Just then, the communications staff officer barged in, holding a telegram in his hand.

"Commander, the third brigade is urgent!"

"In the direction of Luliang, two brigades of devils and one regiment of the Imperial Association Army were killed, and they also brought a lot of food and ammunition supplies. However, they were not equipped with mountain artillery and infantry guns, only heavy machine guns and mortars! Now there are less than thirty kilometers left in Liulin, and the Seventh Regiment is now fighting them, slowing down their march! ”

Three thousand puppet troops joined the battle, and the devils accounted for more than half of them. The atmosphere that was still frenetic in the command just now suddenly froze!

Including Commander Wang, everyone frowned and thought about the impact of the 3,000-day puppet army on the entire battle situation after joining the battle!

"Judging from the firepower configuration, the devils of these two brigades should be the garrison brigade!" Commander Wang judged first.

The chief of staff next to him proposed: "Commander, as long as the three brigades can hold them back, and when we kill the two thousand Japanese puppet troops here, those two garrison brigades don't have to be afraid, it's a big deal to give them Liulin County, anyway, it is impossible for these Japanese puppet troops in front of us to withdraw from our base area!" ”

"That's it!" Commander Wang made a decisive decision.

"Call back to the Third Brigade and resolutely hold them back, at the critical moment, I agree with them to give up Liulin County!"

"Since the little devil wants it, then I'll give them an empty city!"

The communications staff officer was just about to leave with a telegram signed by the commander when a telegraph operator rushed in.

"Commander, telegram from Deputy Chief of Staff Wang!"

Commander Wang took the telegram and just glanced at it, and then hurriedly ordered: "Staff Officer Zhou, wait a minute, the order given to the Third Brigade just now is canceled!" ”

The chief of staff immediately asked, "Is there something wrong with Deputy Chief of Staff Wang?" ”

Commander Wang shook his head and said with emotion: "No...... It's Wang Ping's guts and appetite that are too great...... He also received a telegram from the Third Brigade, and then proposed to me that the Three Roads find an opportunity to kill these 3,000 Japanese puppet troops! ”

Everyone in the command was frightened by Wang Ping's proposal!

The reason why they have the confidence to take out the sticky Japanese puppet army is because the devils are inferior to themselves in terms of strength and firepower, and they are almost out of ammunition and food!

And the Third Brigade is different from the 3,000-day puppet army that has just entered the willow forest.

In continuous operations, the 3rd Brigade must have lost a lot of people, and now it is thankful that it can have 2,500 people.

In terms of troops, the Japanese puppet army far outnumbered the three brigades.

Not to mention the combat effectiveness, although the two thousand devils in it belong to the garrison force, the combat effectiveness is still higher than that of the third brigade, and the ammunition is sufficient!

In this case, let the Third Brigade fight a decisive battle with them, if you are not surrounded by the Japanese puppet army, it is possible to be killed in the end!

"Commander, I don't agree, it's too risky!" The chief of staff retorted without hesitation.

Commander Wang waved his hand and replied: "Don't be in a hurry to refuse first, and then speak after listening to Wang Ping's reasons!" ”

"Wang Ping said in the telegram that we have two advantages: the first is the advantage of firepower: the light and heavy machine guns and mortars originally equipped by the Third Brigade, plus the light and heavy machine guns and mortars captured in Liulin County, in terms of firepower, are definitely stronger than the 3,000-day puppet army, and they are much stronger!"

"The second advantage is the artillery advantage: don't forget, the third brigade still has eight mountain artillery pieces in its hands, and the shells are very sufficient, so it can completely hang devils on the battlefield!"

His idea was to take two steps: the first step was to concentrate a large number of mortars and light and heavy machine guns, and take advantage of the non-stop sneak attack on them during the day, slow down their march, and consume their troops. As long as you don't enter Liulin County before dark! ”

"After dark, continue to sneak attack them in the first half of the night in the same way that we have been using for several days, don't be afraid to waste ammunition, the offensive should be fierce, put on a strong offensive posture, and don't give them any chance to breathe."

"In the second half of the night, concentrate eight mountain artillery, focus on attacking a point of the Japanese puppet army's garrison, and dispatch the main force to kill their main force under the cover of artillery fire, divide and surround them, and eat them little by little!"

