The commander's face immediately turned red with anger, his fists were clenched tightly, and his veins were exposed, like a powder keg that could explode at any time!
At this time, the chief of staff wisely interrupted the report and showed an expression that he was hesitant to speak!
If he continues to report and detonates the military commander's powder keg, then all his monstrous anger will definitely be vented on himself!
What are you afraid of?
Unfortunately, the Army Commander saw the hesitant expression on the Chief of Staff's face, and he scolded him as soon as his face sank!
"Baga! What else is there in the telegram? Tell it all at once? You are hesitant and don't look like a soldier at all!"
At this time, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire ahead, the chief of staff can only rush forward!
He bit the bullet and reported: "Captain Sakai Brigade also reported that due to the heavy losses of the troops, after completing the encirclement of Lingqiu City, the troops no longer have enough troops to continue the attack!"
"In order to completely kill the garrison and get rid of the imperial army's most serious nuisance, we will not give them a chance to break out and escape!"
"They hope to suspend the attack on Lingqiu City. After the reinforcements from the next three brigades arrive on the battlefield, the imperial army will use their absolute superiority in strength and firepower to completely capture Lingqiu City and kill the garrison in one day!"
"No!" the military commander refused without hesitation!
"Because of this garrison, the front army has to bear huge pressure from public opinion every day!"
"If the garrison is not eliminated, the enthusiasm of the Chinese people to fight against the imperial army will become higher and higher day by day, and the morale of the Chinese army to resist the imperial army will also increase day by day! The imperial army wants to suppress this morale on the battlefield, you know
What price will it cost?"
"Then it can't be solved by casually killing hundreds or thousands of imperial troops. We might lose tens of thousands of imperial troops!"
"And internationally, if the garrison is not eliminated for a day, the empire will face more and more doubts and pressure!"
"If the empire wants to restore these reputations, it will also have to pay a very huge price!"
"Only by eliminating the main culprit of the garrison, killing the brigade commander who was captured by them, and letting the Chinese army die without evidence, can all these problems be solved!"
"It's easy to say that the attack is suspended, but the various impacts brought about by this incident are definitely not something we can bear!"
"Reply a telegram to Sakai immediately and order him to start attacking at dawn!"
"If we don't have enough troops, we'll use artillery to bomb them. If we don't have enough artillery, we'll contact the aviation force and use planes to bomb them!"
"I have long contacted the aviation force to dedicate a squadron to reinforce Lingqiu. With so many aircraft, as long as he is willing, he can use bombs to level the city of Lingqiu!"
"Also, immediately contact the three brigades that are reinforcing Lingqiu and ask them to arrive at Lingqiu City before dark today, otherwise military law will be imposed!"
The chief of staff did not immediately carry out the order, but hesitated and replied: "Sir, it may be difficult for the three brigades to reach Lingqiu City before dark!"
"The Eighth Route Army has seen their purpose of reinforcing Lingqiu. In a desperate manner, they sent troops to block them frantically! Not only did they destroy all the bridges and highways that the reinforcements passed along the way, but they also buried a large number of stones along the way.
Landmines, deploy blocking troops in all mountains and highlands along the way to intercept them head-on!"
"Last night, according to the plan, they were supposed to march at least 40 kilometers, but they actually only walked less than 15 kilometers!"
"Not to mention the slow marching speed, they also lost more than a hundred people in the crazy blocking and sneak attacks by the Eighth Route Army along the way, and more than half of the imperial troops lost were killed directly in battle!"
"According to the current marching speed, we may not be able to reach Lingqiu City before dark tomorrow!"
"Baga!" the commander yelled!
The garrison has now become a sharp knife hanging on the back of his head, and it may plunge down at any time!
Coupled with the tremendous pressure placed on him by the Front Army Headquarters, it becomes even more urgent to resolve the threat of the garrison, and he cannot wait even one minute longer!
However, Major General Sakai on the front line sent a telegram requesting to postpone the attack, and the reinforcements were unable to arrive on the battlefield on time... All of this made him feel that winning the garrison seemed to be out of reach!
This is definitely a situation that he cannot accept. As for the front army headquarters, it is even more unacceptable!
He frowned and asked, "Is it impossible to reach Lingqiu City on time at all costs?"
"It's difficult!" the chief of staff thought for a moment and replied!
Then he analyzed: "The Eighth Route Army's blockade along the way is too fierce. If the reinforcements force an assault at all costs, even if they reach Lingqiu City on time, the troops will suffer heavy casualties. Maybe the reinforcements will be directly attacked after rushing all the way to Lingqiu City.
Cripple!"
"It would be meaningless for them to rush to Lingqiu City. They would lose a large number of troops on the way and the gain would not be worth the loss!"
"Find a way!" the military commander raised his eyebrows and shouted in his own non-negotiable tone!
"The battle to kill the Lingqiu garrison cannot be delayed any longer!"
"Everyone knows that the Imperial Army has deployed six reinforced brigades to besiege the garrison! Now not only has it not been captured, but reinforcements are still being sent up. Doesn't that further prove to the outside world that the Imperial Army's combat effectiveness is poor? There are so many troops that can't even defend the Eighth Route Army.
Can’t even the regiment be wiped out?”
"Hi!"
The chief of staff stared at the map, frowning, racking his brains to think of a solution!
Finally, he sighed and replied: "Sir, I can't think of any other way besides sending troops to reinforce Lingqiu!"
"Then continue to send troops!" the military commander replied firmly without hesitation!
It can be seen that in order to capture the garrison, the army commander has made up his mind to do whatever it takes and immediately ordered!
