The Japanese garrison command center of Pingding County is obviously more vigilant today than usual.

The guard forces are at least twice as many as possible, and it is not an exaggeration to describe them as five steps per post or ten steps per sentry.

In the command center conference room, there was another person sitting at the position that should have belonged to Asakawa Nakasa today, carrying the rank of major general on his shoulders and his face was majestic.

Asakawa Nakasa sat in the first position he started, with respect on his face.

Other positions were filled with officers above the magistrate, all of whom were brought by the major general just from Yangquan.

"There is a saying in China: Knowing yourself and your enemy and winning every battle. I think it makes sense. Asakawa is the host of Pingding Prefecture. Let's talk to us about the situation of the National Salvation Army first!" The Major General Brigade Commander spoke first, asking calmly, not telling whether he was happy or angry.

"Hi!" Asakawa Nakasa stood up respectfully.

"God of General, the Punishment Guard has been strengthening its intelligence collection capabilities for the Punishment and National Rescue Army during this period. According to the information just received, the newly formed Punishment and National Rescue Army currently has two main battalions, stationed in Donghui Town and Zhangzhuang Town respectively."

"Each main battalion has five hundred people, well-equipped, each strengthening four heavy machine guns!"

"The National Salvation Army Command is stationed in Donghui Town. In addition to the two main battalions, it also has a mortar company, a guard company, a reconnaissance company, a cavalry company, a baggage company, and an engineer platoon. The total force exceeds 1,500."

"In addition, the National Salvation Army has also established a new recruit battalion with about 400 people."

The brigade commander suddenly interrupted: "No, the general regiment-level troops have three battalions. Why would the National Salvation Army rather set up a new battalion than form a third battalion?"

Asakawa Nakasa quickly explained: "The general's eyes are as sharp as a torch, and he could see at a glance that there is something wrong here. The situation is like this. The National Salvation Army was originally going to form the Third Battalion, but they intercepted the Imperial Army's weapons and ammunition and the weapons and ammunition supported by the Second World War Zone were all blown up by us with planes."

"Without weapons, the National Salvation Army is an empty stance to form the third battalion and has no combat power. It's better to call the recruit battalion!"

The brigade commander nodded: "I understand, you continue talking..."

Asakawa Nakasa continued to report: "Although the newly established National Salvation Army and the newly formed new recruit battalion have nearly 2,000 people, they are temporarily expanded from the Third Battalion of the National Salvation Army. Most of them are new recruits, and their combat effectiveness is very poor!"

"And after the two bombings of the Imperial Army, the National Rescue Army did not have much ammunition reserves. Now is the perfect opportunity to wipe out them all!"

"But one thing we need to pay attention to: the newly appointed commander of the National Salvation Army is very cunning. He likes to play cards in wars without following common sense. We also need to beware of them escaping into the mountains, otherwise it will be difficult to wipe out them all."

The brigade commander replied confidently: "Don't worry, Asakawa, even if they escape into the mountains, I will catch them all this time."

"In order to completely solve the problem of pacifying the national rescue army, I brought a whole regiment of the Imperial Army from Yangquan, and brought two cavalry squadrons and a mountain artillery squadron. With the Imperial Army that cooperated with the operation, pacifying the garrison, with a total force of more than 6,000. If I lose, I, the brigade commander, don't do it."

"I require all participating troops to be in place within five days, and the supporting ammunition supplies will be brought by each unit themselves. Asakawa Jun, as the host of Pingding City, be sure to arrange your station!"

"If nothing unexpected happens, we will start attacking the National Savior Army in seven days!"

"Hayi..." This time all the officers stood up from their positions.

There is no airtight wall in the world, and the Japanese have many troops mobilized, so the news can't be hidden even if you want to.

The next day, Zhou Chengzu got the general content of the Japanese meeting.

He arrested the training of the Second Battalion of the National Salvation Army by himself, so no one knew the current combat effectiveness of the troops better than him.

Because there are too many new recruits and the combat power of each company is uneven, only veterans in the entire second battalion. The fourth company can fight the Japanese. The fifth company is okay to fight the puppet army. If they encounter Japanese soldiers, they will definitely not be the opponent. Almost all new recruits are even worse, and they can only go to the mountains to fight guerrillas with Japanese soldiers.

Faced with such a force, Zhou Cheng had no choice but to temporarily avoid the edge.

First, find Deng Jinghua and ask him to send a telegram to the division headquarters, and fight a few raids on the Zhengtai Railway Line. It is best to mobilize the Japanese railway garrison stationed in Yangquan within Yangquan to weaken the strength of the Japanese and puppet troops in Yangquan.

Of course, it would be even better if one or two Japanese strongholds could be captured in Yangquan. It would make Yangquan garrison realize that their nest was not safe, so that they would leave more troops to defend Yangquan, and the pressure faced by the National Salvation Army would be less.

After Deng Jinghua left, Zhou Cheng immediately found Staff Zheng.

"Staff General Zheng, have the local troops that can participate in this operation been counted? How many troops are there, how powerful are there, and where are they currently active?"

Staff Zheng has been doing these things these days and quickly took out the list of statistics: "Commander Zhou, there are six local troops to participate in the war, including a garrison battalion, an independent battalion, a battalion-level guerrilla team, and three company-level guerrilla teams, a total of more than 1,300 people!"

"Because they are all local troops, the equipment is not very good. The six troops are equipped with a total of 483 rifles, eight light machine guns, 16 pistols, and four earth cannons. The rest are big knives, spears, muskets, and no other heavy weapons."

"There are not many ammunitions, the average rifleman has only fifteen bullets, one grenade, and each machine gun can get three hundred machine gun bullets on average!"

Zhou Cheng's brow frowned into a big Sichuan character.

The troops of more than 1,300 people are equipped with such a small number of rifles and machine guns, and their firepower is not as good as one of their own battalions.

It seems impossible to expect them to fight a few raids in the enemy-occupied area and force the Japanese to divide their troops back to their defense areas.

There is not even a heavy machine gun, how can the left-behind troops in the Japanese feel the crisis?

When Staff Zheng saw Zhou Cheng's reaction, he knew that he looked down on those local troops a little, and immediately reminded him: "Commander Zhou, don't underestimate them."

"Although the equipment of these local troops is not very good, they have to face Japanese and puppet troops sweeping the troops because they have always lived behind enemy lines, and their combat effectiveness is still good."

"I have been to two troops these days. All the cadres above the company are old Red Army. The squad leader is a veteran who has joined the guerrillas for more than three months, or the former Jinsui Army, Northwest Army, and Central Army officers."

"More than 70% of the soldiers joined the guerrillas for more than a month and had basically done some training, but they had no weapons. If they had all guns equipped, their combat effectiveness would definitely increase rapidly."

Staff Zheng's vision would definitely not be wrong, nor would he deceive himself. Zhou Cheng chose to believe it, and his frown suddenly relieved a lot, and then asked.

"If I give three battalion-level local troops and guerrillas one hundred rifles, three light machine guns, ten thousand bullets, and two hundred grenades, will they be able to capture the strongholds and artillery towers of the Japanese infantry squad's defense!"

Staff Zheng thought for a while and replied: "If you attack strongly, you will definitely be able to take it down, but the troops suffered a lot of casualties!"

"Then I will give them another light machine gun, a grenade launcher, two thousand bullets, twenty grenades and grenades, and ask the three troops to start acting after receiving the equipment, and strive to capture a Japanese artillery tower every night, and transfer it after the shooting. I will pacify the Japanese and puppet troops around me to panic."

"Give the three company-level guerrillas a total of thirty rifles, a light machine gun, two thousand bullets, and one hundred grenades."

"Their mission after receiving the weapons and ammunition was to divide their troops to attack the surrounding Japanese and puppet army strongholds. They fired when they saw the Japanese during the day and night."

"Tell all participating troops that after the operation begins, don't think about saving ammunition, and be sure to show me the posture of the main force."

"After the battle, except for all the seizures, the National Salvation Army will compensate them for some ammunition, so as to ensure that they will not suffer any losses!"

This is the first time that General Zheng has participated in actual combat after being sent to the National Salvation Army by the Division Headquarters. After the battle is done, it will not only make Zhou Cheng in front of him look at him with admiration, but also leave a good impression on the division commander.

Zhou Cheng replied excitedly as soon as he finished speaking: "Don't worry, Commander Zhou, with the weapons and ammunition you gave you, the overall combat effectiveness of the six troops can be at least twice, and he will definitely be able to complete the task."

"But can the National Salvation Army still bring out so many weapons and ammunition now?"

"I don't know that others don't know. The weapons and ammunition I sent to the division headquarters last time almost drained the excess 79-caliber weapons of the National Rescue Army!"

"Don't worry, I'll prepare it for you tomorrow night!" Zhou Cheng's face flashed with a mysterious smile, and then he answered confidently.

When I was the battalion commander of the Third Battalion, I was not qualified to contact the troops that sent weapons and ammunition to the National Savior Army in the war zone. I always thought that the weapons used by the war zone to reward the National Savior Army were sent from the rear through secret channels.

After becoming the commander of the National Salvation Army, he realized that he had made a wrong judgment.

Last time he received weapons and ammunition, Zhou Cheng left a special backup plan and sent two of the most powerful soldiers around him to follow the transportation troops to find the source of these weapons and ammunition.

Finally, I found that an enemy-occupied area less than fifty kilometers away from me actually had an arsenal hidden, and all the weapons and ammunition given to the National Savior Army came from here.

Just as Zhou Cheng was thinking about how to take all the remaining weapons and ammunition in the arsenal into his hands, Yuan Shushan's action attracted his attention.

In order to give Yuan Shushan a warning and keep him busy, he has no time to intrigue the National Salvation Army and affect the combat effectiveness of the troops, Zhou Cheng specifically asked him to contact the war zone and provide weapons and ammunition for the National Salvation Army.

Yuan Shushan agreed confidently.

As the future deputy commander of the National Salvation Army, he must do what he says, otherwise he will lose face, so he will definitely send telegrams to the war zone to ask for weapons and ammunition.

The result was very different from his own judgment. Several days passed, and Yuan Shushan did not send a telegram to the war zone.

And every time he asked him questions about weapons and ammunition, he answered with confidence.

This is so strange. Zhou Cheng felt that there was something wrong with it, so he took a special care.

As a result, the answer to this mystery was solved two days ago.

Yuan Shushan's personal guard suddenly left the station, and Zhou Cheng arranged for someone to follow him as soon as possible, but the guard actually hid in the daytime and walked to the arsenal that he had finally discovered.

Only then did Zhou Cheng know why Yuan Shushan was so confident. It turned out that he had an arsenal to base it.

As expected, the weapons and ammunition that Yuan Shushan promised to be at the National Salvation Army's headquarters tonight.
Chapter completed!