Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 731 The next target! (Second update!)
"Order the troops to strengthen their vigilance, counterattack with mortars and light and heavy machine gun fire, and kill the Eighth Route Army sneak attack troops around us!" The team leader made a decision with a sullen face.

The adjutant immediately replied: "Sir, I will arrange it right away!"

The sound of gunshots and shell explosions continued to ring around the Japanese and puppet army camps, starting from dark and continuing until ten o'clock in the evening without any intention of stopping.

The captain of the devils was very fortunate that the third company of the first battalion that attacked them did not have mortars, and even if there were mortars, there were very few shells, which could not threaten them.

Otherwise, if the third company has mortars and chooses to use mortars for a sneak attack, even if the captain of the devil group concentrates all the troops in the garrison, a single shell can cause them a lot of casualties.

"Sir, something happened to the stronghold?" Suddenly, a scream sounded outside the tent where the devil's captain was, and then the curtain of the tent was lifted, and the adjutant's nervous and anxious figure appeared in the tent.

The captain climbed up from the only camp bed in the entire army. Before he could speak, the adjutant hurriedly reported: "Sir, there is an urgent call from Linfen City. The stronghold was attacked by the main force of the new regiment and suffered heavy losses. We paid a huge price to carry out The 50 catties of grain that arrived will most likely be snatched back by the Eighth Route Army’s Xinyi Regiment!"

"Then what are you waiting for? Gather the troops immediately and return to the reinforcement base. 50 catties of grain must not be lost!" The captain ordered after thinking about it, grabbed the armed belt hanging on the camp bed and prepared to walk outside the tent .

"Wait a minute, sir!" The adjutant hurriedly stopped the captain who wanted to leave!

"The head of the brigade has sent reinforcements, and they are closer to the stronghold than us. The headquarters asked us to continue to collect food in the base of the Eighth Route Army, and they came to rescue the stronghold!"

"They have cars, and they are closer to Linfen City. The reinforcement base is indeed faster than ours!" The captain frowned and analyzed, then returned to his camp bed.

The adjutant comforted: "Please rest assured, sir. The brigade headquarters has dispatched troops to reinforce the stronghold. There must be no accidents in the stronghold. Don't worry!"

The brigade captain, who was sitting on the camp bed, was still frowning and showed no sign of relaxing.

"Sir, is there something wrong?" The adjutant stared at the captain and asked tentatively.

The captain didn't hide it: "I have a very bad feeling, and it's getting stronger and stronger. We've been tricked by the Eighth Route Army again. Since we entered the Eighth Route Army's base area to discuss, have we been led by the Eighth Route Army?"

"Impossible! Which village to rob is our own decision. How could it be calculated by the Eighth Route Army?" The adjutant asked back with a look of disbelief.

"Also, if the Eighth Route Army is plotting against us, how could it be possible to grab so much food in such a short time after we entered their base?"

The team leader frowned and asked back: "Grabbing food? Tell me, did we rob the more than 50 catties of grain hoarded in the stronghold?"

"It's not like we didn't rob food in the Eighth Route Army base area before. You have also experienced it. Is it as easy as ours?"

"Really?" The adjutant frowned.

Then he analyzed with a face of enlightenment: "In the past, we robbed food in the Eighth Route Army base areas. The threats like this one can only grab [-]% of our stipulated food tax at most. Even if we kill people in the Eighth Route Army base areas and threaten them with their lives, we can only rob them. Fifty to sixty percent of the stipulated grain tax!"

"Could it be that the Eighth Route Army did this on purpose? Before we entered the village, the Eighth Route Army had already prepared food. When we arrived, they forced them a little, and they gave us the food!"

The adjutant had already guessed right, but a trace of puzzlement appeared on his face immediately afterwards.

"But, sir, what is the purpose of the Eighth Route Army doing this?"

"All the food is given to us. What do they eat? The Chinese people in the field will not hate them. You must know that the food is half of their total harvest. After many people take out the food, the rest of the food even themselves The rations are not enough!"

The team leader made a positive judgment: "If we take the food back from us, they can return the food to the Chinese people. Not only that, but the Eighth Route Army will also win the favor of the Chinese people and receive food from the Chinese people." Feed the troops!"

"Do you still remember the first day we entered the Eighth Route Army base to grab food?"

"The Eighth Route Army didn't rob food immediately after we divided our troops, but robbed our food transport troops on the way back to Linfen. Do you know why?"

Seeing the adjutant shaking his head to express his incomprehension, the captain immediately explained.

"Our entire grain grabbing operation is under the surveillance of the Eighth Route Army. The reason why they haven't done anything is because they don't want the imperial army's anger to be vented on the people of China!"

"We got a sufficient amount of food tax from the Chinese people, and the food was robbed on the road far away from the Chinese village. If the imperial army vented its anger on the Chinese people, the imperial army's indiscriminate reputation would quickly It spread throughout Linfen. In the future, the imperial army will not be able to snatch food from the Chinese so easily, and the gains outweigh the losses.”

"However, the Eighth Route Army killed two birds with one stone. It not only took food back from us, but also killed and wounded a large number of our soldiers. It also won the hearts of the people in China, making the people willing to give them food and expand their troops."

The expression on the adjutant's face was very complicated, ranging from incomprehension to thoughtfulness.

After hesitating for a while, he continued to ask: "But, sir, since our entire grain grabbing operation is under the surveillance of the Eighth Route Army, why didn't they grab the grain back the next day, and in the next few days, and just watch Let's send the food to the base!"

"Because we changed the way we transported the grain, the Eighth Route Army operating here has no strength to take the grain back from us!" The captain replied with a frown.

"However, you have to be clear about one thing. It's not that the Eighth Route Army has done nothing during this period of time, it's just that we didn't care."

"However, it was because we didn't care that the situation in front of us appeared."

The adjutant frowned and asked, "Sir, I don't understand!"

"Casualties, our casualties during this time!" The captain immediately explained.

"Although we only have dozens of casualties every day, the imperial army only accounts for half of them. However, the casualties during this period are all added up, which is definitely a very impressive number, at least for the Eighth Route Army!"

Don't want to know, just want to startle.

The adjutant opened his mouth and was stunned for half a minute before answering: "There are more than 600 people. During this time, our casualties exceeded 600, and half of them were from the imperial army!"

When the adjutant was still in shock, the captain continued, and the words were astonishing.

"If I'm not wrong, the attack on the stronghold tonight must be a long-planned attack by the Eighth Route Army!"

"They knew that we suffered heavy losses and were short of troops, so they chose to attack our stronghold tonight!"

"Since they decided to attack, with the Eighth Route Army's combat style, they will act with at least [-]% certainty. Our stronghold will definitely be captured by the Eighth Route Army tonight. After the Eighth Route Army captures the stronghold, the next target will definitely be us!"

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