In order to squeeze the space for the guerrillas of the New Fourth Army to operate, the Japanese army in southern Anhui built a large number of artillery towers in various counties, and then used these artillery towers as fulcrums, supplemented by several hundred kilometers of trenches and highways, to divide the entire guerrilla area into countless small pieces, thus causing great difficulties for the guerrillas of the New Fourth Army to infiltrate and carry out their activities.

This is the masterpiece of the old devil Okamura Ninji.

I have to say that Okamura Ningji, the old devil, is still a bit level.

Two years after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese army had occupied a large part of China's territory in Northern, Eastern, and Central China, and as the area of the occupied areas continued to expand and the population continued to increase, the law and order in the occupied areas began to fetter and more fetters to the Japanese army, especially the guerrillas led by the Communist Party, causing great trouble to the Japanese army.

In order to deal with the ubiquitous and ever-present sparrow warfare of the guerrillas, the commanders of the various armies and group armies of Little Japan also had very different response strategies.

The new commander of the North China Front, Tada, responded with the Sanguang policy.

The so-called three-light policy is to kill people when they see them, rob things when they see them, and burn all those that can't be taken away

Tadajun's three-light policy caused great disasters to the innocent civilians in North China, but the barbaric atrocities of Little Japan did not frighten the Chinese, and in the face of the Japanese butcher's knife, the common people in North China strengthened their determination to resist, and the Eighth Route Army also ushered in a historical opportunity for great development.

Only a year later, the Eighth Route Army was even capable of launching a large-scale strategic counteroffensive, which was the Battle of the Hundred Regiments.

Regarding the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, some say that it was a strategic advance, and some say that it was during the most arduous and darkest period of the eight-year War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression that injected a shot in the arm for the Chinese military and people.

It can be seen that Tada's three-light policy is extremely unsuccessful.

In contrast, Okamura Ninji is much smarter than Tada.

Okamura knew that a policy of genocide against the Han Chinese was doomed to failure.

The Han people have stood in the East for 2,000 years, and have faced the threat of genocide countless times, but the enemies of the Han have not succeeded once, whether it is the Wuhu rebellion, or the southward movement of Mongolia, or the countercurrent of the Manchu Qing, they can enslave the Han people for a hundred or even two hundred years, but never want to destroy the Han people.

By Zuihou, these aliens were either assimilated or driven back to their habitats.

Therefore, Okamura Ninji is more inclined to implement a policy of softness towards China and divide it up.

Okamura did not pursue the three-light policy, but he built a large number of artillery towers, trenches, and roads in the areas controlled by the First Army, and through these turrets, trenches, and roads, he divided the areas of activity of the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, and the guerrillas, compressed their living space, and at the same time divided the common people in the occupied areas.

This was the prototype of the infamous cage policy, far from perfect, but already showing its power.

Under the squeeze of these artillery towers, trenches, and highways built by the Japanese army, the New Fourth Army and guerrillas operating in southern Anhui clearly felt the pressure, and in the face of the "moderate" and "indiscriminate" Japanese army, the simple nature of the Chinese people was fully exposed, and they were not very willing to join the New Fourth Army and fight against small Japan.

Faced with this grim situation, the New Fourth Army launched a large-scale sabotage operation.

The 19th Detachment of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in Southern Anhui also participated in the operation at the invitation of the New Fourth Army.

After several months of sabotage operations, the Japanese artillery towers in Qingyang County, which is adjacent to Longkou, were greatly damaged, and the anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui had to look farther to the periphery.

However, the 5th Brigade also ran too far this time.

After more than three months of brutal training, Gao Shenxing decided to conduct a formal assessment of the 5th Brigade.

In order to make this assessment as difficult as possible, Gao Shenxing asked Gu Yaqin to find a map, and then dragged the sick body that had not yet healed, and drew a marching curve on the hospital bed.

