Cheng Xiao, who was a regiment-level cadre during the Red Army, was the first to react, and replied with a sudden understanding: "I understand, battalion commander, you are a veteran who consumes a lot of devils to form a garrison brigade." According to the ratio of one veteran to three recruits, last night, we ate all the veterans of the Japanese army to form an infantry brigade! ”

"Not bad!" Wang Ping affirmed with a satisfied face.

"The instructor did a good job of analyzing it. According to intelligence, the Japanese army had a total of 13 strongholds, large and small, outside Laiyuan City, the small ones included one infantry squad of the Japanese army, and the large ones had one reinforced squad to two squadrons, with a total strength of more than 600 people. If we can eat these more than 600 devils in the next few days, then the veterans of the Japanese army's expansion and mixed brigade will be less than 1,000 people in Laiyuan City. ”

"Less than a thousand veterans have expanded to 6,500 people, you are all veterans, you should know that this requires the Japanese army to spend a lot of time and materials on running-in training."

"The longer it takes for the Japanese army to form a mixed brigade and an army, the more time we will have to expand our strength to meet the heavy encirclement and suppression that the Japanese army may encircle and suppress us!"

"I get it too!" Zeng Quan's heavy face looked a lot better, and then he exclaimed excitedly!

"Battalion commander, you just said that in the next ten days, we will have enough actual combat battlefields to train our troops, is it just to eliminate the limited veterans of devils in Laiyuan!"

"Not bad!" Speaking of this, Wang Ping no longer concealed it, and ordered directly.

"The second company of the independent battalion, with a baggage squad, an infantry gun, and two mortars, will set off on time at twelve o'clock this evening, and will go around Laiyuan City for me, and fight westward to destroy and loot all the strongholds arranged by the Japanese army outside the city!"

"After each battle, all captured supplies and equipment and ammunition, including prisoners, are returned to the station!"

"Instructor, you have to draw out a political cadre to recruit troops behind you, and the troops will recruit a village when they take a village, and we must expand our strength as much as possible before the Japanese army's mixed brigades and regiments form combat effectiveness!"

"Three companies of the independent battalion, with a baggage squad, one infantry gun, two mortars, from west to east, the same other tasks!"

"A company and a guard platoon, with a platoon as a unit, are active around the four gates of Laiyuan City."

"The second and third companies are fighting them outside the city, and it is impossible for the city to be indifferent, either sending reinforcements or ordering the troops outside the city to return to the city. When the time comes, there will be fewer devils, and you will find a way to gather troops to eat him, and if there are more devils, then contact two or three companies to eat him together! ”

"For this operation, I have taken out all the family funds of our independent battalion, and all the light and heavy machine guns, whether crooked or Czech-made, are all rationed to you. You are also allowed to keep the equipment and machine guns captured on the battlefield and hand them in when you return to the station. ”

"In the same case, the second and third companies have one infantry gun, two mortars, three grenadiers, two heavy machine guns, eight to nine light machine guns, and more than 100 three-eight covers. Not to mention dealing with an elite infantry squadron of the Japanese army, casually dealing with two of them, as long as they are well arranged, it should be very easy. ”

"Such a powerful firepower, five minutes at most, is guaranteed to eat the devil's two infantry squads!" Zhang Yunshan's face had been replaced by fanaticism, and he said confidently.

Zeng Quan followed and asked, "Battalion commander, should I go out too!" ”

Wang Ping shook his head and refused: "No, this time the three of us will go out and hand over the three company commanders to fight." With such good equipment, if they can't win the battle, then how can they become battalion commanders or even regiment commanders in the future! ”

"The instructor is still an old task, mobilizing civilians and prisoners to join our independent battalion, and then taking over the supplies sent back from outside the mountain, and ensuring that there are no problems with the logistics supply of the front-line combat troops! Lao Zeng, you are responsible for training recruits, and the instructors will train as many people as they recruit. In addition, in the process of training, do not be afraid to waste bullets, use live ammunition when it is time to use it, and make sure that they can initially form combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time. ”

"As for me, haven't I already captured two truckloads of cement and come back, I plan to use this time to prepare some surprises for the Japanese army on the way into the mountains. In addition, the logistical supply of our independent battalion must also gradually change from relying on capture to being self-sufficient. As for what to do? I'll keep it a secret for now, and you'll know when the time comes! ”

After a whole day of aerial reconnaissance did not find the main force of the Eighth Route Army outside the mountain, Major General Ono's nervous heart finally relaxed.

However, the vigilance of the Japanese army in the entire territory of Laiyuan has not been relaxed. The Japanese puppet army in the thirteen strongholds outside the city was not idle, and urged the prisoners and young men to build turrets day and night.

The Youhe stronghold directly east of Laiyuan City is nearly 20 kilometers away from the mountain where the independent camp is hiding.

It seems far away, but after the Xiaguan stronghold was destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, the Youhe stronghold became the first line of defense against the Eighth Route Army.

It has been two days since the Eighth Route Army destroyed the Xiaguan stronghold, and the Japanese squadron leader in the You He stronghold has also been nervous for two days.

Although his military rank is captain, the warriors of the imperial army under his command are only two infantry squads. As if it weren't for the importance of this place, the garrison here only had a reinforced squad a few days ago.

But even if the imperial army has increased a lot, it is far inferior to the more than 300 elite imperial troops in the Xiaguan stronghold.

If the Eighth Route Army can take this stronghold in one night, then it has the strength to take the Youhe stronghold where it is located in two or three hours.

Fortunately, two days passed, and the Eighth Route Army, which the squadron leader was worried about, did not appear.

Thinking of the brigade commander's report two days ago, the tension on the squadron leader's face was much better, and he said to himself to his subordinates: "Is it really as the general judged, the Eighth Route Army attacked the Xiaguan stronghold and lost its own troops, and it needs time to recover, and there is no time to attack us!" ”

The commander of the puppet army company, who had been patrolling and guarding for two nights in a row, immediately asked: "Sir, then should we continue to strengthen our vigilance at night?" The brothers have stayed up for two nights, and during the day they have to urge the prisoners to repair the turret, and they have no time to rest, they are really tired! ”

"Of course we need to be on guard!" The squadron leader replied without hesitation.

"Don't you want to carry out Your Excellency's order, you have a few heads for Your Excellency the General to shoot!"

Then he changed his words and continued: "However, Wang Sang, you just said the truth, the Imperial Association Army has indeed worked hard in the past two days. In this case, only half of the Imperial Allied Army will be left to patrol and guard tonight, and the rest will rest. Tomorrow night, the rested Imperial Cooperative Army will be responsible for patrolling and guarding again! ”

"As for the officers and men of the imperial army, they have been nervous for two hours in a row, and it is time to relax. On my order, the soldiers of the Imperial Army will each be given a canned piece of meat tonight. The Imperial Association Army issued a can of food in each row, so that everyone could relax! ”

For the puppet army, although they are selling their lives to the devils, there are not many devils who really look up to them and value them.

Therefore, for ordinary soldiers of the Imperial Cooperative Army, they can eat their stomachs in peacetime. As for cans, they don't dare to think about it.

Although the Japanese army rewarded them with canned food for an average of 10 people, it was still a difficult delicacy to eat when stewed with cabbage and radish. Therefore, on this night, whether it was the devil or the Imperial Army, they were all full of food and drink, and it was rare to relax.

As for the Devil Squadron Leader and the following squad leaders, they even took this opportunity to drink a lot of sake. Then they were slightly drunk and began to rest as soon as they had breakfast, and they couldn't move!