"No, to be precise, it should be two battles and two victories!" The commander was not carried away by the good news and replied calmly.

"The garrison of Guanshan Town reported that a total of ten heavy artillery pieces were dispatched to attack their garrison regiment, which shows that the heavy artillery battalion of the garrison regiment was not killed by us, and the three bombardments of the aviation were not as smooth as we expected."

The chief of staff, who was poured a basin of cold water by the army commander, quickly calmed down, and then replied with a serious face: "Humble duty, report this matter to the intelligence department now, let them stare at these ten heavy artillery, cooperate with the aviation to continue the bombing, and completely kill them." ”

The commander nodded and continued: "Although we won this battle, the garrison retreated on its own initiative and did not suffer heavy losses. ”

"As long as the sweep of the imperial army does not stop, they will do everything possible to continue to oppose the imperial army and defeat the imperial army."

"So our front-line sweeping troops can't let their guard down yet."

"Tell them that all the troops participating in the battle must strictly implement the military department's battle plan and fight steadily and steadily."

"Build a stronghold, block the ditch and the wall, and complete the division of the garrison base area within the specified time. Then send troops to sweep the garrison base that has been divided, eliminate all the resistance forces inside, and turn it into an area occupied by the imperial army. ”

"Finally, we will concentrate our superior forces and continue to attack the hinterland of the garrison base area, and we will use the same method to encroach on their base area little by little."

"Without an order from the military headquarters, no unit can rush forward and divide its troops to create opportunities for the garrison regiment to break through."

The garrison regiment headquarters, the atmosphere was very depressing.

Since returning here, Li Hao has studied the map with a calm face.

Except for eating and sleeping, the rest of the time he stood motionless in front of the map, thinking about how to break the ground.

"Regiment commander, there is a situation at the front!" Hong Linfeng strode in, regardless of whether Li Hao saw it or not, he directly interrupted, very anxious.

"The Japanese puppet army in Guanshan Town has moved."

"Their blockade ditches, blockade walls, and strongholds in the towns of Guanshan have all been repaired.

"In addition, they also built two small strongholds on the blockade ditch of more than 30 kilometers along the way, garrisoning an infantry squadron and a battalion of puppet troops."

"In addition to sending troops to patrol along the road and the blockade wall, a large number of minefields have been placed on both sides of the wall to prevent us from sabotaging and crossing the blockade ditch."

"Early this morning, Guanshan Town dispatched a reinforced brigade of devils and a regiment of the puppet army, with artillery, to slaughter the base area that they had divided with a blockade ditch."

"The occupation area also dispatched the same number of Japanese puppet troops to sweep this area, flanking the front and rear."

Hong Linfeng reported while enclosing the area on the map.

He followed him and circled the other two areas, and continued to report: "The other two Japanese puppet armies that attacked us have also sent troops to sweep the base areas that have been divided by them. ”

There was obviously a hint of gloom between Li Hao's eyebrows. Looking at Hong Linfeng, he asked rhetorically, "They didn't send troops to continue attacking the hinterland of our base area?" ”

"Nope!" Hong Linfeng shook his head and replied.

"Then it's a big problem." Li Hao gasped and replied.

"Divide a piece of our base area, kill the resistance forces inside, and then continue to attack us after completely digesting the occupation. In this way, there is no need to leave too many troops in the rear, and the Japanese puppet army will always be able to concentrate superior forces against us and not give us every chance to break them. ”

Hong Linfeng proposed: "Can we wait for the next round of attacks of the Japanese army to concentrate superior forces to ambush them." ”

"The Japanese army will not give us this opportunity!" Li Hao shook his head and replied.

"They will definitely choose to attack during the day, there are planes in the sky, artillery on the ground, and there is also a superiority in troops, no matter how many of us are, we are no opponent."

An ambush is not possible, nor is it possible to take the initiative to attack, and the Japanese army does not divide its forces......

Hong Linfeng, who couldn't think of a way, was in trouble, and his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

A few minutes later, Li Hao suddenly spoke: "Chief of Staff, since the little devils don't take the initiative to divide their troops to attack us, then we will force them to divide their troops." ”

Then he shifted his gaze to Wang Hong next to him: "Political commissar, it just so happens that you are also here." ”

"Let's listen to my thoughts, and if there is no opinion, we will implement it."

"Look at the map: Guangling, Weixian, Laiyuan, these three counties are the three base areas that the Japanese army is now dividing, if the main forces and local troops in these three base areas can hold on and not be wiped out by them, the result will be different."

"The little devil will either divide his troops: leave a part of his forces to continue to sweep and blockade these three base areas, and the rest of his troops will attack our other base areas."

"Either all the troops will stay in these three base areas, and concentrate superior forces to thoroughly digest these three base areas."

"No matter which path the Japanese army chooses, it is good news for our garrison."

Wang Hong was the first to react: "Regiment commander, you mean to send troops across the blockade ditch and enter these three base areas to fight against the devils. ”

Li Hao nodded and replied: "To be precise, it should be to lead all the local troops, guerrillas, and ordinary people in this base area to fight against the devils." ”

"It's so hard!" Hong Linfeng was not optimistic about this plan, and analyzed with a frown.

"Regiment commander, political commissar, these three base areas are only 30 kilometers wide and only 30 kilometers deep, and the space for roundabout operations is too small, and the troops can't use them in them at all."

"If the Japanese puppet army concentrates its superior forces to carry out a dragnet sweep, the troops have no way to hide, and can only fight hard."

"There are also blockade ditches and blockade walls."

"Directly dividing the three connected base areas into three independent base areas can neither be linked to each other nor reinforce each other."

"If there are troops targeted by the Japanese puppet army's sweeping forces, there is no other way than to fight to the death."

Hong Linfeng said all the truth, Li Hao did not deny it: "There must be pressure, and it is very big." ”

"But it's not like there's no chance."

"If you look at the map, each of these three base areas separated by a blockade ditch has a large area of mountains and hills."

"Coupled with the cover of local troops and the people in the base areas, as long as there are not many troops, they will definitely be able to escape the heavy sweep of the Japanese puppet army, and then take advantage of the favorable terrain and the support of the people to insist on fighting against the little devils."

"As for the blockade ditch and blockade wall, as long as we find a way, we will definitely find some loopholes for my use."

"I agree with the head of the regiment!" Wang Hong suddenly spoke.

"This offer is our only chance to win this counter-sweep."

"Chief of Staff, there are all the problems you just said, but we can't underestimate ourselves."

"Guerrilla warfare and movement warfare are the skills of our Eighth Route Army, and other Eighth Route Army units use them to defeat little devils again and again, and our garrison regiment needs guns and ammunition, and the conditions are many times better than they don't know, and they will definitely be able to win against the little devils."

"Commander, what are you going to do?"

Li Hao thought for a while, and replied in a surprising voice: "The main force did not move, took the initiative to abandon the four counties of Hunyuan, Guangling, Weixian, and Laiyuan, and let the little devils occupy and divide it, and turn the base area into a guerrilla area. ”