In the Taihang, Taiyue and Jizhong base areas, major and minor battles continued between the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army.
The battle situation in the Zhongtiao Mountain area is also evolving quietly.
The Central Army, which had retreated to the south of the Yellow River, saw that the Japanese army did not continue to advance after taking Zhongtiao Mountain, but it gradually relaxed from its initial fear.
The Japanese army indeed has no plans to continue marching south of the Yellow River for the time being.
First, if the Japanese army continues to march south of the Yellow River, then this naturally dangerous Yellow River will also become a north-south transportation channel that the Japanese must protect.
Ensure follow-up of logistics resources.
However, a large number of Eighth Route Army troops were clearly active in the Zhongtiao Mountain area. In the past six months, the Japanese army had been tortured with both headaches and helplessness.
What the Japanese army is most worried about is that they continue to fight south.
The remaining Eighth Route Army troops in Zhongtiao Mountain will take the opportunity to cut off the Yellow River transportation line south of Zhongtiao Mountain.
At that time, the Japanese army will be attacked from both sides and will be disadvantaged in attacking.
And want to completely wipe out the Eighth Route Army in Zhongtiao Mountain.
"First of all, we must completely wipe out the Eighth Route Army troops in Taihang and Taiyue, and at least completely cut off the connection between the Eighth Route Taihang and Taiyue base areas and the Zhongtiao Mountain area."
"Otherwise, even if the Japanese Empire temporarily wipes out all the Eighth Route Army guerrillas in Zhongtiao Mountain, the Eighth Route Army of Taihang and Taiyue will still secretly move towards the Zhongtiao Mountain area."
"As a result, wouldn't our Empire of Japan be caught in the endless harassment of the Eighth Route Army troops?"
The headquarters of the 47th Division of the Japanese Army in Yuncheng.
The Japanese chief of staff expressed his opinion on the situation.
Participate in this meeting to discuss how to eliminate the Eighth Route Army guerrillas in Zhongtiao Mountain and protect the north-south transportation corridor.
In addition to the original officers of the 47th Division of the Japanese Army, there was also Nobuya Uchida, the captain of the Japanese Kwantung Army who came to reinforce Nakatiao Mountain from the northeastern region.
Nobu Uchida also had a say in how to eliminate the Eighth Route Army guerrillas in the Zhongtiao Mountain area.
After he led his Kwantung Army brigade to the Zhongtiao Mountain area.
Because he underestimated his opponent, he originally thought that he could use the infiltration of traitors to take advantage of the opportunity to kill all the four independent regiments.
As a result, he fell into the trap of Han Feng and Wang Huaibao.
Uchida's brigade suffered heavy casualties as a result.
After that, Uchida Nobuya asked for help from the Kwantung Army headquarters, and then the Kwantung Army headquarters replenished Uchida Nobuya's troops.
In the ensuing confrontation, Nobu Uchida, who realized that the Fourth Independent Regiment was difficult to deal with, also changed his strategy.
In order to avoid repeating the same mistakes, Nobuya Uchida said in a meeting analyzing how to fight the Eighth Route Army guerrilla forces in Zhongtiao Mountain:
“Originally, the equipment of the Eighth Route Army was backward and ammunition was scarce. Even with the advantages of topography, mountainous areas as cover, and vast depth, they were by no means a match for our Empire of Japan.
But now the Eighth Route Army in the Zhongtiao Mountain area is obviously a well-equipped Eighth Route Army!
In the confrontation between our two sides, their equipment and firepower were so sophisticated that they even surpassed our Imperial Japanese troops at one time.
Under such circumstances, if our army rashly enters the mountainous area to conduct a sweep, it will be very vulnerable to an ambush by the Eighth Route Army troops. "
The other Japanese officers were convinced by Uchida Nobuya's words.
In the past, the equipment of the Eighth Route Army was backward and ammunition was scarce. When it was still a three-gun Tubal Army, it could continuously harass the Japanese army during its large-scale raids and cause continuous trauma to the Japanese army.
The sophisticated equipment of the Eighth Route Army in Zhongtiao Mountain was completely beyond the Japanese army's expectations.
According to the intelligence collected by the Japanese army in the Zhongtiao Mountain area about the Fourth Independent Regiment:
The Fourth Anti-Japanese Regiment of the Eighth Route Army in Zhongtiao Mountain was originally an old unit of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. It was the old unit of Kong Jie, the leader of the independent regiment.
The equipment is extremely well-equipped, and there is a considerable amount of American equipment, including some semi-automatic rifles with amazing firing rates, as well as 60 mortars, etc.
Therefore, in the confrontation between the two sides, after the Japanese army opened a large mopping up net, this Eighth Route Army unit was often able to easily break through with strong firepower.
In the end, the mountains were used to deal with the Japanese army, which led to the Japanese army's major raids ending in failure again and again.
"So, Uchida Army, the Eighth Route Army is hidden in the mountains. If we can't send troops to carry out mopping up, how can we wipe out this group of Eighth Route Army?"
Some Japanese military officers raised doubts.
