Shitou Village is a village less than five miles away from Nanyan Town.
Guns and cannons were fired in Nanyan Town last night, and they heard them too.
As soon as day broke, many people wanted to leave the village and go to the town to inquire about the news and find out what happened with the gunfire last night.
Before the people left the village, a platoon of the Eighth Route Army stopped them at the entrance of the village and blocked them back. Soldiers from one squad controlled the threshing floor at the entrance of the village. Soldiers from two squads entered the village separately and shouted to the villagers, telling them to wait for half an hour.
Rushed to the village entrance for a meeting.
Although there is no Eighth Route Army base in Baoding, they have already become famous.
Almost no one in North China is unaware of their existence.
I heard that the Eighth Route Army was coming. Although everyone was worried about the Japanese's revenge in the future, they did not resist.
When the time came, more than 400 people in the village gathered at the entrance of the village.
"Folks, we are the Eighth Route Army. The Japs in the Nanyan Town stronghold have been eliminated by us. Our superiors have ordered us to establish a base with Nanyan Town as the center and organize everyone to fight against the Japs in Baoding City and defend our homeland!"
"Today we are here to make a stand and tell everyone that our Eighth Route Army is here to kill us. At the same time, we also warn those traitors who are still working for the Japanese to have a bottom line. If we, the Eighth Route Army, find that someone continues to betray their ancestors and their fellow countrymen, we will
The Eighth Route Army will definitely retaliate in kind."
"Next, we will gradually form work teams and guerrillas in the village, and organize everyone to work and produce while fighting the Japanese..."
With Nanyan Town as the center, dozens of surrounding villages were all occupied by the Eighth Route Army overnight.
A village with a small population has a squad of the Eighth Route Army, and a village with a large population has a platoon of the Eighth Route Army.
Everyone was in full swing, as if they wanted to establish a base here.
At the headquarters of the Japanese brigade in Baoding, the person in charge of intelligence hurried in and shouted: "General, something happened in Nanyan Town!"
"The Eighth Route Army will establish a base there."
"The Nanyan Town stronghold has been captured by them. With Nanyan Town as the center, the Eighth Route Army has appeared in dozens of surrounding villages. They divided their troops into squads and platoons to go deep into each village and town, formed work teams and guerrillas, and then mobilized ordinary people and
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"This is a common method used by the Eighth Route Army to establish base areas, and it will never go wrong."
After speaking, the intelligence officer handed the intelligence he had just collected to the brigade commander.
Then he continued to report: "This is the news from our intelligence personnel lurking in Nanyan Town."
"At dawn, the Eighth Route Army promoted their policies in the town and mobilized ordinary people to enter their strongholds to help them clean up the battlefield."
"Intelligence personnel went with them. All the Imperial Army stationed in the stronghold were killed by the Eighth Route Army. The Imperial Association Army also suffered more than half casualties, and the rest were captured."
The chief of staff then reported: "General, the reconnaissance team has also sent back some information."
"It has been determined that the reinforcements were ambushed on a mountain road about four kilometers away from Nanyan Town. The entire army was destroyed. The equipment, ammunition, and uniforms on the soldiers were all stolen by the Eighth Route Army."
"Investigators who went deep into each village also sent back a lot of information, which is similar to the information collected by the intelligence department."
"The larger village has a platoon of Eighth Route Army activities, and the smaller village has a squad of Eighth Route Army activities."
"We are holding a meeting for the common people to form a so-called work team, a guerrilla force."
"The only thing that makes me happy is that these Eighth Route Army troops have just arrived, and the people don't trust them very much, and their response to their formation of work teams and guerrillas is very cold."
"But we cannot take it lightly."
"The Eighth Route Army's ideological work and mobilization capabilities are so powerful. In time, the people will definitely be persuaded by them and support them without hesitation."
"I think we should send troops to kill them immediately before they have a firm foothold in Nanyan Town. At the very least, we should drive them out of Baoding."
"I did some statistics and found that the total number of Eighth Route Army troops entering Baoding exceeded 600."
"If they are allowed to establish a base in Nanyan Town, within a month at most, their total strength will expand to 1,000 people."
"Last night they killed more than 600 of us and seized a large amount of weapons and equipment. As long as there are people, the troops can be doubled immediately."
The brigade leader looked through the information in his hand and said nothing, but it could be seen that his expression was becoming serious little by little, and finally his whole face turned red with anger.
He slapped the information on the table, strode to the sand table, clenched his fists, and ordered through gritted teeth.
"Bageya Road, these Eighth Route Army troops are too arrogant."
"In the past, they had the idea of coming to Baoding to develop their base area and sent troops, but they were beaten head-on by us and retreated. If I remember correctly, there has been no large-scale fighting in Baoding for a year."
"The Eighth Route Army must have healed their wounds and forgotten the pain. They thought the Imperial Army was not as good as before, so they wanted to attack us again."
"Chief of Staff, I completely agree with your analysis just now. We must seize the opportunity to kill them before their foothold is stable."
"I order you to personally command the troops assembled last night, and reinforce you with a mountain artillery squadron and a cavalry squadron, and leave the city in half an hour."
"In two days, all the Eighth Route Army troops entering Baoding were wiped out."
"Tell our opponents that although the overall strength of the Japanese army in North China is declining, the strength of our Baoding garrison has not been affected and is still as strong as ever."
"Get rid of their idea of developing a base in Baoding."
At the enemy headquarters in front of the garrison, Hong Linfeng ran in excitedly, holding in his hand the telegram just received by the communications platoon.
"Regiment Commander, Seventh Battalion Commander He Jun did it."
"This is the telegram just sent by He Jun. The Japanese army in Baoding has believed that they are going to establish a base in Baoding and will send out heavy troops to eliminate them at dawn."
Li Hao happily replied: "Great!"
"As long as the little Japs in Baoding City don't associate us with the weapons and ammunition that are about to go south, it will be much easier for us to attack Baoding."
"Tell He Jun: You must delay the Japanese and puppet troops' attack, but you can't fight too hard. At the right time, you can fight two defeats to paralyze the Japanese army and make them further convinced that He Jun's goal is to establish a base in Baoding."
Hong Linfeng recorded the order, signed it for Li Hao, and immediately gave it to a staff officer to send to the communications platoon. Then he looked at Li Hao and asked: "Regiment commander, the first battalion, the third battalion, the fourth battalion, the fifth battalion, the sixth battalion, the eighth battalion, and the artillery."
The cavalry and chariot units are all in place, when will we enter Baoding?"
Li Hao shook his head and reminded: "You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Let's take our time and we must not scare the snake."
"Send a telegram to the political commissar: I must keep an eye on the weapons and ammunition of the Japanese army that is about to move south. Where to camp every night and when to arrive in Baoding. The time must be correct."
"Contact Xiao Yuan again and ask him how his preparations are."
"Whether we can win Baoding at the critical moment, his role is crucial."
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