"Brigadier Commander."

"Good news!"

Brigade headquarters.

The brigade chief of staff reported a piece of intelligence to the brigade commander:

"According to Xu Huzhi's report, the Liaoxian Armed Forces and the Independent Regiment ambushed the devil transport team heading to the Xiazhuang stronghold on the road from Liao Town to Xiazhuang, and captured fifteen guns, seven thousand rounds and six or five bullets, as well as a large amount of food."

"And annihilated more than twenty devils."

"Haha!"

"Li Yunlong, this kid, did a good job!"

Captain Joy.

After knowing that Li Yunlong could get a large amount of weapons and ammunition, he handed Xu Ping over to Li Yunlong, suggesting that Li Yunlong would cause more trouble.

Unexpectedly, Li Yunlong's efficiency was so high, as soon as he returned to the brigade headquarters, he teamed up with Xu Huzhi to beat up the devils, and he was quite ruthless, seizing more than a dozen guns and killing more than 20 devils.

Don't look at more than 20 devils, it sounds like a lot, but it's actually a very big result!

Little devils are not so easy to deal with!

Of course, the main reason is that the weapons of the troops were too poor in the past, and there was a great shortage of ammunition.

So much so that the strict firing discipline set by the troops, an ambush battle of a main regiment, can only consume 5,000 to 7,000 rounds of ammunition at most, otherwise it will be punished.

"I really have to praise this kid."

The brigade chief of staff said with a smile:

"This time, Li Yunlong and Xu Huzhi didn't just ambush a transport convoy of devils, seize some guns, ammunition, food and supplies, and kill some devils."

"According to the intelligence, the plan of the Yamashima Wing is to start from the Xiazhuang stronghold and continue to build a road deep into our base area, and extend it all the way to Kamimura."

"Kamimura!"

The brigade commander quickly found the location of Uemura on the map.

Shangcun, located in the depths of the base area, is already the core area of the Taiyue base area, and the surrounding area of Shangcun is the active area of the Eighth Route Army, and there are a large number of villages with a strong mass base.

"The little devil is actually planning to do something to Uemura."

The brigade commander then became murderous.

Although in recent months, the troops have tried their best to avoid the cage of devils, after all, the devils are at their peak, the troops are not enough, and they have suffered great losses in hard work.

But all that was abandoned was some of the surrounding guerrilla areas.

Uemura is so important!

If Li Yunlong hadn't made a move, he would have to make a move.

The 386th Brigade now has a large number of weapons and ammunition in the near future, and although it still does not have the strength to fight with the devils in the field, it is still possible to concentrate superior forces and eat one or two squadrons of the devils.

"And that's not all!"

The brigade chief of staff continued to talk about the information he had just received:

"The old devil of Yamashima also plans to build a concrete stronghold in the upper village and station a squadron of devils."

"Cement stronghold, a squadron of devils!"

The brigade commander frowned.

If the devil builds a cement stronghold in Shangcun and stationed a squadron of devils, then he really can't do anything about this stronghold.

There are plenty of Czech-style, seven-nine-pointed shells, and a lot of 60 mortar shells, and the 386th Brigade has the ability to completely annihilate a devil squadron through ambushes, and even concentrate its forces, and the brigade is not impossible to try.

But it is not possible to storm a stronghold, even if it is only a stronghold with a squadron stationed.

The offensive capability of the troops is really almost zero.

Not to mention a sturdy cement stronghold!

This is also the reason why he never guessed that it was Li Yunlong who attacked the Liao County prisoner of war camp.

"Fortunately, Li Yunlong's ambush interrupted the devil's plan."

The chief of staff of the brigade headquarters spoke in a relaxed tone:

"According to the intelligence, the devils in the Liaozhen stronghold suffered a lot of losses this time, with more than one-third of the casualties of the garrison team, and even the squad leader returned to the rear hospital for treatment because of serious injuries."

"The Shangzhuang stronghold also failed to arrive on time because of supplies, and the devils suspended patrols and hid in the stronghold and did not come out."

"Without the devil's patrol vigilance, the highway from Xiazhuang to Shangcun will naturally be suspended."

"Hahaha..."