Nobuya Uchida replied confidently: "It's actually very simple. Instead of wasting time and effort searching for the Eighth Route Army troops in the vast mountains for a decisive battle, we may be ambushed by them at any time."
"It is better to lure the Eighth Route Army troops out and start a confrontation in an area suitable for our Japanese Empire's operations."
"How to seduce?"
Uchida Nobuya said: "It is also very simple. The Eighth Route Army has always been closely connected with the local Chinese people. The Eighth Route Army relies most on the power of the people. Then we will destroy their people's power and use these people to put these Eighth Route Army to death."
After putting forward his own point of view, Uchida Shinya immediately showed a series of combat plans he had formulated on how to annihilate the Fourth Independent Regiment of Nakatiao Mountain:
First, similar to the Kwantung Army in Northeast China, it implemented a policy of annexation and settlement to the people in the Zhongtiao Mountain area.
To put it simply, it means that all the villagers in scattered small villages are forcibly moved to a centralized large village to facilitate centralized management.
It can reduce the risk of being infiltrated by the Eighth Route Army and reduce the waste of Japanese security forces.
Second, the Baojia system and the joint sitting system are implemented in each village. If anyone dares to have an affair with eight people, the whole village will be punished.
Third, some puppet regime organizations controlled by the Japanese army were established in each village.
The security chiefs and village chiefs of each village were all served by puppet troops dispatched by the Japanese army, and they reported every move of the villagers to the Japanese army at all times.
Fourth, strengthen military defense around the villages after Bingtun, build gun towers and blockade ditches to guard against surprise attacks by the Eighth Route Army troops.
Fifth, strengthen public security, gradually expand the occupied areas outward, and gradually transform the guerrilla areas developed by the Eighth Route Army into stable public security areas...
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In the words of the old Japanese Nobuya Uchida:
It is to squeeze out all the Eighth Route Army's survival foundation and living space.
This move is indeed more sinister than the original Japanese troops in the Zhongtiao Mountain area.
Especially now that the drought is serious and gradually spreading, even the Zhongtiao Mountain area has actually been affected to a certain extent.
South of the Yellow River, there are a large number of disaster victims in Henan every day. In order not to burn themselves out on the long journey, they choose to take shortcuts and sneak across the Yellow River ferry south of Zhongtiao Mountain.
The arrival of these disaster victims has undoubtedly increased the burden on farmers in the Zhongtiao Mountain area.
Coupled with the rapid implementation of the policy of merging villages by the Japanese army.
The Japanese even forcibly robbed and plundered the last grain reserves of the common people, and then gathered the common people together without caring about their life or death.
The little devil has evil intentions. He is gathering the villagers together to compress the living space of the Eighth Route Army and cut off the Eighth Route Army's logistical supply.
This is obviously to push the people to death, thereby luring the Eighth Route Army to take action and rescue the people...
Somewhere deep in Zhongtiao Mountain.
Provisional headquarters of the Fourth Independent Regiment.
The recent actions of the Japanese army have naturally been reported to the headquarters.
When Wang Huaibao, leader of the Fourth Independent Regiment, was discussing the matter with the cadres, he was so angry that he cursed the Japanese army for being cruel and unscrupulous.
"How does this leave a little way for the people to survive? This is forcing us people to go to a dead end!"
The Fourth Battalion Commander Han Feng pointed out directly: "Captain, the Japs have evil intentions. If we really let them implement the plan of merging villages, the people of Zhongtiao Mountain will be completely destroyed at the hands of the Japs.
These days, the Japanese army's military operations are proceeding quite solidly. They are gradually encroaching on our guerrilla areas and constantly controlling the villages and people in the guerrilla areas.
Then the people were forcibly moved together and the policy of merging villages was implemented.
This is very similar to the prison policy implemented by the Japanese at the time. If the cage is not broken, the Japanese annexation will not be broken.
Sooner or later, our mass base will be slowly eaten away by the little devils. "
"Fight! There is no other way. Commander, let's fight!"
Several other battalion commanders spoke one after another.
But as Wang Huaibao, as the current supreme commander of the Eighth Route Army in Zhongtiao Mountain, he cannot be too hot-headed.
Wang Huaibao, who had analyzed the situation, said helplessly: "I know how everyone feels. This little devil has bullied people too much. He is putting his shit on all of us.
But we can't be reckless.
During this period, the Japs strengthened the blockade of the occupied areas, gun towers, and strongholds.
Our fourth regiment is now separated from the detachment. Firstly, there is no logistical supply, and secondly, there is no ammunition replenishment. In addition, during this period of fighting with the Japanese army, ammunition was consumed a lot.
The Japanese also tightly blocked the transportation channel from our detachment base to Zhongtiao Mountain.
The ammunition reserves we currently have left cannot withstand such consumption if we fight a tough battle.
After all, the Japs' military strength is much greater than ours. We can only capture one or two villages where the Japs have gathered, and they can annex more villages. What will we do then? "
"this……"
The cadres were silent. This was indeed the most troublesome issue at the moment.
"Captain, what are we going to do?"
