After arranging the intelligence reconnaissance of the Japanese attacking troops, Kong Jie then thought about the next step.
In fact, during this period, there were signs everywhere that the Japanese army was preparing to attack the independent regiment.
In addition to what Kong Jie said before.
Another point is that in the past two months, the Japanese army has built many strongholds on the main highway from Yangquan to Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang. They have cooperated with the artillery towers to defend and advance step by step.
What do you want to do? Isn’t it just that you want to strictly control the safety of the area that relies on the highway?
This is the consistent style of the Japanese’s cage policy.
Otherwise, the Shijing Regiment wants to march into Niukou Village from Xi Village and Zhangjiazhuang at the same time. Along the way, from Yangquan to Xi Village and Zhangjiazhuang, there will be a more than ten kilometers deep front. Even if Kong Jie arranges some blocking teams along the way, even if it is just
Some local military units and even militia units are enough for a little devil to drink from.
According to the torture of depth and layer upon layer of blockade, the little devil can feel it deeply.
"Before the war officially begins to deal with the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army in Niukou Village, the imperial troops stationed in Yangquan need to ensure the security of the highway from Yangquan to Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang."
"Otherwise, if the Eighth Route Army receives the intelligence, I'm afraid our regiment will be blocked by them the moment it leaves Yangquan."
"The Eighth Route Army is particularly good at fighting guerrilla warfare and ambush warfare. Once the front is too long, the harassment along the way will be enough to make people extremely annoying."
These are the exact words of Ishii Haraichi. As for Yangquan, the Japanese army captain Nakahara Joio cooperated with Ishii Haraichi to deploy a large number of newly built strongholds on the highway and stationed troops to ensure the safety of the highway and the advancing troops.
Don’t be harassed along the way.
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"So, Commander, this little devil wants to attack our independent regiment. It seems that he has been planning for a long time! You see, there is a long route from Yangquan to Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, and strongholds have been built along the roads."<
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"In this way, most of the deep front we have to deal with the Japanese has been cut off."
"In the end, only about one-third of the front line used to deal with the Japanese was left, which is about five kilometers in depth."
"Because it is a mountain road with many slopes and mountains on both sides, the safety of the base cannot be guaranteed, otherwise the Japanese stronghold will even extend here."
Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan analyzed on the sand table.
Kong Jie nodded and continued to wander around the sand table.
"We are indeed a little passive on this point, which is why I say that the best locations for this wolf luring tactic are the long slope of the West Village and the low cliff of Zhangjiazhuang."
"These two places are located in the middle line area from Yangquan to Xicun to the second half of Zhangjia."
"In addition, the terrain of these two places is unique. There are hills and forests on both sides of the mountain road, which is convenient for ambush. Once you pass these two places, you will not find such a good ambush location again."
Li Wenjie said: "It's just that, commander, these long slopes and short cliffs are not on the direct route from Yangquan to Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang. If the Japanese army is not successfully lured by us and continues to go straight to the target points of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, we are afraid that
It’s time to be passive.”
Kong Jie said: "There is no inevitability in war, and all tactics are inseparable from risks. This is indeed a hidden danger.
I have considered this point and laid minefields every 100 meters in the back sections of Changpo and Aiya, leading to Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, to block the advance of the main Japanese troops.
If the Japanese army is really not successfully lured by our wolf-baiting team, relying on these mines to slow down the enemy can also buy us time to ambush the main force and attack again."
"However, if the situation really comes to this point, we will have no choice but to reveal the trump card of village defense."
"Make preparations on two fronts. Once the Japanese troops are triggered, on the one hand, prepare for wolf-baiting tactics and place the battlefield on long slopes and low cliffs. On the other hand, we must evacuate all the villagers in West Village and Zhangjiazhuang in time, and set up deployments in West Village and Zhangjiazhuang in advance.
Defense."
"We don't want to use this trump card, but when we have no choice, we have no choice but to use it."
"If the Japanese army is not fooled, we will use the next small section of the front to block the Japanese army layer by layer, and then place the battlefields of the final decisive battle in Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, let the Japanese in for a curtain fight, and use the ambush we set up in advance.
Hit the little devil hard in the village."
Chen Quan said: "Commander, if you say so, we still have to determine the key point this time. In which direction the Japanese have focused their attack."
