Li Hao kept staring at the map without saying anything.
Hong Linfeng and Wang Hong stopped talking and focused their eyes on him at the same time.
They are very familiar with their leader. Whenever he has this expression on his face, he must be planning some big operation.
"Captain, have you thought of something?" Wang Hong asked tentatively.
Hong Linfeng's eyes were shining. He had been training in the base area for half a year. He was almost driven crazy. He asked: "Is there any big operation?"
"Let's fight here!" Li Hao replied, pointing to a point on the map.
"Baoding?" Hong Linfeng and Wang Hong both showed stunned and shocked expressions, then their heads shook like rattles, and they objected in unison.
"No, I don't agree to Baoding."
After looking at each other, political commissar Wang Hong continued: "Captain, Baoding is not an ordinary county. Its importance in the eyes of the Japanese army is no less important than Datong. Intelligence shows that the Japanese built Baoding City like a military fortress.
There are cement bunkers and bunkers everywhere outside the city, and the city walls have also been hollowed out, and there are machine gun bunkers inside, which are very strong."
"There are also many troops stationed in the city."
"Not counting the puppet troops, the Japanese army alone has a brigade, plus the supplementary troops and baggage troops escorting this batch of weapons and ammunition, the total strength exceeds 10,000."
"We are just one regiment, with a total strength of less than 8,000 people. How can we be our opponent?"
Hong Linfeng said: "Captain, I agree with the political commissar's opinion."
"Regardless of the fact that our garrison has been training for half a year, our combat effectiveness is getting stronger day by day, and the enemy's combat effectiveness is getting weaker and weaker. If we really fight one-on-one, we will definitely not be able to compare with the enemy."
"They eat well, have strong physical strength, have more training time than us, and have a lot of live-fire training. These are all gaps."
"More importantly, the Japanese rely on Baoding's solid fortifications to defend. We are the attacking side, so it will be more difficult to fight. Without more than twice the strength advantage, I have no confidence at all in attacking Baoding."
Li Hao did not deny: "Political Commissar, Chief of Staff, if we attack head-on, the situation is indeed as you said. We are no match for the Baoding garrison. Even if the total strength of the garrison is doubled, we will not be able to defeat it."
"So I don't plan to attack head-on in this battle."
"To tell you the truth, I had the idea to attack Baoding half a year ago, so I started planning the matter from then on."
"After such a long time, this layout should be almost done."
"Immediately send a telegram to Deputy Commander Luo. I asked him to report on the development of the troops that lurked into Baoding as soon as possible. The more detailed the better!"
The courtyard of the First Battalion of the Third Regiment of the Yixian Security Brigade is particularly mysterious. No one can enter except the battalion commander Luo Yun and three young men.
At any time, a platoon of troops was stationed around the courtyard, and the security was very tight.
At eight o'clock in the morning, Battalion Commander Luo Yung had just finished breakfast at the headquarters when a young man with the right to enter the secret courtyard suddenly broke in and went straight to Luo Yun.
"Battal Commander, there are orders from home!"
"Go to the room and talk!" Rowan ordered in a low voice.
After entering the room, the young man handed the telegram hidden on his body to Rowan.
Rowan walked out of the room two minutes later, and then began to give orders: "Guard, please contact Commander Wang of the Second Battalion immediately and ask him to come to the headquarters immediately."
"Reconnaissance Platoon Commander Zhou, Guard Platoon Commander Wang, and Deputy Battalion Commander Li, all come here. The faster the better."
Baoding City, as the only way for the Japanese army to go south, is not only a transportation artery and a military town, but also an economic center with a radius of hundreds of miles. It is very prosperous. A large number of people pour into the county every day and spend huge sums of money to buy daily necessities from the Japanese.
, and then sent to surrounding counties for sale.
Every day at dawn, the streets in the city become very lively.
Japanese troops and puppet patrols went back and forth to maintain law and order, and extorted some money by the way.
Agents dressed in civilian clothes hide in every corner of the street, searching for suspicious persons in the crowd.
Japanese samurai, thugs, ran rampant in the streets and oppressed the people.
The common people dare to be angry but dare not speak out, because only these Japanese have some essential daily necessities in their hands, such as medicine, salt, cloth...
If you offend them, you won't even be able to buy medicine if someone in your family gets sick.
In an inconspicuous grocery store on East Street, the shopkeeper was cleaning and shouting at the door.
There is an endless stream of customers, but they all see more and buy less.
In today's troubled times, the money in the hands of ordinary people either buys high-priced grain and salt and is stolen by the Japanese six in disguise, or it is kept in their hands like treasures to be used to protect their lives in the future when an accident occurs.
I won't take it out and spend it.
Suddenly, a salesman wearing a gray cloth coat and carrying two wooden boxes walked into the grocery store.
These sellers are ordinary people who buy things in various villages and towns, and they earn their own money.
I usually go to the county grocery store to buy goods, and then carry a load to the village to sell, earning some price difference...
Every now and then, a few salesmen would come into the grocery store to purchase goods.
Not far away, a vegetable vendor was staring at the street, making everyone who passed by him take a look.
If someone is suspicious, immediately ask nearby helpers to keep an eye on them, capture them in a deserted place, and then send them to the gendarmerie to investigate.
At this point, you don’t need to guess to know that this is a Japanese and puppet army spy.
He saw the scene of the salesman entering the grocery store to purchase goods, but he only glanced at it before looking elsewhere.
He was too familiar with the scene just now. He could see it every few days, so there shouldn't be any accidents or dangers.
"Shopkeeper, I'm here to buy goods again." The salesman called as he walked into the grocery store.
"The goods I bought from you last time sold very well. This time you want to sell me more. The price can be negotiated..."
"It's Lao Wang!" the shopkeeper replied as if he were greeting regular customers.
"I will prepare it for you now. You want too many goods, many of which are in the warehouse at the back. Come with me and take a look. Choose whatever you like. I guarantee to sell it to you at the lowest price!"
"Okay, take me there now!" the salesman replied readily.
As soon as the two people entered the backyard, their expressions became serious and they strode into a secret room next to them.
The shopkeeper asked anxiously: "Comrade Wang, has the superior given us an order?"
The salesman nodded, took out a secret letter hidden close to his body and replied: "Your superiors asked you to report the situation in the city immediately. Half a year has passed. How many people have you developed in the city, where are they lurking, and how are their equipment?"
If there are any of our people inside or if any help is needed, all must be reported. This is an order."
The shopkeeper took the secret letter and read it carefully before burning it directly. Then he replied: "I will give a reply to my superiors tomorrow. You ask Comrade Zhou to come and get the information."
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