Ye Kong was not the only one who entered the Hebei war zone disguised as a police officer. Zhang Jinquan, who was also a sniper instructor, also brought his three sniper teams into the war zone for actual combat training. He also sneaked into the war zone quietly with 5 combatants.
Staff officer Zhao Zhi. The Spark Plan has reached its most critical moment. As the framer, Zhao Zhi must visit the war zone in person. After trying to dissuade him to no avail, Zhang Jinquan and Ye Kong, who came from Myanmar, had no choice but to accompany them.
Practical training is just a reason for them.
Xicao Mountain is one of the many hills around Chengde. Thunder's boss and top commander Zhao Zhi is on Xicao Mountain at this time. He is waiting for the two Spark troops active here to come and meet with him. At the beginning of the formulation of the Spark Plan
It was just a one-shot deal that Zhao Zhi made to cater to Chiang Kai-shek. He did not expect that the Spark Project would go so smoothly in just two years. Spark troops seemed to be active all over Hebei, although they were not as good as those on the main battlefield.
*The record of the troops shows that it is not easy to develop more than 10,000 reserve troops in enemy-occupied areas.
Guerrilla warfare has always been the specialty of the Eighth Route Army. As early as when they were being chased by the Central Army when they were still the Red Army, guerrilla tactics had become their main tactics. But now the small number of troops active behind enemy lines are also
After learning this tactic, they seemed to have expanded more powerfully than the guerrillas behind enemy lines of the Eighth Route Army. Several anti-Japanese armed forces that were active around Chengde had originally agreed to be incorporated by the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army, but in the end they all defected.
Over there.
The guerrillas of the Communist Party of China are well-equipped, with enough cartridges and American-style weapons and equipment, and they also receive military pay. The guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army have to snatch everything from the Japanese and puppet troops, and they also have well-educated political commissars.
All the demands were passed. Those civilian anti-Japanese armed forces who were accustomed to fighting in wild battles could not bear this. Since the anti-Japanese guerrillas appeared here in Chengde, there have been cases of Eighth Route Army guerrillas running there with guns.
So when Zhao Zhi also invited the Eighth Route Army to mobilize their guerrillas in Hebei to participate in joint operations, Peng Dehuai, who was used to fighting the autumn wind here in Zhao Zhi, with a stroke of his pen, all Eighth Route Army guerrillas affiliated with the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region must unconditionally obey Zhao Zhi's orders
command, but their weapons and equipment need Zhao Zhi to find a way to solve it. The guerrillas of the Chengde area of the Eighth Route Army who also received the assembly order are also rushing to Xicao Mountain, but they have another purpose: to ask the leader of this **
After all, why do the Communist guerrillas always steal their people?
"Are you the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army?" Looking at the group of "refugees" who were brought into the warning circle, Zhao Zhi had an indescribable feeling. The Eighth Route Army had suffered enough, but he didn't expect that their guerrillas active behind enemy lines could also
It's so hard. This guerrilla group, which claims to be affiliated to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, seems to have more than 60 people, but they only have more than 30 rifles, and the only two speed machine rifles are on the waists of the captain and instructor.
Inside, Zhao Zhi also saw guerrillas carrying swords, spears, darts, bows and arrows. Could it be that they were fighting the Japanese and puppet troops with such weapons.
Thunder's regular troops, that is, the Jewish Legion and mercenary troops, have long been equipped with all-American equipment. Whether it is the captured bolt-action rifles or those originally allocated by the government, they have all been equipped to the Burmese mercenary troops. In Garand and American
In front of the carbine, all bolt-action rifles can only be passively beaten, but the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army in front of them cannot even be equipped with bolt-action rifles. No wonder the Spark Force expanded so fast in Hebei. The guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army
The team is simply not competitive.
"Are you the leader of these bastards?" Luo Xiao, who had a speed machine in his waist, looked at Zhao Zhi, who was dressed as a colonel, with some disdain. In the eyes of the Eighth Route Army, especially those in the old Red Army, the Kuomintang was just a white dog.
Not calling him Bai Gouzi in front of Zhao Zhi is already giving Zhao Zhi face. Now is the period when the Kuomintang and the Communist Party cooperate to resist Japan. As a guerrilla captain, Luo Xiao must pay attention to the image of the Eighth Route Army, but even so, Luo Xiao's eyes are still
He couldn't hide his disgust towards Zhao Zhi.
Facing Luo Xiao's undisguised hostility, Zhao Zhi could only reply with a smile, "If there are no officers with a higher rank than me here, I think I would be their commander." Zhao Zhi had contact with the Eighth Route Army and was not interested in the Eighth Route Army.
He helped a lot, but his relationship with Chiang Kai-shek and his wife was irreconcilable. In addition, there had always been friction between the Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army, so Zhao Zhi had been deliberately avoiding getting involved in the secret fight between the two sides. It can be said that Zhao Zhi was against the Eighth Route Army.
It was absolutely impossible that they were all hostile, so Zhao Zhi was very interested in the interesting eyes of this Eighth Route Army guerrilla captain.
"Since you are their leader, then I have found the right person when I come to you." Luo Xiao ignored Zhao Zhi's joking reply and just took out a roster from his arms and handed it to Zhao Zhi. "Yours.
