Chapter 048 Brigadier, I'm here to give you a gift (seeking further reading!)
At the brigade headquarters, the brigade commander is worrying about the upcoming New Year.
The soldiers were all from poor backgrounds, so they usually just ate cornbread and grains, and it didn't make any difference.
The New Year is coming soon, and if they can't even eat dumplings, even if the soldiers don't say anything, they will definitely feel empty in their hearts, thinking that something is missing this year.
He doesn't need to worry about the main force below, but there are many people in the agencies directly under the brigade headquarters.
It takes at least one thousand kilograms of white flour to make a hot dumpling meal for everyone.
The economic blockade of the base areas by the Japanese and puppet troops has become increasingly strict. Almost no grain merchants dare to transport grain to the base areas, and the line of outsourcing has basically been interrupted.
To put it bluntly, even if there were channels for purchasing grain, the brigade commander would not be willing to spend his precious oceans to buy white flour.
The people in the base area still have some food in their hands, but it is life-saving food provided by the villagers until next autumn's harvest. Even if the troops starve to death, they cannot use this food.
Finally, he thought of the Japanese and puppet troops.
In this troubled time when the people are struggling to survive, except for them, the landlords have no food left.
But the Japanese and puppet troops around the base area were too cautious.
They were frightened by guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare, and all the troops below the size of a squadron hid in their strongholds and acted like cowards.
The Eighth Route Army lacked heavy weapons and was difficult to capture.
After this analysis, the last way the brigade commander could think of was closed.
His brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and he stood up from the chair with a sullen face, pacing back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, intending to change his mind and think of ways to solve the situation.
"Brigadier, I'm here to give you a gift..." Kong Jie's voice suddenly sounded outside the brigade headquarters.
The brigade commander looked up and saw him walking in with a smile on his face. He first saluted him with a military salute and then reported: "The Chinese New Year will be here soon!"
"Considering that there are many people in the logistics department of the brigade headquarters, you usually stick to the front-line combat troops whenever you have good things. The brigade headquarters must not have much food reserves, so I sent some white flour and rice so that the soldiers can have a steaming meal during the New Year.
Dumplings and white rice!”
"A total of five hundred kilograms of white flour, five hundred kilograms of rice, ten boxes of sixty-five caliber bullets, five boxes of seventy-nine caliber bullets, and one box of canned beef. The quantity is not too much. Please accept it, brigade commander..."
The arrival of Kong Jie was completely unexpected by the brigade commander, and he did not expect that Kong Jie would bring him noodles that were in short supply at the brigade headquarters.
It took me a while to react, so I stared at him and asked!
"Is the Independence Group getting rich?"
"As expected of you, you have a sharp eye and your guess is right!" Kong Jie nodded quickly.
"You have such a fiery eye, when did you learn how to flatter Li Yunlong... This judgment is too simple, even a fool can analyze it."
"The independent regiment suffered heavy casualties in the encounter. Although a lot of weapons and ammunition were seized, it is still far behind the six to seven hundred new recruits who supplemented the army!"
"Logically speaking, the independent regiment should be more difficult than the brigade headquarters. Suddenly there are so many people talking, and they should be short of everything. They are more worried about the dumplings for the army during the Chinese New Year than I am."
"In the end, not only did we not worry, we also took the initiative to send dumplings flour to the brigade headquarters. Apart from making a fortune, there should be no other way to solve the dilemma of the Independent Regiment!"
"The Independent Group did make a small fortune!" Kong Jie readily admitted.
"In addition to giving you gifts today, I also want to ask the brigade headquarters to approve the independent regiment's action plan to expand its results!"
The smile on the brigade commander's face was immediately replaced by seriousness: "Can you be more clear?"
Kong Jie highlighted the key points and re-introduced the battle process of how the Guard Group 1 took over the Wushan Town stronghold.
