The Japanese general staff firmly believed that the severe drought in the plains and the raid on the Eighth Route Army headquarters last year would severely weaken the Tubal Road in the mountains...
One of the two largest units of the national army south of Taihang has surrendered.
The time for the surrender of the other team is predicted to be only a few days.
I finally have my hands free.
The plan to wipe out all the Tubal roads in the mountains was launched immediately.
The plan is to adopt the tactics of "iron wall encirclement" and the newly formulated "picking and clearing" tactics, using a grate formation to compress the encirclement formation step by step, and launch a large-scale sweep into the mountainous areas.
After the eight roads in the mountains are cleared, centralized management of families and villages will be implemented in the occupied areas...
Don’t Tuba Road like guerrillas? I’ll drive out all the people in the mountains and set up concentration camps. Let’s see how you continue to fight guerrillas!
It's just dawn.
In An County, nearly a regiment of puppet troops followed a squadron of Japanese soldiers out of the city and headed west.
In Linxian County, nearly a regiment of puppet troops followed the Japanese and headed west.
At Jiahekou, a regiment of puppet troops under Guo Qing followed a squad of Japanese soldiers and headed west.
In Meixian County, two battalions of puppet troops followed a squadron of Japanese troops. To the west, a battalion of Li Youde's troops was ready to go at the foot of the mountain in the west. They only waited for the arrival of the imperial army and immediately gathered together to form a mopping up team...
Each of more than ten regiments dispatched a part, nearly 5,000 puppet troops, to follow behind the Japanese, and at the same time launched a summer sweep into the central part of South Taihang.
The main target of this trip: the headquarters of a certain division of the Eighth Route Army in the mountains.
This is part of the summer sweeps plan.
An County.
The sun was just setting towards the west.
It’s very pleasant to have the sun shining on your body at noon in early summer.
The puppet troops entered the Zhangde Water Conservancy Self-Defense Force defense area through the blockade ditch and gun towers to the west.
After passing the blockade ditch, the team changed to puppet troops in the front.
Japanese three-wheeled motorcycles and cars appeared one after another.
The long team immediately dispersed into more than a dozen groups after crossing the blockade ditch.
Behind them, there was another large group of puppet troops, shouting at civilians and driving packhorses and mule carts, one after another.
Crossing the blockade ditch means the sweep begins.
Before we reach the foot of the mountain, we can see the black peaks in the distance.
The defense area of the Water Conservancy Self-Defense Corps was classified as an occupied area, and the raids were not very intensive.
The puppet soldiers are just going through a formality like a routine.
A large part of the villagers in the village come from people who have fled from famine, and there is a mix of good and bad among them.
Fortunately, after Qin You arrived in this area, he followed the advice of the students brought back by Ma Liang and stayed in seclusion.
Occasionally, when I go out, I appear as a farmer.
All thanks to the faithful implementation of the confidentiality established by Su Qing.
People in the anti-Japanese coalition government still believe that the self-defense groups are bandits.
Naturally, the County Public Security Bureau also contributed to this.
After many years of guerrilla career, Captain Meng directly linked the guerrillas to members of the water conservancy protection team, dispersed them all and placed them among the villagers.
Those who don't know the details will never know that a guerrilla team of nearly a thousand people is hiding among the fleeing villagers.
During the day, I work on production, and at night, I focus on studying under the pretext of training members of the water conservancy protection team.
The screening of spies placed by the Japanese among the refugees is carried out all the time.
"Report to the squadron leader, Liu Laoba from the east end of the village passed the blockade ditch eastward last night..."
"Have you dealt with it?"
"Hey, don't worry, he won't come back..."
"How is Zhang Chengfu doing now?"
"The information he wrote to the Japanese was obtained in advance by us. It was all about the list of people in the base area and information about their lives. He probably didn't realize that the Eighth Route Army was in charge here. This shows that our concealment was very successful..."
"Well done. Water will be released from Wanjing Canal to irrigate the ground tomorrow, so hurry up and hoe the ground..." Before the middle-aged man could finish his words, he looked up at a thin figure running in the distance.
His skinny body was covered with patches, and he was breathing heavily: "Report, a large number of puppet troops are coming to our base... The captain wants you to assemble the team quickly..."
The middle-aged man's expression changed, and he shouted to the people in the fields who were looking at him: "It's time to finish your work... Be quick with your movements..."
The man who put down his hoe not far away muttered: "You just came out not long ago and you're calling it a day?"
"What are you still doing? The 'Imperial Army' must be here to raid again..." When he mentioned the Imperial Army, the corner of his mouth twitched subconsciously.
Suddenly, the fields were full of villagers carrying hoes, shovels, buckets, and baskets running towards the village...
Village entrance.
Park Buhuan, who was standing on the roof, saw the person coming clearly and jumped off the roof to greet him.
He looked enthusiastically at Wang Jingchang, who was riding on a tall horse: "Brother Wang, we are fully following the county's requirements and gathering all the villagers together..."
"Hey, I'm a little surprised. Why don't you want to be the maintenance president?"
"You know my brother's temper. He is not interested in trivial things."
