The chief of staff, who had just taken office less than five days ago, suddenly rushed in and interrupted Nakata Yamaro's sweet dream with just one sentence.
Nakata Yamaro was very dissatisfied and cursed: "On Bage Ya Road, don't you know that when you see your superiors, you have to knock on the door and shout a report?"
The military situation was urgent, and the chief of staff didn't care so much. It was as if he didn't hear the brigade commander's question just now, and he didn't explain it. He directly reported: "Something happened on the front line."
"A few days ago, small groups of troops under the banner of the Eighth Route Army guerrillas began to appear in the occupied areas entrusted to us by the military headquarters."
"Because they had too few troops, we didn't pay much attention at first."
"It wasn't until today that I received a large number of war requesting telegrams from the front line that I realized something was wrong."
"In just a few days, 68 maintenance guilds in the occupied areas have been captured by these guerrillas. Although the imperial army did not lose a single soldier, the losses of these maintenance guilds were very heavy."
"Although the troops they control have little combat effectiveness, they belong to the imperial army and serve the imperial army."
"And they are all equipped with weapons, and many maintenance groups are equipped with machine guns."
"After they are eliminated, these weapons will definitely fall into the hands of these guerrillas, who will eventually equip the guerrillas and increase their strength."
Nakata Yamaro's face became increasingly ugly, and he asked solemnly: "How many troops did the Maintenance Council lose in total? Does the General Staff have statistics?"
"Hi!" the chief of staff reported, taking out a list.
"There were a total of 824 armed forces controlled by these maintenance committees, equipped with 12 light machine guns, and they were all wiped out!"
Nakata Yamaro was angry.
As soon as he took over the military power, the Eighth Route Army slapped him in the face, which was definitely a show of force.
If you can't solve it properly, your reputation will definitely be ruined.
"Pong..."
After punching the table in front of him, he cursed loudly.
"Bageya Road, this must have been done by the garrison."
"We shrunk our defense line, relied on medium and large strongholds to defend, and formed more than a dozen mobile troops to cooperate. Their main force was unable to do anything to us. Then they sent so many small troops deep into our occupied areas to attack and maintain the meeting through guerrilla warfare.
Destroy the imperial army's management system of the occupied areas, mess up this place, and make the imperial army vulnerable to enemies from both sides, making it impossible to deal with them wholeheartedly."
"It must be so."
The chief of staff quickly said: "Sir, you are wise."
"Garrison troops in various places reported that after the guerrillas killed those maintenance groups, they directly copied their tactics for establishing base areas."
"Distribute food and land, and encourage people to join the guerrillas to fight against the imperial army."
"Now many ordinary people who have resentment against the imperial army have joined the guerrillas."
"If we don't stop them and kill these guerrillas, more and more people will definitely support them and join them, and more and more people will be attacked."
"When these guerrillas develop and grow, they will attack the imperial army's strongholds, threaten the safety of the imperial army, and drive the imperial army out of this occupied area."
Nakata Yamaro's face became more solemn, he stared at the map hanging on the wall and began to issue orders.
"The troops stationed in various strongholds will dispatch troops immediately. We must kill these guerrillas in the shortest possible time."
"If we want to kill the garrison, we must have a stable rear area."
"All troops, mobile units, and intelligence personnel stationed along the blockade must be on heightened alert."
"Once the main force of the garrison is dispatched, the commanders of each defense area appointed by me do not need to report and can directly dispatch mobile troops to kill them."
"I don't want to see the main force of the garrison fighting with the guerrillas on the battlefield."
"When the imperial army sent troops to encircle and suppress these guerrillas, their main force took the opportunity to attack our weak strongholds, attacking from the east and west, leaving the imperial army vulnerable from both sides."
The chief of staff replied with admiration: "Sir, don't worry. I will go and give the order now and make sure that the garrison is not given the opportunity to attack us."
At the headquarters of the Laiyuan City Defense Regiment, starting from the guerrilla attack, the only thing Li Hao had to do every day was to study the map.
Look for battlefields that can be used to deal with the Japanese independent mixed brigades in the future, and find a few more in case of emergency.
At the same time, I have always been thinking about a team in my heart.
No, to be precise, it's a group of teams.
Whether the army can build a guerrilla zone, the role of the one hundred guerrillas is crucial.
As long as they successfully take root in the Japanese-occupied areas, the garrison regiment's establishment of a guerrilla zone will be half the battle.
They have been on the offensive for almost ten days. With so many guerrilla groups, they should have caused quite a stir.
As expected, the newly appointed Japanese brigade commander Nakata Yamaro will definitely make some moves.
As long as the Japanese army moves, we will move ourselves to buy time for the guerrillas to expand their results.
Now he and Nakata Yamaro are like two chess players on a chessboard.
One hundred guerrillas are the first pieces on the chessboard.
After Nakata Yamaro played his first chess piece, he could play tit-for-tat and play his second chess piece.
As usual, continue to stand on the ground and search for terrain that is beneficial to you bit by bit.
Wang Hong suddenly rushed in with a smile on his face.
"Commander, the Japanese army has made some movement."
"Those two hundred veterans and squad leaders are indeed the masters of our Eighth Route Army's guerrilla warfare. It only took ten days for them to cause such trouble that the little devils couldn't bear it."
"According to intelligence, they have killed at least sixty maintenance committees during this period."
"The troops controlled by the maintenance committee have been eliminated. More than 600 people have been eliminated. More than 100 villages have been completely occupied by them. They are copying the policies of the base area, distributing food and land to the villagers, explaining the anti-Japanese policy, and encouraging everyone to join the guerrillas and fight against the Japanese.
Devil."
"Each guerrilla group has developed considerably, and some guerrilla groups have even expanded to the platoon level."
"Among them is Zhang Youcheng, the regiment leader you named. The total strength of the guerrilla force under his command has expanded to more than forty people, and they are also equipped with a light machine gun."
Li Hao sighed from the bottom of his heart: "The boss has done us a big favor again!"
"Especially those hundred veteran squad leaders."
"Without them, with just a hundred veterans, it would have taken at least two months to cause such a big disturbance."
"The little devil will definitely not remain indifferent after suffering such a big loss."
"And they won't just watch the chaos in their own rear. Tell me, what do the little devils decide to do?"
"As soon as Nakata Yamaro takes action, it will be our defense team's turn to take action."
Wang Hong immediately replied: "According to intelligence, Nakata Yamaro has issued an order to have the garrison troops stationed in the guerrilla activity area immediately attack to eliminate our guerrillas."
"Also, the Japanese and puppet troops on the blockade have also stepped up their alert since last night."
"The maintenance committees, spies, and traitors in the villages along the line have all stepped up patrols to prevent us from taking the opportunity to enter their occupied areas, cooperate with the guerrillas, and attack their attacking troops from both front and rear."