October 11th

Zhao Gang, Li Yunlong and others were not stupid either. They also discussed together and wrote a report to their superiors.

Zhao Gang is a decent man, but he has been with Xu Dalong for a long time and learned a lot from him. He knows that whether it is fighting against the enemy or internal disputes, he must have a fighting strategy.

Under his arrangement, the Independent Brigade, the New First Brigade, the New Second Brigade, the Mawushan Guerrillas, and the Zheng Mansion of Mawushan Central County wrote reporting materials respectively. Zhao Gang himself also wrote a comprehensive material.

These materials were reported to Representative Wang of the World War II District Governor's Department, the Taiyue Military Region, the headquarters, and the Chongqing Underground Party Office.

Wang Huaiming's false accusation materials were directly reported to his backers. Those people felt like they had found a treasure and were ready to make a big fuss about it. They said that the Mawushan base area was under the leadership of Xu Dalong and was going to rebel, and demanded the arrest of Xu Dalong and Zhao Gang.

Li Yunlong, Kong Jie and other main leading cadres in the Mawushan base area.

They want to go on a killing spree and even demand that the Mawushan base area be abolished.

The head of the headquarters was very angry after reading the materials transferred from the Mawushan base area. They also made a report to the superiors. The report stated how Xu Dalong and others established the Mawushan base area through bloody battles, and how Wang Huaiming and others acted recklessly and violated the Mawushan base area.

caused harm.

The boss, chief of staff, and division commander were very tough this time. They argued hard and never gave in. They supported Xu Dalong and others. The Taiyue Military Region also wrote a detailed report and sent it directly to northern Shaanxi.

The representative of the Eighth Route Army Wang explained the impact of this incident from another perspective. The report said that the Jinsui Army and the Zhongtiao Mountain Command were very concerned about this matter. They believed that the underground anti-Japanese armed forces could not tolerate their own people and would attack Xu Dalong, who was dedicated to resisting Japan.

and others, causing a bad impact.

The Chongqing Office had a very good impression of Xu Dalong and others, believing that they not only created the Mawushan base area, but also provided a large amount of funds to the higher-level underground party organizations. Such capable subordinates should be worthy of recognition.

When they heard that Wang Huaiming and others wanted to abolish the air force that the anti-Japanese armed forces had finally obtained, they were all angry, so they also wrote materials to their superiors to protect Xu Dalong, Zhao Gang and others.

Among all the materials, one from the Zheng Mansion in the central county of Mawushan is very powerful, that is, Wang Huaiming and others wanted to forcibly tax the people in the Mawushan base area, which was strongly opposed by the people. They spontaneously wrote a

A complaint was signed by tens of thousands of people.

The people behind Wang Huaiming originally only hoped that Wang Huaiming could add some strength to them, but they didn't expect that this guy was so stupid and caused such a big trouble, and they immediately lost interest in him. They didn't want to cause such a big mess.

Because of the trouble, the situation changed and Wang Huaiming and the chief of staff were transferred away from the Mawushan base area.

Just when there was a turmoil in the Mawu Mountain base, Xu Dalong, Lin Xueying, Wei Monk, Wang Pao and others led the troops to Kangzhuang County between the Taiyuan Military Region and the Luliang Military Region. His mission was to establish a new base here.

The base area connects the base area belonging to the Taiyue Military Region and the Luliang base area.

Liujiaji Town, Kangzhuang County.

On this morning, the courtyard of Mayor Liu Guangxian’s house was draped in red and green, bustling with activity and filled with a festive atmosphere.

Liu Guangxian is having a wedding. He is a skinny old man. He is 61 years old. Today he married an 18-year-old girl to be his fifth concubine.

The girl's name is Zhang Yuting, and she is the daughter of a tailor in the town. Liu Guangxian relied on his status as mayor and his son to serve as the captain of the pseudo-police brigade in Kangzhuang County, running rampant in the countryside, oppressing good people, and doing all kinds of evil. People dared

I dare not speak when I am angry.

Not long ago, he accidentally bumped into Zhang Yuting on the street who was studying abroad and returning to visit relatives. He became evil and fabricated a crime for her parents to make military uniforms for the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party. He arrested them and forced Zhang Yuting to work as a

His fifth concubine. Otherwise, his parents would be executed for collaborating with the enemy. Zhang Yuting was forced to agree to Liu Guangxian's request.

Liu Guangxian got married today and held a big banquet. All the prominent figures in the town came to support him.

His son came forward and invited the captain of the Japanese military police in the city to attend Liu Guangxian's wedding banquet.

