Chapter 493 Kong Jie: Xiao Huang, don't play tricks on us
The situation is worse than imagined, and the pressure faced by the independent group is greater than expected.
Kong Jie's brows instantly furrowed into a big "Sichuan" sign, and he was silent for a while before speaking.
"Chief of Staff, please give me a detailed introduction to how many Japanese and puppet troops we are directly facing and what their equipment is like. The more detailed the better!"
"As you just inferred: Our Duer Regiment is at a time when we are weak, and the Japanese will definitely not miss this good opportunity to attack us."
"Only by knowing myself and the enemy can I be victorious in every battle!"
Liu Sen immediately spread out the map of the base area, and the leader pointed to Baoding in the middle of the map: "Baoding has the largest number of Japanese and puppet troops..."
"Including the new recruits, weapons and ammunition just added, there are more than 8,000 Japs in one process brigade, and there is also a brigade of Second Japs, totaling more than 11,000 people!"
"There are a garrison and a regiment of Japanese soldiers stationed in each of the several counties within the territory..."
"The larger county has 1,200 or 300 Japs, and the smaller county has more than 400 Japs..."
"The equipment is very good...the small county town has three or four mortars and three or four heavy machine guns, and the large county town has two infantry cannons in addition to the mortar squadron and heavy machine gun squadron..."
"The mixed brigade in Baoding City is equipped with a mountain artillery brigade and an independent heavy artillery brigade..."
"When they replenished new recruits, they added more than a dozen field artillery pieces... I estimate that they will soon establish a new field artillery brigade... Then the strength of Baoding City's artillery force will be even higher, and our pressure will also be increased.
Come bigger!”
A question suddenly flashed in Kong Jie's mind: "Baoding is neither the provincial capital nor a major military town, so why are there so many troops stationed there!"
"In a city like this in Shanxi, one infantry regiment is enough to station it!"
Liu Sen immediately explained: "Although Baoding is not a major military town, it is a material transfer station...the weapons and ammunition used by the Japanese army in Hebei are transferred from here, and even some of the weapons and ammunition used by the Japanese army in Shanxi are transferred from here..."
"As far as I know, several large warehouses in the city are full all year round!"
"In order to prevent anything from happening to these supplies, the Japanese army had to deploy heavy troops to protect them!"
"Then there's no need to station so many troops!" Kong Jie still didn't understand.
Looking at Liu Sen, he continued to ask: "Mountain Artillery Battalion, Field Artillery Battalion, Independent Heavy Artillery Battalion... These are the configurations that are only available for field troops... The little devil asked them to defend the city. This is overkill and overkill.
, it’s unnecessary!”
"Captain... I think the Japanese have stationed a large number of troops in Baoding to hold us back and act as a roadblock for Peiping and Tianjin!" Huang Yu suddenly interrupted.
"The Yizhong base area is developing very fast. After Baoding and heading northeast, you will reach Tianjin and Peiping!"
"There are currently no heavy troops to curb our momentum of development toward the northeast. It won't be long before Peiping and Tianjin will be surrounded by our base areas!"
Liu Sen immediately agreed: "This is indeed another reason why the Japanese army stationed heavy troops in Baoding!"
Then he stared at Huang Yu with a confused look on his face and asked, "I wonder who this comrade is?"
"The deputy chief of staff of the Duer Regiment and the commander of a main battalion appointed by the leader... Considering that the first battalion of the Duer Regiment does not have a battalion commander, I plan to let him temporarily act as the commander of the first battalion..."
"When the first battalion has a suitable battalion commander in the future, he will prepare a new unit..."
"This is a talented person... When I was in the Independent Regiment, he made many combat plans by himself. He was very powerful!"
"The chief wanted to transfer him to the headquarters several times as a combat staff officer, but he always refused. He has always stayed with me to make suggestions, and at the same time, he cannot command and fight!"
"Although he is only a battalion-level cadre, he commands many troops!"
"There have been no fewer than three large-scale battles involving more than five thousand people, and there have been countless battles involving two to three thousand people. Although he is young, he has very rich experience in commanding in battles!"
"This time I came to be the leader of the Duer Group. I shamelessly asked the leader about coming!"
Huang Yu stood up and saluted at the right time: "Hello, Chief of Staff, I am Huang Yu... Please give me your advice in the future!"
Liu Sen was shocked by Huang Yu's resume and quickly replied: "Hello, Comrade Huang Yu... I don't dare to take advice... let's learn from each other!"
After saying that, he pointed to the map and continued the introduction: "In addition to these conventional troops, we must always be on guard against Japanese tank troops, cavalry troops, and rapid troop attacks!"
"There are many plains in the center of the wing. There are roads everywhere and the transportation is developed. It is very suitable for cavalry, chariots and automobiles to maneuver!"
"These Japs were still in Baoding City last night. They are likely to appear outside our base area in a few hours. Their action speed is faster than our speed of transmitting information. The base area has suffered a lot from this!"
"There is a cavalry regiment in Baoding with more than 1,300 Japanese cavalry!"
"A tank brigade consists of nearly forty tanks and armored vehicles of various types..."
