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Chapter 392 Logistics Support Group! Send troops to Henan!

"Chief, our current combat troops are still sufficient, but there is still a big gap in the militia strength that is being planned!"

Zhang Ning looked at the Red Police Staff Headquarters' plan for disaster relief in Henan and asked Zhang Shijie a question.

The area affected by this disaster is not just Henan Province. Parts of the downstream Anhui region are also within the scope of natural disasters, covering a population of more than 30 million.

Moreover, most of these populations are scattered in villages, and the manpower required to complete disaster relief work is unimaginable.

Zhang Shijie heard this and asked: "What if the recruits trained by the Operational Training Department for the Eighth Route Army also participate in disaster relief operations?"

"Chief, this batch of Eighth Route Army recruits numberes 100,000. Although it can alleviate our numerical pressure, it is still insufficient in quantity. Now we can only recruit as many militia troops as possible."

"Report to me the number of missing personnel later, and I will replenish your troops later. The plan to purchase food from the 2018 world will continue to be implemented. Our food reserves are still not enough!"

"Yes! Chief."

Compared with the number of personnel, the food reserves of the Red Police Force are the most important.

If there is a serious shortage of personnel during the disaster relief operation, Zhang Shijie can also request reinforcements from the Eighth Route Army. However, if there is not enough food, the disaster relief operation of the Red Police Force will be meaningless.

However, in the next stage, the Japanese army will definitely launch an attack on the Eighth Route Army, and in order to defend against the Japanese attack, the strength of the Eighth Route Army will also be tense.

In this regard, Chen Xi has already made a plan. If the Red Police Force really enters a state of shortage of troops, then Chen Xi will send a battalion of troops to cover the evacuation of the Eighth Route Army, and put the troops withdrawn from the Eighth Route Army into disaster relief operations.

So during the period from January to May 1942, all parties began to enter the final preparation stage for a large-scale war.

In the past six months, the Japanese army had initially stabilized the battlefield in Southeast Asia, and relied on Oahu and other occupied areas to carry out regular bombing of the east coast.

The mold almost broke its teeth at the little devil's behavior.

After the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Mold still dispatched the remaining USS Hornet aircraft carrier to bomb the Japanese mainland.

However, the Japanese army at this time was no longer the former Japanese army. After the overall air defense of the army was strengthened, all the B25s that took off from the Hornet were shot down after the bombing was completed. Even the Hornet, the only seedling of the Pacific Fleet, was also shot down by the Japanese in 4 Sunk at the end of the month.

This time, the Hornet did not have the cooperation of the Enterprise, and it was fighting under the premise that the Japanese army had been greatly strengthened, so heavy losses were expected.

While strengthening the defense line on the east coast, Mold also began a domestic industrial transformation, and began to expand its army while transforming industrial capabilities.

On the Chinese battlefield, Baldhead, who has received a large amount of assistance from the US military, is also strengthening his direct troops.

As the support of the moldy pot was gradually in place, the bald head had more and more trump cards. Under various tentative attacks by the Japanese army, the bald head also stabilized the front line.

Of course, this is the direct line of the Central Army of Bald Head, and troops like Yan Laoxi's Jinsui Army are what they used to be. However, as Bald Head's proud disciple, Chu Yunfei, as an outlier in the Jinsui Army, was strengthened by Bald Head. .

During this period, the Eighth Route Army also began to build defense lines in stages in North China, and formulated resettlement plans for all villages in the base area so that they could be quickly relocated when the Japs came over.

The Eighth Route Army now knows very well that facing the Japanese troops who are now at their peak, they can only trade space for time.

Save the land and lose the people, everyone and the land will be lost. Save the people and lose the land, and everyone and the land will survive!
The Eighth Route Army knows this theory proposed in the YA area better than anyone else!

The Red Police Force has begun leading disaster relief work in Henan.

Henan has suffered from many natural disasters since 1937. In addition, the Kuomintang authorities blew up the Yellow River dyke at Huayuankou and used the dyke break to block the Japanese army, which triggered large-scale locust plagues and floods.

At the same time, under the background of being attacked by the Japs and being handled laissez-faire by Bald Head, the Great Famine broke out in Henan. It was not until the end of March 1943 that Bald Head learned the truth about the Great Famine in Henan, and the Kuomintang authorities began to provide disaster relief.

Although this war against famine began in July 1942, Henan had already entered an unstable state in May.

"Buzz buzz~..."

With the sound of the Mi-17 helicopter disappearing, a 12-man tactical reconnaissance team from the Red Police Special Agent Battalion was dropped into the Suiping area near Zhumadian.

The reason why the Red Police Force wanted to send personnel here was mainly because of the little devils.

In order to completely attack the Eighth Route Army and Red Police forces in North China, the little devils increased the number of six armies originally prepared for combat to eight.

Among them, four armies were prepared for the main attack in the Hebei direction, two armies were deployed in the Fengyang area to contain the Red Police troops, one army was deployed in the Shanxi direction to coordinate the Hebei attack, and one army was deployed in the Henan direction to attack Tang Enbo's tribe and form a large-scale attack on Dagushan. Encirclement in the general direction.

In addition to the eight army-level units that have been deployed, the Japanese army has also prepared six armies as strategic reserve forces in Northeast, East and Central China.

The little Japanese army has a total of 15 people. After spreading these more than million troops on the Chinese battlefield, the Japanese have to rely on Taihou's troops to assist in management in Southeast Asia.

Of course, not all the Japanese troops were Japanese. Many Korean puppet troops also joined the Japanese troops in this round of military expansion and turned into locust troops.

In fact, when the Japanese army first formulated the plan, the Little Devils did not expect to be able to mobilize so many troops. However, on the battlefield in Southeast Asia, because the battle progressed so smoothly, the Little Devils were able to mobilize many troops to the Chinese battlefield.

Among all the military-level units of the Japanese army, the Japanese 11th Army, which is conducting encirclement movements in the Henan area, is the only unit that has not yet reached the designated position.

The Red Police Force naturally knew this very well, so the various operational units of the special agent battalion began to carry out investigation activities in eastern Henan.

Now Zhang Shijie is just waiting for Tang Enbo to run away with his troops, and his troops will wait for an opportunity to enter the Henan area and start disaster relief work.

"Young horseman, it's only May, how could you do this?!"

A special operations team member looked at the dry and cracked land under his feet and couldn't help but feel sorry for the people of Henan.

There is definitely no way to cultivate this kind of land that has dried out and cracked.

You know, this is the eastern Henan region that was relatively lightly affected. It is hard for them to imagine what the current situation in the western Henan region is like.

"Report the situation here to the battalion headquarters. The people can't afford to wait! We must carry out disaster relief work as quickly as possible!"

"Understood, Captain!" Many Red Alert soldiers had only heard of this great famine, but when they actually arrived in Henan, they discovered that the actual situation here was worse than what was shown in historical materials and film and television works. The description is much more grim!

After Bald Head ordered the digging of the garden entrance, Henan was hit by various disasters for several consecutive years. In 1937, drought followed by floods affected more than 70 counties in the province, leaving millions of people homeless.

The flood in 1938 affected 68 counties in the province; the flood in 1939 affected 85 counties in the province, with 681 million victims; the flood in 1940 caused the Yellow River in eastern Henan to overflow and affected 15 counties. In 1941, the province was hit by drought, hail and frost. 57 counties including Neixiang were hit by drought, and 11 counties were hit by floods...

From the autumn of 1941 to the summer of 1942, a severe drought lasted for 15 consecutive months, causing typhoons and locust plagues. During March and April, western Henan suffered hail and black frost disasters, central Henan suffered wind disasters, and some places in eastern Henan were affected by locust plagues.

Now seeing the actual situation in eastern Henan, the first thought of these special operations team members was to ask their superiors for instructions whether they could change their plans and take action in advance.

Even though we have already acted in advance, can we move a little earlier?
The red police force can afford to wait, the bald men can afford to wait, the little devils can afford to wait...

But the victims in Henan cannot afford to wait!
As grassroots combatants, it is difficult for their ideas to influence the command level, but they can report the actual situation here to their superiors in as much detail as possible.

Zhang Shijie looked at the report of the investigation team with terrifyingly gloomy eyes.

He now very much wants to fully intervene in disaster relief in Henan, but at this time the Japanese troops are conducting a small-scale attack on Tang Enbo. No matter how bad Tang Enbo was, Zhang Shijie couldn't intervene in their rear while he was fighting the Japanese.

Now it is not just a matter of disaster relief, but also a matter of fighting.

"Chief, this is the local situation in Henan captured by the Air Force's reconnaissance aircraft. Take a look."

After taking the photo handed over by Zhang Ning, Zhang Shijie felt heartbroken!
What did the people do wrong? !
They did nothing wrong, they were only wrong for living in this war-torn era!

