The brigade commander then told Li Yunlong.

"The artillery you captured, whether it is the 94-type 75-caliber mountain gun or the 81-mm-caliber mortar, is currently very rare in the Japanese army in the Jinzhong area.

According to intelligence, the entire Japanese army is equipped with no more than 600 Type 94 75-caliber mountain guns. This type of gun is a treasure among treasures in the hands of the Japanese army!

But why did two such artillery suddenly appear near here?

Moreover, this was after Panlong Town came out. Maybe they also left two 81mm caliber mortars for Panlong Town.

Cannons like this usually appear in the fierce Changsha battlefield, not here!

So since it is contrary to common sense to appear here, there is only one reason, that is, the Japanese army has long wanted to attack us!"

The brigade commander swiped at the map with his fingers, and the more he swiped, the more frightened he became: "The little devil actually played such a big game of chess?"

Li Yunlong saw what the brigade commander did and understood.

"Hey! Brigadier, the little devil has a big appetite!

Looking at this situation, it’s not just my regiment, but all the territory of our brigade has been included in the target range?”

The brigade commander frowned, drew a few lines with a pencil, and then stood up straight again.

"How much is my brigade worth? The Japanese have a big appetite this time. I think they have surrounded the division headquarters!

If your actions hadn't disturbed these two cannons this time, I wouldn't have noticed this trend in the Japanese army for a while!

This time the Japanese army is not making a small fuss, but wants to make a big one!

And it seems that the Japanese army did not show off, but secretly moved their troops in. This is a secret plan, and they are planning to kill them with one strike!"

Hearing what the brigade commander said, Li Yunlong was also shocked: "This little devil really has a huge appetite and is not afraid of choking himself to death!

Are they so confident in their own strength that they dare to deploy so many troops to deal with us under the nose of the Central Army's Jinsui Army?

Aren’t you afraid that the Central Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army will take the opportunity to attack their empty defense line?”

Indeed, at their time, the Eighth Route Army was not considered worthy of the Japanese army. After all, this is how Tubal Road came to be.

Their defense focus has always been the Central Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army, and it has always been the second theater.

After all, the Eighth Route Army has always occupied rural areas and mountainous areas. It did not take the route of head-on confrontation, but took the development route behind enemy lines of gathering sand into towers and accumulating small victories into big victories.

Therefore, Li Yunlong subconsciously believed that if the Japanese army mobilized troops from other places to besiege the Eighth Route Army, then the Japanese army would be so relieved, Commander Yan of the Second Theater Command?

"What if Commander Yan has a tacit understanding with the Japanese and wants to deal with us?"

Chen Shanhe asked this question out of the blue.

The brigade commander looked at him deeply, and then said: "We have to guard against it!"

Chen Shanhe didn't know if the brigade commander and the others had any information, but in history, in December 1939, the Jinsui Army did cooperate with the Japanese and puppet troops to deal with the Eighth Route Army.

Then in January 1940, the Japanese and puppet troops began to sweep the Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese base areas, and on the 25th, they began to encircle the Eighth Route Army's 129th Division headquarters.

Was the headquarters prepared at that time? Is there any news?

There should be intelligence, but I didn't expect it to be so serious, let alone that some Jinsui troops and the Japanese and puppet troops would cooperate secretly. Otherwise, the losses would not be so heavy.

So Chen Shanhe warned, the brigade commander should have listened. As for whether the brigade commander can change history, it depends on the subsequent development.

Chen Shanhe is not in the Eighth Route Army's battle order. You can't say too much. Once you say too much, it will easily become counterproductive.

The brigade commander looked at Chen Shanhe and asked: "How long do you think it will take the Japanese and puppet troops to prepare before launching their military operations against us?"

Chen Shanhe thought for a moment, and found that historically, whether it was the Jinsui Army or the Japanese and puppet troops, they always chose the time period of December and January.

So he said: "If nothing else happens, we should start from December to January, but now there is an accident, their intentions have been noticed by us, and their weapons and equipment have fallen into our hands!"

Then we don’t know whether they will advance or postpone their plans!”

The brigade commander nodded, not saying it was right or wrong.

Although Li Yunlong has talent, he has no knowledge. He can't see five or six steps, or even seven or eight steps, like the brigade commander.

Moreover, the things he is currently considering are military aspects, and he has not seen other things.

"Brother Chen, why will the enemy definitely take action in December or January?

Does it make sense?"

Yes, he couldn't understand that if the enemy wanted to rob food, they could rob the summer and autumn harvests!

Why wait until after December?

The Eighth Route Army has always been hiding in rural areas and mountainous areas, and its war against Japan has always been proactive and piecemeal.

The Japanese army's attempt to find the main force of the Eighth Route Army was basically like looking for a needle in a haystack, and it was difficult to find them actively.

The Japanese could not find the main force of the Eighth Route Army, so they could only rely on the artillery towers to control the countryside, forcibly requisitioning grain during summer or autumn harvests in the countryside, recruiting civilians to build the artillery towers, railways, dig coal mines, etc.

Moreover, these gun tower strongholds guarded the traffic arteries of major roads. Before the big sweep, the gun towers were actually the most powerful measure of the Japanese army.

"Because the Eighth Route Army is poor!"

Before Chen Shanhe could say anything, the brigade commander himself said it: "I usually ask you to learn literacy and study, but you have to feed the pigs. The Japanese harvest in the summer and in the autumn, so you have to grab food when you should!"

To launch an attack on us in December and January, first of all, they will take advantage of the cold winter to hit us, because it will be difficult for both our Eighth Route Army and the people to survive the winter.

Both cotton-padded clothes and quilts are relatively scarce supplies.

If there is an attack on us in December or January, we can only move. During the move, the damage caused by the cold weather will be doubled.

Second, the war will not stop in a day or two, but will last for at least several months.

The characteristic of our army is to fight when we can win, and run away if we can't. We consume the enemy in motion, but this is also our weakness.

Once we enter a state of movement, the base area will be lost. Losing the base area will affect spring plowing.

After affecting the spring plowing, it will affect the harvest in the first half of the next year. We will have no harvest for half a year or even a year.

Without a harvest, what do you think will happen to us?

What do our thousands of Eighth Route Army soldiers eat? What do the people in our base areas eat?"

As expected, the brigade commander had a keen eye and immediately saw the problem.

In the future, Nie Shuai's ban on leaves was that during the famine years, troops were not allowed to pick leaves to satisfy their hunger within fifteen miles of the village. They had to leave the village within a certain range before they could pick leaves to satisfy their hunger.

This would be the famous "Leaf Order" in the future. The reason why those who had nothing to eat had to eat leaves must not only be caused by the drought, but also the Japanese raids that caused the people in the base area to miss the farming season.

The brigade commander asked Chen Shanhe: "Since we have such a guess, if it were you, would you be able to deal with it?"

Chen Shanhe nodded: "Of course!"

"I want to establish a base that can withstand the attack of large Japanese troops!

You can advance and attack, retreat and defend!"

The brigade commander shook his head: "This is impossible. Our strength is very weak and it is impossible for us to confront the Japanese army head-on.

If we use our strength to fight head-on with the Japanese army, we can only hit the stone with an egg!
Chapter completed!