The more Hong Linfeng thought about it, the more solemn his face became, looked at Li Hao and shook his head and said, "No, three thousand people is still too many!" ”

"The base area has to kill a few more baggage teams, force the Huaiyuan Japanese puppet army to send a few more transport teams out, so that the Huaiyuan garrison will be reduced to less than 1,500 people, and we will have the opportunity to take Huaiyuan with the cooperation of the commando team and the reconnaissance company."

Li Hao finally made a move, and vetoed without hesitation under Hong Linfeng's gaze: "This method will not work. ”

"The base area has forced Huaiyuan County to dispatch nearly 2,000 garrisons in three days, and the devils will definitely become more and more cautious in the future."

"If you want to send another four or five thousand people to Huaiyuan County, it will take at least ten days, and you won't be able to do it in half a month."

"In just three days, more than half of our three independent battalions have suffered casualties, and if they hold out for another ten days, I can't imagine what they will do."

"Now they rely on replenishing the captive soldiers to ensure that the troops have the strength to continue to fight the devils, the Japanese are not stupid, after knowing this matter, they will definitely strictly control the puppet army and prevent them from being captured by us."

"After a long time, the troops left behind in the base area must not even have replenished the captured soldiers, and they will be defeated in the end."

"Once an accident happens to the left-behind troops, the base area will definitely suffer bloody revenge from the Japanese puppet army and be wiped out."

"We can't afford to gamble, so we must not put all the pressure on the base."

"The troops must launch an attack on Huaiyuan County within five days, and take it down in two days to reduce the operational pressure in the base areas."

Hong Linfeng's face became more and more solemn.

The attack was launched within five days, and the county seat of Huaiyuan was taken within two days, and the garrison could not be done even if it ran out.

But under the determination of the regiment commander, as the chief of staff, can only support.

With deep concern, he asked, "Commander, how are you going to fight?" ”

"Borrow soldiers!" Li Hao didn't talk nonsense, and answered bluntly.

"Five days later, there will be at least three to four thousand garrisons in Huaiyuan County, and there will be plenty of ammunition, so we will have a lot of people, and we will definitely not be opponents."

"I decided to ask my superiors for help, and let the independent regiment cooperate with us in the fight and take Huaiyuan."

Hong Linfeng's frowning brows slowly stretched, and the melancholy on his face began to disappear.

In the past few days, I have been in the headquarters of the Laishui Independent Regiment, and I don't know everything about the situation of the Independent Regiment, and I still know the strength of eighty or ninety percent.

Since the garrison regiment directly replenished the troops with prisoners and reorganized training while fighting, the overall strength of the independent regiment has increased instead of declining after this counter-sweep.

Not only did the strength of the main battalion increase, but the cavalry company, mortar company, mountain artillery company, and heavy machine gun company were all formed. ”

This was only the main force, because a large amount of equipment and ammunition had been seized on the battlefield, and the Independent Regiment had also formed several local units of company size and more than a dozen guerrilla units operating around the Japanese puppet army in the base area.

The total number of troops was directly expanded to more than 3,500 men.

In addition, the Japanese puppet army occupying Laishui and Yixian was only more than 1,000 people, and there were no other Japanese puppet troops nearby to reinforce, so they could only defend the county seat in a short period of time, and there was no way to counterattack the base area of the independent regiment.

Therefore, in the next month, at least for a month, the independent regiment will not make a big move, and only need to send troops to keep an eye on the Japanese puppet army in the county seat and on the road.

If the higher authorities ordered the independent regiment to cooperate in the battle, they would be able to send at least 1,500 troops.

There are more than 1,000 people in the garrison regiment, and there are 4,000 local troops and guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army operating in Huaiyuan.

In this way, the chances of the troops taking Huaiyuan County will be greatly increased.

After thinking for two minutes, Hong Linfeng looked at Li Hao and said, "Commander, I think this method is feasible!" ”

"Then I'll send a telegram to headquarters now!" Li Hao made a decision immediately.

In less than two hours, the headquarters called back, not only for the garrison regiment, but also for the independent regiment.

