After the movie was played, both the head of the headquarters and the ordinary staff and staff were greatly shocked. It turned out that positional warfare in modern warfare could still be fought like this.
Planes in the sky were bombing and strafing, and artillery on the ground was firing at the infantry. During this period, there was also a large-scale use of anti-aircraft firepower and the rapid advancement of armored units. The infantry followed closely to occupy the position. During the battle, the smoke of gunpowder almost enveloped the entire battlefield.
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In particular, the violent firepower output of the Liantai Militia Group is eye-opening. The Liantai Militia Group's fighting style is actually very traditional, which is to rely on frontal positions to resist resolutely, with rear artillery fire coverage, and then use anti-aircraft firepower to protect the entire position.
, and finally, at night, they took advantage of the rapid maneuverability of the armored forces to quickly advance and intersperse, divide and surround the Japanese army that was attacking, and finally defeated the 41st Division.
If in the past, the Eighth Route Army relied on its dexterity in fighting its opponents, then the Liantai Militia relied on its own strength to fight off its opponents. It would not be finished until one of the two sides fell.
It doesn't matter who is better or worse between these two combat methods, but when it comes to the brutality of the battle and the damage done to the opponent, the former is far inferior to the latter.
Since it was getting late after the movie, and the troops had just arrived, and there were still many things to deal with, Gao Hongming did not stay any longer, but said goodbye and left.
After Gao Hongming left, the leaders did not go back to rest. Instead, they came to the conference room at the same time. Immediately, the guards brought kettles to pour water for the leaders.
The deputy commander looked at the boiling water in the tea cup, waved his hand and said to his guard: "Xiao Lu, go and make a big pot of coffee that Captain Gao just sent, and give it to everyone to try. Today we will also
Open the meat."
Everyone was happy when they heard this. Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo smiled and said: "The deputy commander-in-chief was thoughtful. He knew that everyone was tired after watching the movie, so he made us coffee to refresh us."
The deputy commander also smiled: "I'm just borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha. It's rare for a rich man to give us something. If we don't eat it, wouldn't we be living up to his kindness?"
Everyone laughed again.
"Come on, come on... let's all smoke." Political Commissar Deng took out a box of Good Luck cigarettes from his pocket and distributed them to everyone. "The deputy commander-in-chief invites everyone to drink coffee, so I will invite everyone to smoke."
Everyone smiled and took the cigarettes, lit them one by one and started smoking. After taking two puffs, Mr. He praised: "This foreign product is different. It tastes much smoother than my dry cigarettes."
After drinking a few sips of coffee and smoking a few puffs of cigarette, the deputy commander said: "Everyone has watched the documentary just now. Now let's share your opinions."
Mr. He has the most straightforward personality. After blowing out a puff of smoke, he said: "When we first received the commendation telegram from Commander Yan of the World War II area, we all regarded the commendation order as a joke, but now it seems that we have underestimated Gao Hongming and
The fighting capacity of his militia.”
"yes."
Political Commissar Deng also lamented, "With a regiment of troops fighting against a Japanese division, and finally winning, I never dared to think about this in the past. Although there were certainly Japanese commanders who were eager to win and were reckless.
The whole army made a big mistake in attacking, and Gao Hongming's troops occupied favorable terrain to wait for work, but from this we can also see their strong combat effectiveness."
Commander Lin suddenly asked Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo on the side: "Lao Zuo, you are the only one of us who has been to Gao Hongming's lair for field inspections in public. Do you think we have a chance to win over Commander Gao?"
As soon as Commander Lin said this, everyone looked at Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo, with hope in their eyes.
Everyone has seen Gao Hongming's arrogance today. If he were to be won over, it would be a great help to the Eighth Route Army.
Facing everyone's expectant gazes, Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo said helplessly: "Mr. He, I can understand your idea. I have considered your idea for a long time, but in the end I found it to be quite difficult, so I gave up."
Mr. He frowned thickly, "Just tell me what difficulties you have, and we can think of something together. Maybe we can come up with a solution."
Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo hesitated for a moment and smiled bitterly: "Okay, let me talk about his marital status first. He now has a wife and two concubines at home. He does not even rule out the possibility of increasing the number in the future. If we win over him,
What do you think we should do when we get here?"
