Major General Toshihide Fujimoto strode into Shun Tada's office, immediately put his feet back and stood at attention and said: "Your Excellency, Commander!"
Toshihide Fujimoto is only thirty-six years old. He comes from a family of Japanese samurai. He once studied in Germany and systematically studied the military theory of mountain warfare. He is known as the "Flower of Famous Generals" in the Japanese military circles. Five days ago, Toshihide Fujimoto
He has just been transferred from the brigade commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 1st Division of the Kwantung Army to the chief of staff of the Fourth Army.
"Fujimoto-kun." Shun Tada nodded, gestured for Shunhide Fujimoto to take a seat, and then asked, "The front army headquarters just sent a telegram ordering the Fourth Army to seize Huolu County. What do you think of this?"
Fujimoto Toshihide asked: "Your Excellency, Commander, will you only capture Huolu County?"
"Yes." Tada Shundao, "Fujimoto-kun, do you have any objection to this?"
Toshihide Fujimoto shook his head and said: "At the moment, the focus of the Japanese Imperial Army's operations is on the frontal battlefield. The defenses in North China are relatively empty. It is really not appropriate to invade the Taihang Mountains at this time. The front army headquarters ordered us to seize Huolu County. Look.
We came here to use the closed-door tactic to lock up this fierce tiger, the China Baoshan Division, in the Jingxing Grand Canyon."
Jun Tada nodded happily and said: "Fujimoto-kun, your analysis is very correct."
Fujimoto Toshihide said calmly: "Your Excellency, Commander, the Chinese people will not sit back and wait for death."
"Oh?" Shun Tada had already heard the implication of Toshihide Fujimoto's words and asked, "Is there any new situation?"
Toshihide Fujimoto nodded and said: "Colonel Ikegami of the secret service just reported to me that Lingshou, Pingshan, Luancheng, Haocheng and other counties have all been occupied by the China Army. This should be the China Thirty-ninth Group Army. According to aviation
The scouts reported that there were dozens of battalion-sized Chinese troops operating on the plains of southern Hebei, but their ultimate intentions were unknown."
"Huh?" Tada Shun said solemnly, "Have the Chinese people broken out from Jingxing Pass in separate groups?"
Toshihide Fujimoto shook his head and said: "Only some of the troops are operating in the southern Hebei Plain. The main force of the Thirty-ninth Group Army, especially the Baoshan Division, should still be in Jingxing Pass." The little devil's famous general Zhihua is still quite good, although the intelligence
Limited, but with such a few clues, I can guess the whole story to a close.
Tada Shun thought for a while and said: "Fujimoto-kun, report this situation to the front army headquarters immediately!"
Toshihide Fujimoto immediately took the order and left, less than ten minutes later, he came back with new combat orders.
"Your Excellency, Commander." Toshihide Fujimoto said, "The front army headquarters ordered us to give up the plan to attack Huolu County, and use the 6th Division to guard Shimen and Zhengding to monitor the Baoshan Division, with the 13th Division as the main force, supplemented by *
** formed the 11th Brigade and launched a large-scale mopping up operation in southern Hebei, and must annihilate all Chinese armed forces operating in southern Hebei!"
To the right of Tumenguan is Baodu Mountain.
Yue Weihan was inspecting the terrain with three experts, including Mao Yisheng, Mei Xiaochun, and Qin Qiuyang.
As he walked, Yue Weihan said to the three experts: "The purpose of building Tumen Fortress is to completely cut off the Zhengtai Railway and Shitai Highway, so that Shanxi's coal, iron ore and other resources cannot be transported out of the country, and at the same time, it will also prevent the Japanese tanks, artillery, and armored vehicles from being transported out of Shanxi.
And heavy equipment such as baggage vehicles cannot enter the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains to ensure the safety of the Taihang base area!"
Mao Yisheng said: "Commander-in-Chief Yue, I would like to hear your general idea about Tumen Fortress."
"My general idea is this. Using Conch Mountain and Baodu Mountain as the base points, we will build two large mother blockhouses to completely seal the Jingxing entrance, and then build small mother blockhouses on a dozen surrounding hills to protect the conches.
Mountain and Baodu Mountain, each mother bunker is surrounded by a varying number of daughter bunkers. The mother bunker and the child mother bunkers must be connected by tunnels, and must be able to withstand the bombing of 500-pound aerial bombs or 150mm caliber heavy artillery.
The bombardment!”
Mao Yisheng nodded and asked: "Commander-in-Chief Yue, how many troops do you plan to station in this fortress?"
Yue Weihan thought for a while and replied: "One regiment, including non-combatants, about three thousand people!"
Historically, the Japanese army that defended Songshan Fortress only had a third-rate remnant regiment with less than 1,000 front-line infantry, but it was able to hold off 20,000 Japanese troops for three full months. If not for the final Japanese tactics of blasting
, the Japanese army's blocking time will definitely be longer, and the casualty ratio between the Chinese and Japanese armies will definitely be far greater than 1:8!
Mao Yisheng and other three experts' attainments in civil engineering are obviously far better than those of the Japanese officers. Therefore, the technical indicators of Tumen Fortress will definitely exceed the historical Songshan Fortress by a large margin. With Tumen Fortress
, with the combat effectiveness of the Baoshan Division, one regiment is enough to hold off a Japanese field division for at least six months!
It doesn't matter if the Japanese army mobilizes more troops, because the main width of Jingxingkou is only that small.
