Major General Yoshikawa Yoshiyoshi knew very well that the light weapons and ammunition reported by his troops were not really lost, but were given to the Eighth Route in exchange for food. If he didn't even have this sense of smell or control over his subordinates, he would be quite derelict in his duty as the commander of the major general's brigade.

But even if he knew about this kind of thing, he couldn't do anything. Otherwise, what should I do, now this 14th Independent Infantry Brigade is stationed alone in the southeast of Jin. In such a vast land, the three infantry brigades were basically invisible. In addition, the puppet army under Wang Tieshi was completely wiped out, and the stronghold originally garrisoned by the puppet army could only be garrisoned by the Japanese army itself.

The troops themselves are not enough, and now they are even more scarce. Now the entire 14th Independent Infantry Brigade and Regiment can't even muster a squadron of mobile strength before the puppet army is reorganized. Not to mention going to the countryside to clear the countryside and sweep it, even if the stronghold is besieged, there is no way to save it.

The First Army, which used to have more than 100,000 elite soldiers and strong generals, has now become an empty shell. The problem now is not only that there are only more than 60,000 soldiers left, but also that the quality of the supplementary soldiers is declining every month. The reinforcements are getting older, and the number of North Koreans is growing.

At present, there are only two C divisions in the entire First Army, and after the 69th Division stationed in Yuncheng participated in the Battle of Central Henan, although the division headquarters returned to its original station, one brigade that participated in the battle did not return. The 114th Division, which was formed in July, has one division stationed in 25 counties and has to ensure the safety of the Nantongpu Railway.

As for whether the communication line from Chinese mainland to Nanyang has really been opened after the so-called large-scale route traffic operation was launched, these insiders Major General Yoshikawa Yoshiyoshi did not know. However, he knew that after the original troops were transferred, the original non-security zone would be completely inadequate.

The original quasi-security zone has been completely transformed into a non-security zone. Even the original public security area is now developing rapidly towards the non-public security area. At present, the countryside is almost controlled by the hands of the Eighth Road. Although the Eighth Road did not have the strength to capture those county towns for a while, the problem was that the county town did not produce food. Without the food produced in the countryside, his troops would have to go hungry.

When he arrived here, a brigade lost in the Battle of Qiaokou was replenished after a full month and a half. This was first pieced together by the 114th Division and temporarily lent to the 14th Independent Brigade for use. If we wait for the domestic reinforcements to arrive, I don't know if we will have the Year of the Monkey.

There is no need to exchange weapons for food, and there are not enough people to even grab food below, what do the troops below eat? Could it be that they all starved to death in the stronghold? Now in the entire southeast of Shanxi, the grain is in the hands of the Eighth Road. Doing so, although there are some suspicions of digging into the walls of the empire, is much better than starving to death.

However, within a month, the units below sold nine crooked light machine guns, which was difficult for the major general to accept. This Japanese soldier, who didn't know Shandong, even took out the 92 heavy machine gun and the grenadier canister in order to exchange food with the Eighth Road. The crooked machine gun must not report the loss of more than ten units that month?

He only sold nine crooked handles here in a month, but in fact, it was just a little meaning, and it could only be said that it was a big deal. But at least for Major General Yoshikawa Yoshiyoshi at this moment, he felt that this number was a little too big. Even this old man was a little suspicious that his subordinates had put all the money from the sale of machine guns into their arms?

Otherwise, how could he not see a single grain of grain exchanged for these nine crooked handles? At least these nine crooked handles can be exchanged for some meat, but whose mouth did this meat fall into? Not even a single pig hair, as a brigade commander, has never seen it.

The most important thing is that they actually keep the food exchanged by these guys. Especially fine grains, everything is hidden. As soon as they were asked to hand over the grain, they refused to tell the truth, and then they complained bitterly. As a dignified major general, he can only eat white noodles once a day, and the rest is only millet and cornmeal.

A major general of the Japanese Army, who eats and drinks stick noodle porridge, yam eggs, and small rice all day long, can't even eat a meal of meat? The key is to eat His Excellency, a major general who has never eaten these things, is now struggling to even relieve a stool, and his entire stomach and intestines are very guilty.

I sent a soldier to buy a roast chicken on the street to come back to satisfy my hunger, but I didn't expect this brainless guy to rob someone's house. Of course, according to the habits that the Japanese have developed since the July 7 Incident, neither Major General Yoshikawa Yoshiyoshi nor the orderly who was ordered to go had any intention of giving money at all.

As a result, the Chinese, who let their wives and daughters be raped and did not dare to resist and could only swallow their voices, now do not care much about the Japanese. This orderly who didn't plan to pay for it was caught and beaten up by others, not to mention the gun, and he was stripped of his essence, leaving only a crotch cloth on his body, crying and running back.

Even half a year ago, how could this have happened? Isn't beating the Imperial Army in broad daylight on the streets tantamount to rebellion? When did the Imperial Army pay for things? Once upon a time, the imperial army didn't talk about a roast chicken, it was to rob a Chinese woman, and that one paid for it?

But now it's my turn to come to this Ludong, and the feng shui is in turn. The gendarmes sent to arrest people first softened when they saw the handle of the shell gun exposed from the waist of the beater. not only compensated the loss of the family in full, but also nodded and watched the family leave openly.

