"Then what should we do?" Hong Linfeng was anxious.
"Wait!" Li Hao replied.
"There are too many new recruits in the army, and they have not yet fully formed their combat capabilities. Before we are 100% sure, we would rather wait a little longer than take risks."
"Of course, we can't do nothing while waiting."
"Large-scale night attacks are not feasible. We can launch small-scale night attacks. Just like during the day, we can train our troops through sneak attacks so that the new recruits can adapt to the battlefield as soon as possible."
"Tell the three battalion commanders to organize the troops to take turns on the battlefield and attack the Japanese and puppet troops' garrison at night while ensuring the casualties of the troops."
After finally surviving until dawn the next day, the Japanese army did not continue to attack the garrison base area, and showed a posture of preparing to station in Guanshan Town for a long time.
At dawn, a regiment of puppet troops rushed into the town, and then did something that shocked Li Hao: demolish the house!
The dismantled logs, stones, bricks, door panels... were all transported to the temporary site in large trucks.
The whole station is like a big construction site, with people building houses and digging trenches for blockades, busy and orderly.
The atmosphere at the garrison headquarters was very solemn.
The Japanese army's actions today were so unexpected that they completely subverted Li Hao's understanding of them.
"Captain, the Japs have made it clear that they are preparing to stay in Guanshan Town for a long time. Once their stronghold is established, it will definitely be very difficult for us to kill them." Hong Linfeng put forward his idea seriously.
"I suggest assembling the heavy artillery battalion, the second battalion, the special agent battalion, the mobile battalion, the air defense battalion, and the cavalry battalion, and take the initiative to attack. While their strongholds have not been repaired and they only have simple positions to defend, they will be severely hit. First, take out the Japanese and puppet troops in Guanshan Town.
Let's start by killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, and make the other two groups of Japanese and puppet troops give up their decision to build strongholds in our base area and station them for a long time."
Li Hao said nothing, frowning and lost in thought. Based on the memory in his mind, he analyzed the purpose of the Japanese army in doing this.
A few minutes later, a pair of confused eyes quickly shot out two rays of light, and he shouted with a look of sudden realization.
"I think I figured out the conspiracy behind the little devil!"
Pointing to the map, he analyzed: "Look, after the Japanese army occupied Guanshan Town, Dongzhuang, and Chenjiayu, this large base area was separated by them. If this continues, this base area will definitely become an area occupied by the Japs.
"
"They want to encroach on our base area bit by bit and compress the living space of our defense regiment."
"Even if they spend half a month building these three strongholds, and half a month clearing out the local troops and guerrillas in this base area, they will continue to attack us a month later."
"In three months, these counties around Lingqiu will be completely eaten away by them."
Wang Hong thought for a while and expressed a different opinion: "Captain, the little devil can indeed use this method to encroach on our base area bit by bit."
"But they only have three strongholds. Isn't that too few?"
"This defense line is more than 100 kilometers long. The three strongholds will definitely not be defended. The troops can easily pass through the defense line and regain contact with this base area."
"By the way, if the Japanese army really plans to do this, we can still deal with several strongholds like we did with Laiyuan City before."
"Send heavy troops to keep an eye on them. If there are fewer troops coming out, they will be eaten directly. If there are more troops coming out, use guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to slowly wear them down, and block them in three strongholds and dare not come out. In this case, their blockade will be
It’s even more meaningless. As time goes by, we may eat up all the Japanese and puppet troops here, and in the end we lose both my wife and our troops.”
Li Hao wanted to say: "With the addition of the blockade wall and blockade ditch, the garrison base area will be completely divided into two by these three strongholds."
"If the Japanese and puppet troops build a few more strongholds next to the blockade ditch and blockade wall, the divided base area will continue to be divided into smaller pieces by the Japanese and puppet troops, which are different from each other and cannot even be reinforced.
"
"At that time, the base areas will be blocked by blockade ditches and walls. As long as the Japanese and puppet troops gather heavy troops to raid these small base areas, the local troops and guerrillas inside will definitely be unable to escape, and will eventually be defeated by the Japanese and puppet troops one by one.
"
Thinking of this, Li Hao had completely understood the real strategy and guidelines of the Japanese army's large-scale raid, and then he took a deep breath and turned paler.
Because he discovered that once the blockade trenches and blockade walls were established, combined with those large and small strongholds like fortresses, the base areas would fall into a situation of independent warfare.
Fortunately, the main force has guns, cannons, and heavy artillery that can join the battle at any time and forcefully break through these blockade ditches and blockade walls.
The same cannot be said for local troops and guerrillas.
There are no heavy weapons, and they are divided into small base areas, unable to communicate with each other and provide reinforcements.
Once any troops are exposed, they will definitely be eliminated in the end.
As time goes by, the local troops and guerrillas in these small base areas will be wiped out by the Japanese.
The common people will gradually stay away from the Eighth Route Army under the coercion and inducement of the Japanese and puppet troops.
At that time, the main force will become a fish out of water. There will be neither reinforcements nor supplements from local troops. The troops will become less and less as the battle continues, and they will not be able to survive for too long.
"Regiment leader, political commissar, chief of staff, urgent call from the front line!" Zhou Liang suddenly rushed in, interrupting Li Hao's thoughts.
"The remaining Japanese and puppet troops in the Japanese-occupied areas made a sudden move last night. They raided all the villages and towns in the area, captured all the young and strong people in their strongholds, and sent them to our base area before dawn."
"Nearly 20,000 young and strong ordinary people were sent to the Japanese and puppet army garrison in Guanshan Town alone. Two regiments of puppet troops also entered the Japanese and puppet army garrison in Guanshan Town to take custody of these ordinary people."
"Organize the people to build blockade ditches and blockade walls..." These words came to Li Hao's mind subconsciously.
He stared closely at Zhou Liang and asked: "Did the telegram say anything about what the little devils are doing by arresting so many people?"
"said."
"Except for some of the more than 20,000 people in Guanshan Town who stayed in Guanshan Town to build strongholds and dig protective trenches, the rest of the people scattered to dig trenches along the highway, and they all dug on one side, and the excavated soil was all piled in one direction.
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"Several battalion commanders couldn't figure out what the kid's purpose was and didn't dare to act rashly. They all sent telegrams and other orders."
"I know what they are doing!" With evidence, Li Hao could finally say what he was hiding in his heart.
He took out a pen and paper and quickly drew a sketch, pointing to the lines above and introducing.
"They are digging blockade ditches and blockade walls."
"Through the blockade trenches, blockade walls, and the large and small strongholds they established, they divided our base areas into small pieces, unable to communicate with each other and unable to support each other, and then defeated them one by one, and eliminated the local troops, main forces, and guerrillas hidden in these base areas.
Team, catch them all in one fell swoop.”
"We must not allow their blockade trenches and walls to be built, otherwise the base area will definitely be hit hard."
"In this way, we will use the chief of staff's suggestion to strike first and gather heavy troops to attack the Japanese and puppet troops in Guanshan Town, severely inflicting heavy damage on them and forcing them to withdraw from our base area."
"As soon as they retreat, those ordinary people will naturally retreat."