Chapter 10 Guerrilla Combat in the Central Hebei Plain
The digging of the tunnel gave the villagers of Gaojiazhuang hope, and at the same time confirmed the feasibility of the tunnel warfare plan.
The militia and guerrillas were responsible for digging tunnels, while the Young Women's Anti-Japanese Pioneers were responsible for designing the tunnel entrances. Lin Xia took the women in the village and wandered around every house, looking for tunnel entrances suitable for use as tunnels.
Lin Xia looked at the manger in the stable and fell into deep thought. A bold idea came to her mind and she said: "We can make a hole in the manger and make a stretchable wooden board. If the devil wants to find the hole, then
It’s almost impossible.”
Several women gathered together and clapped their hands, praising the ingenious design of the cave entrance.
Immediately afterwards, they spread their whimsical ideas in the courtyard, in the room, and in the stove fire, thinking about how to design the entrance cleverly. They removed the kiln bricks on the ground and opened a space in the side wall.
Wall, put the bricks on the wooden board, stick it with clay, push it into the empty wall, the wooden board will drag the bricks stuck with the clay into the empty wall. This push-pull tunnel entrance is very cleverly designed and difficult to distinguish.
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They hollowed out the stove and used the same method, but this time they wrapped the wooden boards with clay, waited for them to dry, and then placed them in the stove to make a push-pull style. Even if they lit a fire inside, there would be no problem.
They thought of many ways, and even when they didn't think of it, they mobilized the power of the masses and mobilized everyone to gather together to discuss how to dig the tunnel entrance more secretly to make it harder for the Japanese to be discovered.
It has to be said that the power of the masses is infinite. With the joint efforts of men, women, and children in Gaojiazhuang, they learned from the authentic design drawings drawn by Xia Yuan at the beginning, and used scrawled lines to draw several designs that looked very simple, but after careful consideration
But it is not a simple tunnel.
Even Xia Yuan had never thought of some tunnel entrances.
After the tunnels between Lao Zhongshu and Lin Xia's family were dug, the feasibility of tunnel warfare was determined.
The entire people of Gaojiazhuang were actively mobilized, including men, women, old and young, and the joint digging of the entire Gaojiazhuang started vigorously.
Since there was no tool to accurately determine the direction, the old village chief led his people to stand on trees and houses to observe the direction.
Xia Yuan, as the proposer of the tunnel plan, took Niu Wa to conduct a detailed survey of the cellars of every villager's house. Since the cellar entrances were all fixed, it was difficult to modify them.
So everyone brainstormed on the original cellar, and finally Xia Yuan mentioned the idea of a decoy cellar, which was to use the original cellar to disrupt the sight of the Japanese devils and thereby delay time. As for other tunnel entrances, everyone decided to decoy the Gao family.
The village divided into four areas and set up eight entrances to the tunnels to ensure to the greatest extent that when the Japanese invaders arrived, the whole village could enter the tunnels in the shortest possible time.
A tunnel digging campaign carried out by all the villagers of Gaojiazhuang was launched vigorously. The entire Gaojiazhuang people gathered together. You dug holes and I transported soil. We worked together and united as one. The tunnel digging work was progressing in an orderly manner.
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On this day, Xia Yuan came out of the tunnel dirty and sweaty. Mao Ni handed over a towel that was not very clean: "Brother Xia Yuan, wipe off the sweat."
Xia Yuan took it, wiped the sweat off his face, exhaled, looked at the busy villagers around him, but found Gao Chuanbao and others were nowhere to be seen, then asked: "Mao Ni, where is your brother?"
"My brother." Mao Ni thought for a moment and said, "My brother went to a meeting and will probably be back soon."
"Having a meeting? Going to the district?"
Xia Yuan also learned that the superiors were expected to take new actions in response to the Japanese raids on the plains.
On protracted war!
"On Protracted War" is a lecture given by the leader of the Communist Party of China at the Yan'an Anti-Japanese Research Conference from May 26 to June 3, 1938. The lecture had a total of 21 topics and was divided into two parts.
Programmatic document for the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. Starting from the overall strategic situation of the country, this speech profoundly discussed that the Anti-Japanese War must go through three stages: strategic defense, strategic stalemate, and strategic counteroffensive, thus revealing the process and laws of the development of the Anti-Japanese War and criticizing
The "theory of national subjugation" and the "theory of quick victory".
They are respectively fighting for permanent peace; initiative in war; war and politics; political mobilization for resistance against Japan; the purpose of war; offense in defense, quick decision in persistence, outside line in internal line; initiative, flexibility, and planning;
Mobile warfare, guerrilla warfare, positional warfare; war of attrition, war of annihilation; the possibility of taking advantage of the enemy's gaps; the issue of decisive battles in the Anti-Japanese War; soldiers and civilians are the foundation of victory.
At the end of the speech, he firmly pointed out that the Anti-Japanese War was a protracted war and the final victory belonged to China!
Xia Yuan thought that in this district meeting, in addition to discussing the Japanese army's mopping up operations, there was also the discussion on protracted war that was proposed by that person. Protracted war was the most important idea in the Anti-Japanese War, inspiring countless militiamen.
The guerrillas and even the masses and ordinary people were the most important ideological basis at that time and the important determination of all soldiers and civilians to persist in the war of resistance, which inspired them over and over again.
"I didn't go to the district. Brother Chuanbao was in the village with Uncle Zhong, Mrs. Lin Xia, and the village chief for a meeting." Mao Ni took Xia Yuan's towel and rinsed it in the turbid well water while telling Xia Yuan.
Xia Yuan nodded and didn't ask in detail. He was most likely a few key members in the village. He is not a key member yet, but after seizing a lot of guns and ammunition from the puppet army last time, his role in the guerrillas
His prestige has also increased a lot, far surpassing that of Niu Wa, and even to a certain extent, his prestige has surpassed that of Gao Chuanbao.
After all, he proposed the tunnel warfare plan, which greatly changed the current difficult situation of Gaojia Village's anti-Japanese war. His contribution far exceeded that of the village chief. However, because Xia Yuan had not joined the village for a long time, even though his prestige exceeded
The vast majority of people should maintain their identity and status.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Of course, Xia Yuan will not be content with the status quo. In addition to passively defending Gaojiazhuang, he also hopes to take the initiative.
All the plans are intertwined. Only after the tunnel matures in Gaojiazhuang can he lead the guerrillas to take the initiative. And not only Gaojiazhuang, but also the tunnels in several nearby villages must be formed, otherwise Gaojiazhuang
The progress of the tunnels here is fast, and other villages may not be able to catch up with Gaojiazhuang. Once there is action here, the Japanese will be angry and will definitely vent their anger on other villages.
You cannot let the people pay for your actions just because you act alone.
The Anti-Japanese War was a very special war. It was a war of aggression. The Japanese army invaded the land of China unscrupulously. The Japanese devils were not as stupid as in movies and TV dramas. They allowed you to attack wantonly. The Japanese devils were not only cunning, but also
Cruel, they will not only make a fuss about the prisoners, but also the common people.
They even knew very well how to deal with the Eighth Route Army.
For example, during a mine war, the Japanese captured a villager and asked the villagers to go to the front to check for the mines. They would not just go to the front and let the Eighth Route Army attack and blow up the mines. Otherwise, how could they do it?
to the point of invading China.
Therefore, if you want to act alone now, the time is not yet completely mature.
After Xia Yuan thought about it, he could only turn his mind to the puppet soldiers who were looked down upon as human beings by the Japanese devils. They were a group of guys who had even abandoned their own motherland. This was not a good idea for the Japanese devils who possessed the bushido spirit and were militaristic, especially those Japanese soldiers.
The officers were very disdainful. In their eyes, the puppet army was even worse than an animal.
"Mao Ni, where's Brother Niu Wa?" Xia Yuan wiped his face with water and asked with a hint of comfort.
"Brother Niuwa is digging a ditch to protect the village at the entrance of the village. He dug the ditch to protect the village quickly and has already dug less than half of it." Mao Ni replied. She opened the white cloth from the basket on the side, took out a steamed bun made of coarse grains, and said
: "Brother Xia Yuan, are you hungry? Eat something first."
"I'm not hungry, you can eat first. Are you tired after transporting so much sand? Let's rest." Xia Yuan looked at Mao Yatou.
"Brother Xia Yuan, I'm not hungry or tired. Brother Erlin, Sister Xiujun, and Sister Wanying are all digging tunnels down there. I'll just transport some sand, so I'm not tired."
Mao Yatou's face was dusty with wind and sand, her hair was wrapped in a piece of white cloth, she was wearing a dress made of gray linen, her small hands were covered with thick calluses, her skin was rough and dark, her lips looked a little chapped, but her eyes were
Very smart and bright, just like the eyes of an elf.
Xia Yuan patted Mao Yatou on the shoulder with a smile on his face: "Don't hold on when you are tired. Your body is the most important thing. You will have to fight with the little devils in the future."
"Hey." Mao Ni nodded happily.
"Mao Ni, Mao Ni."
