The army commander stopped the chief of staff who was about to leave and continued to order!
"Although our retreat is temporary. When the time comes, we will launch a large-scale counterattack and reoccupy these areas!"
"However, giving up is giving up, even if it is only temporary, it is also failure!"
"Three counties, such a large area, have a total population of nearly 200,000! With the capabilities of the Eighth Route Army, they can develop these areas into their bases in a month at most. Then it is estimated that the common people will join the Eighth Route Army and fight against the imperial army!"
"So, even if we retreat on our own initiative, we can't let the garrison be swallowed up so easily!"
"We will take a two-step approach. The first step is to order all maintenance committees and landlord armed forces in the three counties that are loyal to the imperial army to lurk and secretly sabotage the Eighth Route Army's establishment of base areas!"
"After the imperial army retreated, they killed an Eighth Route Army soldier and sent him to the county seat. The imperial army rewarded him with a rifle and fifty rounds of ammunition!"
"If you kill more than ten Eighth Route Army troops, in addition to ten rifles as a reward, the Imperial Army will also reward you with a machine gun!"
"In these troubled times, having a gun means you have strength. You can dominate a party and earn more money. It is more practical than giving money directly!"
"As soon as this order comes out, I guarantee that these maintenance committees and landlord armed forces who work for the imperial army will definitely attack the Eighth Route Army desperately for their own interests and prevent the Eighth Route Army from establishing a base!"
The chief of staff stood nearby, his eyes starting to shine!
He is very familiar with those maintenance committees and landlords who work for the imperial army!
According to the policy of the Eighth Route Army, their previous actions will definitely be liquidated, and then they will be labeled as traitors and traitors!
If you are lucky, you can still save one life, but your family property will definitely be distributed by the Eighth Route Army to the common people to support the war of resistance!
If you have bad luck, you may lose both your life and money!
In the eyes of these wealthy landlords, their property is their life, and they will definitely fight tooth and nail to keep it!
Now that they have this order from the imperial army and the county garrison to support them, they will definitely work harder!
Although each of them only has a few men, a few guns, and dozens of thugs, their local strength cannot be underestimated!
It’s hard to describe it as intricate!
Once they firmly oppose the Eighth Route Army, they will use their influence to encourage the people to resist the Eighth Route Army!
It will definitely be difficult for the garrison to develop this area into a base in a short period of time, and it will also cost a lot!
His face became increasingly hot, and he added immediately: "Sir, I still have a suggestion for you!"
"In order to show the imperial army's support for them, we allow them to evacuate their families to the county and hand them over to the imperial army for protection!"
"This way they will definitely work harder!"
"And since their family members are in the hands of the Imperial Army, they don't dare to have second thoughts when fighting the Eighth Route Army!"
A smile quickly flashed across the commander's face, and then he affirmed: "This is a good idea, I agree!"
"Now let me talk about the second step, which is also the most important step!"
"The garrison is too strong. Just relying on the armed forces of the landlords can cause a lot of trouble for them to establish their base area and slow down the speed of their establishment of the base area!"
"But the strength gap between them is there after all. It will definitely be very difficult to severely damage the garrison and cause a large loss of troops to the garrison!"
"So I decided that before the imperial army launched a large-scale retaliatory counterattack against the garrison, I would find a way to launch a local counterattack against the garrison and retreat immediately. This would teach the garrison a lesson and let them understand that the imperial army is not that good.
So annoying!”
The chief of staff asked thoughtfully: "I understand, sir, you mean to take advantage of the imperial army's active retreat and the morale of the garrison to be strong, to suddenly counterattack and catch the garrison off guard!"
"Yes and no!" The military commander did not answer directly!
After thinking for a while, he continued: "As long as the battlefield meets these two conditions, our counterattack will definitely win!"
"Which two?" the chief of staff asked quickly!
During this period of time, the troops were really ineffective. Not only were the morale of ordinary soldiers low, but many officers also showed a hint of worry and fear when they mentioned the garrison!
As the chief of staff, he sees it and is anxious in his heart!
We must find a way to break this deadlock as soon as possible, lift up the low morale, and eliminate everyone's fear of the garrison!
Otherwise, the low morale in the army will definitely get worse, and everyone's fear of the garrison will also increase!
As time goes by, even if the time comes in the future and the imperial army begins to counterattack the garrison, if the troops have such morale, they will definitely be timid in the battle and pay a huge price!
This situation must be broken!
The best and most direct way is to win the battle and kill a few garrison troops!
"The first condition is that the front army's heavy weapons to reinforce us are in place!"
"The front army has agreed to strengthen our independent heavy artillery brigade, a field artillery regiment, and a large-caliber heavy mortar brigade!"
"Field artillery and heavy artillery rely too much on roads, and they require transportation by cars and horses!"
"But the large-caliber heavy mortar brigade doesn't have to be so troublesome. It can be sent to us by cavalry, and it doesn't rely much on roads!"
"So I decided to contact the front army headquarters immediately and dispatch a cavalry brigade to escort the heavy mortar brigade and rush here quickly to reinforce us!"
"Judging from the current situation, Lingqiu is the main attack target of the garrison!"
"Not only have a large number of infantry been assembled, but also a large number of mountain artillery and mortars have been deployed, with a posture of retaking Lingqiu!"
"So I decided that after the heavy mortar brigade was in place, we would first draw a squadron, and under the cover of aircraft, march quickly to reinforce Lingqiu, and then cooperate with the Lingqiu garrison to launch a counterattack against the garrison, thwarting the garrison's attempt to capture Lingqiu.
conspiracy!"
"The remaining two heavy mortar squadrons were divided into three to reinforce three counties respectively!"
"Once the opportunity is right, the garrison troops in the three counties, with the cooperation of heavy mortars, will take the initiative to kill one or two garrison groups attacking them and teach them a lesson!"
The chief of staff became more and more excited as he listened, and immediately asked: "What opportunity!"
"This is the second condition I mentioned: the garrison regiment is divided!"
"If we take the initiative to retreat, an area as large as three counties will definitely fall into the hands of the garrison!"
"If they want to completely occupy this area, they have only one way: divide their forces!"
"Once they do this, the battlefield situation will change drastically!"
"Especially the initiative on the battlefield will definitely fall into our hands again!"
"At that time, we can concentrate our superior troops and firepower to attack the divided garrison!"
"I understand!" the chief of staff shouted with a look of sudden realization!
"I will now lead the staff to formulate a combat plan and issue withdrawal orders to each county to prepare for the next local counterattack!"