Everyone in the Taiyuan Japanese Army was waiting for the national rescue army to be eaten up by hundreds of thousands of victims, and the defense zone was thus trapped in famine and civil strife.

Time passed day by day, but the famine they judged did not appear.

The food in the hands of the National Salvation Army seemed to be unable to finish it, and it still helped the victims at the standard of half a kilogram of food per person per day.

Not only that, each village has also built houses for the victims to shelter from the wind and rain. After the two problems of food and accommodation were solved, many villages have begun to organize the victims to reclaim wasteland to prepare for the spring plowing two or three months later.

All of this seems to be particularly orderly. If this situation continues to develop, it may take less than three months for hundreds of thousands of victims to be fully integrated into the National Rescue Army and use it for the National Rescue Army.

This is the ending that the Japanese don't want to see the least.

Hundreds of thousands of victims were the trouble they gave to the National Salvation Army, and used to drag down the National Salvation Army. If the National Salvation Army took those victims to their own use and became a help for their further development and growth, it would be a huge loss.

To put it more seriously, this kind of behavior is to gain enemies.

"Bageyalu, who can tell me what's going on?" The commander slapped the table, his eyes wide open, and he asked angrily as he looked at the surroundings of his subordinates.

"Didn't you say that the National Salvation Army only reserved 30 million kilograms of grain? It should be almost eaten up. Why is there a steady stream of grain provided to the victims? Can't the intelligence department provide accurate information to the military department?"

The intelligence officer was scolded and his face turned red and his head was almost lowered to the bottom of his feet.

After a while, he raised his head: "Sir, calm down. After the unremitting efforts of the intelligence personnel, we did find some clues about these foods!"

"Information shows that the National Salvation Army only took 10 million kilograms of grain from the reserved grain to provide relief to the victims, and the remaining grain is still hidden in the mountains and has not been used. Except for a few people in the National Salvation Army, no one knows where the remaining grain is hidden?"

The commander felt that he heard a huge joke and snorted coldly and asked, "Do you think of us all as fools?"

"We drove away more than 600,000 victims to the National Salvation Army, and ate 300,000 kilograms of food every day. We have been eating for almost three months, and no matter how we calculate, we have eaten more than 20,000 kilograms of food! You tell me that the National Salvation Army only took 10,000 kilograms of food to help the victims. Could it be that the food consumed by the disaster during this period are all soil!"

"I think the commander is right. The victims eat 300,000 kilograms of grain a day, and they will definitely eat more than 20,000 kilograms of grain in more than two months. The National Salvation Army will never be able to only take out 10,000 kilograms of grain to help the victims!" A staff officer responded.

"It must be that the intelligence department made a mistake, or the National Salvation Army deliberately spread false news that they only took out 10 million kilograms of food to help the victims, in order to cover up the truth about their insufficient food!" The deputy chief of staff expressed his opinion.

"I agree with the analysis of the Deputy Chief of Staff. In order to cover up the truth about their shortage of food and prevent the troops and the people from falling into chaos due to shortage of food, I deliberately spread the illusion that they only took out 10 million kilograms of food to help the victims!" Another staff officer came forward to analyze.

Before we knew it, the intelligence officer had become the object of condemnation. Everyone, including the commander, felt that the National Salvation Army could not only take out 10 million kilograms of food to help the victims!

The intelligence officer was full of bitterness when he heard it, but he believed in the information he received.

After everyone finished speaking, they continued to report: "Sir, there was absolutely no false statement in the report just now. The National Salvation Army did only take out 10 million kilograms of grain to help the victims, and the remaining 20 million kilograms of grain were kept in the warehouse and they had not used it!"

Seeing that the intelligence officer still insisted on his report, the commander vaguely noticed something was wrong and asked him a question that he had never figured out!

"Where did the food eaten by hundreds of thousands of victims come from?"

The intelligence officer quickly explained: "This is the situation. All of us underestimated the grain reserves in the National Salvation Military Defense Zone."

"Because the proportion of grain tax collected by the National Salvation Army in the defense zone is very low, after the drought this year, it even gave up the collection of grain tax, which caused every household in the National Salvation Army to hide a lot of surplus grain."

"Especially Pingding and Xiyang, which were first controlled by the National Salvation Army, each household held surplus grains that could be eaten for a year, and the food eaten by hundreds of thousands of disaster victims was provided by local people!"

"In order to encourage local people to use food to help disaster victims, the National Salvation Army specifically promised the local people that no matter how much food they took out, they could be used to deduct next year's grain tax!"

