The Shouyang Independent Regiment and the Yangquan Independent Regiment overhauled fortifications in their base areas to prevent the National Rescue Army from entering the base areas...

When the news reached the Japanese army headquarters in Taiyuan, the Japanese commander was not only happy, but also happy to see it happen.

They have suffered losses from the National Salvation Army and the Independent Regiment Alliance. They have wiped out the National Salvation Army several times. If it weren't for the Yangquan Independent Regiment and the Shouyang Independent Regiment, the National Salvation Army would have been killed by them long ago.

No one wants to see the National Salvation Army and the Independence Corps turn against each other more than the Japanese army.

For the current situation, the National Salvation Army and the Eighth Route Army have another advantage.

Although the military headquarters dispatched more than 10,000 people from all over the country to reinforce Shouyang and Yangquan, in order to prevent the National Salvation Army and two independent regiments from attacking the Imperial Army's occupied areas at the same time, the reinforcements had to separate more than 4,000 people to defend the Eighth Route Army.

As the saying goes, the enemy is a friend. Although the Independent Regiment cannot be friends with the Imperial Army, as long as they do not make trouble during the attack of the National Salvation Army, it will give themselves the best help.

After losing the threat of the Independent Regiment, the reinforcements to defend against them can be reduced to at least two thousand people, and then the additional two thousand troops will be put into the battle to block the National Salvation Army.

That night, the Japanese and puppet troops defending directly opposite the Independent Regiment began to secretly mobilize, leaving the blocking position in the company as a unit while it was dark.

Not only that, when they left, they also arranged a large number of scarecrows on the position. From a distance, there were no fewer Japanese and puppet troops guarding the position...

At the base of Shouyang Independent Regiment, just as it was dark, the regiment commander led the political commissar and the chief of staff to guard a hill beside the base.

This is a mountain pass that the Japanese occupied area must pass through to enter the Independent Regiment base. It is rarely visited by people, and only experienced local hunters and regiment headquarters know about it.

Several people were either squatting on the ground, sitting on stones, or standing, but every once in a while they would make the same move: they raised their telescope, looked at the mountain pass very seriously, showing a complicated expression of anxiety and expectation..."

From 8 o'clock in the evening until early morning, a trace of fire finally appeared at the pass.

"Captain, someone came to us through the Yamaguchi..." the observer shouted excitedly.

The regiment commander quickly raised his telescope: Two torches appeared at the pass and quickly approached everyone's location.

After crossing the mountain pass nearly three hundred meters, a fire dragon composed of torches slowly entered his sight. The entire fire dragon was about one hundred meters long, entrenched in the mountains covered with gullies and slowly swam towards everyone.

After watching it for less than a minute, a very familiar figure suddenly appeared in the group leader's vision.

Although the mountains under your feet are very difficult to walk on, the other party runs like a monkey, completely unaffected.

"The platoon leader of the reconnaissance company came, and the guard company let him come..." The chief of staff looked at the other party's figure and ordered.

Without the guards, the platoon leader quickly ran to the regiment commander and reported while gasping: "Report to the regiment commander, you asked us to contact the cavalry unit you are responding to. Just behind me, there were thirty-two cavalrymen on the other side... The horses of the war horses were tied with weapons and ammunition, and they marched with horses on the entire marching road."

The regiment commander realized that the weapons and ammunition he had been waiting for day and night had arrived. He quickly ordered the political commissar and chief of staff on the side: "Let's go and see how much treasure the National Salvation Army has compensated us!"

When the group rushed to the foot of the mountain, the fire dragon formed by torches happened to come over.

The deputy company commander with a box cannon hanging around his waist quickly ran towards the regiment commander, saluted first, and then reported with a serious expression: "Hello, sir, I am the deputy company commander of the cavalry company of the Xiyang Garrison. I was ordered to enter the base of Shouyang Independent Regiment and lurked on standby. I was also ordered to bring a batch of weapons and ammunition. Please check it out!"

The regiment commander replied with a military salute, then turned his gaze to the war horse behind him, staring at the weapons and ammunition on the horse's back, and he was reluctant to leave. The more he looked, the more excited he became, and asked anxiously: "How many weapons and ammunition are there in total?"

The deputy company commander first took out a list of hidden close bodies and handed it over, and then reported: "There are a total of 100 large 38 covers, four light machine guns, four grenade launchers, two heavy machine guns, two mortars, twenty thousand bullets, one hundred shells, five hundred grenades, and almost one reinforced company's equipment and ammunition."

The Shouyang Independent Regiment has been unsatisfied with the war zones inside the base area and has dragged the team down.

It had also exchanged a large number of weapons and ammunition from the National Salvation Army before, but they were all consumed on the battlefield, resulting in the Independent Regiment still only 1,400,500 people, and the artillery company was even more famous, and it was only equipped with one mountain cannon and five mortars.

For the Shouyang Independent Regiment, the weapons brought by the cavalry platoon can definitely be called the four words "huge surprise".

The leader was stunned. If it weren't for the fact that there were too many people here, he would definitely be so excited that he would jump up from the ground.

Keep inhaling, exhale, and force yourself to calm down...

