Let's fight for ten

  Just arrived home, put down luggage and didn't even have time to eat before uploading vacation photos.

  The next day, the 72nd Wing, which had suffered heavy losses, almost poured out and rushed towards Yan'an fiercely. This time, the devils learned their lesson and chose to fly high in the air, dropping bombs from high altitude. A total of 72 sorties of bombing dropped 152 bombs on Yan'an, plunging the entire county (Yan'an was a county at that time) into a sea of flames. The campus of the Anti-Japanese University was also destroyed.

  Fortunately, the Party Central Committee and the General Staff Headquarters moved to Yangjialing on the outskirts of Yan'an overnight on the 21st, without suffering any losses.

  At 2:00 pm on the 22nd, Chairman Mao received Yang Shicheng in his cave dwelling at Yangjialing. With a nervous heart, he entered the "office" of the chairman, a small hill with several caves, who would have thought that the leader of Red China lived in such a simple place? This small cave was both the chairman's bedroom and office.

  Inside the cave, apart from a kang, a desk and several chairs, there were mostly books. The Chairman warmly invited him to sit down, "Little devil, was it you who shot down the enemy plane? Your marksmanship is quite good! This time you have made great contributions and pioneered our people's army in using simple weapons to defeat the enemy's advanced weapons. I heard that at the time you did not take cover, why didn't you take cover?" The Chairman asked with concern.

  "Report to the chairman, I saw that the enemy plane was heading towards Fenghuang Mountain at that time. Worried about the safety of the leaders, I couldn't take care of myself hiding."

  "Ah," Chairman Mao nodded thoughtfully.

  "I heard you came from the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army, how is the situation in the Northeast now?" At that time, Japan had already cut off the ground connection between Shaanbei and Northeast China, so a brief telegram could not provide sufficient information about the situation. As a result, the Central Committee did not have a good understanding of the situation in the Northeast.

  Yang Sicheng reported to the chairman in detail the current battlefield situation in Northeast China and the high morale of the soldiers, also specifically pointing out the current severe shortage of various materials.

  The chairman listened to his words silently, falling into deep thought. Yes, let alone the current Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region is also very hard due to the layer-by-layer blockade by the Japanese army and the Nationalist Party, even if it can support the Northeast battlefield, how can these materials be safely delivered?

  "The current difficulties are only temporary, for the time being the enemy is strong and we are weak, we can only be on the defensive, this is the initial stage of defense; as the enemy's front line stretches out, their forces will be dispersed step by step, then we will be able to fight them with equal strength, and the war will enter a stalemate phase; when our strength gradually grows stronger, that will be the best time for us to start a strategic counterattack!" Yang Sicheng did not realize at the time that this was exactly what Chairman Mao later put forward in his famous "On Protracted War".

  It was almost time to eat, and the chairman asked him to stay for a meal. There was a plate of stir-fried chili peppers, a bowl of plain boiled cabbage, a small dish of fried peanuts, and a small bucket of millet rice. Looking at these simple dishes, who would have thought that the leader actually ate worse than ordinary soldiers? Yang Sicheng's eyes became slightly moist.

  "Xiao Yang, after graduating from the Anti-Japanese University, I plan to send you to the 120th Division. After you get there, be sure to pass on your skills to your comrades, don't keep them to yourself." The Chairman joked with him.

  "Yes, I will unconditionally obey orders!"

  The second day back at school, I received a transfer order to report to the 120th Division's Special Operations Brigade. Along with it came a Medal of Exceptional Merit and a grand award ceremony.

  He Long was the commander of the 120th Division. At that time, he happened to be in Yan'an attending the 6th Central Committee Plenum of the Communist Party of China. He accepted the task of consolidating the anti-Japanese base in Ji Zhong and expanding the troops at the meeting. Yang Si Cheng happened to return with him to the division's garrison in Lanchuan County. Along the way, Old General He was very humorous, his words were vivid and sincere, he gestured as he spoke, sometimes even winking his expressive eyes.

  He Laozong also knew about the two planes being shot down, and he specially took "Kajia" in his hands to take a look, nodding in praise: "Good gun, yeah, good gun."

  Yang Sicheng was emotional about being sent to the "Special Operations Team", what's wrong with that, it sounds difficult, taking advantage of Laozong's good mood, Yang Sicheng hesitantly told He Laozong his request.

