An hour before breakfast, except for a few soldiers who consciously carried water, most people, including Wang Chengzhu, were organized to do morning exercises, that is, getting up early to run and exercise. During this period, there were soldiers who got up and washed, put on their uniforms, shouted reports, and were arrested.
The Disciplinary Committee agrees to join the queue.
The study after breakfast was canceled because of a combat mission.
It seems that the brigade headquarters approved the new regiment's combat plan. Wang Chengzhu knew about it in advance and knew it well.
The 1st Battalion has already prepared and set off, and the artillery squad was arranged to follow the activities of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions. The 1st Battalion and 3rd Company left a platoon to cover the artillery squad before heading to the scheduled departure position.
According to the battle plan formulated by the regiment staff, Wang Chengzhu's squad and the soldiers covering them marched south. The second and third battalions, which also received the battle order, set off for the Ma Toushan Highlands to assemble. The troops responsible for the response mission arrived at the scheduled
Behind the position, dig fortifications facing the Changyuan Highway.
The first battalion troops were organized into companies and platoons, and cooperated with the guerrillas in nearby Stage County to carry out anti-mopping operations.
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The liaison officers who entered the villages and towns found the Fenghuang Mountain guerrillas and verbally conveyed the combat plan received at the Stage County Traffic Station to the guerrilla command group. When the guerrilla leader learned that a main force was coming and asked them to cooperate in the operation, he suddenly
He took three puffs from the cigarette rod and puffed out the ashes on the rocks in front of him.
The guerrilla captain put the pipe and pot in his belt, stood up and said to the liaison officer: "Comrade, please tell the main force that we will resolutely cooperate in the fight." The guerrilla captain held the liaison officer's hand tightly and could not help but tremble with excitement.<
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The members of the Phoenix Mountain guerrillas are mainly tenant farmers of a local temple. The invading army raided the traffic lines the year before last and "passed by" the temple many times. A squadron leader said that "the temple is located next to the Changyuan Highway and poses a threat to the safety of the traffic lines."
As a result, the monks were expelled, the tenants were robbed, and the temple property was confiscated. Finally, a watchtower was built on the site of the temple.
Many tenants lost their families as a result. Some of the bankrupt tenants went to the mountains to weed the grass, and some went to work as part-time workers in the houses of nearby small landowners. The remaining 20 people and a few young monks formed a team. The previous abbots of the temple built self-study docks in the mountains.
, for monks to practice penance and for hunters to rest.
The Fenghuang Mountain guerrillas dug out rifles and red-coated cannons wrapped in oilcloth and oil paper in the forest near the self-study dock. The inscriptions were blurred and the word Dashun could be faintly seen. Relying on these earthen guns, cannons, sickles and bamboo guns, the guerrillas used them in the eastern part of Stage County.
Amid the high mountains and lofty mountains, a team of nearly a hundred people developed.
In the past two years, the number of guerrillas has continued to increase, but their combat effectiveness has not increased accordingly. If farmers had not been unable to survive, and farmers had left their homes to escape, few of them would have gone to the mountains or joined the guerrillas. This is exactly what Lu Xun said: "Our country
There are only two types of ordinary people: those who are temporarily stable slaves, and those who want to be slaves but cannot."
The guerrillas do not have their own livelihood and food taxes like the regular army. They mainly rely on eating on the spot and on the enemy. The same is true for weapons and equipment. There are endless methods such as archaeological excavation, market purchase, killing the enemy and seizing it, and "renting" from the landlords and gentry. It's just that
The road at the foot of the mountain was controlled by the guns of the invading army. There was one artillery tower every ten miles and a bunker every five miles. The lean season was particularly difficult.
In recent days, the guerrillas' food reserves have almost been exhausted. The team members eat wild vegetables and boiled beans twice a day, and their faces turn blue. The sound of cars passing by can often be heard on the road down the mountain. In three villages in the nearby mountains, villagers
It is very tight to store food until May. What can be spared to support the guerrillas are three to five bags of dried sweet potatoes and dried beans.
This is why the guerrilla leader made such a decisive pledge when he heard that the main force was approaching and needed the guerrillas to cooperate in the battle.
Their team is about to run out of food, so they can only eat one or two meals with the main force. If they seize some food and weapons from the enemy and puppet troops, they can sustain themselves longer. When the guerrillas were first established, they learned from the stage county brigade.
In the manuscript of "On Protracted War", the team members are very convinced that we should keep fighting and time is on our side.
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A platoon of the third company of the first battalion of the new regiment escorted the artillery squad of the regiment and arrived at Ma Tou Mountain in the northwest of the confluence area of Liu Si River and Qingshui River. They handed over to the second and third battalions who were building positions here. After lunch, they were guided by the guide
Following the lead, we headed west to pursue the attacking troops.
Wang Chengzhu led his soldiers to search for artillery positions nearby, and dug nearly twenty pits with a base and a short-handled shovel. Although there were only ten artillery shells for him to use, Wang Chengzhu was still on the ground near the stepped position running from northeast to southwest.
Surveyed and drew a simple map of artillery reference objects for a three-kilometer firing range.
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The first battalion commander personally led the team. The soldiers of the first company first marched south along the Liusi River, then went west into the mountains for four kilometers, then turned south and walked four kilometers to the mountains east of Qijiazui Village. The first company commander sent out reconnaissance
After about half an hour, the guerrilla leader led four team members to join the first company of soldiers.
When he saw a company of soldiers in blue and gray military uniforms, the guerrilla leader walked a few steps quickly, stepped forward and tightly held the hand of the company commander waiting under the tree: "Comrade, I've been waiting for you!"
The first company commander shook hands with the man in patched gray clothes in front of him as a sign of goodwill, and looked to the right with an embarrassed expression: "Comrade, thank you for your hard work. These are our battalion commander and instructor."
The four team members who came from behind the guerrilla leader had their eyes full of respect. Battalion Commander Zhang and the instructor of the first battalion walked up to them with smiles on their faces and shook hands with them one by one.
"Let's go!" Battalion Commander Zhang, who carried a machete on his back and had a beard, waved his right hand to everyone, "Go sit in the camp and drink some hot water first. Let's discuss the situation and assign combat tasks."
So kind.
Then, the guerrillas followed several cadres of the first battalion into the woods, where they found a command post built with canes and branches. Sitting on a moss-covered tree trunk, several guerrilla soldiers took over a bottle half filled with hot water.
The wooden bowl and iron teapot nod to the warrior in front of me.
A battalion commander and instructor stood aside, pointing to a simple map of Stage County spread on wooden boards and tarpaulin, and kept talking to the guerrilla leader. After checking the locations of rivers, mountain peaks, and roads on the map one by one, the guerrilla leader continued.
He drew a few circles on the map with a pencil: "Comrade, here, here, and here, there are artillery towers and bunkers built by the invaders." Then he clicked on several villages and famous cities on the map, "These villages are the closest.
They provided us with food and the movements of nearby enemies."
The first battalion commander asked: "Comrade, have the enemies in the stage stronghold come out to raid in the past few days?"
The guerrilla leader scratched his shaved hair and replied: "Comrade, at the end of last month, about 200 enemies came out of the city and raided and inspected the villages along the Changyuan Highway. After walking six miles out of the city, they were captured near Geziling.
The serial landmines buried next to the road killed and injured more than ten people." He raised his hand and pointed in the north direction of the sun, "I heard from the villagers in Daxian Village that they only heard explosions and no gunshots. This enemy force
The wounded were stationed in Daxian Village to recuperate. About a hundred people scoured the nearby Siling Mountain and Woniu Mountain, but no prisoners were brought back."