Therefore, although the Japanese and puppet troops called for help after the battle started, the other Japanese and puppet troops were far away from them. Therefore, the Japanese and puppet troops coming out of the county were completely wiped out. The other Japanese and puppet troops did not receive the news, and they were still
We still follow the original plan and shrink the encirclement into Ito County.
Xu Dalong seized the opportunity and prepared to kill another group of Japanese and puppet troops. At this time, the guerrillas were already very tired, so Xu Dalong ordered the troops to seize the time to rest.
After the troops rested, Xu Dalong carefully considered the next combat operations. His initial idea was to attack the other troops of the Japanese and puppet troops who were marching into the mountains to sweep up. However, he saw that those tired soldiers, if they continued to march, then
Going into battle would probably be a bit overwhelming. If things don't go well, or even if we can quickly annihilate a group of Japanese troops, the Japanese troops are already relatively close together, and they have to move quickly after the battle. It's really too risky to do so.
He thought twice and decided to give up his original idea and no longer attack the Japanese troops who entered the mountains to seize the troops. Instead, he went deep into Heishui County to attack the Japanese and puppet army tribes. After thinking about it, he also began to rest.
An hour and a half later, Monk Wei came over to wake Xu Dalong and asked, "When should we set off?"
Xu Dalong looked at his watch and said: "Don't be too anxious. Let the troops rest for another hour. Call all the captains over and let's discuss the next combat action."
Soon Su Jianqiang, Zhu Guangzhao, Guan Zhenshan and others came over.
Xu Dalong said: "Now that all the Japanese and puppet troops have gone to the direction of Yitong, the Japanese and puppet troops in Heishui County are very weak. Let's simply attack the group tribes here and rescue the imprisoned people."
Guan Zhenshan nodded and said: "I am worried that our troops will be physically exhausted due to continuous fighting. It would be much easier if we attack Datun. I agree with this opinion."
Others also felt that this was safer and agreed to continue deeper into Heishui County.
Xu Dalong said: "There is another problem now. After we capture a group of tribes, by that time, the Japanese and puppet troops will not be able to contact the Japanese troops coming out of Heishui County. They may guess that we are coming.
When we reach Heishui County, several groups of people will definitely press here. I am not familiar with the terrain in this area of Heishui County. Laoguan, if this happens, which direction should we choose to retreat?"
Guan Zhenshan has been active in this area for a long time. He is very familiar with the mountains and rivers here, and he is also very experienced in guerrilla fighting.
He said: "This problem is easy to solve. After we defeated the group tribe, we went directly to the direction of Changcheng. After the Japanese and puppet troops got the news, they will definitely come to surround us. Let's go to the edge of Changcheng and continue walking west for about 10 minutes.
kilometers, from Jianshanzi there, then enter Songshan, then go over the mountains and ridges to the back of the Japanese and puppet troops, return to the territory of Yitong, and then go to the second secret camp we established. I am confident that I can get rid of the Japanese and puppet troops.
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Xu Dalong said happily: "This is the best. We just have to stretch our legs, not afraid of hard work, and fight guerrilla warfare against the Japanese and puppet troops, so that they can't defeat us, but we can attack them at all times and everywhere, and slowly wear them down and drag them to death."
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Everyone agreed. Xu Dalong looked at his watch again and said, "You should seize the time to rest for a while and gather the troops in an hour."
An hour later, the troops gathered again. They hid the seized weapons, ammunition, and some supplies. After marking them, they began a rapid march toward Heishui County.
The population in Heishui County is relatively sparse, and the Japanese and puppet troops built a total of four large villages. Xu Dalong and others chose the nearest large village to Chang Cheng. They still used the old tactics and escorted a captured puppet army officer.
Disguised as Japanese and puppet soldiers, he deceived the tribe's gate.
After more than 20 minutes of fighting, the Japanese and puppet troops in Datun were eliminated, and more than 9,000 imprisoned civilians were rescued. Among these civilians, more than 300 people signed up to join the guerrillas.
Xu Dalong took the captured weapons, ammunition and various materials and moved towards Changcheng.
Captain Matsui commanded the Eighth Route Japanese and puppet troops to besiege the areas where the Matsuyama guerrillas were infested in Ito County. Every once in a while, all the units had to communicate with each other.
