"Telegrams can't be sent like that!" Li Hao called the chief of staff who was about to leave.

"Tell the political commissar: The devil's revenge will not last for a few days, and he will retreat when it is over, and all the troops left behind in the base area will give me peace of mind to fight boldly, don't worry that the devil will not leave if he occupies the base area. But you have to change your style of play and change from passive to active. ”

"The first step: transfer all the people within 30 kilometers of the Japanese puppet army, the walls are clear, and the devils want to burn the houses, let them burn them, as long as the villagers are safe."

"Step 2: Mobilize local troops, guerrillas, and plant a large number of mines on the path that the devils must pass, and they can kill one by one."

"Aren't they going to take revenge? Yes, but throughout the retaliation, the troops paid a huge price for every step forward. ”

"The frenzier the revenge, the more casualties."

"Step 3: Take advantage of the devil's eagerness to take revenge on us, the main force chooses the battlefield by itself, takes the initiative to attack, and uses ambush warfare, movement warfare, and night warfare to consume a large number of their forces and reduce our combat pressure to encircle and annihilate them."

After Li Hao finished speaking, Hong Linfeng just finished recording the order.

After taking the telegram and checking it carefully, he quickly signed his name and handed it to Zhou Liang.

At the Japanese military headquarters in Taiyuan, the commander's expression was very heavy.

The reconnaissance unit had just sent a telegram: they had found the bodies of the Zhangjiakou reinforcements and were ambushing them at the blocking position.

More than 1,000 corpses, scattered and buried in several places.

Everyone had already guessed this result, and it was not too surprising, what really shocked the commander was the time of their death.

Judging by the condition of the corpses, these imperial soldiers died for at least three days.

This means that the logistics base must have been captured by the Eighth Route Army three days ago.

There were so many Eighth Route Armies attacking the county seat that it was impossible to fight on both sides.

Only by capturing the county town first can there be enough troops and firepower to attack the reinforcements and eat them.

This was the only correct judgment made by the commander after the purge began.

Then the whole person is in a bad mood.

The Eighth Route Army deliberately concealed the news that they had captured the county seat, and there must have been some plans.

If it can capture a heavily defended county town in one night, and eat more than 2,000 reinforcements in successive battles, the strength of this force must be very strong.

Three days was enough time for them to move anywhere on the battlefield.

If they have any plans, no matter which mopping force they target, they will be a huge threat to themselves.

It is very likely that there are already sweeping troops targeted by them, and when the time comes, they will launch a deadly attack, eat one of the three sweeping troops, and cut off one of their own arms, then the imperial army will pay a greater price for this counter-sweep, and they will lose face even more.

He raised his eyebrows and asked: "Contact the front-line sweeping troops immediately, I want to know their specific battle situation today, the more detailed the better." ”

"Reach out to them now." The deputy chief of staff, who was standing next to him, immediately moved.

As soon as he walked to the door, he saw a communications staff officer running over and reporting from afar.

"Sir, the telegram from the sweeping troops in the direction of Laiyuan has arrived......"

The deputy chief of staff glanced at the contents of the telegram and hurriedly returned to the war room, found the army commander and reported very seriously: "Your Excellency, this is the report that the East Road Sweeping Force has just sent back. ”

"The battle is much worse than yesterday."

"In the face of our frantic attack, the Eighth Route Army was unprepared yesterday and was obviously taken by surprise, and both sides paid a huge price."

"Because of the huge disparity in strength between the enemy and us, even if the casualty ratio of the two sides reaches 1 to 1, we will win in the end."

"Go on, we can take out at least three thousand Eighth Route Army in three days."

"The garrison regiment is less than 10,000 people in total, minus the ones that were killed by us before, and then minus these 3,000 people, it is almost gone."

"Even if we don't drive them into the deep mountains and old forests, the remaining remnants of the army can't control such a large base area, and it will take at least more than a year to recover their strength."

"This is still the time it will take for the Imperial Army not to continue harassing them."

"If the imperial army garrisons heavy troops in their base area and further compresses their living space, the garrison regiment will not be able to recover for two years."

"The garrison seems to see our conspiracy, and today's style of play has obviously changed."

"Last night, all the people in the surrounding area were evacuated, and a large number of mines were planted on the roads around the station."

"The main force was not as passive as yesterday in the face of the imperial army's surprise attack, but took the initiative to attack."

"The massive use of movement warfare and ambush warfare is a drain on our forces."

"This is the battle damage just counted by the East Road Sweeping Force."

"Today, the imperial army lost more than 300 people, and the imperial army lost two companies, and the result did not exceed 200 people, and it was what they expected."

"Every exchange of fire with the Eighth Route Army was provoked by them and retreated."

"After fighting all day, I didn't see a single corpse of the Eighth Route Army."

The bad premonition on the army commander's face became stronger and stronger, and he asked anxiously: "What about the sweeping troops in the two directions of China and the West?" ”

"Their telegram hasn't arrived yet, and the lowly post has already been urged!" The deputy chief of staff hastened to answer.

As soon as he finished speaking, hurried footsteps sounded at the door.

The communications staff officer walked in and began to report: "Sir, the report telegram from the sweeping troops on the Chinese and Western roads has also arrived. ”

The deputy chief of staff took the telegram and glanced at ten lines.

The more he looked at his face, the more solemn he became, and he lowered his head and reported: "Your Excellency, your lord, their situation is exactly the same as that of the East Road Sweeping Force. ”

"The Eighth Route Army encountered today is like a change of troops, completely grasping the initiative on the battlefield, and causing huge casualties to our troops."

"The enemy changes, I change!"

Hearing this, the commander did not talk nonsense and made a decision immediately.

"Give the order to the front line now: start withdrawing the troops at dawn, and we won't fight."

"I think the garrison not only sees that we are going to take revenge on them, but also intends to take advantage of our vindictive spirit to consume a lot of our troops."

"What worries me the most is the Eighth Route Army attacking the logistics base, they have disappeared for three days, and they are likely to lurk in a corner of the battlefield, waiting for our sweeping troops to launch a deadly attack after revealing their flaws, severely injuring or even completely annihilating the sweeping troops all the way."

"We can't give them that chance."

"Withdraw before they show up."

The deputy chief of staff thought so deeply and immediately replied: "Your Excellency the commander is wise, and he will give orders now." ”

The commander thought for a moment and added: "By the way, send a telegram to the aviation as well." ”

"In addition to continuing to send planes to cover the sweeping troops, all the remaining planes of the aviation force were dispatched to conduct low-altitude reconnaissance on the battlefield and find the disappeared Eighth Route Army.