Bright Sword: An eight-year-old boy led a group to fight the Japanese invaders

"Commander, this is an order from Commander Okamura, and it is also the focus of our work in the next period of time!"

After reading the document, Kawamura Heizaburo said happily, "Well, Commander Okamura really has a solution. You should pass the order down immediately.

All railway and road bases in Shanxi Province must be repaired by the end of this year. If there are no people, we will arrest them. If there are no supplies, we will ask for them.

As long as we control all the roads and railways, the Tubalu will be unable to move within the framework we have woven.”

Fukui Tomoki took the document from Kawamura and walked out. The Japanese logistics chief ran in.

"Commander, I have some questions that need your report!"

Kawamura squinted his eyes and looked at the logistics director for a while, then forced a very forced smile and said,

"Mr. Gao Shan, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask. I have just taken over the First Army and there are many aspects that I have not considered. I need you to remind me more!"

I don't know if Takayama Takeo understood Kawamura's respect for the wise, but he kept his head down and didn't look up.

"Commander, this year, due to the fighting of the Eighth Route Army Independent Battalion, our summer grain harvesting work has not been going smoothly.

Based on the current logistical reserves, we can only eat until the end of the year at most, and the troops will be extremely short of food in the first half of next year!"

What Takayama Takeo didn't say was that if the 20th Division was still there, this amount of food would not even last until the end of the year.

Well, Kawamura didn't expect that the First Army would be so rotten. The strength of the army was reduced by nearly 3 people, and there were also problems with logistics.

He came here to expand the territory and establish his career, not to find food for these soldiers.

Damn it, it's all garbage.

Takayama Takeo didn't know what Kawamura was cursing in his heart. Anyway, he was just a lieutenant colonel, and all he had to do was take care of the logistics.

As for the lack of food, it had nothing to do with him.

Kawamura also knew that it was not Takayama Takeo's fault. He thought for a moment and said, "I will order the troops to go outside to find food. You go down first!"

"Hey!"

The arrival of Kawamura Heizaburo and the embarrassing situation faced by the Japanese made Shanxi Province, which had been quiet for more than half a month, lively again.

But the devil's action this time was not smooth. With the support of Wang Ye, the Eighth Route Army's troops developed much faster.

Especially in northwest Shanxi, the Eighth Route Army occupied a large area of ​​territory here, with more than a dozen county towns alone. With the county towns, supplies could be guaranteed.

Food, tax revenue, military personnel, etc. all grew rapidly.

The area north of Ping'an County was the base of the Eighth Route Army, and the area south of Ping'an County was the territory of the Fourth Brigade of the Japanese.

After the Japanese began their small-scale raids, the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi continued to move to areas south of Ping'an to pick up scraps of food.

Whenever we encounter a Japanese food-stealing team, we will attack them, making the Japanese suffer terribly.

Yan Laoxi, who had been hiding in western Shanxi, had watched the Eighth Route Army destroy the 20rd Brigade and the th Division not long after. He had a new idea in his mind.

"Qiyuan, do you think the combat effectiveness of these devils has dropped too much? How about we move as well?"

Yang Qiyuan was in charge of all military affairs of the Jinsui Army and was very busy all day. "Commander-in-chief, I don't think it's time for us to act yet.

The Japanese just changed the commander of the First Army. The current commander, Kawamura Heizaburo, led a brigade to chase the three divisions of the Kuomintang in the war in the south.

This guy is quite capable, let the Eighth Route Army have a try first."

Yan Laoxi studied abroad in Japan, so he knows more about them than most people.

If there was a way, wouldn't he want to hide here? But seeing the Eighth Route Army occupying one county after another, he couldn't wait any longer.

It hasn't been long since the Eighth Route Army occupied ten counties in northwestern Shanxi. If he waits any longer, the entire province of Shanxi will belong to the Eighth Route Army. What should he do as the King of Shanxi?

"Qiyuan, I know what you mean, but the Eighth Route Army is developing too rapidly.

If we wait any longer, they might drive our Jinsui Army out of Jin Province one day. We have to be on guard against this, right? "

Yang Qiyuan also felt that the Eighth Route Army was developing too fast, but he had no other choice. Just look at the 20th Division of the Japanese army and you will know how powerful the Eighth Route Army is now.

If we continue to create friction like before, our chances of winning will be too low. If the Eighth Route Army surrenders their weapons and robs our people, we will suffer a great loss.

"Commander-in-chief, I think we should wait a little longer. According to the intelligence we have received, the Japanese have begun to build artillery towers and strongholds on a large scale in various parts of Shanxi Province.

The density is much higher than in the past two years. Basically, there are artillery towers on every highway and checkpoints on every side road.

In my opinion, the devils want to use these artillery towers and strongholds to divide Shanxi Province into small pieces, and then block the entrances and exits, starving and freezing the Eighth Route Army to death!"

After reading the telegram, Yan Laoxi said with some disdain, "The devils are still so vicious, but this method worked half a year ago.

Now the Eighth Route Army has occupied more than a dozen counties in northwestern Shanxi. This method alone will not have much effect, at least in Shanxi Province.

If we want to deal with the Eighth Route Army, we have to do it on the battlefield!"

Yang Qiyuan certainly knew that as the deputy commander of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, he could see it, but the Eighth Route Army was not only in Shanxi Province, but also in the entire North China region.

"Commander-in-Chief, according to intelligence, this strategy was proposed by the new commander of the North China Expeditionary Army, Okamura. Now it is not only our Jin Province devils who are implementing it,

The Japanese are engaged in construction throughout North China. The price of cement has risen a lot during this period. It seems that the Japanese are using a lot of it. "

After listening to Yang Qiyuan's words, Yan Laoxi couldn't help but think of the situation of the Shanxi Suiyuan Army.

"Qiyuan, although the Japs' method is slow to take effect, it is fair and just. There is no other way except to break it by force.

Now the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi Province can get supplies from Northwest Shanxi, but we can't.

I am the King of Jin Province, the Commander-in-Chief of the Second War Zone, and I only have 6 counties under my control. They are all small counties in the mountains, with a small population and scarce supplies.

The Japs' move didn't trap the Eighth Route Army to death, but instead it made us feel trapped. You need to think of a solution."

Yang Qiyuan advised Yan Laoxi not to move yet, because the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army now has only more than 80,000 troops, and the current territory can barely support such a force.

So he chose to let the Eighth Route Army move first. As long as the Eighth Route Army and the devils started fighting and the devils' attention was all diverted to that side, the Shanxi Suiyuan Army could move.

By that time, even if we couldn't take back Taiyuan, we would at least be able to fight our way out of the mountains and valleys of western Shanxi.

Yu County in northern Shanxi is already on the edge of the plains. The southern part of Yu County is still a mountainous area, while the northern part is already a plain area.

After the independent battalion arrived here, it was immediately reorganized into an independent brigade, with Wang Ye as brigade commander, Zhao Gang as political commissar, Wu Gang as deputy brigade commander, Wu Chengkai as director of the political department, and Wu Fenglin as chief of staff.

Wang Su resigned as deputy captain and became the commander of the special operations regiment.