At the headquarters of the 354th Regiment of the Jinsui Army, Director Wang of the Logistics Department sent from the war zone suddenly slapped his hand on the table in front of him and said with disbelief on his face: "How is this possible... The puppet army of more than 20,000 days needs heavy artillery and heavy artillery.
If you have a plane, you don’t have to worry about even the most basic ammunition supply. Why can’t you deal with an independent group of several thousand people? Are these Japanese and puppet troops eating shit? When did their combat effectiveness become so bad?”
"If our Jinsui Army is allowed to fight this battle, we will kill the independent regiment completely!"
No matter how much Director Wang complained or how harshly he scolded him, it could not change the fact that the Japanese and puppet troops were defeated miserably.
Captain Zhou was also shocked, but after all, he was an officer leading troops in war and he still knew some basic military common sense. He was not a pampered logistics officer like Director Wang. He quickly discovered some clues from the investigation results of his subordinates.
Looking at Director Wang, he said solemnly: "I think the reason why the Japanese and puppet troops lost the battle was not because they were too weak, but because the independent regiment was too strong!"
"It says that they wiped out more than 3,000 puppet troops in one battle... If we were to fight this battle, we might not be able to win even if we assemble a main division, but the Eighth Route Army only dispatched one regiment of troops!"
When his own analysis was refuted, Director Wang suddenly frowned and said unhappily: "No matter how the independent group wins this counter-mopping up, our plan to kill someone with a borrowed knife has failed!"
"Without the Japanese as an opponent, the independent group will definitely develop very rapidly in northwestern Shanxi, and no one can stop it!"
"Northwestern Shanxi is such a big place. The stronger the independent group is and the larger the base is, the smaller the space for our activities will be!"
"If things continue like this, we may be squeezed out of northwest Shanxi!"
"The most important purpose of sending you deep into enemy lines in the war zone is to compress the Eighth Route Army's living space and squeeze them out of Shanxi!"
"Shanxi is the hometown of our Jinsui Army. We must not fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, let alone let them take root here. Otherwise, with the Eighth Route Army's method of winning over people's hearts, even if the Japanese are defeated by us, we will not be able to take it back from them.
Shanxi!"
Director Wang became more and more excited as he spoke, and his brows furrowed deeper and deeper. When he was about to continue speaking, the radio operator suddenly ran towards him: "Sir, there is an urgent call in the war zone!"
Director Wang glanced at three lines, quickly read the telegram, and then stared at Commander Zhou's order: "I didn't expect the independent regiment in the theater to defeat the Japanese and puppet troops and achieve victory in the counter-mopping up!"
"In order to restrict the development of the independent group and compress their living space..."
"The theater headquarters strictly ordered all units behind enemy lines to take good care of their own food, weapons and ammunition. From now on, not a single bullet or grain of food is allowed to flow into the Eighth Route Army base area. We must also find ways to send people deep into the Eighth Route Army base area to carry out sabotage and destroy their ammunition depots and
Food supplies, restricting their development through food, weapons and ammunition!"
After saying that, he put away the telegram, stared at Commander Zhou and continued: "My mission here has been completed. The war zone asked me to go back immediately!"
"Captain Zhou must remember what I just said!"
"We have cooperated. Based on my understanding of the commanders in the war zone, at this critical moment, this military order will be strictly implemented!"
"You must never commit a crime against the odds!"
"You must remember: No matter how beautiful the ocean is, you still have to live to enjoy it!"
"The war zone is no less concerned about the Eighth Route Army than the Japanese. If Shangfeng knew that you were committing crimes against the wind, not only would you not block the Eighth Route Army and send people to destroy their base areas, but you would sell them weapons privately and encourage their development. The war zone headquarters
It will definitely kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, even if you are shot, it will be light!"
Captain Zhou was convinced and quickly assured: "Director Wang, please rest assured..."
"I will now cut off contact between the 354th Regiment and the Independent Regiment, and I will no longer sell them a bullet or a grain of grain!"
"At the same time, we sent people to block all the traffic arteries bordering us and the Independent Regiment, and we did not allow a grain of food to flow into the Independence Regiment's base area!"
At the Japanese military headquarters in Taiyuan, Yoshio Shinozuka had not moved for several hours.
He stood by the sand table with a sullen face, no one knew what he was thinking.
"General... our losses in the sweep have been calculated!" the chief of staff hurriedly walked into the war room and looked at Yoshio Shinozuka's report with a solemn look on his face.
"Say it! I'm here to listen!" Yoshio Shinozuka replied coldly.
"Two of the three lines of mopping up troops were completely wiped out, and the other group only withdrew more than 3,900 people!" the chief of staff reported with his head lowered.
"One of the four blockade forces was completely wiped out. The two blockade forces suffered heavy losses and only withdrew four to five hundred people... The other blockade force was in the best condition and withdrew more than 1,300 people..."
"We also lost eight medium-sized mountain guns, eight large-caliber mortars, eight field guns, 13 infantry guns, 79 81mm-caliber mortars, more than 200 light and heavy machine guns, more than 10,000 rifles, and a large amount of ammunition.
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"Investigation shows that half of the weapons and ammunition we lost on the battlefield were captured by the Eighth Route Army and are intact!"
