The 57th Regiment of the Jinsui Army arranged for Jiang Dao to discuss business, and the 311th Regiment of the National Army arranged for Ye Min to send a reconnaissance team to investigate and collect evidence.
Kong Jie also called Wang An, the enemy's Minister of Industry.
After showing Wang An the list given by Dai Yong, Kong Jie said:
"During this period, part of the focus will be on the 311th Regiment of the National Army and the 71st Regiment of the Shanxi-Sui Army, trying to find ways to infiltrate these two regiments and obtain evidence of collusion between these two regiments and the Japanese army.
Remember, our goal is not to expose what these two regiments are doing, nor to take the opportunity to eliminate these two regiments, but to find a way to stabilize these two national regiments.
Grasp their handle, and then use these two national army teams behind enemy lines."
Wang An gave a detailed report to Kong Jie some time ago to what extent the development of the Independent Regiment's Enemy Industry Department has reached now.
Since the Japanese Taiyuan City agency chiefs Takeda Eijiro and Kudo Tatoshi were eliminated one after another, the enemy's Ministry of Industry finally seized the opportunity and successfully infiltrated Taiyuan City, which had been unable to penetrate.
Nowadays, in all the major counties around the Independent Regiment’s headquarters, there are basically the Independent Regiment’s enemies of the Ministry of Industry.
Some of these comrades from the enemy's Ministry of Industry are lurking in the puppet army camp. On the one hand, they can obtain military intelligence at any time, and on the other hand, they secretly instigate rebellion against some puppet troops.
Some of them are in the county, using shops, restaurants and the like as cover. They obtain relevant information through some dealings with the Japanese and puppet troops, and keep track of the movements of the Japanese and puppet troops in the county at any time.
Kong Jie is quite satisfied with the development of the Ministry of Enemy Industry.
"Besides, as I told you last time, keep a close eye on the surrounding areas of our base, especially the enemy-occupied counties and counties, mainly Yangquan. Maybe the Japanese will launch a large-scale raid on our independent group during this period, and we must take precautions in advance.
, be prepared to respond."
"Yes, leader, please rest assured and promise to complete the task!"
After explaining to Wang An, Kong Jie thought about it and realized that a series of things were basically done.
Now, he is focusing on the last key point - how to deal with the likely retaliatory raids by the Japanese army against the independent regiment.
Kong Jie was convinced that the Japanese army would retaliate against the independent group.
Even if Ding Wei and Li Yunlong didn't remind them of this, Kong Jie was always preparing for it.
I often walk by the river, how can I not get my shoes wet?
Ever since the Independent Regiment moved to defend Niukou Village, it has been in tit-for-tat confrontation with the Japanese army. Kong Jie had long been preparing for the retaliatory raids the Japanese army would launch against the Niukou Village base area.
It would be strange if the little devil didn't come to take revenge after he had done so much to himself.
While thinking about how to deal with the Japanese army's revenge against the independent regiment, Kong Jie walked out of the house, went to the courtyard door and shouted outside: "Assemble the communications class, go to each battalion to inform the battalion commanders and instructors, and go to the regiment headquarters for a meeting immediately.
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"Yes!" The communications soldier who had been waiting outside the door responded, turned around and went to deliver the order.
Soon, the five battalion commanders and several instructors all arrived.
At the beginning of the military meeting, Kong Jie pointed out the theme directly: "Since our independent regiment moved to defend Niukou Village and developed the Niukou Village base area, the Japanese army has not launched a retaliatory attack in a real sense against our independent regiment.
But this will happen sooner or later. Those of you who are battalion commanders and instructors should have been mentally prepared for this matter, right?"
First Battalion Commander Wang Leihu said: "Commander, we have been stationed in the Niukou Village base area for a long time. The Japanese will get the news sooner or later. In addition, during this period, we have been struggling a lot.
Robbery trend, counterattack the Japanese army, destroy the stubborn 251st Regiment and surrender to the enemy.
