When the brigade commander scolded him for being tired, the intelligence officer mustered up the courage to explain: "It is indeed the responsibility of the intelligence department to fail to provide accurate and timely information to the command center, but we have nothing to do."

"After the troops contracted their defense, although the original occupied area was not completely occupied by the Eighth Route Army and the National Salvation Army, a large number of guerrillas and operation teams were activated, attacking the Chinese people and our intelligence personnel everywhere for the Imperial Army."

"In order to reduce losses, intelligence personnel had to slow down their activities, which led to a sharp drop in the amount of intelligence collected by intelligence agencies and slowing down the transmission speed of intelligence."

Major General Honda did not accept such an explanation and scolded without mercy: "This is all an excuse. Can you not do anything without the support of the troops?"

"You are afraid of the enemy and fear of death... If you are like you, the main force will be like a turtle when the defense of the intelligence personnel in the occupied area is reduced. What should we do if the intelligence personnel in the Eighth Route Army base and the occupied area of ​​the National Salvation Army? Can't we lock ourselves at home every day?"

The intelligence officer gritted the bullet and explained: "General, calm down. Our intelligence personnel did not stop acting, but they came out to do less."

"The occupied areas are full of Eighth Route Army guerrillas and National Salvation Army Operation Teams. Intelligence personnel can only act if they avoid them, resulting in the intelligence you want not being delivered to the command center in time and accurately."

"Report..." When the intelligence officer was about to continue explaining, the department deputy suddenly appeared at the door of the war room, looking very anxious.

He quickly walked to the intelligence officer and handed over a piece of paper.

The intelligence officer looked at ten lines at a glance, quickly scanned the telegram content, and then a smile flashed on his solemn face. He looked at Honda and was very happy to report: "General, the information you want has arrived..."

"There is indeed a national-salvation army unit with the cooperation of the guerrillas and the operation team to go to the imperial army to secretly enter Yangquan, and cooperate with the Yangquan Independent Regiment to break the Zhengtai Railway."

"Information shows that this National Salvation Army has about one reinforced battalion, equipped with a large number of mortars, heavy machine guns, infantry artillery and mountain artillery."

"The infantry artillery used by the Yangquan Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army to attack the railway station must have been brought over by the National Salvation Army."

After the second team's judgment on the front line was confirmed to be true, the anger on Major General Honda's face was quickly replaced heavily.

Before fighting with the National Salvation Army, he always believed that one strengthening squadron of the Imperial Army could suppress the National Salvation Army and one strengthening battalion.

Only after the fight did I realize that I underestimated the strength of the National Salvation Army.

Although their individual soldiers are not as good as the Imperial Army, and they are not even the opponent of the Imperial Army when fighting with bayonets, their equipment is very good.

A reinforced battalion equipped with more heavy machine guns and mortars than half a brigade of the Imperial Army.

If you want to suppress the opponent, you must need an equal force.

The Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness is also much stronger than that of many Chinese troops on the front battlefield.

Although their equipment is not very good, they have strong fighting will and individual combat power. If the Imperial Army wants to suppress them, the troops they need must also be weak.

Now the Eighth Route Army has attack artillery supported by the National Salvation Army. In addition, the large amount of weapons and ammunition they seized from the Imperial Army, the overall equipment level must be more than one level stronger than before, and the combat effectiveness will increase exponentially due to the improvement of equipment. If you want to suppress them and prevent them from acting rashly on the railway line, you must have to transfer more troops.

Repairing the railway on time is a dead order given to him by the commander and must be completed.

If you want to do this, the Yangquan section of the Zhengtai Railway must not be destroyed again, otherwise you will not be able to complete it even if you grow three heads and six arms.

This means that the Yangquan section of the Zhengtai Railway must have enough troops to deter the Eighth Route Army and the National Salvation Army, so that they dare not approach the railway easily and attack the railway.

With a specific way to break the deadlock, Major General Honda's heavy expression was obviously relieved than before. He stared at the intelligence staff and continued to ask: "Have you figured out how many Eighth Route Army and National Salvation Army are now active near the railway in Yangquan!"

The intelligence officer looked at the information in his hand and replied: "The National Salvation Army has a strengthening battalion, and the Eighth Route Army Yangquan Independent Regiment has three main battalions, with a total of more than 1,500 people, equipped with at least two attack artillery pieces, ten mortars, and ten heavy machine guns..."

Major General Honda continued to ask: "How many mobile troops do we have on this railway line!"

A combat staff member stood up: "There are less than 500 people in the first brigade of the Honda United... The second brigade lost a total of 318 people in the past reinforcement battle, and less than 600 people left!"

Major General Honda shook his head and analyzed: "It's too few, the number of mobile troops must be on par with the opponents in order for them to avoid breaking the railway line easily."

"Order the third battalion operating on the Pingding section of the railway line to march to Yangquan!"

"A strengthening battalion of the National Salvation Army rushed from pacifying to Yangquan to support the Eighth Route Army. The National Salvation Army had fewer troops in the pacification section of the Zhengtai Railway. It would be a waste to leave two brigades of troops there!"

The intelligence staff said: "The general is wise, and the intelligence shows that there is indeed only one battalion left in the National Salvation Army operating in the Pingding section. The troops of our brigade will definitely keep them fixed."

The intelligence officer's answer was even more determined by Major General Honda's order just now. He stared at the combat officer beside him and shouted: "Why are you still standing there? I will immediately give the third brigade orders to them to reinforce Yangquan."

After saying that, Honda's rare gaze returned to the sand table and continued to analyze: "This is not enough!"

"If we want to protect the Zhengtai Railway, in addition to strengthening the railway garrison and making the National Salvation Army and the Eighth Route Army dare not come to attack us, we also have to do some small moves behind them."

"It makes their rear chaotic, and they have to divide their troops back to the aid base and defense areas, and they cannot concentrate all their troops and firepower to break the railway line."

"This is also the trick that the Eighth Route Army and the National Salvation Army have always dealt with us. I decided to give them a tooth and let them taste the taste of fighting on both sides.

"The five garrisons in the defense zone were ordered to draw a reinforcement squadron out. The reinforcement squadrons drawn by the Yangquan garrisons find ways to bypass the Eighth Route Army defense line and enter the Yangquan Independent Regiment base to carry out damage, and retreat after achieving the effect."

"The remaining four reinforcement squadrons all entered the National Rescue Army defense zone to carry out sabotage, forcing the National Rescue Army active on the railway line to return to their defense zone, so that the threat faced by the railway line will be completely lifted."

At the base of the First Guerrilla Squadron in Pingding North, a loud gathering call suddenly rang in the camp. In less than ten minutes, more than 300 soldiers gathered in full arms on the training ground.

The same thing happened at the guerrilla 2nd Squadron.

Another hour later, nearly 700 soldiers from the two squadrons met near the railway line.

After the third brigade of the Honda United was transferred, the defense strength of the Zhengtai Railway's purge section was significantly weaker.

The artillery tower that originally stationed a squadron now has only one garrison of the reinforcement squad.

This is the artillery tower in front of Liu Shuihe, the squadron leader of the first squadron. The two squadron leaders decided to pick up the persimmons and first take down the artillery tower in front of them, and then force the Japanese to transfer more troops to pacify the north.

The command of the 4th Battalion of the Honda United team is less than ten kilometers away from this artillery tower. When the artillery tower is attacked, they receive news.

It would be too embarrassing to let the guerrillas capture a cannon tower from under their noses.

In order to protect face and to protect the Zhengtai Railway, the Japanese Captain immediately issued an order to the troops stationed in the Cheng family's train battle, asking them to march and reinforce the battlefield.

After this retreat, the Japanese soldiers near Chengjia Railway Station were empty, with all of them less than 200 people.

At the same time, the commander of the 129th Division also received a call for help from Zhou Cheng. Without saying a word, he immediately began to issue an order: "Political Commissar, you should forward the original text of this telegram to all our participating troops, so that they must drag the Japanese and puppet troops who reinforced the Jingxing Coal Mine until noon today!"

The political commissar hesitated and reminded him: "Do you want to delete the content of the reward Zhou Cheng promised to us!"

The commander shook his head: "Can't delete it."

"For many of our troops, fighting and blocking is a very loss-making deal, with only loss and no gains."

"We have a poor family and many troops have almost no ammunition reserves. We will definitely be trapped because of insufficient ammunition as we attack."

"With the compensation agreed by the National Salvation Army, there will be no so many concerns. They can also be assured and bold as to fight the Japanese, and there is no need to worry about the troops having no ammunition available after firing photons."

"And after we received the compensation from the National Salvation Army, we benefited both. The National Salvation Army not only supported a large amount of ammunition from our Eighth Route Army in disguise, but also gave them an excuse to deal with the war zone."

"Let outsiders know that we have a reward for supporting the National Rescue Army to fight the Japanese, and it is not free support. In this way, there is no excuse for the war zone to say that the National Rescue Army has something to do with our Eighth Route Army."

"Comrade Zhou Cheng thought this trick well, and directly turned our free reinforcements to the National Salvation Army into an equal transaction. Not only can each take the needs, but it can also block the mouths of the war zone, and truly kill two birds with one stone.

In Jingxing Coal Mine, the addition of hundreds of absentee workers has greatly accelerated the transfer of equipment.

After two or three hours of busyness, all the equipment in the generator room had been cleared and not even a screw was left for the Japanese.

What is currently being dismantled are crushing equipment and conveying equipment in the mining area. A part is removed and one piece will be moved away when the work is absent from work.

After the absenteeism, the huge equipment quickly became smaller at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Four of the ten car strips found in the mining area were filled with equipment and parts.

There are dozens of absent from work and then transporting coal mines into the front of the car. This is a very old-fashioned steam locomotive, and a large number of high-quality coal mines are needed to make the front of the car move.

The reconnaissance company is responsible for arranging explosives in the mine and preparing to razor the Jingxing coal mine to the ground after the troops evacuate the mine.

After the blow-up, the Japanese will not even think of digging a truckload of coal from Jingxing Coal Mine in the next six months.

The Guard Company and the Eighth Route Army were responsible for taking care of the remaining absenteeism.

They were tortured by the Japanese and were in very poor health. They not only had to walk sixty or seventy kilometers of mountain roads back to the defense zone, but also had to cross the heavy blockade of Japanese and puppet troops. With their current physical condition, they would definitely not last that long.

So from the time of taking down the mine, the kitchen became very lively. All the iron pots you can use were used to make porridge and make steamed buns for absentee workers.

After all, everyone has been soldiers and has a good foundation.

After eating a few bowls of sticky meat porridge, my weak body slowly recovered some of my strength, and then joined the ranks of transporting equipment. They all wanted to quickly move the equipment and evacuate the coal mine quickly and leave this hell forever!
Chapter completed!