"Order the troops to strengthen their vigilance, counterattack with mortar and light and heavy machine gun fire, and take out the sneak attack troops of the Eighth Route Army around us!" The captain made a decision with a calm face.

The adjutant immediately replied: "Sir, I'll arrange it right away!" ”

The sound of gunfire and shell explosions constantly rang out around the Japanese puppet army station, starting from dark and continuing until ten o'clock in the evening without stopping.

The captain of the devil brigade was very glad that the three companies of the first battalion that attacked them were not equipped with mortars, and even if there were mortars, there were very few shells to threaten them.

Otherwise, if the third company had mortars and chose to use mortars to sneak attack, even if the captain of the devil brigade concentrated his troops in the garrison, a single shell could cause them a lot of casualties.

"Sir, what's wrong with the stronghold?" Suddenly, an exclamation sounded outside the tent where the captain of the devil brigade was, and then the curtain of the tent door was lifted, and the adjutant's nervous and anxious figure appeared in the tent.

The captain got up from the only marching bed in the whole army, and before he could speak, the adjutant hurriedly reported: "Sir, Linfen City is in an emergency, and the stronghold has been attacked by the main force of the new regiment and has suffered heavy losses. The 500,000 catties of grain we got at a huge cost are likely to be recaptured by the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army! ”

"Then what are you waiting for, gather troops immediately and return to the stronghold. 500,000 catties of grain must not be lost! Without thinking about it, the captain ordered, grabbed the armed belt he hung on the marching bed, and prepared to go outside the tent.

"Wait a minute, sir!" The adjutant hurriedly stopped the captain who wanted to leave!

"The brigade commander has already sent reinforcements, and they are a little closer to the stronghold than we are. The command asked us to continue to collect food in the base area of the Eighth Route Army, and they came to the rescue in the stronghold! ”

"They have cars, and they are closer to Linfen City, and the reinforcement base is indeed faster than ours!" The captain frowned and analyzed, then returned to his marching bed.

The adjutant comforted: "Please rest assured, sir, there is a brigade headquarters that has sent troops to reinforce the stronghold, and there will definitely be no accidents in the stronghold, so you can rest assured!" ”

The captain was sitting on the marching bed, his brow still furrowed, and there was no sign of relaxation.

"Sir, is there something wrong?" The adjutant asked tentatively, staring at the captain.

The captain did not hide it: "I have a very bad premonition, and it is getting stronger and stronger, we are being calculated by the Eighth Route Army again." Since entering the base of the Eighth Route Army, he has been led by the nose of the Eighth Route Army in action? ”

"Impossible! It is up to us to decide which village to rob on which day, how can it be calculated by the Eighth Route Army? The adjutant asked in disbelief.

"Also, if the Eighth Route Army is calculating us, how can we grab so much food in such a short time after we enter their base area?"

The captain frowned and asked, "Grab food?" Tell me, did we rob the more than 500,000 catties of grain hoarded in the stronghold? ”

"Didn't we have robbed food in the base area of the Eighth Route Army before, and you have also experienced it, is it so easy in front of us?"

"Really?" The adjutant's brow furrowed.

Then he suddenly realized and analyzed: "In the past, we grabbed grain in the base area of the Eighth Route Army, and this kind of intimidation like this in front of us can only grab 20% of the grain tax we stipulate at most. Even if you kill people in the base area of the Eighth Route Army and threaten them with your life, you can only grab fifty or sixty percent of the prescribed grain tax! ”

"Could it be that this is deliberate on the part of the Eighth Route Army, before we entered the village, the Eighth Route Army had already prepared food. When we arrived, we pushed them a little and they brought us the food! ”

The adjutant had already guessed correctly, but a hint of confusion immediately followed his face.

"But, sir, what is the purpose of the Eighth Route Army doing this?"

"All the food is given to us, what do they eat? The common people in the base area will not hate them, you know, that the grain is half of their total harvest, and after many people take out this grain, the rest of the grain is not even enough for their own rations! ”

The captain of the brigade judged with certainty: "If the grain is snatched back from us, they will be able to return the grain to the people of China." Not only that, but the Eighth Route Army will also win the favor of the people of China because of this, and receive food from the people of China to feed the troops! ”

"Do you remember the first day we entered the base of the Eighth Route Army to grab food?"

"The Eighth Route Army did not grab grain immediately after we divided our troops, but grabbed grain on the way back to Linfen for our grain transport troops. Do you know why? ”

Seeing that the adjutant shook his head to show that he didn't understand, the captain immediately explained.

"Our entire grain rush operation is under the supervision of the Eighth Route Army, and the reason why they have not done it is because they don't want the anger of the imperial army to be vented on the common people of China!"

"We received a sufficient amount of food taxes from the people of China, and the food was taken away on the road away from the village of China. If the imperial army vented its anger on the common people of China, the indiscriminate notoriety of the imperial army would quickly spread throughout Linfen. In the future, it will not be so easy for the imperial army to snatch food from the hands of the Chinese people, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

"But the Eighth Route Army killed two birds with one stone, not only snatched back the grain from us, and killed and injured a large number of our soldiers, but also won the hearts of the people of China, so that the people were willing to give them food and expand the army."

The expression on the adjutant's face was very complicated, some incomprehensible, some thoughtful.

After hesitating for a moment, he continued to ask: "But, sir, since our entire grain rush operation is under the surveillance of the Eighth Route Army, why don't they snatch the grain back the next day, and watch us send the grain to the stronghold!" ”

"Because we have changed the way we transport grain, the Eighth Route Army operating here does not have the strength to snatch back the grain from us!" The captain replied with a frown.

"However, there is one thing you have to be clear, during this time, the Eighth Route Army did not do nothing, but we didn't care."

"However, it is precisely because we don't care that the situation in front of us has appeared."

The adjutant frowned and asked, "Sir, I don't understand!" ”

"Casualties, our casualties during this time!" The captain immediately explained.

"Don't look at the fact that we only have a few dozen casualties a day, and the imperial army only accounts for half of them. However, the casualties during this period all add up, which is definitely a very impressive number, at least for the Eighth Route Army! ”

I don't want to know, I want to be scared.

The adjutant opened his mouth and was stunned for half a minute before replying: "More than six hundred, during this time, our casualties have exceeded six hundred, half of which are imperial troops!" ”

While the adjutant was still in shock, the captain continued, and his words were astonishing.

"If I'm not mistaken, the attack on the stronghold tonight must be a long-planned attack by the Eighth Route Army!"

"They know that we have heavy losses and insufficient troops, and then they chose to attack our stronghold tonight!"

"Since they decided to attack, with the combat style of the Eighth Route Army, they will act with at least eighty percent certainty. Our stronghold will definitely be captured by the Eighth Route Army tonight. And after the Eighth Route Army captures the stronghold, the next target will definitely be us! ”

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