At the headquarters of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the Yixian Security Brigade, a room is guarded by soldiers 24 hours a day and is heavily guarded. No one except the battalion commander Luo Yun is allowed to enter.
There is a radio station inside, specifically for contacting the regiment headquarters.
At ten o'clock in the morning, a young man who rarely appeared suddenly rushed out of the room and went straight to the headquarters.
"Batalion Commander, there is a situation..."
Luo Yun's eyes lit up when he saw the person coming, and he followed him to the secret room without talking nonsense.
After entering, he asked expectantly: "Is there an order from the regiment headquarters?"
"Yes, battalion commander..." The young man quickly handed over the telegram he had just translated.
After reading the telegram, Luo Yun became happy on the spot: "The leader must be taking big action."
"Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you be victorious in every battle. The leader needs to understand our strength, and then he can determine how big a battle we will fight next."
After Luo Yun finished speaking, he returned the telegram to the young man, strode out of the room, and shouted to the communications squad leader not far away: "Squad leader Zhou, immediately send someone to contact Battalion Commander Wang of the Second Battalion and ask him to ride here.
The sooner the better.”
Two security battalions are stationed in two adjacent towns, with a straight-line distance of fifteen kilometers. It takes more than an hour to ride a fast horse back and forth.
Before noon, Wang Xin appeared in the secret room of the 1st Battalion headquarters.
Seeing Luo Yun, he asked anxiously: "Deputy commander, do you have a mission?"
As a member of the garrison and a middle-level cadre in the regiment, although he was leading an army alone, in order not to expose the target, there were almost no combat missions during the entire lurking process.
Looking at the independent regiment, cadres at my level have more combat experience than me.
If you can't seize the opportunity to fight more battles and accumulate more combat experience, you will be eliminated by them sooner or later.
Therefore, Wang Xin is eager to go to the battlefield more than anyone else.
Luo Yun nodded and replied: "There should be combat missions."
"The regiment leader asked us to report the true situation of the garrison in Yixian County. How many troops, how much equipment, and what is their combat effectiveness? Please report them all."
"I'll tell you first!" Wang Xin looked forward to the report.
"The Second Guard Battalion apparently has three hundred and fifty people: it has three infantry companies, one guard platoon, one heavy machine gun squad, and one communications squad. It is equipped with one heavy machine gun, ten light machine guns, and three hundred and twenty articles
rifle."
"The ammunition is quite sufficient. Through exercises with the security brigade, we obtained nearly 50,000 rounds of various bullets from the Japanese. In addition to those issued by the security brigade, the entire battalion is equipped with 70,000 rounds of various bullets and 1,200 grenades.
"
"There are also three platoon-level maintenance escorts in the defense area, with a total of 120 people, equipped with six light machine guns and more than 120 rifles."
"There are also four secret guerrillas, three ordinary guerrillas, totaling more than 200 people, and a guerrilla force organized purely with artillery and machine gunners, more than 60 people, equipped with two mortars and three heavy machine guns.
OK, four light machine guns."
"The total number of people is almost 750."
Luo Yun said: "It's already great that you can develop the army like this in such a short period of time."
"I have one more mortar here than you, other things being the same."
"In addition, we also have a guerrilla group of more than 100 people in enemy-occupied areas."
"Because they operate behind enemy lines, in order not to arouse the resentment of the security brigade, they have been secretly dividing their forces. Their equipment is very poor, and their combat effectiveness is not as good as two platoons of the main force."
"I will report these situations to the regiment headquarters now."
After sending the telegram, the two of them stayed in the secret room, staring at the radio station and waiting for a response.
An hour later, the radio signal light finally came on.
The young man sitting in front of the radio station quickly put on his earphones and received the message very skillfully.
"There is really a combat mission!" After reading the telegram, the smile on Luo Yun's face became even wider.
Wang Xin looked at the direct order: "The regiment leader asked us to mobilize as many troops as possible to return to the regiment headquarters without affecting the battle situation in Yixian County. There is a big operation in the regiment."
"Our intelligence personnel at the brigade headquarters reported that the Japanese army did not take any other actions during this period except increasing the garrison on the blockade and strengthening the blockade of the garrison."
"But there are Japs in our defense area, and they are right next to the garrison. In order not to attract their attention, the guard battalion can only transfer out one company at most, and the troops must be transferred out for the purpose of mopping up the guerrillas."
"A security company from each of the two security battalions will be dispatched. Two-thirds of the guerrillas will be dispatched. All guerrillas equipped with mortars and heavy machine guns will be dispatched. We will gather 800 people. You will personally lead the team and return to the regiment headquarters secretly.
"
At the headquarters of the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment, regimental leader Zhou Tao received a telegram from Li Hao asking for help at ten o'clock in the morning.
The chief of staff's first reaction was to report to his superiors before sending troops.
But Zhou Tao refused, and ordered on the spot: "The first battalion, the special agent company, the first platoon of the reconnaissance company, the first and second platoons of the mortar company, the first platoon of the mountain artillery company, and the first and second platoons of the heavy machine gun company, assemble immediately and be ready to dispatch troops.
"
"Chief of Staff, you will personally lead the team and set off as soon as Commander Li's order to dispatch troops arrives."
"I will lead people to cover you and secretly send you to the garrison base area by attacking in the east and west."
The chief of staff hesitated to remind: "Captain, without orders from superiors, it is against discipline to mobilize troops across base areas. If an accident occurs to the reinforcements, superiors will hold us accountable. You have to think about it."
"Don't think about it, just mobilize your troops!" Zhou Tao answered without hesitation.
"If my superiors really want to hold me accountable, I will bear it alone."
The chief of staff knew that the regiment leader had misunderstood and refused because he thought he was afraid of taking responsibility. He quickly explained: "It must be the two of us who really have to take responsibility. I am just worried about the safety of the reinforcements."
Zhou Tao was not worried at all. He looked at the chief of staff and replied confidently: "I believe in Commander Li."
"You have also fought with him, so you should understand his fighting style."
"I would rather suffer losses myself than let friendly forces suffer losses."
"If we were not sure of victory, we would certainly not be allowed to send so many troops to join the war."
"If it weren't for the fact that there were too many new recruits in the Independent Regiment, and the pressure on the base area was increasing and people were needed to take command, I would have personally led the team there."
The chief of staff's confidence was suddenly sufficient.
Looking at Zhou Tao, he blurted out: "Captain Li is indeed very good at fighting, courageous, visionary, and very generous to friendly troops."
"Almost half of the weapons and ammunition we seized on the battlefield last time were given to us."
"Otherwise we would not have been able to grow to nearly 4,000 main forces and more than 1,000 local troops in such a short period of time."
"Since you are not afraid of me, Captain, I am even less afraid."
Zhou Tao replied with satisfaction: "That's it."
"After leading the troops to report to Commander Li, you must obey the command unconditionally. Don't be afraid of losses. Even if you lose all the troops, you must cooperate with them."
"I know more or less the strength of the garrison. The overall strength is at least twice that of ours."
"Such a powerful army needs reinforcements, which shows that Commander Li has made big moves."
"If we fight this battle well, we will definitely make more than lose."
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