Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 783 The Anger of the Front Army (First Update!)

Major General Matsumoto's patience gave Xinyituan a chance to transport all the food.

Wang Ping only had less than four companies of soldiers to protect the food, and because time was limited, the food was hidden by the side of the mountain, so there was no need to go deep into the mountain.

If the devil's reinforcements insist on taking back the food, even if they go deep into the mountains and lose some troops, there will be no problem at all in taking back the food hidden by the Eighth Route Army on the side of the mountains.

However, Major General Matsumoto was afraid.

Others turn pale when they talk about it, but he turns pale when he talks about fighting mountain warfare with the Eighth Route Army.

The last time a military column was robbed and a mixed brigade was completely wiped out, the shock it brought to him was too great.

This time the military column was robbed in the same way as last time. Up to now, he has not figured out how many troops of the Eighth Route Army participated in the battle, and where did these troops come from?
If the Eighth Route Army deploys heavy troops in the forest, Matsumoto is sure that if his troops rush in rashly, they will suffer heavy losses even if they are not completely wiped out.

The expansion of the brigade is imminent, and every death of a veteran means one less, and Matsumoto can no longer afford to lose.

In the woods, Wang Ping was also very anxious, worried that the reinforcements from the devils would rush into the woods.

Fortunately, the devil reinforcements who rushed to the battlefield just garrisoned on the spot and did not search everywhere.

At this moment, political commissar Huang Yuanqiang rushed over with a look of excitement.

"Regimental Commander, you've made a fortune... Guess how much food we got back from the military ranks! Just white flour and rice, there are a total of twelve cars, and there is also a car of canned food, a car of medicine, salt... and other supplies!"

"I did the math just now. One stuffy tank car in the Devil's Army Column contains 25 catties of grain, and all of them add up to 300 million catties of grain. One-third of it is rice, and the rest is white flour!"

Wang Ping's eyes quickly shot out two bright lights, and he was happier than anyone else.

There are a total of 300 million catties of grain, and it is still refined grain. If it is used well, at least two or three main regiments can be guaranteed a year's rations during the famine.

After hesitating for a while, he ordered: "Political commissar, first take out [-] catties of rice and [-] catties of white flour, send them back to the base area, and distribute them to the main camps. The troops can't always eat coarse grains, they must be mixed with refined grains to be nutritious." .From now on, the troops must ensure that they have a meal of fine grains every day, in the morning, noon and evening!"

"Other grains, except for the compensation for fellow villagers, are stored in the grain depot we built in the mountains. Without my order, no one can use it!"

"It's the same with the captured cans, take out some of them for the soldiers to make tooth sacrifices, and store the rest!"

"Canned food is stored longer than grain, and taking it out at critical moments can save lives!"

The food was robbed, and the Eighth Route Army was robbed, and the news reached the headquarters of the Front Army. Commander Tada Hayao can be said to be furious, calling Matsumoto a waste.

When I first met Matsumoto, as a special operations expert of the Imperial Army, Tada Hayao admired him very much.

However, as the law and order in Linfen intensified, not to mention the heavy losses of the troops, even the Pu Railway was threatened.Hayao Tada's affection for Matsumoto also began to disappear little by little, and he began to loathe him.

Because, the last time when the Linfen garrison suffered heavy losses, Matsumoto even bypassed himself as the commander and went directly to his backstage in the country to speak to him.

For Tada Hayao, this is an absolute shame and a challenge to his status!
The chief of staff was very clear about the commander's views on Matsumoto, so he hesitated and replied: "Your Excellency, calm down, this Matsumoto's background in the country is too strong, we can't afford to offend him. Since the above said to give him another chance, then we will endure it." Kazuno. If Matsumoto loses again this time, then the headquarters will punish him again, and there will be nothing to say in the country!"

"In addition, I have an idea! The headquarters dare not reprimand Matsumoto. We can ask the heads of several front-line divisions to send telegrams to the country to put pressure on Matsumoto. You know, there are several front-line divisions in the robbed army this time. More than a month's rations!"

"Now that Matsumoto is lost, even if the front army raises food for them again and restores the railway, it will take several days. And in these few days, the frontline troops must save the remaining rations to prevent the troops from running out of food. In this case , the commanders of several divisions will definitely be full of anger and have no place to vent their anger."

"Matsumoto has backers in the country, and so do the division heads. Let them put more pressure on Matsumoto, it would be great!"

Tada Hayao's face looked much better, and he frowned and ordered: "Chief of Staff, go and send a telegram to the division heads to explain the situation, and go now!"

At the headquarters of the Japanese Army Brigade in Linfen City, Matsumoto's face was very unsightly.

Just now, I received a telegram from China, directly scolding myself.

And threatened himself that if he could no longer guarantee the safety of the Tongpu Railway, he would not even have the last chance to take revenge on the Xinyi regiment.

With a sullen face, he stared at the sand table for a full 10 minutes before Matsumoto withdrew his gaze, then stared at the chief of staff and asked, "Have the engineers not found out how the train derailed?" The chief of staff lowered his head, just about to shake his head Said no, the communications staff rushed in.

After reading the telegram, the Chief of Staff finally raised his head, and replied: "I have already figured it out, Your Excellency, Division Commander, the Eighth Route Army deliberately misplaced the railway tracks. If you don't observe carefully, the train driver will not be able to find it. I found out, because the distance was too short and there was no time to brake, and then the train derailed and rolled over, and collided with the heroic train in a tragic accident!"

Matsumoto frowned all of a sudden, staring at the chief of staff and asked: "If there is a long enough braking distance between the military train and the armored train, even if the armored train derails and rolls over, the military train will have enough distance to brake and stop? "

The chief of staff's eyes lit up and he complimented: "The general is wise! In this case, even if the Eighth Route Army uses the same method to rob the military column, the military column will not be derailed and rolled over. With the guards and firepower on the military column, the Eighth Route Army is equipped with a large number of artillery. Otherwise, it is absolutely impossible to win the military rank in a short time!"

"Also, Laiyuan of the Eighth Route Army, who robbed the army column, also figured it out. They come from three main battalions, and each main battalion has a company, which escaped the detection of our intelligence agents and assembled on the battlefield to launch an attack on our army column transporting food. attack!"

"The humble job has asked the intelligence department to send more people to watch the Xinyi regiment's barracks, and develop our intelligence personnel within the Xinyi regiment as soon as possible, so that we can [-]% grasp the specific movements of each unit of the Eighth Route Army's Xinyi regiment!"

"Yoxi!" Matsumoto's face finally looked a lot better.

Taking a deep breath, he continued to order: "Also, strengthen the troops and firepower of the railway garrison in the Xinyi regiment's control area, and then deploy troops and armored trains to continuously patrol this section of the railway to prevent the Xinyi regiment from destroying the railway." !"

"This time, Tongpu Railway can't go wrong anymore!"

The chief of staff regained his confidence, and replied arrogantly: "Please rest assured, general, with such a tight defense, even a fly from the Eighth Route Army can't get close to our railway line!"

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