"Lishi County? Tell me why I chose this place." Commander He asked.

In the past half month, Commander He has also been studying which county town to be occupied by the Japanese, but he has never thought about Lishi County occupied by the Japanese. In Lishi County, the Japanese arranged a large brigade of troops to defend. Compared with other county towns occupied by the Japanese, the Japanese arranged too many troops in Lishi County.

Moreover, Commander He also knew that the 120th Division could not mobilize much troops. If he really wanted to attack Lishi County occupied by the Japanese, the possibility of successfully conquering was too low. In addition, a large brigade of troops stationed in Lishi County, if he really wanted to attack Lishi County, the casualties of the troops would definitely not be small.

"Teacher He, Deputy Commander, everyone from the division headquarters, please see."

"Lishi has always been an important county town in western Shanxi, and has been added and repaired throughout the years. It can be said that it is a county town with relatively developed economic and cultural heritage in western Shanxi. In addition, Lishi has Taiyuan Highway running across the east and west, Li (stone), Zhong (yang) Li (stone), and Fang (shan) Highway running across the north and south. It is a hub for the counties in western Shanxi and has an extremely important strategic position."

"After the Japanese occupied Lishi on February 24, 2018, they worked hard to strengthen their defense. Judging from the arrangement of various Japanese troops, we can see that Lishi County plays an extremely important role in the many counties occupied by the Japanese, and serves as the role of the Western Jin Dynasty's Japanese occupation of materials among the counties."

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Liu Gen kept telling the situation in Lishi County he knew. He had long had a lot of ideas about Lishi County, which was occupied by the Japanese, but he had never had the idea of ​​taking action against Lishi County. After all, according to the troops deployed by the Japanese in Lishi County, it would definitely cost a considerable price to successfully capture this county town.

In addition, once an attack is launched on Lishi County, the Japanese in the surrounding county will definitely provide support, and even the Japanese in the northwest of Shanxi will frantically advance towards Lishi County. Unless the Japanese who can completely deal with the defense of Lishi County in a short period of time, it will be very difficult to achieve certain results.

"First of all, according to my estimate, the entire 120th Division can mobilize less than 3,000 troops, which will affect the protection of Yan'an."

"With the Japanese's defense in Lishi County, it is too difficult for less than 3,000 people to break through Lishi County. The Japanese's reinforcements are very fast. Even if we can kill the Japanese who are defending, we don't have much time to transfer materials." Commander He said seriously.

The deputy division commander and others nodded. Commander He was right, and it was a bit unrealistic to take action against Lishi County. The strategic position of Lishi County is too important. Unless the Japanese's troops are too tight, it is impossible for the Japanese to give up Lishi County easily.

"Lishi County is very important to the Japanese, but we may not be unable to take this county." Liu Gen said again.

Commander He laughed, and he looked at Liu Gen, as if he had seen him when he was young. At that time, he seemed to be so motivated. Commander He wanted to know what Liu Gen would do, and he could see that Liu Gen was very confident and didn't know what kind of reliance Liu Gen had.

"Lishi County is a major transportation road, which means there are a lot of people circulating every day. In my opinion, this is our opportunity."

"As far as I know, the Japanese garrisons in Lishi County, except for the Japanese who patrol every day, the rest of the Japanese will stay in the camp for training. As long as we can kill the Japanese who stayed in the camp while the Japanese are training in a concentrated manner, the Japanese squad on patrolling will not be too threatening at all." Liu Gen said again.

Commander He shook his head. Liu Gen said that was right, but this is not the case for combat. Liu Gen's plan was built without problems. In combat, accidents occurred from time to time. Even if Liu Gen's plan was good, there would be times when something went wrong.

"Comrade Liu Gen, your plan is correct. If you really want to implement this plan, then we will have a high chance of taking Lishi County. But in battle, accidents are the most likely to happen, and no one can guarantee that there will be no problems in battle."

"For our Eighth Route Army and our 120th Division, this kind of battle is the most important thing to avoid, and we cannot withstand any great losses." The deputy division commander said.

