The fire that quickly broke out quickly devoured the food, grass and baggage of Pinggu Big Bear's 30,000-strong army.
The beeping fire made the entire night sky bright as day.
Faced with this situation, the Imperial Army soldiers were all dumbfounded:
"Oh my god, what's happening? Where did the fire come from?"
"Obviously, someone is setting the fire!"
"Put out the fire, put out the fire quickly!"
"The fire is so big, how can we save it?"
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The Imperial Army soldiers rushed to put out the fire, but for a while they couldn't find enough water sources in the snow. After all, the troops' drinking water supply relied on boiled snow water.
The Imperial Army could only watch as the fire grew stronger, becoming more and more frightened in their hearts.
This was the food and baggage of an army of 30,000 people, and it was burned down in a single fire. The imperial army would kill many people if they pursued it!
"General, general, it's not good, general..." Pinggu Daxiong was asleep and was pushed awake by his adjutant.
"What's wrong? Could it be that the new group from Tubal Road came here at night?" Pinggu Daxiong immediately became nervous when he heard the adjutant's panicked voice.
Night raids were a common tactic used by Tuba Road.
The adjutant was so panicked that he was afraid that the troops would suffer heavy losses.
"There's a fire. Our logistics supplies are on fire. They're all burned..." Before the adjutant could finish his words, Pinggu Daxiong was stunned for a moment: "Has our supplies been burned?"
The three armies have not moved yet, food and grass go first!
The troops must march and fight, but they cannot do without food.
If the troops have no food to eat, they will be defeated without a fight!
"Yes, General, our supplies of food and grass have been swallowed up by the fire, and we can't save them." The adjutant was about to cry.
"Impossible, I don't believe it, I don't believe it!" Pinggu Daxiong roared. He didn't even have time to put on thick clothes and ran out of the tent.
The view outside the tent is very beautiful and spectacular.
The raging fire shot out dozens of meters into the sky, driving away the coldness of winter.
The fire warms the body, making it warm and not cold at all!
It's really special to stay outside this blazing fire and warm yourself...
"Baga!" This beautiful and spectacular scene fell into Pinggu Daxiong's eyes. He didn't even have the slightest thought of admiring it. He was filled with anger!
This must have been done by the Tubal New Regiment. They burned the food and fodder of the 30,000-strong army. They stabbed the fatal weakness of the 30,000-strong army with a sharp knife.
"Put out the fire, put out the fire quickly!" Many other Japanese officers were awakened, and they all panicked and tried to run to put out the fire.
But everyone became spectators in the end, and they couldn't save the raging fire at all.
All of them could only stand next to the tall bonfire... to warm themselves up. . . . . .
Pinggu Daxiong's expression was as dark as the bottom of a pot: "Baga, who is the officer in charge of logistics?"
"Taijun, I haven't seen anyone." A member of the Imperial Army responded tremblingly.
The officer in charge of logistics had actually had his neck wiped by Zhou Weiguo's people, and his body was burning in the fire.
boom!
Pinggu Daxiong was angry and shot the Imperial Alliance Army who was talking, and became furious: "Look for me, dig three feet into the ground, find the person, and find out the reason for the fire!"
"Yes, yes, yes." The Imperial Army soldiers hurriedly looked for the person.
"General, I think the top priority is to pursue the new regiment immediately, pursue them, eliminate them, and get supplies from them," the adjutant advised.
"If this fire was set by the New Regiment, do you think they would give us such a chance?" Pinggu Daxiong looked up to the sky and sighed. If he were the commander of the New Regiment, after setting this fire, he would definitely be ahead of schedule. Be prepared and don't give the enemy any chance to get close.
After the enemy has lost a large number of non-combat troops due to lack of food, come over and take advantage.
"Then, then, we can't sit still and wait for death." The adjutant hesitated, "Now that the road is blocked by heavy snow, even if we ask for help from the headquarters and ask the headquarters to provide us with food and shelter, I'm afraid..."
Pinggu Daxiong did not hesitate, and immediately interrupted the adjutant: "You immediately send someone to contact the headquarters, tell the headquarters about the crisis of our army running out of food, and ask the headquarters to find a way to provide us with food."
"General, if the headquarters finds out, they will definitely be furious..." the adjutant said.
"Even if the headquarters is furious, it is impossible to watch us starve to death." Pinggu Daxiong tried to calm down, "As long as we can finally eliminate the Tubalu New Group, it will be considered avenging our shame."
"But how can we destroy them in front of us? Our food and grass have been burned, and the army has no food..." the adjutant said bitterly.
"Send the order, collect the remaining rations, and distribute them all to the imperial soldiers!" Pinggu Daxiong said solemnly, "After the imperial soldiers have eaten, they will immediately pursue the new regiment on Tubal Road with all their strength. Even if their new regiment prepares in advance. They are not as well prepared as our soldiers, so we have to catch up with them in terms of endurance!"
"Ha Yi!" The adjutant quickly went to carry out the order.
There is still a lot of dry food in the 30,000-strong army.
But if you collect them all, it will be enough for all the Japanese soldiers to eat.
When marching and fighting, soldiers eat more than usual. Otherwise, they will not be able to cope with the high-intensity marching and fighting.
"Fearful warriors of the Emperor, although we only have one meal of dry food left, we are invincible!" Pingu Daxiong personally encouraged morale, "The new regiment of Tubalu burned our food and grass in despicable ways, thinking that they could defeat us. Are we going to capture them without any help! They Chinese people are dreaming! We must let the Chinese people understand that the spirit of Bushido is invincible, and we must catch up with all our strength, tear them to pieces, chew their bones, and make them regret becoming our enemies!"
"Long live!"
"Long live!"
"Long live!"
Nearly ten thousand Japanese soldiers roared angrily, their morale rising.
Pinggu Big Bear quickly attacked.
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Back to the moment when the fire first started, Zhou Weiguo and others took advantage of the cover of darkness to retreat.
When the raging fire burned, everyone stopped in unison. They turned their heads and looked at the night sky lit by the fire, smiling:
"Hahahaha, it worked. The fire started."
"I managed to burn the food and fodder of the 30,000 soldiers of the Japanese and traitors without losing a single person. Now, let's see who dares to ridicule our precious baby!"
"That's right, let's see who dares to underestimate us now!"
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"Send power to the regiment commander and ask for instructions on the next mission." Zhou Weiguo suppressed the joy in his heart and said to the radio soldiers.
The special team won the first battle, but Zhou Weiguo was not satisfied and wanted to ask Li Yunlong for instructions.
"Yes." The radio soldier responded and immediately sent electricity to Li Yunlong.
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Let's talk about Li Yunlong again. Li Yunlong and the brigade commander were "imagining the future" next to the campfire. At the beginning, both of them talked normally. Later, they talked about Li Yunlong's promotion.
The brigade commander said to Li Yunlong: "Li Yunlong, you are a bad boy and your cultural qualifications are not up to par. You are going to be promoted to brigade commander and you will be on an equal footing with me!"
"Brigadier, you taught me this." Li Yunlong flattered the brigade commander, "If there hadn't been the wise and powerful brigade commander to guide me in the dark night and speak for us when we made mistakes many times, where would we be? I have this fate. I, Li Yunlong, am today because of you, brigade commander..."
Not to mention anything else, during the Long March, the troops in front had bought all the food, and Li Yunlong's troops could not raise food. Li Yunlong felt very uncomfortable when he saw the soldiers starving, so he simply sent troops to grab food.
The head of the headquarters knew about it and was about to kill Li Yunlong immediately. Thanks to the brigade commander's desperate efforts to save him, in the end, although Li Yunlong was beaten to the end, he at least saved his life.
"Li Yunlong, stop talking nonsense to me." The brigade commander interrupted Li Yunlong, "You have strong wings and will be promoted to brigade commander. Don't fucking think that no one can control you. Teacher, please don’t cause trouble for him, he’s not as easy to talk to as us.”
The brigade commander could predict that although Li Yunlong went up, it would not be easy to control his temper and personality, and he would definitely cause trouble later.
The division commander is not as easy to pass as the brigade commander.
"Brigadier, don't worry. I promise not to cause trouble. I promise I won't do it again." Li Yunlong vowed, "We all dream about getting promoted. Once this official gets promoted, we have to hold on to it."
"Okay, I won't say anything unnecessary." The brigade commander looked at Li Yunlong, "But Li Yunlong, if your boy's new brigade has any money later, don't forget that you came from my 386th brigade. ah."
"Brigadier, don't worry, don't worry, even if I am no longer in the 386th Brigade, you will always be my brigade commander. You will always have a share of the wealth I make." Li Yunlong immediately expressed his position.
"Really?" The brigade commander didn't believe it. Li Yunlong was always allowed in but not allowed out. How could he really share his new brigade's wealth with others?
Even if he has to do business with others in partnership, Li Yunlong still digs holes for others. He often deceives Kong Jie, an honest man. Isn't that what he does?
