The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 757 The Game of Life and Death
As for some of the larger strongholds, Wang Leihu arranged for a special squad of cold guns and cold guns to cover up the entire devil's stronghold with the help of the gradually entering night sky.

As long as there is a ghost and puppet army who dares to leave the stronghold for half a step, it is guaranteed that he may see his own brain at any moment.

Since the Independence Regiment carried out the cold gun movement in the guerrilla zone.

The devils and puppet soldiers were beaten in fear, and they usually hid in gun towers and strongholds in fear all day long.

The Independent Regiment took the opportunity to expand the scope of the guerrilla.

So far, to make a rough statistics, in Yangquan, Ping'an County, Shouyang and other counties, except for some towns and counties occupied by devils.

As long as you leave the city, the vast countryside and the vast mountainous areas are almost all guerrilla areas of the independent regiment.

There was even a squadron leader of Captain Guizi, who was attacked by cold artillery more than a kilometer away in the city gate area, and was killed on the spot.

Especially at dusk and after the sky fell, the vast dark countryside and mountainous areas became the home field of the Eighth Route Army.

Although many elite units of the Japanese army are also very good at night combat, they are far less familiar with the vast rural and mountainous terrain than the Eighth Route Army.

In addition, most of the people stationed in the counties and towns are the security forces of the devils.

Not the absolute elite of some Class A divisions.

In this way, the Independent Regiment took the lead, and the Eighth Route Army units followed suit, targeting the guerrilla areas outside the counties and towns in the Japanese-occupied areas, and carried out a long-term cold gun movement.

It brought considerable pressure to the Japanese and puppet troops defending the city.

So much so that around the Taihang base area, there was a saying among the devils and puppet soldiers in the occupied area:
"Don't go out when it's dark, be careful there are eight ways!"

...under the cover of the gradually darkening sky.

The devils and puppet soldiers in the stronghold encountered a surprise attack and did not dare to leave the stronghold rashly.

The food looting campaign continued in this way.

After the devil combat team was wiped out, around the freight train that was completely controlled by the soldiers, the local troops in charge of transportation, militia troops, and some civilians who came to help quickly poured in, as if they had conducted a drill in advance. generally.

Everyone was in a hurry and orderly, fast and efficient.

After the doors of more than a dozen train cars were all opened, the sacks of grain piled up inside were revealed.

Wang Leihu, who led the team, opened a sack casually and took a look inside. Good guy, it was full of grains of wheat, or some beaten rice noodles.

"As many carriages as there are, divide them into as many teams as you want, move them all for me, and don't leave even a grain of food to the little devil!"

After the order was issued, the transport troops coordinated by all parties quickly divided the corresponding transport teams.

Tonight, the area around Yangquan will be the home field of the Independence Regiment. Under the approaching night, the devils and puppet soldiers in the strongholds along the roads and railways along the way are like frightened bastards, all retracting their heads into their shells.

Fifteen military vehicles rushed to the location of the grain robbery with the roar of engines in a car transport team that cooperated with this grain-saving transportation.

Then, with the assistance of the transport troops, the cars were quickly loaded.

One after another, the grain was sent to the rear compartment of the car by the soldiers.

In order to efficiently and quickly transport all the grain pulled by the devil's dozen or so freight trains.

The soldiers even set up a human transport line, or a dozen or dozens of soldiers set up a human transport line.

Then the front personnel quickly take out the grain from the train carriages, and quickly load the cars, motorcycles, mule-drawn carts, carts, wheelbarrows, etc. through the transmission of manpower.

If you look down from a high altitude, it looks like a group of ants working together efficiently to transport food under the approaching night.

In the case of efficient and tacit cooperation, the power of many people has been perfectly interpreted here.

The devil's train has fourteen carriages fully loaded with grain.

The ghost country is short of resources, and the current transportation railway line is still using the first-class railway system of the Qing Dynasty.

Although the carrying capacity of the train is not particularly large, each carriage can carry about [-] tons of grain, and there are still [-] carriages that can carry a total of [-] to [-] tons of grain.

The food was successfully seized this time, which was much faster than the time-consuming and laborious purchase of food from various places by the independent group.

No wonder everyone likes to make war money!

At this time, the Japanese army headquarters in Yangquan and the Japanese officers completely exploded.

Due to the recent serious disasters, the Japanese and puppet troops in the Yangquan area have even faced the embarrassing situation of running out of food. These devils and puppet army officers are desperately counting on the batch of food reinforcements from their superiors to survive.

Who would have thought that the news would come out suddenly that the rails of the train transporting grains would be blown off by Eighth Road on the way.

These damned Eight Routes actually came up with the idea of ​​robbing food.

The Yangquan Japanese Army Command immediately issued an order for all parties to quickly reinforce the ambushed railway line...

"Reporting sir, there is a communication from the No. [-] stronghold. Its troops are besieged by the Eighth Route Army. The situation of the Eighth Route Army is unknown. It cannot highlight the stronghold, so it can only be forced to defend."

