It is better to cut off one finger than to hurt ten fingers, this is the usual fighting method used by the Eighth Route Army in the anti-sweep, and it is also commonly used by the garrison regiment.

Nakata Yama Lang studied the garrison regiment in Taiyuan City for half a month, and he was very clear about this.

If the garrison really has a force hidden in their base area, it will definitely concentrate its forces, break through each one, and inflict heavy damage on the independent mixed brigade by eating a few sweeping troops.

As the brigade commander, Nakata Yamaro will never allow this to happen to him.

As soon as he raised his eyebrows, he began to order: "Chief of Staff, we must prepare for the worst." ”

"In three steps: the first step is to order the blockade line and all the strongholds of the garrison regiment to send out scouts now, and the intelligence department must also take action, and we must find out how many troops the garrison is hiding in their base area before dawn."

"In the second step, the staff immediately worked out a retreat plan."

"As long as we are sure that the garrison really has troops in their base area, our troops who sweep the occupied area will begin to shrink their defenses after dawn."

"Ensure that each attacking force must have 4,000 people, divided into three routes, and continue to encircle and suppress the remaining Eighth Route Army in the occupied area."

"A heavy artillery brigade, a tank brigade, a reserve, an infantry brigade and a supplementary brigade. Form a mixed wing, go to the battlefield after dawn, and reinforce the front-line three-way sweeping troops anytime and anywhere. ”

"Step 3: Immediately give an order to the remaining troops operating in the garrison regiment's base area, withdraw to their stronghold overnight, and rely on the stronghold to defend to the death."

"As long as we keep those strongholds, even if the garrison regiment hides troops in their base areas, they will not dare to transfer all of them to our occupied areas, otherwise their base areas will be vacuumed and completely exposed to us."

Command immediately got busy.

The communications staff officers were busy directing the telegraph operators to send telegrams, and the operational staff officers were busy drawing up plans for the retreat......

Nakata Yama Lang was not idle, staring at the sand table and thinking about the next attack.

Although the accident was not really determined, he had prepared for the worst in his heart.

So he's already thinking about his next move.

As long as the imperial army shrinks its defense and concentrates the divided troops together, it will immediately launch a new round of sweeping attacks and not give the Eighth Route Army a chance to breathe.

At six o'clock in the morning, just after dawn, the telegram that Nakata Yamaro wanted arrived.

"General, urgent report from the front!"

"The garrison has at least 2,000 people hiding in their base area, including infantry and cavalry, and there are quite a few of them. They are well-armed and combat-ready, and they also make extensive use of explosive packs and flying thunder cannons on the battlefield. ”

"One more thing, by the time the telegram was sent to us, three more sorties operating in their base areas had lost contact."

"The troops that were still connected were also fiercely attacked by the local troops and guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army, and the retreat was very slow."

"They judged that those troops would most likely not have a chance to withdraw to their positions."

What Lang Nakata had feared most finally happened.

Because he had already prepared for the worst, Nakata Yamaro reacted quickly and immediately ordered: "What are you still doing in a daze?" Your retreat plan has not already been formulated, immediately give orders to the front-line sweeping troops in accordance with the retreat plan. ”

"The troops quickly retreated and gathered, not giving the garrison a chance to break through and attack us."

"Contact the aviation force, immediately send planes to reinforce the battlefield, especially the garrison regiment base area and the stronghold on the blockade line, cooperate with the remnants of the stronghold, and hold the stronghold at all costs."

"If you don't succeed, you will become a benevolent, and without my orders, not a single soldier in the stronghold can retreat."

"The Heavy Artillery Brigade, the Tank Brigade, the Sixth Infantry Brigade, and the Supplementary Brigade will be mixed immediately to reinforce the front line."

"As soon as they are in place, we will launch a new round of attacks on the garrisons operating in the occupied areas, fight continuously, and take them out."

The former enemy headquarters of the garrison regiment, the commander of the communications platoon, Zhou Liang, rushed in with an excited face.

"Regiment commander, the battle has been won, the chief of staff has good news, all the attacking troops of the Japanese puppet army that have penetrated into our base area have been killed by us."

"Good!" Li Hao was so excited that he jumped up directly from his seat.

After reading the telegram word by word, and after confirming that there were no doubts, he immediately ordered.

"After this defeat, the Japanese will definitely shrink their defenses and gather their scattered forces so that they will not be broken by each of us."

"Telegraph to all battalions and companies: Attack immediately, strive for the last chance to consume them, and strike at all costs against the retreating troops of the Japanese puppet army."

"If you want to retreat from under our noses, you can. But they killed so many soldiers and civilians in our garrison regiment, and this blood feud must be avenged, so they must leave something behind before leaving. ”

In the second battalion defense area, battalion commander Zhang Yun did not sleep all night.

Two days of fighting in a row was too aggrieved.

On the first day, because the devils had hostages in their hands, they were beaten by the nose, not to mention the loss of soldiers, and there were huge casualties among the common people.

The next day, although the initiative on the battlefield was in his own hands, he took the initiative to attack the Japanese puppet army.

But their forces were too strong, well-equipped, and they were formidable in combat.

In front of a strong enemy, he also didn't take any advantage.

The only thing that is fortunate is that there are no casualties among the villagers.

Before two o'clock in the morning, Zhang Yun's whole person was covered with anger, like a powder keg, which exploded at one point.

As soon as the regiment commander's telegram arrived, the anger on Zhang Yun's face disappeared, and then he began to look forward to dawn.

At six o'clock in the morning, after the telegram from the regiment commander confirmed the counterattack arrived, the expectant smile on Zhang Yun's face became even stronger.

"Instructor, have the other three companies received orders?"

"Roger!" The instructor affirmed.

"They are all equipped with the low-power transceivers and telegraphs that we seized some time ago, and they have called back ten minutes ago, and they already know the order."

Zhang Yun's eyes quickly shot out two rays of fine light, and then he began to give orders.

"It's good to get it."

"I've been pressed and beaten by devils for the past two days, and today I can finally take revenge."

"The Japanese puppet army is in a hurry to retreat, and in the face of our harassment and sneak attack, either the strong man will break his wrist, leaving some troops behind, entanglement our sneak attack troops, and buy time for the main force to retreat."

"Either ignore our sneak attack troops."

"If the devil chooses the first one, our goal is to eat the devil's broken troops, the more the better."

"If the devils choose the second option, then we will use guerrilla warfare and sports warfare to greet them well, so that they will be covered with corpses on their way to retreat."

"The guerrillas should also take active action, clear the wilderness in advance, transfer all the people who must pass through the devils, and prevent the devils from taking the people as hostages and threatening us."

"The troops are going to move now."

"How we were beaten yesterday, give me back today."