Zhao Gang’s doubts are also Xu Lianzhong’s worries.
After asking, Zhao Gang and Xu Lianzhong focused their eyes on Kong Jie.
Kong Jie smiled and said: "Old Zhao, Old Xu, don't worry, I have considered this in advance."
"In battles in mountainous areas, the side that takes the initiative to attack often suffers more damage, while the side that prepares defense in advance suffers less damage. This is an advantage in the use of terrain and features."
"For example, with the current battle situation around our independent regiment, it is impossible for the Japanese to fight from West Village and Zhangjiazhuang to Niukou Village."
"But similarly, with the remaining strength of our independent regiment, it will be very difficult to defeat the surrounding 4th Mixed Brigade and Ishii Regiment in one go."
"But if you choose key points in advance and fight the blocking battle, it will be much simpler."
"Whether it is in Xicun or Zhangjiazhuang, the nodes on the route where the Japanese army can evacuate and march are limited. I only need to send people to hold all these nodes, and then send troops to conduct a feint attack, pretending to gradually shrink the encirclement, in an attempt to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army. The devils
You will definitely be fooled."
"In addition, local troops and even militia comrades will help in the siege of the Japanese Fourth Mixed Brigade and Ishii Regiment. In this way, in the eyes of the Japanese army, our independent regiment will suddenly have a lot more troops."
"At that time, I will use part of the main combat force to cooperate with local troops and militia comrades to besiege the Japanese troops in West Village and Zhangjiazhuang."
"Buy enough time for both of us to fight for reinforcements."
After Kong Jie explained this, Zhao Gang and Xu Lianzhong dispelled their doubts and nodded.
Then, Kong Jie, Zhao Gang, and Xu Lianzhong discussed the specific operational deployment and arrangements for this joint operation and encirclement and reinforcements for nearly an hour.
Considering that the station still needed someone to take charge and command, Zhao Gang and Xu Lienzhong returned to their respective stations through the secret transportation channel at night. Kong Jie sent comrades from the security company to escort them all the way.
After Zhao Gang and Xu Lienzhong left, Kong Jie held a military meeting overnight. The fourth and fifth battalions, as well as the directly affiliated units, battalions, and company-level cadres of the regiment all arrived.
At the beginning of the meeting, Kong Jie got straight to the point:
"This time our independent regiment cooperated with the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment to implement encirclement and reinforcement tactics against the Japanese army. Our independent regiment is mainly responsible for two tasks. The first point is to besiege the Japanese Fourth Mixed Brigade in Xicun.
As well as the Ishii Regiment in Zhangjiazhuang; the second point is to separate part of the main force to cooperate with the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment to encircle and destroy the Japanese reinforcements."
"Considering that we do not have enough troops left in the base area this time, local troops and militia comrades will assist us in the battle this time."
"The general combat arrangement is as follows. This time we gather the remaining troops in the base area. On the premise of ensuring the internal stability of the base area, we can probably mobilize more than 1,500 troops, of which more than 300 people will cooperate with local comrades and militia comrades.
, the Shijing regiment besieging Zhangjiazhuang."
"More than 300 other people, with the cooperation of local comrades and militia comrades, besieged the Japanese Fourth Mixed Brigade in West Village."
"The nearly a thousand troops freed up will be divided into two parts, and they will combine with the New Second Regiment and the New Second Regiment to ambush the reinforcements supporting Xiangxi Village and Zhangjiazhuang."
Having said this, Kong Jie asked: "How are the coordination among the fourth battalion commander, the county brigade, the district team, and the village and soldier comrades?"
Lei Dasheng smiled and said: "The regiment leader, local comrades, and militia comrades have all made it clear that they will execute the regiment's orders at any time."
"Comrades have all said that since the Battle of Shota, as long as you fight with our independent regiment, you will definitely have meat to eat."
"Not to mention far away, among the county brigades, the county brigades of our independent regiment are the most luxurious. Their weapons and equipment are almost as good as those of some main regiments."
"Comrades are all waiting for this battle to eat meat with our independent regiment!"
Kong Jie smiled and nodded, and continued: "People in all our villages and towns have evacuated, so local comrades and militia comrades can free up their hands. In total, we have a lot of troops."
"On the Zhangjiazhuang road alone, we have more than 300 troops, including county brigade, district squad, and village soldiers. There are almost 500 people. This is more than 800 troops. We have set up fortifications at key points to block the attack.
The Japanese army and the Ishii regiment besieging Zhangjiazhuang may not be impossible as long as they have proper tactics."