Liu Guangxian saw that the captain of the Japanese military police came to congratulate him in person, and felt very proud. Seeing that Liu Guangxian had such a great reputation, the squires in the town were more in awe of him and showed their kindness to him one after another.

Liu Guangxian was so proud that he was quite talented in literature and even recited a poem at the banquet, which won everyone's applause.

At this moment, a group of Japanese cavalry came outside the town. There were about fifty or sixty people in this cavalry unit. They were led by a Japanese young leftist, and beside him there was a Japanese female officer.

After they entered the town, they heard that the mayor Liu Guangxian was holding a banquet, so they asked the town guard standing guard at the entrance of the town to take them to the banquet.

After the Japanese cavalry brigade entered the town, some cavalrymen walking at the end of the brigade disarmed the town guards who were standing guard at the entrance of the town, imprisoned them, and replaced them as Japanese sentries.

After the Japanese cavalry brigade entered the town, they quickly controlled various key points. Some of them went to the other end of the town to control another exit.

The commander of the Japanese cavalry led a large group of troops to the Liu family compound, and the two town guards who were standing guard at the door hurried in to report.

The cavalrymen dismounted at the gate of the compound and walked straight inside.

In the courtyard, in addition to the guests from this town, there were also a class of Japanese military police brought by the captain of the Japanese military police, a detachment brought by Liu Guangxian's son, and more than 20 pseudo-policemen. They each occupied several tables and were working on

Eat and drink there.

Liu Guangxian, his son and several major figures in the town sat at a table with the gendarmerie captain and translator.

When Liu Guangxian heard that a large group of Japanese troops were coming outside, he hurriedly got up and went to greet them.

After walking a few steps, the Japanese Shao Zuo and the female officer walked in, escorted by a group of Japanese soldiers.

The rank of the Japanese military police captain was lieutenant. Although he was drunk, he saw a young Japanese soldier coming. Even the female officer was a Japanese captain. He still understood the rules, so he shook his head.

He stood up straight and saluted those who came.

The guests in the courtyard, as well as the Japanese military police and pseudo-policemen who were eating and drinking, all stood up when they saw the visitor.

Liu Guangxian stood aside and waited with a smiling face, waiting until the Japanese soldier Shao Zuo finished speaking to the military police captain, and then stepped forward to say hello.

Unexpectedly, the Japanese army's Shaozuo didn't talk nonsense. He directly took out the box of bastards and shot the Japanese military police captain in the head.

The Japanese soldiers following him also raised their guns and pointed them at the military police and pseudo-policemen.

Two Japanese military policemen tried to resist and were shot dead on the spot. The others had to surrender obediently.

When the guests saw this, they were frightened out of their wits. They looked at these ferocious Japanese soldiers in horror and did not understand why they suddenly started fighting among themselves.

Liu Guangxian's son accompanied the smiling face and asked: "Taijun, what happened?"

At this time, a tall Japanese lieutenant who looked stunned and was following behind the Japanese Army Major Zuo shouted: "Laozi is an anti-Japanese armed force of the underground party, and you are not allowed to move!"

Sit down obediently."

Liu Guangxian and his son were so frightened that their faces turned pale. They did not dare to resist and sat down obediently.

The Japanese soldier Shao Zuo first asked the soldiers to escort the Japanese and puppet soldiers in the yard, and then he spoke.

He said: "Don't be afraid, all of you. We are the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party and will not kill innocent people indiscriminately. However, those bullies who wholeheartedly surrender to the Japanese invaders and endanger the countryside must be severely punished."

When Liu Guangxian and the squires in the yard heard this, they were all trembling with fear. Most of these guys were greedy for wealth and had done many immoral things, and they were afraid that someone would take action on them.

The visitor was none other than Xu Dalong. They had been in this area for two days and had a full understanding of the situation in the town. In order to open up the anti-Japanese situation and raise supplies and funds, they took advantage of Liu Guangxian's wedding banquet and took control of the Liu family.

Market town, the first shot to open up a base area was fired.

At this time, several guerrillas had brought Zhang Yuting over. When she saw the Japanese troops filling the yard, she turned pale with fright.

Lin Xueying said to her gently: "Don't be afraid, we are the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party. If you have any grievances, we will definitely make the decision for you."

Zhang Yuting looked at Liu Guangxian, still worried about his revenge, so she did not dare to speak.

By this time, the guerrillas had rescued her parents, and the family hugged each other and cried after meeting.

With Lin Xueying's repeated persuasion, the Zhang family finally plucked up the courage to expose Liu Guangxian's crimes.

Xu Dalong immediately ordered that Liu Guangxian and his son be executed together, and his property was confiscated.

