Chapter 301 Give the Japanese another hard blow and swallow up the th Brigade!
The boss looked at the high ground marked on the map, and after some calculations, he roughly knew the scope of the high ground, and then continued speaking.
"If we can successfully force the Japanese to this high ground, we won't need help from the Yizhong Military Region. With the artillery of the Vanguard Regiment and the Independent Regiment, we don't even need to use mountain artillery. We can directly cover this high ground with mortars and grenade launchers!
Under full-scale bombardment, as long as there is no shelter on this high ground, the Japanese 11th Brigade can be cancelled. "
The boss looked at the map, thinking about how much benefit would be brought by completely annihilating the Japanese 11th Brigade and how much impact it would have on his own plans.
Brigade Commander Chen listened to the boss's words and spoke with a smile.
"Boss, aren't you worried that if we completely wipe out the 11th Brigade, the Japanese will start a war?"
"Worry."
The boss didn't say anything profound, but completely annihilating the Japanese 11th Brigade would indeed make the Japanese desperate and start a war ahead of time.
Although the Eighth Route Army was not ready, the Japanese were not ready either.
But if we could destroy another Japanese brigade before the war started.
This will not only reduce the Japanese's military strength, but also boost the morale of the troops.
More importantly, if the boss's plan could succeed, then the Japanese 11th Brigade would be defeated, and only the New 2nd Regiment might suffer some casualties during the blocking.
The Independent Regiment and the Vanguard Regiment suffered some casualties when attacking the county seat of Ping'an County.
Then the Yi Zhong Military Region suffered some casualties when attacking Gucheng County.
But these casualties will definitely not exceed two thousand.
However, the biggest consumption in this battle to completely wipe out the Japanese 11th Brigade was just some small grenades from grenade launchers and mortar shells.
Now the Eighth Route Army's arsenal is able to produce small grenades for grenade launchers and mortar shells, but the output is relatively low.
Using these losses to exchange for the Japanese 11th Brigade was a very good deal.
"Although I am worried that the Japanese will start a war ahead of time, but the Japanese have already put the meat in front of your mouth, and it is a piece of fat and greasy meat. Can you resist not eating it? Come and help me analyze the chances of this happening and deduce it.
If there is no major problem with the plan, let's arrange it. I will contact Yizhong Military Region... Forget it, you go and contact Yizhong Military Region, and don't say I'm here for the time being. I remember Ding Wei came from Yizhong Military Region.
At that time, Ding Wei can be responsible for contacting the comrades coming from the Yizhong Military Region."
Brigade Commander Chen listened to the boss's arrangements and nodded, then stepped forward and began to deduce with the boss the feasibility of the plan to completely annihilate the Japanese 11th Brigade.
When Political Commissar Wang saw that the boss was starting to target the Japanese 11th Brigade, he became a little worried.
"Boss, the Vanguard and Independent Regiments suffered a lot of losses when they wiped out the Japanese Fourth Brigade, and they haven't fully recovered yet, especially since the four regiments are not fully staffed.
If we attack the Japanese 11th Brigade again, what if the New 2nd Regiment fails to stop the 11th Brigade and the 11th Brigade crosses the Dongzhang River from the upper reaches in advance?
Boss, didn't you plan to let Qin Yangming lead the special forces to carry out the decapitation operation and disrupt the command of the little devils so as to gain more advantages in the war? "
"What if the special forces suffer losses during the battle?"
Listening to what Political Commissar Wang said, the boss smiled and looked at Political Commissar Wang.
"What? Are you starting to worry about Xiao Qin? Don't worry, I'm more worried about that brat than you are, and I don't want that brat to die even more than you do.
Since that brat chose to leave the rear and join the army, he is no longer the kid you thought he was.
Now he is an Eighth Route Army soldier and a soldier!
How can a soldier be afraid of death? "
"As long as the war can be won, not to mention Qin Yangming, even I can sacrifice myself!"
As the boss spoke, the smile on his face disappeared.
"I know that in your eyes, Xiao Qin is still the little brat who would rather herd cattle than study and would skip classes even at the risk of being beaten.
In your eyes, Xiao Qin is the boy who, at the age of eight, took a hatchet and killed two white dogs, and shouted that he wanted to join the revolution and go up the mountain with us.
But don’t forget!
That was the former Qin Yangming!
Qin Yangming is now a soldier!
I am also a soldier, and you two are also soldiers!
The old village chief of Duanjiaao once said something, and I will now repeat it to you two.
