Chapter 1081 The pressure can't be carried by the independent camp
"Company Commander, we got some information from a puppet army!" the instructor reported hurriedly after returning from the mountain.
"In order to prevent the patrol from being attacked by us again, the Japanese ordered all the patrols to enter the blockade trench, in groups of two, and hide in the blockade trench as sentries."
Zhang Cheng said with emotion: "Replacing patrols with sentries is a good idea."
"Instructor, our opponent is very smart."
"Under the cover of night, one or two people hide in the blockade ditch. We can't find them at all, but they can see us. The effect of the warning is no worse than that of the patrol team, and we can still give early warning."
The instructor frowned and replied: "The little devils are very smart, but if they change like this, our plan to sneak attack the patrol will be ruined."
Zhang Cheng replied with a nonchalant expression: "If the enemy changes, I will change. It's no big deal."
"Instructor, if we can't defeat the patrol, we will attack the ambush of the little Japs hiding in the blockade ditch."
"We didn't dare to attack in the past because we didn't know where their hiding holes were. If we chose the wrong attack position, we might be attacked by two ambushes from the front and back."
"It's different now. The villagers dug the blockade ditch themselves, and there are also many of our own people in the maintenance committee."
"Wherever there are caves to hide soldiers and where the blockade trenches have not been repaired, the villagers are all clear."
"You should immediately contact the maintenance committee under our control and find out the specific location of the hiding cave. We will directly attack the ambush inside. Now that we have killed one more Japanese, we will have less pressure during the counter-mopping up."
At the garrison headquarters, Hong Linfeng was reporting to Li Hao on the latest battle situation in the base area.
"Captain, this is the battle report just compiled by three independent battalions. It can be summed up in six words: great results, great pressure!"
"Each unit used guerrilla warfare, mobile warfare, sparrow warfare, and night warfare... to continuously attack the enemy, killing and wounding more than a thousand people from the returning troops, and the results were remarkable."
"But they are also under great combat pressure."
"The Japanese and puppet troops have more than three times the strength advantage. Our troops are separated by blockade walls. Their range of activities is small and they are not connected to each other. If we are not careful, we will be surrounded."
"So far in the battle, three main platoons have been surrounded by Japanese and puppet troops and their entire army has been destroyed."
"In addition, in order to find our troops and force them to come out for a decisive battle, the Japanese and puppet troops have targeted ordinary people in the blockade area more than once."
"As long as they suspect the fellow villagers, they will all be arrested and tortured, or they will be directly slaughtered by the little devils to vent their anger."
"Among the three main platoons that were completely destroyed, two were exposed on their own initiative to save their fellow villagers. In the end, they were surrounded by heavy Japanese and puppet troops and the entire army was destroyed."
"According to statistics, more than 500 villagers have been massacred by the Japanese and puppet troops in the nine blockade areas, including a small village where more than 100 people were killed without a single survivor."
Li Hao's hands were clenched into fists, the veins were exposed, and his face was full of anger.
"boom……"
He punched the table and yelled murderously: "This revenge must be avenged!"
"Chief of Staff, immediately issue an order to the three independent battalions: From now on, all lurking units in the blockade area will operate independently. Except for the underground party, they cannot have any contact with the villagers to avoid bringing unnecessary disaster to them."
"Contact commando captain Xiao Yuan and organize snipers and sharpshooters to kill all the little devils and spies they see in the blockade area. I will retaliate in kind."
"Finally, the pressure of counter-mopping up cannot be shouldered entirely by the three independent battalions and the people in the blockade area. We must also take action."
"I decided to take action tomorrow night and hit here."
Li Hao pointed to a stronghold on the map that had been repaired by the Japanese offensive troops and made a decisive decision.
Linwu Town, Yu County, where the Japanese and puppet troops are currently mopping up troops.
The stronghold was repaired more than half a month ago. According to the original plan, the mopping up troops spent five days clearing out all the anti-Japanese assemblies in the blockade area. After leaving a small number of troops, the main force continued to attack the hinterland of the garrison base and open up a new blockade.
district.
The sudden appearance of the Eighth Route Army in the old blockade area disrupted this plan, forcing them to suspend the attack and stop here to suppress the Eighth Route Army in the rear.
Excluding the return troops and the troops that swept away the third blockade area, the garrison remaining in Linwu Town was directly reduced to 1,500 people.
The colonel also stayed here and lived in fear every day, especially at night.
A force of 1,500 men may seem like a lot, but the garrison is equipped with heavy artillery, and there are quite a few of them.
If these troops are exposed in the wild, the heavy artillery battalion of the garrison can kill them with only ten rounds of artillery shells.
Fortunately, they repaired the Linwu Town stronghold in advance. The large number of reinforced concrete bunkers gave the colonel the confidence to defend the place and did not directly lead his troops back to the blockade area.
Of course, this defense does not mean that you can defend this place under the strong attack of the garrison. It means that you can rely on the strong defenses of the stronghold to hold on until the reinforcements come over, attack from the front and back, and repel the garrison.
"Sir, there are Eighth Route Army activities outside the stronghold!" his subordinates rushed in and reported.
"Cavalry or infantry?" the colonel asked with a raised brow.
"There are cavalry and infantry." The subordinate replied.
The colonel immediately frowned and analyzed cautiously: "Something's wrong. There has been a cavalry company operating around us for the past few days. Now that there are more infantry, there must be something going on inside."
"Immediately contact the other two sweep forces and ask them if there is anything unusual there?"
Twenty minutes later, his subordinate came back: "Sir, the friendly troops called back. The Eighth Route Army active around them only has cavalry and no infantry, just like before."
"No, we are being targeted by the garrison!" Colonel judged with a stern face.
"Immediately send a telegram to the neighboring troops: the garrison is likely to attack us tonight, please be prepared to send troops for reinforcements."
"As soon as our telegram for help arrives, we will immediately send troops to surround the garrison in Linwu Town."
"Order all the garrison troops at the stronghold to enter their positions and prepare for battle."
The colonel was too cautious. If Li Hao's target tonight was really Lin Wuzhen, he would definitely come home disappointed.
If you react slowly, you may suffer a big defeat.
But Li Hao's real target is not them.
At ten o'clock in the evening, more and more Eighth Route Army troops were active outside the stronghold, and some troops had begun to dig trenches outside, and they were very busy.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army must attack us, otherwise it won't dig bunkers. Otherwise, why don't we send a telegram to the neighboring troops now and ask them to send troops to reinforce us." The subordinate suggested with a serious face.
"Wait a minute!" the colonel shook his head and objected.
Holding the telescope, his eyes never left the outside of the stronghold.
A few minutes later, he suddenly ordered: "Fire a flare,"
The flare quickly took off into the air, burned into a ball of white light, and slowly fell to the ground.
At this moment, the dark battlefield was illuminated like daylight, and the Eighth Route Army hidden outside the stronghold was suddenly exposed.
It was densely packed with people wielding engineering shovels to dig bunkers, some setting up machine gun positions, and others standing guard in the direction of the stronghold. There was at least one battalion.
"Sir, the garrison will definitely attack us tonight, send a telegram for help!" the subordinate suggested again.
"Heavy artillery, their heavy artillery unit has not appeared yet." The colonel still did not agree.
"Without heavy artillery, no matter how many people there are in the garrison, they can't defeat us. Only by making sure that their heavy artillery is here and participating in the attack will we be in danger, and then we can send a telegram for help."