When the 27th Division of the Devils was in full swing in the Taiyue base area,

Southern Hebei Base Area.

"Haha!"

One of the main forces in the southern Hebei base area.

At present, the base areas in southern Hebei are the best equipped with unified 98K rifles, Czech machine guns, 41 submachine guns, and old-fashioned 60 and 82 mortars of old regiments and battalions.

One of the strongest main regiments.

More than 1,000 people from the 689th Regiment happily went to Zexian County, where they were stationed.

Although there were wounded and even sacrificed fighters in the ranks, it was still impossible to hide the excitement and excitement on the faces of the fighters.

There were smiles on everyone's faces.

"I didn't expect the little devil's stronghold to be so easy to fight."

Along the way, the first battalion commander's mouth never stopped.

Even though he had a large bandage around his head.

"You kid, don't open the wound."

The regimental commander admonished, but to no avail.

"Commander."

The commander of the first battalion excitedly raised the Type 40 submachine gun in his hand, and still asked with a smile on his face: "By the way, why is it so easy for us to fight the devil's stronghold this time?" ”

"I don't have any artillery yet!"

"The casualties are also very low."

"That's a stronghold of more than seventy devils."

"Why is it so simple?"

The head of the regiment smiled proudly and said:

"Think about it, why couldn't we take the devil's stronghold before?"

"The devil's stronghold is actually not strong."

After a little thought, the commander of the first battalion replied:

"The cage tactic is vicious, but it's a good tactic."

"It's just that the devil's troops and materials can't support this tactic."

"Because of the lack of materials, the materials used by the devils to build their strongholds are all taken from the same place, and the common people who robbed wood, stone bricks, not to mention steel bars, and cement are rarely used, and coal ash and glutinous rice slurry are used."

"It's also small."

"There are not enough barbed wires and so on."

"There is a serious shortage of troops stationed in the various strongholds."

"We couldn't take it before, it was purely the devils who bullied us for having too poor weapons and equipment and too little ammunition."

"Now it's better, there is more ammunition, even if there is no artillery, but the fire suppresses the devil's stronghold, so that the infantry can also blow up the stronghold with explosives bags."

"Even small strongholds can be directly suppressed by firepower and the battle can be resolved in the fastest time."

"The most important thing is that we can easily suppress the devils who are blocking reinforcements from the surrounding area, so that we have enough time to attack the stronghold."

The battalion commander quickly summed up the pattern.

Those who can serve as battalion commanders in the main regiment are all talented people with excellent military qualities and certain military theories.

Who said that there must be fortified artillery to attack a stronghold?

Smoke grenade cover, infantry approaching, seizing surrounding bunkers and fortifications, a lonely stronghold body, grenades can be solved.

"Haha."

"You're right."

"Why is it so easy now?"

"Isn't it because we're well equipped and have plenty of ammunition."

"In the past, if I had put out six machine guns from a distance of 100 meters, costing more than 1,500 rounds of ammunition, to suppress the machine gun firing holes of the devil's stronghold?"

"The brigade commander will rush over and slash me directly."

The head of the 689th Regiment said with a smile.

"Nope."

"Are you afraid you're going to feed the horses, or embroider the quilt?"

The battalion commander next to him also interrupted with a smile.

"Haha..."

The 689th Regiment burst out laughing, and soon he restrained his laughter and ordered:

"After we go back, we will arrange the wounded first."

"Then prepare for the next stronghold."

"Yes!"

···

"It is reported that the stronghold of Xiaozhuang Village has been seized by Tuba Road, and the road from Xiaozhuang Village to Dongzhuang can no longer be patrolled."

"Yaga Ya Lu..."

The 689th Regiment smiled happily.

But the devils in the southern Hebei base area are not very happy.

When the co-captain in charge of the security of the four counties around Ze County, Heze Dazuo heard that another stronghold was captured by Tubalu, and immediately frowned, and rarely scolded.

This is already his security area, and in the past month and a half, it has been the seventh stronghold taken by the Eighth Route Army.

But he could only watch the stronghold be lost, completely powerless.

This is no longer the case.

Today's Tubalu is very strong.

Small arms are even better than locust armies.

Although the cage tactics blocked the Tuba Road, it also limited the locust army itself, and with the 27th division that was transferred, the locust army in southern Hebei was seriously lacking in troops, and the troops were scattered.

The 689th Regiment, even if it was a mobile brigade under his command, repeated reinforcement strongholds were easily blocked, and if you wanted to reinforce the strongholds attacked by Tubalu, you had to set off with the whole team.

But the strength of the Heze Wing is too scattered,

It will take a day to concentrate troops, the stronghold has already been taken, and it is easy for other Tubalu troops to take advantage of the situation.

In the southern Hebei region, there is more than one 689th regiment.

