Chapter 596 Let’s make another strange move (second update)
Mao'er Mountain is located in the northwest of Fangshan County. It is the most dangerous mountain among the mountains. The weapons, ammunition and food left by Huang Yu to the three guerrilla groups are basically hidden here.
After the Japanese and puppet troops once again assembled heavy troops to blockade the mountain, the three guerrilla groups had to retreat to Mao'er Mountain and wait for the Japanese to retreat.
I thought they would be hiding here in the next few months, but Zhang Xuan, who left a few days ago, came back again, bringing orders from his superiors.
The special geographical location of Fangshan resulted in the guerrillas rarely receiving guidance and support from their superiors after their establishment. They relied on themselves for almost all development. This was also a very important reason why it was difficult for them to grow and develop.
Now that a superior finally took the initiative to contact them, the three guerrilla captains and the instructor went crazy with joy on the spot. After arranging the troops, they rushed to the spy company's station.
"Captain Zhang, are you going to report our situation to your superiors after you go back, so that your superiors will know about us..." Shen Bo, captain of the Dongzhuang guerrillas, asked with expectation on his face.
Zhang Xuan did not deny it: "Our regiment leader did report your matter to his superiors. I heard that the head of the command department knows about it. The order I brought was given to you personally by the head of the command."
"What order?" Zhu Hexuan, another guerrilla captain, asked expectantly.
Zhang Xuan stopped talking nonsense, stood up from his chair seriously, took out an appointment document and said: "After research and decision by the headquarters, the three guerrilla groups operating in Fangshan will be combined into the Peking Guerrilla Brigade, which will be affiliated to Yizhong In the Duer Regiment, the deputy chief of staff, Comrade Huang Yu, serves as the acting captain and also serves as the political commissar of the guerrilla brigade. I serve as the chief of staff of the guerrilla brigade, and Comrade Fang Yu serves as the deputy political commissar of the guerrilla brigade."
"The guerrilla brigade has three guerrilla squadrons. The original guerrilla captain was changed to the guerrilla squadron leader, and the guerrilla instructor was changed to the guerrilla instructor. Each guerrilla squadron has three infantry companies, a guard platoon, and a fire platoon. A reconnaissance squad."
"After we capture enough heavy weapons, we will expand the fire platoons of each battalion into fire companies."
"The special agent company I brought was directly transformed into a guard company directly under the guerrilla brigade, and the infantry artillery and mortars I brought were all equipped for the artillery company that was about to be established."
"The regiment leader still has important tasks in the Yizhong base area. After the reorganization of the guerrilla brigade is completed, I will temporarily command it together with the deputy political commissar, but we will use the radio to report all major events to the captain."
"Now I announce to you the first order given by the captain: Within five days, each guerrilla squadron must organize a full infantry company and two shelf companies."
"Three full companies, equipped with equipment and ammunition, all rushed here to train with the guard company."
"The six shelf companies are responsible for patrolling and guarding the base area, closely monitoring the movements of the Japanese and puppet troops outside the mountains, and reporting any situation to me as soon as possible."
"The three instructors also need to cooperate with Deputy Political Commissar Fang in recruiting troops in the mountains, trying to complete three of the six shelf companies and start training as soon as possible."
"As the old saying goes: Only when our fists are strong enough can we straighten our backs when fighting the Japanese."
"The guerrilla brigade has no shortage of food, weapons and ammunition for the time being. It must train and prepare for war while the Japanese and puppet troops block the mountains with heavy troops."
"Otherwise, even if there are fighter jets in front of us in the future, we won't be able to seize them."
The three guerrilla captains were already overjoyed, and their excitement could not be expressed in words. Although the guerrillas had more than a hundred people, which was about the same strength as the main company, they were not even considered local troops and could only be considered a platoon level. cadre.
This reorganization not only reorganized them into local troops, but also expanded the guerrilla force into a guerrilla squadron. They also transformed into squadron leaders, veritable deputy battalion-level cadres. It was difficult not to be happy even if they jumped to the third level.
Chen Feng was the first to calm down and looked at Zhang Xuan's assurance: "Chief of Staff, please rest assured...the guerrillas have been expanding during your absence. I have more than 200 people in my hands and will soon form a full company. Two racks connected.”
"Tomorrow I will ask the full company to report here."
Zhang Xuan immediately said: "Captain Chen serves as the captain of the first squadron of the guerrilla brigade. He has three companies under his jurisdiction. The first company is tentatively fully established, and the second and third companies will be the shelf companies. We will replenish them when new recruits are available in the future."
"Captain Zhu will be the captain of the second squadron, Captain Shen will be the captain of the third squadron, the fourth and seventh companies are tentatively designated as full companies, and the remaining four companies will be shelf companies."
"That's all. Let's take action immediately to restore the guerrilla brigade's combat effectiveness as soon as possible."
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At the Eighth Route Army General Headquarters, the deputy chief of staff suddenly walked in with a hurried expression: "Chief, something seems to be wrong."
"I just received news that in addition to the SJZ, Cangzhou and Dezhou have also dispatched a reinforced brigade of little devils, and even Zhangjiakou has sent a tank brigade and a cavalry brigade."
"I put all their marching directions on the map, and the intersection happened to be in Baoding."
"I don't think it was an accident."
"After the 5,000 elite troops from Peiping who had reinforced Baoding were withdrawn, Okamura Neji probably still had not given up the idea of sweeping the Yizhong Plain, so he mobilized troops from several places to reinforce Baoding."
