"Captain, there is only one way to keep the food route going: to prevent the no-man's land from continuing to extend towards Yixian County." Wang Hong replied with a serious face.
"My suggestion is: send more troops into the no-man's land, and while continuing to rescue the young people detained by the Japanese and puppet troops, kill the Japanese to prevent them from continuing to expand the no-man's land."
Li Hao shook his head and replied: "That's just a waste of money with the little devils, playing into their hands."
"Now the military advantage is in the hands of the Japanese army, and they have a lot of puppet troops and ammunition to fight with us. If they don't send out their own people, they can eat up a large number of our troops, thereby weakening the military strength of the garrison. The gain is not worth the loss."
"So this road won't work!"
Wang Hong's mind suddenly flashed back to the battle in which the 1st and 2nd Battalions took the initiative to attack the no-man's land.
Even though the Japanese deliberately released water, the two main battalions still suffered between four and five hundred casualties.
Most of the people killed by the two battalions on the battlefield were puppet troops. The real Japs only lost more than 200 people, and the casualty ratio reached an astonishing one to two.
For the garrison, such a casualty ratio is unacceptable to everyone.
If the main force of the regiment continues to maintain this casualty ratio after attacking the no-man's land, the Japanese army only needs to pay a price of 3,000 men to kill the garrison, and the garrison will definitely be defeated first.
Thinking of this, Wang Hong replied helplessly: "We really can't compete with the Japanese. If we don't have that time, we can't afford it."
After saying that, he frowned into a big "Sichuan" sign and racked his brains for another two minutes before continuing: "Captain, apart from sending more troops, I can't think of any other way to prevent the little Japs from continuing to expand the no-man's land.
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Li Hao stared at the map without speaking. Five minutes later, he suddenly spoke: "Political Commissar, since there is no way to prevent the Japanese army from expanding the no-man's land, then we won't stop it!"
"What about the food channels?" Wang Hong's heart suddenly rose to his throat and he immediately reminded him.
"Break it off!" Li Hao blurted out and answered concisely.
Seeing the shocked look on the political commissar's face, Li Hao changed the topic and continued: "However, before the grain road is cut off, we must conduct a big operation. It is best to seize 10 to 20 million kilograms of grain through this operation."
"We have analyzed before that the Japanese deliberately released water during our rescue operation of Qingzhuang."
"One is to use puppet troops to consume a large number of our troops during the rescue operation."
"One is that these young men rescued by the troops will not bring us any benefits in a short period of time. Instead, they will become a huge burden and increase our food gap."
"This means that it won't be too long before the little devils finally sweep us away."
"Otherwise, as time goes by, we will completely integrate the people who have been driven into the base area into the base area and help themselves through production. These people will no longer be a burden, and they can also provide us with a large amount of labor and soldiers. By then, the enemy will lose more than the gain."
"This is called fighting fires with a salary. The Japanese commander is not stupid, and he will definitely not do such a stupid thing."
"So as long as our food reserves are sufficient to survive the Japanese and puppet troops' offensive and sweep, the no-man's land they worked so hard to establish will become ineffective once the sweep ends."
"Either the no-man's land is still occupied by the little devils, but it will be riddled with holes by us in the counter-mopping battle."
"Either the no-man's land has fallen into our hands and become our base."
Wang Hong thoughtfully asked back: "Captain, what you mean is that before the grain road in Yixian County was cut off, 10 to 20 million kilograms of grain were brought back from Yixian County through a military operation."
"That's what I mean!" Li Hao replied.
Then he gave an order: "Political Commissar, send a telegram to Xiao Yuan immediately!
"Two things: First, report the details of the Yixian guerrillas to the regiment headquarters. After such a long time, I want to know how Wang Xin is developing in Yixian."
"If they develop well, they will definitely play a big role in this operation and greatly reduce the combat pressure on the main force."
"Second, find out the situation of all the grain stocks of the little devils in Yi County."
"Including the Japanese's own grain depots, the grain stores that the Japanese control overtly and covertly, the grain temporarily hoarded by the Japanese and puppet troops in Yixian, and the grain they will recently transport south through Yixian... The more detailed the better."
After saying that, Li Hao turned his attention to Hong Linfeng: "Chief of Staff, you also have a task, which is very important and affects the success or failure of the entire operation."
"Starting from tomorrow night, each of the three main battalions will take out two main companies, one fire company and one baggage company, and leave the station in the name of training. Then they will steal the soldiers from the regiment's new battalion and send them back to the station to continue training.
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"The replaced combat troops were organized into companies and platoons and moved secretly to the vicinity of Yixian County on standby."
"The cavalry battalion directly under the regiment headquarters, the one and two companies of the heavy artillery battalion, the air defense battalion, and the transport battalion must also move there."
"I'll give you ten days to do this."
"You must keep it secret and don't let the devils notice anything."
Hong Linfeng's eyes lit up and he replied: "Don't worry, captain, this is not the first time we have done this. There will definitely be no problem."
In Yi County, the cooperation between Xiao Yuan and the puppet army chief of staff Chen Fusheng is getting smoother and smoother...
With the help of the commandos, both of his sons received considerable promotions.
The commander of the Imperial Association was also killed in an assassination attempt ten days ago.
At that time, Chen Fusheng was the best candidate to head the Imperial Army Corps.
But the Japs are not stupid either. Seeing that Chen Fusheng's family has become more and more powerful, if the commander of the Imperial Association Army is also given to him, then Chen Fusheng will become the local emperor in Yi County second only to the captain of the Japs garrison.
Once he has any second thoughts, the imperial army in Yixian County will be in danger.
So the Japanese just transferred a regiment leader from other places, blocking Chen Fusheng's promotion path.
Disappointed, Chen Fusheng vented all his anger on the outsourced leader.
Chen Fusheng served as battalion commander in the Royal Association Army for one year, deputy regimental commander for one year, and chief of staff for more than one year.
Regardless of influence or power, they are all intertwined in the regiment. In the past, he was suppressed by the regiment leader with a more stable foundation, so he did not dare to go too far and form cliques.
Now that the regiment leader is dead, and the new regiment leader is unfamiliar with the place, Chen Fusheng definitely does not want to remain in the position of chief of staff and be manipulated by others.
It only took five days to completely eliminate the newly appointed group leader.
Then, through coercion and inducement, he did not dare to report the true situation to the Japanese.
The current situation of the Imperial Association Army in Yi County is that Chief of Staff Chen Fusheng secretly calls the shots, and all the regiment leader needs to do is execute and issue orders.
For a few days, Chen Fusheng enjoyed the good mood that power brought to him so much that he felt windy when he walked.
But he didn't lose his cool.
All of this was brought about by cooperating with Xiao Yuan.
Now that he has all the power he should have, and he has become the local emperor of Yixian County as he wished, Chen Fusheng definitely does not want to continue to be controlled by others.
So, he had some little thoughts.
Want to get rid of or kill Xiao Yuan and interrupt cooperation.
Only in this way can you be completely safe and don't have to worry about anything being exposed and affecting the position below your buttocks.
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