Even if the Japanese army mobilizes ten field divisions to mop up the enemy, they can only fill it up one division at a time.
Therefore, as long as enough ammunition and food are stored, it is enough to have a regiment of garrison troops in Tumen Fortress.
If the Japanese army had a mountain division in the true sense, they could completely bypass Tumen Fortress from the side and launch an attack directly into the hinterland of the Taihang base area. However, unfortunately, the Japanese army has never had a mountain division in the true sense of the word.
, there is not even a real mountain tour group!
Of course, the Japanese army can also use field divisions as mountain divisions, but the effect is hard to say.
The Japanese field divisions have long been accustomed to the tactic of "after the artillery bombards the infantry, and after the infantry rushes through the artillery bombardment", and they usually practice infantry-artillery coordination, if they suddenly lose the fire support of the tank detachment and the field artillery unit,
, and without the logistical support of the baggage regiment, how much combat effectiveness can be left? How many days can it continue to fight?
If such a field division enters the hinterland of the Taihang base area, it will definitely seek death!
Mao Yisheng nodded and said: "Commander Yue, I just counted. In addition to the two main peaks of Conch Mountain and Baodu Mountain, there are sixteen hills in the surrounding area. In order to facilitate the distinction, I will label them separately now."
1' to '16', which means that Tumen Fortress needs to build eighteen bunker groups!"
"Yes." Yue Weihan nodded and added, "These eighteen mother-fortress groups must all be connected by tunnels. Each mother-fortress must be able to provide fire support to the surrounding child-forts, and the child-forts must be connected to the adjacent ones.
Fire support must also be provided between the forts, and there must not be any blind spots for shooting!"
"Understood." Mao Yisheng nodded and added, "And each mother fort must be designed as a multi-layer structure. The one above the ground is the shooting layer, and the rest such as the arsenal, kitchen, storage room, power distribution room, and officer and soldier dormitories.
The facilities must be hidden underground, and all facilities must ensure the survival and fighting needs of at least 3,000 people!"
Yue Weihan said: "If possible, it can be designed to accommodate five thousand people."
"Let's try our best." Mao Yisheng nodded, and he and the other two experts began to mark on the map. After marking the corresponding peaks on the map, the three experts each took out a notebook and began to draw a sketch of Baodu Mountain.
Afterwards, he climbed up Conch Mountain and the sixteen surrounding hills, and drew sketches of the mountains one by one.
After being busy until dark, Yue Weihan accompanied the three experts back to the group army headquarters.
Yue Weihan had just entered the office and sat down. Before he could take a sip of water, Liu Yi hurried in with several telegrams and said to Yue Weihan: "Chief, the little devil has taken action!"
Yue Weihan took a big gulp of water and motioned for Liu Yi to continue.
Liu Yi paused and then said: "The 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army has just sent a war report. The Japanese troops stationed in Shanxi have occupied Pingding County, and the 386 Brigade stationed in Pingding County has been transferred. In addition, according to the report of the Special Operations Brigade, the Japanese troops stationed in Shimen have occupied Pingding County today.
In the afternoon, about 5,000 people were dispatched and were attacking in the direction of Lingshou, and another 3,000 people were attacking in the direction of Luancheng."
"Where is Huolu County?" Yue Weihan hurriedly put down his water glass, then stood up and asked loudly, "Has the 6th Regiment stationed in Huolu County been attacked by the Japanese army?"
Huolu County is located between Tumen Pass and Shimen, about thirty miles away from Shimen, but less than ten miles away from Tumen Pass!
If the Japanese 6th and 13th Divisions use all their strength to attack Huolu County, the Baoshan Division will never be able to hold it. Once Huolu County is lost, the construction project of Tumen Fortress will be in trouble because Tumen Pass is so far away.
Huolu County is too close, so even if construction is done at night, it is difficult to hide it from the eyes of the Japanese!
Once the Tumen Fortress project is exposed in advance, the consequences will be disastrous.
As long as the little devils send out bombers and drop a few heavy aerial bombs before the main structure of the project is completed, it will be enough to stifle the Tumen Fortress. If a few more large-caliber howitzers are deployed, they will attack the Tumen Fortress every day.
If dozens of cannons are fired in the direction of Tumen Pass, Tumen Fortress will never be built.
"No." Liu Yida said, "The Japanese army did not attack Huolu County."
"Great!" Yue Weihan said excitedly after hearing this, "The little devil was fooled after all!"
"This is also expected." Liu Yi was also overjoyed and said, "If the Japanese army attacks Huolu County, it is just to block Jingxing Pass, but if we huddle in Jingxing Pass and cannot get out, it actually doesn't matter whether the Japanese army blocks it or not.
It doesn't matter, but the thirty or so battalions that have been deployed can pose a fatal threat to the Japanese army. If the Japanese army is left unchecked, these thirty or so battalions will become more than thirty regiments in a few months. The threat is not ordinary.
's big."
Yue Weihan nodded and said: "Anyway, the thirty or so battalions sent out have successfully diverted the attention of the Japanese army in southern Hebei and bought us precious time to build the Tumen Fortress!"
After saying this, Yue Weihan said again: "Chief of Staff, let Zhao Xinyi put the anti-war work aside first. She will be responsible for transporting equipment into the mountains. The preparations for the construction of power plants and cement plants will be left to Pi Xiaocheng.
, starting from today, your job is to mobilize all manpower and material resources, and cooperate with three experts to repair the Tumen Fortress!"