"And the hundreds of thousands of disaster victims who drove to their defense zone cannot get the relief food for nothing. According to the rules set by the National Salvation Army, half of the relief food they ate will be borne by the National Salvation Army and there is no need to repay it. After the other half of the relief food, the disaster victims will use the food they have harvested to repay it!"

"In order to ensure that there are fields to plant in spring plowing in a few months, the National Salvation Army has begun to organize disaster victims to reclaim wasteland in resettlement areas!"

The commander's face turned pale in an instant. He looked at the intelligence officer with disbelief and asked, "How could this happen? Could it be that our operation really cost the wife and the soldiers, and sent hundreds of thousands of ordinary people and a large number of supplementary soldiers to the National Rescue Army for nothing?"

Not only the army commander, but also the staff who just scolded the intelligence officer, were also stunned by the news.

Some people looked pale, some were guilty, and some were embarrassed to look at the intelligence officer...

After hearing the military commander's complaint, no one answered the conversation, and they all frowned and joked about the bad news brought to them by the intelligence officer.

Seeing the army commander's face getting ugly and he kept repeating the words "How could this happen?", the intelligence officer had to stand up and comfort him.

"Sir, please calm down!"

"We have indeed lost this action. If the situation is in front of us, it may take less than three months for hundreds of thousands of victims to be fully integrated into the defense zone of the National Rescue Army and be on the same mind as the National Rescue Army!"

"What Bei Zhi is most worried about now is that the National Salvation Army is restoring its combat effectiveness."

"When the ten newly formed independent battalions form combat effectiveness, the overall combat effectiveness of the National Salvation Army will not only restore to the level before the anti-sweeping, but will also exceed a lot!"

"The National Salvation Army will definitely not let such a powerful army hide in the defense zone and rest. It will definitely find ways to attack us, consume our strength, and expand their defense zone by the way!"

"We must be prepared in advance, and it is best to figure out the next goal of the National Salvation Army in advance, and then wait for the National Salvation Army to kill and then jump into the trap!"

A word woke up the dreamer, and the army commander's miserable defeat was immediately replaced by seriousness. He analyzed with a calm face: "You are right. Things have happened and none of us can change them. We can only look forward. There are a large number of veterans in the main force of the National Army and several garrisons, and we will definitely be able to restore combat effectiveness in a short period of time."

"Anyway, the combat effectiveness of these troops should have been restored!"

"What worries me the most is the ten independent battalions they just formed, a total of 10,000 troops. If they form combat effectiveness, they will become a huge variable between us and the National Salvation Army."

The intelligence officer continued to report: "The U-Vision specially arranged people to investigate the ten newly formed independent battalions of the National Salvation Army!"

"They divided their troops to train in secret in the middle of the mountains. It is not clear what these troops have been trained?"

"But there is a little bit of humble position to be sure!"

"The National Salvation Army has not equipped all weapons and equipment for ten independent battalions!"

"Information shows that only about 40% of the soldiers of ten independent battalions are equipped with rifles, and the number of light machine guns is very small, each independent battalion is less than ten, and there are almost no heavy machine guns and mortars."

"Analysis from the equipment alone, it is difficult for ten independent battalions to form combat effectiveness in a short period of time!"

A hint of gratitude flashed on the commander's serious face, staring at the intelligence officer without blinking, and asked nervously: "What you said just now is true? The ten independent battalions just formed by the National Salvation Army are really not equipped with heavy weapons, and even the rifles are only equipped with 40% of the soldiers!"

The intelligence officer nodded: "Please rest assured, Chief, I dare to use my head to guarantee the authenticity of those information."

"We intelligence personnel lurking inside the National Salvation Army also reported that in order to gather more weapons and equipment for independent battalions, they took away most of the weapons equipped by the militia."

"Previously, the militia troops of the national rescue army each had a rifle, and the larger militia troops were equipped with a light machine gun! After the independent battalion was formed, the average militia troops could only be assigned a rifle for three people. All the light machine guns were transferred away, and they could only be trained in turn!"

"Yoxi, after listening to it for so long, I finally heard good news!" The serious expression on the commander's face finally calmed down, and a smile flashed quickly. He was very happy to analyze: "No equipment or heavy weapons, no matter how much the National Salvation Army trains, ten independent battalions cannot form combat effectiveness, and they cannot go to the battlefield."

"So before the National Salvation Army obtains a large number of weapons and equipment, we don't have to worry about the threats brought to us by the ten independent battalions!"

After saying that, he stared at Sha Pan and asked: "Chief of Staff, what do you think the next target of the National Salvation Army will be after it restores its combat effectiveness?"

