Chapter 465: Autumn Harvest and Winter Harvest 23

The Japanese army heading south from the north was very fast. Three days later, the Japanese army heading south along the Ninth Detachment defense zone came to Lengshuipu, a large stronghold on the east side of the First Military Sub-district of the North Henan Province of the Eighth Route Army.

After this unit commanded by the captain on the island entered the cold water shop, they immediately replenished supplies and rested for one night. Early the next morning, the island gathered the soldiers led by him and rushed to the Hujiawohun, the Eighth Route Army's headquarters. The new raid of the Eighth Route Army by the Japanese began again.

When the Japanese came, how dare Liu Zhenghong and the others take it lightly? Since the troops led by the captain on the island appeared in the sight of the Eighth Route Army intelligence personnel, the Japanese's every move was gathered into intelligence, and then quickly passed to the Hu family shack through underground traffic officers.

The island was coming in full force, but with just the little force in his hands, he dared to attack the Eighth Route Army. When Liu Zhenghong saw the news that the enemy had set out, and the "sweeping" troops led by the island had only one strengthening squadron of the Japanese army and a large group of puppet troops, he could not believe his eyes.

The Japanese army came from a long distance and went deep into the Eighth Route Army base to fight. They had no civilian base and all food and ammunition supplies must be carried with them. In this regard, they needed to occupy a certain manpower, and they were ready to fight at any time. With just such a little force on the island, they wanted to "sweep away" the Eighth Route Army, which has now gained a foothold in the northern Henan region, and the Eighth Route Army already has nearly one regiment of troops, which is simply a fantasy.

Is the enemy really so arrogant?

This question arose in Liu Zhenghong's mind, but he quickly denied the idea. Liu Zhenghong, who had experienced many bloody battles with the Japanese invaders, never dared to underestimate the enemy. The Japanese were sometimes bold and looked rampant, but they were never fools, especially for such a large military operation as they are, they must plan and then act. Their current abnormal behavior shows that it is very unusual, and there must be unusual arrangements immediately afterwards.

The Japanese and puppet troops led by the captain on the island soon entered the Eighth Route Army's defense zone. Like the previous combat mode, the Eighth Route Army's local armed forces - militia.

The Eighth Route Army has an excellent tradition, which is to mobilize the masses and establish local armed forces. In the base areas of the Eighth Route Army, in addition to regular troops, there are generally local armed forces, such as county brigades and district brigades, and more are militias from various villages.

These local armed forces are generally composed of local farmers in the hometown, and are then equipped with certain weapons after training by the Eighth Route Army to form combat effectiveness. Although these local armed forces are backward, they have a familiar terrain and excellent mass base, so they are easy to fight guerrilla warfare.

After Liu Zhenghong and his team came to Hujiawozhang, they also actively developed local armed forces. However, because of the shortage of funds and weapons and ammunition, they only established militia squads in each village and village, and did not establish quasi-army such as county brigades or district squads directly controlled by local governments.

The militia are all composed of real peasants. They pick up guns and put down guns and become civilians. They know the most about what the current situation is. The Japanese are now launching an attack, and their purpose is not only to eliminate the Eighth Route Army, but also to burn, kill and loot.

It is now early winter, and every household has stored food for the winter. The Hujiawozhuang area has always been a barren land. Since the Eighth Route Army arrived, a campaign of reducing rents and interest rates has been carried out, which greatly reduced the direct burden on farmers.

In addition, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army also helped everyone to open up land and grow grain, which greatly increased the grain output. The farmers in this area achieved a bumper harvest this year, and every household finally had some surplus grain, which is a good thing that has never been done before.

Now that the Japanese puppet is coming to grab grain, the people will definitely not agree, so there is basically no need for the Eighth Route Army to mobilize. Those militias who have been trained picked up guns without saying a word. They want to defend the fruits of their labor to ensure that their families survive the cold winter.

First of all, the militias of Dawangzhuang were in exchange for fire with the Japanese and puppet troops. They opened fire when the Japanese and puppet troops led by the island just stepped into the actual controlled area of ​​the Eighth Route Army.

It has been several years since the island came to China, and it was not the first time to fight with the Eighth Route Army. He had a deep understanding of the Eighth Route Army's guerrilla warfare. Therefore, when he entered the Eighth Route Army's defense zone, the island ordered the troops to strengthen their vigilance and search and advance.

However, no matter how careful the Japanese and puppet troops were, no matter how many scouts sent out, they would inevitably be hit because the terrain of these militia was very familiar, and they knew where to hide people and which road could retreat the fastest.

The first time the attack was the three scouts sent by the Japanese army. These three scouts emerged in front of the troops as reconnaissance personnel. When they walked into the militia's ambush circle, the militia opened fire.

