In a forest two kilometers outside the stronghold, in order to facilitate command, Xiong Changhe directly set up the headquarters of the first battalion here.

Although several companies were scattered along the highway and waited in concealment, every time it was dark, several company commanders would come to the headquarters to report.

At ten o'clock in the evening, as soon as the commander of the third company, who was the farthest away, arrived, Xiong Changhe announced the start of the combat meeting.

Wang Bo, an instructor who specially prepared food for the devils to prepare food in various villages, was the most anxious, and was the first to stand up and ask: "Battalion commander, except for the 80,000 catties of grain we snatched back from the devils on the first day, all the rest of the grain was transported by the devils to their stronghold, and the total amount has exceeded 500,000 catties. This is more than 20% of the harvest of the entire Tianxin Town this autumn, and if the devils continue to toss, half of the harvest will be snatched away by them! ”

Xiong Changhe's face was not nervous at all, and he shook his head and comforted: "Don't worry, instructor, you are here for the first time today, and you are not familiar with the situation yet!" Company Commander Chen, in the past few days, it has been your firepower that has been staring at the devil's stronghold, and tell me how much the devil has paid for these 500,000 catties of grain! ”

Not only the instructor Wang Bo, but in the humble tent, except for the battalion commander Xiong Changhe, everyone else focused their attention on Chen Yang.

"Yes, Battalion Commander!" Chen Yang stood up excitedly.

"Instructors, comrades, after observing and counting the devil's stronghold in the past few days, I am sure: on the first day of the devil's armed robbery of grain, together with the puppet army, they lost a total of about 300 people, half of the Japanese puppet army!"

"The next day, the Japanese puppet army lost about 80 people...... On the third day, there were about 70 people lost...... On the fourth day, there were about 60 people lost...... More than fifty people were lost today...... All add up to nearly 600 people! ”

"In addition, the losses I just mentioned are all direct losses, either killed in battle or seriously injured, and the Japanese puppet army has completely lost its combat effectiveness!"

Xiong Changhe suddenly interrupted with excitement on his face: "Do you know what this means? ”

"According to intelligence, the Japanese puppet army's grain grabbing troops from Linfen plus the original garrison of the stronghold totaled more than 1,300 people, less than 1,400 people. Now the loss of 600 men at once means that the total strength of our opponent has been sharply reduced to more than 700 people. ”

"This is not the most important thing, among the more than 700 days of the puppet army, if the real devils are not miscalculated, there should be less than half, more than 300 people, and the rest are all puppet troops!"

"Also, there are more than 700 puppet troops left, and at least more than 200 people must be left behind to guard the stronghold to protect the 500,000 catties of grain they finally snatched from us."

Instructor Wang Bo's heavy expression at the beginning was slowly replaced by shock, and then turned into surprise.

At that moment, a very bold idea suddenly came to his mind.

Staring at Xiong Changhe, he asked, "Battalion commander, are you planning to fight back!" ”

"Not bad!" Xiong Changhe did not hide it.

"Tomorrow during the day, the Japanese puppet army that can enter our base area to continue to grab food will be more than 500 people, including more than 200 devils, and nearly a battalion of puppet troops!"

"Look at our battalion again, although there have been casualties in the past few days, we have a recruit company, and after the recruit company replenishes the troops, plus the fire support company, the total strength of the whole battalion still has more than 500 people. If we don't count the puppet army, and only fight devils, we have a decisive advantage. ”

"Now, the only thing in front of us is whether to fight the devils who have entered our base area first, or the devils in the stronghold first, and snatch back 500,000 catties of grain!"

"You must fight the devils in the stronghold first!" The instructor suddenly interjected in affirmation.

Compared with Xiong Changhe's impulsiveness, instructor Wang Bo is much more cautious.

What's more, the instructor is also from the old Red Army, and he has also served as a platoon commander and company commander. At the beginning, the regiment commander saw that he was too impulsive in the battle, and then he sent Wang Bo, who was supposed to be the deputy battalion commander and company commander, to himself as an instructor.