"In addition, after the battle begins, these 500 local comrades and militia comrades are disguised as our main force, so that the Japanese think that we are using the main force to besiege their Ishii regiment."
Du Aiguo said: "Commander, this is easy. We have captured some puppet soldiers. The puppet soldiers said that since the rise of our independent regiment, the main combat force of our independent regiment has many different characteristics from other Eighth Route Army troops. The devils
It is by relying on these characteristics to judge whether it is a team of our independent group."
"Oh, how do you say this?" Kong Jie became curious.
Du Aiguo said: "The little devil said that in addition to the extremely powerful firepower configuration, the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment also has several obvious characteristics. One is the uniformity of the military uniforms, and the other most important judgment point is their
Unlike regular Eighth Route Army troops, soldiers wear cloth shoes or even straw sandals.
What were they wearing? They were wearing military boots made of cowhide. A large number of Showa military boots were captured and slightly modified to become military boots for the soldiers of the Independence Regiment.
This is the biggest characteristic that the Japanese use to identify our independent team."
Kong Jie laughed, it turns out that’s what happened.
Commander Kong felt the hardships and hardships of the troops during the Red Army. While the independent regiment was developing weapons and equipment and carrying out economic construction in the base area, he often communicated with Dong San of the Logistics Department and always paid attention to the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the soldiers.
Using Kong Jie’s standards:
To wear, at least wear warm clothes, and then pursue comfortable clothes. Soldiers must have cotton-padded clothes in winter and thin shirts in summer, which can at least be changed.
Eat, not just eat every meal to keep you full, but at least make sure that the nutrients the soldiers get from the food can supply the consumption of combat and training.
The living environment must be suitable, not too humid or too dry, and should be ventilated frequently to avoid soldiers gathering together, which may cause more diseases.
In addition to the bicycles, motorcycles, unicycles and war horses provided by the army's logistics, Kong Jie attributed the "travel" aspect more to the shoes worn by the soldiers.
During the difficult period of the army, the soldiers had to find a way to replace the straw sandals they often wore.
These straw sandals were not wear-resistant or strong, and were often damaged during the march. The soldiers even had to find new grass on the spot to make straw sandals while marching.
Straw sandals made of straw and hemp can hardly be called comfortable. The barbs of the sandals themselves can often inadvertently scratch the soles of the feet and even lead to repeated infections during the march.
Coupled with poor warmth retention, many soldiers suffered frostbite from wearing straw sandals barefoot.
What's more serious is that long-term marching in straw sandals with heavy loads can easily lead to flat feet, causing soldiers to lose their ability to march long distances.
Therefore, after the independent regiment became rich in logistics, Kong Jie immediately told Dong San that he must first completely solve the problem of soldiers wearing shoes.
This infantry relies on a pair of feet to fight. If the shoes are comfortable and fit, the combat effectiveness can even be increased by half. This is a crucial factor.
Kong Jie’s requirement is that each person must have at least a pair of cloth shoes, not to mention a pair of military boots.
This condition was quickly achieved. Later, the Independent Group had many business avenues. In addition, Kong Jie used part of the money obtained from the cash flow from the armed seizure of the Japanese-occupied county to buy a lot of fabrics and fabrics from the Japanese-occupied county.
The soles are back.
Then we asked some ladies from the village to make a lot of military shoes.
Therefore, as early as half a year ago, the soldiers of the Independence Regiment were given two pairs of cloth shoes per capita. During the winter, they were even given a pair of cotton shoes with animal hair in the soles.
At this point, Captain Kong is still not satisfied.
Later, Kong Jie came up with the idea of Japanese Showa fifth-style military boots.
The military boots of the Japanese are made of cowhide, which is strong, durable, and waterproof. The entire boot can wrap the calf at once. The sole of the boot is supported by the heel and arch. The most important thing is that there are anti-slip steel nails at the bottom.
The ability to grip the ground is very strong.
Wearing this thing, you can even run fast in the mountains.
In addition, the Eighth Route Army soldiers never regard bare feet as precious.
It’s simply as powerful as a tiger.
So without saying a word, Commander Kong began to think of ways to let the soldiers of the independent regiment wear these military boots.
Kong Jie’s ambition at that time was: Every number in our independent regiment counts as number one. Even the comrades in the cooking class must get at least one pair of these military boots to wear. Everyone has put on their military boots, and I will be the last one to wear them.
When will I be able to wear these military boots? The problem of wearing shoes for soldiers of our independent regiment will be completely solved.
Later, every time a battle was won, the enemy's military boots were the focus of seizure. The enemy's artillery strongholds were taken away, and all kinds of cowhide raw materials and military boots in the enemy's material warehouse were collected.
