Bright Sword: Start with Ding Blast Bridge, Homemade Sweet Potato Cake

The battle of Dongye Town ended with the cavalry regiment's retreat. The New 1st Regiment relied on the favorable terrain to block the entrance to the mountain.

The mountain stronghold was thus transformed into a fortress to defend against the Japanese army.

Dongye Town is a large town with a railway running through it, and it stores a lot of combat supplies for the soldiers to seize.

Needless to say, there are supplies in the county.

The stored food, military canned food, weapons and equipment, and ammunition were directly incorporated into the military sub-district warehouses. Medicines, surgical tools, medical kits, etc. were life-saving treasures.

In this operation, more than 1400 rifles, 48 ​​Type 36 light machine guns, 16 grenade launchers, 4 heavy machine guns, 4 small cannons and indirect fire guns were seized.

There were also more than 80 rounds of bullets, 30 boxes of grenades, and more than 340 artillery shells.

Ding Wei took the opportunity to take out more than 600 Type 72 rifles, 36 Type 50 rifles and Czech rifles, heavy machine guns, and more than rounds of ammunition from his personal warehouse and put them in the Japanese warehouse.

As part of the seizure, without anyone noticing.

These weapons and equipment are enough to equip two more main regiments.

After eliminating the stronghold and capturing more than 1800 puppet soldiers, Ding Wei was disgusted by the seized guns and weapons.

Most of the puppet troops were armed with Hanyang-made, Wanguo-made, and captured domestic weapons.

Light and heavy machine guns will be assigned to the main forces of the military sub-district, and the remaining rifles will be considered for distribution to guerrillas, militia, and the development of local armed forces.

Organize guerrilla units and develop anti-espionage teams and armed work teams in other mountainous areas.

Bayonets, water bottles, tarpaulins, barbed wire, fuel and other combat supplies weighed about 20 to 30 tons when put together.

There are also more than 300 mules and horses, 7 trucks and 50 motorcycles.

There is no one who can drive in the Fourth Military Division, but Ding Wei can drive an automatic transmission, but I don’t know if he can drive it skillfully.

We selected a few drivers from the county town and taught the comrades.

These days, as long as you drive your car and know how to repair it, no one will check your license.

Once the Japanese military vehicles were in their hands, they became vehicles of his military sub-district.

Zhang Dabiao led people to count the warehouse and found more than 3,000 sets of brand new Japanese military uniforms.

Report to Ding Wei immediately.

This thing is very useful. If you replace it with the Japanese military uniform, you can pass it off as real and catch the Japanese off guard.

It might be of great use at a critical moment.

Ding Wei was very interested and asked Da Biao to arrange someone to clean out this batch of military uniforms.

Assigned to the main force of the New Third Regiment and the New First Regiment.

Let the comrades choose the military uniforms that suit them and distribute them to each person, and those that are temporarily put away will be subject to his arrangements.

The county town was captured by the Fourth Military Division, and the Japanese Chuntian Battalion was killed, a large number of puppet soldiers and traitors were killed, and a large number of puppet soldiers were captured. This was earth-shattering news.

Ding Wei's name has gained a firm foothold around the county.

In the Jin-Cha-Ji area, a letter of commendation was written to commend the Fourth Military Division for helping the 717th Regiment to block the Japanese invaders. In cooperation with the mountainous area, the Japanese brigade's raid was defeated, the enemy's logistics troops and artillery squadron were annihilated, and rich spoils were captured.

Brigade Commander Chen, holding the commendation letter sent from next door, couldn't help but smile.

He has two identities, he is the brigade commander on par with the Fourth Military Sub-district, and he is also the commander of Taiyue.

It is also in charge of four military sub-districts and one regular brigade.

"This Ding Wei quietly occupied Yu County. The Japanese pushed him into the mountainous area. After a while, they occupied the county town in the north. He is getting along well with the brother troops. Do you know whose soldier he is?"

"I eat millet porridge with pickles every day, but he only eats canned beef. He is lawless."

"Go, inform the Fourth Military Division that the expansion of the troops is a good thing, but we must keep the principles in mind and enforce strict discipline. If I hear of any violation of military discipline, I will skin Ding Wei alive."

