In a valley eight kilometers southeast of the Qinggang stronghold, hundreds of soldiers from the Shunping Defense Regiment are scattered and hiding here. The weapons, ammunition and materials seized last night are also hidden among the patches of straw in the valley. Looking down from the air
, nothing can be seen except the corn stalks swaying in the wind.
Huang Yu was sleeping on a shabby blanket. He had been busy most of the night last night, traveling and fighting, which made him exhausted. If he didn't take the time to rest, he would not have the energy to continue fighting the Japanese tonight.
"Captain..." Duan Peng, captain of the special operations team, suddenly ran over. Regardless of whether Huang Yu had rested or not, he woke up and reported directly: "Baoding City sent out more than a thousand little devils to kill us. They are marching very fast.
, there are aircraft support in the sky, heading straight to the Qinggang stronghold!?
When it came to business, the tired expression on Huang Yu's face suddenly disappeared. He spread out the map and analyzed: "Intelligence shows that Baoding City has only received one brigade of reinforcements in the past few days... They sent the entire brigade to us.
Bian'er, it's clear that he wants to attack us first!"
"Although we will be under a lot of pressure, it is good for the overall situation!"
"The second and third battalions of the main force are preparing to build the Wangdu Defense Regiment and the Mancheng Defense Regiment. The longer we delay these devils, the smoother their progress will be..."
"When they form a fighting force... there will be four regiments of the Eighth Route Army in the entire Baoding area... they will serve as each other's horns and cover each other. The Japanese can't even think of taking advantage of us if they assemble a main force brigade!"
The commander of the third battalion, Huang Yong, suddenly interrupted: "Commander, this is not a simple matter of great pressure?"
"There are more than a thousand little devils, and there are aircraft support in the sky... We have less than 300 infantrymen in our hands... If we encounter them during the day, it won't be enough to put a gap in their teeth!"
The serious expression on Huang Yu's face was suddenly replaced by confidence, and he said firmly: "I have considered all the issues you mentioned!"
"The Japs are escorted by planes. If the troops are targeted, they won't even have a place to defend themselves against air strikes!"
"So we must try to avoid fighting them during the day!"
"It is now eleven o'clock in the morning...the Japanese are marching normally, what time will they arrive at the Qinggang stronghold in the afternoon!"
Duan Peng pointed to the map and replied: "The Japanese are marching very fast... We were already five kilometers out of the city when we received the news..."
"I've been walking on the road for two hours. Now they should be fifteen kilometers out of the city. There is at most fifteen kilometers left across the Qinggang stronghold... They will definitely be able to kill them before two o'clock in the afternoon!"
Huang Yu's face became more confident, and he sneered: "That's no problem... take the Qinggang stronghold, and the Japanese will definitely stop and set up camp, send scouts to look for us, find out our strength, and then send troops to encircle and suppress us!
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"No matter how fast the scouts are, they can't figure out us in three or four hours!"
"After dark, even if they know where we are hiding and know that we don't have many troops, they won't dare to act rashly..."
"We can divide our troops into two groups, one part of the troops will return to the base area with the loot, and the other part of the troops will sneak attack the Japanese at night, wear down their strength, and drag them to the Qinggang area.
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The Qinggang stronghold is a relatively large stronghold in Baoding. There are three gun towers that are only ten meters high. The finished glyphs are distributed in the center of the stronghold...
There are more than a dozen large and small bunkers scattered around the stronghold. There is a trench four meters wide and two meters deep in front of the bunker. There is a barbed wire fence on the edge of the trench. Without siege artillery, just a group of light infantry can't even think of a main regiment.
Break off this hard bone.
After Huang Yu led the team to capture the stronghold, in addition to the turrets and bunkers that had been reduced to rubble by artillery shells, he also removed all the removable barbed wire fences from the stronghold, and filled in all the trenches surrounding the stronghold. Even the Japanese built inside the stronghold.
All the barracks were demolished...
The stronghold that was once lined with bunkers was razed to the ground overnight, leaving only some foundations that cannot be removed, telling outsiders how glorious this place once was.
The Japanese leader stood in front of the stronghold and was stunned for half a minute before he believed that the flat land in front of him was the former Qinggang stronghold.
"Captain, the barracks in the stronghold have been demolished by the Eighth Route Army... Should we just let the troops camp in the town, drive the people away, and sleep directly in their homes!" The adjutant thought that the captain was worried about where the troops would be stationed tonight, so he hurried
Stand up and make a suggestion.
"No!" The captain refused sternly.
"You have only been out of the city for a long time, and you have completely forgotten what the brigade leader told you..."
The adjutant slapped his head fiercely: "Captain, please calm down... In the past, when we were fighting, we always stayed overnight at Chinese homes... For a moment, we forgot that this was the Baggage Plain, and we still considered the problem according to the methods used to deal with other Eighth Route Army!"
The captain's face looked much better now, and he reminded again: "The Eighth Route Army we are facing this time is very cunning, and they especially like to dig tunnels!"
"To prevent them from using the tunnel to attack us at close range!"
"During the operation, all houses that may be connected by tunnels used by the Eighth Route Army cannot be camped..."
"The Baoding garrison has lost thousands of people because of this, and several officers above the rank of Major have died!"
"We must not repeat the same mistakes!"
"The troops will camp at the old site of Qinggang Stronghold tonight..."
"There is a circle of trenches two meters deep around the stronghold...Although it has been filled in by the Eighth Route Army, it is still difficult to dig tunnels compared to other places...It will be much safer for troops to camp and rest here!"
"Pass me an order... assign an infantry squadron to capture strong men in the town. The more the better. Immediately dig out the filled trenches around the stronghold... dig another meter deeper to make it more difficult for the Eighth Route Army to attack us at night!"
"Send all the scouts out to search the surrounding area of 20 kilometers, find the Eighth Route Army, find out their strength, and report any situation immediately!"
"Other troops stayed at the stronghold to camp..."
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In the former enemy headquarters of the Second Regiment in Pingyang Town, Kong Jie lay on the table and studied the map as soon as he received the telegram from Baoding to dispatch troops.
More than an hour passed, and the frown on my face not only did not relax, but became more and more frowning.
Suddenly he let out a long sigh, threw the pencil in his hand on the table and said: "The disparity in strength between the enemy and us is too great... Whether it's a head-to-head encounter or using our best mobile warfare and night attacks, the chances of winning are very low!"
"Send a telegram to the Second and Third Battalions immediately..."
"Let them speed up their offensive pace and strive to capture Wangdu County and Mancheng County within two days, deter the Japanese and puppet troops in Baoding, force them to divide their troops to reinforce Wangdu County and Mancheng County, and reduce Xiao Huang's combat pressure!"
"Shunping garrison is the most promising among the three garrison regiments. We must not be crippled by the Japanese just because we cover them. That would be too much of a loss!"
Although Wang Lin had only been in contact with Huang Yu for more than a month, he had no doubts about Huang Yu's commanding ability.
In his impression, Huang Yu is best at fighting strange and dangerous battles, and he especially likes to win more with less.
On the surface, Huang Yu's chances of winning against the Japanese reinforcements were indeed low, but Huang Yu's enemy situation report did not include any intention of asking for help, indicating that he still had a good chance of winning.
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