Since the ambush point of the First Regiment was not very far from the Third Regiment, Liu Hua quickly rode his horse to a high ground where the Third Regiment was. At this time, most of the soldiers were sitting on
On the ground, a small number of soldiers were recharging their energy and maintaining the guns in their hands. In the distance, the commander of the third regiment was having a conversation with the company commander of Hong Tianlei. Listening to the sound, there seemed to be some dispute.
Seeing Wang Nanhu, Liu Hua asked the security guard to stay and walked over.
"Commander Wang, how are you? How is the situation in the army now?" Liu Hua said to Wang Nanhu's back.
"Ah, Commander, why did you come to the front line? If something goes wrong, let me, Wang Nanhu..."
"Okay, Commander Wang, this is not the first time. Don't make a fuss. I'm asking you, how is the current situation of the Third Regiment? This time I can assign the best tasks to your Third Regiment.
When the time comes, please don’t embarrass me!" Liu Hua interrupted what Wang Nanhu wanted to say.
"Yes, Commander, don't worry. Now the entire third regiment is screaming after knowing their mission. You see, most of the soldiers are sleeping now, recharging their energy for the afternoon battle. Come.
Just watch out, the Third Regiment will never embarrass you, nor will it embarrass the Independence Brigade!" After hearing Liu Hua's encouraging words, Wang Nanhu replied with a blushing face.
"Okay, I believe you. I believe the soldiers of the Third Regiment. Tell me how you plan to deal with the Japs' logistical equipment. You must know that these are hundreds of well-trained Japs, and you are only given one hour.
Time. Tell me what you think?" Liu Hua asked.
"Report to the commander, according to the intelligence sent by the special operations brigade, there are a total of 8 vehicles left in the Japanese logistics fleet, plus some mules, horses, and soldiers. The entire logistics convoy is estimated to be 400 to 500 meters away, but the Third Regiment
With only 1,500 troops, it was impossible to surround them all, so I decided to send the regiment security company and reconnaissance company to resolutely block the Japanese retreat after the battle started. It would be best to blow up the last Japanese car. In this way,
They blocked the entire Japanese convoy on the road. Then, each of the three battalions was assigned a mortar platoon, selected three assault points, launched a charge towards the Japanese, divided the Japanese into four large pieces, and slowly compressed their position.
Finally, destroy them."
"Well, that's right, but why didn't I hear you assign combat missions to Hongtianlei Company? You know, Hongtianlei is the best weapon for fighting ambushes and attacking fortresses!" Liu Hua saw Wang Nanhu behind him and wanted to
The company commander asked, unable to speak.
"Report to the commander, there must be a large amount of ammunition and materials in the Japanese logistics baggage. If the Thunder is used, there will not be much of these materials left by then, so I decided to temporarily not use the Thunderbolt during the process of destroying the Japanese baggage."
!" Wang Nanhu replied confidently.
After listening to Wang Nanhu's words, Liu Hua frowned again.
"Captain Wang, you are talking nonsense. Let me ask you, which is more important, the lives of the soldiers or the ammunition," Liu Hua asked with eyes wide open.
"Commander, the lives of the soldiers are more important, but after all, that is several large trucks of ammunition..." Wang Nanhu said in a low voice.
"That's enough, Commander Wang, let me tell you now, no matter what time, the lives of the soldiers are the most important in our independent brigade. If the ammunition is gone, we will seize it next time, but the lives of the soldiers only last once."
.In addition, now, the soldiers in our hands are all veterans who have gone through the Long March. Every time one of these soldiers is killed, one will be missing. Their lives are much more precious than these ammunitions. Also, now our arsenal can only produce weapons with sufficient raw materials.
Under the circumstances, we are fully capable of producing ammunition. I don't care about the Japanese ammunition. I will change the battle plan immediately. We must use sky-blasting thunder to reduce the casualties of the soldiers." Liu Hua interrupted Wang.
Nanhu said harshly.
"Yes, Commander, I will revise the battle plan immediately and make sure to reduce the casualties of the soldiers as much as possible!" After listening to the Commander's criticism, Wang Nanhu also lowered his head, feeling uneasy about his irresponsibility just now.
"Well, go ahead and remember, no matter what happens in the future, the lives of soldiers are more precious than anything else."
"Yes, Commander, I will definitely remember this sentence." Looking at Wang Nanhu going away, Liu Hua couldn't help but sigh. This is not just Wang Nanhu's fault, this is very common among the current Eighth Route Army.
In order to seize more enemy ammunition and supplies, how many soldiers' lives were sacrificed. However, in the end, this can only be blamed on the Eighth Route Army's lack of ammunition.
Liu Hua tried hard not to think about these problems and regained his energy. After asking several company-level cadres about the situation of the soldiers and the ammunition reserves in the hands of the soldiers, Liu Hua was very satisfied. Then,
He left the ambush point of the Third Regiment and prepared to go to the ambush point of the Second Regiment to take a look at the battle deployment on the plateau.