"Chief, in fact, our intervention in Henan now is a good thing for the people. Tang Enbo's troops are still plundering the people in Henan, and the same is true for the Japanese and puppet troops. If we arrive early, we can save as many people as possible. the common people!”

Chen Xi looked at Zhang Shijie expectantly, hoping that he would give an order to act in advance.

But at this time, Zhang Shijie was frowning, wondering what he was thinking about.

Zhang Ning also said at this time: "Chief, give the order. The personnel and supplies can be released slowly. Let's save the people first!"

"what?"

Zhang Shijie came back to his senses at this time, looked at Zhang Ning and Chen Xi who looked expectant, and then said: "Send a report to Baldhead and Tang Enbo in the name of the Ping'an County Security Group, informing them to withdraw from Henan as soon as possible, and we will take over the front! All troops are dispatched according to the established action plan! What did you two just say? "

After hearing the order from Zhang Shijie, Zhang Ning went to hold a pre-war meeting with a happy face to arrange the dispatch of troops.

Chen Xi rolled his eyes at Zhang Shijie, and then went to the staff department to formulate a detailed combat plan based on the current situation on the front line.

Chongqing, Bald Mansion.

"Mother Xipi! This Zhang Shijie is really arrogant. I have ordered Tang Enbo to stay in Henan and not allow any soldiers from the Ping'an County Security Group to enter the Henan area."

"Yes, principal."

After receiving Zhang Shijie's telegram, Baldhead immediately believed that Zhang Shijie wanted to seize control of the Henan area, so as to get in touch with the troops on the front line of Fengyang Mountain.

Where is Fengyang Mountain?
That is the Huaihai-Xubeng area, where the four provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, and Henan meet. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times!

Now the troops of the Ping An County Security Corps there are Wugenzhiping. No matter how strong their combat effectiveness is, they will be exhausted one day. However, if the troops of the Ping An County Security Corps in Dagushan and Fengyang Mountain are connected together, then Zhang Shijie It has really become a climate.

At this time, Baldhead had no idea about the actual situation in Henan, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care.

How could those who could use the Yellow River embankment and tens of millions of people to delay the Japanese attack care about this group of people who faced the loess and turned their backs to the sky?
If the bald head could exchange the lives of 30 million people in Henan for the disappearance of Zhang Shijie and his Ping'an County security team, then the bald head would sacrifice the lives of more than 30 million people without hesitation!

However, things did not develop as the bald man expected.

After Tang Enbo received Zhang Shijie's telegram, he immediately ordered the troops to withdraw from Henan.

As for the telegram from Baldhead?
When did Baldhead send the telegram? He didn't receive it!
In fact, Tang Enbo didn't want to fight the little devil for a long time. The little devil who had changed his clothes was so powerful that he couldn't do it now!
Now the bald head asked him to stop the Shanxi Ping'an County Security Team...

Are you kidding me? !

Fighting with the Ping'an County security team is not as good as fighting with the little devil!
So Tang Enbo, known as one of the "flood, drought and locust soup", led his troops southward and retreated towards Hubei.

It is nicknamed: "Support Wuhan".

……

"Comrades! I believe everyone knows that Henan has suffered from natural disasters for many years, but the people of Henan cannot bear it this year!

According to the intelligence sent back by the frontline reconnaissance troops, the people in Henan are now almost at the point of exchanging food for food, and the stubborn little devils and Tang Enbo are still plundering the people's only rations!

Comrades! Can we bear it? ! "

"Can't! Can't! Can't!"

The voices of the Red Alert soldiers echoed through the sky. Zhang Shijie looked at these soldiers and issued orders:

"Order! The Eighth Route Army Logistics Support Group, prepare for departure immediately! Send troops to Henan in 3 hours!"

"Send troops to Henan!"

"Send troops to Henan!"

"Send troops to Henan!!!"

After Zhang Shijie issued the order, the three battalions of the air defense cluster and the reconnaissance battalion, the first light tank battalion, the second light tank battalion, the first artillery battalion, and the fifth, sixth and seventh synthetic battalions of the Eighth Route Army Logistics Support Regiment set out from Changzhi as the vanguard. , the troops were directed towards Kaifeng, Xinxiang, Zhoukou, Zhumadian, and as far as Xinyang, Henan, in order to build a defense line for Henan against the Japanese army.

Operation codename: Great Steel Wall!
(End of this chapter)