At the headquarters of the first battalion of the second regiment of the Yixian Guard Brigade, battalion commander Luo Yun, Xiao Yuan, who holds the post of brigade staff officer, and battalion commander of the second battalion Wang Xin, three people hid in a secret conference room to discuss a major matter.
When Xiao Yuan visited Yixian again, in addition to bringing the commando team and reconnaissance company, he also brought weapons and ammunition that Li Hao had prepared in advance.
Today's secret meeting is to get rid of all these light and heavy weapons.
"Deputy commander, in order to keep it confidential, the mission given to us by the commander was not stated in the telegram. I just asked me to convey it to you orally."
"The regiment will attack Baoding in the near future, and the layout has already begun."
"In this tough battle, we will become the leader's trump card."
"To put it more directly, the key to whether the garrison can capture Baoding lies with us!"
Luo Yun and Wang Xin were fooled.
If the regiment headquarters wants to attack Yixian, their role is self-evident and they are definitely a well-deserved trump card.
Luo Yun suddenly launched an attack on the remaining Japanese and puppet troops in Yixian County. The regiment only needed to dispatch one or two battalions to cooperate, and attacked from both inside and outside. Luo Yun was confident of taking Yixian County.
Baoding and the Yixian Guard Brigade are out of reach. Even if he is lurking within the enemy as a puppet army, he can't think of any way to help the main force of the regiment capture Baoding, let alone use it as a trump card?
Luo Yun's first reaction was that he didn't believe it, and immediately asked: "Comrade Xiao Yuan, are you mistaken?"
"We are guarding Yixian County, which is dozens of kilometers away from Baoding. Even if we want to cooperate with the main force to attack Baoding, it is beyond our reach. How come it has become the trump card in the hands of the regiment leader?"
Xiao Yuan answered with certainty: "Don't worry, deputy captain, I will definitely not make a mistake on such a big matter."
"If we are not the trump card for attacking Baoding, why does the regiment commander prepare so many light and heavy weapons for everyone?"
"That's exactly what it is!"
"After the main force of the regiment attacks Baoding, the under-strength Japanese army will definitely ask for help from surrounding counties."
"Yixian County is only one day away from Baoding, and there are more than 4,000 troops stationed there. Reinforcements will definitely be sent."
"Next, I will stay at the garrison brigade headquarters. Once the Yixian garrison brigade receives the reinforcement order, I will immediately persuade Chen Fusheng to transfer the second and third regiments to reinforce Baoding."
"At that time, you can enter Baoding City all the way and win Baoding as the main force of the internal response team!"
"In order to increase everyone's strength, the regiment leader specially transferred these weapons from the arsenal and asked me to send them over."
"Ensure that every company of troops entering the city must have heavy machine guns and mortars, and every battalion must have mountain artillery."
"In this way, after you enter the city, you will be able to conquer everything, quickly expand the occupied area, and cooperate with the main force of the regiment to capture at least one city gate."
Rowan understood. He frowned and thought for two minutes before replying: "This can be done."
"As long as the cooperation between the various units is good enough, we will definitely be able to enter the main force of the Baoding regiment to respond."
"Comrade Xiao Yuan, don't worry. I will immediately arrange for people to separate the light and heavy machine guns and artillery. We will ensure that each of our infantry platoons has two light machine guns, and each infantry company has two heavy machine guns and two mortars."
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Xiao Yuan continued: "Deputy commander, in addition to distributing weapons and ammunition, we also need to find ways to continue to expand our strength in the second and third regiments and control a few more companies. It is best to arrange them at the regiment headquarters of the two regiments.
Our own people."
"After the troops enter the city, they immediately take control of the two regiment headquarters, thereby controlling all the troops of the two regiments, and replace all the officers above the platoon with our own people."
"This way we will be more confident in cooperating with the main force of the regiment to complete the mission!"
The Japanese stronghold in Nanyan Town has now become a pile of ruins.
The chief of staff of the brigade stood here, looking at the huge craters in the ruins with a depth of more than two meters or even three meters. Apart from being shocked, he also felt a sense of solemnity in his heart.
Being able to blast such a large crater, the destructive power of the thunder cannon must be considerable.
Now that the Eighth Route Army has such a powerful weapon, if I want to encircle and annihilate them within two days, it will definitely be much more difficult than the Eighth Route Army I encountered before.
As he was thinking about it, a lieutenant panted and ran towards him: "Sir, we've found out everything."
"This morning, a company of the Eighth Route Army was stationed in the town. They retreated an hour before we came here, taking many prisoners and seizures with them."
"Someone saw with their own eyes that they were withdrawing to the southeast, carrying three heavy machine guns alone."
The chief of staff immediately raised his telescope and looked toward the southeast direction where the Eighth Route Army had withdrawn.
After a few seconds, his eyebrows became more solemn, and he said: "Our opponent is very cunning."
"The mountains in the southeast are the most steep and the terrain is the most complex. The troops hid in them. If it were before, it would be difficult for us to catch them."
"But they forgot one thing."
"Our army has been stationed here for several years. The scouts have already mapped out the mountains and valleys inside the territory very clearly. They know how to get there even with their eyes closed. If the Eighth Route Army enters the mountains now, it will definitely not be able to escape our pursuit."
"The Imperial Association Army and the First Squadron stayed outside the mountain to sweep up the Eighth Route Army scattered in various villages and kill them."
"Other troops followed me into the mountains to avenge the warriors who died in the Nanyan Town Stronghold."
At the Japanese brigade headquarters in Baoding, after dinner, the brigade commander walked in and asked: "Has the chief of staff sent a telegram back to tell us how many Eighth Route Army troops were wiped out today? Can we end the battle tomorrow and wipe out all the Eighth Route Army troops in the territory?"
"Hi!" the deputy chief of staff replied quickly.
While handing the telegram to the brigade commander, he reported: "Your Excellency, General, the Chief of Staff said that they destroyed more than a hundred Eighth Route Army troops today."
"They are too cunning. They run away when they see the imperial army and don't give us a chance to fight."
"The remaining Eighth Route Army has been driven into the mountains, and the chief of staff is chasing them inside the mountains. We don't know when the battle will end."
The brigade commander thought about the order for a moment: "Send a telegram to the chief of staff. As long as the Eighth Route Army can be eliminated, it doesn't matter if it's slower."
"The troops must fight steadily. Although we are very familiar with the terrain in the mountains, the Eighth Route Army is too cunning and very good at fighting mountain warfare. We must not fall for their tricks just because we underestimate the enemy."
"I'm waiting for his news at the brigade headquarters."
"Yes, general!" the deputy chief of staff quickly accepted the order.
As soon as he handed the recorded message to the brigade commander to sign, a communications staff officer suddenly walked in quickly: "General, there is an urgent message from the Front Army Headquarters."
"Five days later, a batch of weapons and ammunition will move south from Baoding. This is the equipment the front army is preparing to form the Imperial Association Army. Let us be prepared to respond."
"In addition, this batch of equipment and ammunition also includes three mountain cannons and 2,000 rounds of artillery shells that the front army supplied to us."
The brigade leader didn't take this matter too seriously.
There were so many weapons and ammunition moving south from Baoding every day that he was used to it. He turned around and ordered to the deputy chief of staff: "You can arrange this matter."
"Deploy a strengthened brigade of imperial troops to meet them at the edge of the defense area. They will advance to the city after dark, rest in the city for a night, and then escort them out of Baoding the next day."
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