I fought guerrilla warfare in the Yimeng Mountains during the Anti-Japanese War

Half an hour later, the soldiers of the 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion had already set off, and the company-level commanders in the cave conference room had also arrived.

"Brothers, just now, a squad from the Second Battalion encountered the Japanese while purchasing goods. The Japanese are snatching the pork we have reserved from farmers. How can we tolerate this?"

"Can't tolerate it"!

"I can't stand it, Captain, give the order!"

"Captain, the team has almost finished training, how do we play?"

"Fight, we must fight! I originally wanted to keep these devils to slowly train my skills, but now it seems unnecessary. The devils are inhumane, and keeping them will only make the people suffer. Order:"

"There are a total of sixteen strongholds outside the three counties of Pingyi, Feixian, and Mengyin. Each battalion will leave a platoon to guard Mengshan together with the artillery battalion. The rest of the troops will be dispatched. Each battalion will be responsible for eliminating four strongholds, and they must be eliminated before tomorrow morning. We will rest for a day tomorrow and then join forces with the New Fourth Division to attack the county town at night."

"Yes"!

"All commanders must control casualties. We have no shortage of supplies now. We must bomb whatever can be bombed. All the artillery towers and watchtowers in the stronghold must be destroyed."

The four battalion commanders assigned the strongholds and went back to arrange combat tasks. Chen Feng had to stay in Mengshan tonight, so he couldn't be careless at this time. If his home was really robbed, all his months of hard work would be in vain.

Ji Xiuming and eight soldiers dealt with the bodies of the Japanese and puppet soldiers, and went to the small hill at the entrance of the village to ambush, on guard against the Japanese invaders coming to harm the village. At noon, Old Man Zhuang and his wife gave them some freshly baked pot stickers. They had a simple meal and sent the old couple away. Old Man Zhuang said he didn't want any more money for the meal, and angrily threatened that he would not sell them pork if they paid any more.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the Japanese had not arrived yet, but a company of reinforcements arrived. The company commander Ding San asked about the situation and ordered those who could drive to drive the Japanese trucks and take the pork back. As this was a rare opportunity, he asked Ji Xiuming's squad to go to the village to make a large purchase. They drove back only when the trucks were almost loaded. He led more than seventy soldiers to advance five hundred meters and occupied a small hill that must be passed to enter the village.

As expected, the Japanese came, all infantry. A squad came out to grab some pork, and they hadn't returned yet at noon. The squad leader stationed at the Wutai stronghold was worried, so he took ten Japanese and ten puppet soldiers out of the artillery tower and rushed towards Huangtai Village.

The Japanese squad leader knew that this was the activity area of ​​the Yimeng guerrillas and did not dare to be careless. The team formed a battle formation and searched forward. When they were still two miles away from the village, they saw through a telescope that everything was normal in the village. There was smoke from cooking and the sounds of cows and sheep coming from afar.

"Keep moving forward, go into the village to find out the situation, and don't shoot or kill people at will, in case the guerrillas on Mount Mengshan retaliate against us."

"Hi"!

The Japanese squad leader had a strong desire to survive. He sent his soldiers out to rob meat, which was against the order of the Pingyi City captain. However, it was too painful to eat only grain and some canned food every day. I hope the squad that robbed meat is okay! Otherwise, it would be hard to explain. I couldn't report to the captain that I let them go because I was greedy for meat!

The Japanese and puppet troops were on guard in the direction of the village and paid no attention to the small hills around them. Ding San had already aimed at the Japanese squad leader. Seeing that the Japanese and puppet troops had all entered the ambush circle, Ding San pulled the trigger.

boom!

With a gunshot, blood spurted out of the Japanese squad leader's head. The gunshot was the order to fight.

boom! boom! boom!

There were more than seventy soldiers. After one round of shooting, ten Japanese soldiers fell down, and most of the puppet soldiers also fell down. The remaining three or four hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. The gunfire continued, and three or four puppet soldiers died. The Japanese bodies were hit by several bullets again.

"Platoon leader."

"arrive"!

"Take your people to the village to borrow some tools, bury these bodies, and take the spoils to Wutai after you're done. Everyone else, follow me to the Wutai stronghold, surround the stronghold first, and then take it down at night."

