At eight o'clock the next evening, the garrison received a telegram from headquarters.

Agree with the strategic concept of Li Hao and Zhou Tuanchang, and establish a base area with Huaiyuan County as the center.

The Huaiyuan Independent Regiment was formed with the troops brought by the head of the Zhou regiment, the head of the Zhou regiment served as the head and political commissar of the independent regiment, the remaining troops of the independent regiment were organized into a new Laishui Independent Regiment, and the political commissar of the original independent regiment served as the new leader and political commissar of the Laishui Independent Regiment.

"Head Zhou, the headquarters has agreed to our plan, you can stay in Huaiyuan and not leave." Li Hao handed the telegram to Head Zhou and said happily.

It seems that after the construction of the Huaiyuan base area is completed, the three base areas cooperate with each other to fight against the Japanese puppet army.

Head Zhou's face also blossomed.

The regiment commander and political commissar, which is very rare in the Eighth Route Army.

It means that after the formation of the base areas is completed, the military and the government will have the final say.

If it weren't for the fact that the superiors trusted themselves enough, they would definitely not give such an order.

More importantly, in addition to serving as the regiment commander and political commissar, he also served as the commander of the newly formed Huaiyuan Base Area.

With this name, not only can a Huaiyuan independent regiment be formed, but a large number of local troops can also be raised.

With the addition of the Laishui Independent Regiment, the troops under his direct command and indirect command must be more than one brigade, which is equivalent to commanding a brigade of troops in the name of the regiment commander.

Once the time is ripe, the promotion of the regiment commander to the brigade commander is a sure thing.

Thinking of this, Commander Zhou looked at Li Hao and immediately filled with gratitude: "Thank you, Commander Li, from now on, the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment will definitely unconditionally cooperate with the garrison regiment to fight, and further consume the strength of the surrounding Japanese puppet army." ”

"Regiment commander, the latest battle report from the front!" Hong Linfeng suddenly rushed in.

"The Japanese puppet army's western road sweeping troops are in no one's division."

"A reinforced brigade and two battalions of the Imperial Association army marched to Huaiyuan County."

"Other units are divided into infantry squadrons and main companies to reinforce the major strongholds in the no-man's land."

Li Hao immediately asked: "How is the main force of the regiment, the independent regiment, and a few independent battalions recovering?" ”

Hong Linfeng hesitated for a moment, and replied very embarrassed: "Regiment commander, it's only been a day since the end of the battle, and the time is too short, how can it be possible to recover so quickly?" ”

"The political commissar mobilized all the political cadres of the whole regiment and mobilized more than 600 prisoners in one day."

"Several instructors are doing further ideological work on their part, and they have not been assigned to the troops."

"The order to transfer local troops to replenish the main force was only issued during the day today, and the 1,000 additional troops requested by the regiment commander will be in place ten days later."

"The order to recruit new recruits has just been issued, and it will take at least half a month to gather three thousand recruits."

"The main force of the regiment, the participating troops of the independent regiment, the Laiyuan independent battalion, and the Guangling independent battalion are all resting and waiting near the battlefield, adding up to more than 2,300 people."

"The only thing that can meet the operational requirements is weapons and ammunition."

"By supplementing battlefield captures, each infantry squad of the main force is equipped with one light machine gun, three infantry squads can be divided into one heavy machine gun and one mortar, and each infantry company can also be divided into two siege mountain guns and field artillery, three heavy mortars, and more than three small-caliber mortars."

"Three hundred rounds of ammunition per person, two hundred rounds of shells per gun, and two more battles are no problem."

As soon as Hong Linfeng finished speaking, Regiment Leader Zhou was eager to try to fight.

"Captain Li, don't wait for me to ......"

Seeing Hong Linfeng's puzzled face, Head Zhou immediately handed over the telegram just sent by his superiors.

"Chief of Staff Hong, this is an idea I had with Regiment Commander Li last night, and I got a reply after reporting to my superiors."

"The higher-ups decided to use the troops I brought to form the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment and establish the Huaiyuan Base Area, with me as the commander of the base area and the head and political commissar of the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment."

"Huaiyuan Independent Regiment, Laishui Independent Regiment, plus garrison regiment, the three troops finished with the glyph nailed to the area occupied by the little devils, each other as horns, supporting each other, advancing and attacking, retreating."

Hong Linfeng's reaction was very fast, and he stared at the map and thought about it for less than a minute before he saw the huge benefits brought by this iron triangle.

Thinking of the news he had just brought, he reacted suddenly.

"Since we want to build a base in Huaiyuan, we must not let the nearly 2,000-day puppet army on the front line go back before us and occupy Huaiyuan."

"Otherwise, it will definitely be difficult for Head Zhou to build a base in Huaiyuan."

"Commander Zhou, you are not waiting for me, we are going to occupy Huaiyuan before the two thousand puppet army, at least we must take root there before the devil."

Li Hao suddenly spoke: "Chief of Staff, your courage is still too small. ”

"Two thousand days of puppet army, it is not too strong to say strong."

"Although the independent regiment and the garrison regiment suffered heavy casualties, there are still more than 2,000 soldiers left, but we are well equipped, have a lot of artillery, and gather more than 1,000 people to march to kill them, it is entirely possible to intercept and kill this Japanese puppet army on the way, even if we can't kill them, we can inflict heavy damage on them."

Hong Linfeng stared at the map and replied: "Regiment Commander, Regiment Commander Zhou, the two thousand Japanese puppet army is now in a no-man's land, and we are more than 50 kilometers away from the no-man's land here. ”

"To intercept them, we have to walk an extra fifty kilometers in the same amount of time."

"I have to rush to the battlefield to participate in the battle, and I don't have time to rest."

"Is this possible?"

The expectant expression on Captain Zhou's face disappeared in an instant.

Fifty kilometers is not fifty miles, there is no food or drink in between, and it takes nearly ten hours to march continuously.

There are nearly 50 kilometers from the no-man's land to the county seat of Huaiyuan.

The Japanese army will definitely have a good rest in the no-man's land tonight, and they will set off at dawn tomorrow morning, and march for more than ten hours to Huaiyuan.

Garrison regiments and independent regiments must set out now if they want to get ahead of them, without rest in between, and it is possible to march for twenty hours in a row, and they will be thrown into battle immediately after arriving at the battlefield, and there will be no time to rest......

It's definitely an impossible task.

The soldiers were flesh and blood, not steel and iron bones, and it was impossible to march continuously for twenty hours without eating or drinking.

His expression became heavier and heavier, and he looked at Li Hao with a worried look on his face and reminded: "Head Li, it is really difficult for us to do it from the perspective of time." ”

Li Hao didn't hear it, and replied calmly: "No, let's start together from two directions, and the chance of success is at least eighty percent." ”

Hong Linfeng absolutely believed in Li Hao's words, and immediately asked, "How to do it?" ”

Head Zhou looked incredulous, and it took a long time to react, staring at Li Hao and waiting for the following, both suspicious and expectant.

"Most of the weapons and ammunition we seized in Huaiyuan County were hidden in the mountains around the county because of the difficulty of transportation and the urgency of the war, and they were temporarily guarded by local troops, guerrillas, and the left-behind troops of the two regiments."

"So we don't have to worry about the weapons and ammunition of this Japanese puppet army at all."

"As long as the troops bring weapons and dry rations, they can go, which greatly reduces the burden of the soldiers on the march and achieves the goal of speeding up the march, which is the first aspect I want to say."

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