In the battle of Jinyang, Zhao Zhiguo and others won a complete victory.

The overwhelming reports in the newspapers were all about Jinyang City, and the limelight temporarily overshadowed the air battle in Jiangcheng.

When Zhao Zhiguo and Matthew Wen arrived in Jinyang, the smoke and blood smell in the air had not dissipated.

The people of Jinyang City are already organizing reconstruction work spontaneously.

"The Second Regiment, the Third Regiment and the Fourth Regiment have withdrawn to their original positions to replenish weapons, ammunition and troops. Jinyang is garrisoned by the Fifth Regiment."

Zhao Zhiguo has ordered that in addition to the three main regiments, the other regiments must also be expanded to 3,000 troops to prevent the Japanese army from counterattacking.

"Your brother's Third Regiment is also stationed nearby. If an accident occurs in Jinyang, the troops will arrive within an hour at the earliest and support Jinyang."

Except for two battalions with about a thousand troops stationed at the bridge on the Longyan River, other troops are still scattered in towns or larger villages.

First, Jinyang has just been pacified and there is turmoil everywhere, so troops are needed to provide safety to the people.

With the people living in peace and having the advantage of population, Zhao Zhiguo and the others can continuously expand their troops and have enough reserves to support the troops in quickly restoring their combat effectiveness after combat.

Second, the troops are distributed in various places, which is conducive to early warning.

The little devil's attack methods include not only overwhelming large-scale attacks, but also small-scale infiltration.

The military must always be on the front line of combat, and the vast rural areas are the front line.

"Political Commissar, before we seize Bingzhou, we may have to face a crazy counterattack by the Japanese army, and more than once." Zhao Zhiguo said.

As the news of Jinyang's loss spread, the Japs must have been planning to attack Zhao Zhiguo's defense area.

At that time, three armies will attack Pingcheng, Jinyang, and cover up their defense area from the south.

Zhao Zhiguo and the others need more troops to defend the defense zone.

At that time, their troops would no longer face simple Japanese infantry, cavalry, armored vehicles, tanks and Japanese aircraft, they would come overwhelmingly.

The problems that the Jinsui Army faced back then, Zhao Zhiguo and others would have to face again.

"How many troops do we need?" the political commissar asked.

"Excluding the reserves and the troops directly under the headquarters, we have nearly 30,000 combat troops at our disposal. The artillery regiment will not participate in front-line operations unless our defense zone reaches the final moment." Zhao Zhiguo said.

"Do you have any ideas?" Matthew asked.

"The first step is to expand the battalion of troops directly under the regiment into a regiment." Zhao Zhiguo said, "Second, we will draw out at least five more regiments."

"The first military division needs to have twenty regiments?"

Matthew thought to himself, this is really a crazy thing.

When he was sent to Zhao Zhiguo, he was just an instructor in the battalion, but who would have thought that two years later he would become a military political commissar.

"We also need to strengthen the militia team. The role they can play is extraordinary." Zhao Zhiguo said.

If we want to win this unequal war against the invaders, we must give full play to everyone's subjective initiative and turn everyone into a weapon.

If the villagers do not take up arms to protect their homes and rely solely on the military to sacrifice themselves, they will not be able to protect every village.

Moreover, the militiamen could not only harass the Japanese troops, but when the Japanese troops invaded the defense zone, they could relocate civilians, transport the wounded, and transport supplies to the frontline troops.

Apart from their crude weapons and insufficient training, the militiamen will do well in all other aspects.

"Will we voluntarily give up Pingcheng and Jinyang?" Matthew Wen continued to ask.

Before, they had voluntarily given up on Wang County.

At that time, the army was weak. If they stayed in one county, the entire army would not be wiped out, but their vitality would be severely damaged.

"These two cities were earned by our soldiers with their lives!" Zhao Zhiguo said.

The bodies of the Eighth Route Army soldiers in Jinyang City have not yet been buried. They sacrificed their most precious lives in order to retake the city.

Matthew clicked: "Some things once you pay too much, no one can take them away."

Both of them fell silent.

The war claimed the lives of many people, including a group of very good soldiers.

These soldiers love this land, but they are fiercely loyal to this country. They have been honest all their lives and have never done a bad thing, but in the end they died at the gunpoint of the Japanese army.

"Can I ask one more question?" Matthew Wen broke the silence between the two people.

"Political Commissar, in the First Military Division, you and I are on the same level, but the division of labor is different. I have the responsibility and obligation to cooperate with your work."

"How soon do you think the Japanese army will launch an attack on us?"

They had just recaptured Jinyang from the Japs, and obviously they needed time to expand their forces, train their troops, and rearrange their defenses.

The Japanese army is currently not ready to fight two major battles at the same time!

If the Battle of Jiangcheng had not held back the Japanese army's logistics, the Japs would have quickly been able to gather their forces and launch a counterattack against Zhao Zhiguo.

"If the Japanese army attacks us again, they must want to finish us off once and for all." Zhao Zhiguo said.

The little devil doesn't want to be counterattacked or held back by a Chinese army from the rear while fighting on the front line.

The best way is to eliminate Zhao Zhiguo at once to avoid future troubles.

Without worries, the little devils will be able to use troops boldly and confidently against other Chinese armies.

"The Japanese army needs a lot of materials to prepare for a battle." Zhao Zhiguo said, "They need more time than us now."

A battle that lasted several months required mountains of supplies.

If the little devils attack rashly without preparing enough supplies, the little devils fighting on the front line will be short of ammunition and food.

In the siege battle, the Japs were too dependent on artillery, and they did not want to fight without having any artillery shells available.

"In other words, we will have a few months of rest time?"

"It's hard to say. Maybe the Japanese army is already preparing supplies now, and we won't have more than half a year left," Zhao Zhiguo said.

"In just a few months, even if we can recruit a few more regiments of troops, the training will not keep up."

Matthew Wen is worried that the new recruits will be sent to the battlefield before they have completed their training.

"Political commissar, all good things in the world cannot be favored by us. Some soldiers in the reserve force have completed their training. Let's add them to the combat force first," Zhao Zhiguo said.

Many things happen suddenly and do not happen until you are fully prepared.

For the little devils, they did not expect Zhao Zhiguo to be fully prepared.

Matthew nodded: "Let's go, I'll treat you to some noodles. It's said that Jinyang's noodles are the best in the three cities."
Chapter completed!