The next day, Ou Biaofei, who was stationed in Banqiaoji, received an urgent telegram from the regimental headquarters, asking his third battalion to immediately withdraw north and assemble at the regimental headquarters in Wangjiadian, and as for the defense of Banqiaoji, it was temporarily handed over to the Banqiaoji militia squadron. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Some time ago, because the 16 th Regiment won the battle, the weapons and ammunition seized were relatively sufficient, and at the suggestion of Liu Tianshu, it not only formed an independent battalion, but also formed a militia squadron in the six towns of Banqiaoji, Sanguba, Wangjiadian, Maowan Town, Sujiatang and Majiaji, which was equivalent to a company-level organization, and also formed a militia brigade in Wangjiadian with more than 300 soldiers.

According to Liu Tianshu, in addition to those who entered the main force, the original district squadrons and so on were all incorporated into militia squadrons and militia brigades, and each squadron was responsible for the vigilance, public security, emergency rescue, and so on in their respective areas.

Subsequently, militia squads were formed in each village, which were directly led by the party branch of each village.

That is to say, the militia brigades, militia squadrons, and militia squads in the base areas are all directly under the leadership of the local party organizations; of course, Liu Tianshu specially selected soldiers from the reconnaissance company to provide guidance for their training, mainly laying mines, seizing the opportunity to attack the enemy, and organizing the transfer of villagers from their own villages or towns during wartime, and so on.

In accordance with the instructions of his superiors, Guo Sizhong concurrently served as secretary of the party committee of the base area, and at the suggestion of Liu Tianshu, the base area set up an emergency response leading group, headed by Guo Sizhong, and according to the situation in each village and town, the leading group formulated emergency plans for dealing with the sweeps at the level of the Japanese army's brigade, the wing level, and the level of the wing and above.

At this time, it was determined that the Japanese army's sweep would be above the scale of the wing, and after discussing with Guo Sizhong and Deputy Regiment Commander Liu, Liu Tianshu decided to officially launch the plan, and the militia county brigade, district squadron, and village squad immediately began to prepare for war.

The Banqiaoji militia squadron took over the defense of the three battalions and began to deploy sentries in the key places of Banqiaoji, and at the same time, the militia of various villages began to collect mines in Banqiaoji.

Soon after, after the detachment received a report from the detachment that the base area of the Eighth Route Army in North China had set off a nationwide movement to create mines by soil law, which had brought a serious threat to the devils' sweeping base areas, Liu Tianshu immediately realized the great significance of landmines in the anti-sweeping operation.

After all, with him, a college student who understands the principles of landmines, the miniature arsenal under the logistics department quickly trained a group of mine-making technicians, and after these technicians went down to give guidance, the major towns in the base areas began to organize people to learn how to build mines by hand.

It's just that these mines, after testing, were all stored in a centralized manner and were not issued.

For example, in Banqiaoji, a batch of mines learned by the people in the base area were stored, and of course, five of the captured Japanese mines were also placed in Banqiaoji.

With Liu Tianshu's order, the entire base area began to prepare for the sweep of the devils, and after the third battalion was ordered to concentrate in Wangjiadian, the first battalion and the fourth battalion also began to assemble their teams.

As for the artillery battalions, they are even more nervously preparing for a big war. Artillery batteries, scattered to the battalions, were also rebuilt. Even the independent battalion was ordered to begin assembling.

At the headquarters of the Wangjiadian regiment, Liu Tianshu began to calculate the troops in his hand.

Because the first battalion is far away in Zhangbaling, it is not suitable to withdraw to the base area at present, so it can only gather its orders in that area. The 2nd Battalion is now concentrated at Wild Boar Ridge and Sanguba, the 3rd Battalion has returned to the regimental headquarters to join the artillery battalion, and the 4th Battalion has also assembled and stood by except for one company that remained behind to guard Majiaji.

The independent battalion, under the leadership of the battalion commander Qin Yonghe, has completed the assembly in Maowan Town.

In this way, except for the devils who are temporarily unreliable in the first battalion and the fourth battalion leaving a company to monitor the devils in Linshan County, he can concentrate four infantry battalions and an artillery battalion in his hands, plus the regimental headquarters guard company and reconnaissance company, and the combat strength in his hands is close to 3,000.

Of course, just looking at the comparison of troops, they are at an absolute disadvantage, but the devil is sweeping the base area, it is the robbers who break into the homeland, and they will not get the support of the villagers, and they are fighting on the inside line, and they can get the strong support of the villagers, in addition, there are about 1,000 militia active in the base area, although their combat effectiveness is not strong, but they are familiar with the situation, as long as they use their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, they will definitely bring great trouble to the devils.

However, what Liu Tianshu is most worried about is that the devil can get air support from aircraft, and at the same time, there are heavy weapons such as mountain artillery.

It can be said that as long as their troops engage in a head-to-head exchange of fire with the devils, the devils can summon planes to carry out air strikes and easily defeat themselves with powerful firepower.

When the main force of the 138th Wing of the Japanese Army rushed to the east of Wild Boar Ridge, and when the two brigades of the 133rd Wing approached the edge of the base area from the north, Liu Tianshu notified the regimental headquarters of Xie Pingcai, the commander of the second battalion, Ou Biaofei, the commander of the third battalion, Kang Shuidong, the commander of the fourth battalion, Qin Yonghe, the commander of the independent battalion, and Wu Pingzhong, the commander of the artillery battalion.

