After the order was given, Wang Ping fell into deep thought.

Seeing the expressions of Commander Chen and the deputy chief of staff, it was clear what they wanted to ask.

After hesitating for a moment, he analyzed: "Commander, chief, according to statistics, there are still 5,000 Japanese puppet troops who have killed here. Among them, the Japanese army accounted for more than half, nearly 4,000 people, and the puppet army had more than 1,000 people left in more than one regiment. ”

"However, they have air support, and they have an artillery unit that we can't fight against, and if we fight hard, we will definitely not be opponents."

"Now we can't organize them to occupy Xiangfen County, so the blocking battle is over now!"

Commander Chen's brows furrowed and he asked, "You plan to retire?" ”

"No, I won't ...... back," Wang Ping replied immediately.

Then explained: "The little devils plus the puppet army, a total of more than 5,000 people, it is impossible for all of them to be stationed in Xiangfen County. So, if I'm not mistaken, the little devil must have a military operation next. In order to avoid accidents, the troops not only cannot retreat, but also stay here and wait and see what happens! ”

Commander Chen's frowning brows suddenly relaxed, and he replied very satisfied.

"Yes, it seems that you haven't lost your mind yet~"

"To tell you the truth, a very important reason why the chief of staff asked me to bring the brigade under my direct command here is your judgment just now. After hearing that the total strength of the devil's attack on Xiangfen County was 9,000, the chief of staff judged that this operation was definitely not as simple as we saw on the surface! ”

"The chief of staff is worried that you will not have enough troops to deal with the next actions of the Japanese puppet army after you defend the county seat of Xiangfen, so he asked me to bring the brigade directly under me. Therefore, although the battle against the devils is over, the brigade is still under your command! ”

"As for me and the Chief of Staff, we plan to stay here for three more days!"

Less than ten minutes after the Japanese garrison headquarters in Xiangfen County, Major General Kawaguchi, sat down for the troops of the search forward team.

"General, the forward squad is all broken, judging by the fortifications left over from the battlefield, the Eighth Route Army has built a large number of street fighting fortifications in that area. If you hadn't ordered the artillery to open fire and force them out of Xiangfen County, we would definitely have to experience a street battle! ”

"The general is wise......" the chief of staff complimented at the right time.

"The Eighth Route Army is equipped with a large number of automatic weapons, and they are familiar with the terrain, they are in the dark, we are in the light, fighting in the streets, we must be at a loss...... General, your artillery decision will at least save us hundreds of casualties! ”

No one hates compliments, and so does Major General Kawaguchi.

A smile finally appeared on his tense face, and although it was not until a flash, he had already told his subordinates that he was in a very good mood now.

"Yo Xi, on the way to attack Xiangfen County, I said that you must be ruthless to the people of Zhina, whether it is the troops of Zhina or the common people of Zhina, you can't be polite!"

"Also, a big weakness of the Eighth Route Army is that they take the people very seriously, as long as we target this weakness, there will be no Eighth Route Army that cannot be dealt with in the whole of North China. That's why I ordered the artillery to bomb the county town indiscriminately, and told the people of the established China that if they didn't leave, the people of the county town would bury them and kill them together......"

"You have also seen that although the new regiment has prepared a large number of street fighting fortifications in the city, it can only withdraw from the county seat for fear of causing a large number of casualties among the people!"

"Hey! I have been taught a lowly position......" the chief of staff and several group commanders immediately replied.

But at this moment, Major General Kawaguchi's face suddenly became heavy again.

After a moment of hesitation, he replied: "However, even so, the price we paid in order to take Xiangfen County is too great, more than 2,000 imperial troops were killed or wounded, and more than 1,600 imperial troops were killed or wounded...... Such a price is definitely very heavy. ”

The chief of staff's face also became heavy, and he hesitated and replied: "What the general said is that according to the statistics just now, there are less than 4,000 people left in the imperial army that entered the city, including two full-fledged infantry brigades, three infantry brigades that were disabled and almost incapacitated, a full-fledged cavalry brigade, a full-fledged mountain artillery brigade, and a field artillery squadron......

"There is still a full infantry regiment and an infantry battalion left in the Imperial Cooperative Army!"

After saying that he wanted to, the chief of staff stared at Major General Kawaguchi and asked: "The losses of the troops are so large, do we have to continue the encirclement and suppression with retaliation next!" ”

"Yes!" Major General Kawaguchi replied in the affirmative.

"We suffered heavy losses, as did the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army. Don't forget, in the battle that entered their base two days ago, we found more than 400 corpses of the Eighth Route Army on the position, plus the corpses they took away, and the wounded, I am sure that the casualties of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army were at least 2,000 people! ”

At this time, it was also the weakest time for the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army. We have to seize the opportunity, use this opportunity, and deal them a fatal blow! ”

"Also, Chief of Staff, don't forget, on the periphery of the Eighth Route Army's base area, we still have three infantry brigades on covert standby, ready to enter their base at any time, so that the enemy will be exposed to the enemy on his back, and he can't take care of the tail!"

"General, how are you going to fight ......" analysis also made the chief of staff think that the balance of victory was tilting to his side. Almost without hesitation, he asked.

"Order the troops lurking in the base area to immediately stock up on weapons and ammunition, and one day later, launch an attack on the current Eighth Route Army on time. We will rest here, and after all the remaining remnants of the new regiment are attracted to pass, our troops will be divided into three routes, and we will make a scene in the base area of the Eighth Route Army, and then launch a surprise attack from their backs, flanking them from front and back, killing them, or at least inflicting heavy damage on them! ”

"But we're running out of troops! Rashly dividing troops, and still dividing troops in the base area of the Eighth Route Army, I am worried that there will be an accident......" The chief of staff frowned and raised his own concerns!

"Also, the three infantry brigades outside the base area are all newly formed troops, the proportion of recruits is too large, and there are not too many heavy weapons, I am worried that they will not be able to put too much pressure on the Eighth Route Army......"

"Don't worry about it!" Major General Kawaguchi shook his head and replied.

"How many people can there be in the new regiment, Chief of Staff, you tell me!"

"Three or four thousand people must be indispensable, according to intelligence, the troops they exposed are more than three thousand!" The chief of staff hesitated to answer.

"Then I'll count them five thousand, two thousand casualties in the battle these days, and three thousand left. The average score is divided into three directions, and there are 1,000 people in each direction. However, Chief of Staff, don't forget that it is impossible for all of these 3,000 Eighth Route Army to be sent to the front line to fight with our attacking troops. Because we still have garrisons in several counties in their base area, and there are quite a few troops, they must leave enough troops to monitor our garrisons! ”

Speaking of this, a very strong confident smile appeared on the face of the chief of staff.

Then he continued to order: "After the battle starts, I will also order these garrisons to go out to sweep the base areas where the Eighth Route Army is already empty, and reduce the pressure on the front-line attacking troops!" ”

"This means that on the battlefield, every thousand Eighth Route Army has to face the encirclement, suppression and attack of our three-way army, do you still think we have no chance of winning?"

"It's definitely a sure win,......" the chief of staff also showed a very confident smile on his face!

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