The Japanese army is preparing to launch a large-scale raid on the Taihang area on the 12th. The time seems to be tight, with less than two days left.
However, the Japanese army has been planning for this for a long time and has already made preparations in all aspects.
As for the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese believed that the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army was attacked by the Ishii Regiment just a few days ago.
The Eighth Route Army's attention should have been drawn to the Niukou Village area.
At this time, when a large-scale raid was suddenly launched, the Eighth Route Army would definitely be caught off guard, and the effect would be the best.
It's just that the little devil is too arrogant and looks down on the judgment and wisdom of the Eighth Route Army commanders.
In fact, on the day when the Ishii Regiment was defeated by the Independent Regiment, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and the 386th Brigade Headquarters obtained information about the secret mobilization of Japanese troops in major surrounding counties through Ishii Regiment's attack and intelligence.
The commanders at the headquarters and brigade headquarters have already concluded that the Japanese army may launch a large-scale raid on the Taihang area.
This is the Eighth Route Army's usual method of dealing with Japanese raids when behind enemy lines.
After all, the anti-war environment behind enemy lines is difficult and the enemy situation is complicated. Unlike the national army, at least there is a large rear area.
The Eighth Route Army was located in an extremely unstable enemy rear area that could be raided by the Japanese army at any time. How could it not be familiar with the process and signs of a large-scale raid by the Japanese army?
Niukou Village.
Independent regiment, regiment headquarters.
Wang An, the Minister of Enemy Industry, arrived with an anxious look on his face. After entering the room, he made a report to Kong Jie and reported: "Captain, you really expected this attack by the Ishii Regiment."
After it’s over, it’s not over yet, the little devil seems to be making big moves later.”
Kong Jie said: "It's not hard to think about this. The little devils have always wanted to capture southern Shanxi, and before they can capture southern Shanxi, they must deal with our Eighth Route Army first.
On the other hand, the Ishii regiment suffered a big loss at the hands of our independent regiment. The longer time passes, the more severe the impact on the Japanese military morale will be.
If I were a little devil, I would take advantage of the new defeat of the Shijing Regiment, and the mourning troops would surely win, and directly launch a large-scale raid to suppress the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang area."
"Captain, if you put it this way, the scale and intensity of the Japanese raids this time must be unprecedented. It is far from what the Ishii unit could compare to a few days ago. How are we going to deal with it?" Wang An asked worriedly. Seeing that Wang An was worried, Kong Jie patted Wang An on the shoulder, smiled and comforted him: "Don't think so much, the soldiers will stop you, the water will cover you, and the water will cover you. Besides, if the sky collapses, there will still be tall people holding it up! You kid is fooling around."
What heart?"
Wang An suddenly realized, slapped his forehead, and said happily: "Yes, even if the sky falls, the commander will still be there to hold it up! Commander, you are right, I don't think about anything anymore, you just give the order." p>
Kong Jie said with a smile: "You kid has changed your mind really quickly. Okay, you can sit at the regiment headquarters for a while. After the battalion commander and instructors have arrived, we will discuss in detail how to deal with this large-scale raid by the Japanese army."
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"Yes!"
"Monk, notify the general training class and gather all battalion commanders and instructors immediately to the regiment headquarters for a meeting."
"Hey!"
The monk outside the house responded and turned around to carry out the order. Not long after, the battalion commanders and instructors gathered at the regiment headquarters and entered the house.
The meeting place is in the main room. Now the Independent Regiment has a big business. There are five battalion commanders, plus the instructor, Wang An, Monk, and Kong Jie. There are more than a dozen people in this group. The room is too small.
It’s really overwhelming.
The meeting started directly. The cadres moved long benches and three people sat on one bench, sitting in two rows.
The current layout of the regiment headquarters, in accordance with the request of regiment leader Kong Jie, is to clear a wall on the inside of the main room and hang a large map covering Yangquan and the surrounding counties.
Not far from the map is the transferred beach.
In this way, the floor plan and the actual scene are combined to make the analysis more accurate.
In Kong Jie's words: "This kind of arrangement is lavish enough. Just like Lao Li, he put a small map on the small square table and picked it up. Several people gathered in a circle and lowered their heads to look at it.
, that’s too shameless.”
He also had a baton in his hand. Of course, it was just a wooden stick whittled by the monk from outside willow wood and polished smooth, so it became the baton in Kong Jie's hand.
Captain Kong took a wooden stick and stood there, pointing the other end of the stick towards a certain location on the map.
The room feels a bit like a general staff.
Kong Jie was actually thinking that after finding enough talents, it would be time to establish a regiment-level staff department in the independent regiment.
"Everyone knows the news. The Shijing unit was defeated by us, but next, the little devils are preparing to play a big battle. It seems that they want to launch a large-scale raid on our entire Taihang region.
