Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

June 1941, Headquarters of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, Leijia Village.

Zhou Weihan, Tan Lin, and the main cadres of the Zhinan Military Division, headed by Jing Dagang, gathered together and squatted in front of a winding ditch outside the village.

In order to observe better, Zhou Weihan called everyone to come down, then jumped into the ditch by himself, and observed it himself.

"Boss, the trench we dug is about 1.8 meters deep, 1.5 to [-] meters wide, and about [-] miles long. It connects the south entrance of Leijia Village to the north entrance!" said Geng Wanyun, a cadre from central Jizhong.

Zhou Weihan is [-] meters tall, and the top of his head will be at the same level as the mound on the edge of the ditch. The width of the dug ditch is narrower at the lower opening than the upper opening, which is enough for carriages and carriages to pass through.

"Bring a spear over here!" Zhou Weihan waved.

The monk hurriedly handed over his rifle, Zhou Weihan took the rifle, thought about holding the rifle, and poked his head out along the slope of the ditch, and climbed up with a lot of effort.

"Monk, it's time for you to show off your skills, see if you can jump on it!" Zhou Weihan said.

Hearing this, the monk took a step back, then rushed forward, stepped on the slope of the ditch, and landed on the flat ground in the next second.

"Hey, this ditch is interesting! When people walk in it, people outside can hardly see it unless they get close!" Zhou Weihan said with a smile: "And even the little devils walk in the ditch, just their little ones, come up It's not that easy!"

"Well, if the bases are all over Daogou, the little devil's advantage in maneuvering power will disappear, and he will be on the same starting line as our Eighth Route Army all of a sudden. We can only compare the strength of our feet!" Tan Lin on the side also nodded and said.

The comrades who came all the way from central Hebei have been researching and popularizing tunnel warfare in the Tainan base area after arriving in Tainan, and have achieved remarkable results in a few months.

With the concerted efforts of the military and civilians in the Tainan base area, many villages are connected with tunnels in places where geological conditions matter. It only takes more time to form a huge underground passage underground.

And not long ago, the comrades in Jizhong came to the Hebei-Luyu base area again.

At that time, Zhou Weihan was leading the cadres of the Zhinan and Yubei military divisions to summarize the gains and losses of the previous battle.

Wang Yigong concluded at the meeting that the terrain in the Hebei, Shandong and Henan areas is mostly plains, which is completely opposite to that in Tainan.

In the past, in Tainan, you could find an ambush on any hilltop, but after arriving in Hebei, Shandong and Henan, soldiers generally did not adapt to combat.

Wang Yigong even proposed a plan to "build mountains" in the area bordering the Japanese army in order to better block the Japanese troops in the direction of Anyang, Huaxian, and Junxian in the future.

Zhou Weihan laughed angrily when he heard this. What Wang Yigong mentioned was not to build a position on the original terrain that is more conducive to the troops' blocking.

It is equivalent to trying to pile up a hill with a length of several hundred kilometers in a boundless plain area, and use the favorable terrain to block the Japanese army in the future.

In Zhou Weihan's view, this is tantamount to fantasy, let alone whether the Japanese army will stop it, how much manpower and material resources will be consumed in it, even if it is successfully piled up, I am afraid that the little devil will be beaten away long ago.

At this time, Geng Wanyun brought people to Hebei, Shandong and Henan. After learning about this situation, he proposed that the Jizhong Military Region should launch a sweep against the Japanese army, and was organizing the masses to dig trenches in the base area.

Before 1941, the ditches in central Jizhong were dug along the road in the early stage, only to limit the traffic of the Japanese army, and also restricted the travel of the people in the base area; in the later period, they were changed to dig ditches along the road, but they were also dug in a straight line, which was easy to be affected by the enemy along the ditch. fire attack.

After 1941, the Jizhong Military Region learned the lessons of the past and redesigned and integrated the roads and ditches in the base area.

Therefore, the current scene appeared in the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region.

"This ditch has both advantages and disadvantages. Let's analyze it in detail!" Tan Lin said suddenly.

"How to say?" Zhou Weihan asked.

"Although the terrain of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan region we are in is roughly similar to that of the Central Hebei region, the difference is that our troops in the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region can wrestle with the surrounding Japanese troops. If we leave Daogou, the chariot company may become scrap iron!" Tan Lin analyzed.

"Then you don't suggest it?"

"That's not true, as long as you need to think about it!"

Zhou Weihan nodded after hearing this, and then said: "I have always advocated the strategy of defending against the enemy. It is the same in Tainan, and it is the same in Hebei, Shandong and Henan. Daogou is not only used to prevent the Japanese army from entering and leaving the base area, but also to use it to kill the enemy. The vital force of the Japanese army!"

"In my opinion, Daogou should first start from the periphery of the base area and expand from the periphery to the guerrilla zone. When the Japanese army sweeps up the actual situation, groups of Daogou will become the best positions to stop the Japanese army!" Zhou Weihan finally said.

In the next few days, the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region has been studying and deepening the defense strategy based on Daogou, and quickly put it into action.

The initial implementation area includes most of the northern Henan military division, mainly in the direction of Huaxian, Junxian, and Anyang, followed by the southern military division south of Qingfeng, targeting the Liangpu area for defense.

Therefore, the new ditch design is more refined and standardized.

First of all, there are parapets and back seats on both sides of the ditch, forming a raised landscape on the ground.The parapet is formed by excavating the accumulated soil and piled on both sides of the ditch, which is convenient for fighting.

Level the parapets on both sides, leaving a 1-foot path on each side to facilitate the walking of people and horses, thus forming a back seat.

Secondly, every three or four miles in the ditch is dug a passing place for rural carts. This passing place is generally arc-shaped or circular, with a mound in the middle and driving ditches on both sides, similar to today's traffic turntable.

Its design purpose is to facilitate the traffic of vehicles in rural areas, and the second is to prevent the enemy from shooting in depth along the ditch.

The depth of each road ditch is generally 1.8-2 meters, including the height of the parapet, and the width is generally 1.5-2 meters, which can meet the traffic requirements of rural carts.

In this regard, Zhou Weihan also put forward several requirements. First, wherever the road trenches are excavated, crop land should be avoided as much as possible.

Second, try to excavate along the roads that the people take every day to form a dense traffic network, so as to replace the roads on the flat ground with road ditches, so as to avoid a single ditch being easily blocked by the Japanese army.

Third, the two ends of the ditch should go deep into the village or hidden places in the mountains to facilitate the entry and exit of soldiers and civilians.

Fourth, stepping, bunkers, foxholes, drainage wells, drainage ditches, entrances and exits, etc. should be added according to the situation to meet the needs of combat

Fifth, the road ditch not only has dry ditch and branch ditch, but also determines its width, depth, slope and internal structure according to the applicable situation.At the same time, it is also necessary to achieve "connecting ditches and connecting villages".

As soon as the order was issued, the prefectural government immediately mobilized the villagers and soldiers to mobilize the people in the area involved, and the army also sent people to act as technicians.

At the same time, the mass organizations under the leadership of governments at all levels assumed important responsibilities. Farmers, workers, youths, youth anti-Japanese vanguards, women, educators, and businessmen saved the Congress. Someone out.

In just three days, the number of young and middle-aged men gathered by villagers, soldiers and ordinary people in Qingfeng County alone reached [-], and then strong laborers came from far and wide.