Chapter 1053 The Japanese army wants to cut off the source
"Sir, all the food in the granary has been burned, and not a single grain is left." The commander of the garrison found Yan Youjin, lowered his head, and reported with worry on his face.
In order to avoid going up to the peak to pursue him, he hesitated for a few seconds and added: "I have ordered the troops to surround the town. Now I will send troops to check door to door. We must find the agents who threw smoke bombs and guided the planes to the bombing targets!
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"No need!" Yan Youjin shook his head and replied.
Pointing to the three agents who had turned into corpses outside the door, he replied: "They have been found by the people I brought. They committed suicide before being arrested. They were outside. The corpses are still hot."
After thinking for a moment, he ordered: "Since the warehouses are all burned down, let the troops withdraw from the ruins."
"No one dares to think that the Japs will bomb again. Our troops must not only evacuate the warehouse, but also the town immediately."
"I will now report to Shangfeng that this place was bombed by Japanese aircraft and completely destroyed. I suggest that Shangfeng re-select the site and build a new logistics base."
"This place has been exposed. Even if there is a possibility of repair, it can no longer be used."
The regiment leader did not leave immediately. The worry on his face became more and more intense. He stared at Yan Youjin and asked: "Sir, we lost so much food at one time. Will the summit hold us accountable?"
Yan Youjin waved his hand: "Don't worry, even if you are held accountable, I will be responsible. I can't pursue you."
"Order the troops to evacuate the town. As soon as the order to the summit comes, we will go to the new logistics base."
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the town garrison began to retreat.
Yan Youjin stayed in the name of finishing the job and did not leave the town immediately.
At six o'clock in the evening, Li Hao met him.
"Captain Li, this trick is really powerful. Chongqing has no doubts about this bombing, and has determined that the two million kilograms of grain here have indeed been destroyed. For this reason, a special order was issued to the war zone to remind us
Strengthen the security of the logistics base to prevent any more food from being destroyed by the Japanese and puppet troops." Yan Youjin said with admiration.
Li Hao remained calm and calm.
The food is still in the town. As long as it is not returned to the base, the entire operation is not over yet, and new accidents may occur at any time.
He raised his eyebrows and suggested: "Director Yan, there is one more thing I need your help with."
"In the name of the Jinsui Army, I am telling all the folks in the town that starting tonight and for the next three days, there will be a curfew at night and no one is allowed to go out. Otherwise, they will be treated as Japanese and puppet agents."
"I plan to send all the food stored in the town into the mountains in three nights, and then transfer it to our base area."
"Okay!" Yan Youjin answered without thinking.
At eight o'clock in the evening, Captain Huang led his troops into the town again.
This time, in addition to carrying rifles, the soldiers also brought a large number of wheelbarrows, mules and horses.
The mountain is nearly five kilometers away from the town, which is several times farther than last night when we moved from the east to the west of the town. Without tools, it would have been impossible to move all the food in three nights.
Half a month later, Li Hao returned to the garrison headquarters, and Yan Youjin rushed over with him.
"Captain, according to statistics, the grain flowing into major base areas this month has exceeded 10 million kilograms." Political Commissar Wang Hong reported, his face full of excitement.
Although all these 10 million kilograms of grain went to other base areas, Wang Hong was not worried at all.
According to this purchasing speed, as long as nothing unexpected happens, a large amount of food will flow into the garrison base area in three months.
"Are you ready for Director Yan?" Li Hao asked with satisfaction.
"Ready, half will be paid in gold, half will be deducted in penicillin, both are in the box outside."
"Two heavy cannons and two hundred rounds of artillery shells are also ready. Director Yan can take them away at any time."
Li Hao's straightforwardness was beyond Yan Youjin's expectation, and he completely let down his guard and replied: "Sir Yan has reported to Chongqing the severe drought in North China and the lack of food in the war zone. Food relief is urgently needed to stabilize the morale of the military and the people."
"Chongqing has replied and agreed that our Shanxi-Sui Army will send a regiment to the northwest and Sichuan to purchase grain."
"This regiment has already set off. If nothing unexpected happens, new food will enter Datong in a month and then be handed over to your Eighth Route Army."
Hearing these words, Li Hao's tense nerves completely relaxed.
As long as food continues to flow into the base areas, the problem of food shortage in North China can be greatly alleviated.
At the Japanese Army Headquarters in Shanxi, the head of the intelligence section hurriedly broke into the commander's office with a solemn look on his face.
"Sir, the intelligence department has just received a top-secret information."
"It came from inside the Eighth Route Army at the risk of death. It's very important."
The commander's brows subconsciously frowned.
On the Chinese battlefield, he had fought countless enemies. Apart from the Eighth Route Army, he had basically never been afraid of anyone.
So when he heard that the information was related to the Eighth Route Army, and that it was top-secret information coming from inside sources, he subconsciously had a very bad premonition in his mind.
"What information? Has the Eighth Route Army made any new moves?"
"There is a severe drought in North China, and there is a shortage of food everywhere. Coupled with the trouble caused by our military's special forces and intelligence agencies, their food gap will definitely be even greater."
"If there is any new action, it must be related to food."
"Sir, you are wise!" The head of the Intelligence Section, who carried the rank of Lieutenant Colonel on his shoulders, said with admiration and compliments.
"Intelligence shows that a lot of food has suddenly appeared in various Eighth Route Army base areas recently."
"The origins of these grains all point to one point: Lingqiu."
"If the Eighth Route Army has new food supplies, then the sabotage operations of the intelligence agencies and special agents will become meaningless. Our goal of disrupting their base areas through food shortages will not be achieved."
"Lingqiu?" The commander quickly found the county seat on the map.
The frown that was already frowning deepened now: "The base area of the Eighth Route Army garrison."
"The imperial army assembled heavy troops several times in an attempt to eliminate this force, but all failed. The garrison is still standing there, and the size of the base area has become larger and larger."
The lieutenant colonel nodded and replied: "It's the garrison."
"Intelligence shows that the words garrison and Lingqiu are mentioned many times in the messages sent to and from the Eighth Route Army headquarters."
"Then I studied several Eighth Route Army base areas where new grains appeared, and found that all of these base areas were centered on Lingqiu."
"So I make a bold guess that all the sudden appearance of food is related to this garrison."
"Boom..."
The commander smashed his fist on the table in front of him and replied murderously: "The battle plan to weaken the Eighth Route Army through food, disrupt their base areas, and then launch a new round of mopping up attacks to completely eliminate them was formulated by the front army headquarters.
You can't have an accident in my jurisdiction and end up giving up halfway."
"We must find a way to cut off this source."
"I will immediately send a telegram to the front army headquarters to gather heavy troops and launch an attack on the garrison in advance."
