"Sir, the telegram from Xiyang Garrison..." The communications staff hurried to the brigade commander to report.

The brigade commander did not reach out to receive the telegram, but frowned and ordered: "Read!"

"Hayi..." The communications officer quickly took back the telegram, glanced at the contents on it and replied: "The Punishment Guard sent a large number of investigators and intelligence personnel to investigate the National Rescue Military Defense Zone. It was found that the main force of the National Rescue Army was still stationed in Donghui Town and Zhangzhuang Town, and had not had any large-scale troops mobilization..."

"Intelligence personnel saw them doing exercises yesterday afternoon, and the total strength has not decreased..."

Did he make a mistake in his judgment? The brigade commander said to himself.

Faced with this investigation result that was completely opposite to his own judgment, the brigade commander frowned even deeper at this time.

After thinking about it, he still felt that his judgment was fine and decisively ordered: "Call back to the Pacification Guard Team and continue to strengthen the investigation of the National Rescue Army."

"Order the intelligence department to send people to Xiyang immediately to find out what happened there. Order several garrisons around Xiyang to send all their respective reconnaissance troops out and sneak into Xiyang to investigate the enemy situation."

After giving the order, the brigade commander turned his attention to the map again, and the two troops who reinforced Xiyang were marked on it by the staff.

According to their analysis and calculations, a reinforcement squadron who was riding in the car should have arrived in Xiyang City. He immediately asked: "Have the radio contacted Shangxiyang City yet?"

The communications officer shook his head: "We had a radio contact with Xiyang at around 1:00 a.m., and then arranged a radio station to call them specifically, but there was no reply!"

"Continue to contact!" The brigade commander thought about the order.

At around 10 o'clock in the morning, the communications officer appeared in front of the brigade commander again, with his expression obviously being more serious than when he came here just now.

The brigade commander's heart skipped a beat and asked quickly: "Is there something wrong with Xiyang City?"

The communications consultant nodded: "Our intelligence personnel lurking in Xiyang reported that Xiyang City was captured at around 2 a.m., and the attack on Xiyang was indeed the general who judged that the pacification and rescue army was not the Eighth Route Army."

"The National Salvation Army drew four to five companies of troops into Xiyang. Because the two main battalions only drew one company, the intelligence personnel lurking in pacification did not notice that they had any signs of their troops being mobilized, so we were deceived by the National Salvation Army again!"

The brigade commander thought that Xiyang City was taken down by the National Salvation Army, but he did not expect that the National Salvation Army had only drawn a small part of its troops to attack Xiyang, and the main force was still pacifying the troops.

Shocked, he asked with disbelief: "Has Xiyang City been captured in just four or five companies?"

"Although the Xiyang garrison only has half of the forces of the ordinary garrison, all the imperial troops have more than 500 people, and they are equipped with a lot of mortars and heavy machine guns. The National Salvation Army dispatched hundreds of people. How could it be eliminated so easily?"

"Is the garrison's combat effectiveness too weak or the National Saving Army's combat effectiveness too strong?"

The communications officer quickly handed over the information and continued to report: "The intelligence says that the military rescued the country used a strategy to capture Xiyang."

"First kill half of the Xiyang garrison's troops through the encirclement point, and then attack Xiyang City."

"When siege, not only were the troops acting as internal forces in the city... They also mobilized a large number of heavy machine guns, mortars, and mountain cannons to participate in the battle. During the entire attack, the imperial army defending the county town was always suppressed and beaten by them."

"The battle lasted only for more than an hour, and Xiyang City was captured and the entire Xiyang garrison was destroyed!"

The brigade commander understood: the National Salvation Army attacking Xiyang did not have many troops, but their equipment was very good, especially heavy weapons.

The last time the Imperial Army swept the National Salvation Army, not only did it lose a large number of troops, but it also lost a lot of heavy weapons.

Although the Xiyang garrison was also equipped with some mortars and heavy weapons, it was definitely a bit insufficient compared to the National Salvation Army.

Moreover, the National Salvation Army also used the tactic of surrounding and aiding, and concentrated its superior forces and firepower to defeat the Xiyang garrison, so they would be even less of an opponent.

Therefore, it is destined to capture Xiyang by the National Salvation Army.

At this moment, the two reinforcement squadrons that reinforced Xiyang suddenly flashed from the brigade commander's mind, staring at the communications staff and continued to ask: "The National Salvation Army took down Xiyang City at around 2 a.m. So the reinforcements we sent to Xiyang didn't just hit them in the gun!"

"It's true!" The communications consultant nodded.

"The National Salvation Army transferred most of its troops out of the county town less than two hours after taking Xiyang. At five o'clock in the morning, one of our reinforcements was wiped out at about five kilometers away from Xiyang, and at seven o'clock in the morning, all the imperial troops were killed!"

The brigade commander also thought about the end of the reinforcing force being killed, and was mentally prepared, but he could not accept the battle and the national rescue army had only dispatched a few companies to eat so many imperial troops.

The brigade commander was angry and started scolding loudly.

“Bageya Road…”

"The National Salvation Army has completely developed into a major problem for us. We killed one of our brigades in just one night and took down Xiyang City. This is simply a great humiliation for our brigade..."

"I ordered all the garrisons around Xiyang to immediately send troops to block all passages entering Xiyang. I want to turn Xiyang into a Jedi and trap the national rescue army to death."

"Continue to contact the military headquarters and make up for the losses of our brigade as soon as possible. I want to retaliate against the National Rescue Army."

