Chapter 1398 The first appearance of the Iron Triangle
The chief of staff did not move and looked at the military commander's report: "Sir, I have one more thing to report here."
"Several counties on the front line reported that they received a package from the garrison, which contained a letter addressed to us and a poison gas bomb."
"The garrison said in the letter: They seized a large number of poison gas bombs from the commandos. If we use poison gas against the Eighth Route Army again in the future, these gas bombs will fall on the imperial army, blood for blood, tooth for tooth."
"What?" The army commander got angry, punched the table again, stood up, his eyes widened, and then turned red with anger, like a furious lion, staring at the chief of staff.
Just start scolding.
"What does the garrison want to do? Threaten us!"
"Very good. The last thing I fear is threats. You immediately send someone to tell the garrison that if they want to use poison gas bombs, I guarantee that they will use one gas bomb. The imperial army will return at least ten. Let's see who fights.
Who can win?"
The commander's decision is indeed a good idea.
No matter how many gas bombs were seized by the garrison, they were only a few hundred, and they were gone once they were used up.
The Japanese army is different. It can continue to produce it after it is used up, and it can be replenished continuously.
If we really fight for consumption, the hundreds of poison gas bombs of the garrison are definitely no match.
But the chief of staff would never agree with this decision.
Even if lives are lost, the military commander must be given up on the idea of using poison gas bombs on a large scale.
This idea is so crazy.
If the Japanese army really used poison gas bombs on a large scale on the Chinese battlefield, it would not only bring a devastating blow to the Chinese army and Chinese people, but also the fish ponds and the imperial army in China.
Although the Chinese army does not have poison gas bombs and does not have the ability to produce poison gas, it can produce poisons of various kinds, which many imperial troops do not know about.
Once the Japanese army uses poison gas bombs on a large scale, they will definitely fight back with the same brutal tactics.
By then the battle will develop into a situation that no one can control.
To say the least, the Army Headquarters would not agree with the commander of the army doing this.
Poison gas has always been an internationally prohibited biochemical weapon. It is used once or twice in normal wars. As long as the corpses are destroyed and traces are destroyed, it will be no big deal if word spreads.
The large-scale use of poison gas bombs will not work.
The scope of the impact is too wide, and it is impossible to completely destroy the corpses and traces. The impact is also huge, and a large amount of evidence will definitely be sent internationally.
At that time, Japan will be condemned by the international community and even isolated.
Although the Japanese are very arrogant, they are not so crazy that they do not take the international community into consideration and use the power of one country to fight against the entire world.
Once the military commander does this, he will definitely be pushed out as a scapegoat to appease the anger of the international community.
Thinking of this, the chief of staff broke into a cold sweat and quickly explained all the methods of dissuasion he could think of. It took half an hour to give up the commander's idea of launching large-scale poison gas bombs.
Seeing the unwillingness on the commander's face, the chief of staff decided to speak out his thoughts to divert his attention.
"Your Excellency, Army Commander, besides poison gas bombs, we can use other methods to destroy the arsenal."
"The arsenal requires a large amount of raw materials to produce weapons and ammunition. As long as we cut off the channels for the garrison to obtain raw materials, the equipment in the arsenal will become a pile of scrap metal and serve no purpose."
"I suggest that heavy troops be mobilized from various places to strengthen the garrison strength of the garrison and prevent a single bullet casing or a kilogram of raw materials from flowing into the garrison base area."
"After the purpose of the blockade is achieved, we will pick up the slack and sweep away the Eighth Route Army surrounding the garrison first."
"Intelligence shows that the newly established Huaiyuan Independent Regiment in Huaiyuan played a big role in the reason why Huaiyuan was taken down so quickly during the last raid on the garrison base."
"The predecessor of the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment was the three main battalions of the Laishui Independent Regiment and some directly affiliated troops, with a total strength of more than 2,000 people."
"It is precisely because of their help that the garrison was able to quickly capture our logistics base, and then use the logistics base as bait to eliminate a large number of imperial troops, cut off the supply of food and ammunition to the front line, and force us to retreat."
"I also learned a piece of news from my humble position, but I don't have any precise information to confirm it."
"The garrison regiment can wipe out our two-pronged mopping up troops in one battle in the base area. The Huaiyuan Independent Regiment is also very important and has participated in several major battles."
"This shows how much trouble these Eighth Route Army troops have brought to us in destroying the garrison."
"I believe that before destroying the garrison, we must kill these Eighth Route Army troops and turn the garrison into a lone army."
"This way there won't be any more surprises when we attack."
When the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment was mentioned, the commander also gritted his teeth with hatred.
Not to mention the losses they caused to the Shanxi garrison when the imperial army swept away the garrison. After occupying Huaiyuan, they were restless. Relying on their well-equipped equipment and sufficient ammunition, they almost defeated the imperial army and the imperial association army around Huaiyuan.
all over.
All the small strongholds and some medium-sized strongholds were occupied, and the imperial army in the medium- and large-sized strongholds was reduced to a coward.
In less than a month, the Shanxi garrison lost nearly two thousand imperial troops and imperial associate troops in their hands.
The troops occupying Huaiyuan County were also trapped in the city and could become a lone army at any time.
If this momentum continues, it won't be long before they become the second garrison regiment and become another serious problem for the Shanxi garrison.
There was also the Laishui Independent Regiment. Although its offensive momentum was not as good as that of the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment, it still killed more than a thousand imperial troops and the Imperial Association Army.
If it is not eliminated as soon as possible, given time, the Laishui Independent Regiment will become a serious problem for itself.
By then, the Laishui Independent Regiment, Huaiyuan Independent Regiment, and Lingqiu Defense Regiment will form an iron triangle and completely control northeastern Shanxi.
The army commander's idea of a second attack on the garrison was finally given up by the chief of staff's suggestion, and he made a decision after staring at the sand table for a few minutes.
"Immediately form your ideas into a battle plan, I want to see it."
At the garrison headquarters, Hong Linfeng walked in with a tired look on his face.
In order to fully replenish the main force of the regiment and complete the tasks assigned to him by the regiment leader, Hong Linfeng only rested for five hours for several days in a row. The rest of the time was spent on deploying troops in various places in the base area, recruiting people, and then replenishing the main force of the regiment.
Three days passed, and Hong Linfeng fortunately fulfilled his mission and successfully completed the mission.
Political commissar Wang Hong also rushed over after hearing the news, wanting to know what medicine Li Hao sold in his gourd.
As soon as Hong Linfeng finished the report, he asked: "Commander, what do you want to do in such a hurry to fill up the troops? You can finally talk about it now!"
"Don't worry yet!" Li Hao shook his head.
Not far away, Zhou Liang ordered: "Immediately send a telegram to Deputy Commander Luo of Yixian County and report all our strength in Yixian County before dark."
"In addition, contact the Laishui Independent Regiment and Huaiyuan Independent Regiment. I want to ask them to borrow troops."
"Each regiment borrows a reinforced battalion with a total strength of 1,000 men, equipped with equipment and ammunition."
After giving three consecutive orders, Li Hao turned his attention to Wang Hong: "Political Commissar, once their call back comes, I will know whether the time is right to tell you."
"Chief of Staff, please go and get some sleep first. I will let you know when the call back comes."
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