Huang Sheng's first reaction was that he was happy when his idea was affirmed by the team leader!
But before he could smile, a difficult problem appeared in his mind!
Then he frowned and reminded: "Captain, there is a problem here!"
"One hundred kilograms of grain is exchanged for one piece of information. After the news spreads, many people will definitely come forward! By then, a village can collect dozens of pieces of information, which will be small!"
"This means that each of our villages has to give thousands of kilograms of grain to the villagers as payment!"
"A village has several kilograms of grain, and there are one or two hundred villages in Laiyuan. The total cost is not hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain!"
"Would it be too much of a loss to exchange hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain for intelligence, only to eliminate a few hundred spies and traitors in the end?"
"Also, we simply can't afford so much food!"
"Not to mention hundreds of thousands of jins, now we can't even get 10,000 jins!"
"Those traitorous spies are too cunning. Because we didn't dare to divide our troops during this period, they either sent the wealth and food that they usually plundered from the people to Laiyuan City or hid them in the mountains. The troops captured very little!"
"Even if we eliminate all the traitor agents lurking in Laiyuan, we probably won't be able to seize that much food!"
Li Hao answered confidently: "Don't worry about the food, I have already prepared it for you!"
"A total of five hundred thousand kilograms of grain is parked at the junction of Lingqiu and Laiyuan, and can be transported in for you at any time!"
"As for your first worry, I can tell you clearly that we won't suffer at all from this transaction, and we won't use so much food!"
Huang Sheng's eyes immediately widened. He looked at Li Hao with disbelief and asked, "This is impossible!"
"Nothing is impossible!" Li Hao is still as confident as ever!
"Faced with the temptation of life-saving food, many ordinary people must have come forward to provide us with information! But one thing I can be sure of: a lot of the information provided by the folks must be the same!"
"For the same information, we can't exchange it for a hundred kilograms of grain every time!"
"We can make a rule in advance. If the same information is raised for the first time, you can get one hundred catties of grain. But when it is raised for the second or third time, you can only get ten catties of grain as compensation!"
"The compensation can be large or small, and to a certain extent, it can stimulate everyone to rush to provide us with information and provide more and more useful information!"
"I think that once I am one step behind others, the information in my hand will be worthless."
"This way we can definitely save at least half of the food!"
"What a great idea!" Huang Sheng shouted excitedly!
“I’ll find the instructor to formulate the policy in a moment!”
"As long as we have intelligence support and find out where those traitorous spies are hiding, the troops will definitely be able to kill them all in the shortest possible time!"
He was excited, but when he thought that it would cost at least 200,000 kilograms of food to kill these spies, the smile on Huang Sheng's face slowly disappeared!
The group leader brought a total of 500,000 kilograms of grain, which seemed like a lot, but when you actually used it, you realized that they were not durable!
After completely capturing Laiyuan, the main force was expanded, local troops, county brigades, district squadrons, guerrillas were formed, and base areas were established. Food was needed everywhere, and the demand was not small!
Without this consumption, there would definitely be no problem in supplying the troops with half a million kilograms of grain until the autumn harvest!
But if half of the food is used to eliminate traitor spies, the remaining half of the food will definitely not be enough!
After the troops capture Laiyuan, the Third Battalion will definitely defend it. As the commander of the Third Battalion, these are things that I have to consider in the future!
For a bunch of traitorous spies, so much food was used, and it was the rations of the army. No matter how much he thought about it, Huang Sheng felt that he was at a loss!
In his eyes, those people are scum and scum. It would be a waste to kill them with bullets, let alone so much food!
Li Hao saw Huang Sheng's thoughts at a glance: "Do you really think that we spent hundreds of thousands of catties of grain to only buy information on how to eliminate traitorous spies!"
"If you really think so, you are totally wrong!"
"Because we not only bought intelligence with food, but also very important people's hearts!"
"The common people provide us with information in order to save life-saving food. Once they take this step, it means that they are on the opposite side of those traitorous spies, and they are likely to be retaliated by the Japanese and puppet troops!"
"If you want to avoid retaliation, there is only one way. Cooperate with us unconditionally, support us, catch all those lurking traitors and spies, and solve this hidden danger once and for all!"
Huang Sheng woke up at one o'clock, suddenly realized and shouted: "I understand!"
"From the moment they provided us with intelligence, they chose our Eighth Route Army!"
"Even if the Japs come back in the future, they will unconditionally support us in defeating the Japs!"
"Otherwise, they will continue to be oppressed by the Japanese and puppet troops, live a miserable life, and may even suffer revenge from the Japanese and puppet troops!"
In Laiyuan City, as time passed by, the commander's face became increasingly ugly!
It has been almost two hours since the cavalry brigade left the city!
Under normal circumstances, they should have arrived on the battlefield an hour ago, joined the attacking troops, and then fought together towards Gongqiao Village to kill the Eighth Route Army there!
According to the agreement: Once the cavalry brigade joins the attacking troops, it must report the situation of the attacking troops via radio as soon as possible!
