After listening to the introduction, the army commander asked while looking at the sand table: "When will all the remaining local troops of the garrison regiment be in place?" ”

"Intelligence shows that there are nearly 1,000 people on the way, and all of them will be there at noon tomorrow." The chief of staff thought for a moment and replied

"During the day today, we killed nearly 2,000 people, all of whom were sent back by agents lurking in the stretcher team, with an accuracy rate of more than ninety percent."

"Coupled with the local troops who have already arrived at the battlefield during the day and will be in place next, there are still more than 3,000 local troops and more than 1,000 recruits on the Laiyuan battlefield, which should be regarded as all the troops left by the garrison regiment in the base area."

"Kill them, at most there are still some remnants of the garrison base area, and it won't affect the overall situation."

"So we're going to win this battle."

The more the chief of staff spoke, the more happy he became, and his face was already blooming, as if victory had beckoned to him again.

The army commander's face was surprisingly calm, and he did not seem to agree with the chief of staff's analysis.

He was defeated by the garrison too many times.

Before every attack, he was as he is now, full of confidence and high morale, but he ended up with a crushing defeat.

Therefore, when facing the garrison regiment again, no matter how reasonable the chief of staff's analysis was, no matter how high his chances of victory were, he was very calm.

Looking at the chief of staff with a serious face, he reminded: "Don't rejoice too early. ”

"The battlefield is changing rapidly, and until the last minute, no one can guarantee that they will be the winner."

"Regardless of whether we can take the garrison regiment base in the end, or whether we can successfully block the main force of the garrison regiment in Datong, the battle in front of us must be fought well."

The chief of staff slowly calmed down, looked at the sand and asked: "Army commander, do you mean all the local troops and guerrillas of the total annihilation garrison regiment?" ”

"Not bad!" The commander affirmed.

"Since these local troops will all be in place tomorrow at noon, then before noon tomorrow, the front-line troops must continue to maintain the offensive during the day today, and they must not fight too hard and scare away the Eighth Route Army that has not yet arrived at the battlefield."

"After making sure that all the local troops are in place, the attacking troops will immediately launch a strong attack, break through the blocking positions of the garrison regiments in the shortest possible time, and quickly intersperse to block the rear roads of these local troops."

"The follow-up 3,000 attacking troops outflanked on both flanks, first surrounding the opponent on the battlefield, and then gathering and annihilating them."

"Chief of Staff, you will personally keep an eye on this matter tonight, and you must explain it to the front-line commander, and there must be no mistakes in tomorrow's battle."

"Don't think that these places have few troops, and they will run away."

"A spark can start a prairie fire, this is a sentence that the Eighth Route Army often talks about, and we must also keep it in mind, otherwise we will suffer a big loss."

The chief of staff hurriedly replied: "Rest assured, commander, the humble post will definitely not disappoint you." ”

The commander nodded, then shifted his gaze to a staff officer next to him.

"Bian Ye-kun, immediately send a telegram to the Datong garrison: The military headquarters' encirclement and annihilation battle against all the troops left behind in the base area of the garrison regiment will start tomorrow afternoon, and the battle will end before dark."

"In order to ensure the smooth progress of the battle plan, I implore them to make persistent efforts, shed their last drop of blood for the empire, and hold back the main force of the garrison at all costs."

"I'm here to thank them."

"After the battle, in the name of the army commander, I promised them that I would definitely ask for credit for every soldier in Datong."

At the head of the east gate of Datong, Chief of Staff Zhou stood here for half an hour, staring at the battlefield with a telescope, his expression constantly changing, one moment happy, one moment nervous, and another dignified expression.

If I remember correctly, since he arrived in Datong during the day yesterday, he has not had a good rest for almost two days and one night.

His face was full of exhaustion, and dark circles were popping up under his eyes, but he didn't feel sleepy at all.

Listening to the sound of gunfire, the Japanese puppet army has been compressed by the attacking force to an area of 500 meters in the center of the city, according to this offensive momentum, the troops will definitely be able to kill the remaining Japanese puppet army before dawn and end the battle victoriously.

As soon as he thought that Datong City was about to be taken down by himself, the drowsiness that kept hitting his head disappeared in an instant.

Then the whole person became extremely excited, and looked at the battlefield again, hoping that this moment would come sooner.

The telegraph operator suddenly walked over: "Chief, Commander Li has sent a telegram, the content is a little strange, you better read it first." ”

"Li Hao!" Chief of Staff Zhou took the telegram expectantly.

He was able to command the troops to capture Datong, and it was all Li Hao's platform, picking up ready-made ones, and taking advantage of him.

Judging from the contact, although Li Hao is very young, his command ability is not bad at all.

So Captain Zhou admired him from the bottom of his heart.

Not surprisingly, he should be on his way back to the base now, and at this time, a telegram came over, something big must have happened.

Chief of Staff Zhou glanced at ten lines, quickly read the telegram, and then frowned.

His knee-jerk reaction was the same as that of the telegrapher, who found the content of the telegram strange.

The battle in Datong is going so smoothly, and it is about to be won, so slowing down the offensive at this time doesn't that give the enemy a chance to breathe?

When the enemy's morale and physical strength are restored, the troops will definitely have to pay a greater price if they want to destroy them.

Chief of Staff Zhou was very tempted to reject this proposal, and continued to let the troops attack as if he had not received this telegram.

But before the words came to his lips, before he could say them, another thing suddenly came to mind.

Li Hao was a man who did not suffer losses in a war, and it was impossible not to see the harm that slowing down the offensive might bring to the attacking troops.

But he sent the telegram anyway.

There is only one reason, and behind this proposal is something that I don't know.

The brain was running rapidly, analyzing the current situation of the garrison regiment, thinking about it, the strange expression on Chief of Staff Zhou's face slowly disappeared, and he looked at the sand table and suddenly realized and shouted: "I understand." ”

"Commander Li asked us to slow down the offensive in order to paralyze the Japanese army."

"Let them mistakenly think that the main force of the garrison regiment has been in Datong and has not left. Even if it is decided to return to help at that time, it will take a long time, and it will not threaten the Japanese puppet army in Laiyuan. ”

"In this way, the Japanese puppet army attacking the base area of the garrison regiment will have no scruples and lower their vigilance, and the main force of the garrison regiment will have the opportunity to encircle and annihilate them."

"Call back to Regiment Commander Li immediately, and I will cooperate with them: if nothing happens, the Datong offensive will be fought until tomorrow night."

"Staff Officer Wang, immediately withdraw half of the troops from the front line to rest, and leave half of the troops to continue to attack the remaining Japanese puppet army, but you must control the rhythm of the attack and the casualties of the troops."

"The fighters have been fighting for almost a day and a night, and they must be more tired than me, and they need to rest and replenish their strength, otherwise they will easily collapse."

"After five hours, the rest of the troops will be replaced and the other half of the troops will be replaced to rest."

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