Chapter 453 Guerrillas (3)

Those remnants and scattered soldiers of Poland wanted to fight guerrilla warfare, and Janik chuckled.

He traveled from more than 70 years later. During this period, there were nearly 500 wars of varying sizes and local wars around the world. Military experts from various countries made detailed comments, analyses and summaries on every detail of the war. This naturally includes the tactics, applications, countermeasures, etc. of guerrilla warfare. A man named Max Butt also wrote a book called "Invisible Army: The History of Guerrilla Warfare".

Want to play guerrilla warfare with him? That's simply "selling articles in front of Confucius and playing big swords in front of Guan Gong".

Relying on the lessons learned by Janik and summed up by countless military experts in later generations, the German army directly skipped the stage of exploration and learning and entered a very systematic encirclement and suppression mode.

According to the central idea of ​​Max Butt's book "Invisible Army: The History of Guerrilla Warfare"; whether it is guerrilla warfare or anti-guerrilla warfare, the basic support is the support of the local people.

The anti-guerrilla side should establish and maintain a good relationship with the local people, such as by maintaining order and improving people's livelihood.

Separating the guerrillas from the local masses can effectively cut off the guerrillas' sources of soldiers and supplies, reduce the political risks of accidentally injuring the people, and more effectively fight the guerrillas.

Disintegrate the guerrillas from within as much as possible, lure and persuade the wavering ones to surrender, and resolutely fight against the stubborn ones.

Before World War II, Poland's industry and agriculture were very developed. It was one of the world's top ten industrial countries. Its various economic and industrial indicators were among the best in the world. It had a relatively complete industrial system and could build airplanes and tanks. Therefore, the Polish people at that time were not living in poverty.

Although Germany in this time and space swallowed up the whole of Poland, it is well known that Poland in the original time and space was divided by Germany and the Soviet Union.

According to the agreement between the Soviet Union and Germany, Germany will get 72,800 square miles of Polish land and 22 million Polish people; the Soviet Union will get 77,720 square miles of land and 13 million people. Among them, the eastern part of Poland that the Soviet Union will obtain is a traditional agricultural area with fertile land and rich natural resources including oil.

As soon as the Soviet soldiers entered Poland, they were impressed by the level of wealth here. They had never seen such a developed economy in their homeland. In fact, compared with Western Europe, Northern Europe and even Western Poland, the eastern part of Poland was backward. In Polish towns, every household has electricity, which is unimaginable for the Soviets. For the first time in history, they saw such a rich variety of goods in Polish stores, with dazzling food, clothes, shoes, watches and other items placed together. Ordinary people don’t have to queue up or use various tickets to shop. As long as they have money, they can buy unlimited. This is really a magical place. You know, the Soviet propaganda machine has always portrayed Polish workers and farmers as extremely poor and miserable.

"We see that people are very rich, even farmers’ houses are beautifully decorated, (even) the poorest people live better than us-their furniture is polished. Every farmer has at least two horses, and each family has three to four cows and many poultry." Soviet soldier Georgy Dragunov praised Poland’s "wealth".

Although Germany cannot raise the living standards of the Polish people to a higher level in a short period of time, it is still no problem to do so without harming the interests of most grassroots people.

The German army in World War II was known for its strict discipline. In addition, Janik's reputation has been pushed to the point of being as high as the sky. His words are the imperial edict, the instructions of God; no one will disobey them. In addition, the rest of the foreign legions also have German military police responsible for maintaining military discipline, and no one dares to mess around.

After occupying Poland, Janik simply cleaned up the rich class in Poland (after all, they are not here to be good people, they need benefits), and used a small part of the looted wealth to win over the middle class, appease the civilian class and give small favors from time to time; at the same time, severely cracked down on those resistance forces.

There are many ways to deal with guerrillas. The German army gathered scattered villages together, built new cities, created no-man's land, and destroyed the living environment of local guerrillas. However, this method is not used much, mainly near mountainous areas.

The German army originally had mountain divisions, and some elites were drawn from these mountain divisions to form mountain combat special forces. They were organized into platoons and companies, and took helicopters for rapid mobility, specializing in encirclement and suppression operations, causing a lot of losses to the local guerrillas in Poland.

Then the most cunning thing happened. The Poles had guerrillas, so the Germans also sent out "guerrillas" to stage the drama of the real and fake Monkey King.

These "guerrillas" committed all kinds of evils under the banner of resisting Germany and saving the country. In newspapers published in Poland, you can often see that the food of a certain village was robbed by the guerrillas, or that a certain innocent Poles were brutally killed by the guerrillas, or that a certain family's virgin daughter was ruined by these guerrillas, etc. In the end, all kinds of robbery, theft, and murder were all attributed to the guerrillas. The media simply changed the name of the guerrillas and called them terrorists.

Various unofficial gossips were also flying all over the sky. Some people said that these so-called guerrillas were not Poles, but foreign spies who infiltrated. If they wanted to deal with the German army, they had no courage or strength, so they could only start with the Polish people. What's even more outrageous is that these guerrillas are actually a cult organization that specializes in studying evil secrets. They will capture children and dig out their hearts, livers, and lungs as sacrifices, etc.

There is a story recorded in "The Strategies of the Warring States: The Strategies of Qin".

Once upon a time, Zengzi lived in Fei County. A man with the same name as Zengzi in Fei County killed someone. Someone told Zeng's mother: "Zeng Shen killed someone." Zeng Shen's mother said: "My son will not kill people." She continued to weave freely. After a while, someone else ran over and said: "Zeng Shen killed someone." His mother continued to weave freely. Soon someone told her again: "Zeng Shen killed someone." His mother was finally scared, dropped the shuttle and ran over the wall.

There are many similar allusions, such as "public opinion can melt gold, accumulated criticism can destroy bones", "rumors spread rumors", "public opinions become a forest, and they fly without wings".

In the rumors flying all over the sky, these Polish guerrillas gradually changed from heroes who saved the country and the people to existences that made the Poles turn pale; they also became "rats crossing the street, everyone shouts and beats them".

After all, most Polish civilians can support their families no matter what they do if they work honestly. Even under the rule of the Germans, there is no danger to their lives. As a result, they are disturbed by these guerrillas, and naturally hope that these guerrillas will disappear quickly.