"A reinforced brigade is mobilized from one place. The total number of reinforcements is five to six thousand. The overall combat effectiveness is no worse than the five thousand elite troops transferred by Neji Okamura."
"This trick almost deceived us."
"If Kong Jie had not made any preparations and these reinforcements arrived at Baoding successfully and launched a sudden attack, the Yizhong base area would have suffered a devastating blow."
The deputy commander's face was really ugly at first, but he quickly calmed down and waved his hand: "It doesn't matter."
"Didn't we already order the troops along the way to find a way to sneak attack the Japanese troops?"
"Guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare are not vegetarian."
"Don't look at these little devils charging towards Baoding with great momentum. I'm sure it will be good if half of our troops can reach Peiping alive in the end."
"Give the troops along the way a death order. In addition to consuming the Japanese troops and weakening their strength, we must also find ways to slow down the Japs' march so that they can reach Baoding later and give Kong Jie more time to prepare."
"Immediately forward this news to Kong Jie and ask them to prepare for counter-mopping up immediately."
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At the Duer Regiment Headquarters, Huang Yu rode all the way and finally arrived here within an hour. When he entered the door, he hurriedly asked: "Captain, what happened, did you call me here in such a hurry?"
"The newly appointed brigade commander in Baoding is so troublesome that he simply won't let us live in peace..." Kong Jie said with helplessness on his face, and handed over the telegram forwarded by the headquarters.
"It's really a strange move to mobilize troops from four places to reinforce Baoding." Although the opponent was a little devil, Huang Yu still sighed from the bottom of his heart.
"If it weren't for our Eighth Route Army people all over North China, who discovered them immediately, they might have been deceived by the Japanese and caught us off guard."
"But it's also a stupid move..."
"Five thousand elite troops came from Peiping to reinforce Baoding. They have a large number of troops, powerful firepower, and a large number of heavy weapons to cooperate with us. Even if we pass by our army's base along the way, we don't dare to pull out the tiger's teeth casually. Five thousand elite troops can kill them at the minimum cost."
Baoding.”
"The reinforcements that Okamura Neiji is currently sending to Baoding are all based on infantry brigades. They are equipped with at most a few mountain cannons. They seem to be strong troops, but they are easy to attack by surprise."
"They all have to pass through several base areas and guerrilla zones of our army before they can reach Baoding. Each guerrilla zone they pass through loses a reinforcement squad, and the loss of each reinforcement team will exceed an infantry squadron."
"If we encounter a few more main forces on the road, these reinforcements will lose a layer of skin even if they die."
"When they fight hard to reach Baoding, it will be good if only 3,000 of the 5,000 elites are left, and these are 3,000 tired and demoralized troops."
Kong Jie mentally agreed with Huang Yu's analysis and believed that the Eighth Route Army could kill more than two thousand Japs along the way. However, the worry on his face did not diminish. He looked at Huang Yu and shook his head: "Don't underestimate them."
"No matter how tired the little devils are, they are still more than 3,000 elites armed to the teeth. Not to mention anything else, the tanks and mountain field artillery they brought to Peiping are enough for us."
"Coupled with the 6,000 to 7,000 Japanese puppet troops that the mixed brigade can mobilize, Kawasaki can assemble at least 10,000 troops to sweep us away."
Huang Yu didn't think so in his heart, and shook his head in opposition: "It is true that the Baoding mixed brigade and the Japanese reinforcements will have 10,000 people when they join forces, but if we don't let them join up, these 10,000 Japanese puppet troops will cease to exist.
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Kong Jie didn't understand for a moment, and frowned and asked, "Why don't you let them join together?"
"The march target of the Japanese reinforcements is Baoding, and there are aircraft support in the sky. Guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare can only slow down their marching speed, consume their troops, and the possibility of blocking them is almost zero."
"We can consider this issue in another direction!" Huang Yu suggested with a thoughtful look on his face.
"The Japanese reinforcements are supported by aircraft and are difficult to block, so we will find a way from the mixed brigade."
"Kawasaki has just become the commander of the Baoding mixed brigade, and the troops have just been replenished. They all want to avenge their shame and severely damage our only second regiment."
"If we take the initiative and capture two of their county towns, or directly enter Baoding and threaten Baoding's security, what do you think Kawasaki will do?"
"Defend the county we attacked at all costs," Kong Jie blurted out.
"Kawasaki has just taken over as brigade commander, and his military rank is still Colonel. He urgently needs military exploits to upgrade his military rank to major general."
"If he loses two county towns during his tenure, or loses them when the mixed brigade is at full strength, let alone being promoted to major general, he may not even be able to keep his position as acting brigade leader."
At this point, Kong Jie suddenly reacted: "I seem to understand, Xiao Huang, if you want to take the initiative, attack him and save him, disrupting the battle plan of the mixed brigade to sweep us away."
"If we can take the opportunity to kill two to three thousand Japanese puppet troops, even if the Japanese reinforcements arrive in Baoding in time, they will not be able to gather the strength to mop up our troops, and the previously planned mopping up plan will still end in vain."
As he spoke, Kong Jie turned his attention to the map and analyzed it while looking at it: "This is indeed a good idea."
"In the eyes of the Japanese: We have just completed our expansion and are at our weakest. We absolutely dare not attack rashly."
"We just went in the opposite direction and took the initiative to attack the areas occupied by the Japanese. We could probably kill them and catch them off guard."
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