The accident that happened on the front line must not be hidden from the brigade commander. The chief of staff had no choice but to bite the bullet and answer. tart
"The tunnels in the town are different from those outside the town. There are a lot of traps hidden inside."
"The demolition team suffered heavy losses."
"On average, one assault team is lost every time a section of tunnel is blasted."
"The Eighth Route Army who were hiding in the tunnel even took the initiative to get out of the tunnel..."
"Use the cover of darkness to sneak attack the demolition team at close range with machine guns and grenades."
"There are tunnel entrances and exits everywhere in the town, and we are hard to guard against."
"I can't think of a solution, so I can only come here and ask the general for help."
Major General Fujita thought for half a minute and then shook his head: "We have no choice but to fight hard."
"Unless we stop blasting the tunnel."
"But I want to completely capture Pingyang Town and eliminate the Junpei garrison."
"Blasting tunnels is our only way to force the enemy to ground positions."
"We can only find ways to reduce casualties."
"Let the demolition team step up their guard. When the engineers deploy explosives, try to let the Imperial Army advance into the tunnel to draw out the Eighth Route Army hiding in the tunnel. Then the commando team will go up and kill them."
Speaking of this, Major General Fujita seemed to think of something and suddenly stopped. tart
After staring at the map for a minute, he continued to order: "We are all in trouble. We can just hide if we can't win. Why should we fight to the end with the Eighth Route Army?"
"Fighting at night is more beneficial to the Eighth Route Army..."
"No matter how stupid you are, you can't use your own shortcomings to overcome the enemy's strong points."
"Have all demolition teams stop their operations and withdraw from Pingyang Town."
"We're not in a hurry. It's not too late to wait until daybreak to continue blasting in the center of the town."
"At that time, there would be no Eighth Route Army sneak attack troops on the ground, so the casualties would be much smaller."
"Contact the left and right sweep troops and ask them to rush to the battlefield as soon as possible."
"Let's join forces."
"One tunnel fortification after another."
"First destroy their hiding place, and then find an opportunity to fight them decisively."
Major General Fujita is not the kind of fool who lets his troops die just to gain some momentum. Since the current battlefield situation is not good for him, he should settle for the next best thing and stop fighting for the time being.
I have plenty of time to fight with the Eighth Route Army.
For this major sweep, Okamura Neiji prepared a large amount of ammunition supplies in advance, which was enough to sweep the troops for half a month.
As the two sides continue to fight like this, the first one to be anxious must be the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong. tart
All the Chinese in the villages along the way were removed by the Eighth Route Army.
It doesn't matter if the time is shorter.
As time goes by, those people will definitely clamor to go home.
The Eighth Route Army base areas cannot delay production for the sake of fighting, otherwise their autumn harvest will be affected.
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At the headquarters of the Second Regiment in Chenzhuang, Li Yunlong was frowning as he studied the second telegram sent by Huang Yu.
The above describes in detail the Japanese army's method of cutting off tunnels by digging trenches. tart
"Snapped……"
Li Yunlong suddenly slapped the telegram on the table and analyzed it with a sullen face.
"The devil is so cruel..."
"Just reduce the benefits that the tunnel brings to us by 30%."
"I dare to stay in Wangdu County and fight street fights with the little devils without fear of getting dumped."
"What we rely on is the underground passage from inside the city to outside the city."
"If these passages are cut off by the Japanese, no matter how bold I am, I will not dare to stay in the city."
"Now Xiao Huang is stuck in Pingyang Town."
"There are only two ways to save them."
"Either find a way to force the Japanese to end their raids and evacuate Pingyang Town."
"Either we find a way to repel the Japanese mopping up troops, or we open a hole in their defense line surrounding Pingyang Town and get Xiao Huang out."
"Both approaches are very stressful."
"Right now, both the left and right sweep forces are moving closer to Pingyang Town."
"The Japanese have made it clear that they want to use Pingyang Town as bait to force us to go over and fight them, and then we can reunite and annihilate them."
"Before, we surrounded the area to provide reinforcements and consume their troops."
"I didn't expect that the Japanese would use this trick, and they would be unable to defeat us."
"Old Li..."
Kong Jie analyzed with a stern face.
"Xiao Huang must be rescued, but if we don't rush now, they will definitely be fine until tomorrow night."
"I'm worried that this battle in Pingyang Town is a signal for the Japanese to change their raiding methods."
"If they use the same method to deal with other tunnel fortifications in the base area, we really have no good way to break the situation. We can only watch those tunnels being destroyed."
"No more tunnels to hide in."
"The troops will be completely exposed under the noses of the Japanese and puppet troops."
"There are still planes in the sky staring at us and bombing us. The counter-mopping pressure on the troops will be at least twice as high as before."
"Maybe we really have to abandon the base outside the mountains and retreat to the mountains."
"We must not retreat..." Li Yunlong shook his head like a rattle and looked at Kong Jie and said firmly.
"I, Li Yunlong, have never had the word "retreat" in any battle."
"Isn't it because the little devils arranged a way to attack us in the way we predicted?"
"No big deal."
"I remember when we climbed snow-capped mountains and crossed grasslands, we had to deal with such dangerous things."
"Now we need troops, we need ammunition, and there is no shortage of food for the troops."
"Nothing is too difficult to cut."
After finishing speaking, he did not forget to threaten Kong Jie: "I tell you..."
"Kong Er is stupid."
