Yang Spring.

It is located in the 'East Gate' of Shanxi, which is the key to the Three Jin Dynasty and the throat of the Jin and Hebei Provinces.

It is also the midpoint of the Zhengtai Railway.

Yangquan is rich in mineral resources, and before the devil came, it was already the largest anthracite production base in the country, and it was also the main source of pig iron for the Taiyuan Arsenal, the heart of Yan Laoxi.

After the devils occupied Yangquan, they forcibly seized a large number of ironworks and coal mines and handed them over to Japanese merchants, and frantically mined iron ore and anthracite, and transported them back to China through the Zhengtai line.

In order to ensure the security of Yangquan, ensure the smooth flow of the Zhengtai Line, and carry out continuous plunder, the headquarters of the 29th Brigade of the First Army, as well as an entire infantry wing under its jurisdiction, were stationed in Yangquan.

The infantry wing commander is Yagi Taro, so it is also called the Yagi wing.

On the 15th of March,

On the edge of YQ City, Nankou Lane, there is a somewhat dilapidated soy sauce shop, and on the plaque in front of the door, there is a Yao Ji soy sauce shop.

This is an intelligence contact point of the Eighth Route Army in Yangquan.

At the front desk of the shop, there was a shopkeeper with a depressed expression.

A young man with a round hat and a long horse coat walked into the soy sauce shop, and after observing left and right for a while, he made sure that no one was following, so he took out a Xinhua newspaper and said to the shopkeeper excitedly:

"Good news, good news!"

"The Kawazu squadron has been completely annihilated by our troops!"

"The Kawazu squadron was completely annihilated?"

The shopkeeper of Yao Ji's soy sauce shop was stunned at first, and then overjoyed.

Half a month ago, the higher-ups asked the Yangquan intelligence force to find out the strength, weapons and equipment, departure time, and action route of the reinforcements sent by the devils to Liao County.

As soon as the order was received, the intelligence force of the entire Yangquan was extremely excited.

This order means that the troops intend to attack the devil troops in Yangquan to reinforce Liao County, and it also means that each of them will participate in this operation, and every devil who is killed has their own strength.

All of us take action.

Although in the face of the search and suppression of the devils, Yangquan's intelligence forces suffered a lot of losses, and had to go underground entirely, and because of financial reasons, the intensity of activities was not as strong as before.

But because of their arrogance, the devils did not have a high degree of secrecy about the size, strength, and weapons and equipment of the reinforcements, and they soon found out that Yangquan sent out to reinforce Liao County was the Hejin Squadron, a reinforced second-class infantry squadron, with a total strength of 211 people.

The information was transmitted as soon as possible, but unfortunately there was no radio station, and it could only be transmitted by people, which was very slow.

It will be the next day at the earliest.

And the devil is arrogant, but not stupid.

The departure time of the reinforced Hejin squadron and the specific course of action are relatively secretive, and only the devil's squad-level officers and brigade staff officers know about it, so it is relatively difficult to inquire.

In fact, don't look at the devils clamoring for the locusts and the holy war, but just listen to it, some of the devils are moths, as long as you build a certain network, and then spend some money, it is not difficult to inquire about this kind of information.

In particular, Osaka officers have the highest success rate.

However, the underground intelligence forces in Yangquan are all poor and their scale and network are gradually shrinking, and they have no financial resources to get the news at all, and they didn't figure out the route until two days after the devil reinforcements set off.

Based on the calculation that the devils march 30 to 40 kilometers a day, and when the news is transmitted to the base area, it is estimated that the devils will arrive in Liao County.

It's too late!

Without accurate and timely intelligence forces, it is simply impossible for the troops to launch an ambush.

For a while, all the intelligence officers in Yangquan were very depressed.

But I didn't expect that the ambush battle was actually completed, and it was all annihilated!

"Li Yunlong led the independent regiment to annihilate the Hejin squadron, killed 211 devils, and captured a large number of weapons, equipment and supplies!"

"Good!"

"Good!"

"The devil's small elite Yamamoto special team raided the station of the independent regiment, resulting in heavy losses to the second battalion of the independent regiment, and Grand Master Li counterattacked with the independent regiment with his backhand, not only completely annihilating a combat group of the Yamamoto special team, but also killing Hirata Masada!"

"Haha, cheer up!"

"It turns out that the Liaoxian prisoner of war camp was also done by our troops?"

After reading the newspaper, Yao Ji's shopkeeper applauded repeatedly, sweeping away the frustration and haze.

"I will pass on the news to other comrades as soon as possible."

Putting away the Xinhua News, Yao Ji's shopkeeper was excited and excited.

Their intelligence work was not in vain, and the main force in the base area really ambushed the Kawazu squadron and wiped it out, which was the biggest incentive for their intelligence work.

"That's right."

Before the young man with the round hat left, the shopkeeper of Yao Ji handed him twenty oceans:

"These silver dollars, give them to the base area."

"Now the base area is in difficulty with materials, and this is my part."

"This..."

The young man looked at the twenty oceans in his hand, and then looked up at Yao Ji's shopkeeper - in the chaotic Yangquan, the shopkeeper of a small dilapidated soy sauce shop, twenty oceans, is estimated to be worth all of them.

"Didn't the newspapers say that the Independent Regiment had seized and handed over a large amount of weapons, ammunition and supplies?"

The young man muttered.

"Brother Shensheng, after a while, the organization is going to arrange for you to go to the base area, you can go and see for yourself."

"You are a college student, and you can drive airplanes and cars, and the base needs talents like you even more."

Shopkeeper Yao Ji shook his head.

