Several squadron leaders all showed puzzled expressions.

It was obviously a helpless move, but it became a ploy when it got to the captain, could it be that the captain deliberately said it to everyone in order to boost everyone's morale.

The change in everyone's expressions did not escape the side eyes, and after thinking for a while, he explained: "The main reason why this independent battalion has been able to defeat us again and again, grasp the initiative on the battlefield, and take the lead in every battle, makes us unable to guard against it, is the main reason!" ”

"I also think of another reason, that they have been able to concentrate superior forces to attack a part of our forces in every battle they have attacked us. As a result, on the whole, although our strength surpassed that of the independent battalion, we had an overwhelming advantage. But on the local battlefield, the independent battalion always occupies an absolute superiority in strength and firepower to attack us! ”

"Also, the independent battalion had no base before, and when it fought with us, it would fight if it could win, and run away if it couldn't win!"

"Even if we concentrate our superior forces and firepower to attack them, we may not be able to find them!"

"If you don't know it, you will be led by the nose, deplete the morale and physical strength of the troops little by little, and then they will consume the troops piecemeal!"

"Now that we have given up all the villages and towns outside the city to the independent battalion, the situation is different!"

"According to the style of the Eighth Route Army, they will definitely establish so-called base areas in these villages and towns, so that the common people will support them!"

"In order to protect the base area and protect the people who support them, the independent battalion must divide its troops and hold on!"

"In this case, the limited strength of the independent battalion will be dispersed, and we are the opposite, all the forces are concentrated in the county seat."

"As long as we want, we can concentrate our forces at any time to attack a certain unit after the division of the independent battalion, so that they cannot be guarded!"

The vice-captain suddenly realized and shouted, "I understand! ”

"Sir, you cede the villages and towns outside the city to the independent battalion, in fact, you force them to divide their troops!"

Watanabe had a rare smile on his face, and then affirmed.

"Lingqiu is so big, there are more than 100 large and small villages and towns, and the distance between villages is more than 50 kilometers. As long as they disperse, it will give us a chance to break through, and even if they get the news in advance and temporarily assemble troops for reinforcements, they will not have time to go so far! ”

"Also, after the base area is established, they and the common people will share weal and woe and be tied together."

"In the face of our heavy attack, they must protect those ordinary people to retreat first, and then they can retreat, it is impossible to fight if they win like before, and if they can't win, they will run, and the dragon will not be able to find them!"

"You must know that the Eighth Route Army does not have a salary, and the reason why the common people will join them to fight against the imperial army must be that the Eighth Route Army promised to protect their families. If the Eighth Route Army can't do it, and the imperial army will abandon the common people and flee as soon as they attack, then they will lose all the hearts of the people and the army, and then they will not need us to attack, and the independent battalion itself will collapse from the inside! ”

"Therefore, the establishment of a base outside the city by the independent battalion can provide them with sufficient troops, but it also brings them a lot of scruples, turning them into a tiger chained, and the combat effectiveness is greatly reduced!"

The worry on the vice-captain's face was a lot less, but it didn't completely dissipate.

After a moment's hesitation, he continued to remind, "Sir, there is one more question!" ”

"The independent battalion has occupied more villages and towns, although it is possible to love them and divide their troops to protect these villages. However, these villages can also provide them with enough troops to expand their army! ”

"As long as they have enough troops, even if they divide the troops, each of the troops that is divided will be very strong."

"Even if the Imperial Army concentrates its superior forces to attack them, it will have to pay a lot of price to kill them!"

The smiles that a few squadron leaders had just shown disappeared in an instant, and they looked at Watanabe with a worried expression.

The speed at which the Eighth Route Army expanded its strength was too fast, and everyone knew this, especially the two squadron leaders of the original Lingqiu garrison.

Until a few months ago, the separate battalion was a partisan force, with a total strength of less than 100 men.

And now, in just a few months, they have expanded to a reinforced battalion.

The smile on Watanabe's face was unaffected.

He replied calmly: "If it were really so easy to expand the army, the Chinese army would not have been defeated by us, and half of the country would have been lost!" ”

"In the past few months, the reason why the independent battalion has increased its strength has increased instead of decreasing under the continuous attacks of the imperial army, and its combat effectiveness has also been greatly strengthened."

"All the credit goes to the Imperial Army!"

"The Imperial Allied Army was composed of Chinese troops who surrendered to the Imperial Army on the battlefield, and it cost the Imperial Army a lot of military expenditure, equipment and ammunition."

"But when they arrived at the battlefield, they did not do their best to assist the Imperial Army in the battle, but surrendered to the Eighth Route Army, joined the Eighth Route Army, and attacked the Imperial Army troops in turn!"

"The Imperial Association Army is all veterans, and they don't need to be trained, and they can go to the battlefield if they replenish the troops!"

"The independent battalion is to replenish a large number of imperial troops who surrendered on the battlefield, and the strength will be more and more, and the combat effectiveness will become stronger and stronger!"

"It's different now, as long as we defend Lingqiu and don't take the initiative to go out of the city to fight them, they won't be able to capture the Imperial Alliance Army to replenish the troops!"

"If you want to expand the army, you can only recruit new soldiers from among the common people!"

"How long do you think it will take for the Eighth Route Army to train a peasant who has just put down his hoe into a qualified soldier!"

A squadron leader stood up and replied, "At least three months, at most half a year!" ”

Watanabe didn't deny it, and continued to ask with a smile on his face, "Then you answer me one more question!" ”

"After the brigade command promised us that the reinforcements and all the equipment and ammunition are in place, how long will it take for us to build up combat effectiveness!"

"One month at most, no, it only takes eight months to form combat power and go to war!" The squadron leader thought for a moment and answered!

Then he explained: "Although the brigade command replenishes us, it is also a new recruit!" ”

"However, they have all carried out at least three months, or even half a year of recruit training, and many of them are veterans who have been retired, have been on the battlefield, killed people, and have strong combat effectiveness!"

"What we need to do is to replenish them to the troops for run-in training, so that they can be completely integrated into the troops!"

Speaking of this, the squadron leader reacted suddenly, and a pair of eyes slowly lit up.

Looking at Watanabe, he suddenly realized and exclaimed, "I understand!" ”

"Sir, what do you mean is that before the combat effectiveness of the independent battalion is formed, we will send troops to attack them!"

"Coupled with the fact that we concentrated our superior forces to attack one of their troops, and suddenly attacked, catching them by surprise, the final winner will definitely be us!"

"Wise sir, I fully support your decision to give up the outside of the city to the independent battalion and let them make trouble!"

"Wait for the imperial army to form combat effectiveness, suddenly send troops, kill them, and be ashamed!"

Watanabe nodded and added, "There's one more thing you didn't think of!" ”

"The expansion of the army needs people, and it also needs equipment!"

"The equipment of the Eighth Route Army is almost entirely dependent on capture, which means that even if they have a sufficient number of recruits, they will not be able to expand many troops because of their limited equipment!"

"So, for the independent battalion outside the city, we don't have to worry about it at all, let them make trouble!"

"When they build a base area and organize the people to plant all the grain, we will send troops to grab all these territories back, so that the bamboo baskets of the independent battalion will be empty, and all the hard work will become the imperial army!"

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