The garrison regiment countered the Japanese and puppet raids in the base area, trained troops, reclaimed wasteland, and organized the people to prepare for spring plowing!
There are also undercurrents surging outside the base area, full of dangers!
Major General Nakata Yamaro arrived in Taiyuan two days ago, and then began to collect all intelligence and combat data related to the garrison. He locked himself in the house, stayed behind closed doors, and studied the combat style of the garrison to know himself and the enemy!
Troops supported by the front army also began to mobilize one after another, gathering in the direction of Laiyuan from different stations!
At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the deputy chief of staff twisted his brows into a big "Sichuan" after reading the telegram!
This telegram was sent by a senior intelligence officer of the Eighth Route Army hidden within the Japanese army. It introduced in detail the strength of the Japanese army's offensive garrison to be mobilized!
After reading it, the deputy chief of staff's first reaction was that the garrison was in danger!
When he walked into the war room, he reported solemnly: "Boss, the Japanese army is determined to wipe out the garrison this time!"
"The main force alone has deployed a brigade and an independent mountain artillery brigade!"
"With the addition of the Japanese and puppet troops surrounding the garrison, the total strength will definitely exceed 20,000!"
"What's more important is that the garrison has just completed its expansion, the troops are still new recruits, and the base area has not been fully established!"
"The Japanese army came over at this time. They must have taken advantage of the situation. They took advantage of the weakest moment of the garrison to launch a heavy attack and kill you while you were sick!"
"The garrison is too important, and the location of their base is also very important. We must not sit idly by and do nothing!" The boss made the decision with a frown on his face!
Then he looked at his partner and asked, "Do you know the specific time of the Japanese attack?"
The deputy chief of staff shook his head and replied: "I only know an approximate time!"
"It takes time for the Japanese to mobilize troops and recruit combat supplies. Judging from the current progress, the specific attack time should be in one month or two months!"
"I judge that 80% of them will launch an attack after the spring plowing is over!"
"Spring plowing is not only important to us, but also important to the Japanese!"
"Their current logistical supplies, especially food supplies, all come from the occupied territories!"
"If spring plowing is destroyed, the autumn harvest will definitely be affected. Then they will not be able to collect food and have no food to eat!"
The deputy commander's face became even more ugly, and he replied solemnly: "That's one month from now?"
"The garrison has been expanded three times this time. There are too many new recruits, and they are all ordinary people with no foundation. They have to be trained from scratch. One month will definitely not be enough for them to develop combat effectiveness!"
"The Japanese army will attack them at this time. If the garrison resists forcefully, there is no difference between them and death."
"If you choose to retreat voluntarily, the newly acquired base area will be snatched away by the Japs again, which will definitely have a huge impact on the morale of the people and the military in the base area!"
"Especially those new recruits, all recruited from the three counties of Laiyuan. Seeing that your family has fallen into the hands of the Japs again, and may even be retaliated by the Japs, they will definitely not be willing to follow the army, and they may even collapse on the spot!"
"Chief of Staff, in the past, the garrison regiment shouldered the heaviest tasks. Sacrifice the individual to achieve the greater self and help other troops!"
"This time the garrison is in trouble, we must help!"
"Contact the garrison immediately to inform us of the situation we just learned, and get their views first!"
"Even if you want to help them, you can't help them randomly, otherwise it will be counterproductive!"
"Wherever they have difficulties, we will take action from there!"
"We are not little devils, we have sufficient logistics supplies!"
"Limited troops and combat materials must be used wisely and maximize their effect!"
At the garrison headquarters, a burst of horse hoofbeats suddenly sounded outside, getting closer and closer from far away!
Dozens of cavalrymen ran wildly on the road, kicking up a lot of dust and rushing towards the regiment headquarters like the wind!
When they were still dozens of meters away from the entrance of the village where the regiment headquarters was located, they stopped at the same time, and then saw Li Hao jumping off his horse, patting the dust on his body, and striding towards Wang Hong who was standing at the entrance of the village!
"Political Commissar, what's going on? Call me back in such a hurry!"
Wang Hong did not exchange greetings, and the solemn expression on his face did not relax because of Li Hao's return. He replied with a stern face: "It is related to the life and death of our defense regiment!"
"Let's go to the headquarters and tell them!"
"The guards are on constant alert. No one can approach without my order!"
In the regiment war room, several staff officers including Wang Hong were kicked out!
In Nuoda's house, except for the breathing of two people, there was no other sound!
Li Hao has read the telegram sent from the headquarters, more than once!
After reading it, I just stared at the map, frowned, and didn’t say a word!
