"Force us to retreat and stop attacking them!" the division commander explained with a stern face.
"In the battle of Laiyuan, although the casualties of the garrison were not as exaggerated as those of the mixed brigade, the losses were definitely considerable and we urgently need time to rest and recuperate. If we kill them now, even if we cannot annihilate them all, we will definitely have no problem defeating them.
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"The garrison took advantage of the fact that we were not ready and struck preemptively, eating more than a thousand of us."
"This powerful display tells us that although they suffered a lot of losses in the battle of Laiyuan, they still have a powerful heavy artillery unit, and the infantry also has offensive capabilities."
"If we continue to attack, these troops will definitely cause us great losses, especially the heavy artillery group."
"Push them into a panic and fight us to the death. No one will be left behind in the end."
The chief of staff understood it completely, and then asked: "Sir, since we already know that this battle is a deliberate show of muscles by the garrison and does not want us to continue attacking them, we must not be fooled."
"The humble position suggested that the troops speed up the dispatch of troops, rush into the garrison's base when they are at their weakest, make them sick while they are sick, and solve the empire's most serious problem at all costs."
The chief of staff's proposal was sound and well-founded. After speaking, he looked at the division commander, waiting for his confirmation.
Half a minute passed and the division commander said nothing.
A minute passed and he still didn't speak. Instead, he frowned and fell into deep thought. No one knew what he was thinking.
Just when the chief of staff couldn't help but want to say what he just said again, the division commander finally spoke, and his words were shocking.
"No, we will not attack the garrison."
"The strength displayed by the garrison tonight was stronger than I expected, especially their heavy artillery unit. If used properly, even one of our infantry regiments will be no match."
"Except for aircraft, we have almost no strength that can directly compete with the heavy artillery force."
"With aircraft cover during the day, this heavy artillery force will definitely not show up. After dark, the battlefield will become dominated by heavy artillery. The effective range of more than seven kilometers means that they can bombard us five or six kilometers away from the station."
"At that time, we will only be beaten passively."
"The troops are too concentrated, and if a heavy artillery shell hits them, the troops will definitely suffer heavy casualties."
"The troops were too dispersed, and the garrison was given the opportunity to attack us at night, and in the end we suffered the same loss of troops."
"No matter whether we can kill the garrison in the end or not, we will pay a huge price."
"For us now, the most precious thing is our military strength. We cannot afford to lose so many troops in the garrison, otherwise I would not have established the Imperial Association Army on such a large scale in Datong."
The division commander took out two pieces of intelligence that the chief of staff had not read yet and handed them over and continued.
"This was just sent by the intelligence agency."
"The Jinsui Army is very dissatisfied with our reoccupation of Datong and is gathering troops to prepare for a counterattack. Many officers who surrendered to the Imperial Japanese Army were instigated by them to rebel and want to attack Datong from both inside and outside."
"The intelligence department has arrested two regiment commanders and three battalion commanders."
"In order to defend Datong and preserve this important coal mining town for the empire, we must station a large number of troops in Datong."
"There is also the Eighth Route Army operating in northwest Shanxi. Recently they have been taking the initiative to attack the large and small strongholds occupied by the imperial army. Their combat effectiveness is very strong, and there are more than ten main regiments participating in the battle."
"At present, their activities have been discovered outside Datong."
"In order not to affect the imperial army's plunder of Datong's coal resources, we have to allocate part of our troops to deal with them?"
"If something unexpected happens to our attacking garrison troops, Datong will fall into power again due to insufficient troops. Then the Datong city that our division worked so hard to defeat will be in vain."
"Compared with risking an unknown battle, it is more important to keep the fruits of the battle that have already been eaten."
At the headquarters of the 1st Battalion of the Garrison Regiment, Huang Sheng’s face was all smiles.
After being stationed in Hunyuan for so long, we finally won a heart-wrenching victory.
"Report..." The voice of Investigation Company Commander Chen Wei suddenly sounded at the door.
"Captain, the little Japanese Lichuan regiment has withdrawn its troops!"
"After burning all the corpses of the little Japanese in the stronghold into ashes, they hurriedly left the stronghold with more than a thousand urns and evacuated to the direction of Datong, leaving only a reinforced squadron to guard the rear."
Li Hao smiled, feeling happy from the bottom of his heart, and then took a long breath and sighed: "The danger in the direction of Datong has been lifted."
"We achieved the effect of flexing our muscles last night. The Japs definitely didn't want to lose any more troops in our hands, so they chose to retreat.
Then he ordered Huang Sheng: "Captain Huang, from now on, the Japanese troops in the direction of Datong will not move, and neither will you."
"Restore the troops to full strength as soon as possible, and then strengthen training to improve combat effectiveness."
"There is another mission for you. After Datong was occupied by the Japanese, the direct connection between us and the Jinsui Army was also cut off."
"I ask you to use a month to re-establish contact with the Jinsui Army from inside the mountain and open three communication channels."
"Every communication channel must be able to use mules and horses to ensure that various transactions and connections between us and the Jinsui Army are not interrupted."
Huang Sheng quickly replied: "Don't worry, commander, I promise to lead a battalion, guard Hunyuan, and reopen the communication line with the Jinsui Army."
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and there were sounds of firefights everywhere in North China, except for the garrison.
The entire base area is resuming production and rebuilding homes.
Recruitment of the main force is also in full swing.
Including the prisoners of war who are willing to join the garrison regiment, the total strength of the garrison regiment has been restored to 3,000, and it can be restored to full strength with another 1,000 new soldiers.
The exhausted heavy mortar shells and heavy artillery shells were also replenished by 300 shells each, which were sent to Xi'an by the garrison battalion of the pharmaceutical factory and then transferred to the base area.
With the artillery shells, the artillery equipped by the garrison finally has a use, and is no longer a pile of scrap metal.
The garrison also regained some combat effectiveness due to their arrival.
As long as nothing unexpected happens and the base continues to develop step by step, it will take up to half a year for the garrison to return to its pre-war strength.
Just when Li Hao thought he could take a good rest, communications platoon leader Zhou Liang hurried over.
"Captain, Captain Xiao is calling urgently!"
In the entire garrison, only Zhou Liang and himself knew what Xiao Yuan was doing in Chongqing.
Seeing Zhou Liang's solemn face and frowning, he immediately realized that something happened in Chongqing, and it was a big thing that Xiao Yuan couldn't solve, otherwise he wouldn't have sent a telegram, which made Zhou Liang very nervous.
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