Bright Sword: I don’t want to be the king!

however,

While winning the battle, Chu Yunfei's mind was also full of questions.

The Japanese army’s logistical supplies are so important, how could they be lost just like that?

And that was before the war.

Isn’t the Japanese army too unlucky?

However, the people who stole the Japanese army's logistical supplies were definitely not the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, because if the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army stole the Japanese army's supplies, the news would definitely spread throughout the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's camp.

So, who stole the Japanese army's logistical supplies?

...

Chu Yunfei felt very confused.

...

At this moment, Chu Yunfei was surprised by Cao Geng's battle results.

In Daxia Bay, the Eighth Route Army's top commander soon heard about the fighting near Huaiyi County.

Upon learning that the Japanese army had suffered successive defeats, the commander-in-chief and the deputy chief of staff were extremely happy.

"Although it is not clear who swallowed the Japanese's supplies, the Japanese army is retreating step by step under the attack of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. This is also a good thing for us." After receiving the news, the deputy chief of staff laughed happily.

"That's right. If the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army can occupy Huairong County, the pressure on us in the vicinity will be greatly reduced. During this period, our soldiers have been too tired under the suppression of the Japanese army." The commander-in-chief said with emotion.

Since the loss of Huaiyi County, the Japanese army has been harassing the Eighth Route Army soldiers in various villages. If the Shanxi Suiyuan Army can take Huairong County, the Eighth Route Army can relax a little.

Moreover, although it is only a county town that has been lost, Huairong County is also of great significance to the Japanese army. If the Shanxi Suiyuan Army occupies it, it means that they can threaten the Zhengtai Line at any time. The Zhengtai Line is the main transportation channel for the Japanese army in Shanxi. Once it is targeted by the Shanxi Suiyuan Army and the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army will be on pins and needles.

"I just don't know who ate the Japanese's supplies?" asked the deputy chief of staff curiously.

This directly changed the balance of the battle in Huaiyi County. Perhaps the disappearance of the Japanese army's supplies also affected the strategic pattern of various forces in northwest Shanxi.

"It definitely wasn't done by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. If it were them, they would have used those supplies to destroy the Japanese army long ago, or at least clear out the surrounding Japanese forces, and the battle wouldn't have been so difficult." The commander-in-chief analyzed.

"I remember that Cao Geng's Third Battalion seemed to be in that area?" the deputy chief of staff recalled.

"Really?" The commander-in-chief was surprised. Ever since Cao Geng occupied Huaiyi County, he had not paid much attention to Cao Geng. After all, as the commander-in-chief, he had a lot of things to deal with every day and could not just focus on Cao Geng alone.

"How is that kid now?" the commander-in-chief said to himself.

When Cao Geng was mentioned, he became interested in this young man again.

"Won't you know if you check it out?" said the deputy chief of staff with a smile.

"Check it out!"

The commander-in-chief also wanted to know how Cao Geng had developed. He cared more about Cao Geng than Li Yunlong.

After investigation, the news was reported back to Daxia Bay. The commander-in-chief and the deputy chief of staff looked at the intelligence in their hands, and both fell silent.

This is not speechless silence, but speechlessness caused by shocking news!

"What? The troops in this news have developed to this extent?"

The commander-in-chief was shocked!

Intelligence shows that Cao Geng’s Third Battalion is currently stationed in Xiaweidi Village, not far from Huaiyi County, and his troops now have a total of nearly 1,300 people!

Although, more than a hundred of them are logistics personnel...

However, there are still more than a thousand people who can fight on the battlefield.

More than a thousand people.

In their Eighth Route Army, this is considered the size of a regiment.

However, not long ago, Cao Geng had just separated from the New 1st Regiment and started recruiting soldiers, and he only had about two hundred people under his command.

Such a short time.

Does Cao Geng have any secret to expanding the team to this extent?

"Boss, you said that the Japanese supplies in Huairong County suddenly disappeared. Could it be Cao Geng's doing?"

The deputy chief of staff suddenly asked.

Because according to the intelligence obtained by their headquarters, Cao Geng’s current base was developing too fast.

Not only soldiers, Cao Geng recruited 1,300 people!

In his station.

The Cao Geng camp is full of equipment and weapons, which is very spectacular!

According to the information, there is no need to mention the grenade launchers and mortars that Cao Geng owned.

In terms of the number of light and heavy machine guns, even a regiment of the Japanese army would be ashamed of itself.

Not only that.

For example, Japanese rifles and grenades are said to have been gathering dust in Cao Geng’s arsenal…

Although this sounds a bit exaggerated, it makes sense to the CEO and the deputy chief of staff.

How could Cao Geng be able to recruit so many soldiers in such a short time without some powerful strength?

Moreover, data also shows that in the entire northwest Shanxi region, the severe winter cold has not yet been taken away by the spring breeze.

In Cao Geng's three camps, every soldier had a cotton coat to wear.

"This!" Seeing this, the boss and the deputy chief of staff were stunned!

to be frank.

When the new regiment was divided into troops half a month ago, they never thought that any battalion would be able to develop to such a level.

In just half a month, Cao Geng's three battalions grew from the original two hundred people to one thousand three or fourteen people!

What speed is this?

and.

Now every soldier in the new regiment’s base has a cotton coat to wear.

This is a treatment that even the soldiers at the headquarters do not have.

If this is true.

Then there is only one possible source of Cao Geng’s supplies.

These are the supplies that the Japanese lost in Huairong County...

If the intelligence was not exaggerated, and the supplies lost by the Japanese in Huairong County were not picked up by Cao Geng, the general and the deputy chief of staff would never believe it.

Thinking of this, the boss and the deputy chief of staff were shocked.

You know, it was Cao Geng who captured Huaiyi County.

Now the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's counterattack against the Japanese army has been completed. If it is true that Cao Geng stole the Japanese supplies from Huairong County, then the strategic turning point of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army against the Japanese army was also secretly promoted by Cao Geng.

Think of this.

The boss and the deputy chief of staff both gasped.

Cao Geng's tactical awareness is too unusual.

Relying on himself alone, he actually influenced the overall situation of forces in northwestern Shanxi in two key battles!

Recalling that before, they had seriously discussed if Cao Geng could recruit 2,500 soldiers within half a year.

They will officially appoint Cao Geng as the commander of the Eighth Route Army.

But now...

It took Cao Geng only more than half a month to increase the number of troops in the Third Battalion to 1,300 or 1,400.

There are still five and a half months to go.

Is it a difficult task for Cao Geng to recruit 2,500 soldiers?