Liu Sen was startled by Kong Jie's huge appetite and quickly reminded: "Regiment Commander... we lost more than 400 people in the attack that just ended, and the total strength of the Du Er Regiment has been reduced to less than 1,500 people. .”
"The army suddenly expanded to 4,000 people, which is equivalent to more than half of the soldiers of the Duer Regiment being new recruits!"
"Not only will the overall combat effectiveness not become stronger due to the increase in the number of troops, but it will become much weaker due to the drag of new recruits. If the Baoding Japs suddenly come over, how will we hold the base and retain the troops?"
Huang Yu suddenly interjected: "Chief of Staff, please rest assured...the leader has already thought of a way to break the situation!"
"Within one month, the Japanese and puppet troops in Baoding will definitely not dare to send troops to attack us rashly!"
Then he told the first battalion and the special agent company how to pretend to be the Shanxi Northwestern Independent Regiment to confuse the Japanese and puppet troops.
After hearing this, Liu Sen gave Kong Jie a thumbs up: "Captain, you are very good at recruiting troops without hesitation!"
"Although I have been staying in the Yizhong Plain, I have also heard of the reputation of the Northwestern Shanxi Independent Regiment!"
"First, they used the strength of a regiment to severely damage a mixed brigade of the Japanese army, and then used the strength of a reinforced regiment to severely damage a second-class Japanese division, forcing them to retreat to the base area in northwestern Shanxi in embarrassment!"
"If the Japanese really believe that we have troops sent by the Northwestern Shanxi Independent Regiment, the Baoding Japanese army will definitely re-evaluate our strength and re-formulate a mopping up plan..."
"If we try to make trouble again, it will be difficult for them to launch a new round of raids against us in a month."
"Although the total strength of the Duer Regiment has dropped sharply to less than 1,500, its morale is very high. Many soldiers have served as squad leaders and have very rich combat experience!"
"Let them lead the new recruits hand in hand, and the troops will definitely be able to form combat effectiveness in a short period of time!"
"When we have four thousand elites, no matter how many troops the Japanese and puppet troops send out in Baoding, they won't be able to easily destroy us!"
"In order to make the Japanese believe that there are really troops from the Northwest Shanxi Independent Regiment in Shunping, I suggest that Deputy Chief of Staff Huang lead the troops to leave right away... and then take away the new recruits brought back by the 23rd Battalion!"
"While moving around under the banner of an independent regiment, we are training troops to prepare for war!"
Liu Sen's support made Kong Jie even more convinced of this decision, and he immediately ordered: "Xiao Huang, I will leave the acting task to you!"
"Except for the first battalion, the special agent company and the special operations brigade are still under your command. I will give you six more mortars, three heavy machine guns, and five hundred recruits..."
"How to arrange them specifically, the group will not interfere, you have the final say."
"Not only do you want the Japanese to believe in your identity as an independent regiment, but you also need to find a way to recruit me an elite force with a total strength of more than 2,000 people..."
"Chief of Staff, immediately transfer a company from each of the second and third battalions to form a new first battalion!"
"If you want to confuse the Japanese, the camp of the first battalion cannot be left empty!"
"Just take this opportunity to bring out an extra troop for the Duer Regiment!"
"The chief told me before I came... The main force of the Duer Regiment cannot exceed 3,000 people... but we can develop local troops."
"After the new first battalion was established, the original first battalion, special agent company, and special operations team of the Du Er Regiment were directly reorganized into the Shunping Garrison, a deputy regiment-level establishment. Xiao Huang served as the captain and concurrently served as the deputy chief of staff of the Du Er Regiment!"
"When the Duer Regiment's base area expands and includes all the surrounding counties, a deputy regiment-level garrison will be established in each county!"
"It is claimed that local troops are actually trained according to the main force standards, and all troops are under the direct control of the Du Er Regiment!"
"Strive to expand the main force and local troops of the independent regiment to 10,000 within one year!"
"The prisoners you just mentioned will also play a big role in the construction of the base area!"
"I plan to organize them all into the construction brigade that will be established by the Duer Regiment!"
"This unit is formed based on the engineer platoon. It is also a deputy regiment-level unit. It is not included in the main force of the Second Regiment. There is no limit on the number of troops!"
"According to the different crimes committed by the prisoners, let them redeem themselves in the construction brigade for different periods of time, help the base area build water, and help the troops build fortifications!"
"The first task I gave the construction brigade is to expand the fortifications we built on the edge of the base!"
"I've seen the existing fortifications, but they can only block a large-scale Japanese offensive!"
"If we Japanese soldiers attack more than one infantry regiment, equipped with heavy artillery, and call in aircraft for support...the existing fortifications will definitely be vulnerable!"
As he spoke, he took out a sketch and pointed to the pattern on it and introduced: "This is a new type of fortification that Xiao Huang researched based on the terrain..."
"In short, there is only one goal...to expand our tunnel warfare..."
"Not only can we use tunnels to fight guerrillas against the Japanese, we can also use tunnels to fight them in positional warfare, and even a decisive battle involving tens of thousands of people!"
Liu Sen's eyes were quickly attracted to the drawings.
He stayed in the Yizhong Plain for nearly two days. Not only was he familiar with various tunnel battles, he also fought in them himself.
In his eyes, tunnel warfare can easily kill small-scale Japanese and puppet troops.
Even if the number of enemies is relatively large, you can still use tunnel warfare to fight them to the end...
But no matter how we fight, tunnel warfare is guerrilla warfare. We have never thought of using tunnel warfare to fight a big battle with the Japanese and puppet troops, let alone a decisive battle...
The regiment leader opened his mouth to use tunnels to fight the Japanese in a big battle involving ten thousand people, so he couldn't help but be curious.
Kong Jie was not the kind of person to talk big. Seeing that Liu Sen's attention was attracted, he immediately pointed to one of the patterns and introduced it.
"The current defenses in the base area are too scattered and the tunnels are very small. We can only fight alone..."
"If we connect these fortifications with tunnels, we can form a large defensive position two kilometers deep."
"The troops can pass through the tunnels to any defensive fortification... Even if our position is lost under the three-dimensional offensive of the Japanese and puppet troops, we can still get close to the Japanese in the dark, launch a sudden attack, and use our good night fighting and close combat to take it back. , and can also consume a large amount of the enemy’s vitality in battle!”
"In order to prevent the enemy from finding tunnels in the fortifications and destroying our tunnel network...or dispatching heavy artillery and aircraft to bomb the positions and destroy the tunnel network..."
"Every large-scale defensive position must build at least two layers of tunnel networks!"
"Generally, the surface tunnel network is used in battles...the deep tunnel network can only be used after the surface tunnel network has suffered a devastating blow!"
Seeing Liu Sen dumbfounded, Kong Jie pointed to another pattern and introduced it!
"Our tunnel network must not only be connected with all defenses, but also be connected with the outside world to ensure that our reinforcements can reinforce the battlefield at any time through the tunnel network...or that the blocking troops can withdraw from the battlefield at any time through the tunnel network!"
"This is a very large fortification, and it requires specialized personnel to build it. The troops have to train and fight, and they don't have much time... The people in the base area have to focus on the land and do the work, and they don't have much time!"
"It is imperative to form a dedicated construction force!"
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