Chapter 299 New Weapons for Attack
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"Yes, that's what I mean. Apart from this, I really can't think of any other way that Li Yunlong and his men can take over Ping'an County without causing too much loss to the troops.
Once the river is dug, the farmlands near Gucheng County will not have any harvest this year. Even Gucheng County will become a lake due to the backflow of river water, and all the people in Gucheng County will have to relocate.
Under such circumstances, even if Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming really took over Ping'an County, they would definitely not be able to escape a severe punishment, and this is the lightest punishment.
If the situation is serious and causes casualties among the people, both Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming will have to be removed from their posts and investigated. In this case, if things go wrong, they will never be able to lead the army to fight again."
"Only this method can make Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming unwilling to tell Ding Wei and Kong Jie about the battle plan. Since Ding Wei and Kong Jie don't know the battle plan, they naturally don't need to bear any responsibility. All the responsibilities will be borne by Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming.
However, if Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming were fast enough, they could transfer all the people in Gucheng County and its vicinity to Fu'an, and then transfer them to Shangdang area via Fu'an, or just stay in Fu'an.
Boss, Brigade Commander, do you think we should stop Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming from adopting this method?
If I'm not mistaken, Qin Yangming and Li Yunlong must be planning to use the Vanguard Regiment Special Forces to carry out this mission.
The special forces of the vanguard regiment only need to carry some explosive packs and they can easily blow a hole in the weak point.
As long as a small hole is blasted, the river water can easily wash the small hole into a large hole under the guidance of the terrain, and finally rush straight down the hillside to Gucheng County.
At that time, a large amount of river water carrying mud and sand will rush out from the mountainous areas to form floods. The villages located in open areas will not be able to withstand the impact of this surging flood mixed with a large amount of mud and rocks.
The county seat of Gucheng County is protected by a city wall, so the people in the county will not be subject to too much threat.
Even if the flood rushes into the county town, it is difficult to collapse the houses in a short period of time. The people in the county town have plenty of time to evacuate after the flood subsides.
But it is difficult to say about those villages located in open areas.
The first wave of floods is definitely the most ferocious. If the people cannot withstand the impact of the first wave of floods, there will definitely be casualties.
This responsibility... Boss, the incident at Huayuankou is a lesson for us."
The political commissar's face was filled with worry when he thought about the consequences if this matter was not handled properly.
Brigade Commander Chen and the general also fell silent as they listened to what the political commissar said.
Both the boss and Brigade Commander Chen had thought of this method, but the consequences of this method were too serious, and neither of them thought that Qin Yangming and Li Yunlong would do this.
Since they didn't expect Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming to do this, the general and Brigade Commander Chen naturally avoided the topic and didn't discuss it.
But this method is indeed a good method.
Although the farmland near Gucheng County can grow a lot of grain.
But now the entire Shangdang area has become the territory of the Eighth Route Army. The Shangdang area is a basin with open areas in the middle. Not counting the existing farmland, a large amount of new land can be reclaimed.
With the output of arable land in Shangdang area, let alone the people of Gucheng County, even if there are ten people from Gucheng County, the Shangdang area can afford to support them.
Therefore, the farmland in Gucheng County is relatively not very important.
Nor does the food that is about to be harvested matter.
The war will begin soon. According to the boss's plan, the war will last for two months and will be stuck in the harvest season.
By then, the Eighth Route Army will also be able to obtain large amounts of food from the traditional Central Plains region.
Food will not be a big problem.
The problem now is that the people of Gucheng County are still in Gucheng County and have not yet been relocated to Shangdang area!
If Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming really did this, then what is the difference between them and the Guo Party?
"This method absolutely won't work. Go, send a telegram to Qin Yangming and Li Yunlong to warn them. They are absolutely not allowed to use this method!
Once this method is used, Shancheng will immediately use this reason to force Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming to death. They will definitely not miss such a good opportunity to attack our Eighth Route Army!"
The boss didn't think much about it and spoke directly to Brigade Commander Chen.
"I would rather give up attacking Ping'an County than allow Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming to adopt this method!
