The Japanese army swallowed China in order to whale.

In addition, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army encountered stubborn resistance from the Nationalist troops on the frontal battlefield in Songhu, Nanjing and other places.

From north to south, the arrogant plan to destroy China in three months has completely failed.

As the battle lines between China and Japan were constantly lengthened, Japan's domestic supplies gradually became scarce, and in addition, the logistical supply became more and more difficult, and the devils were gradually dragged out and had to adopt a protracted fighting method of fighting to feed the war.

For example, in North China, after the Japanese army captured a certain place.

For some remote villages, the Japanese army will not choose a place to be stationed for a long time, and will directly carry out armed plunder.

The peasants were robbed of all their supplies and food.

What's more, they have even directly implemented the brutal and inhumane three-light policy, and carried out violent acts such as burning, killing, and looting all the light in remote villages.

For the main counties and towns where they have been stationed for a long time, the attitude of the devils is diametrically opposite.

The Japanese military government even formulated a series of laws on land to urge the Chinese people to help the Japanese army grow crops and supply military rations.

Therefore, in the occupied areas where the Japanese army controlled relatively solidly, under the management of the Japanese army, there was also a large amount of farmland planted by the common people.

Of course.

After all the crops in these fields were harvested, the grain obtained was basically owned by the Japanese army.

The devil's exorbitant taxes on the Chinese people in the occupied areas can be regarded as a disguised labor exploitation and material plunder.

In a considerable number of occupied areas, the Japanese army quickly built up agricultural groups and agricultural environments in a short period of time.

to stabilize the relative stability of the occupied zone over a long period of time.

Even a relatively lenient land policy is offered.

It also came up with the conditions that were very tempting for the farmers:

For example, in one case, a loan of 30 yuan was given to each peasant household for expenses such as the purchase of seeds, and after the loan was repaid within three years, the land was completely owned by the peasants.

Therefore, many farmers who want to have enough to eat have responded to the policy.

But this is not the case when the policy is actually implemented.

Since the Japanese puppet regime had no intention of investing money and materials at all, the so-called loan policy was basically dry thunder and no rain.

In the end, the people were fooled into reclaiming the wasteland, but they were unwilling to give the people the slightest loan help and material support.

The peasants looted by the Japanese army were already destitute, and the wasteland they had opened up was powerless and had no funds to improve.

Even crop seedlings, vegetable seeds, etc., farmers cannot afford to buy them.

Under such a vicious circle, not only can the existing wasteland not be improved, but even a large amount of farmland and arable land has gradually become abandoned land because of the war.

The crops thus grown are becoming less and less, and the burden on the people everywhere is becoming more and more serious, and the people are miserable.

The Japanese army also did not receive the expected food and supplies, and then came up with various ways to keep the war going by constantly plundering the occupied areas.

One of the most typical is the self-made monetary policy of the devil.

What does it mean?

In the area occupied by the Japanese army, the devils created a control currency.

Issuing and producing their own currency, limited to the occupied areas, and formulating corresponding currency rules, forcing the common people to circulate and use it.

The Japanese military government can print and cast at will, take the so-called day tickets that have no actual value, and "plunder" the materials in the hands of the people.

And the devil is not afraid of the collapse of the monetary system at all.

There is no need to worry about affecting Japan's domestic monetary system.

Because the little devils don't use the same currency at all.

It's a big deal, it's going to collapse and start over!

This is also why, taking the enemy-occupied areas around the team in front of you as an example, the credibility of the border area ticket is much more reliable than the daily ticket in the hearts of the people.

Through this series of means, the Japanese army has actually turned the occupied areas into colonies that constantly provide war energy for their aggression.

But as time passed, the Japanese army would inevitably suffer the consequences.

In the occupied areas, the supply of supplies to the Japanese troops was constantly decreasing.

In addition, the drought has been severe in recent years, and the logistics supply of the First Army stationed in Shanxi has become more and more scarce.

Because after learning that a large number of farmland had been cultivated by a detachment and a large number of crops had been planted, the first army of devils immediately shifted their attention.

"Devouring the Starry Sky: Signing in to Become a God"

Taiyuan City.

The headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army in Shanxi.

Yoshio Shinozuka, the old devil commander who was staring at the farmland in the base area of the Eighth Route Army, was asking about the situation:

"In the area targeted by the ministries, are the crops planted by the soldiers and civilians of the Eighth Route Mobilization almost ripe?"

Bei Chuan, the chief of staff of the devil who knew the situation, replied on the map: "General, according to our intelligence investigation, recently, here, here, and a large number of crops planted on the wasteland cultivated by the Eighth Road have reached the time when they can be harvested. ”

"And Balu is very experienced in farming, their farmland does not seem to be greatly affected by the drought, the crops on the farmland are growing strongly, and the harvest will definitely not be bad!"

