The Japanese puppet army gave up small and medium-sized strongholds in a large area, made the blockade ditch useless, and concentrated its forces to defend large strongholds, a move that Li Hao did not expect.

Because the retreat was too sudden, many troops had not yet started a counteroffensive, and several independent battalions that had planned to break through each one and catch a big net of fish ended up only catching some small shrimp.

"Regiment commander, this is the battle report that several independent battalions have just put together." Hong Linfeng reported with a serious face.

"The stronghold of Guanshan Town, where the first company of the Wei County Independent Battalion wants to attack, has the least troops."

"They were the first to start a counteroffensive, arranging heavy troops to besiege the town of Koyama and the surrounding two small strongholds, and when the Japanese puppet army contracted its defense, the garrisons of the two small strongholds were all wiped out by them on the way to retreat."

"As a result, the garrison of Guanshan Town is less than 300 people, and it is currently surrounded by a company in the stronghold, and it is impossible to enter or leave."

"The garrisons of several other large strongholds have more than five hundred people, and the most are the three strongholds on the edge of Lingqiu, with more than a thousand garrisons."

"The turrets and pillboxes in the stronghold are all made of reinforced concrete, which is very strong, and the defense is strong, and there is almost no possibility of a few independent battalions taking it down. Therefore, the current tactics used by everyone are to besiege but not attack, and force the Japanese puppet army to leave the stronghold by cutting off water and food, and then clean them up. ”

On the map, the locations of several large strongholds have been marked, and they look particularly glaring.

It's like a thorn in the side of the garrison, a thorn in the flesh, and the sooner it is pulled out, the better.

Seeing Li Hao's brows furrowing deeper and deeper, Hong Linfeng proposed: "Regiment commander, the blockade ditch established by the little devil is already useless, or we will directly let the heavy artillery battalion and the main force of the regiment enter the blockade area and capture these strongholds together with the independent battalion." ”

"No way!" Li Hao vetoed without hesitation.

A few months ago, the Japanese army dispatched planes to bomb the heavy artillery battalion is still vividly vivid, and if there is another bombing, the heavy artillery battalion may not be as lucky as the last time, and the artillery will be dispersed in advance to minimize the losses.

Then he frowned and explained: "Although the blockade ditch is useless, we can just pass it if we think about it, but don't forget that the blockade area was just given up by the little devils, and there must be a large number of Japanese puppet army spies hidden in it." ”

"They are the eyes and noses of the little devils, and the heavy artillery battalion will definitely be exposed after entering the blockade area, and there is nowhere to hide, and they will be bombed everywhere."

"I don't want the stronghold to be taken down, the heavy artillery battalion was blown up by the devils, and I lost my wife and lost my troops."

"Take 10,000 steps back, even if the heavy artillery battalion is safely in place, the heavy artillery shells we have in our inventory are not enough for the heavy artillery battalion to blow up one stronghold at a time."

"The turrets and bunkers built by the Japanese army are too strong, and judging from the experience of previous attacks, it takes at least 1,000 heavy artillery shells to take a stronghold. The three larger strongholds near Lingqiu would definitely not be able to take them without 2,000 shells. ”

"Even if our garrison regiment is well-equipped and has sufficient ammunition, it cannot afford to fight such a luxurious battle."

Hong Linfeng frowned and replied: "Regiment commander, if we don't send out heavy artillery, relying only on the mortars and mountain artillery equipped by the independent battalion, the possibility of us capturing the stronghold is almost zero, and we will suffer heavy casualties." ”

"Since there is no other way, we will use the current fighting methods of several independent battalions, and when the Japanese puppet army has no food to eat, we will naturally kill the stronghold, and it will not be too late to destroy them when the time comes."

Li Hao shook his head and replied: "This is not good, there is a big problem in it, and this is also the cleverness of the Japanese army." ”

"In the past, when we fought Laiyuan, the Japanese army had no advantage in strength, we could gather heavy troops to guard outside the city, no matter when the little devils came out and where they came out, we could gather heavy troops to encircle them as soon as possible."

