Li Hong saw that Chen Tingxiao was leaving, so he hurriedly said: "Chief of General Staff Chen, I have thought of some preliminary battle plans for the siege of Gucheng County these days, and I ask you to stay, and I can give you some advice." ”

Chen Tingxiao is the chief of the general staff of the theater, and he usually participates in the operational meetings of the theater commander's headquarters and the military meetings at the regimental level.

Of course, Nicholas Chan is not a person who likes to put on a big show.

Moreover, with Li Hong's sincere invitation from his future son-in-law, he naturally had no reason to refuse.

Chen Tingxiao was quite interested in the siege of Gucheng County, he nodded and agreed.

"Even if you want to fight Gucheng County, I'll stay and listen to your battle plan."

"Please, Chief Chen!"

Li Hong made a gesture of invitation to the other party, and the two walked towards the conference table.

Chen Tingxiao was eclectic, and casually found a place to sit down.

"Chief Chen, are you still sitting in my place?" Li Hong respectfully invited Chen Tingxiao to sit in the commander's seat.

Chen Tingxiao waved his hand and smiled disapprenously: "This is the meeting of your security group, I, Chen Tingxiao, am just listening, what's the harm in sitting aside?" ”

Li Hong was a little embarrassed and said, "Chief Chen, if you sit on the side seat, my subordinates and I will not dare to sit down." ”

"That's right, Chief of General Staff Chen, wouldn't it be a mess if you sit next to you, you still sit in the main seat!" The officers of the command said in unison.

Chen Tingxiao is the commander of the theater of operations, and he should sit in the main position in terms of military rank and position, but Li Hong is the commander-in-chief of the operational plan and deployment, so he should sit in the command position even more.

Li Hong respects Chen Tingxiao, and Chen Tingxiao is a kind of humility to Li Hong from superiors to subordinates.

Chen Shujun saw a group of big men in the headquarters coming politely, and then she carried a stool and placed it next to the main seat of the conference table.

"Dad, Li Hong, it's really troublesome for you to let you come and go. Wouldn't it be enough to sit on one side of two stools? ”

Chen Shujun said lightly, and left the headquarters under the surprised gaze of everyone.

Now there are two positions on the main seat of the conference table, which just solves the problem of humility between Li Hong and Chen Tingxiao.

"Xiaojun, this girl really doesn't understand the rules, so she makes everyone laugh."

Chen Tingxiao smiled and sat down at the head of the conference table.

"Hahaha......"

The officers of the command also laughed.

Soon after, the commanders of the other battalions of the security regiment arrived at the headquarters one after another.

Previously, Li Hong did not return to the 2nd Theater, and the Theater Command had a plan to recapture Gucheng County.

As the chief of the general staff of the theater, Chen Tingxiao naturally had a clear understanding of the enemy's troop deployment in Gucheng County.

At the beginning of the meeting, Chen Tingxiao took the lead in speaking: "Ladies and gentlemen, according to the accurate intelligence information of the headquarters, the 11th Brigade of the Japanese Army stationed in the area of Gucheng County, as well as a division of the puppet army. ”

The puppet army claims to be the name of a division, but the staffing of the unit is incomplete, and the real strength is less than 5,000 people.

Originally, the division commander who guarded the puppet army in Gucheng County was just a deputy brigade commander of the Northwest Army, and the Japanese gave the high-ranking official Houlu, so he became a traitor lackey.

Chen Tingxiao took a sip of water, and then said: "There are not many enemies defending the city in Gucheng County, and the Japanese puppet troops are mainly stationed in the eastern suburbs of Gucheng County for fifteen kilometers, as well as deployed in the southern suburbs, the southeast defensive positions of the Japanese puppet troops are connected to each other, and a solid fortification has been built, and the enemy's defense depth is more than ten kilometers......

Next, Chen Tingxiao briefly talked about the number of enemies and the configuration of firepower.

The enemy defenders of Gucheng County transferred some of their troops to other strongholds, and the little devils and puppet troops on the outskirts of the county town added up to more than 7,000 people.

The puppet army has about 4,000 people, and the devil army has about 3,000 people.

Li Hong learned about the enemy's troop deployment and firepower, and thought for a while.

Immediately, he stood up and said slowly: "Although there are many enemies in the defensive positions on the periphery of Gucheng County, these enemies are not to be feared. Especially the puppet army, most of the soldiers in the puppet army don't want to be traitors and work for the little devils, if some means are applied, the puppet army will inevitably surrender and collapse! ”

"Even if the strength of our security regiment is not as large as that of the enemy in Gucheng County, however, our firepower is superior to the enemy, and it is not difficult to tear apart the outlying positions in Gucheng County with the combat effectiveness of our security regiment......

Chen Tingxiao nodded lightly on the side, he very much agreed with Li Hong's analysis of the battle situation.

Chen Tingxiao swept the officers with a serious face, and said cautiously: "Everyone, according to my analysis, once the battle in Gucheng County starts, it will definitely evolve into a big battle, this is not my Chen someone's speculation, the whole Shanxi will be one, this is inevitable!" ”

"Commander Li's analysis just now is correct, the most threatening thing is indeed the enemy's reinforcements, the highlight of this battle is not the battle of Gucheng County, but the blocking of enemy reinforcements, the security regiment attacks Gucheng County, and the Japanese army in the entire Shanxi will be mobilized for reinforcements......"

Gucheng County is an important place on the battlefield in Shanxi, with extremely high strategic value, once the devil loses the county seat, the enemy will lose the initiative on the battlefield in Shanxi.

Gucheng County is so important, the Japanese army headquarters will naturally not give up this county seat, and if a war breaks out in Gucheng County, the devil troops will definitely come with a steady stream of reinforcements.

The officers of the Security Corps knew that the enemy would have reinforcements, but they could not guess how many reinforcements the enemy would have.

Li Hong got up and walked out of his position and stood under a large map.

He picked up his baton and pointed to the dozen or so counties and towns occupied by the Japanese army around Gucheng County.

"Everyone, as long as Gucheng County starts fighting, it will undoubtedly ignite the fuse of a battle, and the Japanese troops within these hundreds of kilometers, as well as the enemies in various strongholds, will reinforce in the direction of Gucheng County!

"According to rough estimates, the enemy's reinforcements are at least more than 50,000 people, and even the devil garrisons in the Taiyuan and Luliang areas will be reinforced!"

The officers of the command couldn't help but be surprised to hear that the Japanese army would have so many reinforcements.

The officers of the security regiment have all seen a big battle with Li Hong, but this time they are indeed a little uncalm.

In the past, the security regiment was not afraid of the siege of many divisions of the Japanese army, because it was a defensive battle, and the security regiment occupied the advantage of time and place, so even if there were many enemies, it would not be able to get any bargain in the hands of the security regiment.

This time, the security regiment was the attacker, and moreover, it had to divide its forces to block so many enemy reinforcements.

With the current strength of the security regiment, it is impossible to win this battle.