Several squadron leaders all showed puzzled expressions.
It was obviously a helpless move, but it turned out to be a ploy by the captain. Could it be that the captain deliberately told everyone in order to boost everyone's morale.
The changes in everyone's expressions did not escape Duan Biang's eyes. He thought for a moment and explained: "The reason why this independent battalion is able to defeat us time and time again, seize the initiative on the battlefield, gain the upper hand in every battle, and make us defenseless is this.
main reason!"
"I also thought of another reason. Every time they attack us, they can concentrate their superior forces to attack part of our forces. This results in that although our overall strength exceeds that of the independent battalion and we have an overwhelming advantage. But in
On local battlefields, the independent battalion always has an absolute advantage in strength and firepower to attack us!"
"Also, the Independent Battalion had no base before. When fighting us, they would fight if they could win, and run away if they couldn't!"
"Even if we concentrate our superior forces and firepower to attack them, we may not be able to find them!"
"Maybe we will be led by them, and the morale and physical strength of the troops will be depleted bit by bit, and then they will consume the troops piecemeal!"
"Now that we have given up all the villages and towns outside the city to the independent camp, the situation is different!"
"According to the style of the Eighth Route Army, they will definitely establish so-called base areas in these villages and towns to let the people support them!"
"In order to protect the base area and the people who support them, the independent battalion must divide its forces and defend it!"
"In this case, the limited troops of the independent battalion will be dispersed, but on the contrary, we have all the troops concentrated in the county seat."
"As long as we are willing, we can concentrate our forces to attack a certain unit after the independent battalion is divided at any time, making them unable to defend themselves!"
The vice-captain looked suddenly enlightened and shouted: "I understand!"
"Sir, by giving up the villages and towns outside the city to the independent battalion, you are actually forcing them to divide their forces!"
A rare smile flashed across Watanabe's face, and then he affirmed.
"Lingqiu is so big, there are more than 100 villages and towns in total, and the longest distance between villages is more than 50 kilometers. It takes ten hours to walk on the road with two legs, and it takes ten hours to march in a hurry. As long as they disperse, they will be defeated by each of us.
Opportunity, even if they get the news in advance and temporarily gather troops for reinforcements, they will not be able to make it at such a long distance!"
"Also, after establishing a base area, they and the people will share weal and woe and be tied together."
"In the face of our heavy attack, they must protect the common people and retreat first, and then they can retreat themselves. They can no longer fight as before when they can win, and run away if they can't. The dragon can't find them without seeing its head and tail!"
"You must know that the Eighth Route Army does not have military pay. The reason why the common people joined them to fight against the Imperial Army must be that the Eighth Route Army promised to protect their families. If the Eighth Route Army cannot do this and the Imperial Army abandons the common people and flees as soon as the Imperial Army attacks, then they will lose
All the people's and military's morale, if we don't attack by then, the independent battalion will collapse from within!"
"So, the independent battalion established a base outside the city. Although it can provide them with sufficient soldiers, it also brings them a lot of worries, turning them into a tiger tied by iron chains, and their combat effectiveness is greatly reduced!"
The worry on the vice-captain's face has lessened a lot, but it has not completely dissipated.
After hesitating for a moment, he continued to remind: "Sir, there is one more question!"
"The independent battalion has occupied more villages and towns. Although they can divide their troops to protect these villages, these villages and towns can also provide them with enough soldiers to expand their army!"
"As long as they have enough troops, even if they are divided, each of the divided troops will be very powerful."
"Even if the imperial army concentrates its superior forces to attack them, it will still have to pay a high price to kill them!"
The smiles that the squadron commanders had just shown disappeared in an instant, and they looked at Watanabe with worried faces.
The Eighth Route Army has expanded its strength too fast. Everyone is aware of this, especially the two former Lingqiu garrison squadron captains.
A few months ago, the Independence Battalion was still a guerrilla force, with a total strength of less than a hundred people.
And now, in just a few months, they have expanded to a reinforced camp.
The smile on Watanabe's face was not affected.
Bo Bo Jing replied: "If it were really so easy to expand the army, the Chinese army would not be defeated by us and half the country would be lost!"
"In the past few months, the independent battalion's strength has increased instead of declining under the continuous attacks of the imperial army, and its combat effectiveness has also been greatly enhanced."
"All credit must go to the Imperial Alliance Army!"
"The Imperial Alliance Army was composed of Chinese troops who surrendered to the Imperial Army on the battlefield, which cost the Imperial Army a lot of military expenses, equipment and ammunition."
"But when they arrived on the battlefield, they did not do their best to assist the Imperial Army in fighting. Instead, they surrendered to the Eighth Route Army, joined the Eighth Route Army, and in turn attacked the Imperial Army!"
"The Imperial Association Army are all veterans. They can go to the battlefield without training and replenishing their troops!"
"The independent battalion is to replenish a large number of surrendered Imperial Army troops on the battlefield, so that the number of troops will increase and the combat effectiveness will become stronger and stronger!"
"It's different now. As long as we defend Lingqiu and don't take the initiative to go out of the city to fight with them, they won't be able to capture the Imperial Alliance Army's replenishment troops!"
"If you want to expand the army, you can only recruit new soldiers from among the common people!"
"How long do you think it will take the Eighth Route Army to train a farmer who has just put down his hoe into a qualified soldier?"
A squadron leader stood up and replied: "It can take as little as three months, as long as half a year!"
Watanabe did not deny it, and continued to ask with a smile on his face: "Then answer me another question!"
"After the brigade headquarters has promised us that all the additional troops and all equipment and ammunition are in place, how long will it take for us to form combat effectiveness!"
"A month at most, no, it only takes eight months to be ready for combat!" the squadron leader thought for a moment and replied!
Then he explained: "Although the brigade headquarters is replenishing us with new recruits!"
"However, they have all undergone recruit training for at least three months, or even half a year. Many of them are veterans who have retired. They have been on the battlefield, killed people, and have strong combat effectiveness!"
"What we need to do is to add them to the army for running-in training and let them fully integrate into the army!"
Having said this, the squadron leader suddenly reacted and his eyes slowly lit up.
Looking at Watanabe, he suddenly realized and shouted: "I understand!"
"Sir, you mean that we will send troops to attack the independent battalion before they have even formed their combat effectiveness!"
"Coupled with the fact that we concentrated our superior forces to attack one of their troops and attacked them suddenly, catching them off guard, the final winner will definitely be us!"
"Sir is wise, I fully support your decision to give the outside of the city to the independent battalion and let them make trouble!"
"Wait for the imperial army to hide its strength and bide its time and build up combat effectiveness, then suddenly send out troops to kill them and avenge their previous shame!"
Watanabe nodded and added: "There's one more thing you didn't expect!"
"Expanding the army requires people and equipment!"
"Almost all the equipment of the Eighth Route Army is captured, which means that even if they have a sufficient number of recruits, they will not be able to expand many troops due to limited equipment!"
"So, we don't have to worry about the independent camp outside the city and let them make trouble!"
"After they have established their base areas and organized the people to grow all the food, we will send troops to take back all these lands, so that the independent camp's efforts will be in vain, and all the hard work will belong to the imperial army!"
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