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

The day's fierce battle made them exhausted, and they didn't move around after dinner. Instead, they nestled in the trenches and seized the time to replenish their energy for the upcoming night battle.

Although there were flares rising from time to time, and cold guns ringing in the ears, but for Luo Feng and other veterans, it had no effect at all, and soon there were snores in the trenches.

When Commander Ma Yuren was about to put all his eggs in one basket and launch a night attack on the devils in Gaoyou City, danger was approaching in a large swath of reeds undulating in the cold wind behind their position.

More than 100 elite little devils are quietly lurking in this bullying reed. They are as silent as ghosts, with pairs of cold and stern eyes looking through the night, observing the scattered fire ahead. Where are the guerrillas? position.

"Mr. Makino, their command post is 500 meters to the left."

A little devil covered in a camouflage net sneaked into the reeds from a distance and whispered a report to the dark-eyed devil Shao Zuo Makino Kanan.

The goal of Makino Kanan's skeleton special team arriving in Jiangsu this time is to set up the Deputy Headquarters of the Sulu Theater in Xinghua.

But on the way, they received a telegram that Gaoyou City was in danger, and they were asked to support Gaoyou's battle first, so they had to make a detour to the outside of Gaoyou City, and planned to train with the guerrilla commander here.

Text Chapter 874 Integrating Power

On the southern battlefield, the Chinese regular army, guerrilla army, security forces, and Japanese and puppet troops fought in darkness, and when the blood flowed like a river, the northern Jiangsu area appeared to be calm on the surface, but secretly there was an undercurrent.

The northern troops commanded by Commander Yu Xuezhong were in Tongcheng, and Tai'an launched a large-scale offensive against the devils, while the southern troops in Gaoyou, Yancheng, Chuxian and other places were also fighting tight.

Most of the main forces of the No. 12 Infantry Mixed Brigade and the No. 13 Infantry Mixed Brigade stationed in the vicinity of northern Jiangsu were transferred north or south for reinforcements.

As a result, four or five counties near Huaiyin, where Yang Ling and the others were located, became weak areas controlled by the Japanese and puppet troops, with only a small number of puppet troops staying behind.

After Yang Ling led the officers and soldiers of the third guerrilla detachment to take advantage of the devils' inattention and recover Huaiyin with lightning speed, he did not stop there.

On the second day after recovering Huaiyin, Yang Ling set his sights on the vast areas of nearby counties such as Siyang, Muyang, and Guannan.

Of course, Yang Ling's idea at the moment was to expand his own strength in a short period of time. After all, taking Huaiyin seemed to be a glorious sight, but it also set them on fire.

As long as the little devil is free, he will definitely send heavy troops to deal with them. After all, they directly threaten the Jinpu Railway and the Grand Canal transportation line running through northern Jiangsu, which will kill the little devil.

But what Yang Ling didn't expect was that where the devil actually had time to worry about him, he couldn't care about anything else.After all, although the junction of Devil North China and Central China's two strategic groups may seem dangerous, it is also a gap.

There are four or five counties and hundreds of villages in this area. Although the devils have organized a large number of maintenance meetings and plainclothes teams in various places.

However, in the vast rural areas, the strength of the devils is still very weak. Because of the shortage of troops, most of the devils were transferred away.

As a result, there are only a few little devil town scenes left in many important towns, and they are assisted by pseudo police and a small number of puppet troops.

The devils have grand plans in these occupied areas. Like Manchuria, they implement a policy of using China to control China.

According to the plan of the little devil, it is necessary to form a fairly large security force, and divide the troops to garrison everywhere, so that the devil soldiers can be drawn out to carry out combat missions.

After all, the little devil is an island country, and its potential for war is also limited. Although it has fought so many big battles, although they have all won, the loss of troops is not small, especially in the battles of Taierzhuang and Wanjialing, where tens of thousands of people were filled.

Now, on the one hand, the little devil is actively mobilizing domestic young people of the right age to join the army to make up for the casualties on the front line.

But the devil's plan couldn't keep up with the changes. Facing the successive resistance struggles in the occupied area, their plan to form a puppet army was progressing slowly.

Now in the face of the large-scale counterattack of the Chinese army, many puppet troops only have a number for their own use. Sometimes a security battalion has less than a hundred people.

It is difficult for them to defend and guard towns, let alone go out and fight guerrillas.

In the past, when the main force of the devils was stationed nearby, no guerrillas dared to attack the towns controlled by the Japanese and puppet troops.

