Chapter 166 7. Inventory

The summer offensive lasted from May 17 to early August. From May 17th to 24th, the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region carried out the Dongping Campaign and liberated Dongping City.In the Battle of Dongping, troops from the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region annihilated 1 Japanese squad, captured 1 Japanese consultant, 3 Japanese soldiers surrendered, wiped out more than 1,000 puppet troops, and captured 1 mortar, 11 grenadiers, and light and heavy machine guns. 35, more than 2,000 rifles, 1 car, more than 30 horses, and millions of catties of food. From late May to early June, the Hebei-Shandong-Yuan Military Region also launched offensives in Cheng'an, Linzhang, and Anyang areas, annihilating more than 7,000 Japanese and puppet troops, defeating more than 900 puppet troops, and winning over 2,500 Japanese and puppet troops who fought, surrendered, and captured. Conquer more than 100 Japanese and puppet strongholds.

In mid-July, the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region launched the Battle of Yanggu, and launched an offensive between Linqing and Yanggu. In the second ten days of the year, Yanggu City was conquered, killing and wounding more than 300 puppet troops, capturing more than 2,000 of them, and capturing 2 mortars. There are more than 40 machine guns, more than 3,000 long and short guns, and more than 100 war horses. The main characteristics of this summer offensive are large-scale, fierce offensive, unified action, centralized command, and enhanced continuity of the campaign and battle; large-scale participation of local armed forces and militias, and the masses of the people taking on the battlefield services have become a major feature of the campaign. A powerful component of the offensive.Under the fierce offensive of the military and civilians in our area, the puppet army surrendered, and the number of those who surrendered anyway, and some Japanese soldiers also surrendered to our army.

During this partial counter-offensive for nearly three months, the soldiers and civilians in the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region resolutely implemented Mao Zedong's policy of "expanding the liberated areas and shrinking the occupied areas". The Japanese puppet army liberated Dongping, Anyang, Yanggu and other important counties and villages, forcing the Japanese army to retreat to a few isolated strongholds and cities and dare not attack easily.The stubborn armed forces colluding with the Japanese and puppet troops and harassing our anti-Japanese base areas were expelled to the border areas.Our anti-Japanese base areas have been further expanded, human and material resources have been strengthened, and the military and civilians in the border areas have increased confidence in the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.