With the continuous battle victories, the name of the county brigade became more and more famous. People came to join the county brigade in an endless stream, and the number of the county brigade quickly expanded to more than 170 people.

Tagawa was responsible for the military training of the entire county brigade. Looking at the strong county brigade, he really envied the speed of the county brigade's military expansion. He felt that Gao Han was a bit conservative on the issue of military expansion, and decided to see the situation when he met Jiu Ye.

Remind him.

Regarding the issue of military expansion, although Gao Han has already explained it to the backbones of Taohuashan, everyone still doesn't understand his approach and always feels that he is too conservative.

In fact, Gao Han did this carefully, and he was familiar with the process of history. Counting the Anti-Japanese War from 1937, it would have gone through a brutal eight years. For most of the time after the war began, the Japanese and puppet troops had achieved

An overwhelming advantage. After the Battle of Xuzhou at the end of this year, most areas of Shandong and Jiangsu will become the rear areas of the Japanese and puppets. In order to maintain the rule of the rear areas, the Japanese and puppets will implement a large-scale strengthening of public security movement, and the struggle situation will become

Extremely cruel.

Deep in the Taohua Mountain area, in the hinterland of the Japanese and puppet-controlled areas, it was extremely difficult for large forces to move, especially in terms of material supply, which simply could not sustain the consumption of large-scale troops.

Just like the three northeastern provinces currently under the rule of the Japanese and puppets, the large anti-Japanese armed forces that were once flourishing were brutally suppressed by the Japanese and puppet troops and suffered defeats one after another. In the end, only small-scale anti-Japanese armed forces survived.

The Taohuashan guerrillas controlled by Gao Han were a civilian armed force with no political background. In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, if they wanted to survive the brutal attacks by the Japanese and puppets and the cracks of political forces from all sides, they had to maintain a small force.

The powerful armed force is a wise choice.

For example, in the upcoming siege of Taohuashan by the Japanese and puppet troops, the various materials in Taohua Cave can maintain the Taohuashan guerrillas, which currently have only a few dozen people, within a year. If the Taohuashan guerrillas

There are hundreds of them now, and it won't take long for them all to collapse just from hunger, without the enemy attacking.

(There is another important reason. The Shandong area is the traditional base area of ​​the gcd Eighth Route Army. If Gao Han wants to develop a large-scale armed force here, this book will be directly 404, and this story is over. I would like to ask everyone

Book friends greatly accept Gao Han’s concept of expanding the army. This article will be carefully and steadily operated and gradually develop and grow.)

If you want to expand the army on a large scale, you must wait until the late period of the Anti-Japanese War, after the establishment of the World Anti-Japanese Alliance, and when the Japanese and puppet troops are in decline. This is the best time.

The situation of Jiang Xiaomei's county brigade is different from that of the cold Taohuashan guerrillas. They are backed by a powerful political force like the gcd and have strong backup. In the near future, the gcd will establish a large-scale anti-Japanese base area in Shandong.

, establish military regions and military divisions and other well-organized military organizations. Under such a background, the county brigade can advance and retreat freely, and with the mutual support of the strong gcd organization, it is completely possible to maintain and develop.

The combat operations of Jiang Xiaomei's county brigade directly affected the Japanese 63rd Regiment's combat plan to attack Taohuashan.

The Japanese and puppet troops in Yu County were attacked one after another. The Japanese military police captain reported to Colonel Tanaka that he would organize troops in the county, including the puppet security forces, to attack the sabotage actions of the GCD Jiang Xiaomei County Brigade operating in Yu County.

Mobilize troops to participate in the combat operation to encircle Taohuashan.

After discussing with Yoshihiro Hamada, Colonel Tanaka believed that the security of Yu County was also very important. The combat troops participating in the encirclement and suppression of Taohuashan operation were strong. Even without the participation of the Yu County security army, the number of troops was sufficient. So they agreed.

At the request of the captain of the Yu County Gendarmerie, the Yu County Puppet Security Army Brigade no longer participated in this combat operation to encircle and suppress the Taohuashan guerrillas.

In this way, Jiang Xiaomei's county brigade played a great help to the cold Taohuashan guerrillas.

At the same time, Gao Han and others also launched action.

On the same day that Jiang Xiaomei led the county brigade to attack the Japanese road maintenance station, Gao Han and others came to the vicinity of Pingyue County, in a hilly area where the Pingshou Highway ran through.

Gao Han used the communication tools of the captured Japanese communications corps to eavesdrop on the phone communications of the Pingyue County Gendarmerie. From the content of the phone communications, Gao Han got a very important message: In order to complete the encirclement and suppression mission of the Taohuashan guerrillas,

The captain of the Japanese military police in Pingyue County requested the 63rd Regiment to replenish a batch of weapons and ammunition for the security army brigade in the county. Colonel Tanaka agreed to his request and submitted it to the Division Headquarters for approval, and transferred a batch of weapons and ammunition from the Division Headquarters to fight with the National Army.

The weapons and ammunition seized during the battle were allocated to the Japanese Military Police in Pingyue County for specific disposal.

This batch of weapons and ammunition includes two German K31/60mm mortars imitated by Hanyang Arsenal, four Czech light machine guns, and 132 Hanyang-made rifles, all equipped with two basic ammunition. They were escorted by a squad of Japanese troops and transported by trucks.

The vehicle number is Army-328. It is expected to arrive at Pingyue County at 12:00 noon today, so that the Pingyue County Gendarmerie will be ready to receive it.

Gao Han came down from the telephone pole and told Li Chengwu and others the news. Everyone was very happy to encounter such a good thing.

Gao Han decided to give up his plan to enter Pingyue County, harass the Japanese and puppet troops, and seize the Japanese weapons and ammunition.

It was 9:40 in the morning. Gao Han opened the Japanese military map and carefully looked at the terrain. Gao Han looked at it for a while and couldn't help but frowned.

There was only one squad of Japanese troops transporting this batch of arms, so it was not a problem to seize this batch of weapons and ammunition. What was difficult was that after seizing this batch of weapons and ammunition, they could not transport them back to Taohua Village for a while.

They were not familiar with the terrain in this area. The time reported by the Japanese army for vehicles transporting weapons and ammunition should be around 11:10, leaving them only more than an hour. In such a short period of time, if they want to find a safe place

It may be difficult to find a suitable location for storing weapons and ammunition.

Gao Han couldn't make up his mind for a moment, so he decided to use the old method and let the team members use their brains to come up with an idea.
Chapter completed!