"There is also a fast and rapid force fully equipped with vehicles...a total of more than 1,300 people, equipped with heavy machine guns, mortars, infantry guns, mountain artillery, and all vehicle transportation..."
"When marching quickly, you can easily move thirty kilometers in one hour!"
"They often cooperate with the chariot brigade and the cavalry regiment to act together, catching us off guard with lightning speed, tearing a hole in the base defense line, and opening the way forward for the main force to follow!"
"They moved too fast, and every time they shot, we couldn't defend ourselves... We suffered a lot..."
After hearing this, Kong Jie thought for a while before saying to Liu Sen: "The chief of staff is more familiar with the true strength of the Independent Regiment than we are, and he knows the surrounding enemy situation better... What do you think is the top priority of the Independent Regiment now?"
"Increase the morale of the troops...immediately establish a defense line around the base area...strengthen the alert to withstand a new round of attacks that the Japanese army may launch at any time!"
"Only by holding the base, the Duer Regiment will have time to regain its strength and grow stronger again!"
Kong Jie continued to ask: "How to build a defense line and how to stop them?"
"I used to fight mostly in mountainous areas, and rarely fought in the plains... First, please introduce to us the main fighting methods of the troops in the plains!"
Liu Sen pulled out another map and introduced: "In order to prevent the Japanese army from invading our base area, the troops mobilized the people in the base area to dig a large number of ditches on both sides of the road. The troops hid in the ditches to sneak attack the Japanese and attack the enemy... Not only can they hide, but they can also quickly
Transfer!"
"A large number of tunnels were dug in every village around the base area... When the Japanese invaded, we first evacuated the people in the village, and then relied on the tunnels in the village to fight tunnel battles with the Japanese and puppet troops, making the Japanese pay a huge price for occupying each village...
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"Coupled with frontal blocking, the enemy's mopping up troops often retreat dozens of miles deep into the base area before retreating due to the loss of troops and generals!"
"This defeat...we relied on the tunnels in each village to escape the pursuit of the Japanese and puppet troops..."
"Otherwise, the Duer Regiment will definitely be driven into the mountains by the little devils and abandon all bases outside the mountains. Then our losses will be huge!"
There is no suitable terrain for guerrilla warfare, so the troops create their own terrain...
After hearing this, Kong Jie showed an expression of admiration.
The Yi Zhong troops are so smart that they can even think of ways to dig ditches and tunnels...
At this moment, Huang Yu interjected again: "Captain, although these tactics proposed by the chief of staff are very good, they are not without loopholes!"
"The ditches on both sides of the road can indeed hide troops, but they are easily destroyed..."
"The little devils have planes in the sky, heavy artillery and tanks on the ground... If they gather a large number of troops and are determined to destroy us, the effect of the ditch will be very limited!"
"The tunnels in the village can only deal with small-scale Japanese troops..."
"If the Japanese and puppet troops are strong and detach a force to surround and refuse to attack, trapping our troops in the tunnel, while other troops continue to attack the hinterland of the base..."
"Our troops will be split into various villages and defeated by the Japanese and puppet troops one by one!"
"It's much more difficult to block here than in the mountains!"
"Without advantageous terrain, we can't even build the most commonly used bunker in northwest Shanxi. Even if we build a bunker out of thin air and build a bunker inside the mound... it will be a waste because the soil is too soft to withstand bomb attacks."
A lot of manpower and material resources!”
Liu Sen once again thinks highly of Huang Yu...
I didn't expect him to be so powerful. He had never fought in the plains. He could find so many loopholes based on his own introduction, so he nodded immediately.
"Commander, the problems mentioned by Deputy Chief of Staff Huang do indeed exist!"
"The troops also suffered a lot!"
"But our conditions here are limited, and we can't think of any other way to break the situation. We can only try to find ways to improve the old methods!"
Kong Jie nodded to Liu Sen to express his understanding, and then turned his attention to Huang Yu: "Xiao Huang, don't talk to us... If you have thought of a way to break the situation, feel free to say it and let's discuss it together!"
Huang Yu was not polite at all and said bluntly: "There is indeed an idea to get the best of both worlds..."
"But without a detailed report of the enemy's situation, we can't formulate a detailed combat plan. We only have a rough idea?"
"Stop talking nonsense and get down to business...I don't know about you yet..." Kong Jie scolded angrily.
"Take the initiative!" Huang Yu's face immediately returned to seriousness, and he answered with Huang Yu's eyes.
"In the eyes of the Japanese, our only regiment has lost many soldiers and generals, and its strength has been greatly reduced. This is the best time for them to catch them all in one fell swoop!"
"If we turn from defense to offense, take the initiative to enter enemy-occupied areas, seize several strongholds, disrupt their occupied areas, and make them think that the Duer Regiment has reinforcements, the Japanese will not dare to attack rashly no matter how arrogant they are!"
"The best way to restore morale is to win the war!"
"As long as we go to enemy-occupied areas and fight a few victorious battles, the low morale of the Du Er Regiment will naturally recover!"
Chief of Staff Liu Sen thought Huang Yu had some great ideas. After hearing this, he shook his head and replied helplessly: "Regiment Commander, Deputy Chief of Staff Huang, I have already thought about the way to take the initiative, but the Duer Regiment does not have it."
