In the blink of an eye, the Battle of Baoding had ended for almost three months, and the garrison was back on track and training.
"Captain, secret message from headquarters!" Political Commissar Wang Hong suddenly walked into the war room and said mysteriously.
Li Hao just glanced at the contents of the telegram and a smile appeared on his face.
Then he looked at Wang Hong and said: "Political Commissar, this protracted anti-Japanese war is finally coming to an end."
"Judging from this order, this major counterattack organized by the headquarters will definitely be unprecedented and severely damage the Japanese and puppet troops in North China."
"After this battle, the balance of strength between the enemy and ourselves in North China will definitely be reversed. The Japanese and puppet troops will no longer have the strength to take the initiative to attack our Eighth Route Army base areas, and even self-protection will be a problem."
Wang Hong did not know the progress of the war like Li Hao.
After reading the telegram, he knew that this major counterattack organized by the headquarters would definitely change the battlefield situation, but he did not expect that the Japanese and puppet troops would fail, nor did he expect that the war was about to end.
So after hearing Li Hao's answer, he was stunned for a while before he came to his senses. He looked at Li Hao with a look of disbelief and asked, "Captain, you are saying that the little devil is about to be defeated, and we are about to win."
"It's almost ten!" Li Hao affirmed.
"Order each battalion to prepare for attack. The regiment headquarters will send all ammunition and weapons in stock to the front line. As soon as the counterattack order from the headquarters arrives, the troops will take action immediately to sweep away the remaining Japanese and puppet troops around us."
A few days later, the entire North China was shrouded in flames of war. Eighth Route Army offensive troops were everywhere. Strongholds, artillery towers, county towns... were captured by the Eighth Route Army one after another, and countless Japanese and puppet troops were wiped out...
In less than two months, the Japanese North China Front lost nearly 30% of its troops, and the occupied area was reduced by nearly half.
In order to avoid being completely annihilated, many troops could only retreat to larger county towns and important military towns, unable to escape and avoid fighting with the Eighth Route Army.
Seeing the Eighth Route Army vigorously regaining lost territory in North China, the Shanxi-Sui Army entrenched in southwestern Shanxi could not sit still.
In their eyes, Shanxi is their territory, and now it is occupied by the Eighth Route Army, so they will definitely not be convinced.
The three divisions of the Jinsui Army were the first to take action. Without any warning, they suddenly rushed into the Eighth Route Army base areas, especially the base areas controlled by the garrison, and directly attacked the two divisions of the Jinsui Army.
In the war room, because the Jinsui Army suddenly invaded the base area, the atmosphere became obviously depressed.
Hong Linfeng held a steady stream of battle reports from the front line in one hand and a baton in the other, standing next to the sand table in the base area to introduce the enemy's situation.
"Regiment commander, political commissar, investigation has confirmed that two divisions of Shanxi-Sui army troops are divided into two groups and have penetrated 30 kilometers into our base area and are about to reach Hunyuan County."
Li Hao frowned and asked, "How is the equipment of the Jinsui Army?"
Hong Linfeng flipped through the information in his hand and said: "Heavy weapons include two mountain artillery battalions and six mortar companies. Heavy machine guns are assigned to the battalions. Each main battalion is equipped with four heavy machine guns. The two divisions add up to a total of
There are 24 mountain guns, 54 mortars, and 72 heavy machine guns."
"By the way, the Jinsui Army of these two divisions is also equipped with two anti-aircraft companies, equipped with 12 anti-aircraft machine guns."
"I heard that the Jinsui Army was temporarily strengthened before departure in order to deal with our armored company."
"In addition, behind the two main divisions, there is a heavy artillery regiment and a main division on standby to reinforce the battlefield."
"I guess this heavy artillery regiment is prepared for our heavy artillery battalion."
Li Hao replied with a sneer: "It seems that after this period of development, the Jinsui Army has become richer and richer, and dispatched so many weapons and troops at once to deal with our garrison."