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to the information obtained, the devils have concentrated the strength of five brigades this time, and divided the west and north roads to sweep our base area, in order to smash the devil's sweep this time, after consulting the superiors, it was decided that the 16th regiment would temporarily stay in the base area to fight. Let's see, this is the enemy's current position, let's talk about it, how to fight this battle? After Liu Tianshu made a brief opening remarks, he pointed to the map and introduced the current location of the three brigades of Matsushita Shinyuki and the location of the two brigades of the 133rd Wing.

Seeing that the three brigades in the west were approaching the Wild Boar Ridge, and the two brigades in the north had been approached less than thirty miles away from Maowan Town, the battalion commanders present were all thinking nervously.

"Regiment commander, the two brigades of the 133rd Wing are approaching our base in two large armies, and the distance between the two is only five miles. The 138th Wing, on the other hand, is a battalion step by step, preparing to drive our second battalion out of the Wild Boar Ridge Mountains first, and then encircle it. Xie Ping only saw the devil's arrangement, and his heart began to be difficult.

His company stayed at Boar Ridge and naturally knew the situation of the 138th Wing very well. After the troops of Matsushita Nobuyuki reoccupied the Baisha stronghold, they immediately advanced steadily along the Baisha line, and according to the fighters of the reconnaissance platoon, the Japanese advanced on the scale of a squadron, and the squadron was separated by only five miles, and there was a brigade as a reserve behind it.

That is, Nobuyuki Matsushita sent six squadrons at once, opened a long battle line along the boar ridge, and slowly advanced forward.

Xie Ping saw that the enemy was too close, and his company was almost surrounded by enemies on the left and right as soon as he made a slight contact with the enemy, but fortunately, Zuo Guanglong, the commander of the first company, saw that the situation was wrong and immediately retreated, which did not let the devil's conspiracy succeed.

"Battalion Commander Xie was right, his company launched a tentative attack on all the enemy who entered the Boar Ridge, and the devils on both flanks quickly pounced. Moreover, all the people in the front of this sweep are devils, and the Imperial Allied Army is only responsible for logistics support and maintaining order. Liu Tianshu added on the side.

Qin Yonghe stared at the map with both eyes, thinking nervously in his mind, and after a while, he looked at Liu Tianshu and said: "Commander, I calculated carefully, although the devils have tens of thousands of horses, it is not easy to surround us, and as long as the devils in the east do not move, he will drive us out of this land at most." Does the devil have other ideas? ”

The devils in the east have not been abnormal until now, and Liu Tianshu also feels strange, after all, if you want to encircle it, you have to send troops from all sides, and it is impossible to surround the sixteen regiments just from the west and north.

"What Battalion Commander Qin said is not unreasonable, it's just that the devils in the east have not moved for the time being, while the devils in the west and north are murderous. Of course, we will also pay special attention to the devils in the east. Liu Tianshu nodded.

Subsequently, everyone discussed word by word for a long time, and decided to use guerrilla warfare as the mainstay, supplemented by movement warfare, to meet the enemy's sweep.

After all, the base area is so large, and it is impossible for the devils to forcibly occupy all the base areas with this little force, as long as the devils divide their troops, they can find the enemy's flaws.

However, you can't let the devil's movement be too comfortable.

"Second battalion commander, your second battalion is a company unit to resist the enemy who enters the Wild Boar Ridge one by one, but you must not fight hard with the devil, just beat him from afar, and the rest of the troops will retreat to Qinglong Mountain north of Wangjiadian to assemble. Commander of the third battalion, your battalion immediately went north and waited for orders in the mountains east of Maowan Town, while the artillery battalion, independent battalion, and fourth battalion were waiting for their orders in Wangjiadian for the time being. Political Commissar Guo ordered the militia to launch an uninterrupted attack on the enemy at night from the day the devils stepped into the base area, and at the same time lay mines on the path that the devils must pass. In addition, the medical staff of the logistics department, the arsenal and the field hospital were temporarily evacuated to the east of Liuzhuang to join the 1st battalion. Finally, Liu Tianshu gave an order in a deep voice.

According to the plan he discussed with Guo Sizhong and Deputy Regiment Commander Liu, he was responsible for commanding the troops to counter-sweep, Political Commissar Guo was responsible for organizing the transfer of villagers and the guerrilla warfare of the militia, and Deputy Regiment Commander Liu was responsible for commanding Ma Jiaji's militia and the four battalions and three companies to monitor the enemy in the east.

Nobuyuki Matsushita's 138th Wing adopted the method of steady advance, and although the speed was very slow, it took five days to successfully drive out the New Fourth Army operating in Wild Boar Ridge.

It's just that the Wild Boar Ridge is vast and sparsely populated, and after the Japanese army crossed the Wild Boar Ridge, the militia active in the local area quietly appeared again and launched an attack on the logistics line of the 138th Wing.

When Nobuyuki Matsushita got the news, he just smiled darkly, and then commanded the troops to start advancing towards the Santani Dam.

When Nobuyuki Matsushita occupied Santanaba, the two brigades of Saburo Ishitani's 133rd Wing in the north also arrived in Maowan Town.

Probably after entering the base area, Ishitani Saburo's troops not only did not suffer from the attack of the New Fourth Army, but even the common people ran away, and after his troops occupied Maowan Town, they immediately set up the headquarters of the wing in Maowan Town, and at the same time the troops temporarily rested in Maowan Town. (To be continued.) )