"Lishi County? Tell us why you chose this place. Master He asked.

In the past half a month, Senior Commander He has also been studying which county seat the devil should occupy, but he has never thought about the Lishi County occupied by the devil. In Lishi County, the devils arranged a large group of troops to defend, compared to the other counties occupied by the devils, the devils deployed too many troops in Lishi County.

What's more, Division Commander He also knew that the 120th Division could mobilize not many troops, and if he really wanted to attack Lishi County, which was occupied by the devils, the probability of a successful defeat was too low. Coupled with the strength of a large group of troops stationed in Lishi County, if they really want to launch an attack on Lishi County, then the casualties of the troops will definitely not be small.

"Division Commander He, Deputy Division Commander, everyone from the division headquarters, please take a look."

"Lishi, has always been an important county in the west of Jin, all dynasties have been added and repaired, it can be said that the economic and cultural development of the county in the west of Jinxi. In addition, Lishi has Taiyuan Highway running through the east and west, from (Shi), from (Yang) from (Shi), Fang (Mountain) Highway runs through the north and south, is the hub of various counties in western Shanxi, and has an extremely important strategic position. ”

"After the devils occupied Lishi on February 24, 38, they worked hard to strengthen their defenses. Judging from the arrangement of the various units of the devils, we can see that Lishi County plays an extremely important role in the many counties occupied by the devils, and plays a role in the deployment and transportation of materials between the counties occupied by the devils in western Jinxi. ”

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Liu Gen kept telling what he knew about the situation in Lishi County, and he had already had a lot of thoughts about this Lishi County occupied by devils, but he never had the idea of doing anything to Lishi County. After all, according to the forces deployed by the devil in Lishi County, if you want to successfully defeat this county, you will definitely have to pay a lot of price.

In addition, once an attack is launched on Lishi County, then the devils in the surrounding counties will definitely support, and even the devils in the entire northwest of Jin will frantically reinforce Lishi County. Unless it is a devil who can completely solve the defense of Lishi County in a short period of time, it is very difficult to achieve certain results.

"Genzi, according to my estimates, the entire 120th Division can mobilize less than 3,000 troops, and more will affect the protection of Yan'an."

"And with the strength of the devil's defense in Lishi County, less than 3,000 people want to break through Lishi County, and it is too difficult. The reinforcements of the devils are very fast, and even if we can take out the devils on the defense, we don't have much time to transfer supplies. Master He said seriously.

The deputy division commander nodded, what Division Commander He said was right, it was a little too unrealistic to do it in Lishi County. The strategic position of Lishi County is too important, unless the devil's forces are too tight, it is impossible for the devil to give up Lishi County easily.

"Lishi County is very important to the devils, but we may not be able to take this county seat." Liu Gen said again.

Master He laughed, he looked at Liu Gen, as if he saw him when he was young, at that time, he seemed to be so energetic. Master He wanted to know what Liu Gen would do, he could see that Liu Gen was very confident, and he didn't know what kind of reliance Liu Gen had.

"Lishi County is a traffic artery, which means that there are a lot of people in circulation every day, and in my opinion, this is an opportunity for us."

"As far as I know, the devil's garrison in Lishi County, except for the devil squad that patrols every day, the rest of the devils will stay in the camp for training. As long as we can take advantage of the devil's concentrated training to kill the devils who stayed in the camp, then the devil squad on patrol will not be too threatening at all. Liu Gen spoke again.

Master He shook his head, what Liu Gen said was right, but the battle was not fought like this, Liu Gen's plan was all based on the condition that there would be no problems. And in battle, accidents happen from time to time, and no matter how good Liu Gen's plan is, there will be times when things go wrong.

"Comrade Liu Gen, your plan is right, if you really want to implement such a plan, then we have a great chance of taking Lishi County. But in battle, accidents are the most likely to happen, and no one can guarantee that there will be no problems in battle. ”

"For our Eighth Route Army, for our 120th Division, this kind of battle is the most important thing to avoid, and we cannot afford any too big losses." The deputy division commander spoke.

The conditions of the Eighth Route Army were not very good, and any unit was quite important, knowing that launching an attack on Lishi County would cause a lot of casualties, but still choosing to do so, which was the most undesirable. If you really fight for casualties to seize the county seat occupied by the devils, then the troops of the Eighth Route Army will definitely be able to take a lot of county towns from the devils.

