Chapter 514: Liang Shangren's Problem (Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything!) ）

As early as shortly after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Party Central Committee had a relatively sober understanding of the future development of the Eighth Route Army. However, since the fall of Xuzhou, there have been different understandings within the party about the development of the future war situation and the next development direction of the Eighth Route Army.

After occupying Xuzhou and opening up the Jinpu Road, will the Japanese army continue to move south, thus providing the Eighth Route Army with a more favorable space for development behind enemy lines, or will it return the main force to North China to clear the rear and cause greater difficulties in guerrilla warfare?

The judgment of this situation will determine whether or not the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army can seize the opportunity of the development of the base areas and determine the future development of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression behind enemy lines. As early as the beginning of 38, the chairman pointed out in a telegram to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army that the Japanese invading army would never allow the Eighth Route Army to cause it to be restless day and night in its rear, and that it "will soon move its main forces to attack the key points in the inland counties," and that such an attack would be extremely cruel.

As for the future offensive of the Japanese army, the chairman foresaw: "The scale and extent of the Eighth Route Army's mobilization of the masses behind enemy lines and the establishment of anti-Japanese revolutionary base areas will directly affect the ability to resist the Japanese attack in the future."

During the Japanese army's southward invasion of Wuhan and Guangzhou, the chairman's judgment was that the targets of the Japanese army's attack were Wuhan and Guangzhou, so "the guerrilla war in North China was still a favorable opportunity for extensive development." The chairman keenly seized the opportunity of the fighters and took advantage of the fact that the main force of the Japanese army was moving south and the regular Kuomintang army was holding them back, and decisively made the important decision of entering the plains from the mountains of North China to carry out guerrilla warfare.

As for the chairman's decision, in fact, every senior general of the Eighth Route Army has a big question mark in his mind, because since the era of the Red Army, the armed forces led by them have been relying on the mountains to start and eat. In guerrilla warfare in the plains, the cadres lack experience and confidence.

Speaking of this, Ma Zheng had to admire the chairman's foresight; in fact, as early as the Luochuan Conference, the chairman proposed that the Eighth Route Army should adopt the strategic policy of independent guerrilla warfare in the mountains, which included the development of guerrilla warfare in the plains.

The Chairman realized that the mountainous areas, while having the advantage of being suitable for guerrilla warfare, were inferior in terms of product and population to the plains, and that the plains, although the terrain was not conducive to guerrilla warfare, had a much greater material advantage than the mountainous areas. In addition, the compatriots in the occupied areas, who had been slaughtered and ravaged by the Japanese invading army, were eagerly looking forward to the arrival of the anti-Japanese army that could lead them to defend their homeland, and this was a new favorable space for the growth and development of the Eighth Route Army.

Originally, according to the development model of the Eighth Route Army, Ma Zheng should have engaged in guerrilla warfare in the plains with peace of mind. After all, this is based on experience, and there have already been relatively successful practices for human theory, so there is no need for Ma Zheng to take risks for this.

As early as last year, when the anti-siege struggle in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border region was underway, the chairman learned from Nie Rongzhen's telegram that the Japanese troops in the Jizhong Plain were empty, and he immediately sent a telegram to Zhu De and Ren Bishi, proposing that the 129th Division and Nie Rongzhen's unit each send a detachment to the plain area east of the Pinghan Railway to carry out guerrilla operations in an exploratory manner, and the results were very good.

However, Ma Zheng knew that guerrilla warfare on the plains was not something that could be carried out if he wanted to, and he needed a large number of people to believe in the army and help the army. At the same time, guerrilla warfare on the plains still has many shortcomings, and in the face of such a ferocious beast force as the Japanese army, they will be angry with the common people if they cannot find the Eighth Route Army, so every time the Japanese puppet army sweeps up, there will be a miserable scene in the base area where every family wears linen and wears filial piety, and the dead carry coffins in villages and villages.

Therefore, Ma Zheng decided not to engage in simple guerrilla warfare on the plains, but to move large-scale positional warfare to the plains, and he wanted to use guerrilla warfare to drag down the Japanese army, and then use positional warfare to completely destroy the enemy. Isn't it impossible for little devils to fight guerrillas, then I will still defeat you in positional warfare, so that you can't raise your head in all aspects.

