"Captain, the latest battle report has been sent from Touguan Town: the Japs did not fight us to the death, but broke out in squadron units. Even the Japs in the stronghold had no intention of holding on and abandoned the stronghold to start a breakout!" Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong
He walked to Wang Ping and reported.
Wang Ping didn't show much surprise on his face: "The Japs react very quickly!"
"After knowing that I had been deceived, I immediately chose to break out and minimize the casualties~ It seems that our idea of wiping out the 4,000-day puppet army in Touguan Town is in vain!"
"Send a telegram to several combat battalions on the front line and ask them not to pursue them in depth. Rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry, not to mention little devils who are armed to the teeth!"
"The night can provide cover for us, and it can also provide cover for the Japanese army. Don't let the little Japanese bite you back and cause unnecessary losses!"
After daybreak, the battle was over.
Two Japanese aviation aircraft rushed to the battlefield with roaring sounds. Seeing the battlefield empty of people and littered with corpses, they only circled twice and then flew away.
A new group of soldiers hiding in the nearby woods rushed out immediately and took the time to clean up the battlefield.
"Commander, we found more than 1,600 Japanese corpses and more than 100 puppet corpses on the battlefield. In addition, we also captured more than 400 puppet soldiers... In more than 4,000 days, almost half of the puppet troops have escaped~" Again
Zhong Chenggong, the chief of staff who found Wang Ping, reported with a disappointed look on his face.
Wang Ping shook his head and comforted: "Don't be dissatisfied!"
"There are only a few puppet troops in Linfen in total, and we killed two thousand of them in one battle. This is already a big victory. What else do you want? Kill them all in one battle?"
"The Japanese are not fools. They are becoming more and more aware of our fighting methods. Therefore, it will definitely be very difficult for us to continue to kill one of their infantry regiments as before!"
"Please summarize the results and report them to the military region!"
"In addition, send a copy of last night's battle report to all the battalion commanders of the new regiment..."
At the Taiyue Military Region Headquarters, when he saw the good news from the new regiment, the worried expression on Commander Chen's face suddenly disappeared.
"This Wang Ping is still capable...it took him only a short time to command his troops to kill more than 2,000 puppet troops!"
"With this victory as the foundation, I am sure that the low morale of the new regiment will definitely be improved ~ Wang Ping has a way!"
The chief of staff next to him also agreed with his face, but as a battle report was sent over by his subordinates, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared!
"Commander, with Wang Ping in charge of the fourth division, the situation seems to have been reversed. But the situation in the other military divisions is not so good!"
"After you, Okamura Neiji, the new commander of the North China Front took office, the Japanese changed their original combat methods and compressed our base area bit by bit through cannibalization and the three-corner policy!"
"So far, our base area has shrunk by nearly 20%, and the military and civilian casualties in the base area have exceeded 50,000, most of which are ordinary people who support our Eighth Route Army!"
"The devils are so cruel. As long as we support our people, they will either kill people or burn down their houses. They will not give us a way to survive!"
"Also, the Japanese took over our base area bit by bit by encroaching step by step. Once they occupied a place, they took control of it, and then built bunkers and gun towers!"
"This move is indeed very sinister!" Commander Chen analyzed with a frown.
"In the past, when they raided our base, they divided their troops into several groups and went straight to the hinterland of our base. We can use them to go deep alone and use guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to defeat them one by one, thus crushing their heavy raids."
"But this method of raiding by the Japanese has directly made our guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare useless!"
"Furthermore, the three-guang policy implemented by the Japanese has really frightened many people in the base area, and they dare not continue to support us as before!"
After hesitating for a few seconds, he ordered: "Reply telegrams to several military divisions. If there are no fighter planes, find a way to create them yourself. Faced with the step-by-step mopping-up method of the Japanese and puppet troops, passive defense will only make your own situation worse."
The situation is even more passive!”
"Also, don't they have a lot of action teams formed by learning from the new regiment? Let them send these action teams to the rear of the Japanese army to develop troops and attack gun towers and bunkers!"
"The Japanese and puppet troops on the front line are huddled together, and we can't deal with them. Then we will go to their rear areas to deal with them. If our rear areas are in chaos, it is obviously impossible to continue to encircle and suppress us with peace of mind!
"
"Also, report these situations to the New Regiment. They will not only have to face the Japs in Linfen City, but also the Japs in the surrounding areas. The pressure is the greatest among our military divisions. Although the New Regiment is also among several military divisions,
The strongest in the division, but the enemy’s raiding methods have changed after all, and we have to guard against them!”
At the Japanese division headquarters in Linfen City, Lieutenant General Ito was in a very bad mood, but he was also very happy.
He originally thought that the four thousand people he had deployed in Touguan Town would be wiped out because Wang Ping saw through his plan. Even if they were not completely wiped out, they would suffer heavy losses. Fortunately for him, more than four thousand people actually came back and two thousand people came back.
Multiple people.
"General, the data you asked me to compile have been compiled~ Now our entire division still has more than 15,600 combatable soldiers, and the Imperial Army has more than 5,000 people. The Imperial Army has nine infantry brigades.
All four regiments of the Imperial Association Army are fully equipped... In addition, we also have an independent cavalry brigade, a field artillery brigade, a mountain artillery brigade, a disabled engineer regiment, and a heavy baggage regiment.
!”
"The remaining three infantry brigades have all been crippled, leaving only one frame with a total strength of less than a thousand people!"
Lieutenant General Ito stared at the map and ordered: "Recruit people from the baggage regiment, engineering regiment, and guard brigade, and replace the three disabled infantry brigades to form three mixed brigades. Each mixed brigade is under the jurisdiction of
A mountain artillery squadron or a field artillery squadron, three infantry squadrons, a mortar squadron, and a cavalry squadron!"
"Hey...give me two days and you can complete the formation of three mixed brigades!" the chief of staff replied immediately.
Lieutenant General Ito continued the order: "See these four strongholds! Order the garrison to give up immediately~"
"Why?" the chief of staff couldn't help asking.
In the opinion of the Chief of Staff, these four strongholds have the same effect as the lost Touguan Town stronghold. They serve as bridgeheads for the Imperial Army to encircle and attack the Eighth Route Army base areas.
If these bridgeheads are abandoned, it will definitely increase a lot of difficulties if the Imperial Army launches a new round of raids on the Eighth Route Army base areas. Not to mention anything else, the transportation of logistical supplies alone will waste a lot of troops and time.
!
Lieutenant General Ito was not embarrassed and answered without hesitation: "I'm worried that these four strongholds will be captured by the Eighth Route Army just like Touguan Town!"
The chief of staff's first thought was that the division commander was too worried.
The reason why the Touguan Town stronghold was lost was due to a combination of various reasons.
As for the problems faced by the Touguan Town stronghold, these four strongholds do not have any.
Just when he was about to say something, Lieutenant General Ito continued: "Wang Ping is too cunning. To be honest, when I face this person, I have no chance of winning!"
"Not only must we withdraw all the garrison troops from these four strongholds, we must also build strongholds and gun towers in all the villages and towns along this line!"
"The smaller village is garrisoned with a combat detachment of the Imperial Army and a platoon of the Imperial Alliance Army. The larger village is garrisoned with an infantry squad of the Imperial Army and a company of the Imperial Alliance Army. The larger town is garrisoned with an infantry squadron of the Imperial Army and the Imperial Alliance Army.
A battalion!”
"At the same time, an infantry brigade is stationed at each of these points. Once any stronghold on the front line is attacked, this infantry brigade can immediately rush to the battlefield for reinforcements!"
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