The army commander could not have imagined that the reason why the chief of staff did not send a farewell telegram at the last moment was a complete accident.
In the eyes of the Chief of Staff, an artillery battle that was destined to win turned into a defeat due to the Eighth Route Army's counterattack.
The war situation changed so quickly that there was no time to make any preparations, let alone send a telegram.
As soon as I was about to move and leave the artillery position, artillery shells started raining down.
Before a few operators could move out the radio station, the headquarters was hit by several artillery shells, and the radio station and operators were all destroyed.
A few minutes later, the chief of staff himself was shot to death by the reconnaissance troops blocking the entrance to the artillery position.
The army commander did not know about the accident and thought that only the radio station was blown up on the battlefield, and that the county seat and the chief of staff were still fine.
Seeing that the commander was so confident, the deputy chief of staff quickly asked: "Commander, what should we do next?"
"Call to all reinforcements to continue to speed up." The army commander gave the order decisively without thinking too much.
"After dawn, the aviation force immediately sent aircraft to reinforce the battlefield and cover the chief of staff in guarding the county."
When Li Hao entered the city, the big battle was over, and only sporadic gunshots were left to eliminate the remaining enemies.
As soon as they entered the city, commando captain Xiao Yuan came over and said: "Report to the leader, commando team, and reconnaissance company to successfully complete the mission. Please return to the team!"
"You played better than I expected." Li Hao praised without hesitation.
Then he looked at Xiao Yuan and asked: "Tell me about your results and see how many good things we can harvest here."
Xiao Yuan quickly replied: "Captain, there are too many good things."
"We found a total of one arsenal, one material warehouse, and two grain depots. We occupied the Japanese garrison headquarters, the gendarmerie station, the Imperial Association Army station, the Japanese army station, and the police station. We also rescued more than fifty people from the gendarmerie and police station.
All of them are underground party and guerrilla cadres captured by the Japanese and puppet troops before."
"The warehouse is filled with weapons, ammunition and supplies. The quantity is so huge that I haven't even had time to count them."
"In addition, the Japanese chief of staff was also shot to death by us. When we occupied the artillery position, we also captured two mountain cannons and two mortars."
With a smile on his face, Li Hao quickly ordered: "The first and second battalions will immediately take over these warehouses from the commandos and reconnaissance companies, and then arrange heavy troops to guard them."
"There are still a lot of Japanese remnants in the city. We won all the other battles but they bite us back. It won't pay to blow up one or two warehouses."
"Chief of Staff, please contact the political commissar and superiors immediately. I want to know the situation of the surrounding Japanese and puppet reinforcements."
"Under normal circumstances, after knowing that the county seat has been captured by us, they will definitely slow down the pace of reinforcements. They will wait until all the reinforcements are in place and assemble them together before they come over to recapture the county seat and defeat us."
"One more thing. Immediately notify the guerrillas and local troops to enter the city and hand over the party members and cadres we rescued to them for screening."
"Then I will notify their person in charge to report to the headquarters. I have important tasks for them."
The Japanese garrison headquarters was briefly tidied up and became the Eighth Route Army's temporary headquarters.
Captain Zhou also rushed here to rendezvous after commanding his troops to eliminate the remaining enemies.
As soon as I came in, I saw Hong Linfeng walking over with a serious expression holding a telegram.
"Captain, telegram from superior!"
"The Japanese and puppet troops who were reinforcing the county seat did not stop. It seems that they did not receive the news that the county seat was captured by us. They marched towards here as quickly as before. There is no change."
"The recent reinforcements are only more than 20 kilometers away from us, and their strength is about two infantry squadrons."
"The farthest ones are a reinforcement brigade and a cavalry brigade, coming from Zhangjiakou. They are still more than 70 kilometers away from us. They can be defeated by a quick march of thirteen hours."
Li Hao said nothing, looked at Captain Zhou who had just come in and asked: "Captain Zhou, please help me analyze it!"
"Did these reinforcements really not receive the news that the county was occupied by us?"
"Eighty percent so!" Captain Zhou thought for a moment and replied.
"If I were the Japanese commander, after knowing that the county town had been occupied, I would definitely order the reinforcements to stop temporarily, gather more reinforcements, and then fight back against us."
"If the county seat is lost, the siege troops can concentrate their forces to fight for reinforcements. This is the most basic common sense. It is impossible for the devils not to know it."
"If the reinforcements are too weak and rush to the battlefield rashly, they may end up in the tiger's mouth."
Xiao Yuan, who was next to him, suddenly said: "Captain, I also think that the Japanese reinforcements have not received the news that the county seat has been captured!"
"Huh?" Li Hao knew that Xiao Yuan would not say such a thing without any reason. There must be some reason that he didn't know.
He immediately asked: "Tell me your reasons."
"That's what I think!" Xiao Yuan replied.
"An hour after the siege started, the commando team and the reconnaissance company killed most of the patrols in the city through interceptions and sneak attacks, and then divided into two units to sneak attack the headquarters, which is where we are now."
"Within less than five minutes of fighting, the Japanese chief of staff led the radio station to break out of the encirclement and moved to the artillery position to continue directing the operation."
"At this time, they happened to encounter an artillery battle between the two armies.
"The Japanese headquarters is right next to the artillery position. When the shelling is over, we occupy the artillery position. The artillery headquarters has been bombed into rubble. The telegraph operator and radio station have all been bombed."
"The entire artillery battle only lasted two minutes from start to finish, which means the radio station was blown up within two minutes."
"This is not enough time for them to send a telegram."
"After the radio station was blown up, although the four city walls were still in the hands of the Japanese and puppet troops, they did not have a radio station, and the phone lines were cut off. They would definitely not be able to contact the outside, and the Japanese outside would not know what was going on here."
Li Hao was already seven or eight percent convinced at this time, his eyes were getting hotter and hotter, and then he slapped the table and said: "If they really don't know the situation here and continue to march urgently to reinforce the county, it might not be a bad thing for us.
Well, this is a huge fighter plane."
"Commander Li, these reinforcements must be fat meat on our lips and we must eat it." Commander Zhou was also excited.
The more I thought about it, the more excited I became, and after a few seconds, I said with a face full of eagerness to try.
"Captain Li, there are two Japanese squadrons on the road closest to us. Leave them to our independent regiment!"
"March ten kilometers in a hurry, set up an ambush on the road where the Japanese must pass, and devour them in one go."
Li Hao did not refuse, looked at Captain Zhou and asked: "How many people are there in the Independent Regiment? How is the morale?"
Commander Zhou thought Li Hao had agreed, and quickly replied: "Including the losses in the ambush last night, the situation of the three battalions is similar, and there are two companies with about 300 people. The heavy machine gun company and the mortar company also suffered casualties.
one third."
"There are more than 1,100 people in the whole group."
Li Hao was silent for a moment and asked: "Almost seven hundred people were lost!"
"Captain Zhou, you have to think carefully and continue to fight. Otherwise, the independent group will be wiped out."
Captain Zhou replied without hesitation: "Just light it up."
"This is fat meat delivered to my mouth. If I miss it, God will not forgive me."
"Commander Li, give the order! Don't worry about the casualties of the independent regiment."
A smile appeared on Li Hao's face, and then he replied: "Since Captain Zhou is willing to risk his life to accompany the gentleman, then we will play a big game with the Japanese here."
Pointing at the reinforcements on the map that Captain Zhou had spotted, he began to give orders.
"These devils will give you the Independent Regiment, but the Independent Regiment can only send one main battalion, one mortar platoon, and one heavy machine gun platoon to ambush them."
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