In order to further exert pressure on Zhang Haipeng and force him to make mistakes in his busyness, after the first and third companies completely annihilated the Chaoyang security team and the puppet army of the half battalion, Liu Cheng ordered Zhao Dayong and Zhou He to immediately divide their troops and advance, take the four small county towns such as Beipiao and Lingta, and erect the banner of an independent battalion in the city.

After Zhang Haipeng received a call from Huang Ergou, he hastily discussed the battle plan of Lin Guozhong and Zhou Zuopeng, and then asked the two to rush to Chaoyang immediately.

The treacherous and cunning Zhang Haipeng could naturally guess that Liu Cheng would immediately invade several small counties nearby after taking Chaoyang.

A team of four or five thousand people would have no trouble trying to take those small county towns.

Not to mention that he didn't mobilize the surrounding security teams and puppet troops to concentrate resistance, even if he did, it would be useless at all.

The purpose of forming a security team is mainly to deter and manage those people, which is also what the Japanese mean.

But if they are allowed to go to the battlefield with real knives and guns, it will be a group of wine bags and rice bags, and there is no use for fart.

During this period, Liu Cheng naturally could not be idle, and personally led people to build defensive line fortifications, arrange fire points, and build simple pillboxes, striving to build the defensive line fortifications more firmly.

This is the first time to command a battle of this magnitude, and it is inevitable that I will feel a little apprehensive.

It's just that Liu Cheng doesn't know that in a strict sense, this can be regarded as a small battle.

It is not because Zhang Haipeng sent two divisions to participate in the battle, the difference between a battle and a battle is not the number of people, but the meaning and influence behind it.

If Liu Cheng can win, then there is no problem at all that this battle is called a battle.

Because once Liu Cheng wins, the situation in Rehe will be changed, and the Japanese will have to remobilize their troops to garrison Rehe, and at least send a brigade.

In that case, all the areas around Rehe and the situation and power structure on the Chahar side will be affected to varying degrees, and even the deployment of troops in Jinzhou and Jinxi will have to be adjusted accordingly.

Zhang Haipeng and his troops did not care whether the Japanese were dead or not, but they cared about the control and further expansion of the existing territory, as well as the total occupation that had been planned.

In the past three years, the anti-Japanese voice in the Northeast and even the whole country has been rising, and more and more anti-Japanese armed forces have appeared one after another, which has indeed made the Japanese feel like a man.

But they knew in their hearts that this would not fundamentally shake their rule, nor could it affect their next big plans.

But if a team of only four or five thousand people can swallow Zhang Haipeng's two reorganized divisions, then the Japanese must pay attention to it.

A force with such combat effectiveness is enough to disrupt the great plan that the Japanese are about to put into action at a critical moment, and this is a threat that they absolutely cannot allow to exist!

Three days later, Zhao Dayong, Zhou He and Hao Dabao returned to Phoenix Mountain one after another.

In the past three days, Zhao Dayong and Zhou He destroyed a total of four small county towns, including Beipiao and Lingta, and seized more than 1,000 rifles, nine Liao-made light machine guns, and more than 40,000 rounds of ammunition.

Hao Dabao brought back more than 1,200 rifles and 100,000 rounds of ammunition from the ammunition base; more than 230 shell guns with 15,000 bullets; Two anti-tank guns, three 75-mm mountain guns, one 100-mm howitzer, and more than 400 shells.

When Duan Jinghe saw those cannons, his eyes instantly straightened.

Coupled with the two mortars and a 75-millimeter mountain cannon captured in Ningcheng before, the firepower of the machine gun company has far exceeded the firepower configuration of a brigade of devils.

Before Duan Jinghe could get excited, he was once again smashed by a surprise that fell from the sky.

It turned out that as soon as Liu Cheng returned to Chaoyang, he got in touch with Finn.

Things went smoothly on Fein's side, and he directly asked Liu Cheng to send someone to Jinzhou to "pick up the goods".

For the sake of insurance, Liu Cheng sent Xu Zhi and Song Wen with a special operations company, and although there were some hiccups on the way, they finally brought back the ten mortars and twelve heavy machine guns intact.

Looking at those brand-new mortars and heavy machine guns, Duan Jinghe's mouth opened for a long time, but in the end he only said "Hold the grass!" ”

So far, the weapons and equipment of the machine gun company of the independent battalion are all complete, not counting the two left in the ammunition base, a total of 16 heavy machine guns, 12 mortars, 4 mountain artillery, 2 anti-tank guns, and 1 howitzer.

Duan Jinghe stepped forward and touched those weapons one by one, and said to Liu Cheng with a big grin:

"Before I came, I thought that your weapons here must be better than those over there, but I didn't expect that in just over a year, you would be able to get so many good things!"

In fact, there was another reason that made Duan Jinghe happy, that is, Hao Dabao also brought back a piece of news, saying that Guan Hong had expanded the second company to 300 people, and there was no need for Liu Cheng to replenish his troops.

When Hao Dabao went, he also brought some gold over there, so that Guan Hong's expansion of the second company would be faster.

At the same time, Duan Jinghe's 1,500 men did not need to be divided out, and instantly became the largest company in the independent battalion.

Although Duan Jinghe was a battalion commander when he was on Zhang Guanyi's side, his actual strength barely reached the standard of two integrated companies.

Now that he has been demoted to a company commander, the strength of 1,500 people is almost a reorganized regiment, so how can he not be excited?

After the weapons and ammunition were fully prepared, Liu Cheng called all the company platoon commanders together to deploy the battle plan.

First of all, the transport company and the medical company stayed on Phoenix Mountain, and the transport company assisted the medical company in building a temporary hospital to prepare for the treatment of the wounded; At the same time, the transport company was also responsible for logistical support, and after the battle began, meals were prepared and delivered to various positions every day.

Second, the special operations company immediately left Fenghuang Mountain, took a radio station and rushed to Chengde, where it lay dormant near Chengde.

Finally, a company of three companies was in the north, guarding against the Okamoto brigade in Chifeng; The fourth company and the cavalry company were in the south, resisting the attack of Zhang Haipeng's headquarters head-on; The artillery company and the engineer company were divided into two teams to assist in the defense on the flanks.

This battle will take Phoenix Mountain as the central position, with a total of three lines of defense in front and rear, which will shrink inward one by one depending on the situation.

Duan Jinghe's machine gun company had a large number of people, except for the heavy machine gun squad assigned to each company to assist in the battle, mortars, mountain artillery, and other main and auxiliary gunners and ammunition men, the rest of the soldiers assisted the fourth company and the cavalry to resist the enemy in the front.

Liu Cheng's combat deployment was exhaustive and unobstructed, and even Gao Yuan, who was born in the Chinese military police, secretly admired it in his heart after hearing it, and even felt a little ashamed of himself.

Just when the engineer company began to build the third defensive position, Lin Guozhong's 18th Division and Zhou Zuopeng's 39th Division arrived at ......