The Japanese army's large-scale raids have their own seasonal characteristics. They usually launch them in spring and autumn, which is when the green gauze tents are not picked up. In the spring, the green gauze tents have not yet been raised, but in the autumn, the green gauze tents have been cut down. Of course, there will also be some Sudden and temporary.

At the beginning of 1939, the Japanese army in Zhanghu County began to implement the "Security Strengthening Movement" against the Shenbiao Team. They first strengthened pseudo-organizations such as the Sustaining Association and the Xinminhui in the enemy-occupied areas. The troops that were prepared on March 16 were separated from each other. The strongholds were dispatched to carry out a large-scale spring "mopping up". Enemies from all walks of life coordinated with each other and worked step by step. They first "mopped up" in the border area for a week, and from the 23rd, they began to encircle Dushui Town.

The Shenbiao team also made full preparations before the enemy's "mopping up" began. They strengthened the walls and cleared the fields, transferred people and property, organized small and capable troops, became familiar with the terrain and roads, and prepared to launch extensive guerrilla warfare against the invading Japanese troops. Lin Cunzhong Lead the attack troops and deploy them near the edge of the enemy's base area to prepare for the enemy's "mopping up". After clarifying the enemy's movements, especially the enemy in front of you, and before the enemy's encirclement has tightened and there is a large gap, select the enemy. We should "turn" from the base area through the border areas to the enemy's rear to disrupt the enemy's deployment and smash the enemy's "mopping up". Based on the actual situation and the staff, we improved the tactics and decided to attack the enemy before the situation was identified. Turning with the enemy as the axis, it is not advisable to jump too far to avoid new attacks, and organize small units to infiltrate into enemy-occupied areas, attack the rear of the Japanese army, attack the enemy and puppet regime, and contain the Japanese army from raiding the base areas, as a "bordering tactic" components of.

The strength of combat effectiveness is determined by will and determination, and material equipment. During this period, several creative things came into being, which greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the Shenbiao team. One of them was fried noodles, which was added as a substitute for compressed dry food. Fried noodles with salt and lard are very popular among soldiers, and are even more convenient for troops traveling long distances. The second is the popularization of simple gas masks. This should be attributed to Shen Yang's efforts. Although he is fighting against Japan During the Japs' operations, a lot of items were seized, but the combat troops were unable to meet the necessary requirements, let alone the common people. The activated carbon in normal gas masks was made from coconut shells. After repeated experiments, Shen Yang discovered that Activated carbon can also be made from walnut shells. The significance of this invention is very important. The activated carbon is sewn into a cloth mask to deal with the poisonous gas most commonly used by the Japanese. The effect is quite good. It is much better than covering the nose with a wet towel. Much more.

If the birth of gas masks has increased the protective capabilities of the troops, then the improvement of sniper rifles has truly improved combat effectiveness. Although the rifle still uses the 38-type with high shooting accuracy, it has been equipped with a simple four-fold aiming Behind the mirror, the power has increased a lot.

The more preparation they have, the more chance they have of winning. When the Japanese invaders attack Dushui with great force, they will not imagine what kind of battle they will face and what kind of defeat they will end up with.

After marching for most of the day, Chief of Staff Lin Cunzhong turned around. Thick black smoke rose from somewhere in the base area. Some soldiers turned around and immediately shouted: "The devils are setting fire to the house." The cadres and soldiers turned around one after another. The local soldier immediately became excited and stopped looking at the black smoke.

"Everyone, don't mess up your formation," Lin Cunzhong shouted loudly: "It doesn't matter if the Japs burned the house. We have defeated the Japs. We can rebuild it when we come back. As long as people are still here, everything will be possible. Now we can only beat the Japs hard." , also go and burn down the Japs’ houses,”

The cadres restrained the soldiers one after another, and soon the team accelerated their march, taking advantage of the increasingly dark sky to cover the enemy's rear.

In spring, the wilderness begins to take off its withered yellow coat, and various plants wake up from hibernation. They try their best to dig out of the thawed ground and spit out green buds. The willow branches swaying in the wind reveal light green and change. It has become pliable, and everywhere in the spring fields exudes the musty smell of withered grass and fallen leaves soaked by the snow, mixed with the fragrance of wheat seedlings, trees, and weeds.

