At the Japanese division headquarters, just after dawn, the lieutenant general division commander was awakened by his subordinates.
Just when he was about to get angry, his subordinates who were familiar with the temper of the division commander had already reported first: "General, something happened to the Watanabe brigade we are attacking from the direction of Lingqiu!"
"They were attacked by the Eighth Route Army last night. A regiment of the Imperial Association Army was almost wiped out. The Imperial Army also lost an infantry squadron, a mountain artillery squadron, an infantry artillery squad, and also lost all ammunition, baggage, and artillery!"
"They implore the troops to suspend the attack and go to Lingqiu County first to wait for the ammunition and baggage and all artillery to be replenished before continuing the attack!"
As the only officer in the entire division who serves as a division leader with the rank of lieutenant colonel, the division commander still has a certain understanding of Watanabe.
He has rich combat experience. After graduating from the military academy, he climbed from the bottom to the position of captain step by step, and made many military exploits.
The division commander admired him very much and had already thought about it. After this large-scale raid was over, he would be promoted whenever there was a vacancy for a senior officer. It would be a waste of talent to keep him in the position of captain.
Therefore, he never expected that among all the attacking troops, Lieutenant Commander Watanabe would be the first to have an accident.
The shocked division commander was stunned for a long time before he could react.
Staring at his subordinates, he asked: "What exactly happened? How could the troops lose so much in one night? Moreover, it is the Watanabe Brigade with the most powerful combat effectiveness and the most experience against the enemy in our entire division!"
"I know Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe. He is very cautious when marching and fighting. He will never make the mistake of underestimating the enemy and will not expose any opportunities to the Eighth Route Army. Why did he fail!"
The subordinate quickly replied: "General, calm down!"
"The Watanabe brigade was defeated last night, lost all its troops, lost all its supplies, ammunition and artillery. Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe should not be held responsible!"
"The main responsibility should be on the Imperial Alliance Army who cooperated with their actions!"
"On the battlefield, except for a few Imperial Army soldiers who are loyal and dedicated to the Imperial Army, most of the Imperial Army soldiers and the Imperial Army are not of the same mind!"
"Although there was no such thing as defection on the battlefield, they did not fight back every time they were attacked by the Eighth Route Army, waiting to be captured by the Eighth Route Army!"
"Because of the inaction of the Imperial Alliance Army, the Eighth Route Army that attacked them at night used the Imperial Alliance Army as a breakthrough point to attack the Imperial Army many times, consuming a large amount of Imperial Army troops!"
"Moreover, they also used the strategy of moving the tiger away from the mountain to move the entire Watanabe Brigade away from the station, and took the opportunity to raid their station and destroy all the baggage ammunition and artillery of the Watanabe Brigade!"
The chief of staff snatched the telegram from his subordinates and cursed loudly after reading it.
"The Eighth Route Army is too cunning, and those Imperial Alliance troops are no good either!"
"Those who eat and use the Imperial Army not only fail to help the Imperial Army on the battlefield, but become a burden to the Imperial Army and even set traps for the Imperial Army. They are even more hateful!
"Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe is right to remind you that the Imperial Alliance Army who cooperate with us in fighting and are superficially loyal to the Imperial Army cannot be completely trusted, especially during combat!"
"Immediately send a telegram to other mopping up troops and ask them to keep an eye on the Imperial Alliance Army that is cooperating with them. I would rather not let them participate in the battle or serve as cannon fodder for the Imperial Army than let them become a burden to the Imperial Army and drag down the Imperial Army.
military!"
"Hi!" the subordinate replied immediately.
After a moment of hesitation, he reminded: "Then how will Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe respond?"
"I agree that they will suspend the attack and temporarily station in Lingqiu County. They will continue the attack after the supplies of ammunition and artillery are in place!"
"Order the logistics and baggage regiment to immediately replenish the baggage and ammunition for the Watanabe Brigade!"
"The Artillery Regiment dispatched a mountain artillery squadron and the baggage troops to Lingqiu to supplement the Watanabe Brigade!"
At the temporary gathering place of the guerrillas, the guerrillas already knew the news that the Watanabe Brigade was diverting to Lingqiu County.
Hong Linfeng jumped up happily and shouted: "Captain, we won!"
"The Japanese army has lost troops and generals. Now it has suspended its attack and gone to Lingqiu County. It must be planning to wait for reinforcements in Lingqiu before continuing to attack us!"
"The heavy ammunition required the Japanese troops to be sent from their logistics base to Lingqiu County, and the emergency march also took two days. This means that the Japanese in Lingqiu City will have to wait at least two days before they can continue to attack our military division... Taking this opportunity, the troops
I can finally have a good rest!”
Li Hao also had a smile on his face, but he didn't agree with Hong Linfeng's suggestion and shook his head in reply!
"We can't rest yet!"
"Your analysis earlier is good. The Japanese army is staying in Lingqiu to wait for replenishment of ammunition and artillery. But if we just rest for two days and do nothing, after two days, the replenished Japanese army will continue to attack the military division.
Our task of holding them in Lingqiu for ten days is still very stressful!"
"The battle last night was equivalent to being fought in vain. There was no point in destroying all the Japanese army's baggage ammunition and artillery."
"If we can continue our efforts and find a way to fight another battle, we can force these Japanese troops to stay in Lingqiu County for at least five more days!"
"When the Japanese army attacks again, we only need to delay them for another four days to complete the mission. The pressure will be much less!"
Hong Linfeng's eyes immediately became hot.
"If there is really a way to let this little devil stay in Lingqiu County for a few more days, it will be worthwhile to fight two more battles without rest!"
"Captain, have you already thought about how to fight?"
"Should we continue to fight these little devils? No, they are about to enter Lingqiu City. They are protected by the city wall. We can't hit them. They must be fighting other Japanese and puppet troops!"
A mysterious smile flashed across Li Hao's lips and he replied: "We will fight whatever the Japanese army is waiting for in Lingqiu County!"
"Compared with more than a thousand well-equipped Japanese elites, what they are waiting for must be much easier to fight!"
Hong Linfeng understood immediately.
He looked suddenly enlightened and shouted: "Hit their baggage troops and artillery troops!"
"Good idea, captain, your move is really too high!"
"Destroy the baggage troops and artillery that are replenishing ammunition for Lingqiu. The little devil has not been replenished. He can only stay in Lingqiu and wait for the next replenishment, or he can return to the logistics base to replenish directly!"
"No matter which way they choose to continue, they will definitely be delayed for four or five days!"
"At that time, we only need to hold them back for five days through layers of resistance. By then, our pressure to complete the task will be reduced by at least half!"
Li Hao nodded in approval and said, "That's what it means!"
"However, it is too difficult and very passive to rely solely on our guerrilla forces for this matter. After all, we have no one at the Japanese logistics base. We don't know when this transport team will pass in front of us!"
"It's possible to send troops to keep an eye on the road, but it takes too much time to go and come back. We won't have time to lay out the battlefield for the enemy!"
"I will send a telegram to the military branch now and ask the military branch to provide us with intelligence support!"
"There must be people in the Japanese military logistics base in the military division. As long as we can get information in advance, we can make arrangements in advance, prescribe the right medicine, and try to kill them in one battle!"
"Even if we can't kill them, we still have to destroy the baggage ammunition and all the artillery brought by the Japanese army, so that the little devils in Lingqiu County will wait in vain!"
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