"No problem, as long as the base becomes more and more stable, the scale of these farms will expand sooner or later. Just like our original chicken farm, didn't it start from scratch! Political Commissar Cheng Xiao comforted with a confident face.

The expansion of the chicken farm convinced him that the pig and sheep farms would be able to expand to a large enough scale if they had time.

When the top-down development of the independent regiment was getting more and more on track, the Japanese army headquarters in North China was not idle.

Attacking Guangzhou in the south, attacking Wuhan in the middle, and encircling Wutai in the north were the established strategies of the Japanese army invading China this year.

According to the operational plan formulated by the Japanese army in North China, in September, 50,000 elites will be concentrated and divided into 25 routes to launch an attack on the Jin-Cha-Ji base area centered on Wutai, and wipe out the Eighth Route Army entrenched in the rear of the imperial army in one fell swoop.

However, the battle that took place in Laiyuan broke this plan.

4,000 Imperial troops were killed on the battlefield, a large amount of equipment and supplies were captured, and since the establishment of the Japanese Army Headquarters in North China, it has not suffered such great losses.

In particular, the loss of a large amount of equipment let the Japanese army know that the operation of encircling and suppressing the Jin-Cha-Ji Eighth Route Army could not wait any longer.

A battle to wipe out 4,000 imperial troops has made the Japanese army aware of the strong combat effectiveness of the Jin-Cha-Ji Eighth Route Army.

If the Eighth Route Army is allowed to use all the equipment seized from Laiyuan, form new troops, and form combat effectiveness, then the strength of the Eighth Route Army in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region will definitely be further expanded. When the time comes, it will be very difficult for the Imperial Army to destroy them again.

With this in mind, the Japanese North China Front directly decided to launch an encirclement and suppression operation against Jinchaji in advance.

The First Army Division of the Eighth Route Army, which wiped out the elite of the 4,000 Imperial Army of the Laiyuan Ono Brigade, was positioned by the Japanese army as the key offensive target of this encirclement and suppression operation. 20,000 Imperial Army, 20,000 Imperial Allied Army, plus a large number of artillery units and air support, attacked the First Army Division of the Eighth Route Army together.

Although the entire encirclement and suppression of the Japanese army was carried out very secretively, such a large-scale troop movement and material transfer could not be concealed from the intelligence personnel of the Eighth Route Army.

The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army was the first to receive the news, and then reported it to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region.

"The 40,000-day puppet army divided its troops to attack the First Army Division, and this time Yang Chengwu's pressure is not small! I wonder if the newly expanded First Army Division will be heavily damaged by the Japanese army and suffer heavy losses! Commander Nie, who got the information, frowned and sighed.

The chief of staff's brows furrowed even deeper, and reminded with a solemn face: "There are more than 40,000 Japanese puppet troops, among which there is also an artillery wing and a mountain artillery wing. With the addition of infantry artillery and other mountain artillery, there are more than 100 large-caliber artillery pieces alone, and there is also air support! ”

"When did the Japanese army look up to our Eighth Route Army so much, and it was simply more than fighting a decisive battle head-on against the troops we dispatched!"

That's because after the base area was established, our Eighth Route Army beat them hard, and the devils saw our threat, and then they sent heavy troops to encircle and suppress us!" Commander Nie replied sharply.

"Although we have not launched any large-scale battles in the past six months, all kinds of small-scale battles have never been interrupted, and there must be hundreds of them. Coupled with the results of the last battle of the First Army Division, as well as the results of the last anti-encirclement and suppression, the devils who died in our hands, even if there are not 10,000 people, there must be 8,000 people! ”

"The loss of so many troops in such a short period of time is no less than a large-scale battle for the Japanese army in North China. Get rid of us, we're just normal for devils! ”

After finishing speaking, Commander Nie directly ordered: "The military situation is urgent, I plan to personally go to the First Army Division!" ”

"Although the troops in Yang Chengwu's hands have expanded to 20,000 people, seven or eight thousand of them are new recruits, and they have just been trained for less than two months, and they don't know what their combat effectiveness is, so I don't worry if I don't go to him in person!"

