The commander of the Laiyuan Japanese Military Brigade Regiment, the brigade commander did not receive good news from the offensive troops from the morning until dark.

The idea of ​​gathering heavy troops to retaliate against the Eighth Route Army is being diluted by time, and the opportunity is becoming increasingly slim.

"General, there is news!" The communications staff rushed in at the last moment.

The brigade commander thought that good news came back and immediately became expectant, but when he saw the communications officer's expression that was even worse than in the morning, the hope that had just ignited on his face disappeared in an instant.

Even the idea of ​​asking questions was gone, waiting for the communications consultant to report it himself.

When the communications staff saw the brigade commander's reaction, they realized that he had guessed that what he brought was not good news, but no matter how bad the news was, it was a war report. He gave him ten courage and did not dare to detain it privately. He wasted time and could only report: "The offensive troops found at least five Eighth Route Army hiding sites around Xuejia Village, but every time our troops killed it, there was no one there."

"The offensive troops chased Xuejia Village for an afternoon. Apart from fighting with the Eighth Route Army harassing troops several times, they did not find a built-in Eighth Route Army!"

The brigade commander understood as soon as he heard it. He clenched his fist and smashed it hard on the table in front of him, cursing without mercy: "Bageya Road, the commander of the offensive army is a pig, and he doesn't know if he is trapped in the Eighth Route Army's plan to lure the tiger out of the mountain."

"The hiding spots they found were obviously exposed by the Eighth Route Army to attack and delay our time."

"Now it's going to be dark soon. The Eighth Route Army we are looking for will definitely emerge and continue to move into the mountains. Our troops ran for an afternoon, and every soldier was exhausted. Even if the Eighth Route Army appears in front of them now, they have no energy to pursue them!"

After scolding, the brigade commander sat on the chair with his butt, his eyes dulled, as if he had become several years old in an instant.

This is the second time he has had this reaction in just one or two months.

The last time was after the failure of the encirclement and suppression of the National Rescue Army, facing the powerful opponent of the National Rescue Army, I felt the frustration of the weak and weak situation in the first time.

Today is the second time. The Eighth Route Army suddenly emerged from Laiyuanbei like a divine helper. Every time he turned defeat into victory at a critical moment, biting a piece of fat from himself. Facing an equally cunning and difficult opponent, he once again felt a strong sense of frustration.

At this time, the communications staff reminded inappropriately: "General, the attacking troops ask for instructions, should they continue to hunt down the Eighth Route Army that attacked Xuejia Village during the day!"

The brigade commander's anger suddenly surged up: "I'm still chasing you, the troops were exhausted, and even if the Eighth Route Army appeared in front of you now, they wouldn't be able to catch up."

"And the Eighth Route Army is best at night battles, and our troops are tired, so their combat effectiveness must be greatly affected. What if they are counterattacked by the Eighth Route Army during pursuit?"

"Don't forget that this Eighth Route Army has been raising its energy for the whole afternoon, and it is far more than us in terms of physical strength and energy."

"Order them to retreat immediately, regardless of the Eighth Route Army that had already escaped!"

"The Chinese say that killing enemies is one thousand and losing 800 will lead to one hundred. In a battle in Xuejia Village, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties and need rest in urgent need of rest. Even if we don't attack, they will calm down for a while."

"When the military headquarters has all the supplementary troops and reinforcements given to us, we will get rid of them after we have more troops!"

A "report!" suddenly sounded at the door of the war room, and then I saw the intelligence officer rushing in, looking nervous and excited.

"General, we found out that the Eighth Route Army suddenly obtained a large number of weapons and ammunition!"

The brigade commander felt energetic as soon as he heard this. In his eyes, the reason why the Eighth Route Army became so difficult is that those weapons and ammunition played a great role.

If the Eighth Route Army can cut off the source of weapons, the Eighth Route Army will become a tiger without fangs. It seems fierce, but its combat power will definitely become weaker and weaker as it fights.

He stared at the intelligence staff and asked anxiously: "Where are those weapons and ammunition coming from? Tell me quickly!"

The intelligence officer quickly reported: "It all comes from the National Salvation Army that had just captured Xiyang. In order to raise food, the National Salvation Army and the Eighth Route Army that were active in the surrounding areas conducted several large-scale transactions. The National Salvation Army used the weapons and ammunition they seized in Xiyang to exchange for the food in the hands of the Eighth Route Army!"

"Our preliminary statistics: the National Salvation Army took advantage of our efforts to deal with the Eighth Route Army behind us and had no time to take care of their gaps, and successively bought at least three million kilograms of grain from the Eighth Route Army around us."

"The Eighth Route Army also obtained at least two battalions of equipment and a large number of bullets, grenades, and mortar shells from the National Salvation Army."

"The Eighth Route Army we attacked had two transactions with the National Salvation Army. Not only did we get a large number of machine guns and bullets, but we also obtained at least 500 mortar shells."

"In the battle to attack Xuejia Village, the Eighth Route Army fired at least 200 mortar shells."

"Before the transaction with the National Salvation Army, the Eighth Route Army definitely did not have so many shells. It was because of the hundreds of mortar shells sold to them by the National Salvation Army that they dared to use so many shells in a battle to capture Xuejia Village in a short time!"

The brigade commander's fist was pinched again with blue veins raised, and he gritted his teeth and scolded: "Bageyalu, why is it the National Salvation Army again!"

