Chapter 1148 The more you play, the bigger your appetite
Half an hour later, Chen Wei, the commander of the reconnaissance company, unexpectedly rushed into the headquarters and brought the information that Li Hao had always wanted.
"Captain, there are a large number of little Japanese scouts around our station."
"The reconnaissance company has killed more than a dozen people. Preliminary judgment shows that these Japs followed the lurking troops and found their way here."
Li Hao raised his eyebrows and asked, "In other words, we have been exposed here."
"It must have been exposed." Chen Wei replied.
Li Hao turned his attention to the map again. After looking at it for a few seconds, he shouted with a look of realization: "I think I have figured out the true purpose of the more than 2,000 Japanese puppet troops five kilometers southeast of Datong."
"What purpose?" He Jun asked quickly.
"Eat us..." Li Hao answered, pointing to the current location of the troops on the map.
He Jun also reacted at this time: "Captain, you mean that the Japs eliminated by the reconnaissance company are here to keep an eye on us. After daybreak, the more than 2,000 Japanese puppet troops five kilometers southeast of the city will come towards us and eliminate them.
us."
"You forgot to mention that there is also an aircraft support!" Li Hao added.
"After daybreak, the little devils can still send planes to attack us from the sky and cover the infantry to attack us."
He Jun's face slowly became serious, and then he frowned and reminded: "Captain, the enemy has more than two thousand people, with planes and artillery. We only have one independent battalion, one guard company, and two direct companies.
, with a total strength of less than 1,000 men, and no heavy artillery, it is definitely no match for us in daytime combat."
"I suggest moving as soon as it gets dark."
"If we wait until dawn for the Japanese planes to attack us, even if we successfully transfer, our troops will suffer heavy casualties in the air strike."
Li Hao stared at the map and said nothing.
Centering on the location of the station, he searched for something bit by bit.
Five minutes later, he suddenly spoke: "Captain He, have any of the seizures brought back by the troops been transported back?"
He Jun replied without thinking: "The captured and prisoners will be sent here and handed over to the baggage troops and the recruit company for transportation to Caoziling."
"The lightly and seriously injured are being transported to Caoziling one after another after being rescued."
"Those who stay here are all combat troops, including more than 400 people from the Hunyuan Independent Battalion, more than 500 people from the guard company, special agent company, independent company, reconnaissance company, and air defense battalion."
"If there is no burden, this battle can be fought!" Li Hao replied with confidence, then his eyes became hot and he began to give orders.
"Battal Commander He, aren't we transporting captured and wounded soldiers to Caoziling? This is what you do!"
"Company Commander Chen Wei and Chen, from now on, your reconnaissance company must keep its eyes wide open and keep a close eye on the surroundings of the station. We must not let the Japanese scouts get closer than 300 meters to us and see the situation inside the station."
"Since the target of these Japanese and puppet troops is us, then I will prepare an empty city strategy for them here."
At the Japanese division headquarters in Datong City, the communications staff officer rushed in with excitement on his face as if he had been beaten to death.
"Sir, we found it. The reconnaissance team found the gathering place for the garrison's latent troops."
"The garrison regiment deployed a large number of reconnaissance troops there. Our reconnaissance troops suffered heavy losses after passing by, but they still risked their lives to find out what was going on inside the assembly area."
"There are more than a thousand garrison troops at the assembly area. The weapons and ammunition they captured in the east and south of the city, as well as the captured Imperial Army troops, are all concentrated there and are being transferred to the Caoziling defense line little by little. However, the main force has not moved.
They set up a defensive line at the assembly area and seem to be planning to hold on there."
"Because the reconnaissance force suffered heavy losses, we can only stare at the assembly area from afar."
"But they can ensure that the main force of the garrison has been building positions at the assembly area and has not left."
"Great, we can finally take revenge." The division leader shouted with a murderous look on his face.
"Inform the chief of staff immediately about the news and tell him that the troops can set off now."
"There is still an hour before dawn. The plane can take off after dawn. It takes more than half an hour to arrive at the battlefield, cover the attacking troops and attack the garrison group assembly area, and wipe out all the Eighth Route Army there."
"I want the garrison to lose their wives and troops, and eat all their troops lurking in Datong."
"In addition, notify the artillery unit to send out a field artillery squadron and a heavy artillery squadron, transport them all by car, bring enough artillery shells, and leave the city after dawn to reinforce the chief of staff.
"The Chief of Staff is more than 20 kilometers away from the gathering place of the garrison. If we set out now, we can reach the battlefield in four hours of urgent march."
"At that time, aircraft support and artillery support will arrive, and we will definitely be able to wipe out the Eighth Route Army there."
In front of the enemy headquarters of the garrison, communications platoon leader Zhou Liang rushed in and reported with a serious face: "Captain, we have contacted the second and third battalions."
"They have arrived at the assembly area on time, and a cavalry company has already achieved results."
"The second battalion reported: The third cavalry company met them at the assembly area and sent them 563 prisoners of the Jinsui Army, as well as three mortars, four heavy machine guns, 15 light machine guns, and 650
There are more than ten rifles, most of which were equipped by the prisoners themselves, and a small number were seized from the Japanese."
"Third Battalion Report: The Second Company of the Cavalry Battalion handed over 685 prisoners to them at the assembly area fifteen minutes ago. They also handed over six mules and horses, one mountain cannon, four mortars, three heavy machine guns, and 17 light machine guns.
, 798 rifles, more than 200 rounds of artillery shells, and nearly 40,000 rounds of ammunition.”
A smile flashed across Li Hao's serious face.
Only two cavalry companies had achieved such great results. He sent out four companies, and there was still an hour before dawn. As long as he grasped the opportunity, there was definitely a lot to be done.
As he thought about it, Li Hao seemed to have seen the scene of the troops returning to the base with thousands of prisoners, and the smile on his face grew wider.
He took a long breath and ordered: "Reply a telegram to the two battalion commanders: "We must send more scouts to ensure the safety of the assembly area."
"All the prisoners of war and seizures handed over by the cavalry were scattered and hidden in the nearby woods to prevent exposed targets from being bombed by aircraft."
"As soon as it gets dark, send people to take the prisoners and captures to Caoziling, where the chief of staff will respond."
"In addition, each main battalion must ensure that it has a fully reinforced company in a mobile state, ready to attack at any time to cooperate with the cavalry troops to annihilate the enemy."
"There are less than 2,000 garrison troops left in Datong City. There are commandos wreaking havoc in the city to attract the attention of the Japanese army. The Japanese army will definitely not dare to send more troops outside the city."
"So their opponents only have more than 2,000 pursuing troops in the west and north of the city."
"The two main battalions plus the cavalry battalion must grasp the fighter planes and kill a large number of enemies while avoiding the planes."
He Jun stood nearby and was dumbfounded.
As the battle got bigger and bigger, the leader's appetite became bigger and bigger, even a little scary.
If all the combat objectives of all the participating troops in the garrison were achieved, the Japanese and puppet troops in Datong would definitely be severely damaged, and even if they were defeated, they would not even know how they were defeated.