After taking away the pistol on the bedside, Mr. Zhang finally saw the figures of several Eighth Route Army soldiers behind him.
"Commander of the Eighth Route Army, although I am the president of the Maintenance Committee and work for the little devils, I have never done anything harmful to the world. It is all the little devils who forced me to do it. Don't kill me. I have money and my family's
All the money is for you!"
"Don't worry, we won't kill you!" Hong Ruijun, standing in front of him, affirmed.
"We have investigated your matter clearly. If we want to kill you, we will not give you a chance to speak. We will just cut your neck!"
"We are here today for only one thing, and that is to give you a chance to atone for your sins!"
Mr. Zhang obviously breathed a sigh of relief and replied: "Please rest assured, sir, I will definitely atone for my sins!"
Early the next morning, Mr. Zhang announced the expansion of the escort team as the president of the maintenance association. A company of the Eighth Route Army marched into the village, put on the coat of the maintenance association escort, and conducted training for the maintenance association.
Hong Ruijun also moved the guard camp headquarters to the maintenance hall in the village.
"Battal Commander, according to statistics, during this period we fought a total of eight ambush battles by the Japanese and puppet troops, killing 259 imps, capturing 653 puppet troops, and killing more than 100 people! After mobilization, 438 people were killed.
People are willing to join our Eighth Route Army to fight the Japanese!" the guard battalion instructor reported with excitement on his face.
"In addition, we also captured seven maintenance guilds and captured 238 members of the escort team of the maintenance guild hall. After mobilization, half of the prisoners expressed their willingness to join our Eighth Route Army!"
"In addition, a total of eight guerrilla groups nearby found us and asked to join us. Except for the three groups we sent equipment to a few days ago, these eight guerrilla groups all have very poor equipment, but they have a lot of troops, and they have all passed through
Veterans of the test! 234 in total!”
"Now, according to the order, I have expanded the second and third companies into battalions. Each battalion has three infantry companies."
"Of the seven maintenance guilds we captured, except for the battalion headquarters and the first company, which occupied one, the remaining six maintenance guilds each occupied one company. Moreover, these six companies are fully staffed and equipped fairly well, and training is being strengthened.
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"The only problem now is ours. When and how to expand the company, and where the troops will come from, this still needs to be decided by you, the battalion commander!"
Hong Ruijun replied with a smile on his face: "I had no idea that the army would develop so fast~"
"We are not in a hurry here. According to intelligence, the main force of the Japanese army assembled in Liuzhen is distributing ammunition and preparing ammunition supplies. This is obviously the rhythm of going to war. After they leave, we will have many opportunities to expand our troops and make trouble in the areas occupied by the Japs.
Everything is turned upside down!"
"In addition, the first company cannot move for the time being... The other two companies have been expanded into battalions. Although the strength has more than tripled, the overall combat effectiveness must be much worse. At this time, we must have a fist force in our hands.
And the first company is this fist force."
"When the other two battalions have initially formed combat effectiveness, we can expand!"
At the Japanese division headquarters in Linfen City, Fujino had developed blind confidence in his next attack.
More and more imperial troops in the occupied areas were under attack, and the news did not reach his ears. However, he was completely focused on the upcoming attack and ignored it at all.
The chief of staff was very anxious. He was very familiar with every move of the Eighth Route Army guerrillas in the occupied area outside the city. It was almost exactly the same as the way the new regiment had grown from small to large.
He couldn't imagine what kind of scale those guerrillas would develop into after a period of time: a battalion of several hundred people, or several battalions of several thousand people...
However, the division commander's thoughts were not here at all.
I have reminded him several times, but the division leader Fujino always has an indifferent expression and tells me not to be impatient and not to be anxious.
Fujino was not worried. The chief of staff could only try to reduce the losses of the imperial army within his own rights and make the development of the Eighth Route Army guerrillas slower.
However, without troops, what he did was more like a futile preparation.
There was still one day left before the troops were dispatched, so he decided to persuade Fujino one last time to let him pay attention to his rear area.
"Division Commander, according to intelligence, there is a problem in Xiangyan Village and the surrounding seven or eight villages. On the surface, the maintenance committee is still working for the Imperial Army, but in fact, the maintenance committee is working for the Eighth Route Army, and those villages have secretly become
In the territory of the Eighth Route Army, there are a large number of Eighth Route Army troops for training!"
The chief of staff said that this news has not yet received final confirmation, but in order to make Lieutenant General Fujino pay attention to his rear area, he could not control so much and said it directly!
Fujino, who had looked indifferent for several days, showed emotion for the first time on his face.
After finding Xiangyan Village on the map, he stared at the Chief of Staff and asked, "In other words, this area has been secretly developed by the Eighth Route Army into their so-called base area?"
"How many Eighth Route Army troops are hidden inside!"
The chief of staff hesitated and replied: "I don't know exactly how many people there are, but there must be several hundred people!"
Fujino's tense nerves suddenly relaxed: "In this small place, in the occupied area surrounded by the Imperial Army, only a few hundred Eighth Route Army has scared you to this extent, Chief of Staff. What a fuss!"
"Chief of Staff, our urgent priority now is to attack the new regiment's base area, kill and severely damage them!"
"If you are distracted by these small things, then this attack should not be carried out!"
"Don't forget, the front army is still staring at us, waiting for our victory report!"
"Moreover, an infantry regiment cooperating with us in southwestern Shanxi has already begun to take action, containing at least 4,000 troops of the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. As long as we are dispatched again here, we will definitely catch the New Regiment by surprise and make them unable to defend themselves!"
Just when the worry on the chief of staff's face became more and more intense, and a flash of disappointment quickly flashed in his eyes, Fujino changed the subject and added immediately.
"However, your worries are not unreasonable!"
"The Eighth Route Army discovered the troops too quickly and very cunningly. They must nip them in the bud!"
"Tomorrow's attack will remain unchanged. We will deploy a reinforced squadron of the Imperial Army and a regiment of the Imperial Army from the troops left behind in Linfen City. We will attack them at dawn tomorrow morning and kill them!"
"Hi! The division commander is wise. I'm going to make arrangements for my humble position now!"
The atmosphere at the new regiment headquarters was very serious. More than a dozen staff officers, telephone operators, and telegraph operators were walking in and out of the small room, delivering news from various places to Zhong Chenggong. After Zhong Chenggong summarized it, it was useful
The news was then sent to the group leader Wang Ping.
"Captain, Xiao Yunshan and Xiong Changhe are under a lot of pressure. In order to deal with us, the little devil has spent all his money this time." He reported after successfully delivering a telegram to Wang Ping.
"An infantry regiment was equipped with a heavy artillery brigade and a field artillery brigade. When they encountered our positions, they bombarded them with artillery shells. In just one day, the casualties of the troops reached one battalion. The front-line positions were almost destroyed!"
"Then I won't fight with the little devil!" Wang Ping decided with a frown.
At the beginning of the battle, everyone wanted to keep the Japanese out of the base area and minimize the casualties and losses in the base area. Now it seems that this wish is impossible to realize!
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