Chapter 774 Thinking about the next battle in advance
"Are you Battalion Commander Zhang?" Two puppet soldiers dozens of meters away hesitated and asked!
Battalion Commander Zhang prepared his posture and cursed!
"I am Zhang Rongsheng, the commander of the third battalion. Please ask your commander to open the city gate immediately and let us enter the city!"
"The commander is injured. If he doesn't do surgery, his life will be gone!"
"If there is anything wrong with the commander, your commander will definitely lose his life!"
The two puppet soldiers who left the city were immediately frightened. Ten of them could not bear the responsibility of the commander losing his life, so they quickly explained: "Captain Zhang, please calm down."
"No matter how bold our company commander is, we won't dare to stop you, and there are so many imperial troops in the team. Even the commander of the imperial army was injured!"
"We were sent here by the Imperial Army on top of the city. We must understand the situation before we can let everyone into the city. Please calm down, Commander Zhang, and cooperate with us so that we can enter the city as soon as possible!"
Battalion Commander Zhang thought for a moment and replied: "Commander's life is more important than anything else. I won't embarrass you two today!"
"Immediately go back and tell the imperial army on top of the city that the troops were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army in a hilly area nearly 20 kilometers away from Laiyuan City. The troops suffered heavy casualties and had to retreat!"
"The Eighth Route Army that ambushed us was equipped with a large number of mine cannons and mortars, and focused on attacking the imperial army walking in the middle of the team!"
"We fought hard for half an hour to break out of the encirclement, but most of the imperial troops were killed, and even the commander was seriously injured!"
"The regiment leader, the commander of the first battalion, and the commander were walking together, and they were all killed in the shelling. Now I am the one with the highest rank in the entire team!"
"Is everything clear? Go back and report to the imperial army on the top of the city. Open the city gate. The commander is in urgent need of treatment. He can't wait any longer!"
"If you still don't believe it, I will go to the middle of the team to find some imperial soldiers to confront you!"
"But if the time is delayed and something happens to the commander, you will be fully responsible!"
"Da da da……"
A burst of gunfire suddenly came from behind the team, interrupting Battalion Commander Zhang!
The two puppet soldiers were startled and subconsciously raised the rifles in their hands!
"Asshole, point your gun at the officer, do you want to die?" Battalion Commander Zhang pretended to be angry again and cursed!
"It was the Eighth Route Army pursuers who exchanged fire with our rear troops. If we don't open the city gate, the Eighth Route Army will catch up. Then all of us will be blocked outside the city and killed by the Eighth Route Army's thunder cannons. The commander will also die."
it's here."
"We will go back and report now and open the city gate immediately!" A puppet soldier reacted, put away his rifle and fired in the direction of the city gate!
"Company Commander, Taijun, they are our own people. The leader is Commander Zhang of the Third Battalion. We saw it with our own eyes!" The two puppet soldiers climbed up to the top of the city and reported with assurance on their faces!
"They were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army on the march. The troops suffered heavy casualties. The commander was seriously injured and members of the regiment were killed in the battle. They had to retreat!"
"The gunfire just now was the exchange of fire between the Eighth Route Army's pursuers and their rear troops!"
"The Eighth Route Army's pursuers are about to kill them. If we don't let them enter the city, it will be too late by the time the Eighth Route Army comes and kill them!"
The Japanese commander Cao knew a little bit of Chinese. After listening to the report, all doubts in his mind disappeared immediately and he ordered decisively!
"Bageya Road, the cunning Eighth Route Army dares to ambush even the commander!"
"What are you still doing? Open the city gate immediately and let them in!"
"Also, contact the hospital immediately and prepare to receive the injured!"
"The operating room is also ready. The operation will begin as soon as the commander arrives. There can be no delay for one more minute. The commander must be cured!"
Li Hao stared closely at the city gate. The gunfire just now was caused by him, which made the Japanese on the city head feel a sense of urgency and did not give them time to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy!
"Captain, the city gate is open!" Liu Senyun suddenly shouted.
Looking at the city gate opening wider and wider a hundred meters away, a smile slowly appeared on Li Hao's serious face!
Decisively ordered: "Entering the city, the troops will follow the original plan. After entering the city, each will commit suicide and go towards their own goals. The battle will be quick and decisive, and the battle will be over before dawn!"
"The guard company will follow me and go directly to the Japanese headquarters, control the radio and telephone, and try to hide the news that we have captured Laiyuan. We will delay it for one minute longer to give the frontline attack troops time to increase their speed.
Let them kill a few more Japanese and puppet troops to reduce the pressure on the troops in the subsequent counter-mopping up!"
Li Hao is very lucky!
When entering the city, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers guarding the north gate, as well as the puppet company commander and three platoon commanders, all stood guard at the door!
The commander is injured. As a subordinate, if you don't show your loyalty at this time, you would be a fool. Obviously, they are not stupid!
But there is also a saying, cleverness can lead to mistakes!
He came here with the intention of showing his loyalty and getting promoted and making a fortune in the future, but he was stabbed in the neck with a bayonet without even seeing the commander's shadow!
Some Japanese react quickly and want to fight back!
But the garrison couldn't handle the large number of people. Three or four soldiers dealt with a Japanese at close range. Moreover, the Japanese's rifle was still on his shoulder and his bayonet was in the scabbard. Without any preparation, it was impossible for the garrison to win!