Kong Jie even used the power of the enemy's Ministry of Industry to find ways to purchase some materials for making military boots in the enemy-occupied counties.
Up to now, although Kong Jie, the regiment leader, still wears a pair of single cloth shoes, it is only because Commander Kong spits and nails every time. As long as there is one soldier in the regiment who has not put on military boots, he will not wear them.
These military boots.
But in fact, so far, almost everyone in the main combat force of the independent regiment has been issued such combat boots.
This is a major highlight that distinguishes the soldiers of the Independent Regiment from other Eighth Route Army soldiers. It is no wonder that the Japanese will use this to distinguish whether they are soldiers of the Independent Regiment.
"It's interesting. This is easy to say. Local comrades who assist in the battle, as well as militia comrades, are all issued with such military boots."
Speaking of this, Kong Jie joked: "I just agreed, don't be stingy. The military boots were distributed to local comrades and militia comrades. After the war, don't ask for them back. Our independent regiment cannot afford to lose face like this."
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The cadres all laughed, and Lei Dasheng said with a smile: "Captain, don't worry, our independent regiment has always been generous to the outside world. Otherwise, why would the local comrades around us like to fight with our independent regiment?" p>
After joking for a while, Kong Jie took to the combat sandbox and marked all the nodes with small red flags.
From a bird's eye view, these nodes are connected into a line, and then connected to the mountains and cliffs between the nodes, forming two large encirclements, enclosing the West Village and Zhangjiazhuang areas respectively.
"Count carefully, there are fifteen nodes in total."
"As long as the Japanese troops besieging Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang this time can capture and hold all these nodes, the encirclement will be formed."
Lei Dasheng said: "Captain, the troops we used to besiege the Japanese troops in Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, even if we include local comrades and militia troops, there are only more than 1,600 people and 15 nodes. We have
Divided down, the number of troops is only about a hundred."
"There are some large-scale nodes among them. The Japanese army can fully deploy its troops to launch an attack. If we do not have enough troops, it will not be easy to defend these nodes."
Kong Jie said: "If we are not fully prepared, it will not be easy. But if we make full preparations in advance with the help of the terrain and features around these nodes, we may not be unable to defend it."
The cadres looked at each other expectantly.
Kong Jie said: "You won't forget the defensive methods we used when we captured the Yangquan stronghold last year, right?"
As soon as these words came out, Lei Dasheng was the first to react and said: "Yes, Captain, how could I forget this?"
"The Japanese have always used bunker tactics to defend fortifications. We can also use concrete fortifications and bunkers to defend nodes."
"The large amounts of cement, sand, and gravel that our independent group has reserved for building concrete buildings are not just for viewing."
"As long as we can seize the opportunity to control these nodes and build a sufficient number of concrete bunker fortifications in advance at these node locations, relying on the fortifications to hold on to the dangers, it will not be that easy for the Japanese to break out."
Kong Jie said: "This is the benefit of waiting for work and taking advantage of the terrain and features to fight defensive warfare. Fortifications that are easy to defend and difficult to attack can give us the possibility to attack more with less."
"Some of these nodes are controlled by the Japanese army, but the Japanese army probably never thought that we dare to besiege them in turn. In addition, these nodes are some distance away from the areas where the Japanese army gathers troops, so the Japanese army does not have enough troops left at these nodes.
Not much."
"Before tonight, take down all the nodes controlled by the Japanese army and build concrete defenses during the night."
"It takes time to solidify and increase the strength of this concrete building. We must seize the time."
"Yes!" the cadres responded in unison.
Kong Jie said: "In this way, we have a strong bunker fortification in hand, which is enough to hold on to the danger, but this is not enough. No matter how strong the bunker fortification is, it cannot stop the powerful attacking artillery."
"Once the battle begins, in order to eliminate the threat of the Japanese artillery to our bunker fortifications, we must find a way to destroy the Japanese artillery units in advance."
"This requires the tactic of luring the snake out of its hole. The Japanese artillery unit is currently staying in a large stronghold at this point. We need to ambush in the middle and eat this artillery unit in one bite."
"In addition, there are some accompanying infantry artillery squads in the Japanese army. We must find a way to knock them out, otherwise they will pose a certain threat to our fortifications."
"As long as the large-caliber artillery in the hands of the Japanese army is knocked out, the Japanese will only have some grenades left. With the power of the grenade shells, they want to blast through our concrete bunker fortifications. What a dream!"
What Captain Kong is talking about is domineering and sideways, he is so confident.
The cadres were infected by this self-confidence, and for a moment they felt that victory was within easy reach.