Transfer these two back to me!
How can this method be used?!
What are these two thinking?! Call them back to me!"
After listening to Political Commissar Wang's explanation, the boss felt more and more that Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming were very likely planning to use this method to attack Ping'an County.
However, if they use this method to attack Ping'an County, Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming might be forced to death by Shancheng.
It is not worth it no matter how you look at it to exchange a peaceful county for the lives of Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming.
The boss would rather give up this method than let Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming take this risk.
"No, no, it's impossible! Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming would never use this method!"
As soon as the boss finished speaking, Brigade Commander Chen immediately opened his mouth to refute.
"Boss, you are so worried that you are confused. How dare you criticize me?
No, Lao Wang, you know Xiao Qin quite well. Do you think Xiao Qin would have this method?
And Li Yunlong, although this guy Li Yunlong is a bit reckless, but would he use such a method that would hurt the common people?"
Brigade Commander Chen thought about the personalities of Qin Yangming and Li Yunlong, and was certain that Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming would never adopt the method mentioned by Political Commissar Wang.
"If we don't use this method, then Brigade Commander, what other methods do you think Qin Yangming and Li Yunlong have to successfully capture Ping'an County?
You, me, the boss, our brigade chief of staff, three combat staff officers, and the commanders of the 771st and 772nd Regiments.
So many people came to deduce Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming's battle plan, but no matter how they deduced it, either there was not enough time or the troops suffered too many casualties, and there was no suitable plan at all.
Now only the plan I proposed has the possibility of successfully completing the combat plan.
It's impossible to let the Vanguard Regiment and the Independent Regiment fight to the death at Zhangzhuang, and then attack Ping'an County and beat the 11th Brigade of the Japanese? "Political Commissar Wang was also reluctant to believe that Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming would use the method he said.
But the situation was like this, and Political Commissar Wang had no choice but to believe it. Apart from his method, Political Commissar Wang really couldn't think of any other way to capture Ping'an County with the least loss to the four regiments.
At the same time, apart from this method, Political Commissar Wang could not think of any other reason that could make Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming unwilling to tell Ding Wei and Kong Jie about the battle plan.
"No, it's impossible. I absolutely don't believe that Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming would use this method. This is absolutely impossible. There must be other ways... There must be other ways, but we didn't expect that Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming would not use this method.
Boss, if you don't believe me, I can send a telegram to ask Li Yunlong right now. If Li Yunlong and his men really intend to use this method, unless Qin Yangming and Qingquan Mu and two other Japanese devils have reached an agreement, they should withdraw their troops immediately.
But I bet that Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming will never use this method!
This, let’s bet on this!
Lao Wang, Boss, do you dare to bet with me?
The Browning pistol that Xiao Qin gave me, the 65-caliber pistol, and this fountain pen!"
Perhaps because he saw that the atmosphere was a bit serious, Brigade Commander Chen immediately took out his pistol and a pen and wanted to make a bet with the boss and Political Commissar Wang.
"No gambling."
Although Political Commissar Wang believed that apart from his own method, Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming would hardly have any other method without considering the two Japanese devils, Murakuchi Saburo and Qingquan Muyi.
However, Political Commissar Wang also thought that Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming were not the types of people who would use such a method.
So after hearing the bet proposed by Brigade Commander Chen, he decisively refused.
The boss ignored what Brigade Commander Chen said. He had asked Brigade Commander Chen to send a telegram to Qin Yangming and Li Yunlong, asking them to bring the troops back, because the plan mentioned by Political Commissar Wang was too risky and the risks and benefits were obviously not proportional.
But now that I think about it, Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming don't seem like the kind of people who would use such a plan.
"Old Wang, your plan is impossible. The focus of this battle is still on the Zhangzhuang stronghold.
Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming must have some way to quickly capture the Zhangzhuang stronghold.
Their primary target was still the Zhangzhuang stronghold, not the Japanese reinforcements! Even if Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming planned to dig a river to flood it, it would take time.
It would take at least one day to flood the entire Gucheng County with the water from the Dongzhang River and Song River.
