At the beginning, Zhang Ran's purpose in supporting a large number of guerrilla units and expanding guerrilla areas outside the base areas was to form a buffer zone for war outside the base areas.

Once something happens, having a guerrilla zone as a buffer can buy a lot of time for the base areas.

At present, the living space in the guerrilla areas has been drastically reduced, and the living environment in the base areas is not optimistic, which obviously makes Kang Ting and others worried......

But Zhang Ran was very calm.

Because he knew the trend of history, and knew that with the fall of Pingtongguan, the surrounding areas of the base area were completely reduced to battlefields behind enemy lines, and the most difficult stage of the Eighth Route Army in the history of the Anti-Japanese War came with it......

It's a given.

The reason why Zhang Ran was calm was because he knew that all the Eighth Route Army troops who insisted on being on the battlefield behind enemy lines would eventually get through this most difficult period and usher in the opportunity to counterattack, so as to finally defeat the little devil!

Therefore, in the face of this sudden deterioration of the situation, Zhang Ran did not panic at all.

And even rejoicing.

Fortunately, because of his appearance, the battle of Pingtongguan at least made the little devil pay the price of more than 10,000 Japanese casualties, so that the strength of the little devil was further weakened!

Moreover, because of their own appearance, the officers and men of the Eighth Route Army, who insisted on the battlefield behind enemy lines, made more preparations to meet this most difficult period!

He believes that because of his existence, in the next war, the soldiers and civilians who insist on the battlefield behind enemy lines will definitely live a slightly more comfortable life than the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army in history, and give the little devils more casualties and more powerful support for the war on the frontal battlefield!

However, I firmly believe that it is one thing to be lucky, but in the face of aggressive little devils and the deteriorating war situation, Zhang Ran must also respond.

"Tell Lao Tu, Lao Sun, Dou Wensong and wake them up, from now on, the guerrilla activities will be transferred from the ground to the underground!"

Zhang Ran thought for a while: "The guerrilla areas no longer determine the boundaries of the territory, and any subsequent battles will no longer focus on defending the territory, but will turn into a thorough guerrilla war, and if they can fight, they will fight, and if they can't, they will leave-as long as the little devils do not directly attack our Cangshui Dongjiang base area, all battles will be carried out according to this plan!" ”

Without defending the territory and fighting, you can avoid more head-on clashes with the little devils, and the benefits to the guerrillas are obvious - the casualties will definitely be reduced as a result, and the area of activity will become larger, so that one will not be accidentally blocked by the little devils in a certain area, and then suffer a catastrophe.

But it's not without harm - the villagers in the original guerrilla territory may be retaliated against by the little devils and traitors because they support the guerrillas and support the detachment!

"We must do a good job of appeasing the villagers, and we must let the villagers understand that the guerrillas are not establishing a strict territory, not that we have given up on them, but to better deal with the current war situation - to go now, in order to come back better in the future, and when our team comes back, it will become stronger!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Ran paused for a moment before saying: "The situation in various places must be strictly controlled, but if anyone finds that the villagers who support us are deliberately retaliated against by the little devils and traitors, we must report it as soon as possible - dare to retaliate against our fellow villagers Little devils and traitors, if we find one, we will destroy one - at any cost!" ”

"Understood!"

Kang Ting and the others nodded when they heard this, and everyone believed that as long as the detachment could do this, then when the little devil wanted to retaliate against the revolutionary masses and make the villagers angry, he would have to weigh it first......

"It's not easy to transport the materials purchased by the caravan, right?"

After arranging the affairs of the guerrilla zone, Zhang Ran turned his head to look at Ren Haifang and Kelangzi.

Ren Haifang and Kelangzi are now not only responsible for the intelligence work of the detachment, but also command several caravans, responsible for the procurement of various materials in the base area.

"Whether it is Song County, Lu County, or Qingping Yangquan Yuanguang, the little devils are building watchtowers on a large scale, setting up cards on traffic arteries, strictly checking the passing crowds, and also launching a good citizen certificate......

Now not to mention organizing caravans to purchase and transport, even individuals, if they carry supplies, it is difficult to enter the base area from these places, and if they are not careful, they will be arrested by little devils...... Since the beginning of last month, more than a dozen of our people have been arrested, and there are still a few that have not been rescued...... So the procurement of the caravan, we have stopped for the time being! ”

When he said this, Ren Haifang Kelangzi's face was extremely ugly, not only because he couldn't procure, the detachment had to rely entirely on the support of the materials in the previous inventory, and entered the situation of sitting on the empty mountain, but also because the stop of the caravan also meant that from now on, they would have no additional income!

Before, they made money while fighting devils with the detachment, and nothing was delayed, but now, they can only fight devils and have no money to make, and it is strange to be happy!

"Don't get angry, as long as the detachment is there, you will still have a chance to make money in the future!"

