Li Hao looked at Chief of Staff Zhou with admiration.
This is the old revolution.
There is no selfishness on the battlefield, and one is dedicated to serving the public good. If friendly forces are in trouble, they will risk their lives to reinforce them.
Hong Linfeng's reaction was even more exaggerated, and his face instantly turned red.
Before, he was still worried that others would steal the merits of the garrison after the command was handed over, but he is not worried now.
Chief of Staff Zhou's answer was like a loud slap in the face, making him snap.
Not wanting to embarrass the chief of staff, Li Hao quickly replied: "Don't worry, chief, the four main regiments have enough troops."
"The reason why I am anxious to ask you, chief, to come to the front line is because I want you to urge the four main regiments to rush to the battlefield as soon as possible, replace the garrison troops in the north and west of the city, and let them return to the base tonight to support the base."
Chief of Staff Zhou responded on the spot: "So this is what happened? No problem?"
"Before the troops set off, Commander Chen repeatedly told them that they must obey your command when they arrive on the battlefield. Just give them orders directly. There is no need to go through my hands."
"Thank you, Chief, for your trust." Li Hao no longer hesitated, pointed at the map and began to introduce his ideas.
"The four main regiments in the reinforcement battlefield in northwestern Shanxi were divided into two, taking over the Datong Independent Battalion and Guangling Independent Battalion, and launched feint attacks from the north and west of the city."
"After the siege started, the four regiments had to independently undertake the siege mission. I was not familiar with them, so I called the chief over."
"After the siege troops enter Datong, the garrison will gradually withdraw from the battle. I will personally direct them to march back to the base to support the troops."
"The rest of the battle will be left to your command, chief. Gather your troops and quickly move into the city to deal with the remaining enemies and occupy Datong City."
Chief of Staff Zhou figured out that after such a big circle, it turned out that Li Hao had asked him to come over and take over the command.
The first subconscious reaction is to refuse.
If you come to take over the command in the middle of the battle, outsiders who don't understand the reason will definitely think that you are here to pick peaches and steal the results of the battle.
As soon as the words came to his lips, Chief of Staff Zhou swallowed them back.
After thinking about it carefully, I suddenly realized that the fighting method proposed by Li Hao is very powerful: every soldier on the battlefield and every second are used on the blade, without wasting any time.
Not only can it ensure that the troops successfully capture Datong, but it can also keep the base area intact and achieve maximum results at the minimum cost.
Chief of Staff Zhou decided to come down.
As for others saying that they picked peaches and stole the results of the garrison's battle...
They can think whatever they want, as long as they have a clear conscience. As long as they can win this battle, some of their reputations will be gone.
Looking at Li Hao's serious reply: "Okay, I'll do as you say! You take command before the troops enter the city, and I will take command after the city is broken. You lead the troops back to the reinforcement base, and try to give the Japanese troops a sap to prevent them from coming."
No return.”
Li Hao was very happy and quickly replied: "Thank you, chief, for your support."
After saying that, he brought the topic back, pointed at the map and asked, "When will the four regiments you brought be in place?"
"Intelligence shows that there are nearly 4,000 Japanese puppet troops and more than 1,000 Japanese temporarily formed armed expatriates in Datong City. Excluding the reserves and guards required for important facilities, a maximum of 1,000 people can be deployed in each direction."
"The four main regiments launched attacks from the north and west of the city without any artillery support."
"After the siege started, the Japanese and puppet troops in these two directions were held back at all costs and did not give them the opportunity to reinforce other city gates."
"The east side of the city is our main attack direction. I am confident that we can use heavy artillery to blow open the city wall within three hours and cover the troops' entry."
"If one of the four city walls is breached, the Japanese and puppet troops on the other three walls will be attacked from both sides."
"Unless they want to be completely annihilated on top of the city, they can only abandon the city defenses and retreat into the city."
"The siege troops took advantage of the situation and rushed into Datong City, using our strength advantage to engage in street fighting with the enemy in guerrilla warfare, which we are good at, to eliminate the remaining enemies and completely occupy Datong City!"
"The rest of the battle will be under your command, commander."
