This morning, after returning from a 10-kilometer cross-country training, Gao Jianwu gathered the team, but instead of giving everyone lectures or arranging tasks as usual, he brought out a simple sand table made of wooden boards.
There are mountains made of mud, rivers and roads paved with weeds, mountain villages represented by leaves and Japanese strongholds represented by stones. It feels like a hundred miles in radius is spread out on a sand table. This is what Gao Jiancheng did during the night based on the information he had gathered. Made slowly bit by bit.
"Comrades, after a month of unremitting inquiries, our current situation is basically marked on this sand table." Gao Jianwu pointed at the sand table with a branch.
"Our task today is to choose a suitable combat target based on our status."
"Captain, I've been waiting for this day for a long time." Zhao Dalei was happy when he heard this. He was the most depressed during this period, even though Gao Jianwu and them had fulfilling tasks every day.
And everyone can realize the importance of everything in the work they do.
But for a person like Zhao Dalei who was born to fight, target shooting alone could no longer satisfy his passion for fighting.
"Dalei, don't be anxious. Our Dagushan guerrillas now have small capital and a small family and small business, so we must live a careful and careful life.
You see, within a 10-mile radius around Xiaogulunao, we have successively opened up five villages: Xiaoyang Village, Majialing, Baishipu, Laoliang'ao, and Yingyingliang. These villages are all in ravines, and the roads are blocked and difficult to navigate. Normally even the Japanese would not come. "
"It seems safe, but in fact it is difficult to defend with too many points, and it is difficult to resist the Japanese attack."
“Secondly, the surrounding areas of Xiaogu Nao are poor and sparsely populated. The five villages add up to only 500 or 600 households, with more than 3,000 young and old people. In addition, Xiaogu Nao has more than 400 households with more than 2,000 people, and the total cultivated land is more than 2,000 acres. It is difficult to support oneself.
Our development space is very limited. You have also seen that although we have initially mobilized the masses and many people have expressed their willingness to serve as soldiers, at present we can only develop local militias that are not part of the workforce and are not suitable for rapid expansion of guerrillas. Team.
On the one hand, it cannot afford to support them, and on the other hand, it is difficult to hold on to the base. "
Gao Jianwu's words made the team members understand why the captain had been suppressing the expansion of the guerrillas. Zhao Dalei, in particular, has always advocated the expansion of as many guerrillas as there are guns.
Now after listening to the captain's words and thinking about it carefully, it is really like this.
Not to mention anything else, just on the simple matter of eating, except for the first time the team took 50 shi of grain from Zhao Facai's house, all the "donations" the other villages received from the landlord Lao Cai were given to local needy households who could not help themselves.
Just the 9 of them, after a day of high-intensity training, they will consume at least 20 kilograms, and 50 shi of food will last for several months.
It's not impossible to eat less. It turns out that everyone can live with less than a kilogram of food a day, but when they are hungry, they simply cannot complete Gao Jianwu's field training, which starts at 30 miles a day and sometimes reaches 40 or 50 miles.
Why are everyone so lively and energetic now? Their stomachs are full.
Seeing everyone thinking deeply, Gao Jianwu felt a little relieved. The lessons during this period were not in vain. Developing the base area was not something that a reckless person could do. Now he can let everyone follow him throughout the process and develop Xiaogu Nao to what it is today, even though it has not gone through the war. The test is not an ironclad camp, but everyone has begun to learn to think more comprehensively about problems.
"So we must fight out and expand our base." Gao Jianwu pointed to the sand table.
"Look, the nearest Japs stronghold to us is Dagu Town, more than 20 miles northwest of Xiaogu Nao. There is a Japs squad and a company of the Imperial Association Army stationed there. There are more than thirty Japs and a hundred The two Japs from the Duohuang Alliance have built watchtowers and fortifications, but we cannot attack such strongholds."
