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"The reason is very simple!" Okabe Naosaburo said to his subordinates, "The Eighth Route Army's current policy is to surround the cities with the countryside. They focus their development on the countryside, using the countryside as their foundation, gradually eroding development and isolating the cities! So, when we evacuate, we will kill the rural people, burn the countryside, and destroy the foundation of the Eighth Route Army!"

"As for driving out the residents in the city, that is to reduce the consumption of materials in the city, and concentrate the materials for our troops to use! Not killing people, but throwing these people to the Eighth Route Army to manage! Each city has a population of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. Leave some of these people as hostages, and throw the rest to the Eighth Route Army, and let the Eighth Route Army solve the problem of food, drink and shelter for these people!"

"In this way, we can use these people to distract the Eighth Route Army, even disperse their manpower and share their resources! If the Eighth Route Army does nothing and lets these people fend for themselves, then we can make a big fuss in the newspapers about the Eighth Route Army not helping people in danger! You have to understand that when people have nothing to eat, they are very scary creatures!"

"Don't the Eighth Route Army believe in the unity of the military and the people? So many people are starving, what will they do? Hahahaha, I will use these Chinese people who are of no use to us to contain the Eighth Route Army!"

"But sir, if you let these ordinary people go, won't that provide the Eighth Route Army with enough human resources? As long as the Eighth Route Army manages these people well, they will be a very considerable labor force and even soldiers! In my opinion, it is better to kill them all!"

"Killing people? Killing people will consume bullets! Using bayonets will also waste time! Judging from the situation, the Eighth Route Army will not give us too much time to prepare, so we can only do this! Now, we are short of resources, and it is no longer like a few years ago. Now we have to count our bullets..." After saying this, Naosaburo Okabe had a look of sadness on his face.

Okabe Naozaburo and his men were considering the problem from a strategic perspective and discussing solutions from the perspective of human hearts, but they seemed to have forgotten that in Huolu Town outside Tumen Pass, there was a Mitsui Ichiro waiting for possible tactical guidance. So when the front army's order reached Mitsui's radio, Mitsui was shocked: "Damn it, something bad has happened..."

"Mr. Mitsui, what happened?" Sakuragi hurried over and asked.

"This is the tactical guidance from the front army. Take a look... Did you find anything wrong? Abandoning the stronghold outside the city and switching to the city defense battle... This means that the front army will not give us reinforcements! And we haven't received a telegram from the Akagi Squadron for such a long time. Maybe something happened to the Akagi Squadron... What I don't understand is why the Eighth Route Army on the mountain, with its powerful firepower, didn't attack?"

"Although the Eighth Route Army has been launching small-scale attacks, I can see that this is not the strength they should have. They must be planning something...map..."

"When I came out, Pingshan County was also attacked, and now Pingshan County has been disconnected! In other words, Pingshan County... Jingxing County... I understand, the Eighth Route Army wants to come and encircle and annihilate us! Baga Yalu, I figured it out a little late, but it doesn't matter, Sakuragi, you immediately organize the Imperial Army to send two companies to stay in Huolu Town, and the rest of you, follow me back to Shimen!"

Although it was a little late to figure it out, Mitsui finally understood what the Eighth Route Army had planned against him, so he decisively chose to run away! At this time, Mitsui still had more than two infantry squadrons in his hands, about 400 devils, and about 1500 puppet troops. His strength was not weak. He wanted to go back to Shimen quickly to seek the next plan.

Mitsui's order was executed very quickly, at least the Japanese moved quickly and immediately completed the preparations for departure. At the same time, the Imperial Army, which received the order, also stood on the outer wall of Huolu Town and exchanged fire with the harassment troops sent by Zhang Dabiao, intending to buy time for the team returning to the city.

"Isn't it a little late to just remember to roll back to the doghouse now?" On Lotus Mountain, Zhang Dabiao looked at the vanguard of the Japanese soldiers who hurriedly ran out of Huolu Town, and sighed with some disdain: "Where is Captain Cui? You have work to do again! Prepare the artillery fire first, wait for more Japanese and puppet troops to run out, and then, bomb them back! Our old commander is about to arrive, we can't let them escape at this time!" Zhang Dabiao's words were well implemented. Some of the Japanese soldiers who were in a panic forgot how their artillery squadron was destroyed, and they also forgot that they had no cover when they came out of Huolu Town. So, when the Japanese soldiers took the lead and the puppet troops followed them to run out of the town and flee to the city gate, Captain Cui and his mortars were also ready for bombing.

"Everyone in the heavy mortar company, area No. 8, aim the 82 mortars at area No. 7, and fire..." Company Captain Cui stood in the command post, looking at the fleeing Japanese and puppet troops, and shouted loudly into the phone.

Boom boom boom... The ground shook as nine shells whizzed out and flew straight to area 9. Similarly, at the 8 mortar position of the Du Yi Regiment, eight 82 mortars also roared.

Chirp, chirp, chirp... Boom, boom... The speed of the shells was of course faster than two legs. In a few breaths, they caught up with the Japanese soldiers in the front and exploded directly in the ranks of the Japanese puppet army. The huge explosion power tore apart the Japanese soldiers who were close, blew away the Japanese soldiers who were farther away, and knocked down more and more Japanese soldiers...

"Baga, go back, everyone go back..." The Japanese were awakened by the bombing, and knew they could not escape, so they returned to Huolu Town. However, it was easy to get out but difficult to get back, and even more difficult to escape! Captain Cui gave real-time command, and 17 mortars of varying sizes were bombing together. Not many of the Japanese who had just left Huolu Town returned!

When the dust settled, in the stronghold of Huolu Town, the surviving puppet troops, led by a dozen Japanese devils, continued to occupy the commanding heights here, as if they were determined to fight to the end.

"Captain, we have made a name for ourselves today, right? We launched surprise attacks at three locations in the early morning and wiped out more than 300 Japanese and puppet troops. We also wiped out more than 1000 puppet troops during the ambush. The bombing killed another to . This record is unmatched no matter where you put it!" said Captain Huang.

"Well, that's almost it! After the explosion just now, our harassing troops can retreat! Let's just wait for the old commander and his men to come and take down Huolu Town!" said Zhang Dabiao.

"Captain, are you preparing this specially for the old commander?" Huang Bai pointed at the Japanese and puppet troops still active in Huolu Town and asked.

"Yes, the old commander brought the main force and ran 50 miles here. It's impossible for him to not even have a bite to eat, right?" Zhang Dabiao spread his hands and said helplessly.

There is a county town of Shenze 50 kilometers east of Shimen City, and Wuji County is to the west of Shenze. Just as Zhang Dabiao was waiting for Li Yunlong to arrive, in a village between Wuji and Shenze, comrades from the 22nd Regiment of the th Division of Jizhong, led by Regiment Commander Zuo, were ambushed in a village close to the highway.

That’s right, Captain Zuo is setting up an ambush again... (End of this chapter)