Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 295 Want recruits or not?
The puppet army and plainclothes team ambushed by the Japanese army near Hougou were easily cleaned up by the Fourth Regiment.

After tidying up the plainclothes team, Wang Yigong did not rush to the next step. Instead, he hid the troops and waited for the confluence of the guard company.

Not long after, the guard company arrived at Hougou, and all the captured weapons and equipment were carried on their shoulders. Several guerrilla fighters who acted as guides even carried a large bundle of puppet army uniforms.

"Regimental Commander, all 124 puppet soldiers were killed, and none of them survived!" the commander of the security company of the Fourth Regiment reported.

Wang Yigong nodded after listening.

The comrades who followed the guerrillas were stunned, and Zhao Wenjiang, the head of the military transportation department of the local district committee, couldn't help being secretly surprised.

Although Zhou Weihan's independent detachment usually doesn't treat the puppet army as a human being, it doesn't mean that the puppet army's combat effectiveness is low.

The main opponents of the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army were the puppet troops who went to the countryside to raid and collect food. In the absence of weapons and equipment, they were able to survive in the enemy's territory, which showed that the combat effectiveness of this guerrilla was not weak.

Although Zhao Wenjiang is not in the combat unit, he is still an old revolutionary. He knows very well that the general main force does not have such weapons and combat effectiveness.

Thinking about the record of the Changzhi Airport of the Fourth Regiment before, Zhao Wenjiang couldn't help feeling a little hot in his heart.

At this time Wang Yigong had already greeted two guerrilla fighters to greet the fellow villagers he had contacted before.

Moon offset.

In the back ditch, more than [-] fighters and guerrillas from the Fourth Regiment, plus more than [-] fellow villagers were transporting the corpses with carts.

It was summer, and the weather was sultry. In just two or three days, the bodies of the soldiers who were thrown in the ditch had already stink.

In order to avoid being infected, everyone present had to cover their mouths and noses with towels.

Looking at Wang Yigong who was doing it himself, Zhao Wenjiang stepped forward and said: "Commander Wang, Lici County is not safe to enter, and the road is not safe. I think it's better to choose a place nearby for comrades to rest in peace. The guerrillas have long If you are active in this area, you will have someone to take care of you when the time comes!"

Wang Yigong also discovered this problem. He thought the problem was too simple before, so he nodded and asked if there was a suitable address.

"Just the hill where the guerrillas are located is good. It's far away from people, and the little devils can't find it!"

It took them one night and three consecutive unlucky trips to transport the remains of the soldiers away.

The sky is bright.

A new tomb was added on top of the unnamed hill. There was no inscription, no offerings, and not even a tomb bag. Only the wet yellow on the surface showed the unusualness of this place.

Perhaps when those who dealt with them sacrifice or die, their heroic deeds will be forgotten by the world.

A gathering place for guerrillas.

In order to thank the guerrillas for their help, Wang Yigong donated the weapons and equipment directly captured to the guerrillas.

A total of 102 rifles, two light machine guns, more than a dozen short guns, and more than [-] rounds of ammunition.

It was a surprise for the guerrilla fighters. Many fighters had their eyes on the two light machine guns, which were rare items among the guerrilla fighters.

You must know that most of the guerrilla fighters don't even have guns, they hold big knives and spears to fight the enemy.

"Commander Wang, I won't say much if I thank you. Do you want recruits from the four regiments?"

As soon as Zhao Wenjiang finished speaking, the guerrilla fighters immediately put down the equipment in their hands and surrounded them one by one.

"Go, don't surround yourself here anymore!" Zhao Wenjiang drove the guerrilla fighters away, and then said: "Commander Wang, I am the Minister of Military Transport, and I am usually responsible for transporting troops to the main force. Young soldiers, if necessary, I can discuss with the district committee to recruit a group of recruits in Changzhi and Pingshun to supplement your fourth regiment!"

Wang Yigong was quite moved after hearing this. The fourth regiment is now the weakest. Although the new regiment of the independent detachment is being formed, it will take one month of training time to supplement each regiment, plus one point for the four regiments. The Fourth Regiment at most recovered to 1600 people before the war.

As for the [-] puppet soldiers captured, Gao Zhiheng was enthusiastic about reforming, but Wang Yigong didn't like the soft bones of the puppet army.

Cixian County had always been the territory of the national army. The Fourth Regiment had not been in Cixian County for a long time, and the mass base was still shallow. It is of course a good thing to have a batch of additional recruits.

Thinking about all kinds of things, Wang Yigong happily agreed.

Seeing that Wang Yigong agreed, Zhao Wenjiang continued: "The district committee I belong to is mainly active in the eastern suburbs of Changzhi, most of Pingshun. It was suppressed by the national army before, but now it is destroyed everywhere by the little devils. It has no border with the base area and no support from the main force. It's a difficult situation right now!"

"I would like to ask, does your main force have any intention of developing towards Pingshun?"

The district party committee where Zhao Wenjiang works belongs to the Changzhi prefecture of the Taihang administrative region. It is the same level of administrative organization as the Tainan prefecture where the independent detachment is located, but they are not governed by each other.

Compared with Tainan District, which has an independent detachment as support, and dares to blatantly build a grassroots regime in the precinct, the local comrades in Changzhi Precinct have been active underground, and their work has not improved.

Wang Yigong did not give an immediate response. At present, each regiment of the independent detachment has its own defense zone, and the fourth regiment borders Pingshun.

According to Zhou Weihan's deployment, the main forces of the Fourth Regiment were concentrated on the east and south sides, and the fourth regiment's organizational system was incomplete, so there was no way to develop smoothly to the west in a short period of time.

Even if the Fourth Regiment resumed its pre-war formation, it would be unable to deal with the enemy on three sides with the strength of the Fourth Regiment alone.

In addition, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party reached an agreement to divide the scope of activities with Linfen, Tunliu, and Pingshun as the dividing line. Pingshun is a very sensitive place.

"I have no choice but to report to the head of the detachment!" Wang Yigong said truthfully.

Zhao Wenjiang was not discouraged, but instead said: "I also need to discuss with the comrades of the district committee and report to the superior district committee at the same time!"

The words are divided into two parts.

Zhou Weihan was also very busy at Yanwang Mountain.

Artillery battalion commander Chen Feng and cavalry battalion commander Zhu Dashan found Zhou Weihan.

These two battalions are the only two units of the independent detachment whose strength has not decreased but increased after the war.

The artillery battalion had six more [-]-type field artillery. In the Battle of Zhanghe, the artillery of the two infantry artillery squadrons of the Japanese army was blown up.

But after the war, the parts were disassembled, and four [-]-type infantry guns were reassembled.

The Artillery Battalion had more artillery but not enough staff, so Chen Feng found Zhou Weihan himself.

"No one, it's impossible for the artillery companies of each regiment to transfer manpower to the artillery battalion. I handed over the artillery battalion to you from the beginning, and you have been in full charge of it!" Zhou Weihan rejected Chen Feng's request to transfer manpower from each regiment.

"Then I'll go to recruit the head office myself!" Chen Feng said bluntly, following Zhou Weihan when he was in the New Second Regiment.

"That's fine, as long as you don't pick people within the detachment, the rest depends on your ability. If you have the ability, you can go to the 386th brigade or the artillery regiment of the headquarters to pick people. They always have more people than cannons!" Zhou Weihan teased.

"I don't have as much face as you!"

In the end, Zhou Weihan agreed to coordinate with the 386th Brigade and the Artillery Regiment of the Headquarters, and Chen Feng left satisfied.

(End of this chapter)