They tried to contact the Japanese and puppet troops on the road closest to Heishui County, but were unable to contact them. The Signal Corps reported the situation to Matsui.
Matsui had a vague premonition of something bad, but he also felt that Blackwater County was too far away from Ito County, and it was impossible for the guerrillas to appear there in such a short period of time.
While giving orders, he continued to contact the Japanese and puppet troops coming out of Heishui County. At the same time, he sent a telegram to the Heishui County Gendarmerie.
The Heishui County Gendarmerie reported that the Japanese and puppet troops had left the city for more than seven hours.
Matsui felt a chill in his heart, and immediately sent another telegram to the Gendarmerie in Heishui County, asking them to send people on horseback to search along the route taken by the Japanese and puppet troops.
This time the telegram was returned very quickly, saying that a group tribe in Heishui County had been attacked. The number of enemy troops was large, no less than 500. After those people attacked the group tribe, they headed in the direction of Chang Cheng.
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Matsui finally understood that the guerrillas had attacked the group tribes in Heishui County. Now it was basically certain that something had happened to the Japanese and puppet troops on the way out of Heishui County.
Matsui hurriedly notified the remaining seven-pronged encirclement and suppression troops, asking them to change their marching routes and all go to Heishui County.
Under the leadership of Guan Zhenshan, Xu Dalong and others entered Songshan again after a forced march. They marched towards the Japanese and puppet troops. When the Japanese army arrived near Changcheng, they had already entered the Songshan guerrillas.
The second secret camp is undergoing rest and recuperation.
Matsui commanded a large group of troops and rushed to the vicinity of Changcheng in a dusty journey, but found no trace of the Songshan guerrillas.
They launched a search nearby. Since the people in this area had been imprisoned in group tribes and there were no human settlements, they couldn't find a single witness. For a while, they didn't know where to continue their search.
Matsui had no choice but to send the telegram to Colonel Kawashima for his opinion.
After Matsui led a large group of troops to set off, Kawashima stayed in Yuanping County. He had long-term experience in dealing with guerrillas. After receiving the telegram from Matsui, he felt that the guerrillas they faced had very superb tactics and were extremely capable.
He believed that the Songshan guerrillas had not crossed the normal route to enter the pass, and must have found a secret place to hide temporarily.
Kawashima was thinking about what the guerrillas would do next. It was really difficult to judge at the beginning. He carefully analyzed the actions of the Songshan guerrillas in the recent period, and then put himself in the position of commander of the guerrillas.
From this perspective, we put ourselves in their shoes and consider how this guerrilla group should survive under the heavy siege of the Japanese and puppet troops.
He thought about it, and suddenly his eyes lit up. He believed that if the Songshan guerrillas wanted to gain a foothold in this area and grow stronger, they must rely on ordinary people. Therefore, they captured two group tribes. Their next target was to attack
It must be some other group tribe.
Nowadays, the Japanese and puppet troops are encircling and suppressing the guerrillas. If they want to take action against the group tribes, they must stay away from the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops. Now that the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops has been attracted to the vicinity of Changcheng, the troops in Ito and Yuanping areas are empty, and the Songshan guerrillas
It is very likely that the team has returned to this area by marching long distances. If you were the commander of the guerrillas, you would definitely seize the opportunity when the enemy's main force is not in this area and continue to attack the group tribes.
Kawashima understood this and hurriedly sent a telegram to Matsui, asking him to lead his troops back to Ito County. At the same time, he notified all group tribes to strictly control the entry and exit of people and strengthen their defenses to avoid sneak attacks by guerrillas.
After receiving the telegram from Kawashima, Matsui also thought it was reasonable, so he urged the Japanese and puppet troops to rush back to Ito County.
The Japanese and puppet troops tracked the guerrillas over mountains and ridges with great pains and came to the vicinity of Changcheng. They were already half dead from exhaustion. Now they were asked to return the same way, and they were all miserable.
Although they had to start marching at the urging of their superiors, the march was slow and slow, and they had to stop and rest after a short walk. This left precious time for the Songshan guerrillas to open up the situation.
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After Xu Dalong, Guan Zhenshan and others entered the second secret camp, they took the time to rest for five hours, and then walked out of the dense forest to attack other group tribes in Yidong County.