Wang Huaibao was also at a loss. After thinking for a long time, Wang Huaibao came up with the most helpless idea: "I have no choice, I still find a way to contact the old group leader.
The Japanese Kwantung Army who came here specifically to deal with us this time is really not easy to deal with.
If we want to deal with this little devil, I'm afraid we have to ask my parents for some equipment and ammunition. "
As for now...
"First reduce the troops to zero, with the main purpose of harassing the Japanese army, and try to delay the process of the Japanese troops' consolidation in our guerrilla zones."
"Haven't the Japanese established a large number of maintenance associations in the village? Let's destroy the Japanese maintenance associations first."
"Buy time for our follow-up preparations."
"yes!"
"yes!"
In the afternoon, Lao Zhou, who was responsible for contacting enemy-occupied counties and counties, rushed to the temporary headquarters of the Fourth Regiment and brought good news to Wang Huaibao:
"Captain, Mr. Shen recently hoarded a batch of grain, disguised the grain transport team as a caravan, and sent it to our guerrilla zone without telling the little devil.
Now that we have arrived in the village, let's quickly send someone to take over! "
"Okay, Lao Zhou, I can't meet with Mr. Shen at the moment. Next time you meet Mr. Shen, you must thank Mr. Shen for our Eighth Route Army!"
Wang Huaibao spoke with some emotion.
During this period, the Japanese carried out the policy of merging and establishing settlements. Coupled with the spread of the disaster, although the Fourth Independent Regiment was well-equipped and had sufficient ammunition, material supply became a big problem.
After all, there are more than 2,000 people in the group, so eating is a difficult problem to solve.
Fortunately, Shen Wenyue's father Shen Yousan, Mr. Shen, although openly serving as the president of the Japs' Maintenance Association, had been secretly supporting the Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese resistance and had secretly delivered food to the Fourth Independent Regiment many times.
It was really a timely help, solving the urgent problem of feeding the soldiers of the Fourth Independent Regiment.
Lao Zhou nodded solemnly: "Captain, don't worry, Mr. Shen has endured the humiliation and endured the heavy burden. Even though he became a traitor that everyone yelled at, he never forgot the justice of the nation.
I, Lao Zhou, admire such an old gentleman from the bottom of my heart. "
After chatting for a while, Lao Zhou left.
Wang Huaibao also sent a team to pick up the grain transport caravan sent by Shen Yousan.
At this time, the Fourth Battalion Commander Han Feng came to report: "Captain, I got the news that Reporter Shen crossed the Yellow River south to Henan two days ago."
When Wang Huaibao heard this, he was startled, "What is Reporter Shen doing there?"
Han Feng said: "I heard that the drought in Henan has become more and more serious recently, and the affected area has almost spread to the entire province. A large number of people have been affected by the disaster and have fled to various places.
Some victims who fled to southern Shanxi told reporter Shen that the disaster-stricken area south of the Yellow River has almost become a hell. People there starve to death every day. Everyone is as hungry as a scrawny old wolf. They want to rush up and gnaw on everything they see. Take two bites.
However, the national army has blocked the news, so all parties do not yet know the specific situation.
Reporter Shen probably wanted to go there in person and record in depth the current situation of the people in the disaster-stricken area south of the Yellow River. "
"But she is a woman, and this war is in chaos. Isn't this nonsense?" Wang Huaibao asked worriedly.
"Let's not talk about the personal relationship between our old team leader and Reporter Shen."
"Even for the large amount of food Mr. Shen sent to our Fourth Independent Regiment, we should protect Reporter Shen carefully."
Han Feng agreed: "Yes! But, Captain, fortunately, Xiao Wu also went with me. I even equipped Xiao Wu with two pistols. With Xiao Wu protecting Reporter Shen along the way, there shouldn't be any problems." of."
Wang Huaibao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good!"
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A team headquarters.
After Wang Huaibao's news was passed on, Kong Jie called in chief of staff Xu Guoan and political commissar Li Wenjie to discuss the matter.
During the in-depth discussion, the three of them all realized the huge crisis that the Fourth Independent Regiment was currently in.
"Old Kong, it seems that the Japanese are cruel this time and want to wipe out the four regiments in one fell swoop. First they sent the Kwantung Army troops, and now they are carrying out the annexation policy."
"The Zhongtiao Mountain base area is not deep enough, and the Japanese troops are much larger than the Fourth Regiment."
"If we don't think of a way, sooner or later these four groups will be dragged down step by step by the little devils."
Xu Guoan put forward his own opinion.
The crisis that the Fourth Regiment fell into made Xu Guoan and Li Wenjie quite worried.
When the two of them looked at Kong Jie, waiting for Kong Jie to come up with an idea, Kong Jie just said one word: "Wait!"
"Wait?" Li Wenjie was stunned, "Captain, the situation is urgent now, what should we wait for?"
Kong Jie smiled and said: “Of course I’m waiting for the American equipment from my regiment.
As for how to deal with the Japanese's annexation policy and blockade in the future, I already have a plan in mind.
The only thing missing now is this batch of American equipment. It can be said that everything is ready except for the east wind. "
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