Kong Jie followed up with the nest fire.

After the drought spread, the whole of northern Henan was already starving, and Chiang's army claimed to have allocated food to help the affected people.

However, what Kong Jie led his troops to see along the way to the south was still full of mourning and bones, like purgatory on earth, desolate.

For this reason, most of the supplies and food carried down by the soldiers along the way were distributed to those who encountered the disaster victims along the way, but after all, it was a drop in the bucket and could not solve the fundamental problem.

But these bastards of the Central Army, who have done nothing, how can they take out surplus grain to do business?

Day tickets are also charged.

When it is really tight in the front, tight in the rear, it is difficult to make a fortune in the country.

If it was the Japanese army who spent money to buy this batch of grain, they would probably still send it to others.

The situation in northern Henan is getting worse.

The whole detachment, including the entire Taihang, Taiyue and other base areas, has not stopped receiving and relocating the fleeing victims even if there is still a war at the front.

Kong Jie originally thought that with these efforts, coupled with the relief of the Central Army in northern Henan, the affected people would be able to survive even if they could not eat enough and their lives would be much more difficult.

After all, northern Henan is a place run by the Japanese army and the Central Army, not the territory of a team, and no matter how long Kong Jie's hand stretches, he can't control so much.

Until......

The advance scout unit sent by Kong Jie detected that at the junction of the defense areas of the Central Army and the Japanese army, there was an endless stream of caravans coming and going, and the official road was wide open as if the confrontation between the two sides had never existed at all.

For the caravans, the armies of both sides even let them go without any inspection.

It simply surprised Kong Jie and his entourage.

It's been a long time.

"Commander, I can understand why the little devils have been rampant on our Chinese territory for so many years.

Among them, there must be these officer bastards who are full of selfish pockets and have a conscience that is completely eaten by dogs.

The defense on the side of the Central Army was simply collapsed, and after the reconnaissance, I was even thinking that if the little devil wanted to, he could probably directly break through the opposite defense line at any time. ”

The company commander on the side teased: "Don't worry, the little devil won't do this."

How good is the Central Army, the devils want supplies, people give supplies, the devils want food, people use trucks to pull them over at any time, the devils need all kinds of rare mineral resources, wood, people don't say a word, from the rear of the continuous transportation.

At most, the devil spends a little money, saving an unknown amount of work and manpower.

Isn't this much better than capturing the opponent's territory? ”

Kong Jie's heart was on fire.

"Okay, it's nonsense, it's all ready to prepare, and launch an attack on time tomorrow morning!"

……

There was an advance reconnaissance unit that reconnoitred in advance and planned the route of travel.

There are also camouflaged caravans all the way, almost unimpeded as the first eyeliner to probe the news.

The next day, Kong Jie led the rapid reaction force to advance very smoothly.

What made Kong Jie a little stunned was:

In this northern Henan area, the devils have been fighting with the central army for more than a year, and the battle is not very good, the trade is very frequent, and the defense is also very lax.

It seems that the ancients said that those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to ink are black, which is really reasonable.

has been in contact with these self-enriching Central Army for a long time, and even this little devil in northern Henan seems to have begun to enjoy this nourishing and lazy life.

Maybe it's because the Central Army is used to bullying them, and the little devils here are still very rampant.

The 4th Brigade of the Japanese Cavalry was the first to learn that troops of the Eighth Route Army were attempting to move south.

The commander of the devil's brigade did not hesitate, and directly rushed towards Nanle County with the main force, trying to annihilate the southbound Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop.

Kong Jie's way of dealing with it is very simple.

First, lure the enemy into the depths with a cavalry unit, lure more than 3,000 devil cavalry into the preset ambush circle, and then, directly use the reinforced armored troops to make a detour to cut off the retreat of the Japanese cavalry brigade.

The field troops of the Eighth Route Army in the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan border region cooperated with this battle.

The devil cavalry unit that fell into the limited maneuver space, coupled with the fact that the rear road was forcibly cut off by the armored troops, and the horse's legs were directly broken.

In recent years, the officers and men of the Eighth Route Army in the Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan border areas, who had been fighting against the little devils in northern Henan, had long been holding back their anger, and took the opportunity to attack the devil cavalry troops in the ambush circle with the preset ambush formation.

Under layer after layer of encirclement.

Facts have proved that once there are more infantry, they can still completely trap the cavalry.

