"Comrade Zhou Cheng, please don't violate discipline in order to raise weapons and ammunition for the division headquarters, which would be too much of a loss!" said the political commissar very worriedly.

The division commander also began to worry and quickly ordered: "Call back to Comrade Zhou Cheng immediately to find out the source of these weapons and ammunition, otherwise the division headquarters will not accept it!"

This question took an hour. After reading the reply call that the Chief of Staff had just translated, the worried expression on the political commissar's face finally disappeared, but was replaced by shock again.

While handing the telegram to the teacher, he sighed: "This Zhou Cheng is really quick to turn his mind."

"The war zone used to deal with his arsenal, after his activities, became his own arsenal. If Chief Yan knew that their layout had completely failed and he would have lost his wife and soldiers, he would have felt heartbroken for a long time!"

After reading the telegram, the division commander breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as there is no violation of discipline, it is enough. Since these weapons and ammunition cannot be used to save the country, then we will accept it."

"Political Commissar and Chief of Staff, you will immediately come up with an allocation plan and deliver these weapons and ammunition to the troops in need as soon as possible, especially bullets and artillery shells, which will definitely solve the urgent needs of many troops!"

Taking into account the transportation distance, the equipment and ammunition of these two regiments should be supplemented and pacified as close as possible to the surrounding Eighth Route Army units.

In less than half an hour, the allocation plan required by the division commander was made. The chief of staff pointed to the map and introduced: "Teacher Commander, the main groups we selected have participated in the last anti-sweeping of the National Salvation Army. Some directly participated in the war, while others indirectly participated in the war!"

"They are not more than 100 kilometers away from the National Salvation Army. Each regiment dispatches more than 100 mules and horses to transport weapons and ammunition."

"Three main groups, each of which is supplemented with 300 rifles, five Czech-made, sixty thousand machine gun bullets, one hundred mortar shells, and five hundred grenades."

"The two independent regiments each have two hundred rifles, three Czech-made, and 40,000 machine gun bullets. If the independent regiment is equipped with mortars, fifty shells will be added. If there is no one, no more four hundred grenades will be added."

"The four independences and three guerrilla brigades each add one hundred rifles, one Czech-made, ten thousand stepper machine gun bullets, and two hundred grenades."

"There are more than 100 rifles left, four Czech-made, 270,000 machine gun bullets, 600 shells, and 1,300 grenades were sent to the division headquarters to support other troops in the base!"

"Can!"

The division commander was not too concerned about this matter and decisively ordered: "How to transport these weapons and ammunition in detail, and where is the specific location for the two sides to hand over these weapons and ammunition? Chief of Staff, please contact Comrade Zhou Cheng directly and discuss with him. You must ensure that these weapons and ammunition are safely delivered to those in need."

In the National Salvation Army, a huge military map was placed on the table by Chen Zhengyu. Zhou Cheng and Tang Yufeng were all puzzled, wondering what was wrong with the Chief of Staff suddenly calling them over?

Chen Zhengyu saw their doubts and immediately explained: "Captain of the regiment, Deputy Commander of Tang, aren't you saying that you will fight a big battle in the near future and bring back the treasures we have caught from the arsenal to equip the troops in the name of spoils?"

"In the past few days, I have sent all the reconnaissance company and intelligence personnel, and have touched all the Japanese and puppet troops within 30 to 40 kilometers around us!"

"I marked the enemy situation you want to know on the map. Calling you here today is to determine the target of the attack so that I can continue to conduct reconnaissance with purpose and prepare directly for the battle!"

Zhou Cheng's expression immediately became serious, and he immediately focused his attention on Pingding County.

The Japanese pacified the garrison of the National Salvation Army as a life-and-death enemy of the National Salvation Army. Since the establishment of the National Salvation Army, they have been attacked almost every time.

If they want to fight the Japanese, they will definitely be Zhou Cheng's first choice target, and they will be eliminated quickly.

Chen Zhengyu understood the gods and quickly introduced: "There is currently a Japanese devil who is dissatisfied with the garrison brigade and an imperial army of a regiment. However, according to the intelligence, the Japanese army intends to expand the garrison brigade into a strengthening brigade, and the puppet army will also add another regiment to the garrison brigade, which is specially used to deal with us."

"Although it has not been expanded yet, the Japanese and puppet troops in the city still have a total of 1,670,000 people, and are equipped with many heavy weapons."

"If we choose to attack and settle, the battle must end within three hours."

"The Japanese Zhengtai Railway has been reopened. The reinforcements driven by Laiyuan can be pacified in a maximum of two hours by taking the railway. Although they can slow down the speed of Japanese and puppet troops' marching by destroying the railway, it will definitely not be delayed for too long. In order to avoid the siege troops being attacked from both sides, we recommend that the battle end within three hours and evacuate the battlefield!"

Hearing this, Zhou Cheng shook his head directly: "Put it, we don't have such a big appetite yet!"

After saying that, he turned his attention to other places.

After asking three or four targets in a row, I couldn't find an offensive opponent that I like too much. Either the opponent's strength is too weak and there is no meaning to attack, or the opponent's strength is too strong, or there are close reinforcements around, and the cost of the National Rescue Army to capture them is too high.

At this moment, Xiyang County, south of the National Salvation Army Defense Zone, suddenly entered Zhou Cheng's vision.

