"Yaga!"

When the devil reinforcements from the Osmanthus Village stronghold arrived, they saw the corpses of five locusts and bomb craters all over the ground.

The eight or nine grenades used in the grenadiers are less powerful, with a charge of only 145 grams, which is about the same as the power of German-made grenades, and the fragmentation damage is slightly stronger, but the combat position is a field that has just been cultivated for a long time, and the soil is soft, and it can still blow up small craters.

The devil is all too familiar with craters of this shape and size.

Therefore, the rattling sound of the devil squad leader who came to support was five points weaker.

A drop of cold sweat quietly dripped down his forehead.

"Back to the base."

Quietly wiped his forehead, the leader of the devil squad didn't even clean up the corpse, so he immediately made a decision and took the troops back to the stronghold.

In just five minutes, it is not difficult to completely annihilate a five-person patrol team.

As long as the concealment is in place, it is not difficult to take advantage of the carelessness of the patrol team to close the distance and launch a surprise attack, with a large number of submachine guns and machine guns equipped in the Tubalu.

But in just five minutes, more than a hundred grenadier grenades were fired.

This is squadron-level firepower.

He only had a small team, and it was not full, only about thirty people.

If you fight, you will suffer a big loss.

"Huh?"

Several devil squad leaders in the rear were stunned for a moment, obviously not reacting, after all, he was the captain of the detachment, and his vision was much worse than that of the squad leader.

If you find an enemy attacking a patrol, shouldn't you search and pursue it?

"Yaga!"

The devil squad leader's voice was much louder:

"Retreat now!"

The captain of the devil squad didn't explain, gave full play to the spirit of the locust army, and slapped the captain of the devil squad in the face with a loud sound.

Suddenly, the doubts were gone, and more than thirty devils retreated to the stronghold one after another.

···

"This is bushido?"

A hidden place a few hundred meters away from the ambush position.

Ma Rongshun looked at the devil squad who retreated in a hurry without even cleaning up the corpses of the patrol team, and sneered.

When the patrol is attacked by a strong enemy, reinforcements should be scattered around to search, and even if the enemy is judged to be strong, they should establish defensive positions on the spot and report to the rear in time.

This is something that one of his deputy platoon commanders knows.

As a result, the devil's reinforcements actually turned around and ran, and they didn't even clean up the corpses.

"It's just the devil's third-class wing."

The platoon commander next to him explained why.

In the second battle of the Xiazhuang stronghold, although the 386th Brigade completely annihilated the Shandao Wing, and the annihilation battle was mainly carried out by the other seven main regiments, the losses of the independent regiment were not small, and in the face of the non-stop attack of a wing of devils day and night, the total casualties of the independent regiment that could not exert its full strength exceeded 600.

In this battle, Ma Rongshun, who was originally only a recruit squad leader, was successfully promoted to deputy platoon commander because of his outstanding performance, and at a critical moment, he blocked the troops broken through by the devils with the strength of a squad.

After the war, the independent regiment formed four battalions and five battalions, and Ma Rongshun was transferred to the fourth battalion as the deputy platoon commander of the third battalion, three companies and two platoons.

Although the position has not changed, according to the plan of the regiment headquarters, after a period of time, Ma Rongshun will be promoted to the official platoon commander of the fourth battalion.

You must know that Ma Rongshun only joined the independent regiment in February.

He is currently the fastest promoted recruit in the Independent Regiment.

"Third Wing!"

Ma Rongshun, who studied hard and hard, naturally knew the third-class wing.

This is a kind of unit built by the devils specifically for the sake of security in the rear, and its combat effectiveness is relatively weak, and its weapons and equipment are all outdated equipment, and its combat effectiveness is inferior to that of the A division and the B division.

In the battle of Cangyunling, the Sakata Wing, which was defeated by the regiment commander and the new regiment, belonged to the second class wing.

In the battle of the Xiazhuang stronghold, the Shandao Wing annihilated by the 386th Brigade was a third-class wing.

The difference in weapons between the three is actually not very obvious, after all, it is only at the wing level, but the difference in morale and the level of junior officers is very obvious - this is taught in the military study of the superiors.

"Got it."

Ma Rongshun nodded.

At the same time, Ma Rongshun also had a thought in his heart, what is the combat effectiveness of the strongest A division group of devils?

"Retreat!"

Pressing the curiosity in his heart, Ma Rongshun ordered the troops to retreat.

This time, their task is to ambush the devil patrol and cause the devil to panic, not to fight the devil hard, although they are not afraid, but it is not the time, it is time to retreat.

As for the Armor Division, one day, the Independent Regiment will encounter it.

···

Meanwhile.

Wuxiang County.

The captain of the devil brigade stationed in Wuxiang couldn't help but swallow his throat when he watched the thousands of people in the distance start to build a position, set up a few cards, and launched a blockade.

