After listening to Chief of Staff Li Qing's casualty and ammunition consumption report, everyone was silent. With so many losses at one time, the combat effectiveness of the army will definitely be weakened a lot... This is the thought of every military cadre below. But the Deputy Chief of General Staff
Don’t think so anymore. The enemy and ourselves lost 2:1. This is an unprecedented victory. After hearing the ammunition consumption of the troops, I was once again surprised by the sufficient ammunition reserves of the independent brigade. However, looking at the silent expressions of everyone,
The deputy chief of staff refrained from speaking.
"Don't be discouraged, everyone. Although the losses are so heavy, this battle is worth it. I know you are worried about the combat effectiveness of your troops. Here today, I will tell you that no matter what battle we fight, I don't care.
Anyone, as long as you play well, I will replenish you as much as you lose.
However, if the fight is not good and the troops suffer losses due to my improper command, not only will I not replenish the troops, I will also withdraw the designation of your main force at any time and change it to a local garrison... But what? This battle?
"Everyone performed very well, so don't worry about the combat effectiveness of the troops. All missing personnel will be transferred from the garrison to supplement them." Liu Hua looked at the silent people and said loudly...
The next meeting was about the replenishment of troops and the transfer of supplies... The whole meeting lasted for nearly 2 hours before it ended. After the meeting, Liu Hua stretched and was about to leave when he was stopped by the deputy chief of staff next to him.
, the political commissar and several other party committee members stayed... Liu Hua didn't need to think about it, it was about the coming "nine-way siege" of the Japanese.
Looking at the remaining five people in the conference room, the deputy chief of staff began to speak, "Commander Liu, Political Commissar Guan, Director Li, Director Wang, and Secretary Xiao, I am keeping you here now to inform you of something.
At the same time, this matter is also the main purpose of my coming to Jindong this time. In order to prevent leaks, I will come here in person this time. I hope that after telling you about this matter, you will keep it strictly confidential before the battle begins..." Deputy Chief of General Staff said solemnly
said.
After listening to what the chief of staff said, everyone nodded.
"Comrades, some time ago, the 129th Division captured an important document from the Japanese army in a battle. The content of the document is probably because our Eighth Route Army has repeatedly attacked the Japanese logistics transport team since the expedition, and gradually stood in the rear of the Japanese army.
Firm a foothold and establish a base area, especially your independent brigade's large number of effective forces to eliminate the Japanese in many battles such as Huangyadi and Qigen Village, which attracted the attention of the Japanese army in North China. According to the content of the document, the Japanese army decided to mobilize in April
With a large number of troops, it is initially estimated that more than 30,000 people will be divided into nine routes to launch a large-scale siege in the southeastern Shanxi region. They attempt to use the tactics of "split advance and combined attack" to achieve a quick victory and annihilate our army in Liao County, Yushe, and Wu.
Township ~ Pingding area.
Among them, the focus of the Japanese raids this time is your Independent Brigade. Also, if the Japanese know that the Battle of Xiangtangpu was also launched by the Independent Brigade, then the Japanese may be more focused on besieging the base area in eastern Shanxi.
The headquarters sent me here this time, on the one hand, to let me convey the news, and on the other hand, considering that the troops in eastern Shanxi are insufficient and need support from surrounding troops, and I am here, I can make adjustments..." After that, the deputy
The chief of general staff looked at Liu Hua and Guan Xiangying in front of him.
"Chief of Staff Zuo, can you detect the Japs' advance route map in advance?" Liu Hua raised his head and asked. You must know that what the Chief of Staff said is different from what was said in history, so Liu Hua did not dare to use history.
I took the Japanese march route map as a reference.
"I think our Eighth Route Army's intelligence system should be able to do this," the chief of staff said after thinking for a while.
"Okay, Chief of Staff Zuo and Political Commissar, as long as we can get the Japs' attack route map, I won't be afraid. I guarantee that the Japs will not take any advantage during our attack on the base area, and we will also encounter a lot of trouble.
"After listening to the words of the chief of staff, Liu Hua said confidently. You know, Liu Hua has all the experience of the Eighth Route Army's counter-encirclement and suppression campaigns in his head. In addition, he now has sophisticated weapons, sufficient ammunition, enough mines, and complete
The authentic system... Thinking of this, Liu Hua was full of confidence.
"Um, Commander Liu, have you noticed anything? Let me tell you." Chief of Staff Zuo immediately became excited after hearing Liu Hua's words.
Liu Hua, who was daydreaming at this time, seemed not to hear what the chief of staff said, and continued: "Chief of Staff Left, political commissar, the Japanese attack on the base area this time is not a bad thing for us. First of all, since the establishment of our army,
We have been in a field state and have never engaged in counter-encirclement and suppression battles or small-unit operations alone, so this time is also a good opportunity to train our troops.
On the other hand, maybe after this anti-encirclement and suppression battle, the people will trust us more than now, because we are using our lives to protect their lives and their families. Only by making the people realize that our Eighth Route Army is here to protect
Their work gives the people a sense of belonging, and only then can our base area become an indestructible base area.
Finally, we can also use this counter-encirclement and suppression campaign to expand our base area. We now have so many troops, and with such a small base area, there is no room for maneuver. We must use this counter-encirclement and suppression campaign to expand our base area.
Our base area in eastern Shanxi has been expanded to southern Shanxi. If there is an opportunity, our base area can be divided into several small areas and managed by three regiment leaders. In this way, our burden will be lighter and we can have more time.
Consider overall operations..."
After listening to Liu Hua's words, several people looked at the commander in front of them in disbelief. They really didn't expect that their commander would think so. Facing the enemy's heavy encirclement and suppression, not only was he not nervous at all, but he also came up with so many ideas.
Things, and everything was closely related to this battle. Everyone looked at the commander in front of them in disbelief, who was much younger than themselves. They really didn't know what kind of brain this commander had.
Seeing everyone looking at him with curiosity and surprise, Liu Hua finally realized that it was his words that scared them.
Thinking of this, Liu Hua told several surrounding party committees in detail what he was thinking. "First of all, there are strict tunnel defenses inside the base area. If the Japanese dare to enter the base area, they will not be able to get supplies early. At the same time,
We can also use the tunnels in each village to use a small number of troops to cooperate with the militia and the Japanese to fight a tunnel battle. Secondly, we now have sufficient weapons and ammunition, and are fully capable of hitting more than three main regiments and fighting a big battle with the Japanese.
A battle of annihilation, to completely eliminate one group of devils, so that other groups of devils will retreat without taking advantage..."
After hearing Liu Hua's thoughts, everyone applauded and asked various questions to the commander. Even the usually gentle Chief of Staff Zuo also applauded and said that the Jindong base area was well prepared...
So, on the night of that day, several officers determined the specific policy of this counter-encirclement and suppression campaign, and assigned themselves specific tasks. They also requested that before the Japs took action, in order to prevent the Japs' agents from investigating, these people were strictly prohibited from being investigated.
Once this matter was revealed, all tasks would be carried out slowly and covertly during this period. The meeting ended with everyone's excitement.
In order to cope with the impending raids by the Japanese, although the headquarters did not reveal the news in advance, the entire base area was slowly becoming tense.
The first is the Logistics Department. On the second day of the meeting, the Logistics Department received an order from the headquarters: the Logistics Department is required to distribute all the thousands of various mines stored in the arsenal's material warehouse to
In each village, the logistics department is required to send a certain number of soldiers and cadres to each village to provide guidance, and every militia comrade is required to be able to lay various landmines...
Similarly, Director Liu Bo of the arsenal also received a telegram personally written by Liu Hua from the headquarters. On the one hand, he praised the arsenal for its huge contribution to the Eighth Route Army in one month. On the other hand, the beard once again issued a message to the arsenal.
A new production task. The arsenal is required to temporarily put down the work at hand and seize the time to produce landmines. Each village must have a certain number of landmines for defense, so that the devils cannot take the main road and slow down their marching speed. Secondly,
The arsenal is required to produce as much gunpowder as possible, and within half a month, try to produce another 200 various thunder bombs...
Of course, as the six main regiments that had just returned to the base area, the headquarters would not forget them. Not long after the leaders, political commissars and others of each regiment returned to the headquarters, they received a letter from the headquarters.
Telegram: Each regiment is required to immediately go to the garrison regiment to receive soldiers according to the number of people specified in the meeting within one day, and quickly integrate them into combat troops. It is best to conduct mixed formation so that the troops can reach full strength in the fastest time.
Each regiment is also required to immediately count the amount of ammunition remaining in each regiment, and send a certain number of troops to the headquarters to collect ammunition. The logistics department has specific regulations on the specific amount of ammunition.
Although each commander did not know why the headquarters was in such a hurry and was eager to replenish the ammunition consumed by the troops, they still implemented it quickly. But as an excellent commander and combatant, everyone saw something in this telegram
It was strange, and I had a vague feeling in my heart that there was going to be a tough battle to be fought.
The commander of each regiment attaches great importance to receiving ammunition, because after all it is related to the combat effectiveness of the army, so each regiment takes it very seriously and sends one of its most capable companies to collect ammunition.
At the entrance of the headquarters' logistics reserve, Wang Daoguang, the stingy logistics director, was standing at the entrance of the cave with high spirits. He kept shouting how much ammunition the regiment received...