Finally, staring at the chief of staff, he asked rhetorically, "What do you mean?" ”

After thinking about it, the chief of staff decided to say what he really thought, after all, more than a thousand lives were at stake for himself and those around him. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"The situation we are facing now has taught us that if we don't understand that if the opponent pursues rashly, it will suffer a big loss, and even the whole situation may be destroyed. We must decisively stop this risky action, because we can't afford to gamble! ”

"Captain, you have to know that once we lose the bet, everyone here may be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army. At that time, the entire Laiyuan will have no imperial troops that can compete with the Eighth Route Army, and they will be able to break through each and take down the entire Laiyuan step by step! ”

"This must not be allowed to happen!" Ono said very decisively.

But as soon as the words came out, he was unwilling, and then added: "If the operation ends like this, won't all the warriors who have died in the past few days die in vain?" ”

"Nope! They will not die in vain! The chief of staff explained.

"According to the order, in the next half a month, the additional troops sent by the commander to us will be in place one after another, and our wing will also be expanded into a garrison brigade, with a total strength of 6,500 people, which is more than three times the current one!"

"If Your Excellency the Wing Commander is willing, the Laiyuan Garrison Regiment can also be expanded into a garrison brigade. In this way, the strength of the wing commander will increase to 10,000 people, and there will never be such a shortage of troops in front of him! ”

Xiao Ye's frowning brows also stretched a lot at this time, and then his eyes lit up and said: "If there are really 10,000 troops, even if all the troops of the First Army Division of the Eighth Route Army come over, I am not afraid!" ”

"Captain, you agreed?" As soon as Ono showed signs of letting go, the chief of staff asked!

Ono nodded and affirmed: "Chief of Staff, your analysis is correct, I can't risk the lives of so many warriors with me, let alone take Laiyuan, Laiyuan City must not be taken back by the Eighth Route Army!" ”

Speaking of this, Ono Osa changed his words and continued: "However, the reconnaissance and attack on the Eighth Route Army in Laiyuan cannot be relaxed! Our intelligence agencies must speed up the intelligence infiltration of Laiyuan, regardless of whether they plan to buy the Chinese or send intelligence groups. In five days at most, I must find out the total strength and equipment of the Eighth Route Army in Laiyuan! The more detailed, the better, otherwise, the intelligence staff of the command will wait to go to the court-martial! ”

"As for the attack, from now on, all the strongholds will be on heightened alert, and when the reinforcements arrive, they will first replenish the strongholds so that they can reach full strength. If you encounter an attack by the Eighth Route Army again, there will be no room for you to fight back! ”

"The other is the Laiyuan Garrison Regiment, I agree to the expansion of the garrison regiment into a garrison brigade, and I will apply to His Excellency the Commander when I go back. However, the combat effectiveness shown by the garrison in the past few days is really disappointing to me, after I go back, the garrison brigade must strengthen training, chief of staff, you also have a squadron of imperial troops to join the garrison regiment, serving as the deputy of officers at all levels, specially responsible for training! ”

"From now on, I don't want to see the garrison surrender to the enemy in formation, or be cowardly on the battlefield and collapse without a fight!" After thinking that the arrangements were in order, Ono gave the order to withdraw his troops.

Wang Ping, who got the news, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then took the captured and captured prisoners and went straight to Zhangjiawan to meet Cheng Xiao.

The village, which used to be only a few families, has been transformed into a huge military camp with the arrival of the independent battalion.

At first, these hunters did not agree with the independent battalion to set up a military camp here. One of the important reasons why they moved their families from outside the mountains and then made a living by hunting was to escape the war.

And in their eyes, if the military body is stationed close to the village, it won't take too long, and the devils will also find here, then they will be affected by the war. Therefore, after hearing Cheng Xiao's idea of setting the independent battalion here, several hunters subconsciously refused.

Fortunately, the independent battalion fought a lot of victories after attacking Laiyuan, and had both money and food in their hands.

After seeing that several hunters relied on hunting to survive and their families couldn't even eat, they offered to provide each hunter with 100 catties of white flour so that they could survive this cold winter. Otherwise, when the heavy snow covers the mountain, there will definitely be more than 30 people in Zhangjiawan who will freeze to death and starve to death!

Seeing that the Eighth Route Army did not rob whatever it saw like the Central Army and the Jin Sui Army that he had encountered before, he in turn gave himself food, so that his family could survive in the cold winter. These hunters were very moved, and finally gave up all the open land and forests in the east of the village to the independent battalion as a station, and also gave the independent battalion a lot of mountain goods that could not be sold because of the war!

Seeing that it was getting colder and colder outside, seeing that the weather was going to snow, and the troops were still wounded because of the continuous fighting. It is certainly impossible to expose them to the cold camp just like that.

Just when Cheng Xiao was in trouble, Zhong Yusheng came back. Not only did they bring a large number of captives, but they also brought back seventy or eighty prisoners.

As long as there are people, everything can be done.

With the help of dozens of villagers in Zhangjiawan, Cheng Xiao used the puppet army prisoners in his hand to build more than a dozen wooden barracks in only two days, ensuring that these people in the military camp have a place to live temporarily, and also giving the empty camp a little bit of the appearance of a military camp.

When Wang Ping led the team back to Zhangjiawan, because the main force of the independent battalion had brought a lot of supplies and equipment, and it had to make a detour, it had not yet returned.

Looking at the camp that was beginning to take shape in front of him, but still empty, Wang Ping was very satisfied, and had the idea of treating this place as a long-term camp for an independent camp.

Even if the independent battalion is expanded in the future, there will not be so many people stationed here, and this camp can also be regarded as a secret camp of the independent battalion!

As soon as the idea was put forward, instructor Cheng Xiao agreed: "I agree, I have looked at the surrounding terrain in the past two days, it can be said that it can be attacked and retreated, which is very suitable for being a station!" ”

"If the open space and forests that the village has given us are all used to build camps, there will be no problem at all to accommodate a thousand people!"

"There is also the geographical location here, there are more than 20 villages within 30 miles of the surrounding area, and they are all very large. We can take Zhangjiawan as the center, radiate the surrounding villages step by step, and then rely on these villages to establish a base! ”

Wang Ping's gaze at Cheng Xiao changed suddenly. I thought he was just an old political worker, but I didn't expect him to be so far-sighted in the military, and he was simply an all-rounder.

At this time, Wang Ping finally understood what Chief of Staff Tang had said to him when he sent Cheng Xiao over.

"Let Cheng Xiao come to the independent battalion is to pick up the treasure by himself, and he must develop the independent battalion as soon as possible, and he can't lose Cheng Xiao."

As an all-round commander, there is a shortage of talents like Cheng Xiao in the Eighth Route Army, and there is no problem in being a regiment commander and living regimental political commissar in the future. Being an instructor for yourself now is definitely overkill.

If he can't expand the independent battalion into an independent regiment as soon as possible, then I'm really sorry for Cheng Xiao.

Thinking of this, Wang Ping's motivation is even more sufficient.

Then Cheng Xiao looked at him and affirmed: "Old Cheng, you are right, when we stabilize here, I will go back to the headquarters and apply to the commander that our independent battalion stay in Laiyuan, establish a base area, and directly expand the scope of the First Army Division to Laiyuan." ”