"He Tianjun!"

In the headquarters of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka spoke in a warm tone:

"It's late May now, and there are only three days left before the end of the month, how is the investigation going on about the situation of obtaining a large amount of supplies from Tuba Road in the Taiyue Mountains?"

Suddenly

The person in charge of the intelligence section of the First Army, He Tian Yuan's second big sa, suddenly had cold sweat dripping down his forehead.

It is no secret that the milder the tone of the Imperial commanders, the more serious the consequences.

If you ask directly in a stern tone, or even get angry when you meet, it's no problem, at most you will be slapped in the face, or severely criticized, and there will be no substantive punishment.

But now the commander's tone was as mellow as if it were homely.

The bean-sized droplets of sweat on his forehead grew denser.

The annihilation of the Kitai Brigade was not a big problem, but the large number of new 82 mortars that appeared in the battle made Yoshio Shinozuka realize that something was wrong.

The situation with the Eighth Route Army.

Even if that group of people obtained some light weapons and some food, it would not be able to make the climate, and the essence was still a problem of law and order, which was nothing more serious than before, and the empire's control over the mountains was more disjointed.

Rail and road traffic problems have only worsened.

It's not hard to cope.

However, the mysterious helpers behind the Eighth Route Army seem to be further aiding weapons and equipment, and they are beginning to develop towards greater power and quantity.

If this continues, Yoshio Shinozuka feels that one day, Tubalu will be able to fight head-on with the Locust Army, even if it is partial, it can only fight head-on with one brigade and at most one C-level division.

But that's still a huge problem.

Will the occupied areas in North China escalate from a public security issue to a question of belonging to the occupied areas, or even develop into a second front?

It will seriously exacerbate the problem of insufficient troops in the Empire!

The Empire's plan to form a North China military station will come to naught!

It's the end of May '40.

The Battle of the Hundred Regiments had not yet begun, and neither the high-level base camp of the devils nor the officers at all levels in North China had ever faced up to the Eighth Route Army, which had been hiding in the mountains for three years.

"General."

He Tian Yuanji wiped the cold sweat on his forehead:

"There are no valid clues yet."

When he said this, He Tian Yuanji's heart was full of grievances and helplessness.

The First Army belonged to the North China Front, with a total strength of more than 70,000 troops, and was responsible for governing the entire Shanxi Province, and was responsible for the security work of the Zhengtai Line south of Jingcheng and the entire Tongpu Line Railway.

Intelligence is powerful.

Especially in Shanxi.

The base area established by Tubalu in the Taiyue Mountains was all in Shanxi and was under the control of the First Army.

According to known information, the underground forces of the Eighth Route Army have established several transportation channels that secretly connect the so-called base areas to the outside world, which they call underground communication lines, which are connected by one traffic station after another.

The Imperial Army has not yet been able to completely destroy it.

But the underground is underground after all, and only some people can be transported covertly, as well as a small amount of materials.

It stands to reason that it is impossible for any large-scale material transportation to avoid the eyes of the imperial army.

However, tens of thousands of tons of grain, hundreds of tons of weapons, ammunition and military supplies, the latter may be more than that, it is estimated that there are thousands of tons, entered the Taiyue Mountains and reached the hands of the Eighth Route Army, and the intelligence department of the First Army was unaware.

After several months of investigation, it was as if those materials appeared directly in the Taiyue Mountains.

It's incredible.

He also contacted the head of the intelligence section of the North China Front, the superior of the First Army, but the other party did not find anything.

I also asked a professional intelligence agency, the North China Special High School to help, and the other party actually started investigating this matter a month ago, but there were no clues, and there were no clues about the source and transportation of the materials.

At this point, it is no longer a problem that Yuanji Hetian can solve, and he can't even think of a specific solution.

The only way is to start from within the Eighth Route Army.

"I only know at the moment."

