Three days later, more than 20,000 devils finally arrived at the new regiment and one battalion.

"Division commander, the entire garrison is empty, not even a single bullet or grain left!" The captain of the forward unit who entered the camp ahead of time reported with a calm face.

The troops worked hard to fight, and were harassed by the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army along the way, not to mention the losses of hundreds of imperial troops before and after, and almost everyone in the remaining troops wore a pair of black circles under their eyes, very tired. finally hit the target, but he pounced on the air, and he didn't even find a single Eighth Route Army, and it would be uncomfortable for everyone.

Lieutenant General Ito had already guessed this result, and his face looked much better.

replied with a calm face: "The Eighth Route Army is not a fool~ We have so many people killed, if we don't run, will we stay here and wait for death!" ”

"We will rest here tonight, rest for a day tomorrow, and start the official operation the day after tomorrow, with this as the center, the troops will be divided into three and sweep the entire Eighth Route Army base area. If the Eighth Route Army wants to run, let them cannon, and when they run to a place where there is no way to escape, they will fight a decisive battle if they don't want to fight us! ”

Dozens of kilometers away in Xiangfen County, the former enemy headquarters of the new regiment, Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong rushed in with excitement and solemnity.

"Regiment commander, the devil has divided his troops, and the real encirclement and suppression has begun!" Seeing Wang Pingzhong's success, he hurriedly reported. "Just like the information we received a few days ago, the devils divide their troops in units, and each infantry wing is a sweeping unit, and the middle sweeping force has the largest number of troops. In addition to an infantry wing of nearly 4,000 people, there are also divisional guard units, cavalry units of more than 2,000 people, a field artillery brigade, a heavy mountain artillery brigade, and a chariot brigade, with a total strength of nearly 9,000 people, directly to the county town of Xiangfen where we are located! ”

"The other two devils have only one infantry wing, one field artillery brigade, and one heavy mountain artillery brigade, with a total strength of more than 5,000 people!"

"Even so, these two little devils are behemoths to us. Our new regiment and the devil's encirclement and suppression troops collide all the way, and there is no possibility of winning! ”

"In addition, these three devils are separated from each other and attack, distributed in a semicircle, from south to north, sweeping our base area, intending to force us to the north of Linfen little by little, and then force us to fight a decisive battle, gather and rape them. Or just force us out of the base, of course, this is very unlikely......"

After Wang Ping stared at the map for five full minutes, he frowned and asked, "Do they have any troops left behind in the defense area of the first battalion~"

"Yes, the strength of a whole infantry brigade~" Zhong Chenggong affirmed.

"We've moved so many troops along the way, and the devils must know that even in the places they have swept will have our remaining troops and local guerrillas. Therefore, an infantry brigade was specially dispatched to deal with our remaining troops, and at the same time, to ensure their logistics line! ）”

"What about a battalion? Where is Xiong Changhe now? Wang Ping stared at the map and continued to ask.

"...... here," Zhong Chenggong replied, pointing to a point in the defense area of the three battalions on the map.

"Although the devils are only divided into three ways, they are twenty meters apart from each other. However, each road army was divided into three routes, each of which was only spaced five or six kilometers apart, and they cooperated with each other and supported each other. ”

"The first battalion and the newly formed first battalion have nearly 2,000 people, and they are also equipped with a lot of heavy weapons, so it is impossible to evade the encirclement and suppression of the little devils. But he didn't have the strength to fight hard with the devil's encirclement and suppression troops, so he could only be driven all the way to the third battalion defense area! ”

Wang Ping's eyes quickly shot out two rays of fine light, and then he ordered: "Contact Xiong Changhe immediately, I don't care what method he uses, whether it is a surprise attack or a direct attack, tonight, break through the encirclement of the little devils, jump to the back of the little devils to attack their left-behind troops, and destroy their logistics line!" ”

"The devil's whole encirclement and suppression plan is too thorough, we must distract them and make them messy. Only then will we have a chance! ”

"Also, order all the garrison troops and guerrillas in the military sub-district to organize the common people to clear the wilderness, and at the same time use guerrilla warfare to fight the devils, and completely destroy the roads that the little devils must take!"

"The devil's three-way sweeping troops all brought heavy artillery, so they could only take the road. If we destroy the road, we can force them to divide their forces, or at least slow them down to encircle and suppress us! ”

"Order, the third battalion, the fourth battalion, the second battalion, leave the new main battalion to cooperate with the local guerrillas and garrison troops and the devil's encirclement and suppression troops to fight guerrillas, all the other troops are transferred to the regiment headquarters, since the little devils do not divide the troops, I will fight a big battle~"

"Order, artillery battalion, armored battalion, cavalry battalion, air defense battalion, all end the whole training and be ready for battle!"

The joy of a victory in a battle by the river a few days ago has been completely covered by the grievances and helplessness of the first battalion.

The devil is too cautious, Xiong Changhe has been in good spirits, high morale, and full of confidence for several days in a row.

However, the final result, without exception, was all in vain.

Especially last night, the sneak attack on the devils failed, and half of the infantry company was blown up by the counterattack artillery fire played by the devils, and the wife was lost and the troops were broken......

Seeing the devils kill all the way and drive themselves out of the defense area, everyone in the first battalion was holding back a ball of anger in their hearts, and there was no place to vent.

"Battalion commander...... The regiment commander's emergency telegram is a combat order for us! Suddenly, the communications squad leader rushed in and hurriedly reported.

Xiong Changhe snatched the telegram.

After reading the telegram, not only did he not have any excited expression on his face, but he looked helpless.

"Commander, this is a big problem for me!" After handing the telegram to the instructor, Xiong Changhe said helplessly.

After reading the telegram, Liang Cheng's brows furrowed directly.

But he still replied with a firm face: "No matter how difficult it is, it must be carried out, this is an order of the regiment headquarters, and it must be related to the overall situation of the entire anti-encirclement and suppression operation of the regiment headquarters, and the overall situation must not be affected by the difficulties of our first battalion!" ”

Jiang Chao, the commander of the new 1st Battalion, also had a very unsightly face, and replied with an embarrassed expression: "The blockade of the devils is too strict, we have so many people, and there are heavy weapons, if you want to pass through their blockade line, it is even more difficult than ascending to the sky!" ”

"This is the information that the reconnaissance platoon has just sent back, the situation is similar to what we thought during the day, the devils are stationed on all the heights on the first line of Xiong Village in infantry brigades, about five kilometers apart from each other, and they are condescendingly blocking all roads that can pass through their blockade line with firepower. For some places with dangerous terrain, they also specially dispatched infantry squads, relying on heavy machine guns and mortars to guard the location, as long as we passed, no matter where we went, we couldn't hide from their eyes! ”

"Is it possible to call over~" Liang Cheng asked rhetorically with a frown.

Jiang Chao shook his head and replied: "It's very difficult, the best breakthrough points are those places where only a small number of devil infantry are defending." It's not a problem to take down these little devils...... However, devil reinforcements are a big problem! ”

"Not to mention anything else, just the artillery shells from the devils from a long distance can cause us a lot of damage, not to mention that they can kill them in ten minutes, and then counter-surround our reinforcements!"

"I'm sure that the little devils now are not only not worried about us attacking them, but are expecting us to attack them. So that they can fight us and kill us! ”

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