Considering the need to completely cut off the Japanese water supply line this time, Li Yunlong had already arranged his troops in advance to ambush the ancient well.
Fortunately, these ancient wells were originally outside the Huting stronghold.
There is still a distance of two to three hundred meters from the enemy's outermost turret.
In addition, the soldiers used cold artillery to attack secretly, and the bombardment teams lurking outside the stronghold were far beyond the fire range of the enemy in the stronghold.
Then the area where the ancient well was located was locked. Once the figure of the little Japanese near the ancient well was detected through the telescope, an artillery raid was launched directly.
Together with the Japanese and puppet troops, as well as the wellhead, they were all blown up.
This is like guarding the water source, waiting for the little devil to fall into the trap.
The little devil has done this kind of immoral thing all the time.
During the large-scale sweeps that year, some units of the Eighth Route Army were blocked behind mountains. The Japanese army could not find the soldiers in the deep mountains and old forests, so they set up ambushes next to some water sources at the foot of the mountains until the soldiers had to leave the mountains to take risks.
When you come to get water, launch a surprise attack.
Li Yunlong is just treating others in their own way.
After passing the ancient well and heading towards the outer line, it is the guerrilla zone of the Eighth Route Army.
The little devil can't guarantee whether there will be an ambush force of the Eighth Route Army lurking among them.
Until the evening of the 18th.
First, the Japanese convoy transporting water with water trucks was ambushed by soldiers of the New Second Regiment.
Then, many ancient wells on the outer line for emergency water were also destroyed by the Eighth Route Army's cold artillery.
Within the entire Huting stronghold, the water used by the Japanese and puppet troops for life, military and other aspects has not received any effective supplement.
Inside the high command headquarters.
Japanese Major Furukawa Shinichi knew that his guess had come true.
These damn Tubal Roads have indeed found the only flaw in the entire Huting stronghold - water supply that must be carried out regularly.
The entire Huting stronghold was guarded by imperial troops and was impregnable.
No matter how impregnable you are, once there is not enough water in the stronghold, all the troops will die of thirst sooner or later.
The Japanese adjutant on the side said with worry: "Your Excellency, Major, the current situation is very bad. These damn Tubal Road seem to have completely blocked the Huting stronghold from the outside.
Especially regarding the water supply inside our stronghold, these Tubal Roads seem to be trying to completely cut off our army’s water supply line.”
Furukawa frowned and asked in a deep voice: "How long can our reserve water last?"
The adjutant said: "After the water source of the stronghold was cut off by Tubal Road, all non-essential water use within our stronghold has been stopped.
But even so, we are saving water, and the remaining water reserves may not last more than two days.
In addition... Your Excellency Major, those more than one hundred war horses must drink water, especially in winter, when most of the war horses eat hay, they need water even more!"
"These damn bastards!"
Furukawa punched the table angrily, but he was helpless. After calming down for a while, he slowly said: "The heavy snow that fell not long ago has not completely melted. There is still a lot of snow in the stronghold. Some clean snow will be removed."
Collecting snow and waiting until it melts into water can temporarily alleviate the water shortage problem of our army.
In addition, let the garrison in all directions, east, west, north and south, strengthen their vigilance after nightfall.
Tubal Road is especially good at night fighting, even if they show the intention to block our army's base area by cutting off the water source.
But we cannot guarantee that they will not raid the Huting stronghold by force."
"Hi, please rest assured, Major, I will make detailed arrangements!"
"As for the water problem in the stronghold..."
A slightly sarcastic sneer flashed across the corner of Furukawa's mouth: "Do these damn Tuba Road really think that the water supply line of my Huting stronghold can be cut off if they want to?"
"Major, do you have an idea?"
"Since the Eighth Route Army wants to completely blockade the Huting stronghold by cutting off our army's water supply line..."
Furukawa looked at the detailed military combat map of the Huting stronghold in front of him, quickly worked on the map with a pencil, drew several lines, and said:
"Then, these five water supply lines that our army can use must have been blocked by Tubal Road from the outside!
What we have to do next is very simple, just lure the enemy!
Tonight, in order to guard against a sneak attack from Tubal Road, our army should stay put and strengthen its vigilance.
Wait until tomorrow morning, here, the water supply line along the outer edge of the west-facing fortifications.
Send a transport unit of our army out, pretending to fetch water, and lure out the lurking Tubal Road in one fell swoop.
The terrain to the west is open. Once the battle starts, our army's tank troops, mechanized combat troops, and even cavalry troops can quickly reinforce to the combat area.
Destroy all these damn Tubal Roads."
Having said this, Furukawa, who was thoughtful, continued to add: "In addition, according to the intelligence I have detected, there is an armored company of the New Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army led by Li Yunlong near the Huting stronghold.