  He Laozong burst out laughing, "The Special Operations Unit is not the same as a traitor spy unit. The Special Operations Unit is our division's direct organ, mainly responsible for reconnaissance and guard work. Not everyone can go there, only top-notch soldiers can enter." Yang Sicheng suddenly realized that he had misunderstood the whole thing.

  "Let me tell you, on October 28th, Wang Zhen led the 359th Brigade to annihilate the Japanese army's Independent Second Mixed Brigade, led by Lieutenant General Tsuneo Kuwahara, with over 200 people in Shaoyuan Village; On November 4th, Zhang Zongxun commanded the 716th and 714th Regiments to annihilate the Japanese Army's 109th Division, Aoyama Detachment, with over 500 people in Wutaishan County. These achievements were all thanks to our special operations team's contributions, without their intelligence support, how could we have achieved these victories?" He Qiu old general proudly "showed off" to him.

  Hearing this thrilling good news, Yang Sicheng's heart was boiling with hot blood, and he couldn't wait to rush into battle immediately.

  Arrived in Lanchuan County, the troops rushed to the Hebei Plain after a brief rest and mobilization. From Lanchuan County to Hebei, we had to cross 2 railways, countless devil strongholds, break through layers of blockade, the difficulty was great.

  Yang Sicheng fully utilized his advantages, using his camouflage skills to serve as the vanguard scout for the main forces. At first, his comrades were very curious about the "lucky suit" he wore all the time, and they asked him what it was. Yang Sicheng proudly told them it was a camouflage uniform, but his comrades didn't believe him and teased him that he was wearing a "beggar's outfit".

  Yang Si Cheng was unhappy: "Let's make a bet, I can disappear under your noses for 10 minutes!"

  "Big talker, I don't believe it! Come on, let's go and see for ourselves!"

  Yang Sicheng and his comrades arrived at the outside wilderness, under everyone's eyelids, he quickly ran, jumped for a while, and disappeared in the blink of an eye. More than 10 people surrounded him and searched for half a day but couldn't find him. After watching him mysteriously "hide" in front of them, they all exclaimed in surprise, and later on, they got used to it after seeing it many times. Thanks to this pair of bright "eyes", the main force finally arrived safely at the Hebei Anti-Japanese Base on January 26, 1939.

  When the troops arrived in Zhongshan, the situation had become very serious. The Japanese army withdrew the 10th and 27th divisions from Central China to ensure North China, coordinating with the original forces to implement the "1939 Pacification Plan", attempting to "completely destroy the bandit base".

  On February 22, the Japanese army began to execute "Operation Koshu", with the 110th and 102nd divisions attacking the eastern side of the Pinghan Railway, and the 27th division attacking the western side of the Tianjin-Pukou Railway, forming a pincer attack on the Hebei-Shandong-Henan base area.

  The Japanese troops carried out the "Three Alls Policy" all the way, leaving no chicken or dog unscathed wherever they passed. The commander of the unit decided to take advantage of an opportunity to deal a blow to the enemy and kill their arrogance. The special operations team was deployed, searching for battle opportunities everywhere.

  Through reconnaissance, it was discovered that the 27th Division's Miyazaki Regiment stationed in Hejian City often sent out a portion of its troops to kidnap and plunder food. They quickly rushed to Caojiazhuang to lay an ambush. Before long, they saw about 200 devils carrying a white flag swaggering towards the village.

  "Don't panic, wait for the devils to get closer and shoot, try to take one down with each shot!" Yang Sicheng, already a squad leader, whispered to the soldiers beside him. The devils were very close now, he had already chosen his target: a platoon commander wearing a command knife on his belt. The commander's chubby face in the sight made him think of a pig's head.

  The enemy's vanguard was less than 50 meters away from the ambush site. "Fire!" With a loud order from Commander Yang Jiarui, various gun muzzles shot out angry flames. "Bang" "Boom" "Rumble" "Rat-a-tat..." Various weapons and hand grenades competed to reap the lives of the little devils. The enemy squad leader didn't even understand what was happening before being knocked down by Yang Sicheng.

  The little devils who were caught off guard were killed on the spot, and the remaining dozens of them fled in a panic towards the city. Yang Si Cheng held "Kaya" and shot one by one, it was so cool.

  The devils fled desperately, and the Eighth Route Army chased after them all the way to Hejian City before stopping. This battle annihilated more than 150 enemies, with Yang Sicheng personally killing 12. Alas, if those little devils hadn't run so fast, we could have killed a few more.

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