"The fighting style is the same as we did last night, but Wang Ping emphasized one point, strengthen the use of artillery fire on the battlefield, and try to use artillery shells to kill the living forces of the Japanese puppet army."

"If 500 shells are not enough, 1,000 shells will be smashed in, and if 1,000 shells are not enough, 2,000 shells will be smashed into them......"

Seeing that his subordinates were directly frightened by Wang Ping's generosity, Commander Wang did not wait for them, and directly ordered: "Staff Officer Zhou, forward the original text of this telegram from Deputy Chief of Staff Wang to the commander of the Third Brigade, and ask him if he has the confidence to fight this battle well." He knows the strength of the Third Brigade best now, and only by knowing himself and knowing the other can he survive a hundred battles, so we will not point fingers here! ”

Staff Officer Zhou had just returned less than ten minutes after leaving, and he still had a shocked expression on his face, and he was frightened by the call back from the Third Brigade.

"Commander, the third brigade called back, confident that it would kill the three thousand puppet army that had entered the willow forest!"

"And said that the casualties in this battle will not exceed five hundred, please rest assured, commander!"

The commander of the Second Brigade on the side was the first to react: "Commander, Lao Zhang is so crazy and has such confidence, he must have reaped a lot of benefits in Liulin last night." I suggest that you send him a telegram immediately and ask him about his current family! ”

Commander Wang did not refuse, and soon, Staff Officer Zhou returned, and the expression on his face was even more shocked than just now.

After taking a deep breath, he replied: "Commander, Brigade Commander Zhang called back, a total of 12 light machine guns, six heavy machine guns, and six mortars were captured in this attack on Liulin, and in addition, ten spare light machine guns, three heavy machine guns, three mortars, one field artillery, and nearly 3,000 shells of various kinds were captured in the devil's ammunition depot, all of which were ...... that the devils had just brought to Liulin County from Luliang."

"It's really a fortune!" The second brigade commander said with envy and jealousy.

"Coupled with the original equipment of the Third Brigade, there are more than 100 light machine guns, 36 heavy machine guns, 36 mortars, 9 mountain artillery, plus sufficient ammunition, if my 2nd Brigade is there, I will have the confidence to kill these 3,000-day puppet army!"

Commander Wang was very happy and sighed: "If the equipment is good and the ammunition is sufficient, the troops will have enough confidence to fight, this is an eternal truth...... Don't be envious, if you fight this battle tonight, light and heavy machine guns, mortars, there will also be! ”

"Call back to the Third Brigade and agree that they will kill the 3,000-day puppet army that has entered Liulin!"

The commander of the Japanese army, Yongsheng Daisa, did not sleep all night, thinking about the solution to the problem and reflecting on the battles of the past few days.

However, after thinking about it for a long time, I didn't understand why I, who had an absolute advantage, was defeated so inexplicably, and I was still a loser.

The adjutant rushed in at an inopportune time and reported: "Sir, the aviation has arrived, the transport plane has replenished us with 100,000 rounds of ammunition, and it should be able to hold out until we withdraw from Liulin!" ”

"Order the troops, retreat in half an hour. Tell everyone that we will march in a hurry along the way, and there will be no time to rest. Therefore, throw away all the things that can be lost on your body, reduce the burden, and strive to march 50 kilometers before dark, and retreat to the edge of the base area of the Eighth Route Army! ”

A few kilometers away, Wang Ping also began to give orders: "I have decided that tonight, kill the Japanese puppet army in front of us......"

"For the past few days, we have been attacking them in turn day and night, and today it is the other way around, not during the day, let them hurry well!"

"Why?" Several people looked at Wang Ping with puzzled expressions.

Wang Ping replied with a smile: "After a few days of fighting, I believe that every devil is very tired, and now they are in a hurry to withdraw from our base area, and they will have to walk forty or fifty kilometers in a day's rapid march!" Do you think that a group of troops who are already exhausted, after forty or fifty kilometers in a row, still have the physical strength to fight us? ”

"When the time comes, as long as the devil's plane leaves, no matter whether the devil stops or not, we will directly launch a surprise attack, engage the devil in short combat, and let the field artillery, mortar, and heavy machine gun they are equipped with become decorations!"

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