829 Taijun, this is definitely the main force of the Eighth Route Army!
With the rapid economic development of a team's base area, the opportunities for the soldiers of a team's main force to be exposed to farming are actually gradually decreasing.
After all, Kong Jie still hopes that the main focus of a combat force will be on training and fighting.
But as a People's Disciple Army with a peasant background, we must not forget our roots.
Therefore, even if the living conditions of the troops are improved, after training the soldiers, Kong Jie will still ask the soldiers to take time to work in the fields, and at least understand how this farm work is done.
You can’t be a farmer’s son and not know how to plant two acres of land, right?
Thanks to these educational measures of the army and the fact that most of the soldiers are originally from farmers.
For the main force soldiers of the Eighth Route Army’s North Shanxi Anti-Japanese First Detachment.
The soldier who takes up the weapon is to fight the Japanese. If he puts down the weapon, takes out the sickle, and turns his head, he can become an out-and-out peasant.
In this battle, once the soldiers break through the Japanese defense and quickly reach the Japanese farmland, they can replace their guns with farm tools and immediately be reincarnated into the action of harvesting the Japanese crops.
...as time passed quietly, the situation evolved rapidly.
The battle waits for no one, but the harvest waits for no one.
When a load of crops is ripe and the Eighth Route Army troops seize the crops, if the little devils want to carry out a sneak attack to seize food, they will have no chance.
Sometimes, in order to seize food, the Japanese army would even launch raids in advance, harvesting and snatching away the unripe and green wheat, millet, and even unformed peanuts in the fields.
Therefore, after the Japanese army formulated this combat plan, they quickly launched operations.
Time flies, around late September.
Various crops in the farmland are basically mature, including rice, corn, millet, sorghum, peanuts, soybeans, sweet potatoes, etc.
Even if it is not fully mature, it is almost there, and harvesting in advance can still be used as food to satisfy your hunger.
With the target set, the Japanese army's military attack on the farmland belonging to the base area of a detachment of the Eighth Route Army officially kicked off.
In the early morning, the sky is still bright.
A large number of Japanese field troops quietly and quietly advanced toward the base area of a team from some important military cities in the Japanese-occupied areas, such as Yangquan, Tan County, Shouyang, and Ping'an County.
The forward force of the Japanese and puppet troops exceeded 10,000 people.
There are also senior troops, artillery troops and mechanized transportation troops that are constantly following up from the follow-up transportation lines.
The vast march was temporarily hidden in the dead countryside, covered by the dim sky.
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Naturally, the intelligence of a team cannot be concealed, especially since the Japanese army’s attack target this time is mainly aimed at a team.
When the Japanese troops in Yangquan, Tan County, Shouyang, Ping'an County and other places had just taken action, the intelligence information about the movements of the Japanese troops had already been passed to the detachment headquarters and reached the ears of detachment leader Kong Jie.
"I knew the little Japs couldn't sit still. Our crops will mature in these few days, and the Japs' attack will definitely be within these few days."
Kong Jie spoke slowly, without any obvious expression, but there was light but firm confidence in his words.
"Then our operation can proceed," Chief of Staff Xu Guoan said with a smile.
Time passed quickly, and by about 7:30 in the morning, the sky in northwest Shanxi had basically brightened up.
It just lacks the warmth of the sun and has a little more uncertainty about the future in winter.
After the order from the detachment headquarters was issued, a team separated from the first to the third regiment, and the team that had been preparing to go quickly set off.
The local army and militia troops also quickly entered the waiting area according to the deployment.
The county brigade, district squadron, and district squad, including the militia comrades, have been excited for this battle for several days.
In this regard, the district squadron leader Zhao Ming said this when mobilizing the comrades of the district squadron before the war:
"Comrades, all along, the main force of a team eats meat, and we eat soup.
Every time the main force of the Japs is given to our main force, only some puppet troops and some scraps can be left to our local troops!
Of course, we know very well that it is because the local army comrades took care of us and left the most dangerous battles to themselves.
Our equipment and training can't keep up.
But now, our local army is very different. Take our squadron as an example. The equipment is now so sophisticated that it is no worse than the main force of the ordinary regiment.
If we are still asked to make small troubles and deal with the Japanese and bandits, comrades, tell me, how can you agree?"
Can't——
The soldiers answered in unison, which was as loud as a tsunami.
Zhao Ming smiled happily and said loudly: "Of course not.
As the saying goes, it takes a thousand days to raise an army, but it takes only a short time to deploy it.
