There was no longer a little popularity in the whole county, and on the way they came, he was able to meet homeless people at the beginning, but the closer they got to the county seat, there were fewer and fewer people, and there were even empty villages around the county. But in order to find out the situation, the company commander still brought people to the county seat.

But I didn't expect the situation in the county town to be even worse than the situation in the surrounding villages, the shops had been destroyed, and only one place was messy in a few large households, all the valuables had been emptied, and there were blood stains on the ground, and there was obviously a fight.

"Company commander, find out the situation in the west of the city!" After entering the city, the soldiers began to split up to look for clues, and one soldier discovered the situation in the west of the city.

The company commander glanced at the soldier, and could judge from his eyes that it was not a normal situation, and he was afraid that he would meet the person they were looking for: "Let's go, go and see, don't be busy scaring the snake first, but you can shoot in case of danger!" ”

Although these people do not have much combat effectiveness, they are outnumbered by the enemy, and the difference in strength is too great, especially these people are bewitched, and they cannot distinguish between good and bad at all, and in the event of danger, they only seek to protect themselves.

There were no patrols in the city, let alone sentry posts, and it was clear that they were not even as good as bandits in these respects, and they were even like a swarm of locusts that ate wherever they went, and did not care about anything else, as long as they had food and drink.

"I just took a look, there are probably dozens of people in the yard, and I guess there are people in a few yards over there!" The soldier reports to the company commander.

"You two touch over and take a look, scout clearly, we must first find out the number of each other, and what they do!" The main purpose of their coming here is to reconnoiter the situation, not to have a conflict with them, and when the situation is clarified, their company will rush up at that time, and these people can only be captured.

The soldiers of the New 33rd Army did not show their faces, the enemy was in the open, they were in the dark, this was the only situation in their favor, and the most important thing was that these people were all compatriots, but they were confused for a while, and they did not want to exterminate these people.

Just when Hu Guoshan's guard battalion was happy to do something on the land of Shanxi, in Taiyuan, the Japanese commander gave an order, this order was very strange, except for a few high-level Japanese officers who knew the specific purpose of this order, the other personnel did not know why they did it, but the Japanese army still carried out the order from top to bottom.

That night, a large number of displaced people poured out of Taiyuan and set off eastward under the drive of the Japanese army.

The summer night sky is bright with stars, and the breeze blows away the heat of the day, which is very comfortable. However, Hu Guoshan was restless in the headquarters, and he always felt that something was going to happen.

"Commander, this is the sour plum soup I got from my fellow countrymen, drink a bowl and taste it!"

Zhao Caizhu went out today to take a look at the situation in some areas around Yangquan, he wanted to ensure that the influx of displaced people into their defense area would not disrupt the order in their defense area, so he had to arrange everything as much as possible before pouring in with more displaced people. Just when he came back today, he passed by a small vendor in the city, and happened to be buying sour plum soup, so he drank a bowl, and felt good, so he ordered some.

Hu Guoshan picked up a bowl of sour plum soup and drank it all, but wiped the corners of his mouth: "It's really good, happy!" ”

"The boss said that it would be more refreshing to add some ice, but I don't know where to get ice on this hot day, so I feel that it tastes good!"

After drinking a bowl of sour plum soup, Hu Guoshan's originally irritable mood gradually calmed down.

"How's the situation out there?" Hu Guoshan asked.

"The pressure is not small, there are too many displaced people, I asked the soldiers to take a look this afternoon, there are about 1230,000 people, and I am afraid that a large number of people will come to our side in the next two days, I am afraid that there will be no less than 200,000 people by then!"

"Two hundred thousand? You think too easily, if things are not stopped in time, I am afraid that there will be no less than half a million people in the next step! Hu Guoshan is not so optimistic, now things have just begun, if things continue to develop in the bad way, I am afraid it will be worse than he expected.

"Division commander, from what we have learned, at least ninety percent of the displaced people have flocked to the area around our defense area, while there are very few displaced people in other directions!" Zhao Caizhu was very confused, even if it had something to do with Hu Guoshan's order at the beginning, it was not that more than ninety percent of the displaced people were coming here.

