After listening to the report on casualties and ammunition consumption by Chief of Staff Li Qing, everyone was silent, so many losses at one time, the combat effectiveness of the troops will definitely be weakened a lot This is the idea of every military cadre below. However, the deputy chief of the general staff did not think so, and the loss of the enemy was 2:1, which was an unprecedented victory. After hearing about the consumption of ammunition in the troops, I was once again surprised by the sufficiency of ammunition reserves of the Reading Brigade. However, looking at the silent expressions of everyone, the deputy chief of the general staff endured and did not speak.

"Don't be discouraged, everyone, although the loss is so big, but this battle is worth it. I know that you are worried about the combat effectiveness of your troops, and I will tell you that no matter what kind of battle you fight, no matter who I am, as long as you fight well, I will replenish as much as you lose.

However, if you don't fight well and lose your troops because of your improper command, not only will I not replenish the soldiers, but I will also withdraw the number of your main force at any time and change it to a local garrison regiment. In this battle, everyone performed very well, so you don't have to worry about the combat effectiveness of the troops, and all the missing personnel are all drawn from the garrison regiment to replenish them. Liu Hua looked at the silent crowd and said loudly

The next meeting was on the replenishment of troops, and the transfer of supplies lasted nearly two hours before it ended. After the meeting, Liu Hua stretched his waist and was about to leave, but he was left by the deputy chief of general staff, political commissar and other party committees next to him Liu Hua didn't have to think about it, it was about the coming devil "Nine Road Siege"

Looking at the remaining five people in the conference room, the deputy chief of general staff began to speak, "Commander Liu, Political Commissar Guan, Director Li, Director Wang, Secretary Xiao, I am leaving you here now to inform you of a matter, and at the same time, this matter is also the main purpose of my visit to Jindong this time, in order to prevent leakage, I will come here personally this time, I hope that after this matter is told to you, you will keep it strictly confidential before the battle begins" The deputy chief of general staff said solemnly.

After listening to the words of the chief of staff, everyone nodded.

"Comrades, some time ago, the 129th Division captured an important document of the Yue Army in a campaign, and the content of the document is probably due to the fact that our Eighth Route Army has attacked the logistics convoy of the devils many times since its expedition, and gradually gained a firm foothold in the rear of the army and established a base area, especially the large number of living forces of the devils in the battles of your Reading Brigade at the bottom of the Yellow Cliff and Qiqian Village, which has aroused great attention from the North China Army. It is initially estimated that more than 30,000 people will launch a large-scale siege to the southeast of Shanxi Province in nine routes, in a vain attempt to use the tactics of "separate advance and joint attack" to quickly resolve the battle and encircle and annihilate our army in Liaoxian, Yushe, Wuxiang ~ Pingding area.

Among them, the focus of the devil's sweep this time is your Reading Brigade, and if the devil knows that the Battle of Xiangtangpu was also launched by the Reading Brigade, then, the devil may be more focused on besieging the Jindong base area.

The headquarters sent me over this time, on the one hand, to let me convey the news, and on the other hand, considering that Jindong has insufficient troops and needs the support of surrounding troops, and I am here, I can make adjustments from it" After speaking, the deputy chief of general staff looked at Liu Hua and Guan Xiangying in front of him.

"Chief of Staff Zuo, can you detect the devil's march route map in advance." Liu Hua raised his head and asked, you must know that what the chief of staff said is different from what is in history, so that Liu Hua does not dare to use the route map of the devil's march in history as a reference.

"I think with the intelligence system of our Eighth Route Army, we should be able to do this." The chief of staff thought for a while and said.

"Okay, Chief of Staff Zuo, political commissar, as long as I can get the devil's offensive roadmap, I won't be afraid, I guarantee that the devil will not take advantage of the devil in the process of attacking the base area, and he will run into a nose of dust." After listening to the words of the chief of staff, Liu Hua said confidently. You must know that Liu Hua's head is loaded with all the experience of the Eighth Route Army in the later generations of anti-encirclement and suppression, and when he thinks of this, he is full of confidence when he thinks of this.

"Eh, Commander Liu, have you paid any attention, let's hear it." After hearing Liu Hua's words, Chief of Staff Zuo immediately became excited.

At this time, Liu Hua, who was in reverie, didn't seem to hear the words of the chief of staff, and then said: "Chief of Staff, political commissar, this devil's attack on the base area is not a good thing for us. First of all, since its establishment, our unit has always been in a state of field warfare, and has never fought against encirclement and suppression at all, and small units have fought alone, so this is also a good opportunity for military training.

