Because the Japanese did not expect that the Eighth Route Army would actually have a combat plan against its wolf dogs, the dog hunting operation directly caused heavy losses to the Japanese wolf dogs. In one night, the Japanese lost more than 200 wolf dogs.
This not only puts the Japanese wolfdog in a tight situation, but also raises another question: next time, when the wolfdog smells blood, should it continue to track or not?
Let it track. Who knows if it is a trap set by the Eighth Route Army?
If you don't let it track you, then what's the use of this wolfdog?
For a while, the Japanese did not even dare to use wolfhounds to track the Yingjiang pilots, which also gave the Yingjiang pilots a greater chance of escape in the future.
Another action taken by the headquarters was to organize another large-scale attack on transportation lines similar to the Hundred Regiments War.
The reason why it is said to be "similar" is because it is not a hundred-regiment battle...the last major attack on communication lines involved more than a hundred regiments.
But this time it was more just local guerrillas doing it.
The reason why it was only the guerrillas who were doing this was because the guerrillas were more familiar with the terrain and the local traffic conditions, and they knew very well where the weak points of the Japanese defense were.
The disadvantage of the guerrillas is that they have poor equipment and low combat effectiveness, but this can be solved by supporting equipment and personnel from the regular forces of the Eighth Route Army.
This is also the first time the Eighth Route Army has done this.
In the past, the guerrillas basically provided support to the main force, but this time it was the main force that provided support to the guerrillas.
This is what the leader told the chief of staff: "Our tactics must be more flexible. We cannot always stick to a certain method. Sometimes the guerrillas and militia can play a greater role than the main force!"
Facts have proved that the chief's decision was correct.
Because this traffic raid is different from the last one.
The purpose of the last major attack was to disrupt the Japanese's battle plan, and even to strengthen the stubborn army's determination to resist and increase their confidence so that they would not surrender completely to the Japanese.
For this purpose, it was necessary to achieve big results in a short period of time, so a vigorous fight was launched.
This time, the purpose was just to cover the retreat of the Yingjiang pilots, so there was no need to go on a large scale and the main purpose was to preserve strength and scare the Japanese.
Later, it really scared the Japanese. Even Okamura Neji thought that the Eighth Route Army would take this opportunity to have another Hundred Regiment War.
Because this is not without benefit to the Eighth Route Army... The Japanese have just launched a large-scale raid and snatched countless amounts of food from the hands of the Chinese people. At this time, it is being stored in various places on the front line and has not yet been shipped back.
In addition, the Japanese released a large number of manpower to hunt down the Yingjiang pilots, so where would there be manpower to protect these food and supplies?
Yoshio Shinozuka even persuaded Neji Okamura: "Your Excellency, General, I think this major attack by the Eighth Route Army is fake. They are covering the pilots!"
"Shinozuka-kun!" Neji Okamura said helplessly: "Even if we know it is fake, what can we do? Can we ignore it?"
As soon as Yoshio Shinozuka thought about it, he knew what the problem was.
He was not in charge and did not know that firewood, rice, oil, and salt were expensive. The materials looted from these large-scale raids were extremely important to the North China Front Army.
It's not that the North China Front Army needs this food to support itself, but that the Imperial Army is currently "conquering the South and the North" and they need these supplies to continue their battle plan.
If there was a problem due to lack of food somewhere on an overseas battlefield, even Neiji Okamura would have to go around without food if it was traced later.
What's more, who can be sure that this is fake?
The Chinese people's art of war is "the virtual and the virtual, the real and the real, and the real and the virtual".
It seems fake now, but if the imperial army really devotes its main force to hunting down the Yingjiang pilots, the Eighth Route Army will see an opportunity and immediately turn what was originally a fake big raid into a real big raid.
By then, not only transportation, food, and supplies, but also coal mines, ammunition depots, and even a well-defended village or county will be captured like last time.
Thinking about it, Yoshio Shinozuka could only stand up and answer helplessly: "Yes, I will immediately organize various places to strengthen defense!"
Therefore, there are more places where the Japanese need to strengthen their defenses.
Not only checkpoint inspections in security areas, but also food, highways, railways, various warehouses, etc.
If there are too many areas that need to be strengthened for defense, it is equivalent to not strengthening them at all, because the Japanese troops only have so few troops and cannot cover everything.
Therefore, it is much easier for the Eagle Sauce pilot to pass the level through the mountain road.
It took a month for the Yingjiang pilots to escape back to the base one after another. A total of thirty-three people came back.
This has far exceeded Yingjiang's expectations for the survivors.
When Perris learned the news, he sighed: "Is this the luck of the pilots or the ability of the Eighth Route Army? I think it is the latter! We always thought that the Chinese Eighth Route Army was not important, but now it seems that we are completely wrong.
The potential they contain is probably beyond our imagination."
Perris understood clearly that the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army could not be evaluated simply by weapons, equipment and troop supplies.
If we use these comparisons, the Eighth Route Army is obviously inferior to the stubborn army.
but……
The Eighth Route Army has a mass base and the support of the people, and its power in actual combat is much greater than what can be seen.
But the stubborn army does not have this. The stubborn army stands on the opposite side of the people. In actual combat, unless it is against the devils... the stubborn army will still get the support of the people when dealing with the devils, because the vast majority of the people know the principle of unanimously attacking the outside world. The stubborn army
It is hateful, but after all, we are still our own people, and what is even more hateful are the Japanese.
So when the stubborn army was fighting the Japanese, many people still spontaneously sent water and food and even participated in fighting with the stubborn army.
But if one day the stubborn army fights against the Eighth Route Army, the situation will be different.
When the stubborn army does not have the support of the people, the people will be a minus point for them, and the combat effectiveness they can exert in actual combat will be much smaller than it seems.
One plus and one subtraction, one decreases and the other increases, it is self-evident who wins and who loses in the battle between the two armies.
However, Perris did not tell his superiors about this idea. It had nothing to do with his mission and had nothing to do with Eagle Sauce at this time.
During the time when the Yingjiang pilot returned, the loom requested by Wang Xuexin was delivered and then transported to Xiaobeiling, where it was initially put into trial operation.
But because there was a big fuss over the Yingjiang pilot, everyone's eyes were fixed on the pilot, and no one actually cared about the weaving factory.
One day, Li Yunlong secretly pulled Wang Xuexin aside and said with a smile: "It's a good thing, the machine has started production, and the cotton comes in here and the cloth comes out... Let's keep it quiet, lest others look at it and become jealous!"
"Yes!" Wang Xuexin nodded hurriedly, saying, "Just make a fortune in a low voice, don't show your wealth!"