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Chapter 1023: You want the horse to run, but you don’t give it grass to eat
Tumen Coal Mine battlefield, on the First Division side.

When Nakazawa Saburo received the telegram sent overnight from Okamura Jining, asking him to immediately eliminate the enemy in front of him, he felt a little worried.

Because at this moment, the sound of gunfire on the battlefield has become increasingly sparse, and the regiment commander Uchida Hiroshi has just sent someone to inform him that most of the Eighth Route Army have fled into the surrounding mountains, and they are currently encircling and suppressing the remaining enemies.

If we want to pursue them now, we can only run into the mountains with torches.

As a veteran who has been through many battles, he knows all too well how dangerous this matter is.

One mistake can lead to heavy losses!

With a sad face, he could only turn around and ask his chief of staff, Colonel Takahashi Mantang:
"Takahashi-kun, what do you think of the commander's telegram?"

Gao Qiao Mantang thought for a long time with a bitter face, and finally spoke carefully:
"Your Excellency, the division commander, the warriors have been fighting fiercely with the Eighth Route Army these past few days and are very tired.

Now that the Eighth Route Army has fled into the mountains, it is too dangerous for us to pursue them by force.

And as the Commander said, the other side may have a conspiracy, and it is not that they have no ammunition, so we should not chase them. "

Of course, Saburo Nakazawa didn't want to chase after him, otherwise, why would he ask the other party?

We finally have some peace and quiet tonight, wouldn't it be nice to let him have a good night's sleep?
You know, these two divisions have been attacked one after another since they left the plains in northern Hebei and started to move into the mountains. They haven't had a good night's sleep yet!
So when he heard Gao Qiao Mantang's opinion, he nodded unconsciously and asked:

"Then how should we explain this to the Commander?"

Takahashi Mantang also had a headache about this difficult problem.

But as the chief of staff, he couldn't play dead when his immediate superior asked him about it.

I can only bite the bullet and give some advice:
"Send a small number of troops and pursue them cautiously!"

Upon hearing this, Nakazawa Saburo's eyes lit up and he thought: Good fellow! You are really good at pretending to obey but secretly disobeying!
That’s a great idea!

However, he still didn't want to make the decision himself.

So he quickly turned around and asked Honda Masazai, the commander of the 8th Division next to him:
"Honda-kun, what do you think?"

Honda Masashi certainly couldn't come up with an idea and put the blame on himself, so he quickly said:

"I completely agree with Nakazawa-kun's opinion."

Hearing this, Nakazawa Saburo was stunned.

I thought to myself: What the hell did I say and you just agree with it?
Aren't you too cunning?
In desperation, he could only ask his top general again -

Major General Yoshino Hideki, commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade.

"Yoshino-kun, do you think we should give chase?"

Yoshino Hideki is also a smart guy. How could he not see that the other party didn't want to pursue him at all?

He immediately said firmly:

"Of course we have to chase!

The Eighth Route Army has caused a large number of casualties to my First Brigade in the past few days. I believe that we should send out multiple squadron-level reconnaissance units to hold the Eighth Route Army hostage.

When daybreak comes, we will use a regiment-level force to chase them and completely destroy them!"

When he heard the guy's first words, Nakazawa Saburo's face immediately turned dark, and his unhappiness was written all over it.

But when he heard the second half of the sentence, he was delighted again.

I cursed inwardly at this guy for breathing so heavily when he spoke.

He quickly patted Yoshino Hideki's shoulder and nodded:

"Yoshi! Yoshino-kun is indeed a rising star in our Imperial Army. He has a bright future. This is a great plan!"

Then he ordered Takahashi Mantang:

"Takahashi-kun, deploy immediately!
Also, call back the Commander and tell him that our First Division is in pursuit!"

"Hi!"

……

Li Yunlong and Yang Yuanshan in Heyuan were unaware of the movements of the Japanese devils at Tumen Coal Mine.

One of them was in the city, the other was outside the city, and both of them had a good sleep.

6: the next day.

Outside Heyuan County, the bugler of the special forces regiment faithfully followed the regiment's records and blew the wakeup call on time.

Hearing the inspiring call, all the soldiers of the Special Forces Regiment immediately got up from the ground, got some water to rinse their mouths and wash their faces, and began simple queue training.

The soldiers in the kitchen squad began to prepare breakfast.

However, before they could have breakfast, Li Yunlong's guard regiment leader Su Zhen came to find Yang Yuanshan with two supplementary regiments:
"Captain Yang, these are the two supplementary regiments that the leadership said will be allocated to you, the 9th Supplementary Regiment and the 10th Supplementary Regiment.

These two are the acting group leaders Wei Junfeng and Yuan Peng."

Wei Junfeng and Yuan Peng had heard the legendary stories of the Special Forces Regiment a long time ago. Yesterday, they saw the mouth-watering equipment of the Special Forces Regiment. Last night, when they heard that they were assigned to the Special Forces Regiment, they were so excited that they almost couldn't sleep all night.

After listening to Su Zhen's introduction, he immediately stood up and saluted:

"Captain Yang, the replacement captains of the 9th and 10th regiments, Wei Junfeng and Yuan Peng, report to you!"

Yang Yuanshan returned the greeting, and then complained to Su Zhen speechlessly:
"Captain Su, you're here early!

Have you not had breakfast yet?"

Su Zhen smiled awkwardly:
"Haha, the leader said that since these two groups have been assigned to you, you should let them come to your place for breakfast.

The remaining black beans and sweet potatoes from the Quartermaster Department won’t last for a few days, so we should save as much as possible.”

When Yang Yuanshan heard this, he felt numb all over.

I was complaining in my heart: Good man, Li Yunlong, ah, Li Yunlong, you are such a stingy person!
After all, you are the top leader in northwestern Shanxi. Are you trying to play this trick on me, a mere regiment commander?
Aren’t you still counting on our special forces regiment to stop the Japs?

This is like wanting the horse to run without giving it grass to eat!
You are facing a food shortage, but am I rich here?
However, he couldn't say anything, so he could only force a smile and nodded:

"The leader is right. The people assigned to us should eat our food."

Su Zhen saw the strange expression on his face and couldn't help feeling guilty. He quickly asked hesitantly:
"This... that... Captain Yang, the leader said you promised to give him a batch of weapons and equipment. This thing..."

Of course, Yang Yuanshan would not go back on his promise.

But at the moment, he was in a bad mood and was too lazy to send someone to lead the other party.

He nodded slightly and pointed to the west:
"My transport team brought it here last night and dropped it off at the western foot of the mountain.

There are a total of 5000 Type 20 rifles, 200 rounds of ammunition, 24 grenade launchers and Type infantry guns. Commander Su, you just need to take the people there to move them."

Su Zhen was very surprised to hear that he did not default on his debt. How could he dare to ask him to send someone to lead the way? After thanking him profusely, he led his men to the west.

……

As soon as Su Zhen left, Yang Yuanshan looked at the 6000 soldiers led by Wei Junfeng and Yuan Peng in front of him, and he was still very satisfied.

After Li Yunlong's reorganization and intensified training over the past few days, these soldiers, even if they do not have much murderous aura, are disciplined and have a strong spirit.

At least he felt that these people would not be scared to the point of peeing their pants when they went to the battlefield and served as ammunition handlers.

So he immediately called the sleepy Han Yang and arranged:

"Han Yang, these two regiments were assigned to us by the leadership as baggage troops. Please make arrangements for them.

It all depends on them to dig trenches, carry the wounded, transport artillery shells, etc.

By the way, they haven’t had breakfast yet, so ask the kitchen staff in each camp to prepare more food.”

Han Yang was originally quite happy to see so many people coming to serve as the baggage train, but when he heard that he would also have to take care of their breakfast, he immediately frowned:
"Captain, the food I bought yesterday may not be enough to eat!"

"Then it's your fault. Didn't you buy all the food from the store yesterday?"

Yang Yuanshan responded mercilessly.

Han Yang was unhappy now, and rolled his eyes:
"Captain, if we really buy up all the food in the grain store, won't the people in Heyuan County starve?"

Nowadays, transportation is inconvenient, and once a grain store is sold out, it will take more than three to five days to restock it.

The poor people in the county town usually don’t have much food stored at home. Once they can’t buy food at the grain store, they will really starve.

Hearing Han Yang's words, Yang Yuanshan suddenly felt a little embarrassed and waved his hands quickly:
“If it really doesn’t work, you can ask some of the soldiers to take out the dry food they brought and eat it.

I will send a telegram to Zhao Li later to ask when his transport team will arrive."

"Okay, I see."

Han Yang nodded and went downstairs to make arrangements.

……

As soon as he left, Yang Yuanshan called the telegraph operator and prepared to arrange for him to send a message to Zhao Li in Qixia Town.

But before he could open his mouth, a sentry from the west came hurriedly and reported to him:
"Captain, our transport team has arrived. They said they are bringing in dry food." Upon hearing this, Yang Yuanshan was immediately delighted and said with a smile:
"Very good! Speak of the devil and he will appear."

Then he ran to the west side of the camp to check the situation.

After a while, he saw thousands of fellow villagers carrying loads and walking towards this side following a team of soldiers from the supply battalion armed with live ammunition.

Seeing him coming out to greet them, the leader immediately ran a few steps, came to him, saluted, and said loudly:
"Captain, Meng Zhisheng from the First Company of the Quarry Battalion has arrived on a mission to deliver dry food. Please give us your instructions!"

"Good! Thank you for your hard work.

How much dry food did you bring?"

Yang Yuanshan patted his shoulder and asked curiously.

"A total of 5 catties of flatbread and a batch of black beans for feeding livestock!"

Meng Zhisheng replied quickly.

Although the special forces regiment now has nearly 19000 people, these 5 kilograms of cakes can only keep them going for two or three days at most, but at least it will not delay the entire regiment from rushing to Huangping Town to build a blocking position.

So Yang Yuanshan nodded with satisfaction:
"Not bad."

Then we arrange people to receive these things.

Then he said to Meng Zhisheng:
"Zhisheng, go back and tell Zhao Li that I need at least 20 kilograms of dry food.

But we are about to set off for Huangping Town, so next time you want to transport food here, you will have to travel a longer distance.

There is no need to transport the black beans for livestock from so far away, we will find a way to solve it ourselves. "

Hearing such a huge number as 20 jin, Meng Zhisheng suddenly felt his scalp tingling.

Whispered:
"Captain, with so much food, most of our Qixia Town's stock will be consumed!"

When raw grains are made into dry food, a lot of waste will occur.

Yang Yuanshan wants 20 kilograms of dry food, so what will be consumed is more than just 20 kilograms of food.

Moreover, it is about a hundred miles from Qixia Town to Huangping Town.

Along the way, the villagers who transported the grain also had to eat a lot of food on the way!
This is what is meant by "transporting grain a thousand miles, six out of ten are lost."

In this way, more food will be needed!
……

Of course Yang Yuanshan understood the difficulties Zhao Li was facing.

But he also knew that when the three armies set out, food and supplies must go first.

It’s no big deal for people in the rear to go hungry for one or two meals, but for soldiers on the front line, not having a full meal will affect their combat effectiveness.

So he responded to Meng Zhisheng mercilessly:

"Then I don't care, go back and tell Zhao Li and Lao Zhou that if there's not enough food, go buy some!

No matter how expensive it is, I can accept it.

It's okay to spend all the gold, silver and cash in our group!"

He thought: With the outbreak of drought in southeastern Shanxi and Henan Province, food will become increasingly difficult to buy.

Get as much as you can now, so there will be no waste.

Seeing his firm attitude, Meng Zhisheng could only nod:
“Yes! I understand!
I will report to the battalion commander."

……

After sending Meng Zhisheng away and returning with the transport team, Yang Yuanshan sent someone to call Wei Dayong over.

He took him to receive the 200 incendiary bombs he had taken out last night, and then told him:
“Monk, after you finish your breakfast and bring some dry food, we can change bicycles and set off.

The motorcycle makes too much noise and easily attracts the attention of the Japanese.

Now your company is equipped with a radio. When you camp on the road, you must turn it on in time to receive my telegrams or report your intelligence to me.

Understand? "

"Hey, hey, hit!"

Wei Dayong agreed with a silly smile.

"By the way, you, the telegraph operator, must be protected by me, and don't let them charge into battle with you!

And don’t forget to ask them to bring enough batteries.”

Yang Yuanshan gave further instructions.

For a small group of troops traveling long distances, a hand-cranked generator would seem a bit cumbersome.

Batteries are more suitable.

"Don't worry, Captain. I know."

Wei Dayong nodded honestly.

……

As the sun gradually rose in the sky, the kitchens of each battalion of the Special Forces Regiment finally prepared their meals.

All the soldiers in the regiment began to feast on the food.

Each person had a large bowl of rice porridge with salt, which was so thick that chopsticks could stand up.

The soldiers who supplemented the 9th and 10th Regiments were also treated equally.

Everyone was naturally amazed when they saw such food, and they all enjoyed the meal very much.

Acting group leaders Wei Junfeng and Yuan Peng could not help but come together and discuss quietly:
"This special forces regiment is indeed the strongest force in northwest Shanxi. The food is really good."

"Yes! This porridge is much better than the black bean and sweet potato rice. We are really lucky.

I guess Lao Liu and the others must be envious of us.”

"Hahaha, that's right.

I also heard that this special forces regiment is extremely fierce in combat.

Who knows, maybe we can follow them, kill a few devils, and bring honor to our family when we return!"

"Yes. If I can chop off the heads of the two Japanese devils, Cuihua from the village will definitely be willing to marry me!"

……

Take a few minutes to finish breakfast.

The soldiers of Wei Dayong's special operations company tied the ammunition, dry food and other items they needed to carry on the back seats of their bicycles. Then dozens of people rode their bicycles, broke out of the team, and took the lead, heading southeast.

Seeing them riding past on the silver-gleaming two-wheeled iron vehicles, the soldiers from the 9th and 10th Regiments were amazed again.

I couldn't help but ask the special forces soldiers next to me.

The soldiers of the special forces regiment somewhat despised these ignorant rookies, but then they began to teach them science in a very proud manner.

When the new recruits heard that this thing was called a bicycle and that almost everyone in the special forces regiment could ride one, they naturally couldn't help but wonder if they would have the chance to ride one.

There was an expression of envy on everyone's face.

……

At about 7:, the entire special forces regiment was ready to set out, and Yang Yuanshan immediately gave the order:
"The whole group is moving forward, heading for Huangping Town!"

As his order was given, Kong Dacheng's tank company took the lead and cleared the way.

Amid the rumbling sound of tank engines, other battalions of the special forces regiment followed closely behind.

With the rumbling of carts and the neighing of horses, the army headed straight for Huangping Town!

……

On the city wall of Heyuan County, Li Yunlong saw the heroic movements of the Special Forces Regiment and felt quite proud.

After their troops had all left Heyuan County, Li Yunlong loudly ordered:

"Telegraph operator, send a message to Lao Zhao, saying that Lao Tzu's headquarters has moved forward.

Leave all matters concerning the base to him, don't bother me!

I have to fight this battle well first!"

After giving the order, he left a supplementary regiment to garrison Heyuan County, and then led the other troops to march quickly to the east.

……

(End of this chapter)