So, the headquarters has moved from Xijing Town to Shimen Village at this time, just to avoid competing for food with Jiuzhai. Also, in this big raid, the roads were destroyed in the early stage, and the roads were destroyed in the middle stage with the war.

Strongholds, from a strategic perspective, all this is actually to consolidate the security of the base areas, ensure that the people can produce stably, and increase the supply of food.

To put it bluntly, food is the top priority, no matter what time it is. Without food, the army has no combat effectiveness, and the people cannot support the army if they don’t have enough to eat. Why did the little devils occupy the county town and kill so many people?

Do people go back to the county town to live? Not just for a bite to eat! If they can’t find food outside, they can only go back to the county town and a place they are familiar with to get food.

The 36th Division of the Little Devils launched a major offensive this time, and its direction was the area between Yushe, Liao County, Licheng, Wuxiang, and Qinxian County. This area has grain-producing areas, and the Little Devils based their actions on these areas.

grain-producing areas to determine the location of the headquarters. The Japanese believed that as long as the headquarters was eliminated, the Eighth Route Army would be easy to fight.

The kid's judgment was actually correct. After all, the Eighth Route Army mobilized so many troops this time, it was impossible to have a stable source of food. Therefore, more than 10,000 troops were sent to places such as Wuxiang, Qinxian, and Xiangyuan for a short period of time.

After making corrections, they were divided into several teams and carried out a dragnet-like sweep of the area identified by the Japanese.

In this operation, not only one division of the 36th Division was taking action, but the Japs from all over North China were taking action. Their intention was to find and annihilate the main force of the Eighth Route Army. The Japs were caught off guard some time ago and struggled to support themselves.

After many months, I finally mobilized enough troops from the surrounding area and felt that I could launch a counterattack. Of course, the 36th Division mainly focused on attacking southeastern Shanxi.

To put it bluntly, it is to attack the base areas of our 129th Division, especially the 386th Brigade.

Now, the little devils have not yet implemented the three-guang policy of killing them all and grabbing them all, but the cage policy has been implemented and they are also purposefully creating no man's land. Therefore, after mixing, the devils are divided into brigades that act independently.

, began to overflow in places near Jiuzhaigou.

In a certain village in the northeast of Wuxiang, thick black smoke rose from the village. The Japanese soldiers set fire to the wheat straw on the roofs of the houses one after another. The Japanese soldiers laughed and watched all this.

Some of the puppet soldiers around had calm faces, some had numb faces, some were watching with interest, and some were looking at it with a hint of unbearability.

Fortunately, there was no one in the village, neither the little devils nor the puppet soldiers, so they didn't grab much food. It seemed that the people had escaped in advance.

"Burn, burn, burn them all! The monks who can escape can't escape from the temple. They set all the houses on fire. These poor bastards deserve to die. They are all burned!" Captain Gao, who had recovered from his injuries, said

At this moment, he was jumping on his feet and watching his Imperial Army soldiers working.

"These scum! I really want to shoot him!" In a cellar in the village, the militiamen who came down from the tunnel said angrily.

"Quiet, quiet, don't make a sound! Our mission is to preserve ourselves and food without being exposed. If the house is gone, it will be gone. It's the same for us living underground. It's still warm in winter." Guo Dalu, captain of the militia, said

Holding a watering can, I was leisurely watering some Agaricus bisporus. Looking at the Agaricus bisporus that had grown as big as a steamed bun, I smiled idly.

"Captain, Brother Dalu, your house was the first one to be targeted, how can you be so calm?" The militiamen were worried.

"What can I do if I can't calm down? There are more than 500 Japanese, and they also bring more than 600 Ergouzi. If you rush out, you will die! As long as our people are still there and the food is still there, if the house is gone, it will be gone! I

Put your words here, and the little devil will pay the price for what happened today sooner or later! Definitely!" Guo Dalu was also furious in his heart, and he could only hold it back.

Soon, the people's houses were burned down, and some of the livestock, chickens and ducks that were left at home and had no time to be moved underground were also taken away by the Japanese. All that was left in the village was fire and smoke.

Just after the Japs had gone away, the militiamen emerged from the ground and came to the entrance of the village hiding from the light of the fire. They looked at the Japs and the puppet soldiers who were going away with anger in their eyes.

"Stop looking and go back! This time, at least we are all still alive." The old village chief looked at the young disciples and stuck the pipe and pot heavily on the earth wall.

The little devils burned one village after another, and then gradually separated, looking for targets to fight. Now the little devils are operating closer to the county seat. Hu Changyi's iron hedgehog plan has not yet developed to this point, and the little devils have not become arrogant.

People can rule. And this information was also passed to the hands of the brigade commander. After reading it, he put the information aside, and then marked the location of the Japanese on the map.

In fact, there were not many main troops in these areas swept by the Japanese at this time. It was not that they were afraid of the Japanese, but that they did not want to fight with the Japanese here, because this just followed the Japanese's wishes.

The Japanese raids lasted for seven days, but they never penetrated deep into the base area, which put the prepared fortress villages out of use for a while.

At this time, one of the main forces, the independent regiment of the 386th Brigade, under the leadership of the regiment leader Li Yunlong, jumped out of the area surrounded by several counties and came to a position between Pingshun and Liao County.

This is a supply line for the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese, and the location of the Pingliao Highway. This road was damaged before, but was repaired by the Japanese in the past few days, so Li Yunlong came.

"Let me tell you, if the little devil builds this road, he will definitely not be idle! Just wait, big fish will be caught on this road! So, our group will set up an ambush here to see

What kind of gift can the little devil give us?" On the mountain near Gongjiagou, Li Yunlong pointed to the road and said to Political Commissar Zhao and the others.

"Commander, how can you be so sure that the Japs will leave from here? And it's easy to fight?" Political Commissar Zhao asked.

"Haha...Old Zhao, we have the final say on the war! We will set up an ambush here. As for how to determine it? I used to lead the New Regiment and guard the enemy's traffic line. I know this very well!"

Li Yunlong said proudly to Political Commissar Zhao.

"Well, I've also heard about what happened to you in the New Regiment, and I agree with that!" Political Commissar Zhao also had no objection, and then the Independent Regiment ambushed here.

This ambush lasted for a day and a night. During this period, the Japs did pass through, but there were not many of them. They were just messengers on horseback. Li Yunlong asked everyone to stand still.
Chapter completed!