The bottom line is that Wang Xuexin had no time to prepare at the tactical level, but at the strategic level he had already asked the Eighth Route Army to launch a counterattack.
When tactics and strategy conflict, tactics must unconditionally obey strategy.
Wang Xuexin knew this, so he made this decision without any hesitation.
but……
Chen Songyong immediately raised a very difficult question.
"Captain!" Chen Songyong said: "Even if our army's repeating rifles can be equipped in place, even if we can urgently complete the training and deploy the troops in place, the Japanese have not attacked, so their artillery and 'human fire' are impossible."
After crossing the steel plant, how can our army use the steel plant airport as a temporary airport?"
This problem is fatal.
All Wang Xuexin's plans are based on occupying and utilizing the steel plant airport.
But if there are Japanese artillery or "people using high fire" nearby to point the launcher towards the airport... then don't think about it, this airport will definitely not be used.
Because once the Eighth Route Army fighter planes land here, they will immediately attract a barrage of artillery shells and even "high fire".
Wang Xuexin was silent for a while and then said: "The original plan remains unchanged. All we have to do is just a few more actions."
"What action?" Chen Songyong looked at Wang Xuexin in confusion. He didn't understand that since the Eighth Route Army took the initiative to attack, how could they still follow the Japanese plan after the attack "without changing the original plan".
Wang Xuexin pointed to Anfeng Village on the map and said: "First of all, we need to build a temporary airport in Anfeng Village, just like you imagined before, shovel the snow in the grain drying field, and even send a few fuel trucks and ammunition
car!"
When Chen Songyong heard this, he immediately understood that Wang Xuexin was going to use Anfeng Village to build a fake airport to confuse the Japanese.
This is a good idea.
Because Anfeng Village is a grain drying ground, in principle it can play a certain role in confidentiality.
Since it can play a role in confidentiality, it can arouse enough interest from the Japanese, making it easier to take the bait.
This would make it easier for the Eighth Route Army to capture the steel factory and airport, because the Japanese would focus on the Anfeng grain drying field.
But... this still cannot solve the problem of the steel plant airport.
Wang Xuexin continued: "Then, dispatch fighter planes to conduct night battles and bomb all targets within the combat radius of our fighter planes, including railways, highways, bridges, tunnels, etc.!"
"Yes!" Chen Songyong responded.
He knew why Wang Xuexin chose to fight at night, because it was basically impossible to have a "zero battle" with the Japanese in an air battle at night...
If the battle is during the day and the Japanese "Zero War" takes off to intercept the "La 5", it will be fatal to the "La 5".
Because the combat radius of "La 5" is only 300 kilometers, it is already more than 200 kilometers from Liyuan Airport to Luliang Mountain, and then it flies dozens of kilometers or even hundreds of kilometers to the hinterland of the Japanese to carry out missions. This has reached the "La 5"
5" is the limit of combat range.
At this time, the Japanese's "Zero War" only needs to fight with the "La 5" for a while, and the "La 5" will run out of fuel and return to the airport.
But it's completely different if it's a night fight.
"Zero War" does not have night combat capabilities and cannot conduct interceptions at night.
Although the Japanese have night fighters, these so-called night fighters are nothing more than adding a machine gun to the rear and fighting by moonlight.
And the "La 5" has a speed advantage. It doesn't need to pay attention to the Japanese night fighters at all. It flies straight to the destination in the dark like an uninhabited land and then flies back after firing rockets. The Japanese night fighters can only fly in the sky.
Just staring can't do anything, it's the same as nothing.
What Chen Songyong doesn't understand is...
"Captain!" Chen Songyong said: "Our army does not have many rocket reserves. These are prepared for attacking the Japanese defense lines. If they are used to attack the Japanese traffic lines now..."
Wang Xuexin interrupted Chen Songyong: "This is not just about attacking the Japs' lines of communication, Staff Officer Chen! Think about it, the Japs are overwhelming in the direction of the stubborn army and their morale is high. If their lines of communication are hit at this time, and there are more than 80 people in front of them
There is a temporary airport built by our army kilometers away, what will the Japanese do?"
Chen Songyong said "Oh" and understood immediately: "What the leader means is that the Japanese will attack first?"
Wang Xuexin nodded: "I hope so, but I don't know if Okamura Neji will be fooled!"
So that night, dozens of "La-5"s from the Eighth Route Army took off to bomb the Japanese transportation and supply lines.
These "La 5" mounts are all rocket launchers. Once they fly over the target, they don't care about whether they are accurate or not. They just fire the rockets downwards and hit them randomly... Even if they want to be accurate, the rockets can still hit. They come and go.
Rely on feeling, quantity and luck.
Then it was a reasonable thing. One bridge was blown up and three tunnels were blown down overnight. The bombing of the railway was not considered a victory, because the railway was easy to repair.
That night, Okamura Neji was still very excited about the imperial army marching into southern China from Changsha in two groups.
Dividing the troops into two lines means that the stubborn army has to defend two lines of defense, which may also mean that the stubborn army will be defeated faster.
Especially the stubborn troops on the front line in Guangdong...
Because the stubborn troops stationed in Guangdong will face a very embarrassing problem:
If they hold on but cannot hold on to the west road, it means that they will be surrounded by Japanese soldiers soon, so holding on becomes meaningless.
And if they didn't defend and turned around to escape from the encirclement, it would mean exposing the flanks of Liuzhou and Guilin to the enemy's front.
So it doesn’t matter if you fight, and it doesn’t matter if you don’t fight.
This offensive route was actually carefully designed by Neji Okamura to take advantage of the low morale of the recalcitrant troops and play psychological tactics with them.
Okamura Neiji believed that this would allow the imperial army to "conquer the enemy without fighting."
Sure enough, the stubborn troops stationed in Guangdong only offered a token resistance and then began to flee.
Next, it is time for the imperial army to harvest the lives of the stubborn soldiers and attack their effective strength.
This situation made Okamura Neji so excited that he couldn't sleep all night long, wishing that he could go to the front line and enjoy the joy of victory with the soldiers.
However, at this moment, the communications corps delivered a telegram to Okamura Neiji, saying: "Your Excellency, General, the Eighth Route Army fighter planes launched a raid on our army's supply lines, and our army's railway transportation was temporarily interrupted. The engineers are making repairs. It is estimated that the repairs will require
A day or two!”
Okamura Neji's expression changed.
A day or two?
At this time?
Moreover, it would be okay if the problem could be solved in just a day or two.
The question is, will the Eighth Route Army really continue like this?
If they blow up that bridge after this bridge is repaired, or blow up that tunnel, will the railway line be permanently paralyzed?