Soldiers should die in the frontier, not wrapped in horsehide! "
"I don't care how you protect Qin Yangming on weekdays, but he killed prisoners on the battlefield, do you think you can help him hide it from me?
Such a large vanguard regiment became Qin Yangming's one-man show. Zhangye, the regiment's political commissar, always put Qin Yangming first and took the initiative to help Qin Yangming cover up some minor mistakes... Let's not talk about other things, just look at this battle report... Was it written by Qin Yangming? When did he write such good characters?
There are many other things. As the political commissar of the brigade, don't you know anything about it? Don't you know that there is no one in the vanguard group who can stop Qin Yangming from making mistakes at the critical moment?
Now we just let Qin Yangming lead the troops to fight, and then you worry about this and that.
Tired? Are you tired from the Long March?!
Qin Yangming was able to go through the Long March, so how could he be so exhausted because of such a small matter?
Dangerous? The rear is not dangerous. If you nod, I will write an order now to transfer Qin Yangming to the rear.
There will definitely be sacrifices in a war. Is Qin Yangming so noble?
Forget about other things, but when it comes to fighting, Qin Yangming is just an ordinary Eighth Route Army commander!
There is no difference between me and other group leaders. If you dare to treat me differently, then the clothing factory will still need a factory leader."
When the boss listened to what Political Commissar Wang said, he immediately realized that Political Commissar Wang was worried that if the Vanguard Regiment continued to engage in high-intensity battles, something might happen to Qin Yangming.
Seeing this situation, the commander stopped talking about the battle plan and directly criticized Brigade Commander Chen and Political Commissar Wang.
"Boss, please calm down... Boss, if we really wanted to give Xiao Qin some backdoor, then we would never have agreed to let Xiao Qin lead the special forces to sneak into Taiyuan City to carry out the decapitation operation, right?"
When Brigade Commander Chen saw the boss stop talking, he saw that there was no anger on his face, so he knew that the boss was not really angry, so he quickly stepped forward to explain.
"Alright, alright, boss, let's continue to work out our battle plan... Lao Wang, Lao Wang, there's a can of tea and a pack of Lao Dao cigarettes in the cabinet behind you, take them out, it looks like we'll be staying up all night tonight."
Political Commissar Wang listened to what Brigade Commander Chen said, nodded, then turned around, opened the cabinet, took out cigarettes and tea, and after putting the cigarettes on the table, Political Commissar Wang took three coarse pottery bowls and brewed three bowls of strong tea again.
The boss did not dwell on Qin Yangming's problem any more, and went straight to the point, beginning to formulate the idea of completely annihilating the 11th Brigade of the Japanese. "Since Qin Yangming and his men were able to resolve the battle quickly.
Now that we are sure of our success, we might as well make things a little bigger and see where the Japanese's bottom line is and give them another hard blow.
Seize the opportunity and completely wipe out the Japanese 11th Brigade!
Let me tell you what I think. Commander Chen, Political Commissar Wang, you can go to my staff for the time being and help me with this plan."
"no problem!"
"no problem."
Brigade Commander Chen and Political Commissar Wang both answered at the same time.
When the boss saw that the two of them had no problem, he stopped wasting time and began to point at the map and speak to Political Commissar Wang and Brigade Commander Chen.
"The New 1st Regiment has now been deployed to the Xiaocaozhuang area. According to the latest intelligence, the Xiaocaozhuang stronghold has been completely controlled by the New 1st Regiment.
So we don’t need to worry about the Xiaocaozhuang stronghold.
At present, the Independent Regiment has been hiding near the Dongzhang River, while the New Second Regiment and the Pioneer Regiment have crossed the river and are hiding in the mountains.
Two directions.
One direction is that Qingquan Muyi and Murakuchi Saburo refused to hand over the county seat of Ping'an County to our Eighth Route Army, and instead chose to fight to the death.
Under such circumstances, the independent regiment captured the Japanese river artillery tower ferry and Zhangzhuang stronghold near the Dongzhang River within an hour.
Then they quickly maneuvered mules and horses to Ping'an County.
Among them, we used three hours after the Zhangzhuang stronghold was attacked as the boundary. Three hours later, the Japanese Taiyuan Command learned the news and then deduced that our Eighth Route Army was going to attack the county seat of Ping'an County.
According to the Japanese's fastest troop mobilization speed, the Japanese reinforcements from Shuiquan will be dispatched about six hours after the attack on Zhangzhuang stronghold begins.
The only force that can be mobilized at any time in the Shuiquan direction and is the most suitable for support is the 11th Brigade.
