The silent atmosphere lasted for a long time, and Wang Leihu, the leader of the second regiment, took the lead to break the calm, with a hint of ridicule in his words:
"Hey, old Shen, it would be a pity if this little devil didn't ask you to be a military advisor."
"If the Japanese were really as wily and bad as you, I'm afraid we would really have a headache."
Chen Quan's answer was very solemn: "Lei Hu, since the old regiment leader asked us to conduct this sand table simulation confrontation, we can't treat it as a child's play.
Although it is a simulation, it may be something that will actually happen in the future.
Who can say this well?
As for the methods I just mentioned that the Japanese army may adopt after launching a major sweep, I can guarantee that they are all based on reality.
Once the Japanese's big sweep begins, the methods will only be more insidious, vicious, and violent than those I mentioned."
Then, Shen Quan changed the topic, put on a smile that had been exposed for 180 days, looked at Wang Leihu and said:
"I said Leihu, don't just watch my jokes. I, Okamura Neji, have already finished the big sweep plan.
You, the captain of the First Independent Anti-Japanese Detachment in Northwestern Shanxi, tell me, if faced with such a large-scale raid by the Japanese army, how would you direct the entire detachment to carry out this anti-mopping operation?"
Wang Leihu choked for a moment, then turned his head and found that other cadres were looking at him curiously.
Ahem——
Clearing his throat, Wang Leihu spoke slowly: "Our old regiment leader said something that I very much agree with. No matter what scale of raids the little devils launch, whether it is targeting Taihang, Taiyue base areas, or Jizhong base areas. .
What we have to consider and what we can consider is how our team conducts counter-mopping up.
Then let’s assume that the big raid launched by Lao Shen as an old devil like Okamura Neji also affected the base area of our first team.
And I can completely imagine how much the Japanese First Army and the Japanese commander Yoshio Shinozuka would hate our team.
Once the Japs launch a major sweep, the number of Japs coming to target our base area will probably not be less than two brigades, right?"
At this moment, Shen Quan, who represented Okamura Neji, smiled and nodded: "That's absolutely right. The old devil Yoshio Shinozuka once said:
Even if it costs three brigades, he will definitely destroy one of our teams.
Once the mopping up begins, the elite Japanese troops from the two brigades will come straight to our first team, Lei Hu, I’m afraid you’re still short of words.”
Recalling the several anti-mopping operations that a team conducted when it was an independent regiment.
In order to destroy an Eighth Route Army-level combat unit like the Independent Regiment, the Japanese even used two full regiments.
Nowadays, the equipment development and force size of a team are no longer what they used to be.
If the Japanese want to deal with a team, they may not be able to do so if they use less than two brigades.
According to the Japanese army's unique military organization, an infantry division only has two infantry brigades under its jurisdiction.
More than 10,000 elite Japanese troops are enough to launch a large-scale raid anywhere in the base areas of Taihang, Taiyue and even Jizhong.
Once a major sweep is launched, the strength of the enemy a team faces can be seen.
"Don't talk nonsense, let me tell you, Commander of the Second Regiment, if our team is facing a raid by nearly one elite division of the Japanese army, how would you command it?"
Kong Jie opened his mouth and forced the topic onto the right track.
Several group leaders immediately thought quickly in silence.
As we all know, this is not only a simple military exercise confrontation, but also a prediction of future crises and a test of the command skills of several regiment leaders by the old regiment leader Kong Jie.
So even though it was Wang Leihu who was being questioned, Shen Quan and Lei Dasheng were also thinking quickly and putting themselves in Wang Leihu's shoes, how they would answer if they were Wang Leihu.
After a while, Wang Leihu asked: "Old commander, I would like to ask one more question. The Japanese launched a large-scale mopping up of a division's troops. For our team, were we prepared in advance or were we caught off guard?"
"What do you think?" Kong Jie asked.
Wang Leihu immediately replied: "Old commander, our team now has advanced communication equipment. Not only is the defense construction inside our base area complete, but there is also a fairly complete warning system around the base area, including some guerrilla areas.
And our intelligence personnel who go deep behind enemy lines.
Coupled with the two years of building up, our team can be said to be full of soldiers. Even a child from an ordinary farmer's family can still become part of our intelligence team at critical moments.
Therefore, no matter how powerful the Japanese are, if they want to quietly launch a large-scale raid on our team, that is absolutely impossible.
We are bound to be the first to receive the news, which is also the fundamental reason why our Eighth Route Army has always been able to turn danger into safety when faced with large-scale raids by the Japanese again and again."
