If you have a God’s perspective at this time, you can clearly overlook:
The Japanese army was divided into vanguard forces in multiple directions, with at least a full Japanese army group as a separate combat unit, and quickly approached a large farmland area.
The Japanese made up their mind to seize a team's farmland in one fell swoop and harvest grain in the shortest possible time.
The Japanese army had already prepared for this combat operation to destroy a team's autumn harvest.
Not only did the Japanese army carefully calculate the route they would travel in advance, but they also made quite accurate judgments on the approximate days when the crops in a team's farmland would mature.
If it comes too early, the crop will be too far away from maturity.
The corn kernels are so tender that they break into pieces when pinched, the peanuts are so tender that their shells are still soft, and the sweet potatoes may only be the size of your finger...
This early harvest of crops greatly affects the harvest.
It came too late. In order to prevent the Japanese army from destroying the autumn harvest operation, perhaps the Eighth Route Army will carry out the autumn harvest some time in advance.
By the time the Japs came, all that was left was the empty farmland and the piles of wheat oranges and rotten rice seedlings.
"So the time for the attack is three days later. During this time, a large number of crops in a team's farmland are close to maturity, but not yet fully mature."
"However, it can also be used as military rations. If we wait until it is close to maturity before launching an attack, the Eighth Route Army will definitely buy time from blocking along the way and carry out the autumn harvest in advance."
After the Japanese officers conducted an analysis, they determined the specific date for launching the military operation.
...At the first team headquarters, detachment leader Kong Jie, who was stationed at the headquarters, soon received news one after another from the forward positions.
"Old Kong, it seems that this little devil has made up his mind to attack our farmland in one fell swoop and grab grain.
According to news from the forward positions, the Japanese attack was extremely fierce, and they directly attacked our defense fortifications with plow-type bombardment, regardless of the consumption of artillery shells.
Our local army and militia comrades resisted step by step, but they still could not stop the Japanese from advancing like crazy."
"Then retreat first. If we fight with the Japs now and cause unnecessary sacrifices, we will lose more than we gain."
Kong Jie, who still looked calm, said.
He immediately issued an order: "The Communications Department immediately conveyed the command order to notify local armies and militia forces of all parties to avoid the edge of the Japanese attack, proactively abandon their positions, lengthen the front, and lay mines along the way to delay the Japanese army."
Yes."
"Yes!"
The little soldiers of the Communications Department responded, and the soldiers of the Communications Department, who were not far from the headquarters, quickly conveyed the news to all parties through radio equipment.
Today, for Commander Kong, sitting at the center and strategizing can capture the entire battle situation before his eyes.
The headquarters and his role as the highest military commander of a team can be brought into full play more efficiently.
While Kong Jie and Chief of Staff Xu Guoan continued to study the battle situation on the combat sandbox, good news came:
"Reporting to the detachment leader, news came from the headquarters of the first regiment that the main force of the first regiment has arrived at the scheduled combat position."
"...The main force of the second regiment has also arrived at the scheduled combat location."
"The main force of the Third Regiment has successfully approached the Yangquan area, an agricultural area intensively planned and managed by the Japanese army."
As good news came one after another, Chief of Staff Xu Guoan's face was filled with joy, "Lao Kong, it's done! Our three main forces have successfully detoured back to the agricultural areas in the Japanese rear area."
"Then the next step is to seize the grain from the Japs." Kong Jie analyzed: "The Japanese army's agricultural areas also have Japs troops stationed there.
Once the battle begins, for the main force of our third regiment, it will not be a problem to defeat the Japanese defensive forces, and it will not be difficult to directly break through the city gate that is empty of troops at this time."
"But this takes time. In addition, it also takes a lot of time to harvest crops in a large area."
"Taking these factors into consideration, our detachment must strive for at least six hours for the first, second and third regiments to seize the goods."
Xu Guoan immediately replied: "Lao Kong, should we send out all the reserve teams reserved by the detachment? Together with the militia and local army troops to contain the Japanese army?"
"Don't worry yet!" Kong Jie shook his head.
"But the reserve troops are not available, the local army and militia troops, Lao Kong, you have ordered to temporarily avoid the offensive edge of the Japs.
If this continues, it won't be long before the Japs' vanguard troops will hit our peripheral agricultural areas.
We grow a lot of corn in that area, are we just getting it for free, little devil?"
Kong Jie smiled, turned to the door and shouted: "Signal soldier, go and call Shi Dahu over."
Shi Dahu?
