Chapter 238 Boss: It's useless to guess in advance
Without the air threat, the pressure on the brigade headquarters was suddenly reduced a lot.
After the independent regiment captured the outer city of Taiyuan and seized the Taiyuan Arsenal, although the Japanese sweep was not over, because a large number of troops were transferred back to support Taiyuan, the brigade headquarters faced even less pressure, and many troops even launched local counterattacks.
Drag the Japanese mopping up troops to the base area to prevent them from easily returning to support Taiyuan, and buy time for the independent regiment to transfer military equipment.
Tonight, the independent regiment officially evacuated Taiyuan and began to break out...
The brigade commander didn't know anything about how to break out of the encirclement, where to break out of the encirclement, or how to break through the Japanese blockades one after another.
At this moment, the only thing he could do was wait.
Several times I wanted to send a telegram to Kong Jie to inquire about the situation of the war, but he swallowed the order as soon as it came to his lips.
Compared with himself, Kong Jie is under greater pressure.
Sending him a telegram now is tantamount to adding pressure to him, affecting his judgment and command ability, and the gain outweighs the loss.
At eleven o'clock in the evening, the brigade commander was still not sleepy at all.
Either pacing back and forth in the war room, or looking into the distance at the entrance of the headquarters.
If you observe carefully, you will find that the brigade commander looks in the direction of Taiyuan every time, which shows how anxious he is.
At the headquarters, the boss also did not rest. Although he kept looking at the map, his mind was not on the map.
I don’t know how long it took, but I suddenly looked up and asked, “What time is it now?”
"Ten past eleven!" replied the deputy chief of staff standing by.
"Is there no news about the independent group yet?" the boss asked with a worried look.
The deputy chief of staff shook his head and said: "The Independent Regiment directly contacted Brigadier Chen... If Brigadier Chen has any news, he will definitely inform us immediately!"
"I believe that Kong Jie will be able to turn the crisis around, safely evacuate Taiyuan and return to the base!"
"There are two people beside him, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei: Li Yunlong is bold and has many ideas...Ding Wei is careful and has a unique vision...it will be no problem if they help!"
"Why don't you go get some sleep first? I'll call you as soon as there's news!"
The boss shook his head and replied: "Do you think I can sleep now?"
"It's not like you don't know how valuable the military equipment they seized is!"
"If they are all transported back to the base area, plus the workers and engineers they mobilized back, our Eighth Route Army will soon have a large arsenal of our own!"
"Not only can you produce your own bullets and cannonballs, but you can also build strength and cannons..."
“Just thinking about it makes me so excited that I can’t sleep!”
"By the way, what happened to the Japanese and puppet troops who were dragged into the base area by various troops? Although we cannot contact Kong Jie directly, we can judge Kong Jie's safety through the movements of these Japanese and puppet troops!"
The deputy chief of staff blurted out: "I haven't received any news about any changes from them yet!"
"We are evacuating our base area step by step...but under the encirclement and interception of the troops in the base area, their retreat speed is very slow!"
At this moment, a staff officer hurriedly ran towards them: "Chief, there is a situation on the front line!"
"The Japanese and puppet troops have never dared to march at night in our base area!"
"More than an hour ago, three brigades of Japs suddenly left the camp, abandoned all their luggage, and marched towards Taiyuan!"
"The troops besieging them immediately took action, using guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to harass them and slow down their march... But these devils were like crazy, rushing forward regardless of everything..."
"Something big must have happened in Taiyuan!" the deputy chief of staff made a judgment after hearing this!
"It's still a good thing that's good for us!" the boss added.
"Otherwise Yoshio Shinozuka wouldn't be so anxious to send troops back for reinforcements!"
"Did Kong Jie and the others win another great victory?" the deputy chief of staff guessed.
"Yoshio Shinozuka deployed six infantry brigades and an artillery brigade from the front to intercept them... Under normal circumstances, the more than 6,000 Japanese troops would be at least 80% sure of killing Kong Jie!"
"Suddenly troops were transferred back from the front line to support them. There must be something wrong with the six infantry brigades that Yoshio Shinozuka transferred back before!"
The boss was thinking about the problem while ordering: "No matter what great victory Kong Jie and the others win, holding back the three brigades that want to come back for reinforcements will definitely provide them with a lot of help!"
"We can also take the opportunity to kill more Japanese!"
"Notify the troops operating near the three brigades to make good use of the remaining half of the night and use all the means at our disposal to slow down the Japanese army's return of reinforcements and consume their troops at all costs!"
"Even if the three brigades successfully return to Taiyuan, I will make them shed a layer of skin!"
After the boss gave the order, the deputy chief of staff clearly felt that the solemn expression on his face was relieved a lot.
Just as he was about to say something, the operator's voice suddenly sounded behind him: "Chief, Brigadier Chen has an urgent call..."
"It's a good news from the Independent Group!"
"The Independent Regiment joined forces with the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment to encircle the point for reinforcements, successfully broke through the Zhujiapo defense line, and completely wiped out three Japanese infantry brigades!"
"The entire breakout force has passed through Zhujiapo and is secretly rushing to the next attack target!"
