Hong Linfeng also reacted at this time, and shouted with a look of realization: "Captain, what you mean is: our independent regiment must not take the initiative to provoke the Japs before it recovers its combat effectiveness, so the troops cannot attack Laiyuan for the time being!"
"That's what it means!" Li Hao affirmed!
"We are not little Japs. If we run out of troops, we can just transfer them from other places!"
"Don't look at the fact that we killed more than 3,000 Japanese puppet troops in this counter-mopping operation. There were 1,500 little devils among them! But this loss is still a drop in the bucket for the little devils in North China! As long as he is willing, he can fight at any time
Maybe several thousand more people will be dispatched from other places to surround us!"
"We are different. We only have so many troops. If a soldier sacrifices a unit, his strength will be weakened. If he wants to restore his strength, he can only recruit new soldiers and train from scratch!"
"This takes time!"
"If we piss them off at this time and force them to send heavy troops from other places to retaliate against us, they can definitely cause a devastating blow to our independent regiment!"
Deputy Captain Luo Yun also frowned at this time. He only had a general understanding of the counter-mopping up. He hesitated and asked: "Captain, there is a problem here!"
"If the Japs are sending out heavy troops to retaliate now, they can give us a fatal blow, then why haven't they moved after so long!"
Li Hao sneered and explained: "The little devil is afraid that he will lose another reinforced brigade or even more troops for no reason!"
"Although we are very weak now and need a lot of time to regain our strength, the devils don't know!"
"It only took us four days to annihilate more than 3,000 puppet troops. According to past experience, if we want to do this, our Eighth Route Army must gather at least tens of thousands of troops, and it must also be well-equipped and have sufficient ammunition. But we
The Independent Regiment was still an independent battalion at that time, and one battalion had tens of thousands of troops, which was obviously impossible!"
"If my guess is correct, the Japanese have not figured out how many troops our Eighth Route Army has in Lingqiu, and why the puppet troops who invaded our base area for more than 3,000 days were killed so quickly!"
"Until this issue is clarified, if I were a Japanese commander, I would not dare to send troops to take revenge rashly!"
"With fewer troops dispatched, it's like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth, giving our independent regiment military exploits in vain!"
"There are so many troops dispatched. Just mobilizing these troops and providing them with combat supplies is a big problem!"
"However, once we send troops to Laiyuan now, the situation will be different!
"There is a Japs brigade headquarters stationed in Laiyuan City. To seize the territory from them at this time is to slap the Japs brigade in the face!"
"Once they are angered, the Japanese and puppet troops in Laiyuan will fight back desperately even if they have not yet figured out our strength!"
"More importantly, as long as this battle starts, the true strength of our independent group will be exposed to the little devils!"
"When the Japanese and puppet troops attack us again, we will be more confident!"
"Therefore, we must not start a war with the Japs at present. Instead, we must use the remaining power of the last counter-mopping operation to continue to frighten the Japs in the surrounding area so that they dare not act rashly. This will buy time for our independent regiment to regain its strength!"
"As long as our independent regiment regains its strength, the troops can fight Laiyuan however they want!"
Hong Linfeng's mind was all about the five hundred recruits. He hesitated and asked: "If Laiyuan can't be fought, isn't there no way to deal with the lack of recruits in the army?"
"There is a way!"
Li Hao, who had been staring at the map, suddenly spoke!
"How to solve it?" Hong Linfeng asked immediately.
"Solve it here!" Li Hao pointed to a point on the map and said.
Political Commissar Wang Hong, Chief of Staff Hong Linfeng, and Deputy Head Luo Yun, when they saw Li Hao pointing to this point on the map, their faces changed drastically at the same time, showing expressions of disbelief!
Wang Hong was the first to react and refused without hesitation: "Captain, you are crazy. I firmly disagree!"
"Captain, do you know where Datong is? The Japanese army has an entire brigade there, and we are separated from Datong by Hunyuan County, which is more than 100 kilometers away. The troops can't fly. Just cross the Japanese and puppets."