Xu Guoan was stunned.
He immediately realized something. Whenever it came to Shi Dahu, the director of the Strategic Camouflage Bureau, it was probably Lao Kong who was digging a hole for the little devil!
Did Lao Kong deliberately leave the farmland in the outer guerrilla zones to the little devils?
A moment later, Shi Dahu, director of the Strategic Camouflage Bureau of a team that had "retired" from the Jizhong base area just over half a month ago, strolled over.
"Detachment leader, chief of staff!" Shi Dahu saluted Kong Jie and others.
Kong Jie said: "Our chief of staff is very confused about deliberately placing the Japanese in the front agricultural area. Come and explain to the chief of staff!"
"Yes!"
Shi Dahu responded, and then said: "Chief of Staff, the situation is like this. The agricultural area in the guerrilla zone was considered to be in a relatively unstable environment at that time, so we mainly planted corn.
Because there is an advantage to corn as a crop!
You have harvested all its fruits, and once you put the pole there, you won’t be able to tell from a distance whether you have harvested or not.”
Xu Guoan is a smart man. He immediately came to his senses and said thoughtfully: "Could it be that you sent people in advance to secretly harvest the corn in the front agricultural area?"
Shi Dahu said: "That's right, but it's also wrong.
Chief of Staff, think about it, the Japs are not stupid either. If we harvest the harvest in advance, the Japs will definitely send agents to investigate nearby.
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If you see that there are no corn lumps on the wheat stalks, can the little devil still be fooled?"
Xu Guoan said thoughtfully: "That's true, the Japanese are not that easy to fool.
In addition, it seems that the corn in our front agricultural area is not fully mature yet, right?
When did you harvest the corn? Is it too early?"
At this time, Kong Jie on the side couldn't help but laugh.
"Old Xu, just keep your heart in your stomach! When we were planting corn in the front agricultural area, I considered that the Japanese might send troops to destroy our autumn harvest in the future.
So I asked Shi Dahu to lead people and do some tricks in the front agricultural area.
What limbs are there?
Some late-sown corn was planted on the periphery of the planted fields.
In the large area in the center of the farmland, the corn is sown one or two weeks in advance.
You already know what this means, right?"
After listening to the explanation, Xu Guoan suddenly understood and said with admiration: "Old Kong, Old Kong, I really have you.
Now I finally understand.
It means that the corn around the perimeter is still there, and you showed it to the little devil on purpose.
As for the early-sown corn in the large area in the center of the farmland, because it was sown in advance, it matures much earlier. You have already arranged a team to harvest it in advance, and now I am afraid that only the bare corn stalks are left?" p>
Kong Jie said with a smile: "No, in order to prevent the little devils from noticing the situation, when we harvested this batch of corn, I specifically asked Xie Baoqing to let the comrades of the migrant workers' corps go into the farmland with flashlights in the middle of the night to break the corn. Just like that, it took three or four nights to harvest all the corn in the middle area of the farmland."
"I admire it! I really admire it!"
Xu Guoan said, and he bowed his hand to Kong Jie in a decent manner to express his indescribable admiration.
When the conversation changed, Xu Guoan looked at Kong Jie and asked:
"Lao Kong, that means that the farmland in the front is actually an empty shell. It is just some late-sown corn dotted in the peripheral area around each farmland to paralyze the Japanese army.
It's just that you ordered the militiamen and local army troops to avoid the Japs' front and retreat proactively, and even deliberately lured the Japs to the front farmland area.
It’s not just to tease the little Japs, and let the Japs get into the farmland only to find that except for a few dots of corn around them, all the corn in the farmland has only empty husks, right?
"You know me well, Old Xu!" Kong Jie laughed.
After smiling, an astonishing murderous intent was reflected in his eyes.
Xu Guoan only glanced at it and felt a little sympathetic to the little devil.
"I understand, I understand everything. I said you, Lao Kong, deliberately left our reserved main force in the base area without using it. What was your plan?
It turns out that you were planning to use the farmland with only empty shells left in the front to lure the Japanese forward troops over, and then use the reserve troops, plus the militiamen and local troops to assist in the operation.
In the front agricultural area, we were caught off guard by an ambush!"
Kong Jie's smile became even brighter.
He is worthy of being the chief of staff of a team, and he really knows everything he needs.
As Xu Guoan said, the agricultural area in the front was a trap specially created for the little devils by Kong Jie who spent a lot of energy.
Even as early as four or five months ago, Kong Jie was planning this trap.
