At the first battalion headquarters, Duan Peng is reporting to Huang Yu on the formation of the special team!
"Battal Commander, although the morale of the first battalion is very low, its foundation is very good. They are basically veterans, and their individual combat effectiveness is very strong... If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that a main battalion had so many sharpshooters!" Duan Peng reported happily.
Deputy Battalion Commander Wang Lin seemed to have expected this result. He answered with a matter-of-fact expression: "The predecessor of the First Battalion was the First Regiment of the Duer Brigade. It is the main group with the strongest combat effectiveness in the Duer Brigade. It can defend well and attack well... "
"In this defeat, we had a group of people behind us to cover us, and we were under tremendous pressure!"
"The whole regiment originally had more than 1,600 people, and the proportion of veterans exceeded 80%..."
"After several bloody battles, the total strength has been reduced to 500, but the remaining ones are all elite veterans without exception!"
Duan Peng nodded immediately: "After the competition, more than 80 cadres and soldiers in one battalion have reached the standard of sharpshooters... I selected six sharpshooters with the best conditions to supplement the special force..."
"There are more than 40 cadres who have reached the standard of magic pitchers. I selected six to supplement the special teams..."
"The whole battalion has martial arts skills, and more than 160 cadres and soldiers have met the requirements for individual combat effectiveness. I selected 12 people to supplement the special operations team..."
"Including machine gunners and gunners, the expanded special operations team has a total of sixty people..."
"I divided them into three special operations teams and am seizing the time to train them to get them into combat effectiveness as soon as possible!"
Huang Yu thought about it for a moment and then began to issue orders: "The training of the assault team and the artillery team can be carried out slowly, don't rush!"
"Your top priority now is to train the sniper team and the fire team to ensure that they hit wherever they point...not to mention that the bullets are missed, within a range of 100 meters, the hit rate must be more than 80%!"
"The secret agent company still has a lot of ammunition... I specially approved five hundred for them to train!"
After saying that, he turned his attention to Wang Lin: "Deputy battalion commander, you immediately organize people to go to the fellow villagers' homes to borrow 300 shovels, 700 baskets, 300 pairs of poles... and prepare 100 sets of common people's clothes. Within three days We must gather them together, I will be of great use..."
Shunping County is not big, but because it is close to the mountainous area and directly faces the Duer Regiment base area, the Japanese army still stationed a reinforced brigade and a regiment of Japanese soldiers here!
There are more than 700 Japanese soldiers and more than 600 puppet troops stationed in the county town. There are more than 100 Japanese soldiers and more than 100 puppet soldiers stationed in the three strongholds outside the city... They are very powerful.
Without siege artillery and the morale of the troops was low, the Duer Regiment had no chance of winning against this group of Japanese and puppet troops.
At the Japanese garrison headquarters in the city, Commander Harada Shaozuo is also studying his opponents.
The brigade commander asked him to find out the true situation of the Duer Regiment and create conditions for the next round of raids by the troops.
As the Japanese army closest to the Duer Regiment in Baoding, it is natural that they will become the vanguard of the entire army after the sweep begins.
If you don't even know the strength of your opponent, the vanguard force will probably become a piece of fat on Du Er Tuan's mouth, and you can eat it as much as you want!
For his own future and for the safety of his troops, Harada Shaozuo did his duty and devoted himself wholeheartedly to this matter.
"Sir... intelligence just came from the inside... After the Du Er Brigade was downsized into the Du Er Regiment... all the original brigade commanders and political commissars were transferred, leaving only a chief of staff. The new regiment commander has taken office..." Responsible for collecting intelligence The captain reported with joy.
"It is said that this regiment leader is from Shanxi and has no experience in plains combat!"
"I think the Eighth Route Army violated a military taboo by changing generals before the battle!"
"A person who has no experience in plain warfare will definitely give us military exploits in vain if he takes command of the Duer Regiment!"
Everyone in the headquarters, including Harada Shaozuo, became excited.
If a layman is allowed to command an expert in combat, it would be great if the Duer Regiment can exert its combat effectiveness to the tune of six or seven!
They are already very weak, and if their combat effectiveness drops by a few percent, the next round of raids organized by the brigade commander will undoubtedly win.
As the vanguard of the entire army, the troops under his command will definitely get off to a good start and win the first victory in the big sweep!
The more Harada Shaozuo thought about it, the more excited he became, and he immediately looked at another subordinate: "Is there anything strange about their troops?"
The captain who was named shook his head: "After repeated confirmation, there are still more than 1,700 troops in the Duer Regiment. Three to four hundred of them are newly added local troops with poor combat effectiveness and low-level equipment..."
"Heavy weapons were almost completely lost in our pursuit..."
"They are trying every possible means to train their troops and restore their combat effectiveness!"
"But because the morale of the troops is low and the soldiers have no fighting spirit, the training effect is very poor!"
"Yo Xi..." The smile on Harada Shaozuo's face grew stronger, and he sighed happily: "The worse their combat effectiveness and lower morale are, the better it is for us..."
"Continue to keep an eye on them and report any situation immediately!"
The adjutant suddenly interjected: "Sir, do you think it is possible for the Duer Regiment to go in the opposite direction and take the initiative to attack the area occupied by the imperial army, disrupting our mopping up plan... to buy time for the troops to regain their strength!"
