Yukio Kasawara couldn't help but hesitate, because Sugiyama was angry at this time, he couldn't figure out what Sugiyama was thinking in his heart, and Yukio Kasawara was also afraid that he would say the wrong thing and anger His Excellency the commander, after all, he had just become the chief of staff, and the two were not familiar with each other, so during this period of time, Yukio Kasawara was very cautious and cautious in both speaking and doing things.Frowning and thinking about it, he still couldn't guess Sugiyama Moto's thoughts, Kasawara Yukio could only bite the bullet and said cautiously: "Your Excellency Commander, I think that from this incident, it can be seen that the Eighth Route Army, which entered the Pingnan area this time, is definitely not an ordinary small group of Tu Eighth Route Army, and it is the main elite force of the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong.Due to the fact that the imperial army is currently in North China, the strength of the imperial army is seriously insufficient, and the imperial army cannot draw enough troops to encircle and suppress this Tubalu in a hurry.Therefore, it is suggested that the imperial army should not easily send troops to encircle and suppress for the time being, and should send elite soldiers to the Pingnan area to thoroughly investigate the situation of the Eighth Route Army, and then formulate a corresponding encirclement and suppression plan according to the specific situation. ”Sugiyama Moto glanced at Yukio Kasawara, frowned and asked, "What Kasahara-kun means is that we can't act rashly for the time being, but should send someone to find out the enemy's situation in advance" "Your Excellency General Hai is wise. ”Yukio Kasahara replied respectfully."
Yo Xishina has an old saying, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is invincible, in that case, do it according to what Kasawara-kun said, this kind of thing, the people in the special high class are better than us, you can find Yosuke Takeda, let them give us the necessary assistance, we must find out the specific situation of this dirt road as soon as possible."
Sugiyama said with a serious face.Regarding the current situation of the Japanese army, the commander Sugiyama is also very clear that what Kasawara Yukio just said is completely reasonable, so Sugiyama Yuan almost did not hesitate to agree with Kasawara Yukio's opinion."
Your Excellency Commander Hai is wise, please rest assured, Your Excellency Commander, I will definitely find out the situation of this hateful Eighth Route Army as soon as possible."
Yukio Kasahara said respectfully."
Hmm" Sugiyama nodded with satisfaction, and said casually: "If there is nothing else, then you can go and get busy, I want to be alone and quiet." ”"Hai" Yukio Kasahara replied respectfully, turned around and walked out of Sugiyama Moto's office, and closed the door when he went out.The more Sugiyama Yuan thought about it, the more angry he became, he slammed his fist on the table, and said with a fierce face: "The hateful Tuba Road of Baga Road is really ghostly, it is really hateful" After cleaning up the battlefield, Li Guotao took the soldiers back to the vicinity of Lizhuang, and buried the soldiers who died in this battle.After the troops rested in Lizhuang for one night, early the next morning, Li Guotao returned to Baxian with his troops.After returning to Baxian, Li Guotao convened everyone to discuss and decided to set up the stationing of the troops in a place called Shahekou northwest of Mazhuang.Fearing that the devils would retaliate against the local villagers, the troops did not camp in the villages, but camped in the wilderness, and Li Guotao summoned the local militia to assist the troops in building some simple thatched huts, and the soldiers could only live in tents until then.Although the conditions are a little simpler, it is now spring, the weather is gradually getting warmer, and when the houses are built in the future, the conditions will naturally improve accordingly.After returning to Baxian, Li Guotao was also too busy to keep his feet on the ground, but fortunately, after these battles, the Eighth Route Army won successive battles, which greatly encouraged the morale of the military and civilians in Pingnan to resist the army, and made all the work progress very smooth.On the second day of the second lunar month, it is known as the dragon raising its head, also known as the Spring Ploughing Festival, the Spring Dragon Festival, and the Agricultural Festival, which is a traditional festival in China.Taking advantage of this good day, Li Guotao summoned all the principal responsible persons of the anti-Japanese guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army in Baxian, Yongqing, Gu'an, Xincheng, Zhuozhou, and other places and held a military meeting.Li Guotao glanced at the people attending the meeting, and said with a smile: "This time everyone is called to a meeting, and the main discussion is the expansion of the troops.Everyone must also know that the reason why the contemptible people led the Seventh Independent Brigade to the north this time was to establish an anti-Japanese base area in Pingnan and to include the entire Pingnan area in the anti-Japanese base area in central Hebei.Previously, the first battalion of the new seventh regiment was the first to rush to Ba County, and the second battalion had also arrived at Ba County two days ago.But if we want to develop the Pingnan area into our base, this is not enough. ”After listening to Li Guotao's words, the responsible persons of the various guerrilla units were all excited, and it was definitely a happy thing that a main force was finally stationed in the Pingnan area.Li Guotao paused, and then said: "Even if the main force of the New Seventh Regiment arrives, this amount of strength is far from enough, but the superiors will not send other troops to the Pingnan area in a short period of time, and if our team wants to further develop and grow, we can only expand on the spot." ”As soon as they heard the word expansion, everyone's eyes immediately lit up, and a captain of the armed engineering team couldn't help but ask: "Chief, do you mean to expand our troops?"
"Yes, so the troops must be reorganized and expanded, and if the superior leaders do not send us the main force, we will build a regular main force by ourselves." ”Li Guotao said excitedly."
Great" Everyone couldn't help but cheer when they heard this, as the leader of the troops, that person didn't want his team to grow stronger.Li Guotao smiled and waved his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, and then continued: "So far, among the several counties near us, only Baxian County has its own county brigade, but the strength is too weak. ”As soon as he heard this, Sun Tao didn't like to listen to it, and hurriedly said: "Chief, you don't know, our Baxian County Brigade has also developed and grown now, in recent days, we have recruited a large number of recruits, and now the entire county brigade has grown to more than 500 people, and the district teams in each district have also been established accordingly, and the troops are gradually developing and growing. ”As soon as Sun Tao said this, the guerrilla leaders in other counties couldn't help but cast envious glances at Sun Tao.aa2705221: