"Batalion Commander, what should we do next?" After the scolding, the problems that should be faced still have to be faced, the instructor hesitated and asked!
Zhang Yun frowned and replied helplessly: "Without the support of the people, we are deaf and blind here!"
"The Japs are different. There are traitors and spies lurking around us. Every move is watched by them. Any little Japs will know about it immediately and make targeted arrangements in advance to thwart our actions and attack us!
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"Even a very ordinary military maneuver may provide the Japanese army with an opportunity to attack us!"
"Now the army has lost one company. If there is another loss, our troops will be seriously insufficient, and we may even be driven out of Guangling. Give up the piece of fat that we have already eaten!"
"This result is not only unacceptable to us, but also to the regiment leader and political commissar!"
"So our first priority now is to preserve our vitality and never suffer losses like today again!"
The instructor was silent for a moment and said: "There can be no more big losses."
"However, it is too difficult to do this!"
Zhang Yun shook his head and replied: "It's not that it's difficult, it's that it's simply impossible!"
"If we want to break the situation in Guangling, we must take action! After the troops take action, the Japanese will find an opportunity to attack us!"
"The only way is to stand still, but in this case we will never be able to break the situation in Guangling and waste food in vain!"
"There are also ordinary people who, under the threat of the Japanese and puppet troops, have been avoiding us! If we waste food here and not only do nothing, but also lose troops and generals, they will definitely be more afraid of the Japanese and puppet troops and completely lose hope in our Eighth Route Army!
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"When the time comes, it will definitely be even more difficult for us to capture this place and establish a base!"
The instructor's face became more and more solemn: "Then this problem is not unsolvable!"
"It's impossible to take action, and it's impossible to stand still?"
"No, there is one last way!" Zhang Yun had an idea and suddenly spoke!
Hope rekindles on the solemn and helpless face!
"For military strength, as long as we have a sufficient number of troops and keep an eye on Guangling County, we will attack every Japs who come out to prevent them from leaving the city. We will break the deadlock in Guangling!"
"Without the little devils to back us up and threaten us, those traitorous spies lurking around are nothing to worry about. Even if there are twice as many, I can still kill them!"
A glimmer of hope also ignited on the instructor's face, but it quickly disappeared!
It was very difficult to answer: "Batalion Commander, the method is a good one, but the key problem is that we have no soldiers, what we lack are troops!"
"If it was before the Seventh Company was severely damaged, there would be no problem in executing this plan. Two main companies plus an artillery company would surround the county. As long as the Japanese troops dispatched no more than one brigade, they could hold them back! There was only one company and battalion left.
The troops directly under the ministry will divide their forces to eliminate those lurking traitor spies and kill them, thereby winning the support of the people for us!"
"But now that the Seventh Company is gone, we simply don't have enough troops to besiege the county town!"
"If you go too little, not only will you not be able to hold back the enemy's attacking troops, but they will also fight back, losing your wife and losing your troops!"
"We have gone too many times, and we don't have the troops to deal with those traitorous spies. We can only watch helplessly as they continue to cause trouble to the people!"
Zhang Yun thought for a while and then made a decision: "Send a telegram to the regiment leader immediately to report the situation here and ask for help!"
"I don't want more, as long as there is one company, the problem will be solved!"
Taking Lingqiu City, seizing mountains of weapons and ammunition, and harvesting more than a thousand war horses is definitely something worthy of joy and celebration!
But Li Hao couldn’t be happy!
There are two reasons in total!
The price the troops paid to capture Lingqiu was too high!
Special agent battalion, independent battalion, artillery battalion, and guard battalion company, the total pre-war strength exceeded 2,200 people!
After the battle, the total number of troops that could continue to fight was less than 500. Most of the remaining troops died, and only a few were seriously injured, with the possibility of recovering and returning to the army!
There were more than 1,700 casualties, which was second only to the Lingqiu attack and defense battle a few months ago in the history of the garrison!
More importantly, these more than 1,700 people are all deserters and puppet army prisoners who have served as soldiers. After training, they can quickly form combat effectiveness by replenishing the troops!
Now that these people are gone, the base area can only provide 500 supplementary soldiers who were absentees and prisoners!
This means that the remaining vacancies in the army can only wait for recruitment of new recruits in the future!
The total strength of the army is 2,200, and more than 1,200 of them are new recruits without any training!
Even if the garrison regiment has its own unique training method, it will still require at least three months of recruit training!
And even if it forms a fighting force, it can only barely be able to go on the battlefield!
If you want to reach the peak combat effectiveness of the garrison and become an elite, it will take at least three months!
Three months of recruit training and three months of actual combat training, which adds up to half a year!
But will the Japanese give themselves such a long time to prepare? The answer is obvious: impossible!
The two telegrams just received are the best proof!
One comes from Laiyuan and the other comes from Guangling!
Although the first battalion attacking Hunyuan hasn't sent a telegram yet, it's definitely not much better!
Judging from the telegram, not only would the Japanese army not give themselves half a year, they would not even give them three months to train new recruits!
If you don't send troops to reinforce Laiyuan and Guangling immediately, the situation in the two places will definitely worsen!
It was a trivial matter that the two main battalions were driven out of Guangling and Laiyuan. What Li Hao was most worried about was that the two battalions would be plotted by the Japanese at an absolute disadvantage, and the entire army would eventually be destroyed!
After reading the telegram, Hong Linfeng stared at the map with a worried look on his face. Half an hour had passed, and his worry not only did not disappear, but became more and more intense!
"Commander, apart from adding more troops, I can't think of any other way to solve the dilemma of the two battalions!" Hong Linfeng sighed and answered helplessly!
"Then add more troops!" Li Hao frowned and ordered decisively!
"Since the little devil won't give me our time, then we have to fight for our own time?"
Hong Linfeng looked puzzled. He didn't understand what Li Hao meant by suddenly saying this, so he asked immediately!
"Captain, what time!"
"It's time for military training!" Li Hao didn't hide anything!
"My original idea was to replenish the special agent battalion and the independent battalion with the five hundred absentees and prisoners sent by the political commissar, and add some new soldiers. After training for a few months, I would attack the three counties of Guangling, Hunyuan, and Laiyuan, and reinforce three
Main camp!”
"Judging from the current situation, the little devil won't give us this time at all!"
"Since the little devil won't give it to us, we'll fight for it ourselves!"
"The 2nd and 3rd battalions also suffered considerable losses. The next reinforcements will definitely be all new recruits. Without a few months of training, they will not be able to go to the battlefield at all!"
"So they also need time to train new recruits!"
The worried expression on Hong Linfeng's face has not dissipated!
Because the group leader’s decision didn’t really solve the problem!
Sending more troops is indeed the only way to break the situation. The key problem is that the garrison has no troops to reinforce them. This is the real reason why he has been worried!
