As for some of the larger strongholds, Wang Leihu arranged a special cold-gun and cold-gun squad to cover up the entire devil's stronghold with the help of the cover of the sky that gradually entered the night.

If there is a devil puppet army who dares to leave the stronghold half a step, he is guaranteed to let him see his brain at any time in the next moment.

Since the independent regiment carried out the cold gun and cold artillery campaign in the guerrilla zone.

The devil puppet army was beaten in fear, and he usually hid in the turret and stronghold in a panic.

The Separate Regiment took the opportunity to expand the range of guerrillas.

So far, to make a rough statistics, in the vicinity of Yangquan, Ping'an County, Shouyang and other county seats, except for some towns and counties occupied by devils.

As long as they left the city, the vast countryside and the vast mountainous areas were almost all guerrilla areas of the independent regiment.

There was even a squadron leader of the devil captain who was attacked by cold artillery more than a kilometer away in the city gate area and was killed on the spot.

Especially at dusk and after the end of the day, the vast black countryside and mountainous areas have become the home of the Eighth Route Army.

Although many of the elite units of the Japanese army were also very good at night battles, they were far less familiar with the terrain of the vast rural and mountainous areas than the Eighth Route Army.

In addition, most of the people stationed in the county towns and towns are the security forces of devils.

Not the absolute elite of some Alpha Divisions.

In this way, the independent regiment took the lead, and all units of the Eighth Route Army vied with each other to follow suit, and aimed at the guerrilla areas on the outskirts of the counties and towns occupied by the Japanese army.

It brought considerable pressure to the Japanese puppet army defending the city.

So much so that around the Taihang base area, there was such a sentence among the devils and puppet soldiers in the occupied area:

"Don't go out when it's dark, be careful that there are eight ways!"

…… Gradually darkened under the cover of the sky.

The devils and puppet soldiers in the stronghold were raided, and they didn't dare to leave the stronghold rashly.

The campaign continued in this way.

After the destruction of the devil combat team, the surrounding of the freight train, which was completely controlled by the soldiers, quickly poured in the local troops and militia units in charge of transportation, as well as some ordinary people who came to help, as if they had conducted a drill in advance.

Everyone was in a hurry and orderly, quickly and efficiently.

The doors of more than a dozen train cars were opened, revealing sacks of grain piled up inside.

Wang Leihu, who led the team, casually opened a sack and looked inside, good guys, it was all full of wheat, or some beaten rice noodles.

"As many carriages as there are, divide them into as many teams, move, all of them will be moved for me, and don't leave a single grain for the little devil!"

The order was issued, and the transport troops of all parties quickly divided the corresponding transport teams.

Tonight's area around Yangquan will be the home of the independent regiment, and as the night approaches, the devils and puppet soldiers in the strongholds around the highways and railways along the way are like frightened Wang Ba, all of whom have shrunk their heads into turtle shells.

Fifteen military vehicles rushed to the site of the grain robbery amid the roar of engines.

Then, with the assistance of the transport troops, the car was quickly loaded.

Stripes of food were delivered to the back of the car by the soldiers.

In order to efficiently and quickly transport all the grain pulled by the devil's dozen freight trains.

The fighters even set up a manpower transport line, either by a dozen fighters or by dozens of fighters, a manpower transport line.

Then the front personnel quickly take out the grain from the train carriage, and through the transmission of manpower, quickly load cars, motorcycles, mule and horse carriages, board cars, wheelbarrows, etc.

If you look down from the sky, it is like a group of ants that the team efficiently cooperates with the transportation of food at night.

In the case of efficient cooperation and tacit understanding, the power of many people has been perfectly interpreted here.

The devil's train is full of fourteen carriages full of grain.

The country of ghosts and bullets lacks resources, and the transportation railway lines currently used are even the first-class railway system of the Qing Dynasty.

Although the carrying capacity of the train is not particularly large, each carriage pulls about 30 tons of grain, and the 14 carriages pull a total of 3 or 400 tons of grain.

The successful seizure of grain on this trip was much faster than the time-consuming and laborious purchase of grain from various places by the independent regiment.

No wonder everyone loves to make war money!

At this time, the Japanese army headquarters in Yangquan, the devil officers completely exploded.

Due to the recent serious disaster, the Japanese puppet army troops in the Yangquan area have even faced the embarrassing situation of running out of cooking, and these devil puppet army officers are counting on the batch of grain from their superiors to survive.

Who would have thought that the news suddenly came that the train transporting grain was blown up by the Eighth Road on the way.

These damn eight roads actually came up with the idea of robbing grain.

The Japanese command in Yangquan immediately issued orders from all sides to quickly reinforce the troops around the ambushed railway line......

"Report to the chief, there is a communication from the No. 3 stronghold, his unit is besieged by the troops of the Eighth Route Army, the situation of the Eighth Route is unknown, and his unit cannot highlight the stronghold, so it can only be forced to defend."

"Report to the chief, there is a communication from the western stronghold, the Eighth Route Army has set up ambushes along the way, and the reinforcements have encountered an ambush on the way, suffering heavy casualties, and have to be forced to retreat to the stronghold."