Mr. He was stunned when he heard this, "This boy, at such a young age, actually imitates others and marries his concubine. This is too outrageous."
Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo rolled his eyes at him: "They don't steal or rob. You give me a betrothal gift willingly, and a man carrying a sedan chair marries the woman into the house. What qualifications do we have to criticize her?"
"yes……"
Everyone frowned. Everything else was easy to talk about, but this kind of male-female matter was the hardest to deal with. Otherwise, there would be no saying that since ancient times it was difficult for upright officials to deal with household chores.
Moreover, the rice has already been cooked, so they can't just go over and tell Gao Hongming, "Young man, we are very optimistic about you, come and work with us, but you must first divorce the other two wives."
I'm afraid people will fall out with you as soon as you say this. They all say they would rather demolish ten temples than ruin a marriage, but that's not the way to go about things.
But it is even more unacceptable to ignore this matter. Monogamy is an iron discipline and no one can violate it. This is a matter of principle.
Seeing everyone's expressions of resentment, Master Liu said: "Okay, don't think too much about it. To be honest, Zhao Gang, the political commissar of the Independent Regiment, once reported to me regarding the issue of Captain Gao.
He also tried to persuade Gao Hongming to join us, but he was defeated by this problem. But I think it is not a big deal. Judging from what Gao Hongming has done these days, he is very supportive of our Eighth Route Army.
He also has good intentions.
Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just say that the weapons and equipment he sent us these days are enough to form two main regiments, not to mention the medicines and supplies that he gave us almost for free. There is such a person who is willing to sincerely
If we are dissatisfied with people who make friends with us and help us, we don’t necessarily have to let them join us.”
"I agree with what Mr. Liu said."
Political Commissar Deng on the side also spoke, "Besides, we also have to think about Captain Gao. Don't forget, he is from Liantai County. He has been a big landowner in Liantai for generations, and he is indistinguishable from Yan Xishan.
Dear fellow countryman, once he joins us, what will happen to his whole family? We can't let him abandon his family and career to join us. This is too unkind.
Furthermore, once he joins us, will he anger Yan Xishan? This is a question we have to consider. So in my opinion, instead of letting him join us, it is better to maintain the current relationship, which is better for both parties.
What do you think?"
After hearing this, everyone fell into deep thought. For a long time, the deputy commander nodded slowly: "What Political Commissar Deng said makes sense. We can't just do things based on our own interests. We must also consider issues from the other party's perspective. Only then can we get along with friends."
way."
The words of the deputy commander were like the final word, and everyone stopped discussing this issue.
Later, Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo said again, "Now that the first phase of the Hundred Regiment War has ended, we will start the second phase of the battle. Regarding Gao Hongming's regiment, which unit should we assign him to?
Should we discuss this issue?"
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of several teachers and commanders flashed with shock.
Who wouldn't covet a force like Gao Hongming that has armored troops, heavy artillery, and strong combat effectiveness?
To put it bluntly, whoever owns the Liantai Militia team will have at least three points more confidence when facing the Japanese army. Just like Kong Jie’s evaluation of Li Yunlong, if you give this kid a division, he will dare to attack Taiyuan
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By the same token, judging from what was shown in today's documentary, if any division commander had a unit like Gao Hongming's in his hands, he would dare to fight even if he faced a Japanese division full of soldiers.
It's just that there is only one army, and there are too many people we want, and what should we do when there are too many monks and too few people?
After thinking for a long time, Commander He tentatively said: "How about we discuss with Commander Gao to temporarily split his troops into three parts and assign them to us?"
"this is not good!"
"Absolutely not."
As soon as Mr. He finished speaking, he was immediately met with a burst of opposition.
Commander Liu said solemnly: "I don't agree with this. We are going to split up his troops as soon as they arrive. What do you want them to think? Maybe they think we are going to annex his troops."
"This is not good."
Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo also objected: "Our Eighth Route Army has always been aboveboard in doing things, and we will never do anything to disgrace our friends. People came to cooperate with us in the battle with sincerity, but we discussed splitting them up. This is not right.
Hospitality."
Commander He said helplessly: "I didn't really mean to split them up. What I meant was to temporarily divide his troops into several parts to cooperate with us in fighting, and then return to the formation after the battle is over."