Although he had 1,500 men stationed in the Wuxiang County military camp,

However, as the captain of the 29th Brigade, this person has a deep understanding of the strength of the Tuba Road, especially the 386th Brigade entrenched in the Taiyue Mountains, and is a terrifying existence in the Tuba Road.

The Yamashima wing was completely annihilated, and in the end only a hundred soldiers escaped.

The total annihilation of an infantry wing is such a combat effectiveness that even an ordinary brigade cannot do it.

At this time, he was surrounded by at least 5,000 people from the 386th Brigade, the neatly lined up machine gun positions, the Tubalu soldiers carrying submachine guns, and mortars.

He didn't even think about breaking through.

"Shrink the defense, don't go out."

"Ask the command for tactical guidance."

The captain of the devil brigade decisively contracted his defense and asked his superiors for help.

···

"Report."

Taiyuan, Headquarters:

"Lixian Westfield United report."

"Recently, it has been harassed by continuous attacks on Tubalu."

"A large number of small units were dispatched to attack patrols, checkpoints, and even mortars near the mountains, which were equipped with a large number of grenadiers and even mortars, causing dozens of deaths and creating great panic."

"Grenadier."

"Mortar!"

Yoshio Shinozuka frowned deeply.

In the past, Tubalu and the Empire fought against each other and disturbed public order, because of the lack of weapons and ammunition, the intensity of the attack was small, the duration was short, and the threat was also very low.

But now,

It is possible to use grenadiers and mortars to launch attacks with high frequency!

Once it spreads...

The cost of maintaining law and order in the locust army will inevitably increase dramatically, and the control of the county towns in the feeder counties will also decline rapidly, not to mention the mountain villages and rural areas.

"We must start sweeping the Taiyue Mountains as soon as possible."

Yoshio Shinozuka made up his mind.

If the source of weapons is not completely addressed, it is inevitable that the problem of law and order will expand.

"Wuxiang County Telegraph."

"The 2nd and 3rd Supplementary Brigades of the Shandao Wing stationed in Wuxiang were surrounded by more than 5,000 Eighth Route Army, and the enemy set up checkpoints to cut off the water source."

"The Wuxiang garrison requests tactical guidance."

The staff officer continued to report.

"Wuxiang County!"

Yoshio Shinozuka's brows furrowed even deeper.

If Lixian County is just a small public security problem, then Wuxiang County is a serious public security problem for the locust army.

The Jinzhong Railway passes through the county seat of Wuxiang County.

"Five thousand."

But this number made Yoshio Shinozuka feel that something was wrong.

When the front line asks for help, the enemy situation is generally exaggerated, so the 5,000-man besieging force probably actually has 4,000 earth and eight ways to besiege it.

4,000 people can't capture a county seat.

The size of the garrison in Wuxiang County was 1,500 people.

Even if the Tuba Road cuts off the water source, the locust army can exchange only the common people in the county for bargaining chips.

"What do they want to do?"

Yoshio Shinozuka looked at the map and quickly guessed:

"They want to cut off the Jinzhong Railway?"

"And then Pear County?"

"Further open up the communication route with the Taihang base area?"

In the middle of his thoughts, a staff officer walked in and reported to Yoshio Shinozuka:

"Report."

"Nao Matsuzaki Osa, chief of the Northern Review Agency, telegraphed Osa."

"Naoto Matsuzaki!"

Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes flashed.

Naoto Matsuzaki was in charge of the organ section, which was directly under the command of the North China Front Army Command, and was responsible for guiding the Northern Assessment, as well as the government affairs in North China, and actually controlled the self-established government of the Republic of China in the locust occupied areas.

It is also a direct supplement to the intelligence forces of the North China Front.

Naoto Matsuzaki is also directly responsible for this investigation of the source of materials for the Tsuchihachi Road, and he can use the power of the entire Republic of China.

He took the telegram directly:

"Give it to me."

"There are no clues about the weapons, ammunition and supplies that appeared in the Taiyue Mountains."

The first line made Yoshio Shinozuka's brows furrow into two straight lines.

Gathering almost all the intelligence forces of the empire, it is still impossible to investigate the source of materials and transportation channels of the eight routes, which makes Yoshio Shinozuka instinctively feel that something is wrong.

In theory, this is almost impossible.

More than 50,000 tons of materials entered the Taiyue Mountains, and the empire poured the country's intelligence forces into the source and couldn't investigate the source?

But it just happened.

Or, there is a problem with the Imperial Investigation, thinking wrong, not going in the right direction.

Or...

The forces that supply supplies to the Tsuchihachi Road have capabilities that far surpass those of the Empire, at least the transportation capacity - and as a general, Yoshio Shinozuka knows very well that the transportation capacity is actually directly related to the military ability of a faction.