"Report to the sir, the strongholds of the 15th and 21st have been completely lost due to the heavy artillery attack of the 8th route."

"Sir......

"Sir......

"Sir, the communication signal of train 315 has been completely cut off, and repeated contacts have not been successful."

"Sir, the trains on the east and west lines of our county that are transporting grain at the same time have also been ambushed by the Eighth Route in the middle of the way, and the train department is urgently asking for help from our headquarters, and the situation is very critical."

Bad news followed.

These damn dirt eight roads have such a big appetite that they want to eat three transportation lines at once.

"Yaga-"

The Devil Commander let out an impotent rage in a fit of rage.

On the one hand, he ordered to continue to send reinforcements to the railway line at all costs, and to be sure to recover this batch of military rations.

On the one hand, due to the crisis of the situation, he had to report Yangquan's current predicament to the headquarters and request special reinforcements.

Taiyuan City, the headquarters of the First Army of the Japanese Army in Shanxi.

When Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the devils, learned that the Eighth Route had launched a plan to rob grain, it was basically dark.

Chief of Staff Beichuan's face was anxious: "General, we have taken every precaution, but we didn't expect these eight roads to dare to be rampant so much." ”

"They dared to dispatch the main force and came directly to our army's military ration transportation line."

"According to intelligence sources from the front, they not only ambushed our army's transport trains, but even attacked some large and small strongholds along the highway and railway lines."

"What are they going to do, to launch a full-scale war with our Great Japanese Empire?"

Yoshio Shinozuka did not respond immediately, but immediately conveyed the combat instructions to the flight squadron, which was in a state of readiness at any time.

Although the Japanese army's air power is limited and there is an extreme lack of night fighters and pilots, Yoshio Shinozuka can't care so much at this moment:

On the phone, he shouted: "How to carry out the bombing and combat at night, your flying team will find a way to lock the area of the Eighth Ambush Train for me, and cooperate with the reinforcements pouring in from the surrounding area." ”

"Be sure to stop the Eight Roads' grain robbery!"

"Hey!"

Yoshio Shinozuka, who hung up the phone, analyzed the battle map for a while, and then said in a deep voice:

"Beichuan Jun, this Kong Jie is really very cunning, taking advantage of the impact of the disaster in the area occupied by our army, he suddenly attacked our army's transportation route, which caught our army by surprise."

"At this moment, he has such a problem in front of us again."

"Is it to save the stronghold, or to save food?"

"The level of equipment of the independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army has progressed rapidly, and this time it plundered the military rations transported by our army, and at the same time ordered to attack all the strongholds in the guerrilla area."

"This is a deliberate attempt to create chaos and make our army look no further."

"If we go all out to reinforce the trains, the forward stronghold will be destroyed, and if we go all out to reinforce the stronghold, the food transported will be difficult to secure...... This guy, who is especially messy, is really annoying. ”

After thinking for a while, Kitagawa, who was trying his best to solve the problems of Shinozuka Yoshinotsuka, suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said:

"General, whether it is a reinforcement stronghold or a reinforcement train, in the final analysis, it is the passive defense of our army."

"Treat the symptoms but not the root cause, if you want to save both ends, the most effective way is to get rid of the Eighth Route Army, the initiator."

"General, the biggest headache for the sweep of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang and Taiyue areas in the past is that it is impossible to lock the position of the Eighth Route in the vast mountainous area and besiege its main force."

"Now is a great opportunity!"

Yoshio Shinozuka, who was awakened by Kitagawa's words, suddenly said:

"You mean, why don't you play a big game of chess, and use the transport train and stronghold as bait to trap the main force of the Eighth Route in one fell swoop?"

Beichuan said with a smile: "The general has a broad vision and the most important overall situation. ”

"Momentary gains and losses, how can it be important to win or lose the whole picture?"

"Even if this independent regiment is well-equipped, a large number of strongholds of our army cannot be defeated by them in a moment.

In addition, the total amount of grain transported by our army's three transportation lines this time is not a small amount, and the Eighth Route lacks mechanized troops, so how can they transport all the thousands of tons of grain in a short period of time? ”

"I don't believe that in the current disaster year, Balu is willing to burn all that food."

"Then use the stronghold and food as bait, as long as you can drag the eight roads for even two hours."

"I don't think it is difficult for our army to quickly encircle the Yangquan area through railways and highways, and annihilate the main force of the Eighth Route Army that was lured over in one fell swoop."

"Thinking about it this way, General, it may not be a problem at the moment, but it may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our army to annihilate the main force of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop!"

"Roar!"

Yoshio Shinozuka, who was also thoughtful, nodded heavily, he was ashamed of the blind defense he had subconsciously made in his heart.

I don't know when I faced this small Eighth Route Army team, and I lost the sharpness that a warrior of the Great Japanese Empire should have.

"Transmit our military orders and immediately convey the combat orders to the headquarters of all divisions and regiments......"

Yoshio Shinozuka spoke flatly, a cold light flashing in his eyes.

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