Although the New First Regiment won the battle between the New First Regiment and the Japanese special forces, the New First Regiment won a tragic victory and the troops suffered huge losses.

But it is not without benefits. It allows the battalion commanders to realize the huge gap between themselves and the Japanese and thus strengthen their training. Otherwise, they will always be arrogant and think that they are invincible in the world and take nothing seriously.

In Wang Ping's words, instead of suffering a big loss on the battlefield in the future, it is better to suffer a small loss now.

Therefore, Wang Ping was happy to see this result, although behind this result was the lives of more than a hundred warriors.

"Regiment Commander, at this time, the commander of the 4th Company of the Second Battalion sent someone to send back!" As soon as Wang Ping entered the command center, Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong handed over a piece of information and said in a heavy tone.

Wang Ping's brow frowned: "Is something wrong with them outside?"

"It's even more serious than what happened to them!" Zhong Chenggong replied.

After Xun read the telegram, Wang Ping's originally frowning frown became deeper at this time. He held the telegram and carried his hands on his back, walking around the small command center with a heavy face.

Five minutes later, a decision suddenly made.

"Chief of Staff, it seems we are going to come out early!"

"We must disrupt the Japanese's arrangement outside the mountains, otherwise, even if we go out, we will be divided, compressed and eliminated by the highway controlled by the Japanese!"

At this time, Wang Ping thought of a very harsh policy, cage policy, formulated by the Japanese army in North China in history against the Eighth Route Army.

Calculate the time, now is the time when the Japanese cage policy begins.

A month later, in order to deal with the Japanese's cage policy, the Eighth Route Army directly launched the famous Hundred Regiments Battle.

Wang Ping did not expect that the Japanese in Linfen City would copy the cage policy here in advance to deal with him.

The Chief of Staff did not know this and immediately raised his concern: "But, the regiment commander, the troops have not completed the training yet!"

"Go outside the mountain and try to train!" Wang Ping's expression was very firm.

Seeing that the Chief of Staff had not yet realized the power of the cage policy, Wang Ping immediately analyzed: "The report of the Envoy said that the Japanese army built artillery towers along the highway, sent armored cars to patrol the highway, and completely controlled the highway. It also drew a large number of cars to transport troops. No matter where the entire Linfen territory was attacked, the Japanese reinforcements could arrive within an hour or even half an hour."

"We have so many people, and after we come out, we will definitely cross the highway, so we will be exposed to the eyes of the Japanese."

"The Japanese Patrol and reinforcements will definitely rush towards us like crazy and attack us!"

"When crossing the highway and losing some troops, no matter how many of our troops are, they will be exhausted by the Japanese. What's more, we don't have enough troops to fight with the Japanese, so we can't afford to lose at all!"

"Also, the highway divides Linfen into small pieces. As long as we cross the highway, the Japanese will know which area we are hiding, and then dispatch heavy troops to encircle and sweep us along the highway, and finally kill us!"

The Chief of Staff's face also became heavier.

Staring at Wang Ping, he suggested, "But, the regiment commander, the Japanese have controlled the highway now. Since that's the case, isn't it the same for us to go out early or late? Why don't we go out after the troops are trained before coming out!"

"Different, at least it's different now!" Wang Ping replied.

"Now we have three companies of ambush outside the mountain. With their cooperation, it will definitely be much easier to smash the Japanese army."

The Chief of Staff immediately reacted: "Captain, you are worried that the three companies will not last long under the division of the Japanese!"

"Yes, the threat to us by the Japanese plan is far beyond our imagination. The three companies outside will be exposed as soon as they move, and then they will lead the Japanese to encircle and attack. Although they are now in a name for maintaining the society, they will definitely not be able to hold on for too long."

"Then fight out and break the Japanese plan!" After spending a long time with Wang Ping, Zhong Chenggong became more and more decisive.

Seeing Wang Ping fall into deep thought again, Zhong Chenggong immediately added: "By the way, regiment commander, our troops outside the mountain are not three companies, but nearly two battalions!"

Wang Ping was stunned for a moment and did not react.

"What two battalions!"

"The three airs we sent out have now expanded the strength of two battalions. The fourth company of the Envoy Army has the fastest, with more than 500 people, and more than one battalion. Three maintenance meetings have been controlled!" Zhong Chenggong replied.

Surprise, definitely a huge surprise.

Wang Ping stared at Zhong Chenggong and asked, "How is the combat effectiveness of those troops?"

"The liaison officer sent back reported: the recruits from the three companies were all prisoners rescued from the Japanese. They had good combat effectiveness, but they had fewer guns!"

Wang Ping immediately replied: "Chief of Staff, I was thinking just now, how did the Japanese plan be defeated inside and outside? Now so many ambushes are emerging, and they are all ambushes hidden under the eyes of the Japanese. I decided to change my original combat plan and directly take a town as our base, and then expand outward step by step to compete with the Japanese for territory!"

"Will this step be too big?" Zhong Chenggong was frightened by Wang Ping's answer.

Wang Ping shook his head and said affirmatively: "Not big, a town is just my lowest target. If possible, just take down two towns and kill the troops of at least one infantry brigade of the Japanese, which will make them confused and make them unable to understand our strength and cannot advance or retreat!"

"If we have two towns, our strategic depth to fight the Japanese will be even greater."

"Captain, do you already have a combat plan?" Zhong Chenggong asked immediately.

"The battlefield changes rapidly, and the plan cannot keep up with the changes. Let's watch while fighting." Wang Ping shook his head and replied.

Then he ordered: "Immediately telegram to the brigade department. In order to break the Japanese's policy of cages against my new regiment, my new regiment decided to go out of the mountain in advance, take one or two towns as bases, and fight against the Japanese!"

"In addition, when the three companies went out, I promised that whoever could pull the troops of a battalion under the heavy encirclement of the Japanese soldiers, the battalion commander of the Fourth Battalion of the New First Regiment was his!"

"Tele to the brigade department and request that the new regiment be added to the establishment of a battalion!"

"In addition, I inform the Second Battalion that I will immediately put up the new Fourth Company's rack. After coming out of the mountain, I will replenish his troops!"

"There are also liaison officers who sent the Envoy to the mountain to ask him to wait and then go out. I want to send a radio team to the Envoy. From now on, I want to establish direct contact with the Fourth Battalion of the Envoy. Whether we can quickly break the Japanese cage blockade and take down two towns is the key to him!"

At the command of the 386th Brigade, Brigade Commander Chen has been in a bad mood these days.

Compared with the single source of intelligence in the new first regiment, Brigade Commander Chen has a much larger source of intelligence.

A few days ago, Brigade Commander Chen and his team even received an original letter from the Japanese about the cage policy.

As a veteran on the battlefield, Brigade Commander Chen could see at a glance the threat of the cage policy to the Eighth Route Army!

The Eighth Route Army was good at mobile warfare and guerrilla warfare, but after the Japanese cage policy controlled all roads, they could not fight guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare that needed to rely on the road to fight at once.

More importantly, because of the cage policy, many base areas that were originally connected were unknowingly divided by the Japanese, and some main groups were even separated by the Japanese, so they could only fight on their own and could not fight in joint combat!
Chapter completed!