Chapter 586: Robbery of the Army

The entire base area, in accordance with the plan designated by Liu Hua based on the experience of later generations, began to develop in an orderly manner. The entire base area was safe and sound, and day by day. In accordance with the request of Commander Liu Hua, the 1st Special Operations Regiment of the Special Operations Division, which went out to carry out its mission, also sent more than 100 sewing machines to the unit's logistics department within a week, which had just been looted from the clothing factory in Shenyang City.

With the addition of more than a hundred sewing machines, together with the seizure of large quantities of cotton cloth and the supply of cotton. In the entire base area, more than 20,000 main forces are changing equipment at a straight-line speed. In less than half a month, the 20,000 commanders and fighters of the fifth column have all been redressed under the guarantee of the chief of logistics. Even the recruit column personally commanded by Deputy Commander Yang Jingyu, more than 20,000 soldiers, also carried out some redress....

At the same time, after more than half a month of running-in training. Driven by nearly 10,000 soldiers who survived the bloody battle. The combat effectiveness of the entire fifth column and 20,000 commanders and fighters can be said to have risen to a new height......

In addition to the artillery companies, mountain artillery battalions, and artillery regiments that have just been formed by various units, the combat effectiveness of the entire Fifth Field Column is still inferior to that of any of the main columns in the Guannai. However, compared with the previous anti-United Nations, there is a world of difference...

Just Commander Liu Hua looked at the troops under his command whose combat effectiveness was getting higher and higher, and their morale was getting higher and higher. I was itching in my heart, and I was ready to pull the troops out of the base area, train the troops with actual combat, and look for the time when the devils outside the mountains were unlucky. Liu Xiǎo Gang, the commander of the special operations division who went out on a mission to raise military rations for the troops, sent back a telegram that attracted Liu Hua's attention...

All the commanders and fighters of the 1st Special Warfare Regiment, under the personal command of division commander Liu Xiǎogang, can be said to have worked hard to complete the task of raising military rations. However, what makes people feel aggrieved. Around the base area, the larger granaries were basically in the county town heavily defended by the Japanese army.

Taking the county town heavily defended by the Japanese army was not a difficult task for the 1st Special Operations Regiment, which had nearly 1,000 special combat personnel. However, the ensuing Japanese reinforcements and how to transport a large amount of grain back to the base area in a timely manner. For a group of only a thousand people, it is undoubtedly a huge challenge...

As a result, the 1st Special Operations Regiment had to abandon the larger granaries of the Japanese army around the base area. For more than half a month, the 1st Special Operations Regiment was all distributed around the base area in company and platoon units. He aimed his own at some of the strongholds defended by the Japanese army....around the entire base area, on the line of the Japanese army. As long as it is a stronghold of the size below the squadron, it has been attacked by the special operations regiment ....

In this way, under this sporadic attack, the grain slowly accumulated into a lot. In half a month, 500,000 catties of grain were transported back to the base area little by little... However, 500,000 catties of grain cannot be managed for half a month for a base area with an army of 60,000......

In the face of increasingly tight deadlines, increasing pressure. Liu Xiǎo Gang, who had no choice, had no choice but to put his goal on the county town heavily defended by the Japanese army... As a result, all the commanders and fighters of the 1st Special Operations Regiment, under Liu Xiǎogang's order, were ordered to start reconnoitring the county towns around the base area and hoarding a large amount of grain. An unexpected piece of information was passed into the hands of Liu Xiǎo Gang....

It turned out that with the reoccupation of Baishan County by the Japanese army. Under the order of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, the 27th Division, a Japanese reinforcement force, was to take over all the defense around the county seat of Baishan. At the same time, with Baishan County as the center, a tight line was formed to give the Eighth Route Army, which was active in the Méng Mountain area, to the area of Changbai Mountain.

