The scream of artillery shells soon sounded over the battlefield.
In less than five seconds, the shell exploded on the mountainside, making a deafening "rumbling..." explosion.
"It's heavy artillery. The Japs' heavy artillery has joined the battle. I know that the Japs will not retreat without any reason." Li Hao shouted with a stern face.
But I was very lucky because all the shells hit the forward positions.
"Captain, the kid clearly wants to kill us with artillery shells!" Hong Linfeng saw the Japanese conspiracy at a glance and asked with a frown.
"It will be dark in two hours!"
Li Hao glanced at his watch and replied: "We will hold on for two more hours at all costs, even if all the Japanese planes and heavy artillery are deployed."
"After dark, the Japanese will stop attacking, and we will have one night to change our tactics and no longer fight head-on with them.
Lingqiu City, shrouded in darkness, was empty, with only a few garrison troops left behind. All the ordinary people had moved away, and not a single one was left.
In the conference room of the regiment headquarters, Li Hao, Wang Hong, Luo Yun, Hong Linfeng... several people sat around the table, frowning, unable to say a word for a long time, and the atmosphere was very depressed.
The sniper war in Xinmaling has ended. The more than 10,000 puppet troops camped two kilometers away from the battlefield, occupying several surrounding villages, and will continue their attack after dawn.
The garrison successfully completed its mission, but no one in the headquarters was excited for this reason.
In order to block the peak of Japanese and puppet troops, the garrison paid a high price.
The Mobile Battalion, the Second Battalion, and the Third Battalion were crippled, and their strength was reduced from one company to a reinforced company. Nearly a thousand soldiers fell in the Xinmaling position and never woke up.
"Captain, we can no longer fight with the little devils. Our garrison cannot afford such a price." Political Commissar Wang Hong was the first to speak, looking at Li Hao and saying firmly.
"It's time to let local troops play their role!" Li Hao answered after thinking for a long time.
Hong Linfeng asked subconsciously: "Deploy local troops to supplement the main force?"
"No." Li Hao shook his head and replied.
"The little devil suddenly launched an attack on us, and the target was very clear. He went directly towards Lingqiu City, obviously targeting our garrison headquarters."
"In this case, then we will use the regiment headquarters as bait, lead the little devils in circles around the base area, drag the little devils until they are fat and thin, and drag them to death, and compete with them to consume them."
"Concentrate all local troops in the base area to operate around the Japanese and puppet troops, and clear out all areas where the regiment headquarters is located to protect the safety of the people."
"The main force has two tasks. One is to continue to use guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to attack the Japanese and puppet offensive forces, and the other is to attack the Japanese and puppet army's logistical supplies."
"The reconnaissance company has been confirmed. This Japanese and puppet army only carries ten days of combat supplies. As long as they are not captured in our base area, they will be hungry in ten days, so the Japanese will definitely transport supplies to them from Laiyuan City in the meantime.
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"If possible, destroy these supplies directly and starve the Japanese and puppet troops on the front line to force them to retreat."
"If you can't knock it off, think of ways to consume it. The more, the better."
"For example, if the little devils take out ten kilograms of grain from Laiyuan City, and finally send it to the front line, only one kilogram, or even less, will be left. In this case, no matter how much food Laiyuan City has, it will not be able to withstand the consumption. At the same time, the little devils on the front line can
Supply cannot keep up with consumption, dragging them down."
"Political commissar, you lead the real regiment headquarters, logistics organizations, and field hospitals into the mountains and are responsible for the logistics and supplies of the entire regiment."
"Deputy Commander Luo, you command all the local troops. I will give you all the extra heavy weapons from the regiment headquarters, supplement a few county brigades, pretend to be the regiment headquarters, and lead the little devils around the base area."
"The chief of staff and I command the troops and act according to the opportunity to fight against the Japanese."
"Everyone cooperates with each other to defeat the little devil. Start preparing now and start taking action early tomorrow morning."
At five o'clock in the morning, a team left Lingqiu City in a mighty manner, with a total strength of almost 2,000 people, and then marched quickly toward the southeast of Lingqiu.
The news was immediately sent to the Japanese enemy's headquarters.