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The first battalion commander Wang Leihu spoke, his face was not worried like Wang An, but he was excited, "Haha, commander, I'm waiting for the little devil. I haven't had enough of the last battle in Zhangjiazhuang.
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As usual, the commander of the first battalion overwhelms everything with his domineering attitude. As long as he hears that there is a war, he will not be unhappy.
The second battalion commander Shen Quan likes to quarrel with the first battalion commander. As long as the first battalion commander speaks first, Shen Quan will always speak second, and what he says is the opposite point of view to the first battalion commander.
"Leihu, don't imitate Master Guan again and lose Jingzhou carelessly.
The little Japs are not fooling around. Just say that during the attack on Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang a few days ago, the Japs unit secretly cooperated with the Yamamoto special agent team to prepare for a sneak attack on our headquarters.
This is our independent regiment. If the Ishii regiment and the Yamamoto special agent team join forces to deal with other units of our Eighth Route Army, what will be the consequences?"
As soon as this question was raised, the cadres fell into deep thought.
Indeed, if the Ishii Regiment and the Yamamoto Special Forces were to deal with other troops this time, the consequences would be simply disastrous.
"The scale of the enemy's attack on our base this time is much larger than that of the Ishii Regiment. This is completely beyond the scope of what our independent regiment can deal with."
"Even if our independent regiment has strong soldiers, well-equipped equipment, and good fighting qualities, it can block the Japanese attack on our base area from the front, but if other troops cannot stop it, the Japanese can still directly surround our independent regiment base area from other directions."
"So, Commander, I think that in response to this large-scale raid by the Japanese, our tactics must be adjusted accordingly."
Chen Quan expressed his thoughts.
Kong Jie nodded and said: "Chen Quan is right, we agree on this point."
"Our Eighth Route Army troops have always adjusted their tactics in a timely manner according to the scale of the Japanese raids."
"If the scale of the Japs is not large, we will carry out counter-mopping up and defend the base areas. If the scale of the Japs is too large, we can tactically abandon the base areas and rely on depth to fight guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare with the Japs until we overwhelm the Japs' large-scale sweeps." ."
"Having said this, I also want to ask you commanders what you think of this massive Japanese raid."
"It doesn't matter whether it's good or bad, just say whatever comes to mind."
Everyone looked thoughtful.
After a while, Li Wenjie said: "Captain, let me tell you my personal opinion. This time we fought against the Ishii Regiment and severely damaged the Ishii Regiment. The Japanese must be hostile to our independent regiment."
Chen Quan smiled and said: "When will the Japanese not hate our independent regiment? What did the Ishii regiment do this time? They just wanted to avenge the little Japanese."
Li Wenjie said: "This is the reason, so if the Japanese army launches a large-scale sweep, we don't know about other troops, but the Japanese will definitely put a considerable part of their focus on our independent regiment. If they don't destroy our independent regiment, the Japanese will not Give up easily."
"In addition, although we achieved a great victory against the Ishii United this time, our strength was basically exposed."
"The little devils have always been very efficient in the military. They will formulate corresponding attack plans based on our exposed strength. When the time comes, the Japanese troops attacking our independent regiment will definitely be stronger than the Ishii regiment."
"So I think that in the face of the Japanese army's heavy troops, we will put all our troops in the defense of the villages around the base area and defend under the Japanese attack. This will not be the best choice. Casualties are unavoidable and the gain is not worth the loss."
Fourth Battalion Commander Lei Dasheng said: "But we can't just leave it to the little devils, right? We have spent so much time building defensive structures in each village, as well as a large amount of wasteland reclaimed around the villages, and crops such as potatoes have been planted.
If we leave it to the little devils, even if they retreat, they will destroy all the land we have worked so hard to cultivate before retreating."
Li Wenjie said: "It's not that we don't want to defend, but we can't all defend here."
"If you don't make up your mind to defend, how can you hold it?" Lei Dasheng asked.
Li Wenjie said: "But we can't put all our eggs in one basket. I suggest leaving some troops to carry out guerrilla warfare in the villages, conduct defense, retreat the main force, and at the same time cover the transfer of the villagers."
"The Japs are ruthless this time. They will probably attack our independent regiment with heavy troops. We will have many sharp weapons such as planes and tanks. Our village's defense construction is stable, but it is still difficult to block the Japs' planes."
Cannon."
"In addition, I estimate that after the Japanese raids began, most of the orders from the headquarters were transferred to avoid being exposed for the time being."
"This..." Lei Dasheng didn't know what to say.
Shen Quan couldn't help but ask: "Can't everyone think carefully, is there any way to protect our base area? It is not easy for our base area to be in the current situation. Such good construction cannot be destroyed just because of a large-scale raid by the Japanese."
All destroyed."
