In a small mountain village five kilometers south of Huaiyuan City, more than 100 soldiers surrounded it tightly, and they were only allowed to enter and not leave.

In an ancestral hall in the village, commando leader Xiao Yuan was reporting to Li Hao what he had gained after entering Huaiyuan.

"Regiment commander, last night Huaiyuan County sent out another baggage team, there were 1,000 baggage soldiers and escort troops, and the troops set off overnight and marched to Laiyuan."

"The members of the commando team lurking near the baggage warehouse also reported that the devils had prepared at least 400 carts at the entrance of the warehouse, and were loading the carts with food and ammunition supplies."

The Japanese puppet army needed ten carts of ammunition to supply the troops all the way to attack the troops, and the ammunition supply of 400 carts was enough for an attacking force to use for forty days. ”

"We judged that these 400 carts were ammunition supplies prepared by the devils for the other two attacking troops."

"These two Japanese puppet armies only received ten days of ammunition supply before."

"Our troops destroyed some, and there must not be much left."

"It should be in the next two days, these more than 400 baggage trucks will leave Huaiyuan County and rush to the front line."

"According to the scale of the escort troops dispatched by the Japanese army last night, the escort troops of these two baggage teams will definitely not be too small."

Hong Linfeng was silent for a moment and replied: "Regiment leader, one baggage team is a thousand little devils, and three baggage teams are three thousand little devils." ”

"As long as they leave, the garrison in Huaiyuan County will be sharply reduced to more than 2,000 people."

"We have more than 3,000 people in the Laishui Independent Regiment, and there are also many guerrillas in Huaiyuan, adding up to 4,000 people, and we have at least 50 percent chance of winning by attacking Huaiyuan with twice the strength advantage."

Li Hao replied confidently: "The tactics are used correctly, and there are commandos and reconnaissance companies in the city that should cooperate in the battle, and our chances of victory are at least eighty percent." ”

"Immediately send someone to contact the head of the independent regiment Zhou and ask them to speed up the assembly."

"Contact the guerrillas and local troops in Huaiyuan, and all the troops will immediately move closer to me."

"The military commanders of all units rushed here at eight o'clock tonight to go back and forth."

"Xiao Yuan, you go back to the county seat immediately, from now on, the radio station of the former enemy headquarters will be turned on twenty-four hours a day, and if there is a situation, send me a telegram directly."

"In order to avoid accidents, you should not go out of the city until you take Huaiyuan."

The guerrillas operating in Huaiyuan were all local snakes, and the information they brought was not obtained by the commandos and reconnaissance companies.

The more information about the Japanese puppet army in Huaiyuan County, the clearer and clearer the idea of how to defeat the county seat.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the commander of the independent regiment, Zhou, two guerrilla captains, and a separate company commander, all gathered at the headquarters of the garrison regiment.

Li Hao stood in front of everyone and said straight to the point: "Comrades, I just received information that the county town has dispatched two more baggage teams to reinforce the front line. ”

"There are nearly a thousand little devils in every baggage team."

"Now there is still a baggage squadron of the Japanese army in Huaiyuan County, an infantry squadron of the Japanese supplementary wing, a mountain artillery squadron, a mortar squadron, a heavy machine gun squadron, and an infantry brigade from Taiyuan, a total of 1,600 people."

"A regiment of the puppet army did not move, and continued to cooperate with the devils to defend the county seat as a company."

The head of the independent regiment Zhou immediately became excited.

Before leaving, Li Hao analyzed the risks and problems that the operation might face.

The biggest problem is that there are too many defenders in Huaiyuan.

Preliminary judgment: After the siege began, there were at least 3,500 Japanese puppet troops in Huaiyuan County.

Now it seems that the situation facing everyone is obviously not so bad, and the total number of defenders is only 2,600 men, which is 1,000 fewer than everyone had first thought.

This is definitely good news.

The Japanese puppet army has fewer troops, and the chances of the troops taking Huaiyuan County will definitely increase.

looked at Li Hao and asked, "Commander Li, how do we fight, you give an order!" ”

"I heard that the county is full of Japanese puppet army warehouses, and the materials and ammunition hoarded in them are piled up, if we can take it down, our overall strength will definitely increase several times."

Li Hao thought for a moment and replied: "Although the advantage of troops is in our hands now, it is still too difficult to take Huaiyuan County through a strong attack. ”

"More than 2,600 days of puppet troops, minus the reserves, four or five hundred people can be deployed in each direction of the county."

"They have strong fortifications, plenty of ammunition, and a lot of heavy weapons to fight with, even if we have internal defenses, it will be difficult to kill them in a short time and enter the county."

"The guerrillas report: There are more than 1,000 Japanese puppet troops scattered around Huaiyuan, and if we can't quickly fight and kill the county seat, when they rush outside the city, we will suffer from the enemy."

The excited expression on Head Zhou's face disappeared, and his expression became more and more solemn.

The Japanese puppet army has reinforcements, in order to avoid the occurrence of the enemy's back, the troops must be divided into reinforcements, and in the end there will be fewer troops participating in the siege, and the chances of winning the county will be reduced.

Li Hao saw Commander Zhou's concerns at a glance, and continued: "So we can only calculate this battle, not attack it. ”

Hope rekindled on Commander Zhou's solemn face, and he immediately asked, "Commander Li, I knew that you wouldn't fight an uncertain battle!" ”

"What is your plan, from now on, the independent regiment will all be under your command."

"Okay, then I'll say what I think, Head Zhou, you can help me refer to it, if it's okay, I'll start acting in two hours." Li Hao stopped talking nonsense and watched everyone start to give orders.

"The first step of the operation: continue to weaken the strength of the Huaiyuan garrison, and it is best to reduce them to two thousand people."

"The second step is to attack Huaiyuan County and take it in one night."

"The third step is to set up an ambush outside the city, eliminate all the Japanese puppet troops who have reinforced Huaiyuan County, and buy time for us to empty Huaiyuan County."

"We will do the first step of the plan tonight and during the day tomorrow, and the second and third steps at the same time tomorrow night."

"After the meeting was dismissed, the guerrillas and local troops immediately set out to attack the three Japanese puppet army checkpoints around the county seat." Speaking of which, Li Hao had already drawn three circles on the map, and each guerrilla was responsible for attacking one target.

"The independent regiment, the garrison regiment, divided into three, will take out the reinforcements that may be sent out by the county seat."

Hong Linfeng suddenly reminded: "Regiment commander, what if the little devils in the county don't send troops?" ”

"They're going to send troops!" Li Hao replied confidently.

"The three checkpoints I let the guerrillas attack are located on the road to the front line in Huaiyuan County, and if they are cut off, there will be problems with the logistics supply of the front line."

"The Devil Commander definitely doesn't want the whole sweep to fail because of a problem with the logistical supply lines, so they won't allow these checkpoints to go wrong."

At the headquarters of the Japanese army in Huaiyuan County, the expression of the chief of staff was very solemn.

Since this was selected as the logistics base for this sweep, the Japanese army launched a sweep against all the surrounding anti-Japanese forces, driving them far away to ensure the safety of Huaiyuan County.

Therefore, since the chief of staff was stationed in Huaiyuan County, there has not been a single attack on the imperial army here.

It is precisely for this reason that the chief of staff dared to leave more than 2,000 people to defend such a large logistics base.

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