Chapter 317: The Conflicted Zhang Dabiao
"Hiss, I didn't expect that the brigade commander and you would have the same idea!"
When Ding Wei saw Qin Yangming holding the telegram and looking at it for a while, he burst into laughter and then took the telegram.
Looking at the content of the telegram, I couldn't help but speak.
The content of the telegram was nothing else.
This was the battle plan discussed by Brigade Commander Chen and others against the Japanese 11th Brigade.
Brigade Commander Chen's battle plan was almost the same as what Qin Yangming had thought.
They all wanted to force the Japanese 11th Brigade to the high ground and bombard it with artillery.
"Our brigade commander has also thought of this. When the time comes, we will first send the 11th Brigade of the Japanese here. Then, there will only be one Japanese squadron left in Gucheng County, and at most a few more puppet troops.
This amount of troops will not exceed 500 people at most, and then the Yi Zhong Military Region will send out two regiments to attack Gucheng County. As long as the combat effectiveness of those two regiments is sufficient, Gucheng County can be captured in an hour at most, and then they will have plenty of time to evacuate the civilians.
As long as the civilians are evacuated, we can fight the Japanese with all our might.
The people have been relocated, so even if the Song River embankment is washed away, there will be no harm.
It's nothing more than destroying some farmland.
As for the farmland, as long as the land falls into the hands of our Eighth Route Army, all that farmland can be restored in no time.
Besides, there is so much land in Shangdang area. Even if Gucheng County is abandoned, the people in Gucheng County can be transferred to live in Shangdang area.
With the two regiments of the Yizhong Military Region cutting off the Japs' rear, as long as we move quickly, we can defeat the Japs' 11th Brigade before they can react!"
Looking at the telegram sent by Brigade Commander Chen and the various plans and analyses on how to completely annihilate the Japanese 11th Brigade, Qin Yangming could not help but nod his head repeatedly.
Especially when seeing Brigade Commander Chen's analysis of the Japanese air force support, Qin Yangming couldn't help but sigh.
At the beginning, he did not take the Japanese air force support into account and did not take all these situations into consideration.
However, the plan sent by Brigade Commander Chen not only took the Japanese Air Force into full consideration, but also made analyses and response plans based on various situations.
"Captain Ding, how about taking a gamble? If you have no objection, I will immediately send a telegram to Captain Li and Captain Kong and tell them about this plan. We will start tonight!
If we hurry up, we can start cleaning up the battlefield tomorrow evening."
Qin Yangming was thinking and deducing in his mind, while at the same time asking Ding Wei to see what Ding Wei thought.
After reading the telegram sent by Brigade Commander Chen, Ding Wei thought about the current situation here and considered it carefully. He found that the feasibility of this plan was indeed very high.
First of all, the battle plan sent by Brigade Commander Chen was based on the inference that it would take at least four or five hours for them to storm the county seat of Ping'an.
However, the current situation is that as long as the vanguard regiment can successfully enter the county seat of Ping'an County, and the Japanese troops and puppet troops are all in the barracks, the battle can probably be over in less than an hour.
If Murakuchi Saburo and others chose to withdraw their troops directly from Ping'an County, the battle would end even faster.
At that time, it will take one hour to attack the Zhangzhuang stronghold and one hour to attack the Ping'an County seat. At the latest at midnight, the Independent Regiment and the Vanguard Regiment will be able to meet in the Ping'an County seat.
At this point in time, the Japanese 11th Brigade might have just set out from Shuiquan.
The Independent Regiment and the Vanguard Regiment had plenty of time to rest and recuperate, and at the same time set up defensive positions in the Dongzhang River area, waiting for the arrival of the Japanese 11th Brigade.
If they were bolder, they could even give up defending Ping'an County and rush to Dongzhang River together with the Independent Regiment and the Vanguard Regiment.
At that time, the independent regiment would be responsible for cutting off the retreat route of the Japanese 11th Brigade, while the vanguard regiment would launch an attack on the Japanese 11th Brigade from the front.
The two regiments of the Yi Zhong Military Region were responsible for taking Gucheng County and at the same time evacuating the people in the Gucheng County area.
"It can be slightly modified... Xiao Qin, look here. Brigade Commander Chen and his men are still unclear about the situation on our side. They don't know that Murakuchi Saburo and his men are planning to hand over the county seat of Ping'an County to us. So the plan is based on the assumption that we will have to attack for four or five hours.
