Staff Officer Wang did not move. He strongly disagreed with this order and reminded hesitantly: "Chief, not only will it take longer to end the battle, but our losses will also be greatly increased because the Japanese and puppet troops will have breathing time."
"I'm not afraid, and the matter is not as serious as you said!" Chief of Staff Zhou shook his head and replied.
Then he explained: "Don't forget, everyone, the strength advantage in this battle is on our side, and it is seven to eight times the strength advantage. Even if half of the troops are moved to rest behind, the front-line combat troops still have nearly four times the strength advantage.
, we can still suppress the Japanese and fight without giving them a chance to breathe."
"When our troops are well rested and go to the battlefield with high morale, the few remaining Japanese and puppet troops in the city must have been fighting and have no chance to rest and recuperate."
"A force with high morale and full strength collides with a force that is exhausted and under-strength. Who do you think is the real winner?"
"Taking a step back, even if the final casualties of the troops are larger, it is still worth it."
"Captain Li asked us to slow down our offensive in order to successfully annihilate the 5,000-day puppet army that attacked Laiyuan."
"Compared with the lives of the 5,000 Japanese puppet troops, these extra casualties are not a loss for us at all."
"Excuting an order!"
At twelve o'clock in the evening, the exhausted Li Hao finally arrived at the Laiyuan front line.
Resisting the constant sleepiness, I walked into the headquarters and asked anxiously: "Political Commissar, Chief of Staff, how is the situation here?"
"Still under our control!" Wang Hong spoke first.
"Through several spies of the Japanese army lurking in the main force, we sent out several false intelligences. Judging from the latest battle situation, the Japanese army should have believed it and planned to wait for all the local troops coming from behind to be in place before fighting with us here.
decisive battle."
"The result we have deduced is that the Japanese army will launch a strong attack on us tomorrow afternoon and wipe out all the local troops concentrated here."
The political commissar's introduction was exactly the same as his own judgment. Li Hao nodded to express his understanding and then continued to ask: "Having fought all day, will the troops suffer heavy casualties?"
Hong Linfeng replied mysteriously: "Report to the leader, the loss is not big!"
"In the eyes of the Japanese army, we suffered at least 2,000 casualties, but the actual casualties were less than 1,000, and many of them were lightly wounded and could return to the battlefield after being simply bandaged."
Seeing Li Hao frowning and looking confused, Hong Linfeng quickly told how the troops pretended to be wounded and deceived the Japanese agents.
Li Hao nodded repeatedly and praised without hesitation: "This is a good method. It makes the Japanese army think that the blocking troops suffered heavy casualties, which further proves that the troops blocking them are local troops and guerrillas, so that the Japanese will not be so wary when fighting."
"When we counterattack, we will definitely be able to catch them off guard."
"Counterattack..."
Upon hearing these two words, Hong Linfeng's eyes immediately started to light up.
Staring at Li Hao, he asked: "Captain, how will we counterattack and when will we fight?"
"My judgment is the same as that of the political commissar. Tomorrow afternoon the Japanese army will launch a general attack on us and wipe out all the local troops who have arrived in the past two days. I have decided to set our counterattack time for tomorrow afternoon as well, and we will have a knife-edge confrontation with the Japanese.
duel, and we will finish them off in one battle.”
"I only have one idea on how to counterattack specifically. I have to wait for the Japanese army to take action before I can make the final decision."
After finishing speaking, Li Hao looked at the two people and continued to ask: "How is the follow-up troop assembly of the Japanese and puppet troops going? How many people are there, what is the equipment like, and when will they arrive on the battlefield."
Intelligence investigation is what political commissars are good at. Wang Hong immediately replied: "The Japanese army has gathered another 3,500 people."
"Including two brigades of the Japanese army and two dissatisfied regiments of the puppet army, the equipment is similar to that of ordinary infantry brigades and has not been specially strengthened."
"We are on a quick march to get here. We estimate we will arrive at two in the morning."
Li Hao frowned and analyzed: "The puppet troops have just arrived in these 3,500 days, and they will definitely not be in a hurry to join the war."
"I estimate that tomorrow morning we will still fight the Japanese and puppet troops who attacked us during the day. During the decisive battle in the afternoon, the 3,500 people who have just arrived will participate in the battle."
"Let the troops keep an eye on these Japanese and puppet troops, and other troops should take time to rest, especially the troops I brought back tonight."
"They fought all night in Datong and traveled all day long. Although they came back by car at night, the journey was so bumpy that there was almost no way to rest. Therefore, every soldier was very tired and had to have a good sleep.
Join the war."
The political commissar said: "Don't worry, commander, I have ordered the local troops to prepare campsites and meals."
"When the troops arrive, they eat first. They eat steaming pork stewed with vermicelli. Then they soak their feet in hot water. Then they go to bed. The night guard duty is all handed over to the local troops. No one will disturb them before noon tomorrow."
At eight o'clock in the morning, the woods behind the battlefield were filled with the sound of soldiers snoring.
A large number of soldiers from local troops were guarding the area to prevent anyone from getting close.
On the battlefield, four new blocking positions appeared behind the eighth blocking position.
When the stretcher-bearing team hiding the secret agents rushed to the battlefield, they saw more than two hundred "local troops" entering the battlefield with nervous faces.
In order to wait for the local troops behind to arrive, although the Japanese army slowed down the pace of their attack, they did not stop.
As soon as daybreak, the troops rushed out of their positions and started today's battle.
They had received orders from the military headquarters to launch a general attack on the garrison positions at two o'clock in the afternoon. They broke through all blocking positions within an hour, marched quickly to penetrate behind the Eighth Route Army, blocked their retreat, and then surrounded and annihilated their opponents.
In order to ensure that there would be no accidents in the general attack in the afternoon, in addition to controlling the rhythm of the attack this morning and not scaring the opponent away, we also had to seize the four lines of defense of the garrison and leave two lines of defense for the counterattack in the afternoon.
Therefore, the task of the Japanese army is also very heavy.
"Rumble..."
The sound of artillery soon rang out on the battlefield, black smoke rolled up from the ground into the sky, and several soldiers were knocked over by the sudden shells fired by the Japanese army.
Li Hao was resting at the headquarters when he was suddenly awakened by the explosion.
Although he was still very tired, a few hours of rest had allowed him to regain most of his strength.
He hurriedly walked into the war room and asked: "Political Commissar, is there anything unusual about the little devil's attack?"
The political commissar looked at Li Hao with a relaxed look and replied: "It's the same as our judgment yesterday. It looks scary, but the offensive is not violent."
"If they keep fighting like this all morning, they can capture our four blocking positions by one o'clock in the afternoon."
"Captain, don't worry and go back to sleep. If there is any problem, we will wake you up."
"There is still a fierce battle waiting for us in the afternoon. You are the commander-in-chief of the battle, so you must have a good rest."
Li Hao really didn't want to miss every battle of the garrison, but he had to listen to the political commissar's words and could only go back to the room to rest.
In Datong City, street fighting continues.
The battle situation was exactly as Chief of Staff Zhou judged.
After the troops took turns to rest, the pressure brought by the front-line offensive troops on the Japanese and puppet troops did not drop much.
Because there were too few troops, the Japanese army had to go into battle in full force and fight to the death with the Eighth Route Army.
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