On the other hand, perhaps after this anti-encirclement and suppression battle, the common people will trust us even more than now, because we are protecting their lives and their families with our own lives, and only by letting the common people realize that our Eighth Route Army is here to protect them and give the common people a sense of belonging can our base area become an ironclad base area.

Finally, we can also take advantage of this anti-encirclement and suppression campaign to expand our base areas, because we now have so many troops, and there is no room for maneuver in such a small base area, and we must expand our base areas in eastern Jindong to the southern Jinnan region through this anti-encirclement and suppression battle, and if there is an opportunity, divide our base areas into several small pieces and let them be managed by three regiment commanders, so that our burden will be lighter, and we can leave more time to consider the overall operation."

After listening to Liu Hua's words, several people looked at the commander in front of them in disbelief. I really didn't expect my commander to think like this, in the face of the enemy's heavy encirclement, not only was he not nervous at all, but he also came up with so many things, and everything was closely related to this battle, everyone couldn't believe that the commander in front of him was much smaller than himself, and he really didn't know what the commander's brain was.

Seeing everyone looking at him with curious and surprised eyes, Liu Hua finally reacted that it was his words that scared them.

Thinking of this, Liu Hua told several surrounding party committees in detail what he thought in his heart. "First of all, there are tight tunnel fortifications inside the base area, if the devil dares to enter the base area, let him not get supplies earlier, and at the same time, we can also use the tunnels of each village to cooperate with the militia and the devil to fight a tunnel war with a small number of troops. Secondly, we now have sufficient weapons and ammunition, and we are fully capable of hitting the troops of more than three main regiments and fighting a big war of annihilation with the devils, and completely eliminate the devils along the way, so that the other devils will not take advantage of it,"

After listening to Liu Hua's thoughts, everyone applauded, and asked the commander all kinds of questions. Even the usually mild-mannered Chief of Staff of the Left applauded again and again, saying that the Jindong base area was well prepared

So, in the evening of the same day, several stall personnel determined the specific policy of this anti-encirclement and suppression, and assigned specific tasks to themselves. And it is required that before the devil's action, in order to prevent the investigation of the devil's spies, it is strictly forbidden to tell this matter, and all tasks must be carried out slowly and secretly during this time. The meeting ended with excitement from everyone.

In order to deal with the sweeping sweep that the devil is coming. Although the headquarters did not disclose the news in advance, the entire base area was slowly becoming tense.

On the second day of the meeting, the logistics office received an order from the headquarters: the logistics department was required to distribute all the thousands of various mines stored in the arsenal and material warehouses to various villages in the shortest possible time, and asked the logistics department to send certain soldiers and cadres to each village for guidance, and asked every militia comrade to lay all kinds of mines...

Similarly, Liu Bo, the director of the arsenal, also received a telegram from Liu Hua of the headquarters, on the one hand, praising the great contribution made by the arsenal to the Eighth Route Army in one month, and on the other hand, he once again gave the arsenal a new production task with a beard. The arsenal is required to put aside the work at hand for the time being, and hurry up to produce mines, and make sure that each village has a certain number of mines for defense, so that the devils will not be able to take the main road and slow down their march. Secondly, the arsenal was required to produce as much gunpowder as possible, and within half a month, try to produce again 200 shells of various thunderbolts...

Of course, as the six main regiments that have just returned to the base area, the command will not forget them. Not long after the commanders, political commissars, and others of each regiment returned to the headquarters, they received a telegram from the headquarters: All regiments were requested to immediately go to the garrison regiment within one day and in accordance with the number of people specified in the meeting to receive the troops, and quickly integrate them into the combat units, and it is best to carry out mixed formations, so that the troops can reach full strength in the fastest possible time. In addition, all regiments are required to immediately count the amount of ammunition remaining in each regiment and send a certain number of troops to the headquarters to collect ammunition.

Although the commanders did not know why the command was in such a hurry, and they were also in a hurry to replenish the amount of ammunition consumed by the troops, it was carried out quickly. However, as an excellent commander and fighter, everyone saw some strange things in this telegram, and they already vaguely felt in their hearts that there would be a tough battle to be fought.

Receiving ammunition, the commander of each regiment attaches great importance to this matter, because after all, it is related to the combat effectiveness of the troops, so each regiment is very attentive and has sent one of its most powerful companies to collect ammunition.

At the door of the logistics reserve of the headquarters, Wang Daoguang, the logistics chief who has always been stingy, was standing at the entrance of the cave in high spirits. Constantly shouting about how much ammunition the regiment received

(To be continued)