Brigade Commander Chen put the commendation letter in the drawer and waited until he went to the division headquarters for a meeting to recommend the commendation to Ding Wei.

At this moment, Ding was bored in his room and found a young company commander to learn Japanese with him.

Zhao Yongchuan, who came from a landlord family, was a businessman who had studied abroad in the Japanese country and was fluent in Japanese.

Supported by the Japanese devils, he became the chairman of the county maintenance association. After the Eighth Route Army recaptured the county, he immediately expressed his willingness to abandon darkness and join the light.

He was very tactful and took out all his belongings to donate to the anti-Japanese war free of charge.

To put it bluntly, he was born a traitor. If he had not been fluent in Japanese and knew some of the Japanese army's flag signals, Ding Wei would have had him executed long ago.

If he can make amends for his crime and is willing to contribute to the Fourth Military Division, his life may be spared.

There is one good thing about the Eighth Route Army soldiers: they have a high level of ideological awareness, are willing to learn, and have a strong learning atmosphere.

Train and fight during the day, gather together to study and respond to calls at night.

Listening to the birds singing in the room, Ding Wei felt annoyed.

He walked out, lit a cigarette, called Zhuzi and Zhang Dabiao, and went into the room to have a drink.

"Where are you going to attack, Commander?"

Zhang Dabiao was curious.

They learned Japanese, got Japanese military uniforms, and arranged for people to learn how to operate trucks and motorcycles.

An ordinary stronghold would not require so much effort.

"The devils have a special forces team that specializes in fighting behind enemy lines. They are known for their elite strength and are hard to guard against."

"I'll also get him an army equipped with Japanese weapons, and give him a taste of his own medicine."

If Ding Wei doesn’t do it, then it’s fine. But if he does, he’ll do it in a big way.

The headquarters of the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade was in Gang County, an important city on the Tongpu Railway.

I didn't react a few days ago, but judging by the time, the Japanese are preparing to launch the Battle of Southern Shanxi.

The main forces of three divisions and two independent mixed brigades were dispatched to southern Shanxi to participate in the war, which inflicted heavy damage on the Nationalist troops defending Zhongtiao Mountain.

Afterwards, they saved the main force at the division level and launched a brutal mopping-up operation against the base.

At this time of year, the Japanese are mobilizing their troops and strolling towards southern Shanxi.

Ding Wei had to take the opportunity to develop and expand the Fourth Military Sub-district, not only to occupy the mountainous area, but also to open up a road to northwest Shanxi.

Take him away and work on his own. The emperor is far away and no one can control him.

The brigade commander's main forces are all in southeastern Shanxi, but Ding Wei insisted on running to northwest Shanxi, determined to be the brightest star in northwest Shanxi.

When the comrades had learned enough Japanese, they marched forward openly, wearing Japanese uniforms, driving cars, eating canned beef, and killing their way forward.

Starting from March, the Japanese focused on mobilizing troops, and it was not until early April that they completed the blockade of troops in southern Shanxi.

The First Army advanced from north to south towards Linfen and Changzhi areas respectively.

Another group attacked from Xinxiang and Jiaozuo areas, and encircled the defenders of Zhongtiaoshan.

The Japanese invaders marched massively toward southern Shanxi, leaving the central Shanxi region depleted of ground forces.

The main forces of the Eighth Route Army, guerrillas, special forces, etc. launched attacks and fought guerrilla warfare around the county town.

The main forces of some regiments and battalions approached the vicinity of Taiyuan and engaged in guerrilla warfare and harassment warfare under the noses of the Japanese.

Saburo Yamada had only four infantry battalions and was overwhelmed by the situation. He was repeatedly ambushed and attacked on the way to provide support.

The casualties each time were not great, only one or two people, or even three or five people, but when added up, over a hundred soldiers were lost in half a month.

"General, we have to suppress the Eighth Route Army. Southeastern Shanxi, eastern Shanxi, and northwestern Shanxi have already become the Eighth Route Army's world."

Yoshio Shinozuka frowned and ordered all units to defend themselves tightly, saying that it was just a small invasion by the Eighth Route Army and would not affect the overall situation.