Chapter 160: The division of labor is clear to make a fortune
After the battle at Qilin Peak, the reputation of the Mawushan Guerrilla Squadron was so great that even hiding their strength was meaningless. Not to mention the Japanese and puppet troops, even an individual would not believe that a small guerrilla squadron could kill them.
An infantry brigade of the Japanese army and a regiment of the puppet army.
Xu Dalong simply decided to raise the flag of the Mawushan Guerrilla Brigade.
The day after the battle ended, Xu Dalong and others held a cadre meeting and decided to formally expand the army.
Mawushan Guerrilla Brigade Captain Xu Dalong, deputy captains Sun Desheng and Wang Chengzhu.
Under the jurisdiction of the brigade headquarters, the intelligence squadron captain Zheng Xirong, the deputy captain Zhou Mingde, and the special operations squadron captain Wei Heshang.
Sun Desheng, captain of the cavalry squadron (concurrently), Wei Heping, captain of the infantry squadron, Wang Chengzhu, captain of the artillery squadron (concurrently), Wang Xiaohu, captain of the logistics squadron, and Zhu Xiaoshan, captain of the recruit training team. The total strength of the entire brigade is 525, and the actual number of people in the guerrilla brigade is currently
327 people.
The new recruits don't have to worry at all. With the victory of this battle, the young and middle-aged people around the base area will definitely sign up to join the army. In the eight fortress villages in the Qilin Peak base area alone, young and middle-aged people can supplement the number of more than a hundred recruits.
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After the guerrilla brigade was established, Xu Dalong decided to take advantage of the emptiness of Guancheng County to seize the county seat, expand the anti-Japanese influence, and raise supplies.
That morning, Zheng Xirong sent someone back to report that the Japanese army only had a gendarmerie with 51 people in the county, and there were more than 60 people left behind from the annihilated puppet army regiment, and there were more than 130 people from the puppet police brigade.
The enemy's strength is so empty,
Xu Dalong and others immediately led the main force of the guerrillas to Guancheng County.
Monk Wei led the special operations squadron as the vanguard of the guerrilla brigade and took the lead.
Xu Dalong and Sun Desheng led the main force of the guerrilla brigade to follow suit.
Monk Wei and others disguised themselves as Japanese troops and were marching when they saw a dozen Japanese and puppet troops in front of them. They were sent by Gendarmerie Captain Kameda to inquire about the situation. When they saw Monk Wei and others, they took the initiative to approach.
The Japanese leader Cao came to Monk Wei, and before he could speak, he realized something was wrong.
The Japanese coming from the opposite direction mobilized their war horses and surrounded them.
The Japanese leader Cao sensed the danger. While asking Wei Monk and others about their identities, he went to get his rifle.
Monk Wei raised his hand and shot the Japanese soldier Cao Chang to death. The other two Japanese military policemen were also shot to death by the guerrillas.
The puppet soldiers obediently raised their hands and surrendered.
Monk Wei sent someone to report the situation to Xu Dalong, and he led the special operations squadron to continue towards Guancheng County.
Marching with Xu Dalong and others, there was also the captured puppet army commander. After Wei Heping's mobilization, the puppet army commander decided to help the guerrilla brigade outsmart the county town.
Qiligou Village.
After Xu Dalong and others left, Wang Xiaohu, accompanied by Li Jinzhu and others, went into the mountains to find a storage location for supplies.
Although the terrain of the Qilin Peak Bandit Village is good, it is not ideal. The most important thing is that there is no escape route. Once surrounded by a large force of Japanese and puppet troops, the final result will be the complete destruction of the entire army.
Before leaving, Xu Dalong specifically told Wang Xiaohu to find a place where he could advance, attack or retreat, and store supplies so that it could serve as a new foothold for the guerrilla brigade when the Japanese and puppet troops launched a massive attack.
3 p.m., Guancheng County.
On the city tower, a puppet army sentry saw a group of about three hundred people appearing in the distance.
He set up a pergola with his hands, observed carefully for a while, and shouted to the puppet soldiers below the tower: "It's Tuanzuo and the others who are back."
The puppet troops at the gate of the city quickly stood up, ready to greet the puppet army commander.
The leader of the puppet army came to the city gate, and the squad leader of the puppet army guarding the city came in front of him, saluted him, and greeted him with a smile on his face: "Master, you are back, old man."
The group leader said: "Call all your people over, I have something to say."
The squad leader of the puppet army hurriedly shouted towards the tower: "You all come down, the regiment will give you a lecture."
Soon after, a squad of puppet soldiers guarding the city gate all stood in a row in front of the commander of the puppet army, looking at the commander of the puppet army respectfully, waiting for his instructions.
Suddenly, the guerrillas wearing puppet uniforms behind the puppet army leader aimed their guns at them.
The puppet soldiers were a little dumbfounded and didn't understand what was going on.
The puppet squad leader also asked: "Commander, why are you treating us like this? We didn't make any mistakes."
The commander of the puppet army said to the puppet soldiers: "You all put down your guns. As long as you don't resist, you will be fine."
The puppet soldiers obediently put down their weapons. Xu Dalong left a squad of guerrillas to guard the city gate, and he led other guerrillas into the city.
After entering the city, according to the pre-made battle plan, Xu Dalong, Sun Desheng and others led Wei Monk's special operations squadron and cavalry squadron to attack the Japanese gendarmerie. Wei Heping led the infantry squadron to attack the police station, and Wang Chengzhu led the rest of the personnel.
Attack the puppet army's barracks and follow the puppet army leader to eliminate the remaining troops of the puppet army.
Xu Dalong and others went straight to the Japanese gendarmerie, encountering sporadic Japanese and puppet troops along the way, and suddenly disarmed them before they could react.
In this way, until they arrived at the gate of the Japanese military police, they still did not alert the Japanese and puppet troops.
The Japanese soldiers standing guard at the gate of the gendarmerie saw so many puppet troops coming and asked with some confusion: "What kind of work do you do?"
Xu Dalong shouted loudly: "The Eighth Route Army is responsible for fighting the Japanese." As he said this, he raised his hand and shot the Japanese sentry to death.
The guerrillas quickly rushed into the Japanese gendarmerie. There was no suspense in the battle. The Japanese and puppet troops and the puppet police were unprepared. The battle only lasted less than 20 minutes before the gunfire in the city stopped.
Wang Chengzhu's place was even smoother. Because the commander of the puppet army came forward, they didn't fire a shot and all the puppet troops in the barracks surrendered.
Xu Dalong commanded the guerrillas to quickly control the entire city.
After the guerrillas entered the city, each unit carried out separate operations according to the attributes of its own department.
The soldiers of the communication squad pulled two large carts, specifically to seize the enemy's communication equipment, the Japanese and puppet army barracks, the telephones that could be seen in the maintenance meeting, and the telephone exchange in the post office, and put them all on the cart. They
The harvest was not small, and two civilian radio stations were also seized from the Post and Telecommunications Bureau.
Su Xiaoyan led a group of guerrillas to a Japanese-owned clinic in the city, and loaded all the medical equipment and various medicines inside into a large truck.
Sun Desheng led people to open the prison in the pseudo police station and the cells in the gendarmerie, and gathered all the prisoners inside. According to Xu Dalong's request, they reviewed the prisoners' files and directly examined the prisoners.
All innocent people and anti-Japanese activists were released, while the real criminals who committed murder, arson, and other crimes were imprisoned.
Huang Wanqiu led a team of guerrillas to post notices everywhere in the city to carry out anti-Japanese propaganda.