The gendarme, who is in charge of counter-espionage, actually nods to other spies. But this tone, Major General Yoshikawa Yoshiyoshi can only endure it. His garrison in Changzhi consisted of more than one squadron, plus a baggage squadron and half a heavy machine gun squadron. If this is an eight-way attack on the city, he has no tricks at all.

At present, Ludong is different from the puppet army, and even the puppet police are not much left. Either he was captured by the Eighth Road, or he ran away. After the previous battle of Qiaokou, almost all the pseudo-local organizations in the entire Ludong region were paralyzed. His 14th Independent Brigade just wanted to go to the countryside, and there was not even a single one to lead the way.

Now not to mention that his 14th Independent Infantry Brigade is no longer able to draw troops, even if it can be drawn out, it is a group of blind people. This encounter, unlike those reserve guys under his subordinates, as an active army major general, it is still clear to Yoshiyoshi Yoshikawa, who has also walked up step by step. Without the assistance of the puppet army and the puppet regime, the Japanese army would be a bunch of blind men.

He, who was the brigade commander, was the first to give in, and there were still troops below who were not convinced. The grain bag was pinched by Balu, you play something here, and Balu pinched the grain bag over there. Unless he, Major General Yoshiyoshi Kikawa, has the ability to gather a few thousand people to sweep up, he will have to be honest.

It's good to wait, after all, it's safer in Changzhi City. But the stomach problem has become the most troublesome thing that troubles Major General Yoshikawa. His eyes were green when he ate this little rice, even if the military doctor said that this thing was nutritious, he would have eaten enough. Japanese people grew up eating rice, so isn't it suitable for Japanese stomachs?

In the end, Major General Yoshikawa Yoshiyoshi, who couldn't bear it anymore, gave semi-public orders to the three captains of the infantry groups under him. One is the weapon of exchange for food, and it is not allowed to use weapons above the light machine gun, including light machine guns. In particular, heavy weapons above the level of heavy machine guns are not allowed to be exchanged.

lest after the eight roads get the heavy weapons, they will come over to attack the city. When the time comes, the 14th Brigade of the Independent Infantry will become a shooting man in the foot. Therefore, in his order, he repeatedly emphasized that machine guns and above are not allowed to be sold. When trading, it is necessary to focus on light weapons and ammunition as much as possible. Even rifles should be sold as little as possible.

Another command is more direct. The second order he gave to the various brigades was to prevent the troops from eating alone. All the grain exchanged is under the unified control and control of the brigade and regiment, and no unit is allowed to conceal it privately. To this end, His Excellency the Major General specially ordered the brigade managers and officers to work out a unified exchange plan in detail.

Each Type 38 rifle can exchange how much coarse grain and how much fine grain can be exchanged. How many bullets can be exchanged for a pound of white noodles, and how many pounds of millet can be exchanged for a * one. Detailed regulations have been made on how much of this should be handed over to the brigade and regiment headquarters, and what is the proportion of coarse grain to be handed over to fine grain.

In the future, all transactions in exchange for food will be carried out in accordance with the uniform regulations of the brigade and regiment headquarters. No one in any unit is allowed to maliciously lower prices in order to ensure the supply of the whole brigade and regiment, as well as fair and reasonable transactions. If there is malicious price reduction, the brigade will give the most severe punishment.

After this order was issued, it was almost equivalent to Major General Yoshiyoshi Yoshikawa, who publicly admitted that such behavior was in accordance with the requirements. But for his subordinates, not many of his orders were really strictly followed. What are you kidding, the knife handle is in the hands of the eight roads. He, the brigade commander, really thinks it's forty-one or forty-two years now.

If someone asks for a machine gun by name, can you really not give it? If you don't give it to the front foot, the back foot can give you no food. Without a source of food, you let everyone drink the northwest wind collectively? Not to mention machine guns, they are military supplies allocated by superiors, and the officers below dare to sell anything.

A brigade stationed in Ludong County went in the autumn to raise firewood, grass and food for the winter. Not only most of the light machine guns were sold, but also almost half of the ammunition in reserve. Even the military coat that had just been issued was sold as a fine finish, and he was replaced with a Chinese-style padded jacket made of local materials and much cheaper.

As a result, the Japanese army coats outside the city were all Chinese-style old cotton jackets. What I know is that the Japanese army has become a trapped beast, and I don't know that I think that the Japanese army is stationed outside the city, and those who defend the city inside the city are Tubalu. Because these Japanese soldiers couldn't get together a color of cotton jackets, even the old Eighth Road would not be misrecognized.

In the end, Major General Yoshiyoshi Yoshikawa thought that this would be too much of an obstacle to the great military might of the Japanese Empire. A group of Imperial soldiers, dressed like a group of people called Hanako, like what words? In the name of being attacked on the transportation road and losing all the military coats, a batch of overcoats was re-allocated to this brigade, so that this Japanese brigade barely looked like a Japanese army.

Of course, taking into account the weapons and ammunition needed to exchange food, the dude could almost say that the lion opened his mouth. However, in addition to constantly asking for supplies from the First Army, he also kept urging the First Army Headquarters to speed up the reorganization of the puppet army in the Ludong area. There is no way, relying on his three brigades alone, it is very difficult to even control several county seats.

After Wang Tieshi's puppet army was basically served in one pot, this Major General Yoshikawa Yoshifang deeply felt that there was no puppet army to cooperate with the predicament he was facing. Fortunately, the headquarters of the First Army did not worry him for too long, and soon allocated a sum of funds and weapons to reorganize the puppet army in the Ludong area.