The same thing happened in every village in the base area.

Bags of grain were brought home, patches of fertile land were taken into their own hands, the entire base area was boiling, and everyone was grateful to the new group.

The recruiting office, which was deserted two days ago, suddenly became lively.

At the regimental headquarters of the new regiment in Sanquan Town, the political commissar and the chief of staff appeared in the war room together, with a smile on their faces.

As soon as he saw Wang Ping, the political commissar in charge of recruiting soldiers excitedly reported: "Regiment commander, the enthusiasm of the people in the base area is too high!" I don't know about other places, but a few villages near Sanquan Town alone recruited 173 recruits in two days! ”

"At this rate, a few days later, after the villages are divided into fields and grains, more people will come over to join our Eighth Route Army!"

"I've estimated that if all four towns are combined, we can recruit at least fifteen to two thousand recruits!"

Wang Ping replied with great satisfaction: "Yes, in this case, our new regiment will be full again!" ”

Then he changed his words and continued: "However, in this way, the source of troops in our base area will almost be exhausted. Continuing to recruit here will definitely affect local production. Therefore, I decided to take advantage of the favorable opportunity when the Japanese puppet army in Linfen City changed generals, and the army's morale was unstable and it was impossible to attack us, and we had to expand our base to several surrounding counties! ”

"Look at the map! Behind the four towns we currently occupy, there are exactly four county seats, and all of these counties happen to belong to Linfencheng City. ”

"What's more, because these county towns are not transportation arteries and strategic locations, the Japanese puppet army does not have a lot of troops there, and there is only one devil garrison and one regiment of the puppet army in each county, and most of the troops are stationed in the county seat!"

"A battalion, leave half of the troops to continue to confront the Japanese puppet army in the direction of Linfen City, and the battalion commander Xiong Changhe will take the remaining troops and occupy all the villages and towns in Xiangfen County, south of Linfen, except for the county seat and the surrounding areas!"

"Now is the time when these Japanese puppet troops are grabbing grain in the local area, and I ask the troops to attack quickly, defeat the Japanese puppet army's grain grabbing troops out of the city, and assist the people to keep food. The grain grown by us Chinese can only be eaten by our Chinese soldiers, and must not be given to devils! ”

"In addition, during the troops' attack, the garrison battalion was built for me to be trained and used as the main force!"

"In the end, for every town you occupy, leave a platoon behind and form a real garrison!"

"I demand that a garrison company be formed in every town we occupy, a garrison platoon should be formed in large villages with more than 1,000 people, and guerrilla units should be formed in smaller villages.

"The task of the three battalions is the same, take down Fushan for me...... The fourth battalion took the ancient county...... The second battalion took Hongdong ......"

"Political commissar, you must arrange enough local cadres to cooperate with the main force and form a local government!"

"There are not enough people, and underground party members in these places are directly activated. They are familiar with the local situation, and let them cooperate with the main force to form a local government and completely control these county seats! ”

Although Linfen is large, it is obviously very difficult to feed a new regiment with more and more troops.

Going out and fighting out of Linfen is obviously the best way out for the new group.

As long as the new regiment can take these four county seats, the scope of the base area will be expanded by more than five times at once, and the population of the base area will also be expanded by at least four times.

When the time comes, there will be food, soldiers, everything.

Political Commissar Huang Yuanqiang assured without thinking about it: "Please rest assured, the head of the regiment, there will definitely be no problem on my side!" ”

"If the main force occupies a town, I will arrange cadres to control a town and make them completely our base area!"

Wang Ping immediately shifted his gaze to Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong.

"Chief of Staff, whether it is the garrison battalion that the army is forming or the garrison company that will be formed next, it needs the cooperation of the staff department. All cadres at and above the company level must report to the regimental headquarters. Cadres and garrison troops below the company level can let a few battalion commanders decide for themselves! ”

Zhong Chenggong affirmed: "Rest assured, the regiment commander, the shelves of the garrison camp have been erected. I plan to give each garrison battalion a hundred recruits first, so that the garrison battalion can follow the main force, train while fighting, and expand the troops. When the troops take these four county towns, the four garrison battalions will definitely be fully formed! ”

"In addition, the shelves of the cavalry battalion have been erected, and warriors who can ride horses are being selected among the recruits!"

"The eight captured mountain guns have been sent to the mountain artillery battalion. Our mountain artillery battalion has now formed five mountain artillery companies and 20 mountain artillery guns, which is more generous than the artillery regiments of many troops. Battalion Commander Chen Dong reported that the troops have initially formed combat effectiveness and can participate in the battle at any time! ”

Dengzhuang in Xiangfen County is less than five kilometers away from the control area of the new regiment and one battalion.

In order to prevent the Eighth Route Army from entering Xiangfen, the defenders of Xiangfen County, which had not many troops, directly drew a garrison squadron and two companies of the puppet army, with a total of nearly 400 people stationed here, using the artillery tower and stronghold as fortifications to confront the first battalion.

If the first battalion wants to enter Xiangfen, it must first take Dengzhuang.

After the night covered the land again, the garrison of the puppet army of Deng Zhuang, as usual, divided one-third of its troops to patrol the stronghold and be on guard.

"Baga, there is someone in that direction, shoot immediately!" A devil soldier who was on duty on the roof of the stronghold turret suddenly hid behind the battlement of the turret, pointed to a small gentle slope more than 100 meters outside the stronghold and ordered.

"Da Da Da ......"

A light machine gun opened fire quickly, and the screams of sacrifice sounded more than a hundred meters away.

"Shoot flares!" The leader of the devil squad who heard the news ordered loudly.

"Woooooooooo......oo Boom ......"

An explosion sounded above their heads, and the colony and its surroundings were instantly illuminated by the white light generated by the explosion of the flares, as if it were day.

Without the need for a telescope, the Devil Squad Leader can see the surroundings clearly.

"Baga, it's the Eighth Route Army, why are there so many Eighth Route Army outside the stronghold!" Seeing the Eighth Route Army touching like a wave around the stronghold, Captain Wang Ping's devil squad was frightened and couldn't help but exclaim.

Then he reacted: "Quick, go to the squadron leader immediately, our stronghold has been attacked by the Eighth Route Army, it is the main force of the Eighth Route Army, they want to capture our stronghold!" ”

"All light and heavy machine guns, shoot them right away, block them!"

"Troops enter positions and assist the machine gunners in their counterattack!"

As soon as the order to "boom ......" was given, two cannon shots rang out.

The squad leader's face changed, and he subconsciously threw himself on the ground of the turret, and shouted in a lost voice: "It's shelling, everyone is ...... hidden."

"Boom ......"

The sound of a violent explosion sounded directly in the ears and was deafening.

Not only that, but the turret where he was lying began to tremble in the explosion. Inside the turret, there was also a very painful scream!

"It's infantry artillery, and the Eighth Route Army wants to destroy the turret with infantry artillery...... Contact the mortar squad immediately, counterattack, and take out the infantry artillery of the Eighth Route Army! The squad leader, who was sweating coldly on his forehead, immediately made a judgment.

Immediately afterward, he ordered: "Evacuate the turret immediately." The turret can withstand mortar shelling, but it definitely can't withstand the direct fire of infantry guns! ”

After saying that, the team leader was the first to rush to the stairs!

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