The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 383 Devil's Extinct Plan (Two Chapters In One)

The Chief of Staff of the Taiyuan Japanese First Army is reporting to Yoshio Shinozuka the results of his half-month efforts: "Your Excellency, in addition to incorporating the [-]th Regiment, the [-]th Regiment and the [-]st Battalion, the Sixth Guerrilla Battalion of the Jinsui Army An accident occurred in the plan, and all other recruitment operations were successfully completed!"

"Nearly [-] Jinsui troops have been reorganized into the Imperial Association Army one after another. More than half of the Imperial Association Army has the Imperial Army in command. They serve as deputy positions in the army and assist in command. They have completely controlled these troops!"

"Bailey has transferred these recruited Jinsui troops to the independent regiment, the new second regiment, and the new first regiment according to the original combat plan!"

"They are all local snakes, familiar with the terrain there..."

"With their help, the imperial army can better block them and trap the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi!"

"The humble official said something disrespectful. From now on, even a grain of food will not flow from the imperial army's occupied area to the Eighth Route Army's base area!"

Shinozuka Yoshio said very satisfied: "This is our first step in attacking the soft power of the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi, and the results are quite fruitful...I decided to start the second action plan immediately!"

"Consume the food reserves of the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi at all costs, leaving them with no food to eat and no food to use, and then causing their base areas to fall into chaos due to food shortages!"

The chief of staff comprehended, and continued to introduce: "Your Excellency, please rest assured, the humble post has already begun preparations!"

"In order to completely cut off the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi from contact with the outside world, we followed the practice of the Kwantung Army in Manchuria and established a circular no-man's land with a width of more than [-] kilometers around the base of the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi. Not even a grain of grain...not even a hiding place!"

"According to statistics, there are more than [-] people living in this no-man's land..."

"Kick out the young and strong, there are about [-] old and weak women and children!"

"Drove them into the Eighth Route Army's base area. Each person would eat half a catty of grain every day, and the Eighth Route Army would consume [-] catties of grain every day!"

"At least [-] million catties of food for the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi will be eaten a month!"

"The land in Northwest Shanxi is barren and the grain output is low. The Eighth Route Army doesn't have much grain!"

"According to this consumption rate, at most two months will be able to clear out all their food stocks, and even the army food can't be kept!"

"Without food, the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi will collapse no matter how strong its combat effectiveness is...and lose its combat effectiveness!"

"Why do you want to kick out all the young and middle-aged people among the common people!" Shinozuka Yoshio suddenly interrupted.

The chief of staff blurted out: "Prevent these young and middle-aged men from joining the Eighth Route Army, or increase the number of labor forces in the Eighth Route Army's base areas for their use!"

Shinozuka Yoshio shook his head and objected: "You are too petty!"

"I can't bear to let the children not be caught by wolves...We want to use this non-military operation to severely damage the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi...We must not be stingy!"

"Send one hundred thousand young and strong people among the common people to the Eighth Route Army base area, and don't kick any of them!"

"If the Eighth Route Army has enough food in its hands, these young men can really help the Eighth Route Army!"

"But if there is not enough food to feed them, these [-] young adults will become the source of chaos in the Eighth Route Army's base areas!"

"Not only do we want to send all these young men to the base of the Independent Regiment... we also need to put some spies in there!"

"When the Eighth Route Army runs out of food, use these spies to incite [-] young and strong people to grab food everywhere, resist the Eighth Route Army, and even become bandits, looting the Eighth Route Army's bases everywhere!"

"In a word... the more chaotic the base area of ​​the independent regiment, the greater the benefits we will get!"

The chief of staff immediately showed an expression of enlightenment, looked at Yoshio Shinozuka with admiration on his face, and said, "Commander is wise..."

"One hundred thousand young and strong are not as easy to fight as old and weak women and children!"

"In order not to starve to death, I can do anything..."

"With good operation, just one hundred thousand young and strong will be able to disrupt the Eighth Route Army's base areas, and plunge the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi into chaos to quell civil strife!"

"The more strength they consume in the civil strife, the lower the cost for us to sweep them up in the future!"

"The humble staff will make arrangements in a short while...Let the super high school cooperate with our actions, and force [-] ordinary people into the Eighth Route Army base area as soon as possible..."

Shinozuka Yoshio continued: "This is not enough!"

"Remember Agent Yamamoto?"

The chief of staff didn't know why the commander suddenly mentioned this unit, he hesitated for a while before answering: "I still remember... General Yamamoto was an admirable officer... It's a pity that he died at the hands of the Eighth Route Army!"

Shinozuka Yoshio said bluntly: "Although the Yamamoto Special Forces were defeated... Yamamoto Osamu also died in the hands of the Japanese...but I think the special operations proposed by Yamamoto Osamu are still very useful!"

"During the activities in southwestern Shanxi, we cooperated with the local imperial army to destroy a large number of Jinsui barracks and regiment-level headquarters, and even several division and brigade-level headquarters, providing a lot of help to the frontal offensive troops!"

"The reason why I have been repeatedly defeated in the hands of the Eighth Route Army, I think this has a lot to do with the Eighth Route Army's combat methods."

"They have been fighting guerrillas in the area occupied by the imperial army all the year round. They are surrounded by the imperial army and the imperial association army, and they may be attacked at any time... The harsh combat environment forced their command agencies to be more alert. Therefore, Their regiment headquarters are much more difficult to fight than the Jinsui Army."

"If we settle for the next best thing, abandon the Eighth Route Army regiment-level headquarters, and focus on attacking their battalion and company headquarters, material warehouses, and local government garrisons with low defenses, it will definitely be much easier to fight!"

"The Eighth Route Army is different from the Jinsui Army. In order to avoid exposing the target, the troops are scattered in their base areas in units of battalions and companies. This gives us a good chance to defeat them individually!"

"If the military department forms a few more action teams similar to the Yamamoto Special Forces, with the help of the Imperial Association Army and intelligence personnel, pretending to be the Eighth Route Army, and infiltrating when the Eighth Route Army's base area is in food shortage and chaos, it will definitely strengthen them further. The degree of chaos in the base area has achieved unexpected results!"

"You can also use the identity of the Eighth Route Army to rob food in the base area and destroy the relationship between the Eighth Route Army and the common people."

"Didn't they often say that they are fish and the people in the base area are water. Without the support of water, fish cannot survive!"

"Since this is the case, let's start from the root, drain the water first... and then deal with them!"

"Without the nourishment of water, I don't see how they can survive like ducks in water!"

At the Dingjiazhuang Assault Battalion station, the deputy battalion commander Zhong Chengjun walked into the battalion headquarters and said annoyedly: "Battlemaster, the newly appointed commander Wang of the [-]th Regiment is also a soft bone..."

"A brigade of devils started to retreat before they entered their camp. They ran faster than rabbits, and they didn't even have the courage to fight!"

"Before we had time to send troops for reinforcements, the Japanese army cut off the connection between us and the [-]th Regiment. When we realized it, one brigade of devils had become two brigades, and the second devils from two regiments were transferred from other places. !"

"After investigation, I found out...the other brigade of the devils and the second devils of the two regiments are hiding behind the vanguard!"

"The vanguard troops completed the raid mission, and the puppet troops from behind for more than [-] days immediately rushed forward, completely cutting off our connection with the [-]th Regiment!"

"The second devils of the two regiments are the original Jinsui Army, and they are very familiar with the local terrain!"

"With their cooperation, the Japanese army blocked all the roads, small roads, and mountain roads leading to the outside world in just two days..."

"I sent someone to investigate!"

"A reinforced squadron of the imperial army and a battalion of second devils are stationed at several highway checkpoints... and a large number of artillery towers and bunkers have been built on the road..."

"A reinforced squad of the Imperial Army and a company of Second Devils are stationed on the small road, and they also built gun towers and bunkers!"

"The least number of troops stationed at the mountain road checkpoint... But the terrain there is very dangerous, and heavy weapons can't get through it. The Japanese and puppet troops only need to deploy [-] or [-] people to block our reinforced battalion!"

"It's troublesome!" Huang Yu's face suddenly became very serious.

"Our base area has always been short of food, so we have to purchase it from outside... Now that the base area has been cut off from the outside world by the devils, even if we can buy food from outside, we can't bring it back!"

"Without food, the troops will not have enough to eat, and there will be big problems!"

"If there is a food shortage in the base area, or something unexpected happens, the problem exposed by our food shortage will be even bigger!"

"Old Zhong, you stay at the battalion headquarters, I have to go to the regiment headquarters immediately!"

"This matter is too big, and it is worse than what I and the leader predicted before. We must report to him immediately, and figure out a way to break the situation. The sooner the better..."

"Otherwise, it will be difficult for us to break the situation when the blockade by the Japanese and puppet troops becomes tighter and tighter!"

At the regiment headquarters of the New Second Regiment in Baipogou, Huang Yu had just finished reporting on the situation of the Japanese puppet army's division of the independent regiment and the third, fifth and fourth regiments. Li Wensheng answered, "Little Huang, it's not just your side!"