The contents of the telegram shocked him so much!
Although they had already made preparations for heavy Japanese retaliation from the time they captured Laiyuan, they then expanded the main force to more than 6,000 people at one time under pressure, and also established a large number of local troops!
All this is so that the garrison will have more self-protection capital when facing Japanese attacks in the future!
But I never expected that the little devil would arrive so quickly!
In one month, the training for the new recruits of the army has just ended! At this time, they are facing the Japanese army and facing aircraft and artillery. Even if they are supported by veterans, they who have never been on the battlefield will definitely become vulnerable!
This result is something Li Hao never wants to see!
If the troops collapse on the battlefield, the base area will be finished, and everyone's hard work for so long will be in vain!
More importantly, after this failure, even if the garrison stands up again in the future, it will be difficult to gain the support and trust of the people as it does now!
Of course, Li Hao also thought of letting the Japanese and puppet troops enter the base area to fight guerrillas with the Japanese!
But this idea was rejected by him as soon as it came up!
His idea was the same as that of the boss. The recruits had just joined the army and still had very strong local values. Let them leave their families and watch their families fall into the hands of the Japanese again and suffer. The morale of the soldiers would definitely be shaken and they would not be able to continue fighting!
When the time comes when the troops encounter the Japs, they will still be defeated!
Time is so tight that even though I have decades of historical knowledge in my mind, I still can’t think of a solution!
Wang Hong also looked helpless!
The telegram was the first one he received. Because the content inside was too shocking, in order to prevent the morale of the army from being shaken, he had to control the number of people who knew the telegram. The fewer the better!
Then he sent an urgent telegram to Comrade Li Hao to return to the regiment headquarters!
During this period, for almost six hours, he kept himself locked in his room, racking his brains to think of a solution!
But until now, his mind is still a blur, a mess without any ideas!
He hesitated and replied: "Captain, if it really doesn't work, we can only ask our superiors for help!"
"The three counties of Laiyuan have just been occupied, and the army has just been expanded. The superiors will definitely consider our difficulties!"
Li Hao reluctantly replied: "This is the only way!"
"Send a telegram to headquarters immediately and ask for support!"
"As long as the headquarters can find a way to delay the enemy's attack by one month, I will have a way to defeat the enemy!"
Wang Hong's eyes quickly widened and he stared at Li Hao, as if he had heard wrong just now!
In his eyes, if the attack time is delayed by a month, the situation of the garrison will not be much better!
Nothing more than that the combat effectiveness of the troops is a little higher than a month ago, and the consciousness of the people in the base area is also a little higher!
When the time comes to fight against the more than 20,000 Japanese puppet troops, it will still be an egg against a stone, and you will be looking for death!
Li Hao did not explain, but decisively ordered: "Political Commissar, just follow what I just said and send the telegram!"
"As for how to defeat the enemy then, I'll keep it a secret for now, and then you'll know!"
At the Eighth Route Army headquarters, after receiving a call back from the garrison, the deputy chief of staff had the same reaction as Wang Hong, thinking he had made a mistake!
I checked twice before I believed what I saw, and then I shouted in disbelief!
"Boss, if I didn't know Comrade Li Hao well enough, my first reaction after seeing this telegram would be that he is too arrogant!"
"And he's a little arrogant and has no bounds. He dares to say anything big, and he doesn't take the little devils seriously at all!"
"Although I don't know why Li Hao is so confident that he can defeat the enemy with one more month of preparation, but I believe in him!"
"Ever since I've known this man, he's never let me down!"
"Since he dares to say this, it means that he already has specific thoughts in his heart!"
The deputy commander was also shocked, but quickly came to his senses: "I also believe in Comrade Li Hao!"
"Since he made this request, we will satisfy him!"
"The drawings of the flying thunder cannon have been distributed for almost ten days. I believe that each army has more or less completed a few of them!"
"We have seen its power, but the Japanese have not!"
"Order, during the spring plowing period in the base area, in order to prevent the Japanese and puppet troops from entering the base area and destroying the spring plowing! The Eighth Route Army units took the initiative to lead the war to the Japanese-occupied areas. By the way, they tested whether the power of flying thunder cannons on the battlefield is as powerful as the garrison said.
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"I want the entire North China to be ignited with flames of war and slow down the enemy's troop deployment!"
The deputy chief of staff's eyes lit up and he replied: "What a great idea!"
"If the areas occupied by the Japanese are in chaos, their already stretched troops will definitely become even more inadequate!"
"It's obviously impossible to draw troops from various places to Laiyuan now!"