Recruits are afraid of going to war and are full of fear of the battlefield; Veterans are able to approach the battlefield with a calm mind. However, for the real elite, they are very eager to go to war.

For them, the battlefield is a stage for them to display their talents, and a platform for them to make contributions and obtain military achievements.

And the soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon standing in front of Wang Pingping are all elite.

Therefore, as soon as they heard Wang Ping say that they would be given the opportunity to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and train their troops, the eyes of these people became fanatical. Stared at Wang Ping tightly and waited for Wang Ping to follow.

"Eighty percent of the Japanese puppet troops who left the city from the east, west, and north wanted to reoccupy the major strongholds they had abandoned more than ten days ago. When I first received the news that the Japanese puppet army had abandoned its stronghold, I said that it would be easy for them to abandon their stronghold, but it would be difficult to recapture it. ”

"Your reconnaissance platoon is the first checkpoint for the Japanese puppet army to recapture these strongholds!"

"I ask you, under the condition of ensuring casualties, to slow down the march of the Japanese puppet army as much as possible, and buy time for the main force to transfer troops!"

"Plus, you can use every method you can think of to kill and injure devil forces during the operation!"

"Finally, once the Japanese puppet army leaves the city, you must find out the strength and equipment of the Japanese puppet army as soon as possible, and then quickly send someone back to report. When the time comes, I will take the main force of the regiment to station the Xiaguan stronghold that we have taken and wait for news! ”

"Before leaving, each reconnaissance squad will go to the communications platoon to secondment its cavalry communicator, and as soon as there is news, let them send it back!"

At the headquarters of the Japanese army in Laiyuan City, the brigade commander, Major General Ono, was in a very good mood.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the last batch of recruits and equipment given to it by the military department were in place.

Although the brigade has not yet formed combat effectiveness, it has reached full strength, with a total of five infantry brigades, an artillery brigade, a cavalry brigade, an engineer brigade, a baggage brigade, and other directly subordinate units such as a communications squadron, with a total strength of 6,500 troops.

With so many officers and soldiers of the Imperial Army, coupled with the sophisticated equipment of the mixed brigade, Ono is confident. As long as the brigade and regiment form combat effectiveness, it will certainly be able to wipe out all the resistance forces in Laiyuan as soon as possible, and make Laiyuan a stable rear of the Great Japanese Empire and an advance base for attacking the base areas of the Eighth Route Army.

Ono sat behind his desk with a smile on his face and dreamed sweetly. The chief of staff walked over with a smile on his face, and at a glance he knew that there was some good news.

"General, the Laiyuan Garrison Brigade of the Imperial Cooperative Army has been formed, and a squadron of Imperial Army has been transferred to join the garrison brigade according to the order, and the officers above the company level of the garrison brigade are assisted in training the troops. At present, each infantry company of the Imperial Allied Army has three Imperial soldiers serving as deputy company commanders and training instructors to train the Imperial Allied Army and further strengthen the Imperial Army's control over the Imperial Allied Army. I believe that it won't take too long for the garrison brigade to form a combat force and assist the imperial army troops in clearing all the resistance forces in Laiyuan! ”

"Sure enough, that's good news!" Ono said with great satisfaction.

Then he did not forget to add: "Tell the officers and men of the Imperial Army of the garrison brigade to strengthen the training of the Imperial Cooperative Army, and whoever can't bear it will kick him out of the ranks of the Imperial Cooperative Army." What we have in our hands are the captives of the squadron who are willing to join the Imperial Army! ”

"Hey, Your Excellency General's order must be given word for word!" The chief of staff immediately replied.

Ono is very satisfied with the current performance of the chief of staff, since he was promoted to major general, his rank has also been promoted to the rank of chief of staff of Nakasa, and his attitude towards himself is obviously more respectful than before, Ono is very satisfied with this change.

At this time, Ono's mind came to mind again with a dream he had just made.

Some time ago, the troops of the Eighth Route Army, which had no room to fight back, suffered heavy losses and corpses were strewn all over the field under the attack of their newly formed mixed brigades.

The more he thought about it, the more Ono wanted to turn him into a reality, as a gift for his promotion to major general, and at the same time to prove his command ability to the newly formed mixed brigade, and he was promoted to the rank of major general and promoted to brigade commander, which was well deserved.

"Chief of Staff, how is the training of the troops!" Major General Ono, who was a little anxious, immediately stared at the chief of staff and asked.

"There are already two infantry brigades that are beginning to fight at war!" The chief of staff hastened to answer.

"What has happened to the troops of the Eighth Route Army outside the city recently!" Ono nodded and continued to ask.

The chief of staff immediately replied: "According to intelligence, the Eighth Route Army took advantage of our abandonment of the stronghold outside the city to wantonly eliminate the Chinese close to the imperial army. In the past few days, almost all the Chinese who worked for the imperial army around the county town were wiped out by the Eighth Route Army! ”

Although Major General Ono looked down on these Chinese who worked hard for the imperial army, he knew very well that the imperial army wanted to rule Laiyuan and rule the whole of China, and it could not do without these people. Now that these people have been wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, it directly means that even if the Imperial Army reoccupies these villages and towns, it will take a long time to find new agents to help the Imperial Army manage these territories and collect taxes from these territories.

Therefore, Major General Ono was very angry, and the good mood just now was all gone, and then he couldn't help but curse loudly.

"Eight Grid Yalu, the cunning Eighth Route Army, have the ability to wait for my mixed brigade to form combat effectiveness before coming out to fight with me, Baga!"

The chief of staff continued to report: "Also, after the Eighth Route Army eliminated these Chinese who worked for the imperial army, it was warmly supported by the local people, and the Eighth Route Army also took this opportunity to recruit troops in Laiyuan and expand its strength!" According to preliminary statistics, during this time, the Eighth Route Army has expanded by at least 2,000 recruits! ”

"Nani? Those hateful people of China actually joined the Eighth Route Army with the Imperial Army behind their backs, and when the Imperial Army reoccupied those places, it would definitely make them look good! Ono quickly exuded a thick murderous aura from his body, and then said with a fierce face.

The chief of staff, who knew him well, immediately realized that Major General Ono had murderous intentions against these Chinese.

However, it didn't take too long for the murderous aura on Ono's body to disappear, and then he sneered and said, "Stupid Shina, this is providing free labor for the Imperial Army of Japan!" ”

"If you don't join the Eighth Route Army, force them to do things for the Imperial Army, and push them to the side of the Eighth Route Army for fear of causing them to resist. Now that they have joined the Eighth Route Army, then don't blame the Imperial Army for being unkind to them! ”

"General, what do you mean?" The chief of staff asked rhetorically very incomprehensibly.

"It's easy!" Ono said very arrogantly.

"Even if these people join the Eighth Route Army, they are just a group of farmers with guns, and it is impossible for them to have combat effectiveness. If the Eighth Route Army sends them to the battlefield, it will be a war merit to the Imperial Army, and we can destroy and capture them at any time if we want to! ”

"As long as these stupid people become prisoners of the Emperor's ** team, then the empire will make them pay for their stupidity in joining the Eighth Route Army and use them as free labor for the empire. In this case, the other people in our defense area will have nothing to say! ”

The chief of staff's eyes lit up, and a sentence directly popped up in his mind: "That's really the truth!" ”

Then he complimented Ono: "Your Excellency the general is wise, the Eighth Route Army not only destroyed its foundation and reduced the combat effectiveness of its troops, but also sent a large amount of free labor to the empire, which is like killing two birds with one stone for the empire!" ”