After saying that, he stared at the intelligence staff and scolded: "What is your intelligence department doing? The National Salvation Army and the Eighth Route Army have traded so many times but they didn't notice it. If we had known that the Eighth Route Army was using food to buy weapons and ammunition from the National Salvation Army and cut off this channel in advance, they would not have enough weapons and ammunition to attack us, and the battle in Xuejia Village would not have been defeated!"

"There is also the National Salvation Army. Don't you know that we are planning to make a fuss about their shortage of food? Now there are three million kilograms of food all at once, and it will be difficult to destroy their stability by increasing their food pressure."

"Because of your mistakes, we not only lost in the battle against the Eighth Route Army, but also suffered heavy casualties in the army, but the next action against the National Salvation Army will also be affected. Maybe the entire combat plan will be re-formed!"

"If you are not Japanese, I have a little doubt that you are spies sent by the National Savior Army to me. They deliberately conceal this and are all a group of guys who have failed to make trouble..."

The intelligence staff officer was scolded so much that he didn't dare to defend himself.

This incident was indeed their omission. In order to assist the troops in clearing the Eighth Route Army in Laiyuan North as soon as possible, the intelligence department concentrated almost all its forces in Laiyuan North, thus neglecting the National Salvation Army, which gave them an opportunity to take advantage of it.

There is no medicine for regret in the world. If you are wrong, you are wrong. It is natural to be scolded.

After a big scolding, the anger on the brigade commander's face was obviously relieved. He strode to the sand table and asked: "Have you found the trading locations of the National Salvation Army and the Eighth Route Army? Where did they cross our blockade line?"

"Hayi!" The intelligence consultant breathed a sigh of relief, quickly looked for three points on the sand table, and then replied: "These are three trading locations we have found so far, and other trading locations are still being investigated. There should be news soon that the National Salvation Army bought at least 100,000 kilograms of grain at each trading point. If you want to transport them to your own defense zone, you will leave more or less clues."

"The locations that cross the blockade are all near the trading point."

"The National Salvation Army is very cunning. Every time we cross the blockade line, we will send troops to take the initiative to attack nearby strongholds. Because the troops are seriously insufficient in the force arranged on the blockade line, the troops must retreat to the stronghold as soon as possible and wait for assistance. In this way, a large area of ​​vacuum will appear between the stronghold and the stronghold. The National Salvation Army takes the opportunity to cross the blockade line without knowing it..."

The brigade commander was not angry this time.

The blockade line lacks troops, even if they give them a death order to block all the necessary paths for the National Salvation Army to enter and exit the defense zone, they will not be able to do it.

If you really want to hold the blame, you will not be able to escape.

Because I first fought the Eighth Route Army and stabilized the rear, I made my own decision.

However, it is not too late to make up for the loss of the sheep.

Since we have now figured out the crux of the sudden strength of the Eighth Route Army, we should prescribe the right medicine. First cut off the source of the Eighth Route Army's tone and turn them into tigers without fangs.

When all the supplementary troops and reinforcements sent by the military headquarters are in place, they can use the old method of eroding step by step to compress the Eighth Route Army base, force them to fight with them, gather and annihilate them, and then they can concentrate their forces to deal with the culprit of the National Salvation Army!

Immediately ordered: "Chief of Staff, count all our troops and equipment immediately. While ensuring that the situation in the rear does not deteriorate, as many troops as possible, we must draw as many troops as possible to reinforce the blockade line and encircle the national rescue army stationed in Xiyang and pacified."

"From now on, I don't want to see a bullet flowing out of the National Salvation Military Defense Zone, nor do I want to see a grain of food entering the National Salvation Military Defense Zone."

"After the encirclement of the blockade line is completed, the operation teams that have been prepared by each garrison brigade will immediately attack to destroy all the food in the defense zone of the National Rescue Army, and then create some chaos..."

"I want to dismantle the national rescue army from within."

"When they are too busy to take care of themselves and fall into civil strife, we will dispatch troops to attack Xiyang and give the National Savior Army a fatal attack!"

As soon as the Japanese army increased its troops to the blockade line, the national rescue army felt the pressure.

After learning that Xiyang was revived by the National Salvation Army, many ordinary people who could not survive in the Japanese occupied areas began to migrate to Xiyang.

So during this period, hundreds of people entered the National Salvation Military Defense Zone every day.

Zhou Cheng had the confidence to support the 100,000 ordinary people who were pacified by Xiyang and were not short of these hundreds of people. As long as the ordinary people successfully entered Xiyang through the Japanese and puppet army blockade, Zhou Chengdu would collect it.

But since yesterday, no ordinary people have entered Xiyang, so it is difficult to not attract attention if such an abnormal thing is not noticed.

Zhou Cheng had realized something was wrong from these changes and was about to send someone to check what was going on. Chief of Staff Chen Zhengyu suddenly ran over.

"The regiment commander, the company reported to Feng that the Japanese and puppet troops in front of them had increased their troops, and the patrols between the strongholds and the strongholds were twice as many as two days ago. This morning, they sent a reconnaissance squad across the blockade line as usual to detect the situation of the Japanese and puppet troops on the opposite side. As a result, they were attacked by the Japanese and puppet troops before they even arrived at the blockade line. One reconnaissance squad only retreated half of the squad, and all other reconnaissance squad died."

"I later learned that the Japanese not only added patrols between the strongholds, but also arranged ambushes and light and dark sentries in some hidden locations to prevent us from crossing the blockade line."
Chapter completed!