This team must be on guard, and can notify the headquarters of the strongholds blocked on the outside of the New Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army to strengthen their vigilance. The armored troops of the Eighth Route Army must not be reinforced and interfere with our army's plan to lure the enemy this time."<
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The adjutant said: "Please rest assured, Major, since the armored company of the New Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army appeared, we have specially strengthened the anti-tank firepower to block the stronghold of the New Second Regiment.
We will never let the tanks and armored vehicles of the Eighth Route Army pass through."
"Xinxi, I'm relieved! Immediately summon officers at all levels to prepare for the implementation of this plan to lure the enemy!"
"Hi!"
That night, a group of Japanese officers held a meeting on the plan to lure the enemy, plotting tomorrow's battle.
The little devils also made some special preparations for the troops who will be responsible for camouflaging the water transport troops tomorrow and luring the Eighth Route Army to attack.
At about eight o'clock in the morning the next day, it was already dark.
A Japanese transport force took away almost all the water tanker inventory in the entire Huting stronghold.
Nearly 50 wooden waterwheels, driven by more than 100 little devils, set off from the road west of the Huting stronghold and went straight to the big river commonly used as a water source outside.
The deployment of the Eighth Route Army was just as the old devil Furukawa expected.
In order to completely cut off the water supply to the Huting stronghold, Li Yunlong arranged ambush troops on all water transportation lines around the Huting stronghold.
It is lurking day and night, always on guard.
Never let the little devil secretly leave the stronghold to get water at any time.
The guard post noticed the Japanese's movements in advance.
The news that the Japs in the Huting stronghold had dispatched a considerable transport force quickly reached the headquarters of the New Second Regiment.
Li Yunlong immediately issued the order without hesitation: "This little son of a bitch still wants to deliver water to the stronghold? There is no way!
The west direction of the Huting stronghold has always been under the responsibility of the 1st Battalion. Immediately send me an order to the 1st Battalion Headquarters and tell Zhang Dabiao to watch him die!
I must not let the little devil send me a drop of water to the Huting stronghold!"
"Yes!"
After the order from the regiment headquarters was quickly passed on, Zhang Dabiao quickly analyzed the Japanese army's movements at the battalion headquarters.
"Battal Commander, according to our investigation, the Japanese dispatched nearly a squadron of transportation troops this time, pulling a large number of water trucks and heading straight to the river five kilometers away. It seems that they are preparing to forcefully collect water."
Zhang Dabiao nodded and no longer hesitated: "There are more than a hundred little Japs. If the Japs want to forcefully transport water, they will definitely have reinforcements in the future.
Especially the mechanized combat troops stationed by the Japs in the Huting stronghold are very mobile and may be reinforced at any time."
Having said this, Zhang Dabiao directly made arrangements based on the military sandbox in front of him: "The first company and the local army comrades assisting in the operation have already ambushed the area near the river where the Japanese draw water.
Inform the first company commander to hold his troops temporarily and prepare for battle in advance.
Wait until the Japanese transport troops are loading water by the river, and when it is almost half full, they will suddenly launch an attack, catching the little Japanese off guard."
"In addition, in order to be on guard against the Japanese's follow-up reinforcements, I also sent the main force of the Second Company out, and asked the Second Company Commander to lead the team to ambush in the middle and be responsible for the reinforcements.
Tell the second company commander to be ready for anti-tank operations at any time."
"Yes!"
At present, the communication equipment of the New Second Regiment is also not bad.
The orders issued by Zhang Dabiao and Li Yunlong were quickly conveyed to the front-line combat troops.
……
New Second Regiment Headquarters.
Just when the old Japanese Furukawa was thinking about how to use the plan to lure the enemy and defeat the ambushed Eighth Route Army troops.
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were also thinking about how to kill the Japs' transport force and the combat troops that the Japs might reinforce at any time.
In Li Yunlong's words: "We have completely cut off the water supply to this Huting stronghold.
This tortoise in the tortoise shell feels thirsty for the first time, and he has never been beaten by us. Therefore, this tortoise who sticks out his head for the first time must be the least vigilant.
After beating the Japs this time and it hurts, next time you want to wait for the Japs to take the initiative to stick out their heads and let us chop them off, it won’t be that easy.”
Zhao Gang deeply agreed with this, and the metaphor of Li Yunlong made him even more interesting.
I have to say that Lao Li's psychological insight into the Japanese is quite accurate.
This is indeed an excellent opportunity to seize the opportunity to severely damage the Japanese troops in the Huting stronghold.
"It's just, Lao Li, there are many Japanese mechanized combat troops in the Huting stronghold, and there are even two tank teams.
