One day later, Huang Yu returned to Pingyang Town with a battalion, a special agent company, a special operations brigade, and five hundred recruits.
The Northwest Shanxi Independent Regiment has a good reputation. As long as they display the banner of the old army, the Japanese and puppet troops in Baoding will definitely not dare to act rashly.
Before being fully prepared, they would at most send troops to reinforce Shunping County and not dare to leave the city.
This means that within the next month, the Japanese and puppet troops will not be able to send large forces back to Pingyang.
Huang Yu decided to use this month to transform Pingyang Town and build it into a gateway to the Duer Regiment base area.
When he entered Pingyang Town, he summoned all his company cadres and above for a meeting.
"Old Wang, from now on, you are the chief of staff of the newly established Shunping garrison. You are announced to the outside world as the chief of staff of the Northwestern Shanxi Independent Regiment, and you are ordered to reinforce the Duer Regiment!"
"He also serves as the commander of the first battalion of the garrison, stationed in Pingyang Town, and claims to the outside world as the commander of the first battalion of the Northwestern Shanxi Independent Regiment..."
"Considering that the chief of staff has a heavy task and many things to do, it is impossible to stay in the first battalion all the time, so Chen Jia, the commander of the first company, is appointed to concurrently serve as the deputy commander of the first battalion to assist the chief of staff in commanding the training troops.
"Wei Dayong served as the commander of the second battalion of the garrison. He announced to the outside world that he was the commander of the second battalion of the Northwestern Shanxi Independent Regiment and was stationed in Lizhuang, facing Shunping County..."
"Huang Yong serves as the commander of the third battalion of the garrison and declares to the outside world that he is the commander of the third battalion of the Northwestern Shanxi Independent Regiment and is stationed in Hekou Town!"
"Zhang Xuan continues to serve as the commander of the special agent company, directly under the garrison, and strengthens the company's establishment!"
"Duan Peng serves as the commander of the garrison company and the captain of the special operations team. He sent people to target Shunping County for me!"
"All the cadres and soldiers from the special agent company and the special operations team who can fire artillery were transferred out to form a mortar company, and Zhu Zhiping, the former leader of the artillery group of the special operations group, became the company commander!"
"The regiment commander gave us five hundred recruits... Each of the three battalions is divided into 150 people, and the remaining fifty people supplement the special agent company and the guard company..."
"After each battalion is divided, I will set up the three main companies, the battalion's direct fire platoon, the guard platoon, and the reconnaissance squad. I will train the troops while recruiting new soldiers, and the troops will be fully established within half a month!"
"But I have a prerequisite: no matter how you recruit troops or train troops, each battalion must leave two veterans as the main force, who can participate in the battle at any time, and the limited equipment must be given priority to them to deal with possible situations at any time. emergencies."
After saying that, he looked at Liu Sen and asked: "How much food will the regiment give us, and how long will it last for the troops?"
"A total of 400,000 kilograms of grain... with a full complement of 2,000 people, it is enough to feed the army for four months!" Liu Sen replied blurtly.
"Too little!"
Huang Yu shook his head and replied: "Although the main force of the regiment has killed many town offices and police stations, they rarely involve village offices!"
"Although these traitors are not strong, they are local tyrants, evil gentry and local gangsters. The people are oppressed even more severely by them. Our next target is them!"
"After each battalion is divided into troops, immediately find out the enemy situation in the defense area and eliminate them..."
"By the way, raise food and funds, and capture more prisoners!"
"Send all the traitor spies who are working for the Japanese to Pingyang Town. I will be of great use!"
"We will then recruit workers from surrounding villages in the name of the Northwest Shanxi Independent Regiment. Not only will we take care of the food, we will also pay them a pound of flour every day... The more people, the better!"
Liu Sen looked confused: "Captain, even if we offer two kilograms of grain as a reward, I guess it will be difficult to recruit people."
Huang Yu slapped his head and said, "The folks are afraid that the Japanese and puppet troops will retaliate after we leave!"
"Then let's find another way: let each family in the surrounding villages send one person to work for us... We won't pay you, but we will take care of three meals... This way, the devils won't be able to find a target if they want to take revenge!"
"Now is the slack time for farming. Helping us for a month will not affect the farming work at all, and the family will save a month's rations. There are only advantages and no disadvantages. The villagers must be happy in their hearts, but they are afraid of the revenge of the Japanese and puppet troops. Dare to show it!"
Liu Sen thought about it and replied: "The law does not blame everyone... This method is indeed better than recruiting people directly..."
"But I can't figure out why you recruit so many people!"
"The plain area is densely populated. One young person in a family can easily attract four to five thousand people!"
"Dig a tunnel!" Huang Yu replied without hiding his thoughts from his deputy.
"I want to dig tunnels under the ground in Lizhuang, Pingyang Town, and Hekou Town..."
"If there are not many Japanese and puppet troops in the first round of attack, the troops will eat them directly outside the base area and consolidate Pingyang Town and Hekou Town into our base areas!"
Junpei Japanese garrison headquarters, Harada Shaozuo was blind and deaf for two whole days.
It's like a bottomless pit outside the city. Scouts and messengers... as many as they send out, disappear...
In the end, he no longer dared to send people outside the city.
After previous losses, the county garrison has dropped sharply to more than 300 people.
At this rate of consumption, it will be completely consumed in three days at most, and by then Shunping County will not even have its defenders.
It wasn't until the Duer Regiment withdrew to its base that he received some information one after another.
