"Regardless of the cost, find out the whereabouts, residences, and security forces of the chief of staff and deputy chief of staff of the devil's first army in Yangquan!"

The next day.

After a busy day, after closing his soy sauce shop, Yao Kee's shopkeeper chatted all the way, and finally walked into a slightly dilapidated house about three miles away from Yao Kee soy sauce.

This is a small conference room for Yangquan intelligence officers.

Shen Sheng and Niu Wanlin were already waiting in the conference room.

The shopkeeper of Yao Ji was not verbose, directly explained the topic, and took out the original encryption order of the superior:

"Regardless of the cost, find out the whereabouts, residences, and security forces of the chief of staff and deputy chief of staff of the devil's first army in Yangquan!"

"Is this going to happen to the chief of staff of the devil?"

Hearing this order, Shen Sheng also frowned.

He also sensed that something was wrong with this order - the intention of his superiors was obvious, even at the cost of the entire Yangquan Intelligence Network, he would kill these two devil chiefs of staff.

Whether this matter succeeds or not, the Yangquan intelligence force must retreat.

The devil has killed two chiefs of staff, and he can make up for it immediately, and there is absolutely no shortage of high-ranking officers of the devil, but the loss of the army's Yangquan intelligence network cannot be made up for in a short time.

There is clearly something wrong with this command.

However, the superiors want to attack the two devil chiefs of staff, which is only speculation, and there is no clear order yet.

But Niu Wanlin's tone was excited.

As long as he kills devils, he is willing to do it, even if he risks his life.

"I'll do this!"

Niu Wanlin said in a heavy tone:

"Guaranteed to get the job done."

"Anyway."

Yao Ji's shopkeeper also spoke:

"Complete the superior task first."

"Good!"

Shen Sheng also nodded.

The trio then began to lay out the tasks in detail and make plans.

"Wan Lin."

In the end, the shopkeeper Yao Ji looked at Niu Wanlin and said:

"The subsidy for your father's application has arrived."

Although Niu Wanlin was the latest to join the underground front, he started working for the Eighth Route Army very early, and only recently was introduced to the underground front by Yao Ji's shopkeeper.

Niu Wanlin's father was also a party member.

It's just that in order to cover a military expert who went to the base area through Yangquan, he died not long ago.

···

Meanwhile.

Liao County.

A team of about 800 people, dressed neatly in the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army, stepping on military shoes, carrying Czech-style, 98K, hanging submachine guns, and grenadiers, entered the urban area of Liao County.

In the ranks there were three hundred and fifty mules.

and dozens of carts towed by mules.

The surrounding people could see clearly that there were not only bags of grain on dozens of carts, but also six assembled mortars, more than a dozen small cannons, and boxes of ammunition.

The other mules also carried sacks of grain and boxes of ammunition on their backs.

"No wonder you can destroy the devils."

Seeing this team, the people nearby were speechless.

After decades of chaotic years, coupled with more than 600 devils stationed in Liao County for more than a year, the common people have a truth in their hearts - the more machine guns, the stronger the troops, but if there are artillery, it will be stronger.

And the army in front of me - all military uniforms, military hats, and military shoes made of good materials are hard-soled rubber shoes.

It's neater than the devils.

It looks more imposing than a ghost.

Look at the armament again - a flower mechanism hung on the chest, a large grenade on the waist, larger than the devil, and an orthodox light machine gun on the shoulder, more than the devil.

On the carriage were eight cannons, as well as small cannons, although not as huge as the devils, but more than the devils.

Boxes of ammunition are also more than devils.

There are more machine guns than devils, more cannons than devils, more bullets and shells than devils, naturally stronger than devils!

So you can defeat the devil.

Very simple logic.

At this moment, all the people know that the 3,000 devils who set off not long ago were completely annihilated by the Eighth Route Army.

Thanks to the propaganda of the county brigade and leading by example, the common people are obviously far less vigilant and repulsive to the Eighth Route Army than the devils, but after all, it is a new base area, and the mass base is not good.

You can't talk about welcoming them actively.

Most of them were shocked and apprehensive about what was to come.

"Deputy Head Xing."

The team continued to move forward, and Xu Huzhi, the head of the new third regiment, came out to answer, and he saluted Xing Guozhi.

