"Is there anything else?" Seeing the chief of staff still standing in front of him, the tired Lieutenant General Fujino frowned and asked dissatisfiedly.
"There is something!" the chief of staff hesitated and replied in a low voice.
"Food, in order to win over the people and implement the front army's tolerant policy, we don't have much food in our hands anymore! The Imperial Association Army to reorganize the two regiments needs a lot of food. If it is not replenished, we will have the remaining food for even a month.
No!"
"Now the land channel used by the front army to transport food and supplies to us has been occupied by the Eighth Route Army. Even if heavy troops are deployed to protect the food, it will be difficult to pass through the roads and railways within their base area. Please make preparations for this in advance, otherwise, the division commander will
Without food, all our previous efforts will be in vain!"
Lieutenant General Fujino replied solemnly: "Don't worry about the food, I will find a way to solve it!"
After saying that, Fujino turned his attention back to the combat sandbox in front of him, and then fell into deep thought.
At the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front, Juichi Terauchi was in a very good mood.
Since he took office as the commander of the North China Front Army, the various situations faced by the Imperial Army in North China have become better and better.
The base areas that the Eighth Route Army worked so hard to establish in North China have all been reduced to varying degrees. Some base areas have even shrunk by more than one-third.
More importantly, because of its own economic blockade against the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army has become increasingly difficult to endure under various blockades and encirclements in North China.
Even the troops had no food and no salt, let alone ordinary people.
Okamura Neiji is confident that as long as he continues his mopping up the Eighth Route Army, in as little as half a year and as long as one year, the Eighth Route Army operating in North China can be reduced by at least half. Give himself another year to fight steadily and annihilate them all.
possible.
With a smile on his face and a sweet dream, the chief of staff of the front army walked in in a hurry, with a very ugly look on his face.
"Your Excellency, Commander, the latest battle report from Linfen City!"
"Fujino-kun's retaliatory counterattack failed. This large occupied area was directly occupied by the Eighth Route Army and became their so-called base area!"
"What does Fujino do for a living on Bageya Road? On other battlefields, the Eighth Route Army occupied many base areas, but here it was the other way around. It was the imperial army that gave up many occupied areas to the Eighth Route Army to form base areas!" Okamura Neiji's face said.
His smile suddenly disappeared, and his anger suddenly emerged, and he cursed mercilessly.
The chief of staff obviously had a good relationship with Fujino, and he quickly comforted him: "Commander, please calm down, Fujino-kun has taken over a defeated army. It's great to be able to fight like this!"
"Also, this occupied area was not taken from Fujino by the Japanese, but was given up by Fujino on his own initiative!"
"In order to save nearly two thousand Imperial Army soldiers, Fujino-kun ordered the troops to voluntarily abandon the occupied areas, save the troops, and defend Linfen. After the Imperial Association Army and the Imperial Army have formed a fighting force, they will then seek to counterattack and retake the occupied areas!"
Okamura Neji's face full of anger slowly became better: "It seems that Fujino has taken my words to heart!"
"Before departure, I repeatedly told her that we must apply what we have learned in the battle against the Eighth Route Army, and use the tactics that the Eighth Route Army is best at to deal with it in turn. Only in this way will our counterattack be effective!"
"I only have one sentence for the Eighth Route Army's guerrilla war: If you save the land and lose the people, you will lose both the people and the land. If you save the people and lose the land, you will save the people and the land. Fujino already understands the meaning of this sentence and knows that the imperial army is more important than the territory!"
"As long as there are troops and veterans here, no matter how many occupied areas we lose, we can recapture them!"
Okamura Neji became more and more excited as he talked, and when a smile appeared on his face again, the chief of staff spoke again.
"However, although the troops were saved, the only road connecting Linfen to other areas occupied by the Imperial Army was also occupied by the Eighth Route Army. Now Linfen City is backed by the Jinsui Army, and the other three sides are directly surrounded by the Eighth Route Army, turning it into an isolated city!"
"They are in urgent need of food and ammunition supplies now. I hope the front army can find a way to send them the food and ammunition supplies they owe them to Linfen City!"
The smile on Okamura Neiji's face suddenly disappeared again, and he cursed loudly: "The roads and railways are all occupied by the Eighth Route Army, how can we send them there!"
Then he frowned and fell into deep thought.
The entire sweep in North China went very smoothly, except for Linfen City where there was a problem.
Okamura Neiji knew very well that a thousand-mile embankment collapsed in an ant nest, and he would never let one Linfen affect the good situation of the entire North China.
Staring at the sand table, he asked: "Chief of Staff, take roads and railways, pass through the Eighth Route Army base area, and deliver food and ammunition supplies to Linfen City. How many troops are needed to escort us to ensure that there are no accidents on the way!"
"The railway will definitely not work!" the chief of staff replied.
"The limitations of railways are too great. There are dozens of kilometers of railways that pass through the Eighth Route Army base area. As long as they blow up a section of the road, the Imperial Army's military train will roll over, causing heavy losses, and there will be no way to continue moving forward!"
“Only by road!”
"But there are also problems with the highway. Millions of kilograms of grain, and more than 1,000 large trucks are needed. This highway is nearly 80 kilometers in the Eighth Route Army base area. If the Eighth Route Army completely destroys this section of the highway, our transportation team can only move on one side.
March while building the road!"
"If we abandon horse-drawn carriages and use mules and horses, although the dependence on whether the roads are intact is not very high, the distance within the Eighth Route Army base area is too long, and it will take at least two nights. With the combat effectiveness of the new regiment, at least two nights will be needed.
The infantry regiment must escort along the way to ensure safety!"
"Send them, no matter how many troops are needed, we will send them!" Neji Okamura gritted his teeth and replied.
"The battle in North China has reached a critical moment. No matter which battlefield the new regiment operating in Linfen is deployed on, it will break the balance of the battle and bring a devastating blow to the imperial army."
"So, North China needs Fujino to lead his troops to continue to besiege Linfen and hold back the Eighth Route Army, the new regiment, which is a powerful force!"
"Chief of Staff, you have transferred an infantry regiment from Peiping and a garrison brigade from Taiyuan. You are preparing two thousand new soldiers to strengthen an artillery brigade to form a mixed brigade to escort food and ammunition to Linfen!"
"When we arrive at Linfen City, all troops will be left under Fujino's command!"
"In addition, in order to get rid of the dependence of large vehicles on roads, all food, weapons and ammunition are transported by mules and horses!"
"With Taiyuan as the center, mules and horses were recruited from all occupied areas, and then the mules, horses and horses equipped by several nearby troops were drawn out to form a large-scale transport team with 5,000 mules, horses and horses, and all the mules, horses and horses were transported at once.
All food and ammunition supplies are sent to Linfen City!"
"Chief of Staff, please go to Taiyuan yourself and take care of this matter."
"An infantry regiment transferred from Peking will go to Taiyuan with you by train!"
Okamura Neiji is worthy of being the commander of the North China Front. He launched a mixed brigade with more than 5,000 mules, horses and horses.
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