At the independent regiment headquarters, Chief of Staff Zeng Quan rushed in very anxiously.
"The regiment leader, the political commissar, and the Japanese have begun to take action!"
Wang Ping's reaction speed was very fast. After being stunned for a moment, he began to give orders: "Contact our troops outside the mountain immediately, and find out the Japanese troop dispatch and mopping up routes as quickly as possible!"
"Political commissar, inform all main forces, local troops, and guerrillas to prepare for battle immediately!"
"Especially the local troops and guerrillas scattered in various places were mobilized immediately. No matter how the Japanese army raided, they could not do without the highway. I wanted them to use sparrow warfare, mine warfare... various guerrilla warfare methods to harass the Japanese and puppet troops and slow them down.
The speed of mopping up the Japanese and puppet troops. For our independent regiment, the most important thing now is time. The longer the entire counter-encirclement and suppression operation drags on, the more fighters we can find!"
Less than an hour later, the chief of staff who had been guarding the radio room rushed in again, and then pointed at the map and reported in a serious tone.
"We've figured it out! The Japanese and puppet troops are divided into four groups from Laiyuan City. Each group has a thousand Japs and a thousand Imperial Army troops."
"In addition, each route of Japanese and puppet troops is equipped with a large number of heavy machine guns and mortars, and there is also a large group running in the mountains. The firepower is very powerful!"
"Also, above every route of the Japanese and puppet troops, there is at least one Japanese plane escorting them in the sky!"
"Currently, the guerrillas in each village, district squads, district squadrons, and the main forces operating outside the mountains are harassing them through various guerrilla warfare. So far, the results achieved by each unit are pretty good, and they have killed and injured
Hundreds of puppet troops!”
Deng Hongtao, the director of the Political Department next to him, shouted in front of him: "It took only a short time to eliminate hundreds of puppet troops. By the end of the day, there will be thousands of puppet troops!"
Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "Director Deng, the battle cannot be calculated like this!"
"At the beginning, the Japanese and puppet troops were not familiar with our fighting style, so they were caught off guard and suffered so many casualties. Once they react and adapt to our harassment, the casualties will decrease after the war!"
"Also, the Japanese are not fools, and they will certainly not be beaten passively."
"Once they think of countermeasures, our casualties will increase."
Cheng Xiao affirmed in a serious tone: "The regiment leader is right. Not only are the Japanese not stupid, but they are also very smart. They can definitely think of some countermeasures against our guerrilla warfare!"
"Captain, I think we should remind the troops outside the mountain not to get carried away with their temporary victory and give the Japanese an opportunity to bite back!"
"Chief of Staff, send a telegram to the 2nd and 3rd battalions: During the day, their first mission is to do everything possible to slow down the Japanese and puppet troops' mopping up speed. They can delay it as long as possible. The second mission is to kill them as much as possible and weaken their strength.
You must not fight them head-on!" Wang Ping ordered Zeng Quan directly without any nonsense.
"Also, they are escorted by Japanese planes above their heads. During the harassment battle against the Japanese and puppet troops, no matter what the reason, we cannot gather more than one platoon of troops together. The planes are not vegetarians. One of them will be blown down and casually
Then we can reimburse our group!"
"I'm going to send a telegram now to remind them!" Zeng Quan rushed out with a serious look on his face.
It was already two hours later that Zeng Quan returned to the war room again, and his face was more solemn than before.
As soon as he came in, he reported in a serious tone: "Captain, you are right, the little devil has already started to fight back!"
"The two battalion commanders just sent a telegram: The results achieved by the troops are now less than half of what they were at the beginning. And they are becoming more and more vigilant. It is very difficult for us to sneak attack on them! More importantly, the guerrillas in each village have begun
There are casualties!”
"As expected, our main force is no match for the Japanese one on one, let alone the guerrillas whose combat effectiveness is far lower than that of the main force!" Wang Ping was prepared and answered calmly.
Then he stared at Zeng Quan and asked, "Is there any other news?"
"Yes!" Zeng Quan quickly marked the locations and marching routes of the four Japanese and puppet troops' mopping up troops on the map, and then analyzed: "Based on the location of the Japanese troops, we judge that they intend to divide their forces into multiple groups and cooperate with each other to eliminate us.
All the troops operating outside the mountain will join together and annihilate us here!"
"How should we fight next, head and political commissar? We can't just keep using guerrilla warfare!"
"Wait!" Wang Ping replied in a surprising tone.
"Every Japanese and puppet army on the battlefield cannot be eliminated by us in a short time. We can only wait for them to show their flaws, and then we can seize the opportunity to severely damage them!"
"Send another telegram to the two battalion commanders outside the mountain: For our independent regiment, the most important thing now is time. Therefore, no matter what method they use, as long as they can slow down the Japanese and puppet troops' mopping up speed and delay them
, we won more than half of it!”
"Also, the casualties of the troops must be controlled. I don't ask them to kill many puppet troops, as long as they can hold them back!"
The day's battle ended quickly, and the outcome was beyond everyone's expectation.
Major General Ono originally thought that half of Laiyuan's territory could be recovered in one day. However, because the roads were full of landmines and Tubal guerrillas were everywhere, the imperial army swept through all the villages they passed and emptied the buildings.
No one could be found to lead the way. There were four groups of attacking troops, each of which only left Laiyuan City and swept less than 20 kilometers around the county.
You know, as the mopping up troops get farther and farther away from Laiyuan City, the scope that each mopping up troop needs to mop up is also getting larger and larger. According to the current mopping up speed, if you want to eliminate the Eighth Route Army troops operating outside the mountains, there will be no five
Day time is simply impossible.
"Baga, I didn't expect our opponents to be so well prepared. Now it seems that this sweep will be another tough battle for us!" Major General Ono, who was frowning, couldn't help but sigh.
The chief of staff quickly comforted him: "Your Excellency General, our opponents are really too cunning. Various sneak attacks are emerging one after another. It is very good that our troops can fight like this. But I am worried that the progress of our brigade's mopping up will affect the entire encirclement and suppression campaign."
Fight!"
"Don't worry about this, it will never happen!" Major General Ono quickly regained his senses!
"The military department's request is to annihilate the Eighth Route Army in Mount Wutai within one month. Do you think we can't annihilate the Independent Regiment in one month?"
"If the four-pronged mopping up troops cannot clear out the Eighth Route Army operating outside the mountain in five days, we will use ten days. If ten days are not enough, we will use half a month!"
"Hi, General, you are so wise!" the chief of staff said with a compliment.
Ono waved his hand and continued his analysis: "However, today's battle also reminded me that we must pay attention to our opponents."
"In just one day, the Fourth Route mopping up troops lost more than 500 people. Although the Imperial Army lost less than one infantry squadron, the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment once again exceeded our expectations! And the Eighth Route Army is best at fighting guerrilla warfare and night warfare.
Therefore, tonight, the four-pronged mopping up troops must be more vigilant, so as not to be bitten by Tubal Road!"
"I'll send a telegram to our troops right away!" the chief of staff rushed out of the war room with a serious look!
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