At eight o'clock in the evening the next day, the garrison received a telegram from the headquarters.
Agree with the strategic concept of Li Hao and Captain Zhou and establish a base area with Huaiyuan County as the center.
The Huaiyuan Independent Regiment was formed with the troops brought by Commander Zhou. Commander Zhou served as the leader and political commissar of the Independent Regiment. The remaining troops of the Independent Regiment were organized into the new Laishui Independent Regiment. The former political commissar of the Independent Regiment served as the leader of the new Laishui Independent Regiment.
Also political commissar.
"Captain Zhou, the headquarters has agreed to our plan, you can stay in Huaiyuan." Li Hao handed the telegram to Commander Zhou and said happily.
It seems that after the construction of the Huaiyuan base area was completed, the three base areas cooperated with each other to attack the Japanese and puppet troops.
Captain Zhou's face also beamed with joy.
A regimental commander who is also a political commissar is very rare in the Eighth Route Army.
This means that after the formation of the base area is completed, the military and political affairs will be decided by oneself.
If his superiors didn't trust him enough, he would definitely not have given such an order.
More importantly, in addition to serving as regimental leader and political commissar, he also served as the commander of the newly formed Huaiyuan base area.
With this name, not only can a Huaiyuan independent regiment be formed, but also a large number of local troops can be mobilized.
Including the Laishui Independent Regiment, the troops under his direct and indirect command must definitely exceed one brigade, which is equivalent to commanding a brigade of troops in the name of regiment commander.
Once the time is right, the regimental commander's promotion to brigade commander is a sure thing.
Thinking of this, Captain Zhou looked at Li Hao and his eyes were filled with gratitude: "Thank you, Captain Li. From now on, the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment will definitely cooperate with the garrison regiment unconditionally in operations, further consuming the strength of the surrounding Japanese and puppet troops."
"Captain, the latest battle report from the front line!" Hong Linfeng suddenly rushed in.
"The Japanese and puppet troops' westward mopping up troops have deployed in no-man's territory."
"A reinforced brigade and two battalions of the Imperial Army marched towards Huaiyuan County."
"Other troops are divided into infantry squadrons and main companies to reinforce various strongholds in no-man's land."
Li Hao immediately asked: "How is the recovery of the main force of the regiment, the independent regiment, and several independent battalions?"
Hong Linfeng hesitated for a moment and was embarrassed to answer: "Commander, the battle ended only one day. The time was too short. How could it be possible to recover so quickly?"
"The political commissar mobilized all political cadres in the regiment and mobilized more than 600 prisoners in one day."
"Several instructors are further doing their ideological work and have not been assigned to various units."
"The order to mobilize local troops to supplement the main force was only issued during the day today. It will take ten days for the 1,000 additional troops requested by the regiment commander to be fully in place."
"The order to recruit new soldiers has just been issued. It will take at least half a month to gather 3,000 new soldiers."
"The main force of the regiment, the participating troops of the independent regiment, the Laiyuan Independent Battalion, and the Guangling Independent Battalion are all resting and waiting near the battlefield. There are more than 2,300 people in total."
"The only thing that can meet combat requirements is weapons and ammunition."
"By supplementing battlefield captures, each infantry squad of the main force is equipped with a light machine gun. The three infantry squads can be equipped with a heavy machine gun and a mortar. Each infantry company can also be equipped with two siege mountain guns and field guns.
, three heavy mortars, and more than three small-caliber mortars.”
"There are three hundred rounds of bullets per person and two hundred rounds of artillery shells per gun. It will be no problem to fight two more wars."
As soon as Hong Linfeng finished speaking, Captain Zhou looked eager to challenge him.
"Captain Li, time does not wait for me..."
Seeing Hong Linfeng's confused look, Captain Zhou immediately handed over the telegram just sent by his superior.
"Chief of Staff Hong, this is an idea that Commander Li and I had last night, and we got a reply after reporting it to our superiors."
"The superiors decided to use the troops I brought to form the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment and establish the Huaiyuan base area. I will serve as the commander of the base area, the leader and political commissar of the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment."
"The Huaiyuan Independent Regiment, the Laishui Independent Regiment, plus the garrison regiment, the three troops were nailed to the Japs-occupied area in a Zigzag pattern. They were each other's horns and supported each other. They could advance to attack and retreat to defend."
Hong Linfeng reacted quickly. After staring at the map and thinking for less than a minute, he realized the huge benefits brought by this iron triangle.
Thinking back to the news he just brought, he suddenly reacted.
"Since we want to build a base in Huaiyuan, we must not let the nearly 2,000 days of puppet troops on the front line fight back before us and occupy Huaiyuan."
"Otherwise, Commander Zhou will definitely have great difficulties in establishing a base in Huaiyuan."
"Captain Zhou, you said it was too late. We must occupy Huaiyuan before the 2,000-day puppet army. At the very least, we must take root there before the Japanese."
Li Hao suddenly said: "Chief of Staff, you are still too timid."
"Two thousand days of puppet troops are not too strong."
"Although the independent regiment and the garrison regiment suffered heavy casualties, and there are still more than 2,000 combatable troops, we are well-equipped and have many artillery. If we gather more than 1,000 people and march quickly to kill them, it is entirely possible to intercept and kill the Japanese and puppet troops halfway.
Even if we can't kill them, we can still severely damage them."
Hong Linfeng stared at the map and replied: "Commander, Commander Zhou, these two thousand Japanese puppet troops are now in no man's land. We are more than fifty kilometers away from no man's land."
"If we want to intercept them, we must travel an additional fifty kilometers in the same time."
"You have to rush to the battlefield to join the battle, and there is no time to rest."
"is it possible?"
The expectant expression on Captain Zhou's face disappeared instantly.
Fifty kilometers is not fifty miles. There is no food or drink in the middle, and the continuous rapid march will take nearly ten hours.
It is still nearly fifty kilometers from the uninhabited land to Huaiyuan County.
The Japanese army will definitely have a good rest in the no-man's land tonight, and will set off at dawn tomorrow, marching for more than ten hours to Huaiyuan.
If the garrison regiment and the independent regiment want to get in front of them, they must start now without resting. It is only possible to march continuously for twenty hours. Moreover, after arriving at the battlefield, they immediately enter the battle, and there is no time to rest...
This is definitely an impossible task.
The soldiers are all made of flesh and blood, not bones of steel and iron. It is impossible for them to march continuously for twenty hours without eating or drinking.
His expression became more and more serious, and he looked at Li Hao with a worried look on his face and reminded him: "Captain Li, judging from the time, it is really difficult for us to do it."
Li Hao didn't hear anything and answered calmly: "No, let's start from two directions together. The chance of success is at least 80%."
Hong Linfeng absolutely believed in Li Hao's words and immediately asked: "How to do it?"
Captain Zhou had a look of disbelief on his face. It took him a long time to react. He stared at Li Hao and waited for the next step, with both suspicion and expectation.
"Most of the weapons and ammunition we seized in Huaiyuan County were hidden in the mountains surrounding the county due to transportation difficulties and the emergency of the war. They were temporarily guarded by local troops, guerrillas, and two regiments of left-behind troops."
"So we don't have to worry at all about the weapons and ammunition needed to defeat the Japanese and puppet troops."
"The troops can leave as long as they bring weapons and dry food, which greatly reduces the soldiers' marching burden and achieves the purpose of speeding up the march. This is the first aspect I want to talk about."
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