The Japanese commander who directed this major sweep was Lieutenant Colonel Ishibashi Takamori sent from Baoding. He was from a famous Japanese noble family. He had experienced many battles and was young and promising. He was originally an Imperial Sect member, but later he got close to the Xuanyang Sect and became an extreme right-winger. He is a young soldier. In his mind, only the Aryans, Teutons and Zaihe nationalities in the world are excellent races, and the others are inferior races. He worships Moltke, Napoleon, Hitler, and especially Hitler. Ishibashi was even regarded as a god. He regarded Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" as a treasure and took a passage in it as his life motto: People are not willing to die for their cause, but they are willing to die for their ideals. Those who want to survive must fight. In this world, anyone who does not want to fight has no right to survive, because in this world, the law of life is eternal fighting...

"Sir, the village ahead is still empty," squadron leader Shimada came over and reported with a frown.

"Shimada-kun, don't worry. Even if the Second Route Army avoids fighting, it will not conflict with our plan," Ishibashi said with a smile: "Do you still think that those local armed forces dare to jump out and confront the majestic army? The game of cat and mouse is also very fun,”

Shimada comes from a samurai family and has a straight character. He hates urban foxes and social rats, but respects samurai knights. He loves to tell his subordinates the story of Judas betraying Jesus for thirty silver coins, and concluded: Judas's kiss is In order to get thirty silver coins, a person who is not loyal to his own nation is a red deer, a nine-tailed fox, or a Zhongshan wolf, so he is a good guide at killing. Wherever he goes to raid, he always needs someone to lead the way. And told him where he was going and what he was going to do, so that the other party knew clearly that they were going to burn, kill, rape and plunder, and promised a large reward to the person who led the way. When those shameless people brought Shiqiao to their destination, they asked for reward. At that time, Shiqiao personally raised his sword and chopped this scum to death. His point of view was: if these "Judas" can betray their compatriots and nation for money, they can even more betray the "imperial army".

"Cats catch mice," Shimada said angrily: "Then these rats are so abominable. Not only did they dig the roads into bumps, but they also helped the common people to escape completely, leaving the imperial army with nowhere to use it. "

"This is not a regular battle, the thinking needs to change," Shiqiao said slowly while riding on the horse, whipping his riding boots with a whip: "It is unrealistic to always want to fight the enemy's main force and defeat the opponent in one fell swoop. Having fought against the Beards in Manchuria for many years, I have a deep understanding of it. Especially after entering the mountains and forests, the imperial army's maneuverability and firepower advantage are lost, and they often become easy targets for bandits with accurate marksmanship. My biggest experience is to use the Chinese bandits When we go to fight the Chinese bandits, they are familiar with the terrain and each other's habits, and they often achieve great results,"

"Use rats to bite rats, Lord Ishibashi is really good at it," Shimada grinned bitterly, pointed at the puppet army who was leading the way, and said with disdain: "However, these rats don't seem to be strong enough, I'm afraid they will disappoint you. "

"Hahahaha, Shimada-kun is actually also humorous," Ishibashi laughed and said, "Of course, it's not possible to rely on them alone, but if you follow them with a cat, it will probably be enough."

"Bang, bang, bang," several gunshots were heard in the distance, and then the gunfire became intensive. Shiqiao reined in his horse and raised his telescope.

Ma Sihai said to the soldiers while running: "Move quickly. If you go this way, you can run behind the little devils and attack them sneakily."

Behind them was a group of crazy enemies, shouting and rushing towards the place where they were hiding. After a while, the Japanese soldiers and puppet soldiers rushed into the woods. After a burst of gunfire, they began to search carefully.

"Ah," a Japanese soldier's feet were in the air and he stepped on the pedal. There was a loud "Boom," and a large mine rolled up gravel and sawdust and raised a large cloud of smoke. Three or four Japanese soldiers fell to the ground and screamed. Continuously.

Not only were they attacked by cold guns and landmines, killing a squad leader and several soldiers, but not even a bird feather was found. Although the Japanese officer leading the team was furious, he still had to disperse the team to avoid unknown armed forces. After the next attack, after reorganizing the team, the Japanese officers sent two small teams of puppet troops to cover the two wings, and sent a small team to open the way in front, advancing with great vigilance.

"Officers, communications troops, technical troops..." Ma Sihai muttered softly as he walked around to the enemy's rear, aiming his gun at the Japs sitting on the artillery cart. Other soldiers also took aim at the target, "Bang," then There were gunshots all over the place, and several bullets were shot out...

Cold guns kept ringing around the Japanese, who would then run away after being fired, and often leave mines, traps and other things in place. The enemies along the way close to the mountains had to be on guard front and back and be on guard left and right, and the marching speed was greatly reduced.

When sparrows are flying for food, they never fly in groups. Most of them are one or two, three or five, or a dozen, flying east and west, gathering and scattering. They have small targets, fly fast, and move flexibly. They imitate sparrows in foraging. The guerrilla warfare method created by eating food is called "Sparrow Warfare".
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