That night, Zhang Chengcheng received the new order issued by Captain Yoshida to the maintenance committee. Not only was he not worried, but he was very excited.
Because he saw a new fighter plane appear. When he saw the instructor coming, he said happily.
"Instructor, you came at the perfect time."
"This afternoon, the Japanese army dispatched two reinforced squads to reinforce the Zhongcun and Zhouzhuang strongholds. I arranged for two platoons to conduct sneak attacks along the way. After more than an hour, each infantry platoon killed more than a dozen little Japs, which is equivalent to killing the Japanese mobile army.
The troop strength is more than 10%."
The instructor reminded: "Company Commander, this is indeed good news, but we cannot take it lightly that the Japanese have decided to grab food from us at the gates of each stronghold, but I think you don't seem to care at all."
"They rely on their strongholds to fight us. They can advance and attack, retreat and defend, and are supported by heavy weapons. If we are not fully prepared, we will definitely suffer heavy losses in the crossfire, and the food sent by the maintenance team will also be destroyed.
They robbed it."
The excitement on Zhang Cheng's face was not affected at all, and he answered confidently: "Don't worry, instructor, I have already thought of a solution."
"Not only will we not suffer a loss, I will also cause the little devil to suffer heavy losses."
"They made a good calculation and chose the battlefield at the gate of the stronghold. If they really fight, they will take advantage of everything."
"But I haven't agreed to fight them yet."
"As long as I don't nod, this little devil's order will make you blind, and it means nothing to us."
"Send me an order to have the troops blocking the stronghold retreat five hundred meters and build another line of defense."
"An infantry platoon is stationed on each of the two defense lines, and mortars and heavy machine guns are used for mobile operations."
"If any Japanese invaders break out of their stronghold, they must first pass through the first line of defense before they can reach the second line of defense and compete with us for the food sent by the maintenance committee."
"The maintenance teams escorting the food are all a mob. As long as the first line of defense blocks the Japanese attacking troops for five minutes, the troops guarding the second line of defense can intercept all the food and then escape."
"In the end, not only will the little devil get nothing, but he will also be defeated at the first line of defense."
"This is called: when the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy retreats, we advance."
At the Guanshan Town stronghold, Captain Yoshida was very satisfied with the food grabbing plan he had made, and believed that there were no loopholes.
The first thing every day is to ask the attacking troops if they have any good news back.
But within two days, the good mood was interrupted by a rapid ringing of the phone.
"Sir, the Zhongcun stronghold reported that a batch of grain to be received this afternoon was snatched away by the Eighth Route Army again." The second lieutenant put down the microphone and reported with a solemn face.
The smile on Captain Yoshida's face froze on the spot, and he shouted in disbelief.
"How is it possible? There are more than 200 troops stationed in the stronghold plus reinforcements, and they are also equipped with a large number of heavy weapons. We rely on the stronghold to fight, advance and attack, and retreat and defend. How can we lose the battle?"
"Also, there are only a few dozen Eighth Route Army troops blocking the entrance to the stronghold. Even if the mobile troops fight against them, they can kill all the Eighth Route Army troops and get back the food."
"What do they do for food? With so many troops and heavy weapons, they can't defeat dozens of Eighth Route Army troops!"
"Sir, calm down!" the second lieutenant quickly explained.
"It's not that the stronghold garrison and reinforcements are incompetent, it's that the Eighth Route Army is too cunning."
"They built another line of defense one kilometer away from the stronghold, cutting off roads, blocking ditches, and blocking walls."
"The grain transported by the maintenance committee was robbed by the Eighth Route Army when it reached this line of defense."
"By the time the imperial army broke out of their stronghold and broke through the Eighth Route Army's first line of defense, they had already left with their food."
"Not only that, when attacking the Eighth Route Army's first line of defense, they also used mortars and heavy machine guns. When the imperial army was about to occupy the defense line, they suddenly opened fire."
"The attacking force was caught off guard and lost nearly twenty people on the spot."
Captain Yoshida was about to be furious, and his anger was boiling out, but he couldn't say a word.
Facing the Eighth Route Army's new tactics, he could not think of any solution.
The deputy captain came to the rescue and said: "Sir, I suggest that we gather the mobile troops and go deep into the hinterland of the blockade area, and directly let them escort the food and send it to several strongholds."
"Faced with the Eighth Route Army's new tactics, the dispersed mobile troops not only suffered greater casualties, but also did not receive a single grain of food, losing both their wives and their troops."
"Going deep into the blockade area to personally escort the grain will cause a lot of casualties to the mobile troops, but the mobile troops have a large number of people. Even if they are attacked by the Eighth Route Army, they can deliver the grain to the stronghold as long as the troops are not divided."
"The food reserves in the two strongholds of Zhongcun and Zhouzhuang are only enough to last for three days. If there is no food replenishment, they will starve. Please consider this carefully, sir."
Captain Yoshida clenched his fists and shouted with an unwilling look on his face: "I will do as you say."
"Nothing can happen to the two strongholds. Otherwise, the blockade trenches and walls we have worked so hard to build will become decorations and be completely destroyed by the Eighth Route Army. The so-called blockade area will cease to exist in name only, and we will become sinners of the empire."
"Therefore, the first batch of food escorted by the mobile troops was sent directly to the two strongholds to ensure that their military morale was stable."
As soon as the Japanese troops moved with their front legs, Zhang Cheng received the news with his rear legs.
"Company commander, the Japanese mobile troops are dispatched." The instructor found Zhang Chengcheng and reported excitedly.
"News came from the maintenance committees of each village: The Japanese asked them to complete the grain collection within one day, and all the grain was loaded into trucks and parked at the maintenance committee."
"The Japanese will send troops to each village to personally inspect and accept the grain, and then escort the grain back to the stronghold."
"The time will be the day after tomorrow."
Zhang Cheng laughed, laughing happily for the first time in several days without any worries.
Months of fighting made him more and more confident in himself, and he became more and more confident in his troops.
In his eyes: As long as the Japanese and puppet troops leave their strongholds, he will be able to consume them in large numbers.
After staring at the map for half a minute, an idea came to my mind: "What the Japanese army can mobilize now are mobile troops scattered in three strongholds."
"Our strength is no longer what it used to be. If the devils divide their forces and go deep into the hinterland of the blockade area to escort food, they will be asking for death and create every opportunity for us to defeat them."
"I believe that little devil Captain Yoshida must know this."
"So they must have gathered first, and then concentrated their forces to escort the food together."
"We have two things to do next: First, after the Japanese and puppet troops leave their stronghold, we will do everything possible to hold them back."
"The longer we stay outside the stronghold, the more opportunities we have to kill the Japanese, and the more results we will achieve."
"The second thing is to kill the Japanese and protect the food."
"Before the Japanese and puppet troops assembled, each platoon divided its forces to sneak attack on the mobile units of the Japanese and puppet troops."
"After the Japanese and puppet troops gathered, we also gathered."
"After the platoon of recruits entered the hinterland of the blockade area, they followed them and destroyed the road, making it impossible for the grain trucks they were escorting to move."
"I will be under unified command of the other troops, using mobile warfare and guerrilla warfare to attack the Japanese, trying to get them to give up food halfway and return to their strongholds."
"There are not many opportunities like this. If you miss it, you will lose it. So we must seize the time and kill as many Japanese as possible."