Lao Zhou, who followed him out of the village, smiled and said, "Commander Wang is here to visit our self-defense group. Come in and have a drink..."
"It turns out to be President Zhou... Haha, forget about the drinking, we have to get to the foot of the mountain tonight, and we have to go into the mountain early tomorrow morning..."
"The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers..."
"By the way, in order to facilitate management, the county police force will set up dispatched police teams in each settlement to be responsible for daily security in the future. They will come over today to get familiar with it, and you will cooperate with their work later."
"Well... don't worry..."
"Hey, where is your Captain Sun?"
"Water will be released from Wanjing Canal tomorrow, and he took people to check the canal..."
The three of them walked towards the village as they talked.
Behind him were more than ten people from Wang Jingchang's bodyguards.
The face of a certain detective team member far behind suddenly changed, and he muttered to the team leader of the detective team next to him: "I think that guy looks familiar..."
"What? Which one?"
"That President Zhou looks a lot like the Eighth Route underground intelligence agent we were chasing a few days ago..."
"Did you, kid, get dazzled by visiting too many brothels? Didn't you hear Captain Wang say that he is the maintenance president?"
"I'm sure that the president is definitely from the Eighth Route Army..." Looking at the way Lao Zhou walked towards the village, the traitor suddenly confirmed.
The captain of the detective team immediately turned serious and waved his hand: "Let's go in and take a look..."
Seven or eight traitors immediately followed the squad leader and quietly headed toward the village.
Li Wei followed the detective team with the police officers who were going to be stationed in this settlement.
This time it is almost a joint office, except for the detective team, the police team, the back office in charge of education, taxation... almost everyone from the county government is present.
If nothing else, the group of people at the back of the team also have a lot of background.
It is said that the heads of various departments were transferred from nearby counties to observe the experience.
The Japs took great pains to choose the Anxian Joint Area as a demonstration area for "selective suppression".
He also deliberately raised a group of people who were flirting with each other to target the self-defense groups.
This time, the Japanese did not interfere at all with the puppet troops' mopping up operations.
Everything is already planned.
After enduring it for so long, they also deliberately allowed Tubal Road to develop a base outside the mountains. This time, it was to test the effect of "picking and suppressing".
Su Qingzang held up a telescope behind a hole in a house in the village and carefully looked at the Japanese behind the puppet army and the group of people with fat heads and big ears wearing long coats behind them, and asked the monkey next to him: "Are you sure?"
"Hey, before we were encircled and suppressed by the Japanese, we were stationed in Wu County. The county magistrate often came to our brigade headquarters to meet the brigade commander for a drink..."
Su Qing put down the telescope, and she could see clearly that the county magistrate of Meixian County was among them. If that was the case, then the other people... were also the heads of the counties?
He turned to look at Captain Meng who was sitting in the room: "Come over and take a look. Do you recognize any of the people in long gowns behind you?"
Lao Meng took the telescope with some confusion, his hands trembling: "The tall man is the pseudo-county magistrate of Qixian County, the short and fat man next to him is the captain of the county police force, and the man next to him is..."
Lao Meng immediately recognized the three fake county magistrates and fake county officials...
Su Qing took the telescope and thought for a while: "It seems that the situation reported by the superiors is true. The Japanese have indeed arranged for the pseudo-county chiefs from nearby to come to our place, making it clear that they want to use our place as a demonstration area..."
Lao Qin became nervous: "What? Are all the fake county magistrates nearby here? So... they are not here to sweep up..."
The light in the room was dim, the wrinkles on Lao Qin's face were deeper, and his hair was a lot whiter. It seemed that he was under a lot of work pressure during this period, and he was a little worried about what Su Qing said some time ago: "Let's press the arrival of Commander Sun. The county's request for a meeting brought everyone together. It would be bad if the enemy came to encircle them..."
Su Qing thought for a while: "The enemy wants to use our place as a pilot project for integrating families into villages. Besides, Wang Jingchang's security team is not enough for him..."
Lao Qin was still worried: "If the enemy goes from house to house to question the villagers, some of our team members may reveal their flaws..."
Su Qing looked calm: "Don't worry, the superiors have already made arrangements and will not give them the chance to stay here for so long..."
"How about taking this opportunity to get rid of all those fake county magistrates who betrayed their ancestors for glory?" After staying in Jiuying for a long time, Lao Meng's behavior style gradually moved closer to Jiuying.
Su Qing shook his head: "No, the superiors have other arrangements. Many of these people have expressed that they will secretly provide convenience for us..."
Lao Qin nodded: "We will make arrangements after Pu Buhuan gets the words from Wang Jingchang."
The monkey who took over Su Qing's observation suddenly turned his head: "No, those detective team members seem to be pointing fingers at Lao Zhou..."
Su Qing lowered his voice: "Don't be nervous, the detective team leader is one of ours..."
The monkey continued to yell: "The guy in the police uniform seems to be Li Wei..."
(The Japs also implemented concentration camp-style management in the occupied areas, but the Japs far underestimated the working capabilities of the Eighth Route Army...)
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