At the headquarters of the garrison regiment, communications platoon leader Zhou Liang walked in hurriedly.
"Regiment leader, political commissar, commando team leader Xiao, urgent call!"
"What's going on?" Political Commissar Wang Hong asked anxiously.
The raid on Yi County to obtain food is so important. If the operation is successful, the garrison will have enough food to last until the end of the counter-mopping up.
If the operation is unsuccessful, the garrison will face the pressure of running out of food and fighting on two fronts.
We must not only fight against the Japanese on the front lines, but also ensure the stability of the base areas in the rear. We must not cause chaos due to food shortages and be attacked from both sides.
Therefore, Wang Hong is more nervous than ever and is paying attention to the specific progress of this operation all the time.
Zhou Liang quickly handed the telegram to the political commissar and then reported.
"Half an hour ago, the captain of the Yixian garrison led a reinforced squadron of Japanese soldiers and a company of puppet troops to leave the county town and marched in a hurry to kill the Yixian guerrilla brigade."
"Including the reinforcements sent by the Japs to the front line, the number of Japs to deal with the Yixian Guerrilla Brigade has exceeded half of the infantry brigade, and there are also nearly two battalions of the Imperial Association Army to cooperate with them."
"Captain Xiao was worried that the guerrilla brigade would not be able to hold on, so the road that had been paralyzed for six days was reopened by the Japanese."
The superiority in troops, firepower, and even terrain are all on the Japs side.
If a fight really breaks out, the hundreds of new recruits in the guerrilla brigade are definitely no match.
Wang Hong's face instantly darkened, and his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.
At this time, Li Hao suddenly said: "Political Commissar, how much food will be parked in Yixian in the next few days?"
The regiment headquarters and the commando team have to contact each other every night. The commando team informs the regiment headquarters about the specific situation in Yixian County, so as to know ourselves and the enemy.
Therefore, Wang Hong knew the situation very well and answered without thinking about it.
"As of six o'clock this afternoon, the commando sent us a telegram. There are 16 road food transport teams temporarily parked in Yixian County. They are all food transport teams controlled by the Japanese. The food is also transferred into the customs from the northeast.
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"The total weight is about seven million kilograms."
"A total of 13 railway trains were temporarily parked in Yixian County. The commando team went to check the situation: two trains were transporting military supplies. In addition to military supplies, the two trains also had a large amount of weapons and ammunition. The remaining nine trains were transporting
It’s all grain, cotton, and some other supplies.”
"Preliminary estimates suggest that there must be four million kilograms of grain in it, and it is all military grain of the highest quality."
"In addition, there are more than one million kilograms of edible canned food and compressed dry food."
Li Hao answered with excitement on his face: "Almost 12 million kilograms of grain."
"I decided to wait for two more days and start taking action in two days."
"Call back to Xiao Yuan: The Yixian guerrilla brigade will continue to use guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to hold off the Japanese for two days."
"In two days, the main force will reinforce them and eat all the Japanese and puppet troops leaving the city."
"One more word to Comrade Xiao Yuan, and he can start taking action."
"Three days later, at six o'clock in the afternoon, the main force of the regiment launched an attack on the county seat of Yixian County on time."
As soon as Zhou Liang left the war room with the signed telegram, Hong Linfeng couldn't help but ask: "Captain, how should we act?"
Li Hao didn't keep everyone waiting for too long, and started giving orders after a few seconds.
"One battalion and two infantry companies, the firepower company, will set off tomorrow night to cross the blockade to reinforce the Yixian guerrilla brigade."
"After the troops converged, they were unified under the command of First Battalion Commander Liu Senyun."
"The night after tomorrow, cooperate with the guerrilla brigade to fight a battle of annihilation on the front line, kill the troops along the way, and then continue to use guerrilla warfare to deal with the Japanese and puppet troops in the mountains to hold them back."
"After receiving the general offensive order from the regiment headquarters, we will find a way to eat the remaining Japanese and puppet troops."
"Under normal circumstances, after the troops were wiped out along the way, the remaining Japanese would either retreat or continue to mobilize troops from the county to reinforce the front line."
"Roads and railways are too important to the Japanese. They are like arteries in the occupied areas. If they are cut off for one more day, the Japanese and puppet troops will lose a lot of manpower and material resources. So they will definitely not retreat. Even if the frontline troops want to retreat, the North China Japanese Front Command will not
Will not agree."
"So the Japanese army will definitely continue to mobilize troops from the county and other strongholds to reinforce the front line."
"Then the pressure on us to attack the county will be much less."
"After the annihilation battle between the First Battalion and the guerrilla brigade begins, the Japanese and puppet troops in Yixian County will definitely be in chaos."
"The Second Battalion and the First Company, the Firepower Company, the First Company of the Air Defense Battalion, and the Cavalry Battalion, under the unified command of the Chief of Staff, took the opportunity to cross the blockade and pounce directly on the dozen Japanese trains parked in Yixian. Find them, lurk nearby, and temporarily
Hold your troops still, and after receiving the general offensive order from the regiment headquarters, use lightning speed to kill the Japanese and puppet troops protecting the military column and capture the military column."
"After the battle, the 2nd Battalion and 1st Company, the Firepower Company, and the 1st Air Defense Battalion stayed behind to protect the military columns and wait for our people to transport the captured items."
"The cavalry battalion took the initiative to attack in company units, kill all the Japanese and puppet troops on our retreat route, and control the highway."
"The 1st and 2nd Companies of the Heavy Artillery Battalion and the 2nd Battalion and 2nd Companies of the Heavy Artillery Battalion are on standby at the blockade."
"If there are little Japs who want to block our retreat, just use heavy artillery to kill as many as they can to ensure the safety of our retreat.
"The third battalion, the guard company directly under the regiment, and the second and third companies of the air defense battalion, I personally commanded. Together with the cavalry battalion, we crossed the Japanese and puppet army blockade and lurked near the county seat of Yixian. We will start attacking the city at six o'clock the day after tomorrow."
"At that time, I will issue a general offensive order to all participating troops."
After a pause of two seconds, Li Hao turned his attention to Wang Hong and said seriously.
"Political commissar, you have the most important task."
"More than 20 million kilograms of grain, countless other materials, weapons and ammunition need to be safely transported back to the base area, and must be completed within two days. The pressure is not ordinary."
"The grain teams that the Japanese transport by road all have large trucks. They can just capture them and we don't need to prepare them. But the grain and materials transported by trains and the grain materials stored in warehouses all need to be prepared by ourselves."
"You, the political commissar, are responsible for all of this."
Surprisingly, when faced with this problem, Wang Hong did not show any worry on his face, or even frowned, and answered confidently: "Captain, I have been preparing since you decided to attack Yixian."
"In the name of transporting grain, mules, horses and carts were mobilized from each village."
"In a few days, at least 6,000 carts have gathered in the mountains near Yixian County, each cart is equipped with a driver and two young men."
"In addition, nearly 20,000 mules and horses have been prepared, and every five mules and horses are paired with two young men."
"In the next two days, at least a thousand carts and two thousand mules and horses will arrive at the blockade."
"In addition to the mules and horses equipped by the baggage battalion directly under the regiment and the baggage company directly under each battalion."
"We have a total of more than 8,000 carts and 25,000 mules and horses involved in transportation."
"In addition, there are nearly 10,000 coachmen and nearly 30,000 young people cooperating with our actions."
"I make a promise to all the people who participated in the operation: During the operation, the food and drink will be fully covered by our garrison. After the operation, each driver will be paid one hundred catties of grain, and the ordinary young man will be given fifty catties of grain."
"So everyone's enthusiasm is very high, and confidentiality measures are also very good."
"Great!" Li Hao exclaimed with admiration.
"Political Commissar, with these carts and mules and horses you have prepared, it will be difficult for us not to win this battle."
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