"Commander, if we can really kill the leader of the Japanese Major General Brigade and completely capture Lingqiu City, this battle will definitely bring huge benefits to our Eighth Route Army!" The chief of staff believed in the commander's judgment and shouted with his eyes shining!
"Hasn't it been said in Chongqing that our Eighth Route Army wandered without attacking and deliberately hid in the rear of the Japanese army? Fighting the Japanese is a lie, but developing our power is true?"
"If we wander without attacking, how can we possibly kill the Japanese Major General Brigade Commander and capture Lingqiu City, which is heavily defended by the Japanese army?"
"As long as this situation becomes a fact and the good news is spread, this good news is the best response to these rumors, and Chongqing's various slanders against our Eighth Route Army will be self-defeating!"
"Our Eighth Route Army not only did not wander around in the rear areas of the Japanese and puppet troops without attacking, but we were also fighting against the Japs all the time!"
"Today we can recapture a county heavily defended by the Japanese, and kill a major general brigade leader! In the future, we will definitely be able to recapture more counties from the Japanese, kill more Japanese generals, and finally drive them out of China!"
The chief of staff became happier as he talked!
But the commander didn't show it on his face. Instead, there was a hint of worry flashing from time to time!
The chief of staff quickly put away the smile on his face and asked with a serious face: "Commander, did I say something wrong just now?"
"That's right, your analysis just now is completely correct!" the commander shook his head and replied!
"Did I miss something?" the chief of staff continued to ask.
"It's not your problem!" The commander explained directly without hesitation!
"What I'm most worried about now is the independent group!"
"Li Hao commanded the main force of the independent regiment to attack Lingqiu County, with the purpose of forcing back the Japanese and puppet troops who were sweeping them away from the front line!"
"Now it seems that he did it. Not only did he capture Lingqiu and kill a major general brigade leader, he also successfully forced back the Japanese and puppet mopping up troops on the front line, killing three birds with one stone!"
"But Comrade Li Hao certainly didn't expect that his actions would not only force the Japanese raiding troops out of their base, but also attract more little Japanese to Lingqiu City!"
"Even if the total number of Japanese and puppet troops attacking Lingqiu is not ten thousand, there must be seven or eight thousand!"
"In order to capture Lingqiu, the independent regiment will definitely suffer huge casualties and ammunition losses!"
"Furthermore, I don't know that the Japanese army also dispatched three reinforced brigades from Laiyuan and other directions to encircle Lingqiu City. If the independent regiment captured Lingqiu City, they would only be happy in the face of the huge capture of Lingqiu City and retreat a step later. In the end,
They were besieged in Lingqiu City and faced simultaneous siege by seven to eight thousand puppet troops at a time. No matter how strong the independent regiment's combat effectiveness is, and no matter how powerful Li Hao's commanding ability is, they will never escape!"
"So Chief of Staff, please send a telegram to Division 1 now, asking them to remind the independent regiment to retreat in time, and tell Comrade Li Hao that even if the leader of the Japanese Major General Brigade is killed, he cannot be happy too early!"
"The troops must evacuate Lingqiu City immediately. They must not be surrounded by the Japanese and puppet troops' mopping up troops and newly reinforced troops!"
"Tell Comrade Li Hao, even if those two major general brigade commanders come over, I will not trade the lives of all the soldiers of the independent regiment!"
The chief of staff's face became serious and he immediately replied: "I'm going to send a telegram now!"
"For the sake of a major general brigade leader of the Japanese, we lost a main force group. This deal is indeed not a good deal!"
"Wait a minute!" the commander continued to order!
"When I call back, I will add another sentence: As long as the troops completely capture Lingqiu and kill the Japanese Major General Brigade Commander, we will report it immediately!"
"Chief of Staff, you just said that this matter may bring too many benefits to our Eighth Route Army! As long as the independent regiment succeeds, we must report this victory to the Eighth Route Army headquarters as soon as possible, and then report it to Chongqing, with real results
The victory overturned some people’s slanderous remarks against our Eighth Route Army!”
In the Zhouzhuang position, the earthen fence surrounding the village has been transformed into a line of defense by the soldiers. A large number of shots were fired from it. Almost all the heavy machine guns brought by Li Hao were deployed here, shooting from a high position outside the village!
Outside Zhuangzi, less than fifty meters away from Tuweizi, hundreds of soldiers were desperately digging trenches!
This is the first-line position prepared by Li Hao for the Japs, and it is also a position that attracts the Japs’ cavalry to be fooled!
Faced with the Eighth Route Army relying on the village for defense, the Japanese reinforcements might still be wary of not using cavalry!
After all, the cavalry couldn't cross a wall that was as tall as a person, nor could they enter the village and engage in street fighting with the Eighth Route Army!
But don’t worry about the trench devils outside Zhuangzi!
The trenches less than one meter wide could not stop the cavalry assault at all, and the Eighth Route Army was hiding in the trenches, which was conducive for the cavalry to kill them with sabers from above!
As long as the Japanese don't know that they have deployed heavy machine gun positions along the line of Zhuangzi's earthen wall, they will definitely send out cavalry to assault the trenches!
This not only has fewer casualties, but is also faster!
This place is less than five kilometers away from Lingqiu City, and we can reach it in less than an hour with a quick march!
The most important thing for the returning Japanese and puppet troops is time. They can take five minutes to break through the trenches, but they will never take ten!
"Captain, the political commissar has an urgent call!"
Suddenly, communications platoon leader Zhou Liang rushed over with a serious look on his face!
Li Hao's heart skipped a beat, and he had a very bad premonition!
"It's the military division forwarding an urgent telegram from the military region!" Zhou Liang added immediately, and then handed the telegram to Li Hao!
After reading the telegram, Li Hao's brows suddenly wrinkled!
"Have the Japanese made too much fuss? Aren't they just a major general brigade commander? It's worth them deploying so many heavy troops to rescue and retaliate against us!" Li Hao said to himself!
Huang Sheng, who came after hearing the news, quickly asked: "Captain, what should we do next?"
"Do we still want to fight the battle in front of us?"
"I think the military region's reminder is right. More than 8,000 puppet troops came at the same time. If we withdraw too late and get trapped in Lingqiu City, we will definitely have no way to escape!"
"Fight, this battle must be fought!" Li Hao affirmed after thinking for a long time!
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you miss it, it will be gone!"
"Also, even if we retreat now and are not trapped in Lingqiu City by the Japanese, the result will not be much better!"
"Eight thousand Japanese puppet troops gathered in Lingqiu City at the same time. Regardless of whether we kill the leader of the Japanese Major General Brigade or not, the Japanese will take revenge on us!
"In the face of heavy raids by 4,000 to 5,000 puppet troops, the base area of our independent regiment was almost annihilated!"
"If the number of Japanese and puppet troops mopping up us increases to 8,000, and our independent regiment suffers heavy losses, there will be no way to survive!"
"Since there is no way to survive whether you withdraw or not, why don't you stay here and fight the Japanese!"
"Now, it will be beneficial to us to kill a reinforced group of them here to make the remaining Japs worry about us!"
Huang Sheng hesitated and said the worst ending: "What if we don't escape and are surrounded by Japanese soldiers in Lingqiu City!"
"Then rely on Lingqiu City to fight the Japanese!" Li Hao affirmed!
"Placing the battlefield in Lingqiu City is definitely better than placing it in our base area. The damage to the base area will be minimized!"
"Furthermore, Lingqiu City has strong fortifications, and we can also engage in street fighting with the Japanese in the city. We can kill a large number of them through defense!"
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