"I just said that Kong Jie fought a victorious battle in Taiyuan, and it turned out to be true!" The solemn expression on the boss's face was immediately wiped away, and he said with a smile on his face.
"Three infantry brigades were killed in one battle. No wonder Yoshio Shinozuka hurriedly transferred three brigades from the front line...it turned out that there was something wrong with their defense line!"
"Kong Jie is really good, his appetite is getting bigger and bigger, he surprised me again!"
The deputy chief of staff happily replied: "Intelligence shows that Yoshio Shinozuka prepared four blockades on the way to the independent regiment's breakout. Each blockade line is stationed with a reinforcement brigade, and the remaining two brigade are responsible for outflanking."
"Kong Jie and the others broke through the first blockade and killed the outflanking troops of the two brigades..."
"It's equivalent to knocking out all the mobile units in Yoshio Shinozuka's hands!"
"The remaining three blockades only have one group of little Japs. The three groups can completely defeat them one by one, break through them with lightning speed, and fight back to the base!"
After a brief moment of excitement, the boss's gaze shifted to the map.
The war situation is ever-changing, and the emergence of any major battle may lead to earth-shaking changes in the war situation.
After the deputy chief of staff finished speaking, he shook his head and objected: "I guess Kong Jie and the others have lost every opportunity to defeat them!"
"Three infantry brigades were wiped out in one battle, and one of the brigades was captured through a force attack, which shows that the three regiments have strong attack capabilities."
"If the three regiments join forces in one place, the combat effectiveness will definitely be stronger."
"It is impossible for any of the remaining three lines of defense of the Japanese army to stop them independently!"
"We can see this, and that old devil Yoshio Shinozuka can definitely see it too!"
"As expected, this old devil has already begun to adjust his deployment, gathering the remaining three brigades on a defensive line, holding on to the position, and waiting for the follow-up reinforcements to arrive before outflanking Kong Jie and annihilating them all!"
"Chief, we have just received the latest intelligence!" the intelligence staff hurriedly ran to the two men to report.
"The Japanese army gave up on blocking the second and fourth blockades of the Independent Regiment, and all troops were moving toward the third blockade, Laokong!"
"Boss... you guessed it right!" the deputy chief of staff said with admiration.
The boss was not happy because of his accurate judgment. Instead, he looked worried and said: "What's the use of guessing right!"
"Three infantry brigades plus one artillery brigades, the total strength exceeds 3,500 people!"
"They are relying on favorable terrain to wait for reinforcements. Kong Jie wants to transport the military equipment he grabbed back to the base area, so they must be defeated!"
"This is a truly tough battle. There is no possibility of trickery. Predicting the enemy's deployment in advance will not help them!"
"Yoshio Shinozuka also dispatched three brigades to come back for reinforcements. No matter how hard we try to stop him, we can't stop him for long!"
"It means that Kong Jie and the others must break through the Japanese army's third blockade tomorrow night and defeat the more than 3,000 Japs there. Otherwise, they will definitely be attacked from both sides and be surrounded and annihilated by the Japs!"
"The military equipment that was finally snatched will be recaptured by the Japanese!"
The deputy chief of staff stopped laughing when he heard this. He frowned the more he thought about it, and finally sighed and said: "Before the breakout, the total strength of the three regiments exceeded 5,000 people!"
"Three infantry brigades were wiped out in one battle. No matter how few casualties there were, there were still more than a thousand casualties!"
"The current total strength of the three regiments should be more than 3,000. Compared with the Japanese, there is no strength advantage at all!"
"The Japanese have one artillery brigade and three mortar squadrons, so they shouldn't have any advantage in terms of firepower!"
"If we want to break through the blockade and defeat more than 3,000 Japanese soldiers, we can only fight to the death!"
"I will now inform Brigadier Chen of the intelligence known to the headquarters and forward it to Kong Jie so that they can be mentally prepared in advance!"
"If it doesn't work, just throw away some military equipment. Just use small equipment, bypass the blockade, and take the mountain road back to the base!"
The boss is heartbroken and reluctant to give up!
There are very few military equipment that can travel on mountain roads, and they are all equipment for making bullets!
If all other equipment is abandoned, the future arsenal's production capacity will be reduced by at least 80%, and it can only produce one ordinary ammunition. What a pity!
But nothing can be perfect.
In order not to wipe out all three groups, the boss had no choice but to settle for the next best thing.
He hesitated for a while before answering: "Tell Kong Jie that you can't give up those military equipment as long as there is a one in ten thousand chance!"
"It's really impossible. The headquarters agreed that they would destroy all the large military equipment, take only the small military equipment, and return to the base via the mountain road!"
In the outer city of Taiyuan, the last group of workers' families have evacuated Taiyuan.
Huang Yu was not idle either. After cleaning the battlefield, he led his troops to retreat outside the city.
"Company commander, regimental commander, urgent call!" The radio operator left to the assault company ran all the way and caught up with Huang Yu to report.
"Urgent telegram? Commander, haven't they already captured Zhujiapo? Commander Li and Commander Ding have also successfully wiped out all targets. What else can happen?" Huang Yu asked with a puzzled look on his face, but he still took the telegram and looked like it
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Before I finished reading, Shu's brows furrowed into a big "Sichuan" character.
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