Although the Japanese and puppet troops in the group tribe have received orders from their superiors to strengthen their alert, their own defense strength is very weak and they cannot receive reinforcements from the Japanese and puppet troops. Under the strong attack of the Songshan guerrillas, they simply cannot resist it.
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The Songshan guerrillas fought continuously. It took Xu Dalong and the others nine hours to capture two group tribes and rescued nearly 20,000 imprisoned people. Nearly 500 young adults joined the guerrillas. Then the Songshan guerrillas brought
With a large amount of weapons, ammunition and supplies seized, they were hidden in a secret camp for rest and reorganization.
Captain Matsui was shocked when he received the telegram from the Ito County Military Police, and hurriedly urged the Japanese and puppet troops to return to Ito County at a rapid march.
The members of the Songshan guerrillas were all anti-Japanese fighters with lofty ideals. They had a fearless spirit and tenacious perseverance that could overcome all difficulties, so they were able to withstand high-intensity continuous operations and marches.
The Japanese and puppet troops did not have such a high level of awareness. No matter how much their superiors urged and threatened them, they still took their time and were delayed for a long time on the road. By the time they returned to Ito County, the Songshan guerrillas had already lost track of them.
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At this time, Matsui was very frustrated. The long march had caused the Japanese and puppet troops to lose morale and reduce their combat effectiveness. They could not fight against the guerrillas without some rest and recuperation.
What troubled him even more was that when a large number of Japanese and puppet troops concentrated their main force to besiege the Songshan guerrillas, the Japanese and puppet troops left behind in Idong County went out to arrest ordinary people. As a result, they were met by a special attack by the detachment sent by Xu Dalong.
The team members dealt a heavy blow and basically failed to recapture a few people, resulting in heavy losses. Now two more group tribes have been destroyed, and the number of people scattered outside has exceeded 20,000. It will be difficult to capture them again in a short period of time.
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Not only that, the group tribes they built have been destroyed by fire, and it will be difficult to resettle so many people after they are captured.
Captain Matsui had a splitting headache, so he had to lead his team back to Yuanping County, planning to wait for the troops to rest and regroup before reorganizing to encircle and suppress the Songshan guerrillas.
Xu Dalong did not want to leave the Japanese and puppet troops a chance to rearrange their positions. After the Songshan guerrillas returned to the secret camp, they only rested for 12 hours before setting off again to Heishui County.
The guerrillas carried forward the tenacious fighting spirit of not being afraid of hardship or death, and launched continuous offensives in Heishui County. They destroyed three other group tribes in Heishui County in one fell swoop and liberated all the people imprisoned in Heishui County.
came out, the team was further expanded.
The main force of the Japanese and puppet troops was far away in Yuanping and Idong counties. The Songshan guerrillas took advantage of the situation and captured Heishui County in one fell swoop. After seizing a large amount of weapons, ammunition and living supplies, they calmly entered Songshan and established in Heishui County.
Entered the third secret camp.
Due to the continuous fighting, the troops were very tired, and Xu Dalong and others also began to rest and recuperate.
After achieving a series of victories, the Songshan guerrillas seized a large amount of weapons, equipment and living supplies, and on this basis, they reorganized their troops.
Recently, there have been more than 1,200 newly recruited guerrillas. The Songshan Guerrilla Force was renamed the Songshan Guerrilla Detachment. It still has three brigades. Among them, the special operations brigade still maintains its original size, and all new soldiers who have joined the army are incorporated into it.
After discussing with Su Jianqiang and seeking approval from the head of the Second Military Division of the Jizhong Military Region, Su Jianqiang transferred a large number of backbones from the original officers and soldiers and incorporated them into the Third Brigade. This made
Each squad and platoon of the Second and Third Brigades has veteran soldiers and veteran guerrillas as the backbone, which is conducive to the management of the troops. After the reorganization was completed, Xu Dalong decided to train the new recruits.
These days, Guan Zhenshan is cheerful all day long. He goes to the training ground whenever he has time. Seeing the new soldiers who are training hard, he is happy from the bottom of his heart.
Not long ago, there were only more than 20 people left in his team, and they were surrounded by Japanese and puppet troops. They were about to be wiped out. Unexpectedly, he met the famous Xu Dalong. In just a few days,
, the Songshan guerrillas developed rapidly and have far exceeded the original Songshan guerrillas' most glorious period.