At the Japanese military headquarters in Taiyuan, the chief of staff rushed into the war room like a wind, with a smile on his face.
"Sir, good news: the three-pronged raiding force sent good news at the same time."
"The troops have completed the sweep of the blockade area and eliminated nearly 300 people from the main force of the Eighth Route Army. The other Eighth Route Army managed to break through under the cover of the main force of the garrison."
"They requested to continue launching attacks into the hinterland of the garrison base and annihilate the garrison."
"Well done!" the commander replied with satisfaction.
"A monk who can escape cannot escape from the temple. As long as our raiding methods are effective, sooner or later those Eighth Route Army soldiers who escaped will be surrounded by us in the new blockade area and then eliminated."
"Order the mopping up troops to leave behind a reinforced squadron and a battalion of the Imperial Army to control the blockade area and prevent the remaining Eighth Route Army stragglers from resurrecting in the blockade area."
"I want to build it into an area occupied by the imperial army."
"Other troops will continue to launch attacks into the hinterland of the garrison base in accordance with the original combat plan."
"Remind the three commanders that the current mopping up situation is very favorable to us, but the main force of the garrison has not been severely damaged, so no one can take it lightly, or create an opportunity for the Eighth Route Army to counterattack us by underestimating the enemy's advance."
At the headquarters of the garrison regiment, the chief of staff walked in with a serious look.
"Regiment leader, Guangling, Yuxian, and Laiyuan independent battalions reported that the three main companies have entered the blockade area as planned."
"However, when crossing the blockade ditch, each battalion lost a lot of men."
"Coupled with our counter-mopping losses in the blockade area, the three independent battalions directly lost more than 270 people, and the three main companies that entered the blockade area have less than 100 people left."
Li Hao sighed and replied: "Chief of Staff, I have expected this result."
"The blockade ditches and walls built by the Japanese are so powerful. Combined with the mine formations, strongholds, patrols, and ambushes, the possibility of us secretly crossing the blockade is almost zero. We can only force our way through?"
"As long as there is a war, people will die, let alone if we take the initiative to launch an attack."
"However, as long as the troops lurk safely in the blockade area, the price will be worth it."
"By the way, when entering the blockade area, did the three companies bring all their equipment with them?"
"There are still many local troops and guerrillas active in the blockade area, and there are many puppet troops stationed in each stronghold. The captives are the best soldiers of our garrison. As long as there are guns and ammunition, there will be no worries about no one going there in the future.
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Hong Linfeng nodded and replied: "Captain, don't worry. Each company entering the blockade has brought two mortars, two heavy machine guns, seven light machine guns, and one hundred and twenty rifles."
"The ammunition has also been strengthened several times for them. As long as the company commander is not confused, the main company can easily be expanded into a strengthened company."
Li Hao nodded, thought for a moment and began to give orders: "I believe them!"
"From now on, we will ignore the affairs of the three independent battalions and let them develop on their own."
"Chief of Staff, put all your energy into the main force of the regiment, especially the several newly formed troops, so that they can form combat effectiveness as soon as possible."
The third battalion is a newly formed unit. From the battalion commander to the ordinary soldiers, they were all transferred from other units and put together temporarily.
As the acting battalion commander, Tan Weiqi is under a lot of pressure.
In addition, he had the highest military rank among all the cadres reinforced by Commander Chen, and everyone in the garrison was keeping an eye on him, which made the pressure even greater.
The only thing that made him fortunate was that his three company commanders all came from Commander Chen's side with him, and there was no problem in executing the order.
"Kill...kill...kill..."
On the training ground, a cry of death suddenly rang out, attracting Li Hao's attention.
More than a hundred soldiers were arranged in three square formations, with a scarecrow standing in front of each soldier. The soldiers held guns in both hands, squatted on horseback, and stared at the scarecrow with their eyes, training to fight and assassinate.
"Kill..." the company commander walked among the crowd and shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Kill...kill...kill..."
More than a hundred soldiers roared at the same time, and with each shout, the rifle in their hands thrust forward.
After three consecutive thrusts, a large hole was poked out of the scarecrow in front of some soldiers, while some scarecrows were still intact.
"You haven't eaten yet? They're so soft. Keep practicing. If you don't practice well today, you're only allowed to eat two steamed buns at noon and no vegetables."
"There are not so many bells and whistles on the battlefield. The reason why the Japanese are so powerful with bayonets is because they kill with one blow and don't give us a chance to counterattack."
"As long as you practice thrusting well, when you go to the battlefield and fight with the Japs on the bayonet, you can risk your life and have a chance to fight back. Instead of going to the battlefield and being stabbed to death by the Japs without even a chance to fight back."
"The squad leader will lead the team, and each person will practice thrusting five hundred times, and then conduct gun aiming training."
Only then did the company commander notice Li Hao standing nearby: "Hello, commander, the seventh company of the third battalion is undergoing stabbing combat training."
"Regiment leader, chief of staff, why are you here?" Tan Weiqi rushed over after hearing the news.
"Let's see how well you have trained the troops?" Li Hao did not hide his purpose.
"Very smooth!" Tan Weiqi quickly replied.
"At the beginning, everyone was not familiar with the army and took many detours. Now that we are familiar with it, comrades are checking for leaks and filling gaps and conducting targeted training. The soldiers have made great progress and the overall combat effectiveness is improving every day."
Li Hao nodded and replied: "I think the soldiers practiced assassination well."
Tan Weiqi explained: "They have a good foundation."
"Although assassination is my shortcoming, I train cross-country every day, eat well, and have good physical fitness, so I train very quickly."
"However, if you want to reach the level of the little devil, you still need at least half a year of training and battlefield experience."
After hearing this, Li Hao frowned: "No, half a year is too long."
"It's true that the shortcomings of the army must be made up for. But Battalion Commander Tan, you have to remember that our training troops are used to fight the Japanese, and we don't have such a long training time."
"As for stabbing combat, I came up with an idea from Commander Chen last time."
"It's impossible to simply engage in a stabbing fight with the Japanese without half a year of training and fighting."
"And there are many experiences that can only be learned on the battlefield. The price is too high and we cannot afford it."
"I thought of a way: fight the Japanese with a bayonet and a pistol, so you don't need such a high level."
"There are three soldiers in a group. Two soldiers are in front, using bayonets to block the first round of Japanese attacks. One soldier is behind, using pistols to kill enemies. They cooperate with each other to fight."
"Reverse the kid's triangle assassination tactic and turn it into our inverted triangle tactic, tit for tat."
Tan Weiqi himself is a master of stabbing. Li Hao simply mentioned it, and a picture of fighting appeared in his mind.
Then a pair of eyes began to shine: "What a good idea... Captain, this idea is definitely feasible. It can definitely toughen the little devil's stabbing fight. But, do we have so many pistols?"
"Yes." Li Hao replied.
"There are not so many box guns, but the tortoise box tubes are enough."
"The little Japanese officers, machine gunners, gunners, and grenade launchers are all equipped with a bastard box. Dozens of them can be captured in every battle."
"Because of poor performance, there are very few equipped troops and they are all piled up in warehouses."
"In this way, you divide each infantry squad into three combat groups, with three people in each group. The group leader and all squad leaders are all equipped with a tortoise box as standard, and they will be trained according to my suggestions to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible."