The Japanese will attack our independent regiment base area, that’s for sure.
But we are not fooling around with the little Japs. Now our defense construction in Niukou Village is quite stable. We are just afraid that the Japs won’t come. If the Japs come, it will be a good time for the Japs to have a taste of their power.”
Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan thought more and said: "Lei Hu, you can't just come up and explode with a pack of trump cards, right?
What is the most difficult point in the construction of our Eighth Route Army base area?
That is the big sweeps that the Japanese will launch from time to time. Maybe the economic construction that we have spent several months, or even a year and a half on, will be destroyed by us with just one big sweep by the Japanese.
When the time comes, everything will have to start over, which is why the economic construction in our base areas cannot develop."
Wang Leihu asked: "Old Shen, what do you mean?"
Shen Quan said: "What I mean is that we cannot use the more solid defense construction in our base area right away. This is the trump card of our base area. If it is exposed in advance, the Japanese will definitely strengthen their mopping up forces. After all, the Japs have more soldiers and better equipment than us.
Generally speaking, we cannot defeat the little devils.
Therefore, we can hide the internal construction of our base area from the Japanese for one more day.
My suggestion is that once the little devils want to launch a large-scale raid on our independent regiment base area, the enemy's Ministry of Industry will definitely know the news in advance, and then we will place the battlefield on the periphery of our base area.
It is best to place them outside the surrounding villages and drag the Japanese troops to the deserted mountainous areas to fight. In this way, no matter whether we win or lose, we at least do not expose the specific conditions of the base area and avoid damage to the construction foundation of the base area."
Fifth Battalion Commander Du Aiguo said: "Old Shen, if you want to put it this way, wouldn't it be that the defense arrangements we have put up so hard in the base area and the surrounding villages are of no use?"
Chen Quan smiled and said: "Of course it comes in handy, but what's the point of killing a chicken with a butcher's knife? The defense construction of our base area is reserved for the Japanese to carry out larger-scale raids. If the Japanese only launch an attack against our independent regiment, As for letting us use all our cards?"
As expected of the second battalion commander, after making this analysis, the other battalion commanders and instructors nodded.
Everyone then looked at Kong Jie.
Kong Jie agreed: "Chen Quan is right about this."
Chen Quan smiled and glanced at Wang Leihu proudly.
"When it comes to the specific defense of our base areas, we must make different responses and adjustments based on the situation of the Japanese army."
"When the scale and intensity of the Japanese troops are different, the defensive measures we respond to are also different."
"For example, the number of troops dispatched by the Japanese army is not large. When there is no more than one regiment, as Shen Quan said, we don't need to put these Japanese soldiers in the village and put them in our base area to fight again. There is no need to attack them without any reason. It will completely consume the defense construction of our base area."
"Then how to fight? Find a way to place the battlefield in the mountainous area outside the village."
The Fourth Battalion Commander Lei Dasheng asked: "Captain, what if the little Japs are not fooled? If the Japs target our independent regiment, they will probably find out some information about our base area, and then they may not go directly to our base area." Coming over."
Kong Jie smiled and said: "So, this requires some coordination and application of tactics.
As long as the tactics are applied properly, we have the final say on how we fight the Japs, where we fight, and when we start the fight.
For example, if the Japanese troops are heading straight for our base area, we can definitely use the wolf-baiting tactic.
What does it mean? It means to lure the enemy deeper. This little devil thinks of himself as a wolf. What does he think of us? As sheep, then let’s follow the little devil’s wishes and act like sheep.
For example, we could arrange a small force to pretend to encounter a Japanese force unexpectedly. The two sides would fight, and our small force would be defeated directly. Then, we could lure the Japanese to pursue us, and lead the main force of the Japanese to where we want the war to begin. This is the wolf-baiting tactic. ."
"Of course, if the Japs commander is a shrewd guy, a small force may not be able to lure the Japs into taking the bait. Whether the Japs will pursue him or not depends on the size of the bait."
