Since the Songzhuang stronghold and the Majiahe stronghold were destroyed by the guerrillas, a gap of tens of kilometers wide appeared between Juma County and Dongxiang County. The supplies that the people urgently needed were collected by the Zheng Mansion of the central county, arranged by each district and village.
The county brigade made unified arrangements to help the people purchase goods, which greatly alleviated the problem of material shortages within the base area.
Thousands of people who were driven into the base areas by the Japanese and puppet troops. After they were sent out by the guerrillas, they originally came from different places. Through their word of mouth, they learned about the cruelty of the Japanese and puppet troops and the cruelty of the Mawushan Eighth Route Army base to the people.
Their care was in sharp contrast.
The vast number of people in the enemy-occupied areas have deepened their affection for the Eighth Route Army from the bottom of their hearts. As Xu Dalong said, this is an excellent anti-Japanese propaganda, which is more effective than the Eighth Route Army's own propaganda 100 times.
Soon after, the Japanese and puppet troops once again rebuilt the Songzhuang stronghold and the Majiahe stronghold. This time they learned from the lessons learned last time and dug several more trenches around the stronghold. They also dug cat-ear holes in the trenches.
It is even more difficult to capture the strongholds of the Japanese and puppet troops.
After restoring the blockade of the base area, the Japanese and puppet troops once again captured a large number of civilians and drove them into the Mawushan base area.
These refugees were still warmly received by the people of the governments at all levels in the base area. As long as the economic situation inside the base area could bear it, Xu Dalong welcomed the Japanese and puppet troops to send more people inside, which would help the guerrillas expand their anti-Japanese propaganda.
Monk Wei and others have already retrieved the explosives. This time Xu Dalong spent a lot of money to buy more explosives, which can be used to make the kind of super weapon invented by the People's Liberation Army.
That morning, Li Yinzhu, the captain of the demolition team responsible for researching the manufacture of new weapons, came over excitedly to report that the new weapons designed by Captain Xu had been manufactured and all leaders were invited to visit.
Xu Dalong, Sun Desheng, Wang Chengzhu and others all came to a valley and saw members of the demolition team leading a group of craftsmen tinkering with a thick guy there.
When everyone came closer, they saw a pit dug in the ground, with a processed gasoline barrel placed diagonally inside. This was Xu Dalong's imitation of the giant weapon flying thunder cannon invented by the People's Liberation Army.
The Flying Thunder Cannon was invented by the People's Liberation Army during the Huaihai Campaign. It uses the principle of mortar firing and puts ordinary black explosives at the bottom of gasoline barrels. The ratio of the explosives has been modified and can be used as propellant.
On top of the medicine, cover it with several layers of cloth, put some soil on top, and put an explosive bag of ten kilograms or more on top of the soil.
When launching, first light the fuse on the explosive package, then ignite the gunpowder at the bottom of the gasoline barrel, and use the thrust generated by the burning gunpowder to throw the explosive package out. Depending on the amount of propellant, the explosive package can be ejected to
The distance is about 150m~200m.
After the huge explosive package explodes, it can kill all living creatures within a radius of tens of meters, even if you hide in the cat's ear hole, it will be useless.
After the explosion, the people within the explosion range did not see any physical damage, only bleeding from their mouths and noses, but their hearts and other internal organs had already been shattered.
Because of the extremely lethality of this weapon, it was called a heartless gun by the enemy.
At that time, the People's Liberation Army used this kind of weapon to attack the enemy's solid defensive positions, and it was almost invincible.
After repeated experiments, the members of the demolition team mastered the technology used by the thunder cannon and were able to accurately launch the thunder cannon shells to a designated location at a distance of about 150 meters.
With such a powerful super weapon, the guerrillas were eager to take it to let the Japanese and puppet troops have a taste of flying thunder cannons.
That night, the Mawushan guerrillas once again dispatched the First and Second Cavalry Squadrons. Their mission was still to monitor the Japanese and puppet troops in Dongxiang and Juma counties.
The attack on enemy strongholds was still under the command of Wang Chengzhu, and specific tasks were undertaken by the First and Second Infantry Squadrons, the County Brigade, the Directly Affiliated Squadron and the Second District Squadron. Li Yinzhu's demolition team coordinated the actions.
After arriving at the Songzhuang stronghold, the guerrillas surrounded the stronghold to prevent the Japanese and puppet troops from escaping.
This time with super weapons, there was no need to waste bullets. The guerrillas just surrounded the enemy's stronghold without even bothering to fire their guns.
But the puppet troops were afraid that the guerrillas would attack in the dark, so the fighting was very lively.
