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

"All the people in Baoying City who are willing to evacuate will be evacuated to the surrounding villages and towns, and the Patriotic Committee will be responsible."

It took Yang Ling and a group of staff officers less than half an hour to finalize the evacuation places for each battalion.

Compared with defending Baoying City, once the troops withdraw to the vast rural areas, they can lengthen the front line of the little devils and find favorable opportunities to wipe out the enemy.

The company commanders had all returned to the troops to convey the transfer order. The brothers were actively packing up and preparing to evacuate. The battalion commanders and the officers of each unit were left alone by Yang Ling to finalize the evacuation route.

"After the battalions are transferred to the local area, they must strictly abide by military discipline, and establish a good relationship with the local gentry and common people..."

With so many people in the Subei Corps, if they moved to one place, the target would be too big, and it would be easy for the little devils to find a hiding place.

But now that they are scattered and evacuated to hide, it is not easy to be detected by little devils, but the troops are also facing new problems.

Previously, Yang Ling's commander and the battalions were almost all together. Under Yang Ling's nose, he naturally didn't dare to mess around. After all, the inspector team was watching.

Now the troops have been scattered and hidden in various towns and villages. Although they are still in Baoying County, there is no doubt that Yang Ling's supervision of them has blind spots.

Therefore, Yang Ling repeatedly emphasized to the battalion commanders that they must establish a good relationship with the local people, otherwise, their troops would be like grasshoppers without roots, and they would be no different from bandits.

"After the troops have withdrawn to the countryside, don't slack off in training, strengthen the investigation of the enemy's situation, and at the same time maintain contact with the general command."

Yang Ling was seriously explaining various matters, and the battalion commanders all nodded in agreement.

Although they really didn't want to retreat to the remote countryside, but now the situation is stronger than others, and the army of devils is overwhelming them, so they have no choice.

"This time the guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare are scattered, and you battalion commanders will stand alone. When encountering an enemy situation, you must discuss with the deputy battalion commander, staff officer, and company commanders. Don't make decisions with a feverish head. Dangerous situation, of course, if you are unsure, you can ask the general commander for instructions."

"Remember the principle of our guerrilla warfare, that is, when the enemy is tired, we will fight; if the enemy advances, we will retreat; if the enemy retreats, we will pursue;

This time the battalions are fighting separately, which is tantamount to giving the battalion commanders an opportunity to fight independently, and it is also a training for them.

Although Yang Ling was not at ease with the battalion commanders, he also knew that the young eagles would eventually grow up and fly high, so they couldn't always be protected under his wings.

If this decentralized operation is successful, then the battalion and company commanders' independent leadership combat capabilities will be greatly enhanced.

Even if they are no longer in the Northern Subei Corps by then, they will still have enough ability to control the troops and deal a severe blow to the Japanese and puppet troops.

Yang Ling spent more than an hour explaining many matters to the battalion commanders, which made his mouth dry.

"Do you have any questions? If there are no questions, everyone will go down and prepare, and start to evacuate after dark." After Yang Ling finished speaking, he turned his attention to the battalion commanders.

"Sir, after evacuating to the countryside, how can we guarantee the supplies of our troops?" Xie Zhengxiang, the commander of the Fourth Battalion, stood up first and spoke.

Yang Ling nodded, motioned for him to sit down, and then replied, "The army's food supplies and military supply department will send some of them to you on time, and you need to solve the other part on the spot."

"Fix part of it yourself?" After hearing Yang Ling's words, Xie Zhengxiang, the commander of the Fourth Battalion, frowned.

They are used to receiving food and ammunition from the quartermaster department, and now they are suddenly asked to solve part of it by themselves, which makes them difficult.

Several other battalion commanders were also whispering to each other, discussing Yang Ling's decision.

"Don't think too hard about things. For food, you can buy some from the local gentry. We serve as soldiers and fight to protect their property. I don't think they will waste everything."

"If you have the guts, a better choice is to attack the little devils. You can attack their grain depots and ammunition depots. They have all the food and ammunition. Even if you dare not attack the grain depots and ammunition depots, ambush their transport The car club, right? Can a living person be suffocated by urine?"

When Yang Ling said something, the battalion commanders all frowned. They were just thinking about how to get supplies, but now that Yang Ling said that, they suddenly understood.

They didn't have to worry about what they ate and drank before, they just needed to fight. Yang Ling was in charge of all the logistics. Now that he had to act alone, he realized that daily necessities were expensive.

"We can still wipe out those bandits and rogues. They're fat and oily." With a touch of Yang Ling, Liu Jinhu, the deputy battalion commander, came to his senses.

"Yes, no matter how much food and ammunition you make, I always mean that you don't need them, but I want to reiterate one point, that is, you can't rob the common people of food, you can't buy and sell by force, and anyone who lets me know will definitely be severely punished. !" Yang Ling sounded a wake-up call to his brothers in the end.

"Don't worry, sir, even if we wanted to, the brothers wouldn't do it." Liu Jinhu said carelessly.

Now a large part of the officers and soldiers of their northern Jiangsu guerrilla corps are local soldiers, and their families are all in this area.

If their troops dare to rob the common people of food, it is tantamount to robbing the brothers' homes of food, and the brothers will definitely be the first to quit.

"Sir, I also have a question." After Yang Ling answered the fourth battalion commander's question in a few words, the first battalion commander blacksmith spoke again.

Yang Ling turned his head to the blacksmith and said, "Tell me, what's the problem?"

"If you fight against devils, the army will be damaged. Can you replenish the troops on the spot?"

As soon as the first battalion commander blacksmith said this, everyone looked at Yang Ling one after another. After all, it was taboo to expand the army without permission.

Yang Ling's face didn't change. After thinking for a moment, he smiled and said, "As long as you can support yourself, I don't care how many people you recruit."

After hearing Yang Ling's words, the battalion commanders became excited. This is equivalent to acquiescing to their private expansion of the army. As long as they are willing, they can expand from one battalion to one brigade, then they will be brigade commanders. Excited.

But soon, Yang Ling changed the subject: "But don't be kings of the mountain, you should take the initiative to fight the devils for me. If anyone who has a heavy army and does not fight the devils performs poorly, the establishment will be revoked on the spot."

"Yes! We promise to beat the devils hard!" The battalion commanders all patted their chests and promised.

Yang Ling was not worried that the strength of each battalion would be too inflated, because the expansion of the army was related to logistics, guns and ammunition, barracks and other aspects.

Now that the devils are overwhelming the border again, even if the battalions want to expand the army on a large scale, it may not be realistic, because recruiting a group of young men without guns and ammunition is no different from mobs, and he thinks these battalion commanders understand.

Text Chapter 140 Eight Disobedience

The continuous rain covered the vast land, as if it didn't stop. The water network in Jiangsu was already sealed. In just half a day, many areas became a swamp country.

The officers and soldiers of the Northern Subei Corps have been ordered to start moving to the rural areas. The large paddy fields and rivers have cut the land to pieces, and the brothers can only walk on the field foundation in a single file.

The Subei Corps has hardly been separated since its establishment, and they all fought in the vast area between Gaoyou and Huaiyin under the command of Yang Ling.

But this time the troops were going to disperse and move to the countryside to conduct mobile warfare and guerrilla warfare. Seeing the brothers wearing cloaks and coir raincoats going in different directions into the rain and fog in groups, Yang Ling's mood was extremely complicated.

When the devils invaded heavily, they originally wanted to stop the devils' attack at the preset position in the area south of Jieshou, just like last winter.

But the plan was not as good as changing, the devils came out in full force, their strength was too strong, and the rapid loss of the defense on the southern line forced the Subei Corps to make the decision to move to the countryside.

Now that the various troops are going to be dispersed into the countryside, the devils will definitely not let it go, and they will also enter the rural areas to encircle and suppress.

It is conceivable that although the scattered battalions can rely on the vast space for maneuvering operations, they are also facing more severe tests.

Whether it is the relationship between the local army and the people, the supply of food and ammunition, and the treatment of the wounded, these are all difficult problems they need to face, which tests the commanding ability of the commander and the ability of the brothers to endure hardship.

But Yang Ling also believed that if the brothers could survive this difficulty, they would become stronger, gradually mature, and become true veterans of all battles.

Groups of officers and soldiers braved the rain to turn in, and many ordinary people also carried packages and walked in the mud, silently turning into the countryside with the troops.

The cruelty of devils has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and many people also know that little devils go crazy, but people and animals will not stay.

Although the little devils are now conducting solemn operations in the occupied areas, the main targets are guerrillas and regular Chinese troops, and they no longer kill ordinary people like they do on the front lines of the frontal battlefield.

But the dog can't change eating shit, and there are still devils' evil deeds from time to time. No one can guarantee whether the devils will raise their butcher's knife against the people again in anger when they can't find the guerrillas this time.