In front of the enemy headquarters of the garrison regiment, good news followed.

Less than an hour after the telegram to his superiors was sent, he received a call back, and the content was simple: he agreed to all the demands he had made.

Less than half an hour later, a telegram from the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment arrived.

Hong Lin Fengxing hurriedly ran over and reported: "The head of the regiment, the political commissar, and the head of the regiment Zhou have called back!" ”

"They can drag the Japanese puppet army in Huaiyuan until the morning after tomorrow, so that we can rest assured that we can boldly capture the no-man's land and connect the two base areas of the garrison regiment and the Huaiyuan independent regiment."

"Great!" Wang Hong was so happy that he almost jumped up.

The Japanese puppet army that swept away the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment was the biggest threat to the garrison regiment's counterattack on the no-man's land, and now that this threat is gone, the garrison regiment's chances of capturing the entire no-man's land have suddenly increased from less than sixty percent to more than eighty percent, and there is no risk.

Li Hao was also very happy, and sighed from the bottom of his heart: "At the critical moment, our Eighth Route Army is still reliable. ”

"As far as I know, the situation of the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment is not good."

"As soon as more than 1,000 of us were reinforced to attack Datong, the base area was swept by more than 5,000 puppet troops."

"Until now, the remaining main force in the base area is less than 1,000 people, but they still continue to support us and help us hold back the three or four thousand puppet army, this situation must be remembered by our garrison regiment."

"Political commissar, remember that when the troops reinforced to us by the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment go back, in addition to the weapons and ammunition they received in Datong, our garrison regiment will also prepare two mountain guns, six mortars, six heavy machine guns, fifteen light machine guns, and six hundred rifles as gifts, and let them bring them back together."

At the end of the Datong War, the garrison regiment did not participate, and the weapons, ammunition and supplies captured in the city were not planned to be requested.

However, in the early siege battle and the battle to clear the strongholds outside the city, a large number of weapons and ammunition were captured, otherwise Li Hao would not have been able to give them 20 mortars, 20 heavy machine guns, and 40 or 50 light machine guns as soon as the reinforcements from the northwest of Jin came.

In the just-concluded encirclement and annihilation battle, the more than 5,000 attacking troops that the Japanese puppet army had finally assembled were all wiped out.

Although the garrison regiment used artillery on a large scale during the battle, it blew up a lot of weapons.

But the garrison regiment has an arsenal, and it will definitely be no problem to repair it.

Now the garrison regiment is attacking the no-man's land again, and although there are not many troops there, there are many strongholds and a large number of weapons and ammunition in reserve.

If the garrison can take down all these strongholds, they can also capture a large amount of weapons and ammunition!

In this way, as the chief steward of the garrison regiment, the current Wang Hong can definitely be called a wealthy and real landowner.

He didn't frown, and replied decisively: "Don't worry, head of the regiment, I will definitely be ready." ”

"Not only the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment, but also the Laishui Independent Regiment must prepare one."

Li Hao nodded, then looked at Hong Linfeng and ordered: "Chief of Staff, our worries about capturing no man's land are gone." ”

"Tell the good news to the front-line attacking troops right away."

"I'll give you two nights to occupy the entire no-man's land, and then stand by to repel the Japanese puppet army's counteroffensive forces."

"There is a lot of time, don't be in a hurry when you attack, you must control the casualties well."

"In addition, I will give another order to the independent company, the reconnaissance company, the spy company, and Xiao Yuan, and report to me on a rapid march here."

"The superiors have agreed to let me negotiate with Jin Suijun to decide the ownership of Datong."

"Negotiation requires capital, and whether they can accumulate enough capital before negotiation, hopefully it all depends on them."

At the Japanese military headquarters in Taiyuan, until three o'clock in the morning, the war room was still brightly lit.

The commander, as always, stood next to the sand table.

Communications staff officers went in and out, sent in the latest battle reports from the front, and then sent orders from the military headquarters to the combat units.

The combat staff officers were not idle, everyone had a nervous expression, and they were very careful to mark the contents of the battle report on the sand table for the commander's reference.

"Sir, the troops that swept away the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army reported that they were fiercely blocked by the Eighth Route Army on the way to retreat, and the speed of the troops to return reinforcements was very slow, and the casualties were very large!" A communications staff officer ran over to report before handing the telegram to the combat staff officer on the side.

After doing all this, quickly turn around and run out of the war room like a rabbit.

Just now he saw with his own eyes that the commander's face changed.

It is getting redder and redder, and the whole person is like a powder keg that may explode at any time.

If you leave late, this anger that is surging out will definitely be vented on you.

Sure enough, as soon as he left the war room with his front foot, the commander's scolding sounded behind him.

The chief of communications staff breathed a sigh of relief, glad that he had escaped.

The busy combat staff officers at the sand table were not so lucky, their work position was here, and they couldn't slip away if they wanted to, and unfortunately became the target of the commander's anger.

After scolding for a full two minutes before the army commander stopped, the chief of staff seized the opportunity and mustered up the courage to analyze: "Your Excellency, the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment has been severely damaged by us, and it will definitely not fight with us under normal circumstances." ”

"Therefore, judging from the humble position, they should have received the order to intercept our retreating troops before they will stop us at any cost."

The commander thought of this when he heard the contents of the telegram, but was helpless and did not have any solution.

The mopping force was the only force that could reinforce the no-man's land, and if something happened to them, there was not a single force within a radius of a hundred miles to reinforce them.

sighed, gritted his teeth, and said, "It seems that the Eighth Route Army is determined to take our no-man's land!" ”

As he spoke, his eyes never left the sand table, pointing to the no-man's land that had lost one-third of his or her analysis: "According to the current offensive rhythm of the garrison regiment, at least half of the strongholds in the no-man's land can be captured before dawn." ”

"After dawn, we will send planes to reinforce the no-man's land, and the Eighth Route Army will definitely not dare to continue the offensive at the risk of air raids."

"So the remaining half of the stronghold in the no-man's land will hold out until at least tonight."

"Immediately send a telegram to the reinforcements, asking them if they can kill the no-man's land before tonight, and the military headquarters will send planes to cover their retreat after dawn."

No man's land is too important, and the commander will never give up until the last resort.

So as long as there is a glimmer of hope, he will continue to reinforce the no-man's land and hold there.

The chief of staff personally ran to the telegraph room to send a telegram, and when he came back twenty minutes later, his face was noticeably better than when he went.

"Commander, the reinforcements report that as long as there are planes to provide them with uninterrupted air cover, they will be confident that they will be able to kill no man's land before dark."

"Yo Xi, very good!" The commander's tense nerves also relaxed a lot.

But the solemn expression on his face did not soothe.

Eighty percent of the more than 5,000 people of the attacking garrison regiment have been killed, a result that he did not expect before the war, but it just happened.

It just proves the saying: the battlefield is changing rapidly, and anything can happen.

Although the reinforcements sent a telegram of certainty, they did not reach the last step, and no one knew what accidents would happen in the middle.

So the commander was not happy at all.

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