Now that they have determined that there are still two Japanese scouts in their defense area, they should launch a vigorous search to prevent these two Japanese scouts from causing them greater losses.

"How long has it been since Japanese scouts entered our defense zone?" Zhao Zhiguo asked.

"About ten days!" Matthew said.

"In ten days, I'm afraid the food they brought with them has been exhausted, right?"

Even though the Japanese army was fully prepared, the Japanese scouts passed through their defense line and entered the defense area of ​​the First Army Division.

Little devils are not born in the year of donkey. Each one of them can carry ten days and half a month's worth of supplies.

Moreover, the joint military-civilian defense system of the First Military Division prevented Japanese scouts from showing up easily during the day.

"If calculated based on the food carried by individual soldiers, the remaining two little Japs should be hungry." Yao Pengju said.

Without food, the Japanese scouts would definitely take risks to obtain supplies.

"Pass the order and notify every village and town. It must reach every household. If chickens, ducks and geese are lost at home or people come to beg, report it to the militia."

Zhao Zhiguo did not believe that the little devil could continue to conduct reconnaissance without eating or drinking.

As long as they keep an eye on the food, they will just wait and see, and the little devil will show up sooner or later.

"Don't our troops need to do anything?" Matthew asked.

"Of course it is necessary. Inform the remaining troops of the guard battalion in Pingcheng. Starting today, they will visit every village. There should be a lot of noise when visiting, so as to make the remaining two Japanese scouts become frightened birds."

As long as the two Japanese scouts realize that they have been exposed, they will definitely try their best to hide themselves.

When they focus entirely on hiding, they have no intention of conducting reconnaissance or sabotage.

The embarrassing situation without food forced the Japanese scouts to take desperate measures.

When Gangcun used Japanese scouts to attract Zhao Zhiguo's attention, the Japanese troops bribed by the Japanese army from the Jinsui Army also began to enter Zhao Zhiguo's defense area.

A large number of the personnel of the Jinsui Army were originally from the First Military Division Defense Area, and they were locals.

Although there is joint military and civilian defense in the Zhaozhi National Defense Zone, it is suitable for villages and towns with small population mobility.

In a city like Bingzhou City, people come and go doing business every day.

Even though the First Military Division was at its most tense with Mr. Yan, the trade routes between Mr. Yan's defense zone and the First Military Division were not cut off.

As the relationship between the two parties eased again, more and more people visited relatives and friends and did business.

Many of these people were bribed by the Japanese army. They were unable to inquire about Zhao Zhiguo's intelligence, but they began a series of intelligence activities targeting Bingzhou City.

Of course, Mr. Yan didn’t know any of this!

It's not that Mr. Yan doesn't want to deal with Zhao Zhiguo, but that the Japanese army has determined that Mr. Yan is not someone to cooperate with.

During the last Japanese attack, Mr. Yan privately agreed to cooperate with the Japs. As a result, Mr. Yan took the Japs' money and did not do anything about the Japs.

As a result, Gangcun decided to bypass Mr. Yan directly and cooperate privately with some personnel from the Jinsui Army.

As long as you provide a piece of valuable information, you can receive a reward from the Japanese army ranging from a few hundred to a thousand oceans, depending on the importance of the information.

However, the activities of these personnel bribed by the Japanese army were limited to urban areas.

There are few mobile people in rural areas. As long as a stranger appears, within a few hours, the nearby First Military Division garrison will receive the intelligence and then arrange personnel to investigate the stranger's identity.

What is the stranger's name, where does he come from, and what is the purpose of coming here?

As long as there is a hesitant answer, the army will immediately detain him and conduct an interrogation.

Even if there are no problems, someone still needs to vouch for it before you can leave.

In cities and surrounding areas, there is a lot of population movement and there are many strangers, so it is naturally impossible to question everyone one by one.

But Zhao Zhiguo never deploys important facilities in cities and surrounding areas.

Although people bribed by the Japanese army entered Bingzhou City, the information obtained was limited.

Once it is linked to money, some people will take desperate risks. After all, people and money will die and birds will die for food.

Some people want to get higher rewards from the Japanese army, so they will find ways to get closer to the military secret areas of the First Military Division.

But the more you do it, the easier it is to be exposed!

Mr. Yan didn't know that his subordinates were starting to make extra money.

At this time, he was receiving seven "gourd babies" - seven reporters from the Central Army.

Seven reporters from the Central Army violated Zhao Zhiguo's bottom line in the defense area of ​​the First Military Division and were directly imprisoned by Zhao Zhiguo.

While the reporter was being detained, Tao Xueyi and two Central Military Academy officers returned early because they had received intelligence from Zhao Zhiguo about the Japanese troops gathering to the south.

The detained reporters were also directly expelled from the defense area of ​​the First Military Division by Zhao Zhiguo and others.

Zhao Zhiguo did not embarrass these reporters on the road. After arriving in Pingcheng, he arranged for a car to take them to Bingzhou City overnight, and then dropped them directly at the junction with General Yan's defense area.

But the reporters had suffered such great grievances, and they didn't want to just let it go.

Although they couldn't defeat Zhao Zhiguo, the hardest thing in their hands was the pen.

Mr. Yan was also thinking about how to suppress Zhao Zhiguo, and the seven "Calabash Boys" came up with a way for him.

Posing!

What reporters are best at is their pens, and what reporters who have been hired for are best at fabricating and smearing people.

If you give them money, they will write anything.

Moreover, Zhao Zhiguo offended them, the First Military Division offended them, and now even if no one gives them money, they will do whatever they can to discredit Zhao Zhiguo and regain their own position.

"We also want to show Zhao Zhiguo that the pen is more powerful than the gun," the reporter shouted.

But writing articles alone is not convincing.

If you can add pictures and vivid words, the persuasiveness will rise several levels.

Where did the photo come from?

After reporters entered the Zhao Zhi Defense Area, there were clear restrictions on taking photos.

The only photo they brought out from the Zhaozhi Defense Area was a photo of a Central Military Academy officer apologizing to Matthew Wen.

Mr. Yan suddenly gave the reporters an idea.

Anyway, many people have never entered Zhao Zhiguo's defense area, and they don't know what Zhao Zhiguo's defense area looks like. As long as a picture is provided, how to match the text, isn't it the reporter who has the final say?

The reporter heard Mr. Yan’s thoughts and hit it off with Mr. Yan.

So, Mr. Yan ordered the production of Eighth Route Army uniforms, and then found beggars who had starved to death for reporters to pose for photos.

Later, the soldiers of the Jinsui Army put on the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army, disguised themselves as Zhao Zhiguo's troops, and drove away and violently drove away homeless people. Photos were taken.

They will film whatever it takes to discredit Zhao Zhiguo.

While Zhao Zhiguo was dealing with the Japanese scouts, newspapers were printed one after another in the Shanxi-Sui Army defense area.
Chapter completed!