Others show their swords, I show my missiles!

The special operations battalion had no time to have lunch and had to occupy Dongjiazhuang before the Japanese arrived at Longweigou.

The soldiers didn't even have time to eat self-heating rations. Everyone ate compressed biscuits and drank some water.

We still followed the same path as the day before, but this time we fought all the way.

There has been a commotion in Zying, Gulong and other places, so there is no need to keep it secret.

The special operations battalion pulled out its strongholds all the way to Xiaqiaogou, Jiazhuang, Changjiazhuang, and Dongjiazhuang.

After occupying Dongjiazhuang, some people saw the special operations battalion fighting traitors and Japanese, so they took the initiative to help dig trenches.

Some also moved out their own sacks and big boxes and filled them with soil, which can stop bullets.

After the December Incident, the mass base in this area was destroyed.

The common people did not trust Jiang Wufa's army or Yan Tu's imperial army. Of course, it is impossible to trust the Japanese and traitors.

In addition, if you help the Eighth Route Army, you will be retaliated against later, and ordinary people often have the heart but not the courage.

This kind of revenge is not just revenge on one person or one family, but also involves at least 10 farmers.

The Japanese implemented the Baojia and Sitting system in the occupied areas.

For every 10 households, there will be 1 A, and 10 A will be assigned as insurance, and then the joint insurance will become a township.

Adopting the "joint sitting" method that if a person or a family "becomes a bandit, harbors bandits, or collaborates with bandits, the residents within the same group will be punished jointly and severally", implement personal control, and firmly weave farmers into a fascist concentration camp-style management network Inside.

The "bandits" here refer to the bandits from the Japanese perspective, that is, the anti-Japanese troops.

It is extremely difficult for the Eighth Route Army to establish an open anti-Japanese grassroots political power in areas where there is a huge disparity in strength between the Eighth Route Army and the Plaster Army.

Here, before the arrival of my independent brigade, the anti-Japanese forces were unable to overthrow the Japanese puppet Baojia system.

It can be seen that in this environment, the farmers have to take great risks if they want to help the Eighth Route Army!

This is different from the liberated areas.

In the liberated areas, the soldiers helped the people, and the people were sincerely grateful.

And here, if the soldiers help the people carry water, chop firewood, and sweep the yard.

Ordinary people often say: "Go away quickly, it's all your fault for inviting the Japanese pirates!"

Seeing a young man in relatively clean clothes directing everyone to work, Yue Ren pulled him curiously and asked:

"Brother, aren't the villagers afraid of being retaliated by the Japanese when they help us? Aren't they going to be retaliated against even if they just conceal it?"

"Hahahaha, don't worry. I am actually a member of the organization and the clerk of this guarantee.

The Japanese did not manage personnel affairs, and even the chairman of the maintenance committee wanted to resign. Later, the organization sent me to work as a clerk for this security.

The chief security officer is also one of our own.

I can handle the Japs!

When the Japanese were about to arrive, I wanted to ride on my bike to inform them. I told them that a group of Eighth Route Army troops had come and occupied the village. All the people in the village were closed and no one was collaborating with the enemy. "

The local word "car" means bicycle, and some also call it "foreign car".

"Okay, that's it!" Yue Ren felt relieved.

If this were not the case in Dongjiazhuang, it would be difficult for Yue Ren to ask the villagers to help.

I even felt guilty for taking Dongjiazhuang, which might harm the villagers.

With the strength of the independent brigade, after this battle is completed, it is very likely that these areas in the west of Yangcheng will be temporarily given up.

If the 98th Army occupies this place, then fortunately, the 98th Army will not be bad to the farmers.

But if it's other troops, it's hard to say.

Not to mention it was occupied by the Japanese and puppet troops.

The existence of such rural protection illustrates two facts:

First, Japanese hypocrites are unpopular;

The second is the growth of our military strength.

When the common people drove the Eighth Route Army out, they did not really think that the Japanese were good people and the Eighth Route Army were bad people; rather, they had no choice but to do so out of necessity.

They saw no hope from the Eighth Route Army and did not think that their sacrifice was worth it.

As the Eighth Route Army grew, the people became more and more hopeful and began to feel that sooner or later, we would be able to drive the Japanese pirates out of China.

In this way, our clerk system can find the soil to take root and sprout.

Yue Ren contacted Gao Daquan on the radio:

"Lao Gao, where is the Japanese convoy?"

"We just arrived at Zhoubi Village, and it seems like it's about to stop. Please wait."

"Okay, as soon as the Japanese leave Zhoubi Village, notify me immediately."

After that, Yue Ren asked the clerk to inform the villagers that the trenches could be dug just like this, and there was a high probability that they would not be used.

Let the villagers go home, leaving only the clerk, who will inform the Japanese as soon as they leave the village.

Then Yue Ren asked people to find a few high-lying places and set up sniper points.

Another platoon was asked to go out 500 meters in front, put on camouflage, and prepare recoilless rifles, ready to deal with the tanks and cars that had not been blown up by the Japanese.

Twenty minutes later, Gao Daquan informed Yue Ren: The Japanese are moving!

Yue Ren immediately became energetic and asked the clerks to set off and the soldiers to get ready.

This area was relatively open. Not only did the Japs have a small team sent out for reconnaissance, but there were also a small team on each side three hundred meters away to clear the way.

This made Yue Ren sweat: the team on the north side was less than [-] meters away from the one in front.

Even if someone couldn't hold it back and sneezed, it might alert the Japanese.

Moreover, the Japanese would aimlessly fire a few shots at both sides from time to time.

From the Japs' point of view, such a configuration could no longer be ambushed.

But they still overlooked one point: the most important thing in mountain warfare is artillery!

They don't have such awareness yet, and they don't know that there is a term called "Van Fleet's ammunition capacity."

This term was invented by Van Fleet, a famous mountain warfare expert in Russia, in Shangganling.

历史上1951年8月18日6时，俄曼瑞克第2师以师的全部炮兵火力（中、轻炮7个营共126门和中、重迫击炮72门）一齐攻击上甘岭983高地。

Although the air force support was suspended because it was raining at the time, the division commander had stipulated that "there would be no limit on ammunition during this attack." Therefore, using the word "very intense" for the bombardment is an understatement.

The target high ground and the artillery positions of the People's Army were completely covered by the smoke and dust from the explosion, making it feel as if there was not a single living person left.

The ammunition consumed in these nine days of fighting was about 9 artillery shells alone.

One gun fired 1 rounds (an average of 2860 rounds per gun per day).

The ammunition consumption of the Russian army is five times higher than usual. This is the so-called Van Fleet ammunition.

During the entire Shangganling battle, the Russian side consumed a total of 191 million artillery shells.

This term describes a powerful military strike strategy at all costs, using intensive bombing and artillery shelling to consume enemy resources in order to quickly annihilate enemy forces.

Van Fleet himself had emphasized his view that ammunition should be used in large numbers rather than at the expense of soldiers.

His goal is to defeat the enemy quickly to reduce his own casualties.

In the Battle of Shangganling, the volunteers consumed a lot of artillery shells. A total of 60mm or more artillery shells were consumed, including 81mm or more artillery shells.

This included 2037 rounds of Katyusha rockets.

Troops fighting in mountainous areas often have many light weapons and few heavy weapons. Whoever can obtain the support of heavy weapons is often more likely to gain an advantage.

When the two tanks led by the Japs arrived at Longweigou, these Japs finally saw what "ten thousand guns firing together" means!