"Yes"!

That night, the Yimeng guerrillas began to raid more than a dozen important strongholds in three counties. The guerrillas were very familiar with these strongholds. The captain ordered that they should not only kill the Japanese but also blow up the strongholds. There was no doubt that they were here for special operations. After taking out the sentries, they began to set up explosive packs. In order to ensure the uniformity of the explosion time, the battalion commanders set the detonation time at midnight.

In Pingyi County, the Japanese regiment commander Colonel Shinozuka Yiwu had already fallen asleep. Suddenly, a dull sound was heard, and Shinozuka Yiwu woke up with a start. He thought it was thunder on a rainy day, so he shook his head and was about to ask, when a guard reported and pushed the door open:

"Colonel, there seems to be an explosion coming from the direction of Nakamura."

"Nani"?

The thing that Xiaozuka Yiwu feared the most had happened. The distance between Pingyi City and Zhongcun was 15 kilometers. There was no other possibility that the explosion could be heard at such a distance. It must be that the bunker in Zhongcun’s stronghold had been blown up:

"Call Captain Daomu and confirm the situation over there. If you can't get through on the phone, send a telegram immediately, quickly!"

Yiwu Shinozuka was no longer sleepy, so he quickly put on his shoes and went to the communications office. Several communications soldiers were already busy making calls, but the expressions of the communications soldiers made Yiwu Shinozuka feel depressed.

"Reporting to the commander, Nakamura's phone is unreachable and the radio station has no response."

When Shinozuka Yiwu heard the verdict, he thought that it must be the Yimeng guerrillas who took action, and looked at the other signalmen expectantly.

"Report to the commander, contact with the Wutai base has been lost."

"Report to the commander, the Liancheng stronghold has lost contact."

"Report to the commander, contact with the Bianqiao stronghold has been lost."

"Report to the captain, contact with the Tongshi stronghold has been lost."

"Report…".

Xiaozuka Yiwu's scalp tingled. Are the Yimeng guerrillas going to clear out all the strongholds?

"Reporting to the commander of the wing, Lieutenant Colonel Sang Ye from Mengyin County replied that several violent explosions were heard around Mengyin County, and several strongholds were suspected to have been destroyed. Tactical guidance is requested."

Fortunately, Mengyin County was fine, Xiaozuka Yiwu immediately ordered:

"Order Captain Sangye to retreat and defend, and never leave the city to provide support. You must guard the county town well."

"Notify Captain Hantian and order all Pingyi troops to gather and set up a blockade at the barracks to prevent the Yimeng guerrillas from launching a sneak attack. Hurry."

At five in the morning, the troops that attacked the various strongholds began to retreat. This time they did not capture much, as the artillery towers were all blown down. After searching for half the night, they finally found some ammunition and supplies. Each stronghold was very poor, with at most one heavy machine gun and two or three Type 99 light machine guns. They did find a lot of bullets, and together with the unburned food, they carried them all back to Mengshan on horseback.

At seven o'clock in the morning, all the attacking forces returned, and the four battalion commanders reported their battle results to Chen Feng.

"Report to the captain, the first battalion has eliminated four Japanese strongholds, killed 103 Japanese soldiers and 42 puppet soldiers, seized two intact heavy machine guns, three light machine guns, 70 rifles, 120 grenades, about 3,000 bullets, more than 500 kilograms of food, 236 dollars, one soldier died, three were seriously injured, and eight were slightly injured."

"Report to the captain, the second battalion has eliminated four Japanese strongholds, killed 93 Japanese soldiers and 28 puppet soldiers, blew up all the heavy machine guns, seized five light machine guns, one indirect-fire cannon, 67 rifles, some bullets, and 300 kilograms of food. Two team members were seriously injured and four soldiers were slightly injured."

The Third Battalion and the Guard Battalion also reported their battle results, which were basically the same, with not much casualties. All the strongholds were taken, all the Japanese and puppet troops were killed, and all the properties were recovered.

"Deal with the bodies of our fallen brothers, take care of the wounded, the team rest during the day, and continue the action tonight to attack the county town"!

"Yes"!