After receiving the order, before the operator moved, the radio indicator light began to flash.
Not long after, a telegraph newspaper full of telegrams appeared in the hands of the operator.
While handing the telegram to Xiao Yuan, he reported: "Captain, regimental headquarters order."
"The cavalry battalion will set off tonight, march day and night, enter the enemy's rear and join us to deal with the Japanese heavy artillery brigade."
"You are responsible for commanding all the troops behind enemy lines. Kill the target at all costs. If possible, capture some heavy artillery to support frontal operations."
"Cavalry Battalion..."
Xiao Yuan's eyes immediately became hot.
As soon as an idea flashed in his mind, a picture of a battle emerged.
The Japanese heavy artillery brigade encountered an obstruction on its march. When everyone focused their attention on the blocking force, the cavalry battalion appeared.
The soldiers launched a surprise attack from behind the Japanese army in separate groups, beating the Japanese army to the point where they were unable to fight back...
The more Xiao Yuan thought about it, the bigger the smile on his face became, and the more feasible this style of play became.
Immediately replied: "Call back to the regiment headquarters: We promise to complete the task."
"But we need the cooperation of the regiment headquarters to launch a large-scale night battle and force the Japanese heavy artillery brigade to rush to the front line overnight."
"We will surprise them on the march."
In front of the enemy headquarters of the garrison, the chief of staff rushed in with two telegrams in hand and an excited look on his face.
We should not be so happy now that we have a powerful enemy.
But the regiment leader Li Hao was so amazing that every move of the Japanese and puppet troops was planned by him.
It was said that the Japanese tank brigade would go to the front line and play a role directly on the front line battlefield, and it did come after dawn.
It was like roundworms in the belly of the Japanese army.
If the leader of the next battle group can always anticipate the enemy, then the garrison group's chances of winning this counter-mopping operation will definitely be greatly increased.
And Xiao Yuan, last night the regiment leader said that the commando team plus the reconnaissance company and the cavalry battalion would definitely be able to kill the Japanese heavy artillery brigade. At that time, I still didn't believe it.
Believe it now.
As soon as the attack order was issued, Xiao Yuan vowed to take over the mission and directly explained in the telegram the matters that required the regiment's cooperation.
There is only one possibility: Xiao Yuan already has a specific idea in mind to deal with the heavy artillery brigade.
The two pieces of good news were like two good starts for the counter-mopping up, which made Hong Linfeng full of expectations for the next counter-mopping up.
Li Hao also laughed after reading the telegram: "This Xiao Yuan really did not disappoint me."
"Call him back. On the third night after the Japanese raids began, I created a fighter plane for him."
"I don't care how or where you fight."
"However, I want to receive the good news that the entire Japanese heavy artillery brigade has been destroyed."
After handing the drafted telegram to Zhou Liang, Hong Linfeng asked with full of expectation: "Captain? You have an idea, how to send it?"
Li Hao did not hide anything: "The Japanese tank brigade has just been dispatched. It will definitely be able to join the Japanese and puppet troops on the front line before dark."
"I judge that the raids by the Japanese puppet troops will begin tomorrow."
"The mission of the three main battalions remains unchanged, dragging the Japanese and puppet troops into the guerrilla zone and protecting the safety of the villagers."
"The whole process lasts three days, and then it's our turn to fight back."
"I plan to attack the Japanese and puppet troops on the east route and assemble nearly five battalions of troops from the mountain artillery battalion, mobile battalion, independent battalion, special agent battalion, and the first and second companies of the guard battalion to attack them proactively and besiege them."
"The Japanese and puppet troops on one route were attacked, and the Japanese and puppet troops on the other two routes will definitely be reinforced."
"The second and third battalions must hold back the Japanese and puppet troops on the middle and west roads at all costs. They must not be allowed to rush to the battlefield before dawn."
Hong Linfeng's eyes lit up and he immediately said: "The Japanese heavy artillery brigade will definitely reinforce the battlefield."
"The artillery equipped by the mountain artillery battalion plus several main battalions can definitely suppress the artillery units deployed by the Japanese and puppet troops on the east route."
"If Nakata Yamaro doesn't want to see his troops mopping up all the way and being suppressed by our artillery fire, he will definitely bring in the heavy artillery brigade."
"As soon as the heavy artillery brigade moves, Xiao Yuan's fighter plane will be available."
"Taking a step back, even if Xiao Yuan doesn't take down the heavy artillery brigade in the end, he can definitely hold them back."
"In one night, we have artillery fire and fire. At the very least, we can severely damage the Japanese and puppet mopping up troops on the east route."
"So no matter how we calculate this battle, the final winner will be us."
"The only thing I'm worried about is the second and third battalions!"
"The Japanese and puppet troops on both sides will definitely reinforce the battlefield at all costs, and then all the pressure will be on them."
Li Hao replied with a serious face: "The battlefield is fair to everyone."
"Victory will not come to us out of thin air."
"If you want to achieve results and ensure overall victory, you must make local efforts and sacrifices."
At the headquarters of the Japanese independent mixed brigade, Nakata Yamaro was in high spirits.
It has been three days since the new round of sweeps began, and the three-way sweeps are making rapid progress.
Especially the chariot brigade did not let me down at all.
Across the battlefield, invincible.
No matter what opponents we encounter, as long as the chariots are dispatched, they will definitely be killed.
"General, the results just reported by the three-way sweep force have been tallied."
"In one day today, we destroyed at least 1,000 Eighth Route Army troops, including the main force, local troops and supplementary troops."
"There is also another situation. On the battlefield, we found that the Eighth Route Army was fighting in the uniforms of the Imperial Association Army."
"We judge that these Eighth Route Army troops must be the newly captured Imperial Army, directly replenishing the troops for combat."
"In the past, when the Eighth Route Army mobilized prisoners of the Imperial Army to join the Eighth Route Army, they had to undergo a period of training and re-equipment before replenishing the troops."
"Now that we have omitted the steps of training and equipment change and directly replenished the troops, it shows that our opponent's strength is seriously insufficient."
Nakata Yamaro responded with satisfaction: "Yoshi...this result is exactly what I wanted."
"Order three routes to sweep the troops, make persistent efforts, and continue the offensive."
"After the Eighth Route Army in the occupied area finished its attack, they went directly to the garrison base area, swept through it, and killed all the Chinese who resisted the Eighth Route Army."
"The heavy artillery brigade follows closely behind and provides artillery support to the attacking troops at any time."
"The garrison is equipped with a lot of artillery, which has been almost useless in the past two days. They must be looking for an opportunity to join the battle."
"Once these artillery pieces appear, the heavy artillery brigade must attack immediately and destroy them as soon as possible."
"I have studied the garrison regiment, and their fighting style is very different from other Eighth Route Army troops."
"The other Eighth Route Army troops are poorly equipped and rely very little on artillery fire on the battlefield."
"The garrison is very dependent on it. The key to winning many battles lies in artillery fire."
"If we destroy their artillery unit, it will be equivalent to pulling out a fang of the garrison and greatly weakening their combat effectiveness."
"In addition, I still want to remind the three wing captains that although the current situation is very favorable to us and the sweep process is very smooth, we should not be happy too early."
"According to intelligence, the cavalry battalion of the garrison regiment and the troops lurking in the base area have entered our occupied area, but they have never appeared."
"Especially the cavalry, which has strong combat effectiveness and strong assault capabilities. They are called the nemesis of infantry on the field battlefield. They must be waiting for the opportunity to surprise us at the critical moment and sweep away the troops."
"So all mopping up troops must be on alert to be prepared for cavalry raids."
The enemy headquarters in front of the garrison, chief of staff Hong Linfeng, and regimental commander Li Hao, all looked serious.
The turning point of the entire counter-mopping operation is tonight.
Can we change our initiative to passive and capture the heavy artillery brigade that the garrison has been worried about, also tonight.
On the sand table, the small red flag representing the garrison had surrounded the plaster flag representing the Japanese and puppet troops, forming an encirclement.
As long as the regiment commander gives the order, these troops will pounce on the Japanese and puppet troops in the center of the encirclement circle like hungry wolves preying on them.
"Chief of Staff, are you ready?" Li Hao asked seriously.
"Independent battalion, special agent battalion, mobile battalion, and guard battalion are all in place." Hong Linfeng replied.
"In order to avoid alerting the enemy, all the troops were lurking five kilometers away from the Japanese and puppet troops' garrison."
"After the attack order is issued, it will take at most one hour for them to advance to the edge of the station and complete the encirclement of the Japanese and puppet troops."
"In addition to ordinary mortars and thunder cannons, the artillery is under the command of each battalion and provides artillery support to the infantry at close range. Mountain field artillery and heavy mortars are under the unified command of the artillery battalion."
"Batalion Commander Yuan Qingfeng has reported his battle plan."
"The heavy mortars were divided into three artillery formations. They used guerrilla tactics to launch the first attack, directly shelling Japanese tanks and attracting Japanese and puppet artillery to counterattack."
"Mountain artillery and infantry artillery were divided into four artillery positions. They covered the exposed artillery positions of the Japanese army with artillery fire one by one and knocked them out."
"The Japanese have always fought with three axes: first the planes bomb, then the artillery bombs, and finally the infantry attacks."
"It's night now, so don't worry about the first plane bombing."
"As long as we get rid of the artillery in the second axe, the pressure in the next battle will definitely be reduced a lot."
Li Hao nodded and continued to ask: "Where are the blocking troops? How are the preparations of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions?"
"After three days of counter-mopping up, they lost a lot of manpower. Whether they can hold off the two reinforcements is the key to the success or failure of this battle."
Hong Linfeng thought for a while and affirmed: "There should be no problem!"
"As soon as it gets dark, they mobilize guerrillas along the route to destroy the highway and lay mines along the way."
"Coupled with the frontal interception and harassment by the main force, it should be no problem to delay it for a few hours, but the casualties may be a bit high."
Li Hao replied with a serious face: "As long as we can hold it off, we will win."
"Tell the two battalion commanders that I don't want casualties, only results."
"At the same time, I would like to warn all battalion and company commanders on the battlefield that this time we are facing Japanese field troops, the best of the best. We must be cautious and not underestimate the enemy."
"The whole battle includes artillery shells, bullets, and explosive packets. The regiment headquarters has enough control."
Hong Linfeng quickly replied: "Regiment commander, don't worry, for this battle, we emptied the regiment headquarters warehouse and the arsenal warehouse, and all the ammunition was sent to the front line by mules and horses day and night. Even if it is hit with artillery shells, the Japanese will be injured or killed."