"Although you are the commander of the Duer Regiment, you are also the person in charge of all the Eighth Route Army in the Yizhong base area."
"But if you give up your base outside the mountains and go into the mountains to become a deserter."
"Then don't blame me, Li Yunlong, for disobeying orders on the battlefield and opposing you."
"Go away..."
Kong Jie was very angry at Li Yunlong's words and cursed with dissatisfaction.
"I, Kong Jie, have never been a deserter in my whole life..."
"Is it possible that you are not afraid of death? The troops in the base area are all cowards."
"Don't think that I don't know what you have in mind."
"Aren't you just jealous when you see me commanding so many troops? You also want to taste what it's like to command tens of thousands of troops in battle."
"rest assured."
"You are the deputy leader of the Duer Regiment. There will be many opportunities for you to experience it in the future, not least this time."
"speak nicely."
"I will definitely not give up the base outside the mountains unless it is absolutely necessary."
"The top priority now is to break the situation."
"Let the Japs' new tactics lose their effect in front of us instead of bragging in front of me."
Li Yunlong didn't expect that Kong Jie would guess his little thoughts so quickly.
San San smiled and said, "We can take the initiative."
"I have always believed that offense is the best defense."
"It happened to be dark. Under the cover of darkness, the troops took the initiative to use the remaining tunnels to attack the Japanese."
"If you don't save the little devil's life, you can beat them until they take off a layer of their skin."
"There is no need for the main force of the group to continue hiding in their vehicles."
"Since the Japanese want to use Pingyang Town as bait, come to us to encircle the area and provide reinforcements."
"Then let's use our tactics to fight the Japs around Pingyang Town."
Kong Jie stared at the map and replied: "I agree to take the initiative."
"But I am opposed to a decisive battle with the Japanese around Pingyang Town."
"After the three-pronged mopping up force of the Japanese army merged, the total strength directly exceeded 10,000 people."
"In addition to Duer Regiment Manbian in the base area,
Both the Wangdu Defense Regiment and the Mancheng Defense Regiment suffered more than half their casualties, leaving only 30 to 40 percent of their combat effectiveness. "
"Shunping garrison was blocked by Japanese soldiers in Pingyang Town and couldn't get out. They had no time to take care of themselves."
"The superiority in troops, terrain, and firepower are all in the hands of the Japanese army."
"We will suffer too much in a decisive battle now."
Li Yunlong didn't answer, but his frown was obviously deeper than before.
Although he likes to use his sword on the battlefield, he is not stupid.
If you are not sure, you would rather be a coward than fight against the Japanese.
Kong Jie's analysis was sound and he couldn't find any reason to refute it.
The thought of a decisive battle with the Japs in Pingyang Town was instantly dismissed.
For a moment, he couldn't think of a good way to break the situation. tart
"Then we can only wait..." Kong Jie said with a long sigh.
"With this change in the Japanese situation, no one knows what their next move will be."
"The initiative on the battlefield has changed hands."
"The advantage on the battlefield is also in their hands. We can only adapt to the ever-changing situation by remaining unchanged, and wait for them to take action."
"Captain..."
The communications platoon leader suddenly ran over.
"Deputy Chief of Staff Huang has an urgent call."
"They just took the initiative through the remaining tunnels and killed a large number of Japanese and puppet troops."
"But the Japanese responded quickly."
"Not only did they stop blasting the tunnels, they also removed the troops from the town."
"The deputy chief of staff believes that the Japanese will fight a battle of annihilation in Pingyang Town and completely eliminate the Shunping garrison before leaving."
Kong Jie immediately looked at Li Yunlong: "Old Li..."
"The Japanese have thought of all the tactics we have thought of."
"As soon as the troops in the town withdraw, no matter how good the tunnels we build in the town are, if the little devils don't get in, we won't be able to fight."
"This move clearly shows that he wants to continue to consume us."
"In order to reduce the losses of the people in the base area, we have relocated people from many villages and towns along the highway."
"I thought the entire counter-sweep operation would be over in a few days."
"This change of the Japanese may not be over in ten days and a half."
"Those villagers who have moved abroad will definitely not be able to survive that long, and the spring plowing in the base areas will also be affected."
"This move is so cruel, it hits our lifeblood directly."
"In the past, the little Japanese were most afraid of us fighting a war of attrition with them."
"Now it's the other way around. We're afraid that the little devils will fight us in a war of attrition."
Li Yunlong's mind was racing as he watched Kong Jie speak again: "Xiao Huang can't take the initiative to attack, so let's go and fight."
"Using the cover of night, we proactively attacked the Japanese and puppet troops surrounding Pingyang Town, forcing them to divide their forces to pursue us."
"As long as the Japanese are fooled, we can defeat them one by one, severely inflict heavy damage on the Japanese mopping up troops, reduce Xiao Huang's defensive pressure, and make the disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves on the battlefield less big."
Kong Jie shook his head: "You are just wishful thinking..."
"If the Japanese army really decides to change their tactics, they will first defeat our tunnel fortifications one by one, and then come to us for a decisive battle."
"No matter how provocative the troops are, they will remain indifferent."
After saying that, he turned his attention to the map.
Baoding, located in the center of the map, was the first he saw, and he seemed to have an idea.
Just as he was about to speak, the communications platoon leader came running over again.
Compared with the serious expression just now, there was obviously a smile on his face at this moment.
Li Yunlong also noticed something from Kong Jie's eyes looking at the map, and then he patted his head and smiled.