In this way, this executioner, who was the most miserable hanger in northern Henan, was the famous Fourth Brigade of the Japanese Army in northern Henan, and was almost completely annihilated by the troops of the Eighth Route Army.

After paying a heavy price in casualties, more than 1,000 devil cavalry who broke out of the siege were pursued all the way by the soldiers who were killed and crazy.

So the following scene appeared in this wide plain area:

A very embarrassed devil cavalry unit was on the run, and the surrounding troops wearing the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army were just infantry.

There were even times when there were only a few hundred infantry from the Eighth Route Army.

Back then, hundreds of little devils dared to chase the shame of tens of thousands of Central Army troops.

At this moment, it seems to be repeating itself.

It's just that the roles of the two sides have been reversed, and this time, the Eighth Route Army is dominant.

After cooperating with the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi, Hebei, Luyu and Henan, after completing the encirclement of the Fourth Brigade of the Japanese Cavalry, Kong Jie did not stop here and led the rapid reaction force to continue to advance.

After hitting the Japanese defense line again along the way, Kong Jie had the attitude of giving it a try, and let the vehicles that went ahead disguise themselves as Japanese transport convoys.

The soldiers hid inside the carriage together, and the drivers all changed into devils' military uniforms and disguised themselves as Japanese caravans.

Outcome...... What a miracle happened!

！

The devil guards along the way did not make any special searches, and even expressed their welcome to the smooth return of their convoy in Japanese.

At this time, Kong Jie, who was wearing a Japanese-style Showa military uniform and carrying the rank of Shaozuo, inquired in Japanese, and learned that at present, the devil officers belonging to the Harada Division of the Japanese Army have made a lot of money because they have been doing business for a year, and it is a big New Year.

The commanders of the troops all went to Xinxiang to drink and celebrate.

At this time, I am afraid that the entire defense area will not even be able to find a devil left official.

This left Kong Jie speechless.

I thought that the first army led by the old devil Yoshio Shinozuka, that is, the security army troops, was not as good as the first-class division, and at most it could be regarded as second-rate combat effectiveness.

But compared with the current Japanese army, which is simply not in the stream, the First Army can be regarded as an elite at all.

Thinking of this, Kong Jie suddenly felt that he was a little wrong to blame those officers of the Central Army who were full of private pockets.

These also corrupt devil officers don't seem to be much better!

With the camouflage of the caravan, Kong Jie and his entourage of rapid reaction troops entered the Japanese army's defense area in such an open manner.

Then it was like a wolf entering a flock of sheep and launching a one-sided slaughter.

If you want to say that the military literacy of the little devils here is really not a star and a half worse than the devils of the first army.

Not to mention the overall defense is lax and collapsed, after the battle starts, the reflexes, coordination ability, and equipment level are all very poor.

In addition, the soldiers successfully entered the core of the Japanese army's defense area, avoiding the fortifications that were easy to defend and difficult to attack on the outside line of the devils, and the infiltration troops in the vanguard infiltrated in advance and took the lead in knocking out the important counterattack firepower points of the devils.

The battle lasted less than five hours,

Kong Jie originally thought that it would take a lot of effort, and Xinxiang, an important area occupied by the Japanese army, was completely breached.

A large number of devil officers who are holding a celebration banquet in Xinxiang, including Harada Kumayoshi, the commander of the devil division, have not yet figured out what the situation is!

The troops were crippled, the garrison was lost, and Xinxiang was also lost.

If the guards hadn't reacted quickly enough to withdraw these "elite officers" of the empire from Xinxiang in time, maybe these hundreds of devil officers would have been served by Kong Jie.

The Harada Division of the Japanese Army in northern Henan originally belonged to the establishment of the B Division, although it was ranked relatively low. Later, as the elite continued to be transferred to the Pacific Theater, it was gradually reduced to a C division.

The entire division has only three infantry wings, plus one engineer and one artillery wing, a total of five wings, which are responsible for garrisoning the areas around Xinxiang and Kaifeng to guard against the guerrilla units of the Eighth Route Army and the Central Army.

Originally, even if it was only a second-rate combat power, with the help of the relatively stable fortifications of the entire Xinxiang, it would not be easily defeated by the Eighth Route Army.

After all, it is because of the business with the Central Army that has done more business over the years, made more money, and coveted more enjoyment, and slowly decayed.

This time, he suffered a big loss, and he was just bumped into by Kong Jie, and he also took advantage of the loophole.

If there is a big Xinxiang, it is good to say that there are more than 10,000 combat troops, so it was completely disabled, and the city was lost.

