The atmosphere of the Laiyuan City Garrison Regiment Headquarters was very good, and everyone had a smile on their faces.

When the Japanese army's independent mixed brigade counted the losses, the good news of the three battalions also arrived.

The results were gratifying.

Not only did they eliminate a large number of Japanese puppet troops, they captured a large amount of equipment and ammunition, but they also captured nearly 3,000 puppet troops.

They all completed the training of recruits in the hands of the Japanese army, and they were the best recruits to supplement the main force.

As long as they are mobilized to join the Eighth Route Army, the garrison regiment will have more than 2,000 new troops, and it will definitely be more confident when it comes to the next confrontation with the Japanese army's independent mixed brigade.

Zhou Liang, the commander of the communications platoon, suddenly rushed in, holding a telegram in his hand.

"Commander...... Reconnaissance company emergency electricity. ”

Hong Linfeng took the telegram and only glanced at it, and his face bloomed with joy.

"Regiment commander, the Japanese army has joined the battle as an independent mixed brigade."

"Six infantry brigades, divided into three lines, equipped with a certain number of artillery and tanks, were dispatched half an hour ago and marched rapidly to the area where the three main battalions were active last night."

"In addition, their heavy artillery brigade also moved, a total of twelve heavy mountain guns, and acted with one of the devils, looking at the direction of the march, it should be towards the third battalion.

"The third battalion is right in the middle of the second battalion and the special battalion, and if you go there, you can not only attack the third battalion, but also reinforce the two wings at any time and attack the second battalion and the special battalion."

The smile on Hong Linfeng's face disappeared, and then it was slowly replaced by seriousness.

The Japanese army participated in the war as an independent mixed brigade, and the garrison regiment made great efforts to establish a guerrilla zone.

This is a great joy to behold.

So after seeing the telegram, Hong Linfeng's first reaction was to be happy.

However, after seeing the specific strength of the participating troops of the independent mixed brigade, he couldn't laugh.

It has a large number of troops, good equipment, and strong combat effectiveness...... Almost all the advantages are in them.

In front of the garrison, it can definitely be called a behemoth.

In the face of such a super opponent, even if the garrison regiment had won countless battles in front of him, Hong Linfeng still did not have any confidence.

Political Commissar Wang Hong also had a serious face, took the telegram and read it once, but then kept a calm face and did not speak.

I must have wanted to go with the chief of staff.

Li Hao spoke in time: "I know what you are worried about? ”

"The disparity between the strength of the enemy and us is too great, and I am afraid that the three battalions in the guerrilla zone will not be able to hold on."

"What I'm telling you is that they will hold on even if they can't hold on."

"The reason why the political commissar was asked to prepare so many supplementary troops was precisely for this purpose: the three main battalions in the guerrilla zone had exhausted one company, and the supplementary troops would go up to one company, dragging the independent mixed brigade in the guerrilla zone at all costs."

"Only in this way can the base area we have just established be spared the loss of life."

Wang Hong thought for a moment and replied: "Leader, we all understand the truth, and I completely agree with your ideas." ”

"The devils hate our garrison to the core, and once they are allowed to enter the base area, they will definitely burn, kill, loot, and do all kinds of evil."

"In order to avoid the destruction of the lives in the base area, our garrison regiment will not hesitate to fight even if it is exhausted."

"But the strength of the independent mixed brigade is too strong, and I am worried that the main force will be exhausted, and the supplementary troops will be exhausted, and they will still not be defeated in the end."

"The current situation is that the devils can concentrate all the forces of the independent mixed brigade to deal with the three main battalions of our operations in the guerrilla zone."

"And because of the drag of the hinterland of the base area and the nine strongholds on the blockade line, our garrison regiment is unable to concentrate superior forces to deal with the devils, which means that the overall and local advantages on the battlefield are on the devil's side."

Hong Linfeng's face also became more and more serious, and he immediately said: "I agree with the political commissar's analysis. ”

"In order to prevent accidents, I think we have to prepare for the worst before this fight starts."

Li Hao shook his head and denied: "There is no worst-case plan. ”

"We have to fight this battle if it's good, and we have to fight it if it's not good, and we have to win it."

"There are hundreds of thousands of villagers standing behind us, and we must not let them have an accident, so there is no way out for everyone."

Seeing that the two partners were all calm and did not speak, Li Hao changed his words and continued: "But you don't have to worry too much, the matter is not serious to the point where you think." ”

"As long as we choose a breakthrough point, we have at least a 50% chance of winning this battle."

When Li Hao was still the battalion commander, the three of them began to work together.

Hong Linfeng and Wang Hong are very aware of his personality and character.

Don't joke about war.

Since he said that he was 50% sure, then there must be.

Hope was rekindled on his serious face, especially Hong Linfeng, who stared at Li Hao and asked, "Commander, do you already have a way?" ”

Li Hao did not deny it, and replied by pointing to a large area on the sand table that had been marked as a guerrilla zone.

"The frontal width of our guerrilla zone is 100 kilometers and the depth is 50 kilometers, and the Japanese army has killed so many troops at once, and the room for maneuver of the three main battalions is too small."

"It is certain that the three main battalions will fight a lot of tough battles with the devils in the guerrilla zone, and it is inevitable that there will be heavy casualties and great pressure."

Hong Linfeng said: "What I'm most worried about is that some troops will be eaten by devils on the battlefield. ”

"The Japanese army has an advantage in strength, there are aircraft reinforcements during the day, and heavy artillery participates in the battle at night, once a unit is dragged by them, it can't end the battle quickly and disengage, eighty percent will be surrounded by devils and heavy troops, and then eat."

"As long as the troops are not wiped out, the backbone is still there, the supplementary troops are in place in time, and there are veterans with them, they still have combat effectiveness, and can they continue to fight and fight with the devils?"

"If the troops are eliminated by the formation, and the cadres and veterans are gone, even if we send twice as many reinforcements, the troops will not be able to form combat effectiveness, and they will not be able to continue to participate in the battle."

Li Hao affirmed: "This situation will definitely occur, and there are quite a few, so we must remind the three battalions to be mentally prepared in advance, and they must not fight the devil unless they have to." ”

"As long as they can hold out in the guerrilla zone for half a month, there will be reinforcements from the troops."

"Besides, not going head-to-head with devils doesn't mean we're going to be shrunken turtles. When it's time to take the initiative, you still have to take the initiative. ”

"For example, tonight."

"The Independent Mixed Brigade is now on its way, with a large number of heavy weapons, and if we send out guerrillas to destroy the road, their march will definitely slow down, and they will not be able to reach the battlefield before dark."

"This means that the advantage on the front line is still on our side."

"Call back to the three main battalions immediately: The troops can't sit back and wait for the Japanese army to come over in an independent mixed brigade, passively defend, and sit back and wait for death."

"We're going to strike first."

"Guerrillas, local troops, coordinated with each other, destroyed roads, slowed down the advance of independent mixed brigades."

"The main forces seized the time to rest and took the initiative to attack after dark."

"Take the company as a unit, bring all the heavy weapons, and take advantage of the independent mixed brigade to kill all the nearby strongholds, and wipe out all the Japanese puppet army."

"Let the independent mixed brigade become a lone army after arriving at the battlefield, and there are no troops familiar with the terrain to cooperate with them, and they will become blind."