Chapter 622 Foreign Affair
Li Jianfeng was anxious in his heart. He was just an officer in the militia before and had no connection with the upper echelons of the Shanxi-Sui Army, let alone the Central Army.
At this point, he had to admire Wang Zhengyi. That guy used his identity as a traitor to expand his network of contacts. From an inconspicuous person in the new city, he became well-rounded and weaved a huge network of relationships.
So Li Jianfeng seems to be still working hard for the Japanese, but he has too much unexplainable pressure.
He cannot learn from traitors like Wang Zhengyi to open up relationships, he can only show his role and value.
Why is he desperately looking for trouble with the Eighth Route Army? One thing is to obey the Japanese, but the most important thing is to show his strength.
Although he was from a militia group, he was not really a country bumpkin. Anyone with some discernment could see that although the Japanese were attacking cities and territories in the south, they were already declining. They were getting worse year by year, and their decline was already very obvious.
The Japanese troops stationed in the past were strong and well-trained, and their bodies were extremely strong. Except for being a little shorter, they were much stronger in other aspects.
The enemy garrison is getting worse every time. In the past, the firepower was still extremely powerful. Now, there are only a few infantry guns and mortars, and none of the mountain artillery and field artillery in the past.
Not to mention the soldiers, they are on par with the Chinese army, there are old ones, young ones, and there are many half-grown children who have not even grown their hair.
As for those who used to avoid eating anything other than rice and white flour, they are now starting to eat sorghum and millet. As for military canned food, it is even rarer.
All signs indicate that the Jaap is really on his last legs, so now it is said that the Jaap is in control of this place, but in fact the power has fallen into his hands, Li Jianfeng.
If he wanted to keep his head and property after the Japanese were defeated, and of course, more importantly, he wanted to keep his own power, then he had to firmly control the military power here.
Therefore, this place has been regarded as his private territory by Li Jianfeng, and Wang Zhengyi's behavior is tantamount to poaching him.
He has been fighting with that guy Wang Zhengyi for so many years, and that guy is not easy to get along with, and has become a climate.
If Wang Zhengyi stayed there honestly, he wouldn't do anything wrong, but if he dishonestly competed with him for territory, this kind of behavior would touch his bottom line and must be suppressed.
Therefore, Wang Zhengyi cannot be allowed to occupy Fengling this time no matter what. This time he is going out with all his troops. If Wang Zhengyi still does these little tricks, he doesn't mind taking care of him too.
Although Wang Zhengyi is now equal to him in strength, he is still more of an ally. After all, Huang Haohai and others are not reliable in Li Jianfeng's opinion.
You can be consistent when pursuing interests, but if you put in the effort, you will be sidelined.
If he had a fight with Wang Zhengyi, like Huang Haohai, he would definitely stand aside and wait for them to decide the outcome before making any next plans.
So whoever has the bigger fist is the boss. Being popular doesn't matter, so he must suppress the development of Wang Zhengyi's own strength.
This time, Li Jianfeng was afraid that something might happen if it was too late. In addition to his own special agent battalion, he sent out almost all the elites. He had to capture Fenling before Wang Zhengyi.
This guy who is afraid of death is a new front-line commander this time, striving to end the battle as quickly as possible.
Recently, this guy Li Jianfeng has been going out everywhere, attacking various units of the Eighth Route Army, and the Japanese are still very surprised.
However, the Japanese were quite supportive of his behavior, as his leading role had a chain reaction, and even Wang Zhengyi, who had not been very active, was mobilized and began to attack the New South Eighth Route Army base area.
In order to commend him for his heroic battle and his loyalty to the imperial army, the Japanese specially allocated him a lot of ammunition and supplies from the spoils of war in central Henan, and also allocated a batch of crooked machine guns and four Taisho IIIs.
He was given a heavy machine gun, eight mortars, and a large number of artillery shells.
As for Li Jianfeng, this time the Japanese really wanted to buy horse bones with a lot of money, and they seemed very generous.
This kind of weapon would have been nothing to the devils in the past, but for today's devils, it is really handy.
You must know that the newly formed troops of the Japanese can hardly even supply a 38 rifle for each man. As for the light and heavy firepower, it is even more pitiful.
The firepower given to Li Jianfeng, according to the current configuration of the Japanese, is more than enough to equip an infantry brigade.
The Japs gave him such high treatment just to set an example and tell those puppet soldiers who had wandering minds that the imperial army would not treat anyone who worked for them badly.
There is nothing the little devil can do about it. The large army is on the southern front and North China is empty of troops. The troops to be filled are not only scarce, but also have poor weapons and equipment. Needless to say, the quality of the soldiers is a group of grandfathers and grandsons. This is not an exaggeration, but the truth.
Those older men are better off. Although they are already old, they have not been away from the battlefield for a long time, because this is the third time they have been recruited. Most of them have participated in combat as members of ad hoc divisions.
The experience is not yet unfamiliar.
But those idiots are really in trouble, and it's hard to say whether they can hold a gun, so relying on this small force to defend the vast North China area is simply a fantasy.
Various units of the Eighth Route Army adopted proactive attack tactics and destroyed many of the Imperial Army's strongholds. To put it mildly, it was the Imperial Army that blocked the Eighth Route Army.
The reality can also be viewed from the other side. The Eighth Route Army occupies the place where the bulk of the troops are located, while the imperial army in various places can only defend towns and major strongholds. The countryside is almost eaten away by the Eighth Route Army.
Fortunately, the communication lines are still in the hands of the imperial army. Otherwise, each stronghold would really become an isolated island. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is surrounded by eight roads.
But this is not worth all the joy. Although the Eighth Route Army attacked communication lines and large army towns in a short period of time, if this continues, the Imperial Army in North China will not even be able to collect food.
The soldiers and horses had to go ahead with food and fodder before moving, so logistical supplies were no small matter. If this continued, the imperial army would not even have food to eat. As for transporting it from the rear, that would be even more impossible.
What was the reason for launching this war? Isn't it just that the land of China is rich in materials? Now the imperial army is also in difficulties at home, and they still need the support of the occupying forces.
The imperial army has always been short of supplies and resorted to robbery to get them together. In the past, they had always been a place for exporting supplies, but now they cannot support war with war.
It is conceivable to what extent the security area now controlled by the imperial army has deteriorated.
However, relying on the strength of the imperial army itself, it is no longer able to control a large number of security areas and collect food. Not to mention filling the domestic gap, it cannot even guarantee its own supply.
And Li Jianfeng took the initiative to jump out at this moment. No matter what his purpose was, at least it was to relieve the pressure of the imperial army's insufficient strength.
As long as he is really doing something, he must be encouraged and praised. If he can really eliminate the Eighth Route Army around him, it will be a good thing for the imperial army.
At least it can alleviate the plight of the local imperial army and ensure the smooth completion of the grain collection work. The dignified imperial army is almost to the point of eating sweet potatoes and sorghum, and can hardly even eat millet. Is this really true?
The Japanese would rather live in poverty, but also want to set up a model like Li Jianfeng. The effect is not known yet, but it is real that Li Jianfeng has become fat. This is a pain for Zhang Yunfei. As soon as Li Jianfeng arrived, he launched a fierce attack on Feng Ling.
Chapter completed!