The Eighth Route Army's conditions are not very good. Any unit is very important. Even though they know that there will be a considerable casualties in the attack on Lishi County, they still choose to do so. This is the most undesirable. If they really fight for casualties to seize the county town occupied by the Japanese, then the various units of the Eighth Route Army will definitely be able to seize a lot of county towns from the Japanese.

Commander He and his team all felt that Liu Gen had a good battle plan, but such a plan was too risky and it would be fine if it was successful. Once it failed, it would cause considerable losses to the 120th Division. For the commander and his team, they would rather the various units of the 120th Division conduct refined military and simplify their government than let too many soldiers die on the battlefield.

"But attacking Lishi County is the only opportunity for the 120th Division to obtain enough materials. I have carefully investigated that in Lishi County, the Japanese stored a large amount of materials. This was completely delivered to the 120th Division and was our best opportunity." Liu Gen said again.

Only by taking down the Lishi County City occupied by the Japanese can the 120th Division obtain enough materials at one time. In the next time, the 120th Division can recruit more troops and enhance its own strength. Once the Japanese's materials in the Lishi County City are obtained, the strength of the 120th Division will inevitably be significantly increased.

"Comrade Liu Gen, forget it, I'd better call you Genzi directly, it's more convenient." Commander He looked at Liu Gen and said.

Liu Gen looked at Commander He with some confusion, not knowing what Commander He was going to say. He really believed that there was a great chance of attacking Lishi County to take down Lishi County directly. Although there was a possibility of failure, Liu Gen felt that sometimes using troops would require taking risks, not to mention that using two or three thousand troops did not cause the 120th Division to be damaged.

Of course, Liu Gen also knew that the deputy division commander was right. There would be many accidents in the battle, and no one knew what would happen at the moment of the battle. Even if the combat plan formulated by Liu Gen was perfect, accidents would not be avoided.

"Genzi, I can understand your thoughts. If you are an officer of the National Army, then I will definitely not stop you, but will be very happy for you to do this."

"But this kind of thing happens to our Eighth Route Army, it is not feasible. You must know the arduous conditions of our Eighth Route Army. Even if we successfully take over Lishi County, with the troops in our hands, we will not be able to defend Lishi County. At that time, we will be trapped in Lishi County by the Japanese troops."

"Don't think that the chance of such a thing happening is very small. In fact, the possibility of such thing happening is very high, unless we are willing to give up the supplies in Lishi County. But we are just trying to deal with Lishi County, just for the supplies in Lishi County? How could we give up easily?" Commander He's face was a little serious, which made Liu Gen's spirit also concentrate.

The scene that Commander He said appeared in Liu Gen's mind. It was true that if he succeeded in taking Lishi County, it would definitely attract crazy attacks from the Japanese troops. With the speed of the Japanese troops' marching, the first batch of reinforcements would definitely arrive within three hours. If the situation in Lishi County was stalemate, then the Japanese would definitely have more troops to support him.

Is it really enough to transfer the supplies from Shixian County in just three hours? Liu Gen had the answer in his mind.

"Genzi, if we can't take over the Lishi County town occupied by the Japanese, can we not get enough supplies? It shouldn't be true. We can think of other ways. If we can't focus on a small Lishi County town, we said again with a smile.

Liu Gen nodded, and Commander He spoke, letting him know that it is impossible to attack Lishi County, at least it is impossible at this stage. With the combat effectiveness of the 120th Division, if you really want to attack Lishi County, you can still take down Lishi County. However, doing so will also cost the 120th Division too much.

The strategic location of Lishi County is too important, and the Japanese cannot allow Lishi County to be occupied by the Eighth Route Army troops. The 120th Division needs to take too much risk, and it is not worth taking Lishi County as a target.

Liu Gen looked at the military map on the wall. If the Lishi County town occupied by the Japanese, the 120th Division could easily seize other counties occupied by the Japanese. Just seizing a county town can only temporarily alleviate part of the shortage of materials in the 120th Division and cannot be completely solved.

"Genzi, what do you think of Liao County?" Commander He asked.

Liu Gen shook his head directly. He had fought in the Liao County area and had some understanding of the situation in Liao County. The city walls of Liao County are relatively strong. If you want to easily capture Liao County, you must dispatch heavy artillery. Only in this way can you capture Liao County with the shortest time and the least casualties.

