"Well, very good," Li Guotao nodded with satisfaction and said, "You fought very well in this battle." ”Su Xiufeng shook his head and said: "What are we, if so many people can't even deal with an independent mixed brigade of devils, wouldn't it be too embarrassing The strength of a brigade on the side of the newly formed first brigade withstood the attack of a division of the little devil, that is really powerful." ”Li Guotao nodded noncommittally, the strength of the Eighth Route Army on the side of Linxi Town is indeed quite a lot, and the main force of Su Xiufeng's newly formed Fifth Brigade plus the thousands of main forces of the Eastern Hebei Army Division, with a total strength of more than 10,000 people, it is indeed not difficult to block an independent mixed brigade of the devil.Li Guotao glanced at the situation of the enemy on the map, and said with a serious face: "It seems that the situation on your side is not bad. ”"It's not bad, the combat effectiveness of this independent 21st mixed brigade is really not very good, I think it is a complete waste of troops to keep so many troops in Linxi Town, and it is completely possible to draw some troops to support Lone Tree Town."
Su Xiufeng said with an oath."
Hmm" Li Guotao nodded noncommittally, and said with a smile: "I came here this time to inspect the situation on your side."
The command has decided to launch a counteroffensive on the Western Front, striving to defeat the Japanese 28th Division and the 21st Independent Mixed Brigade in one fell swoop, and completely solve the threat of the Japanese army on the Western Front.I came here this time to listen to your advice, after all, you have been on the front line, and you know more about the specific situation of the Japanese army than I do. ”As soon as Su Xiufeng heard that he was going to launch a counterattack, his eyes lit up, and he came to Li Guotao, licked his face and asked: "Commander, how do you plan to counterattack this time, deal with that little devil first" Li Guotao smiled and said: "Then do you think we should deal with that little devil first" "Of course, we should deal with the 21st Independent Mixed Brigade first" Su Xiufeng said as a matter of course: "The 21st Independent Mixed Brigade has only one brigade strength, and the total strength is only about 7,000 people.
Now there are only more than 5,000 people left, and it will be easy to destroy them. ”"Hmm" Li Guotao nodded and said: "This independent 21st Brigade is indeed a soft persimmon normally speaking, it is not wrong to destroy a relatively weak group of enemies first, and then concentrate forces to eliminate stronger enemies."
But if we think so, I'm afraid the little devil will think of it too.The newly formed 3rd Brigade suddenly inserted into Song Zhuangzi, and then the 21st Independent Mixed Brigade stopped attacking, why is this" Su Xiufeng couldn't help frowning, nodded and said: "So that's the case, the little devil must be afraid of being besieged by our army, so he suddenly stopped attacking." ”"The 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army's independent mixed Brigade also knew that its strength was weak and it was easy to be besieged by our army, so as soon as the new 3rd Brigade appeared in Song Zhuangzi, the little devils were afraid that our army would completely cut off their contact with the 28th Division, and then concentrate the main force to encircle and annihilate them."
Li Guotao said with a serious face.Su Xiufeng's brows furrowed even deeper, and he sighed softly and said, "In this way, the little devils will definitely be on guard, and if we want to encircle and annihilate them, I'm afraid it won't be so easy." ”"Hmm" Li Guotao nodded and said, "So it's not so easy to defeat these little devils this time."
Because these two little devils are too close to each other, and our army's strength does not occupy an absolute advantage, it is almost impossible to completely divide and surround them.This is the crux of this campaign, and it will be difficult to win this campaign without solving this problem. ”Su Xiufeng scratched his head and said with a sad face: "If that's the case, then it's troublesome." ”Li Guotao smiled, reached out and took out a box of cigarettes, handed one to Su Xiufeng and Li Changsheng respectively, lit one himself, took a breath, spit out a puff of white smoke in his mouth, and said with a smile: "That's why we all need to find a way together, I still say the same thing, there is no way to have many difficulties, as long as we are willing to use our brains, we will definitely be able to come up with a way." ”Su Xiufeng thought hard for a while, one hand kept scratching his head, and dandruff fell like snowflakes, but no matter how much he wanted to break his head, he couldn't think of any good way.Glancing down at the map, when his eyes fell on Song Zhuangzi, he couldn't help but light up, raised his head and looked at Li Guotao, and said with a smile: "Commander, you must have thought of a way to deal with the little devil, otherwise, how could you let the new Third Brigade advance to Song Zhuangzi, didn't you deliberately expose your strategic intentions" Li Guotao took a puff of cigarette, a smile hung on the corner of his mouth, shook his head and said: "You kid has a very fast brain, but this time you guessed wrong, I did it on purpose, The purpose is to see how the little devils react.I haven't figured out how to deal with the little devils yet, so we'll see how the little devils react. ”In Beiping City, the North China Dispatch Army Headquarters, Gangcun Ningci took a telegram in his hand and read it carefully, then got up and strode to the huge map hanging on the wall, looked at the map on the wall, frowned and said: "It seems that Li Guotao has decided to have a decisive battle with the imperial army in Yutian" Chief of Staff Hirata Masa said with a respectful face: "According to the information obtained so far, the Eighth Route Army is indeed constantly increasing troops in the direction of Yutian, obviously wanting to concentrate the main force in Yutian for a decisive battle with the imperial army.From the point of view of humble duties, this Li Guotao is simply beyond his own strength. ”Gangcun Ningji couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard this, and said with a serious face: "Hirata-kun, don't underestimate our opponent at any time, there is an old saying in the Chinese people, called arrogant soldiers will be defeated."
Is it true that the imperial army has suffered less losses in the hands of this seventh column, and the reason for this is that our generals are too light on the enemy, otherwise, with the combat effectiveness of the imperial army, how could they have been repeatedly defeated in the hands of a group of Tubalu, so we must learn a lesson, otherwise, wouldn't the blood of those jade broken imperial army warriors be shed in vain?"
”Hirata said respectfully."
Yo Xi" Gangcun Ningci nodded, glanced at the telegram in his hand again, and said with a serious face: "This Li Guotao is indeed a difficult opponent to deal with, he knows that if the current situation continues, they will become more passive, and even be surrounded and annihilated by the imperial army, so he is so anxious to have a decisive battle with the imperial army." ”aa2705221: