The commander stared at the sand table and didn't speak!

The war room also fell silent, and everyone kept their mouths shut, afraid of interrupting the commander's thoughts!

It took a full five minutes for this oppressive atmosphere to be broken by the commander himself!

"Since we have limited troops and can't draw extra troops to encircle and suppress these Eighth Route Army, then we will start with the garrison regiment and open a gap in their strength!"

After saying that, the commander with a sharp edge in his eyes began to give orders!

"Chief of Staff, you should contact the stronghold on the defense line that we have not yet attacked, the sooner the better, let them immediately send reconnaissance troops to attack, conduct a dragnet search within a three-kilometer radius of the stronghold, and find out if there are garrison ambush troops outside the stronghold!"

"If there is, it means that my analysis just now is correct, and we have a way to solve the eight offensive forces of the Eighth Route Army!"

The battalion headquarters of the special service battalion of the garrison regiment has now become Li Hao's former enemy headquarters!

Hong Linfeng has been standing next to the map, with two staff officers deducing the battle plan that the troops are carrying out over and over again!

The remaining dozen or so strongholds on the Japanese puppet army's defense line were indeed deliberately left by Li Hao, but it was not a conspiracy, nor was there any trap, but Li Hao's helpless move!

There are so many strongholds on the defensive line, and there are kilometers between each stronghold!

If the garrison regiment can launch a counteroffensive with only two or three main battalions, if it concentrates its forces and firepower to attack the strongholds on the defensive line, even if it is fought tonight, the counteroffensive troops will definitely still be dragged on the defensive line and exhausted!

After dawn, because of the influence of the devil's plane, in order to avoid unnecessary casualties and losses, the troops could only lurk and not move!

If you want to enter the area occupied by the Japanese army, expand the results of the battle, and capture a large amount of food that is in short supply in the base area, you will have to wait until tomorrow night at the earliest!

There was a whole day in between, which was enough for the Japanese army to do a lot of things!

If they react in time, take the opportunity to retreat under the cover of the aircraft, and take the maintenance of the occupied zone with the traitors, they will definitely get nothing after the troops have killed them!

For the sake of the food stored by the Japanese puppet army in this large occupied area, and the troops that could be used at hand were insufficient, Li Hao could only take a risk!

Eight offensive troops are divided into eight routes, directly into the hinterland of the Japanese puppet army's occupation area!

Regardless of the two wings and the Japanese puppet army behind them that have not been wiped out, the farther you go into the hinterland, the better, and it is best to directly cut off the rear road of the Japanese puppet army in this occupied area!

In this way, even if the Japanese reacted in time and wanted to retreat, with eight attacking troops blocking their rear and slowing down their march through guerrilla warfare, they would not be able to retreat too far, and they would always be surrounded by the garrison!

As long as it gets dark again and the devil planes leave the battlefield, the eight attacking troops can turn around and kill back, leaving all the Japanese puppet troops who want to retreat, and by the way, seize the food, weapons and ammunition they want to take away, and solve the urgent needs of the base area!

Of course, there are risks associated with taking risks!

Eight attacking units went deep into the enemy-occupied area alone, and the Japanese puppet army on the flanks and behind them were not completely wiped out!

Once all of them are dispatched, these eight attacking troops will be attacked by the enemy on their backs and will be dumplings by the Japanese puppet army!

This is the biggest risk of the whole operation!

The chief of staff of the Japanese army can see it at a glance, and Li Hao and Hong Linfeng are also clear!

From the beginning of the operation, except for receiving telegrams, Hong Linfeng's eyes never left the map!

I am afraid that the Japanese army will find this loophole and then send troops to besiege the eight attacking troops and put them in a desperate situation!

Li Hao was very aware of Hong Linfeng's worries, and once again opened his mouth to comfort!

"Rest assured, Chief of Staff, although this is a big hole in our plan, I am not unprepared for anything!"

"As long as the devil commander is a little cautious, I am confident that the Japanese puppet army in these strongholds will not dare to come out!"

Hong Linfeng shook his head and replied, "Can I not be worried?" What if the little devil is not fooled! ”

"Two main battalions, plus artillery to cooperate with their actions, two county brigades, eight district squadrons, a total strength of more than three thousand people!"

"In the event of an accident, the blow to us is absolutely devastating!"

Speaking of this, a trace of hesitation obviously flashed on Hong Linfeng's face!

struggled for a long time before he spoke: "Regiment commander, I still suggest that a reinforced company be transferred from the special service battalion and the independent battalion to the defense line to protect the retreat of our attacking troops!" ”

"If the Japanese army really wants to besiege the eight attacking troops, with them, they will definitely be able to save a few of them, and the whole army will not be wiped out!"

"Now there are only mobile battalions and cavalry battalions that have just been formed around these strongholds!"

"They haven't even finished their recruit training, especially the cavalry battalion, which has just learned to ride and shoot horses, and they haven't even learned to charge and kill on horseback! If there is a real accident, the two battalions will definitely not play a big role, and it may even be possible to fall into the tiger's mouth and suffer even greater losses. ”

Li Hao refused without hesitation: "No, both the special battalion and the independent battalion have tasks, and they are very important, they can't move a single soldier!" ”

Then he thought for a moment and analyzed: "As for the mobile battalion and cavalry battalion you said!" ”

"I don't mean to let them go to war!"

"The reason why they divided their troops to lurk around those strongholds that we have not taken down is for one purpose, to bluff, so that the devils mistakenly think that we have placed heavy troops outside their strongholds, and then dare not attack rashly!"

The worry on Hong Linfeng's face did not disappear, and he asked anxiously!

"What if their commander is dizzy and directly orders the troops to rush out?"

In his eyes, if this problem is not solved, no matter how many devils are eliminated by the eight attacking troops in front of him, and no matter how much grain is captured, he will not be happy!

It's like a sword hanging over your forehead that could fall at any moment!

As long as it falls, the eight attacking forces on the front line will be finished, and the results they have worked so hard to achieve will be lost!

The most important thing is that with such a big loss, the garrison regiment will definitely return to the pre-liberation period overnight!

Everyone's efforts for more than two months before will be in vain!

Li Hao replied confidently: "Then send them back!" ”

"Although the mobile battalion and cavalry company have not yet formed combat effectiveness, their equipment is not bad at all, especially the mobile battalion, which can be said to be the best in the whole regiment!"

"Each infantry squad is armed with a light machine gun!"

"In order to achieve the effect of bluffing, I strengthened all the extra light and heavy machine guns in the regiment headquarters to them, and a flying thunder cannon was arranged outside each stronghold!"

"If the Japanese army really plans to leave the stronghold, as long as they make a noise, the Japanese puppet army will definitely be so frightened that they will immediately retract!"

"So I believe that the mobile battalion and the cavalry battalion will definitely be able to withstand the little devils in those strongholds!"

"As for the special battalion and the independent battalion, their tasks are equally heavy!"

"Chief of Staff, now that the battle has begun, there is no need to worry about the news leaking!"

"To tell you the truth, this operation, in addition to disrupting the devil's next heavy sweep and raising food for the base area, I also have a purpose!"

Hong Linfeng, if he didn't know Li Hao's thoughts at this time, it would be really stupid!

immediately replied: "It's the Japanese puppet army garrisons in the two county towns of Laiyuan and Guangling!" ”

"Yes, I'm going to take them down together!" Li Hao affirmed!

Then added: "However, whether this goal can be achieved or not is not up to me, the key depends on whether the little devil is fooled and cooperates with us!" ”

Hong Linfeng completely understood, and shouted with a sudden realization: "Regiment commander, I finally know now why you set up the headquarters of the former enemy in the headquarters of the special service battalion, instead of the headquarters of the third battalion, which is closest to the battlefield!" ”

"It turns out that you have a crush on Laiyuan City!"

Speaking of this, Hong Linfeng thought of something again!

Suddenly patted his head and shouted: "By the way, regiment commander, two hours ago, you ordered the companies of the special service battalion to march out of the station, and then secretly killed back, and then lurked, is it just to attract devils to be fooled!" ”

Li Hao didn't hide it, nodded in affirmation: "The mobile battalion and the cavalry battalion are bluffing outside the stronghold, and the special battalion and the independent battalion are killing the past with great fanfare, I want the devil to mistakenly think that the troops we are operating there are the special battalion and the independent battalion!" ”

"The special battalion and the independent battalion have been transferred, then the base of our garrison regiment will be empty!"

"There is no main force in the entire base area, except for the local troops and guerrillas!"

"If I were a little devil, I would definitely seize the opportunity to order the county garrison to take the initiative to attack, make a big fuss in our base area, and force us to retreat!"

"If the operation is good, make good use of these garrisons, and it is possible to inflict heavy damage or even completely annihilate our attacking troops!"

At the Zhoucun stronghold, which was eight kilometers away from the Xiaozhuang stronghold, the commander, Lieutenant Matsumoto, was nervous and anxious!

He heard the sound of gunfire coming from Xiaozhuang's stronghold, and it only lasted for more than half an hour before it stopped, and then Xiaozhuang's stronghold lost contact!

At this time, the fool also knew that the Xiaozhuang stronghold was over!

The Imperial Army stationed there has one more infantry squad than here, and the Imperial Allied Army also has one more company, and the garrison regiment can take it there in such a short time, and it will definitely be able to easily take the stronghold it is stationed in!

Matsumoto immediately called the county seat for help, and then stayed inside the turret, staring conservingly around the stronghold, praying that the garrison would come over later!

After two hours, Matsumoto's tense nerves slowly relaxed!

This place is not far from the stronghold of Xiaozhuang, if the garrison really plans to kill itself, after such a long time, even if you climb, you can climb over!

Now there is no hostility outside the stronghold, there is only one possibility, the garrison does not intend to eat itself tonight!

As soon as I sat down to catch my breath, an exclamation sounded at the lookout!

"Sir, there seems to be cavalry outside the stronghold?"

Lieutenant Matsumoto didn't care about any tiredness, stood up and rushed to the shooting hole!

Under the cover of night, even with a telescope, Lieutenant Matsumoto still couldn't see very clearly!

But he did hear the sound of horses' hooves!

The distance was very long, and the sound coming from it was very small, but it was definitely the sound of horses' hooves, and listening to the sound, there were quite a few cavalrymen, at least one platoon!