This is absolute military confidence.
Chen Quan and Lei Dasheng both nodded in agreement.
Kong Jie did not deny this, "Go on!"
"Yes!"
Wang Leihu responded and continued: "If our team knew the information in advance about the Japanese army's large-scale raid, then the preparations for the subsequent counter-mopping would be easy to say."
He spoke confidently:
"Comparing the strength between us and the Japanese army, if we only count the field army, the Japanese army dispatched two large brigades, with a total strength of about 15,000 people.
As for our first team base area, since the main force of the fourth regiment is still fighting in the Zhongtiao Mountain area, the main field force of the three regiments remaining in the base area is about 7,000 people.
The strength of the Japanese elite army is almost twice that of ours.
Of course, if we include our local army and militia troops, our military strength can even overtake the Japanese army.
In terms of equipment competition, the equipment of our field army can even crush the Japanese army, while the local army is slightly worse than the Japanese army. Overall, the equipment levels of both sides are similar.
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According to the usual policy of our Eighth Route Army troops in counter-mopping up, we still focus on preserving our physical strength and using guerrilla warfare to harass the Japanese army."
"So if I were to formulate the main policy for this anti-mopping up:
Then, each main force should take the lead in trying to break through the Japanese army's mopping up encirclement in different directions, shift from the inside line to the outside line, and wait for opportunities to fight, or even move to fight behind enemy lines.
The local military units, including our militia units, stayed in the original areas and carried out guerrilla warfare, mainly harassing and exhausting the Japanese troops.
Before the enemy is completely close, our command organization will still stay in the center of the base area for activities. When the enemy approaches us and basically forms an encirclement situation, we will start to break through a little and move outward."
He added:
"Of course, this is based on the fact that the enemy is strong and we are weak, and the Japanese army wants to destroy our base area at all costs.
We can only avoid the edge for the time being and adopt this more traditional anti-guerrilla warfare policy to preserve the effective strength of the anti-Japanese war."
"But in the actual combat process, our team has developed the military, economic and other aspects of the foundation in the base area for so long. How can we just throw it away to the little devils?
Once the fighting begins, one of our migrant workers will take the lead in transferring people and supplies, and assist in the transportation of supplies and logistical support for our combat troops.
During the breakout process, our main forces can use sophisticated American equipment to make more breakthroughs and continuously break through the Japanese encirclement, making the Japanese encirclement fundamentally impossible.
In addition, if we follow the old rules, the battle will be divided into two fronts. The inner line will rely on the terrain to carry out guerrilla warfare defense to block the Japanese army's mopping up pace.
After the main force jumped out of the outer line, it detoured towards the gaps in the rear of the Japanese army and actively harassed the main points of the Japanese army, including the Japanese rear transportation lines, baggage troops, etc.
If we are a team, we can also add a third line of operations:
That is to take advantage of the empty troops in the counties, towns, and strongholds in the Japanese rear area to insert troops and take advantage of the opportunity to make detours and seek combat opportunities.
Including our assault troops, they can even take the opportunity to jump into counties, towns and villages in enemy-occupied areas, carry out beheading and sabotage operations, and completely plunge the Japanese army's rear area into chaos."
As he continued to narrate, Wang Leihu seemed more and more unable to stop the car, and continued to talk: "This is just what I call the general anti-mopping policy.
Specific to the defense on the inside, as well as the guerrilla warfare on the outside and the beheading and sabotage operations in the Japanese rear areas.
Our armored troops, our semi-mechanized heavy equipment troops, our artillery troops... these will all come in handy, and can even turn our entire base into a harvesting field.
What to harvest?
Naturally, it is the lives of the little devils who dare to come to carry out raids.
I have detailed plans for these!"
Then, Wang Leihu, who represented the team leader, and Shen Quan, who represented the Japanese commander-in-chief Okamura Neiji, launched a detailed exercise confrontation on the sand table.
Wang Leihu and Shen Quan, who have always liked competing with each other, exerted all their strength and tried their best to defeat each other.
In this mopping up and acting confrontation, Wang Leihu used many comprehensive tactics, including but not including mobile warfare, guerrilla warfare, ambush warfare, sparrow warfare, mine warfare, tunnel warfare, etc.
The interweaving, detouring, dividing, and outflanking skills that a team of soldiers are good at have been fully utilized by Wang Leihu.
Wang Leihu, who was thoroughly involved in the role, also had a great time.
Wang Leihu basically used all the wealth and trump cards that Kong Jie had worked so hard for over the years.
