Finally held out until dark, Yang Dashan handed over the position to the friendly forces, and then withdrew the position with the soldiers.However, at this time, there were only more than 50 people left in Yang Dashan's company, and the loss was nearly two-thirds, which can be described as a heavy loss.However, Yang Dashan could finally breathe a sigh of relief, although the losses were heavy, but the position was held after all.Not only Yang Dashan breathed a sigh of relief, but the entire newly formed Fourth Division breathed a sigh of relief, finally blocking the attack of the Seventh Division and stabilizing the defensive line.Division commander Yang Erhu immediately excitedly reported the news to the Seventh Column Headquarters, and after Li Guotao learned the news, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, the most dangerous day finally passed.Li Guotao took a puff of cigarette, spewed out a puff of white mist in his mouth, and said with a serious face: "At present, all defense lines have been basically stabilized, and we can breathe a sigh of relief, but if we want to achieve the final victory in this battle, I am afraid it is not so easy." ”"Yes," Political Commissar Lu sighed softly and said, "The little devil is well prepared this time, and he is menacing.It is not easy for us to achieve the current record, and it will be even more difficult to completely defeat this offensive of the little devils. ”Li Guotao nodded slightly, his eyes fell on the location of Qinglong Mountain marked on the sand table again, his brows furrowed slightly, as if he was thinking about something.At this moment, Ma Zhenguo held a telegram in his hand, ran over excitedly, and said excitedly: "Lao Chang just sent a telegram, saying that the Japanese Hasegawa detachment and Takata detachment on the opposite side have begun to retreat. ”"Is this true?"
asked Li Guotao with a surprised expression."
Absolutely."
Ma Zhenguo nodded and said with an affirmative expression."
Great," Li Guotao said excitedly: "It seems that Umezu Mijiro still didn't have the courage to give up the 21st Division in the end. ”"Hmm" Political Commissar Lu nodded and said: "After all, it is a little devil of a division, if the 21st Division is allowed to be completely annihilated, if the Japanese base camp is to blame, even Umezu Mijiro, the commander of the Kwantung Army, cannot afford this responsibility" Ma Zhenguo smiled and said: "Well, even if Umezu Mijiro knows that we are for encirclement and reinforcements, but we have to save our army from marching into the northeast, the Kwantung Army has suffered heavy losses, I am afraid that now the Japanese base camp is quite dissatisfied with the old devil Umezu Mijiro, Therefore, at this moment, Umezu Mijiro will never allow any mistakes, and if he is not careful, his position as a commander will be lost, and he may even be sent to a military court. ”Li Guotao nodded with a serious face and said: "I think it's not only that, Umezu Mijiro, an old devil, has always been shrewd, our army surrounded the 21st Division, but never launched a full-scale attack and completely annihilated it.With Umezu Mijiro's shrewdness, he must have guessed the intention of our army to encircle and send reinforcements.At this time, he sent troops to support the 21st Division, on the one hand, he did not want the 21st Division to be completely annihilated.On the other hand, we also want to use the Hasegawa detachment and the Takada detachment to contain our armored division, cavalry division, teaching brigade and other troops. ”When Li Guotao said this, he paused slightly, took a puff of cigarette, and continued: "At the same time, Umezu Mijiro is also extremely confident, thinking that as long as our armored division and other tens of thousands of troops are pinned down on the southern front, on the northern front, they can completely defeat our army's defense line with the 1st and 7th divisions and the independent 21st mixed brigade and other units, so as to occupy Tongliao in one fell swoop." ”Political Commissar Lu nodded deeply and said: "What Guotao said is right, the northern front was originally the main direction of attack of the Japanese army, and the two standing divisions of the 1st Division and the 7th Division, the most elite of the Kwantung Army, were arranged on the northern front.As a result, even if the 21st Division was finally annihilated on the southern front, the Japanese army successfully occupied Tongliao on the northern front and defeated the main force of our army, and at the strategic level, the Japanese army was victorious.Even if there is no credit, at least the credit can be offset by the credit. ”"Hmph" Li Guotao couldn't help but snort coldly, and said with a contemptuous face: "Umezu Mijiro, this old devil, is ugly, but he thinks that he is quite beautiful, and he wants to break through our army's defense line from the northern front, which is simply wishful thinking. ”Ma Zhenguo nodded slightly, and then asked with a serious face: "Then what should we do now" Li Guotao said with a smile: "The consistent policy of our Eighth Route Army is to avoid the truth and say it simply, that is, pick up the soft persimmon and pinch it first" "Soft persimmon" Ma Zhenguo frowned slightly, thought about it slightly, and then understood, and said with a smile: "The commander means to deal with the 21st Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army first. ”"Well, the Japanese army besieged Tongliao on five routes, and the other Japanese troops were all the strength of one division, only this independent mixed brigade had only one brigade of Japanese troops, although there was a division of puppet troops to assist, but those puppet armies were not to worry at all, and their combat effectiveness was far from comparable to that of the Japanese army.There is no doubt that this independent 21st Mixed Brigade is the softest persimmon among the five Japanese troops, and if we don't deal with him, who will we deal with," Li Guotao explained with a smile.Political Commissar Lu nodded with a smile and said: "We originally planned to transfer some troops from the new Third Division to support the new Fourth Division, but now it seems that we don't need it, as long as we launch an attack on the independent 21st Mixed Brigade, and the Independent 21st Mixed Brigade is in a hurry, we can only ask for help from the nearest Seventh Division, so it can be regarded as supporting the new Fourth Division on the side." ”"No" Li Guotao hurriedly waved his hand and said: "The new Fourth Division still needs to support, I think two regiments can be transferred from the new Third Division, and 5,000 people can support the new Fourth Division."
With the strength of the newly formed Fourth Division, although it was able to hold off the Japanese Seventh Division, if it continued to fight, the casualties could only get bigger and bigger, so support was necessary.Moreover, we must also brazenly transfer troops to support the newly formed Fourth Division, and we must not be sneaky. ”Political Commissar Lu couldn't help frowning, he couldn't understand what Li Guotao meant for a while, he lowered his head and took a careful look at the sand table, thought about it for a while, and suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "I understand that you want to repair the plank road in the open, and I think this method is feasible." ”Political Commissar Lu figured it out, Ma Zhenguo was still confused, and asked with a frown: "What kind of dumb riddle are you guys playing, didn't you just say that you want to deal with the 21st Independent Mixed Brigade first, why do you have to transfer troops from the new 3rd Division now?"
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