The army commander walked into the war room with a solemn face, and the chief of staff followed closely behind him, his face was also very ugly!

Apparently on the way here, he had already listened to the report of the chief of staff and was angry.

Once you enter the war room, go to the sand table!

At this time, two more small flags representing the strongholds of the imperial army on the sand table were pulled out, and three more strongholds were attacked and were in bloody battles.

After reading the sand table, the army commander's face became even more ugly, and he asked in a deep voice: "Do you have any statistics on how many troops our opponent has dispatched?" ”

"Hey!" The staff officer on duty hurriedly stood up and answered!

"Judging from the time and location of the attack on each stronghold, we have been attacked by at least eight troops of the garrison regiment, and each attacking force is equipped with mountain artillery, heavy mortars, flying thunder artillery, and 81 mm caliber mortars equipped with a large number of troops of the imperial army, and the offensive firepower is very powerful!"

"As for the specific troops, four of them have been figured out now!"

"But because of the cover of the night, the battle is too fierce, and the garrisons of each stronghold can't see it very clearly, so we only know a rough idea!"

"According to preliminary judgment, there are at least 400 attacking troops on each road, and they are also equipped with special cavalry units and a large number of mules and horses to transport heavy weapons!"

"What a cunning garrison!" The commander suddenly realized and shouted!

The chief of staff immediately asked, "Sir, do you see anything?" ”

The commander replied with a calm face: "Haven't you seen it yet? ”

"The garrison regiment is using the advantage of firepower and equipment to make up for the shortcomings of the insufficient training of the troops!"

"Although the imperial army defending our strongholds is well-trained, there is not much difference between them and recruits in front of artillery!"

"Losing so many strongholds in such a short time, if I'm not mistaken, those strongholds must have been smashed out by the garrison regiment with shells!"

The chief of staff also reacted at this time, his eyes were fixed on the sand table, and then a trace of worry flashed on his face!

"The strongholds on the blockade line that are being attacked by the garrison are not all dangerous, and they may be taken by the garrison at any time!"

"Except for a few large strongholds equipped with mountain artillery and infantry guns, which can confront the artillery equipped by the Eighth Route Army, other strongholds are equipped with a few mortars at most, and they are all 81 mm caliber, which is definitely not the opponent of the garrison regiment!"

"Sir, it is recommended to contact these strongholds immediately, and while they still have the strength to break through, decisively abandon the strongholds, and retreat to a nearby large stronghold to reduce losses!"

"As long as the troops are saved, we will be able to fight back after dawn!"

"It's like when the garrison regiment attacked the three counties of Laiyuan!"

"If we don't retreat, the garrisons of those strongholds will definitely be broken by the garrison regiments, then our losses will be great!"

"Now that the troops are concentrated in the county seat, whether it is to cooperate with the counteroffensive in the future or to drag the garrison troops now, it can play a great role."

After speaking, the chief of staff stared at the army commander, with a posture of being ready to give orders at any time!

"No way!"

Surprisingly, the commander of such a good suggestion actually refused!

Then without waiting for the chief of staff to speak, he said his reasons: "At this time and that time, the same method can be used last time, but this time it may not be!"

"Last time we were only facing three attacking troops of the garrison regiment, they were not so well equipped, and there were not so many artillery, we only needed to use the three stronghold garrisons as bait to drag them down, so that we could lose the car and protect the commander, buy time for the retreat of the garrisons in other strongholds, and keep most of the troops!" ”

"Now there are at least eight attacking units in the garrison attacking us. There are still a lot of cavalry activities in this area, and as for how many hidden Eighth Route Army there are, none of us know! ”

"Don't forget, the main force of the garrison has now expanded to more than 6,000 people, and they can send eight attacking troops with artillery to attack us at once, or they can send troops to lurk near our strongholds that have not yet been attacked, waiting for us to break through!"

"Compared with the attack, the Eighth Route Army, which is equipped with a large number of heavy weapons, will definitely prefer us to leave the stronghold, and then encircle and annihilate us!"

"Because in the field, they are equipped with heavy mortars, flying thunder cannons, which can give full play to their power!"

"If you look at the sand table again, the eight attacking troops of the garrison regiment are like eight bayonets, straight into our defensive line!"

"After opening a gap in the defensive line, the troops will not stop, and they will not expand the results on the two flanks, and will directly penetrate into the hinterland of our occupied area and attack the next stronghold!"

"Don't you think this style of play is abnormal?"

At least half of the strongholds on the defensive line are still in the hands of the imperial army, and the garrison regiment dares to go deep into our hinterland alone, so they are not afraid that the rear road will be cut off by the remaining garrisons on our defensive line, and then make dumplings for their eight attacking troops? ”

"Really?"

The chief of staff also reacted at this time, pointed to the sand table and replied: "We still have 11 large and small strongholds on the defensive line, if we send troops now, it is indeed possible to block the rear road of the garrison regiment's attacking troops!" ”

"When the time comes, the nearby garrisons will be dispatched together, and they will definitely be able to make dumplings for these attacking troops!"

"The garrison regiment has always been very cautious in its operations, and it will never ignore such a big loophole for us to exploit and put thousands of troops in a desperate situation!"

"So this must be a conspiracy, the garrison deliberately put up this loophole to attract us to be fooled, and then send troops to leave the stronghold, get into the pocket array they have arranged, and wipe out the garrison of our stronghold!"

"If that's the case, we won't lose the car to protect the handsome, but lose the handsome to protect the car!"

Speaking of this, the chief of staff directly showed a happy expression for the rest of his life.

looked at the commander with a complimented face and said, "Commander Yingming, if it weren't for your reminder, I would have been fooled!" ”

"There are eleven strongholds, the imperial army in the garrison ranges from a reinforced squad to a reinforced squadron, there are more than a thousand people in the imperial army, and there are nearly three thousand imperial troops, most of them have just been formed, if all of them are fooled by the garrison regiment and dumplings, then our losses will be great!"

Today's sycophants don't seem to be on the right foot!

The commander's furrowed brows did not stretch, but frowned and replied: "Don't be too happy too early, all this is still my inference!" ”

"Also, even if we avoid this trap prepared by the garrison, it is a fact that their eight attacking forces have entered our hinterland!"

"If they are allowed to continue the attack, with their firepower and strength, we will definitely have more strongholds to be captured!"

"These troops will be killed by then, but a little later."

"That's the biggest problem we're facing!"

A touch of embarrassment flashed on the chief of staff's face, his brows furrowed again, and he hurriedly asked: "Sir, apart from retreating and giving up some small and medium-sized strongholds, I can't think of any other solution!" ”

"Nakata Shanlang's independent mixed brigade has not yet arrived, and our garrison around the garrison regiment is mainly defensive, and there is no extra troops to encircle and suppress them!"

"And there are eight attacking troops sent by the garrison, which is what we have seen! Even if an attacking force only sends two infantry squadrons to encircle and suppress, it will take a whole four brigades! ”

"If the 10,000 Imperial Allied Army we have just formed a combat force, then it is still possible! But as soon as they were established, many soldiers didn't even shoot and couldn't fight at all, so we couldn't even draw out two brigades in this large defense area! ”

"In addition, the equipment of these Eighth Route Army is too good, if there are fewer encirclement and suppression troops, it will definitely be in the mouth of the tiger!"