"Chief of Staff, send a telegram to the political commissar immediately!" Li Hao's face suddenly became serious and he stared at Hong Linfeng for the order.
"The first point: order the remaining troops of the three main battalions to participate in the battle in advance, and the participating troops will be unified under the command of the commanders of the three independent battalions."
"Second point: The intelligence department takes action immediately to find the traitor hidden among the villagers and cooperate with the participating troops to protect the people in the base area."
"In addition to passing information to the Japanese, the traitor can also become a sharp blade for us to attack the enemy if used properly."
"Tell He Wenlin and the political commissar to locate the traitor by dispersing and transferring the villagers, find out what marks the traitor left for the Japanese pursuers, and then use those marks to deal with the Japanese pursuers."
"The third point: All participating troops in the base area try to avoid fighting positional battles with the Japanese and puppet troops. Their mission remains unchanged. While ensuring the safety of the people in the base area, they continue to find ways to destroy their logistical equipment and cut off their logistical supply lines."
"The regiment headquarters is directly under the new army battalion and the supply battalion, all of which participate in the battle in company units."
"If fighter planes appear, I will allow the heavy artillery battalion and the air defense battalion to participate in the battle, but they must ensure their safety."
"Send the telegram now and we will set off for Huaiyuan in an hour."
"The pressure on the base area is too great. We must advance our attack on Huaiyuan County. I am afraid that the base area will not be able to survive the moment we destroy the Japanese logistics base."
"Tell Commander Zhou of the Independent Regiment that I will give him three nights, and all participating troops of the Independent Regiment must rush outside Huaiyuan City."
"The participating troops of the garrison must arrive at their destination in two nights."
At the Laiyuan Independent Battalion Headquarters, Zhao Wen looked forward to the stars and the moon, and finally received two companies of new recruits reinforced by the regiment headquarters.
During the day, the losses of companies 1, 2 and 2 were so great that they were almost disabled.
If there are not two companies of new recruits and only relying on captured soldiers to replenish the troops, it may not be possible to restore combat effectiveness in a month.
At the battalion headquarters, Zhao Wen looked at Liu Wenxuan and ordered seriously: "Instructor, you immediately draw two platoons from each of the two recruit companies to supplement the first and second companies. If there are not enough cadres, directly transfer them from the recruit companies at the same level and give two more
Each company will add forty captured soldiers. In one night, the two companies must be mixed and formed to form combat effectiveness."
"I'm going to make arrangements now..." Liu Wenxuan said nothing nonsense and rushed out of the headquarters after receiving the order.
Two hours later I walked back with my exhausted body, sat down on the bullet box and didn't want to move.
The telegraph operator from the battalion headquarters ran in shortly after, and before the instructor could sit down, he reported: "Battal Commander, there is an urgent telegram from the regiment headquarters. It is a telegram personally sent by the regiment commander!"
"From now on: the first battalion and three companies of the main force, the recruit company, and the baggage company are all under our command and participating in the battle."
"The security department of the regiment headquarters also sent 20 intelligence officers to come over overnight and asked us to cooperate with them to find the spies of the Japanese and puppet troops hidden among the people."
"Spy..." Zhao Wen said to himself.
Then he suddenly stood up from the bullet box, his eyes flashed and he shouted.
"I know why the Japanese didn't follow the trail we deliberately left to pursue today."
"All this is the fault of the special agents. I received an order last night to leave a mark for the Japanese pursuers during the transfer today to guide them in hunting down our common people."
"These people are so abominable. If it weren't for them, the casualties of the 1st and 2nd companies would never have been so heavy."
Zhao Wenyue said that the anger on his face became more and more intense. If those spies stood in front of him, he would have thought of hacking them alive.
Liu Wenxuan was also very angry, but he quickly forced himself to calm down: "Battal Commander, since the regiment commander has helped us find the cause of the failure, it will definitely be a lot easier to fight tomorrow."
"The regiment commander also transferred three companies of reinforcements to us, which will make it easier to fight."
Zhao Wen looked much better and thought for a moment before answering: "The most important thing is the Japanese and puppet army spies hiding among the villagers. Only by cooperating with the intelligence department to find them out will the next battle be really easy to fight."
"Instructor, please immediately send someone to meet these intelligence agents. When they arrive, we must cooperate with them unconditionally and find those traitors as soon as possible."
The next day, the Japanese army continued to attack the villagers' hiding places in two groups.
Because there were reinforcements, Zhao Wen arranged two companies for each route of Japanese and puppet troops.
A company took advantage of the situation and continued to deal with the counterattacking puppet troops.
A company followed the Japanese troops and waited until they entered the mountains to slow down their pursuit.
More than ten kilometers away, more than 3,000 ordinary people were divided into eight villages and moved to the mountains under the cover of local troops and guerrillas.
The Japanese who missed the hiding spot only stayed for ten minutes before focusing on a village and pursuing them.
Li Zhiyong saw this scene clearly, and immediately sent someone to take a small road to inform the intelligence personnel lurking in the village.
In a small ravine less than ten kilometers away from here, more than 500 villagers, old and young, were moving to the mountains at a very slow pace.
Captain Zhang of the village guerrilla team and Squad Leader Li of the local army gathered around a middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man looked at the two people with serious faces and said: "Captain Zhang, Squad Leader Li, news just came from the main force that the Japanese are chasing us."
"Comrades, please pay more attention to suspicious people in the village. The traitor we are looking for is in the village."
After the two people left, the middle-aged man greeted his two subordinates and slowly came to the end of the team. They carefully inspected the mountain roads that the villagers had walked, not sparing any grass or trees.
They have all received anti-special training, and as long as the marks left by the traitors are not particularly hidden, they will definitely be able to find them.
"Team leader, is there something going on here?" an intelligence officer called.
Next to the mountain road that everyone walked, a small sapling had just been broken. The broken part was connected to the trunk, pointing directly in the direction where the villagers moved.
The middle-aged man's eyes quickly shot out two rays of light, and then ordered: "Don't move, let's continue searching forward to see if there are still the same marks ahead."
A few dozen meters away, a similarly broken branch was found, with the tips of the branches still pointing in the direction the villagers had moved.
At this time, the middle-aged man was 80% sure that this was the trace left by the traitor.
No longer hesitating, he immediately ordered his subordinates: "Hurry up and call squad leader Li of the local army. I will use this mark to lure the Japanese to other places."
"If the Japanese pursuers are fooled, it proves that our judgment was correct."
"Notify Captain Zhang and ask him to pay attention to the person in the team who deliberately broke the branch, and then monitor him."
"By the way, send someone to inform Captain Li of the main force. If the Japanese are caught here and are fooled, they can greet them well in the mountains."
In less than two hours, more than 500 Japanese troops came and killed them.
When they reached the branch where the intelligence officers had tampered with, the vanguard troops apparently stopped for half a minute, and then pursued them along the false route deliberately created by Squad Leader Li.
The middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief and shouted with excitement: "Great, the little devil has been fooled."
"Inform Captain Li immediately so they can free their hands and feet to fight the Japanese."
"Let's go after the folks and find the traitor as soon as possible."
"If they can get in touch with the Japs outside the mountain, there must be other people who are in contact. Maybe they can follow the clues and catch big fish."
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