The chief of staff was frightened by the commander's appetite, and hesitated for a moment to remind: "Sir, will it be too much to directly requisition half of the grain to be confiscated." ”

"The drought in North China has not eased, and the harvest of grain in the occupied areas is not enough for the Chinese to last until the autumn harvest."

"We'll take half of them at once, and they'll be hungry for at least half a year."

"When the time comes, there will definitely be a famine in the occupied areas, and people will starve to death on a large scale."

Unmoved, the commander insisted on ordering: "Just follow what I just ordered." ”

Seeing that the chief of staff was still going to speak, he directly replied with a cold snort: "As for those Chinese in the occupied areas, they can eat wild vegetables without food." ”

"The Imperial Army can't do it, if they want to expand the territory of the Great Japanese Empire, they must eat well and be full."

"Take 10,000 steps back, even if there is a famine in the occupied area and some people starve to death, it will be the Eighth Route Army's business."

"Aren't they claiming to be a family of soldiers and civilians, and the common people are water, are they fish? We will definitely find a way to find food for the people who have run out of food, so that they will not starve to death. ”

The chief of staff suddenly realized and shouted: "I see, sir, you have another purpose in doing this: to create pressure on the Eighth Route Army operating in the occupied area. ”

"When the people run out of food, they will also run out of food."

"If a unit can't even eat enough, it will definitely be demoralized and have no fighting spirit."

"If the imperial army attacks again, they will get twice the result with half the effort."

The commander agreed: "This is only one aspect. ”

"When the imperial army collects grain, the Eighth Route Army will definitely come out to protect the grain and protect the already small amount of grain."

"The reason why those Eighth Route Armies are not easy to be eliminated is because they are too good at hiding, coming and going without a trace, and never fighting the imperial army head-on."

"If they want to protect the food, it will definitely be exposed."

"The sweeping troops will be able to seize the fighters and inflict heavy damage on the Eighth Route Army lurking in the occupied area."

"Take advantage of the requisition of grain to eliminate some of the Eighth Route Army, and then attack after they run out of food, eliminate some of their troops, and the Eighth Route Army lurking in the occupied area will be gone."

At the headquarters of the garrison regiment, political commissar Wang Hong hurriedly walked in, with a solemn expression on his face that had not appeared for a long time.

"Regiment commander, the Taiyuan Military Department of the Japanese Army has given an order to the little devils in our base area."

"This is the original manuscript, sent by a puppet army deputy commander who was rebelled by the commando."

Li Hao glanced at ten lines, quickly read the information, and then replied with a frown: "The little devil has a lot of appetite!" ”

"Use the autumn grain in the base area as bait to force our latent troops out to fight a decisive battle with them. Then the pressure of the villagers' food shortage will be withdrawn to us, let us follow the villagers to run off food together, and finally take advantage of our hunger and the turmoil of the army's morale to eliminate us in one fell swoop. ”

Hong Linfeng said: "Regiment commander, political commissar, I didn't expect the little devil's battle plan to coincide with our thoughts. ”

"In the last order from the regiment headquarters to the independent battalion, the regiment commander mentioned: use autumn grain as bait to lure out the Japanese puppet army trapped in the stronghold, and take the opportunity to kill more to prepare for the next counteroffensive."

Li Hao said: "Since we all want to make a fuss about autumn grain, it depends on who is more skilled." ”

Wang Hong hesitated for a moment and asked, "Commander, how sure are you?" ”

"Seventy percent!" Li Hao didn't think much about it, and looked at the two partners and analyzed.

"If it was a few months ago, I was only 30% sure, but now it's different."

"I have a hunch: The devil commander of Taiyuan City is not aware of the latest situation on the front line, and his mind is still stuck a few months ago, and he formulated this battle plan according to the comparison of the strength of the enemy and me at that time."

"In the past few months, we have accumulated a lot of small amounts and consumed a large number of Japanese puppet troops."

"The mobile units of the Japanese puppet army in many blockade areas have been sharply reduced from five or six hundred at the beginning to two or three hundred now, or even more than 100 people."

"And our sleeper force is constantly developing, and the worst one has a full company of 150 men."

"Now that there is still one month before the autumn harvest, the Japanese puppet army will definitely be killed by us piecemeal."

"At the time of the autumn harvest, they will definitely have fewer mobile troops, and we will have more sleeper troops."

"What do they use to steal food from us!"

"So our garrison has at least a seventy percent chance of winning this battle for food."

"Chief of Staff, you immediately sort out the battle plan of the Japanese and send it to several independent battalions so that they can prepare in advance."

At the stronghold of Guanshan Town, Captain Yoshida began to prepare after receiving the order to requisition grain.

In the past few months, the number of mobile troops in hand has been sharply reduced to 150 men, and the garrisons in each stronghold have also been reduced by nearly one-third.

In order to make up for these shortfalls in troops, in the absence of reinforcements, Captain Yoshida decisively drew men from the maintenance association, expanded the Imperial Allied Army, replaced the Imperial Army with the Imperial Allied Army, and gathered the extra Imperial Army into a mobile force, formed a fist, and formed a mixed squadron to fight in the blockade area.

In order to accomplish the task of requisitioning grain and taking the opportunity to inflict heavy losses on the Eighth Route Army hiding in the blockade area, Captain Yoshida not only strengthened all the cars in the stronghold into a mobile unit, but also gave them a few mountain guns and mortars in his hand, and transferred all the soldiers who could be mobilized in the blockade area, and strengthened the mobile force to 200 men and become a reinforced squadron.

Despite this, Captain Yoshida still did not dare to let the mobile unit rush out.

The guerrilla warfare of the Eighth Route Army was so powerful that one imperial soldier was wounded today and one imperial soldier killed tomorrow......

It seems that the casualties are small and hardly affect the combat effectiveness.

After a long time, it will be found that this style of play is too powerful, and piecemeal fighting can also make a unit lose its combat effectiveness.

By the time you realize the danger, the troops have already suffered heavy casualties and are powerless to recover.

Captain Yoshida has suffered enough in this regard, so he is not sure that he will never use the mobile force.

"Sir, if you don't move the mobile troops, how can the imperial army collect food?" The vice-captain questioned.

"Let's sustain the meeting!" Captain Yoshida replied with a cold snort.

"It's just the right opportunity to verify which maintenance will be controlled by the Eighth Route Army and which won't, and the imperial army will settle accounts after the autumn in the future."

"Pass on my order: After the autumn harvest is over, the maintenance committees will prepare the grain to be collected by the imperial army, and take the initiative to send it to the nearest stronghold within the specified time. If the mission is not completed, the maintenance association and the village to which it belongs will be punished as collaborators, and all of them will be shot. ”

"At present, the maintenance of Dawangzhuang will be what I suspect the most, so we will take Dawangzhuang and make an example of it."

"Tell the Dawangzhuang maintenance meeting to send the grain to the Zhouzhuang stronghold within three days after the end of the autumn harvest."

"If it can't be done, the mobile force will immediately attack, surround Dawangzhuang, and all the members of the maintenance association and the suspicious people in the village will be punished as collaborators, and they will be shot in front of everyone."

"Use iron-fisted means to deter other maintenance associations and ordinary people in the blockade area, so that they do not dare to approach the Eighth Route Army and obediently send us food."