The situation is worse than imagined.
The Duer Regiment not only captured the only three Imperial Army strongholds in Junping, but also took down all the town offices and police stations in Junping close to their base...
Except for the county seat, all other places in Shunping, Nuoda, are out of their control.
Yuanping Shaozuo's first reaction was to immediately send troops to recapture several towns, and then arrange for people to rebuild the town office and police station, restoring his dominance over Junping.
As a result, the county had no soldiers available.
Even if the Duer Regiment has withdrawn to its base, the Shunping garrison still cannot spare any extra troops to occupy those towns.
Quickly send a telegram to Baoding and ask them to send troops to reinforce Shunping.
But what was waiting for him was a fatal order to wait for reinforcements and not allow the garrison to split up and leave the county.
Harada Shaozuo's mind was full of questions. He didn't understand why the brigade commander refused to send reinforcements to him. Could it be that he was frightened by the strong fighting power displayed by the Duer Regiment...
It wasn't until just now that he figured out the reason.
Staring at the adjutant with a look of disbelief on his face, he asked, "Tell me again...what did the intelligence personnel discover in Junpei?"
"The troops of the Northwestern Shanxi Independent Regiment!" the adjutant replied affirmatively.
"Is that the independent regiment that severely damaged a second-class division of the Imperial Army with one regiment?" Harada Shaozuo still asked with an expression of disbelief.
"Ha Yi!" the adjutant explained seriously.
"According to investigation, Kong Jie, the current leader of the Independent Regiment, is the former leader of the Northwest Shanxi Independent Regiment!"
"In order to gain a foothold in the Yizhong Plain and open up the situation... three main battalions were specially seconded from the Northwestern Shanxi Independent Regiment. The quick reaction brigade that reinforced us in Baoding was forced to retreat by them!"
"These troops are the 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion, and 3rd Battalion of the Northwestern Shanxi Independent Regiment..."
"The combat effectiveness is the strongest among all the main battalions of the independent regiment. It is well-equipped and has sufficient ammunition... any main battalion can fight against one of our infantry brigade!"
"Currently, these three battalions are stationed in Lizhuang, Pingyang Town, and Hekou Town..."
"The finished glyphs are distributed outside the Duer Regiment base area. You can advance, attack, retreat or defend!"
Harada Shaozuo was silent for a while before sighing: "I finally understand why the brigade commander didn't allow us to leave the city!"
"There is such a powerful army lurking outside the city. Even if our strength returns to a full force, it will only be a piece of fat in the opponent's mouth. You can eat it as much as you want!"
"The only way to protect the county seat and the troops is to rely on the county seat and wait for help!"
"I guess the brigade commander is also re-formulating a mopping-up plan... He might even have to ask the surrounding garrisons to borrow troops before he dares to mop up the Duer Regiment base again!"
After analyzing it, he ordered the adjutant: "Immediately forward the information we discovered to the brigade headquarters!"
"The intelligence department will continue to keep an eye on the Duer Regiment and the newly emerged Northwestern Shanxi Independent Regiment to find out their true strength, equipment, and combat effectiveness. The more detailed the better!"
"If there is any situation, report it to me immediately and report it to the brigade headquarters at the same time!"
"Shunping County continues to be under martial law, but everyone entering and leaving the county must be strictly checked to prevent enemies from infiltrating into the county!"
The adjutant suddenly suggested: "Sir, the investigation is too troublesome. As long as the enemy disguises himself well enough, no matter how serious we are, some fish will slip through the net!"
"In order to prevent these accidents, it would be better to directly block the city gate!"
Harada Shaozuo shook his head and replied: "Blocking the city gate directly can indeed help you relax, but it also isolates our intelligence personnel and scouts from inside and outside the city."
"If the enemy has scouts lurking outside the city, they will know that the people entering and leaving the county during the city gate blockade have something to do with us without investigation."
"Not only will we not be able to continue to understand the intelligence outside the city, we will also lose a large number of scouts and intelligence personnel!"
"Only by opening the city gates and allowing the people to come in and out freely, and our people mixing in and out of the county among the people, can the Eighth Route Army not be able to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, and we can successfully know the intelligence outside the city!"
"As for what you're saying...as long as the city defense troops strengthen the investigation at the city gate and don't let a suspicious person enter the county town, the Eighth Route Army will not be able to do anything to us!"
"The Duer Regiment is not equipped with siege weapons. The Northwestern Shanxi Independent Regiment traveled hundreds of kilometers to come here, and it must not be equipped with siege weapons!"
"Without internal coordination, just relying on a group of light infantry, no matter how powerful the combat effectiveness is, they can't even hope to capture Shunping County!"
"To tell you the truth: I wish they could come over and attack Junpei!"
"Although the garrison does not have many troops, its equipment is very good."
"There are still a lot of mortars and light and heavy machine guns in the arsenal that are ready to be used to expand the army!"
"At that time, each infantry team will be given twice as many light and heavy machine guns, and some more will be provided to the Imperial Alliance Army. Twenty light and heavy machine guns will be placed on one city wall. No matter how many troops come from the Duer Regiment and the Northwestern Shanxi Independent Regiment, they will not be able to get close to the city wall. "
"We can use the powerful firepower and solid city defenses to kill a large number of the Eighth Route Army's effective forces and severely damage them!"
"Open the city gate tomorrow..."
The adjutant nodded repeatedly when he heard this, his eyes flashed, and he quickly accepted the order: "Sir, don't worry, I will make arrangements now..."