"The front-line mopping up troops, rear garrison troops, all available troops will be transferred over!"
"I only want the results, not the process!"
"Give them two more days. Before dark tomorrow, they must capture Lingqiu and kill the garrison to avenge their shame!"
At the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, the deputy chief of staff came out of the telecommunications room with a smile on his face, as if he had eaten honey!
"Boss, this Li Hao is really impatient. He has lived up to our high expectations. In just one night, he forced the Japanese to remove two more brigades from the front-line mopping up troops!"
"In addition, two brigades have also sent out from the direction of Datong, marching urgently to reinforce Lingqiu!"
"It's easy to talk about the two brigades that were taken away from the front line. I have ordered the two nearby military divisions to dispatch two main battalions each to pursue and intercept them!"
"But the two thousand little devils in the direction of Datong are not so easy to deal with!"
"We don't have an organized main force there yet, and even this news was sent by intelligence personnel!"
The overall situation being planned by the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region is led by the boss. Now it has started so smoothly. It has just begun to develop in the direction he planned. He is definitely the happiest person!
He immediately stood up from his seat, stared at the deputy chief of staff and asked!
"The garrison won another battle last night!"
"It's a great victory!" the deputy chief of staff affirmed!
"And only Li Hao dares to fight such a big victory. He is not so courageous!"
"The garrison reported that last night, Li Hao took advantage of the Japs' heavy casualties and lack of troops to raid two of their artillery positions in the middle of the night, seizing more than a dozen artillery pieces, and also killed two Japs cavalry squadrons!"
"Then use the captured artillery and ammunition, as well as the artillery equipped by the garrison, to launch a luxurious artillery strike on the Japanese reinforcements ten kilometers away from Lingqiu City!"
"A total of twenty mountain cannons and four infantry cannons fired more than 900 shells at the Japs in more than ten minutes! After the bombardment, the cavalry assault was completed, and the cavalry rushed the infantry. They pulled out their teeth and bit off a large piece of the Japs reinforcements.
Fatty, more than six hundred little devils!"
"The city defenders were also impatient. They used our expertise in night raids and street fighting to not only kill two to three hundred Japs, but also drove all the Japs who entered the city out of Lingqiu City!"
"It's equivalent to yesterday afternoon when the Japanese fought all afternoon in vain, and more than two thousand people died in vain. Everything is back to where it started!"
"If you want to kill the garrison, all the battles you experienced yesterday afternoon must be repeated!"
"Okay, good job!" The boss almost jumped up with joy!
Then he pointed at the map and analyzed: "Without the two brigades forced away by Comrade Li Hao, the counter-mopping situation in the base area will be completely opened. Next, it will be our turn to fight back!"
"Immediately give orders to all military divisions in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. All troops must be given free rein and beaten hard!"
"As for the two brigades coming from Datong, order the guerrillas and local troops along the way to find ways to slow down their march. Every minute that can be delayed is a minute. At the same time, the situation will be reported to Comrade Li Hao. He can pull out the teeth of the tiger and kill more than 600 Japanese."
If he can do that, he will definitely be able to deal with the opponent even if there are 2,000 more people!"
"In addition, tell Comrade Li Hao: "Yesterday afternoon, Chongqing recognized their military exploits in killing more than 2,000 Japs. They sent back a call saying that they would reward all the officers and soldiers of the garrison with 25,000 oceans!"
"The headquarters has decided that all of the twenty-five thousand yuan will be given to the garrison to rebuild its troops and base areas!"
"They killed nearly a thousand little Japs last night. The headquarters will continue to report to Chongqing and try to get more rewards and compensation for them!"
"So, I gave the garrison a free hand in Lingqiu. Don't worry about casualties and losses!"
"The harder they fight in Lingqiu and the longer they persist, the better it will be for the overall counter-mopping up!"
In the woods five kilometers outside Lingqiu City, the outside troops led by Li Hao are hiding here!
Last night, there were more than 300 people in the cavalry battalion, guard company and commando team!
After fighting all night, not even half of them came back here alive!
The only one without casualties was the artillery battalion. There were more than 280 people last night, and there are still the same number today!
"What are you doing with your heads down? Lift them up, don't forget! We won the battle last night, not lost!" Li Hao looked at the subordinates in front of him and shouted!
Zhou Wu’s head was lowered the most and his face was the ugliest!
He almost cried and replied: "Captain, the cavalry battalion is over! More than 400 cavalrymen were beaten to more than 50 people. Even if you give me half a year, I can't make them recover!"
Li Hao replied with a serious face: "If half a year is not enough, then use one year!"
"The equipment, war horses...are all still there!"
Zhou Wu looked much better and quickly replied: "They are all still there!"
"Coupled with the capture of two Japanese cavalry squadrons from last night's raid, the cavalry battalion now has more horses than before the war!"
"After cutting off the ones currently in use, there are 48 extra horses. I have statistics on each one!"
"As for the equipment, they all come in complete sets! Some were captured by the Japanese, but some were left behind by our own sacrificed soldiers. There are more than 750 sets in total!"
"Where are the wounded? How many wounded are there among the remaining people in the cavalry battalion?" Li Hao continued to ask!
Zhou Wu's face became gloomy again, and he took a deep breath and replied, "When cavalry fights with the enemy, they either kill the enemy or are killed. There are very few casualties!"
"There is not one seriously injured person and eight lightly injured people, but it does not affect the battle!"
Li Hao decisively ordered: "Pull out all the eight lightly wounded men and ask them to escort the extra horses from the cavalry battalion back to the base area. They will go to the secret camp to report to the political commissar, and then stay in the base area!"
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