By using a large number of trucks to transport supplies and troops, the 11th Brigade could reach Gucheng County in at most six hours.
The 11th Brigade could use the mules and horses it carried to drag the heavy weapons around the Song River and quickly move towards Ping'an County.
From the official start of the attack until the Japanese reinforcements from Shuiquan arrived in Gucheng County, it took about eleven or twelve hours, which was the fastest speed of the Japanese.
Eight hours, at most eight hours, the Vanguard Regiment and the Independent Regiment must capture the county seat of Ping'an County.
The time spent by the independent regiment in attacking the Zhangzhuang stronghold was calculated as one hour.
Li Yunlong led his troops to Ping'an County, which took three hours.
It took the vanguard group two hours to reach Ping'an County.
That is to say, before the Independent Regiment arrived at the county seat of Ping'an County, the Vanguard Regiment had already been attacking the county seat for two hours.
However, because the Vanguard Regiment did not have enough heavy weapons (all the heavy weapons were with the Independent Regiment), during these two hours, the most they could do was to capture the Ping'an County city gate stronghold and then consume a wave of defenders in the city.
There will be no substantial progress.
After the independent regiment arrived, it returned the vanguard regiment's artillery to the vanguard regiment. Then the two regiments each chose a direction to launch a fierce attack on the county seat of Ping'an County.
With the number of artillery pieces and ammunition reserves equipped by the two regiments, if they launched a full-scale attack, they could capture Ping'an County in three hours at most. Four hours was calculated, including the time to eliminate the remaining enemies.
Are there any local comrades in Ping'an County? If there are local comrades and the local forces are strong enough, then the task of eliminating the remaining enemies can be entrusted to the local comrades and local forces.
(Local comrades...actually they were asking Commander Chen whether there were any people sent by the Eighth Route Army in Ping'an County, and whether there were any comrades hiding in Ping'an County.)
(Local troops (county battalion, district squad) have no organization and will not be registered. The general only knows a rough idea, but it is impossible to know how many people and guns a local troop has, especially when the troops are undergoing large-scale expansion, reorganization and training)
Almost exactly eight hours.
During these eight hours, the New Second Regiment spent two hours on the journey, and the rest of the time had to be spent digging fortifications and preparing to block the Japanese 11th Brigade.
After the Vanguard Regiment and the Independent Regiment arrive at the New Second Regiment's blocking area, the New Second Regiment will be responsible for the first wave of blocking.
The Independent Regiment and the Vanguard Regiment quickly took a rest.
If the Vanguard Regiment and the Independent Regiment had just arrived at the New Second Regiment's blocking location, and the New Second Regiment failed to stop the Japanese 11th Brigade.
Then the Vanguard Regiment and the Independent Regiment will launch an attack on the spot... No, the Independent Regiment will stay in Ping'an County and hand over all the mules and horses to the Vanguard Regiment.
If the situation is not right, the Vanguard Regiment will immediately lead the New Second Regiment to retreat into Ping'an County, and then use the city defense of Ping'an County to assist in blocking the enemy.
The vanguard regiment is fighting a field battle with the Japanese 11th Brigade in the wild. If the Japanese 11th Brigade does not withdraw and continues to attack, then we will have no need to be polite.
If the 11th Brigade withdraws, then pursuit is not allowed.
The New 2nd Regiment blocked the attack of the Japanese 11th Brigade, and immediately joined the attack after the Vanguard Regiment arrived.
At the same time, during this period, the Yi Zhong Military Region quickly mobilized two regiments of troops to the vicinity of Gucheng County and launched an attack on Gucheng County.
After the Vanguard Regiment and the Japanese 11th Brigade launched their blocking attack, there was an open area here.
In order to support Ping'an County as quickly as possible, the Japanese would definitely choose to open a breakthrough at all costs.
At that time, a large number of troops will definitely be mobilized for a fierce attack, so most of the troops in the 11th Brigade will be involved in the vanguard regiment.
Gucheng County is a place that is easy to attack but difficult to defend. The Japanese did not take it seriously, and the city’s defense fortifications were not estimated to be very strong. Two regiments of troops were enough to capture Gucheng County.
After the troops from the Yi Zhong Military Region captured Gucheng County and cut off the retreat route of the Japanese 11th Brigade, the Vanguard Regiment immediately blew up the Dongzhang River channel and launched a water attack on the Japanese 11th Brigade in the area.
While releasing water, the troops of the Yizhong Military Region set up defensive fortifications along the Song River to block the Japanese from retreating from the Song River direction.
(End of this chapter)
