The chief of staff did not receive the order immediately, and looked at the army commander with an embarrassed face and reminded: "There are more than three hours left in the next morning, and it is impossible to gather 5,000 people in such a short time even if you work hard." ”

"After the failure of the last raid on the arsenal of the garrison regiment, in addition to misjudging the strength of the garrison regiment, the military department also changed the combat method against the garrison regiment based on this judgment."

"The mobile troops that the Shanxi garrison can mobilize are all sweeping away the other Eighth Route Army near the garrison."

"The 5,000-strong army can only be drawn from among these sweeping forces."

"Now give them an order that the troops will have to leave the battlefield for at least a day and a night and assemble near the blockade line to stand by."

"If you want to attack, you have to wait until tomorrow morning at the earliest, and you have to attack in two parts."

"Gather 2,000 men to attack first, and then gather the remaining 3,000 men to attack the next morning."

The commander greatly regretted this decision, but there was no way to undo it.

When the troops are fighting on the front line, whether they retreat or assemble, they must have a perfect battle plan, otherwise they are likely to be drilled by other Eighth Route Armies, and it will be a big loss.

After thinking for half a minute, I had to agree: "Just do as you say." ”

"Two thousand men will be dispatched tomorrow morning, and three thousand will be dispatched the morning after tomorrow."

"But today we can't be idle during the day and night, order the intelligence department to mobilize all the intelligence forces in the territory of the garrison regiment, I want to know the real situation in the garrison regiment base now, the more detailed the better."

After cleaning up the battlefield, Li Hao moved his headquarters from Chentouling to a small mountain village less than five kilometers east of Datong City.

Inside the headquarters, none of the operational staff officers, guards, and communications officers were idle.

Some people hang maps, some people assemble simple sand tables, and some people organize documents......

Zhou Liang commanded the radio communication team to set up a radio station in a corner of the room when he came in, and as soon as the phone was turned on, the red light that received the signal began to flash.

Ten minutes later, Zhou Liang ran over with a happy face: "Regiment commander, chief of staff, and battalion commander Zhao of the Laiyuan Independent Battalion are in an emergency." ”

"The Japanese puppet army of at least four strongholds in the south of the city suddenly assembled, and after abandoning the strongholds, they hurriedly marched back to help Datong City."

"What was the result, did you stop it?" Hong Linfeng asked anxiously.

Zhou Liang reported while handing over the telegram: "They have all stopped, and more than 600 Japanese puppet troops have been eliminated." also sent reinforcements to the stronghold of Wufeng Town, and killed nearly 400 puppet troops. ”

Hong Linfeng smiled, and after reading the telegram very seriously, he exclaimed excitedly: "Regiment leader, this kid Zhao Wen is too powerful, he killed more than a thousand puppet soldiers in one night." ”

"The total number of Japanese puppet troops in the south of the city is only 1,500 people, and he killed two-thirds of them in one night, and the speed of destroying the enemy is not ordinarily fast!"

Unexpectedly, Li Hao did not show a smile on his face.

After taking the telegram and reading it carefully, his expression became serious, and he looked at Hong Linfeng and analyzed: "Chief of Staff, the devil has already guessed our target, and is transferring troops from outside the city to strengthen the strength of the Datong garrison. ”

"Fortunately, we sent out three independent battalions last night, otherwise they would have been able to transfer at least two thousand men into the city tonight, and our efforts tonight would have been in vain."

"Now that the Japanese army has become vigilant, then the speed of our attack must be accelerated."

"Send a telegram to Zhao Wen: There are still three hours before dawn, and the troops will make persistent efforts to eliminate all the remaining Japanese puppet troops in the south of the city before noon today."

Hong Linfeng reminded with a worried face: "Won't this be too urgent." ”

"Although there are not many Japanese puppet troops left in the south of the city, they are all hiding in strongholds and turrets, and they are very scattered."

"There are definitely three hours left at night to end the battle, if you want to annihilate them all, you have to fight during the day, it's too dangerous."

Li Hao shook his head and explained: "Chief of Staff, it's not that I want to embarrass Zhao Wen. ”

"In addition to him, this order will be sent to the Guangling Independent Battalion and the Datong Independent Battalion together."

"The Japanese army in Datong City has become vigilant, and the devils in Taiyuan must also know it."

"Do you think the Japanese will let go of this good opportunity to raid our base area?"

"Time is not waiting for me, sweep away all the Japanese puppet troops outside the city before noon today, and start attacking the city after dark, without giving the devil any respite."

"As for the question of time, tell the three battalion commanders that in normal times, we usually fight persimmons and pinch them."

"This time we're the other way around."

"Before dawn, take down the medium and large strongholds outside the city, and then go to hit the small and medium-sized strongholds after dawn."

"I also have to send a telegram to the political commissar and ask him to prepare for the counter-sweep."

"The devil reacted faster than I expected, but don't worry too much."

"As long as the three independent battalions complete their tasks, I am confident that they will enter Datong in one night today."

"After entering the city, we don't need so many troops, and we can draw a lot of people back to the base area."

"As long as he holds out until the morning after tomorrow, there will be reinforcements to fight back and relieve the siege."

Hong Linfeng's face became more and more serious.

He only saw that the troops were progressing smoothly and eliminated a large number of Japanese puppet troops, and he didn't think so much.

Now after listening to Li Hao's explanation, he immediately understood: "Regiment leader, according to your plan, the next thing is to compete with the devil for time." ”

"Whoever is one step faster will be able to win the other party."

"I'm going to send them a telegram now, and by the way, I'll send them your analysis just now, so that they can understand the current situation of the garrison."

Li Hao did not refuse: "It's good to let them know, after all, they are all veterans who are in charge of themselves." ”

"You go and give the order, I send a telegram to the headquarters, asking for reinforcements."

"In such a big military operation as Datong, the headquarters will definitely participate."

"If the northwest base area can send two main regiments to reinforce us, I am ten percent sure that I will enter Datong City tonight."

"When the time comes, the remnants of the enemy will be destroyed, and the task of occupying Datong will be handed over to them, and the main force of the regiment will return to the base area."

At the Northwest Base Command of Jinxi, because of a telegram, the room that was quiet just now immediately became lively.

Commander, commissar, chief of staff...... All gathered here, as if they were going to hold a military meeting.

"Commander, the headquarters is in an emergency." Report of the Chief of Staff.

"The garrison regiment is preparing to attack Datong City tomorrow night, and we are asked to send troops to cooperate!"

"Li Hao again?" The commander immediately became interested.

Seeing that the chief of staff nodded, he seemed to think of something, and looked at the political commissar next to him to analyze: "The last time we attacked Datong City, it was this garrison regiment that initiated, and we only dispatched one regiment to cooperate, and they captured Datong, and among the seizures distributed to us, two or three main regiments were formed with equipment alone, as well as a large amount of equipment and food. ”

"I didn't expect them to set their sights on Datong again."

"It's just that there is no heavy artillery, otherwise I would like to attack Datong once."

After speaking, he looked at the chief of staff and asked: "How is the battle going, does Li Hao have the confidence to take it." ”

"** Not far from ten!" The chief of staff thought for a moment and replied

"The headquarters forwarded the battle situation there, they sent reinforcements through the encirclement, wiped out more than 4,000 garrisons outside the city, cleared the little devils outside the city last night, and attacked the city tonight."

"There are less than 4,000 puppet troops in the city, the puppet army accounts for more than half, and the garrison regiment has heavy artillery, so there must be no problem."

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