"Commander, do you mean to incorporate the puppet army in the Shimen area? That's a puppet army, how can you be willing to join us and use it for me? Guo Meng was puzzled.

Qiao Youhua lit a cigarette and smoked: "Not all the Imperial Cooperative Army are willing to be hardcore traitors, most of the Imperial Association Army are illiterate ordinary people, they are either pulled to be strong, or they go to serve as soldiers in order to make a living."

As for right and wrong, it is not clear what is good and evil, and the real hardcore traitors are often those who are knowledgeable, educated, or have brains.

A large number of puppet soldiers, they are still soldiers in essence, the key is to see whose flag they serve, under the hands of hardcore traitors and devils, they are traitors, puppet soldiers.

Under our hands, they are part of the anti-Japanese team, so we can completely absorb them for our own use, of course, this premise is that we must first eliminate the small number of hardcore traitors and Japanese devils in Shimen City. ”

Guo Meng nodded as if he had realized something, and said, "Well, there is some truth in what you said, I don't know if you already have a suitable battle plan, Commander?" ”

According to the situation brought by the cavalry battalion, after the 21st Division received reinforcements from the puppet army, it did not show the slightest sign of wanting to attack, but instead deployed its troops mainly in Shimen County, and handed over the outer defense to the two two devils who were mixed into a brigade, it seems that they plan to stick to Shimen and wait for the arrival of the main force of its encirclement and suppression army.

At this juncture, in order to be able to capture Shimen before the arrival of the enemy's encirclement and suppression of the main force, there is no other way but to concentrate forces and break it! ”

"You mean storming?" Guo Mengdao.

Qiao Youhua said: "That's right, it's a strong attack, it's time to test the success of our dragon tooth column in training and refitting in the past six months, with more advanced weapons than the Japanese army, we also occupy an absolute local advantage in artillery, what is needed is a tough battle, tempering new recruits at the same time, but also deterring the puppet army."

Lay the groundwork for our incorporation! "The reason why Qiao Youhua made this decision was not a momentary hot-headedness, but the result of the current overall strength of the Dragon's Tooth Column.

First of all, in terms of infantry weaponry, the weapons equipped by each regiment of the Dragon's Tooth Column, whether it is the MG34 general-purpose machine gun, the MP38 submachine gun, or the British 77 rifle, are all completely explosive in terms of caliber, rate of fire, and power.

Secondly, in terms of artillery fire, since the defeat of the 12th and 13th mixed brigades of the Japanese army, the 5th and 10th divisions, and the mixed brigade mainly under the headquarters of Yu Zhishan, the number of 60mm mortars and above caliber artillery captured alone has exceeded 300.

This is not counting the number of more astonishing grenadiers, and subsequently, Qiao Youhua exchanged a large number of 37mm anti-aircraft guns from the Germans, so the entire Dragon's Tooth Column was much stronger than the 21st Division of the Japanese Army in Shimen in terms of artillery fire and attack ability.

The absolute superiority of light weapons and artillery made the overall combat effectiveness of the Dragon's Tooth Column stronger than that of the 21st Division and the puppet army of the two mixed brigades combined.

With this as the backing, Qiao Youhua, who thinks that his tactical command ability is no less than that of anyone in this era, what else is there to be afraid of?

In Qiao Youhua's words, today's Dragon Tooth Column is a real soldier with enough food, and it occupies an absolute advantage in the local area of Shimen.

Guo Meng reminded: "Commander, I agree with your battle plan, but we must pay attention to the fact that once Shimen is attacked, the North China Front Command may not sit idly by, and we need to be wary of any reinforcements it may send." ”

Qiao Youhua said: "I have taken into account what you said, the attack on Shimen is a stormy battle, and the cavalry battalion does not have to participate, I plan to send them north along the railway line, wreak havoc on the railways, roads, and bridges along the way, and at the same time attack the rear of the Japanese puppet army in a roundabout way to block the speed of the Japanese puppet reinforcements going south."

In fact, Political Commissar Guo, the main purpose of our operation this time is to defeat these two puppet army brigades and regiments that have just arrived in the Shimen area, and then integrate them to strengthen ourselves.

With this as the goal, launch an attack on Shimen, if the 21st Division can't shrink out, leaving these two independent brigades of the puppet army to be cannon fodder outside, then we will just defeat them and integrate them.

If the 21st Division takes the initiative to go out of the city and join forces with the puppet army to meet us, then we will fight with them in a dignified position, defeat them head-on, and recover Shimen County! ”

After Qiao Youhua's explanation, Guo Meng completely understood, nodded solemnly, and began to assist Qiao Youhua in issuing the battle order.

After this combat order was issued to the subordinate regiments, the entire anti-Japanese base area of the Longya Column began to mobilize rapidly.

Thanks to the extremely high popularity of the Dragon's Tooth Column in the base area, the people of each regiment and battalion stationed in the area spontaneously organized themselves after being notified and helped the Dragon's Tooth Column to carry supplies and make preparations before the battle for free.

The great Chairman Mao once said that the people's war is invincible, and with the full assistance of the people, the Dragon's Tooth Column will not be just more than 10,000 people fighting alone, but hundreds of thousands of people in the entire base area will fight side by side with them.

The people's will is invincible! Although it is not all right, the Dragon's Tooth Column now not only has the support of the people, but also has advanced weapons and equipment, sufficient ammunition and food, and advanced tactical command.

Such an army will be truly invincible and invincible.

Except for Jiang Haidong's regiment, which was to garrison Lingshou to prevent the Japanese puppet army reinforcements from Baoding from moving south, the remaining two main regiments, the guard battalion directly under the column, the artillery battalion, the arsenal garrison brigade, and the militia of various counties all participated in the battle.

The cavalry battalion will also go north, just in case with Jiang Haidong's regiment, one left and one right, just in case, to block the Japanese puppet army reinforcements that may come from the north.

Of course, when necessary, a regiment can also draw a certain amount of troops to assist the main force of the column in combat.

As I said before, after the development of the past six months, the strength of each regiment of the Dragon's Tooth Column has reached full strength, and the number of people has reached more than 3,000.

Therefore, the total strength of the 2nd and 3rd regiments of Longya Regiment, plus the guard battalion directly under the column, the arsenal garrison brigade, and the artillery battalion, still reached more than 8,000 people participating in this battle.

The task of defense and public order in the three counties of Zhengding, Pingshan, and Luquan was entrusted to the militia of various localities, and this was also the reason why all units of the Longya Column were able to go all out.

In addition, because there are hundreds of thousands of people in the base area as the backing, helping them solve the problems of logistics and transportation, rescue of the wounded, etc., all the participating units of the Dragon's Tooth Column can be put into combat use, that is to say, these more than 8,000 people are all combat units that can be put into battle, and the strength is not small compared with the Japanese puppet army, and the combat power is even stronger than the other side.

The Great War is imminent!

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