There is a town fifteen kilometers outside Baoding City, which is the only way to Baoding City, and it is also the largest town within a radius of dozens of miles.

As the outer defense line of Baoding City, the Japanese army specially built a stronghold here, garrisoned a reinforced squadron and a battalion of the puppet army, and controlled dozens of surrounding villages.

Half a year ago, although there were guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army in this area, they all appeared as a military engineering team, and there were only a few people, and if they were eliminated, they would be gone, and they could not make any big waves.

Five months ago, the good fortune began to change.

First of all, the ten puppet soldiers patrolling outside the stronghold were killed under everyone's noses, and the equipment, ammunition, and even military uniforms were all shot away.

Immediately afterwards, the convoy of the county town to send supplies to the stronghold was ambushed.

More than 40 imperial troops and the imperial allied army were wiped out, and nearly 10 truckloads of food and ammunition supplies were all lost.

Ordinary martial arts teams are definitely not so capable.

The squadron leader of the garrison at the stronghold made a judgment on the spot: a formed Eighth Route Army appeared in the jurisdiction.

They must be eliminated immediately, otherwise with the mobilization means of the Eighth Route Army, it will not be long before the entire area under their jurisdiction will become their base area, and the strength of the troops will become stronger and stronger.

Two infantry squads and two companies of puppet troops were immediately sent to leave the stronghold and sweep the area.

After a few days of busy survival, not only did he not see the Eighth Route Army, but he also lost half a squad of imperial troops and two platoons of puppet troops......

The peace of the precinct was thus shattered.

Today I will kill a few of you, and tomorrow the other side will kill a few of my own...... It has been a stalemate until now, and no one can help anyone.

A valley less than 10 kilometers away from the stronghold, and the terrain is very complex.

There was only one opening that could be easily walked into, and more than a dozen soldiers dressed in puppet army or civilian clothes stood behind the bunker, covered with camouflage thatch, and stared at the mouth of the valley motionlessly to prevent outsiders from entering.

Walk into the valley, there is a cave inside.

Inside the forest, nearly two hundred warriors were training in full swing.

On the edge of the valley, dozens of barracks built on the edge of the cliff are neatly aligned.

In the largest barracks, several middle-aged people were discussing something, their brows sometimes stretched, sometimes locked.

"Company Commander Zhou, your superiors asked you to immediately report the real situation of the guerrillas, the more detailed the better." A middle-aged man dressed in ordinary people's clothes and looking indistinguishable from Orion was the first to speak.

"Did the superior say why?" Company Commander Zhou, who was standing opposite, immediately asked.

He was wearing a patched Eighth Route Army uniform, with a serious and expectant expression.

"No ......," replied the middle-aged man dressed as Orion.

After thinking for a while, he continued: "Not only you, but several other guerrillas have received the same order, and our troops lurking in the city must also report their situation. ”

Company Commander Zhou was happy on the spot: "The superiors must have a big action......

"Instructor, you immediately count our troops and equipment, and directly let the liaison take them out."

"The troops were ordered to hurry up and train, and from now on, every meal must be full, and there is no combat mission."

At the headquarters of the Lingqiu Garrison Regiment, Li Hao waited for three days and finally received a call back from Luo Wen.

But after reading it, everyone was not as happy as they imagined.

Seeing that Li Hao frowned and didn't speak, Hong Linfeng felt that it was time to fulfill his duties as chief of staff, and immediately reminded him.

"Regiment commander, the development of our troops lurking into Baoding is very good, but the strength is still very small, especially the troops in the city are too few, and the help that can be provided to us to attack Baoding is very limited, so I think we still need to be cautious about attacking Baoding!"

Li Hao was noncommittal: "The help they can provide to us is indeed very limited. ”

Hong Linfeng's eyes lit up, and he thought that the head of the regiment had compromised, so he hurriedly said: "Then we won't fight Baoding?" ”

"No, even if there is no support, I am determined in Baoding."

"The troops have been training for so long, so it is reasonable to pull them out to practice and test the results of everyone's training."

"Is there a better place than Baoding to be our target?"

Hong Linfeng continued to persuade: "But Baoding City is too difficult to fight, if you don't do it well, you will lose your troops and return in vain!"

Li Hao retorted: "The greater the risk, the greater the benefit, which is all proportional." ”

"If we can take Baoding, all the weapons and ammunition of the Japanese army going south will fall into the hands of our Eighth Route Army, as well as all kinds of materials hoarded by the Japanese army in Baoding, I heard that there are ten warehouses in the city, some warehouses are loaded with grain, some warehouses are loaded with materials, and there are warehouses for hoarding weapons and ammunition."

"Take Baoding, these supplies are ours."

"More importantly, we can eliminate a large number of Japanese puppet armies and further weaken the strength of the surrounding Japanese puppet armies."

Hong Linfeng knew that the head of the regiment had made up his mind, and there was no way to make him change his mind, so he asked a very crucial question on the spot.

"How?"

"The old rules!" Li Hao replied.

"First consume a large amount of the living strength of the Japanese puppet army outside the city, and then attack the city."

Hong Linfeng continued to ask: "Commander, the first step is to say. ”

"The latent troops and the siege troops cooperate with each other, and they will definitely be able to kill a lot of Japanese puppet troops outside the city."

"The second step is difficult, the Japanese army has built a large number of permanent firepower points in Baoding, and if we attack strongly, we must use heavy artillery to advance little by little, and it will take at least two nights just to take the city."

"The devil is not stupid, two nights is enough for them to draw reinforcements from the periphery to form a larger encirclement around the battlefield, surround us in Baoding, and then attack us inside and outside to eliminate us."

"I'm worried that we didn't take Baoding in the end, but instead trapped the siege troops."

Speaking of this, Hong Linfeng directly took Li Hao to the side of the map and pointed to several counties around Baoding City for analysis.

The map shows that these county towns are only 40 kilometers away from Baoding, and they can reach Baoding City in ten hours after a rapid march.

"At that time, we were still attacking the turrets and bunkers outside the city, and we didn't even kill the head of the city."

"If the Japanese reinforcements and the garrison in the city cooperate with each other and attack us from inside and outside, the besieging troops will be attacked by the enemy, not to mention taking Baoding, and even retreating with their whole body will be a problem."

"Take 10,000 steps back, if the Japanese reinforcements do not directly attack us and enter the city to strengthen the defensive forces of Baoding City, then it will definitely be more difficult for us to capture Baoding!"

"So I think that the chance of our garrison regiment winning this battle is less than one percent, and if you forcibly attack, there is an eighty percent chance that you will be defeated, regiment commander, you must think carefully before making a decision, don't be impulsive, and be quick for a while!"

Li Hao's expression was not shocked, and he pointed to the map and asked: "Chief of Staff, tell me: How many garrisons are there in these counties, and how many troops can be sent to reinforce Baoding?" ”

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