"Look, what is this little friend of ours trying to do?" A piece of information that had just been sent from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army was passed in the hands of several people, and the afternoon sun illuminated the cave through the mulberry paper pasted on the edge of the window. Zhao Zhi's attack on Zhangwu County, the Eighth Route Army headquarters had already informed Yan'an, but after Zhao Zhi took Zhangwu County, he immediately blitzed the Madian Railway Station more than 100 miles away, and ambushed the Japanese puppet army reinforcements from the Maliang River in Banqiao two days later, which Yan'an and the Eighth Route Army headquarters never expected.

Although Zhao Zhi entered Shanxi this time with a large army of 600 people, compared with the Japanese puppet army in Zhangwu County, Madian, and Malianghe, it was obviously inferior in numbers. Mao Zedong is most interested in how Zhao Zhi did this, you must know that the Eighth Route Army, the most powerful in the hands of the CCP, and the Japanese army have exchanged fire no less than 100 times, and the most successful one is only to kill dozens of Japanese soldiers. The great victory of Pingxingguan, which played the majesty of the Eighth Route Army, was achieved by gathering a large number of troops of the Eighth Route Army, the National Army, and the Jinsui Army, and the ambush was only carried out by the heavy soldiers whose combat strength was not strong in the Japanese army.

"It's hard to say, but I guess Zhao Zhi doesn't do this like asking for a reward from Chongqing, it can be seen from Zhao Zhi's style of doing things in the past that this kid is a typical businessman's face, and he can't afford to be unprofitable, this is the true nature of a businessman, so I guess that the reason why Zhao Zhi will send out the news in a clear code is that he may have a follow-up move. Didn't the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army send another battalion to Zhangwu County, let's wait for the follow-up information of the Eighth Route Army" Zhou Enlai's analysis was very comprehensive, but it still did not eliminate the doubts in Mao Zedong's heart.

Zhu De, who had just returned to Yan'an from the Second War Zone, praised Zhao Zhi, "I think this Zhao Zhi is a little interesting, you see" Zhu De drew a rough map of Shanxi on the table with tea, and marked it on the map according to the route of Zhao Zhi's operation. "You see, this is the route of Zhao Zhi's operation, he hit Zhangwu County is a sneak attack, an ambush battle outside the Madian Railway Station, planting explosives in the railway station This is a lure to the enemy, using a fake attack on Banqiao to lure the Japanese puppet army of the Maliang River to cross the river carelessly, this is also a lure to the enemy, and then concentrate heavy firepower on the stone beach of Banqiao to defeat the Japanese puppet army reinforcements of the Maliang River in one fell swoop, this battle that lasted for a week can be described as interlocking, and it looks very atmospheric."

"I looked at this intelligence and Mr. Zhu's sketch, and found that we still have any omissions, for example, the ambush battle on Banqiao Stone Beach, according to intelligence, Zhao Zhi defeated about 2,000 Japanese puppet troops in Stone Beach, and Zhao Zhi brought only more than 600 people into Shanxi, planing the manpower to lure the enemy Banqiao, and then planing the manpower to escort the trophies, as well as the manpower stationed in Zhangwu County, I estimate that Zhao Zhi's side is at most half of the 300 people." Li Kenong, who was born in intelligence work, focused on the comparison of Zhao Zhi's strength with the Japanese puppet army.

The comparison between Zhao Zhi and the number of Japanese puppet troops from Malianghe is almost one to six, and this kind of battle is more than one to six, whether it is the elite of the national army or the troops of the Eighth Route Army, there is no possibility of winning at all, which also makes Li Kenong have doubts in his heart. "I suggest that we immediately send our intelligence officers to Zhangwu County to find out what Zhao Zhi has been fighting for a week, although there are many people sent by the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, but those are all combatants, and they are not proficient in intelligence gathering, we need to know the real situation" Li Kenong really did not leave his profession in three sentences, and the other people in the cave were secretly laughing.

"I think it's necessary to send intelligence officers, but don't move too much, so as not to arouse Zhao Zhi's disgust, this little friend of ours doesn't eat hard and soft" Mao Zedong smiled and took out a cigarette roll from the cigarette box and connected it to the fire, and continued meaningfully, "Chongqing also values our little friend, he Jiang often invites Zhao Zhi to his Nan'an mansion for dinner, you see, do we also invite children to come to Yan'an to have a look?" We have so many weapons and ammunition from other people, we have to show it."

Mao Zedong's words made the people in the cave laugh, if you really talk about it, the Eighth Route Army got a lot of weapons and ammunition from Zhao Zhi's hands, and the part of the prisoners of war that Zhao Zhi rescued from the Changxin Coal Mine in the early stage was also received by the Eighth Route Army, and now those prisoners of war have become the backbone of the Eighth Route Army, which has greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army. At this time, if Yan'an sends an invitation to Zhao Zhi, it will be a good move, not only can you see the long-awaited Zhao Zhi, but also insert a thorn between Chiang Kai-shek and Zhao Zhi, so that the suspicious Chiang Kai-shek will not be able to sleep well.

"Gao, Chairman, your hand is indeed high, but I don't know how our children will react" Although Zhu De agreed with Mao Zedong's proposal, he was not very optimistic about this idea. It is not difficult to see from Zhao Zhi's previous battles that Zhao Zhi is also a person with great wisdom in his chest, and every battle is almost interlocking with fewer victories, such a person is too cunning, just like a loach that does not lose his hand, he can't catch it at all.

"Report" An intelligence staff officer who walked quickly knocked on the caves, completely interrupting the discussion in the caves, "Our intelligence officers in Yuncheng have sent back the latest information, the Japanese 37th Division quietly sent a search team to the southwest last night, and then sent the 225th Infantry Wing this morning, the excuse for their troop movement is to encircle and suppress the Jin Sui Army operating around Yuncheng, but the direction of their march is to the southwest of Zhangwu County, our intelligence officers judge that the 225th Wing of the 37th Division is going to Zhangwu County."

"What?" Zhu Deteng stood up, stretched out his hand to take the information and read it carefully, and then looked up the location of Yuncheng and Zhangwu County on the map, and calculated the time when the Japanese army arrived in Zhangwu County according to the scale of the map. "Chairman, are we going to Zhangwu County to transfer a unit over, although the 37th Division has recently been transferred to Shanxi, but they are a new force, and the weapons and equipment are not bad, just with the little people in Zhao Zhi's hands, I'm afraid they can't withstand it?"

After careful discussion, Yan'an decided to inform Zhao Zhi of this new situation first, and then Zhao Zhi himself decided whether he needed reinforcements from the Eighth Route Army to help. After all, there is still a national army in Zhangwu County, and Yan'an doesn't want to make too much trouble with the Kuomintang, and Zhao Zhi is a person valued by Chairman Jiang, if it is too obvious, it will make the Kuomintang think that it is robbing them of people.