The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the deputy commander-in-chief, has not laughed for a long time.

After the problem of food shortage in the base areas was solved, although the Eighth Route Army won the victory in the anti-sweeping stage, the overall strength of the Japanese puppet army in North China still far exceeded that of the Eighth Route Army.

After sweeping the battlefield and failing to take advantage, the Japanese puppet army immediately switched from offensive to defensive, and weakened and encroached on the base areas of the Eighth Route Army little by little through economic blockade and material blockade.

It is certain that the current Eighth Route Army is definitely the most difficult period since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

As long as you get through it, what awaits everyone will definitely be bright.

The deputy commander-in-chief had to do one thing every day during this period, to ensure the stability of the base areas of the Eighth Route Army, and at the same time to find a breakthrough and break this deadlock.

"Good news, chief!" The chief of staff suddenly walked in, holding a telegram in his hand, and said excitedly.

"The garrison regiment operating in the Lingqiu area has just sent good news, they gathered heavy troops last night, and with the cooperation of Neiying and the puppet army uprising troops, they successively conquered the three county towns of Weixian, Guangling, and Laiyuan, and wiped out more than 1,400 Japanese troops and nearly 2,000 puppet troops, of which nearly 400 were uprisings on the battlefield and more than 1,200 were captured."

"There were more than 900 casualties among the troops participating in the garrison, almost all of which were caused by street battles with devils after entering the city."

The deputy commander-in-chief quickly found these counties on the map, and then a pair of eyes began to shine.

"Comrade Li Hao of the garrison regiment has a bigger appetite than we imagined, and it is much bigger."

"After taking these three county seats, the base area of the garrison regiment expanded to five county towns at once, and there was not a single nail of the Japanese puppet army within the base area, all of them were connected."

"As long as they manage this base area well, it won't take too long, and it won't be a problem to raise three more garrison regiments in this base area."

Without hesitation, the chief of staff affirmed: "Absolutely." ”

"Boss, if I'm not mistaken, Li Hao has already begun to think about expanding the army now."

The deputy commander-in-chief didn't show much shock on his face.

Limited by the establishment, although many of the main forces of the Eighth Route Army wore the hat of a regiment, the number of troops far exceeded that of a regiment, and many of them reached a main division.

In the words of the deputy commander-in-chief himself, as long as he has the ability and does not violate discipline, he has no opinion on the company commander pulling out a regiment of troops.

The garrison regiment is well-equipped and is famous here at the headquarters, and in this battle, it conquered three county towns, killed two or three thousand puppet troops, and must have captured a lot of equipment.

In addition, they have their own arsenal, which can produce some ammunition for reloading, and the ammunition problem is solved.

With the equipment, ammunition, and the base area is enough to support so many troops, as the commander of the garrison regiment, Li Hao has no reason not to expand the troops.

After thinking for a while, he asked: "If I remember correctly, the garrison regiment already has three main battalions and four independent battalions. ”

"If it is expanded, the total strength will almost catch up with a main brigade."

The chief of staff shook his head and replied: "Boss, you also underestimate Comrade Li Hao too much, his appetite is bigger than we imagined." ”

After speaking, the chief of staff took out another telegram: "This is another secret telegram sent by Comrade Li Hao. ”

"He has taken a fancy to Datong City, where the Jin Sui army has just failed to attack, and has already begun to act."

"Datong City?" The deputy commander-in-chief immediately found the specific location of Datong City on the map, and after thinking for half a minute, he replied: "It's not impossible." ”

"Datong City is almost surrounded by the Jin Sui army and us, and it is a real lonely city."

"As long as their limited forces can be consumed outside the city little by little, the joint garrison regiment and the base area in the northwest of Jin will definitely be more than eighty percent sure of taking it."

The chief of staff said: "Comrade Li Hao also has this idea, and he has already begun to put it into action. ”

"This time, we cooperated with the Jin Sui army to feint on Datong, and the garrison regiment went all the way to the outside of Datong City, leaving an independent battalion and a large number of weapons and equipment when retreating, and planned to take advantage of the gap in the lack of strength of the puppet army in Datong to take root outside Datong City, build several guerrilla areas, and discover our own armament."

"After taking Wei County, the independent battalion operating in Wei County also began to move in the direction of Datong."

"His goal is to expand the combat units of the two separate battalions to 1,000 people each within half a year."

"There are two thousand elites cooperating in the heart of the devil, once the siege battle starts, they will definitely quickly eat the Japanese puppet army stationed outside the city, and will not give them a chance to return to Datong City."

"Good idea, I couldn't agree more." The deputy commander-in-chief affirmed.

"When the siege battle begins, and the northwest of Jin Province will send two or three regiments of troops to attack Datong and attract a part of the Datong defenders, then the combat pressure of the garrison regiment will be even less."

"They have heavy artillery in their hands, and they also have a few tanks and armored vehicles that captured the little devils, as long as they open a gap in the city fortifications and send the troops into the city, even if they fight for consumption, they can wipe out all the Japanese puppet troops in Datong City."

The chief of staff replied: "I also agree with Comrade Li Hao's idea. ”

"If we can take Datong, we will definitely be able to seize a large amount of materials and funds, which will greatly alleviate the pressure caused by the economic blockade of the Japanese puppet army."

"At the same time, it will also have a huge political impact, and Jin Suijun will also have more bargaining weight."

"Not bad!" The deputy commander-in-chief's eyes quickly shot out two rays of light before answering.

"I'll call Comrade Li Hao back in a while, and I support him to start with Datong."

The chief of staff continued: "Two more things. ”

"The garrison regiment feinted to attack Datong, in addition to leaving an ambush in Datong, but also eliminated a large number of Japanese puppet troops in the battle, and reaped a lot of benefits."

"Because of the different caliber of weapons, the garrison regiment decided to hand over part of the captured equipment and ammunition for us to distribute."

The deputy commander-in-chief didn't pay much attention to this matter, and replied without thinking about it: "Just send it directly to the nearest Eighth Route Army, this little matter does not need to be decided by the headquarters." ”

The chief of staff shook his head and reminded: "Boss, this is not a trivial matter. ”

"If it weren't for the fact that Datong City was still in the hands of the Japanese army, I would have suspected that this kid Li Hao had sacked Datong City."

"Huh?" The deputy commander-in-chief came interested and looked at the chief of staff waiting for his next step.

The chief of staff continued to answer: "There are a total of 4,528 rifles equipped by the Jin Sui Army and 2,173 rifles equipped by the puppet army, including the capture of three county towns captured by the garrison regiment. ”

"In addition, there are a large number of blown up rifles, and it is conservatively estimated that their arsenal can repair and assemble at least 1,200 rifles, which adds up to nearly 8,000 guns."

"Hiss......sss

"How can there be so many?" The chief of staff replied: "Boss, you listen to me read the list first, there are many treasures behind, and I will explain to you later." ”

"In addition to rifles, there are 159 seven-nine caliber light machine guns, and nearly twenty more can be repaired."

"29 Maxim heavy machine guns, with another 6 that can be repaired."

"11 82 mm caliber mortars, 23 60 caliber mortars, and five Jin mountain artillery."

"All kinds of bullets, shells, add up to nearly 800,000 rounds."

"In addition, they are mobilizing civilians in enemy-occupied areas to help collect bullet casings left on the battlefield."

"The Jin Sui army fought outside Datong City for nearly ten days and consumed a lot of ammunition."

"Comrade Li Hao specially set up two bullet reloading production lines to reload these bullet casings."

"It is conservatively estimated that in the next six months, the garrison regiment arsenal will be able to produce at least three million rounds of 79 caliber ammunition to support the headquarters."

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