Therefore, Xiong Changhe has always attached great importance to the instructor's suggestion, staring at Wang Bo and asking, "What is the reason?" I want to know why? ”

Wang Bo frowned and hesitated for a moment to answer: "The Japanese puppet army that entered our base area to grab food and the Japanese puppet army that stayed in the stronghold are equipped with radio stations, and as long as our counterattack starts, they will receive the news. If I were a devil who stayed in the stronghold, I would definitely contact Linfen City as soon as possible and ask Linfen to send cars and troops to tow all the food away! ”

"Therefore, if you hit the devils in the base area first, the 500,000 catties of grain in the stronghold are likely to be directly transported to Linfen City by the devils. And if we attack the stronghold first, as long as we recapture 500,000 catties of grain, we can slowly clean up the devils in the base! ”

"Then attack the stronghold first, and then hit the Japanese puppet army that has entered our base area!" Xiong Changhe made a decision immediately.

"Sanlian, you are the farthest away from here, and the task of attacking and holding back the Japanese puppet army's food grabbing troops will be handed over to you!"

"The other troops, all assemble here tonight, rest during the day tomorrow, and launch an attack on the stronghold at night!"

"There is another thing I forgot to tell you, the villages closer to the stronghold are all patronized by the devils, and the rest of the villages are because of Taiyuan, as long as the devils don't want to walk at night, eighty percent will choose to spend the night in the base area. Therefore, the three companies must seize the opportunity and consume them more! ”

"And we also took advantage of the opportunity of the main force of the devils to spend the night in our base to take the stronghold!"

Early the next morning, nearly 600 days of the puppet army set off with a large number of baggage wagons.

The leader of the devil squadron who stayed in the stronghold was not idle, because of the limited strength, he concentrated most of the devils in the turret more than ten meters high.

All the light and heavy machine guns left by the group leader were set up behind the large and small shooting holes in the turret, and each machine gun was equipped with three machine gunners and two riflemen.

He planned to turn the turret into a fire hedgehog, with a turret as the center, and destroy all enemies who dared to approach the stronghold.

"Sir, the Eighth Route Army does not have artillery that can destroy our turret, and with the powerful firepower of nearly twenty light and heavy machine guns in the turret, it will definitely be able to destroy all the invading enemies!" Standing outside the turret, seeing the barrel of the machine gun sticking out of the large and small shooting holes in the turret, the leader of the heavy machine gun squad said with a compliment.

The squadron leader directly showed a smug expression on his face: "After such a long time, there has never been a siege artillery on the Tuba Road in Tianxin Town. Staying inside the turret, it must be very safe! ”

"Besides, we also have artillery, three mortars, two infantry guns. Even if the artillery of the Eighth Route Army has the courage to come, I will kill them this time! ”

"Sir, I'm looking forward to the Eighth Route Army coming to attack us now!" The team leader continued to say with a flattering expression.

As soon as the time arrived at five o'clock in the afternoon, several company commanders could not wait, and all gathered at the battalion headquarters to know the plan for this evening's attack.

"Battalion commander, there are more than 100 devils in the stronghold, as long as we rush a few more times, these more than 100 devils will be consumed by us. I ask the company to be the main attack in tonight's battle! "As soon as the impulsive company commander saw Xiong Changhe, he asked for battle.

"As long as the heavy machine guns and mortars of the fire company fully cooperate, I promise to take the stronghold tonight!"

Before Xiong Changhe could speak, instructor Wang Bo scolded!

"When you take the stronghold in one night, the devil mobile force in Linfen City has already been killed!"

"Also, don't think about attacking as soon as you encounter a battle, how many people do we have that you can consume in the attack!"

Xiong Changhe directly agreed: "I agree with the instructor, we can't attack this battle!" ”

"The devil has a stronghold, a turret, and a condescending defense. And there is no hiding place around the stronghold, and the strong attack is to use the devils in the stronghold as a live target, which is not cost-effective! ”

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