Yanggu County's geographical location is very important, and it also has resources such as coal, which are urgently needed by the Japanese army. Even in order to recover Yanggu County, the Japanese army paid a lot of price, so they will definitely not give up Yanggu County. In the near future, the Japanese army will inevitably send an elite force to take over the defense of Yanggu County, which is inevitable.

Although Ma Zheng would not occupy Yanggu County, he did not plan to let the Japanese army enter Yanggu County. Yanggu County is a bait for fishing in Ma Zheng's eyes, whether you can catch little devils, and how many little devils you can catch depends on whether this bait in Yanggu County is enough.

The reason for not occupying Yanggu County is that Ma Zheng does not want to become a living target for the entire Shandong Japanese army, but it is still possible to quietly attack the Japanese army. Anyway, his troops are now scattered all over Luxi, and they quickly hide after the battle, and it will take some time for the Japanese army to find them. Maybe when they know who can beat them, Ma Zheng's strength will be enough to compete with the little devils in Shandong.

After discussion, Ma Zheng decided to send an infantry regiment to Song Village, Dingshui Town, north of Yanggu County. Song Village is divided into the former Song Village and the Later Song Village, these two villages have a characteristic, that is, they are relatively close to the traffic artery, and the Japanese troops from Liaocheng must pass through here.

Ma Zheng was ready to send a force here to be ruthless to the Japanese puppet army who came to take over the defense, so that the fathers and villagers in Yanggu County would know that although the Huyan family had withdrawn, it did not mean that the Chinese had given up here. There is also an army and its leaders who remember them and care about them.

It was already evening when Liang Shangren led the 1st Brigade and 1st Regiment of the Independent Division to Songcun, and according to the information sent back by the intelligence officers, the Japanese army did not send many troops this time, only less than a reinforced infantry squadron, but it was very well equipped, in addition to a cavalry squad, there were two combat vehicles. Not to mention the stragglers of the Huyan family, even Ma Zheng's department will suffer a big loss before they are prepared.

That's why Ma Zheng asked Liang Shangren to come over in advance to make some necessary preparations, Song Village was originally a big village in Dingshui Town, but since the devil came, Song Village has suffered a lot. The Japanese army has garrisoned Songcun three times, and each time Songcun has to experience a catastrophe.

So far, 21 young men have been killed and 65 people have been taken away as strong men, and there has been no news of them so far. Therefore, since then, the villagers of Song Village have fled to other places as long as they are able, and a prosperous village in the former Nuoda is now a barren and dead silence.

Liang Shangren was silent for a while after hearing the news from the scouts, since the little devils invaded China, how many ancient cities have been slaughtered, even the historical city of Nanjing has not been spared, and there are so many small villages like Song Village in the whole of China.

Liang Shangren knew that his ability was limited now, not to mention that he was a small acting brigade commander, even in his eyes, a god-like commander was helpless in the face of a large number of well-equipped Japanese, and it was impossible for him, the acting brigade commander, to rescue all the people in the country. can't save so many people across the country, but Liang Shangren is confident that he can save the entire Dingshui Town and Yanggu County.

The 1st Brigade and 1st Regiment is the first fully equipped infantry regiment established by the Independent Division, and although the equipment of the whole regiment is varied, and there is no artillery support, it is also the main regiment equipped with more than 2,000 long and short guns, not to mention that almost all the officers of the 1st Regiment are veterans who came from the Suicha Military Region with Ma Zheng, and they have very rich combat experience, so the combat effectiveness of the 1st Regiment can be regarded as relatively strong among the regiments of the Independent Division.

What's more, the Japanese army only has one reinforced squadron, even if it is equipped with chariots and cavalry, but the total strength is only more than 350 people. However, the first regiment has more than 2,300 people, more than 7 times the strength of the Japanese army, and Liang Shangren believes that he is 7 times the strength of the Japanese army, and he will definitely be able to kill this group of bitches.

But the two tanks of the Japanese army were not easy to deal with, let alone a group, even the entire independent division did not have a single artillery that could deal with the tanks, and God did not forget to hide a sharp steel needle in it when he sent a piece of tempting bread to a group, which could pose a big problem for Liang Shangren. (To be continued.) )