Li Guotao led the independent regiment, along with the other three regiments of the Fourth Army Subdivision of the Jizhong Military Region, all the way to the west, after a day's long journey, the troops withdrew to the vicinity of Madian Town, and in the evening the troops stopped and rested for the night.Early the next morning, after the soldiers had finished breakfast, they had just finished assembling when Li Guotao received an urgent order from Commander Meng, ordering the independent regiment led by Changde to retreat to the northwest and enter the territory of Angola.Li Guotao immediately led the special combat team and rushed to the headquarters to report.Li Guotao did not dare to slack off after receiving the order, and after explaining to Chang De, he immediately led the special combat team to the headquarters.The temporary station of the headquarters was only a few miles away from the independent regiment, and Li Guotao arrived on horseback with his guards, and the special combat team followed."
Report to the commander, Li Guotao, the head of the Angolan Independent Regiment, was ordered to come to report and ask for instructions," Li Guotao raised his hand and saluted with a standard military salute and said loudly.Commander Meng returned a military salute, smiled and took Li Guotao's hand and said, "You came just in time, let's sit down and talk" Li Guotao nodded, but he was not polite, and sat on the seat in front of Commander Meng with a big grin, but his expression was serious, because Li Guotao knew in his heart that Commander Meng hurriedly recruited him, and there must be some important task.At this time, the guard poured a teapot of hot water, and Commander Meng pushed the teapot in front of Li Guotao with a smile, and said with a smile: "You drink hot water first, warm your body, and listen to me tell you slowly."
Here's the thing, in the battle of the Hutuo River, we successfully annihilated the Japanese Kawabata Wing.But the little devil didn't give up.We have just received news that the commander of the Japanese North China Dispatch Army has urgently appointed Masaharu Honma, commander of the 27th Division of the Japanese Army, as the commander of the front, responsible for coordinating and commanding the 27th Division, the 110th Division, and the independent 5th Mixed Brigade.Honma Masaharu had already arrived in Raoyang yesterday, and the Japanese troops had also advanced to the junction of Raoyang and Anping. ”Commander Meng paused slightly when he said this, and then continued: "You should know that when we retreated in Raoyang, the troops retreated in separate ways, the troops of the Third Army Division and the First Division of the Second Army Division retreated in the northwest direction, while the main force of our Fourth Army Division retreated to the west, and the troops of the First Independent Brigade of the Western Hebei Military Region retreated to the southwest.Originally, our intention was to disperse the main force of the little devils, and then slowly look for opportunities to destroy the enemy, but this time the little devils were not fooled. ”Hearing this, Li Guotao couldn't help frowning, thought about it for a while and said, "You mean, the little devil didn't split up to pursue, but concentrated his forces to chase after us. ”"Hmm" Commander Meng nodded and said, "The Japanese army did not divide their troops to pursue, but all pursued to the west.Judging from the information we have, the little devil is also afraid of us and does not dare to divide the troops easily.In addition, according to the latest information we have, this sweep has lasted for more than a month, and the little devil did not expect that the war would drag on for so long and was not well prepared.There are already problems with the supply of backup, and it can't last long.On the other hand, after all, Sugiyama Yuan has just served as the commander of the North China Dispatch Army, and this sweep is Sugiyama Yuan's Liwei Battle, but the war has developed to this day, not only did the little devil not get much cheap, but was repeatedly hit hard by our army, and the Japanese military high-level was already very dissatisfied with Sugiyama Yuan, but Sugiyama Yuan, who was eager to make meritorious contributions, did not want to end this sweep in such a hurry. ”"So Sugiyama Yuan decided to concentrate his superior forces in an attempt to annihilate our Eighth Route Army, so that he could also explain to the military headquarters and end this battle."
Li Guotao said thoughtfully."
Yes, you're very smart, and if our guess is correct, this is what Sugiyama Moto.As long as one of our troops can be encircled and annihilated, Sugiyama Gen can get off the donkey and end this protracted battle.And unfortunately, the target chosen by Sugiyama Yuan was our Fourth Army Division, so he concentrated the main forces and pressed them all towards the Anping area. ”Commander Meng said with a serious face.The corners of Li Guotao's mouth couldn't help but show a sneer, looked up at Commander Meng and said, "Commander, what you said just now is not right. ”"Oh" Commander Meng frowned slightly, and said with a puzzled expression: "Did I say something wrong" Li Guotao said with a smile: "Sugiyama Yuan chose us, not because of our misfortune, but because of Sugiyama Yuan's misfortune, they are destined to return in vain this time, and it is possible to lose their wife and lose their soldiers." ”"Haha, you're right, it's their misfortune to choose us, I like your confidence."
Commander Meng said with a laugh."
Commander, you are in such a hurry to call me over, there must be some important task to be assigned to us," Li Guotao asked with a smile.Commander Meng nodded and said, "Your kid's brain is good, and he can penetrate it at a point, which is much stronger than that reckless man in Changde."
This time, the Japanese army concentrated nearly 20,000 troops and rushed towards us with great momentum, which can be described as an inevitable victory in this battle.But our Fourth Army Division, now there are only about 5,000 troops. ”Speaking of this, Commander Meng sighed softly, and then continued: "And after a long battle, not only the little devils are about to be unable to hold on, but our soldiers are also about to be unable to hold on, so in this case, we can only win by surprise in order to smash this sweep of the devils as soon as possible." ”Even if Li Guotao is smart, he is not a roundworm in Commander Meng's stomach, and it is impossible to guess what Commander Meng has in mind, so he has not interjected, but just quietly listened to Commander Meng's words.Commander Meng paused and then said, "I heard Du Yulong say before that when he was receiving special forces training in the Independent Regiment, he once heard you explain a strategy called decapitation. ”As soon as Commander Meng said this, Li Guotao suddenly realized, thinking that Commander Meng had specially asked him to bring the special combat team over, and he probably guessed Commander Meng's plan, and said excitedly: "What the commander means is to use the special combat team to behead the little devil." ”"Not bad" Commander Meng nodded and said: "Honma Masaharu is the commander of the 27th Division of the Japanese Army, if we can successfully get rid of this old devil, the Japanese military department will definitely be even more dissatisfied with Sugiyama Moto."
On the other hand, Honma Masaharu is the front-line commander of the Japanese army, and if he is eliminated, the Japanese army will lose its unified command, and we will have more opportunities, as long as it drags on for a while, the final victory will definitely belong to us. ”aa2705221: