The blood of the Anti-Japanese War stained the mountains and rivers

The villagers in Xiaowangzhuang also heard the news and panicked for a while. Fortunately, Zhang Liechen posted the notice of An Min in time, which avoided panic.

"The little devils want to grab our food again. Our guerrillas will fight resolutely and crush their plot!"

The propaganda team under the guerrillas also became active, posting banners and slogans everywhere, and holding iron horns to give speeches at village entrances, grain drying fields and other places where crowds gather.

"Our brave guerrilla troops are gathering! They will fight bravely and destroy all invading enemies!"

"Fight Japanese imperialism! Swear to the death that you will not be a subjugated slave!"

"All devils are paper tigers!"

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Inspired by the propaganda team's propaganda, the panicked people soon became united with the enemy and shouted slogans to cheer for the guerrillas who were about to go out.

"It's everyone's responsibility to fight devils. The officers and soldiers went to the front line and fought bloody to defend our hometown. We can't just sit back and wait for death. We must also actively support the front line." The propaganda team worked hard to implement Yang Ling's order to mobilize the people.

"Yes, we have to do something." The villagers who shared the same hatred all reacted and spoke one after another.

"We can organize stretcher teams to carry the wounded on the front line, and women can help boil water and cook..."

With the publicity of the propaganda team, each village soon spontaneously formed a stretcher team, cut bamboo to tie up the stretcher, and some even tore down their own gates.

The women also gathered together, and the guerrilla medics taught them how to deal with wounds and how to treat the wounded. Everyone listened carefully.

"We can help dig trenches!" More villagers are carrying hoes and shovels to help dig trenches and fortifications.

More than a dozen villages under the control of the guerrillas took action. In the cold weather, they went out of their homes one after another to defend their homes.

Zhang Liechen, the left-behind vice-captain, was caught off guard by seeing the villagers spontaneously gathered to take on the task. He didn't expect the people to have such great enthusiasm and motivation to defend their homeland.

"It seems that we have underestimated the determination of the villagers to defend their homeland. It is still Mr. Yang who has the foresight."

Zhang Liechen and Lei Xiong were also very ashamed. They wanted to give up these villagers and transfer them alone.

Text Chapter 796 Kuroda Ichiro

The power of the people is powerful. Under the mobilization of the guerrillas, stretcher teams, transportation teams, ambulance teams and other teams of people supporting operations were established one after another.

The fighting enthusiasm of the support guerrillas in each village was unprecedentedly high. In addition to these support teams, they also spontaneously organized to assist the militia patrols in their villages to prevent enemy agents from sneaking in and sabotaging them.

Yang Ling and the others had previously carried out a purge operation against the traitors and plainclothes teams in various villages, but there were still people who had hidden deeper and slipped through the net.

But now that the people have been mobilized, even if there are hidden people, they dare not come out for activities, unless they want to be beaten to death alive.

Under the vigorous propaganda of the propaganda team, the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the people in the rear was high, and the two battalions led by Yang Ling also left Xiaowangzhuang and marched towards Qinghe Town.

Yang Ling's temporary headquarters has also moved forward to Xiaohekou Village, where he will be in charge of commanding the guerrillas to attack the invading devils.

"The second battalion rests in hiding, and the first battalion takes the platoon as a unit, relying on the favorable terrain along the road to build a blocking position."

The villagers in Xiaohekou had already been evacuated and moved to other village chiefs. This place has been completely taken over by Huzi's guard platoon. Yang Ling's headquarters is in a small farmyard.

"Destroy all the roads as much as possible to slow the movement of the devil's cars."

"The explosives we learned should also be used, and made into explosive bags of five catties and ten catties, and more crushed stone and iron will be used when it is critical."

"The reconnaissance team closely monitors the movements of the devils and puppet troops, and reports immediately as soon as there is news."

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Yang Ling quickly issued a series of orders, and the guerrilla officers and soldiers who arrived at Xiaohekou also quickly moved into action.

Yang Ling didn't intend to fight head-to-head with the little devil. He just wanted to use up the devil's vitality and achieve the effect of training troops by constantly blocking along the way.

But his real trump card was the Second Battalion. When they stuck to the main force of the little devil, the Second Battalion took the opportunity to jump outside to attack the devil's rear, threatening Qinghe Town.

After all, a place like Qinghe Town is not only a stronghold of the devils, but also a military supply base. It is impossible for them to rescue without dividing their troops. This gave Yang Ling and the others an opportunity to take advantage of it. Devil's good fortune.

The wilderness in early winter was bleak, the fields on both sides of the road were empty, only the cold wind passed by, and the officers and soldiers of the guerrillas were busy laying mines, digging roads, and digging blocking positions along the entire road.

"Dig the foxhole a little deeper, and put some reed poles outside for cover..."

Veteran Knife is patrolling a blocking position with a seven-nine rifle on his back, and a squad of guerrilla officers and soldiers will be in charge here.

"Sir, is the little devil's marksmanship really that accurate?"

The recruit Li Dequan, who was on the battlefield for the first time, seemed very excited, and he worked extraordinarily hard to dig the trenches.

Li Dequan was one of the first batch to voluntarily sign up for the guerrillas, but his family also encountered revenge from the plainclothes squad, and the family was silenced, so he hated the devils and traitors very much.

"The devil usually shoots tens of thousands of bullets in training. Can you tell me that you can't be sure." Seeing Li Dequan's question, Daozi simply stopped and explained.

"But don't be afraid, shoot according to what I taught you during training, aim and shoot again, if you kill him first, no matter how good his marksmanship is, it's useless, aren't you right?"

"Yes, I will fight hard and kill more devils!" Li Dequan said murderously.

"Okay, learn more from your squad leader." The knife patted Li Dequan on the shoulder, and swayed towards the next blocking position.

The officers and soldiers of the guerrilla army were all peasants, and they were very familiar with digging holes. Soon, the reason leading to the guerrilla zone was completely destroyed.

On the banks of many streams and small rivers, hidden blocking positions were even set up. As long as the little devil's engineers dared to build bridges, they would be shot.

The main road through which cars could pass was cut off, and the brothers felt that it was not safe, so they even diverted water from the nearby irrigation canals, turning the entire area into a swamp.

The brothers were too busy, and the people in the nearby villages learned that the brothers were going to fight the devils, so they all came to help with hoes and irons.

In just one day, the entire road leading to the guerrilla zone was completely destroyed, and countless traps and mines were formed, even those rivers where motorboats could pass.

Wooden stakes were laid in the river, and fishing nets were pulled with iron chains. As long as the devil's motorboat dared to come over, it would definitely not last long. Moreover, there were mobile guerrilla groups on both sides of the river, and they were the best at sniping.

Veterans, recruits, and the public all went into battle. Before the devils reached the guerrilla zone, Yang Ling and the others had already set up their nets and waited.

If it was at this time in the past, the traitors would have reported to the devils for such a large-scale action by the guerrillas, and the devils would have launched targeted actions.

But since Yang Ling wiped out the traitor plainclothes team in the guerrilla zone with an iron fist, whoever dares to take the initiative to send a letter to the devil now is courting death.

The guerrilla zone was run by Yang Ling like an iron bucket, so the devils knew nothing about what Yang Ling and the others were doing, and they still planned to launch an operation to wipe out the guerrillas according to their predetermined plan.

This time, the Devil Brigade affiliated to the Devil's 13th Independent Mixed Brigade stationed in the county sent more than 300 devils to Qinghe Town to support the battle.

The commander in charge of the encirclement and suppression of the guerrillas in Qinghe Town was a major sent by the brigade, named Ichiro Kuroda, who was injured and crippled during the Battle of Changsha, so he was transferred to the rear garrison.

Kuroda Ichiro previously served in the frontline field troops. Although he was only a squadron leader, he was good in command ability and tactical quality.

After being transferred to the 13th Infantry Mixed Brigade, he was promoted to Major Staff Officer and served in the Huaiyin Garrison Brigade. He was far away from the smoke and bombs of the battlefield, which made him extremely uncomfortable.

So this time the garrison squadron in Qinghe Town was beaten by the guerrillas and dared not go out. He took the initiative to ask for a fight, brought two squadrons of devils to reinforce him, and was appointed as the commander to be in charge of this encirclement and suppression.