Although the Independent Regiment only sent one battalion, the brigade headquarters handed over the command to the Independent Regiment, and considering the command problem, Li Yunlong finally dispatched the veteran of the regiment, Xing Zhiguo, the deputy commander of the regiment.

"Captain Xu!"

The two saluted each other.

Subsequently, the 3rd Battalion of the Independent Regiment, under the leadership of the Chief of Staff of the New 3rd Regiment, went to camp in the camp prepared in advance.

Deputy Regiment Commander Xing walked with Xu Huzhi to the original devil headquarters.

"Good thing you're here!"

As soon as he entered the headquarters, Xu Hu breathed a long sigh of relief:

"Otherwise, if the devil comes to attack, I really won't be able to defend it."

Although the strength of the new third regiment was small 2,000 people, the armament was also very good, each man had one gun, machine guns were popularized to the squad, grenadiers were also popularized to the platoon, and the regiment also had six 60 mortars, but it lacked combat experience.

And the geographical location of Liao County is too important.

It connects Yangquan and Changshi in the north and south, and connects Taihang and Taiyue base in the east and west.

The devils will never let the troops control this place.

It is inevitable that heavy troops will be mobilized to attack, the kind that a wing starts.

Relying on the new third regiment itself, even if it is light, it will not be able to hold it.

"The little devil doesn't dare to attack for the time being." Deputy Head Xing shook his head and continued: "Compared with the devil, the first problem we need to solve is the problem of the mass foundation in Liao County. ”

The little devils didn't mobilize their forces so quickly.

They had at least half a month to build their positions.

There were more than 800 people in the new third regiment, and the regimental headquarters specially strengthened an artillery company, with a total of 10 82 mortars, 5,000 rounds of 82 mortar shells, plus more than 1,700 people in the new third regiment.

Even if the devil sends a wing to attack, it will definitely not be a problem to hold Liao County.

But holding Liao County for a long time, in the repeated struggle with the devils, in the end, still firmly grasped Liao County, and the same key as military strength is the support of the people.

This is also the fundamental strength of the Eighth Route Army.

It is necessary to establish a mass base in Liao County.

In other words, they should establish a deep mass foundation in Liao County in a minimum of 20 days and a maximum of a month.

In the past, this was almost impossible.

But now, it's not that difficult.

The most critical point of building a mass base is to solve the pain points of the people, stabilize finances, maintain order, etc., and then build trust,—— and have sufficient materials, it is not a problem.

"We fully cooperate with this."

"There are many locals in Liao County in the New Third Regiment."

Xu Huzhi nodded.

As a veteran Red Army, Xu Huzhi naturally knew that the core strength of the army was the common people.

Without the support of the common people, even if Liao County is held, it is meaningless.

···

Taiyuan.

Inside the headquarters of the 1st Army.

"Shinozuka-kun."

"Hey!"

Yoshio Shinozuka held the phone, kept hilarious, and across the microphone was the voice of the commander of the North China Front:

"The order of the base camp and the locust."

"Ask us to do whatever it takes to recapture the Wing Flag."

"Hey!"

Yoshio Shinozuka smiled bitterly, but still lowered his head and said hello.

Recapture the Wing Flag?

Not to mention, it is not clear what the strength of the Tubalu in the Taiyue Mountains is, and how many locust troops need to be sent to ensure defeat.

According to sporadic information, as well as information revealed in that newspaper, the Taiyue Mountains were estimated to have up to 15,000 troops entrenched in the Tubalu, and in addition to the barrel guns, the light firepower and medium ventriloquist mortars were far stronger than those of the Empire.

Mountainous areas are the best terrain for mortars to exert their firepower.

And, they also have a lot of shells.

Even if the First Army mobilizes a division to attack, can it recapture the wing flag?

"Shinozuka-kun, you have to think of a way!"

Tada Jun reminded.

"Hey, I'm sure I'll get the job done."

Yoshio Shinozuka reacted suddenly, and immediately shouted loudly.

Why do you have to recapture the Wing Flag?

If you don't admit it, don't you do it?

Let's just say that it was forged by the dirt eight roads!

Who can go to the Imperial Military to verify?

