November.

In the sky of Shanxi, the snow is falling.

At the headquarters, in the adobe house staff headquarters, a group of staff officers were in a meeting, and the wood stove next to them was burning to dispel the cold.

Staff Officer Mo took a deep breath:

"Recently, the garrisons of devils in various counties have accelerated the reserve of supplies, and requisitioned and requisitioned people and livestock carts everywhere, the scale is far greater than we expected, according to the information gathered by intelligence officers from all over the country, I speculate ·····"

Speaking of this, he paused.

In the past month, the headquarters has spent a lot of energy to collect information about the devils, trying to figure out the scale and duration of the devils' sweep, and finally, through the amount of materials mobilized by the devils, as well as the number of troops, some information can be deduced.

This is not difficult, the movement of the devil's troops cannot be concealed, that is, it takes a lot of time to count and confirm, and as for the duration of the attack, it is also very simple, as long as it can be calculated from the materials mobilized by the devil.

As for the devil's attack route and specific time, this is highly confidential information, and the headquarters doesn't have much idea, so they can only wait for the devil to dispatch before making a move.

"The total strength of the devil's attack was close to 40,000 in the first wave, and a large number of devils came over in the future, and the total strength will exceed 50,000 in the end, and the number of puppet troops will not be less than 20,000."

Staff Officer Mo's tone was extremely solemn:

"Moreover, the duration of this sweep is at least two months."

"The total number of troops is more than 50,000."

"Lasts more than two months."

The staff officers were shocked, and even a few staff officers stood up with shocked faces.

50,000 devils, and it lasted for more than two months, these two news were like a sledgehammer, smashing the staff officers into a daze.

The plan formulated by the General Staff was as follows: the militia and local troops protected the transfer of the people, broke through the encirclement of the devils, and the regular troops and the devils maneuvered, and after avoiding the strongest attack of the first wave of the devils, they waited for an opportunity to attack the enemy's supply lines and force the devils to retreat.

Although with the large-scale expansion of the arsenal and the abundant weapons and ammunition of the troops, they already have a certain confidence to fight with the devils, and they can even try to concentrate their forces to encircle and annihilate a small group of devils.

But 50,000 devils, plus tens of thousands of puppet troops, is really too much, more than Jinchaji's ability to deal with it.

Not to mention the duration of two months.

Two months of continuous sweeping and attacking the base area, that is, the devil is determined to fight a protracted war, and the little material stored by the troops may not be enough to consume at all, even if the devil is weak in the later stage, I am afraid that his side will not have any strength to organize a counterattack.

"However, there is also news that I don't know if it is good news."

Staff Officer Mo continued:

"Among the 50,000 devils, three of them are going to attack Shou County, and they are currently stationed in Yangquan, by the way, the devils have also mobilized almost 5,000 puppet troops to deal with Li Yunlong."

"Three full squadrons..."

The staff fell silent again, and the staff officers looked at each other.

Three full formation wings, almost 10,000 devil soldiers, plus 5,000 puppet troops, that is 15,000 troops, so many devil puppet troops, just to attack a small Shou County?

By the way, and those three large-caliber heavy guns.

Devil commanders are all crazy?

"It seems..."

A staff officer muttered:

"The devil has a great opinion of Grand Master Li, this is regarded as a thorn in the flesh and a thorn in the eye."

The 15,000 troops, three large-caliber heavy artillery, to attack a small Shou County, obviously wrong, obviously too strong, the little devil has always engaged in accurate shooting and accurate combat, and pursues to do things with the least force, which can be seen from the devil's weapons and equipment.

And the devils still carried out this attack, which shows that Li Yunlong is very valued by the devils, and only 7,000 devil soldiers came when he attacked the arsenal before.

"For those things that Li Yunlong did, can the little devil not hold a grudge?"

A staff officer said with a smile:

"In the past two years, the things that the independent group has done, how happy we are, how painful the devil is, it's already very good that the little devil is not crazy."

"Hahaha..."

"Yes."

The staff officers brought in the devil and thought about it, and immediately laughed.

"Li Yunlong went to the three wings on his side, so wouldn't it be much easier for the other base areas?"

A staff officer furrowed his brow.

"But, with 10,000 devils and 5,000 puppet troops, can Li Yunlong deal with it?"

The other staff officer frowned.

For a while, the staff officers were divided, not only glad that the devil's brain was hot and the heavy troops attacked the independent regiment, which could greatly relieve the pressure on other base areas, but they were also worried about the situation faced by the independent regiment, and they were afraid that something would happen to Grand Master Li.

"Anyway, let's tell the independent regiment about the situation first."

Staff Officer Mo finally made a decision.

The affairs of the independent regiment can only be handed over to the independent regiment to solve by itself, and this sweep, to put it mildly, all the base areas can be said to be difficult to protect themselves.

······

"Three wings, plus five thousand puppet troops."

After receiving the information sent by the headquarters, Grand Master Li suddenly felt numb:

"Almost 10,000 devil soldiers, plus 5,000 devils, this little devil really looks up to my Lao Li, and actually mobilized nearly 10,000 troops to attack Shou County, hehehe, is this an iron heart to destroy our Lao Li?"