The guerrillas are recruiting troops around here, and many of my guerrillas ran to your side with weapons. I hope you can bring them back." Luo Xiao's expression was unusually serious when he said this, and Zhao Zhi did not
He doubted the authenticity of this statement, but he did not reach out to take the roster.
Recruitment relies not only on advocacy, but also on one's own advantages. After Lei Lei captured the Japanese transport team in Xiangtangpu, he only transported half of the weapons and ammunition back to Kunming, and spent a lot of time and manpower on the remaining half.
It was transported to Hebei. At the beginning of the implementation of the Spark Plan, the foundation was laid by this batch of captured Japanese equipment. After the liberation of Shanxi, Zhao Zhi ordered the fighter force to continuously airdrop supplies to the Spark troops at night.
From light and heavy machine guns to mortar grenades, from bullets and explosives to grenades and artillery shells, they were all air-dropped. Most of the 5,000 Garand rifles purchased by the Nationalist Government from the Kunming Arsenal were air-dropped into Hebei.
Spears, on the other hand, there are too many weapons and ammunition to use up. If it were Zhao Zhi, he would choose to go to the guerrillas. At least it is much safer to kill the enemy with firearms than swords and spears. So Luo Xiao didn’t mean it when he said it.
After taking out the roster, Zhao Zhi's first reaction was that there was something wrong with the guerrilla captain sent by the Eighth Route Army, and there would be no reason to return the soldiers who had been collected.
"I'm afraid I can't make the decision. I'm just here to direct them to fight. The specific organizational issues are not my responsibility." Zhao Zhixian came to tease this seemingly reckless guerrilla leader, but stood beside him.
However, the instructor saw Zhao Zhi's intention and directly stretched out his hand to pull Luo Xiao aside. Zhao Zhi didn't care about the incident between the Eighth Route Army and the Communist Party, so he asked Luo Ying to open the map and prepare to formulate a coordinated combat plan.
In Qie Shandong's overall plan, the Spark Force only plays a role in assisting in combat operations, but Zhao Zhi does not think that assisting in combat operations cannot lead to success.
"Report to the Chief Instructor, Ma Hai, the second team of the first training period, is reporting to you." Luo Xiao and his instructor, son, were discussing countermeasures. The culprit they were looking for had already arrived at their door. Ma Hai
Hai, a student in the first phase of the Geleshan training camp. Before entering the training camp, he was a platoon leader of the 524th Regiment of the 88th Division of the Communist Party of China. However, he is now the guerrilla captain of the Communist Party of China commanding more than 800 guerrillas under his command. His position is the same as Luo Xiao's.
, but in terms of the number of soldiers and military ranks, they were far beyond Luo Xiao's reach.
There were only 5,000 trainees in the first phase of training at Geleshan, and Zhao Zhi sent them all to the Hebei Japanese War Zone to serve as tinder. This Ma Hai was the one who was favored by Yan Wudao and Yu Dazhi at the beginning. Zhao Zhi still had some impressions of him.
The latter, however, highly praised Zhao Zhi. "Okay, this is still an enemy-occupied area. There's no need to make it so fancy. Just tell me about your situation." Zhao Zhi smiled and threw a pack of cigarettes to Ma Hai and motioned to Ma Hai.
Let's go say hello to Luo Xiao and the others first.
There were only a few anti-Japanese armed forces around Chengde. Ma Hai and Luo Xiao naturally knew each other, but Luo Xiao looked at Ma Hai with a very unkind look. Ma Hai, who knew the reason, could only stay with his smile and talk. Ma Hai didn't
He knew the reason why Zhao Zhi allowed the Eighth Route Army guerrillas to stay in Xicao Mountain, but Zhao Zhi was his chief instructor and the commander of this big operation, and he could not comment on it, whether public or private.
"You two are the two largest groups of anti-Japanese armed forces in this area. I don't have much time. The other guerrillas did not arrive on time, so we won't wait for them. Let me first tell you the purpose of letting you gather here.
Let's go." Zhao Zhi gestured for everyone to look at the opened map, "The Japanese army tried to use highway lines to cut off their occupied areas, so that they could control and manage it more easily, but we just can't make them comfortable. This time I'm going to go all out in Hebei.
If possible, destroy their highways and turn the Japanese and puppet troops in Hebei into pure infantry walking on two legs. We will engage in mobile warfare with them."
Luo Xiao was unwilling to listen to Zhao Zhi's nonsense, but when he heard Zhao Zhi talking about mobile warfare, Luo Xiao couldn't help but listen. Mobile warfare was the specialty of the Eighth Route Army, and he wanted to see this white-dog officer.
What skills do you have. "The time for the operation is set in 10 days. These 10 days are not for you to rest, but for you to collect intelligence. Leaving aside those big cities, you must use these 10 days to collect information about the surrounding areas.
The puppet army's strongholds have been thoroughly explored, and the retreat route after the battle has been planned. They must fight and retreat quickly, and do not give the Japanese and puppet troops a chance to pursue or breathe."
"I thought this white dog had some great skills. He was copying the tactics of our Eighth Route Army's guerrilla warfare. Isn't it just that when the enemy advances, we retreat, when the enemy is stationed, we harass, when the enemy is tired, we attack, when the enemy retreats, we pursue? This
Bai Gouzi has the nerve to do tricks in front of an old boy like himself." Luo Xiao couldn't help but mutter in his heart. But when he heard that during these 10 days, the Japanese guerrillas would be responsible for equipping them with weapons and equipment,