At the First Army Divisional Headquarters, the arrival of Commander Nie made Yang Chengwu both happy and worried.

I am happy because Commander Nie came to the First Division, which shows that he attaches great importance to the First Division. The worry was because Yang Chengwu knew that if Commander Nie didn't have any reason, he would definitely not come down.

As for this reason, there may be good or bad, Commander Nie doesn't say it, and Yang Chengwu doesn't know either.

Soon, the atmosphere at the headquarters that was still lively just now became solemn as Commander Nie laid out all kinds of enemy situations.

After looking at the map for nearly five minutes, Yang Chengwu frowned and analyzed: "The 40,000-day puppet army is far above our military division. However, judging by the distribution of the enemy's forces, it seems that they also have a key offensive target! ”

"Yes, it's an independent regiment that inflicted heavy losses on the Ono Brigade of the Japanese Army!"

"After supplementation, the Ono Brigade has more than 5,000 Japanese troops and a division of the Imperial Allied Army, with a total of more than 12,000 people, eighty percent of which are prepared for your independent regiment, and the little devil wants to take revenge and annihilate the independent regiment in the mountains!"

"Really!" Yang Chengwu affirmed, and his brows furrowed even deeper!

After thinking about it, he analyzed: "I'm not worried about the Japanese puppet army in the other three directions, although half of the troops of the three detachments are recruits, after all, they have been trained for so long, and they are well-equipped and have sufficient ammunition. ”

"Even if we can't stop the Japanese puppet army from attacking, drag them down, fight guerrilla warfare with them, and finally drag them down, forcing them to hastily end the encirclement and suppression, there is still no problem at all. You know, the strength of all three detachments exceeded 5,000 people, and there were also a large number of local troops and guerrillas to cooperate with them. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Chengwu changed his words and continued: "The only thing you need to worry about is the independent regiment!" ”

"Although the combat independent regiment has expanded by a lot, the total strength is still controlled below 3,000 men. Although there are still 1,000-strong local troops and 2,000-strong guerrillas to cooperate with them, the combat effectiveness of local troops and guerrillas is limited after all, and compared with the devils, the disparity in strength is too great! ”

Commander Nie was also not polite, and directly ordered: "Then go to the independent regiment station, and I will go with you!" ”

"If you really can't stop the attack of the Japanese puppet army, you can find a way to send troops to reinforce the independent regiment, and if you really don't have troops, you can only give up the independent regiment's station in Laiyuan, break it into pieces, and fight guerrilla warfare with the Japanese puppet army that invaded Laiyuan!"

"No, there are a large number of devils stationed in Laiyuan City, it's too dangerous to go to Laiyuan now, Commander, I don't agree!" Yang Chengwu subconsciously objected.

Commander Nie shook his head and replied: "I have decided to go to the independent regiment, last time the independent regiment eliminated so many devils, it is reasonable, I, the commander, should go there." ”

"As for safety, don't be alarmist about you, Yang Chengwu, I also know a little bit about the situation in Laiyuan, there are a lot of devils, but they are all shrinking in Laiyuan City. Even if the devil goes out of the city, Laiyuan's independent regiment is not vegetarian. That's it, we will set off tonight, hurry up, and strive to get to the station of the independent regiment at noon tomorrow! ”

Commander Nie had made up his mind, and Yang Chengwu could only agree: "Yes, Commander!" ”

As soon as Commander Nie went to rest, Yang Chengwu found the chief of staff and ordered: "Secretly transfer a company from the guard battalion to protect Commander Nie to go to the independent regiment." Don't inform Wang Ping yet, after all, it is the first line, I am afraid that there are devils and spies and leak the whereabouts of the commander! ”

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