"Captain, good news!" Zhong Chenggong stared at Wang Ping as soon as he rushed into the war room.

"The direct team reported that at nine o'clock this morning, more than 4,000 Japanese troops suddenly left Linfen and rushed towards the direction of the military region!"

Political Commissar Huang Yuanqiang immediately reacted: "It must be that the military region fought two ambush battles last night that worked. These Japanese devils have gone to fill the gap!"

Then he analyzed with a smile on his face and said, "Yesterday we inferred that there were more than 28,000 Japanese soldiers and nearly 20,000 infantry and cavalry. Now, four thousand people are removed at once, which means that there are less than 16,000 Japanese soldiers who can fight head-on in Linfen City!"

"Apart from the troops left behind in Linfen City, they dispatched 12,000 to 13,000 people to attack us!"

Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "Political Commissar, you think so well!"

"You have never seen the power of the Japanese large-caliber heavy artillery. Not to mention the heavy artillery corps, just say that the field artillery corps directly under their division will not play a role in the battlefield than an infantry corps. With one artillery fire covered, we can easily kill one of our main battalions. As for their heavy artillery corps, let alone, on the battlefield, the power of a brigade is comparable to that of a field artillery corps!"

"There are also the Japanese chariot brigade, with more than 30 tanks and armored vehicles, which are all the killer weapons in the hands of Japanese."

The good mood on Huang Yuanqiang's face disappeared all of a sudden, and he asked with a calm face: "Captain, do you have any way to defeat the enemy!"

"Not yet, I can only deal with it by chance. However, there is a rough idea." Wang Ping shook his head and replied.

Then he changed his subject and continued: "There is no solution for the time being, but the troops cannot be idle!"

"Political Commissar and Chief of Staff, we must take advantage of the time the Japanese have not yet prepared to further strengthen the training of the troops. That night the troops were pulled out to fight with the Japanese, and any problems should be exposed. Order several battalion commanders to strengthen training in a targeted manner to ensure the combat effectiveness of the troops!"

Zhong Chenggong immediately replied: "Please rest assured, we will seize this point... However, the army still has an old problem: equipment and equipment are seriously insufficient... Only one-third of the soldiers in the new main battalion have weapons, and the proportion of garrison troops is even lower. Only one-fifth of the soldiers have weapons, and there are almost no heavy weapons!"

"The war is imminent, and we must find a way to equip them with weapons, at least to ensure that they each have a rifle so that they will not go to the battlefield with cold weapons!"

Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "There is no weapon now, even if there is no rifle~ Tell a few battalion commanders that the weapons they are equipped with are all the weapons and equipment that the regiment headquarters has privately misappropriated and prepared to hand over to Yan'an..."

"In addition, tell them that they can train without weapons. When the war starts, they will have weapons. At that time, I will ask four new main battalions to fight by picking up weapons, and there is no time for them to get used to it!"

"If there is any battalion commander who thinks that the army has no weapons, there is no way to train. If you ask him to come to me, I will directly unload his battalion commander. Although our new first regiment does not have many weapons, there are still many people who can be battalion commanders!"

Ten days passed in a blink of an eye. Looking at the warehouse slowly filled with supplies and ammunition, Lieutenant General Ito finally couldn't help it.

He wants to attack the base of the Xinyi regiment, kill the Xinyi regiment, avenge his former shame, and avenge his subordinates who died in battle in the division.

In the huge conference room, more than a dozen officers with different military ranks and above were sitting upright waiting for the division commander to give orders.

More than ten days of training are very boring for these field troops formed for war.

Everyone wanted to rush to the battlefield and let the Eighth Route Army see the strong combat power of the imperial field troops.

When Lieutenant General Ito and the Chief of Staff came in, more than a dozen Japanese officers agreed and stood up in unison.

They did not sit back until the division commander waved his hand to sit down, and then sat upright waiting for the division commander to speak.

"Everyone, I believe everyone has already understood the purpose of letting everyone go back and forth. Since that's the case, I won't say much nonsense. Now, please introduce to you the situation of the new regiment we have learned through the intelligence network and our own investigation during this period!"

"There is a saying in China that you know yourself and your enemy and win every battle. I hope everyone will listen carefully. Because, next I will assign combat tasks to everyone based on the real strength of the New Regiment. If there is any incompetence or other situations, everyone needs to propose it as soon as possible. When you really arrive at the battlefield, all participating troops must ensure that they win the enemy and kill our opponents, and there will be no accidents!"

The Chief of Staff had a very serious expression. He stood up and said, "The division commander, garrison, after investigation, our opponent, New Regiment, has more than 5,000 main troops, and there are also two to three thousand local troops and guerrillas. However, except for the main troops being well-equipped and comparable to the equipment level of our main troops, more than half of the local troops and guerrillas are not even equipped with rifles and have almost no heavy weapons!"

"So, after the battle begins, our focus is on their main force. As long as they kill their main force, the remaining local forces will not be worrying!"

Except for being attacked by Xinyi Group some time ago, he was beaten up in shame. No one had ever fought with Xinyi Group face to face.

When they heard that there were only 5,000 main players in the new group, everyone's mouths were raised, and a contemptuous smile appeared, and some people laughed out loud.

There is no doubt that they are starting to be arrogant again.

However, they also had the arrogant capital, and they fought all the way to northwest Shanxi, one of their corps wiped out an elite infantry division of the Shanxi-Sui Army.

Now they have a division, a heavy artillery corps and a cavalry corps, but the Eighth Route Army has only five or six thousand people. With such a huge gap in strength, they saw that when they arrived at the battlefield, even if one person spitted, they could easily kill them.

A arrogant soldier will be defeated... The Chief of Staff is very clear about this principle.

He frowned and did not remind these subordinates, but continued to inform them.

"These more than 5,000 Eighth Route Army are divided into five battalions, with strong combat power and well-equipped. Each main battalion has as many as 1,000 people, equipped with nine heavy machine guns, six mortars, and four infantry cannons. In terms of firepower, one of their battalions is comparable to our infantry brigade!"

"As for combat effectiveness, the most intuitive manifestation is that they once fought to kill one of our mixed brigades on the battlefield. Therefore, next time, the heavy encirclement and suppression of the New First Regiment of the Eighth Route Army was encircled and suppressed. All encirclement and suppression troops could not act alone in the brigade as a unit, giving the New First Regiment the chance to kill us!"

"At present, the four main battalions of these troops are stationed in four county towns and one main battalion is mobile. The intelligence department has figured out the specific garrisons of these four main battalions. As for the new first regiment headquarters and the mobile main battalion, they are stationed near Xiangfen County!"

Sitting opposite the Chief of Staff, the only brigade commander of the division, directly said: "Teacher Commander, this battle is very simple and not as difficult as imagined... I really don't know why the Imperial Army failed again and again when encircling the New Regiment, and even lost Linfen City!"

"My thought is that the troops are divided into five groups and directly attack the ten main battalions of the New First Regiment and their regiment headquarters. As long as these main forces are killed, the remaining local troops and guerrillas will not be a concern..."

As soon as the brigade commander finished speaking, several regiment captains immediately expressed their support.

In their opinion, this is the most direct and easiest way to kill Xinyituan.

However, Lieutenant General Ito did not express his opinion, staring at the information in his hand calmly, his face calmly, as if he had not heard their conversation.
Chapter completed!