If we want to make the roads near Gucheng County muddy so that the Japanese reinforcements cannot carry heavy weapons to Ping'an County, it will take time.
In order to stop the Japanese reinforcements from passing through Gucheng County to support Ping'an County, Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming had to blow up the river and flood Gucheng County before the Japanese reinforcements reached Gucheng County.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to stop the Japanese reinforcements from heading from Gucheng County to Ping'an County.
As long as the Japanese reinforcements arrived at Gucheng County, even if the water was released at that time, the Japanese in Gucheng County would not be greatly affected because of the protection of the county.
Gucheng County is right next to the mountainous area, and the Japanese troops in Gucheng County only need to cross an open area of one or two miles to enter the hilly area that is not flooded by the river.
If the water was released in advance, wouldn't the Japanese soldiers in Gucheng County, when they saw this situation, not notify the Japanese reinforcements coming from Shuiquan in advance to take a detour?
At worst, we can increase the number of reinforcements from Taigu area, and then use the railway to send the 11th Brigade to Taigu for garrison.
At the same time, the Japanese can also separate a part of their troops to directly cross the mountainous area. This force only needs to harass our blocking troops from the rear, or bypass our Eighth Route Army's blocking positions and go directly to Ping'an County. At that time, the Japanese reinforcements will suddenly launch an attack from behind.
Then our siege troops will be restricted.
If the Japanese make peace in this way, the whole Ping'an County will be in chaos. And if the Japanese send reinforcements from Taigu, the New 1st Regiment may not be able to stop them.
By then, the Vanguard Regiment, the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment will still be in great danger. At the same time, the New First Regiment may be attacked from both sides by the Japanese and will not be able to escape.
This method won’t work because it has too many disadvantages and doesn’t suit the personalities of Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming.
The risk of losing money is too great, so neither of them will use this method.
The Japanese are not idiots. They would not force their troops through Gucheng County after seeing that the roads there are difficult to travel.”
"So the focus of this battle must be Zhangzhuang stronghold, there is no doubt about it... a tough battle... Damn it, what on earth do Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming want to do?!"
"Lao Wang, Lao Chen, could it be that the Independent Regiment and the Vanguard Regiment have come up with some new siege weapons?"
After the boss finished his analysis, he thought of the unscrupulous cannons, earth tanks, individual grenade launchers and other siege weapons that Qin Yangming had made, and began to wonder whether Qin Yangming and Li Yunlong had come up with some new siege weapons.
Listening to the boss's words, Brigade Commander Chen counted on his fingers and started talking about the new things he had learned about Qin Yangming's inventions.
"As for attacking the enemy... Xiao Qin first proposed the earth tank... and then the conscienceless cannon. The conscienceless cannon is mainly used in field battles, defense and blocking battles, and is not suitable for attacking the enemy.
Then there was the incendiary bomb that Xiao Qin made using gasoline and tire particles. This thing was suitable for hitting fixed targets such as artillery towers and bunkers.
However, because it was fired from catapults, there were big problems with accuracy and the range was not far, so a large number of catapults had to be concentrated to fire simultaneously.
Although the arsenal has reproduced the Huihui cannon, which was a counterweight catapult, that was used by the Mongolian army when it conquered the world.
It can reach farther than ordinary trebuchets.
But there was no sign of Xiao Qin and Li Yunlong arranging engineers to learn this manufacturing technology.
Moreover, considering the thickness of the bunkers and turrets in the Zhangzhuang stronghold, incendiary bombs are of little use.
There was enough running water in the Zhangzhuang stronghold, so it was said from the beginning that the fire attack method would not work.
Moreover, no matter how good the counterweight trebuchet is, it can only throw objects about three or four hundred meters at most.
The open area near the Zhangzhuang stronghold was so large that a trebuchet would become a target if it passed by. The Japanese could even shoot down the trebuchet with a heavy machine gun.
If you want the trebuchet to throw farther, you need to spend more materials and build it stronger and taller. But the taller it is, the more obvious the target will be. "
(End of this chapter)