After scolding, Heze Dazuo could only reluctantly adjust his troops and cede a large piece of territory to Tubalu.

If the locust army continues to garrison these strongholds, it will not only be captured by the Tubalu, but will even cause the locust army to lose its troops.

"Hey..."

But seeing that almost all the territory around Ze County fell into the hands of Tu Ba Lu, forming a large area completely controlled by Tu Ba Lu, Heze Dazuo couldn't help but sigh.

The locust army's cage tactics lasted a whole year, and it took a lot of manpower and material resources to finally divide the eight roads into more than a dozen parts.

As a result, in less than two months, the strength of Tubalu skyrocketed, and all of them were taken back.

If the situation does not improve,

If the Dirt Eight Road continues to obtain weapons and materials and continues to grow in strength, then it will not be long before the cage blockade becomes a joke.

"Order the fortifications of the strongholds."

"The number of patrols has doubled and the number of patrols has been reduced."

After making some patches, Heze Dazuo once again explained the severity of the situation to his superiors.

···

Northern Review.

Command of the North China Front.

"Has the 27th Division found a material transportation channel?"

Tada's tone was anxious.

The cage tactic has been advanced for nearly a year, and although it is costly, the effect is remarkable.

It greatly weakened the area of the so-called base area of the Eighth Route Army, weakened the strength and influence of the Eighth Route Army, and reduced the number of people who supported its resistance against the imperial locust army.

This is a result that is recognized by the base camp.

But recently, things have suddenly taken a turn for the worse.

A large number of strongholds in areas controlled by the imperial army and remote areas far from the core lines of communication were recaptured by Tubalu, and the reason for this was that the weapons and ammunition from the Taiyue Mountains greatly enhanced the strength of Tubalu.

The balance that had been in favor of the locust army was disrupted.

Although the locust army still has an advantage in the vicinity of major county towns and highways, in remote areas, especially in the past year, the areas newly controlled by the locust army have begun to be at a disadvantage.

And the disadvantages are further widening.

Because there is still a steady stream of food, weapons, ammunition and various supplies, and even silver dollars, to support the Tuba Road.

Fortunately, the situation is manageable.

The situation of chaos only occurred in the three base areas of the Eighth Route Army in the Taiyue Mountains, south of the Taihang Mountains, and in the southern Hebei region, and most of the locusts in North China still had an absolute advantage in arms.

But if the 27th Division cannot cut off the source of supplies and weapons,

With the Eighth Route Army's habitual guerrilla tactics and the degree of agitation against that man, the situation in North China would probably erode to a terrible level.

"Not yet."

The staff officer's answer made Tada Jun frown:

"Not yet?"

"What's going on?"

It's been twelve days!

The 27th Division has been in the Taiyue Mountains for 12 days!

A full 30,000 imperial troops have almost dug three feet into the ground of the Taiyue Mountain Dirt Eighth Road, and the First Army Flying Wing has also carried out repeated reconnaissance of the Taiyue Mountain Area, why has the transportation channel not been found?

"According to the report of the 27th Division, as well as the section chief of the Northern Assessment Agency, Naoto Matsuzaki, who is directly responsible for the investigation."

Staff Officer Says:

"They have carried out a carpet search of all the villages in the Taiyue Mountains and the warehouses of the Eighth Route Army."

"A large number of people in the Taiyue Mountains were also arrested, and only the people were questioned about them."

"But there are still no underground transport passages found, and no airports have been found."

The staff officer's answer made Tadajun's brows furrow deeper.

The supplies came out of the Taiyue Mountains and were transported from the garrison of the Independent Regiment.

This is already certain.

Without a large number of railways and wide roads, it is impossible to transport materials over long distances.

The staff officer hurriedly said a piece of good news:

"According to the intelligence investigated by the 27th Division in the Taiyue Mountains, in the Taiyue Mountains, the Independent Regiment is called the Logistics Supply Center, and other units apply for supplies from the stations of the Independent Regiment."

"The food consumed by the militia training and the road construction team also came from the independent regiment."

"Independent regiment!"

Tada Jun had heard this force many times, and he ordered in a sullen tone:

"Order them to continue the search."

"Hey!"

···

"Where the hell is it?"

"How the hell did you get in?"

Yang Village.

Naoto Matsuzaki looked at the village in front of him that was almost razed to the ground, and he was upset.

Through the investigation of the traces on the ground and the questioning of the remaining people in the Taiyue Mountains, a large number of convoys of camels carrying grain and other supplies set off from Yang Village in the past few months.

Yangcun must be the point where all supplies are shipped out.

But he led two entire wings and more than 5,000 imperial troops to thoroughly excavate the surrounding area of Yang Village day and night.

More than 10 meters into the ground.

Almost the entire village of Yang was razed to the ground.

However, no underground transport passages have been found.

In the middle of a cold...

(End of chapter)