"Division commander, do you want to switch from offense to defense?" the chief of staff asked subconsciously.
Lieutenant General Ito shook his head and replied: "No, we are still attacking, but we have to attack the Eighth Route Army in a different way!"
"Do you still remember the encirclement and suppression order sent to us by the front army some time ago? I plan to change the attack method and use the method in the telegram by the commander to attack the new group around us and kill them!"
The chief of staff frowned and asked: "But, Your Excellency, Division Commander, when you first received this telegram, didn't you say that using this method to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army was too slow? It might not take half a year, or even a year."
No substantial results can be achieved!"
"That was before the new regiment leader Wang Ping came back!" Lieutenant General Ito did not hide his inner fear of Wang Ping!
"Wang Ping is too cunning and cannot figure out his fighting methods and thinking. If you want to attack them, the first thing you need to do is to preserve your own strength and not expose any loopholes in the defense to them. Otherwise, they will pounce.
Come up and give us a fatal attack!"
"Also, although the encirclement and suppression method of Your Excellency Commander, step by step, is slow to produce results, it can concentrate the limited forces of the Imperial Army and not give the Eighth Route Army the slightest loophole to exploit. It can only be passively beaten, bit by bit by us.
Compress the living space!”
"Go and give the order immediately. I will contact the front army and prepare combat supplies for us for at least two months. I will reduce the base area of the new regiment to less than one-half of the original size within two months!"
Wang Ping, who returned to the headquarters of the New Regiment, did not know that Lieutenant General Ito had changed the previous raiding methods because of his return, and that a greater crisis was approaching the New Regiment.
"Captain, the three moles have all admitted the fact that they were bribed by the Japs. However, the Japs are too cunning. They only communicate through one line when transmitting information. It is not clear how many cadres bribed by the Japs are hidden in our new regiment.
And soldiers!" As soon as he returned to the station, Wei Yong came over with his head lowered, feeling very depressed.
"In other words, our plan to find out all the moles at once has failed!" Wang Ping's face also became solemn.
If you don't get rid of the inner ghost, you will be like a transparent person in the eyes of the Japanese, with no secrets at all.
Under such circumstances, it is obviously impossible to defeat the Japanese on the battlefield!
After hesitating for a long time, he asked: "Old Wei, you are a professional counter-espionage talent. You must have other methods? Tell me, is there any way to find these moles as soon as possible?"
"Yes!" Wei Yong replied.
"Intelligence from the mole cannot be sent directly to the devils. It needs the intelligence network hidden in our base area to be sent up layer by layer. As long as we can kill these intelligence networks, we will surely find a lot of clues.
The mole!"
"However, it is difficult to find them all. However, as long as these intelligence networks are destroyed, even if these insiders still exist, there is no way to send the intelligence out!"
"The only problem is, it takes a long time!"
"I have time!" Wang Ping replied immediately.
"As expected, the new regiment will not have too many combat missions in a short period of time. The entire regiment will focus on training. You must seize the time and dig out more moles!"
"But there is one thing to note. All the moles dug out must get both the stolen goods and the stolen goods, and they must be admitted by the other party personally. Only then can we execute them in accordance with military disciplines and obtain conclusive evidence. We must not kill people indiscriminately..."
"Captain, please rest assured and promise to complete the mission~" Wei Yong answered confidently.
A few days later, every move of the Japanese troops on the front line was reported to the new regiment headquarters.
Everyone did not understand what the Japanese army was doing.
Although he clearly had various advantages, he retreated without being attacked and put on a defensive posture, which made everyone feel puzzled.
"You kid, you're scared!" Wang Ping answered sharply.
"They are worried that these strongholds will be occupied by us overnight like the Touguan Town stronghold..."
Hearing this, many people in the headquarters had smiles on their faces.
Being able to fight to the point where the Japanese are afraid is definitely a joyful thing for the cadres and soldiers of the new regiment.
However, Wang Ping didn't have much smile on his face.
With the reminder from Commander Chen of the Military Region a few days ago, coupled with his own memory of this period of history, Wang Ping knew that the most tragic and difficult period for the base area was coming.
Under the eyes of pairs of people who were full of surprise, he gave a decisive order: "Order, all the troops stationed on the front line should strengthen their vigilance. Once the Japanese attack the base area, they will immediately clear the country and evacuate the people. We must not let the people in the base area fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army!"
Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong was very puzzled and asked: "Commander, aren't the Japanese withdrawing their troops? Is this their conspiracy to use the withdrawal to paralyze us, and then suddenly launch an attack on us, catching us off guard!"
Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "Isn't it impossible? What I'm most worried about is the telegram Commander Chen sent us a few days ago!"
"If the little devils in Linfen City change their raiding methods and encircle and suppress our base area step by step, coupled with the appalling three-guang policy, we will definitely suffer heavy losses like several other military divisions!"
Zhong Chenggong reacted immediately: "I'll give the order right away~"
Before he could even leave the headquarters, a communications staff officer rushed in.
"Captain, something happened..."
"The newly formed fourth battalion reported that their defense area was suddenly attacked by a Japanese infantry brigade. The people in a village were surrounded by Japanese soldiers because they failed to move in time..."
"The Japanese were so ruthless that they directly shot the civilians with machine guns and forced our troops to show up."
"The newly formed fourth battalion and second company closest to the battlefield were completely destroyed in the battle to rescue the people. However, most of the people in the village were rescued by them!"
As soon as he finished speaking, another communications staff officer rushed in and reported: "Captain, the defense area of the Third Independent Battalion was attacked by an infantry brigade of the Japanese army. An infantry company was surrounded by the Japanese army on the way to cover the transfer of the people, and suffered heavy losses~"
"The defense area of the third battalion was attacked by the Japanese army..."
"The fourth battalion defense area was attacked by the Japanese army..."
In less than half an hour, Wang Ping received at least ten reports of troops being attacked.
Under the command of Zhong Chenggong, several combat staff quickly marked the battle situation on the combat sandbox in front of Wang Ping.
"Captain, your judgment is correct. The Japanese are indeed occupying our base area bit by bit by encroaching step by step. Then they use the cruel three-guang policy to force our troops to fight them in a decisive battle!"
"Look at the map. The Japanese have dispatched a total of ten infantry brigades to attack. Each infantry brigades are five kilometers apart from each other. They only advance less than 20 kilometers before stopping every day to build fortifications and garrison to prepare for our counterattack!
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