At this moment, the communications consultant broke in with a telegram in his hand.

"Commander, the third brigade is urgently powered!"

"The two brigades of Japanese soldiers and a regiment of Imperial Army came to Luliang, and brought a lot of food and ammunition supplies. However, they did not have mountain artillery and infantry artillery, only heavy machine guns and mortars! Now there are less than thirty kilometers left from Liulin. The Seventh Regiment is now fighting with them, slowing down their march!"

Three thousand Japanese and puppet troops joined the battle, and the Japanese accounted for more than half of them. The command center's fanatical atmosphere was frozen in an instant!

Everyone, including Commander Wang, frowned and thought about the impact of the three thousand Japanese and puppet troops on the entire battle after joining the battle!

"From the firepower configuration, the Japanese in these two brigades should be garrison brigades!" Commander Wang judged first.

The chief of staff next to him suggested: "Commander, as long as the Third Brigade can hold them back, when we kill the two thousand Japanese and puppet troops here, the two garrison brigades will not have to be afraid. At worst, they can give up Liulin County to them. Anyway, the Japanese and puppet troops in front of us will not be able to withdraw from our base!"

"That's it!" Commander Wang made a decisive decision.

"Call back to the Third Brigade and firmly hold them back. At the critical moment, I agree that they will give up Liulin County!"

"Since the Japanese want it, I will give them an empty city!"

The communications officer was about to leave with the telegram signed by the commander, and a radio operator rushed in directly.

"Commander, Deputy Chief of Staff Wang's telegram!"

Commander Wang received the telegram and just glanced at it, and hurriedly ordered: "Staff Officer Zhou, wait a moment, the order I gave to the Third Brigade just now was cancelled!"

The Chief of Staff immediately asked: "Is something wrong with Deputy Chief of Staff Wang?"

Commander Wang shook his head and said with emotion: "No... it's Wang Ping's courage and appetite are too big... He also received a telegram from the Third Brigade, and then suggested to me that the Third Routes find an opportunity to kill these three thousand Japanese and puppet troops!"

Everyone in the command center was frightened by Wang Ping's proposal!

The reason why they were confident of killing the Japanese and puppet troops was because the Japanese were not as good as theirs in terms of military strength and firepower, and they were almost out of ammunition and food!

The Third Brigade is different from the Three Thousand Japanese and Puppet Army who just entered Liulin.

After continuous combat, the Third Brigade will definitely lose a lot of people. Thank you now to have 2,500 people.

In terms of force, the Japanese and puppet troops were far ahead of the Third Brigade.

Not to mention the combat effectiveness, although the two thousand Japanese in it belong to the garrison troops, their combat effectiveness is still higher than that of the Third Brigade and they have sufficient ammunition!

In this case, the Third Brigade fought a decisive battle with them, and they might be surrounded by the Japanese and puppet troops and eventually killed!

"Commander, I don't agree. This is too risky!" the Chief of Staff retorted without hesitation.

Commander Wang waved his hand and replied: "Don't rush to refuse first. Let's talk after listening to Wang Ping's reasons!"

"Wang Ping mentioned our two advantages in the telegram: the first is the firepower advantage: the light and heavy machine guns and mortars originally equipped by the Third Brigade, plus the light and heavy machine guns and mortars seized by Liulin County, are definitely stronger than the three thousand Japanese and puppet troops in terms of firepower, and much more powerful!"

"The second advantage is the artillery advantage: Don't forget that the Third Brigade has eight mountain artillery in its hands, and the shells are very sufficient, so it can completely kill the Japanese on the battlefield!"

"His idea is to take two steps: the first step is to concentrate a large number of mortars and light and heavy machine guns, and use today to attack them continuously during the day, slow down their marching and consume their troops. As long as you don't enter Liulin County before dark!"

"After it was dark, we continued to attack them in the first half of the night with the old methods we had been using for several days. Don't be afraid of wasting ammunition. The offensive should be fierce, and act like a strong attack and not give them any chance to breathe."

"In the second half of the night, eight mountain artillery concentrated on attacking one point in the Japanese and puppet army garrison. The main force was drawn to attack their main force under the cover of artillery fire, and divided them and surrounded them, and eaten them bit by bit!"