The batch of weapons and IOUs from Qiujiazhuang are still in this kid's hands.
"Brigade Commander, look, what I, Li Yunlong, told you, Brigadier, is true..." Li Yunlong didn't finish his words.
Wei Dayong beside him immediately pushed Li Yunlong and said: "Captain, look, there's a fire over there!"
Li Yunlong and the brigade commander immediately turned their heads and looked over, smiling: "Haha, it seems that Xiao Zhou's action was successful."
"Dabiao, are you ready for the minefield I asked you to lay out?" Li Yunlong asked Zhang Dabiao.
Li Yunlong could foresee that if Zhou Weiguo's operation was successful, he would definitely make Pinggu Daxiong, a little devil, half angry to death.
Without food and grass, Pinggu Big Bear will definitely seize the time to boost morale, and then lead the Japanese soldiers to quickly chase and bite the new group.
In any case, the Japanese soldiers have better physical fitness and better endurance than the Eighth Route Army soldiers. No one can guarantee that the Japanese soldiers will not catch up when their potential explodes!
How could we, Lao Li, give him Pinggu Daxiong such an opportunity? He had already let Zhang Dabiao lay out a large number of minefields.
At that time, the team of the new regiment deliberately lured Pinggu Daxiong towards the minefield. Pinggu Daxiong had a lot of Japanese soldiers, but the high density of mines in the minefield was not a vegetarian!
After blowing up the Hot Wheels of the Japanese soldiers, what could he do to pursue the new group?
"Captain, everything has been arranged." Zhang Dabiao responded.
"Go and pass on my order. The troops will set off immediately. We want to see how determined he is to level the Valley Bear!" Li Yunlong said.
"Yes." Zhang Dabiao quickly went to execute it.
"Captain, there's a telegram from Captain Zhou." At this time, the radio soldier handed the telegram from Zhou Weiguo to Li Yunlong.
Li Yunlong took it, looked at it, and said with a smile: "Tell Zhou Weiguo to quickly return to the regiment headquarters with the special forces team to assist Deputy Commander Zhong in his mission."
Lao Zhong wanted to find out information about the two mines, and Zhou Weiguo would definitely be more powerful if he went to help.
Once it's done, it might be easier to take down these two mines.
"Yes." The radio soldier called back.
"Brigade Commander, you should also take a look." Li Yunlong handed the telegram to the brigade commander. "Xiao Zhou's special forces successfully burned Pinggu Daxiong's food and grass, and no one was damaged."
The brigade commander took the telegram, read it, and said with a smile: "Li Yunlong, it seems that the special operations Wu Ze left behind is really a brand-new tactic, and its value has been completely proven on the battlefield. Your boy's new regiment was If it is expanded into a new brigade, it will be separated from the combat order of the 386 Brigade. Our 386 Brigade also wants to engage in such special forces. Li Yunlong, you must support it unconditionally."
"Brigadier, don't worry, I promise to support you unconditionally. Who made you our leader?" Li Yunlong said decisively.
Under Li Yunlong's order, the new regiment quickly rose up.
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"Captain, the regiment leader has called back." The radio soldier handed the newly arrived telegram to Zhou Weiguo.
Zhou Weiguo took a look at the telegram and frowned. The regiment leader actually asked him to return to the regiment headquarters to assist Deputy Commander Zhong in his work.
Deputy Commander Zhong seems to be just helping with logistics at the regiment headquarters now. Is there any work that he needs assistance with?
But Zhou Weiguo did not waste any time and immediately led the special forces team back to the new regiment headquarters.
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Taiyuan First Army Headquarters
boom!
boom!
boom!
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Planes all over the sky dropped bombs densely on the heads of the New Regiment. On the ground, large-caliber heavy artillery also bombarded the New Regiment's position indiscriminately.
The soldiers of the New Regiment were blown to pieces, and the body of Li Yunlong of the New Regiment was blown beyond recognition.
"Kill Gadi!" Shinozuka Yoshio waved his command sword, and tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers under his command surged onto the New Regiment's position, quickly sweeping away the remnants of the New Regiment like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.
"Hahahahahaha, what kind of bullshit is the Shinichi? They are simply vulnerable in front of my imperial warriors. You are a clown, and the light of the fireflies is also competing with my sun!" Yoshio Shinozuka looked at the mountains and plains filled with Shinichi. Looking at the corpses of the regiment soldiers, he showed a proud smile.
"General, general, general!"
Someone called Yoshio Shinozuka anxiously in his ear, and Yoshio Shinozuka himself was pushed awake.
