"It seems that this time our little friends have fished for good things again" Niu Dashan sent a telegram back to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army was in Zuo Quan's hands, and the Japanese army in Shanxi recently mobilized a large number of troops to confront the national army in the second war zone in the southern Jinnan area, in a vain attempt to defeat the main force of the national army in Shanxi in one fell swoop. When Zhao Zhi led the team to Ding'an City, the commander of the Eighth Route Army also transferred back to the main force held a meeting to discuss countermeasures. When Niu Dashan sent the telegram back from Pingyao, it was during the meeting, so the telegram fell into Zuo Quan's hands.

For Zhao Zhi, Zuo Quan has always had an attitude of having a heart, even if Zhao Zhi has an American woman, even if Zhao Zhi has an unusual relationship with Lao Jiang, but this does not prevent Zuo Quan from interacting with Zhao Zhi, on the contrary, in Zuo Quan's heart, he has always felt that Zhao Zhi is a nationalist, as can be seen from their thunder never allowing Japanese prisoners to be kept, even if such a person can't fight for the best camp, at least don't easily make enemies to Zhao Zhi.

"Oh, show me it" Peng Dehuai has always been very interested in Thunder, especially things related to Zhao Zhi, and he is even more willing to participate. "My good man, Zhao Zhi took the 75 mountain artillery and exchanged it for the 81 mortar with us, this kid is really rich now, and it is not a good thing to take the 75 mountain artillery" Peng Dehuai's words are not a counterstatement, in the Eighth Route Army, only the main force of the division-level troops have such big guys as the 92 infantry gun and the 75 mountain artillery, and it is very good to have a few medium mortars in the regiment-level troops.

"2 81 mortars for a 75 mountain gun and 10 shells, or 2 crooked light machine guns and 3,000 rounds of ammunition" Peng Dehuai read the telegram and handed it to the others in the conference room to circulate, "The strength of the thunder should not be underestimated, Ding'an is so far away from their Zhangwu County, Zhao Zhi said that he would fight, and he would fight as soon as he fought." Well, now Zhao Zhi not only took Ding'an City, but also defeated a Japanese brigade in Wuxiang, and then completely annihilated the Wugang Wing who rushed over to rescue Jinnan, and these 75 mountain guns were the trophies they captured the Wugang Wing"

"It is not difficult to see that Zhao Zhi's dispatch to Ding'an this time is actually to find an opportunity for the national army troops in the second war zone to solve their difficulties" Chief of Staff Ye Jianying found the location of Ding'an on the map, according to the telegram Zhao Zhi's trajectory of their movements, Ye Jianying, who has been in battle for a long time, quickly analyzed the true intention of Zhao Zhi's move. "Let's see, Zhao Zhi set out from Zhangwu County to attack Ding'an for a long time, not only through the defense area of the Japanese army, but also through the defense area of the national army, but neither the Japanese army nor the national army found Zhao Zhi's whereabouts, which means that Zhao Zhi's move is not a whim, otherwise it would not have been so leaky"

"I agree with you," He Long, the commander of the 120th Division, smoked his big pipe and tapped his fingers rhythmically on the table, "Before Zhao Zhi sent troops to Ding'an, he asked us for relevant information about the northern Jinxi region, but this Ding'an is in the eastern Jindong region. Moreover, after Zhao Zhi took Ding'an, he did not stop too much but took the initiative to attack the Wugang United from Jinnan, and now their location is here - Wuxiang" He Long stretched his neck and found the location of Wuxiang on the map.

"They are moving towards northern Shanxi" Peng Dehuai looked at the trajectory of He Long's finger movement, and called out in a lost mouth, if Zhao Zhi asked for the relevant information in the northern Shanxi region before the action, then this shows that the focus of Zhao Zhi's operation should be somewhere in the northern Shanxi region, and the reason why Peng Dehuai lost his mouth was that Wuxiang was Taiyuan, an important town in Shanxi, to the north.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible" Not to mention that Peng Dehuai couldn't believe it, there were few senior commanders of the Eighth Route Army present who did not lose their voices and exclaimed. "Absolutely impossible, even if the Japanese army mobilized most of the Shanxi garrison to confront Lao Jiang's second-tier war zone, but Taiyuan is their most important place, and the Japanese puppet army stationed in Taiyuan will definitely not be less, not to mention that Jinzhong and Luliang still have a large number of Japanese troops stationed, Zhao Zhi only has 4,000 people in his hands, this point of strength against the Japanese infantry wing is also reasonable, if you really go to fight Taiyuan, I'm afraid it won't work" There was a lot of discussion in the conference room, only Liu Bocheng, the commander of the 129th Division, kept looking at the map and did not speak.

