The more the commander of the division talked, the happier he became, and the chief of staff did not want to interrupt his Yaxing.

But the war mattered, and he interrupted: "There is one more thing! ”

"Since yesterday evening, the sweeping troops operating outside the city have been attacked by the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army one after another, and they have lost nearly 100 people."

"Take matters into your own hands, and order the sweeping troops to retreat and abandon the villages and towns they occupied during the day yesterday."

The smile on the face of the division commander was slowly replaced by seriousness: "The garrison regiment has begun to move."

"Take advantage of the cavalry's mobility to sneak up on us and achieve the goal of exhaustion and depletion." ”

"Chief of Staff, since the troops are ready for battle, let's start attacking, take back the initiative on the battlefield, and let the garrison regiment fight at our pace."

His gaze quickly shifted to the sand table, and he pointed to Lingqiu City and ordered, "Let's attack here directly." ”

"In the words of the Chinese themselves, our next action is called Straight Yellow Dragon."

"According to the intelligence, the headquarters of the garrison regiment is still in Lingqiu City. If we go straight to Lingqiu City and kill their regimental headquarters, we will definitely be able to force the main force of the garrison out to fight a decisive battle with us. ”

Immediately after, the division commander pointed to the mountain behind Lingqiu City and continued to order.

"The intelligence services have also found out that the arsenal we are going to destroy is hidden in these mountains."

"Although we don't know the exact location, as long as we go into the mountains, we will definitely find some clues."

"I have decided that the troops will be divided into two and march in unison, attacking Lingqiu City and the garrison regiment arsenal respectively, so that the rest of their troops will take care of one or the other."

"Zhonggu United: Supplement a heavy artillery brigade, two garrison brigades, a tank squadron, and a regiment of the Imperial Cooperative Army, attack Lingqiu City, chase the garrison regiment to fight, and force the main force of the garrison to show up and fight with us."

"Icheon United, replenish a heavy mortar brigade. Two garrison brigades, one regiment of the Imperial Allied Army, bypassed Lingqiu City and directly killed the garrison regiment arsenal. ”

"The other troops remain in Laiyuan City, and the chief of staff, you are responsible for reorganizing them into a mixed detachment, as a reserve for the whole army, ready to reinforce the battlefield at any time."

The Japanese army did a good job of secrecy, and it was not until the next day that the troops left Laiyuan City and rushed towards Lingqiu in a murderous manner, and the garrison regiment received the news.

The two places were dozens of kilometers apart, and the Japanese army could kill them in less than a day with a rapid march.

And there are too many things that need to be transferred in Lingqiu City.

In addition to the headquarters of the garrison regiment, there were also field hospitals, logistics organs, civilians, and a large number of materials that had not yet had time to be transferred into the mountains.

The military situation was urgent, and Li Hao didn't have time to discuss countermeasures with everyone.

Directly as the head of the regiment, he acted arbitrarily and ordered.

"Political commissar, you command the regimental headquarters to retreat and cover the transfer of the villagers, and the chief of staff and I are responsible for blocking the Japanese attacking troops, buying you time to ensure that the little devils can't enter Lingqiu City before dark."

"Deputy Head Luo assisted the political commissar in transferring supplies."

"If you can't take it away, bury it on the spot."

After speaking, Li Hao picked up his armed belt and binoculars and walked outside the headquarters, followed by Hong Linfeng and the guards.

Li Hao ordered as he walked: "The mobile battalion will set off with me first, and the other troops of you, Chief of Staff, will rush over." ”

"Go directly to Xinmaling to establish a blocking position, the terrain there is good, it is beneficial to us, and it should be able to block the devils for at least two hours."

More than 10,000 troops, plus artillery and tanks to cooperate with the operation, the formation stretched for seven kilometers.

An infantry brigade and a squadron of combat vehicles took the lead, forming a search formation in front of the main forces with a frontage of more than a kilometer, with infantry in front and tanks and armored vehicles behind, like a huge rake, thoroughly combing the 500-meter range on both sides of the road.

Everywhere you go, no matter where you go, as long as there is the slightest movement, a dense rain of bullets will be sent through, ensuring that there is no danger in the search area.

There were forward troops in the lead, and the main forces marched at a particularly fast pace.

When Li Hao hurried to the battlefield with the mobile battalion, the Japanese army had already left Laiyuan City thirteen kilometers away, and there were still twelve kilometers away from Xinmaling, and they could be killed in two hours.

In this case, the main forces of the regiment led by the chief of staff also happened to arrive there and set up blocking positions on the basis that there was no time to build fortifications.

Seeing Chen Wei and Zhou Wu, Li Hao asked anxiously.

"Is it possible to slow down the Japanese army's march by destroying the road, they have heavy artillery, and if the road is not good, they will definitely not be able to walk."

Chen Wei shook his head and replied, "We tried, but no." ”

"The devils are very well prepared, the engineering units carry bulldozers, and the roads that we have worked so hard to destroy, the bulldozers have been repaired after one walk, and they can't be dragged down at all."

"What about guerrilla warfare sneak attacks and harassment?" Li Hao furrowed his brows and continued to ask.

"Not really!" Zhou Wu replied.

"The Japanese army is very vigilant, and after the search of the forward troops is completed, a group of guard posts will be left on both sides of the road every two hundred meters, equipped with a machine gun, to prevent us from sneak attack."

"There are also planes, which are always on patrol and alert above our heads, and as soon as there are troops exposed, and they are concentrated, they immediately pounce and fire with aviation machine guns.

Li Hao's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and he made a decision with a long breath: "Since there is no way to calculate, then you can only fight hard." ”

"There is a hilltop high ground five kilometers ahead, right next to the road, and the mobile battalion goes over in a company, occupies there, and defends ...... Half an hour ......"

The last few words were said by Li Hao through gritted teeth.

Time is limited, and there is definitely no time to repair fortifications in a row, and only the terrain advantage can be used.

The little devil who has a nearly 100-fold advantage in strength has to block for half an hour, which is not much different from sending him to death.

Li Hao could imagine that in less than half an hour, the first company would be wiped out under the combined attack of Japanese infantry, tanks, artillery, and aircraft.

So this order is, to a certain extent, to send a company to death.

But Li Hao had no choice.

For the sake of the overall situation, for the sake of the garrison headquarters and the people who are being transferred in Lingqiu City, what should be sacrificed must be sacrificed.

The first company commander must have thought of this, and his face changed at that time, knowing that this was a mortal mission.

But soon calmed down.

As a cadre of the Eighth Route Army from the old Red Army and a qualified soldier, he has long put life and death out of the way.

So in the face of the arrival of this moment, it was only after a short period of tension that calm was restored.

Taking a deep breath, he replied: "Don't worry, the regiment commander, within half an hour, unless all the companies are dead, a little devil will never be allowed to cross the high ground." ”

Li Hao patted the shoulder of the company commander: "You must evacuate the position alive." ”

The commander of the first company nodded, and then rushed to the position where the troops were.

After the other party's figure disappeared completely, Li Hao looked at Zhou Wu and continued to order: "The cavalry battalion and the reconnaissance company can't stay on the sidelines to watch the play, and they must give full play to your mobile advantages." ”

"The raid of the main force of the little devil does not achieve the raid on their guard post, the two troops cooperate with each other, and if they can kill one more devil, they will kill one more."

"You can also raid the troops behind the Little Devil Palace......"

"In a word, do everything you can to kill and injure the little devil's vitality."

"The remaining troops of the mobile battalion are under my command, go behind the first company to find favorable terrain, establish a defensive line, block the little devils step by step, and buy time for the chief of staff."

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