The guerrillas all felt very distressed because every time the Japanese and puppet soldiers fired a bullet, they would capture less.
So Wang Chengzhu urged Li Yinzhu to fire thunder cannonballs.
It took a certain amount of time to install the thunder cannon. Fortunately, the Japanese and puppet troops saw that the Eighth Route Army was not firing. In order to save bullets, they also stopped shooting and only watched carefully to prevent the guerrillas from approaching.
Everyone was very happy to see the Japanese and puppet troops cooperating with the guerrillas to save bullets.
The thunder cannons were finally placed. A total of ten thunder cannons were divided into two rows, front and rear. After placing the thunder cannons, Wang Chengzhu gave an order, and the guerrillas lit the fuse on the explosive package, and then fired the thunder cannons.
Thunder shells.
"Boom, boom, boom."
With a muffled sound, the gasoline barrel flashed with fire, and then black guys as big as pot lids flew into the sky, and landed on the enemy's position in a blink of an eye.
Under the moonlight, the Japanese and puppet troops at the stronghold could see some huge black things flying over. They didn't know what they were, so they hurriedly lay down in the trenches to take cover.
"Boom, boom, boom."
Ten kilograms of flying thunder shells continuously exploded on the enemy's position. Every Japanese and puppet soldier within a few hundred meters was spared. Even those who were alive were knocked unconscious by the shock.
Wang Chengzhu shouted: "Brothers, charge!"
The guerrillas and county brigade members, who had already been prepared, rushed forward with shining bayonets.
They encountered almost no resistance and occupied the two trenches in front of the Songzhuang stronghold.
Li Yinzhu and others carried the flying thunder cannon and moved towards the enemy's core stronghold. They reinstalled the flying thunder cannon and launched another artillery bombardment towards the enemy's core stronghold.
The huge thunder shells landed in front of the enemy's gun tower. The huge explosion force caused the Japanese and puppet troops inside the gun tower to be either shocked to death or knocked unconscious. The commandos launched another charge.
There was no suspense in the battle. This time the guerrillas only suffered three casualties. They captured the Songzhuang stronghold and seized a large number of weapons, ammunition, food and other supplies.
Seeing how powerful the flying thunder cannons were, the guerrillas couldn't wait to attack the Majiahe stronghold again.
After being tested in actual combat, Li Yinzhu and others increased the speed of installing thunder cannons. After arriving at the Majiahe stronghold, in less than an hour, the guerrillas annihilated the Japanese and puppet troops in the Majiahe stronghold, and also gained fruitful results.
Seized.
Seeing that it was almost dawn, Xu Dalong gave up and led the guerrillas back to the mountains.
The Songzhuang stronghold and the Majiahe stronghold were once again captured by the guerrillas, which gave Qianye Xunyi a headache. Who could bear the loss of hundreds of people at a time?
Before Chiba Xunyi could decide whether to continue to redeploy troops to the Songzhuang stronghold and the Majiahe stronghold, another piece of bad news came.
Overnight, two strongholds between Yinping County and Guancheng County were captured by the guerrillas, and no one of the more than 400 Japanese and puppet troops inside survived.
At this time, even Yan Guiwu did not dare to advocate the restoration of the blockade. He consciously chose to shut up and let Qianye Xunyi make the decision.
Faced with this situation, the chief of staff was at a loss. When Chiba asked for his opinion, he consciously chose to shut up and left the final decision to Chiba.
Building the blockade consumed a lot of Qianye Xunyi's energy, and for a while he was reluctant to give up.
While he was hesitating, bad news came again.
This time it was daytime. The guerrillas tasted the benefits of thunder cannons and were so excited that they couldn't sleep. After resting for a while in the morning, they couldn't help but attack the Japanese and puppet troops again between Xinhe County and Guancheng County in the afternoon.
In this stronghold, more than 220 Japanese and puppet troops survived.
Such a blow made Chiba Xunyi almost vomit blood. No one could bear such a heavy loss.
He finally made up his mind, lifted the blockade on the guerrillas, and all the Japanese and puppet troops in various strongholds withdrew to the county town.
The blockade that lasted for nearly two months was broken by the guerrillas, and the people in the base area resumed normal exchanges with surrounding areas.
Independent Regiment Department.
After receiving Xu Dalong's telegram, Zhao Gang said excitedly: "Old Li, Xu Dalong and the others really have a way. Under siege by tens of thousands of Japanese and puppet troops, they successively eliminated more than a thousand Japanese and puppet troops, forcing them to give up their attack on the base area.
The blockade is really amazing, now I can rest assured.”
