There are less than 20 households in a small village five kilometers away from Datong City!
Because I was poor, I wouldn’t come here when the Japanese and puppet troops were raiding by!
But starting from last night, the village suddenly became lively!
First, a company of the Eighth Route Army suddenly surrounded the village, with no entry or exit allowed! Then a group of cavalry entered the village under cover of darkness, occupied the village ancestral hall, and surrounded the ancestral hall tightly, not allowing any outsiders to approach!
In the ancestral hall that has been converted into a headquarters, two radio stations are set up next to it. The signal lights are flashing continuously and the clear sound of sending and receiving telegraphs is emitted!
Several temporarily appointed combat staff officers came in and out, marking one latest battle situation after another on the map in front of Li Hao!
Hong Linfeng waited anxiously in front of the two radio stations!
When the garrison broke out from Lingqiu, there was only one radio left!
Two radios were seized during the coal mine attack, and three were seized during the Japanese reinforcements attack, which increased the number of radio stations in the garrison to six at once!
Although the power is not high, there is still no problem in communicating within Datong!
Two radio stations were left at the regiment headquarters, and one radio station was sent to the Eighth Route Army in Northwestern Shanxi to ensure smooth communication between the two armies. The remaining three radio stations were equipped for troops performing tasks outside Datong City, and were equipped for the guard companies and commandos outside Datong City.
One piece!
Hong Linfeng was standing by the radio station, waiting for news from them!
"Chief of Staff, this is the telegram from Commando Captain Xiao!" Communications Platoon Leader Zhou Liang put down his earphones and reported excitedly!
"Give it to me quickly!"
Hong Linfeng took the telegram and walked towards Li Hao!
After glancing at the contents of the telegram, my face lit up with joy!
"Captain, good news!"
"The commando team and the guard company have successfully occupied the last blockade deployed by the Japanese and puppet troops outside the city, killed an infantry squad of Japanese soldiers, and captured a battalion of puppet troops!"
"And so far, they haven't fired a single shot!"
"Through the interrogation of the captured puppet battalion commander, we learned that the Japs only deployed puppet troops in the guard positions outside the city. Each position of the first line of defense deployed a small Japs from a combat unit. The second line of defense was also the last one next to the city wall.
A line of defense, with a small team of Japs deployed at each position!"
"Excluding these Japanese and puppet troops, there is only one guard, one mountain artillery squadron, and one gendarmerie left in Datong City, with a total strength of less than 300 people!"
"The rest are all puppet troops. There is a regiment, with companies as units, stationed on the four walls of Datong City and important city defenses!"
"Captain Xiao asks for instructions: They want to directly enter Datong City, please cooperate with the main force of the regiment!"
"The puppet battalion commander they captured is willing to cooperate, and they are at least 80% sure to capture the east gate of Datong City without firing a shot!"
Li Hao read the contents of the telegram twice in a row before speaking!
"God is really helping me!"
"If we can enter Datong City quietly, then our chances of winning this siege can be said to be 100%!"
"Chief of Staff, which unit is closest to the commando team and the guard company!"
"The Sixth Regiment of the North Shanxi Military Region is right behind them. They can catch up with them by marching in half an hour. The total number of troops is more than 1,200, almost all veterans! After replenishing some weapons and ammunition at the Japanese and puppet strongholds along the blockade, the equipment
It's ok!"
"Then there is Huang Sheng's third battalion. We can get there by marching in an hour!"
Li Hao nodded and continued to ask: "Where are our other troops and the remaining main regiments from the North Shanxi Military Region participating in the war, and what are they doing?"
Hong Linfeng pointed to the map and replied: "There are seven main regiments in the Northwestern Shanxi Military Region participating in the war!"
"There were four last night, and three arrived later!"
"The four main regiments broke through the blockade and pretended to be absent from work. After returning to the base area, they fought back to the Japanese-occupied area under the cover of night! Except for one regiment, which used battalions and companies as units to block the retreat of the Japanese and puppet troops on the blockade, no one was allowed to leave.
They withdrew to Datong! The other three main regiments were divided into two, and one main regiment was on guard in the south of Datong City, blocking the Japanese reinforcements from the direction of the Shanxi-Sui Army at all costs!"
"The remaining two regiments are lurking in the south and north of the city, and can attack the city at any time!"
"The three main regiments that arrived later were also divided into two. One regiment followed the guard company and the commando team, which is their main sixth regiment!"
"The remaining two regiments are using battalions and companies as units to attack the remaining troops on the Japanese and puppet blockades, cooperate with the interception troops, and strive to eliminate them on the way to retreat!"
"Our first battalion is lurking in the west of the city, and our second battalion, artillery company, and the newly established automobile transport company are hiding nearby, serving as a reserve force for the entire army, ready to join the battle at any time!"
A huge battle battlefield has slowly formed in Li Hao's mind, where all the enemy and our troops are deployed!
After thinking for a minute, he began to issue an order: "Send a telegram to the Sixth Regiment of the Northwestern Shanxi Military Region and catch up with our commandos and guard companies immediately!"
"The third battalion is also going over!"
"At six o'clock in the afternoon, the commando team and the guard company started taking action, falsely opening the east gate, and then covering the Sixth Regiment and the Third Battalion as they entered the city!"
"After entering the city, the Sixth Regiment was divided into three and attacked the other three city gates, occupying it in the shortest possible time. Then, in cooperation with the siege troops, they attacked from inside and outside to kill all the Japanese and puppet troops deployed outside the city!"
"The commando team, the guard company, and the third battalion all obeyed Xiao Yuan's command. After entering the city, the troops divided into separate groups and attacked the Japanese garrison headquarters, arsenal, material warehouse, repair shop, ammunition factory, and important police stations respectively.
, gendarmerie, prison and other places!”
"The troops lurking outside the city do not need orders. When they hear the shots fired in Datong City, they begin to attack Datong City!"
"A pincer attack from inside and outside, and wipe out all the Japanese and puppet troops outside the city on their positions!"
"In addition, please contact the headquarters and ask the headquarters to contact the World War II area. After the siege begins, we hope that the frontline Jinsui Army can also join the battle to cooperate!"
"There are still more than 2,000 Japanese troops confronting them. As long as they are held back, we are absolutely 100% sure of taking Datong City!"
"I suggest: The headquarters can promise a World War II zone. After taking Datong, it can conditionally hand over Datong City to the Shanxi-Sui Army as a reward. It can also use the name of the war zone to announce that we will recapture Datong City from the Japanese, but the Jin-Sui Army must
Give our Eighth Route Army a certain amount of compensation!"
"Datong City is an important military town, a transportation thoroughfare, and an important coal mining area. The Japanese army will definitely not give up and will try every means to reoccupy it!"
"Instead of occupying Datong City, which will be taken away by the Japanese army sooner or later, it is better to use Datong City to befriend the Shanxi-Sui Army and get some more direct benefits!"
In Li Hao's current capacity, making suggestions to the headquarters can definitely be called unexpected!
But when the telegram arrived in the hands of the two bosses, not only were they not angry, they actually took it seriously!
"Deputy Chief of Staff! What do you think of Comrade Li Hao's suggestion!" the deputy commander asked with a serious look!
"It's very pertinent and the analysis is very detailed!" the deputy chief of staff thought for a moment and replied!
“Especially the analysis of Datong City, very thorough!”
"For our Eighth Route Army, Datong City is a hot potato. We can get it but cannot eat it!"
"But for the Jinsui Army, which has been losing troops, cities and territory, taking Datong City will not only save their low morale, but also improve their reputation in the country!"
"More importantly, Datong City is different from ordinary county towns. It has a large number of coal mines buried underground and has a developed economy, just like a hen that can lay golden eggs! The Jinsui Army's capture of Datong will definitely relieve their financial pressure.
!”
"So as long as we show the World War II zone that we can take Datong, and we can give it to them with conditions! As long as the conditions are within their tolerance, they will definitely be willing to take over!"
The deputy commander thought for a moment and asked: "How much benefit do you think a Datong city can bring to us!"
"You definitely don't have to think about money!" the deputy chief of staff said!
"The Jinsui Army now occupies a small area in southwestern Shanxi. We still need to feed nearly 100,000 Jinsui Army, so funds must be as tight as ours!
"But there is one thing that World War II zones do not lack!"
"When the Jinsui Army withdrew from Taiyuan, although they lost the arsenal, they still took away a lot of equipment and all the semi-finished products in the arsenal!"
"When we arrived in southwestern Shanxi, the arsenal was quickly reorganized!"
"Although the scale has been greatly reduced, small arms and ammunition can be produced!"
"So I think a Datong city can at least buy us back a brigade of equipment and ammunition!"
"If possible, you can also ask them for some medicine!"
"Change!"
The deputy commander made a decisive decision!
"Since we can't completely control Datong City, it's better to change some equipment and form two more main groups!"
"As long as we have troops and strength, Datong City will be back in our hands sooner or later!"
"Another point is that the Datong City we handed over to the World War II Zone must be an empty city!"
"According to intelligence: The Japanese army has stockpiled a brigade's combat supplies for a year in Datong City. There are more than five million rounds of various bullets, as many as 20,000 artillery shells, and nearly 10 million kilograms of food!"
"In addition, Datong City is also a very important military town for the Japanese army in northwestern Shanxi. There are a large number of trading firms controlled by the Japanese army in it!"
"According to the rules of engagement, as long as it is controlled by the army, we can seize it as trophies!"
"These businesses will also bring us huge gains!"
"I estimate that from both light and gold, our income is more than 500,000 yuan!"
"There is also the repair shop and ammunition factory that Comrade Li Hao is interested in. Those equipment are priceless treasures that even money can't buy!"
"Finally, add the equipment and ammunition that can be obtained from the World War II zone!"
"The weapons we only received from this military operation are enough to equip at least five main regiments!"
"There will be more ammunition! With the current size of the troops in the northwest Shanxi base area and Yan'an, with these seizures, there will be no need to worry about ammunition for the next six months!"
"Deputy Chief of Staff, immediately send a telegram to the World War II Zone to inform them of our imminent attack on Datong City, and ask them to send troops to cooperate and hold back the two thousand little Japs south of Datong!"
"At the same time, send us our willingness to use Datong City to exchange equipment and ammunition from them!"
"Also, since it is a negotiation, there will definitely be some bargaining!"
"So when you make a request again, be sure to remember that the lion has its mouth open and ask for at least a division's worth of equipment and ammunition!"
"With the current foundation of the World War II zone, we can definitely take it!"
"As for how much you can get in the end, it all depends on your ability!"
The deputy chief of staff quickly replied: "I will draft the telegram now!"