322 Three steps of village defense during counter-mopping
After successfully repelling the Japanese and puppet troops, the fifth company commander led the team back to the village.
Kong Jie was talking to the soldiers of the militia team, and there were some villagers surrounding him.
This time the militia team repelled the Japanese and puppet troops and prevented Xiaonan Village and Xiaobei Village from being persecuted by the Japanese and puppet troops. The villagers have heard about it.
It was the comrades of the militia team who successfully completed the mission under the leadership of Kong Jie.
Kong Jie is now telling the soldiers how to fight sparrow warfare in this guerrilla war.
"Comrades, as for how to fight the Sparrow War, you have personally participated in the battle before, and you should have some understanding.
Think about how sparrows look for food irregularly, either in groups of three or two, appearing suddenly, and then suddenly flying away. This is basically the essence of sparrow fighting.
This is the best method we can use to deal with the Japanese with less and more in a mountainous environment, and it is especially suitable for our militia troops."
Wang Yuan, the seventh squad leader, said with emotion, "The regiment leader is so right. Before the battle, I never thought that just ten of us could really repel this group of Japanese and puppet troops."
Kong Jie smiled and said: "Although there is an element of luck, this luck cannot be separated from the efforts of our militia team."
"While this small Japanese and puppet army team was walking towards our village, we used sparrow tactics for sneak attacks, constantly causing casualties to the Japanese troops, delaying their pace, tiring their mentality, and harassing their progress."
"In addition, when we engage in Sparrow War, we do not necessarily strive to eliminate the Japanese and puppet troops. As long as we seriously injure the Japanese and puppet troops, the effect will be even better."
"The reason for this is what I have told everyone. This Japanese puppet soldier will die if you beat it to death. If you put the body there, the Japanese can go back and collect it at any time."
"But if you injure a Japanese soldier, you need medical soldiers to treat him, right? You also need a stretcher to carry him. This round trip can directly drag down two Japanese soldiers."
"If you calculate it like this, for a small team of Japanese soldiers, let's count 60 soldiers. When the number of seriously injured soldiers is almost 20, that is one-third. This small team will not be able to continue to carry out assault operations." p>
"But if you kill 20 Japs, it's different. With the little Japs' fighting will, you can even fight to the last Japs. This means that we have to deal with a full 60 Japs, and they are still there.
An angry Japanese who is determined to avenge his companions."
"This is the magic effect of seriously injuring the Japanese without killing the little ones."
"The total casualties of the Japanese team we dealt with before were even close to half. Therefore, the little devil knew that Xiaonan Village and Xiaobei Village were right in front of him, but he still chose to retreat. Why? Because the little devil had too many wounded people.
I have no confidence anymore.”
The little soldier Zheng Gui killed two Japs and seriously injured two Japs in his second attack.
Killing enemies on the battlefield has made him a lot braver, and he is no longer as timid when speaking now.
"Captain, then we can only injure the Japanese, but not kill them?"
Kong Jie said with a smile: "It depends on the situation. Before each battle, we will have a pre-planned battle goal.
For example, in the current battle, our goal is to protect the village and use the sparrow battle to delay, hinder, and exhaust the Japanese and puppet troops.
In this case, we attack the enemy and try our best to wear down the enemy. How to wear down the enemy? Naturally, it is to create more seriously wounded soldiers in the enemy's team, who cannot continue to fight and must be taken care of by someone.
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If we are fighting an ambush battle, the ultimate goal is to annihilate the invading Japanese and puppet troops. In this case, we naturally have to find a way to kill the enemy.
This eliminates the need to deliberately create wounded soldiers for the Japanese and puppet troops."
Having said this, Kong Jie smiled and said to the soldiers of the militia team:
"After experiencing this big battle, you should have seen that even our militia team, even if we don't have many guns and ammunition, can still protect the village as long as we are brave enough and use the correct tactics.
Fight off the little devils."
"When faced with the Japanese and puppet troops pressing heavily on the territory and we were unable to compete head-on, our militia team generally divided into three steps to protect the villages."
"The first step is to stop the Japanese and puppet troops from entering the village.
What we have to do at this time is outside the village.
With the help of the terrain and features around the village, when the Japanese and puppet troops were approaching the village, we carried out various tactics of guerrilla warfare to delay the pace of the Japanese and puppet troops.
Inflict as many casualties as possible on the Japanese and puppet troops and slow down their team's progress.
At this time, the comrades of the militia team were delaying the pace of the Japanese and puppet troops outside the village.
We villagers must take advantage of the time that the militia team has bought for us to quickly move to a safe location.
The second step is the defensive battle after the Japanese and puppet troops are released into the village.
We can engage in curtain fighting, street fighting, and ambush fighting.
In short, once you enter the village, it is the territory of our militia.
How to use the village environment, houses, earthen walls, or even a well or a tree to kill the enemy.
This is what everyone needs to learn.
The third step is to withdraw.
At this time, we had taken advantage of the fighting outside the village to fight inside the village, causing considerable casualties to the Japanese and puppet troops.
But the Japanese and puppet troops outnumber us after all.
We need to use the village to quickly retreat from the evacuation route reserved at the end of the village.
Of course, before the evacuation, landmines were laid on the road in advance to block the enemy's progress, so as to prevent the little devil from chasing the people we moved."
The militia soldiers nodded one after another and took Kong Jie's words to heart.
The fifth company commander also came over at this time and said with a smile:
"Comrades, as long as we follow these three steps mentioned by the regiment leader, we can tell you that we are at least sure to repel five times more enemies, delay, or even deal with ten times more enemies."
"What do you mean? For example, if our militia team has a total of eight people, then we can confidently repel the Japanese and puppet troops No. 40. In the current battle, the regiment leader led a militia team of ten people to repel hundreds of Japanese and puppet troops.
Number ten, this is the best proof."
"As long as we all do our usual military training well, we can do the same if we encounter situations like this in the future."
"As long as the enemy's number and firepower configuration are not too exaggerated, we can at least use the three-step village defense strategy to successfully transfer the masses and evacuate in time. At worst, we can leave the empty village to the little devils.
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Then, Kong Jie raised the issue with the people about the overall relocation of the villagers in Xiaonan Village and Xiaobei Village.
The comrades of the militia team and the people expressed their anger in advance about this matter.
Everyone also knows that Kong Jie is doing it for the good of the folks.
The common people all expressed their approval.
When leaving, Kong Jie helped Siwa and Zheng Gui, the young soldiers of the militia team, straighten their clothes, and then said solemnly: "Siwa, Xiaogui, I will take on the important task of leading the militia team to protect the village in the future.
It’s up to you! I believe you can do it.”
"Yes, leader, we promise to complete the mission." Luo Siwa and Zheng Gui responded in unison.
Kong Jie smiled and nodded.
How would he know that it was this battle and the encouragement from his words.
After a long time, several young soldiers from Xiaonan Village really grew into quite outstanding militia fighters.
Especially the sparrow fighting tactics taught by Kong Jie this time.
The soldiers of the militia team in Xiaonan Village used it with great proficiency.
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On the way from Xiaonan Village and Xiaobei Village, Kong Jie and the fifth company commander walked side by side.
Kong Jie thought about what happened this time when the Japanese and puppet troops in Yangquan took the initiative to deal with Xiaonan Village and Xiaobei Village. He always felt that there was something unusual about it.
"Fifth company commander, you mean that these days we have taken the initiative to counterattack and deal with some remote villages around us. The Japanese and puppet troops have been retreating. Today is the first time that the Japanese and puppet troops have taken the initiative to attack the villages?"