"Give up Yuxian?"

In the headquarters of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka also sighed after receiving the report from Kotani Matsubara.

The troops are insufficient, the time is too late, and they can only save one county town, which even Yoshio Shinozuka is powerless.

More than 70,000 people in the First Army said yes,

However, the Tongpu Line, the Baijin Line, and the Zhengtai Line, three railways, a full 1,000 kilometers, and an area of more than 160,000 square roads, are seriously insufficient for 70,000 people.

On average, there are only seventy people per kilometer of railway,

Less than half a person per square kilometer.

First a brigade was defeated and the formation was abolished, then an infantry wing was annihilated, and together with the losses of the previous three months, more than 5,000 locusts were crushed.

Under such circumstances, it is already very good that he can send 1,500 people to be stationed on a permanent basis.

And with 1,500 troops, it is true that they can only save one county town, and if they continue to divide their troops, I am afraid that they will be surrounded and annihilated by Tubalu!

"Order the 29th Brigade to reinforce Wuxiang with all its might."

Helpless, Yoshio Shinozuka agreed to Kotani Matsuhara's suggestion to give up Yuxian.

Comparatively, Wuxiang is obviously more important than Yuxian.

After all, starting from Qishan County, which is located on the edge of the Jinzhong Basin, passing through Wuxiang, Qinxian, Lixian, and finally through Changshi, the Baijin Railway that goes directly to Jincheng passes through the vicinity of Wuxiang.

Yuxian County was taken by Tuba Road, but it only allowed Tuba Road to completely open up the east-west communication line of the Taiyue Mountains.

But if Tuba Road is allowed to take Yuxian, it will not only open up the east-west communication line in the Taiyue Mountains, but even cut off the Baijin Railway for a long time.

"Hey!"

The staff officer immediately went to carry it out.

"The 386th Brigade cannot be allowed to occupy Liao County."

After the staff officer left, Yoshio Shinozuka looked at the map on the table, and his pupils flashed.

The purpose of the cage project is to divide the Tubalu base area and prevent it from bordering each other and connecting them.

And now, the Taiyue Mountains have taken Yu County, opened up the east-west communication line, and even won Liao County, and opened up the communication line with the Taihang base area, which is absolutely not allowed.

It's just that

Yoshio Shinozuka, who finished his cruel words, finally sat back on the Taishi chair silently.

At present, there is no detailed assessment of the strength of the Tubalu entrenched in the Taiyue Mountains.

According to the existing speculation, to attack Liao County, which was garrisoned by the 386th Brigade, if victory was to be ensured, it would be necessary to send the strength of a B-class division.

That is, an army of 23,000 locusts.

Temporarily mobilize 23,000 locust troops, the First Army does not have the ability, even with the assistance of the North China Front, it will take more than a month.

Moreover, it will take about two months to raise an army of 23,000 locusts, the materials needed for long-term operations and the ammunition consumed during the battle.

···

Meanwhile.

Northern Review.

Wulipu, a temporary point of contact on the outlying edge of the country,

Three intelligence officers were having a small party,

In the rear of this enemy, the three-person gathering is already the largest, and if it weren't for today's news that is too important and surprising, it would not be possible for the three-person gathering.

On the table between the three of them, there is a new Xinhua newspaper.

Although on the first day of the incident, the Xinhua News Agency published the news of Xiazhuang's annihilation of the Shandao Wing and the capture of the Wing Flag on the front page and reprinted it as a special issue.

However, it is limited by the speed of spread in this era, as well as the suppression of devils and preserved fruits.

Five days passed before the comrades of the Beijing Review received the good news.

"Annihilate a devil wing and capture the devil wing flag."

In the face of such great news, Wen Sheng, the person in charge of the contact point who had always been calm and calm, couldn't help but wave his hand fiercely to vent his inner excitement.

"Great!"

A comrade on the other side was equally excited.

Even though he had known the news for a long time, the excitement in his heart was still difficult to calm down.

In that one, Li Yunlong was carrying a ghost head knife, carrying a submachine gun, stepping on the corpse of the devil Dazuo with one foot, and stepping on the flag of the devil's team with the other, the impact was too strong.

"No wonder!"

After suppressing the joy, the third comrade suddenly said:

"I saw a statement from the Devil's newspaper before, saying that the seizure of the United Flag was fake, and that the Yamashima United Flag had been burned before the jade was shattered."

"I was still wondering who killed a devil wing again, but I didn't expect it to be our own unit."

"The little devil doesn't seem to admit that the wing flag has been captured."

The stationmaster of the Wulipu contact point sneered.

With the arrogance of the little devil in the domestic army, he does not admit that the wing flag has been captured, but admits that the wing has been annihilated, which is basically equivalent to admitting that the wing flag has been captured.

But...

"The printing quality in the base area is too poor."

Looking at the newspaper on the table, Wen Sheng frowned.

The newspaper printing press used by Xinhua News Agency is very old and lacks parts, so the printing quality is very poor.

They can know that the devil is deceiving people and denying reality.

But it is difficult to say what ordinary people who don't know the truth, other people will think when they look at this blurry photo.

The propaganda effect is very poor.

"We had to find a way to buy a new rotary press, preferably with photoplate-making equipment."

Wen Sheng said.

