Chapter 137: Let the Fourth Brigade in and close the door to beat the dog!
The brigade commander listened to what Qin Yangming said and began to think.
Although Baihuling is close to the front line, if the Japanese troops have smooth journey, they can reach Baihuling in five hours at most.
It does look dangerous, but the terrain of Baihu Ridge is really too rugged.
Especially when Baihu Ridge was first occupied by Qin Yangming, a large number of permanent defensive fortifications were built on it.
Later, when Qin Yangming retreated, the Japanese occupied Baihu Ridge and built a number of fortifications on it.
It is no exaggeration to say that Baihu Ridge is as impregnable as a rock.
Considering the terrain of Baihu Ridge, only three thousand people are needed. Unless the Japanese use human lives to pile up and cover the hillside of Baihu Ridge with corpses, there is no way they can break through Baihu Ridge.
Even when Qin Yangming recaptured Baihu Ridge, he did so by relying on a surprise attack through the tunnel.
If there were no tunnels, even if we pulled the current vanguard group over there and killed them all, we wouldn't be able to break through the canyon area.
The Japanese were able to occupy Baihu Ridge because a large number of them surrounded it, leaving Baihu Ridge isolated and helpless. In addition, the main task of the New 1st Regiment at the time was to cover the retreat of the headquarters hospital and other agencies, so they had to abandon Baihu Ridge.
But the situation is different now. The entire Shangdang area behind Baihuling has been controlled by the Eighth Route Army, and we only need to face the Japanese in the direction of Taiyuan.
There were reinforcements and terrain, plus more than a thousand soldiers from the first battalion of the new first regiment defending Baihu Ridge, and sufficient ammunition.
If the headquarters is moved there, together with the headquarters' guard regiment, recruit regiment, and various direct-affiliated teams, the total strength of the entire Baihu Ridge will be more than 4,000.
In this situation, the Japanese wanted to break through the interception of five regiments in a short period of time, and then forcibly take Baihuling and destroy the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, unless Yoshio Shinozuka gathered all the Japanese in Shanxi.
But would Yoshio Shinozuka dare to risk losing the entire Shanxi and gather the Japanese invaders from all over Shanxi?
As long as Shinozuka Yoshio dared to do this, the Eighth Route Army in the Northwest Shanxi Base and the Shanxi-Chahar-West Base would dare to go south and raid Shinozuka Yoshio's lair.
Cooperating with the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi, half of Shanxi will become the base of the Eighth Route Army!
"I'll talk to the boss about this matter. If it's feasible, I'll send someone to inform you right away. Qin Yangming should go and prepare for the battle first. No matter what, we have to take down the Yamazaki Battalion first!"
"With the 'Arsenal' as bait, we don't have to worry about the Fourth Brigade not coming!"
The brigade commander wanted to laugh when he thought of the intelligence officer's report that the Yamazaki Battalion had sent a telegram saying that the Eighth Route Army's headquarters arsenal had been discovered.
There is no headquarters arsenal in Guhe Town.
That was a large repair shop of a logistics department.
This is because most of the damaged equipment in Shangdang area has been handed over to the Logistics Department, in order to repair the equipment in time and hand it over to the troops.
Therefore, Zhang Wanhe mobilized some old mechanical equipment and workers to set up a repair shop in Hegu Town to repair the equipment.
The real headquarters arsenal had long been moved to the Taihang Mountains.
"Yes!"
After receiving the order, Qin Yangming turned around and left the meeting room.
Li Yunlong, Kong Jie and Captain Cheng started a discussion.
If the headquarters really agreed with the brigade commander's plan to let the 4th Brigade in to fight the enemy behind closed doors, then how should they fight?
"Old Li, wow, the Fourth Brigade, you really dare to think like that." After seeing the brigade commander leave the meeting room to report to the boss, Kong Jie took out his pipe and started smoking.
The political commissar at the side took out cigarettes and gave two to each person, then pointed at Li Yunlong and joked.
"Kong Jie, you and Li Yunlong are old comrades, don't you know who he is?
There is nothing he dare not think of. I bet that even if a division of Japanese devils came, Li Yunlong would want to take a bite out of them.
"Li Yunlong, if he doesn't make any money, he will suffer a loss. Every time a manure truck passes by his door, he has to scoop two scoops of manure."
"What the political commissar said is right. The old squad leader is not one to suffer a loss. Xiao Qin took his main attack mission, and he hasn't cursed until now. I bet that after Xiao Qin finishes the battle, he will definitely go to get some money."
Captain Cheng, who was standing by, listened to what the political commissar said, nodded in agreement, and echoed him.
"Look, look, is this the kind of person I am in your eyes, Old Li?"
After hearing what they said, Li Yunlong immediately became dissatisfied and started to defend himself.
"Let's not talk about the distant past, let's talk about the near future. Kong Jie, go ask around in other regiments and see if there is any regiment leader who is as generous as me?
A battalion of new soldiers and equipment were sent to you immediately, and some cannons were also given to you.
Apart from anything else, with the equipment and new and old soldiers I gave you, as long as they are properly trained and win two more battles, the New Second Regiment can become a brand new main force regiment."
"I'm not like someone who calls me old squad leader every day. But when the old squad leader formed a troop, he just gave me a few wounded soldiers and some broken guns. It was a relief that he was able to come up with something good."
While Li Yunlong praised himself for his generosity, he also spoke sarcastically to Captain Cheng.
When Captain Cheng heard what Li Yunlong said, he immediately quit and quickly started to refute.
"Hey, Li Yunlong, I call you the old squad leader out of respect for you, but you are taking advantage of me, aren't you?
Do you think I don't want to give away a battalion's worth of equipment as casually as you do?
Don’t I have that?
When you went to the New 1st Regiment, my 772nd Regiment had just been cleared of the Japanese's large-scale sweep. The total number of people in the regiment of more than 3,000 people was reduced to more than 1,000. Two of the three battalion commanders were killed, and all nine company commanders were killed... The total number of guns in the regiment was barely enough for 1,000..."
"That's because you're incapable."
Li Yunlong directly interrupted Captain Cheng's words and choked him.
“Although the brigade commander didn’t tacitly allow you to arbitrarily mobilize troops to engage in side jobs.
But that only applies to not mobilizing large-scale troops. Is it okay for you to dispatch one or two squads?"
"The Japanese and puppet troops will eventually leave their artillery tower strongholds, right?
Can't you set up a few more squads to specifically pick out the small-numbered Japanese or puppet troops and shoot them? "
"If it really doesn't work, send someone to cut off the telephone lines between the Japanese artillery towers at night. The Japanese will definitely send someone to repair them.
But it's impossible to send a small team of Japanese soldiers to repair a telephone line, right?
At most you can send three or four people. You can send one or two squads to deal with three or four Japanese devils. Isn't that easy?
Three or four Japanese devils, at least they have two guns, right?
The requirements are not high. Just do it every three or five days. Even if you earn two guns each time, if you find a few more turrets, you can get at least 20 to 30 guns in a month. If you are lucky, the guns you get may be the Japanese's Type 38 rifles..."
(End of this chapter)