Wang Hong, who is in charge of intelligence, said: "That's for sure."
"After taking Datong, the financial pressure of the Jinsui Army has been significantly reduced. I heard that the arsenal that had been suspended due to insufficient raw materials and funds has been operating at full capacity this year, producing weapons and ammunition on a large scale."
"Chongqing also seems to want to see the Jinsui Army fight with us in North China. Overtly and covertly, it sent two regiments of heavy artillery to the Jinsui Army."
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"If it weren't for this, the Jinsui Army would definitely not have the confidence to attack us."
Li Hao shook his head and analyzed: "Political Commissar, whether an army has strong combat effectiveness, equipment alone is not enough."
"Our soldiers are all elites who have been fighting against the Japanese for many years. At least 30% of the soldiers of the Shanxi-Sui Army attacking us are new recruits, and 30% of the soldiers are veterans who have not experienced big or bad battles. It is good to have 30% of the real elites.
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"And our equipment and firepower are no worse than those of the Jinsui Army, so we will definitely win this battle."
"When we were still in the Red Army, they were called our transport team, and they were dedicated to delivering weapons and ammunition to us, and this time is no exception."
"Heavy artillery, mountain field artillery, mortars, and heavy machine guns are all good things. It would be a waste to leave them in the hands of the Jinsui Army. We must find a way to get them into our own hands."
"Order: The heavy artillery battalion sends out two companies and assumes a posture of moving to the front line. It must march with great fanfare to let the Jinsui Army attacking us know."
"Since the Jinsui Army has prepared a heavy artillery regiment for us, if we don't take it down, we would be really sorry for their kindness."
"Use the heavy artillery battalion to push the Jinsui Army's heavy artillery regiment to the front line, and then find a way to capture it."
"The commando, the reconnaissance company, the main first battalion, the second battalion, and the cavalry battalion formed an intervening force. Under the unified command of Xiao Yuan and Huang Sheng, they inserted directly behind the two main divisions of the Shanxi-Sui Army and took down their heavy artillery regiments.
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"Two battalions, 3 and 4, blocked the Jinsui Army's offensive troops head-on. Four main battalions, 5, 6, 7, and 8 plus air defense battalions, heavy artillery battalions, and tank companies, outflanked the two flanks and wiped out all the Jin-Sui Army troops that penetrated deeply into our base area."
"Tell the frontline offensive troops to kill as few people as possible on the battlefield and capture as many prisoners as possible."
The battle started two days later, and the process went more smoothly than planned.
In just one day, more than 10,000 Jinsui troops were divided into four troops by the garrison regiment, and they were trapped in four highlands with a radius of nearly ten kilometers.
Their idea is simple. As long as the main division and heavy artillery regiment of follow-up reinforcements arrive in time, they can turn defeat into victory. The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
That night they received the bad news that the heavy artillery battalion was attacked by the garrison cavalry and the entire army was destroyed.
Immediately afterwards, the reinforcements were blocked halfway by the garrison, and then the bad news of being surrounded reached the ears of the attacking troops one after another.
The overall situation was decided, and the garrison did not continue the attack, which would only increase casualties.
After being attacked, the Jinsui Army hurriedly broke through and occupied nearby highlands.
There was no way to bring the baggage and artillery to the high ground, so each soldier only had two days of dry food with him. Some even thought that the dry food was in the way and lost it when they broke through.
In addition, there is no water on the high ground. As long as the troops surround the high ground, they will lose their combat effectiveness...
Two days later, the first Jinsui Army chose to surrender, and then the second...
In less than two days, all the prisoners of the Jinsui Army who invaded the base area became prisoners of the garrison...
Three months later, the Japanese army announced its unconditional surrender. On the same day, Li Hao received a reorganization order from the headquarters: the garrison regiment was reorganized into the Independent First Division, with Li Hao as the division commander and Wang Hong as the political commissar...
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