"Then the highway we destroyed was destroyed in vain!" Hong Linfeng next to him became anxious and asked immediately.
"When the instructor sent the captured soldiers, he specially sent a company of more than 300 recruits together. Although these recruits have not touched a gun yet, they are ordinary people who have just put down their hoes and are very strong. It would be best to let them destroy the road.
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"In just two days, they destroyed a nearly ten-kilometer-long highway. Now that the little devils have lost their baggage trucks, they can travel on any road. The destruction is not useless at all!"
"I will immediately send someone to contact the recruit company and ask them to stop their actions to avoid wasting their efforts!"
Li Hao replied solemnly: "Order them to stop and go directly to Dongtian Village to meet us...and then stand by!"
"As for the damaged roads, we cannot waste them!"
"Jiang Tianhong, your company is the most powerful in setting up booby traps in the whole battalion. I will give you two hundred grenades. Set off now and use the destroyed highway to give the little Japanese in the city a meeting gift!"
"You decide for yourself how to fight and how to use 200 grenades to cause more casualties to the Japanese. I won't interfere!"
"The others and I will set off now. Let's go to Dongtian Village. That is the first battlefield we have prepared for the little devils!"
"The company prepared a meeting gift for the little Japs on the road. We gave the little Japs a warning in Dongtian Village. We must kill at least one squadron of Japs!"
Dongtian Village is built on the mountain. Half of the village is on the mountain and half of the village is on the front foot. The road follows the mountain from the foot of the mountain and passes through the middle of the village, dividing the village into two.
Coupled with the surrounding rugged terrain and mountains, this is definitely a natural battlefield for an ambush.
If Li Hao had enough troops, even if he only had twice the strength of the little Japanese, he would dare to set up a pocket formation here to catch all the Watanabe brigade leaving the city and annihilate them all here.
However, the only thing the independent battalion lacks is troops!
After the four main companies added more than 100 captured soldiers, the total strength was just over 300.
Including the firepower company, artillery, and guard company, the total strength is less than 600 people.
Such a small force cannot even deploy a pocket, let alone conduct an ambush and engage in a face-to-face firefight with the Japanese."
Therefore, the idea of ambushing the Japanese army here just flashed through his mind and was rejected by Li Hao himself.
But if we don’t make good use of such a good terrain, it would be a shame for God’s blessing.
At this moment, Dongtian Village came into Li Hao's field of vision.
"The recruit company and the baggage company will enter the village immediately to evacuate the people. This place will soon become a battlefield. Everyone has to go into the mountains. If you don't agree, send people directly to send them into the mountains!" Faced with Dongtian Village, which he was sure of,
The more Li Hao looked at the battlefield, the more satisfied he became.
"What about us? Battalion Commander!" Hong Linfeng asked.
"Lead the troops into the village and familiarize yourself with every road, yard, and room in the village as a squad!"
"I'm going to have a head-to-head fight with the little devil Watanabe Brigade here!"
"Don't they like us to have a head-on confrontation with them? Today we will let them have their wish and fight a hard battle with them!"
"How to fight? Could it be that we occupy the high ground behind the village and fight against the Japs!" As soon as he heard about fighting, Hong Linfeng's eyes became hot.
Li Hao shook his head and replied: "You guessed it right to block the attack, but instead of occupying the hilltop high ground behind the village, we occupied the village in front of us!"
The heat in Hong Linfeng's eyes disappeared in an instant. His eyes were round and he asked with a look of disbelief!
"Village? There is no terrain advantage here, and there is no danger to defend. How can we fight against the Japs!"
"They have twelve mortars alone, as well as four mountain cannons and two infantry cannons. If a shell hits it, the entire village may be razed to the ground. If the troops stay here, won't they be bombed to death?"
Li Hao did not deny: "Standing for a long time is indeed a way to die!"
Seeing Hong Linfeng's face suddenly darken, Li Hao changed the subject and continued: "But we don't need to defend!"
"If my judgment is correct, we only need to guard for up to three hours from the beginning of the battle. We will definitely be able to evacuate Dongtian Village before the Japanese raze it to the ground!"
Hong Linfeng stared at the village for less than a minute and understood.
He looked suddenly enlightened and shouted: "I understand, battalion commander, the reason why you chose Dongtian Village to confront the Japanese is because it is built against the mountains!"
"The mountain behind is so big. Even if the Japs come with two thousand more people, they won't be able to seal it off. If we stay here, we can retreat from the mountain at any time and slip away from under the noses of the Japs!"
Li Hao looked at Hong Linfeng with a smile on his face, feeling relieved and satisfied.
After several big battles in a row, Hong Linfeng was still as belligerent and impulsive as ever.
But compared to before, he is obviously mature now and is more willing to use his brain and think about problems than before.
A very positive answer: "There is another reason!"
"This place is about twenty-five kilometers away from the county seat. The Japs leave at eight o'clock in the morning, and a normal march can reach here at around one o'clock in the afternoon!"
"But after a series of harassment and obstruction along the way, we will be delayed for at least an hour more!"
"This means that the Japanese pair Watanabe will be here at three o'clock in the afternoon at the earliest!"
"It's only three hours from three o'clock to dark. As long as we rely on the village to defend for three hours, the Japanese will stop attacking at dark!"
"Also, take a serious look at Dongtian Village!"
"Because the village is built on a mountain, and the houses are built with stones from the mountain, the stone walls must be stronger than ordinary earth walls!"
"Unless the Japs use highly destructive mountain artillery and infantry artillery, mortars alone will never threaten the village!"
"They only have six mountain artillery and infantry artillery. I don't believe these six artillery can level a stone village in just three hours!"
"If not, I will turn this village into a meat grinder for the little devils, kill at least two hundred of them, hold them off until dark, and then continue to attack them at night!"
Fifteen kilometers away, Commander Watanabe was very lucky to be walking on a completely destroyed road.
"Sir Yingming, if you hadn't decisively decided to abandon the cart and recruit mules and horses to transport supplies, the road destroyed by the Eighth Route Army would have greatly slowed down our march. We might not even be able to walk 20 kilometers in one day!" the adjutant said with a look on his face!
Flattery and compliment.
The deputy's compliment made Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe smile, and he even spoke with a smile on his face!
"The Eighth Route Army is so cunning. They will definitely slow us down at all costs. Destroying roads is their usual method. It is not difficult to think of it!
"Boom boom boom..."
As soon as he finished speaking, a series of slap-in-the-face explosions came from the front.
The frightened horse almost overturned the defenseless Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe.
He jumped off his horse and judged with a stern face: "It was the sound of a grenade exploding!"
"There were only explosions but no gunshots. The Eighth Route Army must have laid booby traps on the road!"
Immediately after speaking, a second lieutenant rushed over, and the content of the report was the same as Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe had judged.
The only difference is that the casualties of the forward are a bit larger.
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