"Bang", "Bang", "Bang"..., the militia's gunshots!

There was a militia squad in Dawangzhuang. There were fourteen militias in this squad, but there were only six rifles in total. One of the rifles had been worn too seriously and could not be accurate. Although the weapons and equipment were insufficient and it was old, it did not affect the militia's desire to fight. When the three Japanese scouts entered their range, the six guns fired a volley under the command of the militia squad Zhang.

Although the first shooting of the militia was concealed and sudden, it may be that the militia's shooting skills were not up to standard, and perhaps there was a problem with the accuracy of the guns. The first platoon of guns did not hit a single Japanese.

The sudden gunfire shocked the three Japanese, but the combat qualities formed by strict military training immediately played a role in them. The three Japanese immediately relied on favorable terrain to hide on the spot. Then, they began to fight back at the hiding place of the militia.

The militia in Dawangzhuang did not have many bullets. Before the war, each person fired five bullets in a magazine. In addition, each gun had only seven or eight bullets saved before, so every shot required careful calculations.

After the hidden object, the three Japanese lay there and fought back. Although there were guns on the militia, it sounded like only one gun was shooting, which made the three Japanese soldiers very strange.

According to the Japanese combat practice, in such battles where troops are superior and terrain are dominant, they usually try their best to launch an annihilation war, while the Eighth Route Army in front of them is only shooting against them in extremely favorable circumstances, which is extremely inconsistent with the regular combat principles.

Although the Eighth Route Army only fired a shot or two from time to time, the three Japanese did not dare to risk their lives to rush forward. They were just dragging their time and waiting for the reinforcements to arrive behind them.

The sudden sound of gunfire means that the scout encountered anti-Japanese elements and led the brigade to follow the island behind him and did not dare to be arrogant. He urged the team to quickly reach the location where the gunfire was fired.

He was a cautious commander in the island, but he had no choice but to be cautious. On the Chinese battlefield, he fought with the Northeast Army, the Northwest Army, the Central Army and the Eighth Route Army. After comparing each other, he knew that the Eighth Route Army, which had the worst equipment, was the Japanese enemy, and the Eighth Route Army's tactics were particularly incomprehensible.

In fact, not only the locust army on the island that fought on the front line knows who the most dangerous enemy in China is today, but also has a deep understanding of the Japanese base camp in the rear. Therefore, the base camp has a statement that "not taking the Chongqing army as an enemy, but destroying the Communist army as the primary priority at present."

There was an opponent ahead, and the island launched a tentative attack on the front line, and strictly carried out a tentative attack in accordance with the provisions of the "Infantry Practice". Of course, the leader this time was the Imperial Army, who was in the cannon fodder.

Under the threat of the Japanese, the Imperial Army in yellow skins rushed forward again and again. When they entered the militia's range, the militia fired two platoons.

The puppet troops who often deal with the Eighth Route Army are the ones who know their opponents best. They know that the Eighth Route Army lacks bullets. They usually throw grenades after firing a platoon for a few years, followed by a life-losing counterattack. When these experienced puppet troops heard the opponent fire the platoon, they immediately fell to the ground. Although they shouted "Crash, kill!", they were unwilling to move forward at all.

The militia's shooting achieved a little effect this time, and they injured two puppet troops. However, the expected grenades by the puppet troops did not come over, and the Eighth Route Army, carrying a bright bayonet, rushed over from there, but instead became quiet, which surprised them.

When these puppet troops carefully stepped into the militia position that blocked them just now, they found that there was no one there, and the fortifications for the blocking were very simple, and there were not even a few shells on the ground. If it weren't for the fact that someone was indeed injured by bullets just now, it would be hard for people to believe that a battle had just happened in this quiet place.

"Continue to move forward!" The island knew that the Eighth Route Army was blocking them this time. He was not surprised that he had been through the battle formation for a long time. After sorting out the formation, the island issued such an order.

The team continued to move forward, but this time they were more cautious, because they had had their first contact with the Eighth Route Army, which proved that they had truly entered the Eighth Route Army's defense zone, and the next battle would be possible soon, and it might not be the militia blocking war that was about to collapse like the previous one.

As we walked, we entered the front where there were small hills on both sides and a road in the middle. There were some sparse plants growing on both sides of the low hills. This terrain was very suitable for combat, and it was also a kind of battle that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The island suddenly became alert, and he immediately issued an order: "Slow down, search forward!"

In such a dangerous area, the Japanese and puppet troops under the island had already been on their backs and carefully searched forward. However, there was no one on the hills on both sides, and the expected blocking battle did not happen!

They really ran away? I really don’t want this base anymore? This idea actually popped up in the minds of the island.

However, this idea did not last long, and a loud bang quickly pulled him back to reality.

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