"If it's just the number of people, that's it. But the problem is that all the weapons and equipment of the People's Army can keep up."

"I find this very puzzling. An army that started from scratch grew to 20,000 troops in just two months."

"And the weapons and equipment are also very advanced. For example, the large-caliber howitzers of the People's Army are much more advanced than those of our Eighth Route Army."

To be honest, if the number of people grew so fast, he would still be able to understand it, after all, if other circumstances were not considered.

He can also expand the strength of his 386 Brigade a lot in a short period of time, but the biggest problem is logistical issues such as equipment and food.

Therefore, for the commander of the 386th Brigade, he could not understand the sudden appearance of weapons and equipment by the People's Army.

During this period, he also sent people to investigate, but no useful information was found.

It was as if these things appeared out of thin air. The most important thing was the weapons in the hands of Su Yu's people's army.

Many of them are not even owned by the little devils, so this eliminates one possibility.

That is, these weapons of the People's Army were not seized from the hands of small devils, which is a bit intriguing.

For now, most of the weapons in the hands of their Eighth Route Army were seized from the Japs, but Su Yu's People's Army.

It seems that there is no need to seize weapons from the Japs, because many of the weapons of the People's Army are not even available to the Japs.

As a result, the brigade commander of the 386th Brigade felt a little headache. No one likes such things to happen that are beyond their control.

Especially since it was right next to his own defense zone, this made him feel a little tricky instantly.

At this time, the brigade commander thought of something again and looked at the chief of staff beside him.

"I remember Li Yunlong said last time that the weapons used by the People's Army are not the 38-year-old Gai of the little devils, right? It seems to be a new weapon."

"That's right, brigade commander, according to what Li Yunlong reported last time, this gun of the People's Army is far stronger than the 38 Gai of the Japs."

"Not only is the range and power stronger than the 38 Dagai, but if someone with good marksmanship uses this gun, it will be like adding more power to a tiger."

"Li Yunlong also personally experienced this. After the experience, he said personally that this gun is much better than the little devil's 38-meter cover."

"The most important thing is that this rifle fires continuously. The little Japanese's 38 cap can be pulled to fire one round, while this rifle of the People's Army can fire eight rounds in a row."

"This can greatly save time and at the same time improve the combat effectiveness of the troops. Moreover, this gun is much more convenient to load than the little devil's 38 big guns."

After hearing his brigade commander's inquiry, the chief of staff told everything he knew.

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In response, the brigade commander nodded. He had also heard about the weapons of the People's Army that Li Yunlong mentioned.

Judging from what Li Yunlong reported, the weapons in the hands of the People's Army did not belong to the Japs at all, but were obtained from someone who knows where.

It can be said that this is the first time this kind of rifle has appeared on the Chinese battlefield, and it has never been heard of before.

At this time, he felt that he could implement the idea in his mind before, so he saw the brigade commander continue to speak.

"Go and talk to Li Yunlong and ask him to deal with this Su Yuda more and see if you can win him over to our side."

The brigade commander of the 386th Brigade had a simple idea, which was to see if he could incorporate the People's Army into his own ranks.

Just like the gratitude from the Central Army and Jinsui Army, I can only say that his idea is wonderful, but it is impossible to realize it.

Sure enough, when the chief of staff heard this, he hesitated to speak, but finally thought about it and decided to speak out.

"Brigade Commander, I'm afraid it's difficult. According to our informant report from the little devil, Yoshio Shinozuka is asking his intelligence department to comprehensively investigate the People's Army."

"It seems that Yoshio Shinozuka suspects that there is a huge force behind the People's Army, and this People's Army is the representative of this force."

"So if it is true as Yoshio Shinozuka suspected, it will be almost impossible for us to win over the People's Army."

"Oh? Is that so? That would be really difficult."

The chief of staff's words surprised the brigade commander, but in retrospect it was normal. Only this explanation could make sense of the sudden appearance of weapons and equipment of the People's Army.

Speaking of which, whether it was the Eighth Route Army, the Central Army, or the Shanxi-Sui Army, they all had many spies on the Japs side.

Correspondingly, the little devils also placed spies in these troops, and both sides knew it tacitly.

But this situation has not yet happened in the People's Army. During this period, the People's Army focused on developing its troops.

There is absolutely no energy to plant spies in the Japs. Similarly, it is difficult for the Japs to plant spies in the People's Army.

At the very least, Su Yu can guarantee that there will be no Japanese spies among cadres at the battalion level and above.

Because these were all appointed by him personally, and all of them were inspected by the Eye of Truth before taking office, so there is definitely no problem with loyalty.

At this time, the commander of the 386th Brigade sighed helplessly after hearing these words from the Chief of Staff.

"Oh, forget it then. Tell Li Yunlong to remember to be cautious when dealing with the People's Army in the future."

"Okay! Brigadier."

Since the People's Army is a force launched by others, it is almost impossible for the Eighth Route Army to recruit others.

Now they only hope that this People's Army will fight the Japanese wholeheartedly and not suddenly turn against the enemy halfway.

If this is the case, their situation will be difficult, the most important thing is, until now.

Both the Japs and the Eighth Route Army seemed to have only a superficial understanding of the People's Army.

As for where the uniforms, weapons and food of the People's Army came from, they have not found out at all.

This is a bit dangerous. At present, the People's Army is almost unknown to them.

That's why he asked Li Yunlong to pay attention, so that he wouldn't be betrayed by the People's Army without knowing it.

At the same time, this situation occurred not only in the Eighth Route Army, but also in the Shanxi-Sui Army.

Originally, Chu Yunfei wanted to deal with Su Yuduoduo, but when he learned that Yoshio Shinozuka began to doubt the forces behind the People's Army.

Chu Yunfei also suppressed the turmoil in his heart. He wanted to see if this little devil could find out the forces behind the People's Army.
Chapter completed!