"Order the troops to strengthen their vigilance, use mortars and light and heavy machine gun fire to counterattack, and kill the Eighth Route Army sneak attack troops around us!" The captain made a decision with a calm face.

The adjutant immediately replied: "Sir, I'll make arrangements right now!"

The sound of gunfire and artillery bombs kept ringing around the Japanese and puppet troops' garrisons, starting from darkness and continuing until ten o'clock in the evening without stopping.

The Japanese captain was very glad that the third company of the first battalion, which had sneaked into their sneak attack, did not have mortars, and even if there were mortars, there were few shells and could not threaten them.

Otherwise, if the third company has mortars and chooses to attack with mortars, even if the Japanese captain concentrates all the troops at the base and smashes them with a round of shells, it can cause them a lot of casualties.

"Sir, something happened to the base?" Suddenly, a scream rang out outside the tent where the Japanese captain was, and then the curtain of the tent was lifted open. The adjutant appeared in the tent with both nervous and anxious figure.

The captain of the brigade rose from the only marching bed in the entire army. Before he could speak, the adjutant rushed to report: "Sir, Linfen City has urgently powered, and the stronghold was attacked by the main force of the New First Regiment, and suffered heavy losses. The 500,000 kilograms of food we obtained at a huge price may be snatched back by the New First Regiment of the Eighth Route Army!"

"What are you waiting for? Assemble troops immediately and return to the aid base. 500,000 kilograms of food must not be lost!" The captain ordered without thinking, and grabbed his armed belt hanging on the camp bed and prepared to walk outside the tent.

"Wait a minute, sir!" The adjutant quickly called the captain who wanted to leave!

"The brigade commander has sent reinforcements, and they are closer to the stronghold than us. The command center requires us to continue to collect food from the Eighth Route Army base, and they come to rescue the stronghold!"

"They have cars and are closer to Linfen City, and the reinforcement base is indeed faster than us!" The captain frowned and analyzed, then returned to his camp bed.

The adjutant comforted: "Please rest assured, the brigade command has drawn troops to reinforce the stronghold. The stronghold will definitely not be able to have an accident, so don't worry!"

The captain sitting on the camp bed still frowned, and there was no sign of relaxation.

"Sir, is there something wrong?" the adjutant asked tentatively as he stared at the captain.

The captain did not hide it: "I have a very bad premonition, and it is getting stronger and stronger. We were plotted by the Eighth Route Army again. Since we entered the Eighth Route Army base, we have been taking action by the Eighth Route Army in the nose?"

"Impossible! We decided on which village we robbed on any day. How could we be plotted by the Eighth Route Army?" the adjutant asked with disbelief.

"Also, if the Eighth Route Army was plotting against us, how could we grab so much food in such a short time after we entered their base?"

The captain frowned and asked, "Snatch food? Tell me, did we grab the more than 500,000 kilograms of grain stored in the base?"

"We haven't snatched food from the Eighth Route Army base before. You have also experienced it. Is it as easy as before us?"

"It's true?" The adjutant frowned.

Then he suddenly realized his mind and analyzed: "In the past, we robbed grain at the Eighth Route Army base. Intimidation like in front of us could only rob 20% of the prescribed grain tax. Even if we kill people in the Eighth Route Army base and threaten them with our lives, we could only rob 50% of the prescribed grain tax!"

"Is this the Eighth Route Army intentionally? Before we entered the village, the Eighth Route Army had prepared food. When we arrived, they would force them a little and they would take out the food for us!"

The adjutant had guessed correctly, but a trace of confusion followed and appeared on his face.

"But, sir, what is the purpose of the Eighth Route Army doing this?"

"We have given all the food, what do they eat? The Chinese people in the base area will not hate them. You must know that those foods are half of their total harvest. After many people took out the food, the remaining food was not enough for their own food!"

The captain made a sure judgment: "If you take the food back from us, they can return the food to the Chinese people. Not only that, the Eighth Route Army will also win the favor of the Chinese people and receive the food from the Chinese people to feed the troops!"

"Do you remember that we entered the Eighth Route Army base on the first day to grab food?"

"The Eighth Route Army did not immediately grab food after we divided the troops, but instead grabbed food on the way back to Linfen when our grain transport troops were back. Do you know why?"

Seeing the adjutant shaking his head and saying that he was not understanding, the captain immediately explained.

"Our whole grain grabbing operation was under the surveillance of the Eighth Route Army. The reason they never took action was because they didn't want the anger of the Imperial Army to vent their anger on the Chinese people!"

"We got enough grain taxes from the Chinese people, and the grain was stolen on the road away from the Chinese village. If the Imperial Army expelled its anger on the Chinese people, the indiscriminate notoriety of the Imperial Army would quickly spread throughout Linfen. In the future, the Imperial Army would not be able to grab grain from the Chinese people so easily, which would be less than the loss."

"But the Eighth Route Army killed two birds with one stone. It not only snatched the grain from us and killed a large number of our soldiers, but also won the hearts of the Chinese people, making the people willing to give them food and expand their troops."

The expression on the adjutant's face was very complicated, some were confused and some were thoughtful.

He hesitated and continued to ask, "But, sir, since our entire grain grabbing operation is under the surveillance of the Eighth Route Army, then the next day, and the next few days, why don't they grab the grain back and watch us deliver the grain to the stronghold!"

"Because we have changed the way of transporting grain, the Eighth Route Army active here has no strength to grab the grain back from us!" The captain frowned and replied.

"But, there is one thing you need to distinguish. During this period, the Eighth Route Army did nothing, but we didn't care."

"But it's because we don't care that this situation happened."

The adjutant frowned and asked, "Sir, I don't understand!"

"Salary casualties, our casualties during this period!" the captain explained immediately.

"Although we only have dozens of casualties every day, the Imperial Army only accounts for half. However, the casualties during this period are definitely a very considerable number, at least for the Eighth Route Army!"

I don't want to know, I'm shocked when I think about it.

The adjutant opened his mouth and was stunned for a half minute before answering: "More than 600 people, during this period, our casualties actually exceeded 600, half of which were the Imperial Army!"

The adjutant was still in shock, and the captain continued to say, and his words were amazing.

"If I'm not wrong, the stronghold was attacked tonight, it must have been an attack that the Eighth Route Army has planned for a long time!"

"They knew we had suffered heavy losses and were short of troops, and then chose to attack our stronghold tonight!"

"Since they decided to attack, they would only act with the Eighth Route Army's combat style at least 80% sure. Our stronghold will definitely be captured by the Eighth Route Army tonight. After the Eighth Route Army captured the stronghold, our next target will definitely be us!"

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