Yoshio Shinozuka nodded, and when he heard the facts, he actually sighed with some emotion: "These Eighth Route Army are really difficult to deal with.

Their will to fight was extremely tenacious, and under the dual blockade of our army's military and economic blockade, they still insisted on being the enemy of our great Japanese empire, despite the hardships of life.

Now the Eighth Road has reclaimed the wasteland and planted the farmland by itself.

Once the harvest is smooth, the problem of eating can basically be solved.

And once these eight roads are fed, will there be a day of peace in this occupied area? ”

Beichuan said: "So, general, it is imperative to crack down on the autumn harvest operation of the Eighth Road, and the recent shortage of military food supply for our army can take this opportunity to loot the autumn harvest grain of the Eighth Road to fill the shortage." ”

"That's exactly what I wanted!" Yoshio Shinozuka said.

The two old devils then got to the point, and calculated the plan of how to loot the autumn harvest grain of the Eight Roads.

The intelligence department of the devil is also capable of not being underestimated.

The map presented in front of the two old devils at this moment marked all the farmland distribution in the base areas of the Eighth Route Army that the Japanese army had explored a large number during this time.

Even down to some acres of land as small as one or two acres.

"General, the above is the distribution of crops planted by the Eighth Route Army in the entire Taihang area, as investigated by the intelligence department of the National Army.

Among them, the Eighth Route Army has reclaimed the most wasteland, and the best crop growth this year is none other than the First Independent Detachment of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi Province.

In addition, the area of the guerrilla area of the Eighth Route Army is now expanding more and more, and it has even covered the entire northward gateway of Taihang.

If our army wants to sabotage the autumn harvest of the Eighth Route Army, the defense area of the Eighth Route Army will never be able to bypass it. ”

"Around? Why go around? ”

Yoshio Shinozuka's expression turned cold, "The first anti-Japanese detachment in the northwest of Shanxi led by Kong Jie was still an inconspicuous ordinary combat regiment of the Eighth Route Army two years ago.

Kong Jie is also an ordinary general who is not famous.

But then, in less than two years, starting from the Battle of Cangyunling, he knocked out the headquarters of the Bantian Wing with one shot, united many main regiments of the Eighth Route Army, and even involved the Jin Sui Army, and finally defeated the Bantian Wing.

This Kong Jie began to appear in the field of vision of our army.

Then it was like a flood bursting the embankment, and it was out of control!

I don't know how many times our First Army was planted in the hands of this Kong Jie.

Even Yamamoto-kun is planted in the hands of this Kong Jie, and this person's difficulty is really a headache.

I also conducted a number of combat operations against Kong Jie's troops.

As a result, Kong Jie was not eliminated, not to mention, but the independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army grew stronger and stronger, until today's first detachment of resistance against Japan in the northwest of Shanxi.

Even the mountainous area of Zhongtiao was pointed out by the Eighth Route Army. ”

"This frustration and defeat have once again confirmed my suspicions.

If Kong Jie is not eradicated as soon as possible, sooner or later he will become a big problem for the Japanese Empire! ”

Kitagawa immediately understood Shinozuka Yoshio's words, "General, do you mean that this time you not only want to target Kong Jie's team and destroy the autumn harvest of the Eighth Route Army, but also take this opportunity to destroy the team in one fell swoop and eradicate Kong Jie?" ”

In this regard, Yoshio Shinozuka did not open his mouth to answer, but the resoluteness in his eyes had already indicated his answer.

The two quickly began to conspire against a team's battle plan.

In the end, Beichuan, the chief of staff of the devil, proposed: "General, Kong Jie is cunning and abnormal.

This is not the first time that our army has sabotaged the autumn harvest of the Eighth Road.

With Kong Jie's prudence and cunning, his team's farmland and crops must have been arranged in the Eighth Road to deal with the surprise raids and plunders of our army.

In this operation, if you rashly march and go straight to the crops of the farmland, it is very likely to fall into the trap set by Kong Jie, and you must not guard against it! ”

Yoshio Shinozuka breathed a sigh of relief.

Of course.

He even immediately thought of the battle in Dafengzhuang, and he was actually killed by that hateful Kong Jie twice in a row.

In this way, the operation is divided into two parts, one is the harvest force, after quickly taking the target farmland, the harvest force is responsible for quickly harvesting the crops, loading and transporting.

During this period, fortifications were built on the spot around the perimeter to cover the seizure operation.

The other is a combat unit, which is responsible for fighting the Eighth Route Army.

In addition, the tactics of luring the enemy by various combat units are also divided into two parts: the decoy unit and the enemy annihilation unit.

