"Okay, fight well, order the artillery company to continue firing at me until the enemy's turret collapses." Seeing a huge black hole blown out of the enemy's central running building, Yang Dayi couldn't help but clap his hands and command loudly to the communicator behind him.

"Boom, boom, boom" three more violent explosions sounded, and the turret in the center of the stronghold was completely enveloped in gunpowder smoke amid the explosion of three shells. When the smoke cleared, the gap that had just been blown out suddenly became several times larger in another round of shelling. What's more, Yang Dayi can already see through the telescope and through the gap that was blown up, and see the little devils who are panicking in the running building.

"Boom, boom, boom" and three more violent explosions sounded. After nine shells, the central artillery tower of the army, in the expectation of the soldiers, finally let out a huge roar and turned into a pile of ruins. Together with the captain of the army and the little devils of a squad in the running building, they turned into a pile of rubble.

"Okay, fight well, order the artillery, bomb me against the enemy's pillboxes, one by one. I don't believe it, whether his pillbox is powerful, or the cannonballs in our hands are powerful. "Seeing that the enemy's central turret has finally turned into a pile of rubble. Yang Dayi was excited for a while, and he could no longer see the solemn expression on his face that had just been caused by the heavy casualties of the troops. Once again, he commanded loudly to the communicator behind him.

The final result was not unexpected, under the shelling of three infantry guns of the infantry artillery company, shell by shell, the three pillboxes in front of the soldiers instantly turned into piles of ruins. Together with the little devils and puppet soldiers in the bunker, they also became burial objects.

The current enemy was swept away by artillery fire, and the battalion commander, of course, did not have such a good chance to charge. After giving the order to all heavy machine guns to open fire for cover. Concentrated all the remaining assault forces of the whole battalion, and along the breakthrough opened by the artillery, they launched a charge into the store. Under the fierce offensive of the soldiers, a battalion, almost without paying any casualties, rushed into the stronghold of the army.

I saw the Eighth Route Army that had rushed into the stronghold, the little devils guarding the bunker, and the two remaining squads in the barracks. More than 200 little devils knew that there was no longer any need to stay in the stronghold. Under the leadership of an officer, he brazenly rushed out of the position, preparing to use the white-knuckle combat he was good at to drive out the first battalion that rushed into the stronghold.

However, they are facing the troops of the Reading Force, which is also doomed to the dreams of the little devils. In the face of the little devils who rushed towards them, the warriors did not have any pity, and pulled the triggers of various weapons in their hands one after another. A light machine gun, frantically spewing tongues of fire at the little devil in front of him.

In the end, by the time the two armies collided together, more than two hundred little devils. In a dense rain of bullets from the fighters, less than half of the troops were left. With the follow-up strength of the three regiments, they continued to break into the stronghold of the army. There are more and more soldiers of the Eighth Route Army in the entire store, but the little devils are getting fewer and fewer in the constant gunfire of the soldiers. Faced with a brutal white-knuckle battle, the puppet army in the remaining dozen or so bunkers. Facing the dense crowd of fighters rushing towards him, he had already thrown down the rifles in his hands, knelt on the ground, and became prisoners of the fighters.

Finally, after more than ten minutes of stabbing, the last little devil, with a trace of despair, finally died under the bayonets of the soldiers. In the entire stronghold of the army, none of the 423 little devils survived, and all fell under the guns of the soldiers. Again, the Third Regiment paid a certain price for this. In addition to the 65 fighters lost in the tentative attack, in the final attack and stabbing attempts, 124 fighters again fell on the battlefield.

And such a battle took place in almost the entire battlefield in North China. As long as there is a reading master, except for the county town with heavy guards. At the same time, almost all the strongholds of the puppet army were attacked by various units of the Reading Division. And the supreme commander of each county town, facing the only mobile forces in the county, faced with the telegrams for help from the surrounding strongholds. In the end, I could only ignore it and watch as one stronghold after another fell, and a soldier of the Imperial Army was killed. All they had to do was to forward the telegrams asking for help to the higher authorities.

"Eight Ge Yalu, Chief of Staff, what the hell does this reader want to do? Are they trying to take advantage of the fire? Seeing no less than thirty copies of the telegram asking for help in his hand, the commander, General Tada, scolded the chief of staff in front of him?

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander. According to intelligence, the Reading Force Division is now dispatching more than 30,000 troops, setting off a large-scale counterattack throughout North China. So far, more than 30 strongholds have been occupied by the Reading Division, and our army has lost more than 5,000 people, not counting the puppet army units that have been absorbed by the Eighth Route Army in various places. The chief of staff replied loudly.

"Baga, it must be the Eighth Route Army's revenge for our last use of poison gas, it must be. Where is one of the divisions of the Kwantung Army that supported us now, I want to take revenge, I want to take revenge on this reading division. Commander General Tada slapped the table in front of him and roared loudly.

