The garrison of the National Rescue Army in Donghui Town was pacified. It started at 10 a.m. and it became very special.

Yuan Shushan stood at the gate of the station and watched one guerrilla team after another being led into the station, with a smile on his face.

These troops are the ones they will win over in the next half month, and they must leave a good impression on them so that they can make their next actions easier.

But there is one thing that Yuan Shushan has to admit that the armed equipment in these places is too poor...

Almost no unit was wearing a uniform military uniform, and only two or three people could even get a gun. Moreover, they were all old sleeves with quick rifling smoothing, which were very worn and pitifully few bullets.

There are even fewer light machine guns. I waited at the gate of the station for almost an hour before I met three, and one of them was gone.

It is not an exaggeration to describe the four words "mob".

But for Yuan Shushan, their poor equipment is also beneficial.

Yesterday he rushed to Donghui Town from Xiyang County. He also came with him more than 500 Hanyang Mades and 12 Czech Mades that the Third Battalion had just changed into dressing. He decided to hand over each rifle to the soldiers when changing the clothes of these local troops later to deepen his impression in their minds.

I was completely unaware that this adaptation was a conspiracy from the beginning.

The Nanyu Town guerrillas brought the most people, with a total of more than 230 people.

The real Nanyu Town guerrillas have nearly 500 people and are equipped very well. Not only are they equipped with a rifle, but the entire guerrilla brigade is also equipped with a mortar, two heavy machine guns, and nearly ten light machine guns. The firepower is better than that of a main battalion of the Eighth Route Army.

After receiving the order to reorganize the National Salvation Army, the guerrilla brigade was immediately divided into two, half of the troops stayed in Nanyu Town to rebuild the guerrilla brigade, and half of the troops joined the National Salvation Army.

More than 200 people who joined the National Salvation Army were equipped with only more than 80 rifles with the worst performance of the guerrilla brigade and two light machine guns equipped with facades. The remaining soldiers were all equipped with local guns and local cannons, and some were holding cold weapons...

This is what Zhou Cheng asked them to do.

After the Japanese and puppet troops strengthened their forces on the blockade line, the food and materials outside could not be transported in, and the extra weapons and ammunition from the National Salvation Army could not be exported. Since this is the case, all these weapons and ammunition were equipped with the upcoming Fourth Battalion.

All of our original equipment will be kept in the old army, so that the old army can recover its strength as soon as possible.

Not only that, all the party members and backbones before the guerrillas were divided into groups were given an ideological and political class, and they learned in advance what kind of person Yuan Shushan was, and were ready to be with him.

After these factors are summarized, Yuan Shushan is destined to have no gains in his half-month battalion chief career in the Fourth Battalion.

In the Xiyang County National Salvation Army, Staff Zheng has officially taken office as the deputy commander of the National Salvation Army.

Facing his old acquaintance, Zhou Cheng did not talk nonsense and directly told his purpose of asking him to join the National Salvation Army: "Deputy Commander Zheng, Lao Tang and I really have no choice but to ask the division headquarters for instructions and transfer you to join the National Salvation Army."

"Now we are facing a big problem: after the troops recovered Xiyang, the defense zone expanded several times and there were many opponents, but the intelligence collection capabilities of the Japanese and puppet troops were a little unable to keep up!"

"A few days ago, the Japanese and puppet troops increased their troops to block the line. Logically, we should get the news as soon as possible and then order the troops to strengthen their vigilance. As a result, we did not know the news from some battles and accidents until the next morning."

"If this happens on the battlefield, the consequences will definitely be unimaginable."

"Deputy Commander Tang and I immediately decided to strengthen the intelligence force of the National Rescue Army, closely monitor the abnormal movements of the surrounding Japanese and puppet troops and defense areas, and find ways to eliminate the spies lurking in our National Rescue Army to prevent leaks."

"But neither Deputy Commander Tang nor I have experience in this area. Then I thought of you at the same time and thought that you could be competent for this matter. Finally, I thought of the way to recruit guerrillas. I took the opportunity to transfer you to the National Salvation Army as the Deputy Commander, who was responsible for forming and commanding the intelligence forces of our National Salvation Army, and by the way, I took on the task of contacting the Eighth Route Army and the guerrillas around..."

"The battle situation is urgent, so Deputy Commander Tang and I will not talk nonsense to you."

"Just assign a task to you directly: You will take over the intelligence forces of our National Salvation Army now, and at all costs, we will use the shortest time to figure out what the real purpose of the Japanese and puppet troops blocking us? The more detailed the better."

"From now on, you need the People's League Headquarters to give people, the Material Headquarters to give supplies, and you will also give you a radio station and the first batch of 1,000 yuan of activity funds."

"I hope you can get some information that is useful to us before the Japanese moves."

Zheng Yunshan must have felt uncomfortable suddenly being transferred to the National Salvation Army as the deputy commander of the division headquarters.

As Zhou Cheng judged, his life was very comfortable during his time in the Nanyu Town Guerrilla Brigade. Although the Guerrilla Brigade only had one reinforced battalion, several nearby guerrilla squadrons were also under his command, adding all these troops together, with a total force of not one thousand and nine hundred.

If the superior decides to unify and reorganize these guerrillas, the organization of a regiment will definitely not be able to escape, and at that time, 80% will be allowed to serve as the regiment commander.

