There are Eighth Route Army guerrillas in every village outside Laiyuan City. As long as the Japanese leave the city, the strength, equipment, and marching routes of the Japanese will be sent to the independent regiment headquarters as soon as possible.
"Captain, there's a situation!" Deng Hongtao, the director of the Political Department in charge of intelligence for the independent regiment, hurried into the war room and reported.
Wang Ping took the telegram and started browsing it.
Soon, Wang Ping's expression turned solemn.
"Political Commissar, Chief of Staff, the Japs suddenly sent out two thousand Japs and three thousand Imperial Alliance troops from Laiyuan City. There are more than 5,000 people in total, with more than a dozen mountain artillery and infantry artillery. We still don't know the reason and purpose of sending the troops!"
Political Commissar Cheng Xiao frowned: "The puppet army of more than 5,000 days far exceeds ours in terms of strength and military strength. However, it is definitely impossible to encircle and suppress us with this small force. And this time the Japanese army encircled and suppressed us heavily.
Ours is a huge battle, and no matter how brave Ono from Laiyuan City is, he will not dare to ruin the plan and send troops in advance!"
Just when the three people frowned and compared the map to analyze the purpose of sending more than 5,000 puppet troops.
A burst of rapid footsteps came in, and then I saw the intelligence staff rushing in.
"Regiment commander, political commissar, chief of staff, the latest information, we have found out the purpose of the puppet army of more than 5,000 days!"
As he spoke, the intelligence staff officer had already walked to the battle map, pointed to the place name Qinggu Valley and said: "After more than five thousand days of puppet troops arriving along the highway to Qinggu Valley, they stopped and started setting up camp directly."
"In addition, as soon as these Japanese and puppet troops arrived in Qinggu Valley, they sent many people to raid the surrounding villages. They not only robbed food, but also robbed people."
"Because the Japs came so suddenly, the guerrillas in each village rushed to fight. Although they resisted desperately, they still could not stop the Japs. In the end, they captured nearly 2,000 young men from more than a dozen surrounding villages and brought them to Qinggu Valley, and forced them to build gun towers.
station!"
"Green Valley!" Wang Ping said to himself.
It didn't take long for a look of realization to appear on his face, and then he frowned and said, "I understand, the Japanese want to build a transit station and outpost in Qinggu Valley!"
Cheng Xiao also showed an expression of sudden realization on his face!
"Ono is worthy of being the leader of the Japs Brigade. With one move, he defeated our plan to continue sneak attacks on their transport troops!"
"A material transfer station has been established in Qinggu Valley. The journey that their transport troops should have completed in one day can now be divided into two days. In this way, they can spend more time on the road searching and guarding against our sneak attacks!"
"Our old rival Ono is indeed a very difficult opponent!" Although he is an opponent and an enemy, Wang Ping still sighed with emotion without hesitation.
"What about the outpost?" Chief of Staff Zeng Quan asked.
Wang Ping drew a large circle on the map with Qinggu Valley as the center, and then analyzed: "With more than 5,000 days of puppet troops, if used properly, they can control all villages within a ten-kilometer radius with Qinggu Valley as the center.
It must be very easy for the Japanese and puppet troops in Laiyuan City to control all the villages within ten kilometers of the county. If this is the case, think about the consequences for us."
Political Commissar Cheng Xiao was the first to react: "Our troops outside the mountain were invisibly divided by the Japs. Especially the third battalion, they were directly separated by the Japs, cutting off the connection with the main force!"
Chief of Staff Zeng Quan added: "Our range of activities outside the mountains will also be greatly reduced!"
"After two areas with a radius of ten kilometers were occupied by the Japanese army, our range of activities outside the mountain was directly reduced to less than one-third of the original size. By then, as long as the Japanese begin to attack, the troops scattered in various places will be able to quickly eliminate us
Troops scattered outside the city."
Political Commissar Cheng Xiao said with certainty: "Commander, the Japanese outpost is too cunningly arranged. They must not be allowed to gain a foothold in Qinggu Valley and control the surrounding villages!"
Wang Ping replied helplessly: "We can't stop them, and we can't stop them!"
"Yes!" Cheng Xiao also showed a helpless expression on his face.
"The reason why we were able to block the attack of the 5,000-6,000 Japanese puppet troops was because we had the terrain advantage and had the trump card of machine gun concealment."
"Now that the Japanese army is occupying the Green Valley and holding on to it, we don't have any advantage. And if we take the initiative to attack, we have even less advantage. It's almost impossible to prevent them from gaining a foothold in the Green Valley."
Chief of Staff Zeng Quan shouted with a look of reluctance: "Then we will just watch the Japanese army shrink our scope of activities step by step!"
"Of course not!" Wang Ping replied firmly.
"Then what should we do? Captain, do you have any solution?" Zeng Quan asked with full of hope.
Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "As I said just now, it is impossible to prevent the Japanese army from gaining a foothold in Qinggu Valley!"
"but!"
"We can do the opposite. If the Japanese want to occupy the Green Valley and use it as a transit point for supplies and as an outpost to attack us, then we can give them the Green Valley. If the Japanese want to encircle and suppress us with heavy troops, they need to meet several requirements.
A condition.”
"In terms of supplies, it will no longer be a problem after the Japanese army occupied Qinggu Valley."
"In terms of terrain, once the Japanese army compresses our range of activities, if they want to encircle and attack us, all the terrain advantages will lie with them."
"Now the only thing we can still use is our military strength, and we can use our hands and feet to manipulate the Japanese army's encirclement and suppression forces!"
Zeng Quan was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted and asked with disbelief: "How is it possible to move the Japanese troops?"
"Captain, there are more than 5,000 Japanese and puppet troops. Even if we send out the entire regiment, we may not be able to move them. Commander, you must be careful and don't be impulsive!"
"I won't be impulsive!" Wang Ping replied confidently.
"My idea is very simple, that is, the Japanese army will fight the Japanese army, and we will fight our own. The Japanese army's purpose is to occupy the territory and compress our control area outside the mountains."
"Then we will ignore them and let them occupy it!"
"Our goal is to kill as many Japanese as possible at the lowest cost, regardless of the gains and losses of a city or a place. We can kill as many people as we can."
"The Japanese will still rely on troops to attack us in the end. Now that we kill one more Japanese, the pressure we have to face in the counter-encirclement and suppression operations will be much less!"
"Captain, did I hear you correctly? Do you really plan to use the more than 5,000 puppet troops who left the city? That's more than 5,000 people. Maybe the Japanese didn't kill a few people, and we fell into it ourselves, losing our troops and generals!" Zeng Quan still said
He reminded me with an expression of disbelief and worry.
Wang Ping answered confidently: "Don't worry, I, Wang Ping, will definitely not send troops if we are not sure about the war. We ordered the main force of the regiment, the county brigade, the district squadron, and the district squad to all concentrate on the Qinggu Valley area. The guerrillas in each village began to be on alert.
Immediately give an early warning of the enemy's situation and inform the main force. You can fight guerrillas with the Japanese, but you must not fight head-on. The main force will fight tough battles!"