There are Eighth Route Army guerrillas in every village outside Laiyuan City. As long as the Japanese leave the city, the Japanese dispatched troops, equipment, and marching routes... all kinds of information will be sent to the Independent Regiment headquarters as soon as possible.

"Captain, there is a situation!" Deng Hongtao, director of the Political Department of the Independent Regiment's intelligence, hurried into the war room and reported.

Wang Ping took the telegram and started browsing.

Soon, Wang Ping's face became solemn.

"Political commissar, chief of staff, the Japanese suddenly drove two thousand Japanese and three thousand imperial assistants from Laiyuan City, with a total of more than 5,000 people, carrying more than a dozen mountain cannons and infantry cannons. I still don't know the reason and purpose of sending troops!"

Political Commissar Cheng Xiao frowned: "More than 5,000 Japanese and puppet troops are far away from us in terms of strength and strength. However, it is definitely impossible to encircle and suppress us with this little force. Moreover, this time, the Japanese army encircled us heavily and suppressed us is a huge battle. No matter how brave the Ono in Laiyuan City is, he dare not destroy the plan and send troops in advance!"

Just as the three of them frowned and compared the map to analyze the purpose of more than 5,000 Japanese and puppet troops.

A burst of rapid footsteps came in, and then the intelligence officer rushed in.

"The regiment commander, political commissar, chief of staff, the latest information, we have found the purpose of more than 5,000 Japanese and puppet troops!"

While speaking, the intelligence staff had already walked to the battle map and pointed to the place name Qingshan Valley and said: "More than 5,000 Japanese and puppet troops stopped after they arrived at Qingshan Valley along the road, and they began to camp directly."

"In addition, as soon as these Japanese and puppet troops arrived at Qingshan Valley, they sent a lot of people to sweep the surrounding villages. They not only robbed food, but also robbed people."

"Because the Japanese came too suddenly, the guerrillas in each village responded hastily. Although they fought to the death, they still did not stop the Japanese. In the end, they captured nearly two thousand young men from the dozen villages around them and forced them to build a gun tower base!"

"Qingshan Valley!" Wang Ping said to himself.

Not long after, a sudden enlightenment appeared on his face, and then he frowned and said, "I understand, the Japanese want to build a transit station and outpost positions in Qingshan Valley!"

Cheng Xiao also had a sudden enlightenment on his face!

"Ono is worthy of being the commander of the Japanese Brigade. He broke our way of continuing to attack their transport troops with one move!"

"Qingshan Valley has established a material transfer station. The road that their transport troops should have completed in one day can now be divided into two days. In this way, they can spend more time on the road searching and alerting to prevent us from sneak attacks!"

"Our old opponent Ono is indeed a very difficult opponent!" Although he is an opponent and an enemy, Wang Ping still sighed without hesitation.

"Where is the outpost?" Chief of Staff Zeng Quan asked.

Wang Ping drew a big circle on the map with Qingshan Valley as the center, and then analyzed: "More than 5,000 Japanese and puppet troops, if used well, can control all villages within a radius of ten kilometers centered with Qingshan Valley. It is definitely very easy for the Japanese and puppet troops in Laiyuan City to control all villages within a radius of ten kilometers around the county town. If this is the case, think about it and what consequences will be for us."

Political Commissar Cheng Xiao was the first to react: "Our troops outside the mountain were invisibly divided by the Japanese. Especially the Third Battalion, they were directly separated by the Japanese, and the contact with the main force was interrupted!"

Chief of Staff Zeng Quan added: "Our range of activities outside the mountain will also be greatly compressed!"

"After two areas with a radius of ten kilometers were occupied by the Japanese army, our range of activities outside the mountain was directly compressed to less than one-third of the original. At that time, as long as the Japanese start attacking, the troops scattered in various places could quickly eliminate our troops scattered outside the city."

Political Commissar Cheng Xiao said very affirmatively: "Captain, the Japanese outpost position is too tricky. They must not be allowed to gain a foothold in Qingshan Valley and control the surrounding villages!"

Wang Ping answered helplessly: "We can't stop them, and we can't stop them!"

"Yes!" Cheng Xiao also showed a helpless expression on his face.

"The reason why we were able to block the attack of five or six thousand Japanese and puppet troops was because we had the advantage of the terrain and had the killer weapon of machine gun darkness."

"Now that the Japanese army occupy Qingshan Valley to defend, we have no advantage, and we have to take the initiative to attack, so there is no advantage. It is almost impossible to stop them from gaining a foothold in Qingshan Valley."

The Chief of Staff Zeng Quan shouted with a look of reluctance: "Then let's watch the Japanese army compress our range of activities step by step!"

"Of course not!" Wang Ping answered very affirmatively.

"What should I do? Commander, do you have a way?" Zeng Quan asked with expectation on his face.

Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "I just said that it is impossible to stop the Japanese army from gaining a foothold in Qingshan Valley!"

"but!"

"We can do the opposite. If the Japanese want to occupy Qingshan Valley, use Qingshan Valley as a material transfer station and attack our outpost positions, then we will give Qingshan Valley to them. If the Japanese want to encircle and suppress us, they need to meet several conditions."

"In terms of material resources, it is no longer a problem after the Japanese army occupied Qingshan Valley."

"In terms of terrain, once the Japanese army compressed our range of activities, if they wanted to encircle and attack us, all the terrain advantages would be with them."

"The only thing we can still move now is the force of troops, and we will tamper with the Japanese army's encirclement and suppression of troops!"

Zeng Quan was stunned at first, then quickly reacted, and asked with disbelief, "How is it possible to move the Japanese troops?"

"The regiment commander, there are more than 5,000 Japanese and puppet troops. Even if we send the entire regiment out, we may not be able to move them. The regiment commander, you must be cautious and not be impulsive!"

"I won't be impulsive!" Wang Ping answered confidently.

"My idea is very simple, that is, the Japanese army fights the Japanese army, and we fight ours. The purpose of the Japanese army is to occupy the territory and compress our control area outside the mountains."

"Then we don't care about them and take them over!"

"Our purpose is to kill the Japanese at the lowest cost regardless of the gains and losses of a city and a place, and kill as many people as possible."

"We still have to rely on the troops to attack the Japanese in the end. Now we will kill one more Japanese, and the pressure we have to face in the anti-encirclement and suppression operation will be much less!"

"Captain, I heard it right? Are you really planning to move more than 5,000 Japanese and puppet troops out of the city? Those are more than 5,000 people. Maybe the Japanese didn't kill a few people, so we were trapped in ourselves, and the soldiers were damaged and the generals were lost!" Zeng Quan still looked disbelief and reminded with a worried look on his face.

Wang Ping replied confidently: "Don't worry, I, Wang Ping, will definitely not send troops if I am not sure about fighting. The order will be concentrated in the regiment's main force, county brigade, district squadron, and district squadron, all gather in the Qingshan Valley area. The guerrillas in each village began to be alerted, and there was an enemy situation immediately to inform the main force. You can fight guerrillas with the Japanese, but you must not fight hard. If the tough battle is done, the main force will fight!"
Chapter completed!