Chapter 875 is both a trump card and a breakthrough point
At the Duer Regiment Headquarters, Huang Yu was discussing with Li Yunlong and Kong Jie the enemy situation report just forwarded by the headquarters.
Different from the solemn expression on Kong Jie's face, Huang Yu was as if he had eaten candied fruit. The more he looked at it, the happier he became...
Suddenly he slammed the table hard and said with excitement: "Captain...Captain Li..."
"We are determined to reinforce Taiyuan City this time in northwest Shanxi!"
"Yoshio Iwamatsu, an old Japanese soldier, is so arrogant that he left only one regiment to defend Taiyuan. He simply doesn't take our Eighth Route Army seriously."
"There are more than 3,000 little Japs in one regiment, and there are more than 3,000 puppet troops in one brigade of the Imperial Alliance Army. The total number is less than 7,000."
"Taiyuan City is so big, it is divided into an inner city and an outer city..."
"After this small number of troops is divided, there will not even be a thousand people in each direction of the outer city."
"We will calculate it as a thousand days of puppet troops..."
"Each city wall in Taiyuan is at least five kilometers long. On average, each Japanese and puppet army has to defend a five-meter-long city wall..."
"As long as we focus on a single point and launch an attack, it will be easy to open a hole in the Japanese and puppet defense lines and advance into the city."
"At that time, the Taiyuan city defenses that Iwamatsu Yoshio relies on will be destroyed like a dyke in an ant nest and completely collapse."
Kong Jie was not as optimistic as Huang Yu, and immediately expressed his thoughts: "The Taiyuan garrison is limited. After the troops are dispersed, we focus on a point and attack. We can indeed open a hole in a short time and enter the outer city...
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"But the first condition is that the Japanese and puppet troops defending from other directions will not reinforce the breach."
"This means that we must not only mass heavy troops to attack the breach, but also deploy a large number of troops to attack other Japanese and puppet troops and drag them to various city fortifications..."
"In addition, the raid on Taiyuan is not simply a matter of defeating it."
"Taiyuan is so big, the whole battle will definitely last for a long time."
"The surrounding Japanese and puppet troops will definitely not watch us attack Taiyuan."
"We still have to divide our forces to stop reinforcements."
"Through this calculation, we need to prepare at least 6,000 troops for a raid on Taiyuan, but can we mobilize so many troops?"
Although Li Yunlong was arrogant and courageous, he never fought an uncertain battle.
Then Kong Jie shook his head directly when he said: "It definitely can't be adjusted..."
"There are too many new recruits in the army, let alone 6,000... we can't even mobilize 4,000."
"Lao Kong, you missed an army just now..."
"Yoshio Iwamatsu not only left an infantry regiment to defend Taiyuan City, but also stationed a reinforcement brigade and a tank brigade at Taiyuan Airport."
"It is difficult for our troops to carry heavy weapons to raid Taiyuan, especially mountain artillery that can hit tanks and armored vehicles."
"If light-armored infantry encounters a small Japanese chariot brigade in the wild, it is tantamount to death..."
"The other side can kill us with just one attack, leaving us completely helpless."
Huang Yu suddenly interjected: "Captain Li... I think the chariot brigade of the Japs stationed at the airport must be the reason why Yoshio Iwamatsu dared to use a regiment to defend Taiyuan."
"He took it for granted that our Eighth Route Army was unable to carry heavy weapons and raid Taiyuan."
"No matter how many people are sent to attack Taiyuan, they will die in front of his chariot brigade."
"I think exactly the opposite of you."
"The chariot brigade can indeed be Yoshio Iwamatsu's trump card for severely damaging us, but with a good layout, this unit can also be our helper in conquering Taiyuan."
As he spoke, he turned his attention to Kong Jie and continued his analysis: "A raid on Taiyuan does require a lot of troops to be deployed to stop the reinforcements."
"But if we put some tanks and armored vehicles on the only way the Japanese and puppet troops must pass, and then arrange an artillery unit to cooperate with the infantry."
"Wait for the Japanese and puppet reinforcements to come over and launch a counterattack directly... Commander, do you think the Japanese and puppet troops still have the strength to reinforce Taiyuan?"
Kong Jie quickly imagined the battle scene proposed by Huang Yu in his mind, frowned and thought for a minute before answering: "If the resistance force really has tanks and armored vehicles to help..."
"As long as one company is deployed in each direction of Taiyuan City, we can withstand the attack of a large Japanese army."
"The reinforcements are rushing to Taiyuan. In order to speed up the march, they will definitely not carry too many heavy weapons."
"As Lao Li just said, in front of tanks and armored vehicles, a group of light infantry has no other way out but to be passively beaten."
At this point, Kong Jie suddenly changed the topic and continued: "But where did we get the tanks and armored vehicles..."
"Don't you think Xiao Huangmi wants to bring the special forces to Shanxi to raid Taiyuan?"
"No... the special forces group has just been established and has not yet formed a combat capability. We can't go to Taiyuan at all. It's too risky..."
"If we are not careful, our first armored unit of the Eighth Route Army will be strangled in the cradle. I don't agree..."
Li Yunlong suddenly said: "That's not right..."
"You are so clever, you will definitely not directly dispatch a special forces regiment to join the war in Shanxi..."
"You just said that the Japanese tank brigade would become our siege assistants..."
"You don't want to use them for me..."
Seeing Li Yunlong and Kong Jie staring at him with big eyes, Huang Yu could only speak out what he had just thought.
"Captain, I do have the idea of mobilizing a special forces group to participate in the war..."
"But only some tanks and armored vehicles were mobilized to participate in the battle, and the main force remained in the base area for training."
"But I will take away most of the armored soldiers I trained before."
"When we arrive in Taiyuan, we must first find a way to kill the tank brigade that Iwamatsu Yoshio relies on, and find a way to seize a dozen tanks and armored vehicles."
"In this way, we have an organic armored force."
"It can be used not only to attack Taiyuan, but also to block reinforcements...it can also demoralize the Japanese and puppet troops and scare that old Japanese soldier Yoshio Iwamatsu."
"One armored platoon plus one tank platoon is almost enough..."
"The quick reaction battalion, the assault company directly under the regiment headquarters, the artillery battalion... all participated in the battle."
"Captain, please help me gather another five hundred cavalry... half of them are veterans and half are new recruits... and we will march with the special forces regiment."
"Transfer the two heavy mortar companies from the heavy artillery battalion to me and follow the special regiment artillery battalion to raid Taiyuan in a car."
"These troops are advancing by road... traveling by day and night. As long as the roads are not affected, they can reach the outside of Taiyuan City in three or four nights."
"Assemble another four thousand light infantry armed only with mortars and heavy machine guns, with the same half veterans and half recruits..."
"Take small roads to reinforce Taiyuan, try to avoid all the Japanese and puppet army strongholds and checkpoints encountered along the way, travel day and night, and secretly rush to the outside of Taiyuan City in battalion units to wait for orders..."
"As soon as our two troops meet outside Taiyuan City, we will start to cause chaos in the Heavenly Palace. It will take two days to break through the outer city of Taiyuan, and another night to break through the inner city of Taiyuan, forcing the Japanese and puppet troops on the front line who are sweeping northwestern Shanxi to retreat."
