April 1, 1940, February 24 (Dragon), northwest Shanxi, the Eighth Route Army anti-"mop-up" was a victory. April



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Jin Northwest Eighth Route Army against "mop-up" was a victory
358 brigade Zhang Xun Brigadier (not wearing the cap) in the deployment of combat
1940 1, 2009, the end of the "mop-up" campaign of the anti-Japanese base areas in northwest Shanxi, this campaign is to start from February 23. (����d��y����h�� $ �Ө�ry.c��m)
1940 the beginning of the year, the Eighth Route Army 120th Division in compliance with the instructions of the CPC Central Committee and the Central Military Commission, will enter to Jizhong and Jinchaji, such as base the troops began to recall the northwest Shanxi reorganization, training . Japanese to identify with the Eighth Route Army troops in northwest Shanxi and combat capability, has fielded 12,000 troops, broken down into smaller six offensive Lan County, Linxian, Fangshan, Xingxian harassed wuzhai, the text of water, pay City, Jingle, triple cross and other regions of the anti-Japanese base northwest Shanxi tentative "mop-up". Northwest Shanxi Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army adopt guerrilla tactics to attack the enemy, rather than large-scale combat with the enemy. 38 days against "mop-up" operations,
in combat with the enemy 30 times, kill and wound more than 1,100 enemy troops, more than 200 enemy prisoners of war, to regain Fangshan, Linxian, Lanxian, three county.
120 Division held political work conference, summed up the experience against "mop-up" in the spring