This time, the squires were completely shocked, and they were afraid that it would be their turn next.

In order to open up the work situation in this area, Xu Dalong naturally cannot go on a killing spree, otherwise he will scare away all the squires in this area.

He dealt with the squires in a gentle manner, saying that as long as they would not do anything to oppress the people in the future and actively support the anti-Japanese war, the past would be forgotten.

The squires were all smart people. After listening to Xu Dalong's words, they did not want to end up being shot and having their property confiscated, so they all expressed their willingness to donate part of their property to support the anti-Japanese war.

Xu Dalong and others took control of Liujiaji Town, confiscated Liu Guangxian's property, and distributed food, clothing, salt and other materials to the people in the town, which won the popularity of the people.

Lin Xueying took the opportunity to promote anti-Japanese resistance and called on young people to join the guerrillas and fight against Japan together. More than 30 people in the town signed up to join the guerrillas on the spot.

Xu Dalong and others appeared in the town to hide their strength. There were only more than 50 people entering the town.

They annihilated the Japanese and puppet troops who came from Kangzhuang County, and specially released several puppet policemen who lived in the county and asked them to go back and report the news.

The Japanese and puppet troops in Kangzhuang County heard that something had happened in Liujiaji Town and that the number of underground anti-Japanese armed forces was only forty or fifty people, so they gathered more than 30 Japanese military police in the county, a company of Huang Xiejun, and a puppet police brigade.

A total of more than 200 people came to Liujiaji Town with murderous intent to retaliate.

Kangzhuang County is about 15 kilometers away from Liujiaji Town. After the Japanese and puppet troops left the city, they had just walked 3 kilometers when fierce gunfire suddenly rang out on the roadside.

The Japanese and puppet troops never dreamed that they would be ambushed here and beaten to the point of being turned upside down.

Those who ambushed them were Wang Pao's motorcycle squadron and Wei Monk's special operations squadron, with nearly 400 people in total. The Japanese and puppet troops were no match for them, and they were quickly and completely annihilated.

Monk Wei and Wang Pao interrogated the captured puppet prisoners and learned that the total number of Japanese and puppet troops remaining in the county was less than 100, so they simply invaded the county and annihilated all the Japanese and puppet troops inside.

Xu Dalong and others entered the county town, confiscated a large number of Japanese and puppet assets, distributed food and other daily necessities to the people in the city, carried out extensive anti-Japanese propaganda, expanded the influence of the guerrillas, and absorbed more than 50 new fighters to join the army.

Guerrillas.

Since the current strength of the guerrillas was limited and insufficient to hold on to the county town, Xu Dalong and others withdrew from the county town and returned to Liujiaji Town.

Liujiaji Town is close to the hilly area. The terrain here is relatively complicated and it is very close to Tongniu Mountain, a branch of the Taihang Mountains. It is convenient for the guerrillas to maneuver, so Liujiaji Town was temporarily selected as the base of the guerrillas.

Stationed in this area is the Japanese independent ninth brigade. The brigade headquarters is stationed in Tongniu City and manages a vast area of ​​​​nine counties including Kangzhuang County. The Japanese brigade commander is named Jiro Hirota.

He is a general with rich combat experience and is very cautious in using his troops.

He heard that guerrillas had appeared in Kangzhuang County. He did not immediately send troops to encircle and suppress them. Instead, he ordered the intelligence department to conduct an investigation. He wanted to find out the origin of this guerrilla group.

The banner Xu Dalong and others used this time was the Northeastern Shanxi Anti-Japanese Guerrillas. After occupying Liujiaji Town, they quickly spread to the surrounding villages, knocked down two surrounding Japanese strongholds, and destroyed the basic organizations of the Japanese and puppets.

More than a dozen villages with Liujiaji Town as the center carried out anti-Japanese propaganda and mobilized the masses.

Because the guerrillas canceled the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes imposed on the people by the Japanese and puppet organizations, and distributed daily necessities to the poor people, they immediately won the support of the masses, established democratic grassroots organizations, and established a militia.

, and also recruited more than 100 new team members.

The intelligence department of the Japanese army sent people to conduct an investigation. They only found out that this guerrilla group was called the Northeast Shanxi Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Group. It had about three to four hundred people, many war horses, and good weapons and equipment. However, they did not identify this unit.

Contact Xu Dalong and his Mawushan guerrillas.

After receiving the report, Hirota Jiro, commander of the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade, believed that the strength of this guerrilla force should not be underestimated. He could not watch this guerrilla force develop and grow in his defense area, so he sent an infantry brigade.
Chapter completed!