"Please think twice, Your Excellency Commander, our army has just lost more than 5,000 troops, many strongholds have been lost, and now the army is unstable. More importantly, the Eighth Route Army occupies a large area of our country and is now recruiting troops on a large scale to form guerrilla units, which is very unfavorable to our army. At the same time, the reading division at this time was well armed, advanced, morale was high, and ammunition was sufficient. If our army marches blindly, if it is ambushed by the Reading Division again, then our North China Zhutun Army will suffer heavy losses and once again follow in the footsteps of the Fifth Division. So, Your Excellency, I don't think this is the best time to send troops, and I ask you to think twice, Your Excellency. Listening to Tada's order, the chief of staff was so frightened that his face turned pale and hurriedly reminded.

"Bang Baga, you can't stop it, and you can't send troops to retaliate. Chief of Staff, tell me, what the hell should we do? We can't just watch as one stronghold after another is occupied by Reading Force, and a soldier of the Imperial Army is brutally murdered by Reading Force." The commander, General Tada, slapped the table in front of him and scolded loudly.

"Hi, Your Excellency Commander, I think the Reading Force saw this shortcoming of our insufficient forces, so he ordered his troops to attack in full force. I believe that in the face of this situation, our army should appropriately abandon some strongholds that have no strategic value and shrink its forces to protect the strongholds that are very important to our army. In this way, not only can the defense of some large strongholds be more sufficient. At the same time, we can also draw enough mobile forces from these shrinking forces. As long as a reinforced division of the Kwantung Army arrives in Taiyuan, we can concentrate our forces, destroy the attacking troops of the Reading Division one by one, and take the opportunity to recover the lost ground. The chief of staff suggested loudly.

And Lieutenant General Tada, who was sitting in his seat, was going to continue to be angry at the chief of staff in front of him. However, after listening to the advice of the chief of staff, I slowly fell into deep thought. Because he knew in his heart that at present, the situation encountered by the North China army could not be more appropriate with the tactics mentioned by the chief of staff. However, it was unacceptable for an officer to let the Imperial Army take the initiative to abandon the occupied area, and at this time, Tada's psychology was engaged in a fierce struggle.

"For the sake of the future of the North China Army, just do it. If the base camp is to blame, find me Tada. Chief of Staff, at once according to your ideas, draw up a telegram to the supreme commanders of the various counties, and send it out as soon as I agree and sign it. This time, I'm going to see how this reader can crack our formation. In the end, Tada Jun still made up his mind, listened to the advice of the chief of staff, and ordered loudly.

"Hey, Your Excellency, in five minutes, I will bring the telegram to you." The chief of staff replied loudly, turned and left the commander's office, and began to draft the telegram. Only ten minutes or so later, after being approved by the commander, Lieutenant General Tada, the telegram was sent.

After receiving the telegram from the North China Headquarters, the generals who had long felt that their troops were insufficient, they were relieved. Immediately order the puppet army in those strongholds that have no strategic value to retreat. At this moment, the defenders of the various county towns and major strategic places of the Yue Army invisibly increased several times at once. At the same time, the counties and towns are also shrinking their defenses, and the mobile force has also changed from the original zero to at least one brigade now.

And the mobilization of the troops of the Yue army also happened to hit the weakness of the reading division. In the face of small empty strongholds, the various troops have nothing to gain. More importantly, the Yue Army also relied on a large number of mobile troops in its hands and a Kwantung Army division that had just been reinforced, and ambushed the troops of the Reading Division several times.

And in these ambushes, if it were not for the sufficient ammunition and well-equipped equipment of the various units, it was very likely that the entire army would be wiped out. However, I was glad that the three troops who were ambushed by the Yue army finally broke out of the encirclement under the dexterous command of their respective commanders.

But, although not to break out of the encirclement, the losses of the troops, needless to say, were very heavy. Nearly every ambush unit suffered more than half of the casualties. In the end, the whole sortie plan was not formulated, and after less than a week, it had to end in a huff. However, as Liu Hua, the commander of the Reading Division, can it watch several of its troops being ambushed?

"Chief of Staff, you give us a briefing first, for a month. The results of all our troops' sorties. After returning to the base area, Liu Hua couldn't take a break, and immediately called the political commissar and the chief of staff to discuss the next stage of the reading style against the enemy. Of course, before discussing the matter, it is necessary to first discuss the results achieved by the troops in the past week and the experiences and lessons learned in the battle.

"Yes, division commander, commissar. According to the statistics and reported results of the three army divisions and the columns directly under them. In the past week, our army has captured a total of 57 strongholds of the puppet army and fought 63 battles. Among them, 5,843 soldiers were eliminated, and none of them were captured. 7,864 puppet soldiers were eliminated and 6,243 were captured. Now these prisoners, except for some soldiers, who have bad habits and are unwilling to participate in our Eighth Route Army's reading style, the remaining 4,800 people have all been trained in our recruit training center. At the same time, 9,457 guns of various types and 27 artillery pieces of various types were seized. There were more than 960,000 rounds of various types of bullets, more than 1,200 rounds of various artillery shells, and a total of 120,000 catties of food and other materials. More importantly, we have formed a total of 48 guerrilla units on the edge of the base area, with a total strength of more than 3,000 people. It can be said that the harvest this time is very impressive. The chief of staff introduced with a smile.

