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"Battalion commander, according to the current marching speed, you will definitely not be able to catch up with the hiding point before dawn!" The instructor frowned and reminded, looking anxious.

Yuan Qingfeng's expression was unfazed, as if he hadn't heard the instructor's worries.

It took a long time before he replied, "I know I can't make it!" ”

"Then do you want to send out scouts and choose a new hiding spot temporarily." The instructor immediately presented his own ideas.

"We have heavy artillery with us, we can only take the road, the target is too big! Once exposed, the little devil plane will definitely pounce on us like hungry wolves and destroy us. ”

"The mission remains the same, the troops continue to move forward!" Yuan Qingfeng replied in surprise.

The instructor was in a hurry.

In his eyes, the twelve heavy artillery pieces of the heavy artillery battalion are his lifeblood, no, more important than his life.

It doesn't matter if you die, there must be no accidents with heavy artillery.

Just as he was about to continue to speak, he was going to say that the battalion commander would change his plan of action to avoid exposing the heavy artillery to enemy planes, but Yuan Qingfeng did not give him a chance to speak.

"Instructor, in addition to transferring the station, we have two more missions tonight."

"He's involved in a military operation, and the entire artillery battalion doesn't know about it except me."

"What task?"

The worry on the instructor's face did not relax, and he immediately asked, fearing that the heavy artillery battalion would have an accident.

Yuan Qingfeng no longer concealed it: "Cooperate with the newly established air defense battalion of the garrison regiment to fight an ambush by devil planes, and by the way, practice heavy artillery air defense." ”

"In the previous air defense drills, we all practiced on our own. This time it's different, we're going to really face the devil plane. ”

"How well you usually practice, whether you can stand the test of actual combat, it depends on how many hours you enter."

The worry on the instructor's face became even stronger: "Battalion commander, you mean, these heavy artillery pieces will definitely be exposed in front of the little devil planes." ”

"Of course it has to be exposed." Yuan Qingfeng affirmed.

"The task of the heavy artillery battalion is to create fighters for the air defense battalion."

"If the little devils don't see the heavy artillery, their planes won't come over, and the ambush of the air defense battalion won't be able to fight."

"It's too dangerous!" The instructor was in a hurry.

"What if the transfer is not timely during the battle and the artillery is blown up?"

"We have twelve heavy guns, and if we blow up one, we will have one less."

Yuan Qingfeng's calm face finally had a trace of fluctuation.

Like the instructor, those heavy cannons are also in his heart, and destroying one is enough to hurt his heart for a long time.

If a mission could lead to the destruction of the heavy artillery in his hand, he would definitely be the first to be unwilling.

But the order of the regimental headquarters had to be carried out.

After hesitating for a long time, Yuan Qingfeng decided to believe in the heavy artillery battalion, the soldiers under his command, and their air defense drills for nearly two months.

And replied firmly: "Carry out the order!" ”

"Inform the battalion and company commanders to be ready for air defense evacuation at any time."

"The concealment nets to protect the artillery, the retreat routes, must be prepared in advance."

"The most important one, in the face of the devil plane, you must not mess up."

"The troops are in chaos, and no matter how well they train in peacetime, they can't play on the battlefield."

"As long as the troops are not chaotic and maintain the level of our usual air defense drills, we will definitely be able to conceal ourselves before the devil plane comes over us."

The gloom on the instructor's face did not disappear, and in the face of the order, he was silent for a long time before he spoke: "I'll go and give the order now, and then keep an eye on it myself, hoping that there will be no accidents in the middle." ”

Taiyuan Japanese Army Military Headquarters.

The separate mixed brigade returned defeated, and also lost a heavy artillery brigade.

As the planner and executor of the entire sweep, Nakata Yamaro took most of the responsibility, not only losing the position of brigade commander, but also being sent back to the country to be refrigerated and transferred to the reserve.

Unless a great opportunity arises, Nakata Shanlang has no chance of turning over.

As Nakatayama's direct superior, the army commander also assumed some joint and several responsibilities.

Although the position of the commander was kept, the above had already given himself an ultimatum.

Within half a year, if you can't win a big battle that you can take out, you don't need an order from your superiors, and you can take the initiative to leave your job and let Xian go.

If you want to win a war, you must have troops.

But Nakata Yama Lang's losses when fighting the garrison regiment were too great.

Although the Independent Mixed Brigade left nearly half of its troops, the garrison unit that cooperated with the operation of the Independent Mixed Brigade, the Imperial Allied Army, suffered almost all casualties.

For Nakata Yama Lang, the life and death of those troops have nothing to do with him, after all, they are not his direct troops.

After this battle, as soon as they left with their direct troops, they had nothing to do with themselves

But the commander is different.

As the supreme commander of this garrison, whether it is the main force or the local garrison, he is his subordinate and undertakes the defense of a certain area.

More than half of any one force is likely to cause a hole in the defenses of a certain zone.

After the failure of the sweep of the garrison, Nakata Yamaro patted his ass and returned home, but he left a lot of holes for himself.

Many places were completely lost in the sweep and had no troops available, and they were completely exposed to the Eighth Route Army.

In order to plug these loopholes and prevent the Eighth Route Army from taking the opportunity to counterattack.

The army commander thought of only one way, shrink the defense, be a turtle with a shrunken head, and try to avoid fighting with the Eighth Route Army.

Take advantage of this time to recuperate, replenish the troops with new recruits and equipment, and restore strength.

Over the past few months, the defense area under his responsibility has been particularly calm, and except for some skirmishes, there has not been a single battle above the medium level.

What satisfied the commander the most was the current situation of the troops.

After replenishment and training, the garrison that had lost all its losses had returned to half the level before the sweep.

The independent mixed brigades, which had suffered more than half of the casualties, were re-established at full strength, and the lost heavy artillery brigades were re-established with the support of the Front.

In this case, the commander finally had the confidence to start thinking about how to win a big battle and hold his position as the commander.

"Chief of Staff, immediately count all the movements of the Eighth Route Army in the defense area in the past month, I want to see it." The commander looked at the sand table and ordered.

"I need a fighter now to break the stalemate in front of me as the beginning of a great counteroffensive by the Imperial Army."

"This fighter plane is likely to be in the middle of the movement of the Eighth Route Army, and I want to find their defensive loopholes from these movements, and when attacking in the future, one blow will be fatal, and they will not be given a chance to react."

"In addition, the aviation unit should intensify reconnaissance and search of the base areas of the Eighth Route Army."

"If you find that there are troops of the Eighth Route Army who are moving, report it immediately."

"The intelligence department also has to take action to find the specific location of the main force and headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the more the better."

"This time we must achieve a battle merit that can be used, I just thought about it, at least we must eliminate a brigade-sized main force of the Eighth Route Army."