The chess game on the table has entered the official stage, and there is a robbery around the corner, and the two sides have launched a battle for zuihou.

While searching for the looted materials, the captain of the military police, Haneda, said to Fujido Takahide: "Your Excellency, I don't understand, you weishenme want to take such pains to curry favor with this part of the Chinese army, oh yes, it is the so-called militia, weishenme can't treat them the same as the regular army?" ”

Fujido Takaei took a sip of the teacup and said: "Before His Excellency Okamura returned to China, I once went to Hankou to meet him, and he told me that when you can't defeat the opponent at once, the best way is to divide and disintegrate. ”

Haneda said: "Your Excellency General, the Ito Brigade is just a gendarmerie formed temporarily by the Ronin expatriate, and it is not even a real army, how can it be compared to the 14th Brigade Regiment that is independently mixed?" Therefore, the fiasco of the Ito brigade does not say anything. ”

As he spoke, Haneda slapped a piece on the chessboard and called for eating.

Fujido Takaei responded to a son, and then said: "The fiasco of the Ito brigade really doesn't mean anything, but Haneda-san, you must not underestimate the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui, right here, Yanjia Town, I have witnessed this army fighting with the Oda brigade, this is an army that should not be taken lightly"

Haneda said: "Your Excellency General, are you too much of an anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui?" ”

"Lift? No, not at all. If the two armies fight in Erlong Mountain, it will be difficult for the imperial army's firepower advantage to be brought into play, but the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui has an absolute terrain advantage. ”

Seeing Haneda fall into silence, Fujido Takaei said again: "Therefore, we must first divide the enemy, and when the enemy's liliang is weakened to a certain extent, we can strike a thunderous blow and destroy it, and the so-called militia is the object that the imperial army must first divide." ”

"Weishenme is a militia, and nothing else?"

"Because the militia is the natural reserve of the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui, if the militia is not divided and disintegrated first, the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui will be continuously replenished with troops, and if it loses 1,000 people today, it will be able to replenish 2,000 people immediately tomorrow, and they will be almost invincible.

However, if these militias are divided, it will immediately be a different result, without the continuous replenishment of the militia, the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui will kill one person, one less, this time, they will fight less and less, the more they fight, the weaker they will become, and in the end, the imperial army will be able to eliminate them without much effort.

In addition, the most important point is that dividing this part of the militia will help us to build a strong Imperial Army, these militias have received a certain amount of military training, but they are not as brainwashed as the regular army, and they are relatively easy to control, so these militias are the best choice for the soldiers of the Imperial Army. ”

Haneda said: "In other words, dividing and disintegrating this part of the militia can not only weaken the enemy, but also strengthen itself, I really didn't expect that His Excellency the General made every move he made was so thoughtful." ”

After that, Haneda pushed himself up and said, "I also lost this game of chess." ”

(Dividing Line)

"Lao Xu, you see, Little Japan is arrogant enough, and they have all repaired the turrets in the mountains," Gao Shen said.

Xu Shijiu looked in the direction of Gao Shenxing's finger, and saw a dirt road four or five meters wide extending from the direction of Lijia Town, winding deep into Erlong Mountain, and at the final point of this road, there was a small village called Chitu, inhabited by more than a dozen families.

On the edge of the creek at the mouth of the terracotta village, a turret is rising from the ground.

"Little Japan doesn't have any good intentions." Shu Tongwen said in a deep voice, "Terracotta is the only way to connect Yanyi and Erlong Mountain, if little Japan is allowed to gain a firm foothold here, the communication channel between our Qingyang County Independent Regiment and the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui will be completely cut off, what else to talk about coordinated operations?" ”

Shu Tongwen came here this time to finalize the issue of unified command for coordinated operations.

As for the coordinated operation between the Qingyang County Independent Regiment and the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, it has been approved by the New Fourth Army Headquarters, and Xiang Ying, secretary of the Southeast Bureau of the Communist Party of China, has even transferred another main regiment of the New Fourth Army to cooperate with the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army to smash the 14th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade.