"Head Zhou, this is a telegram from the headquarters to you. If nothing else, your superiors should have an order to come over soon. Li Hao took the telegram to find Captain Zhou and said embarrassedly.

Da Huaiyuan had nothing to do with the Independent Regiment, and he dragged them into the war without the consent of Commander Zhou, even if there was an order from the headquarters, Li Hao was very embarrassed.

Head Zhou quickly read the telegram at a glance.

There was not the slightest dissatisfaction flashing on his face, but he stared at the map with his eyes shining and asked, "Commander Li wants to fight Huaiyuan?" ”

"Not bad......" Li Hao did not hide his strategic intentions.

"The Japanese puppet army is heavily attacking the garrison base area, and only by taking Huaiyuan and destroying the logistics base of the Japanese puppet army can they force them to retreat and relieve the siege of the base area."

"My initial idea is to secretly rush to Huaiyuan within five days, and then suddenly launch an attack to take Huaiyuan County."

"There must be a lot of risks in this battle, according to my judgment and that of the chief of staff, there will definitely be three or four thousand people in Huaiyuan County in five days, and our attack on Huaiyuan County will definitely be a tough battle to gnaw bones, so Commander Zhou, you have to be mentally prepared in advance."

"In addition, in order to make up for the losses of the independent regiment in this battle, after taking Huaiyuan County, all the captured independent regiments will be picked first, and they will take as much as they can."

The 3,000 Eighth Route Army went to attack Huaiyuan County, which had 3,000 or 4,000 garrisons.

Ordinary people seem to be absolutely eggs hitting stones, killing themselves.

If it had been placed in the past, Head Zhou would have thought so.

Even if his superiors gave him the order to attack, he would hesitate.

But Regiment Leader Zhou didn't hesitate this time, he didn't even think about it, he looked at Li Hao and blurted out: "Regiment Commander Li underestimates our independent regiment too much." ”

"Even if we can't capture a single bullet in Huaiyuan County, our independent regiment will participate in the battle of Huaiyuan County."

"To put it mildly, the independent regiment can have its current strength, and Commander Li and the garrison regiment have contributed a lot."

"Even if I exhaust all the troops brought to Huaiyuan County, the troops left behind by the Independent Regiment to defend Laishui will be at least twice as strong as the Independent Regiment a month ago."

"So our independent regiment must participate in this battle, and we must do our best to participate."

"Commissar, you go and arrange the troops immediately."

"The 1st Battalion, the 2nd Battalion, the 3rd Battalion, the first and second platoons of the heavy machine gun company, the first and second platoons of the mortar company, the first platoon of the mountain artillery company, and the guard company, all of them are ready for battle."

"The other troops stay in the base area, and the political commissar you personally command them to watch over their homes."

Seeing that Captain Zhou was so refreshing, Li Hao didn't talk nonsense, and immediately ordered!

"Thank you, Head Zhou, for your support."

"With the support of nearly 2,000 people from the independent regiment, we will definitely be able to take Huaiyuan County."

"My plan is for the troops to rest for a day tomorrow."

"After dark, all the troops participating in the battle marched day and night in company and platoon, bypassing the stronghold of the Japanese puppet army, and marching 100 kilometers in three nights to the outside of Huaiyuan City."

Regiment Commander Zhou hurriedly replied: "Commander Li, rest assured, the independent regiment guarantees to complete the task." ”

As soon as Li Hao left the command headquarters with Hong Linfeng's front foot, the political commissar of the Independent Regiment showed a deeply worried expression on his face.

looked at his old partner and reminded: "Commander, when you go, nearly eighty percent of the main forces of the independent regiment have followed, and only more than two percent of the main forces are left, will it be too few." ”

"Even if we carry out the order of the headquarters and report the life-saving grace of the garrison regiment this time, there is no need to take out all the family resources!"

"Once the attacking troops have an accident in Huaiyuan, the independent regiment will definitely break its bones."

Head Zhou understands his partner's thoughts very well.

The independent regiment finally fought its way out of the mountain, gained a firm foothold outside the mountain, and had its current strength. If he was beaten back to his original form overnight because of the battle of Huaiyuan, he would definitely be very unwilling.

But Head Zhou has his own careful thoughts.

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