The New Second Regiment used roadside bombs for the first time, attacking a Japanese military vehicle passing on the highway. After the roadside bomb exploded, the Japanese military vehicle was hit by a powerful shock wave. Although the military vehicle was not overturned, it was completely
Scrapped.
Although the Japanese and puppet troops in the car were blocked by the carriage panels and the iron sheet of the cab and were not directly hit by the shrapnel produced by the bomb, they were all killed by the powerful shock wave.
In order to complete the test mission, the officers and soldiers of the New Second Regiment buried a roadside bomb outside the Japanese barracks and detonated the roadside bomb while the Japanese troops were doing morning exercises.
After the bomb exploded, the nearby Japanese and puppet troops were directly wiped out by the shock wave. Thousands of scrap iron slag generated by the explosion swept across the Japanese army, causing more than 50 Japanese casualties on the spot.
Practice has proved that roadside bombs are extremely destructive whether against Japanese vehicles or Japanese infantry. Such bombs are easy to carry and can ambush Japanese troops anytime and anywhere. They are deeply loved by the Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers who are good at guerrilla warfare.
Superior leaders also attach great importance to this and require the factory to increase production and distribute it to various troops as soon as possible.
Ambush warfare is the most important guerrilla tactic used by the Eighth Route Army against the Japanese and puppet troops. In the past, if you wanted to ambush the Japanese and puppet troops, you needed the troops to choose favorable terrain to hide and set up an ambush. The conditions for setting up an ambush were very demanding. You must first understand the laws of Japanese army actions, or have accurate information.
Intelligence. It is necessary not only to know the marching route of the Japanese army, but also to have a suitable place to hide the troops; the scale of the Japanese and puppet troops cannot be too large, otherwise, the Eighth Route Army participating in the ambush will encounter a counterattack by the Japanese and puppet troops and suffer heavy losses. It can be said that
It is very difficult to conduct a successful ambush.
It is much more convenient to have roadside bombs. Compared to hiding an army, roadside bombs can be hidden in more places. They can be placed casually on the roadside for simple disguise. When operating, only one
Two Eighth Route Army soldiers can operate it from a distance. After the bomb explodes, they can quickly evacuate, making the Japanese and puppet troops unable to guard against it.
Since the Eighth Route Army extensively used roadside bombs, the Japanese and puppet troops were all wary when they went out, which greatly restricted the scope of activities of the Japanese and puppet troops.
This man's ability is too strong, which is not a good thing. Today, Xu Dalong is like a piece of Tang Monk meat, and many people are thinking about him.
On this day, Commander Si Ling notified Xu Dalong to come to see him at the Si Ling Headquarters of the Military Region.
When Xu Dalong arrived at the Sling Headquarters of the Taiyue Military Region, the first thing he saw was Li Changshui, the enemy engineering section chief.
Li Changshui quietly said to him: "Brother Dalong, you will fight hard from now on. Even if you are helping our enemy's engineering department to perform tasks, don't tinker with advanced weapons. Did you know? Someone is already thinking about you.
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Xu Dalong asked in confusion: "Who is it?"
Li Changshui said: "The superiors just came and said that Northern Shaanxi is going to ask you to go to the arsenal there to guide the work. To put it bluntly, if you go there, you will definitely not come back."
Xu Dalong understood that it was because his talents in the military industry were noticed by his superiors and they wanted to transfer him to work in the military industry.
Of course he didn't want to do this. He was living well in the Mawushan District Military Subdivision and his life was so comfortable. He didn't want to go to northern Shaanxi to work as an engineering technician, even if he was given the position of director of an arsenal.
He understood what Commander Sling meant by calling him over, and said, "Commander Sling, are you planning to let me go on some mission with you?"
Li Changshui smiled and said: "Brother Dalong, you are still smart. Commander Sling wants you to go out and hide for a while to avoid the limelight. It happens that our enemy's engineering department has a task that needs to be completed, so you might as well come with me.
Take a trip."
There happened to be nothing major going on in the Mawushan Military Division recently. Xu Dalong readily agreed and said, "Okay, let's go out for a walk."
Soon after, the commander and chief of staff came over. They didn't say anything, they just looked at Li Changshui.
Li Changshui said: "Commander Sir, our enemy engineering department has an important task to complete, which requires the cooperation of Captain Xu. Please approve the captain to assist us in completing the task."
Commander Si Ling said solemnly: "The work of the enemy engineering department is also very important. I agree with your request and let Xu Dalong cooperate with you to complete this mission together."
After finishing speaking, the four people in the room smiled knowingly together.
Xu Dalong then followed Li Changshui to the Enemy Industry Department. He asked: "Minister Li, tell me, what specific tasks should we perform?"
Li Changshui smiled and said: "To be honest, how can there be any specific mission? It's all just for you. I made it up. No matter what, let's go out for a walk."
At this point, he suddenly said with some expectation: "I heard that you are good at making a fortune, how about we go out and make a fortune from him this time."
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "Okay, that's what I meant."
After discussion, the two decided that Peiping was a big city with many wealthy Japanese and puppet personnel, so they could make more money there. So they decided to go to Peiping.
When Li Qiulin heard about it, he pestered Li Changshui and Xu Dalong and asked to go with them. Li Changshui also wanted his men to learn more money-making skills, and of course he wanted to bring Li Qiulin's special force. Li Qiulin and the others were originally Xu Dalong's soldiers.
, they are all experts in this field, but Li Changshui has never assigned them similar tasks before.
Xu Dalong agreed to Li Qiulin's request and asked Li Qiulin to take a special operations team. Monk Wei also took a special operations team and went to Peiping with him and Li Changshui.
Before leaving, Zhang Wanhe came over specially.
He reminded: "Brother Dalong, making money is important, but don't forget the machine tools and equipment our arsenal needs."
"Don't worry." Xu Dalong said, patting the pocket containing the supplies list.
Zhang Wanhe looked at Li Changshui, Li Qiulin and Wei Monk, and said with some envy: "Brother Dalong, I really want to go for a run with you."
Having said this, he smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly and said: "It's a pity. I have been doing logistics for these years. I don't have the skills like you, so I can only help you."
Xu Dalong smiled and said: "Mr. Zhang, don't be idle at home. Find a way to buy some good wine. When we come back, just treat us to a drink, haha."
Zhang Wanhe said with a smile: "Don't worry about this. The troops over there in Linfen have a batch of good wine and they will send it over. This batch of wine is going to northern Shaanxi, and I will keep some of it to entertain you."
Li Changshui and others set out, and their first stop was planned to be Baoding. On the way, Li Changshui sent a telegram to the Baoding underground party, asking them to provide relevant information about the machine tools and equipment.
The Baoding underground party quickly responded to the telegram, saying that there is a Daming Machine Tool Factory in Baoding. It was originally a large machine tool equipment manufacturer in North China. Later, it introduced the advanced machine tool manufacturing technology of the island country. It can currently produce three major categories, ten
Two types of machine tool equipment.
It's just that the islanders have very strict control over this machine tool factory and have stationed guards in the factory, including a squad of the Japanese army and a platoon of the puppet army.
For Xu Dalong and others, taking down Dahua Machinery Factory is not a problem. The difficult thing is how to transport these materials back to the Taihang Mountain base area.
After discussing with Li Changshui, Xu Dalong decided to grab the supplies first and put them in the base area of the Fifth Military Division of the Jizhong Military Region. After the Japanese army relaxed their pursuit of the supplies, they would find an opportunity to transport them back. He sent the telegram to the Fifth Army.
The leader of the division sent it.
When they heard that Xu Dalong was coming, the leaders of the Fifth Army Division were very happy.
Commander Ma Chao personally led Gao Changwu's first regiment to the outskirts of Baoding and met with Xu Dalong and others.
On the way, Ma Chao said happily: "Captain Xu and the others are here, and our third regiment's equipment is in place."
When Xu Dalong and others first cooperated with the Fifth Army Division, they only had one main force group. After capturing Baoding Airport, they seized a large amount of weapons and equipment and added a main force group. The last time in order to attack Shijiazhuang, Wei Monk
He also brought his troops to cooperate with them, once again attacked Baoding Airport, and helped them capture some Japanese and puppet strongholds. The Fifth Army Division seized a large number of weapons and equipment. In addition, the Fifth Army Division usually fought with the Japanese and puppet troops.
With the weapons and equipment seized during the military operations, the third main regiment began to be formed.
However, there are still some gaps in their current weapons and equipment. When they were worrying, they received a telegram from Xu Dalong and others.
They knew that as long as Xu Dalong came over, he would definitely bring a large number of weapons and equipment. No wonder Ma Chao was so happy.
Gao Changwu was also very happy about the arrival of Xu Dalong and others, but he was slightly worried in his heart.
