"Commander, Commander Hong of the guard camp has an urgent message!" Suddenly, the communications company commander rushed in and rushed to deliver a telegram to Wang Ping.
After just glancing at the contents of the telegram, Wang Ping showed a very excited smile on his face.
"God is really helping me~ Chief of Staff, on the same day, that is, yesterday, the remaining Japanese and puppet troops in Linfen City dispatched a regiment of the Imperial Army and a reinforced squadron of Japanese soldiers, a total of 1,500 people, to encircle and suppress Hong Ruijun and others."
"Hong Rui's army has already fought with the Japanese and puppet troops. The message sent to us is: in the face of the Japanese and puppet troops' attack, do we need him to fight hard or small?"
"We must fight hard to kill these Japanese and puppet troops!" Zhong Chenggong already understood the hidden meaning of Wang Ping's words and answered immediately!
"Yes, we need to fight hard. It's best to kill them and let Linfen City send more troops to encircle and suppress them!"
Xiangyan Village, Hong Rui Army's temporary headquarters, all three company commanders are waiting here, looking anxious.
Finally, there was movement on the radio station in front of them, and the operator wearing headphones picked up a pencil and started recording. In less than five minutes, a telegraph newspaper full of telegrams appeared in front of them.
"Battal Commander, regimental headquarters order!" The operator put down his earphones and handed the telegram to Hong Ruijun, who was waiting anxiously behind him!
"Battal commander, what did the regiment commander say?" the deputy battalion commander next to him couldn't help but ask.
"Beat those little sons of bitches hard, try to kill them, and let Linfen City send more little devils to deal with us!" Hong Ruijun replied with excitement on his face.
This order is what he wants to see the most. He has been holding it back here for almost half a month. Hong Ruijun wants to have a big battle with the Japs more than anyone else!
The commander of the first company next to him was the most anxious. The remaining two companies had been expanded into battalions. Although the regiment headquarters had not appointed yet, a deputy battalion commander would definitely not be able to escape. In the battle that was about to begin, a whole regiment of puppet troops came.
.According to convention, at least half of the puppet troops in this regiment will eventually join the Eighth Route Army.
Therefore, as long as we fight this battle successfully, our first company will definitely expand into a battalion.
Already a little impatient, he immediately asked: "Batalion Commander, give me the order on how to fight!"
"Yes, battalion commander, give the order!" the other two company commanders immediately said.
The promotion of a new regiment is based on military merit. As long as you have military merit and ability, you can be directly promoted from company commander to battalion commander. There are many precedents.
Now that the army has been expanded into a battalion, they urgently need to fight to prove their command ability to the regiment commander, gain military merit, and then be promoted to battalion commander.
Hong Ruijun knew very well what everyone was thinking at this moment, and without hesitation, he ordered directly: "Before giving the order, let me tell you some good news!"
"The Japanese and puppet troops who attacked us were divided into three groups to mop up us. Each group of mopping up troops had a reinforced battalion of puppet troops and a strengthened squad of Japanese puppet troops. What we need to deal with are the Japanese puppet troops on the left and middle. As for the right wing,
We don’t need to take care of the Japanese and puppet troops, someone else will take care of them!”
"Do we still have reinforcements?" the guard battalion instructor asked with a frown on his face, a look of dissatisfaction on his face.
If the regiment headquarters really sent reinforcements, it would be a sign of distrust in the combat effectiveness of the guard battalion, and distrust in themselves and Hong Ruijun.
Hong Ruijun quickly shook his head and replied: "Instructor, don't worry, our guard battalion is the only main force in the area occupied by the Japs. Even if the regiment headquarters wants to send us reinforcements, they have no troops to send!"
"The reason why we don't need to worry about the Japanese and puppet troops on the right wing is because the battalion commander of the puppet army on the right wing is ours. Not only the battalion commander, but also the following three company commanders and more than one-third of the soldiers are our soldiers!"
"No more nonsense, I will start giving orders directly!"
"The first and second companies are responsible for dealing with the Japanese and puppet troops in the middle. I will personally take command and kill them within two days!"
"The third company is responsible for the Japanese and puppet troops on the left. If you can kill them, kill them. If you can't, hold them back. After I kill the Japanese and puppet troops in the middle, I will go over to reinforce you!"
"On the battlefield, don't be polite when dealing with the little devils and kill them directly. But the puppet troops must be merciful and try to capture them as much as possible!"
Two days later, Lieutenant General Fujino, with more than 8,000 main troops, had penetrated more than 60 kilometers into the new regiment's base area, burning four towns and more than ten villages in succession, causing thick smoke to billow everywhere in the base area. Everywhere the little Japs passed by
All the places and villages were burned to ashes by them!
At five o'clock in the morning, a large number of Japanese soldiers arrived at a village selected by Fujino on time.
To Fujino's dismay, the entire village was still deserted.
Under the leadership of the guard, he walked into the best room in the village. Just as he was about to rest, the chief of staff followed him in.
"Division Commander, the results and casualties of the night have been calculated!"
Lieutenant General Fujino stared at the Chief of Staff and asked: "What was the result last night?"
"It's very bad. It's not as good as the day before yesterday!" the chief of staff hesitated and replied.
"According to statistics, we only received sneak attacks from two companies of the Eighth Route Army last night, and they were well-prepared sneak attacks. Although our secret troops deployed on the periphery arrived in time and launched an attack on them, their reaction speed was equally fast.
They didn’t fight us head-on at all, they retreated as soon as they fought, and only killed less than one company of the Eighth Route Army! And..."
"And what?" Fujino asked with a frown.
"We also suffered a lot of casualties under their sneak attack, directly losing two infantry squads!"
"That is to say, the casualty ratio between us and the Eighth Route Army is one to one, or even lower!" Fujino became angry and asked, staring at the chief of staff.
"Hi!" the chief of staff replied bravely.
"Bagya Road!" Lieutenant General Fujino was completely angry.
"On the first night when we entered their base area, the casualty ratio between us and the Eighth Route Army was one to three. It was only higher but not lower. Now, just a short time later, it has become one to one. How many Eighth Route Army did we destroy in total? According to this
If we continue to fight with a higher casualty ratio, even if we fight for a month, we won’t be able to kill many people, and we will suffer heavy casualties!”
The chief of staff quickly replied: "Division commander, I feel that the Eighth Route Army's tactics against us have changed!"
"Intelligence and aviation reconnaissance show that all the people within fifty kilometers around us have been evacuated by the Eighth Route Army. No matter where we attack at night, they will not rush to fight with us just to cover the evacuation of the people!"
"As long as they don't mess up, our chances of killing them in large numbers will be much less!"
Fujino had a sullen face and stared at the map that had just been spread out by the staff in front of him. He looked at it for a long time before speaking.
"Yo Xi, your analysis is right. The commander of the Eighth Route Army is not a fool. Not only is he not stupid, but he is also a very difficult opponent!"
"Their current approach can indeed minimize casualties, but they have ignored a problem!"
"What's the problem?" the chief of staff asked immediately.
A look of ferocity suddenly flashed across Fujino's face, and then he ordered.
"Burn their villages and towns. They can keep hiding from us like this, but there will always be a time when they can't hide. As long as they hide for a day and don't come out to fight with us, then I will burn them for a day. Pass my order, starting from today, the cavalry brigade
Under the cover of the aviation force, we dispatched four hours a day to burn down all the villages and towns within a radius of 40 kilometers around the station!"
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