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

The Yimeng guerrillas and the New Fourth Division stopped moving, and the Binshan elders were relieved. The old ones are still the best! They should have thought of this solution a long time ago. When they attacked Mengshan before, they should have let those troops hire some Chinese laborers and baggage teams to help carry supplies. At night, they could live in the barracks of the imperial soldiers. This would kill two birds with one stone. The main thing is that they cannot be caught. The word "hire" is very important.

But it's not too late now, at least the Jinpu Line can be started smoothly. I guess Leng Qiang is very helpless! Bin Shanyuan was relieved but also a little painful. It was all because of Leng Qiang. It was too much. Thinking about the imperial soldiers still having to rely on Chinese laborers for protection, Bin Shanyuan was full of indignation.

Two days later, the First Regiment and the Guard Regiment sent information at the same time that the construction of the railway line began to accelerate. The defense measures were similar to before, with blockhouses and barbed wire, but the new railway line had trenches and minefields added. From the protective measures currently being built, it can be seen that there is a blockhouse every kilometer. The construction materials of the blockhouses are all reinforced concrete, and the base is built very solidly. If they are bombed with rockets, the effect is probably not ideal.

On both sides of the railway were trenches five meters deep and three meters wide, with barbed wire on both sides and inside the trenches. According to the accounts of the laborers who participated in the construction, there were a large number of traps made of caltrops and iron bars. There were even mines buried near the bunkers. Further out was a minefield fifty meters wide. The Japanese army buried mines at night, and no one knew how many were buried where.

In addition, the Japanese army had received a lot of new large-scale machinery and equipment, which greatly improved the progress of the project.

Chen Feng was somewhat emotional, and he admired Bin Shanyuan's courage very much. What a big project! Is it worth spending so much manpower, material resources and financial resources? Is it because they are pushing the devils too hard? However, this move still has some advantages. Once they complete the project, the southwestern part of Shandong will be divided into two areas that cannot cross by the Jinpu Line.

The sturdy bunkers will definitely be equipped with mortars or infantry guns. The range of the mortar is 2880 meters, so that three adjacent bunkers can support each other. The Type heavy machine gun can still reach a distance of meters. If the bunker cannot be blown up, the Japanese machine guns and mortars can solve all threats.

Chen Feng silently deduced it several times. It would be perfect if some cans were thrown on the barbed wire and trench minefields on both sides. Any disturbance would not escape the guard post of the blockhouse. It would be quite interesting.

The Japanese army was probably afraid of the surprise attack, so they moved very cautiously, only 5 kilometers a day, and were on alert before dark. The laborers could go home, but not all of them could go back, and they could only go back once every three days. It happened that they were given food to go back, and the laborers had no objection. The Japanese army saw that the laborers were reluctant to eat the canned food, so they saved it and took it home. They made canned dishes for the first time, and although they didn't use much canned food, they still made the laborers' stomachs full.

In comparison, the puppet troops were in a somewhat awkward situation. Fearing that they would cause trouble, the puppet troops transferred from various places were all dismantled and reorganized. Their daily workload was heavy, even heavier than that of laborers, and their food was not even as good as that of laborers. The ugly faces of the Japanese army were completely exposed. They were not afraid of these puppet troops escaping. The Yimeng guerrillas and the New Fourth Division never showed mercy to the puppet troops. There were guerrillas all around them, so where could they run to?

A group of puppet soldiers now dared to be angry but not to speak out. The Japanese supervisors began to use whips, but they never beat the laborers, only the disobedient Imperial Army.

It is about 250 kilometers from Mount Tai to Xuzhou. If both sides are built at the same time, 10 kilometers will be built a day, which will take about 25 days, and no more than one month at most.

The Yimeng guerrillas were not in a hurry, and the First Regiment of the New Fourth Division was not in a hurry either. However, the Lunan Detachment could not sit still. If they ignored it and waited for the Japanese army to complete the construction, then southwestern Shandong would really be divided. Many teams of the Lunan Detachment were west of the Jinpu Line. By then, the Japanese army could send two regiments to encircle and suppress them. They would all be in trouble because there was almost no place to hide except the reed marshes of Weishan Lake.

Ignoring the obstruction of Political Commissar Li, Yang Qingfeng visited Mengshan with a squad of guards. The guerrillas dispatched by the Lunan Detachment developed rapidly, but their combat effectiveness was still not good enough. Once the Japanese army opened up the Jinpu Line and attacked them, they would have no power to resist.

Chen Feng's reception was very formal, so formal that even Yang Qingfeng felt a little embarrassed. He took the communications team and brought Yang Qingfeng into the conference room cave. He complained in his heart that this was just a piece of shit, coming to visit Mengshan without any care. He had two cute little tails here, which was really troublesome.

"Captain Yang, I'm sorry, I don't come to you for no reason. Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Captain Leng Qiang, do you have any plans for the current operations of the Japanese army on the Jinpu Line?"

Li Yunyan made a cup of tea for Yang Qingfeng. Yang Qingfeng said thank you and didn't say anything polite. He climbed up in one breath, feeling tired and thirsty.

"There is no good solution for the time being. I guess you all understand the situation. Bunkers and the like are easy to deal with, but trenches, barbed wire and minefields are too disgusting. They all require lives. You also know that I will not do anything that will cause heavy casualties."

Yang Qingfeng was a little upset. The Yimeng guerrillas were good in every way except that they would control casualties without any bottom line in every battle. It was painful to think of how they had wasted rounds of bullets from their submachine guns in order to clean up a few Japanese soldiers pretending to be dead.

"Captain Leng Qiang, we have to find a way! We can't just ignore it. Once they successfully connect, have you considered the consequences?"

"I've considered it. The consequences are very serious. Captain Yang, do you have any good ideas? If you have one, please tell me so I can take it as a reference. If the idea is feasible, we'll deal with him."

"Aren't you humiliating me? If I had a way, I wouldn't have come here."

Chen Feng didn't want to argue with him anymore. The more he talked, the more trouble he would have. Li Yunyan was still okay, but that girl Song Zihan would definitely tell his cousin about it.

"Captain Yang, we can only wait until they connect. Don't consider anything else. You should consider those laborers! Once we launch an attack, the Japanese will definitely use them as shields. Let me ask you, will you shoot at them then? If you don't dare to shoot, you will be shot and killed by the Japanese."

Yang Qingfeng's face turned red and white, and he suddenly stood up, as if he had made some kind of decision.

"When attacking, tell them to lie down and try to limit their casualties. Of course, some injuries are unavoidable. If you choose to eat this bowl of rice, you always have to pay some price."

This is really a fool, he is so angry! Even if he has such an idea, he can't say it out loud!

"Captain Yang, I'm sorry that I can't agree with this. We fight the Japs to protect the people and our homes. Although they work for the Japanese, they are forced to do so because of their livelihood. They are all our ordinary people and they can't even survive. Don't expect them to consider the overall environment. There's nothing wrong with letting their families fill their stomachs. Let them open the railway line first! We can think of a solution after that."