"Captain Chu, is the information reliable? Approximately how many Japs are there?"
"Battalion Commander Gao, the 52nd Regiment has invested a lot of money this time. Two brigades attacked the Dragon Head Fort where the New Second Regiment is stationed. One brigade strengthened an infantry artillery squadron and headed straight for Liu Town. The goal was very clear. They were running towards it. Thomas and others are here.”
Chu Xiong's answer made Gao Wancheng look solemn, and Zhou Weiguo's expression was not much better.
Zhou Weiguo couldn't help but ask Chu Xiong:
"Captain Chu, what are your plans? There are more than 1,000 Japs here. Maybe the Japs will openly build a plank road to sneak into Chen Cang. When we are in a stalemate with the Japs army, the special agent team hiding in the dark will make a sneak attack. Willow Town!”
Zhou Weiguo is worthy of being an expert in special operations, and he hit the nail on the head with just one word. In Chu Xiong's opinion, there is a high probability that the Japanese will do this. This is a common combat method in special operations.
"Captain Zhou, you are right to worry. It is easy to hide from open guns and hard to prevent hidden arrows. I have left two teams in the back mountain just to prevent them from doing this. It's okay if they don't come. If they come, let them have their way." There’s no coming back!”
"As for the Japanese brigade, when the soldiers come, they will block the water and cover up the soil. When the Japanese come, just fight them back!"
Chu Xiong said domineeringly. Wang Han shook his head when he heard this. Those who didn't know what he was saying thought he was a group leader.
Gao Wancheng also frowned when he heard this. These were more than a thousand Japanese. It was right to have confidence, but if you went too far, you would suffer big losses.
You can't blame Gao Wancheng for not believing in Chu Xiong. Even the leader of their 28th Regiment wouldn't dare to go back directly to a Japanese who strengthened the brigade.
Normally, one should avoid its sharp edge, and the main force should jump to the outside to harass, and then fight one or two battles until the Japanese are tired, so that the Japanese retreat.
This method of attack was the safest, but it also caused the greatest harm to the people in the base area, almost handing over the people in the base area to the Japanese.
In each raid, although they won in the end, the base area was almost destroyed.
The Eighth Route Army did not want to fight like this, but it was too weak and it would be useless to fight all the main troops. This is the pain that the weak have to bear to fight.
With friendly troops around, Gao Wancheng naturally couldn't make it too obvious. He couldn't let the friendly troops see the joke, so he had to ask tactfully:
"Captain Chu, how many troops can we use for counter-mopping up now? My company has 65 men left, and Captain Zhou has 16 men left. What is your specific combat plan?"
Chu Xiong did not intend to completely expose his strength, but he did need the assistance of Zhou Weiguo's special forces team.
When it comes to fighting, no one thinks there are too many people. Although there are only a dozen of them, they are all special forces. If they are used well, they can be as good as ten. If they are not used, they will be used in vain!
"Our company now has more than 600 people, and there are also some militiamen and reserve personnel. The main task of the militia is to protect the people."
"There are more than 600 people in a company?"
Although Gao Wancheng was shocked when he heard this, he was very happy. With his own company, there were 700 people. It was not that he couldn't fight. It seemed that Comrade Chu Xiong was reliable.
"600 people?"
Wang Han felt like scolding his mother. These Eighth Route Army soldiers were so good at pulling up troops, so he had to report this information to the president.
Zhou Weiguo had no other ideas. He was a pure soldier. The more people he killed, the happier he would be.
Chu Xiong knew that after this battle, he couldn't hide even if he wanted to. It was better to be tougher and show the prestige of the Eighth Route Army in front of the Goshawk Kingdom. Maybe he could get some benefits from the Goshawk Kingdom.
Chu Xiong then introduced his combat plan to several people in detail, also wanting to hear their opinions.
Needless to say, Gao Wancheng was the main battalion commander of the Eighth Route Army and an expert in guerrilla warfare. Zhou Weiguo and Wang Han were also commanders of the special operations forces, and their opinions were of great reference value.
Several people gathered together and studied for an entire afternoon. It was considered a collective effort, and finally a set of combat plans were formed, which was much more complete than what Chu Xiong had proposed.
The mission of Zhou Weiguo's Falcon Team is to harass the Japanese along the way and look for opportunities to take out the Japanese's artillery and baggage;
The mission of the Tigers' third team is to sneak into Anping City to look for opportunities to sneak attack on the Japanese coalition headquarters;
Shitou led the first and second teams to deal with the Japanese special forces;
Gao Wancheng's 1st Company and the 1st and 2nd Platoons of the 7th Company were responsible for blocking the Japanese at Chenjialing, with Gao Wancheng in charge of command;
Chu Xiong led the main force of the Seventh Company to lurk in the mountains and forests north of Chenjialing, waiting for the right opportunity to launch a fatal blow to the Japanese. Thomas and others followed Chu Xiong;
The militia company was responsible for covering the evacuation of the people into the mountains and forests, strengthening the walls and clearing the fields.
The most important task here is Gao Wancheng's blocking force. The original plan was completed by Chu Xiong, but Gao Wancheng vetoed it.
His reason is that Chu Xiong understands the situation in the base area better and is suitable to take charge of the overall situation. He can just be responsible for blocking and ensure that people are at the position!
He obeyed Chu Xiong's command. This is the consciousness of commanders at all levels of the Eighth Route Army. They will only consider the most beneficial plan and will not care about personal gains and losses.
Gao Wancheng's company consumed a lot of ammunition. Chu Xiong replenished them with a large number of bullets and grenades, and strengthened them with crooked machine guns and grenade launchers. Their mission was to consume the Japanese troops and weapons.
After clarifying the combat mission, Gao Wancheng led the blocking troops straight to Chenjialing. They wanted to build defenses in advance.
Zhou Weiguo's Falcon Team also set off. They had to first figure out the terrain from Anping to Chenjialing.
After Gao Wancheng and others arrived at Chenjialing, they began to survey the terrain to find the most suitable place to block the attack.
After selecting the blocking point, Li Qing, the leader of the first platoon, suggested that the first and second platoons of the seventh company should be responsible for digging the fortifications. The first company would help them cut down the pine trees.
Gao Wancheng could naturally tell that the Seventh Company was taking care of the First Company. He happened to want to see how the Seventh Company built the fortifications. After all, they knew the local situation better, so it was up to the guests to do as they pleased.
Gao Wancheng agreed to Li Qing's plan, and told the two platoon leaders Li Qing and Zhang Yu that the defense matters could be discussed, but all personnel must obey his command without reservation, and the command must be unified. !
"Batalion Commander Gao, don't worry, the first and second platoons will resolutely obey your command."
Of course Gao Wancheng believed that they would obey his command, but there were some things he wanted to say first.
There are only more than 220 of them in total. They have to withstand the onslaught of more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers. The task is very arduous and there is no room for nonsense.
After unifying his thoughts, Li Qing led the first and second platoons of the seventh company to build ring fortifications, and Gao Wancheng led the first company to cut down trees.
Chu Xiong sent people to notify the armed workers teams and militia companies in each village to make preliminary preparations for organizing the evacuation of the people. Once the Japanese launched an attack on Chenjialing, all personnel would be moved to the mountains. Chu Xiong could not afford to gamble!
The altars and jars in the base area that were broken by the Japanese can be rebuilt, but people cannot be left to the Japanese. This is Chuxiong's bottom line.
