The Chief of Staff was also in a very good mood. According to the commander's plan, he was the direct commander of the entire counterattack.

As soon as the counterattack time comes, the march is urgently marching to the front line and command all counterattack troops in a unified manner!

The National Salvation Army is very cunning, has strong combat power, and never plays cards on the battlefield. If you play mobile warfare and guerrilla warfare with them and go deep into their defense areas, the Chief of Staff may have some concerns.

As for the battle against Jinzhong, he not only had no worries, but was very expectant and confident.

Less than a month after the Imperial Army abandoned Jinzhong County, most of the intelligence networks lurking in Jinzhong were still there.

With their support, no movement in Jinzhong can escape his own eyes. It is not an exaggeration to describe it by using the four words "you know it like a finger".

On the surface, Jinzhong is now a defense zone for the National Salvation Army, but in fact it is not out of control of the Imperial Army, and every move of the National Salvation Army is monitored by itself.

The enemy is in the light and in the dark. No matter how cunning the national rescue army is, no matter how it is, you cannot imagine sneak attacking or ambushing the imperial army in this counterattack battle. You can only be chased by the imperial army.

Moreover, the most important battle in the counterattack of Jinzhong is siege.

The advantage of troop strength, artillery fire, and air advantages are all in your own hands, and there are even chariot troops to help. Siege battles are the battle methods that the Imperial Army is best at, and it is difficult not to win.

Seeing that the commander was in a very good mood, the Chief of Staff immediately asked for a fight: "Sir, at the speed of the national rescue army increasing troops in Jinzhong County, we may not be able to counterattack Jinzhong in seven or eight days!"

"The counterattack troops have all lurked in place. With your order, the fastest troops can reach the outside of Jinzhong City in just three hours!"

"At that time, we will find a way to cut off all telephone contacts between Jinzhong County and the outside world, and the national rescue army in the city will not be able to learn about our counterattack on Jinzhong in advance by phone."

"When the news of our troops was sent into the county town through manpower, our troops had already reached the outside of the city. At that time, the national rescue army wanted to retreat without any help!"

The intelligence officer on the side quickly responded: "Sir, the intelligence department has figured out all the telephone lines connecting the outside world in Jinzhong County."

"After the counterattack of the military headquarters begins, they will definitely be able to cut off all telephone lines within ten minutes, preventing the National Rescue Army from reporting on our counterattack news through the phone, and buying time for the counterattack troops to surround Jinzhong County!"

The smile on the commander's face became stronger: "Everything is ready, but the east wind is not available. All combat troops and intelligence personnel participating in the counterattack are ready for battle. This time, we must win the first battle, which will severely damage the morale and morale of the National Saving Army, and give a good start for us to encircle and suppress the National Saving Army next!"

Three days later, another reinforced company's national rescue army entered Jinzhong.

As long as another reinforcement company is entered, the troops stationed in Jinzhong will exceed 3,000.

The Chief of Staff immediately began to prepare and planned to set out in two days. Maybe he could arrive at the front line with the next wave of reinforcements of the National Salvation Army.

At that time, the commander's counterattack order will be able to enter Jinzhong as soon as the troops arrive, and there is no need to waste time waiting for yourself.

The commander was also very excited. The entry of a company of national-savior troops into Jinzhong means that he was one step closer to victory.

But at this moment, a subordinate in charge of collecting grain suddenly ran over and looked panicked.

The commander couldn't laugh at first sight.

He now has two major events, one is counterattacking Jinzhong and the other is collecting grain. Both are indispensable and there cannot be problems, especially collecting grain.

Although the counterattack of Jinzhong is very important, it does not affect the safety of the Shanxi garrison.

Even if it fails, the Shanxi garrison will make a comeback after resting for a period of time and counterattacking Jinzhong for a second time.

The grain collection will not work. It is related to the food rations of the Shanxi garrison and tens of thousands of Imperial Army troops in the next year. If there is a problem, the army's grain supply will be interrupted, which will affect the army's morale and morale...

Looking at the hurried subordinates, he asked nervously: "What's the question? Did the Eighth Route Army guerrillas in the occupied area make trouble and encourage the people not to hand over the food..."

The subordinate shook his head: "Sir, your problem is easy to solve. No matter how the Eighth Route Army guerrillas encourage you, under the threat of death, the Chinese will eventually hand over the food obediently."

"The problem now is that the National Salvation Army actually sent people into our occupied areas to rob grain."

"At present, there have been six or seven county towns, the National Salvation Army has appeared."

"At first, Bei Zhi thought they were just a small group of troops sent by the National Salvation Army to our occupied areas to make trouble. Now it seems that Bei Zhi's judgment is wrong."

"They went deep into the Imperial Army occupied areas by battalions and companies, and used raids, ambush, and strong attacks to eliminate our grain collection teams scattered everywhere, and robbed the food we collected from the Chinese!"

"Before coming, I made a brief count: they raided our 21 grain collection teams in just five days, and the grain they stolen ranged from 10,000 kilograms to 100,000 kilograms, and all of them had reached 1.16 million kilograms!"

"As more and more grain collection teams are sent out by us, their attacks are getting more and more frequent!"

"According to the current situation, if we cannot kill these national-savior troops as soon as possible, armed and protected the grain collection team, and when the grain collection is over, we will definitely lose more than 10 million kilograms of grain!"

"In addition, there are many imperial troops among the grain collection team killed by the National Salvation Army."

"By the time when I come here, more than 300 imperial troops have died in the raid of the National Salvation Army!"

Ten million kilograms of food are enough for 15,000 people to eat for a year. If it is lost, at least 15,000 imperial army or imperial army will have problems with the food rations.

After hearing this, the commander became anxious and paced back and forth in the war room with his hands on his back, thinking about solutions while ordering: "Immediately mark all the counties with national rescue troops, the more detailed the better."

"The intelligence department immediately figured out how many national rescue troops entered our occupied areas to grab food!"

The chief of staff is even more anxious than the commander. He is worried that the grain collection operation will be unexpected and cannot collect enough food; he is also worried that his counterattack will be affected and cannot attack on time.

Looking at the four counties marked by subordinates on the sand table, he couldn't help but complain: "Sir, it's too coincidental that the National Salvation Army robbed grain. There are really many grain collection teams in the county that were attacked. We definitely cannot let the grain be snatched away by the National Salvation Army. But these counties do not have extra troops to protect the grain collection team, so we can only mobilize troops from the surrounding areas!"

"I just looked at it. The only ones who can quickly arrive at the battlefield are our troops preparing to counterattack Jinzhong. If they are transferred to protect the grain collection team, our counterattack Jinzhong will definitely be pushed back."

The commander thought of this, stared at the sand table, and the more he looked, his brows became deeper and deeper!

Two minutes later, I suddenly sighed!

The chief of staff's heart suddenly rose to his throat, fearing that the commander would postpone the counterattack of Jinzhong in order to protect the grain collection team!

"Order the troops against Jinzhong to rebel immediately to reinforce the county towns with national salvation troops to protect the grain collection team!"

The result that the Chief of Staff was most worried about was still the result.

He is the supreme commander of the counterattack force and the direct commander of the entire counterattack operation.

If the counterattack is postponed, no one knows whether he can become a commander next time he counterattacks Jinzhong.

Subconsciously oppose: "Sir, I think the National Salvation Army is sending troops to grab grain now to stop us from counterattacking Jinzhong!"

"If we send troops to protect the grain collection team, it would not have been fooled by the National Salvation Army!"

The commander frowned and asked, "Do you still think the issue of the National Salvation Army sending troops to grab grain has something to do with our counterattack on Jinzhong?"

"Hayi!" The Chief of Staff was very convinced of his judgment: "I think it is no coincidence that these two things happened together!"

