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Taking advantage of the busy farming season to launch a big sweep to destroy agricultural production is nothing-to be precise, in Joseph's view, this is nothing new. In another time and space, the Japanese Locust Army liked to play this hand. But this hand was completely broken by the revolutionary heroes. And the combat ideas of these people’s heroes to crack this kind of wicked means are also reflected in many old anti-Japanese movies (note, not the later anti-Japanese dramas) that Joseph has watched.

This tactic was called the "flange tactic" at the time. It means: when the enemy "cannibalizes" and "sweeps" us, in military terms it is necessary to propose "turning over tactics", that is, when the enemy invades us, we fight back to the enemy. ("Decentralized Guerrilla Warfare and the Political Offensive Against the Enemy")

Of course, Joseph, who was blind to history in his previous life, had never read such professional literature, but it doesn’t matter, because Joseph had seen many relatively reliable anti-Japanese war films in his previous life, even anti-Japanese war films directly called "scientific and educational films". In these movies, he can often see such bridges.

The head of the large army, holding the hand of the old district chief, said to him: "The devils are coming to sweep again. Now we have to jump to the outside line to attack the enemy, protect the masses, and hold the devils. The task is entrusted to you."

The old district chief replied firmly: "Please rest assured, chief, we will definitely complete the task!"

The so-called "jump to the outside line" here is "the enemy advances and we advance" in the "turning over tactics". That is, the main force of our army, using the gaps between the enemy troops, penetrates directly into the enemy's rear. At this time, the enemy's rear is very empty, and the enemy's army's actions are very dependent on the supplies from the rear. Once the empty rear is hit, the enemy will have to recall the army. In this way, the sweep of the base area will naturally end without a problem. up.

Of course, this method of combat has extremely high requirements for the organization of his army. It requires that this army can be broken down into pieces, and can be broken down into wholes at any time. Otherwise, when the army takes advantage of the gap between the enemy's troops, it will be easily caught by the enemy, resulting in serious losses. Today, including the Irish guerrillas, there is no such organized army in the world. So it was actually quite difficult for the Irish to implement such a difficult tactic.

However, the terrain of Ireland gave the Irish a great help, making it relatively easier for them to cross the encirclement of the British. That is the marshes that you see everywhere on the plains of Ireland.

These swamps are vast and full of dangers, even locals dare not go in. But for the prepared guerrillas, these swamps have become the best concealed areas and passages. After the first major sweep of the British army, when summing up the experience and lessons, the Federation put the construction of swamp shelters in a particularly important position. They drove wooden piles into the swamp, and then paved them planks to form a safe path. And when necessary, remove the wooden boards above, and even pull out the stakes with ropes, and the original road becomes a deadly trap.

It is impossible for the British army to surround these swamps. They do not have so many troops, and doing so will only lead to excessive dispersion of troops. Their main force can only cross these swamps to attack the hinterland of the base. But in this way, the main force of the guerrillas can pass through these swamp passages, bypass the British army, and strike targets in the British army's hinterland.

Therefore, when Joseph mentioned such a tactic in a letter sent to the leaders of the United Irish Federation, almost everyone's eyes lit up.

"It's really... I didn't expect that there would be such an operation! Hahaha, they came to our place to raid, and we went to their place to raid. We demolished all the military depots that they spent a lot of time building near which cities, Remove all the things they put in the military depot, and kill all the people they left in the military depot to watch their homes-in short, we will also give them a three-light!" Joyce, the commander of the rebel army, who once served in Napoleon He served as a platoon leader in the Italian Legion, and later received special military training in Toulon, and is now the commander of the 1st Division of the Independent Army formed by the Federation.

The divisions of the Federation are actually more similar to the divisions of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Army in later generations than to the divisions of the Eighteenth Army. In other words, a division actually has less than a thousand people. But on the side of the Irish Independence Army, this is already the main force. Now under the command of the Federation, there are only two divisions.

"Our strategic goal is to mobilize the enemy, prevent the enemy from destroying the base, and don't fall into unnecessary revenge emotions, let alone let emotions affect work." President Russell said to him very seriously.

"I understand, President. I'm just talking casually. It won't affect my work." Joyce said quickly.

"Don't say such things casually in front of the wartime. If you want to promote it, you must go from the perspective of helping the brothers in the base area."

