753 The three armies are preparing to rob more than a thousand tons of food (1)
As the saying goes, saving is worse than buying, and buying is worse than grabbing.
When the guns are fired, there is more than ten thousand taels of gold.
The disaster situation is serious now, and a large number of victims are pouring into the Eighth Route Army base area. If we can seize a large amount of food hoarded by the Japanese army through fighting.
This is definitely the most effective way to solve the internal pressure in the base area and weaken the strength of the Japanese army.
If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools.
In order to deploy this comprehensive grain robbery plan, Kong Jie spent several days collecting intelligence from all over the place, and asked the staff to work hard to draw a map of the main railway lines in Shanxi and surrounding places.
"This is the Tongpu Railway, which runs north-south and even runs through the entire Shanxi."
"This is the Zhengtai Railway line that we launched last year during the Zhengtai Campaign. We mainly conducted raids on it. In the past six months, the little devils have completely rebuilt it."
As I narrated, I looked at the map of railway lines drawn, and saw that the railway lines occupied and controlled by the Japanese army were densely distributed throughout the major occupied areas.
Some major cities are basically near these important railway lines and are firmly controlled by the Japanese army.
Kong Jie couldn't help but sigh:
"The emergence of railways and trains can be said to have changed the old logistics transportation model of the war."
"The large-scale and efficient transportation capacity of the railway line determines that it has two powerful capabilities of rapid troop delivery and logistical transportation support."
"The importance of railway lines..."
"If we take into account the gradual evolution of the battlefields between us and the Japanese army since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, it is not difficult to find that the railway lines connecting the major cities in our country have always been the focus of contention between the enemy and us."
"The little Japs are difficult to deal with. Looking at the areas occupied by the Japs and the lost homeland, we can only sigh in despair for the time being."
"All this is not only due to the huge advantage of Japan's military industrial level and its more complete military construction. These densely distributed railway networks in China are also one of the accomplices."
Chief of Staff Xu Guoan is working on the map with a wooden ruler and pencil.
According to the plan he discussed with Kong Jie, he mainly marked the most likely Japanese grain transportation railway lines around Yangquan and Ping'an County.
Xu Guoan deeply agrees with Kong Jie’s emotion:
"Lao Kong, you are right to the point."
"If it weren't for the dense railway lines, it would provide the little devils with rapid troop transport capabilities and stable logistical supply capabilities."
"We won't just be able to huddle in the mountains and fight guerrillas with the little devils."
"Let's talk about the Hundred Regiment War we launched at the end of last year!"
"In the past nearly a year, had it not been for the Hundred Regiments War, our army had successfully destroyed most of the Japanese Army's Shota Railway lines, and also uprooted the Japs' advance strongholds and bunkers, completely breaking the Japs' cage policy.
."
"I'm afraid our life will be even more miserable."
"As for the relative stability of the base area in the past six months? Don't even think about it!"
Kong Jie quite agrees with what Xu Guoan said.
To be honest, the fact that the Independent Regiment was able to develop to its current size, and even expand into the first anti-Japanese detachment in northwestern Shanxi, naturally benefited from the Battle of Zhengtai.
If it were not for the Japanese attack on the Shota Railway in the Battle of Shota, it would be paralyzed.
I am afraid that the independent regiment does not have so much time to stabilize the base and take advantage of the opportunity to develop.
"Lao Kong, it's done. Look, through analysis, the most likely railway lines for the Japanese army to transport food to Yangquan and Ping'an County are these."
While talking, Xu Guoan, who had completed the homework on the picture, stood up and said.
Kong Jie nodded, and after pondering for a moment, he took the pencil from Xu Guoan's hand and followed the seven or eight railway branch lines that Xu Guoan had marked on the map, thickening three short sections of the railway with a pencil. p>
"The more precise the target and the more certain the scope, the better."
"The railway lines of the Japs are like spider webs, extending in all directions. In addition, the original railway lines in Shanxi are relatively dense, which makes it easier for the Japs to come in."
"These three small sections look very small on the map, but the actual shortest distance is estimated to be only a few kilometers."
"The most important thing is that they are the intersections of these branch lines and main lines. In other words, these three places are the sections that the Japanese trains transporting food must pass through."