This order from the division headquarters undoubtedly cut off his dream of becoming the leader, and he would definitely feel uncomfortable.

But he is a soldier and a party member, and his superiors must obey the orders.

No matter how reluctant you are, you have to implement it without any discount.

When he arrived at the National Salvation Army to report, Zheng Yunshan was still depressed and planned to relieve his mood after taking office.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Cheng didn't give him any chance at all, and arranged tasks when he saw him when he took office.

Zheng Yunshan is not a person who can't tell the difference. Seeing the leader was so anxious, he also realized the seriousness of the matter.

In addition, he is also a competitive person, and the depression that was pressed down on his heart was immediately replaced by the urgency of completing the task. Looking at Zhou Cheng, he replied with a serious look: "Captain, I plan to send the radio to Laiyuan. It is too far away from us. Moreover, the Japanese military brigade command is in Laiyuan. If you keep an eye on it, you will know the movements of most of the Japanese and puppet troops around us. If you can arrange people to invade the Japanese military brigade command, you may be able to find out some important information. The earlier these information are sent to the regiment headquarters, the more we will prepare, and the more we can severely damage the enemy on the battlefield."

Zhou Cheng waved his hand: "You are the person in charge. I will give you all the radio station and funds. I will give you the first person and equipment you need. As for how you want to use it, we won't interfere."

"In addition, in order to support our National Rescue Army, the division commander agreed to let the Eighth Route Army lurk in the surrounding county towns cooperate with us and provide us with information. The guerrillas operating in the surrounding areas should also be mobilized to let them be the eyewitness of our National Rescue Army."

Zheng Yunshan nodded: "Before I came, the political commissar had already told me that the surrounding underground party and transportation stations would cooperate with us. If we still couldn't handle it, we could still ask for help from the surrounding Eighth Route Army..."

"Please rest assured, I know what to do..."

Zheng Yunshan, who had received the mission, was about to leave, when the reconnaissance company commander Tang Shengbo suddenly rushed in with a very serious expression.

"Captain, deputy commander, we have all found out..."

Seeing Zheng Yunshan’s face full of confusion, Zhou Cheng quickly introduced!

"Tang Shengbo, the company commander of the reconnaissance company..."

"Company Commander Tang: This is Deputy Commander Zheng, who has just taken office in our National Salvation Army, who is responsible for the intelligence work of our National Salvation Army... Many intelligence collections are inseparable from the reconnaissance company, so if Deputy Commander Zheng has something to do in the future, the reconnaissance company must execute orders unconditionally!"

When Tang Yufeng heard the commander's words, he knew that Staff Zheng was his own person, so he quickly replied: "Please rest assured, the reconnaissance company ensures that he obeys the command."

He turned around and saluted Zheng Yunshan, and then reported: "Hello Deputy Commander Zheng, I am Tang Shengbo, the commander of the reconnaissance company. You can arrange any tasks in the future, and the reconnaissance company will ensure that it will be implemented without fail."

"Hello Company Commander Tang... I am Zheng Yunshan. You must have something important to report to the regiment commander, so I will leave first..." Zheng Yunshan said and prepared to leave the command center.

Zhou Cheng quickly stopped him: "Old Zheng, don't leave first. Company Commander Tang must be here to report the investigation results of the blockade line. You can also understand it, so that it will facilitate your next task!"

Tang Shengbo understood the god's report intently: "Yes, the leader..."

"We have learned about the enemy situation on the blockade by scratching our tongues these days. In order not to make the regiment headquarters anxious, we will come and report it first..."

"Four days ago, the Japanese and puppet troops around Xiyang increased their troops to the blockade line by more than three times, including Japanese and puppet troops."

"Our main roads, small roads, and mountain roads leading to the outside world were all blocked by the Japanese, and no one could enter or exit."

"There is a medium-sized stronghold every twenty kilometers on the blockade line. The Japanese soldiers stationed in a reinforced squadron and a battalion of puppet troops were stationed in the past, which was useless. In addition, they also equipped a lot of cavalry and cars to maneuver to ensure that reinforcements can reach any location between the two strongholds within half an hour."

"The strongholds and strongholds are full of artillery towers and checkpoints. The Japanese collected a large number of ordinary people from the occupied areas. Relying on the favorable terrain on the blockade line to repair the artillery towers and bunkers, we wanted to completely isolate our national rescue army from the outside world!"

Tang Yufeng suddenly asked: "Can we capture one or two strongholds, tear a hole in the blockade line, and open up a passage with the outside world!"

"Yes!" Tang Shengbo thought for a while and answered!

"Concentrating superior forces and a sufficient number of siege mountain cannons should be able to capture a stronghold within two hours, but it will be difficult in the future."

"In order to increase the defense of the stronghold, the Japanese army also built artillery towers and bunkers around the stronghold, and used a lot of cement, which was very strong!"

"When these artillery towers and bunkers all form combat power, it will take some effort to acquire these strongholds."

When reporting, Tang Shengbo took out a hand-drawn map from somewhere and pointed to it: "These are three strongholds that we have investigated."

"In addition to the original houses, artillery towers and castles in the stronghold, the Japanese built more than a dozen artillery towers and bunkers around them, standing around the stronghold."

"We must destroy these artillery towers and bunkers one by one when we attack, otherwise any accident may cause us huge casualties!"
Chapter completed!