Two hundred and forty-nine chapters candle dragon - the first stage (3)
——Eighth Route Army Headquarters in Luliang Mountain
Like the Japanese military headquarters in Taiyuan, this place was also very busy. Hundreds of telegraph machines were constantly translating and issuing instructions, remotely controlling the troops from all over North China to stage dramas one after another.
"Mr. Zhu, it seems that the Japs are unwilling to come out. Look, the intelligence from all over the country shows that none of the Japs in the county have left the city. It seems that they have received death orders." Zuo Quan compiled the information and said.
Mr. Zhu narrowed his eyes and hummed, "It seems that the little devil is a little scared. Did we hit him too hard?"
Boss Peng shook his head and said, "Where are you? Look, if the Japs don't come out, why don't we just fight in? Why don't we let the troops pick a few counties with few Japs and fight in! Isn't it going to happen sooner or later anyway?"
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Mr. Zhu thought for a while and said, "It's not appropriate. Our purpose is to lure the enemy, or continue to attack small strongholds. After the small strongholds are defeated, we will attack the towns and clear out all the Japanese in the strongholds except the county seat. This will also facilitate our next battle!"
The county town still needs to wait a little. If all the small strongholds are destroyed and the Japanese still don’t move, it won’t be too late to attack!"
At this time, Zuo Quan suddenly laughed and said, "Two bosses, there is a new situation. After we launched raids in various places, some originally neutral Green Forest troops and local troops began to move closer to us. Some regiments have begun to unite with other anti-Japanese teams to fight together.
,Now we are not fighting alone."
Mr. Zhu nodded and said with a smile, "Of course, there are many people who are traitors now, but there are even more people who rise up to fight against Japan, and much more! Okay, let all the troops do it freely, and if possible, you can also invite
If these troops join our Eighth Route Army, maybe after we finish this battle, the number of troops will increase instead of falling."
——Beiping
As the commander of the North China Front, Terauchi Juichi felt extremely stressed at this time. From Shanxi to Shandong, and from Suiyuan to Hebei, telegrams requesting tactical guidance were flying in from everywhere, but now he had no troops at all.
The sequelae of the Wuhan Battle were now apparent. A large number of wounded or disabled veterans were discharged and returned home. Most of the troops in each division were only 70% available and were scattered in all directions. Most of Henan was still in the hands of the National Army.
With the current situation in North China, Juichi Terauchi is even more afraid to use troops from the Henan front line to return reinforcements. These damn Eighth Route Army don't know where they got so many explosives and munitions. Those bunkers and gun towers did not play any role at all, but continued to destroy the Japanese army.
With the strength of the troops, Touichi Terauchi couldn't help but start to think about whether he should ask for help from the Kwantung Army.
But even if the Kwantung Army enters the customs, it will take a month or two. By then, it is not known whether there will be a railway track lying on the railway in the whole of North China.
Chief of Staff Yamashita Tobumi came in and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, this is a secret message from the Third Army."
Terauchi Shouichi quickly took it and started to read it. He looked at it and said with a smile, "Yo Xi, Yo Xi, General Tada is very courageous. It is really impressive to take such a big bet to win the opportunity to annihilate the main force of the Eighth Route Army."
Yamashita Fengwen also nodded and said, "If Shanxi is successfully eliminated, the losses of those strongholds will be worth it, but this is not the case in other provinces. Shanxi has a special geography. It has three divisions with sufficient troops and is easy to encircle. Most other provinces only have one division."
, the troops are too spread out."
Shouyi in the temple hummed, "It is important to clear out Shanxi first. The Eighth Route Army in North China is obeying orders from Shanxi. If we destroy the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, these guerrillas will be defeated! Order the aviation force to prepare to transfer to Shanxi. As for the rest,
In various places, both the size of the guerrillas and the intensity of their attacks are far inferior to those in Shanxi. I think we can order the troops from all places to fight back in large groups to counter the Eighth Route Army's offensive!"
——Zaozhuang, Shandong
Zaozhuang is one of the most important energy towns in eastern China. Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, it was home to the country's largest Chinese-owned coal mine, Zhongxing Company. After the Japanese army occupied Zaozhuang, they stationed a brigade of troops here and began to carry out crazy attacks here.
Looting. Trains filled with coal and other supplies passed here every day. In order to protect the railway, the Japanese army even deployed a tank squad here.
