Before Huang Yuanqiang could react, Wang Ping spoke again.

"The Fourth Battalion, return to its base immediately, and then draw troops to take over all the defense areas of the Second Battalion. Political Commissar, please arrange it, and add enough equipment and ammunition to the newly formed Fourth Battalion, so that they can quickly return to the base and cooperate with the Fourth Battalion to take over all the defense areas of the Second Battalion!"

"The new Second Battalion brought all the equipment and ammunition to set off immediately. After merging with Xiao Yunshan, he bypassed Linfen City and took me Puxian, Daning County and other places!"

"Also, whether it is the Second Battalion or the Third Battalion, they cannot take down the county town when they take down these goals. All county towns must be controlled by the Japanese."

"I definitely can't take down the county town!" Huang Yuanqiang finally reacted and said in a hurry.

"If the county town is taken down, Linfen City will become an isolated city. Not only that, the 30,000 Japanese troops left by the Japanese army in southwest Shanxi will be completely isolated by our new regiment. If I were the Japanese commander, I would definitely not have any unit cut off its back and turned into an isolated army. That would be too dangerous!"

Wang Ping affirmed: "Yes, this is why we cannot take down these county towns. Let the Japanese army continue to occupy the county towns, so that at least these places are still under their control on the surface and will not cause a strong backlash from the Japanese."

"What we need to do is to occupy the countryside, completely control the countryside, form grassroots anti-Japanese regimes, discover troops and anti-Japanese armed forces, use the method of surrounding cities in the countryside to compress the living space of the Japanese little by little, and let the Japanese govern the countryside in name only. As long as the time is right, send troops to capture these county towns."

"In addition, I am also worried about one problem. There is now a division of Japanese soldiers in southwestern Shanxi between us and the Jinsui Army in the Second World War Zone. If we develop too fast and force Japanese soldiers in southwestern Shanxi to withdraw, we will have to face the Jinsui Army directly."

"At that time, the Jinsui Army will definitely not allow us to occupy such a large territory, and will definitely find a way to force us away... Although we are the Eighth Route Army, we are also affiliated with the Second World War Zone. They must not ignore their orders, and there will be a lot of friction. This is not only not what we don't want to see, but also the military region, and even the Eighth Route Army headquarters do not want to see it!"

Huang Yuanqiang frowned and asked, "Since that's the case, why do we still have to take down several counties in the southwest of Linfen? As long as we can't get through it, there will be no problem?"

"Because we will take down these county towns sooner or later!" Wang Ping replied astonishingly.

"In my opinion, these county towns are like bridgeheads separated by us and the Second World War Zone. If these bridgeheads are controlled, even if the Japanese really retreat in the future or are defeated by us, we can use these bridgeheads to negotiate with them to ensure that the existing old base is still controlled in our hands!"

"Also, the new 1st regiment has a full capacity of eight or nine thousand people, but we have controlled Linfen and the surrounding four counties. On average, each county has to feed nearly two thousand people, and it also provides us with a steady supply of troops. The people are under too much pressure. If these four counties can be taken down, in addition to controlling these four counties, our power and influence can also extend to six or seven surrounding counties. In this way, even if our new 1st regiment expands four or five thousand people, it will not put pressure on the people in the base area, and can even reduce the pressure!"

Huang Yuanqiang nodded in recognition of Wang Ping's proposal, but his brows quickly frowned.

He pointed to the map and continued to ask: "The Third Battalion has been transferred away. Who will be responsible for the safety of Xiangfen and Linfen... Especially in Linfen, a large number of elite Japanese soldiers are stationed in the city. They may come out to sweep our base at any time. There must be a heavy army staring at Linfen City. As long as the Japanese come out, they will be defeated. At least they must be able to hold them back and use guerrilla warfare, mobile warfare, field warfare, and slowly consume them!"

"Leave Xiangfen to Xiong Changhe!" Wang Ping decided.

"As for Linfen, I will hand it over to the assault battalion... The assault battalion has been following the regiment headquarters for so long, and their battalion commander Jin Kai also has this ability!"

"Change the assault battalion into the Fifth Battalion of the New First Regiment, and appoint Jin Kai as the deputy chief of staff of the New First Regiment and deputy chief of staff of the Military Sub-district. At the same time, based on the assault battalion, a new fifth battalion commander was formed, the garrison of the Fifth Battalion was governed by Jin Kai!"

"As for the regiment headquarters' mobile troops, the guard battalion and armored assault battalion are fully equipped, there will be at least 1,500 troops!"

Huang Yuanqiang's face slowly became hot. He was shocked by Wang Ping's huge plan and was moved. When he was lit, he replied: "Captain, I'll give orders now!"

"Now the troops are all disrupted. It takes a long time to just gather troops and replenish equipment and ammunition. The earlier the order is issued, the earlier the troops can set off, and strive to achieve our strategic goals before the Japanese report it, turning the idea of ​​occupying four counties into facts. Even if the Japanese finally react, they have no choice but to grit their teeth and swallow the bitter fruit!"

"Wait a minute, I have one last order!"

"Since the defense area of ​​the assault battalion is Linfen, and it is responsible for supervising the Japanese in Linfen City, the more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers around the commander of the Japanese Division will be handed over to him to clean up!"

"Also, the remaining two Japanese devils in the base area will definitely find a way to join forces to withdraw from our base area, and they will definitely not be able to stop them. When the Japanese unite their troops, the troops of the four battalions will be unified under the command of the Chief of Staff, and they will fight until the Japanese retreat into Linfen City!"

"There is also a battalion of Xiong Changhe. After the last raid, he has not made any movement for two days. Now the Japanese are withdrawing from our base completely, and the Japanese there will definitely retreat, so that he can seize the opportunity and fight another battle."

"Now the whole regiment has the most troops, the best equipment, and it is also active in its own defense zone. Such a good advantage must be used!"

Lieutenant General Ito commanded his troops to eat simple dry food and recover some physical strength and set off.

Especially after seeing the aviation force arrive, he is more confident, and a very relaxed smile appears on his solemn face.

But the good times didn't last long. The vast team stopped in less than an hour after leaving under the cover of the plane overhead.

"Sir, the road ahead has been destroyed... Although the damage is not very serious, the armored vehicle will definitely not be able to leave!" Lieutenant General Ito's face just as he came out of the armored vehicle, a lieutenant communication officer rushed over to report.

"It must be the Eighth Route Army guerrillas! Destroy the highway and slow down our retreat speed, and buy time for the Eighth Route Army pursuing us!"

The chief of staff's brow frowned directly into a big Sichuan character.

He hesitated for a moment and replied: "Second Commander~ Otherwise, we will give up these armored vehicles and retreat to Linfen City on foot!"

"No!" Lieutenant General Ito refused without hesitation.

"We have suffered great losses in this battle. Not only did we lose troops and generals, but we also lost more than 60% of the heavy equipment... If we give up these armored vehicles, even if we successfully withdraw our troops back to Linfen, we will not be able to give the front army an explanation!"

After saying that, Lieutenant General Ito ordered with a calm face: "Bailway corps and artillery units, go to the front to build roads immediately... Infantry and armored soldiers cooperate with each other and are responsible for the alert. We retreat while repairing the road!"

"Contact the aviation troops above our heads and closely monitor all the roads behind us. Once the Eighth Route Army comes, launch an attack directly and report to me!"

"Order the 136th Regiment to move closer to me quickly, the faster the better~"

"As long as we join forces, there will be another powerful military force in the Eighth Route Army base that the Eighth Route Army cannot shake. We will be safe at that time!"

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