After receiving the order, the Chief of Staff continued to report: "In addition to the war report, the sweeping troops also reported something that we need to solve!"

"When the troops were divided, each sweeping force carried five days of combat to forget, reducing the consumption of the soldiers who died in battle, and the ammunition supply could last at least eight days."

"General supplies and bullets are very sufficient, but because the troops use a lot of artillery, the artillery shells carried by the sweeping troops are almost used up, especially the second sweeping troops and the fourth sweeping troops commanded by Colonel Hamasaki. The remaining shells are not enough for the artillery troops to launch a round of artillery fire."

"The sweeping troops hope that we will replenish them a batch of shells immediately, the faster the better, otherwise their attack will be affected!"

Major General Honda frowned, thought for a few seconds before starting to give orders: "I'll send the shells that Hamazaki Kan needs to him tonight, and let the infantry who reinforced them escort them directly."

"The shells needed by the other three sweeping troops will be sent to them tomorrow morning, and a reinforcement team will be drawn from the Pacification Guards and a battalion will be drawn from the Security Brigade to be responsible for escorting."

"Although the main force of the National Salvation Army was surrounded by us in their defense zone, many Eighth Route Army were also activated in the area of ​​Punishment."

"Although their combat effectiveness is not very good, they are particularly good at night battles and sneak attacks us. After a few days, they have not taken action. They must wait until we transport ammunition to the front line before taking action, so the escort troops must be more vigilant."

"But there is no need to be too nervous. As long as the transportation troops are more vigilant, their troops will definitely not be their opponents."

Pingding County was the first county town to infiltrate the intelligence departments of the National Salvation Army. In addition, in order to expand the security brigade, the Japanese army recruited soldiers everywhere, Zheng Yunshan arranged a lot of intelligence personnel to lurk into the security brigade.

Less than two hours after the Japanese army dispatched troops to the garrison brigade, Zheng Yunshan knew that they were going to transport artillery shells to the frontline sweeping troops.

The Japanese army had strong troops on the front line and were equipped with a large number of artillery. It was difficult for the scattered national rescue troops to eat them in one bite.

The baggage team that transports ammunition supplies to the front-line sweeping troops is different from the escort troops. They have few troops and do not have heavy weapons. A main battalion can easily eat one of their transport teams.

Zheng Yunshan felt that this was the fat meat sent by the Japanese army to the national rescue army. If it was not eaten, it would be useless. He immediately forwarded the information to Zhou Cheng, who was marching urgently.

"Captain, Deputy Commander Zheng is in urgent need of telegram!" Deng Jinghua caught up with Zhou Cheng who was rushing to report.

"The Japanese who were stationed and pacified suddenly dispatched three infantry squadrons to carry a large amount of ammunition to support the Japanese attacking the Fourth Battalion, and also dispatched an infantry squadron and a regiment of the Imperial Army. The troops will be divided into three groups tomorrow morning to transport ammunition supplies to other sweeping troops!"

The guard company commander Liang Hongjiang knew the secret of the two independent battalions lurking between pacification and source, and his eyes began to shine on the spot: "Captain, I think we can dispatch two independent battalions to eat three transport teams."

"It can not only consume the Japanese army's troops, but also cut off the ammunition supply of the Japanese sweeping troops, so that the large number of artillery they equipped becomes a decoration, and reduce the combat pressure of left-behind troops in the base area."

Zhou Cheng shook his head: "They have more important tasks and cannot be exposed for the time being."

After saying that, he ordered Deng Jinghua: "Call back to Deputy Commander Zheng immediately and contact the two guerrilla squadrons in Pingdingbei to join the battle and find a way to eat the Japanese transport team!"

After Deng Jinghua left, Liang Hongjiang immediately reminded: "The regiment commander, although the three transport teams dispatched by the Japanese army only had one reinforcement squadron, there was a battalion of puppet troops, and the guerrilla squadron was company-level. It would be nice if they could have a reinforcement company. Will it be too risky to run from Pingding North to Pingding South East to Pingding South-East combat? What if they didn't complete the mission?"

Zhou Cheng replied confidently: "A strengthening company? Company Commander Liang, you underestimate two guerrilla squadrons too much. The speed of the two squadron leaders pulling the troops is no slower than our main force."

"Their latest battle report to the regiment headquarters shows that the two guerrilla squadrons have more than 400 troops, which is more than a large number of people in a main battalion of the Eighth Route Army."

"In addition, each guerrilla squadron is equipped with an artillery platoon and a heavy machine gun platoon, and its firepower is only stronger than that of the spy company."

"With their current combat effectiveness, any guerrilla squadron can easily take over a transport team sent by the Japanese army to the front line."

Liang Hongjiang's concerns on his face were relieved a lot, and he looked at Zhou Cheng and continued to ask: "What are the tasks of those two independent camps?"

"Put down the city!" Zhou Cheng no longer concealed his thoughts and blurted out in front of Liang Hongjiang's gaze.

"The more we fight, the more troops we have, the various institutions under the regiment headquarters are becoming larger and larger, and the more personnel are increasing. The existing population and land in the defense zone alone will definitely not be able to survive, and it must be expanded outward."

"Putting down the county is like a bone stuck in our throats by the Japanese army. If it is not pulled out, the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in the pacified grain production area can send troops to attack us at any time, affecting the grain production area in the defense area."

"This anti-sweeping is an excellent opportunity for us to settle down."