Seeing that his general's brows were furrowed, He Tian Yuanji hurriedly spit out all the information he had recently investigated:

"All the materials are from the Taiyue Mountains, and they have something to do with Li Yunlong."

"The guerrillas around the Taiyue Mountains have all gone to the station of the Independent Regiment to receive supplies."

"The independent regiment seems to be where the material storage center of their Taiyue Military Region is located."

"Material storage center!"

This term made Yoshio Shinozuka flash.

In modern military theory, the most important point during the confrontation is to destroy the enemy's logistical supply.

Several failed offensives in the south of the empire were also due to the fact that the logistical supply of troops could not meet the needs of the troops due to the long front, and the lack of troops was a secondary reason in comparison.

"Yes."

He Tian Yuanji took out his investigation materials with only a few thin pages:

"Almost all the supplies flowed out of the position of the separate regiment, not only food, but also supplies."

"According to some people in the Toucheng Empire, many of the so-called county brigades and district squads in the Taiyue Mountains have gone to the station of the Independent Regiment and received grenades, and they are all German-made grenades."

"Military uniforms and military shoes were also received from the station of the independent regiment."

"In the official documents they issued, it was stated that the Independent Regiment was the logistics warehouse center of the Taiyue Military Region, responsible for the supply of logistics materials for the entire 386th Brigade."

"Where's the location?"

Yoshio Shinozuka asked, in a warm tone:

"The location of the independent regiment, the location of the regimental headquarters, the location of the main warehouse group?"

Although the aviation reconnaissance found that there were some warehouses in Yang Village, the warehouses at that point, which stored thousands of tons of grain at most, were simply not enough.

"It's not clear."

He Tian Yuanji continued to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

"The location of the Separate Regiment?"

Yoshio Shinozuka continued to ask, his tone still warm.

"They are mainly active in Yang Village, in the area of Shangcun."

He Tian Yuanji replied.

"Yang Village is the upper village, is that where the road was built?"

Yoshio Shinozuka asked again, his tone still the same.

"Yes."

He Tian Yuaner nodded, and his heart suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and the cold sweat on his forehead finally stopped.

There was hardly any progress and clues in his investigation, but so far the commander had not lost his temper, indicating that the matter was not going to be pursued by the commander.

"Good."

Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly smiled and said to Koji Tsukada:

"He Tianjun, it's May 27th, and there are still three days left until the end of this month!"

“·· Hi! ”

The cold sweat on He Tian Yuan's head rolled down again.

"Let's go ahead and investigate."

"Three days later, I need intelligence."

Yoshio Shinozuka waved his hand and motioned for Enji Kada to leave.

Subsequently, Yoshio Shinozuka called the chief of staff:

"Order the 29th Wing to assemble the Shandao Wing, annihilate Li Yunlong and the Independent Regiment entrenched in Yangcun and Shangcun, and recover the Xiazhuang stronghold and establish the Shangcun and Yangcun strongholds."

"Hey!"

The chief of staff bowed his head and took orders.

···

"Brigadier Commander."

Meanwhile.

Brigade headquarters.

The chief of staff of the brigade headquarters said in a worried tone:

"Devils come to a wing."

"It's not difficult for us to concentrate our forces to take them out."

"Not counting the main regiment, we have seven main regiments and 15,000 combat troops, and the weapons and ammunition that Li Yunlong got back and forth add up to 1,000 tons."

"However, the devil will definitely send brigades and even divisions in the future."

"What then?"

"What should I do?"

The brigade commander smiled lightly:

"That's not just what to do."

"We are the Eighth Route Army, and we haven't lost our housekeeping skills!"

"Guerrilla warfare?"

"But the supplies..."

Speaking of this, the chief of staff suddenly became stunned.

Oh, yes.

Although the weapons and equipment of the 386th Brigade have improved and their combat effectiveness has improved, the lightly armed Eighth Route Army, the belongings of a regiment, can be easily taken away by one's own family.

The food and other logistical supplies needed every month are all on Li Yunlong's side!

(End of chapter)