The brigade leader did not answer the question immediately.
From a rational analysis, giving up the stronghold is the best choice for the brigade.
But emotionally he didn't want to give up. The blockade was built by himself, with painstaking efforts, and the Zhoukou stronghold was an important stronghold on the blockade. If the stronghold was lost, the blockade would naturally be broken, and his previous efforts would be reduced to nothing.
Nothing.
In the end, reason prevailed over emotion, and he took a deep breath and ordered: "Now give the order to the Zhoukou stronghold: let them immediately abandon the stronghold under the cover of the aviation force and withdraw to the county. The aviation force will send at least one aircraft to escort them along the way, and they must be safely returned to the county.
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"Take away all the weapons and ammunition that can be taken away, and blow up those that cannot be taken away. They must not fall into the hands of the enemy."
The chief of staff thought for a moment and continued to ask: "Should other strongholds in the defense zone be abandoned as well?"
"Give it all up..." the brigade leader replied through gritted teeth.
"The enemy is equipped with mountain artillery and infantry artillery. They have strong combat effectiveness. The purpose of dividing the troops to defend the stronghold is to create opportunities for the opponent to defeat them. We must not be fooled."
"It just so happens that there are no troops in the city. By concentrating the garrison troops from various strongholds to the county town, we can increase the mobile strength of at least three squadrons. Otherwise, even if we find the enemy's main force, we will not be able to mobilize troops to encircle and suppress them."
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The whole body was affected by the move. After learning that the Japanese and puppet troops had abandoned the Zhoukou stronghold, the expectant expression on Wei Dayong's face immediately turned solemn.
He was already prepared to capture the Zhoukou stronghold tonight, and even had a battle plan in mind.
As a result, the cooked duck actually slipped out of the mouth, which makes me feel irritated just thinking about it.
Of course, what worries him most is the next direction of the Japanese army: if the Japanese and puppet troops in other strongholds also withdraw to the county, the two infantry cannons strengthened by the regiment commander will be ineffective, and he will stay in Fangshan County to defeat the local army's operations.
The plan will also be terminated because of this. No, to be precise, it should be over before it even begins.
"Captain Wei!" A squad leader from the guerrillas ran over panting.
"Our captain asked me to report: The Japanese and puppet troops in the Dongjiawan stronghold have also retreated. The troops evacuated the stronghold lightly. In addition to weapons and ammunition, all excess supplies were blown up. There were aircraft escorts in the sky. We couldn't do a sneak attack.
I can only watch them run away...I guess they are almost at the county seat now."
Wei Dayong's most worried thing happened, and his expression became more solemn than before. Although he was very unwilling, he could only wave his hands with helplessness on his face and said: "I understand, go back and tell your captain, in addition to the team members monitoring Fangshan County
, all other troops retreated to Zhoukoudian."
"The Japanese troops must have been afraid of us when they suddenly withdrew their troops, but they will never be indifferent to us and allow us to develop our base within Fangshan."
"If my guess is correct: the Japanese's next move will definitely be to send people everywhere to look for us, and then look for opportunities to gather together and annihilate them."
"Zhoukoudian will be their key investigation target."
"The guerrillas are familiar with the terrain here. If they disperse their troops in squads, they may be able to kill a few Japanese and puppet army scouts and intelligence personnel. If you encounter a hard nut that you can't chew, don't fight the Japanese with all your strength.
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"I want cannons and cannons here, as well as heavy machine guns and heavy machine guns. I'm sure I can eat the little devils below the size of a squadron."
After saying that, he walked towards the place where the puppet prisoners were held.
Since the army has no fighter planes for the time being, we should seize the time to reorganize the troops and restore the fourth company to pre-war status before going to fight against the Japs.
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Peiping is the seat of the Japanese North China Front Army Headquarters and the North China Pacification Army Headquarters.
In order for the Pacification Army to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, there were enough officers to expand the force. When the Pacification Army was still the North China Security Army, the headquarters established a large number of officer training schools in the Tongxian area.
In order to protect the safety of these schools, the Pacification Army Headquarters dispatched two regiments of the Royal Association Army to garrison Tong County.
In addition to the garrison of a mixed brigade in Peiping, several garrison brigades stationed in the city, and a gendarmerie brigade, which have been transferred to the chariot brigade and cavalry brigade in Baoding, the last powerful military force is the Imperial Association Army.
After killing more than 3,000 Imperial Army soldiers stationed in Tong County, there will be at most one regiment of Imperial Army soldiers left in Peiping.
Peiping is so big, and there are important military locations everywhere that need heavy defense. That number of troops alone is definitely not enough.
If Okamura Neiji wants to ensure the safety of Peking and eliminate the so-called Peking guerrilla detachment, he can only send troops from Baoding to return reinforcements, and then the crisis in the base area will be relieved.
Huang Yu's next action target is Tongxian, to destroy the last mobile unit in the hands of Gangcun Neiji, and then cross Tongxian to directly attack Beiping, threatening Beiping's security.
The special forces team acted as the vanguard of the entire army as always. As soon as Huang Yu and the main force arrived at the secret meeting point, Duan Peng came over.
"Captain, I have a clear understanding of the situation in Tong County."
"In addition to the two regiments of the Imperial Army, there are still four to five hundred people in the Japanese Army's officer school."
"Including the two regiments of puppet troops, the combat effectiveness of this group cannot be underestimated. They are very different from the two Japanese soldiers we eliminated before."
Huang Yushen agreed: "That is of course, otherwise the pacification army would not have spent a huge cost to establish a military academy here and train a large number of grassroots officers."
"Intelligence shows that many teachers and instructors in the Erjiizi Military Academy are Japanese."
"The combat effectiveness of the Japanese is there, and the officers they have trained cannot be any worse."
"The puppet troops stationed in Tong County are specifically responsible for protecting the military academy and must be the first beneficiary of the military academy."
"I heard that nearly 70% of the officers of the two regiments of the puppet army came from military academies. They are direct descendants of the North China Pacification Army. They are well-equipped and have sufficient ammunition. Their combat effectiveness is naturally stronger than the Japanese Japs we encountered before."
"But no matter how strong the puppet army is, they are still two Japs, and their fighting will will definitely not be as good as the real Japs."
"We are not afraid of the elite Japanese troops stationed in Fangshan, let alone these Japanese devils."
After listening to Huang Yu's analysis, the worry on Duan Peng's face instantly disappeared. His only concern about the enemy was gone, and he quickly asked: "How does the leader want to fight?"
"Is there any way for the special forces to infiltrate the Japanese Army Academy?" Huang Yu asked directly.
Duan Peng laughed after hearing this: "If it were more than half a month ago, there would be no chance, but now it's no problem."
"The military academy has just graduated a group of old people, and now half of them are veterans drawn from various units of the Imperial Association Army. We want to train them into low-level officers."
"This group of Japanese soldiers have just entered the school, and they are from different military units. No one knows anyone. It is a chaotic time."
"As long as you get a few sets of school military uniforms, you can easily sneak in."
Huang Yu immediately made a decision: "Then let's start from the Japanese Military Academy..."
