The command of the Japanese army's independent mixed brigade, Nakata Yama Lang did realize that something was wrong.

There were dozens of battle reports large and small on the table in front of him, all of which he asked the various defense areas to make temporary statistics and then send them out.

The behavior of the garrison during this period was too strange.

With the previous combat style of the garrison regiment, so many attacking troops continued to enter the area occupied by the imperial army, and even if they fought for attrition, they could take several strongholds of the imperial army.

And with the heavy weapons they carry, there is no need to fight for consumption at all.

As long as they are smashed with artillery shells, they will definitely be able to easily take those medium-sized strongholds in the occupied area, and then their specially formed mobile troops can take advantage of their attack to surround them and finally annihilate them.

But after such a long time, not a single stronghold in the occupied area was heavily attacked by the Eighth Route Army.

Could it be that they saw that they were plotting, and in order to avoid the attacking troops being dumpled by the imperial army, they deliberately did not attack.

However, if they did not attack the stronghold, they would not be able to kill and injure a large number of imperial troops, so what was the purpose of sending troops to kill the areas occupied by the imperial army again and again?

Is it just to fight guerrilla warfare with the imperial army?

Hiroshi Nakata has been thinking about this for the past few days.

There must be demons when abnormal!

This is the experience that Nakata Yamaro summed up after fighting for so long.

Therefore, he resolutely ordered the commanders of the various defense areas to quickly count the recent battle situation, hoping to find some clues from the continuous exchanges of fire in the occupied areas.

However, dozens of war reports were all guerrilla warfare, movement warfare, and harassment warfare, and the casualties of the enemy and ourselves were almost negligible, exactly the same as the combat style of other Eighth Route Army that I knew.

I researched for a whole afternoon and didn't find a clue.

"Could it be that the garrison regiment decided to rein in its edge, learn from the other Eighth Route Army, and fight the Imperial Army with guerrilla warfare and movement warfare that it is good at?" Nakata Yamaro muttered to himself.

"Impossible......"

As soon as the idea came out of his head, he was vetoed by Nakata Yamaro himself.

"I've studied this garrison, and they never play cards according to common sense in combat."

"This time it's so abnormal, it's definitely a big conspiracy brewing."

The chief of staff hesitated for a moment and reminded: "General, will we be too worried." ”

"The reason why the garrisons did not dare to attack our strongholds, but only dared to fight guerrilla warfare with us, was because they knew that we had prepared pocket formations for them in the occupied areas. In order to prevent the attacking troops from being dumplings by us, we had to fight like this. ”

"After all, the Eighth Route Army intelligence network is notoriously powerful."

"This occupied area is full of their guerrillas, and it is not difficult to know our plot."

"If there is any conspiracy, I think of one."

"They're training recruits through guerrilla warfare."

"The last time they attacked the Imperial Army, they captured a large number of Imperial Army."

"According to intelligence, most of these Imperial Allied troops have joined the Eighth Route Army, and the garrison will definitely replenish their troops and take the opportunity to increase their strength."

"If you want these Imperial Allied troops to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible and integrate into the garrison regiment, actual combat is the best way!"

"And according to the humble understanding, in order to increase the combat effectiveness of the troops, the garrison regiment has used the imperial army to train on the battlefield more than once."

Nakata Shanlang couldn't think of any other explanation, so he was silent for a moment and replied, "It's really possible." ”

"Through guerrilla warfare training, let those captive soldiers adapt to the battlefield as soon as possible, restore their combat effectiveness, integrate into the Eighth Route Army by the way, and overcome their fear of the imperial army."

"When they actually go to war, they can fight the imperial army."

"Eight Ge Yalu, I didn't expect the Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Empire to become the training object of the Eighth Route Army, this is definitely a shame for the Imperial Army, and it is unprecedented."

"Immediately give orders to the commanders of the defense areas, from now on, unless a stronghold is attacked by the troops of the garrison regiment, it must not take the initiative to attack again."

"The elite of our imperial army must not be turned into a whetstone for the garrison to improve its combat effectiveness."

"Hey!"

The chief of staff hastened to answer, but did not leave immediately.

After a moment of hesitation, he reminded: "General, although this has thwarted the conspiracy of the garrison regiment to train troops, without the reinforcements of the garrisons of various strongholds, the nearby maintenance associations that have not been wiped out by the Eighth Route Army will definitely continue to be attacked, and the guerrillas of the garrison regiments operating nearby will definitely become more rampant." ”

Nakata Yamalang's face sank suddenly.

He thought of a saying, you can't have both fish and bear's paws.

Between the two, there has to be a decision.

Seeing the embarrassment on the face of the brigade commander, the chief of staff suggested: "General, is it possible to let the independent mixed brigade participate in the battle?"

"Then we will have an absolute superiority in forces and take out those guerrillas."

"No way!" Nakata Shanlang vetoed without hesitation.

"The independent mixed brigade is for the garrison regiment, and as soon as all the troops are in place, our attack on the garrison will begin immediately."

"If they are allowed to participate in the battle now and encircle and suppress the guerrillas, they will not be able to get out of this quagmire."

"The garrison regiment is too cunning, and it must know the existence and purpose of the independent mixed brigade."

"We will definitely do everything possible to direct the guerrillas to drag the mixed brigades in the areas occupied by the Imperial Army, so as to delay our attack on their base areas."

"There is a saying in China: if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan."

