"Organize a military work team in Zhongtiao Mountain?" Wang Xuexin's idea shocked both the leader and the chief of staff.
Although the Eighth Route Army had the practice of mobilizing the masses to organize guerrilla struggles in enemy-occupied areas, this was only done after the war was over and the situation stabilized.
Wang Xuexin proposed organizing a military work team at this time, but it was before Zhongtiao Mountain was occupied by the Japanese.
Therefore, Ding Wei immediately raised an objection: "I said in the Northeast, the Japs and the stubborn army are fighting at this time. In order to replenish food and not leave supplies to the Japs, the Japs will first rob the people. When the Japs come, they will also
They rob again, and even burn, kill, and loot. If we organize work behind enemy lines at this time, wouldn’t that mean we are sending the Japanese to our door to beat us?”
The cadres in the conference room nodded in agreement. The Japanese three-guang policy was not a lie. The killing of entire villages would inevitably cause casualties among Eighth Route Army personnel.
Wang Xuexin replied: "Captain Ding, Zhongtiao Mountain is a mountainous area and has been under the control of the stubborn army for a long time. However, the tactics of the stubborn army are mainly based on regular defensive warfare, such as building bunkers and defense lines. They play
If we do not engage in guerrilla warfare, then the people will not have experience in guerrilla warfare. But we do have experience in this area, why not take advantage of this time... that is, when the people and troops in Zhongtiao Mountain have not been killed by the Japanese in large numbers, how many people can we bring together?
Where is the army?"
"Army?" Ding Wei couldn't help but be stunned: "You mean... the stubborn army?"
Wang Xuexin nodded: "I am thinking that in this battle, many soldiers of the stubborn army must be surrounded by the Japanese. These surrounded soldiers seem to have only two choices, one is to surrender and the other is to wait for death. In order to survive, most of them can only choose
The former. But if there is a third way, taking them into the mountains to fight guerrillas, will they still surrender?"
"That makes sense!" Sun Ming stood up with a "Teng" sound: "Although the Zhongtiao Mountain garrison is corrupt and has a weak military discipline, there is still no shortage of passionate men who will fight the enemy to the end. If they can be organized in Zhongtiao Mountain,
If you deal with the enemy, you will definitely become a powerful force behind enemy lines!"
In the historical Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, nearly half of the 80,000 stubborn soldiers surrendered, and many soldiers would rather die than surrender. After the war, statistics showed that more than 3,000 people committed suicide by jumping into the Yellow River. At that time, the lower reaches of the Yellow River were everywhere.
Floating corpse.
Of course there are reasons for this result due to the command of the stubborn army, but there are also tactical issues...
Hundreds of thousands of the Eighth Route Army were fighting guerrillas in the mountainous areas, but the Japanese were helpless. Zhongtiao Mountain was also a mountainous area, so why couldn't these remnants of the army be allowed to survive?
The Japs only have three divisions, but Zhongtiao Mountain is a mountainous area about 160 kilometers long, 10 to 15 kilometers wide, and about 2,000 meters above sea level. Are the three divisions powerful enough to search such a large mountainous area?
So the stubborn army actually has a chance to survive.
However, the stubborn army had not had the habit of fighting guerrillas for a long time, nor had they had the experience of hiding in the mountains to starve and freeze, nor did they have the ability to survive by digging wild vegetables, picking wild fruits, hunting, etc., so they had one less way to survive.
The Eighth Route Army has such capabilities.
This ability may seem inconspicuous at ordinary times, but at critical moments it can be the difference between life and death.
The chief pondered for a while, then nodded thoughtfully and said: "What Comrade Wang Xuexin and Comrade Sun Ming said makes sense. Now is the time when the soldiers and civilians in Zhongtiao Mountain are in danger and panic. It is the moment when they need us most. We here
Only by extending a helping hand to them at the right time can we save more lives and quickly gather effective forces. The greater the risk, the greater the reward. We should consider breaking into Zhongtiao Mountain!"
"I agree!" The chief of staff nodded: "If we can help them at this time, we will destroy the reactionary ideas of the stubborn army, and we can also set an example of cooperation in the war of resistance for other regions, which will become the basis for the propaganda of the war of resistance and will
The battle reaches another climax!"
Then the chief added: "The engineer shovel invented by Xiao Dongbei will be put to use soon. We must find a way to bring more with us!"
What this means is that in this kind of wilderness survival in a mountainous area, a multifunctional engineer shovel is much more useful than a gun.
Wang Xuexin did not consider this depth. His idea was very simple, just to save more people.
Wang Xuexin summed up the matter in his mind:
On the one hand, the Japanese airport was bombed along with two hundred planes.
It will be difficult for the Japanese to build an airport and mobilize a large number of aircraft in a short period of time.
As a result, the Japanese were unable to bomb the crossings of the Yellow River and implemented a blockade on bridges and ships. This allowed the defeated Zhongtiao Mountain garrison to retreat to the south bank of the Yellow River.
On the other hand, if the Eighth Route Army could lead the surrounded civilians and remnant troops into the mountains to fight guerrillas, it would be able to preserve a group of viable forces.
In this way, does it mean that the 80,000 people who were lost in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain can survive a lot?
These preserved troops will be the capital of the war of resistance in the future. What is even more rare is that they have rich combat experience, which cannot be obtained at any time.
At this time, the chief asked again expectantly: "Comrade Wang Xuexin, you said we should start from two aspects, but what about the other one?"
Wang Xuexin glanced at Sun Ming and said: "Chief, I'm thinking...should we consider cooperating with the Shanxi-Sui Army? Our 'elastic defense' is not that it cannot guard against the Japanese, nor that there is no one to fight, but that it lacks
Ammunition cannot fight such a large-scale and long-term battle, but the Jinsui Army has the machines and materials to produce ammunition. If they provide ammunition and we provide men, we can fight this battle!"
Kong Jie made a "cut" sound: "Yan Laoxin is so virtuous. Trying to get him to spit out the ammunition is like peeling off a layer of his skin. Let's stop thinking about it!"
"I said Kong Er is a fool!" Li Yunlong raised his head with a smile: "If you say you are a fool, you are really a fool. Usually Yan Laoxi guards Yuncheng, which is a beautiful scene. To the south of him is Zhongtiao Mountain to the north.
It's our Eighth Route Army, the devils haven't even taken him
The solution, of course, is to pick at the ammunition and not let go of it. Can it be the same now? The Jinsui Army has been beaten into the mountains. If our Eighth Route Army can withstand the Japanese, the Jinsui Army will have a good life. He will stay.
Can I still use the ammunition as food?"
After saying that, he smiled and said to Sun Ming: "Adjutant Sun, let's talk about whatever we have to say. This is about the Jinsui Army, not including the 358th Regiment!"
Sun Ming looked embarrassed and whispered back: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter!"
He suddenly felt that he couldn't even straighten his back. Compared with the people around him, what could the Jinsui Army do?
Ding Wei stood up and said: "But Yan Laoxi is not a good servant. How can he just hand over the ammunition?"
"We can exchange tactics!" Wang Xuexin said: "The Jinsui Army retreated to the mountains. What they need most is guerrilla warfare, anti-slope tactics, and equipment like multi-functional engineer shovels. We can send instructors to teach them these,
They provide ammunition for our army in exchange!"