In fact, Li Yunlong has been sweating for Xu Dalong and others. Now that he saw that Xu Dalong and others were fine, Li Yunlong looked nonchalant. After taking a sip of wine, he threw a peanut into his mouth and said proudly.
: "Old Zhao, what are you worrying about? I've long said that boy Xu Dalong has a way, and the little devil can't deal with him at all."
Zhang Dabiao couldn't help but flatter him and said, "The leader is really big-hearted. To be honest, I'm really worried about Xu Dalong and the others."
The head of the headquarters and the brigade commander were also concerned about Xu Dalong and the others. When they heard that they had broken the enemy's blockade, they also sent congratulatory messages respectively.
After this anti-blockade battle, the Mawushan guerrillas, the county brigade and the vast militia, the Zhengfu in the central county of Mawushan, and the Zhengfu at the grassroots level in various places have been tempered and improved in terms of combat effectiveness and organizational capabilities. The entire Mawushan
The strength of the base area has also been greatly enhanced.
According to the needs of the struggle situation, the Mawushan guerrillas integrated all the cadres who were separated from the regular forces of the Eighth Route Army into the army and reorganized them again.
Mawushan Guerrilla Brigade Captain Xu Dalong, deputy captains Sun Desheng and Wang Chengzhu.
It consists of brigade headquarters, directly affiliated agencies and directly affiliated units.
Special operations squadron, joint logistics squadron, intelligence squadron, artillery squadron, demolition squadron, 1st, 2nd, 3rd Cavalry Squadron, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Infantry Squadron, with a total strength of 1,540 people.
It has 85 artillery pieces of various types, including nine Type 92 infantry guns, 56 mortars, 20 mine cannons, Type 92 heavy machine guns, crooked machine guns, and 126 Czech light machine guns. Such firepower can even
Overtaken a Japanese infantry regiment.
The county brigade has also developed, with more than 1,100 personnel, 22 artillery pieces of various types, and more than 50 machine guns of various types. Its firepower exceeds that of an infantry brigade of the Japanese army.
The cadre militiamen and ordinary militiamen in each village and town were also issued weapons, and they had no problem dealing with the harassment of a small group of Japanese and puppet troops.
Up to now, the Mawushan base area has developed into a powerful military group, whose strength far exceeds that of a regiment of the Eighth Route Army.
For the sake of confidentiality, Xu Dalong did not report the true strength of the Mawushan Guerrillas to his superiors, and still claimed to the outside world that the Mawushan Guerrillas were just ordinary guerrillas.
After the reorganization, in order to expand the guerrilla base area, Xu Dalong decided to launch an offensive on the edge of the base area to attack the basic Japanese and puppet organizations in various towns and villages in enemy-occupied areas.
Carry out anti-Japanese army propaganda and establish open or secret underground party grassroots organizations.
General Sun Desheng was in charge of this operation. Two district squadrons, the Intelligence Squadron, the First Cavalry Squadron, the First Infantry Squadron and the Squadron directly under the County Brigade, with a total strength of more than 1,800 people, launched a fierce attack on the Japanese and puppet troops.
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Xu Dalong stayed behind at Mantou Peak, leading the joint logistics squadron, the artillery squadron, the demolition squadron, the second and third cavalry squadrons, the second and third infantry squadrons, and served as the general reserve waiting for fighter planes to attack the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops.
Soon after, fighter planes appeared.
Xu Dalong received a report from Zheng Xirong that the Japanese and puppet troops in Juma County dispatched two infantry squadrons and one puppet battalion to besiege the first squadron of guerrilla infantry operating between Juma County and Xinhe County.
This was a good fighter plane. Xu Dalong decided to eat this enemy, so he led the special operations squadron, the second and third cavalry squadrons, the artillery squadron, the demolition squadron, and the fourth infantry squadron to leave Mawu Mountain and go to the infantry squadron.
Jixian Village where the No. 1 Squadron is located.
Chu Yunfei has been feeling very aggrieved since he evacuated Xinhe County. The dignified 358th Brigade of the Shanxi-Sui Army, with nearly 10,000 troops, did not dare to fight the Japanese army. Xu Dalong, a small guerrilla force, actually
It is extremely embarrassing to continue to grow and develop under heavy enemy siege.
Chu Yunfei came to the Second War Zone Chief's Department and found Li Kun, deputy director of the Operations Department.
After fighting together, the two have established a deep friendship.
He said: "Sir Li, I want to lead my troops to Xinhe County and fight alongside Xu Dalong and others.
It is not convenient for me to mention this matter to our military commander, so I would like your help to ask the chief of staff for instructions."