At the enemy's headquarters in front of the garrison regiment, Li Hao received good news at five o'clock in the morning that four regiments were sent from the northern Shanxi base to reinforce him. Two regiments directly participated in the battle and two regiments served as reserves.
I was happy for a while and became more confident in my ability to capture Datong City.
But it didn't last long before he started studying the map. His brows were sometimes furrowed and sometimes relaxed, as if he was in trouble?
Hong Linfeng was puzzled. The siege plan had been formulated two days ago. The troops had been fighting smoothly in the past two days. It could be said that the task was overfulfilled.
Now that two more regiments have been reinforced from the northern Shanxi base area to join the battle, they should actually be getting stronger. Even if they command by themselves, they are 100% sure of entering Datong City. I don't know what the regiment leader has to worry about.
At twelve o'clock at noon, Li Hao was still staring at the map. The success reports from the three independent battalions did not alarm him, and he had no intention of eating.
Hong Linfeng couldn't help it anymore: "Captain, is there something wrong with our battle plan?"
"No problem?" Li Hao blurted out, still staring at the map.
"Then what are you studying? You've been looking at the map all morning! It made me distracted. I thought there was something wrong?" Hong Linfeng was not going to let Li Hao go like this and continued to ask.
"I want to change our battle plan!" Li Hao finally said the reason why he had studied the map all morning.
It has become a blockbuster without even mentioning it.
This answer shocked Hong Linfeng.
With a face full of shock, he asked anxiously: "Why? Why do you want to change the battle plan?"
"The siege will start in a few hours. It's too dangerous to change the battle plan now. I don't agree!"
Li Hao stood up and pulled the excited Hong Linfeng to sit next to him. When he calmed down, he explained: "Don't be excited. Listen to me slowly."
"This idea came to me after I received news that our four regiments were being reinforced from the northern Shanxi base area."
At this point, Li Hao took out another telegram and handed it to Hong Linfeng: "This is the telegram the political commissar gave us. You saw it before me. It said that the Japs in the no-man's land started gathering last night."
"All the spies lurking in our base area have also emerged. Three hours before dawn, the security office arrested thirty or forty people. Many of them are old agents who have been lurking in our base area for two or three years!"
"I judge from these abnormal circumstances: Japanese troops will attack our base area no later than tomorrow morning."
"According to the original battle plan: we will advance into Datong tonight, and then transfer troops back to the base area in batches according to the battle situation."
"It's nearly a hundred kilometers from Datong to the base area, and it's still dozens of kilometers away from the front line."
"The troops will set off tomorrow morning. Even if they try their best, they won't be able to reach the battlefield until the night after tomorrow."
"If my judgment is correct, the Japanese army will launch an attack tomorrow morning, and when we fight back, the base area will definitely suffer considerable damage."
"Taking a step back, even if the returning reinforcements reach the front line in time, the overall situation will not be changed if there are fewer returning troops. The Japanese will still run rampant in the base area and destroy spring plowing."
Hong Linfeng thought of the words of the political commissar before sending troops.
Now is the time for spring plowing. If it is destroyed by the Japanese, the base's food rations for the next year will be affected.
The more he thought about it, the deeper his frown deepened. He looked at Li Hao and asked anxiously: "Captain, have you thought of a solution? How to change the battle plan?"
Li Hao stared at the map and replied: "If the four main regiments reinforcing us in northwest Shanxi all join the battle tonight, we can free up at least 2,000 people."
"First transfer two thousand people back to the base area to block the enemy at the edge of the base area."
"After Datong City is defeated, more troops will be mobilized to fight back and annihilate the Japanese and puppet troops who attack us."
Hong Linfeng's eyes widened quickly, and he looked at Li Hao with a shocked look on his face and said: "Captain, you are not a rescue base here. You are clearly trying to expand the results of the war. Not only do you want to capture Datong, but you also want to annihilate the little Japs who have entered our base area, killing two birds with one stone."
"
"Although it's a bit risky, I think it's feasible."
"No matter how bad the four regiments that reinforce us in northwest Shanxi are, they can still undertake feint attacks in two directions, freeing up two independent battalions at once."
"With the troops left behind in the base area, we will definitely be able to keep the Japanese out of the base area."
Hong Linfeng's support made Li Hao more confident and made a decisive decision.
"Then let's fight like this."
"The telegram sent to us from the headquarters said that Chief of Staff Zhou from the northern Shanxi base area has arrived at the Datong front line."
"You immediately send a telegram to the headquarters and ask Chief of Staff Zhou to come to the front line. I am going to ask him to take over my command of the siege."
"When the time comes, I will personally return to the base."
Hong Linfeng thought that Li Hao would return to the base at the critical moment, but he did not expect that he would give up so completely and directly hand over the battle command.
Very reluctantly he shouted: "I don't agree."
"Commander, you continue to stay here and take command. I will lead the team back to the base area to support the troops. The command of the siege must be in our hands."
Li Haozhi saw Hong Linfeng's little thoughts at a glance and replied with a smile: "Chief of Staff, you are too petty to judge a gentleman's heart. We are all the Eighth Route Army. There is no distinction between you and me. As long as we can destroy more Japanese and puppet troops, we will grow stronger."
With our strength, it doesn’t matter if we suffer a little loss.”
"And we have to trust our superiors. Even if we really hand over the command, the credit is still ours for the garrison, and no one can erase it."
"The siege has just begun, and we are the main force in the siege."
"After the city is defeated, the troops brought by Chief of Staff Zhou will become the main force. It is very suitable for him to command the siege."
"Your task is also very heavy."
"After the reinforcements were in place, the Datong Independent Battalion and Guangling Independent Battalion withdrew."
"You are responsible for instructing them to return to the reinforcement base with the 800 people in Wang Xin's hands. We will set off at nightfall."
"After Datong City is defeated, I will take the Laiyuan Independent Battalion and Hunyuan Independent Battalion back to the base area, and leave all the remaining battles to Chief of Staff Zhou."
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Chief of Staff Zhou rushed to the enemy headquarters in front of the garrison. He still didn't know why the headquarters asked him to come.
"Hello, Chief!" Li Hao greeted him at the entrance of the village and reported excitedly when he saw him.
Chief of Staff Zhou returned the greeting and said: "Captain Li, this should be the second time we have met, and both meetings were outside Datong City."
"Before coming here, the commander repeatedly confessed: All the troops we have reinforced will be under your command, and I am no exception."
"Don't dare to give orders just because I'm older than you."
"If this is the case, I will return to the base right now."
"Let's advance to the headquarters!" Li Hao did not tell his purpose immediately.
First, he brought Chief of Staff Zhou to the map, and then said: "Chief, the situation is like this. We got news this morning that the Japanese army will attack the garrison base area tomorrow morning."
Chief of Staff Zhou didn't think much about it. He frowned and said, "The base area is the foundation of our Eighth Route Army. There must be no accidents."
"And it's spring plowing now. The base area's food rations for the next year will be in this spring plowing, so there can't be any accidents."
"What are you going to do? If you have any difficulties, just say it. We are all the Eighth Route Army and one family. If there are not enough troops, I will immediately ask the commander to assemble another main group."
The second update is delivered today! Please subscribe! Please vote monthly! Please collect!
