Looking at the solid walls of the new city in the telescope, Zhang Yunfei, who had personally brought the people here, put down the telescope in his hand and said to a group of cadres: "Let's hold an on-site meeting now to study how to fight the new city."

"The current situation is that there are still some peripheral strongholds around the new city. What I mean is to clear some of the peripheral strongholds first and cut off the communication between the Japanese and puppet troops. We do not have time to clearly destroy the enemy's strongholds and gun towers one by one."

Although the surrounding Japanese and puppet troops are unable to come to the rescue, the current Japs are not without the power to fight. Once the commotion becomes louder, the Japs will still mobilize troops to come to the rescue.

Although the time given to them to attack is long, it is not unlimited. You have to grind it out slowly. Even if the Japanese really don't want to save them, they will have to save them. Isn't this a provocation? Who are you looking down on?

After Zhang Yunfei finished speaking, the third battalion commander Zhou Qingfeng said: "Commander, is your plan a bit too risky? If you don't clear out the entire outer stronghold and just attack the city directly, the siege troops will most likely be trapped in a situation where they will be attacked from both sides.

There are not many enemies, but there are still a lot of puppet troops on the periphery, which is equivalent to two regiments. The troops we have now can only capture a few peripheral strongholds, and cannot clamp down on other strongholds and cannot protect the troops.

Don’t be attacked from both sides.”

"The walls of the new city are tight, and we lack artillery support. I'm afraid it's a tough nut to crack. I don't think we should advance rashly. We should proceed slowly and steadily. We will first clear out the enemies on the periphery, and then launch an attack on the defenders inside the city."

"Captain, you may not know that the current combat effectiveness of the Japanese and puppet troops in the field is not very good, but they are still very good at defensive warfare, so we still have to be cautious and be more prudent in formulating the overall tactics.

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Regarding Zhou Qingfeng's suggestion, Zhang Yunfei raised his eyebrows and did not immediately answer his question.

This cadre who came from the Hubei, Henan, and Anhui era is naturally older than everyone here in terms of pure qualifications.

Counting the previous cadres of the New Ninth Regiment, only Zhao Wenzhou and Ren Xiaofeng have the same qualifications as him. However, Ren Xiaofeng has been a white dog for a period of time, so his confidence is naturally a bit weaker.

Therefore, since the establishment of the New Ninth Regiment, he is definitely ranked second among all the cadres in seniority. To put it bluntly, their New Ninth Regiment has no foundation.

Faced with such a veteran, Zhang Yunfei really didn't know how to get along with him, and this person had a somewhat senior mentality towards himself and others.

This can be seen from the fact that he directly bypassed Qian Deming and spoke directly, and even directly vetoed his own proposals.

Fortunately, his party spirit is still there, and he is still polite and tactful to his leader. If they were on equal terms, he would probably have to criticize himself.

I want to be better, as a soldier, discipline and obedience are still required, but Lao Qian is a little uncomfortable. Those who came out of that era were all arrogant soldiers.

What are his qualifications? How can I tell him about discipline and principles? There is always a feeling of trying to do whatever he wants. With such a subordinate, I really don’t know how to deal with it.

Zhang Yunfei felt a little embarrassed for him, it was really difficult.

However, Zhang Yunfei is relatively much better. This "old comrade" may have some problems in terms of personality, but Zhang Yunfei can also see that he is meticulous in executing orders, and his obedience is really nothing to say.

Besides, the questions he raised were not meant to deliberately make things difficult for him. According to the general combat thinking, seeking stability is not wrong. The Eighth Route Army has done this for many years of guerrilla warfare to preserve itself against the enemy.

But this kind of mentality is not good in the first place. Now that we have a superior force, it is obviously not cost-effective to confront the enemy in a stalemate.

Their strength is more on paper. Their weapons and equipment have an absolute advantage. In terms of ammunition supply, there is no way to compare with the Japanese and puppet troops in person.

Again, even the wealth accumulated over the years cannot compare with the skinny camels of the Japanese and puppet troops.

My own main ammunition is relatively good, but the local armed forces participating in the war are extremely short of ammunition. It is better to give it to the independent regiments in each county evenly. There is really nothing I can do about the armed forces of other miscellaneous counties.

There are not enough grenades and other explosives, and half of them are made from the ground, with poor loading and poor explosive performance.

If we use these equipment to clear the outer perimeter first, the ammunition will probably be consumed before the outer perimeter is finished. No matter how steady the battle is, how can we fight the rest of the battle without ammunition?

It's a hand-to-hand fight, but the walls are high and the city is strong. Why should I fight hand-to-hand with you? So blindly pursuing stability will not work.

To put it bluntly, if you have enough ammunition, why bother making calculations here? Why not just push it forward steadily?

But the Eighth Route Army did not have that condition, so it had to move dangerously, use good steel on the blade, and use its limited firepower to attack the main city of New City.

Zhou Qingfeng only focused on stability, but got the key points of the calculation wrong.

From this point of view, Zhou Qingfeng is indeed not a qualified commander. He can only be a general, suitable for fighting under the command of superiors, but he is probably much worse than acting alone.

According to his qualifications, as long as his abilities are slightly outstanding, most of them will reach the regiment level even if they have passed the qualifications. Of course, there are also late bloomers who slip through the cracks, but they are very few.

After all, the Eighth Route Army is extremely short of talents, and proven cadres like him will definitely receive priority training and care from the organization.

After such a long time, he is still at the level of battalion commander, not yet the main force, but sent to a second-line local regiment like himself, which speaks for itself.

Zhang Yunfei wanted to have a good discussion with him, but seeing his behavior, he finally gave it up.

Not everyone can become a senior commander. Zhang Yunfei remembers that when the title was finally awarded, there were still thousands of veteran Red Army soldiers working at the grassroots level.

So compared to them, Zhou Qingfeng is considered pretty good, at least a qualified battalion and company level commander.

After observing the terrain and returning to the station with his cadres, Zhang Yunfei spread out the map, clicked on the new city above the core and said to Qian Deming next to him: "We seem to have an obvious advantage in military strength, but we are extremely short of ammunition. Step by step.

We simply can’t afford to fight, so we must fight quickly and win the new city as soon as possible.”

Compared with influencing and transforming Zhou Qingfeng, Zhang Yunfei was more interested in instilling military capabilities into Qian Deming.

A soldier like Zhou Qingfeng who has emerged from the flames of war has an extremely strong character and it is already difficult to change. A cadre born in Yeluzi relies purely on talent and understanding. Zhou Qingfeng is obviously lacking in this aspect.

But Qian Deming is different. He has a high level of education and a strong ability to learn and accept, although it is impossible to become a military commander.

But it is still possible to become a political cadre who is proficient in military affairs. Political cadres, and above that, most of them have excellent military command capabilities. Lao Qian has always been weak in this aspect. As an old partner, Zhang Yunfei will provide him with tutoring whenever he has the opportunity.
Chapter completed!