The commander didn't seem to see this, frowned and asked, "Then do you think the time when the National Salvation Army should rob the grain to have nothing to do with our counterattack on Jinzhong!"

"This!" the chief of staff was stopped.

Because no matter from which perspective, autumn harvest is the best time to grab grain.

The commander then expressed his thoughts: "We only know when to counterattack Jinzhong, and the counterattack troops have been lurking. The National Salvation Army has no idea about our counterattack plan. Even if they want to stop us from counterattack Jinzhong, they don't know how to fight."

"As for armed robbery of grain, fools also know that the food is the most during the autumn harvest, and we need to send the grain from all over the country to the county town, then from the county town to Taiyuan, and finally to the Front Army Headquarters!"

"Grain has been transported on the road, and there are many opportunities to grab grain."

"If I were the commander of the National Salvation Army, I would choose to send troops to grab grain at this time!"

The Chief of Staff was speechless by the commander, but he did not want to miss this excellent opportunity to counterattack Jinzhong.

After struggling for a long time, he looked at the commander and asked tentatively: "Sir, if we don't care about the grain collection team, the national rescue army wants to rob them."

"When we take back Jinzhong and severely damage the National Salvation Army, those National Salvation Army that are active in our occupied areas will definitely return to their own defense areas."

"After they retreat, we will send a new grain collection team to these counties to collect grain and grab the lost grain back!"

After the Chief of Staff finished speaking, several staff members showed expressions of agreement.

In their eyes, it is also a robbery of 10 million kilograms of grain collected from the Chinese, and it is also a robbery of 20 million kilograms of grain collected from the Chinese. There is no difference.

As for the life and death of the Chinese people, they have nothing to do with them.

The army commander has a long-term consideration of the problem.

Looking at the Chief of Staff, he cursed without hesitation: "Bageyalu, you must not have this idea!"

"Do you think the troops below lost 10 million kilograms of grain and they really only collected 10 million kilograms of grain from the local area?"

"You don't know much about the troops below, especially the Imperial Army scattered all over the place and the Chinese who work hard for the Imperial Army. They are all a group of vampires who eat people and don't spit bones."

"The task of collecting grain from the Imperial Army was 10 million kilograms of grain. They would definitely increase the amount layer by layer, and at least 20 million kilograms of grain was levied. Maybe it was possible to collect 30 million kilograms of grain, otherwise how could they fill their pockets?"

"I can tell you very surely that among the counties where the National Salvation Army is active, the people have only some food left to make a living."

"If we collect ten million kilograms of food from them, our only food left will be taken away by us."

"There is no food. In the future, under the leadership of some people who are interested, the common people will definitely stand up to resist the imperial army. This is what the Chinese often say that officials force the people to rebel."

"The Chinese who work hard only want to give us a living and gain benefits by themselves, regardless of whether the people in their jurisdiction will rebel."

“We, as the true rulers of the occupied areas, cannot ignore it!”

"If the people in these county towns all forced the people to rebel because of our second grain collection, the National Salvation Army will definitely take the opportunity to control these county towns, and the overall strength of the National Salvation Army will at least double!"

"Even if we take back Jinzhong and kill three thousand national-savior troops, they will immediately pull up seven or eight thousand troops, so why not counterattack Jinzhong!"

A staff officer didn't understand and frowned and asked, "Sir, are you too worried?"

"Even if our officials force the people to rebel, those ordinary people will not threaten us!"

"What's the point of fearing a group of ordinary people? If they dare to rebel, we dare to kill them all. At worst, they can kill several counties into unmanned areas."

"Confused! Stupid... You'd better give up this idea. If you kill someone, you can solve the problem. We have long grasped Shanxi. Why are there so many troops that resist the Imperial Army?"

"Killing can indeed intimidate the Chinese people, but it can also anger them!"

"On the surface, they bent their knees to the Imperial Army, but in fact they all put their anger in their hearts and did not show it for the time being."
To be continued...