"Baga..." Major General Chang Gu said angrily.
"It's obviously a good thing to contact the mobile unit, but why did you look so sad? It made me think that something happened to the mobile unit. I must be careful next time and don't make everyone nervous again."
The communications staff officer did not answer the call, but looked embarrassed: "Brigade commander, calm down, although we have contacted the mobile unit, the situation they face is very dangerous!"
"The telegram said: The Eighth Route Army assembled a large number of mortars to attack their station from a long distance..."
"Because of the lessons learned from the Pingyang night attack, the mobile troops did not dare to evacuate the station hastily. They could only disperse their forces to avoid artillery fire and reduce losses."
"Despite this, the mobile troops still lost more than 300 people in the sudden artillery attack, and the Eighth Route Army's sudden artillery attack still showed no intention of stopping... If they continue to bomb like this, they will lose nearly a hundred people."
The lesson learned in the telegram was given by Deputy Brigade Commander Miyazawa Daizuo. After the communications staff member finished speaking, Miyazawa Daizuo's whole face turned red and he immediately suggested to Major General Hase: "General, please resume your humble duty on the way to retreat." Considered the night attack on Pingyang Town."
"If I had not ordered the troops to disperse and move that night, but had concentrated our forces to attack the Eighth Route Army's mountain and field artillery positions, even if the troops would still have to pay a heavy price in the battle, we would have been able to kill the Eighth Route Army's mountain and field artillery units instead of losing troops and returning without success. "
"I suggest that the mobile troops should not stay at the station and be bombed, but should take the initiative to attack the Eighth Route Army artillery units hidden around the station!"
To Miyazawa Daizuo's disappointment, the solution he had thought up along the way to break the situation was not accepted by the brigade leader, but instead was scolded by him.
"Baga, will you be the base of Qinggang in Pingyang Town?"
"You had three thousand elites at that time, and no matter how powerful the Eighth Route Army was in combat, it was not strong enough to swallow them up in one go. The mountain field artillery was very heavy and required mules and horses to transport. It was also inseparable from the road. It was really difficult to escape after being chased by the infantry."
"But there are only more than a thousand mobile troops, and more than 300 people have been lost. The total strength has been reduced sharply to 1,000 people. Based on the past performance analysis of the Duer Regiment, they are fully capable of annihilating an infantry brigade of our army."
"What if the Eighth Route Army has deployed pocket formations outside, and if you let the mobile troops rush out of the station, wouldn't that mean you want them to hit the enemy's guns and seek death themselves?"
"Besides, the artillery of the night attack mobile troops are all mortars. The artillery can be moved by carrying them on their shoulders. They are not as dependent on roads as the mountain artillery. Even if the mobile troops target them, it will be difficult to eliminate them."
Miyazawa Ozuo was left speechless by the brigade leader's questioning. He couldn't find a reason to refute his idea, so he could only stand aside and accept it.
Major General Hase doesn't have the time to ease the psychological problems of his subordinates. His thoughts are now entirely on the mobile troops.
This is the only mobile unit in the entire Baoding area, and there cannot be any mistakes.
After hearing that the Eighth Route Army's artillery attack had caused 300 casualties, the pain in my heart was worse than blood. I raised my eyebrows and began to issue orders: "We can't continue fighting like this!"
"If the Eighth Route Army has enough artillery shells, a sudden artillery attack can cause 400 casualties to the mobile troops in one night."
"If the Eighth Route Army deliberately repeats the attack tomorrow, the mobile unit will lose hundreds of people."
"They only have a total of 1,300 people. If they continue to fight at this rate of loss, they will be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army in the Qinggang area in at most four days. The only mobile force in the Baoding area will be destroyed."
"The Eighth Route Army is the one who least wants us to have mobile troops... The less we have troops, the less worried they will be about their development... They will definitely find ways to consume the strength of mobile troops and gather them together to annihilate them. We must not be fooled."
"I was too impatient. I had just formed a large group of mobile troops and rushed them to regain the Qinggang stronghold, which almost put them in a dangerous situation."
"Call back the mobile unit immediately and ask them to find a way to survive until dawn at the minimum cost."
"As soon as the escort plane arrives, return to Baoding immediately. This battle cannot continue like this, otherwise it will be a refueling tactic. We go up to a brigade, and the Eighth Route Army will destroy a brigade. No matter how many people there are in Baoding, they will not be able to kill them."
"When the front army agrees that all our troops and supplementary troops are in place, we can then mobilize heavy troops to take back all the counties and strongholds captured by the Eighth Route Army."
"At that time we needed soldiers and cannons..."
"If the Eighth Route Army dares to use artillery to launch long-distance attacks, we will assemble at least twice as many artillery pieces to counterattack, and use our superiority in artillery fire and strength to overwhelm them."
After giving the order, he turned his attention to the deputy brigade commander: "Miyazawa-kun, in order to increase the strength of our counterattack against the Eighth Route Army, I have decided to further expand the Imperial Alliance Army."
"At the very least, we must organize the three regiments of the Imperial Alliance Army that were lost in Shunping, Wangdu, and Mancheng."
"In order to increase the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Association Army, I decided to transfer an additional infantry squadron from the Guard to help them train, and then transfer three main battalions from the Baoding Guard Brigade as the backbone, and expand it into three regiments within ten days. You will be responsible for this personally. .”
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At the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, the deputy commander-in-chief just walked out of the room when he saw the deputy chief of staff walking towards him with a happy face: "Boss, good news..."
"That boy Kong Jie has created another miracle for us!"
“Not even ten days have passed since the last victory report, they captured Wangdu County and Mancheng County next to Shunping, and also took advantage of the situation to form the Wangdu Defense Regiment and the Mancheng Defense Regiment based on the 23rd Battalion of the Duer Regiment... …”
"This is the victory telegram they just sent."
"In addition, he also teamed up with Huang Yu's newly formed Shunping garrison to launch a large-scale night attack in Pingyang Town, severely damaging the 3,000 elite troops that the Japanese army in Baoding had cobbled together."
"Although today's Duer Regiment has not yet reached the stage of strong military strength, it is not far behind."
"The main force of the regiment has three reinforcement battalions, one field artillery battalion, plus seven, seven or eight directly affiliated troops. The total strength will definitely exceed 3,000 people."
"Each of the three garrison regiments has a mountain artillery company and three main battalions. The total strength should exceed 6,000 people..."
"In this way, it will be just around the corner that Kong Jie's troops exceed 10,000 people!"
The deputy commander took the telegram and read it over twice before looking away. His face was covered with a smile at the same time. He said happily: "No wonder I heard the magpies chirping early in the morning. It turns out there is something happy."
"Kong Jie is a really good guy. In just over two months, a crippled main force has developed into this. If I hadn't known what Kong Jie is like, I wouldn't have believed it to be true."
"But as the old saying goes, with greater strength comes greater responsibility."
"Kong Jie captured three county towns from the Japs. Baoding Rijun must hate him to the core. When the Japs calm down and regain their strength, they will definitely send out heavy troops to retaliate against them. They will be under great pressure in the future. Unfortunately, that old devil Okamura Neji already knows about him."