Our local army is now developing more than just equipment. We haven’t missed a single day of training.
Why do we sweat so much?
Isn’t it just so that he can kill a few more little devils on the battlefield?”
At this point, his words suddenly changed: "It's great this time. Our detachment leader said that in this Autumn Harvest Defense War, the main force of the little devils will be left to our local army."
"What do you mean? It means that the tens of thousands of Japanese and puppet troops that are rapidly advancing towards our base area this time will be dealt with by our local army and militia forces."
"Comrades, this is a tough battle, but at the same time it is definitely a happy battle!"
Kill——
Kill——
Nearly a hundred soldiers from the district squadron expressed their firm answer with shouts of killing.
And like Zhao Ming's speech, it is not uncommon in county brigade areas, district teams, including local troops.
This is an unprecedented time for a team of local army and militia troops to basically independently deal with the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops.
In the words of a certain county brigade captain: "Hey, comrades, everyone knows that this time we fight the Japanese, our local army will be the main force, supplemented by the main force of the detachment.
The detachment leader believes in our local army, so we must give him a pat on the back!"
Determined local army troops and militia troops quickly took action.
The order issued by Kong Jie this time was arranged in a hierarchical manner, blocking layer by layer, harassing the Japanese troops along the way, and exhausting the Japanese army.
In fact, compared to the main force.
Local armies, including militia units, are more integrated into the nearby mountains and forests, and are very familiar with the combat environment of blocking the Japanese along the way.
Coupled with the fact that they are now well-equipped, the local army and militia comrades have used their full strength to lay traps, dig mines, and skillfully lay booby traps along the way.
"There is only one requirement. Once the battle starts, no matter whether it can stop the Japanese and puppet troops or not, your local army, including the militia, must act as the main force for me!"
This was a clear order given by the detachment leader Kong Jie at the first team headquarters.
Therefore, once the battle breaks out...
The scene was shocking.
In the Taihang Mountains, in a ravine in the guerrilla zone outside a team's base area.
A full Japanese army brigade, with more than 2,000 Japanese puppets, quickly advanced towards the established target farmland.
It was a relatively large piece of farmland in the outer guerrilla zone of a team. It was a wasteland that was reclaimed half a year ago. Through the efforts of the army and civilians, through fertilization and replanting, it was expanded into more than 500 acres of fertile land. p>
The fields are planted with corn, which is already mature. Row after row of corn stalks are more than half a person’s height.
The huge corn lumps wrapped in compartments on the pole make people jealous.
With just one glance, I seem to have smelled the mellow aroma of corn being steamed, boiled, and fried.
The Japanese seemed to have come all the way smelling the smell of corn.
The puppet troops accompanying this Japanese brigade were, coincidentally, the troops of Yan Sanfu, the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army.
Regarding this combat operation to destroy the Eighth Route Army's autumn harvest and rob food, the little devils were hungry, filled with excitement and excitement.
The puppet soldiers rarely have this kind of mentality, and more of them just join in the fun.
Their military pay, food, supplies, etc. were not issued by the Japanese, so when the Japanese troops were short of food and did not have enough to eat, the lives of their puppet troops were quite manageable.
..."I have made it clear to my brothers that the Japanese are like hungry old wolves with red eyes, wanting to take a bite of everything they see.
But as for the First Division of the Eighth Route Army, is Kong Jie easy to mess with?
I see that little devil, don’t end up eating mutton and get all messed up.
The little devils are dying for food now. We can't follow them to their death. We should pay attention on the road. If something goes wrong, we will evacuate in time."
Third Deputy Yan, commander of the 8th Mixed Brigade of the Puppet Army, summoned his trusted generals and secretly explained.
"Yes!"
On the way, as the Japanese army advanced all the way, they soon tasted the sweetness.
Those were some scattered farmlands encountered by the Japanese army during their march. The area was relatively small, and some were only a few dozen square meters in size.
The little devils did not let go, and quickly dug up the land with hoes and shovels, digging out all the peanuts and sweet potatoes planted there.
Then the smile that filled the faces of the Japanese soldiers was called greed.
The little devils wiped the dirt off the peanuts and sweet potatoes with their hands, and then started eating and nibbling.
Feeling the delicious taste of food mixed with earthy aroma, the little devils seemed to be more determined to sabotage the Eighth Route Army's autumn harvest operation and snatch food.
"Keep moving forward!" After a slight trimming, the Japanese captain, holding a sweet potato in one hand and a command knife in the other, issued the order.
Hit——
What awaited them was a long-awaited ambush.
