The Chief of Staff understood God and continued to introduce: "Don't worry, division commander!"

"In addition to the four main groups and five independent battalions that had lurked near Shimen before, the two main groups and three independent battalions that were active near Jingxing also moved to the near Shimen!"

"Although these more than 3,000 troops had just completed an ambush near Jingxing and suffered more than 1,000 casualties, their equipment was very good."

"After eliminating more than 2,000 Japanese and puppet troops in one battle, they seized 21 mortars, infantry artillery and mountain artillery, and seized more than 110 light and heavy machine guns and more than 2,000 rifles."

"At present, each infantry squad is equipped with a light machine gun, the company is equipped with a heavy machine gun squad, the battalion is equipped with a fire platoon, and the regiment has established an artillery company, and the firepower level has increased by at least twice as much as before."

"After temporarily replenishing some local guerrillas, the overall combat effectiveness of the two main groups has increased by at least 80% compared to before!"

"Now the two main groups and three independent battalions operate together. As long as the Japanese have no planes to support them, they will not have any against the two thousand Japanese and puppet troops."

"Although the four main regiments lurking near the Shimen have not yet fought an annihilation battle, we sent them a large amount of equipment and ammunition from Jingxing. Each regiment has established its own artillery company and the battalion has established a fire platoon, and the overall combat effectiveness has increased by at least 40%.

"Including several independent battalions, they will have no problem in their battle against the three or four thousand Japanese and puppet troops!"

"The National Salvation Army has divided two thousand infantry from the siege troops, half an artillery battalion, and half an armored battalion to fight aid, and it is even more okay to fight against the same number of Japanese and puppet troops!"

"All three troops can all be combined to fight at least 8,000 Japanese and puppet troops at the same time!"

The division commander continued to ask: "After dawn, the Japanese army will definitely continue to mobilize troops from other places to reinforce Shimen. I estimate that their total strength to reinforce Shimen will likely exceed 10,000 people, and what should I do if there are two thousand Japanese and puppet troops left!"

"If they succeed in killing outside the Shimen City, there will definitely be changes in our battle to conquer the Shimen!"

"In this battle, we will not only severely damage the Japanese and puppet troops and weaken the strength of the Japanese and puppet troops in Hebei, but also take down all the supplies, weapons and ammunition reserved by the Japanese army in Shimen City."

"If the troops participating in the war are not replenished after the battle is over because of insufficient seizures, it will be a big loss!"

The Chief of Staff continued: "We have considered this issue!"

"The National Salvation Army is equipped with a large number of artillery and combat vehicles. In order to prevent light infantry from being raided by combat vehicles, the Japanese and puppet troops did not even get their mobile phones after they were raided by combat vehicles. They all carried a large number of heavy weapons and could only take a few fixed roads to reinforce the stone gate!"

"I have ordered the participating troops to completely destroy these highways to ensure that the Japanese and puppet army reinforcements cannot reach Shimen before dark, and at the same time, they have to send a large number of troops to harass them along the way in companies and platoons!"

"It will be no problem for a sneak attack during the day, and a main force will kill one or two hundred Japanese and puppet troops."

"In addition to the results of the independent battalions, two thousand Japanese and puppet troops could be killed and injured before dark."

The teacher was very satisfied with the order: "Since all kinds of issues have been taken into consideration, then we will act as planned."

Zhou Cheng led the cavalry battalion to run wildly and finally returned to the Pingding Command before dawn.

Before I could take a breath, I received an emergency telegram from Huang Hu.

"Captain, Huang Hu is more and more aware of fighting. Last night, he only used more than 100 shells and an infantry company to make the Japanese explode the battalion, killing each other for 100 minutes in Jinzhong City!"

"This is a specific battle report!" Deputy Commander Tang Yufeng said as he handed the telegram to Zhou Cheng.

After Zhou Cheng finished reading it, he showed an expression of admiration on his face: "This battle is indeed a good fight!"

"Immediately send a telegram to Huang Hu and let him continue to work hard. The next battle must be at the minimum cost to delay the marching speed of the Japanese and puppet troops. It is best to make the Japanese and puppet troops really feel that our national rescue military defense zone has no main force, so force them to divide the troops!"

"In this way we have the chance to defeat them one by one!"

At 10 o'clock in the morning, Zhou Cheng had just sniffed for two hours, and Huang Hu's second telegram arrived!

Tang Yufeng ran over to report with excitement, and he knew it was good news at a glance: "Regiment Commander, Captain Huang reported: The Japanese army divided into two groups, attacking us from Yangquan and Shouyang. Each Japanese and puppet army had two half-infantry brigades, two mountain artillery squadrons, one field artillery brigade, one large-caliber mortar squadron, two cavalry squadrons, half chariot squadrons, two baggage squadrons, two imperial assistants with a total force of more than four thousand!"

The sleepiness on Zhou Cheng's face disappeared instantly.

Looking at Tang Yufeng, he said happily: "I thought the Japanese and puppet troops would divide their troops after they entered our defense zone. I didn't expect that they would divide their troops after leaving Jinzhong. It must be that the Chief of Staff attacked Shimen last night to make the Japanese army more sure that our defense zone is empty. I want to divide the troops and take down the defense zone as soon as possible, and not give the main force a chance to return to the defense zone!"

"In this way, our combat plans to defeat the Japanese can be carried out in advance!"

After saying that, he walked to the huge sand table in the war room.

Tang Yufeng consciously performed his duties as the Chief of Staff and immediately organized two staff officers to mark the offensive route of the Japanese and puppet troops.

Zhou Cheng gave an order while looking: "Since the Japanese army firmly believes that our defense zone is empty and we want to take down the defense zone as soon as possible, then we have the opportunity to force them to continue to divide the troops!"

"Old Tang, you immediately organize the logistics department and field hospital to perform a play for the Japanese, and treat this action as a military drill!"

Tang Yufeng asked with a thoughtful look on his face: "Did you organize everyone to move into the mountain to confuse the Japanese and puppet troops?"

"Not bad!" Zhou Cheng nodded.

"The command center organizes the logistics agencies and field hospitals to transfer to the mountains, and can further tell the Japanese that our main force is sure not to be in the defense zone, so we have to organize the logistics agencies and field hospitals to transfer to the mountains to avoid their attacks."

"In this way, the Japanese and puppet troops will become more unscrupulous when attacking us. In order to catch up with our command organs, they can only continue to speed up the marching speed!"

"The Japanese in both ways carry a large amount of heavy equipment and must walk on the highway to march quickly. The road was destroyed by the yellow tiger, so they could only throw away the artillery and baggage and move forward lightly."

"The Japanese and puppet troops with two groups will become divided into four groups. These Japanese and puppet troops are either light infantry or artillery and baggage units without infantry protection, and their combat effectiveness is very weak."

"With the strength of the left-behind troops in the area, it is easy to eat any Japanese and puppet troops along the way."

"Send a telegram to Xiyang garrison, Yangquan garrison, and Shouyang garrison: Immediately draw the main battalion with the strongest combat effectiveness and artillery company to move closer to the regiment headquarters."
Chapter completed!