Chapter 419: Fighting North Henan 10

The day after the celebration banquet, Li Qinglin returned to Qinghe with his headquarters personnel. Other personnel drawn from each unit also returned to their old troops, and the third brigade began to get busy again.

Dong Zhao, who had obtained a large number of mules and horses, immediately began to train mules and horses, and began to select suitable cavalry in the army for training. The third brigade, which suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Qingcaopo, also began to take various measures to supplement the troops. In Qinghe, Sangyu Town and other places, the third brigade had mobilized local young people to join the army once, so the work of replenishing personnel on the spot this time was extremely difficult. The third brigade was currently suffering from a shortage of personnel.

The first thing Li Qinglin did when he returned to Qinghe was to visit Wu Cheng. He hoped that this good news would give Wu Cheng some comfort.

After this period of detoxification and resting with peace of mind, Wu Cheng's current situation has improved a lot. He can now sit halfway and talk to the people who come.

After listening to Li Qinglin's introduction to the battle, Wu Cheng said: "Commander Li, fight well, fight well. After this battle, our morale has been raised and the troops will be more likely to command."

But he was a little worried and said, "Will the Japanese come to take revenge soon?"

Li Qinglin smiled and said, "We have a backup plan. We will soon attack them continuously, so that they can't take care of themselves and can't spend time and energy to retaliate. When we recover our vitality, if they dare to come again, we will not be afraid."

At this time, a staff officer from the headquarters hurried over and reported to Li Qinglin that the first team of the railway destruction team had arrived.

Li Qinglin stood up and smiled at Wu Cheng, "Just as soon as he was about to talk about them, they came. I will do a good job on the railway and highway this time." After Li Qinglin said that, he saluted Wu Cheng and came to the headquarters with the staff.

The railway line north of the Yellow River is very long. In addition to destroying the railway, the railway destruction team also needs to destroy the highway. Sometimes they have to cooperate with combat missions to blast the enemy's solid fortifications, bridges, etc., so their task is very heavy. This time they were able to come to the northern Henan region outside the plan. This is thanks to Pan Kewei's efforts. Because the railway destruction team has limited troops, the one who sent Qinghe this time was their destruction team.

The organization of the railway destruction team is basically composed of the army style and is also implemented in the three-three system. However, due to different tasks, this unit is different from ordinary troops. In June 1939, the Military Commission ordered the command of the Tianshui Xingying Railway Destruction Team to adapt the original two sabotage corps into four brigades. Unlike the army, this brigade is at the regiment level with squadrons and squads. Due to the particularity of combat tasks, the number of people in each squadron team is not fixed, and the personnel configuration generally increases and decreases according to different tasks. The team that came this time was a company-level organization, and the squad leader was also in the rank of captain, and the entire squadron had only about fifty people.

The captain of the destruction team was Xiao Hanting. He was resting in the headquarters. Liu Changda, Liang Xixian and others accompanied him to talk. Li Qinglin had the rank of colonel, and the symbol on his chest was yellow. When the captain of the destruction team saw Li Qinglin stepping into the house, he immediately stood up and saluted, saying, "Hello, sir."

Li Qinglin walked up a few steps and held the captain's hand, saying, "You came in time. We will work together in the future to fight sincerely. You will be instructors in the future. I hope all instructors will give you advice."

The captain said repeatedly: "The commander, I will do my best to do it."

Li Qinglin pressed the captain on the chair and said, "Thank you all the hard way, you can drink tea and rest for a while, and then welcome you later."

Then Li Qinglin asked Liu Changda: "Have the people from the Second Team arrived?"

Liu Changda took out his pocket watch and looked at it, saying, "They set off early in the morning and probably will arrive within an hour."

Xiao Hanting said: "Or this is the case, sir, please check our sabotage team."

"Okay, okay. We are just about to see it." Li Qinglin said repeatedly.

Under Xiao Hanting's guidance, Li Qinglin came to the rest of the members of the destruction team.

Because they knew they were about to move elsewhere, the members of the Railway Destruction Team were resting at a temporary location, which was the conference room of the Ninth Detachment.

The formal construction of Qinghe started in spring. After the freezing of spring, the troops and the people demolished temporary sheds and began to build fixed-structure houses along both sides of the main road. With so many troops stationed here, the construction must of course be done step by step. The first thing to solve is the accommodation of the officers and soldiers. Infrequently used buildings like the large conference room are of course placed in the last step. Therefore, the large conference room is still a large shed with thatched wood frames. The shed is very long and very large. More than 50 people from the destruction team gathered inside and did not feel crowded at all.

When he arrived outside the shed, Xiao Hanting took out a whistle from his pocket and blew it up. After the whistle sounded, he could only hear a busy sound in the shed. After a while, the members of the Railway Destruction Team quickly gathered in the open space outside. On the surface, the military discipline of this team is quite good.

The main task of the Railway Destruction Team was not to fight against the main Japanese army, so they were equipped with light weapons, and the soldiers were basically submachine guns, but each of them was carrying a huge burden behind them. In order to confuse the enemy and hide their whereabouts, the symbols on the chests of the members of the Destruction Team were written with the numbers of the supplementary regiments.

"Standing at attention" Xiao Hanting stood in front of the team and shouted.

With a "click", the team members all put their feet together and straightened their bodies.

Xiao Hanting was very satisfied with his team's performance. He ran to Li Qinglin in small steps and saluted, saying, "The first team of the railway destruction team, the second team of the second team of the railway destruction team has been assembled. Please give me a lecture."

"I dare not, are you friendly troops or our masters? Let us see new weapons first, and open our eyes first." Li Qinglin waved his hand.

"Yes," Xiao Hanting saluted, then ran to the team and called out a few soldiers, asked them to untied their backpacks, took out the things inside and placed them on the ground for Li Qinglin and others to visit.

There are a lot of things in the soldiers' backpacks, and they are placed on the ground in a dazzling array of mines, **, detonators, fuses, wires, detonators, etc., as well as some pliers and other tools.

Xiao Hanting led everyone all the way, and he introduced the names and usage methods to Li Qinglin and others as he walked. Xiao Hanting was very eloquent, and in the process of explaining, combined with their actual battle examples, this intuitive explanation can easily be understood by people.

The first soldier was facing several black and round landmines. Xiao Hanting introduced: "This is an American-made iron-shelled thunder, which can be used to draw or detonate electrically. The iron-shelled thunder are filled with yellow**, which is powerful. Even the Japanese chariots can be blown up to the sky, so it has become the main weapon for our early explosion of trains."

"Is such a powerful landmine not needed now? Why is this?" Liu Changda asked.

Xiao Hanting replied: "After the Japanese's train was bombed several times, they sent blasting experts to conduct on-site inspection and analysis. When they knew that we were using iron-shelled thunder, they used minesweepers to clear mines on the road to fall. A lot of mines we buried were swept out, so they gradually rarely used them."

Luo Dafu pointed to the second soldier and said, "You used the ** later?"

"Yes." Xiao Hanting nodded and said, "We usually use wooden boxes to bury them under the rails. The Japanese minesweeper can only detect iron mines. In this way, the Japanese minesweeper has no effect."

Xiao Hanting then pointed to the fuse and other objects set up by the third soldier and said, "We used the fuse to light or use connected wires to fire. This required ambush personnel at the scene and detonated when the train was traveling. This required high requirements for personnel and increased difficulty. Second, after the enemy understood our detonation method, it began to search in places where people might be hidden on the roadside, and captured our detonation personnel, which also cracked our tactics."

"So is there any new way to detonate now?" Liang Xixian asked.

Xiao Hanting walked to the next soldier, picked up a "t"-shaped iron tool and a square small iron box and said, "This time we bring our latest invention, called the "closer". It is a good idea that our old railway workers came up with."

Xiao Hanting held the shutter and gestured, saying, "This iron rod is inserted into the small hole in the box. There is a spring in the hole to push the iron rod, and there are two wires of electric detonators below. This shutter will be installed under the rails. When the train comes, it presses the iron rod down due to its gravity. The iron rod will turn on the current of the two wires and triggers the detonator. The detonator will trigger the ** box. In this way, we only need to lay the mines on the site without arranging a special person to detonate."

Li Qinglin took the "t"-shaped small iron stick and sighed: "It's still us Chinese who are smart. Just such a small invention has solved what a big problem."

At this moment, the big man Zhao Shoushan ran over with a team of soldiers panting. There were about 30 soldiers in this group.

The big man ran to Li Qinglin with the soldiers, and he kept saying, "It's late, it's late."

Liu Changda looked at the pocket watch and said, "It's half an hour earlier than the scheduled time. You're not slow."

The big man took off his military cap and wiped his sweat, saying, "These are all student soldiers I selected. They have just joined the army and their military quality is not as high as veterans. If the veterans come today, they can at least half an hour ahead of time."

Li Qinglin looked at the soldiers brought by the big man. As expected, they were all young people who looked like students. He patted the big man on the shoulder and said, "It's not bad, let these young people be more modest and learn from the masters. They will come in handy in the future."

The big man said, "Boss, can you give them a lecture?"

Li Qinglin smiled and said, "You have already told them a lot before coming, right? I won't say much, let them get into combat state as soon as possible."

Speaking of this, Li Qinglin quietly said in the ear of the big man: "I have already greeted Jin Mingjun and the others. You will get thirty oceans from him later. You will have the opportunity to raise a relationship with these sabotage team members and strive to learn all their abilities in the shortest time."

The big man was overjoyed and stood upright and said, "Thank you, sir, the Second Detachment guaranteed to complete the task."
Chapter completed!