Cheng Xiao, who was a regiment-level cadre during the Red Army, was the first to react and replied with a look of enlightenment: "I understand, battalion commander, you are consuming a large number of veterans used by the Japanese to form a security brigade. According to the formula of one veteran leading three recruits,
Calculated in proportion, last night we ate all the veterans who formed an infantry brigade of the Japanese army!"
"Not bad!" Wang Ping affirmed with a satisfied look.
"The instructor's analysis is spot on. According to the intelligence, the Japanese army has a total of thirteen strongholds of various sizes outside Laiyuan City. The small one has an infantry squad, and the large one has a reinforced squad to two squads. The total strength exceeds 600
People. If we can eat these more than 600 Japanese in the next few days, then the Japanese army’s expanded mixed brigade veterans will have less than a thousand people left in Laiyuan City.”
"The expansion from less than a thousand veterans to 6,500. You are all veterans. You should know that this will require the Japanese army to spend a lot of time and materials on running-in training."
"The longer it takes for the Japanese mixed brigade to form an army, the more time we have to expand our strength to meet the heavy encirclement and suppression of us by the Japanese army!"
"I understand too!" Zeng Quan's heavy face looked much better, and then he shouted with excitement!
"Battal Commander, you just said that in the next ten days, we will have enough actual battlefields to train troops. Is it just to eliminate the veterans with limited enemy forces in Laiyuan!"
"Not bad!" Having said this, Wang Ping no longer concealed anything and ordered directly.
"The Second Company of the Independent Battalion, equipped with a transport squad, an infantry gun, and two mortars, will set off on time at 12 o'clock tonight. Let me circle Laiyuan City, attack westward, destroy and loot the Japanese troops' positions
All strongholds outside the city!"
"After every battle, all captured supplies, equipment and ammunition, including prisoners, are returned to the base!"
"Instructor, you have to set aside a political cadre to follow behind and recruit troops. Every village the army takes over will be recruited. We must expand our strength as much as possible before the Japanese army's mixed brigade can form combat effectiveness!"
"The Third Company of the Independent Battalion, equipped with a transport squad, an infantry cannon, and two mortars, from west to east, other tasks are the same!"
"The first company and the guard platoon are operating in platoon units around the four gates of Laiyuan City."
"The second and third companies are fighting them outside the city. It is impossible for the city to remain indifferent. They will either send reinforcements or order the troops outside the city to return to the city. When the time comes, if there are fewer Japs, you will find a way to gather troops to eat them. If there are more Japs, then contact us
Eat him in two or three companies!"
"For this operation, I have spent all the money of our independent battalion, and all the light and heavy machine guns, whether they are crooked or made in the Czech Republic, will be distributed to you. You are also allowed to keep the equipment and machine guns captured on the battlefield until you return to the station.
Submit it again.”
"By the same token, the second and third companies have one infantry gun, two mortars, three grenade launchers, two heavy machine guns, eight to nine light machine guns, and more than a hundred 38 guns. Not to mention dealing with the Japanese army.
An elite infantry squadron can easily deal with these two squads, as long as it is well arranged, it should be very easy."
"Such a powerful firepower, within five minutes at most, is guaranteed to kill two Japanese infantry squads!" Zhang Yunshan's face had been replaced by fanaticism, and he said with confidence.
Zeng Quan followed up and asked: "Batalion Commander, do you want me to go out too?"
Wang Ping shook his head and refused: "No, this time the three of us will go out and give them three company commanders to fight. If they can't win the battle with such good equipment, how can they be battalion commanders or even regimental commanders in the future?"
long!"
"The instructor still has the same task, mobilizing people and prisoners to join our independent battalion, and then being responsible for taking over the supplies sent back from the mountains, and ensuring that there are no problems with the logistics of the frontline combat troops! Lao Zeng, you are responsible for training new recruits, and the instructor will train as many people as you can recruit.
How many people. Also, don’t be afraid of wasting bullets during training. Use live ammunition when it’s time to use it. We must use the shortest possible time to allow them to initially develop combat effectiveness.”
"As for me, haven't I already seized two large trucks of cement and returned? I plan to use this time to prepare some surprises for the Japanese army on their only way into the mountains. In addition, the logistics supplies of our independent battalion must also be prepared step by step.
Rely on seizures and become self-sufficient. As for what to do specifically? I will keep it secret for the time being, and you will know when the time comes!"
After a whole day of aerial reconnaissance and no main force of the Eighth Route Army was found outside the mountain, Major General Ono finally felt relieved.
However, the Japanese military vigilance throughout Laiyuan did not relax. The Japanese and puppet troops at thirteen strongholds outside the city were not idle either, urging prisoners and young men to build artillery towers day and night.
The Youhe stronghold directly east of Laiyuan City is nearly 20 kilometers away from the mountain where the Independent Battalion is hiding.
It seems far away, but after the Xiaguan Stronghold was destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, the Youhe Stronghold became the first line of defense against the Eighth Route Army.
It has been two days since the Eighth Route Army destroyed the Xiaguan stronghold, and the Japanese squadron leader at the Youhe stronghold was also nervous for two days.
Although he has the rank of captain, he has only two infantry squads for all the imperial warriors he has. As if this place is not so important, the garrison here only had one reinforcement squad a few days ago.
But even if the Imperial Army's troops have increased a lot, they are still far behind compared to the more than 300 elite Imperial Army troops in the Xiaguan Stronghold.
If the Eighth Route Army could capture this stronghold in one night, it would have the strength to capture its own Youhe stronghold in two or three hours.
Fortunately, two days passed, and the Eighth Route Army that the squadron leader was worried about did not appear.
Thinking of the brigade commander's briefing two days ago, the nervousness on the squadron leader's face improved a lot. He said to himself to his subordinates: "Is it true that as the general judged, the Eighth Route Army's attack on the Xiaguan stronghold will also lead to loss of troops and generals. It will take time.
Recover, you don’t have time to attack us!”
The puppet company commander, who had been patrolling and guarding for two consecutive nights, immediately asked: "Sir, do we need to continue to strengthen our guard at night? Brothers have stayed up for two nights, and during the day they have to supervise the prisoners to build gun towers, and there is no time.
Rest, I’m really tired!”
"Of course we need to be more vigilant!" the squadron leader replied without hesitation.
"Don't you want to carry out His Excellency the General's order? How many heads do you have to ask the General to shoot you!"
Then the conversation changed and he continued: "However, Wang Sang, what you just said is true. The Imperial Association Army has indeed worked hard these two days. In this case, only half of the Imperial Association Army will be left on patrol tonight, and the rest will
Rest. Tomorrow night, the rested Imperial Army will be responsible for patrolling and guarding!"
"As for the soldiers of the Imperial Army, they have been tense for two consecutive hours and it's time to relax. Here's my order. Each of the soldiers of the Imperial Army will be given a can of meat tonight. The soldiers of the Imperial Army will each be given a can of meat in succession, so that everyone can relax.
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As for the puppet soldiers, even though they are working for the devils, few devils really think highly of them and take them seriously.
Therefore, for ordinary soldiers of the Imperial Alliance Army, they can usually eat enough. As for canned food, they can't even think about it.
Although the Japanese army rewarded them with cans that only ten people could share one, stewed with cabbage and radish, it was still a delicacy that was hard to eat. Therefore, that night, both the Japanese and the Imperial Army had enough to eat and drink.
It's rare to relax.
As for the Japanese squadron leader and the following squad leaders, they even took this opportunity to drink a lot of sake. Then they started to rest as soon as they had breakfast and were tipsy!
