Chapter 219 Asking the Division for Help
Asakawa Nakasa was more relaxed than yesterday when the Japanese army pacified the garrison command.
After repeated confirmation by the reconnaissance troops, all the weapons and ammunition of the Second World War Saviors' support for the National Rescue Army were destroyed by aircraft, resulting in the National Rescue Army having to apply for weapons and ammunition from the War Saviors' theater again.
Under such circumstances, the National Salvation Army could not cause any trouble in their defense zone. When the main force of the brigade arrived, their doomsday would come.
The deputy captain also felt proud.
I have been defeated in the battle against the National Savior Army before, but now I have finally won two "winning battles". My subconscious first reaction is to continue this good form and stare at Asakawa and ask with my eyes!
"Sir, what else can we do next?"
Asakawa blurted out without thinking: "Continue to use this method to consume the war potential of the National Rescue Army, and reduce the pressure for the main force of the brigade to attack the National Rescue Army."
"The troops on the blockade line are intensifying their vigilance. The reconnaissance troops and intelligence personnel who are active in the National Rescue Military Defense Zone have all moved. After discovering the National Rescue Military ammunition depot, material depot, and ammunition supply, we will report immediately. We will continue to dispatch planes to blow it up!"
"When I just contacted the General, he was very satisfied with our performance in the past two days. Let us continue to work hard."
"The general also told me: at most half a month, the main force of the brigade can reach pacification, and he will personally take charge of pacification and command this battle!"
After Donghui Town’s headquarters in the National Rescue Army and arranged the two men Yuan Shushan and Xue Ya, Zhou Chengru began to think about the first anti-sweeping campaign that the newly formed National Rescue Army was about to face.
Asakawa Nakasa risked losing the position of the captain and asked the brigade command for help. This was no longer a secret in pacifying the prefecture.
Then the Japanese army dispatched planes to bomb the National Savior Army repeatedly, indicating that the National Savior Army's ranking among all their opponents has risen to a higher level and they pay more and more attention to themselves.
This means that the next round of attacks by the Japanese and puppet troops against the National Salvation Army will definitely be unprecedented.
Zhou Cheng has been studying maps since the morning and now, thinking about which counties around him would send reinforcements to him and besiege him.
Finally, he set his eyes on Yangquan.
Other counties only have one garrison force, and there are Eighth Route Army and other anti-Japanese armed forces around these counties. If troops are dispatched to reinforce and pacify, they will be in danger. The Japanese will definitely not do these stupid things such as losing watermelons and picking up sesame seeds.
Yangquan is different. As a military center in northeastern Shanxi, it is not only the Japanese military brigade command center personally, but also the city is stationed with an exciting force of a fully-organized infantry regiment.
The command of the Zhengtai Railway Garrison is also in Yangquan. In addition to the troops scattered along the railway, the Garrison also controls the mobile forces of a brigade, including an armored vehicle squadron, which has very strong combat power.
The two troops were composed of nearly 5,000 Japanese. Under the premise of ensuring the safety of Yangquan, the Japanese could dispatch at least 3,000 reinforcements to pacify them.
With the puppet army and the pacification garrison that cooperated with the operation, the National Salvation Army may face more than 5,000 enemies this time, and the Japanese accounted for the majority, so the pressure would definitely be unprecedented.
The more Zhou Cheng thought about it, the heavier his expression became. After thinking about it for a while, he decided to express his analysis and judgment just now.
Chen Zhengyu frowned on the spot: "Commander, if the Japanese and puppet troops really dispatch more than 5,000 people to deal with us, the chances of victory will definitely be very low!"
"Even if we win by chance, we will suffer heavy casualties, and there will be no few people left!"
"And if you want to win this battle, you must not fight head-on with the Japanese like before. The troops must advance to the mountains, use favorable terrain to find fighter jets, turn defeat into victory, and the speed is even faster."
"The Japanese and puppet troops are strong and can form a large net in the mountains, sweep the entire mountain, force us out of the mountains and gather and annihilate them. We must find fighter jets before the Japanese and puppet troops drive us out of the mountains and turn defeat into victory, so that we can have a chance to survive the Japanese and puppet troops' sweep!"
Staff General Zheng suddenly spoke: "Comrade Zhou Cheng, there is one thing you don't forget!"
"No matter how powerful the enemy is, the National Salvation Army will not fight alone."
"As long as the national rescue army needs it, the more than 1,000 Eighth Route Army local armed forces operating around pacifying can provide reinforcements at any time."
"If the troops are not strong enough, we can also ask the division headquarters for help."
"As far as I know, we have several main forces operating in northeastern Shanxi. If the National Salvation Army needs it, the division headquarters will definitely order them to come and reinforce."
"Even if they can't send troops directly, they can take the initiative to provoke war, distract the attention and strength of the Japanese and puppet troops, and reduce the combat pressure of the national rescue army."
"If Comrade Zhou Cheng, you are embarrassed to speak, I will go back to the division headquarters to explain the situation. I believe that the division leader will definitely find a way to reinforce the national rescue army!"
Zhou Cheng's eyes lit up, and his frown just now slowly began to stretch, and his face looked much better.
If there is foreign aid, this battle will be much easier.
Not to mention the main force of the Eighth Route Army that was active around, more than a thousand local troops that General Zheng could mobilize could share a lot of pressure on himself.
While the Japanese army was attacking the National Salvation Army, they ran to the enemy-occupied area to shoot artillery towers, blew up the railways, killed traitors, destroyed the Japanese and puppet troops occupied the area, and forced them to divide their troops back to rescue.
It would be even better if there were one or two regiments of the Eighth Route Army's main force to reinforce the National Rescue Army. They were well equipped and had strong combat power, so they could attack the county where the Japanese and puppet troops were empty.
Compared with the complete annihilation of the National Rescue Army, the county town they stationed in is definitely more important.
If even the old nest is lost, even if the National Rescue Army is killed, it will not be worth the loss. The Japanese and puppet troops will definitely return to the county town, and the crisis of the National Rescue Army may be resolved!
Zhou Cheng became more and more excited the more he thought about it. He looked at Staff Zheng with great gratitude and then replied: "Staff Zheng, the military forces in the surrounding areas must be used this time. You ask them to prepare for combat in advance and count the strength and equipment of the armed forces in these places so that I can arrange tasks for them."
"As for the main forces that are active nearby, it would be better if they can support us. But I will do the things I ask for help. This battle is related to the life and death of the National Salvation Army, and there is nothing to be embarrassed about."
"I can also show the sincerity of the national rescue army to the division commander! By the way, let the division commander send someone to pick up Deputy Commander Tang. The reason why I asked him to send things to the division commander this time was to recognize a sect. When I have the chance in the future, I will definitely go to the division commander to report to the division commander!"
In the telecommunications room of the 129th Division Division, a red light on a radio station suddenly began to flash.
The radio operator reacted quickly and quickly put on his headphones. After listening for a few seconds, he suddenly put down his headphones: "Plane leader, I have a situation here!"
"The other party knows our contact information and wants to contact us, but I am very new to them and must have never contacted them before."
This kind of thing has happened before. Many main forces did not have a radio station when they were divided due to limited conditions. Later, they seized the radio station during the war and then established radio contact with the division headquarters.
The platoon leader hesitated for a moment: "Keep in touch, figure out their identities first, and then receive the message!"
"Yes, platoon leader!" The telegrapher put on his headphones again.
A few minutes later, the report continued: "Platform leader, they said they were the pacification army!"
"Put down the national rescue army?"
The platoon leader is not unfamiliar with this name, and is even a little familiar with it, because the three clear telegrams received by the division headquarters in recent days are related to it.
But the platoon leader only knew that the National Rescue Army was very powerful, and he also knew that the National Rescue Army was affiliated to the Second War Zone, and did not know what the National Rescue Army had to do with the Eighth Route Army.
On the verge of caution, he decided to report this matter to the chief of the division. Perhaps they knew some secrets they didn't know, so they hurried to the war room.
"Report to the leader, there was a radio station that claimed to pacify the National Salvation Army and wanted to contact us. I still don't know the purpose of the other party, I don't know if there is any danger, and I don't know whether I should continue to keep in touch with them." The platoon leader found the political commissar and reported.
"Put down the national rescue army?"
The political commissar frowned, but it quickly disappeared, with an uncontrollable excitement order: "Continue to keep in touch, you can translate the message you received, and then hand it to me personally, and you can't pass it to the third person's hand!"
"In addition, the radio operator who told the telegram that the matter of pacifying the national rescue army must be absolutely confidential and must not be disclosed!"
The platoon leader took a breath, and he never expected that the division commander would attach so much importance to pacifying the national rescue army.
Although he didn't know what telegram the Punishment of the National Salvation Army would send to the Division Headquarters, as an old-fashioned telegrapher, he vaguely felt that the relationship between the Punishment of the National Salvation Army and the Division Headquarters was extraordinary...
He didn't continue thinking about it anymore. The military discipline was still very clear. He would know what he should know. He should not inquire and investigate what he should not know. Otherwise, it would not only be beneficial, but also bring harm to himself.
Looking at the political commissar, he replied with a serious look on his face: "Please rest assured, no one will reveal any news about pacifying the national rescue army!"
"I will personally send and receive telegrams related to the National Salvation Army in a while!"
The platoon leader spent ten minutes receiving the message, and then twenty minutes translating the message.
As the first person to see the contents of the telegram, he knew that his judgment was right.
Although the Punishment and National Rescue Army belongs to the war zone, it also has an extraordinary relationship with the Eighth Route Army. Otherwise, how could it be possible to ask for help from the division headquarters and send things to the division headquarters?
Hurry up and put away the telegram and go to the political commissar!
In the small conference room of the division headquarters, after reading the telegram sent by Zhou Cheng, the division commander immediately looked at the map on the table and put down the pencil a few minutes later: "Zhou Cheng has a good vision. If the Japanese really want to dispatch heavy troops to attack and pacify, they will definitely mobilize troops from Yangquan!"
"I remember correctly: We have a regiment that happened to be active near Yangquan and was preparing to establish a base there. However, there were too many Japanese and puppet troops in Yangquan, and the troops could not find any opportunity. Now the opportunity is here!"
"If this matter is done well, it can not only reinforce the national rescue army and reduce their combat pressure, but also open up our anti-Japanese situation in Yangquan, and first take down two towns to build the guerrilla zone!"
The political commissar nodded: "I think it's OK. Zhou Cheng sent us so many good things, and now he has sent another batch. Although the quantity is not clear, it is definitely indispensable to look at his previous style."
"Now the National Salvation Army is in trouble, we need to help even if we pay some price!"
"In addition to the main group of Yangquan, the troops that are active in pacifying the southeast can also be moved, and the Japanese can be restrained as much as they can be restrained. You can also find ways to blow up several sections of railways on the Zhengtai Railway, mobilize the railway garrison stationed in Yangquan, and weaken the Japanese troops stationed in Yangquan."
Chapter completed!