Who would believe that the Eighth Road could capture the Imperial Wing?

Unless the Tuba Road captures one Wing Flag again, or even multiple Wing Flags, as long as the Empire refuses to admit it and says that it is a conspiracy of the Tuba Road, the Tuba Road will be tantamount to not being captured.

Thinking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly felt that the whole person was relaxed.

"What is more important than the United Flag is to recapture Liao County as soon as possible."

Tada's tone was serious.

At their level, many things are thinking in completely different directions.

The Wing Flag was captured, and not only him, but even the Dispatch Corps Command, the base camp, the Locusts, were furious.

But that's about it.

In essence, the wing flag is just a flag, the cost is very low, but it is just a tool used to maintain the morale of the troops, and what is captured is captured, as long as the impact of this incident is eliminated, it will not hurt.

However, Liao County was lost, and the problem was very serious.

Liao County is located between the so-called Taiyue base area and the Taihang base area on Tuba Road.

At present, it is known that a large amount of food, weapons and ammunition have been obtained in the Taiyue Mountains of Tubalu.

Suspected, no, someone must be transporting supplies, weapons and ammunition to the Tuba Road, but the empire has not yet investigated who and through what means to transport weapons and ammunition.

In the case of not being able to cut off the channels of foreign materials, once Liao County falls into the hands of Tubalu, after a long time, they will have the opportunity to establish a material transportation channel, and then the Taihang and Taiyue base areas will be connected.

For the locust army, this is a very undesirable situation.

"Hey!"

Yoshio Shinozuka bowed his head again.

···

Also at the same time.

Yang Village.

Lu Renjia came to the headquarters of the Independent Regiment again, met Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong, and gave a contract.

"Continue to capture the Devil's Wing Flag?"

Looking at the content of the cooperation, even Zhao Gang's eyes lit up.

The more difficult the task, the higher the reward.

As Boss Lu seems to have received restrictions and warnings, during the cooperation period, weapons and equipment can no longer be provided, and even the main information can only be collected by the troops themselves - Boss Lu can only provide some key part of the information.

But correspondingly, the higher the price code.

As Zhao Gang expected, he and Li Yunlong heard Boss Lu continue:

"Any devil flag is counted, damaged and a small amount of burned can also be counted, after determining the target, I can help locate the position of the wing flag in real time, but I can't provide the position and strength of the flag protection team."

"The seizure was successful, and the new light long-range 120 mortar was unlocked in the list."

"This mortar, using lightweight technology, weighs less than 200 kilograms in battle, has a maximum range of 7,700 meters, and has a howitzer power of more than 105 howitzers."

If there are military fans of later generations, they will definitely be able to hear that this is the follow-up improved model of the Type 86 120 mortar!

"If I can capture two wing flags, then from the month of capture, I can provide Brother Yunlong with an additional fifty 120 mortars and 100,000 shells every month!"

Lu Renjia continued.

Gollum··

Gollum··

Inside the regiment headquarters, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang swallowed their saliva in unison.

When Brother Lu only provided information on the positioning of the Devil's Wing Flag, it was extremely difficult to capture the Devil's Wing Flag.

Even if it succeeds, it will come at a huge cost.

But!

The 120 mortar with a combat weight of 200 kilograms is a real heavy artillery, but it is actually more than ten kilograms lighter than the devil's Type 92 infantry gun!

A single part will not exceed seventy kilograms, and the mule can be carried on a hill march without dragging down the troops.

The maximum firing range is 7,700 meters, which can catch up with the devil's 94-style mountain artillery!

The power of the shells was comparable to that of a 105 howitzer, which was enough to destroy a fortified group of civil fortifications.

What kind of fairy weapon is this?

It can even provide an additional 50 artillery pieces and 100,000 shells per month - an extra amount without taking up the monthly equipment supply quota of the independent regiment.

Even the three-story civil fortification group built by the independent regiment in the Xiazhuang stronghold can be completely destroyed by such artillery.

"It's more than a sale, I'll take it!"

Li Yunlong's tone was serious and serious.

There's nothing that can't be done.

Only the wrong price code!

"Isn't it just two devil flags? Brother Lu, you wait! ”

Li Yunlong's tone was swearing.

(End of chapter)