Although the more than two hundred soldiers on the mountain road were wearing the uniforms of the Shanxi-Sui Army, their true identities were the 1 and 2 companies of the Mobile Battalion of the Garrison Regiment.
The commander of the heavy battalion of the independent brigade is a confidant trained by Yan Youjin and an old man of the Jinsui Army.
Under Yan Youjin's arrangement, two companies of the mobile battalion joined the independent brigade and transport battalion and took over the food halfway.
Before the plane arrived, two companies of the garrison group disguised as the Jinsui Army entered the mountains from a small road with ninety loads of food. The large trucks were left on the road for Japanese bombing. The battalion commander himself took the ten loads of food "snatched" back to the station.
Return to life.
When the independent brigade arrived at the battlefield, ninety carts had been burned to ashes. In addition, the battlefield was full of bomb craters and scattered grain. The leading officer directly determined that the ninety carts of grain had been bombed by planes during transportation and were completely lost.
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As for why there were no corpses of soldiers and mules from the transport camp on the battlefield, no one cared about it due to the officer's deliberate negligence.
In a small town nearly thirty kilometers away from the front line, at least one regiment of the Shanxi-Sui Army was stationed here and carefully checked everyone entering and leaving the town.
The several large courtyards at the east end of the town are even more heavily guarded. There is a post every five steps and one sentry every ten steps around the courtyard. In addition, there are patrols going back and forth. Not even a single person, not even a fly, can enter these courtyards.
This is the logistics base closest to the front line of the Jinsui Army. The food delivered to the Independence Brigade during the day is sent from here.
Several yards were filled with grain, adding up to more than two million kilograms.
Yan Youjin came here before dark.
The security was already tight, but because of his arrival, the security was even tighter than before.
However, a small alley leading to the granary was left open due to the deliberate negligence of the defenders, leading directly to several other yards at the west end of the town.
More than a hundred Eighth Route Army troops wearing Jinsui Army uniforms are cleaning up yards and houses to make them more suitable for hoarding food.
Outside the town, a main regiment of troops from the first division had been lurking in the woods for a whole day. The regiment leader was squatting on the edge of the woods, staring at the town with an anxious look on his face.
Li Hao squatted beside him, holding a telescope and staring motionlessly at the entrance of the town, waiting for the signal.
"Captain Li, it's already eight o'clock, why is there still no signal? Could it be that our troops lurking in the town have been exposed!" Commander Huang of the main regiment asked anxiously.
Li Hao shook his head and answered confidently: "Captain Huang, don't worry, the entire plan is foolproof and there will definitely be no accidents."
"There's a signal!" As soon as he finished speaking, the lights flashed three times at the entrance of the town.
Captain Huang, who couldn't wait any longer, immediately ordered: "The troops start taking action, let's enter the town."
More than a thousand soldiers, carrying rifles on their backs, emerged from the woods like ghosts.
When they reached the entrance of the town, several Jinsui soldiers seemed not to have seen them. They didn't care about them at all and stared at the surroundings with vigilant expressions.
Beside them, the same number of Jinsui troops were sleeping soundly in their bunkers.
With the cooperation of Yan Youjin, the commando directly poured Mongolian sweat medicine into the dinner of the security forces at the entrance of the town.
At eight o'clock in the evening, the Mongolian sweat medicine took effect, and all the garrison troops here fell into a coma. The reconnaissance company of the garrison regiment entered the town with Yan Youjin, easily took over the defense at the entrance of the town, and received troops from outside the town to quietly enter the town.
Following the alley intentionally left by the garrison, more than a thousand people entered the Jinsui Army Grain Depot directly.
"What are you still doing? Immediately move the food and send it all to the first few yards in the west of the town. Take the time." Looking at the mountains of food piled in the yard, Captain Huang's eyes shone, but he did not forget his mission and immediately gave the order.
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The food in the east courtyard of the town is getting less and less, and the food in the west courtyard of the town is getting more and more. In the middle of the two courtyards, more than a thousand soldiers, in groups of two, are carrying a large bag of food without making any sound.
In this case, he walked quickly towards the west of the town, going back and forth, repeating this action over and over again.
At five o'clock in the morning, after the last bag of grain was put into the warehouse, both Li Hao and Captain Huang breathed a sigh of relief.
"Captain Huang, you can take away as much food as you can from here. Leave the town immediately and continue to lurk at the assembly area outside the town."
"The Jinsui Army here will withdraw in three days at most. At that time, we will transfer the remaining food."
On the other side, the commandos were not idle either.
Several spies lurking in the town were captured by them last night. At the same time, a piece of intelligence about the grain depot was sent out of the town due to their deliberate negligence.
At eight o'clock in the morning, these agents received a reply from their superiors: Cooperate with the aviation force to destroy all the food stored here by the Jinsui Army.
"Weng buzz..."
Before ten o'clock, the roar of airplanes could be heard faintly in the small town.
Yan Youjin reacted quickly and immediately issued an air defense order.
"All troops immediately prepared for air defense. All troops defending the warehouse retreated thirty meters. In addition to food, there were also some artillery shells stored in the warehouse. If the ammunition depot was detonated, the soldiers guarding the warehouse would definitely be killed."
"The troops formed a new blockade thirty meters away from the warehouse and no one is allowed to approach the warehouse."
The garrison commander directly regarded Yan Youjin's order as a sign of sympathy for the troops, and responded gratefully: "Thank you, sir, for thinking about the brothers. I humbly go and give the order now."
"Even if the troops retreat thirty meters, no one can get close to the warehouse."
In less than two minutes, six small black dots appeared on the edge of the sky.
The roar got louder and louder, and the small black spots got bigger and bigger, and finally turned into six silver-white fighter planes with plaster flags on them, almost touching the ground, passing over everyone's heads, and then began to circle over the town.
"No, the Japs' bombing target is us, otherwise they wouldn't keep circling above our heads, and we'd be exposed!" Yan Youjin slowly knitted his brows into the Chinese character "Sichuan".
"Sir, there is red smoke rising from the direction of the warehouse!" A subordinate rushed in and reported.
Yan Youjin looked horrified and shouted: "There must be something wrong. The warehouse where the grain is stored is being targeted by the little devils."
"Use red smoke to guide the aircraft in the sky and bomb our warehouses where we store food."
"The soldiers around the warehouse pushed back another fifty meters. There were six planes above us. If we bombed the warehouse together, the warehouse would definitely not be saved. The garrison must not be affected. If there are casualties, it would be a big loss. We must do everything possible to reduce the losses.
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"Woooooooo..." Less than two minutes after the order was given, three bombs crashed towards the ground with a scream.
Immediately afterwards, the ground beneath his feet began to tremble, and then the "rumbling..." explosion sound reached his ears, deafening.
The six planes exploded for half an hour before flying away.
At this moment, the location of the warehouse has turned into a sea of flames.
The sound of shells exploding constantly resounded in the sea of flames.
"Sir, do you want to send someone over to put out the fire?" the garrison commander ran over and reported.
"The troops won't move yet!" Yan Youjin shook his head and refused.
"There are still ammunition exploding inside. If an accident occurs, we will definitely die many more brothers. We can no longer keep food. It will be uneconomical if more people die!"
Two hours later, the raging fire slowly extinguished and the sound of ammunition exploding stopped.
When the troops entered the courtyard one after another, there was nothing left inside except the ruins of the walls.