But now that the main force of the devils has been transferred away, those towns with a small number of garrisons will become fat.

"Except for the county town, all villages and towns will be restored!"

Yang Ling is also the daring leader of Yigao people. In order to increase his influence and quickly expand his strength, he sent out small teams one by one.

There are many enemies in the county town, and the fortifications are strong and difficult to attack. Yang Ling didn't plan to fight. If a hornet's nest was stabbed, the devils would immediately send troops to encircle and suppress them, instead causing a commotion.

Therefore, Yang Ling's goal is the vast rural areas. As long as the rural areas are controlled, even if the puppet army guards the county, the isolated city will not be able to cause any disturbances.

There are not many enemies in the villages and towns, and the squads they send out can be regarded as troops that have fought in battle. It is naturally easy to deal with these weak puppet troops and puppet police.

In addition to sending countless small teams to attack all around, Yang Ling also put the work of integrating the nearby armed forces on the agenda.

Letters written in the name of the Ninth Guerrilla Column in the Sulu Theater were sent to nearby armed forces through various channels.

These armed forces include not only the so-called joint defense forces established by each village, but also village self-defense forces, militias, and some small groups of regular troops left behind in the local area.

These armed forces are characterized by a wide range of distribution, and their respective strengths are very weak. There are as many as one or two hundred people, and as few as three or five.

And more importantly, the weapons and equipment are extremely poor. Some village self-defense teams only have a few earthen guns, and even use red-tasseled guns, broadswords, hoes and other cold weapons.

They are scattered in various places, and their respective strengths are very weak, and there are also their own contradictions and gaps between them, which give the devils and puppet troops a chance to defeat them.

Although these armed forces are widely distributed in rural areas, they did not pose any threat to the devils and puppet troops. Many of them were even bought by the devils and puppet troops, and in turn oppressed their own people.

Now that the main force of the little devils is not there, Yang Ling naturally has to seize the opportunity to integrate these forces and make them the backbone to fight against the devils.

Yang Ling offered a generous offer. Anyone who came to Huaiyin to attend the meeting would be given guns and food, which attracted many people.

Not long after Yang Ling released the news, various self-defense forces, guerrillas, anti-Japanese vanguards and the like sent people to Huaiyin to contact Yang Ling.

In the face of these anti-Japanese armed forces, Yang Ling never refused to come and treat them with good wine and meat. Before leaving, he also fulfilled his promise and gave them quick guns.

The troops under Yang Ling's command have now all been replaced with devil's [-] rifles, with three bullet boxes, a bayonet, water bottle, and suede shoes.

Even the cotton military uniform on his body was changed from the military uniform of the little devil. Who made Yang Ling and the others poor.

Pull off the clothes of the captured and killed little devils, wash them, change their styles, and dye them, and then they become ready-made guerrilla uniforms.

Although it looks nondescript, it is a good thing. After a little modification of the little devil's military uniform, it is much more majestic than the coarse cloth military uniform they sewed by themselves.

Yang Ling and the others are now almost equipped with Japanese-style equipment, and all the previously eliminated weapons such as the official rifles, Hanyang made, and old sleeves are all sent out.

It's not that Yang Ling and the others like the new and dislike the old, but that after being equipped with unified Japanese equipment, the ammunition is unified, and there is no transport team and arsenal to fight the little devils, so it is relatively convenient to supply.

And if they still use their previous types of guns, first of all, the bullets of different calibers will cause headaches, and the serious shortage of bullets will greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the troops.

Although Yang Ling and the others could no longer use the guns and ammunition that had been eliminated, those armed forces with more backward weapons and equipment and less ammunition were thirsty for knowledge.

With Yangling's generous donation of weapons, equipment and food supplies, he quickly gathered dozens of nearby armed forces of various types under his command.

Although these armed forces vary in quality and quantity, there are more than 4000 people gathered in several counties.

Text Chapter 875 Purge of Law and Order

The cold wind was bleak, and the flying blue sky and white sun flag replaced the devil's blood-red rising sun flag and fluttered on the tallest watchtower in Huaiyin, and you can see it when you walk on the street and look up.

There are traces of battle all over the streets. Although the bloodstains on the streets have been washed by the residents with clean water, the walls riddled with holes vaguely testify to the cruelty of the battle.

Checkpoints have been set up at all entrances and exits in Huaiyin County, and guerrilla officers and soldiers with live ammunition are responsible for screening people entering and leaving the city.