The people are right. If you think about it, this is what it is all about. If you can't stop it, you will die, so what else is there to be afraid of? Just go out and fight the Japanese!
This is also a side effect of the Japanese's Baojia system and their reign of terror...
Everything has two sides, and the Baojia system is no exception.
The reign of terror indeed made it difficult for the people to let go of their worries. Most of the time, they would be too timid to contact the Eighth Route Army and even report on them.
However……
If the terror reaches an extreme and crosses a certain limit, it will turn to another extreme and become a boost to the Eighth Route Army.
For example, the Baojia system tied ten families together, and the others were still hesitating. One of the families had a person who helped the Eighth Route Army and even joined the militia. What should the others do?
They will feel scared, panic, or try to persuade you to stop them at the first time.
But when they calm down, they will think: "Since the Baojia system is tied together, and if one person joins the Eighth Route Army and all of us are on the blacklist of the Japanese who must die, is there any other way to go?"
So there was nothing to consider. Everyone was on the side of the Eighth Route Army. Those who had money and those who had no money contributed their efforts!
As a result, in just over an hour, the number of militiamen surged to more than 7,000. The weapons and ammunition in the warehouse were all used up in an instant, and there were not even enough... There were only more than 4,000 rifles, including machine guns, in the warehouse.
Then you have to pick up rifles and bullets from the pile of Japanese corpses.
At this time, the strength of the troops in the city suddenly reversed with that of the Japs... There were more than 10,000 people in the city, but the Japs only had about 8,000 casualties after the last attack.
But of course, most of the militiamen in the city have no combat experience. Most of them don't even know how to use rifles. In terms of combat effectiveness, the Japanese still have the upper hand.
At this time, Lin Fangtaro became a little anxious.
If this continues, attacking the city will not mean not attacking the city.
Let's attack the city. If the enemy opens a few openings and the imperial army doesn't dare to rush in, then how can we attack? Are we going to seize the city wall defense line with the Eighth Route Army in a strict manner? How many troops will this consume?
If we don't attack the city, can we just let the Eighth Route Army develop and grow in the city?
Lin Fangtaro once thought about besieging instead of attacking.
But as soon as it gets dark, the Eighth Route Army's air force will fly in to bomb, and the imperial army has to turn from light to darkness.
Secondly, this is Datong. The train station and airport are full of warehouses storing supplies, including a lot of military rations.
If we don't attack, how long will it take to starve them to death?
Had reinforcements from the Eighth Route Army arrived long ago?
Regarding the Eighth Route Army reinforcements, Wang Xuexin was organizing it.
From Wang Xuexin's perspective at this time, he and others knew nothing about the battle situation in Datong.
If we know anything, it is that the Japanese used the tactic of "surrounding three and attacking one" to launch a fierce attack on Datong from three sides and let go from the east.
But the east side is not really open, there is a Japanese ambush there.
Therefore, intelligence personnel could only learn about the battle situation outside the city and then report it to Wang Xuexin. There was no way to understand other situations.
After hearing about the fighting situation in Datong, Chen Songyong wanted to send reinforcements to Datong immediately, but was stopped by Wang Xuexin.
"Since the Japanese have launched an attack on Datong, they will not be unprepared!" Wang Xuexin analyzed: "The problem with our army's defense line is that it relies too much on railway lines and many positions are very weak. In this case, if we attack rashly, we are likely to fall.
Fall into the trap set by the devil!"
This is the weakness of dynamic defense. Although it can concentrate its forces and use mobility to carry out effective long-distance defense, the entire defense line of several hundred kilometers will definitely not be comprehensive, and there may even be only a few sentries on some sections.
Therefore, the railway seems to be safe on the surface, at least until now there has not been any warning, but the more it looks like this, the more suspicious it becomes... It is impossible for the Japanese to allow the Eighth Route Army to send reinforcements to Datong.
Wang Xuexin guessed that the Japanese and other troops were already lurking on both sides of the railway under the cover of night. They did not alert the sentries and were only waiting for reinforcements from the Eighth Route Army to come up before launching a sudden attack.
This approach is wise.
Because there is a saying that "Only the invisible enemy is the most terrifying."
If the Japanese attack and occupy a certain section of road from the beginning, causing the Eighth Route Army to interrupt the railway, then the Eighth Route Army will immediately know several pieces of information: how many enemies are there, how many troops should be sent to break through, etc.
However, the Japanese never launched an attack and just hid in the dark and waited for opportunities. In this way, the entire line could be hundreds of kilometers away. It was not easy to find out where the enemy was, especially at night.
Therefore, Wang Xuexin just pointed at a few key parts of the railway and ordered: "Several highway bridges and a tunnel to strengthen defenses, stay put for now, wait until dawn!"
"Captain!" Chen Songyong said: "But Datong..."
At this time, according to the information possessed by the Eighth Route Army, Datong consisted of an independent regiment of 3,000 people, plus 2,000 newly surrendered Ningjie troops, and 1,000 militiamen.
If calculated this way, the difference in strength between Datong and the Japanese divisions would be too great to annihilate. Among them, Ning Jie's division is not sure whether it will rebel on the battlefield.
However, Wang Xuexin believed in Li Yunlong's ability. He was a commander who could stand alone, and he was also an efficient and decisive commander. It shouldn't be a big problem to hold him off for a whole night.
By the time the Eighth Route Army's air force can play its role during the day, the pressure will be much less.
On the other end, Fangtaro Lin was also worried about this matter.
Originally, he thought that with his serial plan, he could easily capture Datong in less than an hour, let alone overnight. Unexpectedly, not only did he fail to capture it, but he lost many troops.
Lin Fangtaro knew very well that if the first battle was lost, the people in the city would be less likely to be confused... Their confidence swayed with the battle situation. They believed that the balance of victory was biased towards the Eighth Route Army, so they would choose to support the Eighth Route Army in the city, and the balance of victory would be
Will be more and more biased towards the Eighth Route Army...
"Asshole, we can't go on like this!" Lin Fangtaro said to himself: "We must make the people panic!"
At this time, Lin Fangtaro believed that this was the only way to break through Datong.
But how can we make people panic?
The first thing Lin Fangtaro thought of was poison gas bombs.
However, during this period, due to the full-scale war between the imperial army and the stubborn army, poison gas bombs were used extensively on the front lines and there are not many remaining.
On the other hand, Lin Fangtaro believed that poison gas bombs were not effective in the city.
The reason is that people can easily find wet towels, and they can close the doors and windows to plug the cracks in the doors... Because Datong is relatively cold in winter, the air tightness of doors and windows is already very good.
Therefore, the poisonous gas is likely to be blown away by the wind. It will not cause much damage to the enemy and certainly will not cause panic among the people.
So what should I use?
Lin Fangtaro immediately thought of incendiary bombs!