The same thing happened in every village in the base area.
Bags of grain were brought home, and pieces of fertile land were claimed. The entire base area was filled with excitement, and everyone was grateful to Xin Yi Tuan.
The recruitment office, which was deserted two days ago, suddenly became lively.
From the headquarters of the New Regiment of Sanquan Town, the political commissar and chief of staff appeared in the war room together, with smiles on their faces.
As soon as he saw Wang Ping, the political commissar in charge of recruiting troops reported excitedly: "Captain, the enthusiasm of the people in the base area is too high! I don't know about other places, but several villages near Guangsanquan Town recruited 173 soldiers in two days.
A new recruit!"
"At this rate, in a few days, after the distribution of fields and grain in villages farther away is completed, more people will come to join our Eighth Route Army!"
"I calculated that from the four towns combined, we can recruit at least 1,500 to 2,000 new soldiers!"
Wang Ping replied with satisfaction: "Yes, in this case, our new regiment will be full again!"
Then he changed the topic and continued: "However, as a result, the source of troops in our base area has almost been exhausted. Continuing to recruit troops here will definitely affect local production. Therefore, I decided to take advantage of the Japanese and puppet troops to change generals in Linfen City
, the morale of the army is unstable, it is impossible to attack us at a favorable opportunity, and expand our base to several surrounding counties!"
"Look at the map! Behind the four towns we currently occupy, there are exactly four county towns, and all of these county towns happen to be under the administration of Linfen City."
"More importantly, because these counties are not transportation thoroughfares or strategic locations, the Japanese and puppet troops deployed there are not many troops. Each county has only one Japanese garrison and one puppet army regiment, and most of the troops are
Stationed in the county seat!"
"The first battalion left half of its troops to continue the confrontation with the Japanese and puppet troops in the direction of Linfen City. Battalion Commander Xiong Changhe took the remaining troops and occupied for me all the villages and towns in Xiangfen County south of Linfen except the county seat and surrounding areas!"
"Now is the time when these Japanese and puppet troops are grabbing food in the local area. I ask the troops to attack quickly to defeat the Japanese and puppet troops who go out of the city to grab food and help the people keep food. The food grown by us Chinese can only give us China
Soldiers eat it, never give it to the Japanese!"
"In addition, during the troops' attack, build a garrison camp for me to train and use as the main force!"
"Finally, every time you capture a town, you must leave a platoon behind to form a real garrison!"
"I request that every town we occupy must form a garrison company, large villages with more than a thousand people must form garrison platoons, and smaller villages must form guerrillas. This is the real local garrison force of our four divisions.
, maintain local security and assist the main force in protecting the base area!"
"The mission of the third battalion is the same. Take Fushan for me...the fourth battalion takes Guxian...the second battalion takes Hongdong..."
"Political Commissar, you must arrange enough local cadres to cooperate with the main force to form local political power!"
"If we don't have enough manpower, we directly use underground party members in these places. They are familiar with the local conditions and let them cooperate with the main force to form local political power and completely control these counties!"
Although Linfen is large, it is obviously very difficult to feed the new regiment with increasing numbers of troops.
Going out and fighting their way out of Linfen is obviously the best way out for the new group.
As long as the new regiment can capture these four counties, the scope of the base area will be expanded by more than five times, and the population of the base area will also be expanded by at least four times.
By then, food, troops, everything will be available.
Political Commissar Huang Yuanqiang assured him without thinking: "Captain, please rest assured, there will definitely be no problem on my side!"
"When the main force occupies a town, I will arrange for cadres to take control of the town and make them completely our base!"
Wang Ping immediately turned his attention to Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong.
"Chief of Staff, whether it is the garrison battalion that the army is forming or the garrison company that will be formed next, it requires the cooperation of the staff department. All cadres above the company must report to the regiment headquarters. Cadres below the company level and garrison troops can let them
The battalion commanders decide for themselves!"
Zhong Chenggong affirmed: "Captain, don't worry, the garrison battalion has been set up. I plan to give each garrison battalion a hundred recruits first, and let the garrison battalion follow the main force, train troops while fighting, and expand the troops. etc.
If the troops capture these four counties, the four garrison battalions will definitely be fully staffed!"
"In addition, the cavalry battalion has been set up and we are selecting warriors who can ride horses among the new recruits!"
"The eight captured mountain cannons have been sent to the mountain artillery battalion. Our mountain artillery battalion has now formed five mountain artillery companies and twenty mountain cannons, which is more generous than the artillery regiments of many troops. Battalion Commander Chen Dong reported that the unit has been initially formed
Combat strength, ready to join the battle at any time!"
Dengzhuang, Xiangfen County, is less than five kilometers away from the area controlled by the New Regiment and the First Battalion.
In order to prevent the Eighth Route Army from advancing into Xiangfen, the garrison of Xiangfen County, which had only a small number of troops, directly recruited a garrison squadron and two companies of puppet troops. A total of nearly 400 people were stationed here, using gun towers and strongholds as fortifications, and
One battalion engages in confrontation.
If the First Battalion wants to advance into Xiangfen, it must first capture Dengzhuang.
After night once again enveloped the land, the Japanese and puppet garrison in Dengzhuang continued as usual, with one-third of their troops patrolling and guarding the stronghold.
"Baga, there is someone in that direction, shoot immediately!" A Japanese sergeant who was on duty on the top of the stronghold's gun tower suddenly hid behind the crenel of the gun tower and pointed at a small gentle slope more than a hundred meters outside the stronghold and ordered.
"Da da da……"
A light machine gun fired quickly, and soon after, the screams of sacrifice rang out more than a hundred meters away.
"Fire the flares!" the Japs squad leader who came after hearing the news ordered loudly.
An explosion sounded above their heads, and the stronghold and its surroundings were instantly illuminated by the white light produced by the explosion of the illumination bomb, making it look like daylight.
Without a telescope, the Jaap squad leader can clearly see the surrounding situation.
"Baga, it's the Eighth Route Army. Why are there so many Eighth Route Army troops outside the stronghold!" Seeing the Eighth Route Army approaching like a wave around the stronghold, Captain Wang Ping was frightened and couldn't help but exclaimed.
Then he reacted: "Quick, go to the squadron commander immediately. Our stronghold is being attacked by the Eighth Route Army. It is the main force of the Eighth Route Army. They are going to capture our stronghold!"
"All light and heavy machine guns, shoot immediately to stop them!"
"The troops enter the position and assist the machine gunners in counterattack!"
"Boom..." As soon as the order was given, two cannon shots were heard.
The squad leader's expression changed, and he subconsciously threw himself on the ground of the turret, shouting out loud: "It's a shelling, everyone takes cover..."
"Rumble..."
The violent explosion sounded directly in the ears, deafening.
Not only that, the turret where he was lying began to tremble during the explosion. A very painful scream also came from inside the turret!
"It's infantry artillery. The Eighth Route Army wants to use infantry artillery to destroy the gun towers... Contact the mortar team immediately to counterattack and kill the Eighth Route Army's infantry artillery!" The squad leader, with cold sweat on his forehead, immediately made a judgment.
Then he ordered: "Evacuate the gun tower immediately. The gun tower can withstand mortar bombardment, but it absolutely cannot withstand the direct fire of infantry artillery!"
After saying that, the squad leader was the first to rush to the stairs!
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