I made a wedding dress for Kong Jie!

When the soldiers came to report, "Commander, the devil's vault has loaded several truckloads of gold bars and silver dollars, and we can't take any more materials and equipment."

Kong Jie felt that the current battle was really unreal.

Can such a group of rabble be able to occupy half of the mountains and rivers of China's land and defeat the Central Army all the way to this point?

It seems that after the outbreak of the Pacific War and the war in Southeast Asia, the military literacy of the elites in China who have been constantly pumped out has declined significantly.

However, the Eighth Route Army is becoming stronger with each passing day.

The gap is particularly obvious.

After taking Xinxiang, Kong Jie did not stop, on the one hand, he passed the news to the Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan border areas, so that the brother troops of Shanxi, Hebei, and Luyu quickly sent troops to take over Xinxiang, and at the same time transported a large number of captured equipment and materials back.

On the other hand, after quickly assembling troops, with the cooperation of the local Eighth Route Army, they advanced in the direction of Kaifeng.

At this time, the Japanese puppet army troops that had been defeated from the various defense lines and withdrew from Xinxiang in embarrassment, with a total of three or four thousand people left, retreated to Kaifeng in a hurry under the leadership of Harada Kumayoshi.

Seeing the heavy troops of the Eighth Route Army pressing in, Harada Kumayoshi hurriedly asked the headquarters for reinforcements.

The devil officers, who had long been grasshoppers on the same boat, were a little worried.

"Sir, this time our unit is not effective in combat, resulting in heavy casualties among the troops, and even Xinxiang is completely lost, if the superiors thoroughly investigate and blame it, then we will all be finished! Even if we commit suicide by caesarean section, we can't, and maybe it will affect our family! ”

"General, get an idea!"

"General......

Looking at the anxious looks of his subordinates, Harada Kumayoshi reprimanded: "Yaga, what are you panicking about?

Is it our fault that we lost this battle and lost the city?

Judging from the intelligence, it was a fairly large mechanized combat unit of the Eighth Route Army that attacked us.

Such troops have only appeared in the territory of Shanxi, what does this mean? This shows that it must be the Eighth Route Army that the First Army is not fighting well and sneaking in from their defense area.

The First Army is so powerful that it is not an opponent, what can we do? ”

"This time, all units of our army fought bravely, and the warriors of our empire fought to the death, swearing not to retreat, but the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side was too well-equipped and too powerful, and they even used special gas to strike at our army very despicably.

And those damned Central Army troops took the opportunity to sneak attack and attack from both sides, which led to the final defeat of our army. ”

"But, colleagues, my warriors of the Japanese Empire are fearless, even if we are forced to retreat to Kaifeng after fighting to the death, we must hold on to the last city and wait for reinforcements!"

Kumayoshi Harada, whose face was not red and his heart was not beating, said with righteousness and awe.

The rest of the devil officers immediately came back to their senses and chimed in:

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, Long live the Great Japanese Empire!"

"Hooray!"

"Roar!" Harada Kumayoshi nodded with satisfaction, "Tell the Ministry of Communications that at least three times an hour, give me constant requests for reinforcements from various commands!" Kaifeng is in an emergency, the main force of the Eighth Route Army is pressing the border, and the attack is fierce, and our department is about to be unable to resist! ”

"Hey!"

……

……

The former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, when the interpreter put down the headphones and replied loudly:

"Report to the boss, Li Yunlong's department called, saying: We have drilled into the core area of Luxi and Luzhong, the devil's defense is very lax, the troops are extremely scattered, and they will be broken with a stab, and countless devil materials have been captured along the way, and the troops' cars, tanks, and armored vehicles are more and more, and with the local combat troops to break through the Japanese army's fortifications on a large scale, we are further expanding the results of the battle, and going south to try to join the Kong Jiebu!"

"Okay, nice fight!"

The boss's originally hanging heart also let go, and he couldn't help but praise it twice.

Then came more exciting news:

"The report commanded, and the commander of the Kong Jie detachment sent a telegram saying: Our unit has joined the troops in the northern Henan base area along the road built by the Japanese army, and after comprehensively defeating the Japanese Fourth Cavalry Brigade and successfully breaking through Xinxiang in the south, it has seized a large amount of materials and ammunition and is advancing towards Kaifeng.

We are traveling unhindered and unimpeded on the land of northern Henan! ”

The translator's voice fell, and the entire command could hear the pin drop for a while......