Since Liu Hong didn't get the reward, he brought his brothers here. After the Japanese army occupied Zaozhuang, Liu Hong hated the Japanese army who occupied his hometown. He also suffered from the fact that there was no one to lead him to fight the Japanese, so he could only lead his brothers to work alone.
, in the past few months, he also killed several lone puppet soldiers and Japanese soldiers, and seized some guns and ammunition. He also occupied a small hilltop and became the king of the mountain.
On this day, Liu Hong was boxing in the yard. After playing for a while, he felt a little tired, so he stopped, sat in the corner and opened a book. It was the Water Margin comic book that he begged his father to buy for him when he was a child.
He didn't know the words and could only understand them by looking at pictures. He lost his mother when he was 6 years old and his father when he was 8 years old. This was the only gift left to him by his poor father.
At this time, a big man hurriedly walked in. When he saw Liu Hong, he shouted, "Ah, brother Liu, why are you still sitting here? Something big has happened. There is a commotion outside."
Liu Hong patted the book, put it in his arms and said, "You Lu Han, why are you panicking? What happened? Did the little devils attack us again or did the little devils bring something else?"
Lu Han shook his head and said, "Where are these things? Have you heard of the Eighth Route Army?"
Liu Hong nodded and said, "I've heard that the troops that came from the west recently have a pretty good reputation. It's said that they set up some kind of base area over at Weishan Lake and killed all the Japanese on Weishan Island."
Lu Han smiled and said, "This is all in the past. You don't know. Yesterday, the Eighth Route Army attacked the Japanese everywhere. They also contacted the anti-Japanese teams everywhere and made an appointment to fight the Japanese together. No, someone contacted us and we went to blow up the train together.
He said that if he is willing to participate, he will take them with him immediately. What do you think, should we go or not?"
Liu Hong stood up and said, "Go, of course, it's like the birthday card in Water Margin, you must go."
Liu Hong took more than 30 people with him to the meeting place. Before he arrived, he met an old farmer who asked, "Where are the things?"
Lu Han quickly handed the old farmer a piece of paper. There was nothing written on the paper, but a few small holes were pierced on the paper. The old farmer took out a piece of paper from his arms, and when he put it together, he found that the holes were in the right size and position.
He nodded and said, "Just walk two miles west and you'll be there."
When they arrived at the location, Liu Hong and others were surprised to find that there were five to six hundred people in the crowd, including soldiers in military uniforms, farmers dressed as ordinary people, well-dressed landlords and squires, and even women and teenagers.
A neatly dressed officer came over with a smile and stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, you are Liu Hong's people, right? I don't know who is Liu Hong's family? My name is Li Zheng, from the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Company, 4th Regiment, Lunan Military Region, Eighth Route Army.
Commander, come, I will take you to see our battalion commander, who will be in charge of this operation."
Liu Hong only saw a few Eighth Route Army officers pointing at a map. Li Zheng stood at attention and shouted, "Report, the anti-Japanese team Liu Hong has brought thirty-seven people to participate in the battle."
An officer turned around and said quickly, "Welcome, welcome, oh, this is Mr. Liu's family, right? I am Du Wei, the commander of the second battalion, and I sent you. Come, let's have a meeting together."
This was Liu Hong's first time attending a military meeting. Although he didn't quite understand it, he felt it was very powerful and serious. Liu Hong slapped Lu Han, who was laughing next to him, and looked seriously at Du Wei, who was sitting on the ground. Except for Liu Hong
, and there are a few people who look like they are not farming for a living.
Du Wei sat on the ground and said, "Heroes are here. You should know what you are going to do. Our Eighth Route Army has always advocated pointing the guns outward and united in resisting Japan. You are all a team that has fought against the Japanese. Now our Eighth Route Army has a big operation in the entire North China."
It is unfolding. I believe some well-informed people have also heard that our entire Eighth Route Army is destroying and attacking the Japanese strongholds, railways, highway transportation, factories and mining areas. Our goal here is to cut off the railway in Zaozhuang. There are eight participating in the war this time.
Armed, we have 327 Eighth Route Army troops and 146 Seventh Route Army heroes. We are divided into three groups, one to destroy the railway, one to the north to block the enemy, and one to the south to protect our back road."
Immediately someone shouted, "Sir Du, how do we know you don't want to use us as cannon fodder?"