"That's what I planned to do in my original battle plan."

"Take advantage of the devil's division of troops to defend each stronghold, first eliminate the Japanese puppet army in the small stronghold, and then besiege the large stronghold."

"If the plan goes well, the garrison of several large strongholds will never exceed three hundred."

"The current situation is diametrically opposite, the Japanese army shrinks its defenses in advance, does not give us every opportunity to break them, and the superiority in strength is still in their hands."

"Three separate battalions are divided into forces to block nine strongholds, and on average each stronghold can only be assigned to one company."

"Even if they develop behind enemy lines, there are only more than 200 people in a company."

"And the Japanese puppet army in the stronghold has at least 500 people, and it is also equipped with a lot of heavy firepower."

"If I were a little devil commander, I wouldn't be able to hold on to my stronghold even if I shrink my defenses."

"One-third of the troops stayed at the stronghold, and two-thirds of the troops fought their way out of the stronghold to replenish supplies by plundering nearby villages and towns."

"Even if all the troops we blocked outside the stronghold are dispatched, it is impossible to threaten the safety of the puppet army for three or four hundred days during the day......

"That way, they will be able to move around the base unimpeded......"

When Li Hao was about to continue, Zhou Liang, the commander of the communications platoon, suddenly broke in and interrupted: "Regiment commander, chief of staff, Laiyuan Independent Battalion is in an emergency!" ”

"The Japanese puppet army in the stronghold of Liangjiazhen suddenly broke out of the stronghold this morning, marched more than 40 kilometers under the cover of airplanes, and plundered three villages and one town in a row."

"In addition to the slaughter of 85 fellow villagers, the little devil also stole 125 mules, horses and livestock, nearly 50,000 catties of grain, more than 100 sheep, and more than 700 chickens......"

Hong Linfeng asked anxiously: "What are the troops stationed outside the stronghold for, why don't they send troops to intercept and cover the villagers to move in advance!" ”

Zhou Liang hurriedly replied: "Battalion Commander Zhao reports: There is only one company of their garrison outside the stronghold, and there are more than 400 Japanese puppet army attacking troops, and most of them are devils. ”

"Also, the devil attack troops gave up their carts, the heavy weapons they carried, and all the food they grabbed were transported by mules and horses, and destroying the roads was useless for them."

"There are planes in the sky to cover them, and as soon as the troops are assembled, they will attract plane-based bombing and strafing, and they can only be slowly consumed by guerrilla warfare."

Hong Linfeng's brows furrowed even deeper, and he looked at Li Hao and said, "Leader, your worries have happened. ”

"If all these nine strongholds are attacked in the same way, then with the strongholds as the center, villages and towns within a radius of 15 to 20 kilometers may be swept by devils at any time, and in this way, it is equivalent to the original blockade area being attacked by the Japanese puppet army in the stronghold."

"The troops can go as long as they want, this way of fighting by the devils cannot threaten us, and after a long time, the attacking troops will always be exhausted by us in guerrilla warfare."

"Folks, if the village is swept by devils every three or five days, and kills people, everyone will not be able to produce, and they will always live in fear and panic."

"What's more, after the grain was snatched away, the villagers had no way to live, and in the end, the pressure was all on our Eighth Route Army."

"There is one more point: the Japanese puppet army obtained supplies by plundering the villages, and our battle plan to cut off water and food to force them to leave their strongholds went bankrupt."

"Relying only on guerrilla warfare to slowly consume them will definitely not see results in a year and a half."

Speaking of this, Hong Linfeng's brows have been twisted into a big Sichuan character.

Just when he was puzzled, Li Hao suddenly spoke.

"There's a way!"

"Change from passive to active, we will toss the little devils in turn, so that they don't have the heart to kill the stronghold to grab food."