The brigade commander couldn't help but laugh out loud.

A small attack actually set off a chain reaction.

"Still."

The chief of staff of the brigade headquarters continued:

"Although Li Yunlong's attack was very effective, it could only buy us less than a month."

"Maybe even shorter."

"How long it will take, it depends on when the old devil on the mountain island can recruit reinforcements."

"A small-scale attack, more than 30 devils were killed and wounded, and it interrupted the progress of the devils, it seems that the little devils are almost at the limit!"

The brigade commander's pupils flashed again.

Why did the troops always adopt circumvention in the face of the cage blockade of the devils?

The lack of weapons and ammunition is one of the reasons, but it is not the root cause.

Although the Eighth Route Army is poor, there is still a little bit of family background, and it is really necessary to take out all the family funds and move, bite off a few chains of the devil easily, and even bleed the little devil.

The fundamental reason is that devils actually have huge weaknesses.

There is a serious shortage of troops.

The total strength of the First Army is more than 70,000 people, even if only a quarter or more than 15,000 devils are sent to invade the base area, not to mention the 386th Brigade, even if the 129th Division is added together, it will not be able to defeat the field battle.

However, Jindi is mountainous, the terrain is complex, the transportation is inconvenient, and there are many villages, so if you can't beat it, you can run first, and then wait for the opportunity to attack the devil convoy, so that not to mention only 15,000 devils, even if 70,000 devils go together, it can only hit the 129th Division at most.

Exterminate?

Don't even think about it!

Moreover, the First Army also needed to take into account the two main railway lines of the Zhengtai Line and the Tongpu Line, the occupation of cities and roads around the railway, and the occupation of branch lines such as the Baijin Railway.

More than 900 kilometers of broad-gauge and narrow-gauge mainline branch railways, thousands of kilometers of large and small highway lines, and 100 cities and towns along the railways, so many places are divided, and more than 70,000 devils are completely a drop in the bucket.

The First Army was seriously undermanned in mobile forces.

When the devil's strength expands to the limit, it is time for the troops to counterattack.

"Although the little devil's strength is seriously insufficient, it is not so tight."

The chief of staff of the brigade shook his head:

"According to my guess, it is also related to the total annihilation of the garrison squadron of the Liao County prisoner of war camp."

"Prisoner of war camp?"

"Hahaha..."

The brigade commander laughed again:

"It seems that this kid Li Yunlong has done a lot of good things!"

"Report!"

Before the brigade commander's laughter was over, a brigade soldier ran in and handed a piece of information to the chief of staff.

The chief of staff of the brigade headquarters took the rough and yellowed paper, and looked at the information on it, and his brow furrowed in the same way;

"What's wrong?"

The brigade commander asked.

"See for yourself."

The chief of staff of the brigade headquarters handed the information to the brigade commander.

"More than 200 devils will reinforce Yuxian County in the near future!"

After reading the information, the brigade commander's brows furrowed again.

There are more than 200 devils, that is, the size of a full-fledged devil infantry squadron, and the number of devils in this group is quite large, and the mountain island wing that has received this reinforcement will inevitably make a big move.

"It seems that the little devil is bound to win against Kamimura!"

The brigade commander took a deep breath and said to the chief of staff:

"You organize it, let all regiments of the brigade immediately send company platoon commanders to the brigade headquarters to start training, and each regiment will first set the scale of twenty people."

"The chains of the little devils are getting tighter and tighter, we need to get ready as soon as possible!"

"And."

The brigade commander thought for a moment and said:

"Let's see if we can get the route and time of the reinforced devil squadron."

"You're trying to take out this reinforcement squadron?"

The brigade chief's eyes lit up.

This is no longer the case.

If it was before, a fully formed, strengthened, and marching devil infantry squadron along the road, the 386th Brigade wanted to eat it, and it really had to be weighed carefully.

It's not that you can't eat it, it's that the price is too great.

Eating a devil to strengthen the infantry squadron will almost wipe out the little money of the whole brigade, and the casualties of the participating troops will not be small.