"Other directions in the base area are also tightly blocked by the Japanese and puppet troops!"

"With the help of the incorporated Jinsui Army, all the mountain roads and small roads leading to the outside world have been repaired with dark forts and gun towers!"

"Except for two or three underground transportation lines and radios, we have completely lost contact with the outside world!"

"Regiment commander, chief of staff, the Japanese puppet army made it clear that they wanted to trap us with an economic blockade and restrict our development!" Huang Yu immediately expressed his thoughts.

"We seized a large number of weapons and ammunition in the anti-sweeping campaign before."

"No matter how tight the Japanese and puppet blockade is, we don't need to worry about ammunition in a short time!"

"The only thing to worry about is food and salt. For the army, both are indispensable!"

"I want to know how long we can last with the grain and salt in our hands!"

"Can the grain and salt stored in the hands of the people in the base area last until the autumn harvest!"

Li Wensheng knew everything about the independent regiment's family well, looked at Huang Yu and blurted out: "Speaking of this, the regiment leader and I haven't had time to thank you properly!"

"The military rations in our hands were originally in short supply. You bought hundreds of thousands of catties of grain from the [-]th Regiment, and you seized hundreds of thousands of catties of grain from the [-]th Regiment in the next raid. The gap is filled."

"According to the current trench speed of the troops, it will definitely be no problem to support the military rations until the autumn harvest!"

"Although the folks don't have a lot of food in their hands...it's still no problem to save it until the autumn harvest!"

"Salt is a problem...Northwest Shanxi does not produce salt, and the stock has always been very small..."

"If there is no salt flowing into the base area in the next few days, the salt storage in Northwest Shanxi can last for four months at most!"

"That's okay!" Huang Yuchang let out a sigh of relief!
"The combat effectiveness of our independent regiment is here. It will definitely break the blockade of the Japanese and puppet troops in four months!"

Kong Jie was not so optimistic, he kept frowning, and did not relax because of the conversation between the chief of staff and Huang Yu.

He knew the kid all too well.

Reminiscent of the fact that the brigade commander and Huang Yu both reminded themselves to guard against the little devil's tricks, the first reaction in his mind was that the devil's blockade of the base area was only the first step, and there must be many other tricks waiting for him.

Looking at Huang Yu and Li Wensheng's serious analysis: "What you are talking about is only the most optimistic result!"

"In the event of an accident, I am worried that our food and salt reserves will be exhausted in a short period of time...then the pressure on the troops will be great."

Huang Yu instantly sensed Kong Jie's worry, and quickly replied: "I'm also worried that the little devil will play tricks on us..."

"I've been thinking about this issue on the way here..."

"In addition to destroying our grain depot."

"I racked my brains and couldn't think of other tricks that can consume a lot of our food in a short period of time!"

"As long as we strengthen our vigilance, store military rations separately as much as possible, and don't put all eggs in one basket!"

"Even if a grain depot is unfortunately destroyed by the enemy, it will only lose a small part of the grain, and it will not affect the overall situation!"

Li Wensheng continued: "I can't think of any tricks that can consume a large amount of our military rations in a short period of time!"

"Regiment leader...there is a situation on the front line..." Communication platoon leader Zhang Xuelin suddenly rushed in to report.

"Deputy Chief of Staff Shen sent an urgent message: Early this morning, more than [-] ordinary people crossed the Zhangzhuang stronghold and entered our base area!"

"I thought it was a good thing, but it turned out that the more than two thousand people had nothing, not even the most basic life-saving rations and clothes."

"Our Eighth Route Army is a team of ordinary people. We cannot just watch them starve to death or freeze to death in our base areas..."

"Promptly adjust [-] catties of military rations to support those common people, so that they will not starve to death..."

"As a result, as soon as these people were dealt with, more than [-] people from the direction of Lizhuang were forced into our base area by the Japanese and puppet troops. They also did not bring any rations or clothes!"

"Deputy Chief of Staff Shen once again allocated [-] catties of military rations to support them..."

"Just now... more than [-] ordinary people in the Gaopo stronghold were approached by the Japanese and puppet troops..."

"Deputy Chief of Staff Shen felt that this was a plot by the Japanese and puppet troops against us, and wanted to consume a large amount of our military rations through these ordinary people!"

"If we don't take immediate action, the Japanese will definitely send more people into our base areas and consume our food!"

"Deputy Chief of Staff Shen also reported: All the people who entered our base area came from the Japanese-occupied areas around the base area...the details are still being investigated!"

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