The underground intelligence officers who have experienced more than two years of brutal arrest and suppression by the devils, and are still fighting in Yangquan, are all real comrades.

Unlike those selfish traitors.

In order to beat away the devil, I can't wait to empty everything I have, but I hope that others will leave something behind, and life can be better, so that I can bear the suffering alone.

The shopkeeper of Yao Ji held Shen Sheng's hand, asked him to clench the silver dollar, sighed, and then said:

"Their lives are much more difficult than ours."

As a veteran intelligence officer, Yao Ji's shopkeeper naturally knew that when the materials were extremely difficult, when the propaganda appeared to seize a large amount of materials and alleviate the difficulties, he basically used exaggerated methods to boost morale.

However, not long after returning to China, Comrade Shen Sheng, who he developed, had not been to the base area yet, so he did not know much about this.

"Is it difficult to get supplies from the base?"

Shen Sheng was stunned and said.

"Well, you have to get ready."

Shopkeeper Yao Ji said with a smile.

"No matter how hard and tired I am, in order to beat away the devil, I have no problem."

Shen Sheng's tone was full of confidence.

During the time he participated in the fighting in the Iberian Peninsula, he suffered a lot.

···

"Yamamoto-kun, what do you think?"

When Xinhua News made the Yangquan intelligence officers excited and excited, their morale was greatly boosted.

Taiyuan, the headquarters of the First Army.

The newspaper made Yamamoto frown.

The third combat team of his Yamamoto special forces was hung on the front page of Xinhua News, and it was still in the way that Li Yunlong led the independent regiment to annihilate it, so that he trained the Yamamoto special team single-handedly, and he was determined to reform the tactics of the imperial army, and he felt hot on his face.

In February, he fought a 0-200 fight with the Independent Regiment and stepped on the corpse of the Eighth Road to prove the strength of Yamamoto's special team, which was affirmed by the chief of staff, and the deputy chief of staff was sent to inspect.

As a result, the Independent Regiment in turn completely annihilated his Third Combat Group, and even the Deputy Chief of Staff who was inspecting was killed.

He stepped back on the locust corpse.

In this way, not to mention the promotion of special operations and the reform of the tactics of the Imperial Army, I am afraid that some people will use this reason to demand the abolition of the Yamamoto Special Forces and the transfer of military funds for other purposes.

Thanks to General Shinozuka's support, his Yamamoto special forces enjoyed the military expenses of two brigades, and many people were jealous.

Also published on the front page headlines were the independent regiment's attack on the Liaoxian prisoner of war camp, the total annihilation of the garrison squadron, and the rescue of more than 500 prisoners of war, and the independent regiment's annihilation of the Hejin squadron on the road from Liao County to Yu County.

In just one month, the two squadrons were completely annihilated, and although the losses were not large, they also disgraced the First Army.

"General, my assessment is, bluffing."

Although he was slapped in the face, Yamamoto was still proud in his heart, and his tone was disdainful.

"Oh, tell me about it."

Yoshio Shinozuka looked at Yamamoto interestingly:

"Yamamoto-kun, you should know that what is recorded in this Eighth Route Army newspaper is the truth."

"General, these are indeed facts, but it is precisely because they are all facts that it shows that Tubalu is bluffing."

Kazuki Yamamoto looks conceited and arrogant:

"Under the order of Tada Jun, the locust army cage in North China blocked and divided the base area of the Eighth Route Army, although due to the lack of troops, the effect was lower than expected, but it also greatly limited the Eighth Route Army to obtain supplies from the outside."

"The Jin Sui Army, the Central Army, etc., are at serious discord with them, and even if conflicts break out many times, it is impossible to support their supplies."

"The Eighth Route Army itself has only a very weak military production capacity."

"Therefore, at this time, the weapons, ammunition and materials of the Eighth Route Army should be seriously scarce."

"And the recent so-called victories of the Eighth Route Army, the Liaoxian prisoner of war camp, the baggage convoy on the Liaoxian road, and the Hejin squadron have all suffered intensive firepower."

"The prisoner of war camp, the baggage convoy, the Hejin squadron, there are some bullet casings left at the scene, in the past, the Eighth Route Army would collect and take away every bullet casing on the battlefield."

"Even in the baggage convoy, the battlefield where the Hejin squadron is located, there are 50 or 60 caliber light grenade craters, indicating that the Eighth Route Army used a large number of 60 mortars and grenades in the battle."

"Much more fierce than the light firepower of the locust army."

"This is too"

"General, do you think the Eighth Route Army may have such firepower?"

"Impossible."

Yoshio Shinozuka shook his head directly:

"They don't have a source of weapons and ammunition, and even if someone wants to support them, there's no way to transport them."

Thinking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly felt that Dohachi was also quite pitiful.

Even if it was blockaded by the imperial army, it was also blocked by friendly forces, and an organized army could only rely on collecting ammunition from the people, seizing it, and reloading it itself to maintain its consumption.

"So in my opinion, these battles are all bluffs made by Tubalu to concentrate weapons and ammunition, and with the help of the reputation brought by Li Yunlong's killing of Sakata Daisa, it will boost the morale of their troops."

Yamamoto's tone was full of confidence:

"After all, the only thing an army that is seriously short of supplies can do is to improve the morale of the troops."

"It makes sense."

Yoshio Shinozuka smiled in agreement.

That's what he thinks too.

"So."

Yoshio Shinozuka sneered:

"I plan to send another infantry squadron to reinforce Liao County and establish a stronghold in Shangcun."

"I'd like to see if the Eighth Route Army still has enough ammunition to fight another ambush."