"The way of playing is the same as last night, but Wang Ping emphasized one thing: strengthen the use of artillery fire on the battlefield and try to use artillery shells to kill the Japanese and puppet troops with vitality."

"If there are not enough five hundred shells, you will smash one thousand in. If there are not enough one thousand shells, you will smash two thousand in..."

Seeing that his subordinates were directly frightened by Wang Ping's big moves, Commander Wang did not wait for them and directly ordered: "Staff Secretary Zhou, transfer the original text of Deputy Chief of Staff Wang's telegram to the brigade commander of the Third Brigade and asked him if he was confident of fighting this battle. He knew the current strength of the Third Brigade best. Only by knowing oneself and being able to win a hundred battles, we won't be able to make trouble here!"

Staff Officer Zhou came back less than ten minutes after leaving, with a shocked expression on his face. He was frightened by the call from the Third Brigade.

"Commander, the Third Brigade called back and was confident that he would kill the three thousand Japanese and puppet troops who entered Liulin!"

"And it also said that there will be no more than 500 casualties in this battle. Please rest assured, Commander!"

The brigade commander of the Second Brigade beside him first reacted: "Commander, Lao Zhang is so crazy and confident. He must have gained a lot of benefits in Liulin last night. I suggest that he send him a telegram immediately and ask him about his current family background!"

Commander Wang did not refuse, and soon, Staff Zhou came back, with the expression on his face even more shocked than before.

After taking a deep breath, he replied: "Commander, Brigade Commander Zhang called back. This time, he seized a total of 12 light machine guns, six heavy machine guns, and six mortars. In addition, he seized ten spare light machine guns sealed by the Japanese, three heavy machine guns, three mortars, and one field gun. Nearly three thousand various shells were taken by the Japanese from Luliang to Liulin County... "

"It's really a foreign fortune!" The second brigade commander said with both enviousness and jealousy.

"In addition to the original equipment of the Third Brigade, the light machine guns totaled more than 100, the heavy machine guns totaled 36, the mortars 36, the mountain field guns nine, and the ammunition was sufficient. If my Second Brigade was there, I would have the confidence to kill these 3,000 Japanese and puppet troops!"

Commander Wang was very happy and sighed: "When equipped, ammunition is sufficient, the troops have enough confidence in fighting. This is the unchanging truth of eternal age... Don't be envious. Fight this battle tonight, there will be light and heavy machine guns and mortars!"

"Call back to the Third Brigade and agree that they will kill the three thousand Japanese and puppet troops who entered Liulin!"

The Japanese corps captain Yongsheng did not sleep all night. He not only thought about solutions to the problem, but also reflected on the battles these days.

However, after thinking about it for a long time, I still couldn't understand why I, who had an absolute advantage, was defeated so unknown, and it was a loss of troops and generals.

The adjutant rushed in at an inappropriate time and reported: "Sir, the aviation force has arrived. The transport plane has replenished us with 100,000 bullets. We should be able to hold on until we withdraw from Liulin!"

"Order the troops to retreat in half an hour. Tell everyone that we will march urgently along the way and there will be no rest time. So, throw away all the things that can be lost on our bodies to reduce the burden, and strive to march fifty kilometers before dark and retreat to the edge of the Eighth Route Army base!"

A few kilometers away, Wang Ping also began to issue an order: "I decided to kill the Japanese and puppet troops in front of us tonight..."

"For a few days, we have taken turns attacking them day and night. Today, we will turn around and don't fight during the day, so that they can rush on the road!"

"Why?" Several people looked at Wang Ping with confusion.

Wang Ping smiled and replied: "I believe every Japanese are very tired when fighting for a few days. Now they are in a hurry to withdraw from our base. They will have to walk at least forty or fifty kilometers in a hurry a day! Do you think that a group of already exhausted troops will have the energy to fight with us after rushing forty or fifty kilometers in a row?"

"At that time, as long as the Japanese plane leaves, no matter whether the Japanese stop or not, we will attack directly and contact the Japanese in close combat, so that the field cannons, mortars, and heavy machine guns they equipped will all be decorations!"
Chapter completed!