"Although they caused a lot of casualties to the Eighth Route Army during the raids, with the speed at which they mobilized troops, the captured weapons and ammunition alone can enable the troops to make up for their losses in a short period of time and further develop and grow!"
"Snapped……"
When Yoshio Shinozuka heard this, he was filled with righteous indignation. He punched the edge of the sand table again, gritted his teeth, and replied firmly: "We must not let the Northwestern Shanxi Eighth Route Army grow stronger!"
"They are so powerful now that we dispatched more than 20,000 people and still couldn't eliminate them!"
"If we let them continue to grow, the next time we do a big sweep, we won't be able to defeat them even if we send out a main division!"
"To develop and expand the army, in addition to people and weapons and ammunition, we also need a lot of food!"
"The land in northwestern Shanxi is barren and the food production is limited, so it cannot feed many troops!"
"Inform the frontline troops to immediately block the Eighth Route Army base area and not allow a single grain of food to flow into their base area."
"If we send people deep into the Eighth Route Army base areas to carry out sabotage and destroy some of the stored grain, the Eighth Route Army will be under greater food pressure and will not be able to expand too many troops!"
"We also need to capture some unruly people from the areas occupied by the Imperial Army and send them to the Eighth Route Army base area, consuming their limited food supply. Then they will have no food to expand their troops!"
The chief of staff immediately accepted the order: "I will make arrangements now to restrict the development speed of the Eighth Route Army through economic blockade and create conditions for our army's next raid on northwest Shanxi!"
After finishing speaking, he hesitated for a moment before continuing: "General, the counter-mopping up has ended..."
"The front army headquarters is still waiting for us to report on the battle situation... How about we just submit this battle damage statistics report!"
"No!" Yoshio Shinozuka objected quickly.
"If you submit this statistical report, not only will my position be lost, but your position will also be lost!"
"What should we do?" the chief of staff asked anxiously.
"The data on the statistics table are all true. We can't lie about the battle losses!"
"If we are discovered by the front army headquarters, we will have one more responsibility for lying about military information. The crime will be increased even if we are sent to a military court."
Shinozuka Yoshio thought about it and replied: "Battle losses must be reported truthfully!"
"Otherwise, the front army headquarters will not be able to replenish us with sufficient weapons, ammunition and new recruits. How can the army regain its strength?"
The chief of staff understood the hidden meaning of Shinozuka Yoshio's words and immediately asked: "General, do you want to make a fuss about the results of the battle?"
"Double the number of Eighth Route Army we destroyed...and add a few more regiments of the Jinsui Army to go in!" Shinozuka Yoshio nodded in reply.
"The casualty ratio must be one to one!"
"Jinsui Army?" A look of confusion flashed across the chief of staff's face again.
"Did we not fight against the Jinsui Army in this big sweep? Where did the results come from..."
Yoshio Shinozuka was noncommittal: "It's true that it's not available now, but it will be available in a few days!"
Seeing that the chief of staff still looked confused, Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly returned to his desk, found a piece of information and handed it over: "This was sent from the Special High School not long ago..."
"When we were raiding northwestern Shanxi, the Jinsui Army operating in the area occupied by the imperial army sold a large number of weapons and ammunition to the independent regiment!"
"Many soldiers were killed by landmines sold to the Eighth Route Army by the Jinsui Army!"
"Without this deal, the Eighth Route Army would definitely be short of ammunition, our raiding pressure would be much less, and the casualties would be much less..."
"This group of Jinsui Army has made it clear that they want to use the Eighth Route Army to consume our strength, and at the same time use our hands to kill the Eighth Route Army and reap the benefits for themselves!"
"Because of our special relationship with the Jinsui Army, as long as they don't take the initiative to provoke us, I won't bother to attack them!"
"In this big sweep, they broke the peace and took the initiative to provoke us, so don't blame us for being rude!"
"As long as the Shanxi-Sui Army is active in northwest Shanxi, regardless of whether it is involved in this deal or not, it is the target of our attack. It should be eliminated and eliminated, and it should be consolidated and consolidated!"
"We lost troops and generals in the big sweep, so I just happened to recruit some Jinsui troops for my use to supplement our insufficient troops!"
"Those Jinsui troops are almost all local snakes in northwestern Shanxi. With their help, we will definitely get twice the result with half the effort in blocking the Eighth Route Army base area!"
The problem in the chief of staff's mind was instantly solved, and a smile appeared on his face.
The army commander's method not only added a new force to the Shanxi garrison and better blocked the Eighth Route Army in Northwestern Shanxi, but also added a lot of military exploits to the Shanxi garrison.
With these achievements, the reason why the mopping up troops suffered heavy casualties in northwestern Shanxi can be explained. The front army headquarters will not dismiss Yoshio Shinozuka and himself from their posts because of this, killing two birds with one stone!
No, to be precise, it should kill three birds with one stone.
The military headquarters can also teach the Jinsui Army a lesson through this action.
Let them stop playing tricks in front of the imperial army in the future, and let them never make any ulterior motives to reap the benefits.
Otherwise next time they will lose more than just a few regiments.
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and the smile on his face became thicker and thicker. He immediately accepted the order: "I will formulate a battle plan now, and we must take down the Shanxi-Sui Army active in northwest Shanxi in the shortest possible time!"
