Hearing the good news, the heavy expressions on everyone's faces suddenly disappeared.
Kong Jie took the opportunity to stand up: "Now I will tell you the third thing."
"The troops paid a huge price to capture Yixian and cannot leave it alone. The regiment headquarters decided after research that the Mancheng garrison will take over the county seat of Yixian and establish base areas in Yixian and Mancheng at the same time."
"In addition to continuing to consolidate the current base area, the Shunping garrison must also find ways to extend its sphere of influence to Baoding, develop guerrilla zones in suitable areas, and expand the scope of the base area step by step."
"The Wangdu garrison can also penetrate into the surrounding areas to consolidate the base area while establishing a guerrilla zone and expanding the base area."
"This military operation gave me a great inspiration."
"We want to establish a firm foothold in the wing. In addition to developing base areas and strengthening our military strength, we should also take the initiative."
"We have an old saying in China: Offense is the best defense."
"Every time we stay at the base and wait for the little devils to come and sweep us away, it's too passive."
"It's easier to deal with the enemy if they don't have many troops. If they have too many troops, we can only keep moving, take them in circles around the base, and find ways to annihilate the enemy on the move."
"Even if we win in the end, the participating troops and base areas will pay a huge price during the raid."
"Deputy Chief of Staff Huang made a suggestion to the regiment headquarters, which I think is particularly good."
"Instead of passively waiting for the Japs to attack every time, can we take the initiative and disrupt the rhythm of the Japs' attack on us?"
“It’s just like this time around the point to call for reinforcements.
"We took advantage of the enemy's mopping up troops before they were fully assembled, and took the initiative to attack and severely damaged one of the mopping up troops."
"The number of mopping up troops that the Baoding Mixed Brigade can dispatch will suddenly be reduced by more than 2,000 people. They will definitely not dare to continue to implement the previous mopping up plan before they are absolutely sure. Our army will have more training time to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops. "
"The Japs only have so many garrisons scattered in various places. We take the initiative to eliminate a few Japs today and a few Japs tomorrow. We do it piecemeal. It usually seems innocuous. But when they want to gather heavy troops to sweep us away, they will find the troops in their hands. Suddenly there was no one.”
"Without troops, their raids on the base areas will naturally end in vain."
"The Japanese army's supplementary troops all come from China, and they have to be distributed to several theaters at the same time. The cycle is long and the quantity is very limited."
"Unlike us, when the main force suffers casualties, it can immediately mobilize troops from local troops. It is convenient and fast. As long as the base area is stable, there will be no problem of insufficient troops."
"If we continue to consume the Japanese troops in the battle and cause their casualties to far exceed the speed of recruiting new soldiers, the Japanese around the base area will become less and fewer, and they will be too busy to take care of themselves. Even if we want to send troops to mop up, we will not be able to spare the troops."
"The garrison regiment consolidating the base areas and establishing guerrilla zones in enemy-occupied areas is a good way for us to take the initiative and consume the Japanese troops."
"We can also train the troops through these small-scale battles, so that the new recruits in the team can form combat effectiveness as soon as possible and adapt to the battlefield."
"When the main force forms combat effectiveness, it can be transformed into a mobile force in the base area to reinforce everyone at any time."
"If a unit encounters a good fighter plane and cannot afford it, contact the main force of the regiment immediately and request reinforcements."
"By then, as long as our opponent does not exceed two infantry brigades, we will be able to eliminate the opponent through proactive attacks, and even recapture the county occupied by one or two Japanese."
Deng Jingye, the leader of the Wangdu Garrison Regiment, suddenly stood up: "Report to the leader, do I have a question?"
"Say!" Kong Jie asked directly.
"We have occupied so many county towns, can we hold them?" Deng Jingye immediately expressed his inner doubts.
This is also the question of many people in the conference room. In their eyes, occupying the county town is a thankless task, and it is also easy to be besieged by heavy Japanese and puppet troops. In the end, not only cannot the county town be defended, but a large number of troops will be lost in the defensive battle. , lost his wife and lost his troops.
As a result, everyone invariably bypasses the county seat when developing base areas.
Huang Yu raised his hand towards Kong Jie and said: "Captain, I will explain Commander Deng's problem..."
"Under the joint attack of Japanese heavy artillery and aircraft, no matter how many troops we dispatch, we will not be able to defend the county seat."
"The reason why we still want everyone to capture the county seat is based on three considerations."
"First: Capturing the county can consume a large amount of Japanese and puppet troops and seize a large number of weapons, ammunition and other materials that are in short supply in the base area. These are benefits that we cannot get by conquering ordinary strongholds."
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"Second: Attacking the county seat can deter the Japs, undermine the morale of the Japanese and puppet troops, and enhance the determination of the soldiers and civilians in the Yizhong base area to resist Japan."
"Third: The county seat can also play a role in consuming and dispersing the Japanese forces during counter-mopping up."
"For example, letting the Japanese into the city to engage in street fighting can not only weaken the Japanese's artillery advantage, but also use the mobile warfare and guerrilla warfare we are good at to annihilate a large number of enemies on the street fighting battlefield and consume the effective strength of the Japanese and puppet troops."
"After the troops abandon the county town, the Japanese will definitely divide their forces to defend the county town. The Japanese and puppet troops will have fewer troops to use to sweep us away..."