They held tin trumpets and shouted loudly: "Fathers and fellow villagers, don't be afraid. We are the Mawushan Guerrilla Brigade under the leadership of the Eighth Route Army. We specialize in fighting against Japanese traitors and traitors and will not harm the common people. Now, please take the
Pockets, go to the grain bureau's warehouse and the guerrillas will distribute grain to you."
In the county town, people are better informed than in the countryside. Everyone has heard of the Eighth Route Army and knows that the Eighth Route Army cares for the common people, so many people took to the streets.
Soon after, most of the people in the city came out and rushed to the grain bureau's warehouse.
Wang Chengzhu led the soldiers to distribute food to the people. You must know that the summer food had not yet come down at this time, and it was the time when the supply was low. The price of food in the food stores controlled by the Japanese and puppet troops was very high, and many people were hungry.
After receiving the free food distribution, the people were all happy.
Monk Wei led the special forces to search all Japanese properties in the city.
In the Japanese gendarmerie, the special operations team captured all the traitors in the city.
Xu Dalong said to them: "You are a bunch of traitors and traitors. If you don't do good things to Chinese people, you will surrender to the Japanese. You will serve as their dogs and bite us Chinese. You don't have a good thing. I have decided to shoot you all on behalf of the people."
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Hearing this, the traitors were all scared to death, and knelt on the ground and begged.
Xu Dalong said: "Do you really want to change your ways?"
The traitors quickly said: "It's true, we will never dare to do anything for the Japanese again in the future."
Xu Dalong said: "I don't believe what you are saying. How can I prove that what you say is true?"
The traitors were all prominent figures in the city, and many of them were very smart. They figured out that the guerrilla leader was trying to extort money.
The traitor maintenance president hurriedly said: "We are willing to donate money and materials to the anti-Japanese war."
Hearing this, Xu Dalong smiled happily and said: "It's good that you have such awareness. I will give you a chance to make atonement this time."
After speaking, he distributed the amount of donations to these traitors according to their official positions.
Most of the traitors pinched their noses and admitted it, but a few traitors started to cry out when they saw the larger amount.
The captain of the pseudo-police brigade said that he only had a meager salary and the price offered by the guerrillas was too high, so he asked for some reduction.
Xu Dalong was just thinking about killing him as a warning to others, so he immediately asked his team members to arrest him. At this time, all the other people paid the fines honestly.
The guerrillas took the captain of the pseudo-police brigade to the grain warehouse, announced the crimes of the pseudo-police brigade captain in front of the people on the street, and shot him in public.
This captain of the fake police brigade did many evil things on weekdays. When the people saw his fate, they all clapped their hands and applauded him.
Huang Wanqiu took the opportunity to promote the anti-Japanese war and welcomed aspiring young people to join the Eighth Route Army to fight against the Japanese and the Japanese. As a result, more than 30 people signed up to join the army on the spot.
Those traitors who paid the fine were all very happy that they were smart and saved money and avoided disaster.
Xu Dalong and others had almost finished searching and evacuated Guancheng County that night.
Qiligou Village.
Because they traveled all night last night, Xu Dalong and others did not get out of bed until 10:30 in the morning.
Everyone gathered at the brigade headquarters to listen to Wang Xiaohu's report on the harvest in Guancheng County.
This time, a total of 223,000 yuan, 340,000 kilograms of grain, two radio stations, 678 firearms of various types, and 254,000 rounds of ammunition were seized.
The reason why so many guns and ammunition were seized was that due to the sudden action, all the stocks of the Japanese gendarmerie, the puppet police brigade, and the puppet army were also seized.
There are also all kinds of supplies including medical equipment, medicines, cloth, radios, sewing machines, cameras, etc. It can be said to be a bumper harvest.
Everyone was very happy, but Wang Chengzhu said a little worriedly: "Such a lot of things can't be left in the village. If the Japs come, we won't be able to move them away."
Wang Xiaohu said excitedly: "Captain, I have something to report. We found a place where the terrain is much better than Qilin Peak."
Xu Dalong became interested and said, "After lunch, let's go take a look."