Finally, he stared at the chief of staff and asked: "What do you mean?"
After thinking about it, the chief of staff decided to tell his true thoughts. After all, it was related to his own life and the lives of more than a thousand people around him.
"The situation we are facing now has told us that if we do not understand the opponent and pursue rashly, we will suffer big losses, and even the whole situation may be destroyed. We must decisively stop this kind of risky action, because we cannot afford to gamble!"
"Captain, you must know that once we lose the bet, everyone here may be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army. At that time, there will be no imperial troops in Laiyuan that can compete with the Eighth Route Army. They can defeat them all in one step.
Take down the entire Laiyuan in one step!"
"We must not let this happen!" Ono said decisively.
But as soon as he said the words, he felt unwilling to do so, and then added: "If we end the operation like this, wouldn't the warriors who died in the past few days have died in vain?"
"No! Their deaths will not be in vain!" explained the chief of staff.
"According to the order, in the next half month, the supplementary troops sent to us by the commander will gradually arrive, and our regiment will also be expanded into a garrison brigade, with a total strength of 6,500, which is enough to reach the current three
Even more times than that!”
"If your Excellency the commander is willing, the Laiyuan Garrison Regiment can also be expanded into a security brigade. In this way, the number of troops in the hands of the commander will be increased to 10,000, and there will never be this shortage of troops again!"
Ono's frown relaxed a lot at this time, and then he said with bright eyes: "If there are really 10,000 troops, I won't be afraid even if all the troops in the First Military Division of the Eighth Route Army come over!"
"Captain, did you agree?" As soon as Ono showed signs of relenting, the chief of staff asked!
Ono nodded and affirmed: "Chief of Staff, your analysis is right. I can't risk the lives of so many warriors with me, let alone risk Laiyuan. Laiyuan City must not be taken back by the Eighth Route Army!"
At this point, Colonel Ono changed the subject and continued: "However, the investigation and attack on the Eighth Route Army in Laiyuan cannot be relaxed! Our intelligence agency must speed up the intelligence penetration into Laiyuan. I don't care whether they plan to bribe the Chinese or send out
Intelligence team. In five days at most, I must find out the total strength and equipment of the Eighth Route Army in Laiyuan! The more detailed the better, otherwise the headquarters intelligence staff will be waiting to go to a military court!"
"As for the attack, from now on, all strongholds will be on heightened alert. After the additional troops arrive, we will first add troops to each stronghold so that they can reach full strength. If we encounter an Eighth Route Army attack again, we will not have no room to fight back!"
"The other is the Laiyuan Guard Corps. I agree that the Guard Corps will be expanded into a Guard Brigade. After I return, I will apply to the Commander. However, the combat effectiveness displayed by the Guard Corps in the past few days has really disappointed me. After I return,
The garrison brigade must strengthen training. Chief of Staff, you have also transferred a squadron of imperial troops to join the garrison regiment, serving as deputy officers at all levels and specifically responsible for training!"
"From now on, I don't want to see the security forces surrender to the enemy in an organized form, or be cowardly on the battlefield and collapse without fighting!" After thinking that the arrangements were in place, Ono issued the order to withdraw.
After receiving the news, Wang Ping couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then took the captured and captives and went straight to Zhangjiawan to join Cheng Xiao.
The village that originally had only a few families has turned into a huge military camp with the arrival of the independent battalion.
At first, these hunters did not agree with the Independent Battalion setting up their military camp here. One of the important reasons why they moved their families here from outside the mountains and made a living by hunting was to avoid military disasters.
In their eyes, if the military is stationed close to the village, it won't take long for the Japanese to find it, and then they will be affected by the war. Therefore, after hearing Cheng Xiao's idea of locating the independent battalion here,
Finally, several families of hunters subconsciously refused.
Fortunately, the Independent Battalion won many battles after its attack on Laiyuan, so it had both money and food in its hands.
After seeing that several families of hunters relied on hunting to make ends meet and their families couldn't even eat enough to eat, he offered to provide each hunter with 100 kilograms of white flour so that they could survive the cold winter. Otherwise, Zhangjiawan would have to wait until the heavy snow closed the mountains.
With more than thirty mouths, someone will definitely freeze to death or starve to death!
Seeing that the Eighth Route Army did not rob everything they saw like the Central Army and Jinsui Army they had encountered before, but instead returned food to themselves so that their families could survive in the cold winter. These hunters were very moved and eventually destroyed the open space at the east end of the village.
He and Linzi were all given over to the Independent Battalion as a base, and they also gave the Independent Battalion a lot of mountain goods that could not be sold because of the war!
It's getting colder and colder outside. It looks like the weather is going to snow the corpses, and the troops still have many wounded due to continuous fighting. It's definitely impossible to expose them to the cold camp like this.
Just when Cheng Xiao was in trouble, Zhong Yusheng came back. Not only did he bring a large number of seizures, but he also brought back seventy or eighty prisoners.
As long as there are people, everything can be done easily.
With the help of dozens of villagers in Zhangjiawan, Cheng Xiao used the puppet army prisoners in his hands to build more than a dozen wooden barracks in just two days, ensuring that the people in the military camp had a place to live temporarily and that the empty
The camp has the look of a military camp.
When Wang Ping led the team back to Zhangjiawan, the main force of the independent battalion had brought a lot of supplies and equipment and had to take a detour, so they had not returned yet.
Looking at the camp in front of him that was beginning to take shape but still empty, Wang Ping was very satisfied and had the idea of using this place as a long-term camp for the independent camp.
Even if the Independence Camp expands in the future and cannot station so many people here, this camp can still be used as a secret camp of the Independence Camp!
As soon as the idea was put forward, the instructor Cheng Xiao agreed: "I agree. I have looked at the surrounding terrain in the past two days. It can be said that you can advance and attack, and retreat and defend. It is very suitable for a station!"
"If all the open space and woods given to us by the village are used to build the camp, there will be no problem in accommodating a thousand people!"
"There is also the geographical location here. There are more than 20 villages within 30 miles around, and they are all very large. We can completely take Zhangjiawan as the center, radiate to the surrounding villages step by step, and then rely on these villages to establish a base!"
Wang Ping's eyes suddenly changed when he looked at Cheng Xiao. I thought he was just an old political worker, but I didn't expect him to be so farsighted in the military. He was simply an all-rounder.
At this time, Wang Ping finally understood what Tang Chief of Staff said to him when he sent Cheng Xiao over.
"Letting Cheng Xiao come to the independent camp is a treasure for me. I must develop the independent camp as soon as possible without losing money to Cheng Xiao."
As an all-round commander, talents like Cheng Xiao are in short supply everywhere in the Eighth Route Army. In the future, there will be no problem in being a regiment leader or regimental political commissar. Now, being an instructor for yourself is definitely overkill.
If I couldn't expand the independent battalion into an independent regiment as soon as possible, I would really feel sorry for Cheng Xiao.
Thinking of this, Wang Ping became even more motivated.
Then Cheng Xiao stared at him and affirmed: "Old Cheng, you are right. When we stabilize here, I will go back to the headquarters and apply to the commander for our independent battalion to stay in Laiyuan, establish a base area, and move the First Army
The scope of the partition extends directly to Laiyuan."