At the Datong Independent Battalion Headquarters, a fast horse galloped towards the door. Before the horse could stop, the rider fell off his horse and stood on the ground, then ran towards the war room.
"Regiment commander, battalion commander, good news!"
"The Jinsui Army in Hunyuan City did not leave the city today. All four city gates are closed tightly, and only a few troops are arranged to guard the city."
Huang Sheng looked doubtful and asked, "Did you read that correctly?"
"I remember that yesterday they stormed out of the county in a fierce manner and burned six entire villages. Today they stayed behind closed doors. This is too abnormal."
Li Hao was silent for a moment, and then a sneer flashed from the corner of his mouth: "If I guessed correctly, the Jinsui Army in the city should be running out of food soon."
"If the soldiers don't have enough to eat, they will definitely not have the energy to go out and burn houses."
"Yes, that must be the case."
"Xiao Yuan reported: The food sent by the Jinsui Army into the city yesterday did not exceed 10,000 catties. The food sent into the city last time should be almost eaten."
"With this little food, if you eat it with an open stomach, you won't be able to finish it in two days."
"In order to last until the third batch of food is delivered to the city, the Jinsui Army can only reduce its rations?"
"The soldiers must not dare to leave the city if they don't have enough to eat. It makes sense to close the city gate tightly."
"Send a telegram to Xiao Yuan immediately and ask them to continue to implement the original plan and prevent the Jinsui Army from sending the third batch of food to the city at all costs."
"Captain Huang, you immediately organize your troops to bury all the mines sent to us by the political commissar outside Hunyuan City at night, put up a minefield sign, and tell the Jinsui Army that Hunyuan City has been surrounded by us. They
Either negotiate with us or starve to death in Hunyuan City."
Although all the common people in Hunyuan City have left, more than 4,000 Jinsui troops have been stationed there, and the population is no less than the common people before.
But there was no one in the streets and alleys, everything was deserted and deserted.
It's not that the soldiers didn't want to go out, it's that they were so hungry that they didn't have the energy to go out and hang out.
Division headquarters and division commanders do not need to suffer from hunger.
Even if the entire division has no food to eat, he will still have food stored here.
But he was not in a good mood at all. His subordinates had just reported on the situation of each battalion, and it was very bad.
Although the rations were halved, the subordinates would not starve to death, but it still caused dissatisfaction among many people. There were even lower-level officers who questioned the order of the division headquarters, believing that the division headquarters should not come to Hunyuan and seize the garrison base area.
It not only violated moral principles and was a disgrace to the Eighth Route Army, but also caused the army to lose troops and generals, and was trapped in Hunyuan City and starved.
This kind of message was suppressed by the battalion and company commander as soon as it appeared, but it still caused quite a commotion among the troops and shook the already unstable morale of the troops.
Moreover, this suppression is temporary and cannot last long.
If the problem of food shortage in the troops cannot be solved as soon as possible, the morale of the military will definitely become more and more unstable.
When the rumors reappeared, the battalion company commander could no longer suppress them.
Once most of the soldiers accept this rumor, the army will soon collapse.
The remaining reason is the key to all the problems we are currently facing: food.
The rations were cut in half, and more than 9,000 kilograms of food was only enough to last the troops for three days.
At that time, the troops must have lacked physical strength and were very weak because they had been hungry for three consecutive days. Once they were without food, the blow would be devastating.
In order to survive, military law, military discipline, officers... will be forgotten by everyone. Wherever there is food and food, the soldiers will run wherever they go, even if the other party is the Eighth Route Army, they don't care.
This thing is so terrifying that the teacher dare not think about it anymore...
"Master's seat, telegram from the Chief of Staff..." The operator cautiously came over to report.
"What's the matter?" the teacher asked impatiently.
The main reason why the troops are like this is that the war zone should not be greedy and rashly order the troops to enter the garrison base area.
But in the opinion of the division commander, there are still some factors that lie with the chief of staff.
He had two entire regiments of troops at his disposal, and as a result, he couldn't even transport food into Hunyuan City.
Although the Eighth Route Army is indeed difficult to fight, it will not be passively beaten along the way. It sent 10,000 jins of grain to Hunyuan and lost at least 50,000 jins, or even 100,000 jins on the way...
The division commander deeply believed that there was something wrong with the chief of staff's command.
The radio operator continued to report: "Nearly 300 people were injured on their way back. Nearly 400 people were injured last time they went back. After deducting the wounded who stayed in Hunyuan City, they only have 2,000 soldiers left to fight."
"If we continue to divide our troops, we can only bring 1,500 people for the third transportation. The final amount of food that can be sent to Hunyuan City will definitely not exceed 10,000 kilograms, or even less than the food that was sent to the city for the second time."
"He planned to gather all the available troops to transport food one last time, leaving more than 600 wounded to guard the ammunition and supplies."
"No!" The division commander objected without hesitation.
"This is to send more than 600 wounded soldiers to die. I dare say that as soon as the Chief of Staff leaves, more than 600 wounded soldiers will be captured by the Eighth Route Army, although I don't know what method they use?"
The deputy division commander thought for a moment and retorted: "Master, I don't think so!"
"The reason why we lost so many wounded soldiers in the front is because they were too scattered, which gave the Eighth Route Army every opportunity to defeat them."
"We now know that the Eighth Route Army has the strength to capture one of our companies."
"If the force exceeds two companies, there is nothing they can do as long as they don't use their guns."
"The chief of staff left behind more than 600 wounded soldiers, most of whom were lightly wounded. Apart from being unable to march long distances, the battle was not greatly affected."
"The combat effectiveness of more than 600 people is at least equivalent to 400 people in a normal army, nearly three infantry companies."
"I think as long as they don't attack and stick to their garrison, the Eighth Route Army will definitely be unable to do anything to them."
The division commander was moved. He frowned and thought for two minutes before deciding: "Then call the chief of staff back and agree to his troop division plan."
"We need food so much. This time, two thousand people are dispatched at the same time. They must deliver at least 30,000 kilograms of food to us until the food replenishment for us in the war zone is in place."
Xiao Yuan has been staying near the temporary station of the Jinsui Army for the past few days. He is too jealous of the ammunition and supplies in the station.
Excluding the food that the Jinsui Army wanted to take away, the ammunition alone was loaded into nearly fifty carts.
This is fat meat served to your mouth. If you don't eat it, you won't eat it.
But the Jinsui Army was too cautious. They divided their forces twice to deliver food to Hunyuan City but left a large number of troops behind. Xiao Yuan never found an opportunity to take advantage of it.
He found it today
At dawn, a team member monitoring the Jinsui Army station came over and said: "Captain, the Jinsui Army grain transport team has set off. There are two thousand people. Each soldier carries dozens of kilograms of grain on his back. The march is very fast."
"Based on our inference of the total strength of the Jinsui Army in the garrison, there should be no more than 700 Jinsui Army troops staying at the garrison, and they are all wounded."
Xiao Yuan was so happy that he almost jumped up from the ground, stared at the team members and asked: "Are you sure that all the wounded soldiers left behind by the Jinsui Army?"
"You can't make a mistake!" the team member affirmed.
"God help me!" The smile on Xiao Yuan's face became thicker. He looked at Chen Wei and said with emotion: "Old Chen, our opportunity has come."
"There are less than 700 wounded soldiers. If we cooperate well, we can definitely capture them without firing a shot."
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