Kong Jie nodded and said: "This is inevitable. If the Japanese army dispatches a regiment of troops, the strength comparison between our two sides will be almost 1:1. In this case, if the center of gravity shifts and the weak versus the strong,
If the order is messed up, this battle will indeed be difficult to fight."
Wang Andao: "Captain, don't worry, our enemy's Ministry of Industry will definitely pass back the final and accurate information just before the Japanese army is about to launch troops."
Kong Jie said: "As I said before, there is little certainty in military matters. Even if we can accurately judge whether the Japanese army's key attack will be on West Village or Zhangjiazhuang through the enemy's Ministry of Industry, we still need to be fully prepared.
If we make the wrong judgment, what kind of response plan should we adopt next?
This is something we need to consider in advance."
"And this response plan is also very simple. It is the trump card of using our village defense. If we misjudge the direction of the Japanese army's key attack."
"Our weaker troops delayed the Japanese army all the way, and finally put the Japanese army into the village and started a curtain fight."
"As for us, who have stronger forces, we can use the strong to defeat the weak and quickly defeat the Japanese army's feint attack force."
"Then return to support the Japanese army's main attack point."
The cadres nodded after hearing this. The regiment leader basically considered all the situations after the battle broke out.
Kong Jie continued: "In order to deal with our independent group, the Japanese army started collecting intelligence a month or two ago."
"Although we deliberately concealed it, there are still many basic situations that cannot escape the detection of the Japanese army. If these situations cannot be detected, the little Japanese will not march rashly."
"So the approximate strength of our independent regiment, as well as the specific areas where the troops are stationed, and the deployment of some basic troops on the periphery, are no secrets to the Japanese."
"As for the errors in the intelligence probed by the Japanese army, one is the firepower configuration of our independent regiment. The Japanese will deduce that the firepower of our independent regiment is not weak, but they will never think that our firepower configuration will not take into account the superiority of artillery.
down, even enough to crush other Japanese troops."
"The other is that with the help of village defenses, we have already arranged semi-underground concrete structures to conceal machine gun fortifications, various mine defenses, street fighting modes that combine tunnels with house construction, etc."
"The last one is our militia force. We exposed only one-tenth of the militia force to the Japanese army.
Generally speaking, the Japanese will not take the militia troops seriously.
How could they know that in Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, we are all soldiers.
The formal militia, Niukou Village, Xicun, and Zhangjiazhuang villages together have nearly a battalion of troops. These militia comrades have been training for almost two months."
"If they rely on the village's defensive operations to fight behind the scenes, their combat effectiveness will not be much worse than that of the veterans."
"Then the little devil will know how powerful our militia is."
Chen Quan smiled and said: "Captain, have you forgotten? We still have a big advantage! Commander Li's new second regiment, and Commander Ding's new regiment, once the battle starts, it won't take long.
We can support you."
Kong Jie said with a dark face: "What do you know? These two old comrades came here to fight for meat with us, so I thought, wouldn't it be a good thing if we could round up the attacking Japanese on our own?" The cadres were speechless for a moment. What they admired from the bottom of their hearts was their leader's calmness and absolute confidence.
A regiment dares to threaten to punish a regiment of Japanese invaders. If this were said to anyone, not many people would dare to believe it.
"I remember that in the early spring of last year, our Eighth Route Army regiments were poorly equipped. At that time, a Bantian regiment came to press us, forcing our main force to move around!"
"Later, we relied on the only mortar in the regiment and took the risk to launch a frontal breakthrough, and luckily destroyed the Sakata Regiment Headquarters."
"But even so, our equipment is too poor and ammunition is too scarce. The three regiments are no match for the Japanese in a head-to-head confrontation. Later, we relied on the artillery suppression provided by Chu Yunfei's artillery battalion to defeat the Sakata Alliance together. Team."
Chen Quan sighed.
As for now, it seems to be a question whether a Japanese regiment can break through the independent regiment's defense.
Today's independent regiment, in addition to not having as sophisticated an artillery battalion as Chu Yunfei's, has even better firepower configuration in other aspects.
As for the strength of the troops, in Kong Jie's opinion, the 3,000 elite soldiers of the independent regiment are enough to equal Chu Yunfei's 5,000 troops.
This is also the reason why Kong Jie showed so much confidence and confidence in this military meeting.
As the barrel of the gun became stronger, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers also developed, and Commander Kong's waist naturally became stronger.