"Then we won't fight, and watch the little devils burn our base all the way!" Sun Jiawu asked anxiously.

Li Hao shook his head and replied: "The fight must be beaten, but it must be done in a different way!" ”

"First of all" from now on " the troops can no longer be concentrated, they must be dispersed, and the size of each combat unit cannot exceed one infantry squad! ”

"The power of aerial bombs has just been seen by everyone, far beyond our imagination."

"If a bomb explodes nearby, it can reimburse us for a platoon, or even a company!"

"Only by spreading the troops as far as possible can we minimize the threat posed to us by the devil planes!"

Sun Jiawu and Zhao Wen were both unwilling, but the casualties of the troops were there, and they couldn't refuse.

In the end, he could only be like Li Hao, with a helpless face to carry out the order.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese puppet army finally arrived at the fifth village that was swept today.

The four villages in front have been set on fire by the troops, and it is not surprising that the village in front of us will also be burned to the ground early tomorrow morning.

But now this village is still useful, and for the time being, it can still block the wind for the troops.

"The troops will camp here tonight, and tomorrow our battle plan will remain unchanged, continue to sweep village by village, and then set fire to them, and force the main force of the independent battalion out to fight a decisive battle with us!" Watanabe stepped out of the armored car and ordered.

"Hey!"

The adjutant complimented with a flattering face.

"Since you came to the plane, sir, the troops have not been attacked by a large force of the Eighth Route Army."

"Although there are sporadic sneak attacks, most of them are the Imperial Army, and the casualties of the Imperial Army are very small!"

"Humble judgment, as long as we burn ten more villages tomorrow, thousands of people in the so-called base area of the independent battalion will be homeless, and their people's will and morale here will also undergo a huge test.

"And as long as the independent battalion is forced out, we will win this sweep!"

"Sir, this trick you used to deal with the independent battalion was even more powerful than the humble position expected, and it hit the root of the independent battalion at once, forcing them to the road of Jue!"

From the moment the plane came to the battlefield, Watanabe was in a very good mood, but he did not lose his mind and answered calmly.

"We did punch the independent battalion in the soft underbelly, but we still can't underestimate the enemy!"

"Along the way, many of our officers suffered heavy casualties because of the light enemy!"

"I'm sure that the current independent battalion must be in a very anxious situation and is doing everything possible to keep us here and not let us continue the sweep tomorrow!"

"So your reminder just made me realize that tonight is sure to be a sleepless night!"

The adjutant reacted quickly, stared at Watanabe and asked, "Sir, you mean that the independent battalion may attack us at night tonight!" ”

"It's not possible, it's certain!" Watanabe judged!

"We don't have aircraft support at night, and it's difficult to give full play to the heavy firepower, and it's very suitable for the Eighth Route Army to hide at night, so they won't let go of such a good opportunity to sneak attack us!"

"When the camp is set up in a while, all the guard posts should be light and dark, and the warning range should be expanded to two kilometers around the station!"

"Patrol troops, mobile troops, all have to be arranged!"

"Artillery and heavy machine-gun units should also be assigned to be on duty!"

"Be fully prepared to meet the Eighth Route Army that came to attack us tonight, and strive to make them have no return!"

A few kilometers away, the independent battalion was stationed, except for a few light and dark sentries who were still staring at the surroundings with big eyes, guarding against enemy invasion, most of the soldiers leaned against each other, rifles in their arms, and warmed each other to rest.

There was only one tent in the whole station, and it was very small, but it was so tightly covered that there was not a single light to let it out.

Battalion commander Li Hao stood next to the table made of several ammunition boxes, looking at the map above with the help of a horse lantern, his face was very solemn.

Commando Captain Xiao Yuan, reconnaissance platoon commander Chen Wei, guard company commander Sun Jiawu, and reconnaissance company commander Zhao Wen all stood by and said nothing.

The faces of these people, without exception, were all very ugly.

I don't know how long it took for Li Hao to finally speak.

Staring at Sun Jiawu, he asked rhetorically, "Your statistics are sure that they are not wrong!" Today, in one day, more than 500 houses have been burned down by the Japanese puppet army! ”

Sun Jiawu shook his head and replied: "This is not counting the village that the devil is occupying now!" ”

"I'm sure they'll burn it down tomorrow when they're gone. Together with them, there are 650 rooms, and almost 3,000 people are homeless. ”

Li Hao gasped and replied: "More than 600 houses, if all the economic compensation is made, 10,000 oceans may not be enough!" ”

"Even if our troops contribute money to help the people rebuild these houses, it will require at least 5,000 yuan to buy materials, and it will also require a lot of manpower and time!"

"Winter is coming soon, and the villagers must not be homeless, otherwise they will definitely freeze to death!"

"If the devil continues to burn all the way tomorrow, even if our independent battalion takes out all the money, it will not be enough to compensate the villagers!"

"And once the compensation cannot be cashed in, the people are homeless, and some people freeze to death and frostbite because of this, then the people's and military morale that our independent battalion has built up with great difficulty in the base area will definitely be completely consumed!"

"To go further, without the support of the common people, our independent battalion will definitely not survive in Lingqiu!"

"Even if the army doesn't do it well, it will collapse!"

"Now that most of the soldiers of the independent battalion are locals, if they lose the hearts of the people and the army, they will not support us like they do now, and it is possible for those soldiers to be deserters, and the independent battalion will be completely finished!"

"The little devil's move is ruthless enough, punching us in the soft underbelly and forcing us to a dead end step by step!"

Sun Jiawu couldn't help but shout: "Battalion commander, we can't sit still, it's a big deal to fight with the little devil!" ”

"The hearts of the people and the army must not be lost, the troops are exhausted, as long as there is the will of the people and the army, and the people continue to support us, it will not take long for the lost troops to be reorganized!"

"You can't fight hard!" Xiao Yuan interrupted.

As the previous company commander of the guard company and Sun Jiawu's former top boss, Xiao Yuan didn't say anything politely.

Frowning and analyzing: "Old Sun, you think too simply! ”

"With the current strength of the Japanese puppet army, we are definitely not an opponent in a hard fight, and the independent battalion has suffered heavy casualties, this is for sure!"

"It would be best if our independent battalion could inflict heavy damage on the devils and force the devils to withdraw at the cost of their own heavy casualties, but this possibility is very small!"

"There is another situation, our independent battalion is exhausted, but the strength of the Japanese puppet army is thrown in!"

"At that time, without the protection of the troops, the army and people in the base area will be completely exposed to the iron hooves of the Japanese puppet army, and with the means of the Japanese puppet army, the morale of the army and the people will still be lost, and then we will not even have a chance to turn the tables."

Xiao Yuan's answer was reasonable, Sun Jiawu couldn't think of any reason to refute, so he could only shout in a hurry.

"Then what should I do, I can't really sit here and wait for death!"

"Before you have absolute strength, you must not go out and fight with the devil!" Xiao Yuan replied with a serious face.

"I judge that one of the most important purposes of the devils setting fire to one village after another is to force us out and fight them in a decisive battle!"

"So that they can rely on the superiority in firepower and the superiority in troops, and use the positional warfare they are good at to kill us!"

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