The commander of the fourth regiment immediately expressed a different opinion: "Deputy Chief of Staff..."
"Will the little devils who went south keep fighting with us in Xiong County?"
"If they take the initiative to retreat after being frustrated in their attack on Xiong County, then we won't be able to consume a large number of their troops through offensive and defensive battles!"
Huang Yu answered confidently: "As long as these Japanese and puppet troops arrive outside Xiongxian City, they will be out of control..."
"Pass my order..."
"The Sixth Regiment and the Secret Service Regiment immediately evacuated Xiongxian County...Bring extra stretchers when setting off, and let some soldiers lie on stretchers to evacuate the battlefield..."
"There must be a lot of Japanese and puppet intelligence personnel hidden near us. Let's first create an illusion for the enemy that more than half of the siege troops suffered casualties, and then leave the two crippled main regiments to defend Xiong County to prevent the Japanese and puppet troops from attacking us again.
Opportunities to drive nails into the ground.”
"If you were the commander of the little devils going south, what would you do if you learned that more than half of the Eighth Route Army's siege troops suffered casualties, ammunition was nearly exhausted, and most of the fortifications in Xiong County were destroyed."
The fourth regiment commander replied bluntly: "Of course I took advantage of the situation."
"Assemble heavy troops to attack Xiongxian immediately and destroy our troops left behind in Xiongxian."
"Otherwise, when we re-reinforce Xiongxian's city defenses and the troops regain their combat effectiveness after replenishing recruits and ammunition, they will have no chance to capture Xiongxian."
"That's fine..." Huang Yu blurted out.
"To capture the little devil, we have the determination to capture Xiong County and completely wipe out the remaining troops in Xiong County."
"If we give them some hope of taking over Xiong County during the battle, then these Japanese and puppet troops will launch attacks on Xiong County like crazy, and continue to attack Xiong County..."
"I also have the opportunity to use the remaining fortifications in Xiong County to consume a large number of their troops."
"When the Japanese realized something was wrong and wanted to run away, the commander had already led the remaining troops in the base area and four special agent regiments to form a huge encirclement around the battlefield."
"At that time, the little devils couldn't escape even if they wanted to. They could only be wiped out by us little by little outside Xiong County..."
"It's really impossible to annihilate them all. It's definitely okay to inflict heavy damage."
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Divisional Headquarters of the 6th Yizhong Army.
Looking at the battle reports sent by several independent regiments, Kong Jie had a rare smile on his face.
The combat staff immediately marked the contents of the battle report on the map, and then all the blue flags representing the Japanese attacking troops were crossed out on the map.
"Commander... after five full days of bloody fighting, all the action teams sent by the Japanese army to our base area have been wiped out, and no one has escaped..." the combat staff reported with excitement as he looked at the latest enemy and friendly situations on the map.
Kong Jie's face became serious soon after he was happy, and he frowned and replied: "Although the battle was won and all the little Japs who entered our base area were wiped out, the devastating blow the Japanese army brought to the base area is irreparable.
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"Especially those people who died tragically at the hands of the Japs. No matter how many Japs we eliminate or how we avenge them, the villagers who died tragically will never survive."
"This incident also teaches us a profound lesson."
"Although the strength of the base area has become stronger, even a full infantry regiment of Japs does not dare to penetrate deeply into our base area easily. Therefore, our attention is basically focused on the main force of Japs and ignores the small squadron-sized Japanese puppet troops."
"If they are like this operation in the future and send several squadrons from time to time to wreak havoc in our base area and massacre the people, people in the base area will definitely become panic-stricken, and military morale and morale will be affected."
"In order to avoid such an accident, the tunnels in the base area that have been stopped for a long time will continue to be dug..."
"Facts have proven that tunnels play a huge role in dealing with small-scale sneak attacks by Japanese and puppet troops and protecting ordinary people."
"Although it is almost useless in front of the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops, there is a lot of movement when the Japanese and puppet troops gather heavy troops to attack us. The troops can basically take precautions in advance and relocate the people."
"So the main purpose of continuing to dig tunnels in the base area is to deal with small groups of Japanese and puppet troops who attack by surprise."
"Especially near the base area, because they have just been included in the base area, many people still don't know what tunnels are, and they are the most vulnerable group of people to be attacked by the Japanese and puppet troops. The local government and local troops must immediately mobilize them to dig tunnels.
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"If during this military operation, the Japanese troops dug tunnels into the villages where we were first attacked, there would be no massacre of the villages. At most, some houses would be burned down by the little devils."
"And the little devils would not have been rampant in our base area for so long. They had long since fallen into the ubiquitous tunnel warfare in the base area and were wiped out by us in the quagmire of the People's War."
The combat staff quickly recorded the orders given by Kong Jie. Just as he was about to take the order, he saw the radio operator trotting towards Kong Jie in a hurry.
"Report to Commander, Deputy Chief of Staff urgently calls..."
Kong Jie's frown, which he had just frowned, became even deeper now. He thought something had happened on the front line, so he quickly received the telegram.
Then his frown slowly relaxed, and a smile appeared on his serious face.
After reading the telegram, he ordered to the combat staff: "In addition to the order just now, send another telegram to the Second Independent Regiment and the Third Independent Regiment closest to Xiong County."
"Let them assemble immediately, bring all their weapons and ammunition, and secretly move to Chaoxiong County... It is best to travel by day and night..."
"The third battalion of the guard regiment will stay at the headquarters together with the chief of staff, and the remaining two main battalions will follow me to Xiong County!"
The chief of staff was taken aback and quickly asked: "Commander? Something happened to the deputy chief of staff from time to time, and the attack on Xiong County was frustrated? Or was it the southbound reinforcements sent by Okamura Neji that arrived on the battlefield in advance?"
Kong Jie shook his head: "It's a good thing..."
"Xiao Huang has taken Xiong County and wiped out all the troops stationed in Xiong County."
"He decided to play a big game of chess with Okamura Neji in Xiong County, trying to capture the southward reinforcements he sent. He asked me to lead two independent regiments and a guard regiment to reinforce the battlefield."
After speaking, he handed the telegram he had read to the chief of staff.
The chief of staff opened his eyes wide after reading the telegram, stared at Kong Jie with worry on his face and reminded: "Commander..."
“Isn’t it too risky for Deputy Chief of Staff Huang to do this?”
"The reinforcements sent south by the Japs are estimated to be 12,000 to 3,000 strong."
"Even if you bring two independent regiments and the guard regiment, our total strength is estimated to be only over 10,000."
"And the initiative in this battle is in the hands of the little devil. He can attack Xiongxian and take the initiative to get into our pockets, or he can not attack Xiongxian and fight us decisively on other battlefields, or even directly attack our base area, and then come back
A direct attack on Huanglong..."
Kong Jie was very confident in Huang Yu and replied with a smile: "You don't understand Xiao Huang very well..."
"If I wasn't absolutely sure, I would definitely not be dragged to the battlefield..."