The commander of the main force of the New Fourth Army is also an old acquaintance of Xu Shijiu and Gao Shenxing, he is the captain of the former Wusong Security Team, the seal, but this time the seal was unable to come with Shu Tongwen because he was going to the headquarters of the New Fourth Army for a meeting.

Xu Nineteen said: "Ah Wen, I heard that your Communist Eighth Route Army has engaged in a large-scale sabotage war in North China, specializing in destroying the transportation of Little Japan, and by the way, uprooting strongholds and artillery towers, what is the effect?" ”

Shu Tongwen said: "Captain, you're talking about the Battle of the Hundred Regiments under the command of Chief Peng, right?" In the past three months of the war, more than 1,000 kilometers of roads and railways have been destroyed, more than 2,900 strongholds have been destroyed, and more than 40,000 puppet troops have been wiped out. ”

Xu Nineteen said: "It seems that we also have to carry out a big attack, I don't have a hundred regiments, but a hundred platoons can still be made, so it might as well be called a hundred platoon battle." ”

"Hundred Platoon Battles?" Gao Shen said, "Old Xu, are you really here?" ”

Xu Shijiu nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Little Japan is building roads, turrets and strongholds in Longkou and Qingyang counties with great fanfare, and the trenches are getting longer and longer day by day. ”

In fact, what prompted Xu Shijiu to make up his mind to fight a big battle, in addition to the fact that Little Japan was advancing step by step and gradually extending the highways and trenches into Erlong Mountain, there was another reason, that is, after holding each other for two full quarters, the material supply of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army in southern Anhui had begun to run out of urgency.

(Dividing Line)

Gendarmerie Captain Haneda spread out the engineering drawings on the table, and then pointed to the drawings and explained to Fujido Takaying, saying: "Your Excellency General, please see, after two quarters of intense construction, with Yanjia Town, Lijia Town, and Hewan Town as the support, with the highway as a link, supplemented by dozens of strongholds, artillery towers, and thousands of kilometers of trenches, the entire blockade network has been completely formed, and at present, the blockade network is advancing step by step towards the Erlong Mountain Area, and the 59th Independent Infantry Brigade has established a bridgehead in a small village called terracotta in the Erlong Mountain. ”

"Yo Si." Fujido Takaei nodded happily and said, "Haneda-san, you did a very good job. ”

"It's all up to Your Excellency the General." Haneda said modestly, and said, "However, the special high school has just received information from the headquarters of the New Fourth Army from the inside line, and the Qingyang County Independent Regiment and another regiment of the New Fourth Army are preparing to unite with the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui, and there may be a major combat operation. ”

Fujitang Gaoying's white-gloved right hand slowly stroked from the engineering drawing, and suddenly smiled: "Could it be that the New Fourth Army and the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army also want to imitate the Eighth Route Army and give us a large-scale sabotage war?" ”

Haneda said: "The New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army are all armed by the Communist Party, and this possibility is very high. ”

The expression on Fujitang Gaoying's face became gloomy, and he said: "It's a pity, southern Anhui is not North China, and I, Fujitang Gaoying, am not a fool like Tada Jun, what kind of sabotage does the New Fourth Army and the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army want to carry out in southern Anhui, that is delusional, I will use cruel facts to tell them that in the face of real cage tactics, any struggle is futile."

"Hello." Haneda bowed his head heavily, and said in deep disapproval, "Tada Jun, this idiot, seems to have only learned the surface of cage warfare, and for the people in the guerrilla areas, he only knows how to burn, kill, and plunder, but he does not know that the division and disintegration, otherwise, the situation in North China will never be so erosive." ”

"However, I'm afraid that the Eighth Route Army in North China won't be able to jump for long." Fujido Takaei snorted and said, "The base camp has issued an order, and Your Excellency Okamura is about to replace Tada Jun as the commander of the North China Front. ”

"Hello." Haneda bowed heavily and said, "I'm convinced of that, too. ”

Fujido Takaei waved his hand and said, "By the way, Haneda-san, how is the formation of the Imperial Concord Army?" ”