Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 360 Autumn Harvest Battle, Changes in Lu Province

After the autumn harvest mobilization order was issued, the Chief of Staff Xing Zhiguo and the officers of the Staff Office worked out a rush harvest plan, which was divided into districts.

The grain fields opened up on Yanwang Mountain and nearby mountainous areas were collected by logistics minister Ding Dasuan, who commanded the supply battalion and farm personnel.

In Wuyi County, Jing Dagang commanded a regiment, local armed forces and various village militias to assist the local villagers in confiscating them.

Wu'an County is under the charge of Li Daben's garrison regiment;

Due to the large number of Xinyi regiments, the 28th regiment had to keep an eye on the movements of the Japanese army in Lucheng. Lidongnan and Ludongnan were in charge of the Xinyi regiment.

In Cixi and Shexian County, the Fourth Regiment, the Second Regiment and the Basic Regiment are in charge.

The regiments ordered to harvest the autumn harvest, the war machines of the Tainan Military Region started, and nearly 15000 Eighth Route Army soldiers rushed to various places.

In addition, there are nearly [-] local armed forces and militiamen, cooperating with millions of people in various counties.

An autumn harvest battle is slowly kicking off. Harvesting the corn crop is much simpler than wheat and rice. It can be broken off from the corn stalk.

Then dry it in the sun. When eating, the corn is separated and ground into cornmeal with a mill.

Fortunately, in the past ten days or so, most of the people in the base area had already started breaking corn, which saved a lot of time. In less than three days, all the corn left in the ground in the Tainan base area was snatched up.

The harvested corn is taken as a unit in the village, and each household is hidden in the nearby mountainous area.

Yanwang Mountain, a small hillside in the back mountain.

Zhou Weihan, Zhao Gang and soldiers from the headquarters were breaking corn on the hillside.

The weather turned slightly cooler in October, and Zhou Weihan and others set off for the back mountain at four o'clock in the morning.

The cornfields are terraced fields on the hillside, one layer after another surrounds the hillside, and each layer has about five or six rows of corn.

As soon as they entered the cornfield, the figures of the crowd were submerged by the corn stalks, and the military uniforms on their bodies were wet with dew, and the soaked military uniforms clinged to the skin.

The leaves of the corn stalks are stabbed on the face and the back of the hands. The taste, hey, is really comfortable.

Zhou Weihan and Zhao Gang were in charge of the bottom floor, Zhao Gang was in the front and Zhou Weihan was packing the sacks in the back.

Before the sun came out, the two collected four ridges of corn, which filled thirteen or four sacks

But after the sun came out, the sun shone on his face, and the place where he had been injured by the corn leaves before was very scratched, and the more he scratched, the more itchy he got.

"Old Zhao, slow down, take a break, take a break!" Zhou Weihan shouted from behind.

"That's not enough, just like you, you really should go to labor reform!" Zhao Gang joked.

"Hey, it's fun for you to break it in the front. Once you reach out and break it off, throw it on the ground and it's over. I'm bent over behind, hunched over, what you said is easy, let's try it later!" Zhou Weihan's mouth was full of resentment as soon as he opened his mouth, and he rubbed his fingers on his waist, only to see the red marks on his waist, which were unusually conspicuous.

Zhou Weihan and Zhou Weihan were resting, and an officer from the political department hurriedly found them: "Detachment leader, political commissar, Director Li has something urgent, and he said it was an urgent call from the headquarters!"

Zhou Weihan, Zhao Gang and Zhao Gang looked at each other, then hurriedly got up and ran to the headquarters.

In the headquarters, Li Yunshan was leaning on the chair, frowning, subconsciously tapping the table with his fingers.

"What happened?" Zhou Weihan asked first.

"An accident happened in the Shandong base area. The telegram forwarded by the headquarters said that the Japanese army raised heavy troops to encircle and suppress the base areas in Luxi, Lunan, Luzhong, and Hebei-Lubian!" Li Yunshan said.