However, enter the territory of Baishan County. After the bloody battle, I saw the tens of thousands of corpses of Japanese soldiers left behind. A few kilometers away, there is already only the ruined Baishan County. The mood of the division commander, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto, can be said to be terrible...

After a week, with the efforts of more than 10,000 Manchurian soldiers. The corpses of tens of thousands of imperial soldiers were finally cleaned up. At the same time, only the ruins of Baishan County remained, and the county town of Baishan, which had become a ruin, was also cleaned up, and a dark green sè tent was erected...

After a week's hard work, the troops had their own foothold. But with that came the food problem. Once again, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto, the commander of the division, who had just smiled for less than a day, once again frowned himself..., a main division, plus more than 10,000 Manchurian Army troops who acted with the army. More than 30,000 people, more than 30,000 mouths. The food that needs to be consumed every day is at least 30,000 catties. However, the grain and grass carried by his baggage wing could only last for ten days. Faced with the exhausted grain and grass, and in the face of the 30,000 mouths of his men, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto did not want to end up with the destruction of the entire army like the two divisions that had just been cremated......

As a result, a telegram sent by Lieutenant General Yoshimoto asking for help was placed on the table of General Umezu Mijiro, the Supreme Commander of the Kwantung Army....

After an army of 40,000 was wiped out because of the lack of food. The commander at this moment, in the face of Lieutenant General Yoshimoto's telegram for help, did not hesitate and immediately approved it. and ordered Shenyang City to prepare a quarter of grain and grass for an army of 30,000 troops, and a full 3 million catties of grain. By train, in the near future, it will be transported to Baishan County...

Three million catties of grain were transported from the grain depot in Shenyang City to the railway station, and it was impossible to accomplish it with the strength of the Japanese army alone. In the face of the order of General Umezu Mijiro, the Supreme Commander of the Japanese Army in Shenyang had to use a large number of Manchurian troops in the city to participate in the transportation of food...

In this way, the news that a large amount of grain would be transported to Baishan County by rail was transmitted to Liu Xiǎogang's ears at the first time from the hands of the intelligence officers hidden within the Manchurian Army...

Needless to say, robbing a Japanese army carrying grain was much simpler than attacking a county town heavily defended by the Japanese army. After confirming the accuracy of the information. Liu Xiǎo did not hesitate without any hesitation, and immediately issued an order to all the commanders and fighters of the 1st Special Operations Regiment to assemble. At the same time, the entire battle plan was also reported to Commander Liu Hua through the radio for the first time...

"This Liu Xiǎo Gang really lived up to the expectations of all of us. Three million catties of grain, plus hundreds of thousands of catties of grain sent back one after another in half a month, are enough for the entire base area to take more than two months....Guards, immediately notify Deputy Commander Yang and Commander Zhou to come to the headquarters for a meeting, as soon as possible....| After reading the telegram in my hand. Liu Hua was shocked at the same time, and ordered with a look of surprise to the guards at the entrance of Mén....

In the Supreme Headquarters of the Shimén Ridge Base Area, Liu Hua, Yang Jingyu, and Zhou Baozhong were sitting opposite each other. And the commander Liu Hua, under the gaze of two people, pointed to a military map on the table, and assigned specific combat missions to the two partners and subordinates in front of him...

"Lao Yang, Lao Zhou. According to the telegram just sent by Liu Xiǎo Gang Division. The 1st Special Operations Regiment will blow up the railroad near Xinzhuang Village and intercept the Japanese army's military train transporting grain. After intercepting the Japanese military columns, the various units of the 1st Special Operations Regiment will destroy all railways and highways leading to Xinzhuang Village from Shenyang, Baishan, and other county towns at the first time. At the same time, it was responsible for blocking the reinforcements of the Japanese army from all directions, at least four xiǎo hours. Therefore, the whole process of rushing to transport grain leaves us less than four xiǎo hours...."

"Commander, that's a full three million catties of grain. The number of troops that we now have full control over has reached more than 40,000 people. On average, each person has less than 100 catties of grain. In four xiǎo hours, it is completely possible to rush these three million catties of grain, and absolutely not leave even a grain of grain for the Japanese army..."For Deputy Commander Yang Jingyu, the yòuhuò of three million catties of grain is very huge. As soon as Liu Hua's words were finished, Yang Jingyu replied confidently...

"Lao Yang, the situation is not as simple as you think....However, you are right, now the troops that we can fully control have reached more than 40,000 people, and we are fully capable of transporting these three million catties of grain back to the base area. Alright, that's all we have to say, now I command..."

"Because from Xinzhuang Village to the base area, there is a block of Baishan County, and in the county seat, there are 30,000 Japanese puppet troops stationed. Therefore, the first hurdle we need to pass is a line of defense built by the 30,000-day puppet army in front of us. Commander Zhou..."

"To..."Zhou Baozhong replied loudly...

"The Fifth Column is directly under the command of the Artillery Regiment, the 13th Division, and the various guerrilla units under the base area. Let's give xiǎo devils to a dozen Baishan counties. The current Kwantung Army does not have the ability to attack us, so we will attack them and take the Japanese army by surprise....I believe that as long as Baishan County is attacked again, the devil soldiers in Baishan County will definitely shrink their defenses. When the time comes, our opportunity will come....", "Commander, when will we start acting...."Zhou Baozhong asked with an eager face......

"According to the intelligence, three days later, the Japanese army was ready to transport grain. The siege battle must be started in advance, and then the main force will be moved to Xinzhuang Village to prepare for the transportation of grain. Therefore, after the meeting was dismissed, the troops began to assemble. Strive to launch an attack on the county seat tomorrow night, and attract all the main forces of the Japanese army to the county seat..."Liu Huadao....

"Yes, Commander, promise to complete the mission...."

"Lao Yang, you are responsible for collecting as many mules and horses as possible within two days. Two days later, after all the main forces of the Japanese army have been attracted to Baishan County, I will lead the 23th and 3rd regiments of the special operations division and the 145th and 22th main divisions of the column, take all the mules and horses and take the carts, and attack from Hanzhuang to Xinzhuang Village to rush to Xinzhuang Village. Then, all the grain will be transported here. You, on the other hand, lead the entire recruit column to transport the food from here back to the base area. At that time, if the troops are insufficient, the nearby 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Agricultural Divisions can all be chōu transferred. In a word, we must rush all the grain back to the base area before the Japanese army reacts...."

A day later, after more than half a month of training, more than 6,000 commanders and fighters of the 13th Division, plus more than 1,000 commanders and fighters of the artillery regiment directly under the column, all stood on the peacetime training ground with high morale, ready to meet the first big battle since the reorganization of the unit...

Commander Zhou Baozhong, standing on the rostrum, looked at the troops in front of him who exuded the morale of Jīng. Seeing the front of the troops, a ménmén with a black dòngdòng muzzle of various caliber guns, a light and heavy machine gun with a blue glow, looking at the soldiers' bulging bullet belts, grenade bags equipped with grenades... It can be said that he was full of confidence, did not carry out any combat mobilization, and immediately gave the order to start the troops...

However, the main force of more than seven thousand, the build-up of a large number of heavy artillery, coupled with the constant addition of local partisans along the way. The large-scale mobilization of nearly 10,000 troops could not hide the all-pervasive Japanese puppet army spies. In less than a few minutes after the troops were deployed, in Baishan County, in the humble headquarters of the Japanese army, they received the news that Baishan County would be attacked again through the radio...

"Baga, can you consider the news... The Eighth Route Army really gathered nearly 10,000 troops, and with more than one artillery wing, it marched in the direction of our Baishan County..."Looking at the information in his hand, in the headquarters of the Japanese Provisional Division in Baishan County, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto, the commander of the division, asked in disbelief...

