"But this time I don't know what happened, the Eighth Route Army actually chose to fight mobile warfare."

"In the beginning, we did win two battles and wiped out thousands of Japanese troops."

"But in the end, they were still surrounded by the Japanese army at Shuiyao Mountain. According to a staff officer who is familiar with the terrain,"

"Although Shuiyao Mountain is very steep, there is no water source. Now nearly [-] Route Army troops in the Taihang bandit area are besieged by the Japanese army in Shuiyao Mountain. It is only a matter of time before they are destroyed."

"The 3 people who were besieged were all the elite of Shanxi Eighth Road."

At the end, he said with emphasis: "So, the Eighth Road in Shanxi is really over."

"Yunong, are you sure he is the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang bandit area? The 129th Division belongs to the 386th Brigade?"

Chang Kaishen still couldn't believe it, such a good thing would happen?Lying at home without doing anything, the confidant's serious problem was solved by the Japanese?unbelievable.

"Principal, I'm afraid it's not just the 386 brigade."

Dai Yunong smiled and said, "There is also the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army."

"Is there still the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army?" Chang Kaishen was overjoyed again when he heard the words, "So, those two damned Hunan guys are dead too?"

"I'm afraid so."

Dai Yunong laughed.

"No, no, no."

Chang Kaishen shook his head and said, "The Eighth Route Army can dig wells."

"What? Digging a well?" Dai Yunong froze for a moment, this was really unexpected.

……

"What?"

"Dig a well?"

Hearing from Wang Ye that he was going to dig a well,

Li Yunlong and Kong Jie jumped up.

Ding Wei said, "You mean to dig it up for the kid to see?"

"Yes." Wang Ye nodded and said, "I dug it up for Yoshio Shinozuka."

"Dig it out for Yoshio Shinozuka?" Kong Jie frowned and said, "Xiao Wang, is it necessary?"

"Yes." Wang Ye nodded and said, "The boss and the others haven't been to Liao County for a day, the main force of the military region hasn't been to Liao County for a day, and the hundreds of thousands of folks in the Taihang base area haven't been to the safe area for a day. Keep singing! We must convince Yoshio Shinozuka that the main force of the military region is in Shuiyao Mountain."

Li Yunlong said: "Then dig, simply dig a few more mouths."

As soon as they said it, the three team leaders immediately led the people to dig the well.

As soon as there was any movement from the Eighth Route Army, the devil's reconnaissance plane hovering in the sky discovered it.

The Type 1 land attack aircraft is equipped with a radio station. When he reported this discovery to Taiyuan, the [-]st Army Command quickly received the telegram.

……

"Dig a well?"

Shinozuka Yoshio was stunned when he heard that.

"Yes." Yasushi Inoue said, "The Eighth Route Army is digging wells in the mountains."

Yoshio Shinozuka turned his gaze to Takuya Mizuhara, and asked, "Mr. Mizuhara, I remember that you are the best at learning geography. Please tell me, is it possible to dig a well in Suiyao Mountain?"

"No." Mizuhara Takuya said with certainty.

"Because in order to get well water, you have to have an aquifer."

"It's useless to dig kilometers deep if you can't dig into the aquifer."

"However, the topography of Shuiyao Mountain, please forgive me, there may not be an aquifer within 100 meters underground. That is to say, unless the Eighth Route Army digs down more than 100 meters deep, it is absolutely impossible to dig out well water."

"More than 100 meters deep?" Yoshio Shinozuka smiled, "How long do we have to dig?"

"I'm afraid it will take a long time." Mizuhara Takuya said, "According to my observation, Shuiyao Mountain belongs to the most typical granite terrain. The characteristic of granite terrain is that it is hard and extremely difficult to excavate."

Ryuichi Sakamoto suddenly said, "There is another possibility. The Eighth Route Army did not intend to dig out well water."

"Didn't you want to dig out well water?" Shinozuka Yoshio frowned and said, "Sakamoto-kun, what do you mean by that?"

Ryuichi Sakamoto said: "The Eighth Route Army simply wanted to dig out a pool to hold snow and water."

"Pool? To store snow?" Shinozuka Yoshio, Mizuhara Takuya, Inoue Yasushi and other officers' expressions changed slightly.

At this time, another communication staff officer came out quickly and reported, "Your Excellency, the aviation scouts have reported that the Eighth Route Army is collecting snow from Shuiyao Pass!"

"Ba Ga, stop them!"

Shinozuka Yoshio shouted: "Immediately call the 2nd Guards Division and the Tsuda Detachment, and ask them to use artillery fire to blockade the Shuiyao Pass and the area beyond Yiyitian, and prevent the Eighth Route Army from collecting snow. We must stop them!"

"Hai!" Inoue Yasushi paused, and quickly returned to the communication room to send a telegram.

Watching Yasushi Inoue leave the war room, Yoshio Shinozuka smiled again.

The fact that the Eighth Route Army was so eager to dig wells and collect snow can only explain one fact.

That is, the Eighth Route Army did not reserve enough drinking water in Shuiyao Mountain, and this proved another fact from the side, that is, the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Military Region was undoubtedly in Shuiyao Mountain.

At this point, Shinozuka Yoshio was finally completely relieved, and there was no more suspense.

The only thing to do now is to wait for the Eighth Route Army to run out of stored drinking water.

At that time, the trapped Eighth Route Army had only two choices, either surrender or die of thirst.

"Report!" Another communications soldier walked into the battle hall and reported with a pause, "Peking urgent call."

After reading the telegram sent by Neiji Okamura, Yoshio Shinozuka lost even the last trace of worry in his heart.

Up to now, Operation Plan A has been carried out for two days, and the 12 mopping up detachments have penetrated tens of kilometers.

But apart from the massacre of dozens of villages in the initial guerrilla zone, almost all the villages were found to be empty after entering the bandit zone. Not only were people gone, but even livestock and poultry were gone.

Obviously, the Chinese people in the Taihang bandit area have already moved ahead of time.

Because of this, Shinozuka Yoshio couldn't help but feel a little worried, worried that the front army headquarters would reprimand him, and even force him to change the established policy of mopping up.

But fortunately, such a situation did not arise.

Instead of reprimanding him, Neiji Okamura even sent a special telegram to express his support.

Neiji Okamura clearly pointed out in the telegram that everything is to annihilate the main force of the Eighth Route Army. As for the people in the Taihang bandit area, they can find a way to eliminate them later.

This time, Shinozuka Yoshio no longer had any worries.

Immediately, Shinozuka Yoshio said: "Order, the 12 mopping up detachments do not need to continue mopping up. Immediately divert and rush to the vicinity of Shuiyao Mountain to strengthen the blockade."

"Telephone the mopping up detachments,"

"We must surround Shuiyao Mountain into an iron barrel!"

"Not even a single mouse can make it escape!"

After a pause, Shinozuka Yoshio said again: "Also, let the 4th and 8th Mixed Brigades of the Imperial Association Army also go. In addition to strengthening the blockade, you can also let the Imperial Association Army do some dirty work."

Speaking of this, Shinozuka Yoshio showed a sinister smile on his face.

"Hayi!" The communications officer paused and left.

……

"boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom boom boom!"

From time to time, shells fell into Shuiyao Mountain and exploded.

Accompanied by the violent explosion, one or more bomb craters appeared on the already rough ground.

10 minutes ago, when soldiers from the Eighth Route Army showed up with dustpans to collect snow at Shuiyao Pass and outside the sky, the devils outside the mountain went crazy and started shelling wildly.

The shells fell like raindrops.

The [-]-meter area around Shuiyao Pass and Yixiantian Exit was instantly blown into a sea of ​​flames.

The Devil Artillery used sulfur bombs this time, and a big fire burned the mountain pass and the vegetation beyond a line of sky, and the white snow was also completely melted.

After melting the snow outside the mountain pass and beyond the sky,

The Devil Artillery began to extend the shelling again, firing rows of sulfur bombs on the ring-shaped top of Shuiyao Mountain. It seemed that this posture was preparing to burn all the vegetation on Shuiyao Mountain and melt the snow.

From time to time, even shells hit the cliff.

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Kong Jie were all speechless when they saw the flames exploding from the cliff.

"Damn, the little devil is determined to burn all the vegetation on the mountain and melt all the snow this time?" Kong Jie cursed, "This damn is trying to kill us with thirst. "

"It's a beautiful idea." Li Yunlong scolded with a smile, "We have plenty of water here."

"But the problem is that Yoshio Shinozuka, an old devil, doesn't know." Kong Jie scolded with a smile.

Ding Wei also said: "Xiao Wang, look at this, Yoshio Shinozuka has already believed that we have no water to drink."

"It's good for the devil to believe it." Wang Ye said, "If you believe it, you can continue to procrastinate and spend it slowly."

In the next three days, the devils really stopped attacking, but only stepped up to build fortifications at Shuiyao Pass and Yixiantianwai, and two camps were built in just three days.

Early this morning, before the devil's reconnaissance plane came over,

As usual, Wang Ye went up to the top of the cliff, and then climbed to the highest point on the top of the mountain, condescendingly observing the enemy's situation outside the mountain.

This time, besides Wei Dayong, Wei Xilai and Wang Xikui followed Wang Ye to the top of the mountain.

"Captain, the little devil seems to have increased his troops?" Wei Xilai said, "Look, the headquarters hospital is full of people."

The direction Wei Xilai pointed at was the courtyard where the Eighth Route Army Headquarters Hospital was located. Since the transfer of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters Hospital, this courtyard has been empty.

After the arrival of the 2nd Division of the Japanese Guards,

It may be due to security considerations that they did not enter this yard.

Speaking of this, it is impossible not to mention the tunnel warfare that is in full swing in the central and southern Hebei plains.

The devils in the North China Plain have already cast a psychological shadow on the ubiquitous tunnels of the Eighth Route Army. Every time they enter the base area to sweep, they will never live in the village if they can live in the wild.

Because they were worried that when they were sleeping soundly, a few people suddenly came out from under the bed and wiped their necks.

Or when they were about to start a fire and cook, suddenly a gun barrel protruded from the stove and opened fire at them.

This behavior and habit of the Japanese army in North China inevitably affected Maeda Tadanobu, so after entering the Taihang Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, Maeda Tadanobu issued a strict order that he would rather camp than live in a Chinese house.

These days, more than 2 devils from the 1nd Guards Division have been living in field tents.

But today the devil seems to have changed his nature and was admitted to the headquarters hospital for the first time. Isn't he afraid of being attacked?

"It's not devils. It's the second devil who lives in the headquarters hospital." Wei Dayong put down his binoculars and said with a dark face, "Look at the dog skins on their bodies."

Wang Xikui took the binoculars from Wei Dayong, and found that the puppet soldiers lived inside.

While a few people were talking, the puppet soldiers came out. I saw that most of these puppet soldiers had tools in their hands, such as engineering shovels, hoes, poles or dustpans.

Wei Xilai asked blankly, "What do these two devils want to do?"

"What else can I do?" Wei Dayong said angrily, "It must be helping their master build fortifications."

Wei Xilai said angrily: "These two devils are really hateful. They better not appear within 700 meters of me, or I will blow their heads off."

"What are you talking about? 700 meters?"

Wei Dayong said: "You can really brag, what you say seems to be true."

"Who did it? I hit a target 700 meters away last time. If you don't believe me, ask the captain." Wei Xi turned to Wang Ye after speaking, "Captain, did I hit a target 700 meters away last time? "

Wang Ye ignored Wei Xilai, and said in a deep voice, "The second devil wants to build roads and dig blockades!"

"What?" Wei Dayong's face also collapsed, and he said darkly, "Captain, you mean, the devil wants to build a road around Shuiyao Mountain and dig a blockade? Trapped us to death?"

"Yes." Wang Ye said, "The devil wants to trap us to death."

"No way?" Wang Xikui said, "Is it necessary?"

Chapter 244 Prepare for Breakout

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