"This won't work either."
Mr. Liu also expressed his opinion, "When dealing with friends, we must try our best to let them feel our sincerity, instead of causing misunderstandings between them and us. We cannot do such things that damage friendship.
My opinion is this, we might as well use the Liantai Militia as a mobile force, directly commanded by the headquarters, and deploy it wherever support is needed. What do you think?"
"I think it's okay."
"I agree."
The leaders looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
A team as powerful as the Liantai Militia is not suitable to be assigned to any division alone. It is better to be directly under the headquarters and be sent wherever it is needed. In this way, no one can gossip.
"Well, this issue has come to an end. Next, we have to discuss the second phase of the battle plan."
The deputy commander-in-chief said: "According to the July 7th Declaration and July 7th Decision of our superiors, all the forces of our Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army will continue to disrupt the Japanese army's transportation and destroy strongholds deep in the base area to achieve the purpose of reducing the pressure on the frontal battlefield.
In this regard, after discussing this with Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo, we believed that our army could conduct two battles at the same time, namely the Lailing Battle and the Yuliao Battle.
The specific deployment is as follows. The battle of Lailing is dominated by the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. The 115th Division cooperates with the operation and is divided into left and right wings to attack Laiyuan County, destroy the railway and destroy the surrounding bunkers.
Also, let’s talk about the Battle of Yuliao, take a look.”
The deputy commander pointed at the map and said: "This road from Yangquan to Yushe via Pingding, Heshun, Liao County is the road that the Japanese army penetrated the deepest into our Taihang base area. The Japanese army attempted to extend this road to the southwest, passing through Wuxiang and Baijiang
The Shanxi Railway is connected to achieve the purpose of dividing the Daxing District and flexibly mobilizing the forces of the Zhengtai and Baijin lines.
Among them, the Yuliao section is 45 kilometers long. There are 8 strongholds along the line, including Yushe, Yanbi, Wangjing, Guantou, Pushang, Xiaolingdi, Shixia, and Liaoxian. They were guarded by the 13th Battalion of the 4th Brigade independently formed by the Japanese army.
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The mission of your 129th Division is to use surprise attacks to eliminate the enemies from Yushe to Xiaolingdi, regain the strongholds and destroy the roads, and take advantage of the momentum to advance towards Liao County, regain Liao County in advance, and cut off the Japanese hand. Can you?
Can you do it?”
Several division commanders nodded, and then Division Commander Lin said: "Deputy Commander-in-Chief, we can cooperate with the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region in fighting, but there is one thing. The terrain around Laiyuan County is flat, and the Japanese army has deployed an armored force around it. Once
It will be difficult to deal with the generals if we encounter them. I think the Liantai Militia will be assigned to our division in this battle to enhance the anti-armor capability of the troops. What do you think?"
Well...this person really has never forgotten the Liantai Militia.
The deputy commander looked helplessly at Commander Lin, "Old Lin, not only do we decide this matter, we also have to ask Gao Hongming to see if he is willing. Although he is here to assist us in the battle in name, but
We also have to respect other people’s opinions.”
Commander Liu also said: "Deputy Commander-in-Chief, the Yuliao battle we launched is not easy. Such a long road line is most suitable for armored troops to travel. Once the battle begins, if there is an armored unit to provide quick support, the battle will be good.
We fought too much, so our 129th Division also needs support."
Commander Liu has always been known as a humble gentleman and a kind man, but today he finally couldn't help but start robbing people. This shows how popular Gao Hongming and his troops are in the eyes of these troop leaders.
The deputy commander was so angry that he dropped the pencil in his hand on the map, "Well, you really got the upper hand. Well, I won't favor anyone today. You can ask Gao Hongming for his opinion when he comes tomorrow.
, he can go wherever he wants, what do you think?"
"This method is good." Teacher Liu agreed.
Looking at Mr. Liu's smiling expression, Mr. Lin and Mr. He were helpless and had nothing to say. Everyone knew that Gao Hongming had the best relationship with Li Yunlong of the Independent Regiment, and Li Yunlong's Independent Regiment was affiliated with the 129th Division. In this way, Gao Hongming