After Zhou Cheng expressed his thoughts, Tang Yufeng and Chen Zhengyu immediately became solemn, and the good mood of the troops after winning the battle was gone.

If the situation of the war really develops in the direction that the regiment commander is worried about, the National Salvation Army won the battle this time, but it also harmed the people in the enemy-occupied area.

Thinking of this, the two of them began to blame themselves.

Zhou Cheng spoke at the right time: "You don't have to worry too much. Although the Japanese will use various means to squeeze the people in order to make up for the deficit, they will continue to collect grain from them, and even rob grain from them, but our national rescue army and the Eighth Route Army operating in the enemy-occupied areas are not vegetarians, and they will definitely not let their conspiracy succeed."

"In order to relieve the pressure on the people in the enemy-occupied areas, I decided to learn from the Eighth Route Army and continue to send an action team to the enemy-occupied areas. However, the action team sent out this time is slightly different from the action team we sent before."

"The first difference is that the force of each operation team is reduced by more than half, and in principle, no more than fifteen people. Equipped with a light machine gun and a grenade launcher. In addition to providing them with enough weapons, ammunition and food, each soldier also needs to bring one more gun and twice the bullet, draw the squad leader with rich combat experience as the captain, and go deep into the enemy-occupied area for a long time to lurk and fight."

"The second difference is that their mission is different from the previous action team."

"The previous operation team was established by us to fight against traitors and seize food. In addition to continuing to attack the Japanese and puppet troops, the most important task of the newly established operation team is to protect the local people."

"In order to complete this task, I allow them to recruit new recruits and expand their troops in the enemy-occupied areas. This is also the reason why each soldier brings an extra gun."

"The third difference is that all operation teams that go deep into the enemy-occupied areas will not only cooperate with the intelligence department, but also the main force closest to them will also cooperate."

"When encountering a crisis and the Japanese and puppet troops have major military operations, they can ask for help from the nearest main force at any time."

The more the two of them heard the nervous expression on their faces, the more relaxed they felt. When Zhou Cheng finished speaking, the two of them had already walked to the map to study whether this proposal was feasible.

Two minutes later, Chen Zhengyu suddenly asked: "Captain, what do you mean is that these operation teams will be active there for a long time when they enter the enemy-occupied area? How can their ammunition and logistics supply be solved? Is it as self-sufficient as the armed forces teams of the Eighth Route Army entering the enemy-occupied area or is the regiment headquarters supporting them?"

Zhou Cheng blurted out: "The operation team has been active in the enemy-occupied areas for a long time. The regiment headquarters serves as a backing for them, striving to develop their activity areas into our guerrilla areas, so that the Japanese can surround our blockade line in name only, when will the main force occupy these places, and when will the operation team return to the team."

"As for ammunition and logistics supply? Of course, the regiment headquarters will solve it for them."

"The pressure on the people is already great enough? We can no longer add burden to the local villagers."

"After there was a regiment headquarters that helped them solve the ammunition supply? These operation teams had no worries? They could concentrate all their energy on attacking the Japanese and puppet troops and protecting the local people."

"Of course? The captures of each operation team on the battlefield can also be saved in case of emergency? Prevent the ammunition supply from the regiment headquarters from not being delivered in time."

Speaking of this? Zhou Cheng's eyes also turned to the map, pointing to the enemy-occupied areas around the defense zone and continuing to introduce: "The regiment headquarters coordinates the management of these operation teams and strives to arrange an operation team for each town to go over."

"Under normal circumstances, the Japanese and puppet troops will build a stronghold in each town? The task of the operation team is to focus on these strongholds? If the Japanese and puppet troops leave the stronghold and bully the people, they can eat it if they can. If they cannot eat it, they will use guerrilla warfare to harass them, take them into the mountains, and protect the local people at all costs!"

Tang Yufeng knew very well the Eighth Route Army's guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines? Due to poor conditions, the Eighth Route Army that penetrated deep into the enemy-occupied areas had to be self-sufficient? He used war to support the war and hid among the people to attack the enemy.

The conditions of the National Salvation Army are much better than those of the Eighth Route Army? It can provide sufficient ammunition supply to the operation team, which can not only reduce the burden on the local people? It can prevent them from being retaliated by the Japanese? It can also prevent the operation team from being troubled by ammunition supply? It can concentrate on fighting the Japanese. If you win on the battlefield, fight if you can't win, run away. If you are forced to a dead end, you can ask for help from the main force or even withdraw to the defense zone, without any worries...

This is definitely a proposition that is beneficial and harmless, and Tang Yufeng has no reason to refuse.

"I agree with the regiment commander's proposal to learn from the Eighth Route Army to send an operation team to the Japanese and puppet troops in the occupied area to distract the attention of the Japanese and puppet troops in the occupied area. This can not only reduce the pressure and burden on the people in the occupied area, but also reduce some pressure to the main force!"

Seeing Chen Zhengyu nodding in agreement, Zhou Cheng made a quick decision: "Then this matter is decided!"

"The first and second battalions and fourth battalions, each company organizes an operation team, and the minimum leadership of the team is the deputy platoon leader, and three squad leaders or deputy squad leaders. At least half of the ordinary team members are backbones and veterans in the company."

"After the establishment is completed, we will come to the regiment headquarters to report without weapons. Deputy Commander Tang and I will conduct three-day training for them. After that, the regiment headquarters will equip them with weapons and ammunition. While the Japanese have not yet recovered their control over the occupied areas around us, they will enter this area again and take root to fight against the Japanese and puppet troops."

After one wave was not settled, the National Salvation Army began to plan its next operation against the Japanese army, and the commander of the Japanese Brigade was worried about his future in the war room.

After the results of the garrisons in the occupied areas were summarized here, the brigade commander was surprised to find that the attacking troops were only a part of the loss of troops in this military operation, and the real big head was in the occupied areas where he had not paid much attention to.

The Chief of Staff and several combat staff sat around the table all morning to count the losses reported by each garrison.

At twelve o'clock noon, the Chief of Staff finally put down his pen.

After a quick glance at the list that had been counted in my hand, my already solemn expression became even more ugly.

He lowered his head and walked to the brigade commander: "General, reduce the troops and equipment and materials lost by the garrisons when they attacked the Eighth Route Army and returned to the county town. In the past two days, the Imperial Army occupied the area, five artillery towers and one stronghold were occupied."

"The imperial army left behind in the occupied areas died in a total of 428 people, and the Imperial Army died in a total of 926 people and disappeared in battle. One third of the casualties came from pacification, one quarter of the casualties came from Yangquan, and the remaining casualties came from several other garrisons."

"There are more than 30 Chinese who are doing business for the Imperial Army. They are all agents of the Imperial Army in the local area, assisting the Imperial Army in collecting food and grass and managing the local area. Now all are dead, and these towns near the National Salvation Army Defense Zone have fallen into an unmanaged vacuum zone."

"The National Salvation Army also took advantage of the empty forces in the area we occupied and robbed the grain that had just been collected from each stronghold, with a total amount of more than 7 million kilograms."

"On the blockade line that surrounded the National Salvation Army, a total of six artillery towers and three strongholds were captured, losing 518 people of the Imperial Army and 1,206 people of the Imperial Army. Most of the Imperial Army were captured by the National Salvation Army and also losing a large amount of weapons and ammunition."

"I also received an information here: When we started attacking the Eighth Route Army, the National Salvation Army had already begun to prepare for attacking the Imperial Army's occupied area. We sent seven platoon-level advance teams into the occupied area in advance, raided the Imperial Army's agents in various places, sneaked into the grain collection teams sent by various strongholds, and robbed our food..."

"When their main forces began to attack the blockade line, these advance teams had killed all the Imperial Army agents in these towns, and they also snatched all the food they collected..."

"So the National Salvation Army can snatch so much food and supplies from the occupied areas in one night, eliminate so many imperial troops and imperial assistants, and leave without any delay!"

The brigade commander was so angry that he didn't want to say a word. After several seconds, he gritted his teeth and asked: "In addition to the losses of our attack on the Eighth Route Army, how many imperial troops and how many imperial alliance troops were we lost in this battle?"

The Chief of Staff looked at the brigade commander who was already on the verge of furiousness and hesitated for a long time but did not dare to speak.

That number was so scary. He was sure that once he said it, the brigade commander would become a powder barrel that was ignited in an instant, and then he vented all his anger. As the chief of staff, he would probably become the primary target of the brigade commander to vent his anger.

The brigade commander ignored these things. When he saw the chief of staff hesitant, he immediately asked: "How many troops have we lost in total?"

The chief of staff gritted his teeth and reported: "The Punishment Guard and Yangquan Guards were almost completely destroyed, and the other four Guards were all injured and half of them were injured!"

"A total of 3,148 imperial troops were killed in battle, and 4,983 imperial troops were lost. One-third of the losses were caused by the National Salvation Army, and two-thirds of the losses were caused by the Eighth Route Army."

"Reduce the remaining garrisons on the blockade line, the remaining garrisons are only enough to maintain the security of the county towns, and they cannot distribute their troops to guard the villages and towns in the occupied areas."

"There is also bad news: the Eighth Route Army in the defense zone already knows that we have been severely damaged. Although they themselves have suffered heavy losses, they still distributed a large number of troops to attack our occupied areas and expand their base."

"So far, our occupied areas have shrunk by one third. The Eighth Route Army bases and guerrilla areas have not only not been shrunk, but have doubled."

After hearing the answer he wanted, the brigade commander was indeed furious.

But in the end he held back. The reason why the troops attacked the Eighth Route Army at this time and the National Salvation Army attacked the Imperial Army occupied the area at this time. After eliminating other messy factors, they were closely related to one thing, that is, food.

For the current mixed brigade, the importance of food is also at the forefront.

Without food, more than 10,000 people under their command will drink the northwest wind next year and live a hard life.

So when the brigade commander heard that such a large area of ​​occupied areas was occupied by the Eighth Route Army, the first thing that came to mind was whether the food from those places was snatched out.

He asked quickly: "Where is the grain? When the main force attacked the Eighth Route Army, the left-behind troops began to collect grain in the occupied areas. A lot of grain should have been collected in two days, right?"

The Chief of Staff replied with a wry smile: "General, the left-behind troops did collect a lot of food, but they all exist in various strongholds and local agents of the Imperial Army, and have not been sent to the county town yet."

"The Eighth Route Army is too cunning. As soon as they received news of heavy casualties in each garrison, they sent troops to block all passages in and out of the county town, prohibiting anyone outside the city from entering the county town, and it is even more impossible to send food to the county town."

"As a result, all the food collected by the left-behind troops was cheaper than the Eighth Route Army, and the local agents of the left-behind troops and the Imperial Army were also hit by a devastating blow..."

"It's over!" the brigade commander shouted in dismay.

Then he sat on the stool with his butt, his eyes were dull and he stared at the front without any gaze.
Chapter completed!