After the order was issued, Wang Ping fell into deep thought.

Seeing the expressions of Commander Chen and Deputy Chief of Staff who were eager to speak but stopped, it was clear what they wanted to ask.

After hesitating for a while, he analyzed: "Commander, zheng, according to statistics, there are still 5,000 Japanese and puppet troops who have reached here. Among them, the Japanese army accounts for more than half, nearly 4,000 people, and only one group of puppet troops is left with more than one thousand people."

"But they have air support and an artillery unit that we can't fight against. If we fight hard, we will definitely not be our opponent."

"Now we can no longer organize them to occupy Xiangfen County, so the blocking battle is over until now!"

Commander Chen frowned and asked, "Are you planning to withdraw?"

"No, I won't retreat..." Wang Ping answered immediately.

Then he explained: "The Japanese and the puppet army have a total of more than 5,000 people. It is impossible for them to be stationed in Xiangfen County. So, if I am not wrong, the Japanese will definitely have military operations next. In order to avoid business accidents, the troops will not only not retreat, but also stay here and wait and see what changes!"

Commander Chen's frown suddenly relaxed and he answered very satisfiedly.

"Yes, it seems that you haven't lost your mind yet~"

"To tell you the truth, one of the important reasons why the Chief of Staff asked me to bring the direct brigade here is your judgment just now. After hearing that the total strength of the Japanese attacked Xiangfen County was 9,000, it was judged that this operation was definitely not as simple as we saw on the surface!"

"The Chief of Staff is worried that you will not have enough troops to deal with the next actions of the Japanese and puppet troops after defending Xiangfen County, and then asked me to bring the direct brigade here. Therefore, although the blocking battle against the Japanese and Japanese soldiers is over, the direct brigade is still under your command!"

"As for me and the Chief of Staff, I plan to stay here for three days!"

In the former Japanese garrison headquarters of Xiangfen County, Major General Kawaguchi sat down less than ten minutes before the troops of the search vanguard team returned.

"General, the vanguard team is all broken. Judging from the fortifications left over from the battlefield, the Eighth Route Army built a large number of street fighting fortifications in that area. If you hadn't ordered the artillery to fire and force them out of Xiangfen County, we would have to go through a street fighting!"

"The general is wise..." the chief of staff compliments at the right time.

"The Eighth Route Army is equipped with a large number of automatic weapons and is familiar with the terrain. They are in the dark, we are in the open, and we are in the street fighting. We must be at a disadvantage... General, your shelling decision will at least reduce the casualties of several hundred imperial troops!"

No one hates compliments, so does Major General Kawaguchi.

A smile finally appeared on his tight face. Although it flashed, he had already told his subordinates that he was in a very good mood now.

"Yoxi, I said on the way to attack Xiangfen County that you should treat the Chinese people ruthlessly. No matter it is the Chinese troops or the Chinese people, you can't be polite!"

"Also, a big weakness of the Eighth Route Army is that they value the people very seriously. As long as we target this weakness, there will be no Eighth Route Army that cannot be dealt with in the entire North China. Therefore, I ordered the artillery to carry out indiscriminate bombing of the county town and told the established Chinese people that if they did not leave, the Chinese people in the county town would be buried with them and bombed to death together..."

"You have also seen that although the New First Regiment has prepared a large number of street fighting fortifications in the city, he has to withdraw from the county town because he is afraid of causing a large number of casualties in the people!"

"Hi! I've been taught by the humble rank..." The chief of staff and several captains answered immediately.

But at this moment, Major General Kawaguchi's face suddenly became heavier again.

He hesitated for a moment and replied: "However, even so, the price we paid to take over Xiangfen County is too high. More than 2,000 imperial troops were killed in battle or injured, and more than 1,600 imperial troops were injured and injured... Such a price is definitely very heavy."

The Chief of Staff's face also became heavy, and hesitated for a moment of reply: "What the general said is that Bei Zhi had just counted that there were less than 4,000 people left in the Imperial Army entering the city, including two full-formed infantry brigades, three of them were crippled and almost lost their combat effectiveness, one full-formed cavalry brigade, one full-formed mountain artillery brigade, and one field artillery squadron..."

"The Imperial Army has a full infantry regiment and another infantry battalion!"

After saying that he wanted it, the Chief of Staff stared at Major General Kawaguchi and asked: "The troops have suffered such great losses. Should we continue to encircle and suppress the revenge next?"

"You want!" Major General Kawaguchi answered very affirmatively.

"We suffered heavy losses, and the Eighth Route Army New Regiment also suffered heavy losses. Don't forget that in the battle that entered their base two days ago, there were more than 400 bodies of the Eighth Route Army on the position, plus the bodies they took away and the wounded. I'm sure that there were at least 2,000 casualties in the Eighth Route Army New Regiment!"

"This is also the weakest time for the Eighth Route Army New Regiment. We must seize the opportunity and take advantage of this opportunity to give them a fatal blow!"

"Also, Chief of Staff, don't forget that on the periphery of the Eighth Route Army base, we have three infantry brigades that are hiding and waiting for us to break into their base at any time, so that the enemy will be attacked from both sides and will not care about their heads and tails!"

"General, what do you plan to fight..." The analysis also made the Chief of Staff think that the balance of victory was falling to his side. He asked with little hesitation.

"Order the troops lurking in the base area to immediately reserve weapons and ammunition, and one day later, attack the current Eighth Route Army on time. We will rest here, and after all the remaining soldiers of the new regiment are attracted, we will divide into three groups, and make a big fuss in the Eighth Route Army base area. Then we will attack from their backs, attack them from the front and back, kill them, and at least severely hurt them!"

"But we have few troops anymore! We rashly divide the troops, and we are still in the Eighth Route Army base. I am worried that something will happen..." The Chief of Staff frowned and raised his concern!

"Also, the three infantry brigades outside the base area are all newly formed troops, with too many new recruits and not too many weapons. I am worried that they will not put too much pressure on the Eighth Route Army..."

"No need to be honest!" Major General Kawaguchi shook his head and replied.

"How many people can the New First Regiment have? Chief of Staff, tell me!"

"Three or four thousand people are definitely indispensable. According to the information, the troops they exposed are more than three thousand!" The Chief of Staff hesitated and answered.

"Then I will count them five thousand people. In the past few days, two thousand casualties were killed and three thousand left. They were divided into three directions, and only one thousand people in each direction. However, Chief of Staff, don't forget that these three thousand people, the Eighth Route Army cannot be sent to the front line to fight with our offensive troops. Because we still have garrisons in several counties in their base areas, and the troops are quite large, they must leave enough troops to monitor us garrisons!"

Speaking of this, the Chief of Staff had already shown a very confident smile on his face.

Then he continued to order: "After the battle begins, I will also order these garrisons to mobilize to sweep the Eighth Route Army's base areas where the troops are empty, and reduce the pressure on the front-line attacking troops!"

"This means that on the battlefield, every thousand Eighth Route Army has to face the encirclement and attack of our three armies. Do you still think we have no chance of winning?"

"It must be a sure win..." The Chief of Staff also showed a very confident smile on his face!

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