"Hai" All the devil officers present responded in unison.At this time, Chief of Staff Yukio Kasawara stood up directly and said with a serious face: "I believe that under the wise leadership of His Excellency the Commander, the Imperial Army will be able to wipe out all the anti-Japanese forces in North China and maintain public order and stability in North China."
The Imperial Army will win", "The Imperial Army will win" The other little devils also raised their arms and shouted."
Yo Xi" Tada Jun nodded with satisfaction, and his face became a little better.Tada Jun waved his hand and signaled everyone to be quiet, and then said with a serious face: "The base camp is also quite concerned about the security problem in North China, and ordered us to stabilize the law and order in North China as soon as possible.For this reason, the base camp was specially dispatched, and the 4th Division, 14th Division, 46th Division, and 47th Division of the Imperial Army were urgently dispatched to North China.As soon as the strength of these four divisions arrived, the Imperial Army would have sufficient forces to launch a counteroffensive against the Chinese army, and they would certainly be able to completely annihilate them at that time. ”As soon as Tada Jun's words came out, the devil officers present couldn't help but gasp, and suddenly transferred the strength of four divisions and regiments to support North China, and two of them were standing divisions, and the total strength of the four divisions together exceeded 90,000 The base camp suddenly transferred so many troops to support North China, which shows how much the base camp attaches to North China.The more Tada Jun spoke, the more excited he became, he slapped the table and stood up directly, and said with a serious face: "We have failed too many times, and this time we must not fail again." ”"Hai" The other little devils got up one after another and responded respectfully.Li Guotao stayed in Yingxian for a week, and the Seventh Column also rested for a week.At this time, Li Guotao couldn't sit still, and directly ordered the new First Brigade and the new Third Brigade to cross the Hengshan Mountains and recover the two county towns of Fanzhi County and Dai County respectively.If the rest is too long, it can only make the fighters demoralized and their combat effectiveness reduced.Although Political Commissar Meng and Ma Zhenguo did not agree with Li Guotao's theory, they did not get it right, anyway, there were not many defenders in these two counties, and with the current strength of the Seven Columns, it can be said that it would be effortless to take these two counties.The main purpose of Li Guotao's insistence on taking these two county towns was to train his troops, because with the development of the situation and the continuous growth of the Eighth Route Army, it would inevitably launch a larger-scale counteroffensive against the little devils in the future to recover the vast territory occupied by the Japanese army.Previously, the Eighth Route Army had always been mainly engaged in guerrilla warfare, seriously lacking the ability to attack fortified positions on a large scale, and it was almost impossible to recover those big cities.Although these small counties are not the same as those big cities, they are enough to practice their hands.For this reason, Li Guotao even personally accompanied the newly formed 1st Brigade and participated in the battle to attack Fanzhi County.Fanzhi County was only a remote county town, and it was not heavily guarded by the Japanese army, so the battle went very smoothly, and the new 1st Brigade took the county seat almost effortlessly.After the battle, Li Guotao, accompanied by Changde and others, rode into Fanzhi County.Chang De said with a smug face: "It's just a small county town, for our new brigade, it's not easy to capture." ”"Hmph" Li Guotao snorted lightly and said: "You are less proud, the strength of one of your brigades has taken such a long time to fight such a small county town, and there are more than 200 casualties, is such a record still worth boasting about" "But we have eliminated more than 200 little devils and more than 600 puppet troops, and we have also recovered a county town.As the attacking side, we were already at a disadvantage, and some casualties were inevitable. ”Chang De said unconvinced."
Why don't you say that your strength is several times that of the enemy, and your firepower is even stronger than that of the enemy, I don't know how many times, under such advantageous conditions, and you have paid such heavy casualties, you are embarrassed to show off in front of me."
Li Guotao couldn't help but glance at Changde and said."
Hey" Changde couldn't help but sigh and said: "You are the commander, everything you say is right, but don't you think your requirements are a little too high?"
"I don't think it's high." ”Li Guotao replied casually: "And it's not that my requirements are high, but the requirements that the little devil has put forward for us."
Now Taiyuan is still in the hands of the little devils, Baoding is still in the hands of the little devils, and Tianjin and Beiping are all in the hands of the little devils.Do you think that with our current strength, we can take back these big cities from the hands of little devils" Listening to Li Guotao's words, Chang De couldn't help but blush, and said with some embarrassment: "These big cities are heavily guarded by little devils, and it is indeed not easy to recover these big cities." ”Li Guotao continued: "So we must become stronger, so that we can completely drive the little devils out of our territory. ”Li Guotao paused for a moment and said earnestly: "Fighting this small Fanzhi county town is just for the purpose of training our hands, and we must draw lessons from it and improve it, so as to improve the troops' ability to attack fortified positions, so as to ensure that we will have less sacrifice and less bloodshed in future battles."
I'll tell you, you have to pay attention to this matter, and you have to have a meeting to study and discuss it well."
I know, please rest assured, commander, promise to complete the mission."
Changde said seriously.As the two spoke, they had already come to the county government, when a soldier of the Eighth Route Army greeted him and said loudly: "Report to the chief, the puppet government officials, have all been arrested by us, waiting for disposal, please instruct the chief." ”Li Guotao said casually: "We don't have to worry about this kind of trivial matter, just hand over those traitors and prisoners to the border district government for disposal." ”"Yes" The soldier of the Eighth Route Army replied respectfully, and then said: "Do the two chiefs want to live in the county government today?"
Li Guotao said casually: "It doesn't matter where you live, just find a clean place." ”"I'll arrange this myself, such a big county, are you worried about not being able to find a good place?"
Chang De said with a smile.At this moment, a soldier of the Eighth Route Army galloped over on horseback, ran to Li Guotao and others, quickly stopped, turned over and jumped off the horse, ran to Li Guotao, respectfully saluted the military salute, and said loudly: "Report to the commander, the headquarters is in an emergency" As he spoke, he took out a telegram from his briefcase and handed it over."
Oh" Li Guotao lowered his head and took the telegram, when he saw the content of the telegram, Li Guotao couldn't help but change his face slightly, frowned and said: "These little devils really don't let people stop" aa2705221: