Devil's Army

Li Guozhu, the commander of the Third Brigade who was sitting next to Wu Lang, quickly took the telegram and read it, then muttered:

"It seems we have to resort to guerrilla warfare."

Even the most die-hard defenders of the base changed their minds and started to fight guerrilla warfare. Everyone was puzzled. Brigade Commander Du asked hurriedly:

"Commander-in-chief, what happened?"

"In order to contain our old base, the Japanese army sent troops to our North China battlefield. The Japanese army in Fengtian launched the Jinzhou Campaign, the Shanhaiguan launched the Huludao Campaign, and the Qinhuangdao Japanese navy also launched an attack on Huludao."

"We haven't requested the old base to send us reinforcements yet?" asked Chen Dongbei, commander of the 12th Brigade, puzzled.

"In order to resolve the battle of the Tangshan base as soon as possible, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese North China Front Army, Terauchi Hisaichi, ordered the commander of the Japanese First Army, Commander Katsuki Seiji, who was familiar with the battlefield in North China, to transfer the Sixth Division to the north to participate in the battle of the Tangshan base."

The meeting room suddenly fell silent. The battlefield, which was already in a delicate balance, suddenly had a Japanese division added. Could they still hold out?

"How many troops are there in the Japanese Sixth Division?" Brigade Commander Du asked in a low voice.

"The Japanese Army's Sixth Division is a Type A division, and its strength will not be less than 10,000. It is said that the Japanese Army's Sixth Division uses the pack horse system, so its strength should be 10,000." Gray Wolf introduced lightly.

Even if his troops were to attack from three sides of his Xiaoguanzhuang Airport, each of his positions would have to face nearly 3000 Japanese reinforcements. Could his new recruits withstand that?

Brigade Commander Du had no idea what to do, and he began to think about how to fight guerrilla warfare.

Just when everyone was worried about the future of the base, the guard said to Wulang:

"Captain He from the armed work team who came last time came to see you. He said there was something going on."

"Please ask him to sit in the reception room. I'll be there soon."

"Don't worry, everyone. If an enemy comes, we will fight him with our soldiers; if a flood comes, we will block it with earth. If we really can't resist it, we can learn from the Eighth Route Army and fight guerrilla warfare. We got our start by fighting guerrilla warfare." Wu Lang encouraged everyone.

This time, even the hard-line base protection faction remained silent.

After Wu Lang finished speaking, he asked everyone to continue talking. He turned around and left the headquarters and came to the reception room.

Wu Lang came to the reception room, where Captain He of the armed work team was sitting on a chair drinking water.

"Captain He, what important information did your armed work team discover?"

"We found out where the Japanese headquarters is."

“Oh, where is it?”

"It's in Dongbaliqiao Village, eight miles east of Luan County. However, the Japanese defense here is quite tight. You have to cross a bridge to enter, so it's difficult to rush in and launch a surprise attack. There are also Japanese garrisons stationed in Luan County."

"How did you find this Japanese headquarters?"

"When we were looking for Japanese targets to attack, we found that there were a lot of vehicles coming and going in this village, and the defense was very strict. Two team members and I went around the mountain to scout and found that the roofs of the village were full of antennas. So I guessed that this was a Japanese headquarters."

"Oh, you just guessed that this is a Japanese headquarters, but you can't be sure that this is the main headquarters of the Japanese army's attack on the Tangshan base?"

"Yes."

"Okay, thank you. Drink some water first. I'll go back and talk to them."

Wu Lang rushed to the headquarters, and everyone was already discussing the direction and route of retreat. Seeing Wu Lang coming back, everyone stopped discussing.

"Wulang, what's going on?" asked Gray Wolf.

"Captain He of the Eighth Route Army's Armed Work Team discovered the Japanese headquarters in Dongbaliqiao Village, east of Luan County."

As soon as everyone heard it, they immediately became interested.

"Is this the headquarters of the Japanese army's campaign against our base?"

"I'm not sure, but I guess it should be. The commander-in-chief of the Japanese army's encirclement and suppression of us this time is Sakaguchi Seishiro of the Japanese Fifth Division. His troops are mainly distributed on the three battlefields of Xiaoguanzhuang Airport. The headquarters of the Japanese 11th Mixed Brigade is in Tianjin, and the headquarters of the Japanese 109th Division is in Baodi. So I guess the headquarters in Dongshiliqiao Village, Luan County is most likely the headquarters of the Japanese Fifth Division, that is, the Japanese headquarters that encircled and suppressed our Tangshan base."

"Commander-in-Chief He, Deputy Commander Tan, do you want to take my heart out of my mouth?" asked Brigade Commander Du.

"I will be responsible for winning over the enemy, and you will focus on defeating the Japanese Fifth Division on three sides of the Xiaoguanzhuang Airport. By the time Shiro Inaba of the Japanese Sixth Division arrives, it will be too late." Gray Wolf said.

When they heard that Gray Wolf was going to carry out the heart-ripping plan himself, the command center was in an uproar and no one expressed their agreement.

Gray Wolf calmly lit a cigarette, threw it on the table and said to everyone:

"Everyone share the cigarettes, have a light smoke, and wake up."

After everyone finished smoking a cigarette, Gray Wolf continued:

"Everyone has smoked my cigarettes. As the saying goes, you should be soft-hearted when you take someone's cigarettes, but you should be grateful when you eat someone's cigarettes. Now I have the final say, and I will be the one to carry out the plan."

But even though everyone smoked Gray Wolf cigarettes, no one agreed.

"Who among you can spare time to carry out the Heart-Digger Plan? Who has extra troops to carry out the Heart-Digger Plan?" Gray Wolf asked.

Now everyone was speechless. The battle was so intense that no one could spare the time, and there were no extra troops to carry out the heart-ripping plan.