"Captain, I don't understand!" Huang Sheng did not follow the order and stared at Li Hao with a puzzled expression.
"Abandon the position before the battle starts and put the Shanxi-Sui Army into our base area. What if they refuse to leave in our base area? The blood that the comrades have paid for Datong has not been in vain!"
Li Hao replied calmly: "Don't be anxious! The current retreat does not mean that we have to give up the base area that everyone has worked so hard to build, but to leave a deeper lesson to our opponents and achieve greater victory."
"Taking down the mountain artillery camp and all the transport troops of the Jinsui Army was the first lesson I gave them. I hope they can retreat despite the difficulties."
"Unexpectedly, they not only refused to retreat, but continued to penetrate deep into our base area, as if they would completely annihilate our defensive forces."
"This is too much. It forces me to teach them a bigger lesson."
"After the Jinsui Army's third commando team entered the base area, the surveillance troops continued to slow down their march by destroying roads, and at the same time did a good job of clearing the country along the way to prevent the Jinsui Army from getting a grain of supply in our base area."
"Under normal circumstances, each soldier of the Jinsui Army can carry dry food for at most two days. Now that they are marching day and night, the dry food must be consumed very quickly. It will be good if they can last until tomorrow night."
"We can't get food supplies from our base area, and we can't get food supplies from the rear. I wonder how they can still occupy our base area."
"By the way, send another telegram to the political commissar: "In addition to the oncoming battalion, another thousand local troops will be dispatched to reinforce us."
"Also, send us all the mines in our inventory. I can use them."
At one o'clock in the morning, the guard battalion commander who was responding to the mountain artillery battalion joined the main force. When he saw the division commander, he hurriedly reported.
"Master, we did find a large number of mules and horses' footprints in the place where the mountain artillery battalion disappeared."
"I followed them five kilometers into the mountain, and then the footprints disappeared, and the surrounding terrain became more and more complex."
"In order to prevent the troops from being attacked, I took the initiative and ordered the troops to retreat due to my humble position, and asked my superiors for punishment."
The teacher shook his head and replied with satisfaction: "Your decision is right."
"The enemy can silently eat up our mountain artillery battalion and baggage company, which shows that they are very powerful. The troops entered the mountain hastily, and they entered the mountain at night. If they really encountered them, they would definitely suffer a big loss."
"I have ordered the two commandos on the left and right to enter the garrison base area, penetrate directly into the back of the Eighth Route Army's defense line, and attack them from the front and back to kill them."
"Even without the mountain artillery battalion, we can quickly enter the garrison base and seize more territory."
As soon as he finished speaking, the deputy chief of staff came over and happily reported: "Master's seat, the commando teams on the left and right are reporting. They will be in place in another hour."
"Can we also start preparations?"
The division commander immediately ordered: "Start preparations in half an hour... Order the brothers to take the last half hour to rest and fill their stomachs with dry food for the time being. After the attack begins, everyone will have no time to rest or eat."
"We must quickly break through the Eighth Route Army's defense line, enter their base area, and then continue to advance directly into Hunyuan County."
Twenty minutes later, troops were already gathering to make final preparations before the battle.
The division commander also walked out of the temporary tent, climbed to the high ground not far away, and stared unblinkingly at the Eighth Route Army's defense line a few hundred meters away.
Perhaps in order to keep it secret and not expose its firepower, there was not a single torch on the defense line. Everything was dark and nothing could be seen.
The division commander frowned and ordered: "From now on, the mortar company will fire a flare towards the Eighth Route Army's defense line every five minutes."
"You can win every battle only if you know yourself and the enemy. Before attacking, you must understand the specific troops and firepower they have deployed on the defense line. It is best to know the specific location of the firepower points."
A staff officer next to him immediately rushed down to the high ground to give orders.
"Woooooooo..."
Five minutes later, the first illumination bomb took off, flew to the highest point in the sky, burst into a dazzling white light, and then slowly landed.
Not only the Eighth Route Army's defense line, but the entire battlefield was brightly illuminated.
The division commander took the time to observe the defense line.
Surprisingly, after searching the entire trench, he could not find a single Eighth Route Army soldier, not even a rifle or a light machine gun.
"Is it possible that the Eighth Route Army is hiding in the trenches?" the division commander came up with an explanation.
But this explanation was quickly rejected by himself.
Even if the Eighth Route Army were all hiding in the trenches, in such a large area, not even a single person could be seen.
"There is a problem on the Eighth Route Army's defense line!" the division commander became more and more suspicious, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and he gave the order immediately.
"Deputy Chief of Staff, ordered the reconnaissance company to send an infantry squad to negotiate with them at their position. We should be polite first and then attack. He said that we were ordered to go to their base to perform a secret mission. Please let them go and see what is going on with their defense line?"
After the order was given, the division commander raised the telescope again.
After watching for a few minutes, I still found nothing. It was as if no one was stationed at the defense line and it was very quiet.
"Master, something happened..."
When he was about to continue reading, a exclamation reached the ears of the division commander, and then he saw the reconnaissance company commander running over in a hurry, shouting as he ran.
After running to the division commander, he reported angrily: "We were cheated."
"There's not a single Eighth Route Army soldier on the defense line. It's completely empty."
"The people I sent over didn't encounter a single Eighth Route Army soldier until they walked into their defense line."
"After receiving the news, I immediately ordered the reconnaissance company to continue conducting in-depth investigations to confirm that the Eighth Route Army had really escaped, and then came to report."
"Run away?" the teacher yelled with his big eyes wide open and his face full of disbelief.
Then he stared at the reconnaissance company commander and asked: "Didn't I ask you to keep an eye on their defense line? Why didn't you notice anything like the Eighth Route Army's withdrawal from the defense line?"
The reconnaissance company commander quickly explained: "Sir, please calm down."
"When we arrived here, the Eighth Route Army also sent a guard post to us."
"In order to avoid triggering conflicts in advance, the reconnaissance company can only monitor the position more than 300 meters in front of the defense line."
"From our observations now, we have indeed not found an Eighth Route Army bypassing us and entering the defense line. As for what happened inside the defense line? Because there are no torches on the defense line, we really don't know and can't see it."
The division commander replied solemnly: "That's all, take your reconnaissance company and set off now, go deep into the garrison base, and find out where the Eighth Route Army blocking us has gone."
After the reconnaissance company commander left, the deputy chief of staff analyzed: "Sergeant, the Eighth Route Army on the defensive line must have seen that the situation was not good, and escaped before our intervening troops were in place."
"The front is their base area, and there are more than a thousand troops interspersed there. It is difficult to be silent."
"I guess they got the news in advance and had to abandon their defense line because they were afraid of being wiped out by us."
The chief of staff nodded in agreement: "This possibility cannot be ruled out."
Then a smile appeared on his face and he continued: "But our access to the garrison base is open."
"No matter what the reason for their retreat is, as long as our goal is achieved."
"Although we are not afraid of the Eighth Route Army, it would definitely be best if we could meet them without fighting."
"As soon as the news from the reconnaissance company arrives, we will move on."
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