"Yes, the results are good. Chief of Staff, let's talk about the casualties of the troops, especially the three ambushes that the little devils arranged for us. Hearing such a great result achieved by the troops, Liu Hua was also very happy. However, when he thought of the casualties of his own troops in the three ambush battles, Liu Hua's psychology was a burst of loss.

"Yes, division commander, political commissar, go to war for a week. Our army lost a total of 4,239 soldiers and 543 were seriously wounded. Among them, 2,876 were casualties caused by the ambush that the Japanese army had arranged for us. ”

"Commissar, Chief of Staff, what do you think, the three ambushes that the little devils have arranged for us." Hearing the casualty report, the smiles on the faces of the three people, that is, at this moment, all disappeared. Liu Hua took the casualty data in his hand and asked the two partners in front of him, wanting to hear their opinions.

"Let me tell you about it, I think there's one that is very important. That is the idea of underestimating the enemy, a week's sortie time, and in the first few days, each of our troops has hardly encountered any opponent. Therefore, some of our commanders have committed the idea of underestimating the enemy, and in this way, they have just let the little devils take advantage of the loopholes. Seeing the two silent people, political commissar Luo Ronghuan stood up first and said.

"Yes, I also agree with the political commissar, after several days of fighting, almost every commander has a certain idea of underestimating the enemy. However, I think there is another important reason, and that is that the strategic deployment of the Chinese army has undergone tremendous changes. In the past, as long as it was occupied by the army, unless the local devils were completely wiped out, it would definitely not be recovered by us. But now, the little devils are indeed taking the initiative to give up some areas that are not strategically important, so as to gather their limited forces. With the abandonment of a large number of strongholds by the little devils, coupled with the arrival of a Kwantung Army division reinforced by the Yue Army, the Yue Army has enough troops to ambush our army. The Chief of Staff nodded, and analyzed in more detail.

As the division commander, Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction after listening to the chief of staff's analysis. "Commissar, Chief of Staff, I also think that the little devil has changed the speed of the war, which is the fundamental reason why we have been ambushed for these three times. I don't know if you've heard of this sentence "Save people and lose land, people and land will survive, save land and lose people, people and land will be lost" I think the little devil is using this tactic now, he wants to disperse the strength of our reading division in the vast northwest region of Jin, so that the rear can concentrate their limited forces and break us one by one. Liu Hua explained, saying a classic quote from the chairman in the Liberation War a few years later.

"Save people and lose land, people and land are saved, people and land are lost, people and land are lost teachers, you summed it up really well, I think the little devil is this kind of tactics. Now that we have recognized the tactics of the little devils, are we thinking of some solutions? We are not little devils, and we can't let the land that the warriors exchanged for blood return to the devils. After listening to Liu Hua's explanation, the political commissar's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he said excitedly.

"Yes, division commander, have you already thought of any good tactics, tell us about it. We must not watch the land that the soldiers had bought with their lives and blood once again be occupied by the Japanese army. The chief of staff also nodded incessantly, and asked Liu Hua in front of him.

"Commissar, Chief of Staff, in my heart, there is an immature idea. Since you want to know now, I'll say it, and the three of us will discuss it together. Liu Hua said with a smile.

"Division commander, don't sell Guanzi, hurry up" Seeing Liu Hua, who still wanted to sell Guanzi, the chief of staff couldn't help but laugh.

"Well, that's right, since the little devil wants to ambush our troops. Then let's set it up, give them a chance, and send them a bait. As for us, give the little devil who ambushed us a "praying mantis catches silkworms, and the yellow finch is behind" to eliminate the ambush force of the little devil a few more times, I don't think he dares to be so arrogant. Seeing the anxious chief of staff, Liu Hua hurriedly said.

"The praying mantis catches silkworms, and the yellow finch is behind. I think it's possible, as long as we set it up well and wait until the little devils' ambush forces surround our bait. Our main force immediately surrounds him and gives him a flanking attack inside and out. I believe that we will be able to win the battle and completely annihilate the ambush troops. The political commissar seriously thought about Liu Hua's tactics and said affirmatively.

"Yes, division commander, if we arrange it properly, it will be another big victory, which can not only boost the morale of the soldiers. More importantly, we can better destroy the living force of the little devils. Make their limited forces even more scarce, and make them even more unarmed. Take a good look at these little devils, especially a Kwantung Army division that has been reinforced. The chief of staff also answered in the affirmative.

(To be continued)