Seeing Kong Jie's face becoming more and more serious because of losing the fighter plane, Huang Yu suddenly said: "Commander..."
"Ningji Okamura's move really cut off our chance of attacking them again!"
"With the existing strength of the troops left behind in the base area, it is okay to take advantage of the lack of Japanese troops on the front line. If we really want to go head-to-head with them, we will definitely not be our opponents."
"Maybe he will beat a dog with a meat bun and never come back, sacrificing a lot of soldiers' lives in vain."
"But Okamura Neji will also face huge risks if he does this..."
"The new blockade has advanced twenty kilometers at a time, and the distance between the first two blockades of the iron wall encirclement has become farther."
"And the main forces in the iron wall encirclement are gathered at the first blockade. If the later blockade is attacked, it will take an extra hour or two for the Japanese reinforcements to travel."
"On the battlefield, there is a lot of room for maneuver in one or two hours..."
Kong Jie suddenly reacted: "Do you want Li Yunlong to take action?"
Huang Yu said bluntly: "I think now is the perfect opportunity for the deputy commander to take action..."
"The Japs didn't have many troops defending the blockades behind them. When the Independent Brigade broke through, they killed some of them, which made the troops there even more tense."
"Now the little devils on the front line are advancing twenty kilometers at a time, and the emergency march will take three hours to complete. This is a good opportunity for the deputy commander to show off his skills."
"As for how to fight...where to fight..."
"The deputy commander has more detailed information than us, and he has more say!"
"I suggest that we immediately report the news to the deputy commander that the frontline Japanese blockade has advanced twenty kilometers, and let him find a way to control the Japanese army's back, launch an attack from the back of the Japanese army, and consume their strength..."
"As long as we can weaken the strength of the Japanese and puppet troops encircled by the iron wall, we will be the same as the deputy commander..."
"The troops left behind in the base area just took the opportunity to reorganize the troops, so that the new recruits who have just joined our Eighth Route Army can integrate into us as soon as possible and form combat effectiveness."
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Independent Brigade Ministry.
Li Yunlong is working with the chief of staff to sort out the intelligence just sent back by the investigation team.
The independent brigade fought continuously when they broke out of the iron wall and eliminated a large number of Japanese troops.
Although the troops used a large number of artillery in the battle, there were still inevitable casualties.
At the end of the night, at least two thousand soldiers remained on the breakout road forever.
In order to enhance the strength and combat effectiveness of the front-line combat troops, Li Yunlong transferred all the soldiers that the brigade headquarters could transfer.
The huge brigade headquarters only had two combat staff officers left to maintain normal operations.
As more and more intelligence was sent to the headquarters by the reconnaissance force, the two combat staff officers gradually became unable to bear such a heavy workload, forcing Li Yunlong to take action himself.
"brigadier……"
The chief of staff frowned and analyzed while sorting out the intelligence: "The reconnaissance team has been searching for so long and still hasn't found any kid around who is worthy of our action..."
"It seems that Neji Okamura has indeed reached the point where his troops are stretched thin, so he has sent all the troops that can be mobilized nearby to the front line..."
"There are still many troops stationed in Baoding."
"But if Okamura Neji stays there, the Japanese army must be very vigilant, otherwise we can still go to Baoding to take advantage!"
Li Yunlong slapped the information in his hand on the table with a look of helplessness, and cursed in annoyance: "This old devil from Gangcun is too cruel..."
"I won't leave a single soldier for me..."
"It's obvious that you want to force me to attack the blockade!"
"But there aren't many Japs on the outer blockade closest to us..."
"The scattered patrols and guard posts total less than two squadrons..."
"Even if we take down the entire outer blockade of Okamura Neji, we won't be able to eliminate a few Japanese."
"What a damn bad luck..."
"We can't find a target to attack even if we want to fight now..."
At this moment, the operator suddenly came towards them: "Report to the deputy commander..."
"An urgent message from the Divisional Headquarters: The Japanese offensive troops suddenly assaulted 20 kilometers into the base area to establish a new defense line surrounded by iron walls. The troops stationed at the blockade were also reduced from eight regiments to six, completely solving the problem of insufficient frontline troops!"
"The troops left behind will have no hope of fighting for a long time to come."
"I hope we will seize the opportunity for the Japanese troops on the front line to stay away from the blockade, take the initiative to attack, further consume the Japanese troops in the battle, and completely smash the Japanese army's iron wall encirclement against us."
Li Yunlong quickly drew a line on the map, then stared at the chief of staff and asked: "How many troops are there on the blockade line that is the second furthest away from us?"
"Two brigades..." The chief of staff knew these reconnaissance data very well, and Li Yunlong answered immediately as soon as the question came out.
Li Yunlong was silent for a moment and replied: "Including half the squadron on the peripheral blockade...there are exactly more than 2,000 Japanese..."
"about there……"
"I decided that the first battle after our independent brigade breaks out will be against these little devils..."
"By the way, completely destroy the two outermost blockades built by the Japanese..."
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One o'clock.
Half of the Japanese soldiers stationed on the outermost blockade continued to patrol.
They are organized into combat units, and each unit is responsible for a ten-kilometer-long blockade.
After discovering the enemy situation, report the Japanese military garrison on the blockade line as soon as possible.
Although the main force of Japanese troops is no longer stationed there, a radio team is arranged at each station to report the enemy's situation to superiors.
In the Japanese army's original battle plan, the only Eighth Route Army that could threaten the blockade should come from within the encirclement.
As long as there are no accidents in the first few blockades, there will definitely be no danger in the last blockade, and this is indeed the case.
But they didn't expect that the Eighth Route Army would have the strength to break through the iron wall and send a troop to hide behind them.
In this way, the peripheral blockade, which was least likely to be attacked before, suddenly became the front line.
For safety reasons, the Japanese army should have increased the strength of the peripheral blockade and not given Li Yunlong any opportunity to take advantage of it.
But Neji Okamura had no more soldiers to use.
The first blockade surrounding the Eighth Route Army's base area was a little short of troops, let alone allocating troops to reinforce the outer defense line.
Besides, the Eighth Route Army in the encirclement finally managed to break out of the iron wall. Although they still don’t know the true purpose of this breakout force, they will certainly not be stupid enough to fight back to the blockade.
Due to various reasons, Okamura Neji did not strengthen the troops on the outer blockade, but only asked them to strengthen their vigilance and report the enemy's situation immediately.
Of course, there is another little thought from Okamura Neji.
The Eighth Route Army breakout force was like a thorn in his throat. As long as this force existed for one day, he could not do anything.
But if they can attack the outer defense line and take the opportunity to locate the specific location of the breakout troops, the result will be different.
Even if they can't be eliminated, it's still good to keep an eye on them. You can make some troop deployments based on their movements and locations.