The cadres thought for a long time, but each one was at a loss. Finally, they focused their attention on Kong Jie.
"Leader——"
While the cadres were busy discussing, Kong Jie had been thinking about countermeasures. At this moment, he already had a plan in mind, so he was naturally not anxious. He said with confidence:
"I almost understand everyone's thoughts. Let me start with the first point. No matter how we deal with the Japanese army's sweep this time, we must transfer some troops and cover the early evacuation of the villagers to safe areas in the mountains.
A step forward."
"Lao Du, Wenjie, on this point, your fifth battalion will arrange some manpower to be responsible. The militiamen of each village, as well as the comrades of our newly established district team, will cooperate with your actions. They must wait until the Japanese mopping up troops reach the final destination.
In front of the surrounding West Village and Zhangjiazhuang, all the people around our base area will be moved to a safe area."
"Yes!"
Fifth Battalion Commander Du Aiguo and instructor Li Wenjie responded in unison.
"Captain, what about us?" Wang Leihu, commander of the first battalion, asked.
Chen Quan smiled and said: "Lei Hu, let me tell you, why are you so anxious? If the leader leaves us, then there must be a war."
When Wang Leihu heard that there was a war, he immediately beamed and didn't bother to argue with Shen Quan, "We rely on the village's defense to launch a counterattack. Even if the Japanese have five times more troops than us, they may not be unable to defend it."
Kong Jie shook his head and shouted directly: "Fourth Battalion Commander."
"Here!" Lei shouted and stood up.
Kong Jie said: "This time, your fourth battalion will be the main force, plus most of the fifth battalion, responsible for the defense of West Village, Zhangjiazhuang, and Niukou Village."
"The specific defense is generally arranged in echelons, blocking in sections, and using the defense construction in the area from Xicun, Zhangjiazhuang, to Niukou Village to continuously block the Japanese army and consume the effective strength of the Japanese army."
"Landmine warfare, curtain-breaking warfare, guerrilla warfare, mobile warfare, whatever tactics are effective are used to make it difficult for the Japanese to move forward after entering the village, and every step of the way is hell."
"We need to teach the little devils a lesson so that they can remember that our Chinese village is not something they can enter just because they want to."
"Yes, commander, please rest assured, the fourth battalion will guarantee to complete the mission!" Lei Dasheng responded, his eyes were shining, this is a tough battle.
"After the battle begins, you are responsible for the specific command. Remember it and apply it flexibly. When it comes to the point where nothing can be done, the base area is dead but the people are alive. The villagers have evacuated, so we don't have to fight desperately for the base area.
, we can abandon the village and evacuate from the mountainous area behind, our secret transportation channel leading to the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment."
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"Yes!" Lei Dasheng responded.
On the other side, the first battalion commander, the second battalion commander, and the third battalion commander were a little confused.
How come the fourth and fifth battalions have issued orders, but there has been no movement from the three veteran battalions?
Seeing the confusion on the faces of the three veteran battalion commanders, Kong Jie said with a smile: "You three don't have to worry. Let me ask you, do you like to defend or attack?"
Wang Leihu said without hesitation: "Captain, that must be an attack. Who wants to passively defend? That would be too unpleasant."
Although Shen Quan and Wang Huaibao did not speak, their meanings were the same.
Kong Jie said: "That's right, I will leave you three battalions - the main force of our independent regiment, for attack."
All the cadres in the conference room were dumbfounded when he said this. Shen Quan reminded: "Commander, the little Japs in front of us are about to launch a big sweep. It is the Japs who are attacking!"
Kong Jie said: "I know that after the big sweep started, the Japanese were on the offensive side, but they attacked theirs and we attacked ours. There is no conflict."
After hearing this, Shen Quan was the first to come to his senses and said with surprise on his face: "Captain, what do you mean, do you have a way to deal with this big sweep?"
Kong Jie said with a smile: "The method is very simple. The Japs attack our base area with heavy troops and bring the main force to our base area. Then we will also detour the main force back to the Japs' rear areas and hit the Japs' rear areas while they are away."
Be prepared, and the rear area to fight the Japanese will be empty of troops. You can interpret this as a flimsy tactic.
Judging from our ancient military tactics, it is a bit like surrounding Wei and rescuing Zhao. The Japanese sent heavy troops to sweep our base. They thought they were sweeping forward every inch of land, and there would definitely be no problems in the rear area.
Due to the redeployment of troops, the rear area is in a state of empty troops.
In this case, if the Japanese army's rear area is attacked by surprise, the main force of the Japanese army that is mopping up the base area will definitely have to come back with reinforcements. If there are more troops to come back, then we will accept the Japs that they stay in our base area to mop up.
There are too few reinforcements, so if we attack the troops in the county town, they will be eaten by them halfway.
In this case, I want to see how rampant his little devil can be."...