The upstream bank exploded and the river changed its course.
More than 20 fortress villages downstream quickly lost their water supply.
Each team in the Eighth Route Army moved towards their own goals. Although everyone basically moved together, there were some troops who moved as fast as Li Yunlong.
For example, the 772nd Regiment moved very quickly, hoping to capture the Fortress Village in the shortest possible time.
But there were very few successes. Except for Li Yunlong's new regiment, the other troops either failed like Cheng Xiazi, or they could only act according to the original plan. When the Fortress Village is in dire straits due to lack of water, it will be easy to take action.
For small and medium-sized fortress villages, once the phone lines are cut off, they basically lose contact with the higher authorities.
But a large fortress village like Lijiazhuang will not.
In addition to telephone contact, there is also a radio station... Ahem, radio stations are such an important strategic material. The Japanese army can only equip the brigade. Fortress Village is not qualified. It is a homing pigeon.
That’s right, it’s the homing pigeon.
Of course, in this war-torn era, there were not many carrier pigeons.
The carrier pigeons released by Lijiazhuang were shot by machine guns from the Eighth Route Army outside, and all the carrier pigeons were shot down.
"Hateful, hateful!" Li Haisheng, the owner of the Li Family Village, looked at this scene with great anger.
The Li family has a big business and requires a greater amount of water.
Now that the river is out of water and the water source is cut off, Lijiazhuang will soon be in a critical state due to water shortage.
The carrier pigeon has also been swept away and cannot be contacted above, which is not good.
"Master, station 23 will definitely receive the news soon, and they will definitely not leave him alone." Someone comforted Li Haisheng.
"Even if we don't risk death, the amount of water our Lijiazhuang needs is not a small amount." Li Haisheng sighed, "What's more, this river is related to the water supply situation of more than 20 fortress villages. Even if the imperial army wants to deliver water, it will take a while and a half. Where will they find so much water to deliver to us? Besides, since Tubal Road has surrounded us now, do you think they will not destroy the road in advance? Once the road is destroyed, cars cannot deliver water and can only rely on manpower. Do you think you can still count on this water?"
"Master, doesn't the imperial army still have planes?" Someone said again, "Planes can deliver water to us from the sky."
"The water you think the plane is burning is not fuel!" Li Haisheng shook his head, "Fuel is a strategic resource for the Imperial Army. Do you think the Imperial Army will waste precious strategic resources to deliver water to us?"
"Master, then, then, what should we do?"
"Just wait for now." Li Haisheng said helplessly. In this situation, there was probably no other way except surrender.
As long as the crime is not heinous and the person surrenders, Tubalu will still give him a way to survive.
During the years that Li Haisheng has been the owner of the Li family village, apart from helping the imperial army grow food, he has never done any other bad things.
However, even if you want to surrender, you can't do it now, you have to wait and see.
No matter what, the imperial army still has the upper hand in this battle, and those who understand current affairs are heroes.
Don't make a decision easily unless you have to.
What if the imperial army can rescue them, or save Lijiazhuang first?
Lijiazhuang and many fortress villages were unable to report the news of the river cutoff to the Logistics Section of Station 23, but there were others who could.
In the lower reaches of the river, puppet army posts are stationed in many places.
These puppet army sentry posts discovered that the river had stopped flowing and reported it immediately.
Station 23
Wu Ze looked at the time on his hand and knew that the operation to bomb the river and divert it had already begun.
Soon, various troops will surround more than twenty fortress villages.
The Fortress Village was cut off from information and could not communicate with the Logistics Section of Station 23 in time, but the information would definitely be transmitted through other channels.
Wu Ze pretended not to know anything and was reading the document.
Jingle Bell!
Sure enough, the phone on the table rang.
Wu Ze's heart moved and he knew what this call meant.
After adjusting his mentality, Wu Ze picked up the phone: "I am..."
Before Wu Ze finished speaking, the serious and nervous voice of a member of the Logistics Department came from inside: "Chief Zhong, someone just reported that the Wenyang River has stopped flowing, and it was immediately judged that it was most likely that Tubal Road had another The river exploded upstream.”
Wu Ze pretended to be angry: "The Wenyang River has stopped flowing. Are you sure about the news? You should know what it means to lie to me about information!!"
"Chief Zhong, I dare not lie. I have confirmed again and again that the Wenyang River is really cut off..." The voice on the phone was serious.
Wu Ze pretended not to believe it, and interrupted with an angry roar: "Impossible, this is impossible, you go check it again for me! I want to know the real reason why the river is cut off!"
After yelling, Wu Ze pretended to hang up the phone.
The phone just hung up and then rang again.
Wu Ze answered the call again, and another section member was reporting, and the situation was the same.
Wu Ze's answer was the same: "Let me check again! Even if the river is cut off, I still want to know where it is cut off!"
Wu Ze answered a few calls, then made a solemn and anxious look, and quickly pretended to analyze on the map.
As Wu Ze expected, Intelligence Section Chief Li Mu came over quickly: "Chief Li, the situation is not good, the Wenyang River has stopped flowing."
"I have also received intelligence. The staff below told me that Tubal Road is very likely to bomb a place upstream of the Wenyang River and cut off the flow of the Wenyang River." Wu Ze looked extremely nervous, "This But you are not joking, the Wenyang River supplies the water source for more than twenty fortress villages. Once the twenty or so fortress villages are destroyed, you and I will definitely be killed by the stationmaster."
"Tubal Road once bombed the river to divert it during the Battle of Wangershan. At that time, they wanted to turn the river into a flash flood and use it to deal with our 20,000 troops." Li Mu said solemnly, "Now they bomb the river, definitely to seize control of the river. We have more than 20 fortresses in the lower reaches of the Wenyang River. This Tuba Road continues early in the morning and late in the evening, but it just ends when the corn and rice are ripe. His intention is clear!"
"Chief Li, what's the use of telling me this now? The top priority is that you have to notify the station manager immediately." Wu Ze pretended to be panicked and said, "Also, we have to find a way to rescue him."
"I have notified the stationmaster, who is returning." Li Mu said, looking at Wu Ze: "Chief Zhong, do you have any ideas about rescue?"
"Once the more than twenty fortress villages are short of water, the amount of water they need cannot be met by our transportation team. Besides, since Tubal Road has blown up the river, they will definitely consider destroying the road to prevent us from delivering water!" Wu Ze pretended. He said calmly, "I think the top priority is to immediately find out where on the river bank Tubal Road blew up, and then we will seize the time to repair it. Only by restoring the water supply to the river can we fundamentally solve the water shortage crisis of more than 20 fortress villages!"
Li Mu listened and nodded: "Well, yes, your method is good. I will send someone to investigate right away."
Wu Ze stopped Li Mu who was about to leave and said, "I have asked my people to investigate, but..."
"Just what?" Li Mu paused.
"It's just that Tubal Road has obviously planned this for a long time. They are trapped by us and have exhausted their mountains and rivers. What they lack most now is food. Now they are using this trump card. I estimate that the river bank has been damaged so much by them that they may not be able to survive. It will be repaired in a short time," Wu Ze said.
When Li Mu heard what Wu Ze said made sense, he looked at Wu Ze: "Chief Zhong, do you have a backup plan?"
"Hurry up and report it to Taiyuan." Wu Ze said to Li Mu, "This matter is beyond our capabilities."
If you tell Taiyuan about the matter, Taiyuan will definitely put pressure on Pu You.
Even if Pu You puts the pressure on Wu Ze and Li Mu, the pressure on Taiyuan is the greatest anyway. Wu Ze can't handle it, so Pu You can only do it.
"Report to Taiyuan?" Li Mu paused and said: "Even if this matter needs to be reported to Taiyuan, it should be reported to the webmaster. Now that the webmaster has not come back, we will report it to the next level. If the webmaster knows about it, …”
"Let the Taiyuan side know earlier and let the Taiyuan side intervene earlier. As long as the Taiyuan side intervenes, our pressure will be shared." Wu Ze said, "As for the stationmaster, this matter came too suddenly. , he won’t blame us.”
"Then you report it to Taiyuan." Li Mu said to Wu Ze.
"Li Mu, stop nagging. I've only been here a few days. Do people believe what I say?" Wu Zedao.
He knew that if he reported it to Taiyuan and Pu You knew about it, he would definitely still have to be punished.
But let Li Mu, a dying man, take the punishment.
"Yes, yes." Li Mu was right when he heard it. Zhong Ze was promoted to the head of the logistics section. This was actually not in compliance with the regulations. It was Pu You who made the decision privately.
Pu You definitely didn't report it to Taiyuan. Zhong Ze reported it to Taiyuan, but people didn't believe it either.
It seems that I can only bear this scolding myself.
Li Mu left in a hurry, and Wu Ze called Wang Damao.
"Deputy Chief Zhong, what are your orders?" Wang Damao saluted Wu Ze.
"Take some manpower immediately and go to the outskirts of several fortress villages to see if they are surrounded by Tuba Road." Wu Ze said to Wang Damao.
This is deliberately looking for a reason to send Wang Damao out. Wang Damao can have a way to monitor Station 23 outside.
As soon as Li Mu goes out, Wang Damao will know about it, and he will cooperate with the ambush to kill Li Mu.
"Yes." Wang Damao responded and went immediately.
At about 8:30 pm, Puyou came back.
Li Mu and Wu Ze were both called over by him.
"Where did Tubal Road bomb the Wenyang River?" Pu You's expression was very bad, full of murderous intent.
More than twenty fortress villages were implicated at once, and the nature of this matter was too serious.
Li Mu quickly handed over the map: "Webmaster, I have outlined everything on the map."
Pu You took the map and opened it, his face became even more ugly: "Baga, this Tubal Road is really bad, so many places have been bombed!"
Wu Ze said to Pu You: "Stationmaster, Tubal Road has come prepared. If we want to repair the river bank, it will take at least half a month even if Tubal Road does not harass us along the way."
"In half a month, more than twenty fortress villages would have fallen into the hands of Tubal Road!" Pu You yelled, "All the sheep have been captured by Tubal Road. What's the use of repairing the sheep pens!"
Li Mu stepped forward and said, "Webmaster, I have an intuition."
"Say!" Pu You stared at Li Mu with his small eyes.
"I think there should be an expert on the Eighteenth Army Group." Li Mu said.
"What do you mean?" Pu You didn't quite understand.
"Webmaster, look, this is something I rushed to write." Li Mu quickly handed Pu You a document, "If you hand this document to Taiyuan, Taiyuan will definitely not give it to you again. It’s so much pressure.”
Pu You quickly took it and took a look, his expression softened a little: "Yo Xi, Yo Xi, Li Mu, your analysis makes sense. It seems that it is really possible. This matter must be investigated by the Taiyuan authorities. ”
Wu Ze looked at the situation and was a little curious as to what Li Mu would hand to Pu You at this time.
But Wu Ze judged that this thing was most likely related to him.
"Chief Zhong." Pu You looked at Wu Ze, "As the chief of the logistics section, the Wenyang River is cut off and more than 20 fortresses are short of water. Do you have any good solutions?"
"Stationmaster, more than twenty fortress villages have been implicated. Our troops at Station 23 are limited. Even if we send them all out, it will be a drop in the bucket." Wu Ze said, "Let the Taiyuan side handle it..."
Before Wu Ze finished speaking, Pu You changed his face: "Baga, for such a big thing, as the head of the logistics section, are you so honest?"
Wu Ze lowered his head and remained silent.
"Go ahead and try your best to find some way to make up for it." Pu You didn't embarrass himself further, and his tone softened: "Someone from Taiyuan came down and saw us trying our best. At that time... you understand What do I mean?"
"Webmaster, I understand." Wu Ze nodded and exited.
Why don't you just come up with something to show to Taiyuan, it will definitely satisfy Pu You.
As soon as Wu Ze came out, Pu You looked at Li Mu: "Chief Li, although Section Chief Zhong has good abilities, this matter is indeed beyond the capabilities of Station 23. Please give your full assistance to Section Chief Zhong."
"Yes." Li Mu responded.
"Go ahead."
"yes."
Pu You sent Li Mu out and looked at the information Li Mu submitted to him again.
Judging from Li Mu's report, the Eighteenth Group Army has an expert, and it should be a strategic level expert.
Of course, this does not mean that the 18th Army does not have strategic-level talents, it certainly does.
However, according to Li Mu's analysis in the report, the existing strategic-level talents of the 18th Army do not have the ability to conduct such a strategic attack.
Otherwise, how could the 18th Army carry out such a strategic attack when it was trapped at the end of its rope? Why would they have gone there long ago?
Cutting off the Wenyang River has left more than 20 fortresses downstream short of water. This is a strategic attack by the opponent. Station 23 is not an opponent. The Taiyuan side should investigate the identity of this strategic high-level person as soon as possible.
Once the Taiyuan side realizes the existence of this strategic expert, Pu You will have a lot of room for maneuver this time as the more than 20 Fortress Villages lost the responsibility of Tubalu.
That's right, Pu You could already foresee that these twenty or so fortresses could no longer be defended.
Tubal Road has surrounded them and cut off the connection between Fort Village and Station 23. The large frontal troops cannot be mobilized for reinforcements in a short time.
Even if the aircraft of the aviation force can support, they are still stretched thin, not to mention that the aircraft cannot be sent to support the frontal battlefield.
It was precisely because Pu You knew that he could not defend more than 20 fortresses that he did not make things too difficult for Wu Ze. He just asked Wu Ze to show his efforts and show it to Taiyuan.
After reading the information in his hand again, Pu You felt confident and immediately wrote a paper report.
This kind of confidential stuff should be kept away from the phone and the radio as much as possible.
After Pu You wrote the report and sealed it with a top-secret seal, he called the Japanese correspondent: "Send this information to the Taiyuan First Army Headquarters immediately."
"Ha Yi!" The Japanese correspondent took the information and left quickly.
On Wu Ze's side, he immediately called the two stupid dog clerks.
"Are all the materials transported to Ping'an County ready?" Wu Ze asked.
"We're ready, Section Chief Zhong. It's just that Tubal Road has cut off the flow of the Wenyang River. Shouldn't we seize the time to rescue the Fortress Village and send some supplies to Ping'an County?" These two stupid dog officers didn't even want to Go and pretend to remind Wu Ze.
"Listen to what you guys think, isn't there a way to rescue the twenty-odd fortress villages?" Wu Ze pretended to say, "If you can find a way to save all the twenty-odd fortress villages, let alone save them all, you can save them all." Halfway through, I will ask for credit for you in front of the stationmaster. This is the task of transporting supplies to Ping An County, and I will send someone else to do it. "
When the two stupid dog officers heard this, their expressions changed: "Chief Zhong, stop joking with us. There is no way we can rescue Fortress Village."
"If there is no way to rescue Bao Baozhuang, then transport the supplies from Ping'an County to me immediately." Wu Ze said solemnly, "Now Tubal Road is trying to attack our Bao Baozhuang. The 28th Regiment must be empty of defenses. This is the transportation Great opportunity for supplies.”
When these two stupid dog clerks heard this, their hearts cheered up.
Yes, Section Chief Zhong is right. The 28th Regiment must have invested most of their attention and most of their troops in Fort Village. Now is a great opportunity to transport supplies to Ping'an County.
It's really extraordinary that this newly promoted Section Chief Zhong can think of this in such a severe situation.
"What are you still waiting for? Go quickly." Wu Ze urged, "If you don't go now, go back to the 28th Regiment and take down the Fortress Village. The troops are back. By then..."
"Yes, yes, yes." The two stupid dog clerks hurried away.
"Here comes someone." Wu Ze said quickly.
"Chief Zhong, what are your orders?" the visitor asked.
"Get me the three captains of the action team, transport team, and plainclothes team right away," Wu Ze said.
Among them, the action team and plainclothes team are under the jurisdiction of the Intelligence Section, and the transportation team is under the jurisdiction of the Logistics Section.
Now that Puyou has asked the Intelligence Department to fully assist the Logistics Department, Wu Ze also has the ability to mobilize the action team and plainclothes team.
The three captains of the action team, plainclothes team and transport team quickly ran over and saluted Wu Ze: "Chief Zhong, what are your orders?"
These three people all knew what happened to the twenty or so fortress villages below, and they all looked very solemn and nervous now.
"The action team and the plainclothes team assisted the transportation team and immediately organized all the vehicles and tools that could deliver water to deliver water to the Fortress Village as quickly as possible." Wu Zedao.
The operation captain looked at Wu Ze suspiciously: "Chief Zhong, there are more than 20 fortresses here. Even if we can send water up, it will probably be a drop in the bucket, right?"
Wu Ze slapped him and cursed: "Do you have a better way?"
"No, no." The operations captain shook his head.
"Since there is no other way, why not hurry up and get ready!" Wu Ze shouted.
"Yes, yes, yes." The three captains nodded and pissed themselves off.
Wu Ze returned to the office and looked at the map again, pretending to think of a solution.
Li Mu ran over quickly.
"Chief Zhong, I have a way to restore the water supply to Fort Village." Li Mu said solemnly.
"Chief Li, please tell me." Wu Ze pretended to be surprised, but he already knew what Li Mu might think of.
Wu Ze had already been prepared for this method before making the plan.
"You see, although Tubal Road blasted several sections of the river bank in succession, and the river bank cannot be repaired in a short time, we can definitely send people to dig a ditch from the dry river bed, and we can use the ditch to guide the water from the upstream to the downstream." Li Mu quickly spread out the map and told Wu Ze on it.
When Wu Ze heard this, he realized that he was indeed right.
But the troops of the 18th Group Army were fully prepared. If they wanted to dig a ditch from the dry river bed, they had to at least pass through the dense minefields first.
After passing through the mine array, they would then face an ambush from the 18th Army and so on.
In a word, Wu Ze had already made the 18th Group Army fully prepared to block the attack and dug ditches from the dry river bed without even thinking about it.
And this is also a perfect reason for Wu Ze to leave Station 23.
He didn't say this method himself. Li Mu was a smart man. When Li Mu thought about it, he would definitely say it himself.
Then Wu Ze personally led the team to dig the river. As for "pretending" to be ambushed on the way, it didn't matter anymore.
The important thing is that he is no longer at Station 23. If Li Mu is lured out to kill him later, it will have nothing to do with him at all.
As a result, Wu Ze pretended to be ecstatic: "Chief Li, you are such a talented person. Why didn't I think of this wonderful idea?"
"Chief Zhong, don't be too happy too soon." Li Mu said, "Since Tubal Road wants to pursue the idea of these twenty or so fortress villages, and we want to dig dry riverbeds and make ditches, I'm afraid they won't be so... It’s easy for us to succeed.”
"Chief Li, this is at least a solution." Wu Ze made a solemn look, "I will go and tell the stationmaster immediately, and I will take the people there myself."
After saying that, Wu Ze quickly ran to Pu You's office.
Li Mu looked at Wu Ze's back and murmured to himself: "Chief Zhong, I'm sorry."
Li Mu could predict that the 18th Group Army must be fully prepared. If Chief Zhong leaves, there is a high probability that he will never return.
Once Chief Zhong died, only the deputy chief of the Intelligence Department knew about Inoue Saki cuckolding the station chief.
Find an opportunity to kill the deputy section chief, then this matter will be completely settled.
Cutting off the roots is a true portrayal for Li Mu!
As for Inoue Saki's second or third cuckolding to Puyou later, Li Mu is already prepared.
From now on, keep an eye on Saki Inoue.
Anyone of the opposite sex who comes into contact with her must be vaccinated in advance.
Furthermore, more than two dozen fortress villages cannot be saved, so Station 23 must act more tragically.
The action team, plainclothes team, and transportation team all suffered huge losses, and the logistics section chief died in the line of duty. When the time comes, Pu You can use this to negotiate with Taiyuan... In short, in this way, Pu You's pressure is reduced as much as possible.
If Pu You's pressure is reduced, then he, the intelligence section chief, will have no worries.
Wu Ze ran to Pu You's office. Pu You was answering the phone. His expression was trembling. It was obvious that the call should have come from Taiyuan, and he was scolding Pu You.
After Pu You hung up the phone, he felt extremely stressed. He raised his head and looked at Wu Ze: "Chief Zhong, you also saw it. The Taiyuan people know about this and are very, very angry. Do you have any way to save the twenty or so Fortress Village?"
"Stationmaster, Tubal Road has seriously damaged the banks of the upper reaches of the Wenyang River. If we want to repair it, it won't work. But we can dig a ditch from the dry river bed, and we can use the ditch to introduce water to the lower reaches..." Wu Ze didn't finish his words.
Pu Youdun was overjoyed: "Yoshi, Yoxi, Yoxi, Section Chief Zhong, your method is really amazing, amazing, amazing."
Pu You's sorrow suddenly disappeared.
Digging ditches from dry riverbeds and introducing river water downstream can fundamentally solve the problem.
"Stationmaster, but we still can't be too optimistic." Wu Zedao, "Tuba Road has already targeted more than 20 of our fortress villages, and we will definitely not let us succeed easily."
Pu You patted Wu Ze's shoulder solemnly: "Chief Zhong, I believe you can do it."
"Webmaster, I'll go then." Wu Ze felt relieved after receiving Pu You's permission.
He was worried that Pu You wouldn't let him go. If Li Mu was lured out to kill him later, he would still be more or less... However, now Pu You has agreed to let him go.
"Go ahead, I'll wait for your good news." Pu You was in ecstasy at the moment and temporarily ignored that a talent like Chief Zhong should not be sent to take risks.
Just dig a ditch in the dry riverbed and let the action team go there.
"Yes." Wu Ze exited in response.
Wu Ze mobilized 500 people and some engineers from the plainclothes team and the action team, and hurriedly left Station 23 with them.
The remaining members of the plainclothes and operational teams continued to assist the transport team.
Li Mu watched Wu Ze leave, already thinking about how to kill his deputy section chief.