Harada Shaozuo replied with a nonchalant expression: "I'm still worried that they won't come?"
"The area occupied by our army has developed transportation, which is very suitable for rapid troops to attack... As long as the Duer Regiment dares to come, I guarantee that they will come and kill as many as they can... Maybe they can beat up the drowned dogs and chase them all the way to the hinterland of their base..."
"When the time comes, we don't need the main force of the brigade to join the battle, we will be able to kill the Duer Regiment by ourselves!"
After saying that, he turned his attention to the other squadron leader: "Ono-kun...your troops are our trump card against the attacking troops of the Duer Regiment. Is it okay?"
"Please rest assured, sir!" Lieutenant Ono vowed.
"The rapid force consists of a reinforced squadron, a vehicle transport team, and an infantry artillery team, with a full strength of 283 people. It is equipped with two infantry cannons, four mortars, four heavy machine guns, and twenty troop transport vehicles..."
"As long as the invading Eighth Route Army does not exceed a thousand people, I am 100% sure of defeating them!"
The first battalion of the Duer Regiment is stationed, and troops one after another are leaving here quietly under the cover of night.
In addition to weapons and equipment, each soldier carries a shovel or a pair of baskets...
Kong Jie stood at the entrance of the command department, watching the troops slowly disappear from sight. It would be a lie to say he was not nervous.
Whether the Duer Regiment can break the situation, whether the low morale of the troops can be lifted...all are closely related to the battle in front of us!
"Don't worry, captain... the first battalion will definitely win the first battle and give the reborn Duer Regiment a good start!" Huang Yu looked at Kong Jie and solemnly promised!
Kong Jie quickly calmed down the nervous expression on his face, patted Huang Yu on the shoulder and said, "Go ahead, I believe you!"
"But don't put too much pressure on yourself..."
"Our troops cannot be defeated. Even if we fail once or twice, there will always be a third or fourth time in the future. There will always be a chance to turn defeat into victory..."
Lizhuang is a large village in the northwest of Shunping County, 20 kilometers away from the county seat. It is also the only way from Shunping County to Anyang Town.
The Anyang Town stronghold is a medium-sized stronghold where the Japanese army directly faces the Duer Regiment base area. It is home to more than 300 Japanese and puppet troops.
If the Anyang Town stronghold is attacked, the rapid troops in Shunping City will definitely send troops immediately, go to Lizhuang to reinforce the battlefield, form an internal and external pincer attack, and annihilate the attacking troops.
Looking at the village in front of him that was completely shrouded in darkness, Huang Yu ordered in a deep voice: "Captain Huang of the Third Company..."
"It's time..." A middle-aged man ran over with expectation.
"Let all your people put on common people's clothes and surround the village secretly..."
"From now on, Li Zhuang can only enter, but cannot leave, until the battle is over!"
"Remember, we must be surrounded secretly. No outsiders can be aware of what is going on in the village, especially the little Japanese plane in the sky. Can it be done!"
Huang Yong thought that the battalion commander had given him a combat mission, but he didn't even get a small battle. The look of expectation on his face instantly turned into disappointment. He wanted to ask the battalion commander for another mission, but he was too embarrassed to refuse.
Just when he looked hesitant, Huang Yu spoke again: "What's wrong...can't you complete such a simple task?"
Under the direct gaze of the battalion commander, Huang Yong had no choice but to accept the order no matter how unwilling he was.
He mustered up the courage to answer: "Please rest assured, battalion commander... The third company promises not to let anyone leave Zhuangzi..."
"But I have a request..."
"Just...can you...leave a battle for the Third Company..."
"The training of the third company is no worse than that of the first and second companies. If I keep guarding the village as a spectator, the soldiers will definitely scold me, the company commander, to death!"
Huang Yu patted Huang Yong's shoulder to comfort him: "Don't worry..."
"Blocking Li Zhuang is only the first step in the entire operation. There will be a big battle next... I will let the Third Company be the main attacker, and no one will compete with you!"
Huang Yong's face suddenly lit up with joy, and he quickly said: "Thank you, battalion commander... I will organize troops to surround the village now!"
Until this moment, Deputy Battalion Commander Wang Lin didn't know what Huang Yu was going to do, so he couldn't help but ask: "Batalion Commander, why do you want to surround Li Zhuang..."
Huang Yu blurtly explained: "From now on, Lizhuang will be the secret location of our first battalion..."
"Go to the position to repair fortifications after dark...return to Lizhuang to lurk and sleep before dawn!"
"There is no favorable terrain suitable for us to ambush here, so let's build a pocket formation ourselves!"
"Dig trenches on the side of the road, a single-soldier bunker, cover it with a door panel, and then cover it with a layer of soil...Dig it at night and hide it during the day without anyone noticing. Try to spend two nights to repair the position, and then divide your troops to attack Anyang Town At the stronghold, surround it and call for reinforcements!"
"In order to prevent the position from being exposed in advance, all the excavated soil was piled hundreds of meters away..."
"Hiss..." Wang Lin took a breath. He didn't expect the battalion commander's plan to be so big. At the same time, he also figured out his real purpose of raising so many shovels and baskets...
Everything is preparing for this big battle...
Before, he didn't believe that Huang Yu could lead everyone to turn the tide, but now he believes it...