"clear."

"That's good. Let's all hurry up and work."

Preparations for work are hectic. Especially after making such a determination to turn over and fight. All kinds of information will be gathered to the headquarters, and the various configurations of the enemy army will gradually become clear...

The small mining village is a small village between the "quasi law and order area" and the "non law and order area". Many years ago, there used to be a small copper mine nearby, so the village got its name. Now the copper mine near this village has long been abandoned because the ore has been mined out, and the miners have also moved away, and the rest have become potato farmers.

After the last big raid, all the people in this village died, but the village was not abandoned. Under the arrangement of the federation, those farmers who escaped from the British-controlled area became the new villagers of the small mining village.

The news that the British army is coming to sweep again has long been notified by the militiamen of the district team to every household. They also specifically mentioned: "We must follow our usual training. After receiving the notice, we must take refuge in the nearby swamp in an organized manner, and never hide in the mine. During the last big raid, The villagers hid in the mines, but they were smoked by the British, and the whole village died!"

In fact, everyone in the village already knew this story, and even the village already had all kinds of terrifying legends about the mine. But everyone still expressed their gratitude to the comrades of the district team.

At noon that day, everyone was still busy on the ground, but they heard someone blowing a whistle.

Everyone hurriedly looked up at the top of the hill over there, and they saw the message tree fall.

"Everyone follow me and go to the shelter immediately!" the village chief Xiao En shouted.

"Village chief, my wife is still in the village." Someone shouted.

"It's okay, someone in the village is in charge. Just follow me and go directly to the refuge." The village chief said.

The village head led the people all the way to the edge of the swamp. At the intersection into the swamp, a member of the district team was guarding there with a rifle seized from Heigouzi. Behind him, a road paved with wooden boards stretched tens of meters ahead.

"Edgar, have everyone in the village gone in?" the village chief asked.

"They're all in, and everything the animals want," replied Edgar.

The village head waved at everyone and shouted, "Okay, everyone, go in!"

Everyone set foot on the boardwalk one by one. Seeing that everyone was walking on this road, Village Chief Xiao En and Edgar also started to walk inside. Everyone walked along the way, collecting the wooden boards that had been laid, and laying them to the front, and tied them with ropes. The wooden stakes supporting the planks behind him were pulled up, or pulled crookedly. As a result, the places they walked by returned to a swamp full of various aquatic plants.

"Look, village chief, there's smoke coming out of there!" Someone shouted.

"It seems to be the direction of our village!"

"The British are really here, do you think they dare to chase in?"

"I'm afraid they won't come in. As many of these bad guys dare to come in, I will kill as many of them as possible." Edgar held the gun in his hand and cursed.

After a while, a group of British soldiers and a group of "black dogs" came to the edge of the swamp.

"Report to the officer. Judging from the traces, those villagers should have entered the swamp." A black dog officer said to another British officer on horseback.

The villagers brought some livestock, and these animals left footprints and feces when they moved, so the British and the black dog chased them all the way here.

"Well, very good." The British officer first raised his binoculars and looked into the swamp. The swamp is full of various tall and short reeds, or other aquatic plants, and occasionally a few water birds can be seen flying by. As for the rest, nothing can be seen.

"Very good." The British officer nodded again, and then said to the "security force" officer standing in front of his horse, "You take your men and go ahead to explore the way."

The "Security Force" officer was so frightened that he almost knelt down: "Sir, this kind of swamp is not allowed to enter. You can see that the water is not very deep, but, but the mud below does not know how deep it may be. , stepped on it, and the whole body sank! You can't enter it!"

"Can't enter? Then how did those rebels get in?"

"Sir, they are locals, so they might know how to get there. We are foreigners. We don't know where it is deep and where it is shallow. If you go in like this, you will die."

"Dead people? Captain, we are at war! Why are you fighting a war if you are afraid of dead people? You Irish people are all good at stealing, rape and tricks... What? Do you want to disobey the military order?"

Seeing that the British officer seemed to be reaching for his pistol, the captain of the "Security Force" didn't dare to say anything more, and nodded quickly: "What the officer said is that we are ordered..."

Then he came to his team, grabbed a few people out at random, waved his pistol and said, "Go ahead to find the way for me, who dare not go, I will kill him..."