In the evening, seven people, including Wang Nanhu, Chen Revolutionary, the chief of staff, the leaders of the two main regiments, and the political commissar, sat in the headquarters conference room. The room was filled with smoke.
"Chief of Staff, please read our losses in today's blockade!" Wang Nanhu said to the Chief of Staff sitting on his left.
"Well, brigade commander. Comrades, in any case, we finally won the Hebei Slope blockade this afternoon. However, we also paid a heavy price for this victory. The price was: 42 members of the guard company were killed.
Comrade, the last reinforced battalion lost 36 soldiers, with a total of 23 seriously injured and about 90 slightly injured. We directly lost a company of troops for the sake of strengthening the Japanese army in the squadron." The chief of staff said with his head lowered.
After listening to the chief of staff's words, everyone fell silent, lowered their heads, and smoked cigarettes dully.
"Comrades, this kind of casualties occurred only because we had the support of a mortar company. In fact, so far, I have been worried about one thing. If we don't have the support of heavy weapons, our heavy weapons will not be able to compare.
Go up to the little Japanese... Then, even if the first battalion comes up with reinforcements at the agreed time, the result of the afternoon battle will still not be like this, or we will finally win. I think there is a great possibility that it is not we who win, but the Japanese.
.I really don’t dare to think about this outcome..." Wang Nanhu, who was deeply moved next to him, looked at the silent crowd, raised his head and said.
"Okay, comrades, don't lower your heads and think of a solution. Now that a reinforced squadron of the Japanese has been wiped out by us, I think they will definitely take revenge. Now everyone thinks about it, what should we do then?
"Looking at the silent crowd, Wang Nanhu said unhappily.
"Chief of Staff, according to the reconnaissance company's investigation, if the Japanese encircle and suppress our base area, what is the maximum number of encirclement and suppression troops they can send?" The political commissar knew Wang Nanhu well, and when he saw Wang Nanhu who was about to get angry, the political commissar said quickly.
"Political Commissar, according to the reconnaissance situation of the reconnaissance company, if the Japanese army wants to send troops, they can mobilize up to one brigade of troops, in addition to a mountain artillery squadron, a mortar squadron, a heavy machine gun squadron, and a tank squadron, a total of 1,500
Human strength." The chief of staff replied looking at the various Japanese strongholds on the map.
"My God, there are so many..." After hearing the chief of staff's figures, everyone in the meeting sighed. Even Wang Nanhu, who wanted to get angry, opened his mouth wide and was speechless.
"Chief of Staff, are you mistaken? Didn't we completely wipe out a reinforced squadron of the Japanese yesterday? Why are there still so many people?" the political commissar asked in disbelief.
"Brigade commander, political commissar, comrades, there will definitely be no problem with this number. That's why we must be prepared and prepare for war." Seeing everyone's confused looks, the chief of staff said with certainty.
"Comrades, what the Chief of Staff said should be clear to everyone! If the Japanese troops in the county really want to retaliate, then the base area we just established will go through a test of blood and fire. First of all, what I want to ask you is
, do you all have the confidence to defend the base area we have just established and defeat the Japanese who are about to deal with us?" After receiving a positive answer from the chief of staff, Wang Nanhu raised his head and said to several regimental commanders and political commissars.
"Yes..." several people replied in unison.
"Okay, since everyone has confidence, then I have the confidence to lead our Third Independent Brigade to defeat the Japanese." After listening to the comrades' answers, Wang Nanhu answered with confidence.
"Okay, comrades, although the Japanese have a strong sense of revenge, they will definitely not give up when we eliminate one of his reinforced squadrons. However, don't be too nervous. After we go down, seize the time to train the troops. Also, if
If the Japanese really want to attack the base area we have just established, then the people in the base area must be transferred. Therefore, after comrades return, they must do ideological work among the people and be prepared to transfer at any time. At the same time, the troops must also
Be prepared for the most important battle..." Looking at the nervous cadres, the political commissar said with a smile.
"Baga, how could this happen..." Looking at the battle results calculated by the staff, the Japanese captain of Fuping County said in disbelief.
"Yes, Your Excellency, Captain, all the soldiers of the reinforced squadron that went to Xiazhuang Township were all broken into pieces, and all the equipment was lost. The remains of the soldiers are now being cremated outside the city..." the staff officer answered affirmatively.
"Bagaya Road. What kind of army is this? An elite imperial army with a strengthened squadron. All of them were smashed into pieces in more than two hours. No one was spared. We must find out. Go and send out the special agent team.
, I must find out what kind of army it is that can actually eliminate a squadron of elite imperial troops." The captain said, patting the table.