Of course, Hu Guoshan didn't think about the specific reason, and he still blamed himself for the wrong decision on this issue: "This is my decision-making mistake, I shouldn't have rashly ordered to receive displaced people without understanding the specific situation!" ”

"Division commander, you misunderstood what I meant, what I said is the current situation Jin Sui Army and the Eighth Route Army should also understand the situation, at the beginning, there must have been displaced people rushing to their defense area, I don't know the style of the Jin Sui Army, but according to the situation of the Eighth Route Army, they will definitely not drive the people away! Since they also gave the same order as the division commander, why are the displaced people still pouring towards us? ”

Zhao Caizhu concluded that the Eighth Route Army would not turn away the common people, since it was the same order, why did the common people confirm them, and more importantly, more than ninety percent of them came to the vicinity of their defense area.

When Hu Guoshan heard Zhao Caizhu's analysis, he was stunned for a moment, and then instantly understood that the large influx of displaced people was not entirely due to the reason he gave the order, since this was not the main reason, could it be because the fame of the New 33rd Army was in full swing? It seems that this is not a decisive role, the displaced people want to leave their homes in order to fill their stomachs, and as for where to go, it is not at all possible to decide at all.

"You mean someone is behind this?" Hu Guoshan couldn't believe that this wave of displaced people was deliberately triggered by someone, and since such a large tide of displaced people was deliberately triggered, it would inevitably cover up the purpose of other aspects.

"I can't say for sure, but this matter is too strange, it just feels like things are happening too intensively!" Zhao Caizhu couldn't say whether someone was deliberately manipulating this matter behind his back, after all, they didn't have any information to show that someone did it on purpose.

"There are no more than three forces around us that can control this matter in a short period of time, and the Eighth Route Army has always loved the people like children, they will definitely not do such a thing, thankless! Then the Japanese army and the national army are left! Hu Guoshan's brain is running rapidly, if someone really did it on purpose, then he can only suspect the Japanese army and the national army.

"The national army is divided into the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army, most of the soldiers of the Jin Sui Army are from Shanxi, naturally they will not do such a seedless thing and harm their own families, and the Central Army eats imperial food and gets military salaries, there is no need to do this, then there are only little devils left!" Zhao Caizhu said.

"Little devil...... Little devil ......," Hu Guoshan muttered.

"This incident happened just after the Japanese army shrank its troops, and in terms of time, the Japanese army's shrinking forces and the occurrence of the tide of displaced people happened to coincide one after the other!" Gradually, things began to surface.

"If it is really as you analyzed, but why did the Japanese army do this? What are they doing this for? ”

If this matter is really done by the little devils, it must be to cover up something unseemly, and the purpose behind this matter is what they should pay attention to.

"Could it have something to do with our plan to attack Taiyuan?" Zhao Caizhu asked.

"The plan to attack Taiyuan is only known to a few of us, and the little devil will definitely not know about the existence of this plan! It should have nothing to do with our plans! Hu Guoshan is confident that their plans will not be leaked.

"Then I don't know, after all, we can't be sure that the matter of the tide of displaced people has anything to do with the little devils!"

These are the results of their analysis, and there is no intelligence or evidence directly to prove that the Japanese army has anything to do with this matter, and even if there is a relationship, it is difficult for them to deduce their purpose in a short time.

"Whether it has anything to do with it or not, we have to guard against it, hundreds of thousands of people fleeing their homes is not a trivial matter, whether this matter is really related to the Japanese army, what purpose is hidden behind it, we must solve this matter first!"

The New 33 rd Army will certainly not let this matter go unchecked, and this matter is also related to the interests of the New 33 rd Army, and if it is not handled well, the New 33 rd Army will lose the hearts of the people on the land of Shanxi.

"Okay, I've been keeping an eye on the affairs of the people these days, and I must arrange it, and there will definitely be no chaos! But are we going to report this to Command? ”

"Not for now!" Hu Guoshan thought about it, Liao Fan's injury has not yet healed, everything is pressed on Liao Jundong, even if this matter is reported, Liao Jundong and they may not have a good way.

As Hu Guoshan predicted, there were more and more displaced people, because what happened was not just one place, but also the entire enemy-occupied area of Shanxi, and even soldiers in some medium-sized cities were fleeing their homes, as if a vicious disease had broken out somewhere, and the people were rushing to flee.

It's as if someone is being driven out, and they're all "heading out" in the same direction!

There has never been such a bad situation on the land of Shanxi, and I am afraid that the situation in Shanxi will not recover for at least two years, even if the Japanese army is wiped out or driven away, because of the tide of displaced people, Shanxi's economy will inevitably suffer a huge blow.

Compared with the periphery of the Eighth Route Army and the National Army, although there are also displaced people, the number is far less than that seen on the periphery of the Hu Guoshan Defense Area, and the number of displaced people on the periphery of the Hu Guoshan Division is still increasing sharply.