"General"

The headquarters of the Japanese army in Meng County, Rigao Shengdazuo knocked on the door.

"Come in"

The door of the headquarters was not closed, and his division commander looked up and saw it, put down the book in his hand, and let Higao rise through the door.

Walking into the headquarters converted from a large hall, he handed the information in his hand to the commander of his brigade, and Ri Gaosheng began to report the results of these investigations.

"General, this is information about the recent Eighth Route Army"

The division commander listened intently while looking at the information in his hand.

"A month and a half ago, the 109th Division and the 19th Division were ambushed in an area about 100 kilometers away from Meng County, when the two brigades were disabled and our army lost more than 1,000 people, and this is still without counting the security army."

"I also know this information," the division commander nodded.

As a division commander of a second-line division, it is necessary to have a detailed understanding of the various battles of the empire in recent times, especially the failed ones, otherwise if you make the mistakes of others again, the situation will not be too good. There are many similar details in these two ambushes, the ambushed troops pass through the dangerous sections of the road without alert and reconnaissance, the commander is arrogant, and the enemy concentrates superior forces.

This was also one of the reasons why he was angry a few times before, and the squadron guarding the baggage team was paralyzed.

"These two battles have one thing in common, that is, the battle ended very quickly, barely more than an hour and a half, before the support troops arrived, the battle was over, and in the past, it was common for the Eighth Route Army to fight three or five ambushes at a time, and even they would organize troops to block the support forces of the Empire"

"The report of the 109th Division shows that the enemy used a large number of explosives, planted a large number of explosives on the road in advance, and clearly listed the use of a large number of grenades"

"I'm afraid this is wrong, they cover up part of the truth"

"Look" Hearing this, the division commander put down the report in his hand and listened attentively to the report of the rising sun, which he had just made a cursory observation, and besides, a colorful oral report was better than a boring text.

As for the surprise, he really didn't, it was common for reports to be falsified and covered up the facts, and he himself had done it I don't know how many times, as long as it was not something very important, no one would care about such innocuous details.

"It is impossible to inflict so many casualties in one hour, unless the guerrillas have intensive firepower, it is impossible to inflict such large casualties in such a short period of time just by charging and then fighting with the hand."

"Moreover, there are no photographs in the post-war report this time."

"It's so abnormal, it's a failure, and there are no photos," Rigao Sheng emphasized here.

Ri Gaosheng naturally didn't know that in order to cover up his ineffective command, the 109th Division and the 19th Division coincidentally chose to conceal part of the truth, otherwise the direct wing commanders of the two brigades would definitely be removed from their posts and investigated.

"And the ambush battle two months ago, it was still very normal, the enemy gathered superior forces to ambush one of our squadrons, the battle lasted for more than three hours, and the final casualties were only more than 100 people, and most of them were bayonet injuries."

"So we can be sure that during the period between one and a half months and two months, the Eighth Route Army operating around Jincha obtained a large amount of weapons, equipment and ammunition."

Hearing this, the division commander nodded, and he was very satisfied with his subordinates.

"More than half a month ago, there was an intelligence report that a team of mules and horses was walking on the road and finally disappeared, and since then we have also strengthened the vigilance around the road."

"Therefore, this convoy should be the weapons and ammunition of the Eighth Route Army, but because there is no further information, I can't know where the materials come from."

"According to the report of the special high-tech department, it seems that the Eighth Route Army has recently formed a large-scale transport team, and they have also solved the food problem, and now they will distribute food when they join the guerrillas."

"Distributing food? Give food to farmers who join the army? Hearing this, the division commander was stunned.

The news came as a surprise to him.

According to the people of the Republic of China who joined the security army, now a person who joins the guerrillas will distribute 200 catties of grain to his family, and it is also refined grain, and the rice and white flour are all rising a little bit higher every day, and he replied.

"Interesting" The commander of the division suddenly fell into deep thought.

Since the full-scale launch in July last year, all the intelligence has shown that the army of the Republic of China is seriously short of food, and in many cases their troops can only eat one meal, and they are not full, as for the guerrillas, they can only rely on the support of their so-called common people, and after the imperial army implemented the requisition of materials, this path has also been cut off.

The common people themselves have nothing to eat, so what can they do to support the guerrillas? If you don't eat, you won't have the strength to resist, and you can't be a good citizen honestly.

But now the intelligence shows that the enemy is very rich in food, and can even support their common people's food. And two months ago, the intelligence was that the guerrillas needed food support from the common people.

And where did they get the grain?

"Where do you think their food and ammunition came from?" The division commander asked at Ri Gaosheng.

"There is no concrete evidence for this, but it can still be slightly guessed" Rigao Sheng first indicated that it was pure speculation.

"There are only three possible sources of material for the guerrillas, one is the official material support of the Republic of China, but this is impossible, the official of the Republic of China itself is not enough, and because of historical contradictions, the relationship between them and the guerrillas is not harmonious, and there is no transportation channel, we have a heavy army in front, and it is impossible for a large-scale transport team to pass through"

"The second is self-production, which is also very unlikely, in terms of food, the guerrillas can do it, after all, there has been information a long time ago that they are producing food for themselves, but weapons and ammunition, with their little manual machine tools, at most a few bullets, mass production of artillery shells is absolutely impossible"

"Therefore, it can only be the third type, the support of foreign forces"

"That's what I thought," the division commander said immediately, expressing his wisdom, and at the same time throwing out a new question, "then do you think that country is hindering the Holy War of the Empire"

"Here" spreads out the map, and the fingers of the rising sun rise sharply.

"The empire in our north, the enemy of the 500,000 elite guards of the Kwantung Army of the Great Japanese Empire"

"Only they have the ability, reason, and channels to support the guerrillas, as for the other British and American ghost animals, although they also want the empire to block, but after the Battle of Songhu, the coastline of the Republic of China has been fully occupied by the empire, and their hands cannot reach in."

"Well, it seems that it's time to settle this matter" The division commander looked at the area west of Shanxi on the map, his fingers tapped on the table, and his tone was fierce.