When Chen Yaoxian found the Jinpu detachment, the Oshima Jiuchang unit had already set off southward and moved along the Jinpu line to Chenguantun.
It is less than 20 kilometers away from the main force of Jinpu detachment.
The Jinpu detachment, which was adapted from the Dacheng Guerrilla Brigade and others, has complex sources of composition, including the original Self-Defense Forces, some local armed forces and a company of the Eighth Route Army.
The commander of the detachment, Wang Juemin, was formerly the head of a main regiment in the military division and has rich experience in counter-mopping up.
Therefore, when Chen Yaoxian found him, the two sides authenticated each other's identities. Wang Juemin decisively chose to believe it and immediately asked the troops to transfer.
Go west away from the Jinpu line and enter the wetland with crisscrossed ditches.
There were no roads in the wetland, and it was difficult for even people to walk, let alone mules and horses. The Oshima Jiuchang Regiment that was chasing behind them even gave up their mules and horses, leaving all their heavy weapons behind.
He led three main infantry brigades to pursue the Jinpu detachment.
Now his military strength is close to 3 to 1 against the Jinura detachment. Even if he leaves all the heavy machine guns and artillery behind, Oshima Hisunaga is very confident that he can wipe out the Jinura detachment in one fell swoop.
After all, even without the heavy machine guns and artillery, the infantry brigade's crooked handles and grenade launchers would still have overwhelming firepower against Tubal forces like the Jinpu detachment.
This battle cannot be lost.
The only thing that made him unhappy was that these wetlands were so annoying that the marching speed could not be increased at all. After chasing for a long time, the two sides seemed to always maintain a distance of 20 kilometers.
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On the other side, Gao Jianwu was constantly integrating the team as he rushed all the way.
It turned out that there were more than 200 prisoners of the Eighth Route Army and more than 30 soldiers under his command. Gao Jianwu used them as the core backbone, as well as the low-level soldiers of the national army who were screened and selected along the way and dared to fight, and reorganized them into three core combat companies, with machine guns assigned to each squad. There are 13 people in each squad, 40 people in each platoon, and 121 people in each company, all of whom are combat personnel.
The commanders of the company and platoon squads were all elite soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, many of whom were originally platoon leaders and squad leaders. They were quickly integrated into the first battalion and served as the main force of the army.
The battalion commander was personally controlled and commanded by Gao Jianwu.
The remaining new troops were reorganized by Gao Jianwu into the second and third battalions. The second battalion was commanded by Chen Shugen, and the third battalion was commanded by Lin Shaozhang. The company and platoon chiefs were all veteran soldiers from the Eighth Route Army. Military prisoners of war serve as the basis for combat, leading a group of new recruits, and weapons and equipment are given priority to soldiers who have been on the battlefield.
After such reorganization, Gao Jianwu had a main battalion capable of fighting. Not only were the machine guns in the squad, but the squad platoon leaders also had submachine guns. Although the firepower was not as good as that of a detachment in Dagushan, it was still enough. He is one of the top elites in the Eighth Route Army.
Although the preparation and strength of the second and third battalions are much worse than those of the first battalion, they basically have one gun and dozens of bullets. However, nearly half of them are untrained farmers and can only serve as suspects. And a downwind battle that beats a drowned dog.
As for the remaining 1,780 laborers, Gao Jianwu honestly used them as a baggage team, taking turns to carry things.
Although dealing with all kinds of things made Gao Jianwu so tired that he vomited blood, Gao Jianwu was already very satisfied with the conditions he had now.
Overnight, at dawn, the team headed southwest to the vicinity of Dawangzhuang, 50 kilometers away.
"Commander Gao, we have entered the outskirts of the Jinpu detachment base area." Cao Yuanhong, a former squad leader of the Jinpu detachment of the Eighth Division, ran to Gao Jianwu and reported. He is now the first company commander of the first battalion.
"It is recommended that the troops take a rest here. We have a certain mass base here. Ordinary people will not inform."
"Okay, let's go to the village and rest." The reason why Gao Jianwu dared to go south was because he found many soldiers and cadres from the original eighth division in the team, including several from the Jinpu detachment.
With them leading the way, although the Jinpu detachment will not be found immediately, it is only a matter of time.
No, Cao Yuanhong led the team into the village to arrange for the team to be restrained. He immediately went to find the local militia that was hidden. He soon made contact with the local militia team, and sent people through them to find the district team and county team.
At the same time, we also learned about the local enemy situation.
