Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong also found the problem, frowned and analyzed: "Regiment commander, this time the devil is too strange!" ”

"In the past, they would never have retreated so gloomily and didn't even give us a chance to fight. You know, we retreat without even seeing us, which is definitely a very huge challenge to the morale and morale of the devils! ”

"This must be the work of the brigade commander who has not yet taken office!" Wang Ping frowned and judged.

"Major General Kawaguchi! Kawaguchi, who has just been promoted to major general in the wing captain of the main force and is ready to take over Matsumoto's position! Zhong Chenggong's face suddenly became solemn.

Then he analyzed in a heavy tone: "If it is really his handiwork, then Linfencheng, the incoming brigade commander, will definitely be more difficult to deal with than Matsumoto!" ”

Wang Ping frowned and analyzed: "Although Matsumoto is very powerful, he is very impulsive, and he takes honor very seriously, which is his fatal shortcoming. And this brigade commander, who is preparing to take office, obviously does not have this shortcoming. ”

"Assess the situation, although I don't know if he sees what we want to do with them on the counter-attack. However, at the beginning of the battle, he was able to abandon all villages and towns outside the county seat, shrink his forces to defend the county seat, and keep his troops. For this alone, his actual combat experience is stronger than Matsumoto's. In particular, this kind of experience and overall view of commanding large-scale troops is definitely more powerful than Matsumoto! ”

"Chief of Staff, you were right just now, we have met a very formidable opponent this time!"

Political Commissar Huang Yuanqiang followed suit and added: "The devil does this, and it also brings us a problem!" ”

"According to the report of the four battalions, in the two days of fighting, they only eliminated one garrison squadron of devils, and the puppet army was less than a battalion of troops."

This means that the garrisons of the Japanese puppet army in several county towns have nearly 2,000 people, and there are at least 1,500 people. So many Japanese puppet troops are stationed in the hinterland of our base area, and they may go out of the city at any time to bite us, just like a nail staring at the hinterland of our base area! ”

"Also, although the Japanese puppet army troops retreated to the county seat, their intelligence network outside the city certainly did not retreat. This means that our every move in these places cannot escape their eyes, and they will come out and hit us at the first opportunity. And we, for the sake of the safety of the base area, had to send heavy troops to guard around the county seat. As long as the devils go out of the city, they will beat them, forcing them not to dare to go out of the city. ”

The commissar's analysis made the atmosphere in the command even more depressing.

Regiment Commander Wang Ping and Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong, both of them frowned, stared at the sand table, and didn't say a word.

Suddenly, the voice of the communications platoon commander broke the atmosphere.

"The regiment commander, the political commissar, the chief of staff, the military region emergency telegram!"

Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong took the telegram and began to browse, and his already ugly face was even more ugly at this time.

But because the telegram was sent by the military region, and the orders and decisions also came from the headquarters, Zhong Chenggong could not get angry although he was very angry, and could only hand the telegram to the regiment commander with a sullen expression with dissatisfaction.

"Commander, see for yourself!"

"The combat exploits that we have achieved with great difficulty have been reduced by half at once, not to mention, the remaining combat exploits will be dispersed to other troops!"

Soon, Wang Ping and Huang Yuanqiang knew the contents of the telegram.

Although he was very uncomfortable and aggrieved, he comforted himself: "Political commissar, chief of staff, this is nothing? ”

"As long as the military region knows, the headquarters knows, and Yan'an knows about our military exploits. As for Chongqing, it doesn't matter if you know it or not, anyway, we are not all the way with them! ”

"Also, it's impossible for you not to know the truth that the gun shoots the first bird, and I not only have no opinion on the division of the battle merits, but also agree very much!"

Political Commissar Huang Yuanqiang also reacted and added: "I agree with the regiment commander's meaning, as long as the military region and the headquarters know about our combat exploits!" ”

After hesitating for a few seconds, he continued: "I don't have any opinion on the decision of the headquarters, it's just that the above proposed, let's attack the county seat, regiment commander, I don't think the time is yet ripe." It is too risky to act rashly, and the casualties that may result from the siege are too great for us to afford! ”

Wang Ping didn't answer, staring at the battle sand table in front of him and fell into deep thought.

Suddenly, Zhong Chenggong, who was staring at his face and looking a lot, asked, "Chief of Staff, you just said that the first battalion had almost no food captured in the entire territory of Xiangfen?" However, as far as I know, Xiangfen has more land area than Linfen, and the grain output is also very large, so the devil will definitely not let go of Xiangfen's grain, what is going on? ”

Zhong Chenggong hurriedly replied: "The land in Xiangfen is indeed very large, there are nearly 200,000 mu, and this year's grain output is at least 20 million catties, according to the tax standard of the devils, they can get at least 10 million catties of grain." With the greedy character of the little devil, he will definitely not throw away so much food! ”

"It's just that we're late!"

"After the grain was collected by the devils, it has been all sent to Xiangfen County, and it is preliminarily estimated that there are at least nine million catties of grain!"

Wang Ping nodded, stared at Huang Yuanqiang and continued to ask: "Political commissar, plus the grain that the three battalions snatched back from the devils, how much stock do we have in our hands now!" ”

The political commissar, who had long been familiar with the family background of the new regiment, replied without thinking about it: "The two columns of the army have robbed a total of 7 million catties of grain, and the public grain in Linfen plus the grain from the seized land has collected a total of more than 1.6 million catties, but the compensation for the grain stolen by the devils has been used up by more than 1.2 million catties at once. Coupled with the grain that we are about to use up in reclaiming the wasteland, there should not be much left of the more than 1.6 million catties of grain. ”

"Also, after deducting the consumption of our new group of thousands of people, we can only stock six million catties of grain in the end!"

"The second battalion can send back 1.5 million catties of grain, the third battalion can send back 3 million catties, and the fourth battalion is the most, it can send back 3.5 million catties, and all of them add up to 14 million catties!"

Wang Ping's serious and solemn face suddenly showed a smile, and then stared at the political commissar and asked rhetorically.

"In other words, if we grab the more than 9 million catties of grain that the devils have sent into Xiangfen County, the grain in our hands will directly exceed 20 million catties, reaching an astonishing 23 million catties!"

"There shouldn't be so many!" Political Commissar Huang Yuanqiang shook his head and replied.

"It is impossible to stock all the grain seized in several counties, and a part of it must be compensated to the people! A portion of it will also be used to clear wasteland. But there must be 20 million catties of grain in the end! ”

Wang Ping replied with great satisfaction: "20 million catties is enough!" Coupled with the land we have cultivated in the base area, we will be able to survive even if the harvest of the drought land fails! ”

The political commissar suddenly reacted: "Regiment leader, you want to fight Xiangfen County!" ”

Wang Ping nodded in affirmation: "Both the headquarters and the military region need such a record, and Xiangfen County has the food we urgently need." In addition, the Japanese puppet army around Xiangfen is all too busy to take care of themselves, and there is no way to send troops to reinforce them, such a good opportunity, why don't we seize it! ”

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