Xiyang County is not very far from Donghui Town and Zhangzhuang Town, but because there is a big mountain in the middle, there are only some mountain roads between the two places. It is difficult for the Japanese army to dispatch large troops to threaten the National Rescue Army from the direction of Xiyang, and it is also difficult for the National Rescue Army to dispatch heavy troops from Donghui Town and Zhangzhuang Town to attack Xiyang, resulting in very few connections between the two places.

Moreover, Xiyang is located in a mountainous area, with a small population and a small land area. It mainly produces grains such as grains, millet, potatoes, and sweet potatoes. The Japanese look down on these grains, so they only stationed half a garrison in Xiyang County.

The same reason also leads to the local people being very poor. When encountering a good year, the food harvested in the fields is just enough to fill their stomachs. If there is a bad year, coupled with the exploitation of Japanese devils and landlords and traitors, the villagers will go hungry for at least three months of a year.

In order not to increase the burden on the villagers, there were very few Eighth Route Army active in Xiyang, and it was a completely vacuum area without the anti-Japanese army.

The National Salvation Army went to attack Xiyang at this time, except for the Japanese, the Eighth Route Army and the War Zone would not have any objections.

At this time, some people may say that Xiyang is too poor and the people in the territory cannot even support themselves. The National Salvation Army now occupying Xiyang will not only not get any benefits, but will also in turn provide food to the people who are trapped in famine.

In fact, this is not the case. For the National Salvation Army, there are too many benefits to defeating Xiyang.

The first advantage is the terrain. Ninety percent of Xiyang's place is mountainous. The terrain is dangerous and easy to defend and difficult to attack. If Xiyang can be captured, the National Salvation Army can completely build Xiyang into its own base camp.

The second benefit is the population. No matter how poor Xiyang is, there are more than 100,000 ordinary people. As long as the National Salvation Army successfully gains their support, it can recruit two or three thousand new soldiers.

The third advantage is that Xiyang has a wide range, and after taking it down, it can greatly increase the strategic depth of the National Salvation Army.

As for the problem that Xiyang County is too poor and the grain output is low, as long as the National Salvation Army successfully takes over Xiyang, Zhou Cheng is confident of solving these problems, increasing grain output and land area, and turning Xiyang into a granary for the National Salvation Army.

The more Zhou Cheng thought about it, the more he felt that the National Salvation Army attacked Xiyang only benefits but not harmful.

Xiyang has only half a garrison in the Japanese detachment, so it should be easy to kill them with the current strength of the National Salvation Army.

Moreover, there is no railway line around Xiyang, and the nearest county is forty kilometers away. When the reinforcements come, the troops have already captured Xiyang. Maybe they can give the reinforcements a wake-up call and severely hurt them.

Thinking of this, Zhou Cheng had already made a decision in his heart, but he decided to listen to the opinions of the two partners first and let them check for the missing items.

Pointing to Xi Yang's position on the map, "I want to call here..."

In Laiyuan, taking advantage of the god-given opportunity of the Japanese main force attacking the National Salvation Army, the Eighth Route Army, which was active here, took the opportunity to launch a counterattack and captured several towns in a row.

But as a brigade of Japanese soldiers returned to defend Laiyuan, the situation on the battlefield immediately reversed.

The Japanese army's return troops relied on the railway line and rushed straight under the cover of an armored vehicle of the railway garrison. They took several towns back in just two days, and squeezed the Eighth Route Army that was active here again into the mountains and rural areas.

During the battle between the two sides, the Eighth Route Army of a battalion encountered the Japanese due to the inability to transfer in time. Although they finally successfully broke through, they lost more than one company of troops.

With other losses, the Eighth Route Army of a regiment directly killed two companies and almost ran out of ammunition.

However, the Eighth Route Army did not gain anything in this battle.

Not only did he kill hundreds of Japanese and puppet troops, he also gained a foothold in Laiyuan.

It was just because the troops suffered too much loss and the ammunition was short of energy, so they could not continue to attack the Japanese in a short period of time.

The regiment commander has been worried about ammunition these days.

After the Japanese army regained control of several towns, they began to be unable to bear it and began to send a large number of small troops to sweep the villages around the town and compress the living space of the Eighth Route Army.

This is a good opportunity for each to defeat the opponent and consume a large amount of vitality from the Japanese and puppet troops.

If you have ammunition in your hands and concentrate your troops and firepower to fight a few ambush battles, the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in the town will be honest.

If there are too many Japanese and puppet troops in the strongholds are killed by themselves and lack of troops, they don’t mind leading troops to capture the town again.

Compared with the ambushing Japanese attack troops, the gains from attacking the strongholds will definitely be more abundant.

The regiment leader had thought about concentrating all ammunition in the regiment to fight an ambush or two first, but it was too risky to do so.

The Japanese army is now more cunning than at the beginning of the War of Resistance. In order to prevent the Eighth Route Army from supporting the war, by seizing and expanding its strength, the Japanese would destroy weapons and ammunition before the entire army was destroyed.

If the rhythm of the ambush is not well controlled and the Japanese have eliminated but have not seized ammunition, the only ammunition left in the army will be gone. If the Japanese attack again, the soldiers will have to fight with the Japanese and will eventually pay the price of bleeding...

The ending was something the leader didn't want to face, so he vetoed the idea himself as soon as it came out.

So he could only watch one Japanese devil after another leaving the stronghold, and his heart was itchy, but he did not dare to attack them.
Chapter completed!