After all, he had just come to this almost ruinous Baishan county, and he hadn't even tried a day's enjoyment. The Eighth Route Army, which had just experienced a major war and had been resting for less than a month, unexpectedly launched an attack on itself....This had to make Lieutenant General Yoshimoto feel extremely depressed and puzzled...

"Hello, the information has been confirmed. The artillery of this Eighth Route Army definitely exceeds the total number of artillery equipped by our 27th Division. So, please make a decision as soon as possible...."The chief of staff nodded affirmatively and replied...

"Carrying so much artillery, there is also a main force of nearly 10,000 people. What did the Eighth Route Army want to do, did they want to reoccupy Baisha County? The chief of staff immediately reported the situation to the Kwantung Army Command and requested the command to immediately send air force units to conduct aerial reconnaissance. At the same time, planes were dispatched to continuously bomb the marching columns of the Eighth Route Army along the way..."After a short period of contemplation, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto immediately regained his usual sharpness and ordered with a serious face....

"Division commander, if nothing else, the target of the Eighth Route Army must be us. Do we need to be on the various troops,. Carry out some strategic adjustments, concentrate the main forces in the county seat, and prepare to meet the attack of the Eighth Route Army..."Chief of Staff Xiǎo reminded in a loud voice.

"No, Chief of Staff, this is only our preliminary judgment. And the real goals of the enemy are not yet known to us. Only when the enemy has shown his true intentions will we be able to mobilize. Otherwise, we will fall for the enemy's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain. However, the necessary precautions are needed. Order all units under the division to immediately enter a state of combat readiness, and report any situation immediately if it is discovered...", the commander of the division, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto, had a sly smile on his face, and ordered with certainty.

"Hayi, Your Excellency the Division Commander is wise..."

On the road leading to Baishan County, the 13th Division, together with various other troops, totaling more than 10,000 troops, had already passed a day's march under the constant bombardment of Japanese aircraft. At this moment, the entire army has marched to a place less than twenty kilometers away from the county seat of Baishan. The forward positions of the Japanese army outside the city have appeared in the field of vision of the army..., looking at the vague forward positions of the Japanese army a few miles away. Commander Zhou Baozhong can be said to be unusually depressed. Because, after a day's march, under the constant bombardment of Japanese aircraft, before the Japanese army could compete directly opposite each other, it lost almost a company of troops.

More importantly, he lost almost a company of troops, and still did not mobilize any Japanese troops around Baishan County....According to the information just received, the Japanese army deployed its troops on the line, and it was on increased alert and entered a state of combat readiness, and there was no movement at all

The Japanese troops on the line did not make any moves, and they did not complete the task themselves. Looking at the darkening sky, and then at the heavily guarded Japanese troops on the opposite position. Commander Zhou Baozhong, who was holding a telescope, couldn't help but curse...

"Damn, Commander Xiǎo is such a tough opponent. Our main forces were in front of their eyes, and the muzzles of the cannons were already aimed at his head. It's still standing motionless, waiting for us to make the first move..."

"Commander, since the xiǎo devil doesn't want to move, then we will fight him so much that he has to be transferred. After more than half a month of training, a large number of light and heavy weapons were added to the troops. Now my 13th Division is strong and strong, just take the xiǎo devil in front of me to open the meat and test the real combat effectiveness of the troops...."The commander of the 13th Division, who was standing beside Zhou Baozhong, looked at the Japanese position not far away, and couldn't help but say with a light in his eyes...

"Well said, then let's take a pain, so that they have to be transferred... Division Commander Li, according to reconnaissance, the several lines of defense on the periphery of the Japanese army were all simple civil fortifications, and the total strength was only two brigades plus two regiments of Manchurian Army troops. Now I order you, with the support of the artillery regiment, to advance our front ten kilometers before dawn, so that after dawn, the 12mén howitzers behind us will be able to hit the shells into the city of Baishan County... How about it, do you have the confidence to take on this task...."Zhou Baozhong looked at the love general next to him with a smile and said....