"what?"

Zhou Weihan was astonished. The Japanese army frequently mobilized troops in the west of North China. The Eighth Route Army agreed that this was the Japanese army's retaliation for the Hundred Regiments War.

For this reason, the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region where the headquarters is located, the Jin-Chahar-Hebei Military Region in the north of the Zhengtai Line, and even the Jinsui Military Region in the northwest of Shanxi are all preparing for war. Who would have thought that the little devil would target the Shandong base of the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army in the Shandong base area did not participate in the Hundred Regiments War, so the defensive strength of the Twelfth Army of the North China Front Army stationed in Shandong was not lost.

The main force of the Twelfth Army of the Japanese Army, the [-]st Division, the [-]nd Division, and the Independent Fifth and Sixth Mixed Brigades encircled and suppressed our Eighth Route Army's Luzhong and Lunan bases respectively.

Directly under the North China Front Army, the 110th Division stationed in Shimen and the [-]th Division stationed in Jinmen each encircled and suppressed the Luxi base.

A Japanese army of the [-]th Division of the Japanese Army operating in the Shangqiu area secretly went northward to encircle and suppress the Hebei-Shandong border base areas.

The Yimeng mountain area in central Luzhong was the key target of the Japanese army's attack. The troops in the base area were cooperating with the people to harvest crops. They suffered heavy casualties under the Japanese army's surprise attack.

The Japanese army burned, killed and looted wantonly in the base area. Due to lack of preparation before, the various departments of the Eighth Route Army were forced to fight on their own. Many soldiers fell on the way to cover the fellow villagers into the mountains.

The main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Shandong base area was forced to retreat into the depths of Yimeng Mountain to fight guerrillas with the Japanese army.

"The little devil's play is really wonderful. We were all kept in the dark. Who would have thought that the little devil shot a feint to attract our attention, but aimed at the Shandong base!" Zhou Weihan said through gritted teeth.

"Originally, the Japanese army's usual routine was to frequently mobilize its troops to deceive our intelligence personnel, and then it seemed to launch a surprise attack. I said how could the Japanese army let us know the specific situation of the troop mobilization so easily this time. It turned out that they were waiting for us here. !” Li Yunshan said angrily.

"This is our preconceived idea, thinking that the Japanese army is targeting the troops in Shanxi and Hebei provinces. I'm afraid this is not the work of Neiji Okamura!" Zhao Gang on the side also said with emotion.

"Is there any news from the 28th regiment? How is the autumn harvest going?" Zhou Weihan asked.

"Ding Wei did not report the abnormality in Lucheng!"

"Lao Xing just sent someone to notify in the morning that the autumn harvests in Cixian, Lidongnan, and Ludongnan are basically completed, and Wuyi, Wu'an, Shexian and other places are expected to complete the autumn harvest early tomorrow morning!" Li Yunshan said.

"In this way, I am relieved. After the food harvest is over, there will be less burden. The troops in the counties should not withdraw yet. Plan the route into the mountain with the local people and rehearse it in advance!"

"I will never allow the soldiers to die in vain on the battlefield!" Zhou Weihan ordered.

"Yes!" Li Yunshan replied.

After the order was issued, the Fourth Regiment and the New First Regiment each sent out a group of fighters to carry out evacuation drills for fellow villagers in each village with the cooperation of local armed forces and militia.

A new group of defense zones.

When many villagers heard that they were going to evacuate to the mountains, they dragged their families with them, drove cattle and sheep, and it took a full half a day to evacuate to the mountains.

Li Yunlong listened to a company commander's report, and couldn't help but his face darkened: "Damn it, the day lily is cold at this time, it's a good thing to rehearse it in advance!"

"In this way, let the villagers leave the livestock and surplus grain in the mountains first, leave some people to guard, and the rest will return home. It will save a lot of time!" said Luo Benzhong on the side.

(End of this chapter)