If Li Qing’s summary expounds the importance of people’s war and establishing the broadest base area from a strategic level, then Second Company Commander Zhang Yu summarized the experience and lessons of guerrilla warfare on the plains from a tactical level:

"Our base area, Yangcun, has a flat terrain, a large population, and developed transportation around it. It is relatively close to the towns where the Japs are heavily stationed. Not only the Japs and puppet troops are watching, but also the bandits and the Jinsui Army. Everyone wants to take advantage of Yangcun.

The next bite of meat, but Yangcun is still in danger.

When we first established the base area, the common people had a bad attitude when talking about the Eighth Route Army. They did not dare to approach the Eighth Route Army for fear of being retaliated by the Japanese, puppet troops, and bandits;

Yangcun is rich in products and fertile land, but the villagers are living a very hard life;

The vast majority of the people make a living by digging wild vegetables all year round. All the land, including the groves, belongs to the wealthy landlords!

Japs, puppet troops, bandits, and militiamen are causing harm every day, and the people really have no way to survive. Starvation is a common thing;

The landlords in Yangcun, Lao Cai, relied on the support of the Jinsui Army and did not buy into our account at all. The movement to reduce rents and interest rates could not be carried out. They also colluded with the Japanese and puppet troops, causing great resentment among the people!

I simply suppressed them, and all the land was given to the people like Gaojia Village. This immediately won the support of the masses. They enthusiastically signed up to join the army to protect their land and food. Our second company's main force soon developed

There are more than 500 people, and the militia company has more than 300 people;

But compared with the powerful Japanese and puppet troops, we are still weak. Every time the Japanese come down to raid, we can only cover the evacuation of the villagers, but Yangcun is not like Liu Town. You can run into the mountains, and the transportation is developed, the Japanese said.

We came as soon as we came, and many times we were blocked in the village by the Japanese, and many people were killed or injured."

"It is said that the wisdom of the masses is infinite. During the struggle, we found many ways to deal with the enemy's raids. The enemy's transportation was convenient, so we buried landmines on the roads and carried out mine warfare. Landmines were buried everywhere to let the enemy

It is difficult to move even an inch;

At first, in order to hide grain and livestock, many people dug tunnels voluntarily. Later, we found that the effect was good, so we extended it to the whole village, digging large areas..."

Chu Xiong was immediately happy when he heard this. Isn't this tunnel warfare and mine warfare? Combined with sparrow warfare and mobile warfare, guerrilla warfare can indeed be carried out in flat and mountainous places. In the past, he always thought that tunnel warfare could only be carried out in the dry loess of the North China Plain.

It is carried out on the ground because the soil there is highly sticky and suitable for large-scale tunnel digging and tunnel warfare;

Now it seems that he took it for granted. Without investigation, he has no right to speak. He couldn't help but interject again:

"Comrades, Yangcun's approach is worth promoting, and we must draw inferences from one example to other cases. Liuzhen has a large number of mountainous areas with high mountains and dense forests. This is our natural strength. If we carry out guerrilla warfare in the mountains well, we can deal with the Japanese raids, but we can still

Introducing tunnel warfare, mine warfare, and digging tunnels can make it easier for us to hide supplies and a small number of military workers;

Laying landmines everywhere will prevent the Japanese from entering villages and mountains!

We can also look for hidden caves in the mountains, and then use this as a basis to dig tunnels similar to those in the old camp, which can hide the common people, and can also be used as a means for the militia to fight against the Japanese..."

Upon hearing this, Li Chennan couldn't help but raise his hand and speak:

"Battal Commander, I very much agree with digging tunnels in the mountains. The villagers hiding in them will not have to endure the hardships of wind and snow, and they can last longer. The Japanese can't find the caves, and the militia companies on the outside don't have to fight with the Japanese."

A huge positional battle!

Moreover, we can also store some dry food and drinking water in the cave in advance, so that we don’t have to move large and small bags when we evacuate the village. We can also plant a large number of mines around the entrance of the cave. When the Japanese are clearing mines, the militia company will

Continuous harassment can greatly reduce the casualties of the militiamen..."

Chu Xiong couldn't help but take the lead in applauding. If all the people were mobilized to work together, they would definitely be able to think of more solutions, which would always be more difficult than the difficulties.

"What Chen Nan said is very good. Based on this, each village will think of ideas and combine tunnel warfare, mine warfare with sparrow warfare and mobile warfare. The whole people will mobilize. Except during busy farming time, they will dig tunnels and build mines.

, the base area will provide some picric acid explosives to each village, and you can also make black powder yourself. Although it is less powerful, there is no problem in killing the Japanese!"

Chu Xiong's words made everyone very excited. This is indeed a good method. The Chinese people are very hardworking. If you give them enough time, they can hollow out the entire Taihang Mountains!

What China does not lack most is Yu Gong!

Then the fourth company, the fifth company, the sixth company, the artillery company, and the garrison company all expressed their opinions and summarized the gains and losses of the battle. The effect was very good, and Zhao Pan'er, who was in charge of recording, almost had sore hands.

"Gong Wei, your military factory wants to mass-produce picric acid explosives and landmines. Our main company can also use mine warfare. If you are short of money or people, just go to the high instructor!"

Chu Xiong started to exploit Wei Zhenyu again...

"Battal Commander, this is no problem. Saltpeter and sulfur are easy to buy. The most lacking thing now is steel. Building mines requires a lot of steel. The Japanese have very strict control over steel now!"

Wei Zhenyu is not afraid of Chu Xiong taking advantage of him. He is just money, money, money anyway...

If you have money and things, you can talk about anything, but if you don’t have money, you can’t drive out a few nails even if Wei Zhenyu is burned!

Chu Xiong naturally knew that modern war is about steel and money, which are what China lacks most. He thought about it and said to Wei Zhenyu:

"Let's collect the scrap iron first and build an iron-making furnace in the military factory. We can't build a steel plant for the time being. It can still be done by recycling the scrap iron and remaking it!"

"With the few trucks we blew up this time, a lot of iron can be recovered. When the soldiers clean up the battlefield in the future, we can collect all the shell casings, bullet casings, and shrapnel and use them as waste!"

"Landmines don't have to be made of iron, pottery can also be used. Build a pottery factory in the base area to make standard pottery pots to make landmines!"

"If there is no more iron, I will take people to dig up the Japanese railroad tracks..."

Everyone couldn't help but laugh, it really drove Chu Xiong crazy!

Then we move on to the third issue, the problem of troop replenishment. This is easy to solve. Chuxiong does not plan to expand the army. There are still six main companies, one flying thunder artillery company and one mortar company;

Heavy machine guns were transferred to companies, and each company added a heavy machine gun reinforcement squad with three 92 heavy machine guns and 30 personnel to strengthen the company's firepower;

This increased the total number of men in each main company to 278;

The 1st, 2nd and 3rd companies are still developing outside, the 4th and 5th companies are sent out to develop, leaving a 6th company, two artillery companies and a cavalry platoon in the base area.

The "Mulan" rocket launcher has been mass-produced, but the quantity is a bit small. Each company is initially equipped with five units, which are used to attack tanks and turrets.

Some of the missing soldiers in each company will be supplemented by captured puppet troops, and some will be transferred from the garrison company. The remaining more than 500 puppet troops will be supplemented in the garrison company, and Yang Wei and the teaching team will be responsible for their transformation;

The garrison company still recovered to 20 platoons. Although it suffered more than 1,500 casualties this time, it captured more than 1,300 puppet soldiers and some wounded puppet soldiers. After being treated, they could be replenished and added to the army. Therefore, the independent battalion basically maintained its strength.

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