"So if a small group of troops fails to lure the Japanese, we can increase the intensity of the bait, for example, send a company of troops to lure, or even send a battalion of troops to lure, so we are not afraid that the Japanese will not take the bait."
Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan's mind was spinning very fast: "Hey, Commander, this is a good idea. I have another suggestion. We can even find comrades from the local army or militia army to pretend to be this bait and put it on when the time comes. The uniform of our regular army.
It just so happens that the Japanese are not very clear about the firepower configuration of our independent regiment. We just need to put a few more heavy machine guns in this team.
The little Japs must have thought that this was the main force. If they could run into our main force outside the village, the Japs would never let it go.
Fighting our Eighth Route Army, the little devils like this kind of encounter the most. As for entering the village, they are afraid of being ambushed by us!"
Kong Jie smiled and said: "You have a lot of clever ideas."
Wang Leihu asked: "Captain, you haven't finished speaking yet. What if the Japanese attack our base area in large numbers?"
Kong Jie asked: "How big is this massive attack?"
"For example, the Japanese troops have more than one regiment, or even a brigade pressing in." Wang Leihu said.
Kong Jie said with a smile: "Then it's time to reveal the defensive trump card we built in the base area, arrange the militia troops to quickly cover the masses, and retreat from the village according to the speed and method of usual evacuation drills.
What we have to do is simple, put the Japs into the village, and use a series of defense methods we have deployed to fight the Japs in curtain warfare, guerrilla warfare, mobile warfare, ambush warfare, and mine warfare.
It’s hard to tell when the time comes, because you still think the Japanese are not enough to kill!”
Kong Jie said this so easily that the cadres couldn't help laughing.
Kong Jie continued: "This situation is not too bad. We rely on the defense of villages and base areas to counterattack. Once the Japanese suffer hardship, they will have no choice but to withdraw."
"Going further, what if the Japanese army launches a larger-scale sweep, or even sweeps across our entire Taihang Mountain base area?"
Kong Jie did not discuss the next topic in depth.
He smiled and said: "It's too early to say this. I called you here this time to talk about how to deal with the Japanese army's attack on our independent regiment."
"Look at the sand table. In the morning, when Lao Ding and Lao Li and I discussed the possibility of the Japanese attack on our independent regiment, we finally determined the location. The offensive route launched by the Japanese was nothing more than two points, one was West Village and the other was
Zhangjiazhuang."
Chen Quan nodded and said: "Captain, these two routes are indeed the most likely. Our generation is under the jurisdiction of Yangquan. If the Japanese army wants to launch an attack on our independent regiment, they will most likely send more troops to Yangquan in advance. p>
When the time comes, the Japanese troops will most likely start from Yangquan. These two routes are closer and more suitable.
As for the mountainous area between Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, it is unlikely that the little devil will choose this road."
Kong Jie said: "That's the truth, so there are four possibilities. First, the Japanese army concentrated their troops and took the Zhangjiazhuang road; second, the Japanese army concentrated their troops and took the Xicun road; third, the Japanese army divided their forces evenly and took the Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang roads at the same time;
Fourth, the Japanese still divided Zhangjiazhuang and Xicun into two groups, one for the main attack and the other for the feint attack."
"As for us, I don't think the scale of the Japs this time will be too big, so our goal is to prevent the Japs from entering the village and put the Japs in the mountainous areas outside the village to fight."
"Then the long slope section of West Village and the short cliff section of Zhangjiazhuang are the best places for us to use the terrain to launch an ambush against the Japanese army."
"If we can lure the Japanese troops to fight in these two places, we will basically win half the battle."
"This is called the right time and place. We all have it all. As for the equipment, the Japs don't know much about the specific firepower configuration of our independent group. When the time comes, we will show our trump cards and the Japs will know how powerful we are."
The battalion commander and instructors nodded repeatedly.
"Captain, I hear you say this. The enemy's attack on our independent regiment hasn't even started yet! We have already won."
