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

Shen Honglie acted quickly and seemed very interested in special operations. He went back in the morning and the troops reported for duty at noon, including three Marine Corps regiment commanders, who were the three previous battalion commanders, Wen Tianhu, Shen Zizhong and Qu Zexin, and the rest were all elite officers of the New Fourth Division. There were no ordinary soldiers, and the lowest rank was lieutenant.

Chen Feng only trained for one afternoon, and looking at this company was like seeing a peerless beauty, what a great talent! If this wasn't Brother Shen's elite, he would really want to do everything he could to keep them.

Three days later, this group of elites were no weaker than the new recruits of the Guard Battalion. They were all veterans of many battles and had some kung fu skills, so they could master anything they learned very quickly.

On the fourth night, the spies who had advanced to Pingyang County (now Xintai) reported back that a large battalion of Japanese troops had occupied Pingyang City and were burning, killing, looting and committing all kinds of atrocities in the vicinity. Many civilians were conscripted as laborers. After the Japanese raid, they began to build strongholds on a large scale.

Chen Feng was a little confused after hearing the information. Pingyang has no strategic position. Its geographical location is not very prominent. The surrounding area is the core of the mountainous area in central Shandong. Most of the mountains and forests in this era are deep mountains and old forests. What is the purpose of this group of Japanese troops occupying Pingyang? They are not preparing to establish a forward station to attack Mengyin! Although there is no good road from Pingyang to Mengyin, the team can reach Mengyin in two or three hours by setting out along the valley. I can't understand why his troops and Shen Honglie's troops did not occupy Mengyin City! No matter what the other party's purpose is, we will fight first. Let's not talk about anything else. We can't turn a blind eye to burning, killing and looting.

It just so happened that Shen Honglie's elite company had joined in and needed to train for long-distance raids. They took the opportunity to go to Pingyang, catch them off guard, and expose their true purpose.

On the morning of October 10, the reinforced battalion consisting of the guard battalion and the elite company set off. The heavy firepower only carried light and heavy machine guns and mortars. In addition, in order to increase the load, each soldier of the elite company carried a pack of explosives.

The team first entered Mengyin County by truck. Chen Feng sent ten cavalry spies to contact the spies in Pingyang City to gather information. After lunch, the team quietly set off from the west of the city and soon disappeared into the mountains west of Mengyin.

The mountainous area is very sparsely populated, so Chen Feng is not worried about being exposed. No matter how much the Japanese infiltrate, they will not send anyone to such a place. It is not worth it.

Even though Shen Honglie's men were the elite among the elites, they could not catch up with the soldiers of the guard battalion in long-distance raids. As soon as the troops passed the mountain village, many elites could not hold on any longer and felt that the explosive packs on their backs were getting heavier and heavier.

Chen Feng discovered the situation and showed no mercy. If he couldn't even do this, then what's the point of learning special warfare!

After passing Guozhuang, many soldiers of the elite company could not hold on any longer and were almost at their limit. Chen Feng ordered them to remove the explosive packs and continue to move forward under the guidance of the soldiers of the guard battalion. The elites of the New Fourth Division were somewhat ashamed. When they heard the commander-in-chief say that they would train with the new recruits of the guard battalion of Leng Qiang, many of them still had some ideas. Now it seems that he was too arrogant.

These new recruits, who had joined Mengshan for ten days to one or two months, had completely shed their immaturity. During the march, there was no communication at all and they all moved forward in alert. Three vanguard squads took turns searching every five kilometers, and they conducted detailed reconnaissance of the dangerous areas ahead and on both sides.

The elite company secretly admired them. Although it was only five kilometers, they had to walk ten kilometers up and down. Their physical fitness was really strong! No wonder the Yimeng guerrillas were invincible. They were just a group of new recruits. Think about those teams that got up early and followed the cold guns. Once they were on the battlefield, they were invincible.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the team arrived at Xiaoyu in the south of Pingyang City. All the members of the elite company collapsed on the ground, but the officers and soldiers of the guard battalion immediately set up alerts in all directions. Shen Zizhong and the other two blushed and hurriedly whispered to the team to get up and move around.

At 8:30 in the evening, the reconnaissance team that had been sent out in advance returned, along with the two secret agents from Pingyang. The squad leader had already collected the reconnaissance information on the way back and was reporting the situation to Chen Feng:

"Captain, there were only two squads of Japanese troops and one company of puppet troops in the county before. Our raiding team came several times and beat them so hard that they dared not go out at night. We also transported a lot of weapons and equipment back. However, ten days ago, a large group of Japanese troops came without heavy weapons. When they came, they carried out a sweep of the surrounding villages and mountainous areas. Several guerrillas were surrounded and suppressed by them, and several villages were damaged.

Three days ago, these devils have been arresting laborers everywhere to build strongholds, and their defense is all in the southeast direction.

Chen Feng understood a little bit. This was to blockade him! Needless to say, Zou County, Teng County, and Linyi were also preparing to set up a blockade. Did Bin Shanyuan value him so much? You know, the cost of doing this was not low? Why not wait until the Wuhan battle was over before solving the problem?

Chen Feng had no idea that Bin Shanyuan also had his own difficulties. He suffered from the criticism of the headquarters because of the Yimeng guerrillas who were shot coldly. He could not defeat them, nor could he drive them away. The Battle of Wuhan was also in a stalemate. He did not know when the battle would end. Bin Shanyuan thought about it and could only do something outside the two counties of Pingmeng and Meng. All the troops that could be mobilized in the entire North China were transferred there. They did not seek to encircle and annihilate the enemy, but only to do a good job of defense on the periphery, focusing on the defense of the Jinpu Line. Other counties and large towns were also stationed. In any case, the expansion and development of the Yimeng guerrillas must be restricted. Otherwise, when the Battle of Wuhan was over, he would look back and see that the Yimeng guerrillas had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. How many troops would he have to send to encircle and suppress them!

Bin Shanyuan was overthinking it. Chen Feng had no intention of recruiting tens of thousands of cannon fodder to consume the Japanese army. He had always been on the elite route, and using cannon fodder to consume the Japanese army was not his style.

"Where are the Japanese troops stationed? How are their forces deployed?"

"Captain, all the strongholds have just started to be built. The Japanese troops have all retreated to the compound of the rich man Zhang and the businessman surnamed Wang in the southwest of Qingyun Lake. All the houses on the two streets have been requisitioned by them. The Japanese army's defense is very tight. Blockades have been set up on the three surrounding streets. Watchtowers have been built in the compound, and light and heavy machine guns are everywhere."

"Please explain the firepower configuration in detail."

"Yes"!

"The main direction of the Japanese army's defense was the southern street intersection. They cleared three rows of houses, and no one knew where the people had gone..."

A few minutes later, Chen Feng understood that the Japanese army's tight defense was aimed at ordinary guerrillas! He brought enough mortars and shells. It seemed that the Japanese high-ranking officials did not know how the Japanese troops in Pingyi City and Mengyin City were destroyed, nor did they know how much ammunition he brought out from Qufu East Station. This was a good thing. Let's bombard them! A battalion of devils lived too scattered, so it was difficult to completely eliminate them, but it was not a big problem to defeat them.

Chen Feng arranged the combat mission. Hearing that the Japanese army had no artillery, the main combat force tonight would be the twenty-four mortars. Each gun had forty shells. Twelve hundred shells could hit an area as large as two football fields, which would be enough to deal them a heavy blow. In addition, since they had brought so many explosive packs, they had to be given to the Japanese. It was not appropriate to carry them back after fighting a long distance, so they had to find a way to use these explosive packs.