If we look at the comparison of military strength, the occupation of China seems to be effortless, but the Japanese are completely unaware that it is not only the army that stands in the way of the Japanese army, but also the 450,000 indomitable Chinese. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the capture of Wuhan, not only did the course of the war far exceed the Japanese Government's expectations, the contradictions between human and material resources became more and more prominent, but the flames of resistance of the Chinese people became more and more intense, and the Chinese National Government did not give in.

With the passage of time, it was almost impossible to end the war quickly with the Chinese nation, which was increasingly in the mood for the War of Resistance against Japan, on the vast continent with the limited strength of the Japanese army. And the elongation of the battle line and the dispersion of troops have also exposed their weaknesses.

It only occupies large and medium-sized cities, can only maintain the line of communication, and can only guarantee the occupation of the point line. The millions of Japanese troops were spread over a vast area of occupation, and on average they were pitifully few.

It was precisely this kind of weakness that was exposed that made the early stage of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression a golden period in which the anti-Japanese armed forces developed behind enemy lines and a large number of anti-Japanese base areas appeared.

It was not only the Eighth Route Army that went to North China to implement the strategy behind enemy lines, and successively established base areas such as Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, Southwestern Shanxi, Shanxi-Hebei-Henan, and Northwest Shanxi, recovering a large area of the country; In addition, nearly 30 divisions of the Nationalist Government stranded behind enemy lines are also carrying out guerrilla operations and recovering the country's territory, mainly in northern Henan, southern Hebei, and central Hebei in North China, and Taihang Mountain and Jicha in Shanxi. Northwest Shandong in East China, Taiyi Mountain in Southern Shandong, and mountainous areas near the junction of northern Jiangsu and Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi close to the traffic line.

After the Nanyue Military Conference in 1938, the status of guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines in the overall strategy of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was unprecedentedly enhanced, and the Nationalist Government successively dispatched 30 additional divisions to the battlefields behind enemy lines. In addition to these regular armies, the Kuomintang also controlled a large number of miscellaneous armed forces such as "irregular armies appointed by the central government or theater regions" and "local armed forces" in the battlefield behind enemy lines.

Similarly, the Kuomintang also established a large number of anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines in the early stage of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Including: Taihang Mountain Southeastern Base Area, Zhongtiao Mountain Base Area, Luliang Mountain Base Area, Wutai Mountain Base Area, Hengshan Base Area, Southeast Shandong and Yimeng Mountain, Rizhao Mountain Base Area, Dabie Mountain Base Area, West Zhejiang Base Area, and Base Areas in Eastern Anhui, Northern Anhui and Eastern Hubei Province......

It can be seen that in the middle and early stages of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, both the Kuomintang and Communist armies discovered the weakness of the scattered Japanese forces, attached importance to guerrilla warfare, and regained the occupied areas behind enemy lines, and achieved great results.

In a big city, there is a brigade, a squadron in a medium-sized town, and a small county town has only one squad or dozens of devils, and the rest of the garrison is a puppet army several times larger than that of devils.

This was the Japanese occupation of most of the occupied areas at that time, but there were also some special ones, such as Suzhou, because it was close to the Jinpu line, it was an area with more devil troops.

Although Yang Tianfeng was not ready to lay the foundation for all of Suzhou, just to lay the foundation for the future attack on the Jinpu line, the big battle with the devil was inevitable, and he was fully prepared and made a careful plan.

Guo Songlin's detachment first entered Suixi and Xiao County, and cooperated with the Miyayama brigade to create momentum to contain and attract the enemy in Suzhou. And the troops led by Yang Tianfeng will be the main force of the attack.

In order to consolidate the strategic location of Xuzhou, the Japanese army strictly controlled the Suzhou area, and built no less than 100 strongholds in the territory.

With regard to these strongholds and artillery towers, the guerrilla forces, lacking heavy weapons, were naturally powerless and allowed to go unpunished. But for the three verticals, it is a living coffin that breaks through and gathers the enemy one by one. Of course, the steel fist can destroy the turret, but it is dangerous to shoot at close range, and Yang Tianfeng will not take this way if there is no way. In this eastward advance, the 3rd Column carried another offensive weapon, the 92nd Infantry Gun.

In the previous anti-sweeping operation, the three columns completely annihilated two groups of the enemy, ambushed the enemy's cavalry squad transporting baggage, and captured four infantry guns that were destroyed before the devil's annihilation, as well as a lot of artillery shells. After patchwork and repair, there were three of these guns that could be flattened and curved.

The Type 92 infantry gun is a very excellent weapon in the Japanese army's weapons and equipment, known as "one inch short, one inch dangerous". It was an "ideal" infantry battalion support weapon in the thirties and forties of the twentieth century.

First of all, its full weight is only 0.212 tons, therefore, the requirements for transportation are low, and in the absence of vehicles, untrained animal or human power can be towed forward. Coupled with the fact that it can be dismantled and transported, the requirements for road conditions in the war zone are almost reduced to a minimum.

Secondly, the Type 92 infantry gun can withstand a relatively large range of firing angle adjustment, and flexibly apply the firing angle, especially the elevation angle that is said to be more than 80 degrees. Therefore, the Type 92 infantry gun can shoot at almost all types of targets: flat fire can be used as a cannon, which is enough to deal with civil fortifications and masonry fortifications, although the muzzle velocity of the shell is a little lower, but it is still powerful enough to hit unprotected vehicles and armored vehicles; The curved shot can also be used as a howitzer (it was originally a howitzer); It can be used as a mortar when firing at large elevation angles.

In particular, it is worth mentioning that the Type 92 infantry gun itself is ultra-light, and the shells fired are not light at all. The high-explosive shell weighs 3.8 kilograms, which is on the same level as the high-explosive shells of ordinary 75 mm barreled guns and 80 mm mortars. This gave the Type 92 infantry gun a relatively high power (relative to caliber and weight).

The use of any weapon depends on the actual situation and is not a panacea. If the devils built reinforced concrete turrets and pillboxes, although the 92 infantry guns could fire directly, their initial velocity was low, and their destructive power was still limited.

However, in order to get fast, the devils may also have insufficient materials, or they are bullying the anti-Japanese armed forces without heavy weapons, and most of the strongholds built on the land of China are brick and stone and wood structures, and even many are rammed earth structures.

Under the guidance and cooperation of the local anti-Japanese forces, Yang Tianfeng led three detachments to suddenly dispatch on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and after attacking and occupying Baishan Town, they opened the gate to Su County. The troops made rapid progress, and in one day and one night, they besieged the most important stronghold west of Suxian County -- Sipu Town, even the four small strongholds of Duansungang, Zhengxiang Caowei, Zhangzhuang, and Zhujiagang.

As the western barrier of Su County, there is a devil squad in the stronghold of Sipu Township, more than 200 puppet soldiers, and the defense facilities are also very strong. However, for the three detachments with 92 infantry guns, 82 mortars, steel fists, and grenade launchers, if they attacked with all their might, it was actually not difficult to capture them in one day.

But Yang Tianfeng had other plans. (To be continued.) )