Yoshio Shinozuka opened his eyes and saw Miyano Michichi, the major general chief of staff of the North China Expeditionary Force.
At this time, Yoshio Shinozuka realized that his battle to eliminate the new regiment was just a dream.
"What's wrong? Did something happen?" Shinozuka Yoshio felt nervous again when he saw Miyano Michichi looking strange.
Pinggu Daxiong led an army of 30,000 to clean up the new group. Don't think something happened again.
"Hiratani Daxiong sent an urgent telegram, saying that all the food and grass for his 30,000-strong army had been burned..." Miyano Michichi spoke and handed the telegram to Shinozuka Yoshio.
"Baga, what? The food and fodder for the 30,000-strong Pinggu Big Bear army has been burned!" Shinozuka Yoshio interrupted in surprise. Shinozuka Yoshio, who was still a little sleepy at first, suddenly lost his drowsiness.
Yoshio Shinozuka grabbed the telegram handed over by Miyano Michichi and looked at it.
"Baga, you idiot, you idiot, you are such an idiot!" Yoshio Shinozuka was furious after reading the contents of the telegram.
Pinggu Daxiong led an army of 30,000 people, so forget about the unfavorable start.
In front of their eyes, the food and grass were burned by Tubal Road, and the 30,000-strong army was deprived of food.
This is simply an unforgivable mistake.
It is winter now, and the roads are blocked by heavy snow, making it difficult to transport supplies by road.
As for air support, let alone the heavy snow that will obscure the pilot's sight and easily cause a crash.
Most of the eighty aircraft supported by Commander Okamura Shinei and Commander Matsui Iwane were fighters. The fighter aircraft had a limited bomb load and could not compare with the transport bombers.
Furthermore, the roads were blocked by heavy snow and slippery, making it more difficult than usual for transport bombers to take off and land from the runway.
To put it bluntly, even if the air support is forced, this is an army of 30,000 people, and the supplies sent are just a drop in the bucket.
"General, getting angry won't solve the problem." Miyano Michichi advised, "The top priority is to find a way to feed Pinggu Big Bear. He only has one meal of dry food. He is seizing the time to pursue the Eight Route New Regiment. If he pursues It failed due to supply problems, wouldn't it be... If the new regiment of Tubal Road is not eliminated, the machine tools on the military train cannot be retrieved. Tubal Road will have the ability to independently produce ammunition in the future, which will be detrimental to the rule of the First Army. Say, it’s not a good thing.”
"Pass my order to immediately replace Hiratani Daikuma's command and let his adjutant..." Shinozuka Yoshio angrily wanted to replace Hiratani Daikuma immediately.
"General, it's a taboo for military officers to change generals before the formation!" Miyano Michichi interrupted solemnly, "The new regiment of Tubal Road has always been cunning, and Pinggu Daxiong probably fell into the opponent's scheme, not because of command issues. The food and fodder for the 30,000-strong army disappeared without anyone noticing, General, don't you think this is incredible?"
"You mean..." Yoshio Shinozuka was thoughtful.
"It's bad, this is planned by the strategic level talents of the 18th Army." Miyano said, "Hiragu Daxiong is not his opponent, this is normal!"
"Baga, damn it, it's this strategic talent again!" Yoshio Shinozuka was so angry that his lungs were about to explode, "Call Yamamoto Kazuki right away!"
"General, I think the most urgent thing is to give Pinggu Big Bear as a gift first." Miyano said.
"Let Moriyama Otani do it and call Yamamoto Kazuki over!" Shinozuka Yoshio shouted.
"OK."
Not long after, Kazuki Yamamoto hurried to Yoshio Shinozuka and saluted Yoshio Shinozuka: "General."
"Yamamoto-kun, all of Hiratani Bear's food and grass were suddenly burned by the fire. Hiratani Bear didn't even know how the fire was set. This is simply ridiculous!" Shinozuka Yoshio looked at him, "This is getting more and more frustrating. I feel threatened by the strategic talent of the 18th Army, can you pinpoint this person’s whereabouts before the New Year?”
"General, my undercover agent just broke in. I'm afraid we can't rush for success." Yamamoto Kazuki lowered his head, and then said: "The food and grass of the 30,000-strong Pinggu Big Bear army were burned up. In my opinion, this move I understand the essence of special operations."
The existence of special forces mainly exists for strategic goals.
Food and fodder for the army is also a strategic goal.
"I don't care if this move has anything to do with special operations!" Yoshio Shinozuka spat, "I have only one request, you must find this person for me as soon as possible!"
"Hayi!"