After luring the enemy troops to attack the farmland and luring out the defending Eighth Route Army, they tried to drag the Eighth Route as much as possible, waiting for the enemy troops to be annihilated, and annihilating the entangled Eighth Route Army all the way. ”

"In this way, the eight-way autumn harvest grain can be taken, and a team may also take the opportunity to eliminate it, the general is wise!" Kitagawa complimented.

Yoshio Shinozuka said: "Remember, although this time it is a food grab, the focus can be on destroying the Eighth Route Army.

Once the harvest action is inviolable, we can directly destroy all the farmland and crops of the Eighth Route Army, and what we can't get will never be left to the Eighth Route Army! ”

"Hey!"

……

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The other side.

Detachment command.

Kong Jie, Xu Guoan, Li Wenjie, as well as the heads and political commissars of the regiments who rushed over, were also discussing how to fight this autumn harvest defense battle.

When Kong Jie proposed that "the Japanese army attack the farmland in our base area, our army should simultaneously attack the farmland managed by the Japanese army in the enemy-occupied area." ”

This operational idea was immediately echoed by the generals.

"Old Chief, that's a good idea! It's quite a bit of a change of tactics, the devil beats us, and we also beat his little devil.

Look at what he can take care of! ”

"That is, there is a lot of farmland in the area occupied by the devils, and I heard that the little devils even planted big tobacco shells, and the opium made of them didn't know how many of our compatriots were harmed and how many materials we plundered in China.

Let's fight this time, we have to destroy him completely! ”

Xu Guoan said: "We have to rob the devil's crops, but our own crops must also be protected."

This time, if we want to attack the crops in the enemy-occupied areas, plus grab the crops, the troops are too small and will definitely not be enough.

If it is only our main force, on the one hand, we will defend the base area, on the other hand, we will enter the enemy-occupied areas to grab crops, and on the other hand, we will have to defend the autumn harvest.

I'm afraid it's not enough.

Lao Kong, what are your plans for this? ”

Kong Jie hadn't answered yet, but Shen Quan, Wang Leihu and other regiment leaders were laughing.

Shen Quanle said: "Chief of Staff, we are short of everything now, but there is no shortage of soldiers!"

Do you know what happens most of our regiments these days?

It was the captains of the militia brigades, the comrades of the county brigades, district squadrons, and district squadrons, who were scrambling to be the first to fight.

Good fellow, the threshold of my regimental headquarters is about to be kicked flat. ”

He continued: "Although it is a militia and a local army, as we know, the militia and local army units around our team are developing rapidly.

Don't mention the equipment, go back two years, it is the main force of our independent regiment, and the equipment is far inferior to our militia and local army teams at present.

on military training.

There was a militia training manual to guide them, plus the soldiers were well fed and trained, and it was not a day that fell. ”

In actual combat, Kong Jie has always intended to train militia units and local troops, and in case of war, the independent regiment eats meat, and the militia troops and local troops drink soup with them.

Kong Jie even ordered that the main force should not be taken care of.

It is even necessary to deliberately set aside part of the enemy, and if it does not exceed the range that the militia can deal with, hand it over to the militia and local army units for training.

Therefore, the militia and local armies are not lacking in actual combat experience at all.

“…… With the addition of the militia and the local army, the contingent is absolutely sufficient. ”

Wang Leihu said with a smile: "Old regiment leader, you just don't agree to let our militia and local army comrades participate in the war, believe it or not, these comrades dare to take the initiative to fight in the county town of Devils!" ”

Kong Jiele said: "Of course I have to agree, why don't I agree?"

We didn't give a large amount of equipment to the main forces around us, and it was left to our militia and local army troops.

Why?

Didn't you just think that at this critical time, our militia comrades can also be of great use!

Nowadays, our militia and local armies are also well-equipped and well-trained, and if they are really pulled out to fight and mixed with our main army, he may not be able to distinguish between them. ”

Laughing and talking.

The battle plan was thus decided:

Each regiment left part of the main force to coordinate the militia and local army units, and on the way of the Japanese army to the farmland in the base area, the echelon arrangement, layer by layer, delayed the advance of the Japanese army.

In accordance with the specific operational plan designated by the General Staff and in accordance with the detailed intelligence information at hand, the main forces of each regiment divided their troops into multiple routes, brought transport troops, and raided the farmland in the area occupied by the devils in one fell swoop.

Harvest the devil's crops.

For this reason, this battle was particularly special, in addition to the guns and ammunition they carried as usual, the soldiers also carried a farm tool.

or a sickle, or a hoe, or a shovel, or a pickaxe......

At first glance, it doesn't look like a team fighting a war, but rather a team doing farm work.

In the joking words of the fighters:

This time! Our main business is to collect food, and our side business is to fight devils!