The final point of this curve is the No. 19 Turret in Tongling County

Then, Gao Shenxing gave a deadline for completing the assessment, which was only seven days

The numbering of the artillery towers in Tongling County is made up from the inside out, the closer to the county seat, the smaller the number, the 19th artillery tower is already on the edge of the Japanese-occupied area, because it is close to the guerrilla zone, so the 19th artillery tower has very strict vigilance measures, in addition to a squad of Japanese troops stationed for a long time, there is also a whole platoon of puppet troops.

There is a small river on the periphery of the 19th turret, the whole river flows through the north and east of the turret in a zigzag shape, and then flows to the south, becoming the natural moat of the turret, and the small Japanese recruit the people to dig a trench in the west, and introduce the river water, the 19th turret becomes a fortress surrounded by the river on all sides, which can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack.

It was already late at night, and the two puppet soldiers standing guard by the river had already taken refuge in the sentry box.

The weather had turned cold, the river was so cold that it froze people, and the two puppet soldiers in charge of the guard never thought that the guerrillas could swim across the river, not to mention that even if there were guerrillas swimming from the other side of the river, they would never be able to escape the searchlights on the top of the turret, which could shine all the time around the turret.

The two puppet armies would never have imagined that someone would really come from across the river.

The snow-bright searchlight shone from the top of the turret, illuminating the surface of the river, which was calm and waveless, only a few reeds swaying gently in the wind, and the searchlight stayed for a moment, and then turned away, almost at the same time as the searchlight turned away, the few reeds swaying in the wind began to move towards the opposite bank in an extremely strange way.

A few minutes later, the reeds were on the other side.

Immediately after, a black head emerged silently from the river.

Then came the second, third, fourth, fifth, and five people.

Li Mu poked out half of his head from the river, looked back at the four teammates behind him, Yan Laosi, Wang Yidao, calf and Er, the river water was cold and biting, if it wasn't for the bayonet in his mouth, Li Mu's two rows of teeth were very likely to fight, Yan Laosi They are similar, in the end, they are also flesh and blood.

In this formal assessment, Gao Shenxing gave the 5th Brigade a problem.

On the contrary, Gao Shenxing drew this interspersed curve in a densely populated place, not only passing through two large market towns on the way, but also passing through a full twelve blockades, and the 5th Brigade was not allowed to use force to force its way through.

Before reaching the destination, as long as you shoot, you will be declared a failure of this assessment.

As an elite special forces, Gao Shenxing knows that the essence of special operations is to arrive quietly and strike suddenly

Special operations have no front, no rear, no foreign aid, no internal response, and even no hope, the only thing they can rely on is themselves, as long as the guns are fired, as a result, there will only be two, one is the failure of the operation, the loss of the opportunity to continue the operation, and the other is the success of the operation.

In order to cross the blockade of Little Japan, the 5th Brigade spent a lot of time.

By the time Li Mu and the others tried their best to lurk near the No. 19 Artillery Tower in Tongling County, the time was already one day of the seven-day assessment period.

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He Luozi is the platoon commander of the puppet army stationed in the No. 19 artillery tower.

Because of the cold weather, the widow who was with him went back to her parents' house, and He went to bed early.

In each artillery tower, the Japanese soldiers generally slept on the top floor of the turret, while the puppet army generally slept in collective dormitories, except for the platoon commander who had a separate bunk, and the big soldiers below the squad leader could only sleep in the big bunks.

He Luozi woke up from a daze, and suddenly felt that something was stuffed in his mouth, so he instinctively reached out to take out the stuffed things in his mouth, but found that his hands couldn't move, He Luozi immediately woke up, and when he was about to turn over and sit up, he found that the whole person was tied to the bunk.

Thankfully, the blindfold was not obtained.

Therefore, He Luozi saw a surprised scene.

The brazier in the dormitory had been erected, the charcoal fire inside was blazing, and five strangers were sitting around the brazier, roasting the fire while drinking wine and eating canned beef. Are they the National Army, or the New Fourth Army? Or bandits? And how did they get in?

Looking around, He Luzi was surprised to find that more than 30 people in the platoon were all tied to the bunk like him, except for the head, all other parts could not move, and their mouths were stuffed with their own broken socks, all of them could not make a sound, and they had all woken up one by one, staring at them with big eyes.