In Liao County, the Japanese troops stationed in the county towns are not large, which also means that the materials in Liao County are limited, making it difficult to solve the needs of the 120th Division too much.

"Teacher He, Liao County is good, but the supplies are limited. It is difficult for a mere Liao County county to meet the needs of our 120th Division. For a county like Liao County, we have to take at least two or three to get enough supplies." Liu Gen said with a wry smile.

It is not easy to capture the county town occupied by the Japanese. At least Liu Gen has no confidence in taking two or three Japanese county towns in a short period of time. Once an attack on the Japanese county town is launched, other Japanese county towns will inevitably be vigilant. Unless there is enough artillery support, it can capture two or three Japanese county towns in a short period of time.

"One is not enough, then we will win a few more! With the situation of the Japanese, we may find an opportunity to win two or three relatively remote county towns, and there may not be no chance." There was a gleam in Commander He's eyes. As long as the 120th Division can continue to develop, he would not mind taking a few more county towns occupied by the Japanese.

The deputy commander and others looked at Commander He with surprise, but they didn't expect that Commander He would say this: When would it be so easy to take down the Japanese county town? If the Japanese were so easy to deal with, then the troops would have long gone to attack the Japanese county town occupied by the Japanese, and they would not have allowed the Japanese to occupy such many county towns.

"Take a few more seats? Commander He, are you serious?" Liu Gen asked in surprise.

Commander He smiled and nodded. He was not joking. He had thought about such a decision seriously. The training of the 120th Division's troops has never stopped. When the 120th Division was active in the Jinzhong area, it was a fear of many Japanese troops.

The 120th Division had not fought too large-scale battles with the Japanese for a while, which made the Japanese think that the combat effectiveness of the 120th Division had declined a lot. This time, Commander He was preparing to let the Japanese know the power of the 120th Division again! There was no action before, because the 120th Division did not take the initiative. When the 120th Division really wanted to attack, no one could resist the 120th Division's edge!

"Well, I am planning to mobilize all the troops that can be used by the 120th Division, and take down three counties occupied by the Japanese in the shortest time, and further expand the anti-Japanese base." Commander He said with an extremely serious expression. For Commander He, he wanted to lead his troops to take down the county town occupied by the Japanese, but he had never had any good opportunities.

Now? Due to the material demand of the 120th Division, the 120th Division urgently needed to seize several Japanese county towns to obtain enough materials. Commander He also thought about refining the troops and simplifying the government again, but that was based on the premise that the materials were really impossible to obtain. If it were said that before Liu Gen came, the chance of the 120th Division taking two or three Japanese county towns in a short period of time was less than 30%.

After Liu Gen arrived, the chances of the 120th Division being able to defeat two or three Japanese counties in a short period of time were 50% or 60%. Firstly, Liu Gen has extremely superb artillery skills and can play a significant role in the attack of the soldiers; secondly, it is because Liu Gen has not yet lost any results in the battle with Japanese soldiers.

Maybe Liu Gen himself has not realized this, but if he has carefully understood Liu Gen's relevant achievements, he will find that the battles that Liu Gen has participated in have never failed. Especially when the Independent Regiment attacked the Liao County Town before, a mere independent regiment easily captured the Liao County Town.

You should know that there was a squadron of Japanese devils defending in Liaoxian County at that time. Did those Japanese devils have too poor combat effectiveness? Obviously not. Even the guard troops that the Japanese were letting go would not be so poor. In addition, there was a city wall, so it would not be so easy for ordinary troops to easily capture Liaoxian County.

But why can an independent regiment successfully capture the Liaoxian county town, and there are not many casualties? Obviously, it is because of Liu Gen that the Independent regiment is so easy to attack the Liaoxian county town, and there are no casualties.

During the battle in Liao County, all units of the Eighth Route Army realized how important a powerful artillery was and could minimize casualties in the troops.

With Liu Gen in the 120th Division and his own full support, Commander He believes that it will not be too difficult to capture the Japanese county town, and he has enough confidence in Liu Gen!
Chapter completed!