"Anything else!" Seeing that the chief of staff was still standing in front of him and did not leave, the tired Lieutenant General Fujino frowned and asked very dissatisfied.

"There's one thing!" The chief of staff hesitated for a moment and replied in a low voice.

"Grain, in order to buy the hearts of the people and implement the Huai Rou policy of the front army, we don't have much food in our hands! The reorganization of the two regiments of the Imperial Allied Army requires a lot of food, and if it has not been replenished, we will not be able to hold out for even a month with the rest of the food! ”

"Now that the land passage where the Front Army transports food and supplies to us has been occupied by the Eighth Route Army, even if heavy troops are dispatched to protect this food, it will be difficult to pass through the roads and railways within their base area. Please prepare for this point in advance, otherwise, without food, all our efforts in front of us will be in vain! ”

Lieutenant General Fujino replied with a calm face: "Don't worry, I will find a way to solve it!" ”

With that, Fujino shifted his gaze back to the combat sand table in front of him, and then fell into deep thought.

The headquarters of the North China Front of the Japanese Army, Terauchi Shouichi was in a very good mood.

Since he took up the post of commander of the North China Front, the situation facing the imperial army in North China has become better and better.

The base areas that the Eighth Route Army had painstakingly established in North China had all shrunk to varying degrees. Some base areas have even shrunk by more than a third.

More importantly, because of its own economic blockade of the Eighth Route Army, the blockade of large and small areas in North China has become soft and encircled, and the Eighth Route Army has become more and more difficult.

Even the troops had no food, no salt, not to mention ordinary people.

Okamura Ninji is confident that as long as his sweeping methods against the Eighth Route Army continue, in as little as half a year or as much as a year, the Eighth Route Army operating in North China will be reduced by at least half. Give yourself another year, fight steadily, and it is possible to wipe them out.

With a smile on his face and a sweet dream, the chief of staff of the front army hurriedly walked in, his face was very ugly.

"Your Excellency Commander, the latest battle report of Linfen City!"

"Fujino-kun's retaliatory counterattack failed, and this large area of occupation was directly occupied by the Eighth Route Army and became their so-called base area!"

"Eight Geyalu, what does Fujino eat. On other battlefields, how many Eighth Route Army base areas were occupied, only he was the other way around, how many occupied areas were lost by the Imperial Army to the Eighth Route Army to form a base area! The smile on Okamura Ninji's face disappeared all at once, and the anger came out, and he scolded mercilessly.

The relationship between the chief of staff and Fujino is obviously good, and he hurriedly comforted: "The commander is angry, Fujino-kun has taken over a remnant of the defeated army, it is very good to be able to fight like this!" ”

"Also, this occupied area was not taken away from Fujino by the devils, but was given up by Fujino on his own initiative!"

In order to keep nearly 2,000 soldiers of the imperial army, Fujino-kun ordered the troops to take the initiative to abandon the occupied area, keep the troops, and defend Linfen. Wait for the Imperial Allied Army and the Imperial Army to form combat effectiveness before seeking a counteroffensive and recapturing the occupied area! ”

Okamura Ninji's face full of anger slowly became better: "It seems that Fujino has taken my words to heart!" ”

"Before leaving, I repeatedly explained to her that we should apply what we have learned in fighting with the Eighth Route Army, and use the tactics that the Eighth Route Army is best at to deal with the Eighth Route Army in turn. Only then will our counterattack be effective! ”

"I only have one sentence for the guerrilla warfare of the Eighth Route Army, the land is lost, and the people and land are lost. If people lose land, people and land will survive. Fujino already understands the meaning of this sentence, and knows that the imperial army is more important than the territory! ”

"As long as there are troops and veterans, we can regain the occupied areas that we have lost!"

The more Okamura Ninji spoke, the more excited he became, and when the smile appeared on his face again, the chief of staff spoke again.

However, although the troops were saved, the only road connecting Linfen to other areas occupied by the Imperial Army was also occupied by the Eighth Route Army. Now Linfen City is backed by the Jin Sui Army, and the other three sides are directly surrounded by the Eighth Route Army, becoming a lonely city! ”

"They are in urgent need of food and ammunition supplies now, and I hope that the front army can find a way to send them the food and ammunition supplies owed to them to Linfen City!"

The smile on Okamura Ningji's face disappeared all of a sudden, and he scolded loudly: "The roads and railways are all occupied by the Eighth Route Army, how can you send them over!" ”

Then he frowned and fell into deep thought.

The sweep of the entire North China was going very smoothly, except for Linfen City, where there was a problem.

Okamura Ninji knows very well the reason that the embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the anthill, and he will never let a Linfen affect the good situation of the entire North China.

Staring at the sand table, he asked: "Chief of Staff, take the road and railway, pass through the base area of the Eighth Route Army, and send food and ammunition supplies to Linfen City, how many troops are needed to escort it to ensure that there are no accidents on the road!" ”

"The railroad will definitely not go!" The chief of staff replied.

"The limitations of the railway are too high, dozens of kilometers of railways through the base area of the Eighth Route Army, as long as they blow up one section of the road, the imperial army's military column will roll over, suffer heavy losses, and there is no way to continue to advance!"

"Only by road!"

"But there are also problems with roads, millions of catties of grain, and more than 1,000 trucks. This highway is nearly 80 kilometers in the base area of the Eighth Route Army, and if the Eighth Route Army completely destroys this section of the road, our transport team will have to march while building the road! ”

"If you give up the carriage and use mules and horses, although the dependence on whether the road is intact or not is not very large, the distance within the base area of the Eighth Route Army is too long, and it will take at least two nights. With the combat effectiveness of the new regiment, at least two infantry wings are needed to escort along the way to ensure safety! ”

"Send, no matter how many troops are needed, they will be sent!" Okamura replied through gritted teeth.

"The battle in the whole of North China has reached a critical moment, and no matter which battlefield the new regiment is engaged in Linfen, it will break the balance of the battle situation and bring a devastating blow to the imperial army."

"Therefore, North China needs Fujino to continue to trap and defend Linfen with his troops, and drag the new regiment, the Eighth Route Army, which has strong combat effectiveness!"

"Chief of Staff, you transfer an infantry wing from Beiping and a garrison brigade from Taiyuan, prepare 2,000 recruits, strengthen an artillery brigade, form a mixed brigade, and escort food and ammunition to Linfen!"

"When you arrive in Linfen City, all the troops are left under the command of Fujino!"

"In addition, in order to get rid of the dependence of carts on roads, all food, weapons and ammunition are transported by mules and horses!"

"With Taiyuan as the center, requisition mules and horses in all occupied areas, and then draw out the mules and horses equipped by several nearby troops, and form a large-scale transport team with 5,000 mules and horses, and send all food and ammunition supplies to Linfen City at one time!"

"Chief of Staff, you personally go to Taiyuan and get this matter right."

"An infantry wing drawn from Beiping will take the train with you to Taiyuan!"

Okamura Ninji deserved to be the commander of the North China Front, and as soon as he made his move, he was a mixed brigade with more than 5,000 mules and horses.

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