"The Japanese army had been huddling in the county town before, and no matter how we provoked, we would act like we were defending the county town to the death."

"We will definitely suffer a lot of losses if we attack rashly."

"Now the opportunity is here. The Japanese army gathered heavy troops to attack our defense zone, and their attention was focused on the battlefield. Few people paid attention to pacifying the county town."

"Transporting ammunition supplies to the front line will also consume a lot of troops from the pacification garrison, so we will have less pressure to attack the county town!"

Liang Hongjiang understood: "The two independent battalions remained unmoved, and the two guerrilla squadrons attacked the Japanese and puppet army's baggage team as the Eighth Route Army. By the way, they could paralyze the Japanese and puppet army and force them to draw more troops from the city to transport ammunition supplies to the frontline sweeping troops. After the pacification garrison was almost drawn, the two independent battalions launched an attack and would definitely be able to easily defeat the pacification."

"The Japanese army swept our combat supplies all piled up to pacify. When we took the pacifier, their ammunition supplies were cut off."

"If they don't want to be trapped and starved to death in our defense zone, they have no other way to break the situation except to withdraw their troops."

"Captain, your move is so powerful. Maybe we can catch a big fish in pacification and take down Major General Honda, the commander of the Japanese Brigade!"

Seeing Liang Hongjiang talking more and more excited, he almost jumped up from the ground with joy. Zhou Cheng poured a scoop of cold water in time: "You should not think about the commander of the Japanese military brigade. If you can catch it, we won't catch it."

"We have attracted enough attention during this period. If the Japanese Brigade Commander is captured, more Japanese will definitely attract."

"I'm not afraid of fighting the Japanese, but the people in our defense zone can't stand the tossing."

"After this anti-sweeping campaign is over, we can't provoke the Japanese for at least half a year, and give the people in the defense zone a chance to recuperate."

"Not only the people, our troops also need rest."

"We just came out of Camp 4 and we are very clear about their losses in the past few days."

"The troops still seem to be full, but because of the addition of a large number of new recruits, the overall combat effectiveness of the troops has dropped to 60% or 70% before the war."

"The anti-sweeping is not over yet. Even if there are new recruits in the recruits battalion to supplement their subsequent combat losses, the combat effectiveness of the troops will plummet. After all, no matter how powerful the recruits who have just completed the training are, they cannot compare to veterans who have been on the battlefield."

"When the counter-sweeping is over, I guess it would be good if the Fourth Battalion could still have 40% of its combat power."

"I guess the situation of the other three main battalions is similar. After the battle, you need a lot of time to rest and restore your combat effectiveness."

"So, in addition to expanding the defense zone and forcing the Japanese to withdraw their troops, and ending this anti-sweeping campaign as soon as possible, we must not cause trouble, nor do we anger the Japanese, treat us as their confidant troubles, and draw more troops to deal with us."

Liang Hongjiang nodded immediately: "Captain, what you have taught you is that if this anti-sweeping campaign is over, we will usher in a more violent sweep. Not only can the people in the defense zone not stand it, but the troops cannot stand it."

After pacifying the guerrilla garrison in the North, the liaison officer rushed to the mountain road for more than three hours, and finally delivered the regiment command to the two squadron leaders at three in the morning.

In less than half an hour, the troops scattered in the forest left and got together.

The first squadron had 438 people and the second squadron had 418 people. Except for the baggage platoon and the kitchen squad, all the other troops broke out of the garrison and disappeared into the dark night.

The ammunition depot of Pingding City was taken down by the National Salvation Army. After the Japanese army re-controlled and pacified, they immediately sent troops to take over the arsenal and carried out secondary repairs. Many castles were built around the arsenal. Each castle was stationed with a machine gun team, plus a patrol team and two heavy machine gun teams guarding the door. The entire arsenal was surrounded by the Japanese and was like an iron barrel.

Starting at two o'clock in the morning, the arsenal was brightly lit by a few searchlights.

More than a hundred baggage soldiers pulled nearly fifty large chariots into the arsenal and moved ammunition from it to the chariot.

In order to ensure that the frontline troops had enough ammunition to encircle and suppress the national rescue army, the empty arsenal was refilled by Major General Honda before the sweep began.

Only the artillery shells of all calibers were prepared 12,000, and there were also three to four million bullets of various calibers, more than 50,000 grenades, and five thousand near-explosives...

The material warehouse five hundred meters away was also filled with Major General Honda. The Japanese only had 500,000 kilograms of rice, nearly 200,000 kilograms of white flour, a large amount of canned food and medicine, enough for ten thousand troops to eat and drink for a month.

At six o'clock in the morning, nearly fifty large trucks were all wrapped in rain cloth, filled with shells that were about to be transported to the front line.

At the base of the puppet military police brigade, just after breakfast, a regiment of troops were gathered together?

After the commander trained for a few minutes, more than a thousand troops ran out of the camp one after another and headed straight to the city gate.

The same thing happened at the pacification garrison station.

More than two hundred Japanese marches rushed towards the city gate.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the gate of Pingding City was opened, and a group of Japanese soldiers rushed out of the city gate.

He held a bayonet rifle in his hand, which looked fierce and quickly drove away the people gathered at the city gate and cleared out a passage in and out of the city.

Five or six minutes later, a company of puppet troops appeared at the city gate.

The rifle was in his hand and the machine gun was mounted on his shoulder, and walked out of the city gate with the yelling of the commander.

After walking less than three hundred meters away from the city, the main force driving the cart appeared...

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