The greater the transport capacity, the stronger the military power.

"Hopefully not the latter."

Yoshio Shinozuka suppressed the gloom in his heart and continued to watch.

"Blockade of the source of the outflow of supplies."

"Then, organize an attack on the Taiyue Mountains as soon as possible."

"It seems that the progress needs to be further accelerated."

Naoto Matsuzaki's suggestion coincides with Yoshio Shinozuka.

"Give me the commander's call."

Putting down the telegram in his hand, Yoshio Shinozuka asked the staff officer to answer Tada's call.

Relying on the First Army alone, if it were to assemble a super-sized mixed brigade and prepare sufficient supplies, it would take more than two months, and even more than three months.

But give Tubalu two to three months, and God knows how many more supplies will appear.

Moreover, a super-organized mixed brigade may not be able to defeat and defeat the 386th Brigade in the Taiyue Mountains.

The best thing is to directly dispatch a second-class division.

This has exceeded the limit of the strength of the mobile corps that the First Army can deploy.

Therefore, he needed the help of the North China Front Command.

Only the North China Front was able to raise more than 16,000 troops of the Second Division of the Locust Army.

···

On the day Yoshio Shinozuka and Jun Tada talked.

Yang Spring.

After finishing the work of the stable, the man who smelled of horse manure walked out of the stable with a scolding, and after changing into a new clothes, he came to a room next to the headquarters and waited nervously.

After entering the stable, the male wisdom deeply realized the importance of status.

So he resold his property, exchanged all his possessions for hard currency, and sold an officer at the brigade headquarters to seek a good position.

At the very least, don't continue to feed the horses and shovel horse manure here.

The belongings accumulated in the past few years are not a small amount of money, but whether it is useful or not, the man is not clear.

"Male lord."

After waiting for a while, a Nakasa walked in, and in the expectant eyes of the male Zhizhi, he said:

"The general has agreed to remove your punishment."

The man was overjoyed.

A bigger bang for your buck!

"Still."

Then the voice of this squadron made the man nervous again:

"Entering the army to serve is not possible for the time being."

"So, I can only arrange for you to go to the railway brigade and be responsible for railway safety and patrols."

"Railroad security and patrols?!"

The man's face suddenly changed.

Entering the army, he didn't think about it, after all, he withdrew from the Tubalu base area, and the wing commander Yu Sha, within the Locust Army, this is a shame, and his superiors will not let him reinstate unless he lacks officers.

But the railway brigade.

The so-called railway brigade is a brigade formed to deal with the destruction of the railway by the Tuba Road.

Worse than sappers.

It is mainly responsible for maintaining the law and order of the railway, as well as searching for contraband, and inspecting the personnel of the Eighth Road on the train.

There is hardly much oil and water to fish.

"Of course, in the railway brigade, you are also the captain squadron leader, responsible for the security of Yangquan to Shimen Railway Station."

The devil Nakasa glanced at the unwilling male Uechi and left with a smile.

"Yaga."

"The railway brigade is the railway brigade."

"It's better than feeding the horses at the headquarters."

The man could only comfort himself silently.

"We must find a way to make more money this time."

"If you have money, you have a chance!"

And through this incident, the male wisdom also deeply realized the power of money.

By conventional means, it is impossible for him to continue to climb up, so he can only rely on the power of money.

···

That night.

In a house north of Yangquan.

The shopkeeper of Yao Ji, who had gone out in the name of a relative, walked into the house, and then two more people entered the house one after another, and one of them even entered through the side house.

"There's an order from above."

As soon as he entered the house, the person went straight to the point:

"This time, our mission is to open up transportation routes."

"There is a batch of machinery and equipment from Bei Ping to transport and urgently needed materials, including newsprint, to the base area, and the weight is about 3.5 tons."

"After studying the situation, the higher authorities decided to divide them into five batches to use railway transportation, transit in Yangquan, and enter the base area."

"The transportation route from Beiping to Shimen has been resolved."

"Our task is to open up the section from Shimen to Yangquan."

"Three and a half tons."

Hearing the task, the shopkeeper Yao Ji immediately frowned.

Three and a half tons, as well as newsprint, is not only heavy, but also large, such a huge material, unless there is an internal response in the devil railway guard, it is difficult to achieve complete concealment.

But the devil who bought the devil ·

It's not that it doesn't work.

It's that the price code will be very high.

"The budget given to us by our superiors this time is five thousand silver dollars."

Fortunately, when he heard the words of the comrade, Yao Ji's shopkeeper's eyes suddenly lit up:

"Five thousand silver dollars?"

"I'll leave this matter to me!"

With five thousand silver dollars, the price is enough, and the next step is to find a suitable devil.

(End of chapter)