Zhang Ran comforted a few words, and then continued to arrange work according to the situation, so that the two of them could pay attention to the situation of the devil at any time, and report it immediately once they found out that the devil was recruiting a puppet army!

When the time comes, the detachment will arrange personnel as soon as possible to infiltrate the devil as the identity of the Imperial Cooperative Army!

Only in this way can we better grasp the movements of the little devils, and once there is any situation, we can better grasp the opportunity......

It's a pity that although the little devils have now built blockhouses and trenches in the guerrilla areas around the detachment on a large scale, and launched a cage policy on the base area, trying to block the detachment in the base area, they have also recruited a large number of puppet troops......

However, these puppet army teams were all set up from other places and directly transferred, and none of the puppet army teams were directly recruited locally, which made Zhang Ran and others unable to implement even if they wanted to arrange for someone to hide their identities for infiltration!

Obviously, because of the influence and mass base of the Jindong detachment, the little devil looks at anyone in the surrounding area, and he feels that the other party looks like a person from the Jindong detachment, and it is strange to dare to use it......

"Don't worry, there's always a chance!"

Zhang Ran said with a smile: "As long as you fight a few battles and eliminate a part of the puppet army, the little devil will always recruit people in the local area when he is short of manpower - I don't believe that he has the ability to use local people all the time!" ”

Of course, completely passive waiting is not Zhang Ran's style, but early preparedness.

In the past, some of the personnel developed by the detachment had been hidden in the ranks of the devil's Imperial Cooperative Army, and some people were lurking in the areas where the little devils might recruit the Imperial Cooperative Army team and transfer it, waiting for an opportunity to join.

With the existence of these people, even if the little devils are currently on strict guard against the detachment, the detachment will not be completely ignorant of the devil's movements.

And even if Zhang Ran didn't arrange this, the detachment would not be ignorant of the situation of the little devil - working underground, the organization recognizes the second, and I am afraid that no one in this world will dare to admit the first!

Zhang Ran believes that the infiltration work of the division and the headquarters of the little devils is probably carried out much earlier than himself!

Under the current war situation, the cooperation between the detachment and the division headquarters will be unprecedentedly close, and in order to better crack down on the devil puppet army, information sharing is inevitable......

In any case, the detachment will not turn blind and deaf in front of the devils......

After these work arrangements were properly made, Zhang Ran inquired about the situation of the team and instructed Kang Ting and others to not only pay close attention to the quality of individual soldiers in training, but also work hard in large-scale operations and coordinated operations!

In the past, when fighting devils, the detachment took the initiative to attack, so the initiative has always been firmly in the hands of the detachment!

In this case, whether to fight or not, the detachment has the final say, and the team's tactical cooperation may not be so important......

But then, if the little devil attacks the base area, the base area must defend the territory and fight, and it will be completely on the passive side!

At this time, the ability to cooperate with team tactics is particularly important!

So now, in this regard, the detachment must work hard to train, otherwise it will be a mess by then......

"Don't worry, Captain, I know this!"

Kang Ting obviously knew this, and said that he had already arranged it, and in the next period of time, team tactics and drills would be the top priority of training......

Zhang Ran nodded, and at the same time a little regretful - now the modification of the tank gun and the towing of the nose of the car have not been developed!

If it is developed, in the teamwork tactical exercise, the first artillery detachment will be directly involved, and the effect may be better when dealing with the little devils on the battlefield at that time......

But now, nothing has come out, and it is useless for him to regret it.

Fortunately, the tank company is now formed and will participate in the team's tactical drills!

With the participation of tanks and armed motorcycles, the detachment has a little bit of the rudiments of a modern army, and it will not be the same as before, when it comes to the battlefield, in the face of the devil's aircraft, artillery and tanks, the detachment is full of infantry, just like adults beating children, being bullied everywhere......

In addition to the first artillery detachment that has not participated in the team's tactical drill, there is actually another team in the detachment that has not participated in the tactical exercise, that is, Jia Quantao's cavalry platoon!

Jia Quantao didn't even attend this meeting!

"People are angry!"

Hearing Zhang Ran ask about Jia Quantao, Kang Ting, thin monkey Shi Yuan and others smiled happily: "Captain, when you brought people back, you let people be cavalrymen, now it's good, the whole cavalry platoon is completely used by you as a communication soldier, Jia Platoon Commander is crazy when he comes back, and now when he sees us, he ignores everyone......

“……”

Hearing this, thinking of the promise he made to Jia Quantao, Zhang Ran also felt a little embarrassed, and said that when he was done with the things in hand, he would find a chance to have a good chat with the other party!

After arranging all the affairs, Zhang Ran picked up the latest structure diagram of the team, and his eyes fell on the tank company and the first artillery detachment, which were newly added to the team, and his happy eyes narrowed into a slit - the Eighth Route Army team in history has never had such a team as the tank company artillery team!

The Eighth Route Army, which has tanks and artillery, tsk......

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