"After the city is broken, the main force of the garrison will hand over the position to friendly forces within an hour, and then march back to the base to support the reinforcements."
Since Chief of Staff Zhou has agreed to Li Hao's request, he must do a good job.
Looking at Li Hao's analysis: "After the City Break Defense Regiment retreats, there are only the four main regiments I brought here and the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment and the 2,000 people from the Laishui Independent Regiment. Datong City is very big. We must control and occupy it."
District, and we have to eliminate the remnants of the Japanese and puppet troops, and our troops are too few."
"I will send a telegram to the commander now and assemble a main regiment and 2,000 local troops for an urgent march to reinforce the battlefield."
"Local troops control the occupied areas and maintain law and order, and the main force attacks the remaining enemies. In this way, the front-line combat troops can ensure that they always have an absolute advantage in strength."
Seeing that Chief of Staff Zhou was already in the state, Li Hao continued: "Chief, if you have no objection, then we will just settle this matter?"
"Don't worry yet!" Chief of Staff Zhou shook his head and interrupted.
"There are still two small issues that need to be resolved before this plan can be finalized."
"One problem is that our two main groups will have to arrive in the early morning at the earliest."
"One problem is that they have very few heavy weapons. Each regiment only has one fire company, equipped with three to six heavy machine guns and three mortars."
"It's a lot of pressure to hold down the city defense garrison only through attacks."
Li Hao didn't worry too much and made a decision after thinking briefly.
"The first problem is easy to solve. Let's change the attack time to one o'clock in the morning."
"We have almost killed the Japanese and puppet troops outside the city. As long as nothing happens in the base area, it doesn't matter if we attack sooner or later."
"It is not difficult to solve the second problem: destroy the Japanese and puppet troops outside the city, and we captured a lot of heavy machine guns and mortars."
"I will issue an order now: When the Datong Independent Battalion and the Guangling Independent Battalion retreat, each of them will leave five mortars, five heavy machine guns, and ten light machine guns."
"I will send out ten more mortars, ten heavy machine guns, and twenty light machine guns.
"With them, heavy weapons are enough!"
"The Japs will definitely not dare to leave the city now. The two regiments you brought first, Chief, will now take over the offensive positions of the Datong Independent Battalion and the Guangling Independent Battalion."
"We will attack as soon as the next two regiments are in place."
Chief of Staff Zhou is very clear: if the reinforcements return an hour earlier, the chance of danger in the base area will be reduced by a few points.
He immediately replied: "Then I will go to the north and west of the city now to replace your two independent battalions as soon as possible."
Li Hao turned around and ordered: "Chief of Staff, immediately prepare ten mortars, ten heavy machine guns, and twenty light machine guns for the chief to take with him."
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the leader of the 12th Regiment of Northwest Shanxi arrived at the north of Datong City at noon.
In the next hour, troops gradually gathered over.
A guard suddenly rushed into the temporary regiment headquarters and reported nervously and excitedly.
"Commander, the chief of staff is here!"
The regiment leader looked puzzled. The chief of staff was obviously beside him, so why was there another chief of staff? He subconsciously asked: "Which chief of staff!"
"It's me..." Before the guard could say anything, Chief of Staff Zhou had already strode in.
The group leader was startled by the arrival, became nervous, and quickly reported.
"Hello, Chief!"
"I'm fine!" Chief of Staff Zhou directly stated his purpose: "Captain Wang, how many people are there in your 12th Regiment?"
The regimental commander replied with a puzzled look on his face: "The first battalion is missing a company, the second battalion is missing a company, the third battalion is missing a company, and the firepower company is still on the way. They will all be in place before six o'clock."
"Too slow!" Chief of Staff Zhou was dissatisfied with the order: "Don't wait for them? Bring the troops already in place and take over the offensive position of the garrison in the north of the city now."
"From now on, your 12th Regiment and the 6th Regiment that came over in the early morning will guard the north of the city for me. If any Japanese come out, they will be resolutely eliminated. At one o'clock in the morning, we will launch an attack on the north of the city on time. The Japanese army is not allowed to transfer a single soldier from the north of the city.
Death!"
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