Just as the chief of staff was about to leave, political commissar Huang Yuanqiang rushed in with a frown on his face.
"Captain, there's a situation!"
"The reconnaissance company that is keeping an eye on the little Japs has just sent a telegram. Early this morning, the Japs cavalry set off, using the cavalry squad as a unit, to kill the surrounding villages!"
Wang Ping’s information replied nonchalantly: “Haven’t the surrounding people been evacuated and relocated? If they are willing to kill them, let them kill them. It’s okay?”
Huang Yuanqiang shook his head and replied: "But the crux of the matter is that the little Japanese cavalry who attacked were not to arrest people, they were to burn down houses. In just a few hours, all the villages and towns within a radius of 20 kilometers around their station were destroyed by them.
A fire that burns everything to the ground, basically sets fire to the house as soon as you see it!”
"The little devil is forcing us to take action!" Wang Ping reacted immediately, and his face became serious.
Huang Yuanqiang asked anxiously: "We must find a way to solve this problem. According to the rate at which the little devils are burning down houses, hundreds of thousands of people will be homeless in the entire base area in just a few days. By then, even if the new
Even if all of Yituan’s family assets are given away, there is no way to quell the people’s dissatisfaction with us!”
"What's more important is that without houses, ordinary people don't even have a place to live, and they might freeze to death. Then our Eighth Route Army has a huge responsibility!"
Wang Ping's face became more and more solemn, and he stared at Huang Yuanqiang and asked: "You just said that the only ones who went out to burn the house were the Japs cavalry troops, and they were dispersed in small teams?"
"That's right, maybe because of the long journey last night, more than 300 Japanese cavalry soldiers were divided into ten groups. They only went out for less than four hours. After burning the house, they retreated and never came out again!"
"The military camp is still the same as a few days ago, and the escort planes in the sky have not stopped..."
Wang Ping immediately made a decision: "Since the little Japs want to use this method to force our new group out, then we will go out and use their tricks!"
"Aren't you being tricked by a kid?" Huang Yuanqiang asked with disbelief.
"There is a Japs plane in the sky, and if the troops rush out to kill it, doesn't that make the plane a living target for them?"
"Then the little devil must have a life as a target shooter!" Wang Ping replied confidently.
Then he explained to Huang Yuanqiang: "Political Commissar, I plan to keep the troops in the hands of Yan Song and Rong Jun. You will unified the command and use guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to hold back the little Japs in the base area!"
"I will take the other troops and kill directly towards Linfen City!"
"The troops Yan Song and Rong Jun have are all veteran troops, with veterans accounting for more than half. They can completely disperse the troops and fight!"
"Gather the four light machine guns and four submachine guns from each infantry company, plus pistols and several rifles, to form an action group, ambush the village where the Japanese cavalry squad is about to kill them, and kill them!"
"Because there are only a few people in each action team, even if the little Japanese plane sees them, they will regard them as guerrillas and ignore them!"
"Also, even if their cavalry squad is attacked and the planes in the sky want to reinforce, they will not be able to do so because the scale of the battle is too small!"
"After all, the ammunition that a Japanese plane can carry at a time is very limited. It is impossible to drop bombs just when it sees a few Eighth Route Army troops. If this is the case, no matter how rich the little Japanese family is, it will not be able to withstand the consumption!"
Seeing the political commissar nodding thoughtfully, Wang Ping continued: "After beating the cavalry, the little Japs will definitely restrain themselves a lot. However, our sneak attacks still cannot stop!"
"The little devils are now retaliating with tooth, using guerrilla warfare to attack us. But they have forgotten that our Eighth Route Army is the originator of guerrilla warfare. They have only learned a superficial lesson!"
"From now on, the troops left behind can no longer be so passive."
"At night, because they didn't know where the enemy's next target would be, they had to divide their forces and cast nets all over the place. In the end, only a small number of troops were able to participate in the battle. But it was different during the day. They stopped at their own station to rest!"
"We have been worried about Japanese planes before. In my opinion, small Japanese planes are not as scary as we imagined!"
"As long as our troops are dispersed enough and don't stay at one point for a long time, no matter how powerful the aircraft is, they can't do anything to us!"
"We can split up the artillery and use mortars as an artillery group to hide around the Japanese base and bombard their base!"
"Ordinary infantry can also disperse and attack them directly with infantry squads as units..."
Xiangyan Village outside Linfen City has officially become the headquarters of Hong Rui Army.
Early in the morning, the three company commanders arrived here. Seeing the smiles on their faces, Hong Ruijun knew without guessing that they were here for the trophies from the regiment.
Just as he was about to issue an order to distribute the light and heavy weapons, the arrival of a telegram directly interrupted his plan.
"Comrades, the regiment headquarters has ordered that more than 2,000 Japanese and puppet troops have been killed in Linfen City, intending to retaliate against us and nip us in the bud. The regiment leader asked us to hold off these Japanese and puppet troops at all costs. If possible,
Just kill it!" Hong Ruijun raised the telegram in his hand and said with a wry smile.
"So fast!" No one expected that the Japanese's revenge would come so quickly and so violently. The smiles that enveloped everyone's faces suddenly disappeared.
The first company commander frowned and reminded: "Batalion Commander, this battle is not easy to fight... Although my first company added a hundred puppet prisoners and more than 300 guerrillas yesterday, there are too few veterans.
There are only less than 80 of them in full force, which is okay against the puppet troops, but against the real main force of the Japs, even an infantry squadron is quite difficult to fight head-on!"
The second company commander followed up and said: "My side is also in trouble. There were more than 500 people before the war, but now there are less than 400 people left. Although the combat effectiveness is still good, there is not much ammunition. In addition, there are too few light and heavy machine guns, and there are too few heavy machine guns.
Not a single machine gun!”
Soon, Hong Ruijun knew his family background.
Although the three battalions combined have more than 1,500 people, there are too many problems. The most important problem is that the troops have just been formed and have not been fully trained.
In half a month, as long as he was given another half month to reorganize the troops, Hong Ruijun was definitely not so worried when the puppet troops came over for more than 2,000 days.
Just when he was frowning and thinking hard about a solution, Hong Ruijun's very unfamiliar voice suddenly sounded at the door!
"Camp Commander Hong, you can't forget me when you fight against the Japanese!" Zhou Liang, who was the battalion commander of the Royal Association Army two days ago, came uninvited and said with a smile on his face.
Then he gave Hong Ruijun a military salute and reported: "Captain Hong, I request to lead the troops to participate in the battle!"
"I have nearly five hundred people here. They are all trained by the little devils who provided weapons and ammunition. Even if their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the main force, it is not far behind! Just give me some mortars and heavy machine guns.
, there is no problem at all with a strengthened squadron against the Japanese!"
"You came just in time!" Hong Ruijun's frown suddenly relaxed!
"Captain Zhou, as soon as you come here, the big problem in my mind will be solved... You must participate in this battle, and you must be the main attacker!"
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