Chapter 1277 An accident happened in the base area
The Japanese army's intelligence system was very powerful. Li Hao's two orders to the base area could only serve to confuse them, but could not really prevent them from getting the news that the garrison regiment had attacked Yi County and obtained a large amount of supplies and food.
At the Japanese military headquarters in Taiyuan, the person in charge of intelligence ran all the way into the army commander's office: "Your Excellency, army commander, urgent information has been returned from the garrison base."
"Their food shortage problem has been solved."
"At least 20 million kilograms of grain were seized from Yixian County."
"The hundreds of thousands of refugees we drove from no-man's land to their base areas not only did not increase their food shortage or overwhelm the garrison, but instead provided them with a large amount of manpower and military resources."
"Intelligence shows that the garrison is recruiting troops from these refugees to expand its strength."
"In less than three days, more than 2,000 people have taken the initiative to join the Eighth Route Army."
"The homes of these refugees were destroyed by the imperial army, and many of their family members died at the hands of the imperial army. They hate the imperial army deeply."
"If they are allowed to form a fighting force, they will definitely cause a lot of trouble to the imperial army."
After hearing the news, the chief of staff rushed over and said anxiously: "Commander, I humbly suggest that we stop expanding the no-man's land."
"Even if it is expanded, the common people in the no-man's land must be driven to the area occupied by the imperial army. They cannot be allowed to go to the garrison base area to increase their strength in disguise."
The army commander punched the table and scolded with a stern face: "Bage Yalu, what does your intelligence department do?"
"Yixian County has been under attack for so long before they came to tell me that it was the garrison that did it."
"Do you know how many people entered the garrison base during this period?"
"At least 50,000 people. If the Eighth Route Army organizes all the young people here, it will have no problem recruiting 5,000 troops."
"What are you still doing? Send someone immediately to give orders to the frontline troops. From now on, no Chinese will be allowed to enter the garrison base."
"The intelligence department once again confirmed the specific locations of the garrison units and the locations of their material warehouses. I will get the results in one day."
"Contact the aviation force immediately and cooperate with our Shanxi garrison to ground all fighter planes tomorrow and replenish fuel and ammunition. I have an important task for them."
"Chief of Staff, you rushed to the front line overnight and organized troops to attack the garrison base in advance."
"The food shortage problem of the garrison has been solved. If the attack time is one day later, the strength of the garrison will increase by one point. The earlier the attack, the more beneficial it will be for the imperial army."
"As soon as the aviation bombing of important targets in the garrison base ended, the troops began to attack."
"The battle plan has been decided a long time ago. All you need to do is to urge all participating troops to follow the original battle plan, step by step, and do not advance alone after entering the garrison base area, giving the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it."
At the garrison base area, Wang Hong did not know that the Japanese army had decided to launch an attack in advance.
But some subtle changes still aroused his alarm.
Before, a large number of homeless refugees were driven into the base area by the Japanese at nine o'clock every day.
Today until ten o'clock in the morning, not a single refugee entered the base area.
"Report to the political commissar, urgent call from the front line..." The operator suddenly rushed over and reported.
"The Japanese and puppet troops occupying the no-man's land began to enforce martial law this morning and no one is allowed to enter our base area."
As soon as he finished speaking, another radio operator rushed over: "Political Commissar and Special Agent Company report: All Japanese and puppet troops operating in no-man's land have withdrawn their troops and returned to their respective stations, and there are still troops moving closer to the blockade area."
Wang Hong frowned deeper and deeper, and after thinking for a while, he judged: "The Japanese army should know that we have obtained a large amount of food from Yi County and prepare to attack us in advance."
"Order all troops in the base area to prepare for battle."
"The special agent company and independent company will return to the base immediately and stand by."
"The front-line troops will strengthen their investigation of the Japanese and puppet troops and report any situation immediately."
"Intelligence agencies must also be prepared to counter-special agents."
"The Japanese attack our base area in advance, and the spies lurking in the base area will definitely cooperate."
"We must kill our opponents when they appear, follow their clues and figure out their attack plan."
At eight o'clock in the evening, He Wenlin hurried into the headquarters and reported: "Political Commissar, the intelligence department has made a major discovery."
"You're right. Starting from daytime, many of the suspicious persons we monitored began to show up."
"Using various pretexts to approach troop stations and material warehouses for investigation."
"So far, we have killed a total of 261 people and captured 152 people. We learned from their mouths that the Japanese are determining the specific locations of the troop garrison and material warehouses of our garrison."
"We judge that the Japanese want to focus their attacks on these places."
Wang Hong said nothing while thinking about He Wenlin's analysis. A few minutes later, a staff officer ran in and reported: "Political commissar, the telegram from the front line has arrived."
"As of seven o'clock in the evening, the number of Japanese and puppet troops concentrated on the blockade exceeded 12,000, and this number is still increasing."
"The no-man's land is full of Japanese and puppet troops rushing to the blockade. By tomorrow morning, the number is likely to exceed 20,000."
"The enemy is mainly concentrated at the Yuxian garrison camp, Guangling garrison camp, and Laiyuan garrison camp opposite."
"Another point is that the equipment of these Japanese and puppet troops is very good, equipped with a large number of artillery and tanks."
Wang Hong, who was frowning, finally spoke, staring at the map and replied: "I agree with the judgment of your intelligence office. Most of the time, the Japanese army wants to focus on attacking our bases and material warehouses, wiping out our effective forces and weakening our combat potential."
"Order the three independent battalions to evacuate the common people within the attack range of the Japanese and puppet troops overnight, and do a good job of clearing the country. We must not let the Japanese get a grain of food from our base area."
"After the Japanese attack began, the three independent battalions used guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to eliminate the effective strength of the Japanese and puppet troops and slow down their attack speed."
"The main force of the regiment is all ready for battle, ensuring that they can join the battle after receiving the order to attack."
"Staff Wang, please immediately sort out the intelligence on the Japanese and puppet troops collected by the front line and the intelligence department as well as our judgment and deployment, and send it to the regimental commander in the form of a telegram, asking him to return to the base area as soon as possible."
At the independent regiment headquarters, except for a few staff officers on duty, everyone was sleeping, and Li Hao was no exception.
At ten o'clock in the evening, Hong Linfeng rushed into Li Hao's room anxiously and reported: "Captain, something happened in the base."
"The political commissar just sent a telegram that the Japanese will attack us in advance, within a day or two."
"Give me the telegram..." Li Hao was also anxious.
I'm not in the base, so if something happens, I'll suffer.
After reading the telegram with a frown, he took a long breath and said, "Fortunately, the Japanese attack has not started yet, and we still have time to prepare."
Hong Linfeng did not feel that there was enough time at all, and immediately asked: "I will send a telegram to the commanders of the three main battalions now, asking them to assemble their troops here to meet the regiment headquarters and march back to the base to support them."
Li Hao turned around and agreed: "Come here first and meet with the regiment headquarters to be prepared."
"In addition, I also need to send a telegram back to the political commissar. His arrangement left something out."
"The Japanese can not only dispatch troops to attack various military bases, but they can also dispatch aircraft."
"If that's the case, we can do a good job on this matter."
"Order: All units evacuate their bases overnight and stay lurking around. If the Japanese really send out planes to bomb these places, as soon as the bombing is over, the troops will immediately return to their bases and pretend that a large number of wounded people have evacuated the bases, creating the illusion for the Japanese that we have suffered heavy casualties."
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