667 Reinforcement of Jizhong The Beginning of the Legendary Road (1)
Facing the crazy revenge of the Japanese army with the help of armored vehicles, the Eighth Route Army troops in Jizhong were also in trouble.
The anti-tank battle started quickly, but the troops in central Hebei Province who did not know much about the Japanese's iron bastards often failed to find effective anti-tank means.
The soldiers blocked the advance of Japanese tanks and armored vehicles without fear of sacrifice.
Casualties in various units could not be avoided, and the troops suffered heavy losses.
The 28th Regiment Base Area of Jizhong Military Region.
More than a dozen Japanese-style light armored vehicles, mixed with three Iron Bastards, roared arrogantly through the root area.
Wherever they passed, many military facilities originally built by the 28th Regiment were blown up by the Japanese with tank guns, and some villages were burned to the ground by the Japanese.
Fortunately, after passing through the mass base of kosen in advance and receiving the news of the Japanese tank troops' advance, Commander Lu of the 28th Regiment immediately dispatched cadres to quickly move the troops and villagers into the refuge tunnels in a timely manner. In this regard, Captain Lu also learned from the Independent Regiment through the books sent by Kong Jie.
In normal times, in order to cope with the large-scale raids by the Japanese army, some emergency evacuation drills will be conducted for villagers around the base area.
It really came in handy now. After Captain Lu quickly issued the order to move, the people moved into the refuge tunnel in an orderly manner.
This was the only way to narrowly avoid the massacre by the Japanese mopping up troops.
As for the bottomless underground passages, to the little devil, they are like an abyss that eats people without spitting out bones.
The Japanese suffered heavy losses and did not dare to enter easily. They could only scream on the ground and drive armored vehicles and tanks on a rampage in retaliation.
After the observation post confirmed that the Japanese mopping up troops had withdrawn, Commander Lu ordered the troops and people to be moved from the tunnels to the ground again.
Looking at the destroyed military facilities everywhere, at the burned houses, and at the burned farmland, the people and soldiers fell into anger.
Second Battalion Commander Sun Chuanzhong cursed endlessly.
"If these little naughty little devils can't find us, they will only vent their anger on our villages and farmland."
The third battalion commander Lu Shunmin said with some worry: "Captain, relying on the emergency evacuation drills we usually conduct for villagers, we did not suffer any casualties this time. The villagers also brought some important food and property to the third battalion.
We moved into the tunnel for a while, but we couldn't stand the Japanese coming and harassing us every day for three days."
"Living in the tunnels is not a long-term solution after all. The Japanese often come to raid our farmland, fortifications, and houses. There is no way we can maintain our farmland, fortifications, and houses for a long time."
"If this continues, we will be too passive."
Captain Lu nodded, feeling a little helpless.
"Obviously, the Japanese did not dare to deal with us in the tunnels, nor did they dare to send infantry to advance easily, so they relied on armored vehicles and tanks to sweep back and forth."
"They just want to destroy our economic foundation and defenses on the ground, slowly drag down our life in the tunnel, and force us from the underground to the surface."
Sun Chuanzhong was a rough man. He racked his brains and couldn't think of a solution. He had to look at the third battalion commander Lu Shunmin and asked:
"Lao Lu, you always have many ideas. What should we do in this situation?"
The Japanese tanks are too powerful, and the little Japanese have learned the lesson. They don't get involved with the Eighth Route Army at all, and directly use armored vehicles and tanks to clean up the Eighth Route Army's base areas and guerrilla areas, destroy farmland and villages, and then leave.
Faced with this situation, there seems to be only one solution.
"Destroy the Japanese armored vehicles and tanks so that the Japanese will not dare to enter our base area easily," Lu Shunmin said.
Sun Chuanzhong's face froze and he said speechlessly: "If the Japanese armored vehicles and tanks could be destroyed so easily, we wouldn't have to watch the little Japanese become arrogant."
"If Commander Kong is here, he will probably have an idea. It seems that there will be no problem that can hinder Commander Kong!"
Lu Shunmin, who had no idea, sighed with emotion.
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Commander Lu seemed to suddenly wake up and asked: "Submissive people, in the independent regiment, how did Lao Kong and the others deal with the Japanese tanks?"
Lu Shunmin thought for a while and said: "The independent regiment's equipment is much better than ours. They have some anti-tank mines and even some artillery that can destroy the armor of Japanese tanks."
"In addition, the Taihang area is mostly mountainous. The Japanese tanks are actually very limited by the terrain, so they are not used much. Like in our Jizhong generation, there are almost no tank clusters."
"While chatting at that time, I heard some company commanders from the independent regiment say that their independent regiment has so many ways to deal with tanks, and even the militiamen are not even afraid of the Japanese iron bastards."