He knew that the national saving army was rich and powerful, and the compensation for the independent regiment was definitely not much less, but he did not expect that so many weapons and ammunition were sent for the first time, which surprised him and was particularly surprised.

Immediately ordered: "Chief of Staff, why are you still standing there?"

"Hurry and order the baggage linkers to the weapons and ammunition on the list, remove them from the horse's back, and then radiate the cavalry to the secret camp we had prepared."

"They must be very tired after rushing for so long. In addition, they bought a fat pig and sent it to them, and directly took money from the regiment headquarters' funds. The National Salvation Army sent us so many weapons and ammunition, and the Independent Regiment should not be stingy. Moreover, they all come here with combat missions and may go to the battlefield at any time. They must let them eat and rest well."

"Another arrange an infantry company to patrol and guard secretly around their base, and no outsiders can find their existence."

On a mountain ridge ten kilometers east of Shouyang City, more than a thousand puppet troops and more than two thousand strong men were driven by more than a hundred Japanese to dig trenches and build bunkers.

There are many people and great powers. In less than a day, a defensive position of more than a thousand meters wide and three trenches in front, middle and back appeared on the bare ridge.

The Japanese army not only fought powerfully, but also had even more skill in civil engineering.

Under their guidance, the entire fortification was particularly well built.

All trenches were used to indirectly between the trenches, and a large number of camouflaged machine gun bunkers were spread all over the positions.

Originally, the Japanese had to build a large number of anti-aircraft artillery holes on their positions, but considering that there were not many artillery left by the National Salvation Army, they decisively gave up this kind of extravagant behavior.

After the puppet troops who left a battalion continued to strengthen their positions, the Japanese army led the remaining puppet troops and young men to continue to build defensive fortifications in Shouyang using favorable terrain.

In the Taiyuan Japanese Army headquarters, the commander seemed to have seen the victory scene of the National Salvation Army losing heavy losses in Shouyang and Yangquan.

I have rarely smiled on my face that has been very serious before these days.

Of course, this is also related to the good news sent by the frontlines.

"Sir, the infantry brigade guarding Shouyang reported that they built five defensive positions outside the city based on favorable terrain. Each defensive position only killed five hundred soldiers, and the national rescue army would have to pay a huge price of 2,500 people to take them."

"The reinforcements have also built a large number of street fighting fortifications in the city, and the city defense fortifications are also stronger than before. If the National Salvation Army wants to take Shouyang, it will have to pay a huge price of at least 1,500 people."

"When the National Salvation Army is seriously frustrated outside Shouyang City and cannot be captured for a long time, our counterattack troops can take action!"

"This time we can definitely use more than 10,000 Imperial Army's lives to consume all the national rescue troops, and then gather and annihilate them, completely killing this important problem!"

At the end, the confident Chief of Staff directly punched the table in front of him, staring at the commander to see if he had any other ideas to add.

Because of the National Salvation Army, the commander almost couldn't even keep his position under his butt.

No one hated the National Savior Army more than him. After listening to the Chief of Staff, he seemed not relieved. He thought for a while and continued his order: "Before the National Savior Army has not yet begun to attack Shouyang and Yangquan, two regiments of the Imperial Army from other places will be transferred to reinforce the battlefield and join the counterattack troops."

"After the counterattack time comes, the counterattack troops must defeat the attacking troops of the National Saving Army as fast as possible, and then go straight into their defense zone as fast as possible. The attack speed can be as fast as possible, and you must never give the National Saving Army time to prepare."

"They are too cunning. When they see that the situation is not good, they will hide in the mountains. It will be difficult to eliminate them."

"Since God has given us this opportunity to wipe out them all, we must defeat the national rescue army in one place and not give them any chance to turn defeat into victory."

Seeing that the Chief of Staff had recorded the order, the commander continued to order: "In order to encourage the Imperial Army to fight bravely, block the attack of the National Salvation Army, and kill a large number of troops, I decided to add some more rewards to them."

"In addition to the commendations that have been confirmed before, after the battle, the military headquarters took out 50% of all the spoils seized from the National Salvation Military Defense Zone to commend them again."

"I heard that the National Salvation Army has reserved more than 10 million kilograms of grain in the past year. As long as the National Salvation Army is taken down, all five million of the grains will be returned to the Imperial Army."

"The oceans seized from the National Salvation Military Defense Zone, other materials, including weapons and ammunition, are all divided according to this proportion. They can directly divide things or exchange them for oceans!"

At this moment, the Chief of Staff’s admiration for the commander can definitely be described in the four words "possessed".

Too clever.

He could actually think of ways to draw cakes to satisfy his hunger to enhance the morale and morale of the Imperial Army.

But I have to admit that this method is very effective.

If we can really kill the National Savior Army this time and distribute half of the spoils to the Imperial Army, these spoils can be equivalent to 200,000 oceans, or even more, especially the weapons and ammunition equipped by the National Savior Army, which are very valuable.

On average, each Imperial Army can get twenty yuan, which is more than their annual military pay.

People die for money and birds die for food. Faced with so many oceans, the Imperial Army will definitely work very hard when fighting.
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