After listening to the division commander's analysis, the deputy chief of staff became even more anxious, and immediately asked: "Division, then what should we do next?" ”

"Without food, brothers, don't talk about fighting, even marching is a problem."

"Keep on your way!" The division commander gritted his teeth and ordered!

"Still ahead?" The deputy chief of staff stared at a pair of big eyes, and asked rhetorically with a face full of disbelief.

The division commander affirmed: "Only by moving forward, we have a chance!" ”

"Withdrawing from the garrison base now, not only does it mean that our previous efforts will be in vain, and we will not be able to complete the tasks assigned to us by the war zone. It also means that the mountain artillery battalion and the three baggage companies have been lost in vain! ”

"If my judgment just now is correct, the mountain artillery battalion and the baggage ammunition we lost must be in the hands of the Eighth Route Army."

"Even if we withdraw from the army, they will not admit it, and they will continue to use the banner of the Japanese to let us give food to exchange the brothers of the mountain artillery battalion and a few baggage companies, and lose our wives and soldiers."

"I'm the first to say yes."

"If things get to the war zone, the position of the division commander under my ass will not be stable."

"Only by continuing to move forward can we have a chance to complete the task, the mountain artillery battalion and a few baggage companies will not be lost in vain, and the big guy will be able to keep his position under the buttocks."

The deputy chief of staff very much agreed with the division commander's analysis, but there was one reality they had to face, and that was food.

looked at the division commander and asked bluntly: "What about the grain?" ”

"Without food, the brothers can only continue to go hungry."

"It's 20 kilometers away from Hunyuan County, and it can be done in three or four hours under normal circumstances."

"Now everyone is hungry, and they can't catch up with Hunyuan for five hours."

"And after arriving in Hunyuan, the brothers must be more tired and hungrier. Once attacked by the Eighth Route Army, it is likely that he will not even have the strength to resist, so he can only be obediently taken prisoner. ”

"From the analysis of our current experience: in the face of our seizure of the garrison base area, the Eighth Route Army did not swallow its anger and was passively beaten."

"They've been resisting in ways we don't know about, and no one knows what tricks they've prepared to deal with us."

"If the troops are constantly exhausted and hungry, the next to go missing may be the entire guard battalion."

The division commander ordered very seriously: "Kill the horse to satisfy hunger!" ”

"Kill all the remaining horses in the army, let each brother drink a bowl of broth, eat a piece of horse meat, and have the physical strength to rush to Hunyuan County."

"The Eighth Route Army can transfer all the people in a village, so that we can't get a single grain."

"I don't believe they have the ability to empty a county in such a short period of time."

"So there must be food in the county, as long as we enter the city, the problem of the troops being hungry can be solved."

"Send another telegram to the chief of staff: Let the follow-up troops carry at least half a month's worth of food supplies from the whole division into the garrison regiment base area to join us, and the speed must be fast."

"While figuring out our own way, we will ask the chief of staff to send us food, and the two roads will go hand in hand, and we will definitely be able to completely solve the problem of food shortage."

"When we have food and occupy Hunyuancheng, the garrison will no longer be able to force us out of their base area."

The battalion headquarters of the Datong Independent Battalion moved all the way to a small mountain village five kilometers outside Hunyuan City before stopping, and then received the latest information from the reconnaissance platoon.

"Regiment commander, the Jin Sui army is killing horses to satisfy hunger, and it seems that they are competing with us." Huang Sheng reported after reading the information.

"Compete hard, this is our base, the mass foundation is good, no matter how hard you compete, I am not afraid of them." Li Hao replied confidently.

Then analyzed: "Your guard platoon and reconnaissance platoon successfully captured the cavalry company of the Jin Sui Army and then captured three scouts on horseback, so they must have no more than five war horses left, and there is not much meat after they are all killed, enough for them to hold out to Hunyuan County, and they will still be hungry at that time." ”

Instructor Teng Changyuan said: "Regiment Commander, I received news half an hour ago: the villagers in Hunyuan County have been transferred to the outside of the city by us, and all the things that can be eaten have been taken away, and there are no living things in the city except rats, so as to ensure that the Jin Sui army will not be supplied with a single grain after entering the city." ”

Li Hao immediately ordered: "Then let them enter the city!" ”

"When they are hungry and can't hold on, they will naturally take the initiative to negotiate with us, and then the initiative will return to us."

"But we can't underestimate the enemy: intelligence shows that there are two regiments of nearly 4,000 Jin Sui troops behind the three-way commando, and they can enter the base area at any time to deliver supplies to the Jin Sui army that is about to enter Hunyuan."

"My task for everyone is: As long as the food does not come in, the more troops come, the more confidence we will have in negotiations and the more benefits we can reap."

"There are also two Jin Sui armies on the left and right, trying to force them into Hunyuan City as well."

"When the three forces come together, we can better besiege it."

In the temporary garrison of the Jin Sui Army in the middle road, more than a dozen cauldrons were scattered in all corners of the village, and steaming horse broth was tumbling inside.

The soldiers stared at the cauldron and swallowed, hoping that the meat in the pot would be cooked quickly.

In a relatively clean house in the village, a map was spread on the table in the center, which clearly marked the deployment of troops in the garrison base area and the latest progress of the various units of the Jin Sui Army.

The division commander stood by the map with a serious expression.

His eyes kept staring at the road between the current location of the troops and the county seat of Hunyuan.

Until now, he had not figured out how the cavalry company was killed by the Eighth Route Army.

But there is one thing that he thinks the same as the deputy chief of staff.

There are still twenty kilometers to go ahead, and the soldiers under him are very tired, and the Eighth Route Army will definitely prepare new tricks on this section of the road and wait for them to pass.

As a division commander, he must think ahead of what may happen next and prevent accidents.

After racking his brains and thinking about it for more than ten minutes, he didn't expect it, but he waited for the telegram for help from the troops on the left and right.

"Division, deputy division commander sent an urgent telegram: The dry food in their hands has been eaten, and the people in the nearby villages have all been relocated by the Eighth Route Army, and they can't find a single grain." The deputy chief of staff reported with a solemn face.

"The troops are very tired, the soldiers are hungry, and they can't move on, so they ask the division headquarters to send them supplies immediately."

After finishing speaking, he took out another telegram and continued to report: "This is a telegram from Commander Zhou, he is facing the same problem as us, and the troops have stopped hungry. ”

The division commander's eyes kept staring at the map, and his expression did not change in the slightest.

He had expected this result for a long time, this was the base of the garrison regiment, and it was impossible for them to deal with themselves and miss the other two troops.

Pointing to two points on the map, he replied: "The deputy division commander and the regimental commander Zhou are still nearly fifty kilometers away from the target to be occupied, and the troops are equipped with few war horses, and they can't catch up with killing horses to satisfy hunger, so their mission can only be temporarily abandoned." ”

"Call them back: kill the horses to satisfy their hunger, let the brothers have a full meal, and then immediately turn around and go straight to Hunyuan County, where we will meet."

"Occupy Hunyuan first, and then consider other base areas of the garrison regiment after gaining a firm foothold."

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