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In this way, it is more conducive to the garrison of the jurisdiction.
If there is an enemy attack, there can also be buffer and reaction time.
As I said earlier, the Japanese army was originally a small country.
Not only is there a lack of strategic materials, but the source of troops is also far behind China.
After occupying a large area of China, the Japanese army did not have enough troops to garrison, so they had to recruit prisoners for their own use.
Even though they knew that those imperial association troops could not be reused at all.
However, the shortage of soldiers is a flaw that Japan cannot change.
Therefore, in many counties, there is even only one small team, or a gendarmerie brigade stationed.
Some counties were even handed over directly to the Royal Association Army to garrison them.
That is to say, a strategically important county like Xinxiang will be equipped with an infantry brigade for garrison.
Xiuwu is between Jiaozuo and Xinxiang.
It is more than 50 miles away from Jiaozuo and more than 80 miles away from Xinxiang.
Stationed in Xiuwu, in addition to the 7th Japanese Independent Infantry Regiment, there is also the 13th Tank Battalion, and a puppet regiment.
It is worth mentioning that the puppet regiment stationed in Xiuwu was reorganized from the regular North China army surrendered by Japan. Its combat effectiveness is comparable to that of the general central army, and far beyond that of the Xinxiang security regiment.
The total strength exceeds 2000 people.
Of course, these troops are not completely stationed in Xiuwu County, but scattered in Xiuwu and surrounding areas.
For example, the Saito Brigade belongs to the 7th Regiment of the Independent Infantry.
received a combat order.
Koshiro Matsushita, the commander of the 7th Regiment of the Japanese Independent Infantry, immediately ordered the assembly of troops.
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The screen zooms to Xinxiang.
In most of the day, Yang Chen had already robbed all the local tyrants and evil gentry in Xinxiang.
No, it should be said that all the accounts that will be released will be returned.
In this era of wars and wars, the barrel of a gun is the truth.
How could these local tyrants and evil gentry dare to resist with a black gun pointed at their head?
Of course, Yang Chen just took away 80.00% of these guys' belongings. After all, being a human being stays on the front line, so we can meet in the future, right?
Yang Chen is not an unreasonable person, so naturally he will not force them to a corner.
Although Xinxiang is only a small county, because the Ping-Han Railway passes through it, Xinxiang is far more prosperous than ordinary county towns.
These local tyrants and evil gentry who eat people and don't spit out their bones are all filthy rich.
In total, Yang Chen collected more than one million oceans, hundreds of thousands of catties of food, and countless cloths.
At the same time, when the Anmin notice was pasted and the people knew that it was the Huben Regiment who had invaded Xinxiang, the entire county was boiling.
Hundreds of promising and patriotic young people rushed to vote without even needing the Huben regiment to paste recruitment notices.
There are also many people who donate money and food spontaneously, and take out all the eggs they are reluctant to eat.
Yang Chen and the soldiers of the Huben Regiment were all very moved.
And I got a sense of satisfaction that I have never had before, and the feeling of being supported by the people is really great.
All the efforts, even bloodshed and sacrifices, are worth it!
Of course, the Huben Regiment adheres to the same principles as the Eighth Route Army, and it is naturally impossible to accept these things without taking the people's needles and threads.
To put it bluntly, even if Yang Chen personally explained that the Huben Group was not short of money and food, it still couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of the people.
In the end, Yang Chen had no choice but to buy it at the market price.
The common people are not happy, put down their things and run away, completely unreasonable to you.
The soldiers of the Huben Regiment stared at each other with big eyes, you looked at me, I looked at you, with a confused look on their faces.
But more still moved.
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Of course, Yang Chen did not blindly indulge in the joy of victory.
He knew that if Xinxiang, a strategically important town, was taken down by the Huben Regiment, the Japanese would definitely not let it go.
The Huben regiment has just returned to Xinxiang, and has not yet built an intelligence network.
The current Huben regiment is like a blind man, completely ignorant of the enemy's situation outside of Xinxiang.
Therefore, Yang Chen had to turn to the Eighth Route Army and Yan Laoxi for help.
Compared with Yan Laoxi, the intelligence network of the Eighth Route Army is more complete.
For this point, the chairman of the committee many years later will have a deep understanding, and we will not show it here for the time being.
Yang Chen donated countless money, food, and advanced weapons and equipment to the Eighth Route Army for free, so even if Yang Chen hadn't joined the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army had already regarded him as one of his own.
Regarding Yang Chen, naturally he would not hide anything, and was even willing to help Yang Chen.
Therefore, the Eighth Route Army shared the information of the Japanese army near Xinxiang to Yang Chen in real time and unconditionally.
It must be worth mentioning that thanks to Yang Chen donating a lot of radio stations to the Eighth Route Army, otherwise, many underground party branches would not have such scarce items as radio stations.
Sure enough, the situation was as Yang Chen expected.
That afternoon, he received a telegram from the Xiuwu branch of the underground party.
The temporary headquarters of the Huben Regiment was located at the headquarters of the Japanese Saito Brigade.
Not long after, except for Wang Gui, Liao Yong and others who were on a mission, the rest of the people were summoned by Yang Chen.
Everyone who was originally smiling became serious after seeing Yang Chen's solemn expression.
Yang Chen motioned everyone to sit down, looked around and said: "According to the information provided by the underground party, the Japanese troops in the direction of Xiuwu have already begun to gather.