After eating a bowl of steaming broth with a large piece of horse meat, the troops' low morale recovered significantly, and the soldiers' pale faces became more rosy.
The division commander took the opportunity to order the troops to continue advancing and attack Hunyuan City.
At one o'clock in the morning, when everyone's full stomachs began to growl again due to the continuous march and they became hungry again, Hunyuan County finally came into their sight.
The county town is very small, the city head is only four or five meters high, and the city gate is closed.
The low city wall was no more than three meters tall, and it was dark and motionless.
The division commander observed for two minutes and then began to issue orders.
"The troops will enter the city immediately and quickly seal the city gate. From now on, Hunyuan is only allowed to enter, not to leave!"
The subordinates around me are like a pack of hungry wolves...
No, they were just a group of hungry wolves, holding guns and not paying attention to any offensive formation, howling and rushing towards the city gate.
The deputy chief of staff watched with fear, fearing that some Eighth Route Army troops would appear above them and attack everyone.
If this were the case, the troops that had just rushed out would have suffered heavy casualties.
Fortunately, my worries were unnecessary. The attacking troops rushed all the way to the outside of the city fifty meters without being blocked.
The city was still dark and there was no movement.
After the first soldier rushed into the city gate, the deputy chief of staff completely relaxed his tense nerves. He looked at the division commander and asked: "Master, how do you know there is no Eighth Route Army in the city? I was scared to death just now."
The division commander explained confidently: "The Eighth Route Army is not ready for a head-on conflict with us, otherwise there would not have been a single shot along the way."
"Although the cavalry company, mountain artillery battalion, and baggage company all fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, they were all killed by trickery, and no one was injured?"
"It shows that they don't want to fight with us."
"We will fight fiercely to the outside of Hunyuan City, and we will definitely capture it."
"If the garrison does not retreat, the two sides will definitely meet each other and a conflict will break out. No matter who fires the first shot, it will lead to unimaginable consequences."
"So I'm sure they abandoned Hunyuan City and retreated before we arrived."
"You are wise!" the deputy chief of staff said with admiration.
While he was talking, the closed gate of Hunyuan City had been opened, and troops were pouring in like a flood that burst a dam.
"Hunyuan City has been captured, and we are also preparing to enter the city!" the division commander ordered, and then he was the first to walk towards the city gate.
After walking less than a hundred meters, they saw two figures running towards them in a hurry.
"It's the guard battalion communications corps!" the deputy chief of staff reported after seeing the other party's identity.
As soon as he finished speaking, two communication soldiers ran over one after another: "Master, our battalion commander asked me to report."
"There is no one in Hunyuan City. The Eighth Route Army and the common people have all run away!"
The division commander's good mood suddenly disappeared, and he replied with a stern face: "It seems that I still underestimated the strength of the Eighth Route Army."
"They not only have the ability to evacuate a village, they also have the ability to evacuate a county."
"Go back and tell your battalion commander: if people run away, run away. As long as their home is in the city, they will come back sooner or later."
"What we lack most now is food, not people. The county is so big, there must be food that has not been taken away."
"The troops immediately took control of all the city gates of Hunyuan, and other troops searched for food from house to house in companies and platoons."
"As expected, Commander Zhou and the Chief of Staff are arriving soon. The three armies together have more than 3,000 people in one place. It takes five to six thousand kilograms of food every day to keep the brothers full."
After the communications troops left, the division commander showed a worried expression.
Although I just said that the Eighth Route Army could not move all the food in the county, I was just trying to comfort my subordinates. In fact, I had no confidence at all.
If the Eighth Route Army can move all the people in the county, it must be able to move all the food.
We are in troubled times now, and food rations are the lifeblood of the people.
As long as the Eighth Route Army told the people that the Jinsui Army was coming to seize the county and went from house to house to search for food, the people would definitely take away all their rations for fear of being robbed by them and starving.
Things are indeed developing in the worst direction.
As soon as he walked into the empty Eighth Route Army headquarters, the guard battalion commander followed him in with a solemn expression.
"Master, I led my brothers to search the whole street, but except for mice, we couldn't find anything to satisfy our hunger."
"When I came over, the news that there was no food in the county had already spread in the team, and the mood of the brothers was very unstable. I had told the company and platoon leader to keep an eye on his men to avoid trouble, but if the food was not found, I would continue to let everyone starve.
, the military morale will definitely be in chaos."
"The Eighth Route Army is so ruthless. They want to starve us to death in Hunyuan County!" the division commander clenched his fists and cursed through gritted teeth.
The deputy division commander stood nearby and wanted to say something back: If the war zone had not been so greedy and had not sent troops to seize the base areas that the Eighth Route Army had seized from the Japanese, things like this would not have happened and the troops would not have been in trouble.
Speaking of which, the culprit of all this is that the war zone is too greedy and wants to take advantage of things that do not belong to them.
Of course, the deputy chief of staff would not dare to say such thoughts even to death, otherwise he would definitely lose his foothold in the Jinsui Army.
After a moment of hesitation, he said: "Master, if we still can't find food in the county, we can only place our hope on the chief of staff, hoping that they can send us food as soon as possible."
The division commander's eyes lit up and he ordered: "Yes, we still have the path of chief of staff."
"Send a telegram to the chief of staff now: We have successfully captured Hunyuan County, but the troops have run out of food. We require him to send a batch of food to the division headquarters before tomorrow night, otherwise military law will be imposed."
After giving the order, he looked at the guard battalion commander and said, "Go back to the army now and continue searching for food in the city."
"As long as it's edible, I'll cook it all for the brothers. Let's fill our stomachs first."
"Tell the brothers that the Chief of Staff is on his way over."
"He not only brought food, he also brought an ocean. As soon as the chief of staff arrived, we had food to eat, and each officer and soldier was rewarded with five ocean dollars."
"In a word, I don't care what methods you use, you must stabilize the morale of the troops and ensure that the troops are not in chaos."
On the road where the commandos took down the mountain artillery camp and the supply company, nearly four thousand Shanxi-Sui troops lined up in a formation for nearly two kilometers, slowly advancing toward the garrison base area like a snail.
The chief of staff walked in the middle of the team, his brows filled with anxiety.
The division commander has sent two telegrams in succession asking him to speed up, but the road has been completely destroyed. Without repairs to the road, large and heavy vehicles cannot move at all. If they go while repairing the road, they will definitely not be able to arrive within the time specified by the division commander.
Hunyuan.
By then, the troops in the county will definitely be in chaos, and may even collapse due to hunger.
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