Division Commander He and the others all felt that Liu Gen's battle plan was good, but such a plan was too risky, and it was good to succeed, so once it failed, the 120th Division would suffer a lot of losses. For the division commanders, they would rather the units of the 120th Division streamline their troops than let too many soldiers die on the battlefield.

"But attacking Lishi County is the only chance for the 120th Division to get enough supplies, I have carefully investigated, in Lishi County, the devils have stored a large amount of materials, this is completely sent to the mouth of the 120th Division, it is our best opportunity." Liu Gen said again.

Only by taking the county town of Lishi occupied by the devils can the 120th Division get enough supplies at one time, and in the next time, the 120th Division will be able to recruit more troops and enhance its own strength. Once the materials of the devil in Lishi County are obtained, then the strength of the 120th Division will inevitably increase significantly.

"Comrade Liu Gen, forget it, I'll call you Genzi directly, it's more convenient." Master He looked at Liu Gen and spoke.

Liu Gen looked at Division Commander He with some doubts, he didn't know what Division Commander He was going to say, he really thought that attacking Lishi County had a good chance of directly taking down Lishi County. Although there is a possibility of failure, Liu Gen feels that sometimes it is necessary to take risks when using troops, not to mention that the use of two or three thousand troops does not make the 120th Division break its muscles and bones.

Of course, Liu Gen also knew that what the deputy division commander said was right, there would be a lot of accidents in the battle, and no one knew what accidents would occur at the moment of the battle, even if Liu Gen formulated a perfect battle plan, it would not be possible to avoid accidents.

"Genzi, I can understand your thoughts, if you are an officer of the national army, then I will definitely not stop you, but will be very happy for you to do this."

"But this kind of thing happened to our Eighth Route Army, but it is not feasible, you must know that the conditions of our Eighth Route Army are difficult, even if we succeed in taking Lishi County, with the strength in our hands, it will not be possible to defend Lishi County at all, and then we will be trapped in Lishi County by the devil army."

"Don't think that the chances of this kind of thing happening are very small, in fact, there is a high probability that this kind of thing will happen, unless we are willing to give up the supplies in Lishi County. It's just that we shot at Lishi County, isn't it just for the supplies of Lishi County? How can we give up so easily? Master He's face was a little serious, which made Liu Gen's spirit become concentrated.

Liu Gen came up with the scene that Commander He said, it was indeed true, if he succeeded in taking Lishi County, then it would definitely attract a crazy attack by the devil troops, and with the marching speed of the devil troops, the first batch of reinforcements would definitely arrive within three hours. If the situation in Lishi County is stalemate, then the devil will inevitably have more troops to support.

In just three hours, is it really enough to transfer the materials in Lishi County? Liu Gen had the answer in his heart.

"Genzi, if we can't take the Lishi County occupied by the devils, won't we be able to get enough supplies? Probably not, we can think of other ways, we can't just focus on a small Lishi county town. Master He said again with a smile.

Liu Gen nodded, and Division Commander He's opening let him know that it was impossible to attack Lishi County, at least at this stage. With the combat effectiveness of the 120th Division, if you really want to attack Lishi County, you can still take Lishi County, but doing so will also make the 120th Division pay too much price.

The strategic location of Lishi County is too important, and it is impossible for the devils to let Lishi County be occupied by the troops of the Eighth Route Army, and the risk that the 120th Division needs to take is too great, and it is not worth taking Lishi County as a target.

Liu Gen looked at the military map on the wall, not the Lishi county occupied by the devils, then the other counties occupied by the devils, with the strength of 120 divisions, can be easily captured. Just capturing a county town can only temporarily alleviate the shortage of materials for the 120th Division, and cannot completely solve it.

"Genzi, what do you think of Liao County?" Master He asked.

Liu Gen shook his head directly, he had fought in the Liao County area, and he had some understanding of the situation in Liao County. The city wall of Liao County is still relatively strong, and if you want to take Liao County easily, you must dispatch heavy artillery, and only in this way can you take the county seat of Liao County in the shortest time and with the least casualties.