"There are five or six hundred Japs in Chenguantun?" When Gao Jianwu heard this, the local map automatically popped up in his mind, and he quickly found the location of the Japs' camp. After a quick check, he found that it was only about 30 miles away from them.
"Do you have any detailed information about the little devil?" Gao Jianwu asked.
"I don't know the specific situation, but I heard that the Japs led a large group of people to pursue them into the wetland. What's left here is most likely the Japs' heavy weapons and baggage." Although Cao Yuanhong was captured, he was also beaten a lot. He still has some combat experience.
This wave of analysis is reasonable.
Gao Jianwu nodded and pondered for a while.
Gao Jianwu stood up and ordered decisively, "Send more manpower to conduct reconnaissance, and be sure to understand the enemy's situation. The first battalion rests during the day and prepares for operations at night! The rest of the people are restrained in the village and are not allowed to go out. If anyone escapes, they will be shot immediately. The news must not be leaked!" "
Although there are more Japs than the first battalion, if it is really the opponent's baggage and artillery team, then Gao Jianwu is confident that he can lead the first battalion to win!
On the one hand, Chenguantun is close to the railway line and is a security area controlled by the Japs. There are as many as five or six hundred Japs there. The main force of the Japs is now driving the Jinpu detachment around. The Japs never dreamed that there would be such a large force. A large force went to sneak attack them.
On the other hand, more than half of Gao Jianwu's integrated first battalion are Eighth Route fighters, and they are not lacking in both fighting will and combat experience. In terms of firepower equipment, Gao Jianwu's characteristics of firepower being king are implemented. In terms of light firepower, one company has nine light machine guns and a dozen submachine guns.
Facing a group of small Japanese baggage trains and artillery mainly composed of 38 big caps and bastard boxes, that was an overwhelming advantage!
This is a once-in-a-lifetime fighter plane.
Gao Jianwu almost has an instinct for seizing fighter opportunities.
So he decided to fight without any hesitation.
Of course, before the war started, Gao Jianwu did not take his luck by taking it for granted. Instead, he sent investigators to find out the true and false identity of the little Japanese.
Things went more smoothly than Gao Jianwu imagined. After 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the people who went to conduct reconnaissance began to return one after another. Although the news they brought was slightly different from what they had guessed, it was still very different.
In addition to the artillery and baggage trains, the Japs also left behind a heavy machine gun squadron!
This news gave Gao Jianwu a slight toothache!
In terms of artillery, what the Little Devils left behind were a mountain artillery squadron, an infantry artillery squadron and artillery squadrons left over from 3 infantry brigades directly under the regiment. A total of 4 mountain artillery and 10 Type 92 infantry guns, nearly 350 small guns. Japanese artillery. This part of the artillery self-defense weapons are mainly bastard boxes and a small amount of 38 large covers.
Generally speaking, in the face of night attacks, the Japs' artillery is relatively easy to handle.
The heavy machine gun squadron left behind by the Japs has 8 heavy machine guns and nearly 200 Japs. This one has the strongest firepower among the Japs left behind.
As for the baggage train of the little devils, there are more than 100 little devils in total. Their weapons are 38-inch guns and a small number of crooked machine guns. These little devils are generally old and weak in the second or even third line, and their strength is not good.
But adding these little devils together, there are nearly 700 little devils stationed in Chenguantun!
This is not a small number. In terms of the squadron structure, it is 4 integrated squadrons and an artillery squad that is close to an integrated squadron!
The good news is that the three of them are stationed in different courtyards, and they are still two to three hundred meters away from each other. This allows Gao Jianwu to see an opportunity.
To be fair, the little devil's strength is indeed beyond the reach of ordinary Eighth Route guerrillas.
Once they join forces, even if the Jinpu detachment meets now, they can't win!
But Gao Jianwu was not afraid at all, and still decided to take advantage of the night to sneak attack, and he took a battalion with him!
Although the second and third battalions are equipped with weapons and have certain combat effectiveness, in Gao Jianwu's view, this kind of team that has not undergone ideological transformation and military training at all cannot be used in night battles, or even in field battles.
At most, it is harassment or positional warfare and still has a certain combat effectiveness.
Rather than taking them to be killed, it is better to stay and reform them. It happened that a few Dagushan soldiers who had participated in ideological reform stayed as company commanders of the second and third battalions. Gao Jianwu asked them to start complaining about the ideological agitation in the conference.
Gao Jianwu himself, with a battalion, quietly approached Chenguantun as night fell!
