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Chapter 208 Counterattack 3

"Old brother! I advise you not to make any move!"

"Yes! This time, the 78th Army was indeed a bit arrogant, but I advise you to bear with it if you can. There is a lot of water behind this matter!"

"Do you really think that the 78th Army would rush into the city and occupy the military supply warehouse for no reason? You should know that it is not just Nanyang City and Dengzhou that are like this! Almost all the warehouses in our area are controlled by them!"

Li Tianxia followed his old superior Wang Yaowu and led the 74th Army to the First War Zone to participate in the previous stage of the battle. Now the main force of the 74th is still at the junction of Zhongyuan Province and Jiaodong Province, ready to attack and stir up trouble at any time.

Instead, his 51st Division was left in the southern part of Zhongyuan Province, following Commander Wei to quell local riots and endless bandits.

At this moment, Li Tianxia was standing on the city wall, looking towards the warehouse with a bonfire in the distance, with a trace of anger and unwillingness on her face.

He could never have imagined that the 78th Army would rush into the city so arrogantly, not only forcibly occupying the military supply warehouse, but also setting fire to some of the supplies.

"Brother Li, we can't just sit there and wait to die!" Luo Guang said anxiously on the side.

"Yeah, these guys are going too far! We must find a way to fight back!" another officer echoed.

Li Tianxia took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down. He knew that now was not the time to be impulsive and that any rash actions might bring even greater trouble.

"Don't worry, this matter is not that simple. I have sent people to the theater headquarters. Let's wait until we get the results." Li Tianxia said.

"But..." The chief of staff wanted to say something, but when he saw Li Tianxia's determined eyes, he had to swallow his words back.

Li Tianxia knew clearly that there must be some hidden story behind this incident, otherwise the 78th Group Army would not have made such a move for no reason. There must be someone manipulating everything behind the scenes.

He decided to endure for the time being and wait for the opportunity. At the same time, he had to be prepared to deal with various situations and ensure the safety of himself and his troops.

In this turbulent era, only by keeping a clear head and making decisive decisions can we survive. Everyone knows this, so they choose to wait.

This time, the troops marched nearly 78 kilometers and arrived in Zhongyuan Province. One reason was that the disaster relief work of a working group of the th Group Army in Zhongyuan Province was not going smoothly and was constantly obstructed by some people with ulterior motives.

Among them, some of the central troops who had just been transferred to the First War Zone were particularly well-informed before they entered the Central Plains Province.

Let them interfere with the activities of the Guancenshan disaster relief team as much as possible, otherwise Guancenshan would be protected by two regiments of armed police forces during its work.

I’m afraid that their work group’s logistics supply warehouse has been robbed.

Even the relief grain distributed to the disaster victims had just been collected, and the soldiers and local landlords claimed that these refugees were all their tenants, but had not paid a single grain of rent for all these years.

So they took all the relief food with their servants, and the refugees who had nowhere else to go could only continue to ask the work team for food.

However, someone deliberately instigated behind the scenes, resulting in multiple incidents of refugees attacking the work team's material warehouse, and armed police guards were required to stabilize the situation.

Faced with this situation, the working group had to seek help from the First War Zone Command. General Wei cooperated very well, but when the task was assigned to each unit, the situation changed.

Things are going relatively smoothly in the northern part of Zhongyuan Province because this area is currently under the control of the Guan Censhan government.

But the situation in central and southern China is not optimistic. Local clan forces and some government officials here are colluding with each other and working together.

The relief food for the victims eventually ended up in their pockets, and after some manipulation, it became military rations for the army.

Originally, due to the tense war situation in North China, Wang Chun had no time to take care of these matters, but this time the government began to drive all the victims back to their hometowns.

This heavy burden was thrown entirely onto their 78th Army Group, although now Wang Chun could also feed these poor people.

But Wang Chun and the 78th Army Group, as well as some Kuomintang troops in the Fifth War Zone and the Second War Zone, could not stand it any longer.

The one heading south this time was the newly appointed commander of the 8th Armored Division, Qian Wei. Because of his outstanding performance in Operation Right Hook, he was qualified to be the commander of the newly formed 8th Armored Division.

This time the entire division is heading south, which is also a training exercise to test the new armored division's large mobility, deep penetration and multiple capabilities.

Fortunately, after all, they had their original armored brigade as a foundation. Although they encountered some troubles along the way, the final result was still good.

Just as Qian Wei led another armored regiment to approach a supply warehouse of the working group.

He was surprised to find that the place was surrounded by countless refugees and the crowd was full of noise and tension.

What is even more shocking is that outside the camp, there are hundreds of men in ragged clothes but with extremely fierce faces. They are obviously thugs disguised as refugees. They are cursing at the camp.

"You bunch of rich old men from Jin Province! Why do you hide food every day? Can't you see that we are so hungry that we can hardly stand up straight?" one of the men shouted.

"Yes! Yes! You have so much food in your warehouse. What's wrong with giving us some?" another man echoed.

Qian Wei frowned, feeling a little dissatisfied. He decided to go and see the situation himself, so he brought a guard squad to the scene.

The scene before him shocked him: the hundreds of people in the front who were making a fuss had ferocious looks on their faces and kept shouting and cursing.

Some others just stood there and watched silently. They really looked like real refugees, with haggard faces and emaciated bodies. Many of them could only use a circle of hemp as clothing.

At the same time, some soldiers from the First War Zone who came to maintain order were confronting the armed police guarding the material warehouse with their guns raised.

The person in charge of this logistics point is a man in his thirties. He wears glasses and looks like a scholar, more like a researcher than an official!

Because he was obviously unable to cope with those thugs, Qian Wei had seen this man in Guancen Mountain.

He is a young professor at Yenching University, a talented researcher in sociology and agriculture.

This time the headquarters also wanted to train these people, so they asked these academicians who have been engaged in research and scientific research to come out and practice.

It seems that we still lack some experience in struggle, of course this has a lot to do with the leader of this working group.

This team leader was originally an official from Shanxi Province. After the Guancenshan base was established, he had been working there. He was the kind of person who didn't want to offend anyone and had good relationships in all aspects.

But after arriving here, he still didn't want to offend anyone, so the working group had a hard time here.

This time, the 78th Army Group decided to let the military personnel step in and give these arrogant people a good beating.

"Go and order the armored regiment to surround this place! I want to see who else dares to jump out!"