The Eighth Route Army not only had to preserve its vital strength and not fight hard with the devils, but also wanted to make the people in Chongqing unable to find an excuse to go crazy, and the dilemma made the chairman and the two begin to think.

The soot kept falling, and the chairman seemed to forget the cigarette between his fingers, and when the scorching temperature made the fingers react, the chairman reacted, and as soon as his fingers were loosened, the residual smoke fell to the ground.

Looking at his fingers, the chairman was stunned for a moment and then laughed, and said: "Boss, you said that the devils are encircling us, how about we gather superior forces to destroy all the way?" Knowing that the devil who hurts will definitely retreat, we also have an explanation. ”

After the chairman finished speaking, the boss's eyes narrowed, this is indeed a good way, if the devil wants to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army, the division of troops is an inevitable trend, as long as the Eighth Route Army finds an opportunity to eliminate all the way, not only the devil will hesitate, but Chongqing has nothing to say.

Thinking of this, the boss nodded in agreement, stood up and said, "I'll send a telegram immediately." ”

When the front-line command of the Eighth Route Army who received the telegram saw it, the deputy commander-in-chief and the chief of staff looked at each other and smiled, and sure enough, they all thought of a point.

"Boss, since Yan'an's method is the same as what we think, should we start preparing?" , the chief of staff put down the telegram and blurted out a question.

The boss nodded, picked up the information on the table and said, "You let all the departments get ready, and when the devils enter the hinterland of our base area, we will choose them all the way to eliminate them." ”

With a decision, the telegram was immediately sent, and the troops in various base areas received the telegram, and Li Ping was also looking at the telegram, and his independent brigade was probably unable to mix in the decision of the headquarters.

"Brigade commander, from this point of view, it is a foregone conclusion that the devils will encircle and suppress our Eighth Route Army with heavy troops, and we are still alone." , The chief of staff looked at the map with a sad face, the devil's strength was like a sharp blade, cutting off the independent brigade and the other troops of the Eighth Route Army, there was only one way to retreat into the mountains, but this road the independent brigade could not walk, otherwise it was no different from chronic suicide.

Li Ping was also thinking about a decisive battle with Itakami Seishiro, he didn't want to retreat, as long as he could defeat the Fifth Division, the form would change drastically.

The heat of the brazier in the room made everyone feel very warm, a cold wind blew, and the figure of the political commissar appeared in front of everyone.

"Brigade commander, it's getting colder and colder now, fortunately we have captured a lot in the past, otherwise the soldiers don't know how to survive this winter."

The words of the political commissar shocked Li Ping, he seemed to have grasped the point, and quickly returned to the front of the map, looking at the marked devil's march route, Li Ping's eyes became brighter and brighter.

Li Ping's abnormality made the two political commissars stunned, and they also walked over quickly: "Brigade commander, what can you think of?" ”

The words of the political commissar made Li Ping turn his head, look at the two and nod lightly: "Political commissar, chief of staff, according to my estimate, there will be half a month, which is the time for snow, and the weather is getting colder and colder, this is our chance." ”

After hearing this, the chief of staff frowned, and asked: "Brigade commander, this is the time of day, it has an impact on both of us, with our logistics ability, it is much worse than the devil, and the devil still has an advantage in this regard." ”

As soon as the chief of staff said, the political commissar also nodded immediately, the devil is indeed much stronger than the Eighth Route Army in this regard.

Seeing that the two of them were in agreement, Li Ping shook his head slightly and said: "I once heard a saying that the enemy's strongest place often hides a fatal weakness. ”

"The devil's logistics can indeed make them persist in fighting in winter, but this is their weakness, as long as we interrupt the devil's logistics, how long can they hold out in such weather?"

After Li Ping finished speaking, he turned back and continued to look at the map, and the eyes of the chief of staff and the political commissar began to light up after hearing this, fighting in winter, without logistical support, the combat effectiveness of the troops must decline very quickly, and the Eighth Route Army used to recuperate and rest in winter to prepare for the next year's operations.

The three of them had the same idea, looked at the map and began to think, Li Ping pointed to the map with his hand, and said: "You look at the deployment of Banhuan Zhengshiro's troops, attack in three directions, and finally encircle, the purpose is to compress our independent brigade in one area and carry out the final decisive battle." ”

"Itakami Seishiro is very confident, he only left a logistics wing in the county seat of Pingxian County, and his logistics and transportation routes are under the protection of his heavy troops, which is also the reason why he is relieved."

Li Ping said this, and the chief of staff continued: "Brigade commander, since the devil is also afraid that his logistics route will be interrupted, how can we attack under the heavy troops?" ”

Li Ping's face sank, and he said in a cold tone: "Time is very important for both of us, I want to have a real positional battle with Itakami Seishiro to drain all his troops." ”

After Li Ping finished speaking, the two political commissars' hairs stood up, revealing a shocked look, Li Ping wanted to attract Banhuan Seishiro over, the two sides fought a decisive battle, and then sent troops to interrupt the devil's logistics, just to see who could hold out to the end.

The two political commissars looked hesitant, this kind of fighting, one was not careful, and their independent brigade was buried here.

Li Ping looked at the faces of the two of them, and continued to explain: "Now we only have to fight, you see the devil's actions of encircling and suppressing our Eighth Route Army now, if we retreat into the mountains, even if we can hold out until next year, how much combat strength we still have, the devil will be encircled and suppressed again." ”

The two political commissars also knew that Li Ping was right, the troops retreated into the mountains, and they would become weaker and weaker without logistical supplies, and when the time came, it would be difficult for them to escape the poisonous hands of the devils.

Thinking of this, the three of them suddenly raised their heads, glanced at each other, and made up their minds.

With a decision, Li Ping pointed to the map and said: "You see, the devils are surrounded by three roads, and I am going to put the battlefield here in Xiaowangzhuang, where there is a large forest behind it, which can allow us to prevent the devil's planes." ”

"I will let a few regiments assemble here quickly, and Itakami Seishiro will definitely take this place directly in the future."

"Chief of Staff, your task is to take a regiment and lurk behind the devils to interrupt their logistics, whether we can hold out here depends on your actions."

“……”

Li Ping explained the actions one by one, and after several people understood the task, Li Ping immediately sent a telegram to the troops on the front line, asking them to retreat to Xiaowangzhuang to establish a defensive line, and Li Ping and the political commissar immediately rushed over.

The sudden retreat of the independent brigade Itakami Seishiro was not clear about the purpose for the time being, and he continued to advance according to the planned marching route.

On the other side, after Li Ping and the political commissar came to Xiaowangzhuang, there were already two regiments of soldiers digging trenches.

"Brigade commander, are we really going to have a positional battle with the devils here?" , Chen Huanzhong is still puzzled, and the political commissar just needs to pull him and start explaining.

Li Ping took the guard platoon to observe the position, calculated the distance, and the artillery commander walked over quickly.

"Brigadier, what new ideas do you have?"