Du Wei smiled and said, "In this battle, our troops will be the main force. If heroes from all walks of life are willing, they can fight the enemy with us. If they are not willing, it's okay to stand behind and build momentum. If you really don't want to, turn around and leave, as long as they don't go to Japan."
People, we will still be friends.”
Liu Hong immediately stood up and drank: "Wang Erluo, you are the only one who has done a lot of shit. I, Liu Hong, have more than thirty people, two machine guns, and more than twenty long and short rifles. I am willing to be a vanguard! I am picky in fighting the Japanese."
Fourth, why don’t you go sleep on the mother’s kang like a second-rate son of a bitch!”
That second-rate Wang is also the one who uses guns to eat. He can't keep his face. He immediately said, "You are a flying young bastard who spits shit. Who dares to fight the Japanese? I have more than ten guns."
We stole it from the Japs! Besides, don’t the Nationalist Army still have enough people to trick us? Don’t forget, what did you get in exchange for capturing such a big Japs officer?”
When Du Wei saw that the two of them were about to fight, he frowned and shouted loudly, "If the two heroes are going to fight here, then please leave. This is a gathering place to fight against Japanese invaders, not a fight with Liang Shanbo! Moreover,
We don’t want you to be the vanguard in this battle. Our goal is not to kill many Japanese soldiers, but to completely paralyze the Japanese army’s traffic.”
Liu Hong asked in confusion, "What's the use of paralyzing the Japanese army's traffic? Aren't the Japanese still there?"
Du Wei explained, "Your vision is too short-sighted. As the saying goes, food and grass go first before the soldiers and horses are used. In modern wars, firstly, weapons and soldiers are fought, and secondly, resources and people are fought. This little devil has few villains, so we will fight him with just five."
There are many of them, but their weapons are better than ours. Where do you think these weapons come from? They are all made of coal and steel. In the break-up campaign our Eighth Route Army is currently fighting, part of the force is to destroy the Japanese, and to destroy the Japanese
The plundering of our resources is an even more important part. Think about it, in the past six months, have the Japanese been crazy about digging coal and transporting it away from our Zaozhuang? Each truck of coal can make steel and generate electricity. The Japanese
Then use this steel to make weapons and attack us again. If the Japanese have no steel and no coal, what do you think will happen?"
Wang Erliuzi patted his thigh and said, "Do the Japanese have no weapons? Damn it, if they don't have guns or cannons, I can hit three of them with a big sword."
Du Wei smiled and said, "It's not that ideal, but every time less coal is transported away, the Japs will have fewer weapons and the Japs will have less supplies. Do you think bombing the railway is important?"
Liu Hong seemed to have seen a new world, but he was confused and couldn't understand it. He just said excitedly, "Commander Du, tell me, and we will all listen to you."
Several other leaders also nodded and said, "Yes, yes, we all listen to you. We will fight as you say."
--night
A train full of coal and other materials drove northward from Zaozhuang. There is another small station between Zaozhuang and Tengzhou called Guanqiao. The name of Guanqiao is actually four or five kilometers away from the bridge. The station
There are two artillery towers and some brick buildings, in which half a small group of Japanese troops and thirty or forty puppet troops are stationed.
The train continued to run. In fact, this train was not very fast, but the speed of thirty or forty kilometers was about the limit speed of a person running. Suddenly, dozens of figures appeared from both sides of the train, and they all boarded the train in a familiar manner. The leader was the leader.
It was none other than Liu Hong.
Liu Hong shouted in a low voice, "I stole this mission. If you guys embarrass me, you will look good when I go back."
Lu Han chuckled and said, "Brother Hong, don't worry, it's up to us." After saying that, he took a few brothers and climbed over from the top of the train. He only saw a Japanese soldier smoking a cigarette between the two trains. Lu Han
Holding his breath, his feet were grabbed by the two brothers, and half of his body fell down. His hands suddenly turned around, and the Japanese soldier fell down without even screaming.
Lu Han waved his hand and shouted, "Let's go down, remember, try not to shoot!!"
Since it was a truck, there were not many soldiers on the truck. There were only one or two people in each carriage, and some were railway workers. Suddenly, a Japanese soldier who came out to blow the wind saw the figure jumping on the roof of the truck and shouted quickly:
"Baga, there are enemies!!" He said as he took off the 38 big cover behind him and fired.