For this reason, Shi Dahu arranged to deliberately manipulate the front farmland and use corn sown at different times to paralyze the Japanese reconnaissance.
This is also where Xu Guoan feels most emotional about this.
Lao Kong kills the Japs, but he can even dig holes for the Japs four or five months in advance!
……
"So, Lao Kong, which teams are you going to use for this ambush in the front agricultural area?"
At this time, Xu Guoan, who had already focused all his attention on the agricultural area in front of the first team, asked.
Kong Jie said: "The artillery battalion has not been used for many days. We train every day and finally find opportunities for actual combat. We have to take it out for a walk."
"Let the howitzer go, or should Wang Chengzhu go?" Xu Guoan asked
Kong Jie said with a smile: "Because of this, both of us almost broke our heads."
"In the end, I promised them both that each of the two artillery battalions would have one company. As for who can fight better, it will be up to each of them based on their abilities."
Xu Guoan said: "If you say that, the two artillery battalion commanders will definitely exert their full strength.
The artillery used by the two artillery batteries is definitely not less, it is enough.
Coupled with our front farmland area, the horizontal battle line is not short. Most of the Japanese vanguard troops are a full Japanese brigade, plus the coordinated Imperial Army.
Darling, if this is really the calculation, Lao Kong, you will have brought in three or four thousand Japs at once!
If we include the Imperial Alliance Army, the number of Japanese and puppet troops may not be less than 5,000."
Kong Jie said: "Old Xu, are you worried that the two artillery batteries are not enough?
This is indeed the case, so in addition to the artillery battery, Qiu Shan's armored corps and Sun Desheng's semi-mechanized heavy troops will also participate in this ambush.
Of course, there will definitely not be all the best.
The little devil's level of attack is not enough for our team to use its trump card.
What's more, we should take this opportunity to conduct an actual joint operation of various arms for our soldiers to accumulate experience.
Our tanks and armored vehicles are equipped with howitzers, artillery battalions are equipped with 60 mortars, and various follow-up artillery specially modified by semi-mechanized heavy troops... The cooperation between infantry and artillery, the cooperation between artillery and armor, infantry, artillery and
Cooperation between armored forces and other arms.
These coordinated combat tactics can only be thoroughly mastered by our soldiers through actual combat."
"I very much agree with this," Xu Guoan said.
He then suggested: "In addition, Lao Kong, this autumn harvest defense battle is to protect our autumn harvest food on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is a rare opportunity for practical training.
Therefore, I think that all the various units newly formed by our team in recent years can take this opportunity to participate in this actual combat, explore and accumulate experience on the most real battlefield.
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Including the automobile troops of our transportation department, the motorized troops of the semi-mechanized heavy equipment battalion, the operations of independent artillery groups in mountainous environments, the actual application of sniper group tactics, etc.
We should take this opportunity to familiarize our drivers with the road conditions and allow our soldiers to accumulate combat experience in the base environment."
After hearing this, Kong Jie laughed and said: "As expected of our chief of staff, Lao Xu, all these ideas of yours came to me at the same time.
You are right, an army without actual combat will never achieve anything.
For example, that little son of a bitch, I heard that the airborne troops have been trained in China for several years, but as soon as they were brought to the battlefield, they hadn’t even airborne yet. The Japanese paratroopers sitting in the plane actually became airsick. What do you think?
Say, isn’t this a big joke?
There are also armored corps formed by the national army in previous years.
I finally spent a lot of money to buy a tank from abroad, but I couldn't bear to drive it or burn oil.
As a result, after the Battle of Songhu broke out, the armored soldiers of the National Army were confused as soon as the tank troops of both sides fought.
Why?
Due to insufficient training at ordinary times, when they went to the battlefield, those national army tank soldiers were still trying to figure out how to operate tanks skillfully!"
It seems to be a joke, but it is mixed with sadness and helplessness about the matter.
In view of this matter, Kong Jie’s requirements for the various combat units of a team are:
It is necessary to combine theory with practice.
In daily training, taking the automobile soldiers as an example, in addition to not being afraid of consuming fuel during the day, they train on various road conditions in the base area.
Kong Jie even requested that the automobile soldiers be trained to drive at night, accompanied by infantry, to ensure that they could walk on flat ground as well as during the day.
Only when you have reached such a proficient level can you finally achieve results.
But after all, it was not put into actual combat.
Now is the best opportunity.
"Pull out all the troops and soldiers who have never been on the battlefield!"
Inside the headquarters, Kong Jie said decisively.