When the Japanese and puppet troops carried out repeated sweeps and sweeps across the entire northern Qingling area, especially the area around Xingzhuang.

Zhang Yunfei's troops were hidden in the hilly areas at the junction of Qingling Mountains and Pingchuan River.

Zhang Yunfei never gave up the idea of ​​attacking the Japanese and puppet troops again. At this point, no matter how much the Japanese wanted to kill them, they still did not have the strength.

The area they can mobilize to sweep away cannot even cover a single county, and it is even more impossible to mobilize support from elsewhere.

Now is the time when the Japanese troops are depleted. It would be good if they do not draw troops from the garrison in various places. It is really a daydream to expect to send more troops to them.

To put it bluntly, their combat mission is to be a troublemaker, to create chaos in the Tainan region so that the Japanese cannot mobilize troops and send them to the northern battlefield.

Although the Japanese and puppet troops seemed to be encircling and suppressing them, they only had so few troops. In order to pursue them, they were just running back and forth, as tired as dead dogs.

The Japanese were also saving face. After being beaten and beaten by them so continuously, they finally knew that the troops were insufficient and the chance of catching the Eighth Route Army in a clearing and sweeping campaign was slim.

But they couldn't just retreat in despair, let alone be beaten by the Eighth Route Army. It was not the Imperial Army's style to huddle up and defend because of insufficient troops.

For Hashimoto, the pressure from his superiors was still quite high. Even though his superiors did not reprimand or scold him anymore, they just routinely inquired about his law and order situation.

It made him sweat profusely, and his superiors frequently asked how the public security was going. The voiceover said that he was very dissatisfied with the current situation in Qingling. He would be damned if he didn't have any pressure.

Therefore, Hashimoto had to focus all his work on how to catch the eight-legged group dancing happily, although he did not completely give up on protecting the defense line of Qingling Highway.

However, the focus of attention has shifted, the deployment of troops, and the focus of attention are no longer here, all of which weaken the defensive strength of this section of the road.

The main purpose of the Eighth Route Army's attack on them was to destroy their lines of communication and blockade, but now it was a bit of a waste of time.

So Zhang Yunfei has always asked Tiedan's people to keep an eye on the condition of this highway.

Tiedan and his reconnaissance platoon, who had been reprimanded by Zhang Yunfei, were extremely serious about this operation. Now they must perform well to regain the battalion commander's trust in them.

As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses move, food and grass go first. This transportation line is one of the important transportation channels for the Japanese to travel from north to south.

Although it was damaged by the Eighth Route Army, urgent repairs were carried out. The bridge was blown down, so a temporary pontoon bridge was built. The roadbed was dug up, so it was repaired. It must be kept open anyway.

Even if heavy machinery cannot be carried, it must be able to carry light vehicles such as people and pack horses.

The military operations of the large Japanese and puppet troops in the northern area of ​​Qingling will naturally require a large amount of supplies. Qingling does not have the consumption capacity to support these large forces, so after a stage, they will have to be mobilized from the rear areas in the south.

With military operations, the consumption of various materials must be huge, so the frequency of transportation will naturally increase.

Of course, another reason for the frequent transportation at this stage is that some heavy-duty transportation machinery of the Japanese had to abandon car transportation and use horse-drawn carriages instead because of areas with severely damaged roads.

Naturally, horse-drawn carriages do not have the carrying capacity of trucks. In order to meet the material needs ahead, the frequency of transportation has to be increased.

And Zhang Yunfei was eyeing such a transport team, and the risk of attacking the enemy's logistics supply line was actually very huge.

Even the smallest team of Japs has dozens of people. Under normal circumstances, there will also be escort troops.

The combat effectiveness of these logistics units is one level weaker than that of some Japanese rifles.

But they are serious princes. Although their military quality is not as good as those of the infantry.

However, they also received militarized training before joining the army. Even if their combat effectiveness is a little lower, they are still Japanese soldiers, and they cannot be really bad.

The Japanese transport team targeted by Zhang Yunfei had hundreds of people.

He looked at a row of carriages loaded with supplies, slowly walking over under the cover of escorts.

Zhang Yunfei, who was staying in the ambush position, waved his hand fiercely, and the cannon platoon position not far away from him immediately took the lead in opening fire on the enemy's transport convoy.

For this battle, Zhang Yunfei had been preparing for four or five days and made a detailed battle plan. Moreover, they had laid an ambush here early, waiting for the enemy's arrival.

With a bang, the artillery shells exploded in the enemy's position, and the light and heavy weapons on the position also opened fire.

Li Dayandian is not as excited as he was when he first got the cannon. Now he is very calculating. The Eighth Route Army is very poor, and every cannonball is very expensive.

Although the captured artillery shells in his hands seemed to be quite a lot.

But after all, it is a consumable item, and in the absence of a source of replenishment, perhaps even a small-scale battle may be wiped out.

So he could only use artillery shells carefully. Without the shells, the mortar was just a bunch of useless iron lumps, not as useful as a rifle.

So before the battle, he made careful calculations and almost measured the exact impact point of the cannonball.

Moreover, mortars are still very effective against horse-drawn transport convoys such as the Japanese.

These horses are draft horses, not real war horses. When they hear the explosion of guns, they will not remain calm like war horses.

With a bang, the artillery shells exploded in the enemy's position, and the light and heavy weapons on the position also opened fire.

Li Dayandian is not as excited as he was when he first got the cannon. Now he is very calculating. The Eighth Route Army is very poor, and every cannonball is very expensive.

Although the captured artillery shells in his hands seemed to be quite a lot.

But after all, it is a consumable item, and in the absence of a source of replenishment, perhaps even a small-scale battle may be wiped out.

So he could only use artillery shells carefully. Without the shells, the mortar was just a bunch of useless iron lumps, not as useful as a rifle.

So before the battle, he made careful calculations and almost measured the exact impact point of the cannonball.

Moreover, mortars are still very effective against horse-drawn transport convoys such as the Japanese.

These horses are draft horses, not real war horses. When they hear the explosion of guns, they will not remain calm like war horses.

So before the battle, he made careful calculations and almost measured the exact impact point of the cannonball.

Moreover, mortars are still very effective against horse-drawn transport convoys such as the Japanese.
Chapter completed!