Kong Jie looked at him blankly and had a toothache. He wanted to kick this kid in the butt.
What a waste!
On the battlefield of the entire exercise confrontation, the artillery of the two artillery battalions roared continuously.
The armored corps, equipped with 75mm howitzers, launched a lightning assault on suitable open terrain.
The members of the anti-tank team carrying anti-tank rocket launchers made it difficult for the Japanese tanks to move forward.
The coordinated operations of cavalry, artillery, infantry, armor and many other arms maximize the combat effectiveness of each unit of a team.
Chen Quan represents the commander-in-chief of the Japanese North China Front, Okamura Neiji.
That is also not a fuel-efficient lamp.
The lives of Japanese soldiers seemed worthless in his eyes.
Directly mobilize heavy troops to carry out "iron wall encirclement" style sweeps against various base areas such as Jizhong, Taihang, and Taiyue.
Under the command of Shen Quan, the Japanese military command department was well aware of the specific situation within the Eighth Route Army, especially the first team.
Relying on their military mobility advantage, the Japanese used transportation vehicles, motorcycles and even bicycles to adopt multi-channel intensive "net-drawing" and "comb-grate" large-scale encirclement tactics with greater mobility.
Compress the main force of a team to the expected decisive battle location
Finally, in the simulated confrontation, Shen Quan, who continued to lose due to entering a mountainous area where a team was located, saw the casualties of the Japanese army gradually spreading, was forced to panic, and even directly proposed for the first time that the Japanese army use the tactics of coordinated ground and air operations.
Armored vehicles and tanks cooperated with elite infantry to advance forward, while mid-air fighter jets and bombers roared and hovered at all times, providing aerial firepower reinforcements at any time.
Suddenly, the artillery and armored troops and the semi-mechanized heavy-armed troops that Wang Leihu had originally mobilized seemed a little inadequate in front of the Japanese bombers.
Even if they are busy running for their lives, if they are exposed at any time, a slight mistake will lead to the complete annihilation of a team of these ace combat troops.
The original advantage was reversed in an instant.
In desperation, Wang Leihu had no choice but to issue an order to hide all the vehicles of the armored corps in hidden mountains and forests.
Shen Quan said calmly: "Thunder Tiger, do you think that if you withdraw your armored vehicles and tanks from the battlefield in time and hide them in the mountains and forests, I won't be able to find them?
My reconnaissance plane has never left the sky above your team's base area. Even if it loses traces of armored vehicles and tanks for a short time, I can probably guess the hiding area.
Next, I directly ordered the flight team to conduct indiscriminate fire coverage in these areas where your armored troops and tanks may be hidden!
I don’t believe I can’t blow up your Eighth Route Army’s armored vehicles.”
Then, Wang Leihu, who was finally cornered, cursed: "Damn it, Lao Shen, aren't you just a blind man picking up the needle and thread and playing the piano randomly?
Your plane has been flying above my head for I don’t know how long.
Why, your little devil’s plane doesn’t consume fuel? Your bomber has so many bombs that you can’t use them all?
There is still indiscriminate fire coverage. If you have the ability to pull in enough bombs, wouldn’t it be enough to plow our entire team’s base area and bomb it?”
"I'm so anxious, Lei Hu, you're so impatient now, aren't you?"
Chen Quanle said: "Have you forgotten my identity? That is the supreme commander of the North China Front, Commander-in-Chief Okamura Neiji.
Is there anything wrong if I dispatch a few more flight teams from other airports to deal with your team?
The worst that can happen is that the airport prepares a few more flying teams to carry out bombings alternately back and forth, which will definitely ensure that the air fire reinforcements are uninterrupted."
In the end, there seemed to be no winner in this sandbox simulation exercise.
Wang Leihu and Shen Quan stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes, dissatisfied with each other.
However, in this sand table simulation confrontation exercise, the two regiment leaders used various tactics, had hearty confrontations, commanders competed with commanders, and soldiers fought with soldiers.
But the generals who participated in the meeting were so excited to watch.
And in the end there is no winner.
After watching this wonderful exercise and confrontation, the cadres also realized:
Once the Japanese army launches such a large-scale raid, the Eighth Route Army troops will face an unprecedented crisis.
Even a team with strong soldiers and horses and the most outstanding combat effectiveness, under the command of Wang Leihu, still struggled to make progress in this anti-mopping operation.
Not to mention the near-death situation that other base areas and Eighth Route Army units will face once the Japanese army launches a comprehensive sweep...