The military blockade is a problem, how can we try to take advantage of Datong!"
Chief of Staff Hong Linfeng also reacted and advised: "Traveling more than 100 kilometers to Datong, which is heavily defended by Japanese and puppet troops, just to recruit hundreds of new soldiers, this battle is not cost-effective, and I don't agree with it either!"
Li Hao did not deny it. He thought for a moment and replied: "This idea just came to me, but I think it is very feasible!"
"The political commissar is right. Datong is indeed an important military town heavily defended by the Japanese and puppet troops. It is an important transportation road. The Japanese army alone has a brigade!"
"But don't forget, the main target of these Japanese and puppet troops is not us!"
"On the one hand, they want to protect Datong, and on the other hand, they want to put pressure on the Jinsui Army entrenched in western Shanxi, and are ready to attack and destroy them at any time!"
"Although our goal is Datong, we are not going to fight Datong, nor will we provoke the Japanese and puppet troops there! To put it bluntly, when we go to Datong, we are like horse bandits. We will leave after one vote without giving any
Opportunities for the Japanese and puppet troops to come into contact with us! In this case, no matter how many Japanese and puppet troops there are in Datong, they will have nothing to do with us!"
Political Commissar Wang Hong was not moved, but still objected firmly: "No, Datong is too dangerous, we can't go!"
"With so many Japanese and puppet troops, once an accident occurs, they will immediately be surrounded by layers of Japanese and puppet troops, without even a chance to break out!"
"I know that you, Commander, are very good at fighting, but you are not a god, and you will make mistakes sometimes. You can guarantee that there will be no accidents when the troops are operating in Datong!"
"Also, Lingqiu is more than a hundred kilometers away from Datong, with Hunyuan County in the middle. If you have an accident in Datong, and the Japanese and puppet troops in Hunyuan County block your retreat, we will send troops to Datong to rescue you.
There is no way!”
Li Hao quickly comforted him: "Political commissar, you worry too much. How can there be so many surprises in a war!"
"We just analyzed that in order to avoid immediate retaliation from the Japanese and puppet troops, we cannot move the Japanese and puppet troops around Lingqiu until the troops recover their strength!"
"So, if you want to get new recruits, you can only find a way further away!"
"And Datong, which is heavily defended by the Japanese and puppet troops, is our best choice!"
"Political commissar, chief of staff, and deputy commander of the regiment, think about it. Apart from Datong being a major military town and a major transportation thoroughfare, what else is there there?"
"Coal mine!" Luo Yun, the deputy leader with a background in logistics blurted out!
Chief of Staff Hong Linfeng's eyes lit up as if he had thought of something, and then he stared at Li Hao and asked, "I understand, Commander, you want to target those coal mine absentees!"
"It's them!" Li Hao affirmed.
Then he comforted the political commissar who still looked worried: "This is a very important reason why I said that I will not come into contact with the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops when I go to Datong!"
"The coal mine is in a mountainous area, and the means of communication with the outside world are limited. There cannot be too many Japanese and puppet troops defending. If we can find a coal mine, seize it quietly, and then retreat quickly. Wait until the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Datong receive the news.
, when we wanted to counterattack, we had already returned to the base safely with the rescued workers!"
"At that time, even the Japs in Datong will never realize that the coal mine was taken over by an independent group more than 100 kilometers away!"
The worry on Hong Linfeng's face disappeared. Instead, he became extremely excited and directly suggested: "Captain, in this case, I agree to take a risk!"
"Those absentees are all prisoners of war who are unwilling to work for the little devils. They are well-trained and have backbone. As long as they are willing to join our Eighth Route Army, they will be the backbone of the supplementary troops. Not only can our independent regiment be fully staffed quickly, but it can also be greatly improved.
The fighting power of our independent regiment!"
"My idea is that you, commander, stay in the base area, and I will take a troop to Datong to perform the mission!"
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