He said: "Commander Sir, didn't Captain Xu and the others say they won't be able to stay in this area for long? They just want to capture the Daming Machinery Factory. There are not many Japanese and puppet troops there, and they can't capture much weapons and equipment. I'm afraid they have to solve the problem."
We can’t afford the weapons and equipment of our third regiment.”
Officer Sling smiled and said: "I said you are just worried. Think about it, if we help Captain Xu and the others, will they be embarrassed to just pat them down and leave? We will help them transport the machine tools and equipment to our base area, we will
Just ask them to fight another war with us, wouldn’t the problem be solved?”
Gao Changwu said happily: "You are right. Captain Xu is a man of justice. If we make a request, he will definitely not refuse."
Several leaders laughed knowingly and were full of expectations for what would happen next.
In Dahuaishu Village, Xu Dalong and Li Changshui met with the leaders of the Fifth Army Division. They were extremely happy to meet old friends. Ma Chao, on behalf of the Fifth Army Division, said that they would go all out to cooperate with Xu Dalong in the next combat operations.
Actions of others.
They hid their team in Dahuaishu Village and set up guard posts around the village. Villagers were only allowed in but not out to avoid exposing their targets.
Xu Dalong knew that this situation could not last forever and that the combat mission must be completed as soon as possible. He wanted to go into the city to conduct reconnaissance in person.
Neither the leaders of the Fifth Army Division nor Li Changshui recommended that Xu Dalong take the risk himself.
Xu Dalong believed that time was pressing, so he still insisted on his opinion, but the leaders discouraged him again.
Of course, Monk Wei could undertake such a reconnaissance mission. The reason why he did not take the initiative to step forward was because if Xu Dalong went, he would definitely accompany him.
Seeing that the leaders had different opinions, he was ready to stand up and say that he would complete the reconnaissance mission.
At this moment, Li Qiulin stood up and said to Xu Dalong: "Captain, leave the reconnaissance mission in the city to me."
Li Changshui also said: "Brother Dalong, you don't need to go personally for such a reconnaissance mission. Li Qiulin is competent enough."
Xu Dalong still trusted Li Qiulin very much. He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll leave this task to you. Pay attention to safety."
Li Qiulin was very excited. He immediately stood at attention and saluted, saying: "Captain, I promise to complete the mission."
Li Qiulin took three scouts and entered Baoding City disguised as Japanese soldiers.
Daming Machine Tool Factory is located on Sanyuan Street, one and a half blocks away from the south gate of Baoding, about 700 meters away. There is a police station in the middle. There is also a Japanese military barracks about 600 meters east of the machine tool factory.
If entering the machine tool factory exposes the target, the Japanese army can arrive for reinforcements in less than ten minutes. The pseudo-police can even arrive within three minutes.
There were tens of thousands of Japanese and puppet troops in the city. Once they were entangled by the nearby Japanese and puppet troops and were unable to rush out of the city in time, the Eighth Route Army carrying out its mission would be completely destroyed.
Li Qiulin and others walked around the Daming Machine Tool Factory in a large circle, inspecting the surrounding terrain, and then went out of the city to report to Xu Dalong and others.
Li Qiulin drew a topographic map and marked all the detected situations on it.
The leaders looked at the terrain map for a long time and felt that the situation was too complicated and it would be difficult to complete the task of seizing machine tools and equipment.
Ma Chao said: "Captain Xu, there are too many Japanese and puppet troops in the city. It is really dangerous to carry out such a mission."
Although Li Changshui believed in Xu Dalong, he also believed that completing this mission was too difficult.
He said: "Brother Dalong, I know that we can enter the machine tool factory by dressing up as a Japanese soldier and hand over the weapons of the Japanese and puppet troops inside. But we have to find those machine tools and equipment, load them on the truck, and then transport them out of the city.
There will be a lot of delay in the process. In such a large machine tool factory, with so many people inside, it is difficult to guarantee that the Japanese and puppet troops will not be alerted. Once the Japanese and puppet troops are alerted, the trouble will be big."
Xu Dalong did not say anything and turned his attention to Monk Wei and Li Qiulin.
Monk Wei knew that Xu Dalong was testing his commanding ability. He said: "The situation may seem complicated, but in fact it is not that big of a deal. Our people can disguise themselves as people from the Japanese Army's Special High School and enter the machine tool factory under the pretext of searching for anti-Japanese elements.
Gather all the Japanese and puppet troops in the factory and surrender their guns. At the same time, our people will disguise themselves as Japanese communication soldiers and cut off the telephone lines for external communication of the machine tool factory. We will not be exposed in a short time."