"No, to be precise, it should be two battles and two victories!" the army commander was not dazzled by the good news and answered calmly.
"The garrison in Guanshan Town reported that the garrison that attacked them dispatched a total of ten heavy artillery pieces. This shows that the heavy artillery battalion of the garrison was not killed by us, and the three bombings of the aviation force did not go as smoothly as we expected."
The chief of staff, who was doused with cold water by the commander, quickly calmed down and replied with a serious face: "I will report this matter to the intelligence department now and ask them to target these ten heavy artillery pieces and cooperate with the aviation force to continue the bombing.
Kill them completely."
The commander nodded and continued: "Although we won this battle, the garrison retreated on its own initiative and did not suffer heavy losses."
"As long as the imperial army's raids continue, they will do everything they can to continue to fight against the imperial army and defeat it."
"So our front-line mopping up troops cannot relax their vigilance yet."
"Tell them that all participating troops must strictly implement the military's combat plan and fight steadily."
"Build strongholds within the stipulated time, blockade ditches, blockade walls, and complete the division of the garrison base area. Then send troops to raid the divided garrison base area, eliminate all resistance forces inside, and turn it into an area occupied by the imperial army."
"Finally, we will concentrate our superior forces and continue to attack the hinterland of the garrison base. We will use the same method to encroach on their base bit by bit."
"Without orders from the military headquarters, no troops can rush forward and divide their forces to create opportunities for the garrison to defeat them."
The atmosphere at the garrison headquarters was very depressing.
From the moment he returned here, Li Hao studied the map with a sullen face.
Except for eating and sleeping, he spent the rest of the time standing motionless in front of the map, thinking about strategies to break the ground.
"Captain, there is a situation on the front line!" Hong Linfeng strode in, regardless of whether Li Hao saw it or not, he interrupted directly, very anxious.
"The Japanese and puppet troops in Guanshan Town have moved."
"Their blockade ditch, blockade wall, and Guanshan Town stronghold have all been repaired.
"In addition, they also built two small strongholds on the blockade ditch more than 30 kilometers along the way, and stationed an infantry squadron and a battalion of puppet troops."
"In addition to sending troops to patrol along the highway and blockade wall, a large number of minefields were also deployed on both sides of the blockade wall to prevent us from destroying and crossing the blockade ditch."
"Early this morning, Guanshan Town dispatched a reinforced brigade of Japanese soldiers and a regiment of puppet troops, armed with artillery, to attack the base area separated by their blockade trenches."
"The occupied area also dispatched the same number of Japanese and puppet troops to sweep the area and attack from both front and rear."
Hong Linfeng circled the area on the map while reporting.
He then circled the other two areas and continued to report: "The other two groups of Japanese and puppet troops who attacked us have also sent troops to sweep the base areas separated by them."
There was a hint of gloom in Li Hao's eyebrows. He looked at Hong Linfeng and asked, "They didn't send troops to continue attacking the hinterland of our base?"
"No!" Hong Linfeng shook his head and replied.
"That's a big problem." Li Hao took a breath and replied.
"Divide a piece of our base area, kill the resistance forces inside, and then continue to attack us after the occupation is completely digested. In this way, there will be no need to leave too many troops in the rear, and the Japanese and puppet troops can always concentrate their superior forces to deal with us, without giving us various opportunities.
Defeat their chances."
Hong Linfeng suggested: "Can we wait until the Japanese army launches the next round of attack and concentrate our superior forces to ambush them?"
"The Japanese army will not give us this chance!" Li Hao replied, shaking his head.
"They will definitely choose to attack during the day. There are planes in the sky, artillery on the ground, and they have a strength advantage. No matter how many of us there are, we will not be able to defeat them."
An ambush will not work, nor will an active attack work. The Japanese army does not divide its troops...
Hong Linfeng, who couldn't think of a way out, was in trouble, and his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.
A few minutes later, Li Hao suddenly spoke: "Chief of Staff, since the little devils will not take the initiative to divide their forces to attack us, then we will force them to divide their forces."
Then he turned his attention to Wang Hong next to him: "Political Commissar, you happen to be here too."
"Come and listen to my idea. If you have no objections, we will implement it."
"Look at the map: Guangling, Yu County, and Laiyuan. These three counties are the three base areas currently divided by the Japanese army. If the main forces and local forces in these three base areas can persist and are not wiped out by them, the result will be
It’s different.”
"Young devils, you can either divide your forces: leave some of your troops to continue raiding and blocking these three base areas, and the remaining troops will attack our other base areas."
"Either all troops should stay in these three base areas and concentrate superior forces to completely digest these three base areas."
"No matter which path the Japanese army chooses, it is good news for our garrison."
Wang Hong was the first to react: "Captain, you mean to send troops to cross the blockade ditch and enter these three base areas to fight against the Japanese."
Li Hao nodded and replied: "To be precise, he should lead all local troops, guerrillas, and ordinary people in this base area to fight against the Japanese."
"It's too difficult!" Hong Linfeng was not optimistic about this plan and analyzed it with a frown.
"Regiment Commander, Political Commissar, these three base areas are only thirty kilometers wide and only thirty kilometers deep. The roundabout space is too small for the troops to deploy inside."
"If the Japanese and puppet troops concentrate their superior forces to carry out a drag-net sweep, the troops will have no way to hide and will have no choice but to fight hard."
"There are also blockade trenches and blockade walls."
"Directly dividing the three connected base areas into three independent base areas can neither communicate with each other nor reinforce each other."
"If any troops are targeted by the Japanese and puppet troops' mopping up troops, there is no other option but to fight to the end."
What Hong Linfeng said was true, and Li Hao did not deny it: "There must be pressure, and it is very high."
"But it's not like there's no chance."
"Look at the map. Each of these three base areas separated by blockade ditches has large mountains and hills."
"Coupled with the cover of the local troops and the common people in the base area, as long as there are not many troops, we can definitely avoid the heavy raids by the Japanese and puppet troops. Then we can use the favorable terrain and the support of the common people to persist in the fight against the Japs."
"As for the blockade ditch and blockade wall, as long as we think of a way, we will definitely be able to find some loopholes for my use."
"I agree with the leader's idea!" Wang Hong suddenly said.
"This proposal is our only chance to win this counter-sweep."
"Chief of Staff, all the problems you just mentioned exist, but we can't underestimate ourselves."
"Guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare are the special skills of our Eighth Route Army. Other Eighth Route Army troops have used them to defeat the Japs time and time again. Our garrison regiment needs guns and ammunition. The conditions are many times better than theirs, so we can definitely do it.
Defeat the little devil."
"Captain, what are you going to do?"
Li Hao thought for a moment and came up with an astonishing answer: "The main force will stand still and voluntarily abandon the four counties of Hunyuan, Guangling, Yuxian and Laiyuan, and let the little devils occupy and divide them, turning the base areas into guerrilla areas."