In the county seat of Liao County, the number of troops garrisoned by the devils is not large, which also means that the materials in Liao County are limited, and it is difficult to solve the too many needs of the 120th Division.

"Division Commander He, Liao County is good, but the materials are limited, it is difficult for a single Liao County to meet the needs of our 120th Division, such as Liao County, we have to take at least two or three to get enough supplies." Liu Gen said with a wry smile.

It is not simple to take the county seat occupied by the devils, at least Liu Gen does not have the confidence to take two or three county towns of the devils in a short period of time, once the devil county is attacked, then other devil counties will inevitably be vigilant. Unless there is sufficient artillery support, you can take two or three county towns occupied by devils in the shortest possible time.

"If one isn't enough, then we'll take a few more! In the case of devils, we are looking for an opportunity to win two or three relatively remote counties, and we may not have no chance. "There is a glint in Commander He's eyes, as long as the 120th Division can continue to develop, then he doesn't mind taking a few more county towns occupied by devils.

The deputy division commander and the others looked at Division Chief He with surprised faces, but they didn't expect Division Chief He to say this, when was it so easy to take the county seat of the devil? If the devils were really so easy to deal with, then the troops would have attacked the county towns occupied by the devils a long time ago, and they would not have let the devils occupy so many county towns at all.

"How many more? Master He, are you serious? Liu Gen also asked in surprise.

Master He smiled and nodded, he was not joking, he had thought carefully about making such a decision. The training of the units of the 120th Division has not stopped, and when the 120th Division was active in the Jinzhong area, it was a fearful existence for many devil troops.

The 120th Division has not had too large-scale battles with the devils for a while, which makes the devils think that the combat effectiveness of the 120th Division has faded a lot, and this time Division Commander He is ready to let the devils know the power of the 120th Division again! There was no action before, it was because the 120th Division did not take the initiative to attack, and when the 120th Division really wanted to attack, then no one could resist the edge of the 120th Division!

"Well, I am ready to mobilize all the troops that can be mobilized by the 120th Division to take the three county towns occupied by the devils in the shortest possible time and further expand the anti-Japanese base area." Master He said with a very serious expression. As far as Division Commander He is concerned, he wants to lead the troops to take the county seat occupied by the devils, but there has never been a good opportunity.

And now? Due to the material needs of the 120th Division, the 120th Division urgently needed to take several county towns of the devils in order to get enough supplies. Division Commander He also thought about streamlining the government again, but that was based on the premise that it was really impossible to get supplies, if it was said that before Liu Gen came, the probability of the 120th Division taking two or three county towns in a short period of time was less than 30%.

Then after Liu Gen arrived, the 120th Division had a fifty or sixty percent chance of being able to take two or three county towns in a short period of time. The second reason is that Liu Gen has not had any defeat in the battle with the devil so far.

Maybe Liu Gen himself hasn't realized this, but if you have a serious understanding of Liu Gen's relevant achievements, you will find that Liu Gen has participated in battles and has never lost. Especially when the independent regiment attacked the county seat of Liaoxian County before, just one independent regiment easily took the county seat of Liaoxian County.

You must know that there was a squadron of devils in the county seat of Liaoxian County to defend at that time, and the combat effectiveness of those devils was too poor? Obviously not, even if it is a garrison force that the devil is letting go, the combat effectiveness will not be so bad, plus there is still a city wall, it will not be so simple for ordinary troops to easily take the county seat of Liaoxian.

But why was an independent regiment able to successfully take the county seat of Liaoxian County, and the casualties were not large? Obviously, it was because of Liu Gen that the independent regiment was so easy to attack the county seat of Liaoxian County, and there were not many casualties.

In the First Battle of Liaoxian, all units of the Eighth Route Army realized how important a powerful artillery soldier was, and it could also minimize the casualties of the troops.

With Liu Gen in the 120th Division, coupled with his full support, Master He believes that it will not be too difficult to take the county seat of the devil, and he has enough confidence in Liu Gen!

"Division Commander He, I think this is good, as long as you can get down a few county towns occupied by devils, then it can be compared to the materials in Lishi County, and you can successfully solve the problem of material shortage in the 120th Division." Liu Gen said excitedly.