The rope in the tunnel turned again, and at the same time there was a cry.
"Here we come!" Mao Ni opened her mouth and turned around and said, "Brother Xia Yuan, I'm going to do some work."
"good."
Mao Ni ran to the entrance of the tunnel. There was a rope wrapped around the well and a rotating rocker handle. She grabbed the rocker. After hearing the movement in the tunnel, she shook the rocker hard and stirred upwards.
, and soon a basket of sand was pulled up. He ignored the sweat on his forehead, stuck the rocker on the bayonet, reached out to grab the sand in the basket, gritted his teeth, and dragged the basket with both hands to a wooden car.
He poured the sand into the trolley, threw the basket down, pushed the trolley very skillfully, and ran out of the village.
While running, he shouted: "Brother Xia Yuan, I'm going to work."
Xia Yuan smiled and shook his head. This girl...he felt a little emotional. Women in this era can really hold up half the sky.
"Xia Yuan, Xia Yuan."
Sanbao, who was carrying a gun, ran over from the other side and took a breath: "I'm looking for you. I thought you were in the tunnel. Hurry, the village chief is looking for you."
"oh?"
Xia Yuan's eyes moved slightly, he tightened the gun behind him, and followed Sanbao to the village chief's house.
The conditions in the village chief's home are average, not even as good as Chuanbao's home. It looks very shabby. There is only a table, three crooked stools, a bed and a shabby and shabby cabinet in the empty room.
There are all kinds of sundries piled in the corner.
In this regard, it is the same as Chuanbao's home. Chuanbao's home is also piled with all kinds of sundries. Regardless of whether they are useful or not, they are all piled into the house. For them, it is uncertain.
When will it come in handy?
In the empty room, the old village chief, Gao Chuanbao, Gao Laozhong, Lin Xia and several lesbians from the Women's Rescue Society were gathering together. There was a pot of tea on the table and a handful of melon seeds that didn't look very good.
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Several people were sitting or standing around, and Sanbao shouted loudly: "Village Chief, Old Uncle Zhong, Xia Yuan is here."
Hearing Sanbao's voice, everyone stood up and saw Xia Yuan walking in from outside.
"You're here, sit down quickly." The old village chief took the initiative to give up the stool under his butt.
"Village Chief, I can just stand." Xia Yuan stopped the old village chief's movements, looked around, and had a rough idea in his mind.
"Okay, Comrade Xia Yuan is here. Let's make a long story short. This time there is a meeting in the district. I, Chuanbao, Xia Yuan, and Sanbao will go. The others will stay in the village to carry out tunnel warfare work."
The old village chief didn't say much. Apparently, he had already explained everything to them during the previous meeting, and this time it was mainly for the district meeting, so he took Xia Yuan along with him.
Xia Yuan secretly thought that the plot was about to begin.
Uncle Lao Zhong smoked a cigarette and said: "Leave the tunnel to me, Chuanbao, Lin Xia and the three of us. Remember to mention the traffic ditch to the district. The connection between villages is too important.
In this way, we can avoid the situation of fighting alone, and also avoid the situation of falling into death."
Uncle Zhong and the old village chief are the oldest and most well-informed people in the village, with very high ideological awareness. They are better than others in understanding the feasibility of the tunnel warfare plan proposed by Xia Yuan, and even the protection of the village ditch.
The idea of the traffic ditch is perfect, especially the traffic ditch, which improves the connection between villages. Once the tunnel is dug, you can even reach the traffic ditch directly through the village, and reach another village through the tunnel in the traffic ditch.
The Japanese used their strongholds to connect gun towers and spread a large web like a spider web in the central Hebei plain. Every village in the web was a prey to be slaughtered.
In the past, there were open plains between villages. Once the Japanese army launched a raid, they only needed one or two machine guns to cut off the connection between the villages. It would be easier to isolate a village with two or three nearby
With one turret gun at each stronghold, once the Japanese were dispatched, they could isolate a village. It can be said that there was almost no transportation guarantee between villages in the past.
Once a war breaks out, the Japs can isolate a village and put it into an isolated and helpless situation with a simple movement.
This is very unfavorable to the form of guerrilla warfare in the war of resistance behind enemy lines, and it is even almost impossible to carry out guerrilla warfare. In a vast plain area, a heavy machine gun of the Japanese army can radiate an area. Under the muzzle of the heavy machine gun, any guerrilla warfare is impossible.
In vain.
What's more, the Japanese army still has tanks. In the plain areas, with backward weapons and equipment, guerrillas who are not regular troops are almost indestructible in the eyes of the militia.