Boom——
Seeing the Japanese step into the ravine ambush circle, the comrades from the county brigade lurking on both sides did not hesitate.
He directly pulled the rope buried shallowly under the fallen leaves and rang the explosive package buried under the soil of the ambush circle.
With the earth-shattering roar, the more than 100 Japanese and puppet troops who first stepped into the ambush circle were blown to pieces in the blink of an eye, along with the splashing soil.
The Japanese captain, who quickly recovered, quickly ordered to hide on the spot and organize a counterattack.
He was not very surprised by the Eighth Route Army's blockade.
The Japanese officers also knew very well that the Eighth Route Army would never sit back and watch their farmland be plundered by the Japanese Empire.
Not to mention that this is the territory of a detachment of the Eighth Route Army that makes Japanese soldiers most nervous.
The two sides quickly launched a firefight. Since the Japanese army had fallen into a trap earlier, they suffered heavy losses first. Under the overwhelming momentum, the fighting Japanese army showed a slight decline.
Immediately afterwards, the ambushed comrades from the county brigade launched an extremely violent attack.
Rifles fired from all directions, falling like raindrops, mixed with the sound of light machine gunfire, heavy machine gunfire, and the sound of mortars.
"Hold on, hold on!"
While shouting at the fighting puppet troops, the puppet brigade commander Yan Sanfu, who was hunched over for fear that he would be shot to death, gathered next to the Japanese captain and shouted:
"Captain, this is definitely the main force of the Eighth Route Army!
The opponent's equipment is well-equipped and their firepower is fierce. It seems that they still have a lot of troops. We'd better withdraw from the ambush circle on the eighth route before fighting. Otherwise, the casualties will definitely be huge!"
The Japanese captain, who was also shocked by the fierce firepower of the ambushed Eighth Route Army in front of him, did not hesitate. He immediately agreed with Yan Sanfu's suggestion and ordered the Japanese troops to temporarily make a strategic transfer.
The Japanese and puppet troops began to retreat quickly in an attempt to distance themselves. They first avoided the ambush of the Eighth Route Army troops, then established a firm foothold, and then fired back with artillery fire to break through the Eighth Route Army's blockade.
After the Japanese and puppet troops left three to four hundred corpses and hurriedly withdrew.
The Japanese artillery quickly built an artillery position in the rear, including two quickly assembled Type 92 infantry cannons, and launched a fierce bombardment toward the mountains and forests on both sides of the ambush circle, where the county brigade originally ambush.
For a time, the originally silent mountain forest was drowned by the earth-shaking explosion.
In the mountains and forests on both sides, the trees were broken and hundreds of animals fled.
But soon the forward scouts returned in a hurry and reported:
"Including the commander, the Eighth Route Army ambushing on both sides seems to have evacuated in advance!"
"Nani?"
After coming back to his senses, the old Japanese quickly ordered the artillery to cease fire, and then sent a small group of scouts to the front to investigate. As expected, the news was quickly returned.
The Eighth Route Army troops lurking on both sides have all evacuated without any trace.
As for the fierce bombardment just now...
The old devil with a sullen expression had a smile frozen on his face, as if he had been slapped invisibly.
What he thought was a sharp offense was useless.
"These damn eight-way"
"Your Excellency, Lieutenant Commander, this is a consistent trick of the Eighth Route Army. They will always rely on the environment in the mountains and forests to constantly block the progress of our army. I am worried that there will be an ambush from the Eighth Route Army in the future!"
"吆西!"
The old Japanese nodded, and then issued an order: "Advance cautiously, the scouts will spread around, strengthen the vigilance, and beware of an ambush by the Eighth Route Army at any time!"
This battle is like the first spark ignited in a pile of explosives, followed by a big explosion that quickly ignited.
The Japanese troops advancing from all directions soon encountered ambushes of varying degrees.
Because the ambushed Eighth Route Army troops had strong combat effectiveness, ferocious firepower, and well-equipped equipment, the Japanese troops advancing from all directions concluded that they must be the main force of a detachment of the Eighth Route Army.
The Japanese military command had already expected this.
The Japanese commander did not panic and continued to issue orders to advance steadily.
He believes that the goal this time is clear. Although a detachment of the Eighth Route Army is difficult to deal with, it is by no means a match for the powerful imperial troops.
You just need to go straight to your goal!
If the Eighth Route Army comes to block the attack, he can take the opportunity to entangle the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
Waiting for additional reinforcements to be dispatched by the headquarters, the entire Eighth Route Army unit was wiped out in one fell swoop...