"Sir, do you want to remove the firewood from the cauldron? Turn the reserve grain that the National Rescue Army is most proud of into their biggest trouble?" The Chief of Staff seemed to understand the solution proposed by the commander, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and then he waited for the commander to continue speaking.

The commander snorted coldly and replied: "Don't the National Salvation Army want to recruit soldiers in the occupied areas of the Imperial Army? Yes, we not only do not stop them, but also find ways to let the country go! Let the National Salvation Army recruit soldiers as much as they want, and also ask the families of the new recruits and the unlucky people in the village to go to the National Salvation Army defense zone together!"

"In addition, I will send all the disobedient people in the occupied area to the National Salvation Military Defense Zone together."

"These Chinese people dare to make trouble for the Imperial Army for food. After entering the defense zone of the National Salvation Army, they will definitely dare to turn against the National Salvation Army for food and find trouble for the National Salvation Army. Then the National Salvation Army will definitely fall into chaos!"

"We will make a big move this time and find a way to raise 500,000 people to send them to the National Salvation Military Defense Zone!"

"Thirty million kilograms of food sounds like a lot, enough for 10,000 National Saving Army to eat for three years, but if 10,000 National Saving Army turns into 500,000 disaster victims, it will be too late to eat for three months."

"Three months later, it was the cold winter. I see how the National Salvation Army would place 500,000 victims without food!"

"The chief of staff is getting more excited the more he listened: "The chief is wise. The 500,000 victims we sent to the National Salvation Army Defense Zone are all a group of rebellious people. If the National Salvation Army cannot meet their food needs and make them hungry, these 500,000 victims will definitely make trouble in the National Salvation Army Defense Zone, causing the National Salvation Army to fall into internal friction and cannot continue to grow and grow!"

"I will make arrangements now, and I will definitely send the most disobedient Chinese people in the occupied area to the National Salvation Army's defense zone, and transfer all the troubles they brought to the Imperial Army to the National Salvation Army."

"This will not only delay the National Rescue Army and prevent them from further growing. By consuming the national rescue army little by little, it can also free up our troops to maintain local public security and form more mobile troops to deal with emergencies!"

The commander continued to order: "Arrang more Royal Army troops to do this, and tell the Imperial Army troops who are carrying out their mission that when the operation, the military headquarters will allow them to plunder finances from which Chinese people, and all the food and finances they snatch belong to them. Just let those disobedient Chinese people enter the National Salvation Military Defense Zone alive!"

When he said the last sentence, the commander became murderous.

The Chief of Staff as soon as he heard this, he assured the commander: "Please rest assured, Chief, that the humble position will never allow 500,000 victims to take away a piece of food or a piece of ocean from the occupied area."

"After entering the National Salvation Military Defense Zone, they will bring no benefits except for the burden and trouble."

At this time, the intelligence officer on the side suddenly suggested: "Sir, why don't we be crueler!"

"In order not to increase the source of troops in the country's rescue, when we send people, we will leave all the young and strong among the victims, and let them work as hard labor for the imperial army in the occupied areas. If it really doesn't work, it's okay to throw it into the coal mine as absenteeism. The remaining elderly, weak, women and children will be sent to the national rescue military defense zone!"

"After these people entered the National Rescue Military Defense Zone, they would not bring any benefits to the National Rescue Military except for consuming the National Rescue Military's food."

The Chief of Staff was moved when he heard this. Compared with the commander's cauldron, the intelligence officer's proposal was even more ruthless, saying that he was not an exaggeration to make a fool of himself.

Just as he was about to ask for support, the commander actually refused!

"No, doing so can indeed add a lot of burden to the National Savior Army, quickly consume their food, increase the food shortage of the National Savior Army, put the National Savior Army into famine, and make them lose any benefits."

"But we will not put the National Salvation Army in civil unrest."

"We are all stopping the young and strong in the occupied area. After the national rescue army has cut off food, who will make trouble for them and take the opportunity to mess up the national rescue army's defense area and put them in internal friction!"

"This!" The Chief of Staff and the head of intelligence were speechless.

According to the commander, if everything goes well, it can indeed achieve the goal of killing two birds with one stone.

But they vaguely felt that the commander had too much appetite for doing this. If the plan failed, the 500,000 victims would become a huge benefit, providing the National Savior Army with at least 100,000 young and strong soldiers. If they recruit soldiers from these young and strong soldiers, they could easily pull up 20,000 new soldiers.

But they could not think of a reason to refute, so they could only nod their heads and take the order: "Please rest assured, the humble official must strictly implement your order just now! Ensure that 500,000 unarmed Chinese people will be sent to the National Salvation Military Defense Zone within ten days!"

When it comes to plundering the common people, the Japanese devils are ashamed of themselves in front of the puppet army.

After learning that all the property he had seized from the people this time was owned by him, the puppet troops involved in the operation were almost so happy.

In the past, I went to the countryside to sweep and exploit the people. Most of the finances I got belonged to the Japanese. I could only get a small part of them, and I had to secretly get benefits.

Now that the Japanese allow it, they can finally make a big splash in the action.

As soon as they received the order, the puppet troops involved in the operation began to get ready to fight, thinking about how to get more benefits for themselves in the next operation.

On the official road less than 30 kilometers away from the National Rescue Military Defense Zone, a Japanese and puppet army with more than 100 people was marching quickly to the village in front. Everyone was very excited and wanted to fly over directly.

The company commander of the puppet army led the team to walk in the middle of the team, and the confidants walked along the side, introducing them as they walked.

"Company Commander, in front of us is the village where the Imperial Army asked us to operate. There are more than 100 unlucky households in it. Not only did they not hand over the food stipulated by the Imperial Army on time and in terms of quantity, they also organized a guerrilla team to attack the grain collection team behind their backs. A few days ago, two people died in the second yard. But they ran too fast. When we arrived at the village, they had already hidden their weapons and turned into ordinary people. We can't kill them all, we can only find ways to find evidence. As a result, we have not yet distinguished how many people there are in this guerrilla team!"

"Now the Imperial Army wants to drive them to the National Rescue Military Defense Zone. Although it is cheaper for them, they can grab all the food they have left all their efforts to retain, so that they can enter the National Rescue Military Defense Zone and fend for themselves, and finally starve to death."

"White Yi was secretly happy when he thought of this result, and felt that we could finally avenge the brothers who died at the hands of the guerrillas!"

The company commander was not concerned about whether the next action could avenge the dead subordinates. He only cared about how much benefits he could get in the next action. He stared at his subordinates and asked: "The unruly people in the village refused to hand over the food, which means that the village still hid a lot of food. How much food do you think we can harvest in the next action!"

The platoon leader thought about it and analyzed: "The whole village still owes the Imperial Army 6,000 kilograms of grain. According to the situation in the nearby village, after paying the grain tax, each household should be able to leave 100 kilograms of grain. More than 100 households in the village can find out all the food hidden by those unruly people, 20,000 kilograms will definitely be!"

Hearing this number, the company commander seemed to have seen the white ocean smacking in front of him, and his expression was very excited.

The first row leader continued to report: "In addition to food, the unruly people in the village must have hidden a lot of other finances. Although not much, the total amount will definitely not be less than one hundred yuan!"

"If you can find all these finances and replace all the harvested grains with oceans, according to the distribution plan you formulated before you set off, each brother below can get at least two oceans!"

The company commander became happier the more he heard it. Seeing that the target village was approaching, he ordered without hesitation: "One row and one squad block the entrance of the village, the second squad block the end of the village, the third and second squads went into the village to find people, and gathered everyone at the entrance of the village, and no one could be left behind!"

"Don't tell the unruly people the purpose of our operation. After everyone arrives, they will search each one to make sure they do not carry food and other finances, and then send them to the National Salvation Military Defense Zone. Finally, they will return to the village and divide their troops to search for each yard to find the unruly people's hidden food and finances!"

The villagers did not know the real purpose of the Japanese and puppet troops suddenly surrounded the village, and they thought they came to the village and forced everyone to hand over the food as usual.

Every time I encountered this kind of thing, everyone would hide a small amount of food. The Japanese and puppet troops went to the village to search, and had to retreat after no harvest.

This time everyone's reaction was exactly the same as before. When they received news of the invasion of the Japanese and puppet troops, they hid the food, and then waited tremblingly for the Japanese and puppet troops to search the village and retreat!

"Everyone will gather at the entrance of the village, and the children and the elderly will go, otherwise they will be shot directly!" The puppet army's screams and scoldings quickly rang in the village.

Faced with the Japanese and puppet troops with absolute strength, the villagers dared not speak out, and allowed the puppet troops to push and gather at the entrance of the village.

In less than half an hour, more than 500 people gathered in the threshing farm at the entrance of the village, and everyone looked at the circle of Japanese and puppet troops with a look of fear.

The company commander of the puppet army, like usual, first threatened and asked the villagers to take the initiative to hand over the food, so as not to spend a lot of time searching for food next.

The threat was useless and he said his true purpose: "Since you don't say it, don't blame us for being polite!"

"I stared at all the troublemakers here in the first row, and the second and third rows were responsible for searching their bodies. No one could be spared, to make sure they did not carry a piece of food or a piece of ocean!"

This kind of body search is obviously unnecessary for the people in the village. In order not to give the Japanese and puppet troops the handle of their own food at home, no one was so stupid that he would hide the food on himself, he took the initiative to send the relevant evidence to the Japanese and puppet troops and seek death by himself.

An hour later, the puppet army did not find any food or finance from the people.

Just when the villagers felt that the Japanese and puppet troops were going to return to nothing again and let everyone go as usual, the rifle held in their hands did not release them, but instead forced everyone to walk towards the official road with a black muzzle.

As for where to go, the company commander didn't say it, and no one knew it.

The guerrillas hiding among the villagers were panicked.

If they were allowed to fight the Japanese and puppet troops with real swords and guns, even if they were beaten to death by the Japanese and puppet troops on the battlefield, most of the team members would not frown.

But the Japanese's actions in front of them were too mysterious, and they didn't talk about their destination, they just forced everyone to walk forward.

If only a dozen guerrillas were forced, everyone wouldn't be so worried. At worst, they would fight with the Japanese and puppet troops, killing one to protect their capital, killing two to earn one.

But in the team that was forced by the Japanese and puppet troops, there were more than 500 fellow villagers.

It’s nothing that the guerrillas go on their own. After all, from the moment they join the guerrillas, they are ready to lick blood from the knife and sacrifice at any time.

The key is that in addition to the guerrillas, there were more than 500 innocent people in the teams they went to the National Rescue Military Defense Zone.

If the guerrillas are really forced to take risks by the Japanese and puppet troops, they will have no way to survive.

In order to get rid of the predicament as soon as possible, the guerrillas must understand the purpose of the Japanese and puppet troops as soon as possible and let the villagers return to the village.

Several people were flirting with each other and soon thought of a way to break the deadlock. Then they saw a few old men in the team slumped on the ground, looking like they were about to be exhausted when they couldn't walk."

"Sir, where are you going to take us! There are too many elderly people and children in the village, and they can't walk at all!" A guerrilla bravely stood up.

The puppet army company commander raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect that someone would come so soon to destroy his plan to make money.

Anger suddenly surged into his heart, and he was very dissatisfied with the order: "Who said he couldn't walk just now, pull it out and shoot it!"

"There are dozens of miles to go next. Anyone who delays the speed of the march due to being unable to walk, regardless of gender, age, will be shot to death..."

“Bah…”

A gunshot was soon heard next to the team. The guerrillas who had just stood up did not expect that a sentence would bring him a murder. After the death, his eyes were wide open, and he looked like he was dying with his eyes closed.

Under the threat of close-range death, the elderly, weak, women and children who were slumped on the ground were instantly frightened and had to get up from the ground to continue marching. Even if they really couldn't walk, in order not to be beaten to death by the Japanese and puppet troops, they would be carried by the young and strong around them to continue marching...

It was not until three o'clock in the afternoon that they were sent to the edge of the National Salvation Military Defense Zone, and were threatened by Japanese and puppet military machine guns to cross the position and enter the National Salvation Military Defense Zone, and they realized the real purpose of the Japanese and puppet troops trying to drive them to the National Salvation Military Defense Zone.

Everyone's food was hidden in the village and was searched by the Japanese and puppet troops once, without a single grain on them.

Now that he has been driven to the National Salvation Army Defense Zone, if the National Salvation Army ignores everyone, it means that the Japanese want everyone to die here and starve to death?

There are droughts everywhere in North China, and grain production is reduced. The grain harvested by the National Salvation Army may not be able to support the troops, so how can we share the food for everyone to save food?

At this moment, all the villagers showed despair from the bottom of their hearts.

Some ordinary people who were unwilling to be starved to death just like this turned around and wanted to return to the Japanese-occupied area, return to the village, and get their own rations.

But the Japanese and puppet troops did not give them this opportunity at all.

"Baoba...daoba..."

The sound of shooting machine guns quickly rang out on the Japanese positions, and the few ordinary people who turned the ball the fastest were shot into sieves on the spot.

The people who wanted to turn around were afraid, so they rushed towards the National Salvation Army Defense Zone, trying to stay away from the executioner behind them!

After learning that the infiltration troops had brought back more than a thousand new recruits from the Japanese occupied area, the entire combat room was immersed in joy, which was even happier than winning the battle.

Everyone knows that with a steady stream of new recruits, the National Rescue Army can restore its strength and then grow and grow little by little.

At this moment, Deputy Commander Tang Yufeng hurried in with a very serious expression. Seeing Zhou Chengru, he was anxious to report: "Captain, something happened on the front line!"

"The Japanese used another trick to remove firewood from the bottom of the pot."

"I know that after we use grain to recruit new recruits in the area they occupied, we will not only not destroy or block them, but will instead give the green light to send all the people in the village where the new recruits are located into our defense zone."

"When I received the news, the front-line garrison troops had already received more than 10,000 unarmed people from the Japanese occupied areas, and the number increased!"

"They clearly want to use these ordinary people to consume our reserved food, eat us up, and finally cause famine in our defense zone and fall into civil strife!"

The same strategy was used by the Japanese army before, but at that time there was no drought in North China, and food was everywhere. Moreover, there were only about 100,000 ordinary people who drove to the National Salvation Military Defense Zone. The problem was solved by killing one or two Japanese grain storage warehouses.

It is not possible now. North China has a severe drought, including the Japanese, and there is a shortage of food everywhere. It is difficult for the National Salvation Army to grab food around the defense zone.

Moreover, since the Japanese army has replayed the same trick, the scale of this operation will definitely be unprecedented. Even if the National Salvation Army is lucky enough to capture the grain storage warehouse of one or two Japanese devils, the grain harvested will be a drop in the bucket and will not play a big role!
Chapter completed!