"This method is good!" Chen Zhengyu was the first to stand up to express his agreement.

But as the chief of staff, he is also responsible for improving Zhou Cheng's proposal and making the entire combat plan more perfect.

A problem in the new method was soon thought of: "Captain, if you want to ensure that the tunnel is not discovered by the Japanese, the choice of the tunnel entrance is very important!"

"The tunnel entrance in the city cannot be too close to the city wall, nor can it be in a particularly conspicuous position!"

"It's best to choose in a residential area, but in this way, the tunnel we want to dig will grow!"

"The common people live in the city walls and there must be at least 300 meters to be dug outside the city, which is more than 500 meters in total. I'm worried that there is not enough time!"

"I'll find a way to solve the problem of time!" Zhou Cheng took on this seemingly difficult task without hesitation, and then began to issue orders.

"To be safe, we'd better dig out four authentic tunnels at once and dig out one in four directions. All authentic tunnel entrances are in residential areas. It's better to find a few uninhabited yards to buy them secretly, and the authentic tunnel entrances are hidden in several yards."

"During the operation, arrange more soldiers and everyone takes turns digging. The soil dug out during the day is temporarily hidden in the yard, and then secretly transported out of the county town after it gets dark!"

"You also need to prepare more logs to reinforce the tunnel to prevent collapse!"

"The tunnel entrance outside the city is at least 300 meters away from the city wall. After our second attack on Jinzhong starts, we must ensure that the attacking position can cover the tunnel entrance. In this way, our troops can quietly touch the Japanese's belly through the tunnel!"

"Chief of Staff, please keep your eyes on the county town and try to dig the tunnel within a month and hide it!"

"Of course, if the troops still have extra manpower, it's okay to dig a few more tunnels to prevent them from being blown up when we siege the city!"

Zhou Cheng made a very careful statement. If the task cannot be completed, then the Chief of Staff Chen Zhengyu, who has been in vain for the past or two years, replied immediately: "Please rest assured, the regiment commander, I promise to complete the task!"

After saying that, Chen Zhengyu seemed a little worried about the time issue he just raised, so hesitated for a while and continued to ask: "Captain, I am still a little worried about the time issue. I think the Japanese will not give us a month!"

"You just said you are here to solve this problem. Can you tell me first, so that I can be more confident in Jinzhong, otherwise I will worry about this matter all day long!"

Zhou Cheng replied confidently: "It's okay to say it now. I have thought of two solutions in total, and I plan to use these two methods together."

"One is to use a trick. Didn't the Japanese want to use Jinzhong as a bait to annihilate our main force of the National Salvation Army? Since they want to fight us in Jinzhong County, I must satisfy their wishes!"

"From tomorrow, every three or four days, one or two hundred militia troops pretending to be the main force will enter Jinzhong County, making the Japanese feel that we are increasing the troops in Jinzhong!"

"The Japanese have prepared such a big bait for us, and they must want to eliminate more national-savior troops."

"We send one or two hundred people into Jinzhong every few days. If I were the Japanese commander, I would definitely wait until all the troops from the National Rescue Army reinforced Jinzhong were in place before surrounding the county town!"

"I plan to send 1,500 militias to Jinzhong County in one month, so that the Japanese feel that our garrison in Jinzhong will exceed 3,000, and then delay their attack on Jinzhong!"

"The second method is autumn harvest, and the autumn harvest in North China is about to begin."

"The Japanese, the Eighth Route Army, the War Zone, and our National Salvation Army must all want to reserve more food through autumn harvest."

"But the amount of grain produced in North China each year is limited, and coupled with the reduction in output caused by this year's drought, the grain output of autumn harvest will definitely decrease, and the food that falls into the hands of the Japanese will naturally decrease."

"The food demand of the Japanese and puppet troops in North China will not decrease due to drought, but will increase a lot due to the large-scale expansion of the puppet troops."

"The autumn grain collected is less, and the demand for grain does not decrease but increases, and the Japanese's food shortage will become larger and larger."

"If we take the opportunity to send people into their occupied areas to grab grain and further increase their food shortage, the Japanese will definitely fight a food battle with us to protect the food."

"In this way, they will not be able to draw enough troops to attack Jinzhong!"

"When the troops we sent out to grab grain back to the defense zone, the tunnels here have been dug up. We will not be afraid of the Japanese and puppet troops want to attack Jinzhong."

In the Taiyuan Japanese Army’s Military Headquarters, the intelligence officer is reporting to the commander the latest situation after the garrison garrison evacuated from Jinzhong County.

"Sir, four hours after the Jinzhong garrison evacuated the county town, a company of the National Salvation Army first entered the city. At three o'clock in the afternoon, about two national Salvation Army strengthened the battalion entered the city one after another. They were all affiliated with the National Salvation Army Shouyang Garrison. After entering the city, they controlled all the gates of the county town as soon as possible and arranged troops to maintain public order in the city!"

"At five o'clock in the afternoon, another National Salvation Army that strengthened the battalion entered Jinzhong."

"This national-savior army has very good equipment and is very vigilant. It is difficult for our people to get close to it, so they have not yet figured out their specific number."

"But we found another news: from five o'clock, the temporary command center established by the National Salvation Army in Jinzhong City suddenly had martial law, and the warning level was much higher than before!"

"In view of this, Bei Zhi felt that there must be an important figure in the National Salvation Army in Jinzhong County, at least they are their deputy regiment commanders. Maybe the regiment commander Zhou Cheng was in the city, and he came with the reinforcement camp that entered the city at five o'clock!"

The army commander's expression was very calm. As soon as the intelligence officer finished speaking, he asked: "How many national-savior troops have gathered in Jinzhong County?"

"About 1,800 people, less than 2,000 people anyway!" The intelligence officer quickly figured out the answer in his mind.

A flash of disappointment flashed in the commander's eyes and he frowned and replied: "There are too few troops."

"We threw out such a large bait in Jinzhong County. If we only wiped out less than two thousand soldiers of the National Savior Army in the end, it would be a loss."

"Let us all take action in Jinzhong City, create more chaos, and force the National Rescue Army to draw more troops to reinforce Jinzhong."

The intelligence officer didn't want to accept the order.

The National Salvation Army had just taken over Jinzhong, and it was the time when it was vigilant and vigilant.

Now that the city’s internal response and intelligence personnel show up and cause damage, wouldn’t it be that he hit the gun of the National Rescue Army?

He could imagine that once this order was passed on, the internal responses and intelligence personnel lurking in the city would definitely suffer heavy casualties.

But the commander's order was for the overall situation.

The bait has been released, but there are too few fish entering the net.

If some actions can be used to force the National Rescue Army to draw more troops to reinforce Jinzhong County, let more fish enter the net, and finally catch them all in one go, the losses of more than a dozen internal and intelligence personnel will be worth it.

I could only take the initiative by biting the bullet and accepting the order: "Please rest assured, I will give them an order in a while to force the National Rescue Army to continue to increase troops to the Jinzhong County!"

After hearing this, the commander nodded with satisfaction and turned his head to look at the Chief of Staff!

"Whether it is for Taiyuan's safety or for our future attack on the National Salvation Army, Jinzhong County must be recaptured as soon as possible."

"As long as the National Rescue Army has more than 3,000 troops stationed in Jinzhong County, we will send troops. Chief of Staff, you are responsible for drawing troops."

"I don't care what method you use. Within ten days, four infantry brigades, two regiments of the Imperial Army, one mountain artillery brigade, one independent heavy artillery brigade, and one chariot squadron!"

"All troops secretly move to the vicinity of Jinzhong to ensure that they surround Jinzhong County within five hours after receiving the attack order!"

At the command of the Yangquan Garrison of the National Salvation Army, the three battalion commanders and several direct company commanders all looked at the captain for no reason.

I don’t know what he was selling in the gourd, but suddenly he called everyone to a meeting, and he was very anxious, which made everyone nervous. When he received the order, he hurried to the command center.

The first battalion department was farthest from the command center. The last one entered the conference room, sat on the chair and started to breathe heavily.

After being tired, but he did not forget his full doubts. When he saw the captain Chen Zhong, he asked anxiously: "Captain, call us over so anxiously. Is the Japanese going to attack us?"

The other battalion company commanders had the same questions and looked at the captain together.

Chen Zhong shook his head: "The Japanese did not attack us, it was an important task given to us by the regiment!"

"Some time ago, each battalion rushed to the Eighth Route Army base area for a long distance, snatched back a large amount of food, weapons and ammunition, and the battle results were brilliant. The regiment was very satisfied with our performance."

"I was going to give everyone a good rest, but it didn't take me!"

"Everyone should have seen it on the way to the regiment headquarters: the autumn harvest in the defense zone has officially begun, and the Japanese-occupied area next to us has also begun!"

"When the autumn harvest is over, most of the food in the occupied area will be stolen by the Japanese and puppet troops as their food rations for the next year!"

"Those foods were grown by the villagers with great hard work. They couldn't even eat enough for themselves. Why should they give them to the Japanese who were inferior to animals?"

"In order to fight against the Japanese and protect the food that the villagers have worked hard to harvest, the regiment headquarters decided to take the initiative to launch a food battle in the enemy-occupied area."

"The entire army secretly sneaked into the occupied areas of the Japanese and puppet army with the unit of a company battalion, and snatched back the food collected by the Japanese and puppet army at all costs. After the battle, half of the food was hidden for the people, and the other half was transported back to the base."

"When each unit attacks, at least one battalion left-behind defense zone can be drawn, which can not only protect the safety of the defense zone, but also help the attacking troops!"

As soon as Chen Zhong finished speaking, the conference room became lively.

Some people looked excited and wanted to return to their base now and lead their troops into the Japanese and puppet troops occupied by the Japanese and puppet troops.

Some people looked worried and seemed not optimistic about the next grain grabbing action.

Chen Zhong raised his hand and interrupted, "Duo quietly, listen to me finish your words!"

"This attack order is very sudden. There will definitely be many people who feel that the troops are too tired and participate in the new operation before they have time to rest. They are afraid that the soldiers will not be able to bear it!"

"I don't think so, because the fatigue of the soldiers is tired of running too far from a long distance, not the fatigue of fighting Japanese soldiers on the battlefield. Our next battlefield is next to the defense zone. We don't need to run long distances anymore, and the physical consumption must be very small! So there is no need to worry that the soldiers will not be able to hold on because of the excessive physical consumption."

"I also want to analyze the operation of this operation with you."

"Before, we attacked the Eighth Route Army base, and the targets were large and medium-sized Japanese and puppet troops, and they were all powerful attacks."

"This time the combat regiment headquarters did not draw so many rules and regulations for everyone. As long as the food in the hands of the Japanese and puppet troops could be regained, the attacking troops would fight as much as they wanted!"

"But there is a prerequisite: no matter how you fight, who will hit? What will happen? The Japanese cannot vent their anger on the local people!"

After listening to Chen Zhong's analysis and explanation, several subordinates with worries instantly became relaxed. Like the others, they all looked at the captain with a eager expression, wanting to grab the first mission to attack.

The Japanese army headquarters in Taiyuan and the commander of the army are also paying attention to the autumn harvest that has been fully launched in Shanxi.

As the scale of the battle grew bigger and bigger, the Japanese government, which was trapped in the quagmire of war, could no longer meet the supply needs of millions of troops on the front line.

In order to relieve pressure from the country, the Japanese North China Front Army issued a suggestion to raise food for local troops two years ago.

In the past, all the logistics supplies of the Shanxi garrison were sent to him by the front army, so he didn't need to worry about it.

Now it is not possible. Not only do I have to raise food for tens of thousands of troops in Shanxi in the occupied area for the next year, but I also have to send a batch of food to the front army in turn.

From the beginning of the autumn harvest, he became busy because of the food, and prayed that there would be no accidents in the grain collection operations everywhere!

The Chief of Staff was also very nervous, but compared to a few days ago, the expression on his face was obviously much more relaxed.

Although the autumn harvest brought pressure to the military headquarters to raise grain, it reduced the military pressure on the Shanxi garrison.

In Shanxi, not only will the food rations for the Shanxi garrison in the next year depend on the current autumn harvest, the Eighth Route Army, the Second World War Zone, the National Salvation Army... The food rations for many troops cannot be separated from this autumn harvest.
To be continued...