"I thought they were bragging at the time, but now that I think about it, maybe they really have the confidence."
"In the Independence Regiment, Commander Kong even built many air defense fortifications inside the base area. Even Japanese planes did not dare to fly arrogantly over the Independence Regiment's base area."
After hearing this, Captain Lu fell into thinking. After a while, he said with surprise: "Is there a way?"
Seeing the eyes of Lu Shunmin and Sun Chuanzhong coming together, Captain Lu smiled and said:
"I'm confused too. Right now we have business cooperation, arms cooperation, and close ties with the Independent Regiment. The Independent Regiment has experience in dealing with Japanese tanks. Why don't we directly ask Lao Kong for help?"
The Eighth Route Army troops do not distinguish between you and me.
When the economy in central Hebei was doing well, they even took the initiative to send some coins to the Taihang area.
The brigade commander got high-quality potatoes from Kong Jie and sent a batch to Jizhong early in the morning.
As soon as Kong Jie thought of landmine tactics, he wrote the materials as soon as possible and sent them to Jizhong through Lu Shunming.
This kind of mutual help is considered normal by all units of the Eighth Route Army.
The commander of the third battalion, Lu Shunming, immediately recommended himself: "Captain, I am familiar with the route to the Independent Regiment. Just let me go. I promise to bring reinforcements back as soon as possible."
Lu Shunmin spent some time in the independent group when he was recovering from his injuries, so he is indeed the most suitable candidate.
Captain Lu nodded: "Okay, obedient citizen, I'll leave this to you. Bring a few skilled soldiers with you, and pay attention to safety on the road."
"Yes!" Lu Shunmin responded.
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The base area of the First Anti-Japanese Detachment in Northwestern Shanxi.
Logistics Department.
The First Detachment Military Industry Research Institute.
As the first detachment continued to receive victims, more and more affairs were busy according to the needs of the area. Within the entire detachment, from the political commissar Li Wenjie, the chief of staff Xu Guoan, to the company and platoon leaders, and even Xie Baoqing and others from the migrant workers' corps,
Everyone is very busy.
Those who train soldiers, those who work in agriculture, and those who work in factories are engaged in production.
Everyone is busy and happy. When thinking about the vigorous development of the No. 1 detachment, they are all full of energy.
As the leader of the first team in charge of the overall situation, Kong is as idle as if he has nothing to do.
If you ask.
Commander Kong’s sophistry leaves you speechless: “The person who is so busy should be the political commissar and the chief of staff.”
"A person who is leisurely and doing nothing, hey, that's what he calls a group leader!"
"As a team leader, the most important thing is to have the brain to lead the overall situation. Just be able to have a high position. If you don't get a good rest, what will happen?"
Well, that's it, you have to choke, you have nothing to say, and you have to give a thumbs up to Commander Kong and say: "As expected of you, Mr. Kong!"
At this moment, the leisurely Kong Jie strolled to the Military Research Institute of the Logistics Department.
"Captain, why are you here?"
Dong San, the head of the Logistics Department and director of the Military Industry Research Institute, is currently coordinating the work of the research institute.
Nowadays, the military industry research institute is not small in scale and has abundant talents.
Not long ago, Kong Jie brought back Qian Xuezhong, Chen Dong and other experts from Tianjin. After they put into the work of the institute, they soon brought vitality to the progress of the institute.
So far, the institute has achieved a lot of results.
For example, in the past, the repair shop could at most transform the grenades captured from the Japanese into relatively simple 50 cannons that could be equipped with propellant packs.
The latest 50 cannon developed by the institute is much more refined than the previous 50 cannon.
Directly change the pull-tab firing device used in the Little Devil's 89-type grenade to a trigger-type firing device, canceling the previous screw rod and replacing it with a trigger firing device.
The tile-shaped base was changed to a triangular base, machine gun-style cannon legs were installed on the barrel, and a fan-shaped ruler was hung on the left side of the barrel. The weight pendulum needle can be used to check the elevation angle and determine the shooting distance.
In this way, the structure of the small cannon is more reasonable, the performance in all aspects has been greatly improved, and it can completely crush the Japanese grenade.
Later, using the technology and equipment of the repair shop, the 50 small artillery can even be converted into 50 mortars.
Of course, because the process is too cumbersome to be mass-produced, we still focus on small 50-caliber guns, and 60-caliber mortars are chosen for production.
In addition, the institute even modified some anti-tank shells at Kong Jie's request.
Of course, this kind of shell is not fired directly with artillery, but is buried underground in advance. The main body is modified from a large-caliber mortar shell. It is launched from the underground and directly hits the bottom of the enemy's armor, which is the weakest.
Destroy the Japanese tanks.
...Seeing Dong San coming over, Kong Jie asked:
"Let me see how our research on the King of Slaughter is going."