But after such a long time, the headquarters did not receive a relevant telegram, as if the cavalry brigade had also disappeared!
"Bagaya Road, what do you do for Kawamoto-kun? It's been so long, why haven't you sent a telegram back yet!" The commander who was pacing in front of the sand table finally couldn't help cursing!
In fact, this is not the fault of Major Kawamoto. The attack of the garrison was too sudden and the firepower was fierce. If he gave the retreat order even one second late, it would mean that several of his subordinates might die on the battlefield!
There was no time to stop and let the operator send the telegram!
The original idea was to wait until the troops were out of the fire attack range and then report back when the troops were safe, but the garrison did not give him this chance!
As soon as they started to retreat, a large amount of flames erupted behind them, and the cavalry brigade was also surrounded!
Unfortunately, the operator was hit by a bullet!
After Major Kawamoto decided to abandon his war horse and break through the mountains on both sides of the road, he originally had time to send a telegram to Laiyuan City!
But the operator died and the radio station was broken!
In the end, it can only be eliminated bit by bit without sending any message!
The chief of staff stood nearby. The more he thought about it, the more something was wrong. He frowned and reminded: "Sir, do you want to contact the aviation force and ask them to send a plane to the battlefield to check!"
The commander, from the bottom of his heart, did not want to give up the great military success of wiping out a main battalion of the garrison!
But the battlefield is so weird!
More than a thousand imperial troops have disappeared continuously, and there is no news at all!
Even though he has been on the battlefield for a long time, this is the first time he has encountered this situation!
The life and death of more than a thousand imperial troops are at stake. No matter how reluctant the commander is, he can only give up his dream of wiping out the garrison!
He ordered with a stern face: "Contact the aviation force immediately to find out what happened on the battlefield?"
"Hi!" the chief of staff replied quickly!
When he reached the door, he suddenly stopped and asked hesitantly: "Sir, should we also send scouts!"
The commander cursed unceremoniously: "Are you a stupid pig?"
"If something happens to the two troops, there must be a conspiracy outside the city that we don't know about. If we send troops out again, we will risk our lives. We will fall into the trap of a sheep in a tiger's mouth!"
Speaking of this, the commander suddenly thought of the director of the intelligence department who had sworn in front of him two hours ago!
Immediately ordered: "Where is the Border City Lord? Call him over immediately!"
"If there is really a conspiracy outside the city and something happens to the two troops, he can't escape the blame!"
The captain of the Border City rushed over quickly, and when faced with the commander's questioning, he was also baffled!
In the past few hours, I did not receive any information about any unusual movements outside the city, nor did I find any other Eighth Route Army troops entering Lingqiu!
Although there were some worries in my heart, I still chose to believe what I saw!
The commander watched and answered with certainty: "Sir, I am here to confirm that there is nothing unusual outside the city!"
"In order to reassure everyone, I will send someone out now to let the intelligence system immediately find out what happened outside the city."
After saying that, Captain Biancheng rushed out of the war room!
Everything that needs to be done has been done, and the commander can only continue to suffer in the war room, waiting for news!
Forty minutes later, the chief of staff who was guarding the telecommunications room came back with a solemn look on his face!
Maybe I was frightened by the contents of the telegram. Before I could react from the shock, I almost fell down when I walked to the door!
Then he rushed to the commander and reported hurriedly: "Sir, something really happened!"
"The plane discovered the battlefield eighteen kilometers away from the county seat. Except for the Eighth Route Army who were cleaning the battlefield, not a single Imperial Army soldier was seen!"
"Where's the cavalry? Have you found the cavalry brigade?" the commander took a breath and asked!
The chief of staff shook his head and replied: "The cavalry is gone too!"
"There is a small battlefield next to the big battlefield. There are many corpses of imperial troops and war horses dumped in it. They must be our cavalry brigade!"
The commander sat down on the stool and shouted in disbelief: "Two troops, more than a thousand imperial troops, all died in battle. How is this possible?"
"Didn't you say that there were no other Eighth Route Army troops in Laiyuan? How could it be possible for just a few hundred people in Gongqiao Village to wipe out so many of our imperial troops in such a short period of time!"
"Where is the Captain of Border City? Call him over immediately. He assured me that there are no other Eighth Route Army troops in Laiyuan. So how did more than a thousand of our troops be killed? I need him to give me an explanation!"
"Order him to come here immediately!"
In less than half a minute, the guard who went to give the order came back and reported nervously!
"Sir, Captain Biancheng had a caesarean section in his office!"
"This is the report written by Captain Border Town before his caesarean section!"
"Nani?"
The chief of staff grabbed it and read it in ten seconds.
Then his whole person was enveloped in anger, his eyes became red, and he quickly reported!
"Sir, we have been fooled!"
"The Eighth Route Army has deployed troops outside the city. Intelligence personnel who wanted to enter the city to deliver news were either killed or captured!"
"In the past few hours, the intelligence we have received was deliberately released by the Eighth Route Army!"
"Captain Bian Cheng also just received the news and knew that he could not escape his guilt, so he committed suicide by caesarean section!"