Once the Japanese troops send out tanks and armored vehicles for reinforcements, the second company will be responsible for the reinforcements, and this battle will probably be very difficult!"
Zhao Gang has always been worried about this.
In the past, the soldiers who were beaten by the Japs' Iron Bastard kept retreating and paid extremely heavy casualties, but they were still unable to destroy it. Zhao Gang still feels that it is still vivid in his mind.
Therefore, even if the Second Company is planning an ambush, if it does not have enough means to deal with the Japanese iron bastards, the ambush battle will probably be very difficult.
In response, Li Yunlong smiled calmly, and then sighed: "Old Zhao, if you talk about this matter, I'm afraid we owe Lao Kong another favor.
Didn’t this guy Lao Kong develop some anti-tank rocket launchers some time ago!
That guy, used for anti-tank operations, especially the Doudin tanks used to fight Japanese Japs, is simply accurate in every hit.
After I heard about it, I spent nearly a week in Lao Kong's ears before this guy sent six rocket launchers.
It just happened to come in handy this time. We, Mr. Li, will also try this bazooka to fight Japanese tanks and see what effect it has."
"Well, Old Li, it turns out you have been prepared for a long time!" Zhao Gang laughed, and his original worries quickly disappeared.
Li Yunlong said a little depressed: "The little devils have tank troops, and our New Second Regiment doesn't have them either.
If that little son-of-a-bitch hadn't been too tight on the outer blockade, I would have wanted to pull our tanks over and beat him up."
……
Huting's stronghold is Xixiang, on the main road paved with dirt.
The Japanese transport troops pulling forty or fifty waterwheels continued to move forward amidst the squeaking sound of the waterwheel wheels. There was a dead silence all around, which seemed particularly gloomy in this winter that has not yet passed.
Junichiro Minami, the leader of the Japanese squadron, was rubbing his hands and cursing.
"These damn Tubal Roads!"
He kept cursing: "In such a cold weather, we should be comfortably warming ourselves by the stove in the stronghold, but now we have to rush several kilometers away to fetch water. It's really bad."
The lieutenant on the side said with relief: "Fortunately, if this operation to lure the enemy goes well, everything will be over."
Namjun Ichiro nodded and said: "The sentries on both wings and the vanguard are ordered to be more vigilant. All units should be on guard against an ambush by the Eighth Route Army at any time."
"Hi!"
19th.
Around 8:45 a.m.
It is the early morning in winter when the cold wind is raging and it is the coldest time.
The water transport unit, composed of more than a hundred little devils, finally arrived at the river five kilometers away.
Looking at the turbulent river, it seems to be colder than usual.
Namjoon Ichiro couldn't help but shiver. He looked around vigilantly, and then whispered: "Raise alerts all around to make sure there are no Tuba Road lurking nearby. The disguised troops will go to the river to get water first!"
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"Hi!"
After the order was issued, watching some teams rushing to the river with more than a dozen water trucks to fill the water, the Japanese lieutenant on the side couldn't help but said: "Your Excellency, squadron leader, the situation does not seem to be going well. Where are these damn Tuba Roads hiding?"
Where, why haven't you launched a surprise attack on us yet?"
Namjoon shook his head, naturally he didn’t know the situation.
"Never mind this, just let our combat troops be vigilant at all times. If these Tuba Roads really don't show up, we will send these dozen trucks of water back to the base first, which can also postpone the water supply problem."
...The hillside two to three hundred meters away was still covered with snow.
Behind the slopes on both sides, the soldiers of the First Company of the New Second Regiment, wearing white cloth as camouflage, are lurking here.
The reconnaissance sentry ducked back quickly and reported to the first company commander: "Company commander, the Japanese are already filling water trucks with water!"
"What's the specific situation? Have you found any abnormalities?"
"I'm not sure. We can't get too close. The Japs' reconnaissance posts have spread out a lot. We are always extra vigilant.
We could only observe from a distance through a telescope and saw the little devils on the riverside loading water into water trucks."
"Company commander, do you want to fight or not?" A platoon commander tightened his grip on the gun, his hands a little cold due to the unusual cold.
The first company commander shuddered, clacked his upper and lower teeth quickly, and said: "When the battalion commander gives the order, the Japanese will arrive at the river, and when the water truck is half full, we will launch a sudden attack.
In this way, the Japanese have their backs against the river and no bunkers or retreats, so we can maximize the advantage of our attack.
The Japs are on alert right now, and we don’t know the specific situation. If we wait any longer, the Japs will probably be full of water.
Forget it, I can’t control so much anymore.
Inform the soldiers to lurk fifty meters forward and then launch an attack directly!"