"More than seven thousand!" Li Hao interrupted.

"Don't forget, we also have two separate battalions lurking in Datong."

"A month ago they reported: the two separate battalions have grown to more than 2,000 people, and this month they have been expanding, and they have also exchanged a lot of equipment and ammunition from the arsenal by collecting raw materials, and now they must have exceeded 3,000 people."

"There is also the base area in the northwest of Shanxi, after the battle of Datong starts, they will definitely send troops to participate in the battle, and the two regiments dispatched are few."

"Don't forget that the Jin Sui army that is active in the southwest of Datong is not vegetarian with guns in their hands."

"Even if we can't directly participate in the war, their presence can help us hold back a lot of Japanese troops and reduce the pressure of siege."

The worried expression on Hong Linfeng's face was completely gone, looking at Li Hao, the more he listened, the more excited he became, and finally, like Li Hao, he smashed his fist on the table and shouted with confidence: "Political commissar, I think this battle has a head." ”

"According to the regiment leader's style of play, we have at least a seventy percent chance of winning."

Wang Hong did not answer immediately.

Staring at the sand table, frowning and thinking about something, his expression kept changing.

As a political commissar, he has too many things to worry about.

I don't know how long I thought about it, but I suddenly looked up at Li Hao and asked: "Regiment Commander, I'm not worried about Datong, I believe in your command ability and the combat effectiveness of our Eighth Route Army." ”

"The only thing I'm worried about is the base."

"Chief of Staff, you just said that leaving two cavalry companies as mobile troops in the base area will definitely ensure security, but I don't see it that way."

"The base area is too large, and the defense line directly bordering the devil-occupied area is more than 200 kilometers, and it takes seven hours for the cavalry to run from one end to the other at the earliest."

"If there is an attack, it will be too late for them to kill anything."

"And the regiment commander, you here, having a poison gas bomb in your hand can really make the devil worry a lot, and he doesn't dare to attack us casually."

"But this can only be directed against Japanese commanders."

"It cannot be ruled out that there are several grassroots commanders of the Japanese army below who do not obey the order and send troops to attack our base area without the order of their superiors."

"We've had this happen a lot before."

"As long as there is such a stunned youth, the emptiness of the base area will leak out immediately."

"There are also devils lurking in our base area's intelligence system, although a large number of spies have been arrested, there must be a lot of them hidden."

"Their presence also makes our empty city plan a lot of variables."

"If the battle of Datong is not over, and the devil knows that our garrison regiment will sing an empty city plan again, the base area will definitely be devastated by the Japanese army, and the regiment commander will not be able to return to help."

"Now is spring ploughing, and any accident will affect the rations of millions of soldiers and civilians in the base area in the coming year."

"So this empty city plan in the base area is not easy to sing, there are too many possibilities for accidents, and we can't afford this accident at all."

Although Wang Hong did not directly deny Li Hao's plan to send troops, he said it very clearly.

Before we can guarantee 100 percent security in the base areas, we must not attack Datong and let the base areas sing empty city plans and give the devils a chance to take advantage of them.

Hong Linfeng couldn't laugh anymore.

Grain is too important, and if we want to ensure a bumper grain yield in the base areas, we must ensure that there are no accidents in spring ploughing.

Now that the base area is in the spring ploughing, there really can't be a little accident.

According to the empty city plan, many devils can definitely be hidden, but it must be ensured that no accidents happen.

The base area is so large, there are so many Japanese puppet troops on the defense line, and there are a large number of spies hidden in the base area......

When all of these factors come together, the chances of accidents are greatly increased.

The garrison can't afford to gamble.

Therefore, the political commissar's worries are right, there is no perfect way to ensure security, and the base areas must not be empty.

"Commissar rest assured!" Li Hao suddenly spoke.

is still as confident as ever, looking at Wang Hong comforting.

"I've thought about all your worries: a few days ago, Xiao Yuan got a message from Chen Fusheng of the Yi County Garrison Brigade."

"The Japanese army is moving troops from all over the country to strengthen the blockade of us, cut off the source of raw materials for the arsenal, and trap us."

"After achieving their goal, they have a second-step battle plan: send troops to sweep away the other Eighth Route Army around our garrison regiment, completely defeat our garrison regiment as a lone army, and then dispatch heavy troops to deal with us."

"The Yi County Garrison Brigade has begun to carry out the order."

"On the basis of the original garrison, two battalions of troops were added to the blockade line, and the devils also added an infantry squadron and a large number of machine-gun units and mortar troops."

"At the same time, both the Japanese army and the puppet army are strengthening the reconnaissance of the Laishui Independent Regiment."

"I've already passed the information to the Laishui Independent Regiment."

"So for a long time to come, the devil's target is not us."

Seeing Wang Hong standing there and listening quietly, Li Hao continued to analyze.

"As for the accident you're worried about, that's not a problem."

"Do you think: The officers above the devil Shaozuo are equipped with radio stations to defend large strongholds and county seats, and they can directly contact the wing and brigade headquarters. They are the group of people who are most aware of the intentions of their superiors and strictly abide by military discipline to the letter, and they certainly do not dare to disobey the orders of their superiors and send troops without authorization, and this is a joke about their own future. ”

"There are only officers below the rank of Shaozuo, because they are far away from the command headquarters, they are easy to be impulsive, and they may become the stunned young man you said."

"Let's take a captain, usually an infantry squadron leader."

"After strengthening, he can command at most a reinforced squadron and a battalion of the puppet army, more than five hundred people."

"Reducing the troops needed to defend the stronghold, even if he really wants to kill and provoke a war, it is already up to the sky to bring 300 people into the base area, and any more strongholds will be in danger."

"After more than 300 days of puppet troops entering the base area, even if there is no cavalry reinforcement, the nearest guerrillas and local troops can use guerrilla warfare to drag them down."

"We divided the line into five more, with two cavalry companies and two main battalions stationed at the middle four points."

"If there is an attack on the spot, the nearest cavalry can kill it in two hours."

"If the cavalry can't catch up, the infantry will go up."

"Although the two main battalions account for more than half of the recruits, their combat effectiveness is extremely poor."

"But for each battalion, I transferred a main company from the independent battalion to supplement it."

"Don't break up these two companies."

"Draw one-third of the veterans out to form other troops, and the remaining veterans stay still, and then add one-third of the recruits, and two veterans with a recruit for training, which can ensure that this company has more than 50% combat effectiveness from the beginning, and it will take a month to fully recover its strength after the training is successful."

"If there is a real war, let them go."

"This is still the worst plan, under normal circumstances, a devil captain commands a puppet army of three hundred days at most."

"If you subtract the troops left behind, it would be good to be able to bring 200 people into the base area, and there are no heavy weapons."

"I equip the local troops and guerrillas with such good weapons, rifles, light machine guns, and some heavy machine guns, they are not burning sticks, if even the Japanese puppet army can't hold back this point, then their commanders will not do it."

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