"I don't think so" everyone expressed their opinions, Liu Bocheng looked at the map for a long time before he spoke, "Since Thunder entered the Shanxi battlefield, it seems that he has never been defeated, and Zhao Zhi's use of troops is nowhere to be found." And according to the previous battles of the thunder, what they are best at is to fight short and fast movement warfare with small forces, and they never leave a chance for the Japanese army to leave a blow and go, in our words, Zhao Zhi is a typical opportunist, such a person can't run long distances for no reason just for two small county towns, I guess their purpose must be Taiyuan, but I don't know where he got such confidence"

"I personally agree with Bo Cheng's opinion" Zuo Quan said his opinion, "Zhao Zhi and I have met a few times in the Jindong base area, and it is not difficult to see from the conversation outside that Zhao Zhi is a person who likes to plan and then move, just like Bo Cheng just said, Zhao Zhi will never go so far to fight the Japanese army for the sake of two small county towns." When we met in the Jindong base area, Zhao Zhi's 4,000-strong troops carried no less than 80 American-style Browning heavy machine guns.

"80 Browning heavy machine guns?" Zuo Quan's news shocked the senior commanders of the Eighth Route Army present, in the Eighth Route Army, even in the main forces like the 129th, 120th, and 115th divisions, there was no such configuration, let alone 80 heavy machine guns, even if the light and heavy machine guns were combined, they were afraid that one division would not be able to make up so many machine guns. "The thunder is really magnanimous, there are 80 heavy machine guns in a force of 4,000 people" He Long and Liu Bocheng glanced at each other, this thunder is indeed not to be underestimated.

"You mean to say that the 80 heavy machine guns that Zhao Zhi brought to Ding'an were not just for this attack?" Peng Dehuai heard the meaning of Zuo Quan's words, and couldn't help asking. Carrying such a large number of heavy weapons for a long-distance attack, unless it is a forced strategic shift or a major operation, a commander with a little military common sense will not make such a decision, and according to the current development situation of Thunder, they should belong to the latter situation.

"Yes" Zuo Quan nodded affirmatively, "Now I can determine that Zhao Zhi must have other troops infiltrated the northern Jin region, and some of the heavy machine guns that Zhao Zhi brought were carried by other troops, and he did a job of carrying heavy troops" Zuo Quan's words made the conference room quiet all of a sudden, everyone thought about his words, and Liu Bocheng and He Long even gathered on the map and began to deduce the next direction of Thunder's move.

"What about bullets? You said that Zhao Zhi used these heavy machine guns to ambush the Japanese transport brigade in Xiangtangpu, so how should their ammunition be replenished? Ding'an is not close to Zhangwu County, so Thunder can't send troops to transport bullets to northern Jinbei, right? Xiao Ke, the deputy commander of the 120th Division, grasped the crux of the problem, that is, how to replenish the ammunition consumed by the heavy machine guns in Zhao Zhi's hands. One of the biggest characteristics of American guns is that they consume bullets very much, Zhao Zhi took those heavy machine guns far away in Jindong and was moving to Jinbei, how to replenish bullets in time is indeed the biggest problem.

"You don't know this, right" Peng Dehuai, who came back to his strength, smiled, "Thunder has an airport in Zhangwu County, and some time ago he was always bombing the Japanese puppet army control area around Zhangwu County, and recently he was busy transporting supplies from Yunnan to here. Since Zhao Zhi has so many planes in his hands, do you think he will let those planes be placed in the airport, but I heard that Zhao Zhi has a regiment of airborne troops in his hand, and big people can land safely with parachutes, and it is not easy to throw some bullets to the extreme."

"You mean to say that Zhao Zhi's replenishment ammunition will use the method of airdrop" Liu Bocheng and He Long's eyes burst with a glimmer of light, airdrop supplies, this trick is really wonderful. If the troops of the Eighth Route Army can also airdrop supplies, then they can launch another battle on the scale of the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, and the troops that receive the airdropped supplies will be firmly nailed to the Japanese army's marching route like nails, and will never be forced to withdraw from the battle due to lack of ammunition and materials.

The new topic triggered a new round of discussion, and the whole conference room was full of gossip discussions, and everyone who expressed their opinions had their own opinions and ideas, but the initiators Zuo Quan and Peng Dehuai were left unattended. "Deputy commander, what should you do if you see Zhao Zhi asking for 81 mortars? I remember that when the 115th Division fought at the level, it captured a few 81 mortars, and now it is sealed in the arsenal because there are no shells of the same caliber" Zuo Quan intended to facilitate this deal, exchanging mortars for mountain artillery, and this business was very cost-effective.

"Then change it, there are no shells, those 81 mortars are useless in our hands, if you can exchange them for three 75 mountain guns with shells, Lao Tzu will issue one to each of their divisions" Peng Dehuai was afraid of his thighs, and he agreed to Zhao Zhi's request to exchange weapons, but his voice was too loud, and several division commanders in the command turned their heads, especially Liu Bocheng was a little star in his eyes, and each 75 mountain gun also carried shells, and it was really not in vain to come to the headquarters for a meeting this time.

Peng Dehuai had already spoken, and hurriedly looked left and right habitually, and found that he didn't see the person he was thinking about, so he breathed a sigh of relief. The artillery regiment under the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army has been transferred back to Yan'an to form an artillery school, if their regiment commander Wu Ting is also in this conference room, not to mention that the division commanders below can't catch the three mountain guns, even Peng Dehuai himself will be looked down upon by Wu Ting because of his big package.