatoes from Kong Jie and sent a batch to Jizhong early in the morning.
As soon as Kong Jie thought of landmine tactics, he wrote the materials as soon as possible and sent them to Jizhong through Lu Shunming.
This kind of mutual help is considered normal by all units of the Eighth Route Army.
The commander of the third battalion, Lu Shunming, immediately recommended himself: "Captain, I am familiar with the way to the independent regiment. Just let me go. I promise to bring reinforcements back as soon as possible."
Lu Shunmin spent some time in the independent group when he was recovering from his injuries, so he was indeed the most suitable candidate.
Captain Lu nodded: "Okay, obedient people, I'll leave this to you. Bring a few skilled soldiers with you, and pay attention to safety on the road."
"Yes!" Lu Shunmin responded.
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The base area of the First Anti-Japanese Detachment in Northwest Shanxi.
logistics department.
The First Detachment Military Industry Research Institute.
As the first detachment continues to receive victims, more and more affairs are busy according to the needs of the area. Within the entire detachment, from the political commissar Li Wenjie, the chief of staff Xu Guoan, to the company and platoon leaders, and even Xie Baoqing and others from the migrant workers' corps, Everyone was so busy.
Those who train soldiers train, those who work in agriculture do farming, and those who work in factories engage in production.
Everyone is busy and happy, and when they think about the vigorous development of the No. 1 detachment, they are all full of energy.
As the leader of the first team in charge of the overall situation, Kong was as idle as if he had nothing to do.
If you ask.
Commander Kong’s sophistical reasons leave you speechless: “The one who is so busy should be the political commissar and the chief of staff.”
"Those who are leisurely and doing nothing, hey, that's what you call a group leader!"
"As a team leader, the most important thing is to have the brain to lead the overall situation. Just be able to have a commanding position. If you don't get a good rest, what will happen?"
Well, that's it, you have to choke, you have nothing to say, and you have to give a thumbs up to Commander Kong and say, "As expected of you, Mr. Kong!"
At this moment, the leisurely Kong Jie strolled to the Military Research Institute of the Logistics Department.
"Captain, why are you here?"
Dong San, the head of the Logistics Department and the director of the Military Industry Research Institute, is currently coordinating the work of the research institute.
Nowadays, the military industry research institute is not small in scale and has a lot of talents.
Not long ago, Kong Jie brought back Qian Xuezhong, Chen Dong and other experts from Tianjin. After they put into the work of the institute, they soon brought vitality to the development of the institute.
So far, the institute has achieved a lot of results.
For example, in the previous armory, the most they could do was transform the grenades captured from the Japanese into relatively simple 50 cannons that could be equipped with propellant packs.
The latest 50 cannon developed by the research institute is much more refined than the previous 50 cannon.
The pull-tab firing device used in the Little Japanese's Type 89 grenade was directly changed to a trigger-type firing device. The previous screw rod was canceled and replaced by a trigger firing device.
The tile-shaped base was changed to a triangular base, machine gun-style cannon legs were installed on the barrel, and a fan-shaped ruler was hung on the left side of the barrel. The weight pendulum needle can be used to check the elevation angle and determine the shooting distance.
In this way, the structure of the small gun is more reasonable, its performance in all aspects has been greatly improved, and it can completely crush the Japanese grenade.
Later, using technology and equipment, the repair shop can even transform the 50 small cannon into a 50 mortar.
Of course, because the process is too cumbersome to mass-produce, the 50-caliber cannons are still the main ones, and the 60-caliber mortars are chosen for production.
In addition, the institute even modified some anti-tank shells at Kong Jie's request.
Of course, this kind of shell is not fired directly with artillery, but is buried underground in advance. The main body is modified from a large-caliber mortar shell. It is launched from the underground and directly hits the bottom of the enemy's armor, which is the weakest. Destroy the enemy tanks.
...Seeing Dong San coming over, Kong Jie asked:
"Let me see how our research on the King of Slaughter is going."
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