Chapter 28 Yoshio Shinozuka: Is the chief of staff of our First Army a violation of heaven?!

It was just dawn the next day.

The 5th battalion of the independent regiment was stationed,

Shang.

The 5th Battalion of the Independent Regiment is organizing the clearing of the fortified wall.

Hiding food, destroying wells, hiding livestock, mules and horses in the mountains, secretly building shelters on the mountains, searching for water sources, etc., are prepared for long-term concealment, which are scattered to prevent informants.

Try to hide the people of a village in batches, and do not know where the hiding points are with each other.

As the beginning of the expansion project of the mountain horse road in the Taiyue Mountains, Shangcun has changed a lot now.

From the very beginning, when the independent regiment came to station, although Shangcun was also the core base of the army, with the blockade of the devil's cage and the garrison in the Xiazhuang stronghold, the mass base of Shangcun also weakened.

At that time, the common people had quite a lot of complaints about the troops.

But now, after several months of consolidation, the mass foundation of Shangcun has never been more solid.

In the face of the task of clearing the wilderness, the common people are very cooperative.

The only thing that makes the people reluctant is the newly renovated houses and some new furniture - since the road repair team began to recruit workers, the people's lives have also improved, and they have more spare money in their hands.

and

Newly planted crops.

And the food that is hidden—the devil's nose is smarter than a dog.

The reluctance of the people, Zhao Tou, the secretary of the Independent League, also saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart.

how

This time, the devil's army of more than 20,000 was menacing, and the scale of the sweep involved the entire Taiyue Mountains.

In the account books of the warehouse in the Taiyue base area, there are 50,000 tons of grain, 10,000 tons of canned meat and lard every month.

The independent regiment received 10,000 tons of grain for baggage supplies and 2,000 tons of canned meat or lard every month.

In total, 60,000 tons of grain per month, 12,000 tons of lard and canned meat.

Sounds like a lot,

But Lao Zhaotou, as the secretary general of the independent regiment, knew very well that this bit of food was not enough at all.

After the annihilation of the Shandao Wing and the occupation of Yuxian and Liao counties, the population of the base area increased, and a large number of victims poured into the Taihang base area, with a total population of more than 3.3 million.

In addition, it is necessary to support the base areas in southern Hebei, and the monthly grain shortage is as high as 30,000 tons.

These are grains that are to be put on the market to stabilize food prices.

Not counting the consumption of troops, militia, political workers.

Sixty thousand tons of grain is enough.

But to fully subsidize the losses caused by the devil's sweep, it is a drop in the bucket.

According to the plan of the General Headquarters, in the future, it will also open up a transportation channel to the Shaanxi-Gansu border region to transport grain to the rear, grain to the Wutaishan base area, and grain to other base areas.

In this way, 60,000 tons of grain will not be enough.

As for the silver dollar,

It is useless to have money and no food.

Fortunately, with funds available this year, all base areas have begun to open up wasteland for cultivation on a large scale and become self-reliant, but most of the base areas occupied by the troops are mountainous areas, which are not suitable for large-scale grain cultivation and have low output.

There are no good seeds, lack of water, no chemical fertilizer, lack of scientific management of planting, lack of experience, and cannot increase much food.

"Report!"

At this time, a communication soldier ran over:

"The regiment headquarters ordered that during the period of clearing the wilderness, all the property of the people's houses should be counted, and not a single stitch or thread should be missed."

"Count all the possessions?"

Old Zhao's eyes lit up.

Although the regimental headquarters did not say the reason, the detailed statistics of this order explain a lot of problems.

"Yes."

Old Zhao Tou responded excitedly.

"After the statistical form is completed, it will be handed over to the special person of the regiment headquarters for review."

The correspondent continued.

In line with the principle of getting what you can and not going empty, Grand Master Li also took the opportunity to ask for some expatriate talents from the system master on the grounds of avoiding waste and possible overreporting.

As a result, there are now more than 30 all-round talents sent by the system master in the independent regiment.

Zhao Gangyi directly ran a school, set up a study class, and trained electrical, artillery and other talents on a half-year cycle, so as to improve the cultural level of the officers of the company and platoon classes of the whole military battalion.

···

In the afternoon of the same day.

Yang Spring.

An open field near the railroad track.

"Trouble."

The man who led the squadron under his command was neatly lined up, looking at the captain of the railway brigade who was holding a katana in front of him, shouting for the locust and the jade for the empire, and his brows furrowed.

He didn't expect that the captain of his railway brigade would be a fool who had been completely brainwashed and only thought about being a locust and a broken jade for the empire.

Although I look down on such a fool,

But this also makes it very troublesome for the man.

If you want to continue to trade with that group of underground parties and escort the materials they transport, you must get the permission of the captain.

But this person, the possibility of buying is almost none.

Because the five hundred oceans he gave to this idiot were really handed over by this idiot, and he didn't leave any of them for himself.

"Trouble!"

The financial road was blocked, and the man was upset, but he couldn't think of a way for a while.

"Train well for the rest of the day, and if the enemy attacks the railway, we must also bravely engage the enemy and be loyal to the locust jade."

"I'm going to a meeting at the brigade headquarters, and I'll be back tomorrow, Captain Male Zhi, you're in charge of supervising the training, and it's forbidden to leave the camp casually."

