Out of the small courtyard where she was imprisoned, Linda followed Chen Ming all the way through the streets and alleys, avoiding the patrols of the devils, and finally found a secluded and uninhabited city wall location, Chen Ming first climbed the city wall with a rope, and then pulled Linda up from below.

As a war correspondent, Linda has also carried out some physical training, and the little devil only imprisoned her during this time, and three meals a day did not treat her badly.

Therefore, her physical strength is still very good, even better than the average country. There is no difference between the soldiers and the soldiers.

Along the way, the road did not drag Chen Ming back.

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The picture pulls back to Huoshan.

Yang Chen and the four of them came out of Huoshan County without danger, figured out the specific strength of troops in the county, and got the information they wanted.

He returned to his base in the northwest mountainous area of Huoshan County.

In the past few days since they left, Liu Zheping, Xu Ming, Li Da and others have not been idle, leading their troops to take the occupied towns and villages as their bases.

The area of the base area was expanded to the southeast, and the further southeast it went, the denser the population became, and the more towns and villages there were.

All the townships, towns, and villages that were included in the base areas of the Tiger Bentuan Regiment carried out an agrarian revolution, that is, to fight the local tyrants and divide the land.

With the support of guns, these landlords and bullies who only bully the local people on weekdays have no power to fight back.

The land reform went very smoothly, and within a few days, the Huben regiment successfully carried out land reform in several new townships and towns.

The bullies and gentry got the punishment they deserved.

The people were also given an equal share of the land.

As a result of this expansion, the base area of the Huben Regiment has increased by 20,000 or 30,000 people and tens of thousands of acres of cultivated land.

Although in the short term, there may not be any effect, but in the long run, these are the accumulation and foundation of war potential.

With the support of the people and the cultivation of the land, there will be a steady stream of soldiers and materials.

At the same time, under the personal supervision of Chief of Staff Wang Gui, the arsenal is also in full swing to continue construction.

Those college students also completely completed the homework left by Yang Chen and learned to reload bullets.

And shooting experiments were carried out.

Even with the right materials and tools, they can already make entirely new bullets.

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Knowing that Yang Chen was back, Liu Zheping, Xu Ming, Li Da, Xu Hailang and others handed over the work at hand to their respective deputy regiment commanders, and rushed to greet them with some guards.

"Tuanzao, how is the situation in Huoshan County? This time, can we directly attack the county seat? After meeting, Liu Zheping was the first to ask.

"The devil's strength in Huoshan County is probably in a brigade, about 1,000 people. In addition to this, there is also a security regiment, seven or eight hundred puppet soldiers. Yang Chen told everyone the information he had gathered.

"Then what are you hesitating about, with the current strength of our Tiger Regiment, even if there is no heavy artillery.

There are also 10,000 means, which can take down the county seat and kill the Japanese puppet army in the city! Xu Ming, the commander of the second battalion, had bright eyes and looked eager to try.

"Yes! Tuanza! ”

The rest of the people also chimed in.

Yang Chen shook his head and said, "It's easy to capture the county seat, but with our current strength, whether we can hold it after taking it is a difficult problem."

What's more, Huoshan County is easy to defend and difficult to attack, once the county seat is captured, the goal of our Tiger Ben Regiment will be exposed.

When the time comes, the devils will definitely gather heavy troops again!

The county seat, on the contrary, restricts us, so that we cannot be as excited as in the mountains. ”

Xu Hailang nodded approvingly: "What Tuanzuo said is right, the little devil regards our tiger group as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, and he can't get rid of it quickly."

If we knew that Huoshan County was occupied by us, we would definitely mobilize heavy troops to come over and encircle and suppress it!

At that time, not only will we not be able to defend the county, but we will put ourselves in danger, which is really not a wise choice. ”

Yang Chen praised Xu Hailang's analysis: "That's right. ”

"So what do we do next?" Liu Zheping asked.

"Very simply, continue to use the current method, constantly encroach on and expand the vast rural areas around the Japanese theater, and use the strategy of encircling the cities in the countryside to develop and strengthen our anti-Japanese base areas.

In the first step, we will first occupy and control as many of these towns and villages in the northwest of Huoshan County as possible, and then wait for an opportunity to develop in the east and south directions of the county.

In this process, if the devils discover us and send troops to encircle and suppress us, we will concentrate our forces and ambush them halfway! Gather and annihilate.

At that time, not only will we have a larger base area for roundabout movements, but it will also be much easier to attack the county seat!

The most important thing is that we can take advantage of the opportunity to expand our base area and recruit a large number of new soldiers to expand our troops!

In addition, the construction of arsenals and the training of recruits should not be left behind.

The arsenal must be put up and running as soon as possible, and we must be supplied with a steady stream of ammunition.

Recruits should also complete their training as soon as possible and have a certain amount of combat effectiveness! ”

Yang Chen said the development ideas that had been determined on the way back.

After a pause, he continued: "Now I will deploy specific tasks for you!"

Ouyangguang! ”

"In!" Ou Yangming's chest immediately straightened.

"You take the hoe brigade to cooperate with the battalions to carry out land reform in the occupied villages and towns, and are specifically responsible for eradicating traitors, ruffians and hooligans, and stubborn local tyrants and inferior gentry!" Yang Chen said.

"Yes!" Ou Yangguang suddenly agreed.

"Xu Hailang!"

"Yes!"

"You take the reconnaissance battalion with you, and during this time, focus on the area around the county seat!

It is necessary to closely monitor the movements of the devils and puppet troops in the city, and if there are devils going out to sweep and collect food, they must report to me as soon as possible! ”

"Yes!" Xu Hailang also happily accepted the order.

Subsequently, Yang Chen ordered the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd battalions to be the main force for this expansion of the base area, to be responsible for the next tasks such as land reform.

The special battalion, baggage battalion, cavalry battalion, and artillery battalion remained to train new recruits and consolidate existing base areas.

At the same time, as a mobile force, stay in case of emergency.

After deploying all this, Yang Chen returned to Manzhuang with Rake Ears and Ouyang Qing.

As for Ouyang Leiluo, he returned to the hoe and rape brigade.

With the expansion of the base area to the east and south, dozens of miles, in order to facilitate the command of the troops in the future.

Yang Chen decided to move the regiment headquarters away from Manzhuang.

Under the leadership of Liu Zheping, Jiang Wenqiang and others, the first battalion soon expanded dozens of miles southward, occupying and controlling the town where Yang Chen and the others had stopped to drink tea.

There are also many local tyrants and shoddy gentry in this town, and they have long received news that some people are fighting local tyrants and dividing land in some villages and towns in the west of the town.

So, these people, before the arrival of the Tiger Ben Regiment, fled overnight and fled to Huoshan County.

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