The chief of staff's analysis seemed a bit fanciful to him.
However, upon careful analysis, you will find that his analysis is well-founded and probably true.
"Pah!" After slamming his clenched fist on the desk in front of him, he cursed loudly: "Baga, in this case, we should find this arsenal and destroy it!"
"Kato-kun, I don't care how much your intelligence agency pays, we must find the arsenal!"
At the Military Region Headquarters, Commander Nie and the Chief of Staff were also paying attention to the battle that Wang Ping personally commanded.
In a general regiment-scale battle, it is impossible to attract the attention of two people at the same time.
However, this is related to the production capacity of the arsenal, and the status is suddenly different.
As long as Wang Ping can seize the iron ore, the arsenal's production capacity may be rapidly expanded to twice its original value in the next month. For the Eighth Route Army, which is short of guns and ammunition, such an expansion is enough to affect the combat effectiveness of the entire Eighth Route Army. Two people cannot help but pay attention.
.
The two of them were fortunate that the battle lasted less than three soldiers, and Wang Ping used a flying thunder cannon that they didn't know about to capture the iron ore.
The two people, who had been tense for several hours, could finally breathe a sigh of relief and go back to their rooms to rest.
However, early in the morning, when it was still dark, the sound of rapid footsteps woke the two of them up one after another.
"Chief, there is an urgent call from Commander Wang!"
"Hasn't the iron mine been taken down? Why are you still sending a telegram? Something happened!" The chief of staff who hurried over said with a frown, then took the telegram and started browsing.
"That's a good thing!" Soon, the chief of staff's frown relaxed and a smile appeared on his face!
"Wang Ping has made too many gains in the iron mines, and his marching speed is too slow. I hope we can order the main force, local troops, and guerrillas along the way to all move to slow down the Japanese and puppet reinforcements!"
"Wang Ping said that the Japanese will definitely not let them go so easily!"
"We must not let the devils take back the fat meat that has been eaten in our mouths!" Commander Nie suddenly spoke in a very firm tone.
Then he ordered the chief of staff: "Immediately send a telegram to the Third Army Division, and immediately cooperate with Wang Ping to cover their withdrawal to the military area."
Both Commander Nie and Wang Ping far underestimated the Japanese's determination to retaliate.
In order to keep an eye on this so-called heavy artillery unit, more than two thousand puppet troops marched all the way straight into the hinterland of the base area.
At first, the Third Army Division planned to encircle and annihilate them.
But as soon as they started to implement it, they gave up the idea and changed the strategy from encirclement and annihilation to blockade.
The Japanese were so crazy that they sent three planes to escort the puppet troops for more than 2,000 days.
What's more important is that every time they reach a county where Japanese troops are stationed, the strength of this pursuit force will increase!
"Report sir, the cavalry team has lost contact!" The Japanese Major, who had finally captured the blocking position of the Eighth Route Army, had not had time to be happy when the second lieutenant in charge of radio contact ran over and informed him of the bad news!
Without the distance and whereabouts of the Eighth Route Army provided by the cavalry squad, they would lose their pursuit target.
You know, in order to chase down the retreating Tubal Army, he had broken through three lines of defense of the Eighth Route Army, and lost more than 300 imperial troops. To return without success was not only unacceptable to him, but also to the soldiers under his command.
He frowned, stared at the second lieutenant, and asked: "Reconnaissance plane, aren't there still our reconnaissance planes in the sky? Is it possible for the reconnaissance plane to keep an eye on them and guide us to continue the pursuit?"
"It's very difficult!" the second lieutenant replied with a confused look on his face.
"The pilot of the reconnaissance plane in the sky just sent a telegram. The Tubal Road we are chasing is dividing its troops. As for the heavy artillery unit we are looking for, it is not among the retreating troops!"
"According to this speed of troop division, the reconnaissance plane will lose its tracking target within an hour at most!"
"Then let the bombers go bombing, and blow them up before they are completely divided!" the major ordered angrily.
"It's difficult!" the second lieutenant replied, shaking his head.
"The bombers have been there, but they all returned without success. As soon as our bombers arrived at the battlefield, Tubal Road dispersed and hid in the woods next to the road. The bombers could only drop bombs aimlessly and could not attack these cunning Tubal soldiers.
Eight-way!”
"Baga, are we just going to give up the pursuit? I'm not willing to do it. Hundreds of warriors died on the battlefield. If we can't catch up with them and eliminate them, they will definitely die with their eyes open!" the major shouted with a look of reluctance!
The deputy captain reminded at this time: "Captain, I suggest reporting it to the division headquarters. Let the division commander decide whether to retreat or continue the pursuit!"
The Japanese army finally chose to retreat.
Less than 2,000 people went deep into the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area for nearly 30 kilometers. If they did not do anything wrong, they would be wiped out by the heavy forces of the Eighth Route Army.
The intelligence department indeed found signs of large-scale troop deployment in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. In order to prevent the pursuing troops from being completely wiped out, the division commander decisively ordered a retreat.
The military operation of the army is over, but the secret war of the intelligence department has just begun.
The Japanese intelligence officers hiding in the base area were frantically looking for the legendary heavy artillery group.
As a result, many of them were exposed in action.
In the end, the legendary heavy artillery group was not found, but the security office of the base area took advantage of this opportunity and followed the clues to knock out several intelligence points that the Japanese army had hidden in the base area.
During the Anti-Japanese War, the three networks of the Japanese and puppet army intelligence agencies, the Eighth Route Army intelligence network, and the National Government intelligence agency were completely intertwined and secretly fought against each other.
Such a large-scale operation by the intelligence office of the North China Front of the Japanese army, coupled with the fact that four or five Japanese planes patrolled back and forth over the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area every day, seemed to be searching for something, and it was impossible not to attract the attention of the National Government!
Because the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area was originally the territory of the Nationalist Government, the Eighth Route Army took it back from them after the Japanese came.
Therefore, the National Government's intelligence network in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area was stronger than that of the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army.
After the Nationalist Government began to pay attention to this matter, a steady stream of intelligence was collected into Dai Li's hands.
"Heavy artillery group, large amounts of ammunition supplies, arsenal..." Seeing these important words in the intelligence, Dai Li, who had a keen sense of smell, subconsciously highlighted them.
After sorting out the relevant information into a specific idea, Dai Li, who had always kept a straight face, was also frightened by the contents of the information.
Then he didn't dare to neglect and rushed to Lao Jiang's office immediately!
Dai Li has been fighting with the Eighth Route Army for half his life, and it can be said that they are sworn enemies. Now because of the united front, he has to make a temporary peace with the Eighth Route Army. He believes that once his information is sent to Chiang Kai-shek's desk, his old scruples about the Eighth Route Army will definitely change his attitude toward the Eighth Route Army.
The policy of the Eighth Route Army even did some things,
And these are what Dai Li is happy to see!
The first update in the morning will be delivered! Please collect it! Please subscribe!
