Chapter 321: Protecting Food
The purpose of the regimental headquarters is not to let them reinforce, but to inform them of the enemy's situation, to put it bluntly, brother, I can't stand it, the wind is tight, withdraw!
Probably this is what it means, once the troops directly under the regimental headquarters and the first battalion cannot withstand it, they will wait for an opportunity to evacuate.
Once they withdraw, a hole will be opened, and the enemy is likely to come from the direction of Qingling on the northern front, and their two battalions will be in a situation where they will be exposed to the enemy on their backs.
This is the worst situation estimated by the regiment headquarters, but it is also the most likely scenario, the Qingling devils are heavily garrisoned, and at least there is a brigade.
Coupled with the number of puppet troops, this force is not something that the regimental headquarters and a battalion can resist, and now that the war is raging, even if the devils can't increase all their forces in their direction.
Even if only one squadron is sent, it is not that their new regiment can be tough, it is not that it cannot be defeated, but it is unnecessary, both sides will lose, it is necessary, and the Eighth Route Army generally does not make this choice.
Without the cooperation of friendly and neighborly brothers, it is still very difficult to eat a squadron or more of the devil's troops, and even if it wins in the end, it will be a disastrous victory.
Once a unit suffers too many casualties, especially a unit like the Eighth Route Army, which is under difficult conditions and short of resources, it will be very difficult to recover.
At present, the main forces of the Eighth Route Army are all gathered in the Zhengtai front-line area, and there are not many combat troops on the southern front, mainly to involve and break the second-level highway and railway blockade.
Therefore, there is only one unit in the periphery, the new regiment, and even the new second regiment is not close to them.
The mechanization of the devils is very low, and the requirements for road conditions are not high, as long as it is not raining, even the dirt road can still march, which is also the difficulty along the highway they destroy.
Now the importance of this highway they attacked is needless to say, it connects southern Jin, northern Henan, southern Hebei and other places, and is an important hub, so the devils still attach great importance to the region, and there is a wing of troops stationed in the counties and towns along this highway all year round.
Their destruction of this highway was naturally impossible for Qingling County, which was one of the important garrisons of the devil's troops, to ignore it, and they had sufficient troops to immediately send troops to support.
Zhang Yunfei did not feel nervous about the emergency warning of the regiment headquarters, the battle here was basically over, and they could retreat calmly.
Of course, the Fangjiashan Fort has not been taken yet, but that doesn't matter anymore, they have already completed the encirclement and reinforcements, so there is no need to attack that place at the cost of huge casualties.
Now he was considering whether to support the regimental headquarters and the first battalion, although the order did not require such a request.
But there is no shortage of fighters there, opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, and the current fighters are also keen to fight against devils.
Since the beginning of the year, the devils have carried out a large-scale sweeping plan, and the Eighth Route Army has to take the initiative to retreat, even if they are independent brigades, they have to leave their birthplaces and fight elsewhere.
The entire Qingling area is now about to become the ruling area of the devils, and there are no large-scale Eighth Route Army troops operating in the area, so the devils have to draw troops from these rear areas in order to strengthen the front-line sweeping troops.
In a county like Pingchuan, there is basically no mobile force, and in such a situation, the devil is still in the Qingling area, leaving a large number of troops, which can be imagined the importance of this place for the devil.
This attack disrupted this important transportation line connecting the north and the south, so that the devil's northward transportation line could not be smoothed.
The impact on the devil tribes who are currently being attacked by the Eight Ways is still huge.
When the situation was unclear, the devils in Qingling still sent troops to give priority to supporting the strongholds along the highway that were harassed, and even sent the only 92 infantry gun in the brigade to the support troops.
As soon as they came into contact with the new regiment of reinforcements, they launched a fierce attack, and tried to divide the troops many times to outflank the first battalion and the regimental headquarters.
Zhang Yunfei and others fought fiercely in the area around Xijiakou and Fangjiashan, and the regimental headquarters and the first battalion also fell into a bitter battle.
Now they have ended the battle, and even completely repelled the reinforcements of the Japanese puppet army, but the situation on the regimental headquarters is not optimistic.
This time, the attacks of the Eighth Route Army were sudden, and the devils' counterattacks were equally ferocious, which was predictable.
Zhang Yunfei knew that their side had reached a critical moment, and if his side hadn't defeated the reinforcements of the Japanese puppet army, their entire new regiment would have to become sandwich biscuits, and it would be really uncomfortable.
After receiving the report from the regiment headquarters, Zhang Yunfei hesitated, but decided to take his third battalion north, and the follow-up battle situation would be handed over to the 92nd battalion of Qi Da, after all, this was his task.
Qi Dajiu will not do this, Zhang Ergou is going, and he is going to reap the benefits again, this guy can't afford to be early, and the meaning of the regiment headquarters is already very clear.
It is to let them look down on the situation, and as soon as the situation is wrong, they will retreat in a hurry.
But what did this guy do, but he took the initiative to usher in it, which is not his Zhang Ergou style.
He Qi Dajiu has known Zhang Ergou for more than a day or two, it is not an exaggeration to say that he knows him better than Zhang Ergou's mother-in-law, of course, Zhang Ergou does not have a mother-in-law now, this is just an analogy.
Anyway, with his understanding of Zhang Ergou, this guy is very ghostly, and he has thought of some good ideas, otherwise he wouldn't have taken the initiative to go north.
Look at this battle here, the fight is so cool, if he fights this battle completely by himself, clinging to the Fangjiashan Turret, it is estimated that a few teeth will be broken, and it is possible that he will be caught by the devil reinforcements.
With Li Ergou's joining, three times and five went to two, and the matter was done directly.
If you have the advantage of not taking advantage of it, it is a bastard, this is not his Qi Dajiu's personality, so he immediately divided the second battalion in his hands into two, leaving half of the manpower, and organized manpower to demolish the Xijiakou artillery tower and destroy the highway embankment.
Although these things have little effect, the turret will be demolished and the little devil will soon rebuild it, and the road will be planed, and soon the little devil will repair it again.
But it's good to be able to make some trouble for the devil, even if it's disgusting to the other party.
Besides, this kind of behavior of blocking the little devils, the soldiers are also enthusiastic about doing it, and it also helps to improve morale.
For Qi Dajiu to follow him in vain, Zhang Yunfei was also speechless.
This time, he didn't want to reap the benefits, ahhh
He really went to see the situation at the regiment headquarters this time, and if it was really impossible to do anything, he would retreat as soon as possible.
But this guy has a look of what the hell is the expression of you don't want to leave me alone and eat alone.