The Eighth Route Army's underground intelligence organization was unable to confront the Japanese intelligence agencies at all.

Neither the Eighth Route Army nor Chongqing can compare with the Japanese intelligence collection capabilities.

Relying solely on not being afraid of sacrifice or working hard can not make up for the gap in strength.

As the Japanese occupied areas continue to expand, the problem of insufficient troops becomes increasingly obvious.

It is necessary to establish an autonomous region in an attempt to govern China with China.

The Chongqing government does not pay attention to rural areas because it is not profitable except for collecting grain.

After the war broke out, the vast rural areas became the source of recruitment.

The farmers who had been living a miserable life lost their main labor force and were on the verge of bankruptcy.

The Eighth Route Army adopted the surround of the city from the countryside and made the entry point accurate.

Whether it is the Japanese or the Chongqing government, even though they know the methods of the Eighth Route Army, they can do nothing.

First, eat two meals a day; secondly, no one can do this if the soldiers and government staff do not pay military salaries or pay wages.

Hu Yi doesn't value money much.

He is a soldier, good at attacking, ambushing, and retreating or escaping.

But I have never done anything like rescue.

The only experience is the case of rescuing and killing the Big Nose Traitor who was captured by the Investigation Team many years ago at Sanjiaji.

There are many things that come first, and you will naturally become proficient if you do too much.

Say goodbye to the enthusiastic villagers, and the team disappeared into the moonlight.

Although walking in the enemy-occupied area, there are villagers standing guards and setting off posts at all intersections without a way.

Hu Yi even had an illusion that the enemy-occupied area in this place was nothing different from the base!

At least, the work done behind enemy lines is not comparable to that of the independent regiment...

Before dawn, the team joined the armed work team of the Jizhong Jiudi Division that came to the reception.

After the Northeast Army entered the pass in the early years, it rested in Handan.

Handan is connected to Taihang in the west, mainly with the middle and low hilly landforms, and the east is the gullies crisscrossing the North China Plain.

I heard that the troops coming were led by the staff of the First Regiment. The guard battalion, which was just reorganized yesterday, was a little disappointed.

The Eighth Route Army departments had strict confidentiality work, and he did not understand the Independent Regiment.

There were more than a dozen independent regiments in various parts of the Eighth Route Army, and local county governments established independent battalions one after another. Therefore, he did not have too high expectations for more than 100 soldiers from the guard battalion.

After asking the staff to arrange accommodation for the soldiers, they immediately took Hu Yi to the next village for a meeting.

Guo Xing is in a bad mood.

There is a guerrilla brigade with only more than a hundred people hidden in the village...

There is also a company of the assault regiment directly under the autonomous army that arrived first...

This company's equipment... is even worse than the county brigade, half of the guerrillas and half of the bandits...

Hu Yi didn't know what Captain Guo was thinking, so he naturally didn't say anything.

Confronted the sentry from time to time along the way.

Enter the village, enter the yard, enter the house.

There were four people sitting in the room, and Captain Guo directly introduced: "This is Hu Yi, the staff officer and guard battalion commander of the First Regiment..."

He began to point to a tough man and introduced: "This is the deputy captain of Gong Shaofeng, the county (guerrilla) brigade...."

Pointing to the man dressed in a farmer with a headscarf next to him: "This is Minister Liu of the enemy Ministry of Works..."

Finally, he pointed to the young man in his twenties on the other side of the table: "This is the company commander of Wang Dashan, the 1st Company of the Assault Regiment of your Autonomous Army..."

Finally, he pointed to a thin man with a round face and a small tall man: "This is Minister Liu of the Enemy Works Department of the South Hebei Military Region..."

Hu Yi saluted one by one.

The introduction is completed.

Wang Dashan stood up and pulled Hu Yi to him and sat down: "Hey, that Battalion Commander Hu? Have you been in the 9th Company of the Independent Regiment before?"

Minister Liu, who was sitting in the head, was stunned for a moment: "Don't you know each other?"

Company Commander Wang turned to look at the political commissar: "I don't know you yet! Hehe, I have long been famous for Battalion Commander Hu. I saw you today and I am well-deserved..."

"I just served as the battalion commander of the First Regiment Guard Battalion yesterday." Hu Yi said calmly, not explaining the fact that the Ninth Company had been promoted to the battalion and the Ninth Battalion assisted the reorganization of the First Regiment.

"Company Commander Wang, you said that, I'm confused..." Captain Guo was stunned for a moment. Could this Battalion Commander Hu still have a big background?

Wang Dashan said that he was the company commander of the independent regiment. According to normal circumstances, even if the main regiment is organized into the 3rd Battalion and the 9th Company, and this company commander Hu is ranked ninth, he must be the one who is the worst, and he is even more unsure.

