The Japanese bombardment of Yuncheng did not have much psychological burden on Wang Xuexin.
Because Wang Xuexin is a chess player, and he is also a chess player who knows the results.
The worst case scenario is that the people in Yuncheng break into riots and flee Yuncheng.
But so what?
If it is a long-term escape, it may also cause a blow to the Eighth Route Army and industries near Yuncheng, such as steel mining.
But this is only temporary!
Because as long as Wang Xuexin uses "high fire" to blow up the Japanese heavy artillery troops, those people who fled Yuncheng because of fear of the Japanese will come back one after another.
The reason why people fled Yuncheng in riots was actually not because of the Japanese bombing.
Yuncheng is so big, and the enemy's artillery shells are sparsely fired into it... Although this does seem dangerous to modern people, in these war years, people are almost used to it, and there are usually enemy planes bombing from time to time.
Unless it is intensive bombardment, the people can still bear it with a density of more than a dozen rounds every half hour.
The reason why people rioted and chose to leave Yuncheng was ultimately because they were worried that the Eighth Route Army would not be able to defend Yuncheng.
This is completely different for the common people... If the Japanese occupy Yuncheng, it will be another round of burning, killing and looting. The common people may lose their lives at any time, so of course they must flee in advance.
Otherwise, Yuncheng has their home, their land, and a job to support their family. Who would be willing to leave all this unless they have to?!
Therefore, even if the people leave temporarily, Wang Xuexin's "high fire" will explode, and then the people will understand:
"It turns out that the Eighth Route Army still has this trump card. You should have told me earlier!"
"With this thing, Yuncheng will probably never lose it!"
"Why run away if you don't lose us? Let's go back?"
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So we turned back with our family and friends.
This will not only have no impact on the Eighth Route Army and industry, but will also further enhance the people's confidence in the Eighth Route Army and Yuncheng, so that the Japanese will not start chaos next time by firing a few artillery shells.
Because of these considerations, Wang Xuexin was relatively calm throughout the whole process.
The irritated person was Li Yunlong. He didn't know what Wang Xuexin was up to. He hated Wang Xuexin for not sending the air force up, and he also hated the commander for not letting him fight.
It turned out that Li Yunlong secretly planned to send troops to launch a counterattack when he saw that the air force did not move.
Li Yunlong did not report to his superiors... He knew that once he reported to his superiors, he would definitely be scolded and then nothing would happen.
Li Yunlong's character has always been to kill first and then tell the story later:
If there is a battle, I will fight it. As long as there is a result, the superiors will turn a blind eye. Or the battle has already started, and the superiors have nothing to do if they know about it. They can only cooperate with Li Yunlong's actions in order not to affect the overall situation.
So, Li Yunlong stared at the map in silence, and even put aside the half-drunk bowl of wine... Li Yunlong knew what was important when he was in Guan Jian, and when he was about to fight, he didn't dare to ask him to drink again.
This is no joke, being a little confused can cost lives.
But Li Yunlong had calculated everything, but he never expected that this move would betray him.
Zhao Gang, the political commissar, is the busiest at this time, because he has to direct political workers to stabilize the morale of the military, and also directs the propaganda department and health teams to rescue people everywhere... This is a way to stabilize people's morale.
The Eighth Route Army is not like the stubborn warlords.
The stubborn army and the Jin-Sui army, when faced with this kind of situation, they only know how to protect themselves, and they may even take advantage of the chaos and step on it to grab something.
The Eighth Route Army is an army from the common people. It knows that the common people are the foundation and foundation of the army, and it usually gets along well with the common people. When the Japanese bombarded Yuncheng, they actually did not need to command. The soldiers would spontaneously organize rescues for the fellow villagers, and the health team would even rescue the wounded.
The villagers have access to urgently needed medicines.
This is also the main reason why the people in Yuncheng have not rioted yet and only a small number of people have fled Yuncheng:
The Eighth Route Army is not like the Jin-Sui Army.
The Jinsui Army turned around and ran away without saying anything, leaving all the people to the Japanese. In this case, could the people not take some "advance measures" to give themselves more time to prepare?
The Eighth Route Army stood in front of the people, so the people still had time to evacuate Yuncheng. There was a line of defense composed of a group of bunkers outside the city, and there was also a field line of defense outside the group of bunkers. It was too late to evacuate when the Japanese invaded the outside of the city.
Not long after the Japanese bombardment, Zhao Gang was busy outside. At this moment, he even had time to drink. He returned to the headquarters, picked up the kettle placed on the head of the kang, and drank...
Keep warm, Zhao Gang often does this in order to drink hot water in time.
Then Zhao Gang turned around and saw Li Yunlong staring at the map without saying a word. He had placed half a bowl of wine next to him on the table and had not moved for a long time.
Zhao Gang felt strange when he saw Li Yunlong acting like this. This guy who is a heavy drinker actually turns a blind eye to fine wine today?
There is a problem!
As soon as I thought about it, I immediately understood that this guy was going to do the same thing again, killing the Japanese first and then telling them what to do.
Zhao Gang calmly stepped forward and asked naturally: "Old Li, what do you think of this battle, how should we fight it?"
Zhao Gang knew that if he questioned Li Yunlong like before, he would definitely kill him and refuse to admit it.
So he dug a hole for Li Yunlong to jump into.
Li Yunlong, who had devoted himself wholeheartedly to the battle plan, never thought that Zhao Gang had such thoughts, and raised his head without thinking: "The devils want to attack all, let's make a counterattack, fight with the devils, and see what he can do with his heavy artillery."
Fight! In addition, the monk's reconnaissance company can also be sent out! The headquarters used special operations to blow up a heavy artillery position, we can't let it fall..."
Li Yunlong looked up and found that Zhao Gang's expression was wrong, and then he realized: "Oh no, why did you tell me the plan? Did the political commissar become a master of the fox recently? He is as cunning as a spirit!"
Zhao Gang criticized him seriously: "Lao Li, we usually only have a thousand men in our independent regiment, and we are still fighting guerrillas. Your mischief has little impact on the overall war situation, and the superiors just let it go. It's different now, we have more than five thousand men."
People guard the strategically important city of Yuncheng, and this can affect the whole body!"
As he spoke, Zhao Gang made a point in the air: "I'm telling you, you must never make the same mistake as before and take the initiative to drag troops up to fight..."
Hearing what Zhao Gang said, Li Yunlong was not happy. He glared and replied angrily: "What's wrong with us? How can we call it wrong when we fight against the Japanese? We are beaten to death by the Japanese with artillery shells, and we still have to stay in there."
Is there such a thing as standing still? Today I put my words here. He doesn’t dare to fight Xiao Dongbei. I am not a vegetarian. Let’s fight as an independent group!"
At this moment, the sound of artillery outside suddenly became intensive...the Japanese began to bombard intensively.