Speaking of this, Kong Jie's eyes became a little hot:
"The Propaganda Department's combat plan has been going very successfully in the past few days. The Japs originally wanted to force the victims to leave by rapidly reducing the amount of porridge and grain distributed. However, after we used it for propaganda purposes, more victims came to the Japs-occupied areas.
Major counties and cities flocked in."
"The little devil is very busy right now. This is the perfect time for us to take action."
"In addition, through the intelligence analysis collected by the enemy's Ministry of Industry these days, the grain shipped by the Japanese to Yangquan and Pingan County should arrive in the near future."
"No more waiting!"
"Our independent regiment took the lead in this grain robbery operation and it was our duty to take the lead."
"This time, all three regiments of our first team have been mobilized. Wang Leihu's second regiment is responsible for the northbound railway junction, Shen Quan is responsible for the westbound railway junction, and our first regiment is responsible for the eastbound railway junction." p>
"Regardless of the order, in short, we must not let a grain of the little devil enter Yangquan and Ping'an County."
Xu Guoan nodded and said with a smile:
"Lao Kong, I think the news about the grain robbery is getting bigger and bigger."
"We are keeping an eye on Yangquan and Ping'an County. The New Second Regiment has been keeping an eye on Shouyang these days. Old Li must also be thinking about the Japanese grain train. Old Ding is also not idle, and even has plans to reach Taiyuan City.
direction."
"As soon as we make a move here, just watch, the two of them will definitely not be able to sit still, and they will start tossing around immediately."
"Then let's make a fuss. The bigger the fuss, the better!" Kong Jie said with a smile: "If we don't make a fuss, where can we find loopholes to exploit?"
"As I said before, this time we have sufficient intelligence and are cooperating with many parties. In addition, the little Japs are currently busy with the victims and have no resources. We can successfully destroy the Japs' food trains at these three intersections. It will not
There are too many problems."
"The main problem is that after intercepting these trains, how to quickly transfer the large amount of food transported by the Japanese before the Japanese army reacted."
"Are the backup transport teams of each regiment ready?"
Xu Guoan responded: "Lao Kong, don't worry, we spent a lot of money to transport the seized grain quickly this time."
"The two trucking teams are fully ready. We have been making preparations during this period and have also purchased a large amount of spare fuel from Yan'an, which is enough for our trucking team to run several round trips."
"In addition, motorcycles, bicycles, mules and carriages, and even the small wooden carts pushed by our soldiers are all ready. Xie Baoqing and other army and militia workers' groups are also participating in this transportation. They don't have to worry about anything else, as long as they rob
Grain will be transported away in batches as soon as possible."
Kong Jie said: "In this way, we can feel more at ease, but this is not enough."
"The transportation capacity of the train is quite amazing. Although the performance of Xiaojiizi's trains is not as good as that of some advanced countries in the West, this train can still transport hundreds of tons of cargo."
"Assuming there are 500 tons of goods, one of our transport trucks can pull up to three to five tons at most, which means that we even need hundreds of trucks to transport the grain at one time."
"As for bicycles, motorcycles, mules and carriages, etc., the transportation volume of these vehicles is much smaller. Fortunately, the number is large enough. Even if ants move mountains, as long as there are thousands of ants, they can also complete this huge task.
project."
"But the Japanese won't give us so much time."
Following the analysis, Kong Jie directly made up his mind:
"So, our plan to rob the Japanese army this time requires the participation of all forces."
"Just like the Battle of Shota, all local troops, militia forces, and even active villagers who are willing to help must be mobilized."
"After hijacking the Japanese train, we moved the food quickly and orderly. Our car transport team, as well as motorcycles, bicycles, mules and carriages, can carry away as much as they can. The rest will be left to local comrades, militia comrades and fellow villagers.
We need your help, even if you have to use manpower to carry it, you still have to move all the Japanese food."
"As for the transported grain, our transportation team quickly approached the base area, while other local troops, militia troops and villagers hid the transferred grain on the spot in the villages and mountainous areas where they are located." p>
"Some of them are really too late to move, so we can just dig a hole and bury them underground."
"It's a good idea to move the stored grain nearby!" Xu Guoan said with a smile.