Staff Officer Wang didn't move, and he didn't agree with this order very much in his heart, and hesitated to remind: "Chief, not only will it take longer to end the battle in this way, but our losses will also increase greatly because the Japanese puppet army has time to breathe." ”

"Don't be afraid, and it's not as serious as you say!" Chief of Staff Zhou shook his head and replied.

Then he explained: "Don't forget, the strength advantage in this battle is on our side, and it is seven or eight times the strength advantage, even if half of the troops are transferred to the rear to rest and recuperate, the front-line combat troops still have nearly four times the strength advantage, and they can still suppress the devils to fight and not give them a chance to breathe." ”

"When our troops are rested and go to the battlefield with high morale, the few Japanese puppet troops left in the city will definitely be fighting all the time, and there will be no chance to rest."

"When a high-morale, physically charged unit collides with a tired, under-manned unit, who do you think is the real winner?"

"If you take 10,000 steps back, even if the casualties of the troops are a little larger in the end, it will be worth it."

"In order to successfully annihilate the 5,000-day puppet army attacking Laiyuan, Commander Li let us slow down the offensive."

"Compared with the lives of the 5,000-day puppet army, we don't lose at all."

"Execute the order!"

At twelve o'clock in the evening, the exhausted Li Hao finally rushed to the front line of Laiyuan.

Holding back the constant sleepiness, he walked into the headquarters and asked anxiously: "Political commissar, chief of staff, how is the situation here?" ”

"We're still in control!" Wang Hong was the first to speak.

"Through a few spies of the Japanese army lurking in the main force, we sent out several false information. Judging from the latest battle situation, the Japanese army should have believed it, and planned to wait for all the local troops who rushed over later to arrive in place, and then fight us in a decisive battle here. ”

"The result we deduced was that the Japanese army would launch a strong attack on us tomorrow afternoon, and wipe out all the local troops concentrated here."

The political commissar's introduction was exactly the same as his own judgment, Li Hao nodded his head to show his understanding and continued to ask: "After fighting for a day, are the troops suffering big casualties?" ”

Hong Linfeng replied with a mysterious face: "Report to the head of the regiment, the loss is not big!" ”

"In the eyes of the Japanese army, we suffered at least 2,000 casualties, but the actual casualties were less than 1,000, and many of them were lightly wounded, and they could be returned to the battlefield after a simple bandage."

Seeing Li Hao frowning and puzzled, Hong Linfeng hurriedly told him how the troops pretended to be wounded and deceived the Japanese agents.

Li Hao nodded again and again when he heard this, and praised him without hesitation: "This method is good, so that the Japanese army thinks that the blocking troops have suffered heavy casualties, and further proves that the troops blocking them are local troops and guerrillas, so that the devils will not be so wary when fighting." ”

"When we counterattack, we will definitely be able to catch them off guard."

"Counteroffensive ......"

Hearing these two words, Hong Linfeng's eyes immediately began to glow.

Stared at Li Hao and asked: "Regiment leader, how to counterattack, when will we fight?" ”

"My judgment is the same as that of the political commissar, tomorrow afternoon the Japanese army will launch a total against us, and wipe out all the local troops that have rushed over in the past two days. I have decided to schedule our counterattack for tomorrow afternoon, and have a sword-to-knife duel with the devils, and we will finish them out in one battle. ”

"There is only one idea for the time being, how to counterattack. I will have to wait for the Japanese to make a move before I can make a final decision. ”

After finishing speaking, Li Hao looked at the two of them and continued to ask: "How is the follow-up force of the Japanese puppet army assembled?" How many people there are, how well equipped and when will they be able to get to the battlefield. ”

Intelligence reconnaissance is what the political commissar is good at, and Wang Hong immediately replied: "The Japanese army has gathered another 3,500 people. ”

"Including two brigades of the Japanese army and two dissatisfied regiments of the puppet army, the equipment is similar to that of ordinary infantry brigades, and they are not particularly strengthened."

"I'm marching here in a hurry, and I'm estimated to be there at two o'clock in the morning."

Li Hao frowned and analyzed: "The 3,500-day puppet army has just arrived, and it will definitely not be in a hurry to participate in the war." ”

"I estimate that tomorrow morning or today's daytime will attack our Japanese puppet army, and in the afternoon when the decisive battle is held, the 3,500 people who have just arrived will participate in the battle."

"Let the troops keep an eye on these Japanese puppet troops, and the other troops should seize the time to rest, especially the troops I brought back tonight."

"They played in Datong for one night, and then rushed for a day, although they came back by car at night, but the road was too bumpy, and there was almost no way to rest. So every fighter was very tired and had to get a good night's sleep before he could go into battle. ”

The political commissar said: "Rest assured, regiment commander, I have ordered the local troops to prepare camps and meals. ”

"When the troops arrive, they will eat first, the steaming pork stewed vermicelli will be full, and then they will soak a hot water foot, and then they will sleep, and the vigilance duty at night will be handed over to the local troops, and before noon tomorrow, no one will disturb them."

At eight o'clock in the morning, the woods behind the battlefield were filled with the sound of snoring of soldiers.

A large number of fighters from local units guarded the perimeter and did not let people approach.

On the battlefield, four new blocking positions appeared behind the eighth blocking position.

When the stretcher team with the secret agents arrived at the battlefield, they saw more than 200 "local troops" entering the battlefield with nervous faces.

In order to wait for the local troops to arrive in the rear, although the Japanese army slowed down the pace of the attack, it did not stop.

As soon as the morning dawned, the troops fought their way out of their garrisons and started today's battle.

They had received an order from the military headquarters to launch a general attack on the positions of the garrison regiment at two o'clock in the afternoon, break through all the blocking positions within an hour, march through the rear of the Eighth Route Army, block their retreat, and then encircle and annihilate the opponent.

In order to ensure that there would be no accidents in the general attack in the afternoon, this morning, in addition to controlling the rhythm of the attack and not scaring the opponent away, it was also necessary to take down the four defensive lines of the garrison regiment and leave two defensive lines to fight during the counteroffensive in the afternoon.

So the task of the Japanese army is also very heavy.

"Boom ......"

The sound of artillery soon sounded on the battlefield, and black smoke rose from the ground, and several soldiers were blown over by the sudden shells of the Japanese army.

Li Hao was resting at the headquarters when he was suddenly woken up by the explosion.

Although still tired, a few hours of rest had allowed him to regain most of his strength.

Hurriedly walked into the war room and asked: "Political commissar, is there any abnormality in the attack of the little devils?" ”

The political commissar looked at Li Hao with relaxed eyes and replied: "It's the same as our judgment yesterday, it looks scary, but the offensive is not violent. ”

"If they fight like this all morning, they can take down our four blocking positions by one o'clock in the afternoon."

"Commander, don't worry, go back to sleep, if there is a problem, we will wake you up."

"There is still a vicious battle waiting for us in the afternoon, you are the commander-in-chief of the battle, you must rest well."

Li Hao didn't want to miss every battle of the garrison regiment, but he couldn't ignore the words of the political commissar, so he could only go back to the room to rest.

In Datong City, street fighting continues.

The battle situation was exactly the same as that judged by Chief of Staff Zhou.

After the troops took turns to rest and recuperate, the pressure brought by the front-line offensive troops to the Japanese puppet army did not drop much.

Because of the small number of troops, the Japanese army had to go into battle with all its troops and fight to the death with the Eighth Route Army.

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