Attacking the enemy's strength with one's own shortcomings is sending to death, not fighting.

As the regiment commander, Li Haojue did not allow this kind of thing to happen to his troops.

But if the Japanese army continues to repeat its old tricks and takes the common people as hostages, even if these ordinary people are not supporters of the Eighth Route Army, they will have to save themselves.

Because he is a soldier, the duty of a soldier is to defend his family and country, and to protect the common people from the threat of war.

As long as you are still wearing this military uniform, even if you know that saving people will cost your life, you have to go on it.

Li Hao was in trouble.

I can't save people, I can't save people, I wrinkle my brows, rack my brains, and try to find a way to get the best of both worlds.

Soon, a bold idea popped up in Li Hao's mind.

This idea is very risky, but it is indeed the only way that Li Hao can think of in his head.

Compared with the devil, he was wiped out in the end, and this idea in his mind still has the possibility of winning.

So Li Hao decided to fight it.

"Comrades, we have won this battle strategically, and the two strategic goals have been accomplished. But tactically we lost. ”

"The comrades who died on the battlefield and the weapons and ammunition lost are the best proof."

"I have a hunch that the Japanese army, which has taken advantage, will definitely repeat its old tricks in the future, and continue to consume us by the same means until they destroy us all."

The already ugly face of the seventh company commander was even more unsightly at this time.

Although the battle was over, the company commander was afraid for a while when he thought of the battle just now.

It's too dangerous, if the regiment commander comes ten minutes late, he won't be able to get out, and the Seventh Company will be finished.

So when he heard the regiment commander say that the devil would repeat his old tricks, the expression of the commander of the seventh company changed instantly.

Immediately asked: "Commander, what should we do then?" ”

"It's only been one operation, and the troops are about to be defeated, if the devil comes again, the seventh company will definitely be finished."

Li Hao replied with a serious face: "The devil has one purpose for taking the people as hostages, and he is better than us." ”

"Since this is the case, then we will take the initiative to go out and operate under their noses as they wish, so that there is no point in them arresting the common people."

"The whole plan is divided into two steps: In the first step, the main forces operating in the guerrilla areas, the local troops, the supplementary troops, and the local guerrillas will no longer be able to fight as they did yesterday.

"We must change our style of fighting, no matter whether we can take advantage of it or not, whether the terrain is favorable to us or not, we must take the initiative to attack, use movement warfare, guerrilla warfare, drag down the Japanese puppet army that has entered the guerrilla zone, fight around them, make them feel that we are by their side, stare at them to death, and do not give them the opportunity to divide troops to arrest the common people."

"The casualties of the troops in this way will definitely be large, but compared to tonight's battle, it will definitely be much smaller."

"The second step is to end the battle as soon as possible, force the devils to withdraw their troops and withdraw from the guerrilla zone."

"If you want to complete this step, the chief of staff is the key."

"I believe that the chief of staff will definitely seize the opportunity and create a miracle."

"What we need to do is to do a good job of the first step, starting tomorrow, no matter day or night, all the troops will take action, take the initiative to attack, use guerrilla warfare and movement warfare, and continuously attack the Japanese puppet army, and they will be tired of coping with it, and they will not have the energy and strength to arrest people."

At the headquarters of the Japanese Army's Independent Mixed Brigade, Major General Nakatayama Lang was woken up by his subordinates in his sleep.

As soon as he walked into the war room, the chief of staff hurriedly reported: "General, good news. ”

"Command has just received three good news."

"The attacking troops used the guerrilla activity area of the Eighth Route Army to evacuate the people as hostages and forced the Eighth Route Army to fight a decisive battle with us."

"The three units have achieved considerable results, and the second infantry brigade has achieved the greatest results, destroying more than 700 Eighth Route Army during the day and night, and there are more than 600 corpses of the Eighth Route Army left on the battlefield alone, and the results are remarkable."

"The other two attacking forces have achieved the results of destroying more than 400 enemies and more than 300 enemies respectively."

"If you add the sporadic results achieved by other attacking forces along the way, we have already killed at least 2,000 Eighth Route Army in this area so far."

"What about casualties? The casualties of the troops are not large! Nakata Yama Lang's face was overjoyed, and he immediately asked.

Then he stared at the Chief of Staff with bright eyes, and his face was full of expectation.

If the troops themselves suffer small casualties, then this thing is perfect.

The chief of staff hurriedly replied: "Although the casualties are a bit large, they are still within our control." ”

"The main force of the brigade lost a total of 498 people."

"The local garrison lost 358 people to the Imperial Army and 768 to the Imperial Army."

"In terms of the proportion of casualties, we have taken a big advantage, after all, the Imperial Allied Army accounted for nearly half of all losses."

Nakata Yamaro smiled.

In his eyes, the lives of ten imperial armies are not worth one imperial army, and no matter how much he dies, he will not be heartbroken.

Therefore, it seems that he has suffered more than 1,600 casualties, but only more than 800 of them are the imperial army that really hurts his heart, and the casualties directly belonging to his subordinates are even smaller, less than 500.

At such a rate of attrition, the mixed brigade would only need to pay more than 2,000 casualties to completely annihilate the independent mixed brigade.

Such losses are absolutely within the scope of their own tolerance.

More importantly, the troops found a way to deal with the garrison regiment and seized the weakness of the garrison regiment.

Thinking of this, the smile on Nakatayama Lang's face immediately became thicker and thicker.

"Chief of Staff, immediately sum up the battle process of the three-way offensive troops, and then inform all the attacking troops on the front line, I want the whole army to popularize this method of fighting and wipe out all the Eighth Route Army operating in this area."

"At the same time, order the garrisons of the blockade line and all the strongholds of the Eighth Route Army base area, and take the initiative to attack after dawn."

"The main force of the garrison regiment has been dragged by us in this area, and the rear troops are empty, which is an excellent opportunity for them to show their might and completely destroy the foundation of the garrison regiment."

"This time, I'm going to let the garrison suffer from the enemy and kill them completely."

Narita Town, the station of the Japanese Fifth Route Offensive Force last night.

As soon as it was dawn, the Japanese puppet army, which had rested for the night, began to hurry.

Unlike yesterday's aimless sweep, today's purpose is very clear, to capture the common people as hostages, and to force out the Eighth Route Army hidden in the shadows through hostages.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

As soon as the forward troops left the station, an explosion sounded at the door.

Three black pillars of smoke in the shape of finished characters rose into the air and appeared in the field of vision of the team leader.

"Report to the chief, the Eighth Route Army planted a mine at the gate of the garrison last night!" As soon as the captain stood up, the herald of the forward unit rushed over and reported.

Shao Zuo frowned, didn't realize that something was wrong, and subconsciously ordered: "It must have been buried by the Eighth Route Army last night while it was dark." ”

"They can block the entrance to our station with mines, but they can't block the entire station."

"The troops were ordered to go around the minefield and move on. They went straight to three villages 15 kilometers away, took the common people hostage, and forced the Eighth Route Army to come out and fight a decisive battle with us. ”

"Yesterday all day, the Eighth Route Army hid in the mountains and hid with us, even if they showed up, they chose the terrain that was favorable to them, and we couldn't catch them at all."

"This time, we don't have to bother to arrest them, we just use hostages to force them out and beat them."