The chief of staff of the headquarters of the North China Front of the Japanese army had just received a call from the air force, and his face was inexplicable.

There was nothing unusual about Yi County, and there was no trace of a battle, and it was still in the hands of the imperial army.

That's weird.

If Yi County was not attacked, then why didn't they answer the call from the headquarters, and they didn't even reply to the telegram.

The chief of staff couldn't figure it out even if he wanted to, and then went to the commander with questions to see if he had any reason to explain the problem.

"Something must have happened in Yi County!"

After listening to the report, the commander, relying on his military intuition, said with great certainty.

The chief of staff was frightened by this sentence, he did not understand why the commander was so sure, could it be that the pilots of the aviation were mistaken?

The commander doesn't care what his subordinates think.

After talking about the results of your own judgment, you will begin to say the reasons for your judgment.

"Miki Nakasa didn't have the courage to educate him to not reply to the headquarters telegram several times, this is one of them."

"The probability of the telephone and the telegraph breaking at the same time is too low, and the garrison also has a reserve radio, although the power is very small, and the telegram from the headquarters cannot be received, but the telegram from the neighboring county will definitely be received."

"But the telegrams sent by these counties to Yi County and the hopes of the headquarters have all been lost in the sea, and there is no response, this is the second one!"

"The third reason: even if all the radio stations and phones are broken, Yi County will take the initiative to send someone out to contact the headquarters, instead of waiting for the headquarters to send someone to contact them."

"I believe Miki still has this bit of military common sense, otherwise he wouldn't be the captain of Nakasa!"

After listening to the commander's analysis, the chief of staff also began to be suspicious, but as soon as he thought of the report of the aviation force, this suspicion was immediately dispelled by him.

Comparing analysis and judgment, he trusts the eyes of the pilots more, and they do not lie.

Frowning and asking, "Your Excellency Commander, if something really happened to Yi County, what happened to the situation reported to us by the aviation force?" ”

"What they sent over was a reconnaissance plane, and the pilot flew around Yi County at a low altitude several times, if something really happened to Yi County, what would they definitely be able to see?"

"But it turned out that everything was normal, not only were the imperial troops patrolling the city walls, but the imperial army flag was still hanging on the city, and there was not the slightest sign of fighting in the city, could the pilot have seen it wrong."

The commander shook his head and replied, "It's impossible to be wrong, but what they may see is an illusion." ”

After glancing at the time, he continued: "The heralds we sent to Yi County should have news soon, and when these heralds come back, all the mysteries will be revealed." ”

"You go and contact the nearest county seat to Yi County now, and let them report as soon as they have news."

For the next two hours, every ten minutes, the chief of staff would call the county towns, and the results were invariable: the heralds had not returned.

At this time, the chief of staff also began to recognize the commander's judgment: something happened in Yi County.

The heralds sent to Yi County were all on war horses, and under normal circumstances, they could go back an hour ago, running back and forth between Yi County.

If you are in a hurry, you can go back two hours ago.

Now it is an hour later than the normal march, none of these people have returned, there is only one possibility, they have an accident in Yi County.

Thinking of this, the chief of staff decisively put down the phone and hurriedly rushed into the commander's office.

"Your Excellency Commander, something must have happened in Yi County, all the heralds we sent to Yi County have not been heard from, and none of them have returned."

"Then it's a big problem!" The commander replied with a frown.

"There are more than 3,000 garrisons in Yi County, and they can wipe out so many troops in one night, and not even a single person who asks for help to report escapes, then this enemy attacking Yi County must be very terrifying, the strength is very strong, and it is also very well hidden."

"If I am not wrong: the pictures that the reconnaissance plane saw in Yi County were all false images deliberately created by the enemy, confusing us, delaying time, and making us not sure what was wrong with Yi County?"

"Immediately give an order to all the strongholds and county towns around Yi County: dispatch all scouts and intelligence personnel to go deep into Yi County to investigate, I want to find out who has such great ability."

The chief of staff analyzed: "The Eighth Route Army, except for the Eighth Route Army around Yixian, there are no other large-scale anti-Japanese forces. ”

"If Yi County is really occupied by them, the Imperial Army must send troops as soon as possible to recapture Yi County."

"Yi County is stuck between Beiping and Baoding, and many materials going south from Beiping have to pass through Yi County, and they must not fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army."

"Humble advice: Mobilize troops from nearby counties and strongholds now, march to Yi County in a hurry, and take advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold to recapture Yi County."

The commander thought for a moment and vetoed: "No, we must first understand the situation before we can send troops." ”

"If the enemy's attack on Yi County is fake, sending reinforcements is real."

"If the troops are reckless and kill in the past, they will definitely fall into the trap of the enemy, and then our losses will be too great."

The chief of staff was shocked, and said with a look of admiration and compliment: "Your Excellency the commander is wise, or you are thoughtful, and it is too reckless to humble your position." ”

"Encirclement and reinforcement has always been a common tactic of the Eighth Route Army, and it cannot be ruled out that they will repeat their old tricks."

"Humble and give orders now."

In a group of mountains nearly 40 kilometers away from Yi County, an independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army has been active here for almost two years.

Because it was too close to Beiping, the heart of the Japanese North China Front, the development of the troops had been slow.

Although the strength of the independent regiment has increased from more than 300 people at the beginning to 1,300 now, which is four times more, due to the lack of weapons and ammunition, the combat effectiveness of the independent regiment has always been very poor, and it can only fight guerrilla warfare in the mountains.

The regiment commander was an old Red Army who had been thinking about how to fight out of the mountains and extend the base area to more fertile places outside the mountains.

However, the weapons in the regiment were seriously insufficient: only two people could get an average of one gun, and there were only less than 20 rounds of ammunition, only six light machine guns, and not one heavy machine gun.

The regiment commander can only find another way, but he can train the troops vigorously to make up for his equipment disadvantage through strong combat effectiveness.

Moreover, there is another advantage of training the troops well: in the future, after the troops have broken out of the mountains, the soldiers will be able to form combat effectiveness when they get the captured weapons, and there is no need to retrain them.

"Report to the head of the regiment, the order of the superiors!" One of the fighters approached the regimental commander who was training the unit and reported with a pant breath.

Tearing open the envelope, opening the command, and looking at it for less than two minutes, a smile appeared on his face.

Putting away the order, he ordered the guards behind him: "Immediately inform the political commissar, chief of staff, and all battalion and company commanders, and rush to the regiment headquarters for a meeting before dark." ”

"Also, order the guard company to assemble at once, there is a combat mission."

"I'll ask the commissar to send them two boxes of bullets in a moment."

Fifteen kilometers of mountain road from the station, a convoy struggled to move deep into the mountains.

In order to avoid exposing the target, they chose trails and mountain trails that were free of traces as much as possible.

Dozens of kilometers down, each soldier's uniform was cut through the bushes, and two mules and horses fell to their deaths while crossing a ravine.

Fortunately, the weapons and ammunition on the mule's horses were fine, and in the end each warrior carried a little on his shoulders and continued to move on.

"Company commander, there's someone ahead! Good now is the independent group we are looking for! The guard squad leader who opened the road ran back and reported.

This is the unit of two platoons of the baggage company of the second battalion, which was ordered to escort a batch of weapons and ammunition to support the independent regiment.

The company commander was very cautious, thought for a moment and ordered: "The troops are hidden and ready for battle." The guard squad will greet us, and we will come out after confirming our identity. ”

As soon as the words came out, the baggage company, which had been trained according to the standards of the main force, began to move.

After the mules and horses were handed over to a handful of warriors, the others quickly picked up their rifles, dispersed, and then hid in the surrounding bushes.

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