But we were now able to end the attack on Ping'an County in the middle of the night.
So that means we have plenty of time.
There's no need to rush.
The situation in Gucheng County is the same.
We can have the two regiments of the Yi Zhong Military Region evacuate the rest of the civilians here at night.
Although the city wall of Gucheng County is very thin, it can still withstand the erosion of floods.
As long as all the civilians living outside this area are evacuated, there will be no need for the troops of the Yi Zhong Military Region to attack Gucheng County.
In addition, if we only want to relocate the civilians, we can also ask the local comrades in Gucheng County to relocate the civilians to higher places first, which will make the process faster.
At that time, as long as we pretend that we are still attacking Ping'an County, even if the Japanese 11th Brigade notices this situation, they will definitely continue to provide support to Ping'an County.
Besides, we only relocated the people from the outer areas.
The Japanese were in a hurry to support Ping'an County, so it was impossible for them to have time to explore the outer areas of Gucheng County.
Besides, the war is about to start, so it is normal for the people to hide away.”
At this moment, Ding Wei had already agreed to the combat plan to completely wipe out the Japanese 11th Brigade.
Even according to the current situation, some modifications were made to Brigade Commander Chen's combat plan to make it more perfect.
Listening to Ding Wei's revised plan, Qin Yangming nodded.
"Okay, since you have no objection, Captain Ding, I will send a telegram to Captain Kong and Captain Li to tell them about this.
Let them prepare and determine the time for the general attack."
"Sure, send them a telegram.
Damn it, I just had a bite of fat meat, and I didn’t expect to have meat again today.”
Qin Yangming listened to Ding Wei's words, smiled and nodded.
"Well, we just had the chance to eat meat, and now we can eat meat again. And this time it's much easier than fighting the Japanese Fourth Brigade.
This time the area is this small. If the Japanese don't want to fight us in the water, then they should just go up honestly. After they go up, this high ground can only accommodate a battalion of troops at most.
But a battalion's position accommodates a brigade. Humph, I can blow these little devils to death with artillery fire!"
After seeing that Ding Wei had no objection, Qin Yangming quickly drafted a telegram while speaking.
"Monk, monk, hurry up and send this telegram to Captain Kong and Captain Li. It's an urgent telegram!"
After Qin Yangming drafted the telegram, he immediately called Wei Dayong back in and handed the telegram to Wei Dayong.
"Okay, I'll go find someone to send the telegram right away."
Wei Dayong listened to what Qin Yangming said, and without hesitation, he quickly took the telegram and ran out to find someone to send it out.
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Li Yunlong led a part of the troops into the Ping'an County area from the floating bridge of the lower reaches of the Dongzhang River and stationed them in a village called Zhaojiayu in a mountain valley. Zhaojiayu, which originally had only about 300 people, was now directly occupied by a whole battalion of the independent regiment, making it a bit crowded and noisy.
It was also thanks to the fact that a lot of tents were captured at the beginning, otherwise many soldiers would not even have enough place to live.
After all, the First Battalion of the Independent Regiment has more than 800 soldiers.
"Captain, we came here first. When do you think Captain Ding and Captain Qin will be able to get the results? It's been a day and a night. Did something unexpected happen to them?"
In a house, Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao sat opposite each other at an octagonal table.
While peeling peanuts, Zhang Dabiao drank the wine mixed with some alcohol that Li Yunlong had prepared, and said to Li Yunlong in a depressed tone.
"Why are you in such a hurry? Look, didn't you see that the telegram said that now the two Japanese devils, Cunkou Sanlang and Qingquan Muyi, have handed over the Xiaocaozhuang stronghold to Ding Wei to show their sincerity.
It would take four or five hours to take down a place as big as Ping'an County. Now, we can settle it through negotiation. I have no objection if it takes two days.
Being able to seize the county seat of Ping'an with just the talk is fucking capable.
Why, you, Zhang Dabiao, like to let the soldiers sacrifice their lives in exchange for the county seat of Ping'an County?"
Li Yunlong glanced at Zhang Dabiao who was a little impatient, poured Zhang Dabiao a bowl of wine from the bottle in front of him, and then spoke again.
"Zhang Dabiao, what's wrong with you lately? Why are you always absent-minded? You must have something on your mind.
Do you want me to give you a couple of real drinks?"