But now, more than 300 Czech-style equipment has been sold, and the 386th Brigade has achieved two Czech-type equipment per platoon, and 2 million rounds of ammunition are still in the warehouse, even if 1 million is sent to the headquarters, there is still 1 million.

There were also 5,000 German-made grenades, 2,500 grenades, and even 60 mortar shells of 1,500 rounds.

How many bullets can you use up if you eat a squadron of devil infantry?

···

Meanwhile.

Taiyuan.

Kazuki Yamamoto walked into the headquarters with a folder,

"General!"

Walking into the headquarters, Yamamoto first saluted Yoshio Shinozuka.

"Yamamoto-kun, your assessment report on the strength of the Eighth Route Army has been completed?"

Yoshio Shinozuka asked.

Not long ago, he gave Yamamoto Kazuki an order to assess the strength of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, which was entrenched in the Jindi Mountains.

"General."

Yamamoto opened the folder in his hand and changed his tone:

"I have to admit that my previous evaluation of the Eighth Route Army was wrong."

"This group is not a group of peasants who have just put down their hoes, their firepower is only at the level of the last century, and they lack the current military concept of law and order."

"It's a, a real army."

"A real army?"

"Tell me?"

Yoshio Shinozuka said with interest.

"Because of the serious shortage of materials, the Eighth Route Army could not even achieve one of the most basic rifles, with less than five bullets per capita, insufficient food, poor clothing, and even incomplete military uniforms."

"Looks ridiculous!"

"But under the cover of these problems, they actually have the initial prototype of a real army."

"Preliminary prototype?"

Yoshio Shinozuka repeated the synonym.

"Yes, the prototype."

Yamamoto also emphasized the term, going on to explain:

"Since Scharnhorst established the Wehrmacht Academy and the iron-blooded Chancellor Bismarck completed the reunification of Germany, to this day, the core of an army is nothing more than a modern officer staff system, morale, advanced weapons and equipment, and a matching logistics system."

"The reason why our locust army is invincible and has seized most of the essence of the Republic of China in just a few years is also because of these three points."

"Although the industrial capacity of the empire is not as good as that of the top European and American powers, it is far superior to the Republic of China, and can research and manufacture advanced weapons and equipment in batches, and provide a logistics system to maintain the operation of this equipment."

"The empire has a complete set of officer and staff training systems composed of major military academies, which can continuously inject military command and staff personnel into the army."

"And, the strong morale brought by the locust and bushido, and the strong will to fight."

"And the Eighth Route Army, through the so-called faith, forged the morale of its troops, and spared no effort to promote, which is also the reason why the Eighth Route Army was able to win in small-scale battles such as Cangyunling and Qiqian Village with extremely poor weapons and equipment and almost no logistics system."

"In terms of troop morale, the Eighth Route Army is far superior to the Guoguo Central Army and the Jin Sui Army."

"This is also the key to how much trouble they can cause the Empire."

Yoshio Shinozuka couldn't help but nodded.

He agrees with this very much.

Yamamoto continued:

"The officer and staff system, this point, the top level of the Eighth Route Army have studied in foreign military academies, and they are all the best among them, but due to the lack of systematic training capabilities such as military academies, the Eighth Route Army is full of a large number of middle- and grass-roots officers who lack ability, and the number of qualified staff officers in the army is also seriously insufficient."

"Almost the same firepower equipment as the last century, and even in terms of artillery, it is far inferior, and, almost non-existent, logistical supply capabilities."

"That's why I said they're just a prototype."

"If."

Here, Yamamoto accentuated his tone:

"The Eighth Route Army has received a certain amount of weaponry and logistical supplies, and has given it a certain number of qualified grassroots officers."

"For example, at the beginning of the all-out war, the preserved fruit army was exchanged."

"Then I am afraid that it will be difficult for the empire to achieve a victory of the same magnitude as it is now."

"Yamamoto-kun."

Yoshio Shinozuka looked at Kazuki Yamamoto with relief:

"I agree with you."

"The Eighth Route Army is currently only the prototype of an army, lacking equipment and logistical supplies, lacking qualified middle and low-level officers, and a staff system, they know this problem when they want to, but they don't seem to have the ability to improve."

"It's a good thing for the Empire!"

"It's a lot less trouble."