Hahahaha——
Kong Jie said: "Don't be careless. In fact, there are two points that we have not considered. This one is the air support of the Japanese army. Once the Japanese troops encounter our siege, the Japanese troops will most likely use fighter jets to support them.
The other issue is the Japanese reinforcements. Once the Japanese offensive troops are frustrated, the Japanese in the surrounding enemy-occupied counties will not just watch."
Chen Quan smiled and said: "Captain, there is only one problem left, the Japs' air support problem.
As for reinforcements, you forgot, we also have reinforcements!
After more than two months of hard work, our independent regiment, Commander Li's New Second Regiment, and Commander Ding's New Regiment have now established secret troop transport channels.
This passage can be regarded as being cut out by us with bayonets. The road is lined with sleepers. During the attack, the sleepers removed from the Japanese railway tracks were put to use.
Using these sleepers laid in mountainous areas can ensure that you don't lose your way in the mountains, take shortcuts, and use bicycles and unicycles for transportation, and it is no problem to carry heavy weapons.
According to preliminary estimates, it will take less than two hours for Commander Li's reinforcements to arrive at our independent regiment. Commander Ding's new regiment is a little further away, and it will not take more than three hours to arrive at our independent regiment.
As for the Japanese army, it would take at least three hours for reinforcements from Yangquan, which is closest to Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, to arrive, unless they use trucks to transport all the troops directly.
There is a certain time gap in between, and we can definitely take advantage of it."
Kong Jie said with a dark face: "You kid, it's better to ask for others than to ask for yourself. Besides, do you think that when Lao Li and Lao Ding come to help us, it's free?
When the battle is over, these two old boys will definitely get a share of the equipment and supplies we have captured!"
The cadres were speechless for a moment.
Okay, the leader still wants to eat alone!
Then they discussed some details on how to deal with the Japanese attack. Kong Jie changed the subject and mentioned the Battle of Southern Shanxi.
"I have also discussed this with Lao Li and Lao Ding. Each of our regiments will send out a company of troops and prepare to station near Zhongtiao Mountain in advance and wait for the opportunity to send troops."
"The requirements for the troops of this company are to have elite troops and strong generals, and to be particularly good at mountain warfare, guerrilla warfare, mobile warfare, and ambush warfare."
"Also, to tempt you, our Taihang Mountain base area is now operating at a steady pace, and there are not many opportunities to eat meat. In addition, the Japanese have implemented a cage policy around our Taihang Mountain base area, and the blockade of our base area is quite serious. This is all
To a great extent, it has inhibited the development of our base areas and the growth of our troops."
"But the Zhongtiao Mountain area is different. That place is not the territory of the Japanese yet. If the worst happens and the national army is defeated, the control of the Zhongtiao Mountain area will not be that strong."
"This is a good opportunity to fight guerrilla warfare. Zhongtiao Mountain is not small. By then, the Japanese troops will be scattered in various directions after fighting the national army. In addition, the troops will be exhausted. There will be opportunities to eat meat everywhere."
"In addition, once the national army is defeated, there will definitely be a lot of troops left on Zhongtiao Mountain. If we don't absorb these troops, sooner or later the Japanese will absorb them and become traitors."
"Most of the officers in the national army are lining their own pockets and are greedy for life and fear death, but most of the soldiers are like us, coming from poor backgrounds, and their quality is not too bad."
"These are all good sources of soldiers, which are much better than the new recruits we just absorbed."
"It's hard to say if we send out a company, it won't take more than a year and a half, or even a regiment."
"So what I mean is, let me ask you if there is a suitable candidate for company commander. We have to prepare for this matter early and select the team in advance. We don't know when we can set off."
After Kong Jie finished speaking, the five battalion commanders were all ready to make a move.
The temptation in this is too great. If you send out a company, you can even get a regiment back. Who doesn't like this good thing?
When the team is brought back, one of his battalions may become a regiment...