At the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front, the commander rushed to the war room as soon as it was dawn.

The chief of staff knew what the commander was worried about, and hurriedly reported: "Your Excellency, the air force dispatched a total of six bombers to carry out three large-scale bombings of Yi County yesterday, and the intelligence shows that the grain depot in the city and the military columns outside the city were destroyed in the bombing, please rest assured." ”

The gloom on the commander's face was much less.

There is too much food in Yi County, forty or fifty thousand people can eat for a year, if it falls into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, it will definitely be able to make up for their food gap in large quantities, feed tens of thousands of more troops, and the results of the imperial army's blockade of them for so long will also come to naught.

Looking at the chief of staff, he continued to ask: "How is the battle situation in several counties around Yi County?" ”

"The Eighth Route Army hiding in their defense area took the initiative to show its head, such an opportunity is not common, we must seize the opportunity to catch them all."

"These places are too close to Beiping, and they are on the only way for the imperial army to go south, so they must be stabilized and there must be no potential safety hazards."

The chief of staff knows the truth in this, but the battlefield is too far away from here, and he can't reach it.

Shaking his head, he replied, "The specific situation is not clear." ”

"The imperial army in these places only started to counterattack last night, and it must not have ended the battle so quickly, so the headquarters has not received a battle report yet."

"If the commander is in a hurry, the junior can call them to find out about the battle situation."

"No hurry!" The commander shook his head and replied.

"I trust the front-line commanders, they will definitely not let me down, wait a little longer."

At the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, as soon as dawn, the good news that the independent regiment won Laishui County was forwarded all the way here.

After reading the good news, the boss's face was directly happy, he didn't expect that a small-scale sabotage battle launched in order to cover the garrison could have such an unexpected gain, it was too unexpected.

It is certain that after taking Laishui County, even if the independent regiment takes the initiative to give up a few days later, it will be impossible for the little devils to stop their thriving development momentum.

After a period of time, the independent regiment will definitely be able to open up a large number of base areas outside the mountains, and the troops will be able to develop into a well-known main force.

Seeing that the smile on the boss's face was getting stronger and stronger, the chief of staff continued: "Not only the independent regiment, but also several independent battalions and guerrilla brigades around have achieved great results. ”

"The garrison regiment occupying Yi County was not willing to be lonely, leaving one-third of its troops to continue to blockade Yi County, and other troops fought in squads and platoons to fight in enemy-occupied areas."

"Last night alone, the troops participating in the war killed more than 3,000 puppet troops and recovered a large number of villages and towns occupied by devils."

"The troops who used to be able to hide in the mountains and fight guerrillas with devils are now all out of the mountains."

"I suggest that these units seize the fighter planes, continue to expand their achievements, strive to control a base area outside the city, and develop independent battalions into independent regiments, guerrilla brigades into independent battalions, and ordinary guerrillas into guerrilla brigades."

Seeing that the boss showed an expression of approval, the chief of staff continued to analyze.

"There's another benefit to expanding the gains even further."

"The harder they beat the devils, the greater the casualties of the devils, and when the time comes, they will not have the troops to retaliate."

"When they regain their strength, or send reinforcements from other places, our troops have already taken root outside the mountains, and it will definitely be more difficult to drive them back to the mountains than to ascend to the sky."

The more the boss listened, the more excited he became, and replied without hesitation: "This result must be expanded." ”

"Chief of Staff, you just missed a point."

"Yi County and Laishui are all under the nose of the North China Front Army Headquarters, and they are also the only way for the devil to go south from Beiping."

"If I were the commander of the devils, I would know that after the independent regiment defeated Laishui, it would definitely send heavy troops from other places to kill it, recapture the county seat, and let these places stabilize again."

"There are so many devils in North China, and if they want to counterattack and recapture Yixian and Laishui, the Japanese army can only tear down the east wall and make up the west wall."

The chief of staff reacted immediately and shouted excitedly: "Boss, I understand what you mean, the Japanese army can only transfer troops from around other base areas. ”

"With fewer devils around these base areas, they can take the opportunity to launch a counteroffensive to break the Japanese blockade of us, and finally form a chain reaction to break the stalemate between the enemy and us in North China."

"This is definitely a great thing that leads to the whole body, you give the order!"

The boss looked at the map, his face returned to seriousness a little bit, and then said.

"Chief of Staff, you will record: The front-line participating troops continue to strengthen their offensive, mainly to kill and injure a large number of Japanese puppet troops to expand the results of the battle."

"Especially the independent regiment, didn't they take Laishui County? You can use the county town to make a fuss and give the devils a siege point to help. ”

"There are also garrison regiments, which continue to replenish weapons and ammunition for front-line combat units while speeding up the speed of grain transportation."

"After the completion of the transportation task, the garrison regiment will not return to the base area for the time being, and will turn around to reinforce the front-line participating troops and expand the results of the battle until the Japanese army transfers troops from other base areas to reinforce the battlefield."

Wang Hong, the former enemy headquarters of the Yixian Independent Regiment, was very happy.

After two nights of rush transportation, half of the grain and supplies captured by the troops in Yi County have been safely returned to the base area.

The first convoy to depart loaded six hours earlier and began the second transport.

According to this progress, by the night after tomorrow at the latest, the transport team will be able to move Yixian County to the point where there is not a single nail left.

Just as Wang Hong was about to report the good news to Li Hao, the communications platoon commander suddenly barged in with a serious face.

"The head of the regiment, the commissar, the headquarters encrypted telegram."

In the garrison regiment, only the regiment commander, the political commissar, the chief of staff, and the deputy regiment commander are qualified to translate and review the secret telegram, and the code book has always been on the political commissar.

Wang Hong took the telegram and began to translate.

It didn't take long for his face to become serious, put away the code book, and said while handing the translated message to Li Hao.

"Commander, there seems to be a big move at the headquarters."

"Let us temporarily stay with the main force after transporting the supplies and cooperate with the surrounding friendly troops to fight the Japanese puppet army."

There are many contents of the secret message, and the political commissar only briefly introduces it.

But Li Hao's brows were still furrowed, and he took the telegram and read it twice in a row before putting it down: "I agree with your judgment, there must be a big move at the headquarters." ”

Then he stared at Wang Hong and asked, "Political commissar, I'll give you two more nights, can you transport all the food and materials in Yi County back to the base area?" ”

"It can be done!" Wang Hong replied confidently.

Li Hao took a long breath and said, "Great." ”

"When the grain and transport teams return safely to the base area, the main force will have no worries and will fight the devils as much as they want."

"But until then, we have to be prepared."

"If I'm not mistaken, the last transport team to set off from Yi County is still parked near the blockade line, and it will only leave after dark tonight to rush back to Yi County for the second transport."

"There's a convoy there, five hundred carts." Wang Hong blurted out.

Li Hao nodded and continued: "It's a big loss to return to Yi County with an empty car. ”

"Immediately send a telegram to Deputy Regiment Commander Luo, and now organize people to send 30 flying thunder cannons and 600 special explosives packages for flying thunder cannons to the transport team, so that they can bring them with them when they return to Yixian."

"Since you want to fight devils, heavy weapons must be indispensable."

"We have limited time, and the heavy artillery will definitely not be able to catch up, so let's use the flying thunder cannon top."

"In addition, continue to organize mule and horse teams to deliver weapons and ammunition to nearby friendly and neighboring troops, and don't be reluctant to send as much as you can."

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