Liu Hong quickly pulled out his Mauser pistol, shot across the gun body, and a bullet accurately hit the Japanese soldier's forehead.
"No matter what, attack and kill all the Japanese on the train!" Liu Hong shouted. In order to seize the train, Du Wei gave all the pistols to Liu Hong. Liu Hong and others now each have a Mauser.
Most of the people were children of railway workers and were very familiar with trains. When Liu Hong reached the locomotive, he heard a gunshot. Liu Hong shrank his head for a long time and saw no movement. He looked down secretly and saw a person.
An old man in railway worker's clothes was smoking a cigarette. A Japanese military officer was lying on the ground. A young man in work clothes was putting a handful of tortoise boxes into his arms. He looked at Liu Hong and said, "We are our own people. My name is
Peng Liang, what’s your name?”
Liu Hong turned over and said with a smile, "My name is Liu Hong. Now, stop the train to a place with a fire in front. Battalion Commander Du is waiting there."
Several puppet soldiers at Guanqiao Station were yawning and guarding the post, but they saw a train slowly coming in. It was a truck. The Japanese soldiers standing on it saw the train stopped and quickly came out to check the situation.
Before he entered the train, he saw black gun muzzles suddenly appearing in the train windows. The Japanese soldier wanted to scream in fear. A "hit" blocked his screams.
"Click, click, click! click!" The machine guns and rifles on the train fired at the same time. In just one round, the defenders on the platform were knocked to the ground. The alarm bells on the turret immediately sounded, and the Japanese guards quickly began to fight back. A grenade was fired.
The grenade hit the train, and after the explosion flames of the grenade passed, the train was not seriously damaged. The bullet hit the train with only a few sparks, but there were very few casualties.
"Launch!" A loud shout suddenly came from outside the station, and a flaming shell flew in from outside the station and flew straight to the turret. After a huge explosion, countless bricks and stones flew into the air.
Got up.
"Kill!!" Shocking shouts of killing came from all directions, and another shell hit another turret, creating a gap in that turret.
Liu Hong only saw Du Wei taking the lead, leading the troops to charge towards the station. Several other Eighth Route Army officers he knew were also standing in front. Liu Hong only felt that this Eighth Route Army seemed a little different from other troops he knew...
The battle only lasted half an hour. Liu Hong saw Du Wei launch a green flare and heard rustling sounds coming from all directions. Through the moonlight and firelight, Liu Hong was surprised to find that everyone
It's a villager pushing a cart.
Liu Hong asked, "Captain Du... What's going on?"
Liu Hong smiled and said, "Look, this car is full of cloth and clothes. Moreover, we have to dig up the railway and transport the railway tracks. This requires manpower. We mobilized more than a thousand people from 37 nearby villages. These
The people are led by village chiefs and militia captains elected by the villagers themselves to help us."
Liu Hong saw that there were many women and children, and several village chiefs were responsible for directing women. He suddenly understood the reason why he saw women during the day, and couldn't help but feel glad that he didn't ask too much, otherwise he would be embarrassed.
Liu Hong pushed Lu Han, who was stunned, and said, "Why are you all standing there in a daze? Help with the work!!"
Lu Han nodded quickly and said, "Hey, hey, Brother Hong, why do you think the common people listen to the Eighth Route Army and do whatever they say? How dangerous it would be if the Japanese knew about this."
A clear voice came from behind Liu Hong, "The little devils have come to our door. Don't they want to bully us for fear of danger? The Eighth Route Army reduced rent and interest for us and taught us the principles of literacy. Of course we help the Eighth Route Army."
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Liu Hong turned around and looked, but it was the woman who had just seen commanding the villagers. This woman was about thirty years old. Although she could not be said to be beautiful, she was also delicate, with bright eyes, and a temperament that refused to admit defeat.
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Lu Han stuck out his tongue and said, "Yes, yes, yes, what this eldest sister said is, I don't know. Brother Hong, I'm going to move things."
The woman hummed, "My name is Mrs. Fang Lin. Hey, don't stand still. You have to be good at fighting and good at other things. You go over there and help transport the rails. This is very heavy. You are so strong, you can do it. Look.
What are you looking at? Go quickly! Why are you so stupid?"
Liu Hong nodded stupidly, and walked over to help the villagers carry the rails. Looking at the lively scene around him, and seeing Du Wei who was also moving rail supplies like him, Liu Hong suddenly felt that staying in this army would...