Three full-fledged wings are just 10,000 people, as for the 5,000 puppet army, even if the puppet army's combat effectiveness is not good, but there are more ants biting elephants to death, 5,000 devils, and the independent regiment will at least divide a full-fledged battalion to deal with it.

And those who can participate in the attack must be the hardcore two devils mobilized by the devils, and the combat effectiveness is really not bad.

"10,000 Japanese troops, 5,000 puppet troops."

Political Commissar Zhao is also numb in the scalp.

At present, the independent regiment has only 5,000 people in addition to the reserve recruit battalion, and the strength ratio is three to one, and the independent regiment is well equipped, well supplied, and well trained, and the main battalion is no worse than the devil's A division, but the three-to-one strength is not a joke.

"Lao Li, what about us?"

Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong.

In the projection, the devils will send a maximum of 5,000 to 6,000 people, that is, a brigade of troops, to attack, plus 1 or 2 devils, but the situation is far beyond expectations, and the number of devils is almost twice as high as expected.

"Continue to execute as originally planned."

Grand Master Li took a puff of cigarette, and then flashed:

"Even if he has more than 100,000 troops from the North China Front, labor and management will have to bleed him in Shou County. The fortifications dug up by labor and management for more than half a year were not dug in vain. ”

"Although the little devil has a lot of troops and firepower, we have a solid position, and the weapons and ammunition are also very sufficient.

Grand Master Li is well versed in the ways of warfare.

Well, that's what I thought too. ’

Zhao Gang nodded.

He is also very much in favor of resisting the devils here, this time the devils attack is on a huge scale, and the longer the independent regiment holds on, the more devils it attracts, and it will be able to buy time for other base areas and even headquarters.

Although this will make the independent regiment suffer greater losses, in the war, someone must be sacrificed, and someone must rush to the front.

"Hey, hey, hey..."

Grand Master Li smiled, and his tone was categorical:

"This time the little devil is menacing, the order of the headquarters is that the regiments are dispersed and transferred, the longer we stay here, the more time we can buy for the transfer of other troops."

"Before he took Shou County, he dared to attack with all his might, little devil?"

We're going to have to hold on for at least a month. ’

Grand Master Li's final tone suddenly changed: "The longer we hold on, the more devils we attract, the higher the price given by Brother Chen, and the faster we will recover after the war." ”

"Are the people ready to move?"

He then asked.

When the devils come to sweep up, they must transfer the people in the base area, which is a very important job, so Political Commissar Zhao is personally responsible.

"It's all ready."

Zhao Gang replied: "The food and important belongings of the people in the base area have been buried, and they can retreat with livestock and others at any time. ”

"Haha..."

Grand Master Li laughed, and his tone was proud: "Let's call everything ready, only the east wind is owed." ”

"Huh."

Political Commissar Zhao sneered, he was too lazy to talk about this kind of topic with the scumbag, it was a pure waste of time.

Grand Master Li also knew that he was snorting and changing the topic by himself: "10,000 devils, 5,000 puppet soldiers, little devils can really fucking afford to look up to labor and capital." ”

·······

Just when Li Yunlong was amazed at the big hand of the little devil.

Taiyuan, Yoshio Shinozuka was also blamed for this decision.

"Hi, hi..."

In the Taiyuan headquarters, Yoshio Shinozuka answered the phone and kept bowing: "What General Gangcun said is that this time it is a lowly impulse, and I will definitely not do it again next time." ”

Beside Shinozuka, Kazuki Yamamoto bowed his head and was silent.

In order to deal with Li Yunlong, the First Army used three wings and three heavy artillery pieces to attack Shou County, and also mobilized 5,000 Imperial Allied troops, which was dissatisfied by General Gangcun, including the commander of the North China Front, but General Shinozuka still forcibly implemented this plan, and finally let the Front Army Headquarters accept this plan.

This time the phone call was made by General Gangcun to express his dissatisfaction.

The phone was hung up, and Yoshio Shinozuka changed his previous groveling, raised his head, puffed out his chest, and smiled confidently at the corners of his mouth, like a high-spirited fighting rooster.

After two months of persuasion and the use of almost all his connections, he finally mobilized three wings, plus five brigade-sized imperial alliance troops to deal with Li Yunlong, plus three heavy artillery.

This time, even if Li Yunlong cannot be killed, it will inevitably be able to completely cripple the independent regiment and lose its establishment.

Taking a deep breath, in an excited tone, Yoshio Shinozuka gave the order to prepare for the attack:

"Order, the 33rd Infantry Wing, the 78th Infantry Wing, the 1st Heavy Artillery Brigade, the 2nd Heavy Artillery Brigade, and the 9th and 10th Wings of the Imperial Allied Army, according to the predetermined plan, encircle and attack Shou County."

"The 78th Infantry Wing is in reserve."

"Be sure to take Shou County within three days."

"Hey."

The staff officer, who had been waiting for a long time, hung his head very low this time.