In the war room of the university, almost all the staff officers gathered around the huge combat sand table, staring at the railway line on the sand table, motionless.

It took a full five minutes for Major General Matsumoto, who was standing in the middle of everyone, to react, and the solemn expression on his face disappeared in an instant, and then was replaced by heartfelt excitement.

"Since the Eighth Route Army dares to rob the army under the nose of the imperial army, then we can take advantage of this opportunity to inflict heavy damage on them......"

"Chief of Staff, as soon as it dawns the day after tomorrow, you will send out the reinforcements that have been prepared, and they will be stationed here, right in the middle of this section of the railway in the area controlled by the new regiment, and it is also the only commanding height of this section of the railway line!"

"I will send another regiment of the Imperial Cooperative Army from the city, and scatter it on this railway line as a company, and cooperate with the strongholds along the line to ensure that there are no troops of the Eighth Route Army along the railway. If there is an Eighth Route Army, fire a warning shot immediately! ”

"In addition, the Eighth Route Army, which wants to attack the military column, has also brought six infantry guns, and the artillery strength of the imperial army must be stronger than theirs, and the mountain artillery brigade will send out two more squadrons and go to this area with the mixed brigade!"

"There are so many troops stationed near this section of the railway line, and there is also aviation that is always over the battlefield and ready to provide air support. And this time, the military trains and the armored trains escorted were marching on the railway in full accordance with the standards I demanded, and we were not afraid even if the Eighth Route Army made a move on the railway! ”

"With such a tight defense, if the Eighth Route Army still has the guts to kill them, I don't mind inflicting heavy damage on them, or even killing them!"

Every move of the Japanese puppet army did not escape the eyes of the new regiment, and the political commissar and Zhong Chenggong were very anxious, and even proposed more than once to let the regiment commander cancel the operation, directly blow up the railway, and interrupt the Tongpu railway.

The railway a few kilometers away was too dangerous, and the Japanese puppet army combined with nearly 3,000 people, including infantry, cavalry, artillery, and armored troops.

Not surprisingly, when the devil army train comes, there will be armored trains and planes.

In this case, the new group of less than 2,000 people killed it, which is tantamount to a sheep falling into the mouth of a tiger and throwing itself into a net.

"Commander, I want you to think carefully! I think this battle is too difficult to fight, and we have almost no chance of winning! The closer to the railway, the more anxious the political commissar Huang Yuanqiang became, frowning and reminding again.

"I agree with the political commissar ~ Regiment commander, it's better not to fight this battle!" Zhong Chenggong, who has always been full of confidence in Wang Ping, is not optimistic about the next actions this time.

Seeing that Wang Ping was unmoved, the chief of staff continued to analyze: "Even if we succeed in intercepting the military column, if we want to transport the materials on the military column to the base area, it will be no less difficult than pulling teeth from the tiger's mouth. Even if we finally send all the materials on the military column back to the base area, our 2,000 people will suffer heavy losses, and it is not worth it! ”

Wang Ping finally spoke.

Instead of answering the questions of the two partners head-on, they gave orders directly.

"The troops went directly into the mountains and waited in the mountains two kilometers away from the railway!"

"The three battalion commanders have brought their reconnaissance squads over, and let all three infantry squads go into action to ensure that the troops do not expose their targets before dark!"

"Before dark!" The chief of staff, who was frowning, immediately heard a very surprised sentence in Wang Ping's order.

Political Commissar Huang Yuanqiang also reacted, stared at Wang Ping and asked, "Regiment Commander, are you saying that today's battle will not happen until after dark!" ”

"How is that possible? The Devil Army would have arrived here at two o'clock in the afternoon, how could it be possible to wait until dark. Captain, are you in a hurry~"

Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "You don't have to worry about how to drag out the battle until the evening, you will know when the time comes." I just need to know, at night, whether it is possible for us to take down the military column and transport all the supplies loaded on the military column back to the base area! ”

"Yes!" The political commissar hesitated to answer, but the worried expression on his face was not too soothing, and some complicated expressions of shock and incomprehension appeared.

Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong followed suit and added: "Without the devil plane, there is no problem in taking the military column, but it will take a little effort to move the grain from the military column under the encirclement and interception of the Japanese puppet army, and the troops will definitely pay a lot of losses!" ”

Wang Ping nodded and continued to ask: "If I transfer more than half of the nearly 3,000 Japanese puppet troops on this section of the railway, so that they have no chance to participate in the battle, is it possible for the troops to take the military column within five hours and remove all the food on the military column!" ”

"There's no problem on my side!" Wang Ping brought too many surprises and surprises to himself, this time, political commissar Huang Yuanqiang didn't ask why, he thought about it and answered.

"After learning from the intelligence sent back by the direct team that the Japanese army transported four million catties of grain this time, I started preparing two days ago, anyway, the regiment commander, you said that we don't need to hide this time."

"In two days, I gathered more than 800 carts from various base areas, and also brought all the mules and horses, horses, and war horses in the regiment, and I was able to transport almost two million catties of grain at one time. In five hours, we can easily make two trips back and forth, directly to the depths of the mountains! ”

"There's no problem on my side either!" The chief of staff followed suit and added.

"We have nearly 2,000 people, including six infantry guns, nine mortars, and eighteen heavy machine guns, even if I fight them hard, I am confident that I can kill them, at least I can inflict heavy damage on them!"

"Then no problem!" Wang Ping replied easily.

"Now what everyone needs to do is to go into the mountains, then rest well, replenish their strength, and wait for it to get dark, fight devils, and rob the army!"

At twelve o'clock in the afternoon, there were less than two hours left before the train passed through the new regiment base area.

Major General Matsumoto finished his lunch in advance, and then stayed in the war room, waiting for news.

Suddenly, a communications staff officer rushed into the war room in a hurry. As soon as he saw Matsumoto, he reported: "General, the urgent telegram sent by the military train, they were attacked at a position of eighty kilometers east of Linfen, and the armored train in front of them derailed and overturned and lost its combat effectiveness!" ”

"Now the army column is being attacked by the powerful fire of the Eighth Route Army, and the guard troops have suffered heavy losses and are in urgent need of reinforcements!"

The chief of staff immediately found his position and pointed to a point on the sand table and reported.

"General, here it is!"

"Although it is not within the scope of Linfen. But the county seat where this section of the railway is located is still under the jurisdiction of our brigade. If something happens, we still have to pay joint and several liability! ”

Major General Matsumoto was stunned for a moment, and then an expression of sudden realization appeared on his face.

Rubbed up from his seat, and then shouted, "Eight Ge Yalu, I understand, finally understand!" ”

"Why did the new regiment dare to come out and rob our military column when we were heavily defending the railway, it turned out that they didn't plan to attack in the area controlled by them at all, but in the area controlled by the imperial army that none of us expected!"

"Baga, we have been preparing for so long and arranging so many troops, all in vain!"

The chief of staff immediately reminded: "General, what should we do, should we immediately order the troops to reinforce the attacked military columns!" ”

"Of course, reinforcements are needed, if the food on the military column is snatched by the Eighth Route Army again, all of us will be sent to a military court!" Major General Matsumoto replied angrily.

The chief of staff reacted quickly, stared at the sand table and replied: "I'll go and arrange the troops immediately!" ”

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