After a bowl of steaming broth and a large piece of horse meat, the low morale of the troops was significantly restored, and the soldiers' pale faces were a little more rosy.

The division commander took the opportunity to order the troops to continue to advance and go straight to Hunyuan City.

At one o'clock in the morning, when everyone's well-fed stomachs were screaming again because of the continuous march, and they became hungry again, Hunyuan County finally came into their field of vision.

The county seat is very small, the head of the city is only four or five meters high, and the city gate is closed.

The low city wall is no more than three meters at most, and there is no movement on it.

The division commander observed for two minutes and began to give orders.

"The troops will enter the city immediately, quickly block the city gate, from now on, Hunyuan will only be allowed to enter, not to leave!"

The subordinates around him are like a pack of hungry wolves......

No, they were just a pack of hungry wolves, with guns in hand, and they didn't pay attention to any offensive formation, and they rushed to the city gate with a roar.

The deputy chief of staff was terrified when he watched from the side, and he was afraid that some Eighth Route Army would come out of Cheng's head and fire against everyone.

If this were the case, the troops who had just rushed out would surely suffer heavy casualties.

Fortunately, their worries were unnecessary, and the attacking troops rushed all the way to fifty meters outside the city without being stopped.

The head of the city was still dark, and there was no movement.

After the first soldier rushed into the city gate, the deputy chief of staff's tense nerves were completely relaxed, looked at the division commander and asked: "Shizao, how do you know that there is no Eighth Route Army in the city, I was scared to death just now." ”

The division commander explained confidently: "The Eighth Route Army is not ready to engage in a head-on conflict with us, otherwise there would not be a single gunshot along the way." ”

"The cavalry company, the mountain artillery battalion, and the baggage company, although they all fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, they were all killed by tricks, and no one was injured?"

"It can be seen that they don't want to meet our swordsmen."

"We are aggressive and slaughtered outside Hunyuan City, and we will definitely take it."

"If the garrison does not retreat, the two sides will definitely meet each other and a conflict will break out, and whoever fires the first shot will trigger unimaginable consequences."

"So I'm sure they gave up Hunyuan City and retreated before we arrived."

"The master is wise!" The deputy chief of staff said with admiration.

As he spoke, the gate of Hunyuan City's confinement had been opened, and the troops were like a flood bursting its embankment, pouring in one after another.

"Hunyuan City has been taken, and we are also ready to enter the city!" The division commander ordered, and then the first one walked towards the city gates.

They had barely walked a hundred meters when they saw two figures hurrying towards them.

"It's the Guards Battalion Signal Corps!" The deputy chief of staff reported after seeing the identity of the other party.

As soon as he finished speaking, two signal soldiers ran over one after the other: "Division, our battalion commander asked me to report." ”

"Hunyuan City is empty, the Eighth Route Army, the common people, all ran away!"

The division commander's good mood disappeared all of a sudden, and he replied with a calm face: "It seems that I still underestimated the strength of the Eighth Route Army. ”

"They not only have the ability to empty a village, but also a county seat."

"Go back and tell your battalion commander: people run away, as long as their homes are in the city, they will come back sooner or later."

"What we lack most now is food, not people. The county seat is so big, there must be food that has not been taken away. ”

"The troops immediately took control of all the gates of Hunyuan, and the other troops searched for food from house to house in companies and platoons."

"Not surprisingly, Regiment Commander Zhou and Chief of Staff are also about to arrive, there are more than 3,000 people in the three troops together, and it takes five or six thousand catties of food every day to feed the brothers."

After the communications corps left, the division commander showed a worried expression.

Although it was said just now that it was impossible for the Eighth Route Army to move all the grain in the county, they were all comforting their subordinates, and they actually had no confidence at all.

If the Eighth Route Army can move all the people in the county, it will definitely have the ability to move all the grain.

Now in troubled times, food rations are the lifeblood of the common people.

As long as the Eighth Route Army told the people that the Jin Sui Army was going to seize the county seat and search for food from house to house, the people would definitely take away all their rations, for fear that they would be robbed by themselves and go hungry at that time.

Things are going for the worst.

As soon as the front foot walked into the empty headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the guard battalion commander followed in with a solemn expression.

"Master, I took my brothers to search the whole street, but I didn't find anything to satisfy my hunger except for mice."

"When I came, the news that there was no food in the county town had spread in the ranks, and the mood of the brothers was very unstable, and I had told the company platoon commander to take care of his subordinates and avoid chaos, but if food has not been found and everyone continues to go hungry, the morale of the army will definitely be in chaos."

"What a ruthless Eighth Route Army, they want to trap us to death and starve to death in Hunyuan County!" The division commander clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and scolded.

The deputy division commander stood next to him and wanted to reply: If the theater of operations had not been so greedy and had not sent troops to seize the base areas that the Eighth Route Army had seized from the Japanese, there would have been no such things in front of them, and the troops would not have been in a predicament.

Speaking of which, the main culprit of all this is that the war zone is too greedy and wants to take advantage of things that do not belong to him.

Of course, the deputy chief of staff would not dare to say such an idea, otherwise he would definitely lose his foothold in the Jin Sui Army.

After hesitating for a moment, he said: "Shizuo, if we can't find food in the county seat, we can only pin our hopes on the chief of staff, hoping that they can send us food as soon as possible." ”

The division commander's eyes lit up and ordered: "Yes, we still have the chief of staff this way." ”

"Send a telegram to the chief of staff now: We have successfully taken Hunyuan County, but the troops have run out of food, and he is required to send a batch of food to the division headquarters before tomorrow night, otherwise military law will be involved."

After giving the order, he looked at the guard battalion commander and said, "You go back to the troops now and continue to search for food in the city." ”

"As long as it can be eaten, cook it all for the brothers, and fill your stomach first."

"Tell the brothers that the chief of staff is on his way over."

"He brought not only food, but also the ocean. As soon as the chief of staff arrived, we had food to eat, and each officer and soldier were rewarded with five oceans. ”

"In a word, I don't care what method you use, you must stabilize the morale of the army and ensure that the troops are not chaotic."

On the road where the assault team took the mountain artillery battalion and the baggage company, nearly 4,000 Jin Sui troops lined up in a formation of nearly two kilometers, slowly advancing towards the garrison base like a snail.

The chief of staff walked in the middle of the line, his eyebrows full of anxiety.

The division commander had already sent two telegrams in succession to speed himself up, but the highway had been completely destroyed, and the heavy wagons would not be able to move at all without building the road, and if they walked while building the road, they would certainly not be able to reach Hunyuan within the time specified by the division commander.

At that time, the troops in the county town will definitely be in chaos, and it is even possible to collapse by starvation.

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