The troops could stop the Japanese infantry if they tried hard, but they couldn't stop the planes in the sky.
Although the garrison has an anti-aircraft battalion, it only has a dozen anti-aircraft machine guns.
Yixian County is so big, this little anti-aircraft firepower is nothing more than scratching an itch for the Japanese planes and will not have any effect.
Once the Japanese knew that Yixian had been captured and sent out planes to bomb the transport convoy, there would be nothing they could do.
Thinking of this, Li Hao became more determined on his previous thoughts and answered with a serious face.
"Chief of Staff, your reminder is right. Just hiding the truth will definitely not work. We need to take a three-pronged approach to this problem."
"The three main battalions will start building blocking positions now as you just suggested. The more the better. Once the Japanese infantry launches a counterattack towards Yixian, we can block them layer by layer and delay the attack. This is the first step.
"This trick of concealing the truth must continue. The news that the troops took Yixian County can be blocked for as long as possible. You immediately contact the three battalion commanders and ask them to find the local people and find out all the small roads and mountain roads in Yixian County leading to other places.
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"If the Japanese intelligence personnel want to leak the information, they will probably take the small roads and mountain roads that we don't know. If these channels are also cut off, it will definitely increase the difficulty for the Japanese and puppet troops to send the information out, buying us more time.
, this is the second step.”
"The third step is to find ways to confuse the surrounding Japanese and puppet troops from the outside."
"Even if they know that Yixian County has been captured by the garrison, they won't be able to send troops to attack us in a short time."
"As for the threat from the Japs' planes, as long as we don't move during the day and transport all at night, they can't do anything to us."
Wang Hong frowned and reminded: "Captain, if we only transport at night, the troops will have to defend Yixian for at least three days."
"Just three days!" Li Hao replied.
"As long as we can transport all the seizures back and ensure that the transport team is not attacked, I will think of a solution in three days."
After speaking, Li Hao called the communications platoon leader Zhou Liang over.
"Captain, what do you want?" Wang Hong asked with a puzzled look on his face.
Li Hao did not hide anything. He thought for a moment and answered: "Send a telegram to the headquarters and ask for support."
"There must be troops of our Eighth Route Army nearby, and maybe there are also main troops."
"If they all show up at this time, launch a small-scale raid, attack Japanese strongholds everywhere, and destroy roads and railways, what do you think the little Japanese will do?"
Wang Hong's eyes lit up: "It goes without saying that we will definitely send out heavy troops to encircle and suppress them just like we did against the Yixian guerrilla brigade."
"I understand..." Wang Hong suddenly woke up.
Looking at Li Hao, he shouted with a look of realization: "Captain, you want the nearby friendly troops to support us and hold back the surrounding Japanese and puppet troops."
"Let me think about it: If I remember correctly, there are indeed several small base areas around. The strong ones have a regiment of main troops, and the weak ones have a battalion, and there are also many guerrillas."
"If we can get them all moving, it will be no problem to hold back four to five thousand Japanese puppet troops."
Li Hao shook his head and replied: "It's only four to five thousand. Political Commissar, you underestimate these troops too much."
"They just have poor equipment and little ammunition. Many of the main troops still use cold weapons to fight against the Japanese. As a result, the overall strength of the troops is not strong."
"If we could equip them all with weapons and sufficient ammunition, they would dare to attack the county town."
"We have our own arsenal. In addition to artillery and artillery shells, we can produce other ammunition and weapons ourselves."
"Instead of returning the weapons and ammunition captured on the military trains to the base area, it is better to support the surrounding Eighth Route Army nearby, improve their combat effectiveness, and let them help us hold back the nearby Japanese and puppet troops."
Wang Hong stared at the map for a full two minutes and then suddenly said: "Okay... this method will definitely work!"
"Mules and horses can transport weapons and ammunition faster than carts, and they don't pick roads. We can use mules and horses to transport weapons and ammunition, avoid roads and take small roads to support nearby Eighth Route Army troops. Even if the Japanese send planes over to attack these transport teams.
The threat is also very small.”
"I just took a look at their activity area. They are transported by mules and horses. Let's go now. We can deliver weapons and ammunition to them tonight."
"If the other side has troops coming to help, it's possible to deliver it before dark."
At the Eighth Route Army headquarters, after receiving the telegram from the garrison, the chief of staff had a very complicated expression, ranging from excitement to worry.
He rushed into the war room and reported hurriedly: "Boss, the defense team needs an urgent call. This guy Li Hao is so evil. He actually captured Yixian County without saying a word."
"Yixian!" The boss's sensitivity to the battlefield far exceeds that of ordinary people.
He glanced at the map and frowned: "Yixian County is a land of right and wrong!"
"The garrison team is doing well in Lingqiu, so why are they running to Yi County?"
"It connects Beiping and Baoding. The Japanese will definitely not let him control Yixian easily. They will definitely send out heavy troops to fight back and recapture Yixian."
"Maybe the garrison will cause trouble there, lose troops, lose generals, lose the wife, and lose troops again."
The chief of staff explained: "Don't worry, boss, Li Hao is not that stupid. Is he shocked?"
"The reason why we attacked Yixian was not to control it, but to gain food."
"The Japs wantonly established no-man's land near the garrison base area, and all the people inside rushed into the garrison base area. The population has exceeded 200,000, and is still increasing."
"The food stockpiled by the garrison was originally enough, but now there are hundreds of thousands more mouths all of a sudden, and the Japanese have surrounded the garrison like a steel tunnel through the no-man's land, and not a single grain can flow in."
"The food in stock is not enough."
"In order to ensure the stability of the base area, he decided to grab grain from Yixian County."
"By paralyzing the roads and railways, we intercepted all the grain sent by the Japs south in Yixian, and then dispatched heavy troops to raid Yixian and seize the grain."
"After one night's operation, they took down all the food, more than 20 million kilograms."
"In order to safely return them to the base area, Comrade Li Hao hopes that we will order all the Eighth Route Army troops operating near Yixian County to take action and carry out a destructive attack to hold back the surrounding Japanese and puppet troops and prevent them from counterattacking Yixian County.
The garrison retreats to buy time."
The serious expression on the boss's face relaxed a lot: "As long as it is not a long-term occupation, it will be fine."
"I'm also worried that this kid won't know how high the sky is after he wins a few battles."
The chief of staff comforted him: "Don't worry, boss. Comrade Li Hao still has this sense of sense and foresight. Otherwise, the garrison regiment would not have developed into a serious problem for the Japanese army in Shanxi."
"By the way, Li Hao also said in the telegram: They seized a large amount of weapons and ammunition in Yixian County to go south. The equipment can arm at least two regiments, and the ammunition is even more, which is almost half a year's combat supplies for a Japanese brigade."
"He wanted to use these weapons and ammunition to support the nearby Eighth Route Army troops."
"Yes!" the boss replied with certainty.
"Even without these weapons and ammunition, the 20 million kilograms of food alone would be worth fighting this war."
"Chief of Staff, please make arrangements to mobilize all the troops around Yixian County to cover the garrison and evacuate Yixian County."
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