"Exactly."

The third comrade immediately said:

"Next month, there will be a latest-made American-made model, a large rotary printing machine to Hong Kong to unload the goods and arrive in Beiping, with photographic plate-making equipment, which was originally intended to be sold to the devil, but the devil wanted to lower the price, so he said no, and planned to dry it for three months."

"The seller is looking for someone to take over."

"No one in this place will buy a large rotary printing press except for the little devils."

"If we make a move, we can get it at a very good price."

"How much?"

Wen Sheng asked.

"Ten thousand oceans!"

The third comrade replied.

"Ten thousand oceans!"

Wen Sheng's brows furrowed suddenly.

The rotary printing press is notoriously expensive, and the latest large-scale printing press, plus photoplate-making equipment, sells for 10,000 oceans, which is really not expensive, and can even be said to be very cheap.

However, I am afraid that the entire intelligence agency of the army will not be able to make up a thousand oceans.

Not to mention 10,000 oceans!

"You go and ask the merchant and see if you can lower the price further."

Wen Sheng immediately made a decision and assigned the task:

"I'm going to raise funds, and by the way, I'll go to the contact point and ask the base area to see if the base area can think of a way."

"By the way, have you found the location of the devil's printing factory?"

Wen Sheng leads the topic to the task assigned to them by his superiors, to find the counterfeit money manufacturing factory of the Devil Dongxing Company.

"No, the devil is hiding deeply, and there are no clues yet."

It's not so easy to find a hidden factory for devils,

"Keep looking!"

"Found it, don't do it yourself yet."

Wen Sheng admonished.

"Yes!"

··

"Fifty catties of corn, more than fifty catties of white flour, and ten catties of lard."

Also at the same time.

Yang Spring.

A point of contact near Yao Kee Soy Sauce Shop.

Yao Ji was in charge of the shopkeeper and handed the grain he got from the transporter to Niu Wanlin.

"This..."

Looking at the grain in front of him, Niu Wanlin was a little dumbfounded.

Next to him, Shen Sheng was also dumbfounded.

In fact, not to mention the two new comrades Niu Wanlin and Shen Sheng, even the shopkeeper of Yao Ji is dumbfounded.

When he learned that he could apply for material subsidies for the sacrificial comrades, the shopkeeper Yao Ji thought that the superiors would allocate some ordinary materials or a little silver dollar subsidy.

But unexpectedly, the superior actually directly asked the transporter to bring 100 catties of grain and 10 catties of lard.

It is also imported in its original packaging.

Nowadays, the price of grain is expensive, and these good grains that can be stored for a long time can be sold for a lot of money, which is much more expensive than ordinary grains.

According to the secret letter from the superiors, in the future, imported grain will be subsidized according to this amount, and other sacrificial comrades in the base area will also be given this amount.

The shopkeeper of Yao Ji was greatly shocked.

"It seems that what the newspaper said before was right, our troops have really obtained a lot of supplies!"

Being able to transport 100 catties of imported grain to Yangquan is enough to show that the base area has indeed obtained a large amount of imported grain.

"Incredible, where did the hell come from?"

The shopkeeper of Yao Ji was puzzled.

It can give the superiors confidence and give the sacrificial comrades in the entire Taihang base area and the Taiyue base area a subsidy of 100 catties of grain and 10 catties of lard every three months, which means that the troops have received at least tens of thousands of tons of grain.

And you can continue to get it.

But how did tens of thousands of tons of grain avoid being transported into the base areas by the Japanese?

"No wonder!"

Hearing this, Niu Wanlin also suddenly realized:

"I'll just say, I often hear devils say that they are looking for some secret transportation channel, and it is said that they have been looking for a few months."

"It is said that the deputy chief of staff of the devil is also preparing to come over to investigate this matter."

"I thought it was!"

"It turned out to be a transportation channel for our troops."

Because Niu Wanlin happened to know some Japanese, but he didn't know much and didn't translate enough, he worked in the stable of the Devil's Headquarters.

"Focus on this matter."

The shopkeeper of Yao Ji stared, and he came to a conjecture that was theoretically correct, but actually wrong:

"I suspect that the reason why our superiors let us keep an eye on these two devil chiefs of staff also has something to do with this secret transportation channel."

"Yes!"

Niu Wanlin nodded solemnly.

···

That night,

At this time, Yao Ji's shopkeeper had returned to the soy sauce shop and turned on the radio - this time of day is the time to receive orders.

It is impossible to detect a radio station that only listens and does not transmit through radio waves.

There is news!

Suddenly, Yao Ji's shopkeeper's eyes lit up, and he immediately picked up a pen to record

Meanwhile.

headquarters

"The bounty for killing the chief of staff of the First Army, everyone can do it, and you can tell everyone."

The group at the headquarters looked at the news transmitted by the independent regiment that had been encrypted, and the high-power radio station imported from abroad that was ticking.

The expression is heavy.

They all knew that when this news was sent, countless hot-blooded comrades would inevitably go to great lengths to launch an attack on the chief of staff of the North China Front over and over again.

But in the drip of the radio, no one hesitated.

Eighteen million silver dollars a year.

As long as there is a chance to die with the chief of staff of the devil's North China, even they will not hesitate in the slightest!

(End of chapter)