Li Yunlong looked at Zhang Dabiao's frown and thought that Zhang Dabiao's mood had been a little strange during this period.
Some of them couldn't help it and asked Zhang Dabiao directly.
"Captain, it's okay, it's okay, I'm fine, no need, no need, I don't know when I will have to prepare to take action, I dare not drink at this time."
Zhang Dabiao listened to Li Yunlong's question and saw Li Yunlong take out a bottle of real wine, so he quickly waved his hand to refuse.
Because they didn't know when the fight would begin, and it might start in the next second, so Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao both added some wine to the water and just tasted it.
"Hey, Zhang Dabiao!"
Seeing that Zhang Dabiao was not honest and did not tell the truth, Li Yunlong frowned and shouted directly.
"Have!"
Zhang Dabiao stood up quickly.
"Tell me, what are you thinking about?!
Damn it, what the hell is wrong with you? You have been absent-minded for a long time, and your frown is so frowning that you can hang up your gun.
Tell the truth, kid...hiss, are you interested in some girl?
If you like a girl, tell me and I will help you find a matchmaker. I will help you write a report and an application to the brigade commander."
Li Yunlong looked at Zhang Dabiao's expression and suddenly thought that maybe Zhang Dabiao had fallen in love with a girl, which was why he was absent-minded during this period.
Thinking of this, Li Yunlong suddenly realized, and then asked Zhang Dabiao.
Although the Eighth Route Army has the "258th Regiment" regulations regarding cadre marriage.
In other words, marriages of cadres who are not at the regimental level will generally not be approved.
But considering that Zhang Dabiao is indeed old enough and has been following her for so long, and that Zhang Dabiao has finally found someone he likes, he naturally has to seize this opportunity.
If Zhang Dabiao really has that idea, Li Yunlong is willing to use his qualifications to exchange for Zhang Dabiao.
Zhang Dabiao does not meet the requirements, but he, Li Yunlong, does.
Li Yunlong could choose not to get married and give his place to Zhang Dabiao.
Seeing Li Yunlong thinking of this, Zhang Dabiao was also dumbfounded.
"No, Captain, you misunderstood, you misunderstood, I didn't mean that, it's not because of this.
Besides, with my conditions, I don’t even know which mother-in-law’s belly my wife is in.”
"Tsk, what's wrong with your condition? I am the battalion commander of the independent regiment. Anyone can be the regiment commander if he is released.
Take your first battalion for example. If you pull it out, it can be directly reorganized into a small regiment.
Moreover, in terms of weapons and equipment of the First Battalion alone, apart from the Vanguard Regiment, the New First Regiment, and the New Second Regiment, which regiment can compare with the Extra Battalion?
If you need mountain artillery, we have mountain artillery; if you need infantry artillery, we have infantry artillery; the Type 82 mortars are equipped to the company, and the 60mm mortars are equipped to the platoon.
There are two heavy machine guns in a company.
With this firepower, it's already as powerful as the Vanguard Regiment."
Li Yunlong listened to Zhang Dabiao's words and retorted by slamming the table.
"Hey, kid, you're not unhappy because you saw Qin Yangming was promoted to regiment commander, while you are still a battalion commander?"
When Li Yunlong talked about the regiment, he thought of the vanguard battalion being separated to become the vanguard regiment.
Then he thought that Qin Yangming became the regiment commander so quickly, while Zhang Dabiao was still stuck in the position of battalion commander.
Thinking that Zhang Dabiao might be unhappy about this matter, he spoke directly.
Listening to what Li Yunlong said, Zhang Dabiao sat down again and spoke helplessly.
"Captain, look, how long has Qin Yangming been in the Eighth Route Army? He started as a platoon leader, and in just over a year, he became a regiment commander.
According to the time, when Qin Yangming joined the Eighth Route Army, I was the deputy battalion commander and company commander of the main company.
Then after Qin Yangming came to the New 1st Regiment, I became the battalion commander.
In the New 1st Regiment, Qin Yangming was the company commander and I was the battalion commander... Then Qin Yangming became the battalion commander and I was still the battalion commander.
Now Qin Yangming is the regiment commander, and I am still the battalion commander.
Captain, to be honest, I am indeed a little unhappy.
But I also know that Qin Yangming was able to become the head of the group because he is indeed very capable.
But there are some things I just can’t understand.
Why he was able to rise so fast.
And I am standing still... Captain..."
(End of this chapter)
