"Battal commander, instructor, the emergency call from the military district is to forward the order from the military district to us!" Zhou Liang, the communications platoon leader, rushed into the headquarters and reported with excitement.
"I can tell by your expression that it's good news!" Li Hao said while receiving the telegram.
After reading the telegram, the smile on his face became even wider: "Instructor, the military region has also come to help us in times of need. We will directly use one thousand and fifty white dollars from this month's share to support our post-war reconstruction!"
"My opinion is the same as before. Once the ocean is obtained, it will be replaced with food immediately!"
"If nothing unexpected happens, three thousand yuan can buy at least 150,000 kilograms of grain!"
"Stock them all up and you can save many lives at critical moments!"
Wang Hong did not object this time and immediately replied: "I will carry out the order, and I will use it all to buy food as soon as the counter-sweep is over!"
Not long after, Zhou Liang came again, his face even more excited than before.
"The battalion commander, instructor, or military division telegram, this time is forwarding the order given to us by the Eighth Route Army headquarters!"
Li Hao was the first to react: "They must be supporting us!"
"The Japanese and puppet troops are coming with force, and the headquarters must have known about it. They are worried that the sweet potato flour factory will be affected by the raids by the Japanese and puppet troops!"
"Give me the telegram quickly and see what the headquarters plans to do to reinforce us?"
After reading the telegram, Li Hao was shocked and it took him a long time to react.
"Instructor, the headquarters promises us that if we fight this battle well, the independent battalion will expand and expand the independent regiment. You will be the political commissar and I will be the regiment leader!"
"Hiss, hiss..."
Wang Hong was also frightened and took a breath of cold air and shouted.
"Headquarters really said that? The independent battalion is directly expanding the independent regiment. This is too fast!"
"If I remember correctly, it has only been half a year since we expanded into an independent battalion. We are about to expand again. Isn't this too fast?"
"In terms of military merit alone, this speed is indeed a bit faster!" Li Hao replied noncommittally.
"But don't forget, our superiors haven't given any indication yet on our establishment of a sweet potato flour factory, pig farm, and chicken farm!"
"We turn in profits of nearly 10,000 yuan every month, and there will be more in the future. It is possible to exceed 20,000 yuan!"
"Such a feat is no less than killing hundreds or even thousands of little devils!"
"As the saying goes, wealth should not be exposed. The superiors definitely don't want to leak this source of wealth and attract other people's prying eyes, so we can only be commended secretly or for other reasons. And the head of the headquarters is keeping an eye on the current anti-sweep operation.
Only then can there be a promise to expand the independent battalion and expand the independent regiment!"
"That must be the case!" Wang Hong also showed an expression of sudden realization on his face.
He then continued: "I never thought that I would become a regiment-level cadre so soon!"
Li Hao was very calm at this time and shook his head and replied: "Let's not be too happy too early!"
"The telegram made it very clear that only if we win this counter-mopping up can we be qualified to expand into a regiment. If we lose the battle, not only will we not be qualified to expand, we may even be punished!"
"Also, there is one more thing we need to pay attention to!"
"The casualties and losses of soldiers and civilians in the entire anti-mopping base area must be kept to a minimum."
"The foundation of the base area is too weak. If the losses are too great, even if we win, we still have the label of an independent regiment on our heads and we still don't have the strength to expand the troops. Maybe the strength of the independent regiment will not be as good as the independent battalion before the expansion!"
Wang Hong's expression quickly returned to seriousness: "Batalion Commander, you are right, don't rejoice in vain!"
"We should follow what we discussed before. You will be in charge of the front line, and I will be in charge of the rear. We will each perform our duties and win this counter-mopping up!"
At the reconnaissance platoon and commando station outside Lingqiu City, just after dawn, a scout rushed over in a hurry.
"Platoon leader, Captain Xiao, the Japanese are out of the city!"
"The east gate was opened at dawn. Thousands of Japanese puppet troops had already come out. There were also Japanese armored vehicles leading the way. I hadn't finished walking when I came over."
Chen Wei and Xiao Yuan subconsciously looked at each other, and both saw the heat and excitement in each other's eyes.
They had been waiting outside Lingqiu City for almost ten days, and finally waited for this moment.
"Platoon Leader Chen, let's go and investigate first, and then report it to the battalion headquarters after confirmation!"
The two of them climbed over the hill and had a panoramic view of the east gate of Lingqiu City.
At least on the 1,500th day, the puppet troops had left the city. Three armored vehicles took the lead, followed by cavalry and infantry, forming a one-kilometer long dragon on the road.
Japanese and puppet troops continued to come out of the city gate, and in the middle of the team were escorting the ammunition supplies needed for this battle, with thirty carts loaded in front and back.
Then there is the mountain artillery squadron.
The six mountain cannons were all dragged by mules and horses, and they looked particularly majestic from a distance...
Seeing this, Xiao Yuan and Chen Wei's eyes flashed with greed at the same time, wishing they could take the ammunition supplies and mountain artillery carried by the Japanese army for themselves now.
"At least 2,000 Japanese and puppet troops came out. I can confirm that there are two infantry squadrons, a cavalry squadron, a heavy machine gun squadron, a mortar squadron, a mountain artillery squadron, and an armored vehicle squadron. The rest are all
Puppet army!" Xiao Yuan frowned and judged.
Chen Wei said: "There are still Japanese and puppet troops coming out!"
"According to the intelligence, Lingqiu City can dispatch up to 3,500 people to deal with us. Looking at this posture, they seem to be planning to concentrate their forces to open a breakthrough from the Independent Company!"
"It's very possible!" Xiao Yuan nodded and replied!
"Take another look and confirm that our judgment is correct before sending a telegram to the battalion commander!"
After waiting for less than ten minutes, the Japanese and puppet troops at the rear left the city.
The wide-open city gate was quickly closed tightly, and the Japanese and puppet troops guarding the city wall quickly imposed a martial law, as if they would not open the city gate until the battle was over!
At this time, Xiao Yuan's brows furrowed instead.
"Something's wrong. The Japanese and puppet troops coming out of the east gate only have 2,500 people at full strength! There's still a full 1,000 people short of the number they can dispatch. There must be a conspiracy here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the investigator who was staring at the north gate rushed over.
"Platoon leader, Captain Xiao, the Japanese and puppet troops are also coming out of the north gate. The total strength is nearly 300 people. There is a reinforced Japanese squad, a reinforced puppet company, two counterweight machine guns, and two mortars!"
Xiao Yuan's frown deepened. He couldn't understand the purpose of the Japanese doing this.
The 300-day puppet army has just more troops than a main company of the independent battalion, and its firepower is almost the same. The north gate happens to be the 1st company's defense area. Do the Japanese want to rely on these 300 people to break through the 1st company's defense line?
I haven’t understood it yet,
The scouts watching the other two city gates also brought the same news.
"Captain Xiao, I suggest reporting it directly to the battalion commander. Since we can't figure it out, let the battalion commander think about it. The battalion commander is better than us, and his overall view is better than us!"
"Okay, report to the battalion commander and wait for orders!" Captain Xiao shook his head and replied.
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