"Fake a fight?" Chen Zhengyu puzzled for a moment, but he still couldn't understand the meaning of the team leader.

Zhou Cheng did not explain and directly issued an order: "Four main battalions, two independent battalions, two guerrilla squadrons, and spy companies, all attacked, and acted as if we were going to attack the surrounding Japanese garrisons!"

"The momentum of each battalion and company must be fully set for me. The artillery battalion cooperates with infantry operations in the company, making the garrison feel that we want to attack them, expand the defense zone, force them to concentrate their forces to defend us, and create opportunities for the Eighth Route Army to attack their occupied zone."

Chen Zhengyu finally understood and quickly took the order: "Don't worry, the regiment commander, I promise to come up with the counterattack plan before dawn."

In the Japanese Army headquarters in Taiyuan, the commander of the army was about to have breakfast when he saw the Chief of Staff walking in in a hurry.

"Captain: Something happened to Major General Honda who is stationed in Yangquan!"

The commander did not realize the seriousness of the matter and asked while eating: "Aren't Honda organized troops to sweep the national-savior army to occupy hope?"

"In order to defeat the National Rescue Army, we mobilized two field infantry corpses from the front line to him, plus the Honda corps, several local garrisons and Imperial Army, with a total strength of more than 15,000 people, and the Guanghuang Army had 12,300 people. The Chinese army of the two divisions was no match, let alone a regiment of the National Rescue Army. What could happen?"

The Chief of Staff was choked by the commander and could not even say a rebuttal. He took a deep breath and reported: "Captain, the situation on the battlefield is much worse than we imagined. Not only did the sweeping troops not survive the attack of the National Salvation Army, but the losses were heavy. Honda Jun, who was commanding the sweeping, was also killed by the National Salvation Army on the way to break through and died on the spot..."

"Bang..."

The porcelain bowl in the left hand suddenly fell to the ground, and the chopsticks held in the right hand stopped in mid-air. Time seemed to have frozen, staring at the Chief of Staff in a daze, thinking that he had heard it wrong.

I only reacted after keeping the same movement for a minute and asked anxiously: "You say what happened to Honda Jun if you say it again?"

The Chief of Staff smiled bitterly, and then replied with a stern finger towards the commander's gaze.

"The troops that swept the National Salvation Army were defeated on the battlefield. One of the ten imperial troops involved in the swept were almost wiped out. Our forward base of swept the National Salvation Army was also lost!"

"In order to blow up the food and weapons and ammunition stored in the pacification city of the sweeping troops, they asked the military headquarters to dispatch two aircraft to bomb and pacify. As a result, the two aircraft went but did not return, and were all destroyed by the National Savior Army in the occupied county town. The food and weapons and ammunition were not blown up, and they all fell into the hands of the National Savior Army!"

"Major General Honda led his troops to break back to Yangquan last night, but was ambushed by the National Salvation Army on the road. Honda Jun died on the spot, with more than 2,000 people only 700 or 800 people alive!"

The commander was stunned. The mobilization troops and pacified garrisons had more than 10,000 people, but they were completely wiped out within a few days. Even the front-line battlefield could not be defeated so miserably!

Seeing that the commander did not speak, the Chief of Staff continued to report: "The Yangquan garrison also reported something!"

"Although the National Salvation Army won the pacification and won the anti-sweeping victory, it did not give up. It was gathering troops to launch an attack on the surrounding garrisons, intending to take advantage of the heavy losses of the Imperial Army to enter the occupied area of ​​the Imperial Army and expand their defense areas!"

Hearing this, the shocked expression on the commander's face became stronger.

The anti-sweeping raid failed and the pacification county was occupied by the National Salvation Army. These two results were shocking enough.

Once the news about this battle spreads, the entire North China Front Army will cause a sensation. Maybe the Japanese General Command in China will be alarmed, and the Shanxi garrison will become a shame for all the imperial troops.

