Chapter 1220: There are times when the head of the regiment also miscalculates
Three days ago, Chen Fusheng found a confidant under his command, the company commander, and ordered him to investigate Xiao Yuan secretly, and if possible, find an opportunity to kill them directly to avoid future troubles.
The commandos were at a secret assembly point in Yi County, where Xiao Yuan and the radio station were all hiding.
He didn't know that Chen Fusheng had already thought of eradicating him.
But as a commando leader who operates in the heart of the enemy all year round, at least he must be prepared.
On the second day when Chen Fusheng investigated Xiao Yuan, there were several unfamiliar faces around the assembly point.
Xiao Yuan saw them clearly, but did not take the initiative to touch them.
He planned to take a long-term approach to catch the big fish. He would first find out the forces behind these people, see who was targeting him, and then catch them all together with the source.
"Captain, there's an urgent call from the regiment headquarters!" The guard and telegraph operator suddenly walked in and reported with a serious look on his face.
After reading the telegram, Xiao Yuan's expression became serious.
He knew the regimental leader's character very well. Although the telegram did not clearly state that the main force of the regiment wanted to target Yi County, he was more than 80% sure that the food here was targeted by the regiment leader.
At this moment, the captain of the first commando team walked in: "Captain, everything has been checked."
"The strangers watching us outside are all from the Royal Association Army's security company."
"snort……"
Xiao Yuan's eyes quickly flashed with murderous intent, and he replied with a cold snort: "It seems that our old friend wants to cross the river and burn the bridge to kill us!"
The squad leader quickly reacted: "Captain, do you mean that these people were sent by Chen Fusheng?"
Xiao Yuan affirmed: "Is there any need to think about it?"
"The real power of the Imperial Association Army is in the hands of Chen Fusheng. The guard company directly under the regiment is the elite of the elite. It used to be in the hands of the commander of the Imperial Association Army. After the regiment leader was killed by us, Chen Fusheng immediately carried out a major overhaul of the guard company.
, turning the guard company into his heart and soul."
"Except for him, no one in the entire Imperial Army can command these more than a hundred people."
"Chen Fusheng must have felt that we were useless after he took control of the Imperial Association Army. He no longer wanted to be threatened by us and could secure his position as emperor of other countries. Then he wanted to burn down the bridge and kill us to avoid future troubles."
A flash of anger flashed across the young captain's face, and he immediately replied: "Captain, do you want me to go to Chen's house tonight to teach Chen Fusheng a lesson?"
"Let him know: We can let him sit firmly in the position of the local emperor of Yi County, or we can pull him down and help others sit up."
"No hurry yet!" Xiao Yuan shook his head and refused.
"The regiment commander just gave us an order to find out the extent of the food controlled by the Japanese and puppet troops in Yi County. I judge that the regiment commander is interested in the food here."
"We just took advantage of this opportunity to blackmail Chen Fusheng and make a deal with him to cooperate with the main force."
"The task of finding out the scale of the grain supply is left to you. I want the results now in two days."
"Notify the third team to immediately report on the development of the Yixian guerrillas. The more detailed the better."
At the headquarters of the garrison regiment, Wang Hong hurriedly walked in with a complicated expression, excited and nervous.
"Captain, Comrade Xiao Yuan of the commando team has sent back a telegram. The reported situation is mixed."
"Tell me the good news first!" Li Hao asked.
"The good news is that the Yixian guerrillas are developing well." Wang Hong replied.
"Using the weapons and ammunition supported by the regiment headquarters, the Yixian guerrillas not only have five guerrilla teams with maintenance association hats on their heads and can operate openly. They also formed five secret teams within the jurisdiction of the five maintenance associations."
"The five guerrilla groups on the surface are limited by their establishment. In order not to attract attention, the size of each group is controlled to about fifteen people."
"The secret teams are affiliated to five guerrilla squads and obtain sources of troops through rescuing strong men, capturing puppet troops, and recruiting troops from refugees."
"The fastest-growing detachment already has more than 60 people, and the guerrillas on the Ming side have a total of more than 80 people, which is almost a company."
"The slowest developing ones are more than 30 people."
"Five guerrillas plus five secret detachments, with a total strength of more than 300 people."
"The entire guerrilla force is equipped with one mortar, one heavy machine gun, seven light machine guns, and one manpower with various rifles. The only problem is that there is a little less ammunition."
"If the commandos hadn't obtained some ammunition from the Imperial Army, each rifleman wouldn't have been able to get even five bullets."
"Even so, there are only twenty bullets per person."
Li Hao replied with satisfaction: "Wang Xin has done a good job. He has developed the guerrilla force to almost a battalion."
"I will call back to the commando team later: Let Xiao Yuan read out the order from the regiment headquarters. The Yixian guerrillas were reorganized into the Yixian guerrilla brigade, which has three main companies and several directly affiliated troops. Wang Xin serves as the brigade captain and instructor. The guerrillas
All cadres of the brigade are appointed by the brigade captain himself, and the reorganization of the brigade will be completed within three days to form combat effectiveness."
"I agree!" Wang Hong agreed.
"This is more conducive to the guerrillas' unified command of operations and formation of combat effectiveness."
Li Hao continued to ask: "Where's the bad news?"
A look of solemnity visibly flashed across Wang Hong's face before he spoke: "Yixian County does not have as much food in stock as we imagined."
"Because it is located between Peiping and Baoding, a large amount of materials and food pass through here every day. It is very easy for the troops to obtain food supplies. Regardless of the Japanese army or the puppet army, the grain depot only has a month's worth of rations, which adds up to less than
One million pounds."
"The grain dealers controlled by the Japanese overtly and covertly only stocked the food rations for the people of Yi County for half a month to a month, which added up to only two million kilograms of grain."
"The houses of several big traitors in Yixian County do have a lot of grain in stock, but the total is less than two million jins."
"Even if we capture Yixian County, we can only seize at most five million kilograms of grain."
"For the increasing number of refugees in the base area, this little food is just a drop in the bucket and won't make much difference."
Li Hao did not expect that he would also make miscalculations.
After receiving the telegram from the political commissar, his face became more solemn as he read it.
At this time, the political commissar tentatively suggested: "Commander, how about we change the target of the operation!"
Li Hao shook his head and replied: "Apart from Yixian, the only big cities that have food near us are Baoding and Shijiazhuang."
"With our garrison's limited strength and firepower, attacking these important military towns without internal response and preparation is tantamount to throwing an egg against a rock and destroying ourselves. We cannot do such a stupid thing."
Wang Hong's expression became more and more solemn.
The leader is right. With the current financial situation of the garrison, it is indeed difficult to crack such a hard bone.
Shaking his head, he asked helplessly: "What should we do?"
"There is too little food in Yi County. It is not cost-effective to launch a siege and sacrifice the lives of a large number of soldiers for five million kilograms of food."
"Just attack Yixian!" Li Hao's solemn expression was suddenly replaced by determination, and he pointed at the map and said decisively.
Wang Hong was frightened by the leader's decision. He opened his mouth and took a long time to react.
In his opinion, raiding Yi County, which was heavily defended by the Japanese and puppet troops, for five million kilograms of grain would definitely be a loss-making business, and the gain would not be worth the loss.
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