"Thirty kilometers, it's not a very long distance!" Wang Ping frowned and analyzed.

After speaking, Wang Ping walked to the side of the combat sand table: "The closest to this road is the troops of the invalids, and when the time comes, two companies will be transferred from the guard company, concentrate 2,000 people, and rush to the battlefield with a long-distance attack overnight, and then lurk, and when the devil's transport team arrives, directly grab the grain!" ”

"We happen to be short of food, and if we can grab millions of catties of food, then our new regiment will not have to worry about the food problem after the expansion of the army, and we will even be able to take out a lot of food to support the people in the base areas!"

"There are definitely benefits, and there are a lot of them!" Political Commissar Huang Yuanqiang affirmed.

After a change of words, he continued: "However, leaving the base area for a long distance and running for 30 kilometers to fight, and then you have to transport back millions of catties of grain, and you have to pass through several blockade lines of the Japanese army in the middle, the risks and difficulties in it are not ordinary! ”

Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "The greater the risk, the greater the benefits that may be brought inside, this is an eternal truth!" ”

"Also, in my opinion, this operation is not as risky as you think!"

"Although our opponents have added a lot of troops, the overall strength is still very weak, and at present, they can only defend passively, and do not have the ability to attack!"

"When we go, in order to ensure the suddenness of the action, we have to avoid the little devils and rush to the battlefield. When we come back, we don't need it, millions of catties of food, even if we want to come back with squatting little devils, we can't do it! ”

"So, when I came back, I decided to take the troops and food and kill all the way back!"

Three days later, Wei Yong, who was in charge of intelligence, found Wang Ping.

"Regiment leader, the latest information, the little devil here is transporting grain, a full hundred cars, a thousand carts, three million catties of grain, set off tomorrow morning, rest here tomorrow night, pass this road in the afternoon after tomorrow, rest here the night after tomorrow, and go to Linfen City in the afternoon of the third day!"

"Three million catties of grain, even if our new regiment expands to 30,000 people, these grains are enough for us to use for two months!" Wang Ping's eyes quickly shot out two rays of light, and his face was full of heat and answered.

Then he made a decision: "These three million catties of grain must be intercepted!" ”

"Director Wei, don't clear the troops of the devils to escort this batch of grain!"

"Yes!" Wei Yong affirmed.

Then his face became solemn: "Because the entire highway is occupied by little devils, only a small number of guerrillas and a small number of local troops of our army are active. Therefore, the devils are very arrogant, there are not many escort troops, in addition to two baggage squadrons, there is also a reinforced squadron of devil infantry to escort! ”

"However, in addition to these escort troops, the two thousand recruits replenished by the Japanese North China Front to Linfen City will also go to Linfen with them!"

"Trouble?" The bell next to him shook his head and replied.

"Devil recruits are different from our recruits, they have all undergone at least half a year of recruit training. Just give them weapons and you'll be able to fight in no time! ”

"Commander, the risk of this operation is too great, I suggest that this operation be stopped!"

"Even if we don't stop, we're going to send more troops!"

"If we want to end the battle quickly, we need to send at least 4,000 people over!"

Wang Ping's face also became solemn, and he stared at Wei Yong and replied, "Have these two thousand recruits been issued weapons!" ”

"Yes, in addition to technical troops, ordinary little devils are equipped with a rifle per person!" Wei Yong replied.

"In addition, the devil seems to intend to reduce the logistical pressure on Linfen City, two thousand little devil recruits, in addition to being equipped with light weapons, also brought a large amount of ammunition, on average each devil carries thirty pounds of ammunition, bullets, grenades and shells!"

Wang Ping became even hotter, staring at the map and analyzing: "Each devil carries a weight of thirty catties, and the total of two thousand people is sixty thousand catties, a full thirty tons of ammunition. If we grab it, it's enough for our new regiment to fight a large-scale battle! ”

"Whether it's food or ammunition, it's what we urgently need, and the entire convoy still has more than 2,000 rifles, which is enough for us to form three battalions~ No, this convoy must fight, and it must be fought cleanly, end the battle quickly, and then retreat!"

"Leave a company of the guard battalion and all the infantry guns, mountain artillery, and all the other troops to follow me!"

"The three battalions in the hands of the invalids all participated in the operation, infantry artillery, mountain artillery, all dismantled, and carried to the battlefield with mules and horses!"

"Two companies of the air defense battalion took part in the operation!"

"Eighteen anti-aircraft machine guns, both flat-firing devil infantry and anti-aircraft aircraft, with one gun for dual use......"

"And now that the arsenal has formed a scale, it can already produce anti-aircraft machine gun bullets sporadically, and there is no need to worry about ammunition!"

"The cavalry battalion is all involved in the operation, and there is no more suitable unit than the cavalry battalion to raid the devil light infantry who are only equipped with light weapons!

"Political commissar, you also have a task here, use one night today to gather all the mules and horses that can be drawn to the regiment headquarters, and take them away when we set off tomorrow night!"

The headquarters of the Japanese division in Linfen City, the division commander, Lieutenant General Fujino, has been in a very good mood these days.

After the 5,000 garrison troops were replenished to the various brigades, the nine main brigades had already formed combat effectiveness. Although it does not yet have the ability to attack, if each infantry brigade has more than 700 people to defend, its combat effectiveness is still very strong.

More importantly, the shelves of the eleven regiments of the Imperial Allied Army have been erected, and each regiment has recruited seven or eight hundred people and started training.

According to the intelligence feedback from the intelligence department, it shows that because a large number of Chinese have joined the Imperial Allied Army, coupled with the continuous implementation of the Imperial Army's policy of softness, the attitude of the Chinese people in the occupied areas towards the Imperial Army is not as hostile as before!

In the opinion of Lieutenant General Fujino, as long as the people's hearts are on the side of the imperial army, the Eighth Route Army will be finished!

"Division commander, the progress of the formation of the Imperial Allied Army has been completed by more than half, and with the Imperial Army training them and serving as commanders, the combat effectiveness of these Imperial Allied Forces will definitely not be too bad!"

"And recruitment...... The recruitment speed of the Imperial Alliance Army is also very fast! ”

"The common people are no longer hostile to us, and with the food we have in our hands, more and more Chinese people choose to join the Imperial Allied Army and give us their lives!"

"As long as a few people from a village join the Imperial Army, the hostility of the people of the entire village towards the Imperial Army will disappear!"

"We have to continue recruiting!" Lieutenant General Fujino, who had already seen the great benefits, decided.

"The Imperial Association Army and the Imperial Army that are being formed are all troops dealing with the new regiment! The Imperial Army occupied the area, and troops were needed to manage it. I plan to set up a garrison in every town occupied by the Imperial Army, with a size of 100 people, and the Imperial Army will provide weapons and ammunition, and the food and ammunition will be provided by the Imperial Army for the time being, and after the Imperial Army has stabilized the entire occupied area, the food supply will be handed over to the villages and towns to be responsible! ”

"These garrisons are all formed by locals, and the Imperial Army controls their ammunition supply and assists the Imperial Army in maintaining local law and order!"

"Hey!" The chief of staff hastened to answer.

He admired the division commander in front of him more and more. Compared with the original Lieutenant General Ito, Fujino is obviously more sophisticated and understands the Eighth Route Army!

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