"The current losses in the occupied areas are still temporary, as long as the troops are safe, when all the independent mixed brigades are in place, they will enter the base area of the garrison regiment and kill their main force. Without reinforcements from the main forces, these guerrillas will become rootless, ready to take them out if we want to. ”

"As for those maintenance associations, if they are gone, they will be gone, and there are more people in China."

"As long as we take out the garrison regiment to prevent future troubles, there will definitely be countless Chinese who will stand up and work for the imperial army, and it is a big deal that we will re-establish the maintenance committee when the time comes."

"However, the overall situation of this occupied area, especially the strength of the various guerrilla forces, must be controlled by us!"

"No matter how rampant the guerrilla activities are, the main transportation routes, important towns and communication routes, and strongholds must be in the hands of the imperial army."

"Then they won't be able to turn the sky upside down, and the occupied areas won't be chaotic."

"After all the independent mixed brigades are in place, we can concentrate our forces to attack the garrison regiment without worrying about the safety of our own rear."

The chief of staff suddenly realized and replied: "General, you are going to exchange space for time." ”

"You're right, as long as the troops are there, and the main transportation routes and important strongholds are in the hands of the imperial army, those guerrillas who can only fight guerrillas will not be able to turn the sky upside down, and can only fight a little under the nose of the imperial army."

Nakata Yamaro nodded, his face becoming more and more serious, and then began to give orders.

"Inform the commanders of all defense zones to give orders immediately: The intelligence officers and spies we have planted in various places should be lurked on the spot."

"From now on, they only need to monitor the guerrillas' every move and report to the imperial army at any time, and there is no specific combat mission."

"The order to shrink the defense just now remains unchanged."

The headquarters of the Laiyuan City Garrison Regiment, the Japanese puppet army further shrank its defenses, and the information of sticking to the stronghold soon came here.

For the guerrillas, the stronghold is a turtle shell that cannot be broken or broken.

With the current strength of the guerrillas, it is definitely more difficult to threaten the security of the Japanese puppet army in the stronghold than to ascend to the sky.

Therefore, the enemy has changed and we have changed, and the garrison regiment must also adjust its tactics and tactics.

Li Hao asked after thinking for a few minutes.

"Has the devil's independent mixed brigade moved?"

Wang Hong shook his head and replied, "I didn't move." ”

"There are still two brigades in the Devil's Independent Mixed Brigade that are not in place, and the troops that have been in place, including the heavy artillery brigade, are scattered in three stations around the headquarters, and the reconnaissance company and the commando team are staring at them to death. If there is movement, it will definitely not escape their eyes. ”

"Looks like we're not making a big fuss enough!" Li Hao judged.

Hong Linfeng quickly reacted: "Regiment Commander, you mean that the commander of the Devil Brigade has not yet perceived the danger, and has not realized that we are using guerrilla warfare to consume them little by little. ”

"Quite possibly!" Li Hao replied.

"If the devil really guesses our purpose, it must be as simple as shrinking defense."

"I have here a list sent by Deputy Regiment Commander Luo, and after the order to exchange bullet casings for bullets was issued, in the first ten days, the guerrillas sent over more than 3 million bullet casings."

"Up to now, in the entire twenty days, the base has received nearly four million bullet casings!"

"That's the equivalent of a month, and the devils have used up at least seven million rounds of ammunition."

"There are only more than 10,000 puppet troops on the front line, how can it be possible to reserve so much ammunition."

"So I judge that at least half of these 7 million rounds of ammunition are for the Independent Mixed Brigade to be used in the future when attacking us."

"The Japanese puppet army only contracted its defense and did not replenish ammunition and supplies to the front line, indicating that this matter was concealed by the Japanese front commander, and Nakata Yamaro was not clear."

"With so much ammunition consumed, almost no results have been achieved. If I were a devil commander, I wouldn't have the face to report to my superiors. ”

"The second point: According to statistics, our attack troops and guerrillas have definitely eliminated more than 3,000 Japanese puppet troops sporadically in the past month, and most of them are devils."

"There are many strongholds in the guerrilla area, and more than half of the Japanese troops in them have suffered casualties."

"I judge that the commanders of those strongholds also did not report for the time being because they did not achieve the results that they could take out, and they were afraid of being punished."

"Even if there are a few reports of one or two strongholds, because the strongholds are still in their hands, they have not attracted the attention of their superiors, and in the end, they will not be able to do so."

"When I get to Nakata Yama Lang, I definitely won't find anything."

Speaking of this, Li Hao's face became obviously hot, and he stared at the sand table in front of him and ordered: "It doesn't matter if this Nakata Shan Lang sees our purpose, or if he is brewing some new conspiracy. ”

"Since the independent mixed brigade has not moved, then we will make persistent efforts, seize the opportunity, continue to consume the devil's troops and ammunition, and force them to participate in the war."

Hong Linfeng immediately agreed: "I agree, no matter what the reason and purpose of Nakata Shanlang is doing this? As long as we fight, even the most cunning fox will show its tail. ”

Wang Hong didn't seem to be optimistic about the next move, and hesitated to remind.

"Now that the devils are hiding in the shell of the turtle, it must be very difficult to fight guerrilla warfare like before, through piecemeal fighting, accumulating small amounts and consuming a large number of Japanese puppet troops, this must be considered by the regiment commander."

"The guerrillas are not the main forces, and the recruits are the majority, poorly equipped, and have almost no heavy weapons."

"Let them knock on the devil's tortoise shell, it will definitely not outweigh the loss."