After thinking for half a minute, I organized the thoughts in my mind into words.
Captain Zhou looked at his worried old partner and comforted him: "Political Commissar, today's independent regiment is not what it used to be, especially the artillery and heavy machine gun companies. Each company has four to five platoons of troops."
"If it weren't for the purpose of deceiving others and attracting the attention of the Japanese and puppet troops, I would have set up an artillery battalion and a heavy machine gun battalion."
"Excluding the heavy weapons I took away, the remaining heavy weapons are enough for the independent regiment to form a mortar company, a mountain artillery company, and a heavy machine gun company."
"Although there is only one battalion of the main force remaining in the base area, the supply company and the recruit company are all there. Their equipment level is exactly the same as that of the main force, and they can be reorganized into the main company at any time."
"Although the equipment of the five company-sized local troops and more than a dozen guerrillas is not as good as that of the main force, it is still more than one level better than the previous independent regiments. With a little training, they can be used as the main force.
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"Taking a step back, even if the troops I took were completely wiped out in Huaiyuan County, the strength of the remaining troops of the independent regiment is still very strong, and a new independent regiment can be formed with a little reorganization."
"So the independent regiment will definitely not be injured by this attack."
Seeing that the political commissar's face looked much better and his worried expression had dissipated a bit, Captain Zhou continued.
"Besides this, there is another reason: I believe in Commander Li."
"When the Japanese and puppet troops counterattacked Laishui, the superiority in troops and firepower was all on the side of the Japanese and puppet troops, and the situation was much more dangerous than now."
"As a result, under the command of Commander Li, we made dangerous moves and not only won the counter-mopping up, but also made the troops stronger and stronger."
"If this battle happened in the past, I wouldn't even dare to think about it."
"But Captain Li did it anyway."
"The plan to attack Huaiyuan was proposed by Commander Li, and he also proposed the borrowing of troops."
"Based on my understanding of Commander Li, he must have had a complete battle plan before he dared to do this, so we will definitely win this battle."
"Huaiyuan has stockpiled more than two months of combat supplies for more than 20,000 days of puppet troops on the front line. It can definitely be regarded as an arsenal full of weapons and ammunition."
"If we and Commander Li take it down, the harvest will definitely be several times more important than the ammunition and supplies we captured at the Japanese army assembly area."
"With these seizures, the Independent Regiment can continue to expand its strength in Laishui, and then rely on Laishui to occupy the rural areas of several surrounding counties and develop it into our own base area."
"Political Commissar, just watch it! Follow Captain Li to attack Huaiyuan, we will never lose."
In Laiyuan territory, the Japanese and puppet troops continued to stay in place waiting for ammunition supplies.
At dawn, the two attacking troops set out with the battle plan re-formulated by the regimental commander last night, and marched towards the two civilian hiding spots that the reconnaissance troops had just found.
More than 500 Japanese soldiers and more than 300 puppet troops marched quickly along the road back to the no-man's land to meet the second baggage convoy that would enter the garrison base area early tomorrow morning.
First company commander Li Zhiyong is in a very good mood today.
Before dawn, the villagers in the hiding spot received the news and began to move. By the time the Japanese came to the hiding spot, they would have already hid in the mountains.
More importantly, the enemy dispatched only more than 500 Japanese troops today, and the puppet army only had one battalion, which was more than half less than yesterday.
The enemy's troops are reduced, and the people he wants to protect are safe. Today's combat pressure must be very light.
Even though the company had been reduced to a hundred men and there were still 40 captured soldiers, Li Zhiyong was still full of confidence.
Seeing that the terrain around the Japanese and puppet troops was becoming more and more complex, Li Zhiyong knew that his opportunity had come and decisively ordered: "The troops will use squads as units to find favorable terrain and launch attacks freely against the Japanese and puppet troops."
In less than ten minutes, gunfire rang out around the Japanese and puppet troops.
According to yesterday's style of play, the enemy would definitely ignore these sneak attacks and head towards the hiding spot, hunting down the relocating civilians.
The truth is quite the opposite.
More than thirty puppet soldiers quickly broke away from the team and rushed toward the location where the gunshots were fired. Three Japanese soldiers followed closely to supervise the battle.
There were too many Japanese and puppet troops to counterattack, their strength was more than three times theirs, and their main force was nearby.
There were only nine people in the first squad that made the sneak attack, and there were three captured soldiers among them. If they had to carry it out forcefully, if the main force of the puppet army mobilized more troops to kill them one day, the first squad would definitely die here.
The squad leader made a decisive decision to retreat and led more than thirty Japanese and puppet troops into the mountains, slowly wearing them down with guerrilla warfare.
After three consecutive sneak attacks, the Japanese and puppet troops were no longer passively beaten, and continuously dispatched three platoons of puppet troops and nine Japanese soldiers to counterattack.
This scene was seen clearly by Li Zhiyong.
The instructor looked puzzled and asked: "Company commander, is the little devil crazy?"
"Split up their forces to counterattack our sneak attack troops. Don't they know that doing so actually helps us? We can use guerrilla warfare to defeat them one by one and slowly eat up their counterattack troops?"
Li Zhiyong shook his head and explained: "The Japanese are not crazy, and they are very smart."
"A platoon of puppet soldiers and three Japanese soldiers can deal with one of our infantry squads. If we don't have two or three hours, it will be difficult for our people to kill them."
"In this process, the remaining Japanese and puppet troops on the road will be freed from sneak attacks by these troops and can march into the mountains to chase down the villagers."
"Also, most of the enemy's counterattacks were puppet troops. The Japanese army only accounted for a small part, and they mainly played a role in supervising the war."
"Their purpose couldn't be more obvious. They used puppet troops to hold us back, and the main force of the Japanese army took the opportunity to rush into the mountains and hunt down the people."
The instructor looked enlightened at first, and then became anxious again: "Then what should we do?"
"If the Japanese are allowed to march into the mountains in a hurry, the villagers will definitely be in danger."
Li Zhiyong shook his head and replied: "The folks will not be in danger."
"The order I gave to the local troops was to divide the troops into two. Most of the troops would cover the movement of the villagers into the mountains, and a small part of the troops would create a false impression and allow the Japanese and puppet troops to pursue them in the wrong direction."
"Even if the Japanese marched to their hiding place, they would not be able to escape our enchantment formation and would eventually pursue them in the opposite direction."
"I decided to take advantage of the situation."
"Don't the little devils want to use the puppet troops to hold us back? Then the troops will seize this opportunity to eat all the puppet troops and capture more prisoners."
"Immediately contact all available troops. After bringing the Japanese and puppet troops into the mountains, first fight the Japanese and then the puppet troops."
"The puppet troops will take prisoners if they can."
In order to prevent accidents, Li Zhiyong and his security squad stayed with the Japanese army and did not participate in the battle.
After the sneak attack of the ninth infantry squad was over, the entire puppet battalion was sent out to counterattack.
After more than 500 Japanese soldiers lost their harassment and sneak attacks, their marching speed accelerated significantly. The march was unstoppable. It only took one and a half hours to complete the two-hour mountain road and reach the hiding place.
Li Zhiyong was lying in ambush on a high ground not far away, staring at the Japanese without moving.
The southeast direction was the direction in which the villagers moved, and all traces that could be erased were erased by local troops.
The southwest direction is the direction created by the local army's maze formation. As long as the Japanese pursue along this direction, the villagers will be completely safe, and they can capture most of the battalion's prisoners.
If you are lucky, you can kill dozens or hundreds of Japanese soldiers in the next battle and further inflict heavy damage on the Japanese and puppet troops.
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