When I came to Changle Village, I saw that the soldiers were busy non-stop. Some were digging trenches, some were digging single-man bunkers, and some were building heavy machine gun positions... Anyway, the entire Second Regiment's position
It was not as peaceful as the First and Third Regiments. Liu Hua and his guards searched for a long time before they found Gao Yuan, the commander of the Second Regiment, where the artillery battalion was.
Seeing the commander approaching him, regimental commander Gao Yuan, political commissar Chen Dazhong, and artillery battalion commander Chen Guangrong all looked surprised.
It was Gao Yuan who reacted first, "Commander, why did you come to the front line? If the political commissar finds out, will you criticize us again?"
"Haha, don't worry, haven't the Japanese troops come yet? In the conference room just now, I just assigned combat missions to the three commanders of your regiment. There was no detailed arrangement on how to fight, so I was a little worried, so I came over to take a look.
Let me ask you how you plan to fight this battle." Liu Hua said with a smile.
"How about it, Commander Gao and Political Commissar Chen, how do your second regiment plan to use one regiment to hold back the more than 200 people in the Japanese main force?" Liu Hua then asked.
"Report to the commander, the political commissar and Battalion Commander Chen and I have already thought of a way, but I don't know if it is possible!" Gao Yuan replied immediately.
"Well, let's talk about it. Let me, the commander, also serve as a staff officer."
"Yes, Commander. It's like this. Now we have three and a half battalions plus an artillery battalion. I want to place the guard company and the reconnaissance company in Changle Village to guard and prevent the Japanese from occupying this area after being dragged by us.
The high ground, first battalion, second battalion, and third battalion were concentrated on the three hills along the way. Of course, all heavy machine gun firepower was arranged in the bunkers on the mountainside. In this way, the firepower coverage of all heavy machine guns in the entire regiment would be
Increased quite a bit.
After the first regiment is fired, the artillery battalion will fire indiscriminately at the road. Then when the enemy formation is chaotic, the artillery battalion will immediately turn around and only attack the positions where the three main battalions are about to launch the assault. It is best to use
Artillery fire blinded the Japanese troops at these three points... Then, all three battalions, led by light machine guns, charged at the Japanese and divided them into four large pieces.
Of course, after being divided into four large parts, I did not have the extra troops to attack the Japs. I could only rely on artillery to continuously bombard the Japs, preventing them from gathering troops and reducing the pressure on the surrounding soldiers. At the same time, I waited for the Third Regiment to attack the Japs.
The soldiers came together to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Japs." After explaining his combat deployment, Gao Yuan looked at Commander Liu Hua.
At this time, Liu Hua did not stop to say anything because of the plateau, but just thought quietly. He originally thought that the plateau would only let his second regiment stick to the Japanese army, but he did not expect that the three of them were so bold and planned to use the strength of one regiment.
Surrounding the Japanese main force, which was twice as large as our own, would have great benefits for encircling and annihilating the Japanese army in the future, but it would also have many disadvantages.
"Commander Gao, this method is the best way to encircle and annihilate the Japanese in the future. However, when the time comes, almost every battalion will be attacked from both sides. Can the troops persist? What is more important is the casualties of the troops.
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"Reporting to the commander, the regiment commander and I have thought about it. As long as the artillery battalion cooperates well, the pressure on our three battalions will not be too great. At that time, I, the regiment commander, and the chief of staff will each go to a battalion.
"Don't worry, Commander, the Second Regiment will definitely be able to complete the mission?" Political Commissar Chen Dazhong said.
"Okay, I believe in you, Battalion Commander Chen. Your artillery battalion must cooperate with the Second Regiment. To facilitate your contact, Regiment Commander Gao, you will go to the headquarters to receive two radios later. By then, you will have one for each battalion.
The radio station is convenient for calling artillery support." After listening to Chen Dazhong's words, Liu Hua also said with certainty.
"Yes, Commander, with these two radios, I believe our mission will be completed even better." Gao Yuan said with a smile when he heard that the headquarters was supporting the two radios.
"Also, Commander Gao, you have the same problem as the first regiment. The main areas raided by the Japanese army this time are in mountainous areas, so each squadron of the Japanese army is equipped with mortars. By then, your three battalions will be at
During the Japanese attack, you must pay attention to the Japanese mortars. You don't have extra time to build a trench, so you'd better make the depth of the position wider and set up more lines of defense. Don't distribute your troops too densely to avoid suffering losses.
." Liu Hua finally reminded.
"Yes, Commander." The three of them said together.
After talking to Gao Yuan, the commander of the second regiment, about the situation to pay attention to, Liu Hua was in a very happy mood at this time. He was originally a little worried about the battle of the three regiments, but after hearing the battle plans of the three regiments, he was all happy.
, it seems that the three regiment leaders under him have their own combat ideas and can be released to fight independently.
Thinking of this, Liu Hua walked towards the headquarters with satisfaction to see if the Japanese army had any new trends.