Double happiness!

The intelligence line in Wang County was re-opened, and Li Jinglin from Pingcheng also sent good news.

"Masao Murano wants to attack us with the Japanese troops in the direction of Bingzhou? Is he having a big dream?"

After learning the real purpose of Masao Murano going to Bingzhou City, Zhao Zhiguo was not worried at all, but instead mocked Masao Murano.

It’s not that Zhao Zhiguo is arrogant and arrogant.

Murano Masao went to Bingzhou to ask for help, obviously eager to eat hot tofu.

Not long after Bingzhou City was captured by the Japanese army, the remaining Chinese troops were still active in the surrounding areas.

In other words, the city of Bingzhou was unstable. How could the Japanese division commander in Bingzhou send troops to attack Zhao Zhiguo when the Bingzhou area was unstable?

Once the attack fails and the frontal Chinese regular army counterattacks, Bingzhou City occupied by the Japanese army may face a two-front battle.

If Zhao Zhiguo were Masao Murano, he would definitely have to wait for another half a year.

Why didn't Masao Murano understand this? The reason why he didn't want to wait was because Zhao Zhiguo was becoming stronger visibly.

"Maybe Masao Murano is really anxious, I'm afraid he will jump over the wall in a hurry!" Tian Kezhi said.

The rabbit is anxious and bites people. The little devil is anxious and might actually bite Zhao Zhiguo.

What's more, Pingcheng also stocked a large number of poison gas bombs used by the Japanese army for testing.

"Since he went to Bingzhou to ask for help, maybe the Japanese army is not ready to use poison gas bombs. We have to be on guard in the direction of Bingzhou."

Just because Zhao Zhiguo and the others want to develop in Wang County does not mean they will give up expanding to the Bingzhou area.

The larger the territory and the greater the depth, the safer they will be!

"Inform Gao Cang that if possible, let him expand two companies. If conditions permit, he can go west to capture the towns and strongholds held by the Japanese army and expand our defense area!"

The Japanese troops in the direction of Bingzhou will attack them sooner or later.

In this case, they developed the war into the Japanese war zone and could not let the fighting affect the economic infrastructure in Zhao Zhiguo's core defense zone.

"Commander, if our troops continue to expand like this, they will really become a division."

Expanding the army not only requires people, but also the corresponding logistics materials must keep up.

Troops without logistics, like Yao Pengju's special forces, can only exist in small numbers.

If you want to fight the Japanese army, you need to fight with large armies. Just like when you liberated China, you needed to invest large armies to eat up the opponent's large armies.

"Adding the two companies, Gao Cang has nine companies of combat troops under his command, which is indeed a bit more."

Matthew Wen is also worried that the crazy expansion of the troops will have adverse effects.

There are nine companies under one battalion. It is estimated that only Zhao Zhiguo dares to have such an idea.

"Well...then we will develop the militia first, develop two companies of militia in the villages and towns outside our defense area, and arrange regular soldiers to provide them with training."

Although the militiamen are armed and have poor combat effectiveness, they can still fight the Japanese army.

In particular, the militiamen are familiar with the local terrain, which is a living map of the local area. They can completely avoid Japanese raids based on their familiarity with the local area.

Moreover, the militia's reliance on army logistics is relatively low.

When they take up arms, they are soldiers; when they put down their arms, they are ordinary people.

"I agree with this suggestion. If our military strength is really insufficient, we can reorganize the militia into regular combat forces."

The militia is both people and soldiers.

Zhao Zhiguo once said that when a nation is in danger of survival, the defense of the country cannot rely solely on the military, but must rely on everyone in the country.

"I agree too!"

"Report, the third battalion commander sent someone to send news that our troops have captured two outlying Japanese strongholds and seized a Japanese mountain cannon. We are asking if we want to send it back to the base!"

Zhao Ziming has not dared to slack off since arriving in Wangxian County!

He didn't understand many things in the Eighth Route Army, but he knew that if he struck more at this time, their losses would be smaller in the future.

"Brother Zhao, not long after he became the battalion commander, he achieved such good results and even obtained mountain artillery!" Tian Kezhi was sincerely happy for Zhao Ziming.

"The division headquarters and Commander Liu still have the vision!"

Matthew Wen also had to admire Mr. Liu's decision.

He initially opposed Zhao Ziming's appointment as commander of the Third Battalion, but the division headquarters gave him support.

Unexpectedly, after Zhao Ziming became the battalion commander, he actively searched for loopholes in the Japanese army in the Wangxian area, constantly harassed the Japanese army, and achieved results one after another.

"The mountain artillery is directly equipped to the third battalion, and the commander of the third battalion is informed that I will give him a month to remove these three strongholds."

After Cui Rongxing's death, Yan Yongchang became Zhao Zhiguo's internal adviser, which allowed Zhao Zhiguo to put the plan to develop the Wangxian area back on the agenda.

If you want to make it difficult for the Japanese army to move forward in the Wangxian area, you will naturally have to fight around the transportation lines of Wangxian.

The Japanese strongholds on the highway were the biggest trouble!

After pulling out these strongholds, the Japanese army's highway safety could not be guaranteed.

"The situation in Wang County is becoming more and more stable. Only the three highway strongholds east of Wang County are still under threat."

The situation in Wang County is getting better and better.

"I think we can develop our own troops around the Pingcheng area." Zhao Zhiguo said, "If the Pingcheng area is unstable, the Japanese army will have no time to take care of Wang County!"

It's like if there's a fire in your own backyard, who cares about what's happening on the street?

If the Japanese and puppet troops in the Pingcheng area were frequently attacked, the Japanese army would definitely try to stabilize Pingcheng first instead of supporting Wangxian.

"Is it too early to talk about developing anti-Japanese forces in Pingcheng?"

Matthew Wen was worried that Zhao Zhiguo was trying to encourage others. The army must develop, but it must develop step by step.

But now it seems that Zhao Zhiguo is building castles in the air. The anti-Japanese foundation in Wangxian area has not been laid yet, so he is too impatient to build castles in Pingcheng area.

"What we are currently developing is not the anti-Japanese armed forces on the surface, but...the influence in private!"

There are heavy Japanese and puppet troops in the Pingcheng area. To develop anti-Japanese armed forces, we have to face encirclement and suppression by the Japanese and puppet troops all day long.

Zhao Zhiguo would naturally not be so stupid as to send people to be killed by the Japs.

"Are you talking about propaganda?" Matthew Wen immediately understood Zhao Zhiguo's consciousness.

"Yes! What we need is a response from a hundred people. As long as we raise the flag in the Pingcheng area, hundreds of teams will appear at any time to respond to us!"

Once the Wangxian area is stabilized, they will send people to Bingzhou to develop slowly, one step at a time, but this development cycle is too slow.

What Zhao Zhiguo needs is the influence of their troops somewhere, just like the brand appeal in the future.

As long as the people mention this team, they will give a thumbs up, and they are even willing to join this team and follow them to fight against the Japs.

"Hehehe, it seems that my propaganda department is going to play a big role." Matthew said.
Chapter completed!