The War of Resistance

Shang Zhen is not as good as his wife Leng Xiaozhi. He has not received any education. He learned to use idioms by himself later.

So he naturally does not know the theory of grasping the main contradiction among various contradictions.

But this does not prevent him from understanding another simplest truth, that is, various things are complicated, and you should always pick the most important things to do first, and do the others in order of priority.

So, now his most important thing is to help Chen Laocai keep the food, or to help the people of Shuiquan Town survive the disaster brought by the Japanese puppet army going to the countryside.

As for the relationship with the Eighth Route Army, and Hou Kanshan's reminder that the Japanese puppet army might be targeting him alone, he can only put it aside for now.

At dawn, Shang Zhen had already hidden in a large wheat field with cut wheat ears with a squad of soldiers.

Even now, looking at this wheat field with no wheat ears and only wheat straw still standing on the ground, he couldn't help laughing in his heart, and was also wondering why he came up with such a "bad idea"?

Others, especially his officers and soldiers, think he is a very smart man, but Shang Zhen himself does not think he is very smart.

Because after each battle, he recalled the whole process from the start to the end of the battle, and he always felt that there were still loopholes.

He himself did not know how the various emergency ideas came about, and the ideas seemed to pop out of his mind suddenly. Maybe he really fought too many Japanese, just like an old horse knows the way and an old man will become smart, although he is not old now.

But then again, whether old or not depends on who you compare yourself to. Now he looked at the young and tender faces of the soldiers next to him, and he couldn't help but sigh like an old soldier: "Look at how young you are!

In fact, I especially miss the time when we just left the three northeastern provinces.

At that time, there were only a few of us soldiers, and I was as old as you.

Although my soles were covered with blisters when I walked a lot, I was happy to have blisters on my feet after killing a few Japanese and running away.

There were seven or eight people at that time, but now two of them have died here."

The two people Shang Zhen mentioned were Erhanzi and Ma Erhuzi.

"Battalion commander, you are a great hero in the eyes of us, and those old soldiers." Seeing that Shang Zhen's tone was a little sad, a soldier said to Shang Zhen sincerely.

"Great hero?" Shang Zhen couldn't help but smile bitterly.

He shook his head and was about to say that he was not a hero, but he changed his mind.

He nodded and said, "I am a great hero, and those veterans are also great heroes.

We Northeasterners are not as numerous as you Shandong people, and we don't have ancestral halls like you.

But when the day comes when the Japanese are driven away, even if we die, we will be included in the family tree. Even if we can't find where our people died, I think our descendants will build a tomb for us and put it in the circle of our own ancestral tombs, which will bring honor to our ancestors!"

The reason why Shang Zhen changed his mind was because he suddenly realized the problem of morale.

He didn't want all the officers and soldiers to die in the battle, including himself, of course, but he still hoped that his soldiers would have such a concept that they fought against the Japanese, even if they died, but it would bring glory to the family, which was something that their descendants should be proud of. .

Now the soldiers in the class led by Shang Zhen can't be considered veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time.

This time he deliberately didn't bring veterans.

Because there are fewer and fewer veterans, it can't be said that there are fewer and fewer veterans and they won't fight against the Japanese, right?

I was also a rookie at the beginning, and I fought more and more, and slowly became a veteran.

He hoped that he could lead these new recruits through this battle, at least to help them grow up.

So the soldiers in this class he chose were all recruited later, the youngest was only 15 or 16 years old, and the oldest was not even 20 years old!

In this regard, he was inspired by Leng Xiaozhi.

Because the Communist Eighth Route Army pays special attention to the inheritance of the fighting spirit. This is often not available in the National Army.

So after Shang Zhen's encouragement, seeing the light in the eyes of the soldiers in front of him, he continued to cheer them up: "It is a process for new recruits to become old soldiers.

When I was a new recruit, I couldn't catch up with you.

In order to drive away the Japanese devils, I practiced my shooting skills hard, and I used my brain for everything, and I became what I am now.

As long as you have the heart, you will be able to become like me in the future, or even better than me."

When Shang Zhen said this, the eyes of the soldiers became brighter, and one of them asked: "Can we really fight like you one day?"

"Of course, as long as we start today." Shang Zhen replied.

He had just finished speaking when he heard gunshots coming from the front. The people in their camp and the invading Japanese and puppet troops started fighting.

This time, because the food was out, Shang Zhen and his camp were already very tired. If not, Shang Zhen would not mind taking people to attack the Japanese army's base.

But people are people after all, not machines. In the end, he still adopted this method of using a number of small guerrilla warfare to delay the Japanese army.

He dared to guarantee that the Japanese and puppet troops would be attacked by their own people as soon as they set out.

The method he used was to choose ambush locations according to the terrain and shoot at the Japanese army in squads and platoons, which could also be regarded as shooting from the bottom.

For example, if the terrain is not conducive to ambushing, such as an open area, and the road passes through the open area, how can they fight?

The soldiers suddenly opened fire on the Japanese army at a distance of four or five hundred meters.

Never mind whether they could kill a few Japanese soldiers, the requirements were not high. After the gunshot, because the ground was too flat, they could sit in the carriage hidden behind and run directly into the field.

And if the terrain is conducive to ambushing, then it goes without saying. All the light machine guns and volley guns were used to greet the Japanese and puppet troops, and then they ran into the field after the shooting.

For the small forces sent by the Japanese and puppet troops to pursue, whether they could catch up with their own people or whether their own people could escape was up to fate.

Shang Zhen's style of play put forward quite high requirements for the leader, that is, he must be a veteran.

Only veterans know how to hurt the Japanese army in one go, and then how to slip away like a loach.

The squad that Shang Zhen was in was relatively close to Shuiquan Town.

There was nothing special about the terrain here. The soldiers in this squad were about 400 meters away from the road.

The only advantage was that they were in a slightly higher position in the wheat field after cutting the wheat ears. Now they were just lying on this small hill and could barely see the Japanese army marching on the road.

This height was definitely not a terrain where one man could block a thousand men. In short, once they opened fire, they would still face the pursuit of the Japanese army.

However, Shang Zhen naturally had a way to use the terrain to get out. He just wanted to take this opportunity to both stop the Japanese army and set an example for the new recruits.