After the captain of the railway brigade left a sentence, he rode to the brigade headquarters more than 20 kilometers away, and by the way, handed over the supervision to Nan Shangzhi - handed over 500 oceans, which finally had some effect.

"When I encounter an enemy, I will definitely be the first to run."

The man pursed his lips disdainfully.

···

That night.

Outside the Yang Spring.

"Let's go."

The commander of the first battalion of the 16th Regiment led a hundred elite backbone soldiers, under the cover of night, to the Yangquan headquarters.

Unlike Taiyuan, Yangquan was devastated by the war, as well as some other reasons, and naturally there was no way to completely block the city without a completely surrounding towering wall.

Originally, there should have been a large number of patrols in the city.

However, from tomorrow onwards, troops from the 27th Division will be stationed one after another, and the 29th Brigade in Yangquan needs help in building camps, providing warehouses, supplying water, etc., and most of the personnel of the 29th Brigade and Regiment have been dispatched.

And, the previous attack on Pingxian dispersed the security forces.

Of course, there are still devils who never thought that someone would dare to enter Yangquan at night to attack, so Yangquan at this time has extremely low vigilance.

and, the route drawn up by local intelligence officers in Yangquan.

More than 100 people approached the headquarters smoothly.

"Up!"

"Shoot or kill."

When I came to the commander, it was already half past eleven o'clock at night, and most of the people in the devil's headquarters had already slept, and the commander of the first battalion of the 16th Regiment was not ambiguous, and directly took the lead over the wall to enter the headquarters.

"Who?"

After all, it was the headquarters, and there were guards of devils patrolling at night, but as soon as they looked at their faces, they were killed by a point shot by a battalion commander.

"Rush!"

"Kill!"

Immediately shouting and killing were everywhere, facing more than 100 soldiers of the 16th Regiment who were armed with submachine guns, and in order to hurry up and quickly complete the task, they almost exchanged one for one desperate charge and attack.

The headquarters of the 29th Brigade and Regiment, with less than fifty devils, was not an opponent at all, and in just half an hour, they were all annihilated.

Not only the former commander of the 29th Brigade, but also the current chief of staff of the First Army, Kotani Matsubara, was killed, the former deputy wing commander and now the deputy chief of staff of the First Army, and the captain of the Devil Railway Brigade were also killed.

"Withdraw!"

Half an hour later, the commander of the first battalion led the retreat.

This battle was still a relatively tragic battle, because the 16th Regiment was unfamiliar with the terrain and wanted to end the battle quickly, the number of casualties was the same as that of the devils, and almost every time a devil was killed, a soldier of the Eighth Route Army would be killed or wounded.

Forty fighters fell in battle, seventeen more were wounded, including a battalion commander.

Fortunately, taking advantage of the chaos of the night, the remaining soldiers withdrew from Yangquan.

"After the headquarters is attacked by us this time, the devils will definitely conduct a big search of Yangquan, you have to be careful."

Before leaving Yangquan, the commander of the first battalion told Yao Ji, who was responsible for leading the retreat this time, to the shopkeeper.

"Don't worry."

Shopkeeper Yao Ji nodded.

The plan was set at the beginning of the plan, and after this operation, the intelligence officers who participated in the operation would return to the base area to avoid the search of the devils and cut off the investigation route of the devils.

Anyway, with the abundance of funds, the intelligence force of the army Zaiyangquan has grown rapidly.

Leaving some people, it doesn't matter at all.

···

"General."

"General!"

Although the headquarters was overwhelmed, Yangquan was a city passing through the Zhengtai Line after all, and the devil reinforcements quickly controlled the situation and figured out the situation.

And then

The news was delivered to Yoshio Shinozuka as soon as possible.

It was close to four o'clock in the morning, and Yoshio Shinozuka was woken up by Kazuki Yamamoto.

"What's the matter?"

Yoshio Shinozuka looked at Yamamoto with a surprised expression and frowned.

Apparently, the commander of the First Army was not satisfied with being woken up.

"Yangquan Emergency."

"Tonight, Tubalu attacked the headquarters of the 29th Brigade."

"The former commander of the 29th Brigade and Regiment, the current chief of staff of the First Army, Kotani Matsubara, the former deputy wing commander and the current deputy chief of staff of the First Army, and more than fifty guards are not broken!"

Yamamoto bowed his head and reported.

"Nani!"

Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes widened suddenly, and he was a little confused.

The Chief of Staff and the Deputy Chief of Staff are dead again?

How long has it been?

It's been less than a month since the first attack on the chief of staff of the First Army!

In just one month, three chiefs of staff and deputy chiefs of staff of the First Army were killed.

As for it?

Why?

"The attacker is Dirt Eight Road."

"They sent an elite squad to raid the headquarters of the 29th Brigade and Regiment, and their operational purpose was also very clear, that is, to kill the chief of staff and the deputy chief of staff of the First Army at any cost."

Yamamoto bowed his head and explained.

"Why?"

Yoshio Shinozuka was puzzled.

The first time it may be an accident,

The second time was when Tsuchihachi inadvertently found an opportunity to attack.

But what are these three times for?

Why two consecutive attacks on the Chief of Staff of the First Army?

"We don't know why yet."

Yamamoto smiled bitterly.

The attack that took place tonight made Yamamoto certain that Tsuchihachi was deliberately killing the positions of chief of staff and deputy chief of staff of the First Army.

But why?

This kind of action is very risky, and the benefits are not large.

(End of chapter)