"Reporting sir, there was a communication from the western stronghold. The Eighth Route Army set up an ambush along the way. The reinforcements were ambushed on the way. They suffered heavy casualties and were forced to retreat to the stronghold."

"Report sir, strongholds No. 15 and 21 have been attacked by eight-way artillery and have completely fallen."

"Sir..."

"Sir..."

"Sir, the communication signal of the 315 train has been completely interrupted, and repeated attempts to contact have failed."

"Sir, the trains carrying grain transport on the east and west lines of our county were also ambushed by the Eighth Route on the way. The train department is urgently asking for help from our headquarters. The situation is very critical."

A series of bad news followed.

These damn Tuba Roads have such a big appetite that they want to eat three transportation lines at once.

"idiot--"

The devil commander uttered impotent rage in a panic.

On the one hand, he ordered that no matter the cost, he would continue to reinforce the railway line, and he must take back this batch of military rations.

On the one hand, due to the crisis of the situation, he had to report the current plight of Yangquan to the headquarters and requested special reinforcements.

In Taiyuan City, the headquarters of the Japanese First Army stationed in Shanxi.

When Devil Commander Shinozuka Yoshio learned that Balu had launched a food robbery plan, it was almost dark.

The chief of staff, Bei Chuan, had an anxious face: "General, we have taken all precautions. I didn't expect these eight forces to be so rampant."

"How dare they dispatch the main force and come directly to our army's ration transportation line."

"According to the intelligence from the front, they not only ambushed our army's transport train, they are even attacking some large and small strongholds along the highway and railway lines."

"What are they going to do, can't they fully launch a war with our Great Japanese Empire?"

Shinozuka Yoshio did not respond immediately, but immediately conveyed the combat order to the flying squadron that was in a state of ready combat.

Although the Japanese army's air power is limited and there is an extreme lack of night fighters and pilots, Yoshio Shinozuka can't care so much at the moment:
On the phone, he ordered: "How to carry out bombing and combat at night, your flight team will find a way for me to lock the area of ​​​​the eight-way ambush train for me, and cooperate with the reinforcements pouring in from around."

"Be sure to stop the food robbery of the Eighth Route!"

"Hi!"

Yoshio Shinozuka, who hung up the phone, analyzed the battle map for a while, then said in a deep voice:

"Mr. Beichuan, this Kong Jie is really very cunning. Taking advantage of the disaster victims in the area occupied by our army, he suddenly attacked our army's transportation route and caught our army by surprise."

"At this moment, he puts such a difficult problem in front of us again."

"Is it to save the stronghold, or to save food?"

"The equipment level of this independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army is progressing rapidly. This time, it looted the rations transported by our army, and at the same time ordered to attack various strongholds in the guerrilla area."

"This is intentionally creating confusion, so that our army will not care about the tail."

"If we reinforce the trains with all our strength, the advancing stronghold will be destroyed. If we reinforce the stronghold with all our strength, the transportation of food will be difficult. If we focus on both ends, we will inevitably lose sight of the other... This guy who can create chaos in particular is really annoying .”

After thinking for a while, Bei Chuan, who tried his best to solve Yoshikashi Shinozuka's problems, suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said:

"General, whether it is a reinforcement base or a reinforcement train, in the final analysis, it is our army's passive defense."

"Treat the symptoms but not the root cause. If you want to save both ends, the most effective way is to get rid of the Eighth Route Army who caused the evil."

"General, the most troublesome thing about our army's raids against the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang and Taiyue areas in the past was that it was impossible to locate the Eighth Route Army in the vast mountainous area and besiege its main force."

"Now is a great opportunity!"

Shinozuka Yoshio, who was awakened by Beichuan's words, suddenly said:

"You mean, why don't you play a big game and use this transport train and stronghold as bait to lure and kill the main force of the Eighth Route?"

Bei Chuan said with a smile: "The general has a broad vision, and he has the best view of the overall situation."

"A momentary gain or loss, is it as important as the overall victory?"

"Even if the equipment of this independent regiment is excellent, the large number of strongholds of our army cannot be captured by them in a short while.

In addition, the total amount of grain transported by our army's three transportation lines this time is quite a lot, and the Eighth Route lacks mechanized troops. How can they transport all the thousands of tons of grain in a short period of time? "

"I don't believe that in the current disaster year, Balu is willing to burn those grains on fire."

"Then use strongholds and food as bait, as long as you can hold the eight roads for even two hours."

"Our army can quickly encircle the Xiangyangquan area through railways and highways, and destroy the main force of the Eighth Route Army that was lured over in one fell swoop. I don't think it is difficult."

"Thinking about it this way, General, it may not be a problem right now, but it may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our army to destroy the main force of a division of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop!"

"Yangxi!"

Yoshio Shinozuka, who was also moved by his thoughts, nodded heavily. He was ashamed of the blind defense he made subconsciously in his heart.

I don't know when, facing this small Eighth Route Army detachment, I actually lost the vigor that a warrior of the Great Japanese Empire should have.

"Pass my military order and immediately convey the combat order to the headquarters of each division..."

Shinozuka Yoshio spoke decisively, with a cold light in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)