Without firing a shot, I easily controlled the north gate of Laiyuan, cleanly!
"Follow me, guard company, straight to the Japs headquarters!"
"Deputy Battalion Commander Zhang, come with me. You are familiar with the terrain. If you can lead us directly into the headquarters without firing a shot, even if the gunshots were fired, the Japanese would not have the chance to send a telegram to Taiyuan City!"
The headquarters originally had a reinforced team responsible for guarding and protecting the commander's safety!
The commander went out to fight in the city and took away half of the headquarters' personnel. The guard team shouldered the responsibility of protecting the safety of these people and followed him out of the city!
After the troops left the city, the headquarters was immediately undefended!
The left-behind squadron leader had no choice but to select a combat unit from the already small number of troops to take on the security task here and protect the safety of the remaining civilian personnel in the headquarters!
There were fifteen Japanese in total. They were caught off guard. No matter how powerful they were, they couldn't be the opponent of a guard platoon in the garrison!
"Da da da……"
Submachine guns, machine guns, and box cannons were used in turn. In less than two minutes, the guards and civilian officers were all killed!
"Report to the leader, all the Japanese and puppet troops at South Gate have been eliminated, 83 puppet troops have been captured, and all other Japanese and puppet troops have been killed!"
"Report to the leader, the east gate has been captured by us!"
"Captain, we also captured Ximen..."
As soon as the correspondent finished speaking, Liu Senyun rushed in with excitement: "Commander, the Japanese and puppet army garrison, the arsenal, the material warehouse, and the grain depot have all been taken down by us!"
"I went in and saw that we made a fortune again in this battle!"
"When the Japanese and puppet troops retreated two months ago, most of the strongholds and traitors sent food into Laiyuan City. I thought it would be impossible to capture the food again, but I didn't expect that it would all fall into our hands tonight!"
“I don’t know what means the Japanese used to get all the grain sent into the city by the traitorous spies into their own warehouse!”
"But this is good, it saves us trouble!"
If we capture Laiyuan City, as long as the Japanese don't jump over the wall in a hurry, we will definitely capture a huge amount!
But Li Hao's mind at this moment is not on these seizures!
As long as the troops win this counterattack, the problem of food shortage in the base area will be solved. No matter how much they capture, it will only be the icing on the cake for the garrison!
Li Hao's mind is now focused on the next battle the garrison will fight!
War is always fair, and opportunities are relatively equal!
Today the garrison launched a major counterattack against the Japanese army. Maybe tomorrow, the Japanese army will launch an unprecedented sweep against the garrison!
In order to preserve the results of this major counteroffensive and prevent the garrison regiment from being driven back to the pre-liberation period by the Japanese's next major sweep, as the leader of the garrison regiment, Li Hao must make preparations in advance and take precautions to minimize the losses of the troops.
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He raised his eyebrows and asked, "I don't care how many things have been seized. Battalion Commander Liu, please tell me the situation of the troops first. The more detailed the better!"
Liu Senyun couldn't understand why, after taking down Laiyuan City, such a big victory, when the regiment leader came to see him, not only did he not smile, but he looked serious, as if the battle was not fought well!
But the leader’s orders must be carried out!
He quickly replied: "The new recruit companies have all replenished the main force according to the order. Although there are still many vacancies in each company, the organization is complete!"
"The morale of the troops is very high. After two consecutive battles and consecutive victories, every soldier is excited from the bottom of his heart and shouts that he will continue to fight the Japanese!"
"As for combat effectiveness, although each company has fewer troops, its combat effectiveness has not diminished!"
"I asked several company commanders, and many new recruits have adapted to the battlefield and are growing into veterans little by little!"
"The only problem is that the troops are a little tired!"
"In the first half of the night, they marched dozens of kilometers to attack the battlefield. After a hard battle, they then marched dozens of miles to capture Laiyuan City in the second half of the night!"
"The reason why the soldiers don't feel tired now and are still screaming to go to the battlefield is because they are supported by the passion brought by winning two consecutive battles. Once this energy is over, they will definitely fall asleep!"
"Can't sleep yet!"
Li Hao suddenly interrupted, his originally serious expression became even more serious at this time!
"The troops will continue to fight, and they will continue to fight throughout the day!"
"The Japanese radio station was still on standby when we captured the headquarters, which means that the news that Laiyuan City was captured by us has not spread yet!"
"The Japanese and puppet troops in the dozen or so strongholds remaining in the blockade must still be waiting for the reinforcements sent by Laiyuan City, and then they will attack from both front and back to kill our cavalry battalion and mobile battalion!"
"However, this news must not be kept secret for too long!"
"Once the Japanese army in Taiyuan knows that the reinforcements are gone and planes arrive on the battlefield at dawn, they will definitely order the garrison to abandon their strongholds and withdraw to the nearest county under the cover of planes!"
"This is the fat we have already eaten, we must not let them slip away!"
"And if we kill them, the Japanese army will lose more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers who are familiar with us and more than 2,000 puppet troops in the next large-scale raids on us, which will greatly reduce the pressure on us in the next anti-mopping up operations!"
"So, whether it's for the present or the future, we have to swallow this piece of meat!"
