"The logistics unit of the general command was transferred to the Xiazhuang area of the Daxi River to hide and standby."

"The 1st Battalion went east to the vicinity of Luduo Zhenfu and was on standby."

"The second battalion is going to Shanyang Town near White Horse Lake to hide and stand by."

"Fourth, go to the vicinity of Caodian Town to hide and standby."

"The 5th Battalion followed the general command to the town of Liubao."

"All the people in Baoying City who are willing to evacuate will evacuate to the surrounding villages and towns, and the Patriotic Committee will be responsible."

It only took Yang Ling and a group of staff officers less than half an hour for the evacuation of each battalion to be finalized.

Compared with stubbornly defending Baoying City, once the troops withdraw to the vast rural areas, then they can stretch the battle line of the little devils, so as to find a favorable opportunity to destroy the enemy.

The company commanders had all returned to the unit to convey the transfer order, the brothers were actively packing up their things and preparing to evacuate, and the battalion commanders and the commanders of each unit were left alone by Yang Ling to finalize the evacuation route.

"After the battalions are transferred to the locality, they must strictly abide by military discipline and do a good job in their relations with the local squires and people......

There are so many people in the Northern Jiangsu Corps, if they move to one place, the target is too big, and it is easy for the little devils to find a hiding place.

But now that the whole is dispersed and evacuated and hidden, it will not be easy to be detected by the little devils, but the troops are also facing new problems.

In the past, Yang Ling's general command and the battalions were almost all together, and under Yang Ling's nose, he naturally didn't dare to mess around, after all, it was the inspector team who was staring at it.

Now the troops are directly dispersed and concealed in various towns and villages, although they are still in the territory of Baoying County, but Yang Ling's supervision of them undoubtedly has a blind spot.

Therefore, Yang Ling repeatedly emphasized to the battalion commanders that they must have a good relationship with the local people, otherwise, their troops will be rootless, and there will be no difference between them and the rogues.

"After the troops are withdrawn to the countryside, do not slack off in training, strengthen the reconnaissance of the enemy's situation, and at the same time maintain contact with the commander-in-chief."

Yang Ling was seriously explaining various matters, and the battalion commanders all nodded in agreement.

Although they are really unwilling to retreat to the poor countryside in their hearts, but now that the situation is stronger than people, and the army of devils is overwhelming, they have no choice.

"This time we are scattered to carry out guerrilla warfare and movement warfare, you battalion commanders will have to stand alone, and when you encounter the enemy's situation, you must discuss with the deputy battalion commander, staff officers, and company commanders, and don't make decisions with a feverish head, so that the troops will fall into a dangerous situation.

"Remember the principle of our guerrilla warfare, that is, we will fight when the enemy is tired, we will fight when the enemy advances, we will chase after the enemy when they retreat, and we will disturb the enemy when they are stationed, and we must not fight hard with the little devils."

This time, the battalions were scattered to fight, which was tantamount to giving the battalion commanders the opportunity to fight independently on their own, and it was also a training for them.

Although Yang Ling was not very relieved about the battalion commanders in his heart, he also knew that the young eagles would eventually grow up and spread their wings high, and they could not always be blessed under their wings.

If this decentralized operation is successful, the combat ability of each battalion and company commander to independently lead troops will be greatly enhanced.

Even if they are no longer in the Northern Jiangsu Corps at that time, they will be able to control the troops enough and have the ability to deal a severe blow to the Japanese puppet army.

Yang Ling spent more than an hour explaining many matters to the battalion commanders, and he was also dry-mouthed.

"Do you have any questions? If there is no problem, everyone will go down and prepare, and start evacuating after dark. After Yang Ling finished speaking, he turned his gaze to the battalion commanders.

"Sir, after evacuating to the countryside, how can the supply of our troops be guaranteed?" Xie Zhengxiang, the commander of the fourth battalion, was the first to stand up and speak.

Yang Ling nodded, motioned for him to sit down, and then replied: "The army's food and material supply and the quartermaster department will send you part of it on time, and you need to solve the other part on the spot." ”

"Sort it out yourself?" After hearing Yang Ling's words, the fourth battalion commander Xie Zhengxiang frowned.

They were accustomed to receiving food and ammunition from the Quartermaster Service, and now they were suddenly left to take care of part of it themselves, which made it difficult for them.

Several other battalion commanders also exchanged heads and discussed Yang Ling's decision.

"Don't think about things too hard, food, you can buy some from the local squires, we are soldiers to fight to protect their family property, I don't think they will be a dime."

"If you have the guts, the better choice is to fight the little devils, you can go to their grain depot, ammunition depot, this is not food and ammunition, even if you don't dare to hit the grain depot and ammunition depot, ambush their transport trucks, right? Can a living person suffocate urine? ”

Yang Ling's words spoke, and the battalion commanders all frowned, they just thought about how to get supplies, but now that Yang Ling said this, they suddenly opened their mouths.

They didn't have to worry about what they ate and drank before, they only needed to fight, and these logistics were completely handled by Yang Ling, but now they have to act alone, so they know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive.

"We can also exterminate those bandits, they are fat." Yang Ling dialed a little, and Liu Jinhu, the deputy battalion commander, reacted.

"Yes, no matter how much food and ammunition you have, you don't want it, but I want to reiterate one point, that is, you can't rob the people's food, you can't buy and sell it by force, if anyone lets me know, it will definitely be severely punished!" Yang Ling finally sounded a wake-up call for the brothers.

"Don't worry, sir, even if we wanted to, the brothers wouldn't do it." Liu Jinhu said with a big grin.

At present, a large part of the officers and men of the guerrilla corps in northern Jiangsu are local soldiers, and their families are in this area.

If their troops dared to rob the common people of food, it would be tantamount to robbing the food of the brothers' homes, and the brothers would certainly be the first to refrain from doing it.

"Sir, I have a question too." After Yang Ling answered the question of the fourth battalion commander in a few words, the blacksmith of the first battalion commander spoke again.

Yang Ling turned his head to the blacksmith and said, "Say, what's the problem?" ”

"If you fight with the devils, the troops are damaged, can you replenish the troops on the spot?"

As soon as the blacksmith of the first battalion commander said this, everyone looked at Yang Ling one after another, after all, this private expansion of troops was a taboo.

Yang Ling's face did not change, and after pondering for a moment, he said with a smile: "As long as you can support it, I don't care how many people you recruit." ”

After hearing Yang Ling's words, the battalion commanders all became excited, which is equivalent to acquiescing to their private expansion of the army, as long as they are willing, they can expand a battalion to a brigade, then they are the brigade commanders, it is exciting to think about.

But soon, Yang Ling's words changed: "But don't be the king of the mountain, you have to take the initiative to attack the devil for me, if anyone has a heavy army and does not fight the devil, if the performance is poor, the establishment will be revoked on the spot." ”

"Yes! We promise to fight the devil hard! "The battalion commanders are all patting their chests and guaranteeing.

Yang Ling was not worried that the strength of the battalions would be too inflated, because the expansion of the army was related to logistics, guns and ammunition, barracks and other aspects.

Now that the devils are pressing the border, even if the battalions want to expand their troops on a large scale, I'm afraid it is not realistic, because if they recruit a group of young people without guns and ammunition, it is no different from a rabble, and he thinks these battalion commanders also understand.