The brigade commander's mind was spinning rapidly. After hearing this, he stared at Kong Jie and asked, "You want to repeat the old trick? Taking advantage of the low vigilance of the Japanese and puppet troops in the enemy-occupied areas, send a few more action teams deep into the enemy-occupied areas to fight the Japanese and make a profit."
The votes will be withdrawn to the defense zone!"
Kong Jie immediately turned around and said: "The brigade commander is wise!"
"I asked the chief of staff to temporarily form six teams!"
"After going fifty miles into the enemy-occupied area, you can choose your own target to attack. Once you take action, you can only take advantage and not suffer losses. Once you have reaped the benefits, you will withdraw from the mountains to the defense zone."
"I calculated that if an attacking force recovers a platoon of equipment and ammunition, the independent regiment's weapon gap can be completely solved!"
"If you're lucky and seize the opportunity to capture one or two strongholds, you might be able to bring back tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition and several kilograms of flour and rice. That will make you a fortune!"
"I also think this style of play is worthy of being extended to every unit of the Eighth Route Army!"
"Our base area is very scattered. There are Japanese-occupied areas everywhere around us. There are so many targets that we can attack!"
"If we dispatch dozens or hundreds of action teams at a time to infiltrate enemy-occupied areas, one action team can only retrieve twenty rifles, and there are thousands of rifles in total, enough to form two infantry regiments!"
"Are you sure that the Japanese and puppet troops in enemy-occupied areas are particularly vigilant?" the brigade commander seemed to be interested and asked with an expectant look on his face.
"I believe Comrade Huang Yu!" Kong Jie replied without hesitation.
"But his judgment can only determine the Japanese and puppet troops that the guard squad encountered along the way."
"Whether the Japanese and puppet troops in other places are also not vigilant, we can only make a judgment after the attacking troops return from deep into enemy-occupied areas."
"When I came here, the chief of staff had already started to form an action team, and it should be almost ready now!"
"If the regiment leader trusts the Independent Regiment, I will let them attack now and explore the way to find out the true situation of other Japanese and puppet troops in enemy-occupied areas!"
"I will come over and report the situation as soon as the troops withdraw to their base. At that time, the brigade headquarters will determine whether other main regiments want to act together!"
Kong Jie had considered all the problems that the brigade headquarters might face and had also sent a large amount of loot. It would have been very embarrassing if he did not even agree to this request for a fight.
The brigade commander immediately agreed: "I'll give you five days!"
"Be sure to find out the true situation of the Japanese and puppet troops in enemy-occupied areas. The more detailed the better!"
"If other attacking troops can achieve the same results as the guard squad, our Eighth Route Army will definitely have a good year!"
Kong Jie was so happy that he almost laughed out loud and quickly accepted the order: "Don't worry, brigade commander, I will definitely give you a detailed investigation result in five days!"
"If the attack team achieves great results, I will send you another new year's gift!"
Looking at Kong Jie's hurried away figure, the chief of staff's brows, which had been furrowed because of raising food, instantly relaxed, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Kong Jie is indeed a good comrade!"
"If this kind of thing happened to Li Yunlong, he would secretly send troops to attack enemy-occupied areas and hide all the captured loot, for fear that the brigade headquarters would know about it and go there to get a piece of the pie!"
"Looking at the overall situation, Kong Jie has always done better than Li Yunlong, there is no doubt about this!" The brigade commander agreed very much, his tone full of appreciation for Kong Jie.
After saying that, he ordered the chief of staff: "The action plan of sending an attack team to get into Princess Iron Fan's belly to get benefits is kept secret for the time being, especially Li Yunlong's side!"
"Otherwise, with his behavior, he would send people to enemy-occupied areas behind the brigade headquarters before the investigation results are available."
"What if the Japanese and puppet troops in Wushan Town relax their vigilance is just a special case. The Japanese and puppet troops in other places are very vigilant. If they send troops hastily, they will definitely suffer big losses!"
