Seeing Hong Linfeng and Wang Hong both frowning and deep in thought.
Li Hao continued: "No...the expansion of these main companies has just been completed, and the proportion of new recruits exceeds 70%. They have not even learned how to shoot, and they cannot fight at all!"
"What we need most now is time. We must find a way to prevent this war from happening!"
Hong Linfeng frowned and asked: "Batalion Commander, what you said is simply impossible!"
"The initiative on the battlefield is in the hands of that old devil Watanabe. If he knows that we are weak now, he will definitely attack us at all costs!"
"If I were that old devil Watanabe, I would definitely choose to do this and kill us before our independent battalion completely regains its combat effectiveness!"
Li Hao frowned and replied: "No, as long as we think about it, we can definitely think of a way!"
"He Wenlin, from now on, the inner guard platoon will be expanded into an inner guard company. I don't care what method you use. You must make sure that the little devils in Lingqiu City know the true situation of our independent battalion as soon as possible. If you can delay it, it will be a day!"
Instructor Wang Hong frowned and replied: "Battal Commander, this will not solve the problem at all. There is not much difference between the Watanabe Brigade delaying the attack on us for a few days and attacking us immediately. We still have to resist their attack!"
Li Hao said: "This is just the first step!"
"Lao Hong was right just now. The initiative on the battlefield is now in Watanabe's hands. He has the final say when to attack us!"
"If we find a way to seize the initiative on the battlefield and hold it in our own hands, then it will be up to us to decide where the Watanabe Brigade will attack. Maybe the scale of the battle will be at my discretion!"
"As long as we pass this period and give the troops a month to train, we won't be afraid of the Watanabe Brigade attacking again!"
The instructor stared at Li Hao with big eyes and retorted with a tone of complete disbelief: "This is impossible!"
"Battal Commander, please don't kid me. Although the Watanabe Brigade suffered heavy casualties, after adding the Lingqiu Garrison Brigade, the total strength is still more than a thousand people. More importantly, during this period, the puppet troops in Lingqiu have been
Expanding the army."
"There must be a thousand people by now!"
"There are more than 2,000 Japanese puppet troops, half of whom are well-equipped and powerful Japanese elites. It can be said that they need soldiers and equipment. How can they give us the initiative on the battlefield and let us do it?"
Li Hao shook his head and said in denial: "No, the Watanabe Brigade in Lingqiu City is missing something!"
"What?" Wang Hong asked, still with an unbelieving expression on his face.
"Heavy weapons!" Li Hao blurted out without thinking.
Hong Linfeng followed Li Hao for the longest time, and shouted with a look of realization: "I understand... Battalion Commander, what you mean is to concentrate all the heavy weapons of our independent battalion, beat the Japanese hard once, and kill Watanabe who attacked us."
The whole team fights back!"
"The inner guard company is stalling for time, giving us time to mobilize our troops!"
Seeing Li Hao smiling and saying nothing, Hong Linfeng thought he was right, and the more he said it, the happier he became.
But he soon discovered that his previous analysis was full of flaws.
"wrong!"
"Even if we use all the heavy weapons together, we don't know where the Japanese will attack us, or even where they will attack us. There is no way to arrange the battlefield in advance!"
"Also, the Watanabe Brigade may call for aircraft support!"
"In the battle of Dongtian Village, none of us thought that the Japanese would send planes over, but they came and blew up half of our company!"
Li Hao spoke and replied with a serious face: "You are only half right!"
"As I said just now, the internal defense company will buy us time at all costs to assemble troops and all heavy weapons. This is only the first step!"
"There is a second step, which is also the most important step!"
"The total number of Watanabe Brigade and Lingqiu garrison in the county does not exceed four infantry squadrons at most. In addition, there is a cavalry squadron, a mortar squadron that is not enough, and a heavy machine gun squadron that is not enough!"
"As long as we find a way to concentrate all the heavy weapons and eat up their two infantry squadrons. With the few troops left in Lingqiu County, it will be impossible for them to attack us again for at least a month!"
"So my second step is to prepare a battlefield for the Japs, ambush all the troops and heavy weapons we have assembled on the battlefield, and eat the little Japs who enter our ambush battlefield!"
Instructor Wang Hong asked with an expression of disbelief: "The initiative on the battlefield is in the hands of the little devil!"
"We have prepared the battlefield. If the little devil doesn't fall for the trick, what should we do if we come over?"
Li Hao replied with confidence: "Then we will take the initiative on the battlefield into our own hands and force the little devils to come over!"
"Impossible!" Wang Hong retorted subconsciously.
Until now, Wang Hong and Hong Linfeng still do not believe that Li Hao can take the initiative on the battlefield.
Li Hao did not refute immediately, but found a map of Lingqiu and pointed at three towns outside Lingqiu where Japanese and puppet troops were stationed.
"We take the initiative and attack these three strongholds!"
"Watanabe can't let Lingqiu City become an isolated city. If three strongholds are attacked, he will definitely send troops to rescue!"
"And what we need to do is to ambush the Japanese on their way to reinforce the three strongholds and eat them!"
Hong Linfeng finally understood and shouted with a look of realization.
“That’s a good idea!”
"There are too many new recruits in the army. Facing possible attacks by the Japanese, we only think about how to defend and how to avoid fighting. We have never thought about taking the initiative to attack!"
"The battalion commander found another way and took the initiative to attack the stronghold outside the city. The little devils in the city will definitely send troops to rescue!"
Wang Hong also reacted: "This is a typical encirclement and support!"
"The only thing we didn't think of was to take the initiative. Not only did we not think of it, but Watanabe in the city certainly didn't think of it either."
At the Japanese garrison headquarters in Lingqiu City, Tian Chengzhi stood in front of Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe, feeling guilty and nervous.
In addition to the special agents, Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe also had his own sources of intelligence.
So he knew more or less about the bad situation outside the city.
In less than half a month, more than 60% of the villages and towns outside Lingqiu City fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army.
More importantly, the Eighth Route Army recruited more than a thousand new soldiers in these villages and towns, and also formed a large number of guerrillas to fight against the imperial army.
From the map, these villages and towns look like a huge semi-encirclement, turning Lingqiu City into an isolated city!
"Commander, after investigation, our special agent team has basically figured out the true situation of the Independent Battalion!"
"Half a month ago, the Independent Battalion dispatched a total of four companies and divided the troops into four groups to continuously capture more than 40 villages controlled by the imperial army. They established so-called anti-Japanese governments in these villages, formed guerrillas, and recruited additional troops!"
"Currently, these four companies of the Eighth Route Army have sufficient strength. Each company has been expanded to more than 200 people and is well-equipped."
"In addition to these four main companies, they also have a large number of troops stationed in Hongquan Village. The specific organization is unknown, but the total strength must be no less than 500 people!"
Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe asked with a stern face: "In other words, the total strength of the Eighth Route Army Independent Battalion in Lingqiu has reached 1,500 people~"
"Hi!"
Tian Chengzhi heard the anger in Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe's words and answered bravely.
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