Deng Jingye understood, and his face full of confusion slowly turned into expectation, his eyes lit up and he said, "It's true."
"The more counties we occupy, the more troops we will have to stay behind to defend the counties when the Japs sweep us away in the future, and there will be fewer troops to attack us."
"Once the troops are dispersed, we can still seize several good opportunities to defeat them one by one."
"This is a good idea. I will study the surrounding counties carefully when I get back, and try to win a county within three months and double the base area."
Kong Jie continued what he just said: "From now on, our base area will be divided into three parts: bordering the area occupied by the Japanese, where we are among the enemies, and where we are among the enemies is called the guerrilla zone, where the guerrillas and the commandos sent by the main force will operate. .”
"The base area that has just been established in the guerrilla zone is a new base area. The main force usually moves in the new base area, and then troops are sent to reinforce the guerrilla zone."
"The remaining base areas are collectively called the old base areas. We only need to leave some local troops to maintain law and order and arrest spies and traitors."
"When encountering a large-scale sweep by the Japanese and puppet troops, we should start counterattacks as soon as they enter the guerrilla zone, trying to block them in the guerrilla zone. If this is not possible, we must block them in the newly established base areas. We must not let the Japanese and puppet troops affect the development of the old base areas."
"In the future, all food and ammunition supplies for the troops will come from the old base areas. We must keep all enemies out of the old base areas."
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At the headquarters of the Japanese brigade in Baoding, Miyazawa Daizuo stood in front of Kawasaki Daizuo with his head lowered, his face full of shame and anger, and he did not know how to report his defeat.
Kawasaki Daizuo sat on a chair, staring at Miyazawa Daizuo, with regret on his face.
If he had known that Miyazawa Zuo's commanding ability was so poor, he would have asked others to lead troops to reinforce Yixian County.
In my heart, I hated and disappointed Miyazawa Ozuo.
When he first took office, in order to master the mixed brigade as soon as possible, and because Miyazawa Daizuo knew the situation in Baoding very well and had fought against the Duer Group, Kawasaki Daizuo valued him from the bottom of his heart.
At this moment, Miyazawa Daizuo's status in his heart had plummeted.
If he hadn't had the military rank of Dazuo on his shoulder, he wouldn't have been qualified to punish him, and now he would have wanted to remove him from his position as deputy brigade commander.
The chief of staff, Cun Cun, saw that the brigade commander wanted to kill the donkey, and then realized that the position of chief of staff under him was recommended by Miyazawa Daizuo, so he decided to help him.
He stood up and said, "Miyazawa-kun, what happened to the reinforcements in Peishan Mountain? Please tell us clearly."
"If it's your responsibility, it's useless for anyone to speak for you. If it's not your responsibility, I believe the brigade commander won't blame you..."
"Don't be stunned, report it quickly!"
These words relieved the depressing atmosphere in the war room, and also gave Miyazawa Daizuo, who was in shame and anger, a plan to speak.
I was very grateful to take a look at the chief of staff before reporting to Kawasaki Daizuo: "Report to the brigade commander, all of us have underestimated the strength of the Eighth Route Army in the wing."
"On the way back, I carefully recalled the entire battle and discovered that the Yizhong Eighth Route Army had dispatched more than 8,000 people to attack Yixian County and encircle the area for reinforcements."
"Two thousand of them attacked Yixian, and more than 6,000 were left to fight for reinforcements."
"If the opponent only has 6,000 light infantry, I have a 100% certainty of breaking through Pei Mountain and reinforcing Yixian County."
"But the 6,000 Eighth Route Army is equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns, mortars, infantry artillery, mountain artillery, and field artillery. The number is more than the artillery we are equipped with, especially the mortars, which are at least a hundred."
Seeing the expressions of disbelief on the faces of many people around him, Miyazawa Daizuo immediately put on a military order and said: "If you don't believe it, you can ask anyone in the team."
"They are all those who have witnessed the battlefield. They know how powerful the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire is better than those in humble positions."
"The Eighth Route Army first blocked the attack. When our army assembled heavy troops to launch an attack, it suddenly concentrated artillery fire to attack our army's field artillery positions, flanking guard positions, offensive positions, and attacking troops."
"Relying on the superiority of troops and artillery fire, the recent round of assaults captured the field artillery position and a warning position, severely damaging the attacking troops."
"In order to prevent the troops from suffering greater losses, I had to ask everyone to evacuate Pei Shan."
Miyazawa Daizuo said it sincerely. Kawasaki Daizuo believed 70% to 80% of it on the spot, but his impression of him did not change.
He immediately showed an expression of hatred and cursed: "Bagh Ya Road, even if the Eighth Route Army has more than 8,000 participating troops, they are still a bunch of new recruits. No matter how fierce the artillery fire is, without the cooperation of the infantry, we can't take our army's position. Speaking of which, Or there’s something wrong with your command.”
"Captain of the brigade, calm down..." Miyazawa Ozuo didn't want to bear the responsibility for the failure of his command, so he quickly explained.
"The Eighth Route Army that attacked us did consist of mostly new soldiers, but I don't know where they found one or two thousand elite veterans to form several commando teams. They launched a frontal attack and the new soldiers covered them from behind."
"Under the cover of powerful artillery fire, our troops rushed to fight. There were no trenches to hide in. They were no match for us and had no choice but to retreat."