The Chief of Staff has been analyzing the report of the intelligence officer just now in his mind, and has come up with a lot of clues.

As soon as the army commander's problem was revealed, he reported: "Sir, the intelligence said that the ten newly formed independent battalions of the National Salvation Army still lacked a large number of weapons and equipment. With Zhou Cheng's style, the ten independent battalions would definitely not be allowed to go to the battlefield empty-handed."

"So Beizhi thinks that their next target of attack must be related to weapons and equipment."

"Looking at the Imperial Army occupied areas around the defense zone of the National Salvation Army, there are only two places that meet the requirements of the National Salvation Army to obtain a large number of weapons and equipment!"

"Jinzhong County and Zhengtai Railway?" The commander raised his eyebrows and wanted to understand the meaning of the Chief of Staff's words.

"Sir, wise!" The chief of staff took the opportunity to flatter him and explained to the commander's eyes: "Jinzhong County is our advance base for attacking the National Salvation Army in the future!"

"Since we took back Jinzhong, we have been transporting weapons, equipment and ammunition supplies to Jinzhong County. Almost 30% of the weapons and ammunition that the Front Army replenished us was sent to Jinzhong County!"

"But one's mistakes will make one's wisdom. In order to prevent the National Salvation Army from capturing Jinzhong County again, we have increased the troops stationed in Jinzhong County to 8,000, and further strengthened the defense fortifications in Jinzhong County."

"Even if the main force of the National Salvation Army and several garrisons recover their combat effectiveness and all dispatched to attack Jinzhong County, they would not be able to take advantage, let alone conquer Jinzhong in a short period of time."

"So Beizhi thinks that Jinzhong County will be listed as a target by the National Rescue Army, but he will not attack Jinzhong County and hit us in the gun!"

"The Zhengtai Railway is different. The railway line is too long and it may be attacked everywhere. We have limited troops and we will definitely not be able to set up defenses everywhere."

"With the strength of the National Salvation Army, as long as they are willing, they should be able to intercept our army easily!"

"So Beizhi felt that the National Salvation Army would likely start from the Zhengtai Railway and obtain weapons and equipment by intercepting the military and filling in the weapons and ammunition of the ten independent battalions."

The commander did not immediately respond to the Chief of Staff's analysis.

If he was allowed to sit in Zhou Cheng's position, he would indeed find a way to build weapons on the Zhengtai Railway as analyzed by the Chief of Staff.

But Zhou Cheng was too cunning and often caught himself off guard by accident.

What if they don’t play according to common sense this time and attack the Jinzhong County, where everyone feels impossible to be attacked, will they be caught off guard when they attack the Shanxi garrison like before?

The more I think about the expression on the commander's face, the more complicated the expression, and the deeper the frowns!

The Chief of Staff saw the Chief of Army's concerns and thought for a while to remind him: "Sir, although Bei Zhi thinks that the National Rescue Army is likely to attack the Zhengtai Railway, it is not ruled out that the National Rescue Army will go against the rules."

“But that doesn’t affect our layout.”

"There are more than 8,000 troops in Jinzhong. As long as we do not move the troops there, even if we are attacked, the eight thousand troops can persist in killing the reinforcements sent by Taiyuan!"

"As for Zhengtai Railway, if you cannot increase your defensive forces in advance and be prepared, and send reinforcements after being attacked, it will definitely be too late!"

"So, I still insist on my judgment just now, strengthen my troops to protect the Zhengtai Railway, and the Jinzhong County Town will not move for the time being!"

The commander was convinced by the chief of staff.

Although the National Salvation Army has repeatedly damaged the Shanxi garrison on the battlefield, the commander still believes in the combat effectiveness of his subordinates.

Jinzhong County was stationed in a reinforced regiment imperial army and three regiments of imperial army, as well as the tall city walls and countless machine gun castles in Jinzhong County to defend. No matter what aspect of analysis, it can block the National Salvation Army's full attack.

Thinking of this, the commander ordered decisively: "Just as the Chief of Staff said just now, and immediately strengthen the defensive forces along the Zhengtai Railway!"

"Chief of Staff, please arrange it and draw half of the mobile troops to reinforce the railway!"

"Apart from this, we cannot just passively defend."

"Since we know that the National Salvation Army lacks weapons and equipment, can we use this matter to prepare a bait for the National Salvation Army. After they are deceived, we will take the initiative to attack and in turn consume the National Salvation Army's troops!"

The Chief of Staff's eyes lit up after hearing this.
Chapter completed!