"Division commander, it really worked to detonate the mines buried on the road by the Eighth Route Army with a horse...... As long as we have a sufficient number of horses, we can easily crack the minefield of the Eighth Route Army! The chief of staff was pleased to compliment.

Lieutenant General Ito's tense face also relaxed a lot, but he still reminded: "The horse is also the wealth of the Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Empire...... If too many horses are lost, the baggage wing will not be able to keep the troops marching at a speed. Therefore, the best way is to use the Chinese people to force the Eighth Route Army to give up the use of mines, and at least use the livestock snatched from the Chinese to the forward troops to open the way for us and detonate the mines! ”

"What the division commander said is that the troops have been dispatched, and it shouldn't take too long to bring back the young men we need."

However, the chief of staff was irritated that until four o'clock in the afternoon, the troops who had captured the young men along the highway still did not return.

If it weren't for the fact that they had the strength of an infantry brigade, and there was hardly a dense burst of gunfire around them, except for sporadic gunfire. The chief of staff almost suspected that something had happened to the infantry brigade he had sent.

"Sir, the forward troops report that they have arrived at the camp site designated by the division and regimental headquarters. Not a single person was seen in the whole village, not a single livestock was found, not even a single chicken was found! ”

Lieutenant General Ito frowned, revealing an incredulous shocked expression.

But soon he reacted: "It must be the Eighth Route Army, which has transferred the people in the village~"

"However, for this encirclement and suppression operation, we have prepared a sufficient amount of ammunition and material supplies, and it is absolutely delusional to defeat us and force us to withdraw through small means such as fortifying the wall and clearing the wilderness!"

"Command ......" At these two words, Lieutenant General Ito's face instantly became serious.

"Forward troops, strengthen the vigilance around the station, and ensure that there are no troops of the Eighth Route Army within five kilometers of the temporary camp!"

"The main forces picked up speed, rushed to the camp as soon as possible, ate early, and rested early...... At the same time, Chief of Staff, you have to arrange a good guard at night, this is the base of the Eighth Route Army, they will definitely not let go of the opportunity to sneak attack us at night, so we must seize the time to rest as soon as possible, and we can rest for one more minute! ”

"Hi ......"

It was not until the camp was arranged and the chief of staff found Lieutenant General Ito to return to his life, that the infantry brigade sent out to arrest people during the day carried dozens of corpses and retreated in disarray.

"The commander of the division, the chief of staff...... There was no one in the villages on either side of the road, not even a single livestock, not a single chicken...... The Eighth Route Army was too cunning to transfer all the people in the village in advance! ”

"And ...... Not only were there no ordinary people in the village, but there were also many guerrillas and local troops of the Eighth Route Army. Although they are poorly equipped and poorly trained. But they didn't fight with us at all, they hid in places we didn't know and shot us cold, hit us and run, and from time to time they planted a mine in the path we had to pass, so that we couldn't guard against it......"

"In one afternoon, we lost 53 imperial troops and killed 39 people directly~"

Lieutenant General Ito frowned and scolded: "You have an infantry brigade in your hands, not an infantry squadron~ You didn't fight back, find a way to kill them!" ”

The chief of staff immediately replied: "I have found a way to do it...... However, it is useless...... We are not familiar with the terrain, and as soon as we sent people to chase us out, the Eighth Route Army that attacked us ran away completely, and we don't know where to go......"

"You're a stupid pig...... Go down, I don't want to see you again......" Lieutenant General Ito scolded with a frown.

Before the anger was gone, a Shao Zuo rushed in after him.

"Report...... Sir: There's a problem with the camp~"

Lieutenant General Ito frowned and asked, "Camper?" I didn't hear a single gunshot, what could be wrong with the camp~"

Shao Zuo hurriedly replied: "It's the water source...... We searched the entire campsite but couldn't find a single clean water source...... Now all the logistics troops are waiting for the water source to cook! ”

"Impossible~" Lieutenant General Ito denied without thinking about it!

"There is a village in our campsite, a big village of hundreds of people~ there is no water source, how do they live...... Find, there must be a well in the village, it must have been hidden when the Eighth Route Army withdrew the people~"

Shao Zuo gritted his teeth in the face of the anger of the division commander and replied: "The division commander is angry, there are indeed wells in the village, and there are five wells, and we have found them...... It's just that these wells were all deliberately polluted by the Eighth Route Army, and there were a lot of rats and livestock corpses thrown into them, and they couldn't be used at all~"

"If we arrange for the troops to clean the wells now, there will be no time to come, and there will definitely be no water available tonight!"

"No...... Lieutenant General Ito's face finally became serious.

More than 20,000 troops, after a day's journey, needed a lot of water for both food and water. If there is no clean water source to replenish it, the morale of the troops will definitely drop, and even the combat effectiveness will drop back!

So, this question must be solved, he asked with a frown.

"Is there a clean well in the nearby village~"

"No, the inferior has already arranged for the cavalry to go over to see, all the wells have been polluted, and the reconnaissance unit has also encountered a sneak attack by the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army, losing three elite cavalry!"

"The cunning Eighth Route Army is attacking us everywhere, and when I find you, I will definitely break all of you into pieces~" Hearing that the troops were attacked by the carving insect skills in their eyes again, and there were casualties, Lieutenant General Ito's anger suddenly surged, and he scolded his subordinates unceremoniously.

Scolding and scolding, he did not forget another thorny problem since he sent out the army, and ordered with a frown: "Chief of Staff...... Map...... I remember there was a river around here...... The Eighth Route Army could pollute wells, but not entire rivers. Immediately arrange for the troops to go to the nearby river to fetch water by car, and make sure that the troops have a sufficient amount of drinking water! ”

"Also, send more escort troops over...... The Eighth Route Army was too cunning, especially their guerrillas and local units, which were simply everywhere. It's also five kilometers from the station to the river, and they won't miss this opportunity to sneak up on us! ”

"Hi...... Go for it now! ”

On a small hill two kilometers away from the station, Xiong Changhe, the commander of the 1st Battalion of the New 1st Regiment, Lieutenant General Ito's first target, was hiding. Holding a telescope, he stared at the huge barracks of the Japanese army motionlessly, and his mouth kept emitting sighs of emotion.

Seeing a team of devil cavalry and infantry protecting ten cars rushing out of the station, a smile quickly flashed on the corner of Xiong Changhe's mouth.

"Haha...... Comrades, don't look at the little devils, there are many people, they are well-equipped, what heavy artillery, tanks, what do you want...... However, when I entered our Eighth Route Army base area, I was still played around by us~"

"You see, one of our little tricks to pollute the well forced them to send troops to fight for the water source!"

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