Chapter seven hundred and nineteenth show strength
Major General Matsumoto was a very decisive person. Now that he had made his judgment, he started to issue orders without much hesitation.
"Send a telegram to the Special Forces Brigade: The Second Squadron will stay in the north of Linfen and cooperate with the Fourth Infantry Battalion to continue to annihilate the Eighth Route Army in the north of Linfen... The Third Squadron will go to the south of Linfen to eliminate the Eighth Route Army's special forces operating in the area controlled by the Imperial Army... The First Squadron
Return to Linfen City for supplementary training and training!"
Xiao Yunshan and Li Wen were unaware of Matsumoto's order.
But one thing they felt: the Japanese troops operating in the north of Linfen were not as arrogant as before.
The reconnaissance team, and even the small field infantrymen, did not dare to come out casually.
After more than ten days of hard work, the Second Battalion could finally stop and take a good rest.
At Tianjiazhuang New Regiment Headquarters, Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong didn’t look very good from the moment he entered the headquarters.
"Captain, both the first and third battalions fought well. In a few days, both battalions eliminated many remnants of the Japanese and puppet troops. Everyone in Fengyun Town and Tianxin Town knows that our new regiment has another
Call back!"
"However, you know, but not many people really stand up to support us. Many people are waiting and watching, and many are even hostile to us!"
Wang Ping's brows suddenly wrinkled: "The common people are our roots. Without the support of the common people, we would not be able to gain a foothold here. Even if we stand firm now, as long as the Japanese army comes to kill us, we will still be driven into the mountains."
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"If nothing else, without the support of the people, we don't even have the basic food and soldiers to grow and develop!"
"Do you know the specific reason?"
"There are two main reasons!" Zhong Chenggong replied with a frown.
"One is that the last time the Japanese and puppet troops retaliated against everyone was too cruel. It turns out that as long as the people who have a relationship with our new group will be robbed of property by the Japanese and puppet troops, their families will be destroyed, and the Japanese and puppet troops will be more serious.
The army directly arrests people and makes them do hard labor, and even more serious, the Japanese and puppet troops directly kill people!"
"The common people are scared. They are afraid that we will be liquidated by the Japanese and puppet troops again after we leave!"
Wang Ping had a helpless expression on his face.
"We cannot solve this problem for the time being. We can only use time to prove to everyone that our new regiment has the ability to defend the base area, block the possible heavy encirclement and suppression of us by the Japanese and puppet troops, and protect everyone!"
"What's the other reason?"
"Food!" Zhong Chenggong answered without thinking.
"The autumn harvest is coming soon. Ordinary people have been unable to open the pot at home, so they just hope that the autumn harvest will bring in some food!"
"They are worried that our Eighth Route Army will distribute food to them like other armies!"
Wang Ping's frown finally relaxed.
He hesitated and replied: "This problem is easy to solve!"
"Public rations must be apportioned, otherwise how can our Eighth Route Army eat and fight the Japanese. However, we must strictly follow the policies of our Eighth Route Army regarding this apportionment ratio. Chief of Staff, you should know this. Since the common people have concerns about this, then we
Just dispel their concerns. Chief of Staff, organize your people to write down our public food policy in black and white and post it in every village so that all the people know our policy."
"Also, start the field allocation plan as soon as possible."
"When the troops annihilated the remnants of the Japanese and puppet troops, each village should have seized a lot of farmland. Take out all these fertile fields and distribute them to everyone first, so as to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm to fight the Japanese and protect food and land. But there are
One thing to note is that these fertile fields are now planted with grain, and the grain cannot be given to them at the same time. According to the agreement between the tenants and the original owner of the land, they can be given as much as they should, and we will save all the remaining grain.
One day, these grains will become life-saving grains for our base area!"
Zhong Chenggong's eyes lit up and he wished he could make arrangements now. He hurriedly replied: "I will make arrangements now!"
"Wait a minute!" Wang Ping suddenly thought of something, and then stopped Zhong Chenggong, who was eager to leave.
"The first question you raised just now, I thought about it again. In addition to using time to tell everyone that our new regiment will not leave this time and has the ability to protect everyone, we also need to let everyone see that we are
The strength of the new group gives everyone confidence in us!"
"The most intuitive thing that allows people to see our strength is our equipment!"
"We completely annihilated two Japanese infantry brigades, especially the battle to annihilate the Japanese Third Infantry Brigade. We captured a lot of heavy equipment. Leaving weapons in warehouses to rust is not the style of our Eighth Route Army. Therefore, I decided to further strengthen our new
A ball of firepower!”
"The heavy machine gun company directly under the battalion headquarters has been expanded into a firepower company, with a mortar platoon of three mortars and two heavy machine gun platoons of six heavy machine guns!"
"The firepower of the infantry company must also be strengthened. The number of light machine guns will be increased to four, ensuring one light machine gun for each platoon and one light machine gun for the company headquarters security squad."
"The composition of the small artillery squad remains unchanged, equipped with three grenades that captured the Japanese. However, everyone in the small artillery squad must be equipped with self-defense rifles!"
"The artillery company directly under the regiment headquarters has been expanded into a firepower battalion. Chen Dong is the battalion commander, and has a mountain artillery company, four mountain cannons, an infantry artillery company, three infantry guns, and a mortar company. All the remaining fortresses of the regiment headquarters
Give him all the cannon fire!"
In the village where the First Battalion Headquarters of Fengyun Town is located, deafening bells rang at the entrance of the village early in the morning.
This is set up by the Maintenance Committee. As soon as the bell rings, the whole village, young and old, must rush to the threshing floor at the entrance of the village for a meeting.
After the Maintenance Association was eliminated by the First Battalion, the rule of calling the common people to a meeting through the sound of bells did not change.
In less than half an hour, the entire village of three to four hundred people gathered on the threshing floor!
Yesterday, there was nothing in the threshing floor. I don’t know when, but a one-meter-high platform appeared directly in front of everyone. Standing on it, you can clearly see everyone in the village!
The instructor of the battalion who organized this conference stood on the podium and shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Folks, I gathered everyone here in a hurry for two things."
"First, let everyone know that our own team, the Eighth Route Army, is back again. And this time we are back, and we will not leave again. Now, please invite the Eighth Route Army soldiers to enter!"
The first thing that appeared in front of everyone was the first battalion and the first company.
However, the faces of the people gathered in front of the rostrum did not change much as they watched the troops pass in front of them.
They have seen many such troops and it is impossible to attract their attention.
But at this moment, a newly formed fire company appeared!
The heavy machine gun platoon carrying three heavy machine guns walked at the front, followed by the artillery platoon carrying mortar barrels, and then the second heavy machine gun platoon carrying three heavy machine guns.
This time, there was finally movement on the numb and calm faces of the common people.
Many people had shocked expressions on their faces.
A few months ago, the Eighth Route Army was also stationed in the village, but at that time the Eighth Route Army didn't even have a few light machine guns, which was similar to the first company just now. In the end, under the Japanese encirclement and suppression, they lost their troops and ran away leaving everyone behind.
The Eighth Route Army in front of us not only had light machine guns, but also so many heavy machine guns, and even artillery!
Thinking back to the results of the Eighth Route Army's annihilation of more than two thousand Japs in order to capture Tianxin Town and Fengyun Town some time ago, they all came up with the idea that with such a well-equipped Eighth Route Army stationed in the village, it might be able to protect them.
Everyone, stop the Japanese attack!
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