"Secondly, there is a group of bandits in Heiyun Village in Dagushan Mountain. It is said that there are three to four hundred people. This Heiyun Village is located deep in Dagushan Mountain. The terrain is steep and easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, it is strong. The Jinsui Army and The Japanese encircled and suppressed us several times without success."
"More than forty miles to the southeast of us is Wanjia Town, a traffic hub. There are two Japanese squads of more than 100 people stationed there. In addition, the two Japanese soldiers of the Imperial Association Army strengthened the company with nearly 200 people. The fortifications and bunkers are better than those in Dagu. There are many strong forces in the town, and there are often Japanese soldiers and Imperial Army troops coming in and out, so it is difficult to grasp the actual enemy situation. It is not that the main force cannot defeat it."
"As for the current distance between us and the regiment headquarters Zhao Jiayu, according to the itinerary, we should have rushed north for at least a hundred miles. The main force of the regiment is out of reach, so in the short term we can only fight alone without any support. "
Gao Jianwu briefly analyzed the situation clearly, and everyone had a deeper understanding of Gao Jianwu's constant standstill.
"Captain, if you say that, we can only go far out to the traffic thoroughfares to ambush the Japanese and Japanese who are alone?" Wang Xilai blinked and pointed to the road.
"Japanese have to come in and out, and they can't all be in large groups. Let's guard this road and kill them when we encounter those with few people!"
"Yes, Xizi has made great progress. Our group leader said that we will not engage in loss-making business in wars. If we want to fight, we must gain something. If we go to the stronghold and use cold guns to kill the Japanese, although we can kill some Japanese, it is very difficult. If there are seizures, our weapons and ammunition all depend on the seizure of the enemy, so there should be as few such battles as possible. Every time we fight, we must fight a war of annihilation, strive to eliminate all enemies, and strengthen ourselves through seizures." Gao Jianwu gave Wang Xilai great encouragement, and at the same time It is also guiding the team members on how to develop themselves in the face of such a situation.
After all, except for myself, who is a jerk and cannot be treated with common sense, everyone else is normal. In the future, everyone may have to be released to face these situations alone.
For future development, Gao Jianwu will need a large number of unique leading talents, and such talents can only be brought out slowly by his hands and feet.
"Xiko is right, but I think we still haven't solved the two core issues mentioned by the captain, how to continue to expand our base area and how to defend our base area."
Lu Fan habitually took out his cigarette pot and smoked it, then pointed it at the sand table and continued, "If we want to continue to expand our base, we have to head towards Dagu Town. The closer we are to the Japanese, the more likely our guerrillas will be exposed." The higher the security, if we also attack Japanese traffic, the Japanese and Japanese in Dagu Town will definitely attack everywhere to look for us. Once a raid in the countryside is launched, we will not be able to fight but can escape, and the people will suffer."
When everyone heard what Lu Fan said, they couldn't help but feel a little awe-inspiring, although they were not afraid of the Japanese.
However, under the current situation, once the target is exposed, the newly established base terrain must be swept away. With the current strength of the guerrillas, even the Japs and Second Japs in Dagushan Town cannot be defeated. Once these Japs come, a wavering rich man like Zhao Facai will be defeated Most of the time, they will defect in an instant. The guerrillas can go deep into the mountains and move, but what about the ordinary people who have just begun to show some improvement?
What about the newly organized militia and Women's Rescue Society?
"What Lao Lu said makes sense." Gao Jianwu looked at Lu Fan, who had drooped his eyes after he finished speaking, and was suddenly a little impressed. This middle-aged man who usually didn't talk much in the past has been working hard, studious and inquiring, making progress while working with him. It's very big, and this pattern has opened up a lot.
"This is the core issue that I brought everyone together to discuss today. We must reopen the situation and find a foundation that can advance, attack, retreat, and defend!" Gao Jianwu continued.
"Let's take down Heiyun Village first!" Gao Jianwu pounded the stone in Heiyun Village with tree branches.