If several counties around the National Rescue Military Defense Zone were also captured, the overall strength of the National Rescue Army increased instead of decreasing, and the position of its commander would definitely not be able to be kept.

The order was immediately ordered: "Telect to send telegrams to several garrisons around the National Salvation Army in the name of the military headquarters, so that they can assemble all troops to block the National Salvation Army's offensive, and they must not let the National Salvation Army take the opportunity to expand the occupied area."

The Chief of Staff immediately arranged a staff officer to issue an order and continue to stand by the commander.

He knew that the commander must have many questions that he had to explain himself.

At the base of the Yangquan Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, the regiment commander guarded a mountain pass next to the base, staring at the winding mountain road and looking through it.

"Captain, the Chief of Staff seems to be back!" The political commissar standing next to him suddenly reminded.

The regiment commander quickly raised his telescope: a squad of soldiers suddenly appeared at the end of the mountain road, holding guns, forming a battle formation, and running towards him with great vigilance.

After the vanguard troops walked forward for more than a hundred meters, a team of mules and horses slowly entered the vision of the regiment commander.

Nearly two hundred mules and horses were carrying heavy weapons and ammunition on their backs. Few people were left empty-handed in a battalion that escorted the mules and horse team. Some were carrying seven or eight rifles, some carried light machine guns, some carried ammunition boxes, and two soldiers carried boxes full of shells in groups...

The Chief of Staff walked in front of the Mule and Horse Team, carrying a light machine gun on his shoulder, and ran away, obviously very happy.

Seeing the leader and political commissar guarding the Yamaguchi, he immediately accelerated and ran over: "Captain, political commissar, I'm back!"

"The division commander did not deceive us. The National Salvation Army not only supported us with a large number of ammunition and ammunition, but also gave us two mountain cannons, six mortars, and two thousand supporting shells!"

The commander's eyes instantly began to shine: "Even mountain cannons are available!"

The Chief of Staff nodded immediately: "Two 80% new 75mm caliber mountain cannons, equipped with 400 shells, and six 81mm caliber mortars, equipped with 1,600 shells!"

"There are also six hundred 38 large covers, ten heavy machine guns, twenty light machine guns, 300,000 bullets, and 5,000 grenades and grenades."

"With these equipment, we can not only expand two battalions immediately, but also expand the artillery company into artillery battalions. As for the heavy machine gun company, I mean it is to strengthen all of them to the battalions, and each main battalion is equipped with three to four supporters."

"The National Salvation Army, who handed over weapons and ammunition to us, is led by a deputy battalion commander. I have a rough understanding of the National Salvation Army organization with him!"

"The regiment-level organization was kept confidential, so he didn't tell me, but the organization of troops below the battalion told me."

"The heavy machine guns and mortars equipped by the National Salvation Army are all below to the battalion and company level. Each main battalion is equipped with a mortar company, each main company is equipped with a fire platoon, equipped with four heavy machine guns and four grenade launchers."

"The heavy weapons we equipped are not as good as those of the National Salvation Army, and heavy machine guns cannot be equipped with companies, but they can be equipped with battalions. This not only can strengthen the firepower of the main battalion when fighting alone, but in case of larger battles, as long as the regiment headquarters gives orders, the heavy machine guns scattered to each battalion can be concentrated and used at any time."

The regiment commander made a decision after thinking about it: "The idea is good. We will do the same in the next battle. If the effect is good, the mortars equipped in the regiment can be divided and a firepower company will be collected for each main battalion."

The Chief of Staff's eyes lit up as soon as he heard it.

He has been rushing outside these two days, transporting the weapons and ammunition agreed by the National Rescue Army back to the base area, and did not know that the division headquarters asked them to take the initiative to attack the Japanese and puppet troops.

Looking at the regiment commander, I was looking forward to asking: "Captain, are we going to fight?"

The political commissar immediately interjected: "Not only is there a war, but it is also a big battle!"
Chapter completed!