"Hey, I'm going to deliver the order right away." the chief of staff replied with his head lowered.
"Wait a minute, order the Imperial Army in each stronghold, except for leaving a certain number of troops to defend the stronghold, all the remaining troops will gather in the county. I want revenge. The Imperial Army of the Empire of Japan cannot just be smashed to pieces in vain. I want revenge...
"Looking at the chief of staff who was about to go out, the captain continued.
"Hi…"
Soon, a small team of Japanese spies dispersed out of the city. However, since most of these spies were composed of some Chinese, they did not attract the attention of the soldiers of the reconnaissance company ambushing at the city gate. Under the cover of the Chinese coat, these spies were
The spies easily escaped the eyes of the troops in the base area and entered the base area smoothly. Slowly, every move in the base area came into view of the Japanese.
"Yo Xi, the special agent team is really good. I will definitely give credit to the special agent team." Looking at the information sent by the special agent team leader, the captain smiled and praised.
"Hey, it's my honor to serve the Japanese Empire." The Chinese standing in the Japanese army captain's room said shamelessly.
"Yo Xi, Liu Sang, you go down first. If something happens, I will call you. Inform the deputy captain and the chief of staff to come to my office..." After hearing the flattering words of the special agent team leader, the Japanese captain said happily
.
"Hi..." the Chinese man replied with his head lowered, turned around and left the captain's office.
After a while, the deputy captain and chief of staff hurried to the office.
"Your Majesty, Captain, what's the matter?" The two of them walked to the captain's desk and said.
"Yoshi, you all sit down and take a look at this information..." Looking at the two deputies who walked in, the captain said with a smile and handed over a piece of information.
"Baga, Captain, is this information true?" After reading the telegram, the deputy captain asked eagerly, regardless of the fact that he was in his boss's office.
"Well, this is a piece of information sent personally by the captain of the special agent team. It is absolutely true!" The captain looked at the surprised deputy captain and answered affirmatively.
"When did these Eighth Route Army troops come to our Fuping area? Why haven't there been any reports from the intelligence personnel? A brigade of Chinese troops is really unbelievable how they hid themselves." Hearing the affirmative answer from the captain.
, the vice-captain said in disbelief.
"Well, these eight-legged people are really cunning, they actually kept us occupied for so long. No wonder one of our elite imperial troops who strengthened the squadron was wiped out by them in two hours. You all tell us how we should deal with this force hiding in our defense area.
The Eighth Route Army?" asked the captain.
"Your Excellency, Captain, my opinion is to send heavy troops to encircle and suppress them. They must be eliminated before they establish a foothold in Fuping. Otherwise, this Eighth Route Army will be like the independent division in eastern Shanxi now, making us unable to have peace." Listen.
After the captain finished speaking, the chief of staff quickly stood up and said.
"Yo Xi, the Chief of Staff's opinion is actually the same as mine. The Chief of Staff is right, we must not let the Eighth Route Army follow us in Fuping area. Otherwise, Fuping will be the second Jindong. I will never
The North China Headquarters will never tolerate this kind of thing happening even if it is tolerated," the captain said seriously.
"Hi..." After listening to the captain's words, the two stood up at the same time and said.
"Well, Chief of Staff. How many troops are there in the county now that can be sent out to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army?" the captain asked.
"Reporting to your Excellency, Captain, since all the reinforced squadrons were destroyed a few days ago, the county can only send out two infantry squadrons, a mountain artillery squadron, a tank squadron, a heavy machine gun squadron, and a mortar squadron, a total of 1,000
People." The chief of staff said, taking out a list.
"Very good. Now we have a thousand troops. How many troops can be mobilized from various surrounding strongholds?" The captain nodded and continued to ask.
"We can continue to deploy at least three squadrons of troops." The chief of staff looked at the distribution of troops in various strongholds on the map and immediately replied.
"Yo Xi, then we have more than 1,500 troops, and we are fully capable of annihilating all the Eighth Route Army. Vice-captain, immediately issue an order to have the troops from each stronghold immediately assemble in the county to accept the unified reorganization of the headquarters. This time
I must let the Eighth Route Army in Xianzhuang Township know that our Japanese army in Hebei is not the Japanese army in Shanxi, and I will make them pay the price," the captain said happily.
Therefore, in the next few days, countless Japanese squads began to enter the county town to be reorganized. In less than two days, a reinforced brigade of 1,600 troops appeared in front of the Japanese captain.
Of course, when the Japanese army wanted to gather troops in the county town, the news reached the base area and reached the hands of Wang Nanhu and others.