At the enemy headquarters in front of the assault camp, Third Company Commander Wang Minghua suddenly rushed in: "Battal Commander... the little Japs in the county are moving!"
"When we surrounded and annihilated the attacking troops at the stronghold, the county sent five messengers on horseback to the stronghold to inquire for information!"
"We killed four, ran away one, and captured four horses!"
"The little Japanese messenger who escaped must have brought the news about our blockade of Xiaowangzhuang back to the county... I did not complete the blockade task, please ask the battalion commander for punishment!"
After hearing this, Huang Yu was not only not angry, but also smiled very happily. He looked at Wang Minghua and shook his head and said: "Not only are you right, but you are also meritorious!"
Seeing the puzzled expression on Wang Minghua's face, Huang Yu gave the order directly without explaining!
"Go back to the blockade now, withdraw half of your troops and firepower, and stay hidden and on standby!"
"The remaining troops continue to guard the checkpoints at various intersections, but they must be more vigilant. If they find the Japs' reconnaissance troops, they will use rifles and machine guns to fight back... Let the Japs in the county mistakenly believe that our strength does not exceed one company!"
After hearing this, Deputy Battalion Commander Zhong Chengjun suddenly realized and asked: "I understand... Battalion Commander, do you want to use Xiaowangzhuang stronghold for fishing?"
Huang Yu smiled and nodded: "Except for dozens of guns and twenty or thirty puppet troops, the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold has almost no money!"
"If the little devils in the county suddenly intervene and deliver ammunition supplies to the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold, and send troops to reinforce the stronghold...then we will have enough oil and water!"
"The total number of Japanese and puppet troops in the county is 1,300 to 400. Under the condition of ensuring the safety of the county, at most 3 to 400 troops can be sent to reinforce the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold..."
"There are only over a hundred people in the assault company. They are definitely no match for these Japanese and puppet troops in a head-to-head confrontation!"
"But if we show weakness to the Japanese, the number of reinforcements they send will probably be halved, because no one is willing to take action and reveal all their cards!"
"After they leave the city, we will use guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to gradually deplete their troops and weaken their strength, and focus on shooting the little devils and hardcore traitors hiding among the puppet troops!"
"After the decisive battle begins, without the Japanese officers and those die-hard traitors to supervise the battle, the combat effectiveness of the puppet army will definitely be worse than before!"
"As long as we kill the remaining Japs in the reinforcements as soon as possible, we will have a high chance of forcing the remaining puppet troops to surrender and take back a few more prisoners..."
"As for the ammunition supplies that the Japanese and puppet troops in the county sent to the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold, I'm sorry. We will eat as much as the little devils send!"
Jinjiawan is a checkpoint for the assault battalion to blockade the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold...
There were originally two intensive classes stationed there. After Huang Yu gave the order to show weakness, the two intensive classes were immediately reduced to one intensive class...
As soon as the troops were arranged, three Japanese scouts came over.
Although they wear casual clothes and look almost the same as ordinary people, the military training that is ingrained in their bones is still reflected in their movements...
In addition, they were sneaky, did not take the main road, and hid behind the bushes to observe the checkpoints. Wang Minghua was 80% sure that they were the Japs.
"Da da da……"
The crooked handle set up behind the bunker opened fire decisively, and the bullets flew towards a Japanese soldier hiding behind the bushes without any warning!
The bushes can only block a small part of the bullets, but most of the bullets can easily penetrate the bushes and kill the Japanese hiding behind!
Hitting him with a machine gun has a much higher chance of success than hitting the little devil behind a rock.
The Japanese scout's reaction speed was extremely fast. As soon as the gunshot was fired, he retracted his head, hid his whole body behind the bushes, and then fell to the ground to reduce the area where he was hit...
But Lady Luck was not on his side.
A bullet passed through the bushes through a gap and went right into his forehead...
He didn't even utter a scream, he just died!
The remaining two scouts quickly retreated...
But they did not forget their real names...while retreating, they wrote down the strength and firepower of the Eighth Route Army they saw...
At the headquarters of the Japanese army in the county town, the adjutant ran to the captain with a happy face, as if he had encountered something good.
"Captain...the reconnaissance team has figured out the strength and equipment of the Eighth Route Army that is blocking the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold!"
"The total strength does not exceed one company, equipped with four to five light machine guns, two or three grenade launchers, and no other heavy weapons!"
"The other party's vigilance is very high. The reconnaissance team lost five scouts to find out this information!"
"I believe that the situation discovered by the investigation team is not very different from the facts!"
"If the Eighth Route Army besieging the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold is very strong, they will definitely not waste any time. After forcing the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold to run out of food, they will first attack their troops and then attack the stronghold..."
The captain didn't answer, but he already agreed with the adjutant's analysis, so he stared at the adjutant and asked!
"How many troops can the county deploy to reinforce the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold..."
"One infantry squadron of the Imperial Army and one battalion of the Imperial Association Army, a total of more than 400 people!" The adjutant knew the strength of the troops in the city well and blurted out without thinking.
"We definitely can't all mobilize these mobile units!" the captain analyzed with a frown!
"The Eighth Route Army who entered our defense area must not be the only ones who besieged the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold..."
"We must leave some mobile troops in case of emergencies!"
"And there is no more than one company of the Eighth Route Army besieging the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold... There are still seventy or eighty people in the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold. If we send more than two hundred people over, we should be able to attack from both inside and outside, wipe out everything there, and give the Eighth Route Army in the defense area a wake-up call.
They know that northwest Shanxi is not a place they can come to if they want to!"
The adjutant immediately accepted the order: "Captain Yingming... I am here to dispatch troops... to mobilize a reinforced squad of Imperial Army troops and a company and a half of Imperial Alliance Army troops, a total of two hundred and thirty people... Immediately leave the city and march urgently to reinforce the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold...
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After knowing that the Japanese army in the county wanted to send troops to reinforce the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold, Huang Yu sent all the soldiers on horseback from the assault battalion outside the stronghold. One person would stare at a city gate. If he found out that the Japanese and puppet troops had sent troops, he would report it immediately...
At one o'clock at noon...the cavalry scout finally brought good news that the Japanese army had sent troops.
Zhong Chengjun was very excited. He opened his mouth and began to ask for a fight: "Batalion Commander... leave guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to me!"
"I only need a reinforced class and a few sharpshooters to ensure that I kill all the Japanese officers in the puppet army. I will also kill the little Japanese machine gunners and grenade launchers at the same time!"
"You set up pocket formations for the Japanese here and try to catch them all..."
"One hundred fifty to sixty puppet troops, once we have defeated them, it will be no problem to capture a hundred or so of them..."
"Including the puppet troops we captured before, the number of prisoners of war directly exceeds 200. With our mobilization ability, we can recruit at least 100 new soldiers..."
"Then our assault battalion will be able to expand from the current one company to two companies soon..."
"When we fight the Japanese again in the future, we will have more troops to use!"