"I ordered the garrison to pacify the garrison and prepare to organize a capable team to sneak into the National Rescue Military Defense Zone, and burn all the food that has not yet been harvested in the country before the autumn harvest, so that they can't receive the food."

"There are more than 100,000 people in Xiyang and their defense areas in Pingding's territory. The food alone can drag them down."

This is a revenge method that the brigade commander had thought of before.

The brigade had just suffered a defeat at the hands of the National Salvation Army. The troops suffered heavy losses and would definitely not have the strength to launch a new round of attacks in a short period of time. The brigade commander could only find another way and use other means to deal with the National Salvation Army.

He had already started to block the National Salvation Army before.

However, because the National Salvation Army had just won a victory and had a lot of seized, and there were not too many people in the defense zone, which could not drag down the National Salvation Army, his blockade plan has not yet achieved much effect.

Nowadays, the national defense zone has suddenly increased several times and the population has also increased several times, but the extra land is almost all mountainous areas and hills, and the grain output is low.

There are several times more people eating, and the grain production in the defense zone has not increased much.

This means that the food pressure of the National Salvation Army will increase exponentially. As long as a grain of food is not allowed to flow into the National Salvation Army’s defense zone, a great famine will break out in Xiyang.

If the Imperial Army intelligence personnel sneak into Xiyang again to spread some rumors that were not conducive to the national rescue army, the public anger alone could severely damage the national rescue army.

At that time, the Imperial Army would enter the defense zone of the National Rescue Army and would definitely be able to kill the National Rescue Army at the minimum cost.

In Xiyang City, Zhou Cheng returned victoriously with his troops. Nearly two hundred prisoners, each carrying rifles, ammunition, and wounded.

Chen Zhengyu was guarding the city gate to greet him. Compared to when he left Xiyang, Xiyang City is obviously much more lively now.

Many ordinary people joined the ranks of cleaning the battlefield and restoring the county town.

There were several middle-aged people wearing ordinary people's clothes standing behind Chen Zhengyu, all of whom were excited, but it was obvious that they were divided into two waves, with three people in one wave. Although they were all ordinary people's clothes, they were obviously more shiny and could guess at it at a glance that they were gentry in the city.

In this era, exploitation exists everywhere in China.

Although Xiyang is very poor and has very little arable land, there are still a lot of fertile land, and all of these lands are in the hands of landlords and gentry.

Compared with ordinary people who are unable to eat, their conditions are obviously much better.

Although it is not as good as the landlords and gentry in the plains, it is definitely okay to eat stewed meat every few days by exploiting the people and eating a full stomach.

They surrounded Chen Zhengyu, all with flattering smiles. They knew at a glance that they were cursing the Chief of Staff.

The other wave was also three people, and they were obviously dressed much worse.

He was wearing patched local clothes. Although his face was also full of vegetables and looked malnourished, he was very energetic.

There was a heartfelt smile on his face, but he did not flatter Chen Zhengyu.

If Zhou Cheng was right, they should be the underground party of the Eighth Route Army lurking in Xiyang City.

Seeing the regiment commander, Chen Zhengyu immediately went out of the city to greet him: "Congratulations to the regiment commander, two victories in two battles, and killing two Japanese soldiers who strengthened the squadron. I believe that after these two battles, the Japanese soldiers around will definitely not be able to draw extra troops to attack us in a short period of time."

Zhou Cheng nodded in agreement: "Those who know me are the Chief of Staff."

"In addition to consuming a large amount of troops from the surrounding Japanese and puppet troops, these two battles also seized a large amount of weapons and ammunition, and harvested nearly 200 prisoners and a convoy of transport vehicles."

After saying that, Zhou Chengzu turned his attention to the few people behind Chen Zhengyu: "They are..."

"This is the former Deputy County Mayor Wang of Xiyang County. The other two are county officials. After learning that Xiyang County was captured by our National Rescue Army, they immediately found me and wanted to rebuild the Xiyang County Government."

"The three comrades next to them are the underground party of the Eighth Route Army lurking in Xiyang County. This one is Secretary Li, and the two behind are Minister Zhang and Minister Zhou."

"After knowing that Xiyang was captured by us, I took the initiative to find me and asked us if the military officers needed help in saving the country. At the same time, I provided us with a list of traitors who were working hard for the Japanese in Xiyang City."

"In order to prevent accidents, I have arrested those people. The team leader will need to make a decision on how to deal with them."

As soon as Chen Zhengyu finished speaking, Deputy County Magistrate Wang, who was standing on the other side of Chen Zhengyu, suddenly became anxious and hurried to Zhou Cheng: "Please investigate clearly. Although the people on the Eighth Route Army list have done things for the Japanese, many of them were forced to do it. They did not really give it to the Japanese. Many people deliberately compromised and worked for the Japanese. In fact, they were secretly protecting the people..."

Zhou Cheng was stunned when he heard this, and immediately turned his gaze to Chen Zhengyu, hoping that he could explain it to him.

I saw Chen Zhengyu and the three underground parties of the Eighth Route Army all showed contempt expressions on their faces.

Zhou Cheng knew there was an article here at a glance, and immediately interrupted Deputy County Magistrate Wang who wanted to continue with the gift: "Don't worry, our Eighth Route Army will neither let a traitor go nor accus a good person. We will definitely find out the matter for you!"

"Let's go back to the command center first!"
Chapter completed!