Minister Liu nodded to Hu Yi, as if he knew the situation, and then waved his hand to make everyone quiet: "The situation is urgent now. If you have any questions, please come down and communicate... Captain Guo, Deputy Captain Gong, you will talk about the situation you have mastered..."

"Okay!" Captain Guo nodded, spread the map on the table, and straightforwardly said: "The superior arranged for Brigade Commander Li Chenghua to invade the senior management of the autonomous army, but the enemy's intelligence organization was everywhere. He found out the identity of Brigade Commander Li, and detained Brigade Commander Li half a month ago in the name of the meeting."

Speaking of this, Captain Guo's tone became heavy: "The enemy was cruelly tortured for half a month, cutting off the tendons of Brigade Commander Li, blinding his eyes. However, Brigade Commander Li has never admitted his identity. The Japanese military police lost patience. Yesterday, he published a public announcement by the newspaper that Li's 8th Route Army will be executed publicly at noon today..."

Deputy Captain Gong learned about some situations and immediately added: "At present, the armed team members and the county brigade suicide squad have sneaked into the city under the leadership of Captain Wu. We found out that the enemy arranged the execution ground at the Ximen mass grave..."

Minister Liu spoke in a serious tone: "According to the latest news from his superiors, the enemy has learned about the information we are preparing to rescue, so there are great variables in this rescue... In other words, the enemy is likely to set up a trap..."

Captain Guo nodded and pointed to the map spread out on the table: "Now, let me introduce the enemy's troops and distribution first.

The North China Front Army garrison troops stationed in Handan were the first independent mixed brigade of the First Brigade, mainly focusing on static garrison tasks.

The Japanese garrison was equipped with two chariot brigades, one mobile artillery team, one artillery squadron and one mountain artillery squadron, five independent infantry brigades, and other units. They were mainly equipped with light infantry weapons, with a total of more than 5,000 people."

Gong Shaofeng next to him was afraid that Hu Yi and Wang Dashan would not understand, and explained: "Although the Japanese security forces are far inferior to the enemy's regular division firepower, mobility and troop station capabilities, their power is not something we can compete with."

Guo Xing nodded: "Captain Bow is right. Currently, the headquarters of the Handan Ghost Brigade has a combat vehicle convoy, an artillery team and an infantry brigade, with a total force of more than 1,500 people."

Guo Xing's fingers slid on the map: "Two of the other four infantry brigades of the Japanese were distributed along the railway line, and the other two brigades were stationed in eight counties without railways."

"There are not many Japanese in the county towns, and there is only one squadron in several county towns. The Japanese seem to be crowded, but in fact they are seriously insufficient in the troops. Once they are dispersed, they give us the opportunity to defeat them..."

Captain Guo paused when he said this: "However, the number of puppet troops in each county is very large. For example, the Japanese have only one squadron in Linzhang for more than 200, but Guo Qing's puppet troops reach more than 3,000 brigades. Wei County is the jurisdiction of your autonomous army. The Japanese also arranged only one squadron, and the autonomous army has a force of more than 14,000..."

"In addition, the Japanese who arranged for the Japanese to be instructors to be instructors in various artillery towers, the troops in the Japanese county town were further diluted. In many county towns, there were only two teams of Japanese troops stationed in them. Even in such a situation, we did not dare to attack casually. The main reason was that the Japanese chariot brigades, which maneuvered quickly through railways and highways, could reach any county town or town within two hours..."

Captain Guo's words were very concise and he quickly introduced the situation of the enemy and us.

Minister Liu glanced at the four people on the table: "The situation is currently serious, and the superiors have issued an order to rescue Brigade Commander Li at all costs!"

Obviously, the superiors took no expense to rescue Brigade Commander Li. In other words, even if all the troops present were fighting for nothing, the rescue operation could not be cancelled.

Hu Yi kept thinking that Brigade Commander Li was disabled and even if he could be rescued, it would be useless.

Moreover, the teams participating in the rescue will suffer very many casualties.

From a military perspective, this approach is simply not advisable.

Obviously, the superiors have deeper considerations.

When the Eighth Route Army is behind enemy lines, it must reorganize all the autonomous troops, and cannot give them the image of not saving them when they die.

Therefore, this rescue operation is more likely to be to reorganize the autonomous army.

Captain Guo mentioned just now that the Japanese knew that the Eighth Route Army would rescue him, so...

It is very likely to be head-on with the powerful Japanese.

From a deeper perspective, it is impossible for the Japanese to execute Brigade Commander Li, and it is impossible for them to remain indifferent to the two regiments under his command...

In other words, the Japanese will definitely attack themselves at the same time...

Hu Yi was thinking about his thoughts.
Chapter completed!