"Sir, do you mean that no matter whether the brigade headquarters will send troops to reinforce the stronghold, the stronghold will be taken by the Eighth Route Army?" The adjutant asked rhetorically with a look of disbelief.

"Not bad!" The captain affirmed directly.

"This is an attack that the Eighth Route Army has already calculated. Although I don't know how they took the stronghold, I am 80% sure of this judgment! ”

The adjutant was in a hurry, the more than 500,000 catties of food in the stronghold were obtained by the troops at a huge cost, and if they were snatched back by the Eighth Route Army, then all their previous efforts would be in vain.

Staring at the captain, he asked with an unwilling expression: "Do you want to report your judgment to the brigade headquarters immediately, and ask the brigade headquarters to strengthen the strength and firepower of the reinforcements!" ”

"It's useless! The brigade commander also did not have so many mobile units in his hands. Don't forget, for the sake of this armed food grab, the brigade commander almost discharged all the mobile troops in his hands, and it is impossible to send too many troops to reinforce the stronghold! ”

"What then?" The adjutant asked anxiously.

The captain hesitated for a moment and replied: "Contact the stronghold directly, I want to know how the Eighth Route Army took our stronghold!" ”

"Also, we can't continue to stay in the base area of the Eighth Route Army, as soon as it dawns tomorrow, we will set off and withdraw from the base area of the Eighth Route Army!"

"Of course, you must fill all the carts you bring with you with food before you leave!"

"If the stronghold doesn't hold out tonight, when we go back tomorrow, we must ask the brigade headquarters to contact the aviation unit and provide us with air support at any time!"

"Hey!"

The adjutant returned less than two hours after leaving, his face very ugly.

"Sir, you're right, we've lost contact with the colony. A telegram sent from the stronghold at the end showed that the Eighth Route Army used heavy artillery in the battle to attack the stronghold, and the explosion power of the shells was greater than that of the 105 mm howitzers equipped by the Imperial Army! ”

"Impossible!" The captain retorted without hesitation.

"The Eighth Route Army operating in Linfen is equipped with artillery, but they are all mortars, infantry artillery, and mountain artillery, and there are very few shells, it is absolutely impossible to equip large-caliber heavy artillery, even we ourselves are not equipped, how can they afford it, they must have made a mistake!"

"But that's what the telegram says, and after we received this telegram, the stronghold lost contact!" The adjutant insisted.

The captain frowned and fell into deep thought, but it didn't take long for him to react.

"It's not a heavy artillery, it's a flying thunder cannon made by the Eighth Route Army!"

"Although I haven't seen it, but I've heard that this kind of cannon first appeared in the Jinchaji Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, and the principle is the same as that of mortars, except that the barrel is turned into a gasoline barrel, which can throw dozens of pounds of explosive packets. However, the accuracy of this home-made artillery is very poor, the firing range is also very short, and more importantly, it consumes very explosives, and the Eighth Route Army is too poor, even if it can be mass-produced, it is rarely used! ”

Major General Matsumoto, the headquarters of the Japanese army brigade in Linfen City, also thought of the troops who were grabbing grain in the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army base area.

However, he only thought about the safety of the grain grabbing troops, and did not expect that this was another game of chess with Wang Ping, the head of the new regiment.

After all, for the sake of food, he sent out four armed troops to grab food, and each unit did not necessarily report the battle situation to the brigade headquarters in time.

Dozens of casualties per grain grabbing unit every day, if this trivial matter is to be reported to the brigade and regiment headquarters. Even if Matsumoto worked 24 hours a day, he couldn't handle these little things.

And for the devils, every commander is very face-saving.

In the case that the troops are not mortally threatened, even if they report the battle situation, try to pick up a good report.

Therefore, the brigade commander Matsumoto did not know the real situation at the front, so he could not make the most realistic judgment.

"General, the 3rd Brigade in the direction of Tianxin Town sent an urgent telegram, they asked the brigade headquarters to contact the army aviation, and after dawn, they began to retreat after taking away the grain tax from the nearest village to them. Once the retreating troops encounter the main force of the Eighth Route Army, please contact the aviation to provide them with air support! As soon as the chief of staff rushed in front of Matsumoto, he reported with a frown.

"No problem, Chief of Staff, you come to contact the aviation!" Matsumoto agreed without thinking.

"Our armed grain grabbing operation in Tianxin Town has failed, and the third brigade must not be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army again!"

At seven o'clock in the morning, Xiong Changhe, who had been on the road all night, finally came.

After a day and a night of sneak attacks, the total strength of the Japanese puppet army has been sharply reduced from nearly 600 to 500.

This loss of troops is acceptable for the captain of the devil brigade. However, when the troops had finished assembling and were ready to go to the nearest village to fill all the remaining carts, they would retreat.

The captain's face suddenly turned unpleasant.

The subordinates who were still high-spirited yesterday all wore a pair of dark circles early this morning.

The devil is a little better, no matter how tired he is, at least the formation is not messed up.

The puppet army was far behind, staggering, yawning and yawning, and the rifle was crooked on its back, and when it swept over, it was impossible to see that they were a well-trained army.

The adjutant saw the anger and dissatisfaction on the captain's face, and hurriedly reminded: "Sir, the Eighth Route Army sneak attacked for a night last night, and the troops did not rest, especially the puppet army, which was guarding the outermost part of the stronghold, and was directly attacked by the sneak attack troops of the Eighth Route Army!" ”

The captain could only suppress the dissatisfaction in his heart, and ordered with a frown: "Go to the next village immediately to collect grain, and then quickly withdraw from the base area of the Eighth Route Army." The troops are too tired, and it is too dangerous to run amok in the base area of the Eighth Route Army like this! ”

The remnants of one battalion and one company, three companies, a fire company, plus the directly subordinate troops, were already less than three hundred people.

After a night of fighting and marching, they were also tired, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the same dark circles as devils.

However, behind the superficial exhaustion, their faces were full of visceral excitement.

In one night, he took the stronghold, grabbed all the food, and also eliminated a large number of Japanese puppet troops, captured a large number of weapons and equipment and a battalion of depleted shells.

Such a result is absolutely unprecedented for a battalion-sized unit.

Therefore, everyone is full of confidence because of this tough battle and is full of anticipation for the next battle.

"Battalion commander, how are we going to fight next! Is it to completely annihilate the Japanese puppet army in the base area! The commander of the third company, who had harassed the devil for a day and a night without much success, asked with a face full of anticipation.

"Yes, kill them!" Xiong Changhe said decisively.

"I'm going to ambush them here!" Xiong Changhe pointed to a point on the map and decided!

"But we only have less than three hundred people, and the strength is just half of the Japanese puppet army, how can we ambush. And the devils were too cautious along the way to give us a chance to ambush them at all! ”

Xiong Changhe replied confidently: "Just keep it like this, there will definitely be no chance, but we can create opportunities by ourselves!" ”

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