"Captain of the brigade, there is an 80% chance that this Eighth Route Army is the headquarters of the garrison regiment we are looking for. Southwest of Lingqiu is the base area of the Eighth Route Army's first division. The garrison regiment must not dare to fight us, so they fled there with the remaining soldiers to seek shelter.
?" Zhonggu United Captain reported excitedly, full of confidence in the ongoing attack.
"Could it be that the defense group was attacking from the east and west, deliberately creating an illusion?" Lichuan United Captain reminded.
He was not as optimistic as Colonel Nakatani, and always felt that there was some unknown conspiracy hidden in it.
After thinking for a moment, he expressed the reason for his suspicion: "According to intelligence, the Eighth Route Army in Lingqiu City began to retreat yesterday."
"Field hospitals, logistics agencies, and a large number of civilians have all withdrawn into the mountains south of Lingqiu. The main force just retreated to the southwest, obviously to attract our pursuit and buy time for their troops entering the mountains to move."
The brigade commander stared at the map for two minutes, then punched it and replied murderously: "No matter whether the Eighth Route Army has a conspiracy or not, we are not afraid."
"Do you still remember the mission given to us by the division commander: the army is divided into two. One part surrounds and suppresses the main force of the garrison and kills the garrison. The other part goes into the mountains, finds the arsenal of the garrison and destroys it."
"Now let me change one of the tasks a little bit."
"The mission outside the mountain remains unchanged, continue to encircle and suppress the main force of the garrison, keep an eye on their regiment headquarters, and completely kill the garrison."
"For the troops entering the mountain, in addition to finding and destroying the arsenal of the garrison regiment, they must also find and destroy the field hospital and logistics organization that the garrison regiment has entered into the mountain."
"These troops have little combat effectiveness, so there should be no pressure on the troops entering the mountains."
"I ordered: Zhonggu Regiment to enter the mountains, search for the troops of the garrison regiment entering the mountain and their arsenal, and then kill them, forcing the main force of the garrison regiment in the mountains to fight us. The Lichuan Regiment fought outside the mountains, chasing and killing the garrison regiment headquarters, in order to
This forces the main force of the garrison to come out and fight us decisively."
"The two armies are advancing together. Even if the garrison has a conspiracy, the remaining two thousand main force will not be able to make any big waves."
In order to make the Japanese army believe it was true, before the local troops were in place, Li Hao would lead the main force of the regiment to follow the fake regiment headquarters acting as bait, bluffing.
On the mountain road ten kilometers away from Lingqiu, the reconnaissance company commander Chen Wei rushed to catch up, very anxious.
"Captain, something happened."
"The Japanese didn't take the bait directly and came after us."
Li Hao was confused. If the kid didn't fall for the trick, his entire plan would be in vain.
He quickly asked: "What's going on? Tell me clearly."
"The Japanese divided their troops into two. Half of the Japanese and puppet troops came towards us with tanks and heavy artillery. Some of the Japanese and puppet troops went directly through Lingqiu City and towards the mountain where the field hospital was hiding."
Li Hao breathed a sigh of relief and replied: "Fortunately, the situation has not changed, but has developed in a direction that is beneficial to us. I thought that the entire army of the little devils had entered the mountains. In this case, what we are doing now will have no meaning. The people in the mountains
The troops will also be in danger."
"More than 10,000 days of puppet troops have been gathered together. They are so huge that even if they enter the mountains and the terrain is favorable to us, the troops will not be able to break through this hard nut."
"Now that they have divided their forces, we have an opportunity to defeat them one by one."
Li Hao became more and more excited as he talked.
From the Japs' point of view, dividing the troops was a foolproof plan.
But in Li Hao's eyes, this was an excellent opportunity to break the situation because the Japanese had neglected the large number of local troops under the garrison.
As soon as his eyes lit up, he began to give orders: "When the enemy changes, we will change, and we must also change."
"Chief of Staff, you lead the main force of the group to continue to bluff here. After the local troops arrive, we will retreat secretly as a battalion and join me in the mountains. We will deal with the little Japs who enter the mountains first."
"As for the Japs outside the mountains, let them live for a few more days. Deputy Commander Luo will lead them around the base area. While ensuring the safety of the people in the base area, several county brigades can attack appropriately to harass them."
"I will lead the second battalion and the reinforced company of the reduced mobile battalion into the mountains."
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