"Guardian, we still need to think about it! He mustn't attack recklessly like last time!”
Matsushita said in a deep voice as he looked at the guard.
Last time, he felt that the people from Clear Wind Camp were just a bunch of bandits. Even though they had used the banner of the national army, they were still bandits, so they had rashly attacked and ended up like this. This time, the Imperial Guards would not make such a mistake again.
He would not send troops to attack Clear Wind Camp unless he was absolutely confident.
After hearing this, the guard said firmly,"Naturally! However, we can't let them develop in Laiyang like this!”
Matsushita Naoto looked thoughtfully at the guard and said,""Guardian, do you have any ideas?”
"They dare to raise an army of seven thousand soldiers just by relying on the central and southern regions of Laiyang. Their food supply must be very tight. If we slowly encroach on a part of their territory at this time, won't their food supply be even less? We only need to swallow their territory bit by bit, and their food supply will naturally be even more tense.
When they ran out of food, so what if they had more troops? In the end, it will collapse because of the lack of food!"
Don't underestimate anyone, and don't treat anyone as a fool. This is the principle our ancestors taught us.
Keibun was able to become the regiment commander of a major general's brigade, so he definitely had the ability. If he didn't have the ability, he wouldn't be able to sit in this position.
This time, he saw the danger of Clear Wind Camp with a single glance.
Food! Food was the key. Perhaps many people thought that building an army required weapons and ammunition, guns and ammunition, and money.
But the real key was food.
What era was this?
This was an era of war, an era where the people were in dire straits.
Why did so many people want to be soldiers? Because they couldn't eat, they had no food to eat, so they could only join the army.
As long as you gave him a mouthful of food, he would join the army with you. This was no joke. Military pay was something that many people had never thought of.
Wasn't the army of the social worker party not paid during this period? In addition, there were also many local mixed troops. They said that they had military pay, but in reality, it had been delayed for a long time, or even not paid at all. However, the soldiers did not escape. Why was this? They would not have food to eat if they left the army. So as long as there was food, they could recruit people.
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Zhao Village was a small town in the south of Laiyang County. It was fundamentally different from Zhao Village.
Zhao Village was only a village with more than 300 households and a population of more than 1,000. Zhao Village was a small town and a small market.
There were nearly 600 households here, with more than 3,000 people. Usually, the people from the surrounding villages would come to this small market to sell or buy things.
As for Zhao Village, it was naturally under the rule of Clear Wind Camp. Because this small town was wealthy and not far from Laiyang County, Zhou Weiguo had specially sent a company of troops to be stationed here.
Zhou Zhuang was the Company Commander of the First Lieutenant of the Second Company of the First Battalion of the First Yu Regiment. He was also the person in charge of the safety of the Zhao Residence.
At present, his company was stationed in Zhao Village. As a clone, his face always had that same rigid look. However, it was also because of his rigid look that his soldiers did not dare to act rashly. At the same time, his appearance was also influencing the soldiers below.
"Report! The scouts reported that a squadron of Japanese soldiers had left Laiyang County and were on their way here. They were expected to arrive at Zhao Village in an hour!”
A soldier ran in and saluted Zhou Zhuang.
Zhou Zhuang, who was sitting in his seat and dealing with some matters, raised his head after hearing this. His expression that had not changed for a thousand years said coldly,"Order all platoons to enter the formation immediately. Then, send a message to the headquarters and report the situation here to the headquarters!”
"Yes, sir!"
The soldier turned around and left. Zhou Zhuang picked up his weapon and hurried to the camp.
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"Report! Zhao Jia Zhuang a battalion two company commander sent a telegram, Laiyang County, the Japanese army dispatched a squadron size, rushed to Zhao Jia Zhuang.”
A confidential officer knocked on Zhou Weiguo's door with a telegram and walked in.
"A squadron of Japanese soldiers?"
Zhou Weiguo's eyes narrowed slightly. He turned around and took out a map. After looking at it carefully for a while, he said,"Let Li Wu immediately lead his 1st Battalion to the Zhao Village, then let Sun Fugui's 2nd Battalion go to Zhao Village, and Zhao Shoutian's 3rd Battalion go to Laiyang County to set up a position.
Malay's 4th Battalion rushed to the outskirts of Laiyang County. Artillery's 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions began to set up artillery positions outside Laiyang County.
The 5th battalion of the infantry will stay in Clear Wind Camp. The rest of the troops will follow me.”
"Yes, sir!"
After Zhou Weiguo gave the order, all the infantry battalions began to move with large amounts of weapons and ammunition. Zhu Ziming also rushed to find Zhou Weiguo.
"Brother, such a big operation, are we going to attack Laiyang County?”
Zhu Ziming found Zhou Weiguo and said hurriedly.
"En! Not bad! If we fight, our rations won't last for more than a few days. I was still planning how to take down Laiyang County, but the Japanese army started to take action. Since that's the case, let's make a move too. If this drags on any longer, it will be disadvantageous to us."
Zhou Weiguo didn't deny it. Now that the food supply was decreasing, if he couldn't take down Laiyang County and use the Japanese's supplies as his own, the troops he had painstakingly gathered would collapse.
Zhu Ziming pursed his lips and looked at Zhou Weiguo."Brother, it's up to you!"
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Tiger Head Mountain Independent Regiment
"Clear Wind Camp's forces are being mobilized on a large scale? Are they starting to gather in Laiyang County?"
Old Wu looked at the information that was sent up from below and immediately sucked in a breath of cold air.
Qiu Ming, who was smoking, grabbed the document and started reading.
A few seconds later, he took a deep breath.
"Where did they get the courage to attack Laiyang County? Right now, there were over 3,000 Japanese in Laiyang County. Although they didn't understand how they had taken down over 3,000 Japanese soldiers last time, they were still defending. This time, they were attacking the city.
It would be extremely difficult for them to take down Laiyang County City!”
Qiu Ming said calmly.
After Qiu Ming finished speaking, he walked back and forth in his regiment headquarters and said to his guard, Da Niu,""Daniu, ask Secretary Xu to come here.”The so-called Officer Xu, Old Xu, was Liu Yuan. It seems to be like this in the movies. I remember that because he is in the intelligence work, most people call him Old Xu. It seems that not many people know his real name.
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