Chapter 293: Besieging Xiangu Town
The Japanese puppet army was in chaos all of a sudden, with dozens of dead and wounded.
The puppet army, especially the people of the self-defense group, are all armed in the nature of a militia controlled by devils, that is, they are capable of holding people, and their weapons and equipment are extremely poor, how can they withstand machine gun fire?
There was a bang, rolling and crawling, and there were many casualties.
In the cornfields, there were also people who shot at the enemy and threw grenades.
More than 100 members of the self-defense group collapsed, and the puppet army also took the opportunity to slip away, and only a few devils were stubbornly resisting.
How long can that last?
A burst of random shooting, the result of the devil's dog life.
Now, almost all the county-wide devil-sized troops have been wiped out!
In this battle, a lot of things were captured, but unfortunately, they were all messy waste firewood.
Only one mortar, one machine gun is barely enough.
The two dozen or so mortar shells captured were also urgently needed.
Directly march to the county seat!
The essence of movement warfare, guerrilla warfare, is this, it is necessary to repeatedly maneuver and mobilize the enemy.
In the county seat, there were only a few puppet troops there, and the city gates were immediately closed.
Close the yarn.
A few rounds with mortars!
The puppet army could not gain a foothold on the castle tower, so they had to flee.
Yang Chaoran's troops quickly entered the county seat.
There are more than 300 officers and men in the unit, and they are mighty and majestic.
Quickly took control of the county seat, swept the barracks of the devils and puppet troops, and seized a lot of supplies, especially precious shells and bullets.
There is also food, etc.
In the county seat, the people were mobilized to join the army.
The effect is not very good, ordinary people, Chinese people, at that time, in areas outside the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, people's views on the status of soldiers were really grim!
Fortunately, more than thirty people were willing to join the army.
After occupying the county seat for more than two hours, they retreated.
It is necessary to enable the recruits to develop the ideological consciousness of sports warfare and mobility.
Dozens of war horses have become an important aid for maneuvering.
The troops return to Fort Feiyan?
Some veterans suggested this, and joined the main force.
Yang Chaoran didn't care.
Because he knew very well that the recruits under his command were all peasants in the south of the county, and they had a strong sense of locality, so it was difficult for them to leave here willingly.
Therefore, he decided to change the name of this battalion to the Xiannan Infantry Battalion.
Exercise right here.
He used the captured enemy radio station to contact the enemy engineering section of the Eighth Route Army.
This contact is also very troublesome, and the radio stations of both sides must agree on a time to send the report.
I couldn't get the news, so I had to return to Hamura.
At night, a company was stationed in the east of the village and one in the west of the village, at a distance from each other, for combat alert.
A company entered the village and helped the people dig a tunnel.
Nothing happened all night.
Wake up in the morning, eat and drink, and start training.
Yang Chaoran himself, personally trained the cavalry troops, focusing on how to reconnoiter and communicate.
This is the eyes and ears of the troops, and they must be trained unconditionally.
After more than an hour of training, they were prompted with precautions, some key issues, lessons learned, etc., and then they were sent out to reconnoiter the enemy's situation.
At the same time, contact with various villages and establish an intelligence system.
The villagers of these villages were also asked how to cover up the situation in case they met strangers.
In this way, Yang Chaoran established a base area spanning half of the county in this area, because Yucun was the founding site, it was called Yucun base area.
Troop training, personnel expansion, reconnaissance intelligence, etc.
This area is not safe, because there are at least four devil strongholds that have not been pulled out.
Yang Chaoran didn't pay attention to it, because, just at the beginning, the devil and the puppet army will be very vigilant, day and night, it is difficult for you to have a chance to get close.
Strong strongholds, and also go on the offensive, in the absence of specialized weapons, it makes no sense.
He was fighting psychological warfare with the enemy.
Telephone lines and everything were cut off, and the enemy became a turtle in an urn.
Outside the stronghold, day and night, there are people secretly watching, causing psychological pressure on the enemy.
Without pulling out the enemy's stronghold, you can also lure the enemy to reinforcements.
Finally, in the past few days, I got in touch with the Eighth Route Army.
The head of the enemy's engineering section called to explain that the enemy's sweep had ended, because the enemy's troops had suffered heavy losses, and the Eighth Route Army's attack on the edge of the base area was very powerful, and the Japanese army was forced to turn to the defensive.
I also got in touch with the main force of Feiyan Fort, it was safe over there, and training was being stepped up, and Political Commissar Tang Bin was in charge, and everything was in order.
On the tenth day, the Japanese puppet army finally came from the south.
The Japanese army dispatched a squadron of troops, plus a battalion of the puppet army, more than 500 people, and quickly approached the county seat.
The enemy engineering section of the Eighth Route Army sent a telegram saying that the Japanese army was about to launch a large-scale attack on Yang Chaoran's army, and it was likely to mobilize more than 2,000 troops!
Siege in at least three ways.
The reminder of the Eighth Route Army made Yang Chaoran excited.
He immediately convened a military council and prepared to fight the enemy.
The enemy easily occupied the county seat, and then, sending troops, during the day, advanced to a number of strongholds.
The villages under Yang Chaoran's control are all quiet, and during the day, there is hardly a single person to be seen.
Each village has dug a large number of tunnels, which have penetrated the ground, and can be transferred back and forth in the whole village.
Tunnel warfare.
The main force of Yang Chaoran's army has grown to more than 400 people, and the training has a certain foundation.
Since the enemy artillery is going north, then the south must be empty?
Even if it is not empty, in order to mobilize the enemy and find the fighter, it is necessary to maneuver, jump a little, and see how the enemy reacts.
What gave Yang Chaoran a headache was that the intelligence of his people and cavalry was not comprehensive and timely enough.
It's okay, let's go.
More than 400 people, leaving one near the current Yu Village, as a reserve, in case the devils and puppet army attack which village, they can deal with it.
Yang Chaoran's troops moved south.
Along the way, I went out for more than ten miles, and when I arrived outside the county, I also jumped out of the base area.
Here, it is also a scene of late autumn, and the green yarn tents of corn and sorghum are magnificent.
They hibernated during the day, advanced at night, waded through two waterlogged rivers, and entered the southern county, Huaide County.
Their original county seat was Huaibei County.
To the north of Huaide County, twenty-five miles away from the county seat, and six miles away from the northern county boundary, there is a town, Xiangu Town.
The devil has a stronghold, a garrison of more than 50 people, an infantry squad, and a puppet army of more than 30 people, and the strength is good.
This was to ask the people, and the people estimated.
Yang Chaoran immediately had an idea.
He asked the battalion commander to preside over the battle on this side, and he himself led a small number of people, a dozen people, to ride around the stronghold.
They changed into Japanese military costumes and waited with peace of mind.
The troops appeared to the north of the town of Xiangu and fired mortar fire in the direction of the stronghold, firing five shells.
The Japanese puppet army was very nervous, hurriedly dodged, and opened fire on the turret.
During the shelling, three Japanese soldiers were killed and more than a dozen wounded!
The puppet army also suffered a number of casualties.
This effect is because, according to Yang Chaoran's orders, the infantry battalion first sent a few people to shoot at the devil's stronghold, which attracted the devils, and the devils looked at it and felt that there were not many people who were provocative, so they came out.
How could the imperial army be bullied by the Erzhi people?
As soon as he came out, he suffered.