At the headquarters of the Datong Independent Battalion, a fast horse galloped over, and when it arrived at the door, the horse had not stopped and the rider turned over and fell off the horse to stand on the ground, and then ran towards the war room.

"Regiment commander, battalion commander, good news!"

"The Jin Sui army in Hunyuan City did not leave the city today, and the four city gates were all closed, and only a few troops were arranged to guard the city."

Huang Sheng looked skeptical and asked, "You are not mistaken?" ”

"I remember that yesterday they went out of the county seat in a big way, burning down six entire villages, and today they actually closed their doors, which is also too abnormal."

Li Hao was silent for a moment, and then a sneer flashed at the corner of his mouth: "If I guess correctly, the Jin Sui army in the city should be about to run out of food." ”

"The soldiers don't have enough to eat, and they definitely don't have the physical strength to go out of the city and burn down the houses."

"Yes, it must be."

"Xiao Yuan reported: The grain sent into the city by the Jin Suijun yesterday did not exceed 10,000 catties, and the grain sent into the city last time should have been almost eaten."

"Just this bit of food, if you let go of your stomach to eat, you won't be able to eat it all in two days."

"In order to survive until the third batch of grain is sent to the city, the Jin Sui army can only reduce the rations?"

"The soldiers are not fed enough, and they will definitely not dare to go out of the city, and the fact that the city gates are closed will make sense."

"Send a telegram to Xiao Yuan immediately, asking them to continue to implement the original plan and prevent the Jin Sui army from sending the third batch of grain to the city at any cost."

"Battalion Commander Huang, you immediately organize the troops to take advantage of the night to bury all the mines sent to us by the political commissar outside Hunyuan City, erect a sign of the minefield, and tell the Jin Sui Army that Hunyuan City has been surrounded by us, and they will either negotiate with us or starve to death in Hunyuan City."

Although the people of Hunyuan City are gone, there are more than 4,000 Jin Sui troops stationed in it, and the population is not less than the previous people.

But there was no one in the streets and alleys, and everywhere was empty and very deserted.

It's not that the soldiers don't want to go out, but everyone is hungry and has no strength to go out and hang out.

Division headquarters, division commanders do not need to suffer from hunger.

Even if the whole division has nothing to eat, he will have food here.

But he was not in a good mood at all, and his subordinates had just reported the situation of each battalion, which was very bad.

Although the halving of the rations did not cause his subordinates to starve to death, it still caused dissatisfaction among many people, and even some low-level officers still questioned the order of the division headquarters, believing that the division headquarters should not come to Hunyuan and seize the base area of the garrison regiment.

It not only violated morality, but also made the troops lose their troops and starve in Hunyuan City.

As soon as this kind of message appeared, it was suppressed by the battalion and company commander, but it still caused a lot of commotion among the ranks and shook the already unstable morale of the troops.

And this repression is temporary and not long-lasting.

If the problem of lack of food in the troops cannot be resolved as soon as possible, the morale of the troops will certainly become more and more turbulent.

When the gossip reappeared, the battalion company commander could not suppress it any longer.

By the time most of the soldiers accepted this rumor, the collapse of the troops was not far off.

The remaining reason is the crux of all the problems we are currently facing: food.

The rations were halved, and the more than 9,000 catties of grain were only enough for the troops to last three days.

At that time, the troops must have been starved for three days in a row, and they were very weak, and once they ran out of food, the blow would be devastating.

For the sake of life, military law, military discipline, chief...... will be left behind by everyone, where there is food and food, the soldiers will run there, even if the other party is the Eighth Route Army, they don't care.

This matter was so terrifying that the division commander didn't dare to think about it anymore......

"Division, chief of staff telegraph......" The operator came over cautiously to report.

"What's the matter?" The division commander asked impatiently.

Most of the factors for the troops to do this were that the theater should not be greedy and rashly order the troops to enter the garrison regiment base area.

But in the eyes of the division commander, there are still some factors in the chief of staff.

He had two entire regiments of troops in his hands, but as a result, he couldn't even transport food into Hunyuan City.

Although it is indeed difficult for the Eighth Route Army to fight, it will not be passively beaten along the way, sending 10,000 catties of grain into Hunyuan, and losing at least 50,000 catties or even 100,000 catties on the way......

The division commander thought that there was a problem with the command of the chief of staff.

The operator continued to report: "They were wounded nearly 300 more on the way back, and nearly 400 were wounded last time they went back, minus the wounded left in Hunyuan City, they only have 2,000 soldiers left to fight. ”

"If you continue to divide the troops, you can only bring 1,500 people for the third transportation, and the grain that can be sent to Hunyuan City in the end will definitely not exceed 10,000 catties, and even less than the food sent to the city for the second time."

"He plans to concentrate all the soldiers who can fight and transport food one last time, leaving more than 600 wounded to guard the ammunition and supplies."

"No way!" The division commander did not hesitate to object.

"This is to send more than 600 wounded soldiers to death, I dare to say that as soon as the chief of staff leaves, more than 600 wounded soldiers will be captured by the Eighth Route Army on the back foot, although I don't know what method they use?"

The deputy division commander thought for a moment and retorted: "Division, I don't see it that way!" ”

"The reason why we lost so many wounded soldiers in front of us was because they were too scattered, giving the Eighth Route Army every opportunity to break through."

"We now know: the Eighth Route Army has the strength to capture one of our companies."

"If there are more than two companies, as long as they don't use their guns, they can't do anything."

"There are more than 600 wounded soldiers left by the chief of staff, most of them are lightly wounded, and the battle has not been greatly affected except that they cannot march long distances."

"The combat strength of more than 600 people is at least equivalent to 400 people in a normal army, nearly three infantry companies."

"I think as long as they don't attack and stick to their garrisons, the Eighth Route Army will definitely not be able to help them."

The division commander was moved, frowned and thought for two minutes before deciding: "Then call back to the chief of staff and agree to his plan for dividing the troops." ”

"We need food so much, this time 2,000 people are dispatched at the same time, and they must send us at least 30,000 catties of food until the food replenished to us in the war zone is in place."

Xiao Yuan has been guarding near the temporary garrison of the Jin Sui Army for the past few days, and he is too jealous of the ammunition and supplies in the garrison.

After deducting the grain that the Jin Sui army had to take away, nearly fifty carts were loaded with ammunition alone.

This is the fat meat that is delivered to the mouth, and you don't eat it for nothing.

But the Jin Sui army was too cautious, and left a large number of troops to send food to Hunyuan City twice, and Xiao Yuan never found an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Today he found it

As soon as the morning dawned, a member of the team who was monitoring the Jin Sui army's garrison came over: "Captain, the Jin Sui army's grain transport team has set off, a full 2,000 people, each soldier has dozens of catties of grain on their backs, and the marching speed is very fast." ”

"According to our inference of the total strength of the Jin Sui army in the garrison, the Jin Sui army left behind in the garrison should not exceed 700 people, and all of them are wounded."

Xiao Yuan was so happy that he almost jumped up from the ground, stared at the team members and asked, "Are you sure that the people left behind by the Jin Suijun are all wounded." ”

"I shouldn't be wrong!" The team affirmed.

"God help me!" The smile on Xiao Yuan's face became even stronger, and he looked at Chen Wei and said with emotion: "Old Chen, our opportunity has come." ”

"There are less than 700 wounded soldiers, and if they cooperate well, they will definitely be able to capture them without firing a single shot."

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