At the headquarters of the independent regiment, the chief of staff, Zeng Quan, rushed in very anxiously.

"Regiment commander, political commissar, the devil has begun to act!"

Wang Ping's reaction speed was very fast, and after being stunned, he began to give an order: "Immediately contact our troops outside the mountain, and use the fastest speed to find out the situation of the Japanese army and the sweeping route!" ”

"Commissar, inform all the main forces, local troops, guerrillas, immediately get ready for battle!"

"In particular, the local troops, the guerrillas, scattered all over the country, were immediately mobilized. No matter how the Japanese army swept it, it was inseparable from the road. I want them to use sparrow warfare, mine warfare...... Various guerrilla tactics harassed the Japanese puppet army and slowed down the speed of the Japanese puppet army's sweep. The most important thing for our independent regiment now is time. The longer the whole anti-encirclement and suppression operation drags on, the more fighters we can find! ”

Less than an hour later, the chief of staff, who had been guarding the radio room, rushed in again, and then pointed to the map and reported in a heavy tone.

"It's been figured out! The Japanese puppet army was divided into four routes out of Laiyuan City, and there were 1,000 devils and 1,000 emperors on each road. ”

"In addition, each Japanese puppet army is equipped with a large number of heavy machine guns and mortars, and there is also a brigade of mountain runs, and the firepower is very powerful!"

"Also, there is at least one plane escorted by devils in the sky above the heads of the Japanese puppet army on every road!"

"At present, the guerrillas in various villages, district squads, district squadrons, and the main forces operating outside the mountains are harassing them through various guerrilla warfare.

Deng Hongtao, the director of the political department next to him, shouted with a face in front of him: "How long has it been to eliminate hundreds of puppet armies, and at the end of that day, there are not thousands of puppet armies!" ”

Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "Director Deng, the battle can't be counted like this!" ”

"At the beginning, the Japanese puppet army was not familiar with our fighting style, and it was caught off guard that the casualties were so large. When they react and adapt to our raids, the casualties will be reduced! ”

"Also, devils are not stupid, they will definitely not be beaten passively."

"As soon as they think of countermeasures, then our casualties will increase."

Cheng Xiao said in a heavy tone: "The regiment commander is right, the devil is not only not stupid, but also very smart, and he will definitely be able to think of some countermeasures against our guerrilla warfare!" ”

"Regiment commander, I think we should remind the troops outside the mountain, don't get carried away because of a momentary victory, give the devil an opportunity to seize the opportunity and bite back!"

"Chief of Staff, send a telegram to the second and third battalions: their first task during the day is to do everything possible to slow down the speed of the Japanese puppet army's sweep, and drag it out as long as they can. The second task is to kill and injure them as much as possible, weaken their strength, and definitely not fight with them! Wang Ping didn't talk nonsense, and ordered directly to Zeng Quan.

"Also, they have devil planes escorting them overhead, and in the attack and harassment battle against the Japanese puppet army, no matter what the reason, we can't gather more than one platoon of troops. The plane is not vegetarian, one blows up, and we can be reimbursed for a regiment casually! ”

"I'll send a telegram right now to alert them!" Zeng Quan rushed out with a serious face.

It had been two hours since Zeng Quan returned to the war room again, and his face was even more solemn than before.

As soon as he came in, he reported in a heavy tone: "Commander, you're right, the little devil has begun to fight back!" ”

"The two battalion commanders have just sent a telegram: Now the troops have achieved less than half of the results they had achieved at the beginning. And they're getting more and more vigilant, and it's very difficult for us to sneak up on them! What's more, the guerrillas in the villages have already begun to suffer casualties! ”

"As expected, our main force is not an opponent of the devil one-on-one, not to mention the guerrillas whose combat effectiveness is far lower than that of the main force!" Wang Ping had already prepared and replied calmly.

Then he stared at Zeng Quan and asked, "Is there any other news!" ”

"Yes!" Zeng Quan quickly marked the location and marching route of the four sweeping troops of the Japanese puppet army on the map, and then analyzed: "According to the location of the Japanese army, we judge that they plan to divide their troops into multiple routes and cooperate with each other to destroy all our troops outside the mountain, and then gather us here in one place!" ”

"How should we fight the regiment commander and political commissar next, we can't always use guerrilla warfare to make a small fight!"

"Wait!" Wang Ping replied in surprise.

"Every Japanese puppet army on the battlefield is not something we can eliminate in a short time. We can only wait for them to show their flaws, and then we can seize the fighters and inflict heavy damage on them! ”

"Send another telegram to the two battalion commanders outside the mountain: For our independent regiment, the most important thing now is time. Therefore, no matter what method they use, as long as they can slow down the sweep speed of the Japanese puppet army and hold them back, we will win more than half! ”

"Also, the casualties of the troops must be controlled. I don't ask them to kill as many Japanese puppet soldiers as they want, as long as they can hold them back! ”

The day's battle was soon over, and the battle was beyond everyone's expectations.

Major General Ono originally thought that he would be able to recover half of Laiyuan's territory in one day. However, because the roads were full of landmines and the Tubalu guerrillas were everywhere with cold guns, the Imperial Army swept through the villages and all the people went to the empty buildings, and they could not even find someone to lead the way. A total of four attacking troops, each of which only left Laiyuan City and swept less than twenty kilometers around the county seat.

You must know that as the sweeping troops get farther and farther away from Laiyuan City, the scope that each sweeping force needs to sweep is getting larger and larger. According to the current speed of the sweep, it is impossible to eliminate the troops of the Eighth Route Army operating outside the mountains without five days.

"Baga, I didn't expect our opponent to be so well prepared. Now it seems that this sweep will be another vicious battle for us! Major General Ono, who frowned, couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

The chief of staff hurriedly comforted: "Your Excellency, General, it is really our opponent who is too cunning. There are all kinds of sneak attacks, and it's very good that our troops can fight like this. It's just that I'm worried that the sweeping progress of our brigade will affect the entire encirclement and suppression operation! ”

"Don't worry about this, absolutely not!" Major General Ono soon came back to his senses!

"The request of the military department is to gather and annihilate the Eighth Route Army in Wutai Mountain within a month. Do you think that in a month we will not be able to wipe out the Independence Regiment! ”

"The four-way sweeping troops, five days can't clear the Eighth Route Army operating outside the mountain, we will use ten days. If it doesn't work in ten days, we'll take half a month! ”

"Hi, Your Excellency the General!" The chief of staff said with a compliment.

Ono waved his hand and continued to analyze: "However, today's battle also reminds me that we must pay attention to our opponents. ”

"In just one day, the four-way sweeping force lost more than 500 people. Although the losses of the Imperial Army were less than an infantry squadron, the combat effectiveness of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army once again exceeded our expectations! Moreover, the Eighth Route Army is the best at guerrilla warfare and night raids, so tonight, the four-way sweeping troops must strengthen their vigilance, and don't be bitten by the Eighth Route of the Earth! ”

"I'll send a telegram to our troops right away!" The chief of staff rushed out of the war room with a serious face!

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